Chapter 141: Staying
This is a small village. The slight smoke from cooking makes the entire village in a state of fog, as if it is a fairyland in Taoyuan.
"It should be here." Yi Xiaoxiao looked at the village and said.
"Well, I smelled a fishy smell here. It should be the fishy smell. I guess it was left by that evil god," Chen Jiudao.
Yi Xiaoxiao smiled softly: "Why do you say that the smell of fish is left by the evil god, not the people in the village who are fishing all year round to make a living."
"How could a fisherman salvage the fish demon? Don't you feel the faint demonic aura?" Chen Jiu said with his head tilted.
"Let's go in." Chen Jiu jumped off the donkey and walked towards the village.
"Is anyone?" Chen Jiu knocked on the door of the first house in the village.
"Are you?" The door opened and an old man with a sad face said in confusion.
The two people in front of them are dressed luxuriously and are definitely not comparable to those of ordinary people.
"My father-in-law is polite. I am a scholar from Qingyang Academy. I came to Luoshui for a trip today. I forgot to return home. If I want to ask for trouble all night, I would like to ask my father-in-law to take a convenience."
"Oh oh oh, it turns out that it is a talented man from Qingyang Academy. Please come in quickly." The old man opened the door with a creak.
The house was very simple and there was no furniture. A woman was cooking, and the pot was filled with yellow chestnut rice.
Seeing the two of them coming in, the woman who was cooking raised her head, about twelve, seventeen or eighteen years old, with dark skin and bright black and white eyes.
"So there is a guest here, please come in quickly." The voice is a bit pleasant.
"I'm upset" Chen Jiu walked into the inner room, and an old woman sat on the kang. Beside him was a boy of seven or eight years old.
When the boy saw a stranger coming in, he disappeared with a slap.
"It turns out that a guest is here, but the two guys are a little bit together." The old woman's voice was not very old.
"Why don't you come down quickly. These two are top students from Qingyang Academy. Come to our house to spend some time together. Go and prepare a few quilts." The old man walked into the house at this time and scolded the old woman.
The old woman slowly got off the kang, Chen Jiu stepped forward to support him, and the old man smiled and showed two big yellow teeth: "Both are high-class students from Qingyang Academy. The old man's surname is Liu. Just now, my wife was sitting on the kang, my daughter-in-law was cooking outside the house, and the child was grandson. My son went to the village to discuss things and came back when it was dark."
It turned out that the old man's surname was Liu. Chen Jiuyi smiled and bowed: "It turned out to be Uncle Liu, my surname was Chen."
"My surname is Yi".
The three of them chatted for a while, and Chen Jiu said, "Uncle, on the way back, I saw many people walking towards Qingzhou City with their families. I wonder what the reason is?"
Old Man Liu was silent for a moment and then said, "Since you are scholars from Qingyang Academy, then I will talk to you."
Looking at Chen Jiu and Yi Xiaoxiao's serious eyes, Old Man Liu whispered: "We are in peace near Luoshui recently. Not only are there monsters, but bandits also make trouble."
"A few days ago, a group of robbers came, not only robbing grain and silver, but also robbing children. In the end, to force each village to sacrifice at least one child to the River God every month, otherwise we would have to kill all of us."
Yi Xiaoxiao waved his hand angrily: "Old Uncle, hasn't it been like the state government responded to the situation?"
Old Man Liu shook his head: "Oh, things are not that simple. Recently, the drought has caused trouble in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture. The prefecture is sorting out the chaos, so how can we care about us?"
"Is there a river god in this Luoshui in the past?" Chen Jiu suddenly said.
"There was a river god temple before. When there was a drought, the river god temple suddenly collapsed, and then an evil god popped up."
Yi Xiaoxiao touched his eyebrows: "Chen Jiu, do you think the original river god of Luoshui fell from his position because of the drought of the Luo River, and the evil god took the opportunity to take over."
Chen Jiu touched his head: "It's possible."
"It must be apart from this disaster," Yi Xiaoxiao said.
Old Man Liu remained silent.
