The butler had been standing by without saying a word, and only after the two toad-like monsters had been put into the water tank and tied tightly, he said to Lao Dao respectfully, "Thank you, Daoist." Then he turned back to Yang Xianmao and said, "Pick it, follow me." ”

Yang Xianmao nodded, came to the two big iron cylinders, grabbed the horizontal iron pole and tried it, frowning slightly, this time the weight was much heavier than the two picks he picked before, because he could no longer use his arms to easily lift it up and put it on his shoulders, so he could only squat down, put the pole on his shoulders, and his waist and legs picked up the two large iron cylinders filled with black water and two huge toads, and walked out behind the housekeeper, and the housekeeper asked, "No problem, right?"

Yang Xianmao didn't answer, just nodded, and followed the housekeeper out of the Taoist temple to the front yard. The burden in the front yard, several Taoist priests were counting, and now that it had been opened, Yang Xianmao also saw that those baskets were carrying rolls of cloth.

After the Taoists carried the cloth into the meditation room, the burdens were empty, and the steward told the porters to carry the empty burdens and follow him. These Taoist priests brought a lot of chickens and ducks from another courtyard and put them in baskets and covered them, the wings and legs of the chickens and ducks were tied, and some rice for feeding the chickens and ducks was placed in the other picks.

Yang Xianmao was a little puzzled, wouldn't the housekeeper come all the way here to buy such a large number of chickens and ducks and pick them back? Seeing the strange two giant toad-like monsters just now made him have another speculation in his heart.

Sure enough, his speculation was quickly confirmed, because the housekeeper called him aside and said: "The name of the big iron tank is the Vampire Divine Frog, these chickens and ducks are fed to the Vampire Divine Frog on the road to suck blood, you don't care what the specific use of this divine frog is, your responsibility is to take good care of them on the road." If you take good care of it, when you return to the manor, I will reward you with another twenty cents. And along the way your meatloaf increased to three, half a roast duck, a jug of wine, how about it?"

Yang Xianmao nodded.

It was not strange that the housekeeper was angry with Yang Xianmao, but nodded approvingly, and then said to the porters: "Pick up the things, live in the county seat today, and leave tomorrow." ”

When these porters came, they picked up heavy fabrics, but now they are picking some chickens and ducks, which is relatively easier. So when they went down the mountain, they couldn't help but smile on their faces, talking loudly, and the housekeeper asked them to speak softly, not to make noise, and not to make noise about the things in the big iron cylinder picked by Yang Xianmao. The porters quickly lowered their voices.

Yang Xianmao also clearly felt it just now, when these people spoke loudly, the toad in the big iron jar began to be restless, and only quieted down after lowering his voice.

The porters whispered, "Why did this little Taoist temple raise so many chickens and ducks?" Could it be that in addition to practicing and cultivating, they also had to raise some chickens and ducks to sell? Of course, it was impossible for them to eat so many for themselves.

Yang Xianmao now knows, but the toad eats the blood of chickens and ducks, which sounds very weird.

They carried the burden down the mountain, came to the county seat and found an inn to live in, and the housekeeper let the porters sleep in the bunk, but arranged a separate room for Yang Xianmao and asked him to take care of the two vampire frogs.

Yang Xianmao proposed to the housekeeper to let his younger brother, that is, Liu Dongyan, who was disguised as a man, live with him and take care of each other. The housekeeper nodded and agreed, but told him that no one was allowed to say anything about the frog, including his younger brother, and he was not allowed to ask, Yang Xianmao agreed and called Liu Dongyan over.

In the evening, according to what he said before, the housekeeper brought three meat cakes to Yang Xianmao, as well as a basket of ordinary vegetarian cakes, which he could eat as he pleased, but there were only three meat cakes. In ancient times, meat was still very precious, and the average little rich family couldn't eat meat for a meal, Yang Xianmao was able to eat meat cakes for a meal, which was already a very good treatment, not to mention that there was half a roast duck, from the original chicken leg to half a roast duck, of course, this treatment rose sharply, and there was a large pot of wine.

This time, the half of the roast duck Yang Xianmao was not given to Liu Dongyan, because there were too many, and Liu Dongyan couldn't finish it, so he gave him two meatloaf and ate one himself. The legs and breast of the half roast duck were given to Liu Dongyan, and the duck butt was left for him to drink.

