In the battle at Lingshan, the demon got back a piece of demon heart's flesh and blood, but the Buddha also lost the shackles responsible for suppressing the demon's heart, and his deterrence against the demon became even more powerful.
As the instigator, Zhang Xiu carefully guarded against the demon for a period of time, fearing that he would seek revenge on him.
But the demon didn't appear for a while, as if he had returned to the state before the war.
Zhang Xiu continued to wipe out the demon's minions, and lived his life as usual.
In the past fifty years, the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty had been replaced twice more. Zhang Xiu, the holy master who was canonized two hundred years ago, became a real ancient man and was carried into various temples to burn incense and worship him.
Scholars said that he was the Wen Zong of the world and regarded him as a literary sage. Every time the imperial court held scientific examinations, they would go to the Confucian Temple to worship.
Businessmen described him as the God of Wealth. They would burn incense and kowtow on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, asking him to bless them with promotion and wealth.
Even the bandits regarded him as the founder, saying that he was an example of killing the rich and giving to the poor...
Zhang Xiu's deeds have become increasingly unclear as time goes by.
However, Yan Feng's title of Thousand-Faced Human Demon is as bluffing as ever, enough to make old people pale and children stop crying.
According to rumors, Yan Feng was cutting down mountains and destroying temples in Mount Tai in the morning, kicked in the door of the little widow's house in Nanhai at night, and even took the time to go to Tianzhu at noon to steal the candied haws from a child.
Except for his eldest brother Tianmo, no one in the world can cure him. It is really terrifying!
Storytellers also adapted Yan Feng's story into a script, which was very popular among readers.
In a two-story teahouse in Jizhou City, Zhang Xiu handed the newly written "Chronicles of the Human Demon Yan Feng" to the shopkeeper with a sincere look on his face, and said: "This book is the work of my hard work. Shopkeeper, please be kind and give me a few more taels of silver!"
The shopkeeper waved his hand impatiently: "As per the old rules, I'll let you have another free tea."
Zhang Xiu looked confused: "Are you satisfied?"
The shopkeeper hummed disdainfully, and Zhang Xiu said expectantly: "Then can I bring my family to eat together? They haven't eaten in several days..."
The shopkeeper said contemptuously: "Call everyone here, don't let anyone say that I, Wang Fugui, can't even manage a meal."
Zhang Xiu nodded and shouted out the door: "It's time to eat!"
The next moment, several afterimages flashed by, and Yang Jian, Jigong, Ao Xue, and Xia'er gathered on an empty table.
Ao Xue took out the iron basin she brought with her, tapped the edge of the basin with an iron spoon and shouted: "I want to eat meat buns with thin skin and big fillings. Let's get two hundred as an appetizer!"
Jigong laughed and said, "Are there any sea cucumbers?"
“@#￥%￥#@……”
Looking at the hungry little girl and the dirty monk with green eyes in front of them, the shopkeeper suddenly became alert, as if he had been tricked!
Xia'er looked at them helplessly and apologized to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, they two don't know etiquette. As an apology, I will go to the kitchen to help you. I will provide all the refreshments in your teahouse today." Do."
The shopkeeper looked at the horrified expressions of everyone and felt that the matter was not simple. He said cautiously: "That's not necessary. I...I'll go and serve refreshments right now!"
After a while, a table full of pastries was placed on the table.
Ao Xue ate hungrily, and in the blink of an eye, a dozen empty plates were piled up in front of her.
Jigong grabbed it with his big hand, and stains were stuck on the pastry, so that others could no longer eat the plate of snacks. They opened their mouths and ate the pastries with a smile.
Yang Jian glanced at the two of them with contempt, then stretched out his chopsticks gracefully and picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the plate in front of him.
At this moment, a disgraced little beggar appeared, snatched Yang Jian's sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ran away.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Yang Jian grabbed the little beggar. The little beggar hurriedly stuffed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth, trembling all over, with a fearful expression on his face and begging for mercy.
"Don't hit me, I haven't eaten for several days..."
Ao Xue swallowed the cake in her mouth and looked at the little beggar Jiejie with a smile: "Jiejie, do you know how much he loves to eat osmanthus cake? As long as he eats the osmanthus cake, it is called a beauty, and he can solve any troubles. Forget, as long as you give him sweet-scented osmanthus cake, you won’t feel bad if your uncle dies!"
Zhang Xiu slapped her on the back of the head and scolded: "What are you talking about here? Even if you don't give him sweet-scented osmanthus cake to eat, he still doesn't feel bad if his uncle dies!"
Xia'er pinched the soft flesh on Zhang Xiu's waist with a dark face, then took the little beggar out of Yang Jian's hands, then handed a plate of snacks to the little beggar and said, "Take it and eat it."
The little beggar looked at Xia'er blankly, with tears gradually filling his eyes. He didn't pick it up. He knelt down and kowtowed to Xia'er: "Madam, please accept me. Don't think I'm young, but I have something." Strength, chopping wood and carrying water, washing and cooking, I know everything!”
Ao Xue snorted disdainfully, took out a book of exercises and stuffed it into his hand: "I'm not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue. Since you know everything, you can do these arithmetic problems for me!"
The little beggar's cry stopped suddenly, and his expression froze at the moment he saw the title: "@#￥%￥#@..."
I really don’t know how to do this!
Master Tianmo didn’t say that you still need to be able to do arithmetic to work as a spy at Zhang Xiu’s side!
This little beggar was an orphan adopted by the Demon last year. Because he was very clever and knew how to adapt to changes, and his background was very pitiful, he easily gained sympathy. Therefore, he was favored by the Demon and was sent to Zhang Xiu's side as an internal agent.
Xia'er looked at the little beggar and sighed: "At such a young age, you are actually reduced to begging on the street. Where are the adults in your family?"
The little beggar sobbed again: "My father was the supervisory censor of Jizhou. He was framed by the prefect of Jizhou for bribing a superior official, which led to his ruin. In order to prove his innocence, he left a suicide note on the wall and then hanged himself in prison."
"My mother was heartbroken when she heard about my father's death, and she died in love with him. The dog official then confiscated my family's property and sold me to a brothel. I took advantage of the chaos and ran out through the dog hole and hid everywhere."
"Later, the dog officer was found guilty by the hero Yan Feng. He was beheaded and his crimes were made public. My father overturned the case and no one came to arrest me from then on."
Zhang Xiu said in surprise: "Yan Feng saved you? What a coincidence. All the people at our table are named Yan Feng!"
Little beggar: "...??"
Xia'er smiled and asked the little beggar, "What's your name and how old are you this year?"
The little beggar came to his senses and said quickly: "My name is Ying'er, Mei Ying'er, I am ten years old this year."
Xia'er grabbed her little hand, wiped her lovingly, and then looked at Zhang Xiu: "Ms. sir, I think she is very smart and can read and write. I want to keep her by my side to teach her. Ao Xue also happens to have the skills." A companion."
Zhang Xiu smiled and nodded: "Madam, as long as you are happy."
Ying'er looked happy and thanked her quickly: "Thank you, sir, thank you, madam!"
Xia'er pulled her back and said: "Poor child, our family has no rules about kneeling. You are not allowed to kneel again in the future. You have been hungry for so many days and cannot eat too much at once. Come home with me." I'll make some porridge for you to eat first, it's clean and hygienic."
Sorry, good people, I still can't find the status. I'll update it today...
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