At this moment, a shout came from outside the yard: "Dad, I'm back."
"Yazi is back, there are guests at home, come in," said Old Man Liu in the middle of the house.
A big man walked in. The big man was tall, strong, and had a simple face, and was frowning at this time.
"What's wrong? What happened? I was frowning," said Old Man Liu.
The man did not greet Chen Jiuyi with a smile, but fell to the ground directly: "Dad, this time, Ji Xian actually drew lots and said, "Why don't we clean up the house and run away overnight."
"You mean, it's our turn to cart this time?" the old man said anxiously, almost jumping off the kang.
The big car is not a real car, it is the nickname of the previous child.
"Yes" the man said heavily.
The old man seemed to have been drained and then said, "What should I do?"
Chen Jiu and Yi smiled and looked at each other: "Uncle, we two are scholars from Qingyang Academy. We have learned the most skill. We must eliminate this disaster and protect this people."
Old Man Liu and his son looked at each other, and both knelt down to Chen Jiu and Yi Xiaoxiao: "Thank you, my kindness, please be sure to protect my child."
Chen Jiu quickly stepped forward and helped the two of them up: "It's okay, it's just a trivial matter, don't worry, two of you."
The four people sat down again, Yi smiled and said, "Brother Chen, how should we eliminate demons?"
"Hide this news first, don't alert the enemy, and don't tell the two outside the house, so as not to worry them," Chen Jiu said in a deep thought.
Old Man Liu nodded: "Yes, I can't tell them that women are not good enough to do things, so they can't leak the news."
After hearing this, Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiaoxiao quietly. Yi Xiaoxiao noticed Chen Jiu's gaze and glared at Chen Jiu fiercely. Obviously, the saying that a woman is not good enough to make things happen makes Yi Xiaoxiao feel unhappy.
"Let me and Brother Yi leave this matter of eliminating monsters. You don't have to worry about it. You just need to cooperate at that time," Chen Jiu said.
Old Man Liu and his son looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
At dinner, the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little strange. The woman seemed to notice something, but she didn't say anything.
Chen Jiu and Yi Xiaoxiao slept in the side room. The lights in the old man Liu's room were on. The old man's son looked at the old man: "Dad, do you think these two young people are reliable?"
Old Man Liu was silent for a while before looking up: "Do you have any other way?"
Old Man Liu's son was stunned: "Yes, is there any other way? There is no other way, so I can only accept this only way."
"We can escape overnight." Old Man Liu's son slapped his thigh.
Old Man Liu glared at him: "You are thinking about it beautiful when you run away overnight. I guess someone has been monitoring us from outside to prevent us from escaping. After all, families with children do not want their babies to be eaten by the evil god."
Chen Jiu and Yi Xiaoxiao lay side by side on the kang, Chen Jiu pointed outside: "Did you hear it? They don't believe us yet."
Although the two of them were low and there were several walls between them, Chen Jiu and Yi Xiaoxiao were both practitioners and those with clever ears and eyes. How could they hide this mere distance and obstacle?
"It's okay, wait until we really get rid of the evil gods, let's see what they say." Yi Xiaoxiao didn't care at all.
"However, of course I said thank you, but you are a little sure of getting rid of that evil god?" Chen Jiu said.
"I'm not sure, I don't have confidence, but I have confidence in you." Yi Xiao smiled.
"I don't have confidence in the most, you actually have confidence in me." Chen Jiu smiled softly.
"You are so domineering in the cave, you can't do it now?" Yi Xiaoxiao said provocatively.
"Don't use such a bad method to provoke my fighting spirit, and replace it with someone more clever," Chen Jiu said softly.
"No one is smart, my level is just like this."
Chen Jiu had no interface. After a while, Chen Jiu suddenly said: "You said, what if we really meet a strong and irresistible person tomorrow, what should we do if we all die?"
"Don't worry, we're not that unlucky." Yi Xiaoxiao patted Chen Jiu's shoulder.
"You said, I have never seen your true face yet. We live together and have been studying for so long, but I have died before seeing your true face yet. You said, would I feel very regretful?"
Chapter completed!