Chu Qiguang's mind still remembers the villagers with hideous faces and excited faces in broad daylight.

In this world, the Taoist temple is not only the person who slays the demon in the story of the female corpse, but also a mountain that presses on the heads of the people.

Chu Qiguang's Wangjiazhuang is located in Qingyang County, under Lingzhou.

And in this Qingyang County, the Wang family, who is rampant and domineering in Wangjiazhuang, can only be regarded as a small landlord.

In contrast, the Taoist temple in the county is the real behemoth, not only presiding over the various marriages, funerals, lectures, worship, and demon subjugation affairs of more than 100,000 people in a county, but also countless large households merge the fields into their doors through methods such as donations, tricks, and book changes, just to avoid paying taxes. After all, Taoist temples do not have to pay taxes and have no forced labor.

The whole village of this Wangjiazhuang, and even the people in the entire Qingyang County believe in Xuanyuan Daozun, and they are extremely fanatical. The Taoist priests in the county would even arrest villagers they thought were demons and sink them into the river. ’

As for the reason for drowning people in the river, it was absurd and ridiculous in Chu Qiguang's eyes.

There are those who are suspected of becoming demons because they wear clothes indiscriminately, those with bad reputations have been arrested, people with mental problems have also been arrested, and even some people who in Chu Qiguang's opinion have been arrested and sunk just because they offended those Taoist priests in Taoist temples, and all the family's land and property have been bought at a low price.

As soon as he thought of this, Chu Qiguang from modern society was a chill, and he didn't dare to have a way too advanced.

Until you have enough status and power, you still have to do things in a way that suits the style of this society. ’

Grain taxes, forced labor, landlords, officials, religious ...... These things were like mountains pressing on poor peasants like Ergou, and they were overwhelmed.

This year's grain tax of two taels and two dollars, if Chu Qiguang is not there, will inevitably become the last straw that crushes Ergou's family. Either he sold his land and gradually became a slave of the Wang family, or he could barely make up the grain tax by selling his sister Ergou.

And I'm going to die if I don't pretend to be forced...... We have to improve the quality of life as soon as possible, and such days are tormenting every day. ’

Speaking of which, the orange cat might really be an opportunity. ’

Thinking about the situation he was in now, Chu Qiguang made a decision faintly in his heart.

Anyway, his current situation has been suffered again, and if that cat is really some demon and monster trying to harm him, he seems to have no way to resist the monster.

What's more Chu Qiguang didn't notice, that is, his heart kept surging a good impression of the orange cat, which influenced him to make today's decision.

The mother of the second dog on the side sighed for a long time, and under the comfort of Chu Qiguang, she still went into the kitchen to work, and after a while, a fragrance came out.

Chu Qiguang and his sister walked over when they smelled the aroma, their eyes straight as they watched their mother bake two dough cakes, and their mouths kept swallowing saliva.

The mother held the baked dough and sniffed it again and again, and finally handed the dough to Ergou and his sister with some reluctance: "You can eat it." ”

Looking at the woman's yellow-skinned appearance, Chu Qiguang couldn't bear to say, "Mother, you can eat some yourself." ”

The mother smiled and said, "I'll be full when I smell it, so you can eat." ”

Chu Qiguang sighed secretly in his heart, and the second dog sister on the side was already holding the dough cake and gobbling it up.

Ergou's mother reprimanded: "Slow down, don't choke." She smelled the aroma of the dough and couldn't help twitching her stomach slightly, and finally went to the water tank to pour a bowl of water to drink.

That night, after Chu Qiguang waited for his sister and mother to fall asleep, he got up cautiously and rushed to the back mountain.

......

Wangjiazhuang is called the place of the back mountain, there is no name, it is a barren mountain, the mountain is mostly bamboo forest, the nearby villagers often come to the mountain to cut some bamboo for home, or dig some bamboo shoots to sell in the county for money.

At this moment, most places in the mountain were dark, and Chu Qiguang didn't know what time it was, but fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight, shining on the mountain road, so that he could barely see the road ahead, and slowly moved towards the top of the mountain.

I don't know where the cat is waiting for me, this mountain is not big, but it is not small. Even if a big living person is lost in this mountain, he may not be able to find it in a night, let alone a cat?'

Chu Qiguang, who had climbed halfway up the mountain, was panting, feeling that his body was getting more and more tired and cold, and his stomach was constantly squirming, and there was a strong feeling of hunger: "This body is too weak. ’

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and there were a few terrible howls in the mountains and forests, like night owls or mountain foxes, mixed with the night wind, and spread far away.

The cool breeze blew on Chu Qiguang's body with a roar, which made him who was accustomed to modern city life couldn't help but get goosebumps, and he faintly regretted going up the mountain late at night.

He suddenly had a trace of doubt about his actions this time, he should not have gone up the mountain so impulsively.

Why don't you go back...... The Wang family can also use my own methods to deal with it. ’

Just as Chu Qiguang turned around, several green rays of light suddenly rose from the bamboo forest behind him, fluttering in the wind in the darkness like ghost fire.

Chu Qiguang's heart tightened, and before he could react, those ghost fires seemed to have discovered him, and they flew towards him suddenly.

Chu Qiguang suddenly touched the firewood knife hidden in his arms, and in the next moment, with the ghost fire, he rushed out of the shadow of the bamboo forest, and the two short figures had already twisted and walked out, they were short like a one- or two-year-old baby, and their standing movements were strange, and Chu Qiguang's heart became more and more nervous.

It wasn't until the short figure was exposed to the moonlight that Chu Qiguang saw clearly that what appeared in front of him were two wild cats with different patterns, and the green ghost fire he just saw turned out to be the green light in the eyes of these cats.

This is ...... The wildcat that played with my sister before?'

What made Chu Qiguang suspicious was that the two wild cats in front of him did not have the slightest laziness or docility, but stood up with the two legs of their hind limbs, put their hands together, and bowed towards him like humans.

Chu Qiguang was secretly shocked in his heart: "Isn't it just an orange cat...... These two cats are also youkai?'

The white cat led by him beckoned towards Chu Qiguang with his front paws, and then barked, and then turned around, as if to lead Chu Qiguang the way.

Chu Qiguang thought, "I'm afraid the orange cat sent them to show me the way." ’

He was still a little hesitant in his heart, but when he thought of the orange cat in Ergou's memory, an inexplicable trust rose again, and he followed the cat into the bamboo forest.