Liu Dongyan saw that Yang Xianmao had appetizers, and a relieved smile appeared on his face, and he ate very deliciously.

When they had finished eating, the housekeeper came in again and called Yang Xianmao aside, and said to him, "Go and get three ducks and three chickens, kill them, and pour the blood directly into the two big iron jars for the frogs to drink, just don't tell your brother what is in there." ”

After Yang Xianmao agreed, he went straight out and grabbed six chickens and ducks from the basket they picked up, Liu Dongyan of course followed him, and after catching it back, he entered the house, Liu Dongyan saw that the housekeeper had left, so he whispered to Yang Xianmao: "Young master, what is in the things you picked? I smell a very strange smell." ”

Yang Xianmao shook his head, lowered his voice and said to her: "Don't ask, we just have to eat and drink, what are we doing with so much idle business? What they want to do is their business, we just need to do our part." ”

Liu Dongyan sighed and stopped asking.

Yang Xianmao grabbed a duck, carried the duck leg upside down with his hand, lifted the blue cloth covering the big iron tank, took the knife, cut the neck of a duck, and poured the blood into the big water tank.

The tank was caught with a fishing net, and blood could flow through the mesh, but the mesh was so small that even the fingers could not pass it, and the net was obviously not an ordinary fishing net, the silk thread was made of black, I don't know what it was, but it was conceivable that it should be very tough. Because when Yang Xianmao poured blood into it, the huge vampire frog inside was very active, churning and jumping inside, and slamming into the fishing net several times, but it couldn't tear it apart.

Yang Xianmao cut off the heads of ducks and chickens one after another, and poured blood into two water tanks. Liu Dongyan was stunned on the side, since Yang Xianmao asked her not to ask more, she didn't dare to speak, and she didn't even step forward to check what was in the two large water tanks.

After Yang Xianmao poured all the blood of the six chickens and ducks into the water tank, the house was filled with the smell of blood. At this time, the housekeeper's servant came, put the dead chickens and ducks in a bag, and went out without saying a word, and Yang Xianmao didn't ask much.

The next morning, they set out for the trip.

All the porters' picks have become lighter, so Liu Dongyan can also pick up the burden by himself, and no longer let Yang Xianmao help pick it, because Yang Xianmao's burden is much heavier than before, and the housekeeper on the road keeps reminding Yang Xianmao to be careful not to fall. However, Yang Xianmao's body became extremely strong after being tempered by the Yin and Yang True Fire, and although this burden was much heavier than before, it did not crush him.

Along the way, unless the butler Gui offered to stop and rest, Yang Xianmao never stopped, even when he was resting, his face did not change and his heart did not beat, and he did not even breathe like those porters who walked a long way with chickens and ducks, which made the butler secretly surprised.

However, only Yang Xianmao himself knew that he was still very tired along the way, but his body that had been tempered by severe tempering had already been tortured, even the extremely painful tempering at that time could not convince him, this long-distance burden was not more serious than the previous tempering, and of course it would not destroy him.

The road was safe and sound, and when I passed the section of the road where the bearded bandits robbed before, I didn't encounter the gang of bandits. Finally, they arrived in Yinzhou safely.

Yinzhou City is not too big, and the liveliness inside is not as lively as Yuzhou, it is a mountain city in the depths of the mountains, and it is not very important to have a strategic position, so the imperial court did not put too much energy on it.

Now, the whole city is filled with an old smell. When they entered the city, they saw that there were almost no new houses, most of them were dilapidated old houses. Even if you see the high-walled courtyard of blue bricks, it has been eroded by wind and rain for many years, covered with moss, and the color of the bricks has turned dark red. Walking on the streets, the potholes are not paved with bluestone slabs like in Yuzhou. There are only ordinary tamped dirt roads, which have been crushed by oxen and horse-drawn carts for many years, and if you are not careful, you will even trip over the uneven road surface.

However, Yang Xianmao still walked like a fly, walking freely on the potholed streets, and followed the housekeeper to a huge mansion.

This house, like other houses in the city, is also full of old wind and rain smell, but this old does not mean dilapidated, not to mention anything else, just look at the two majestic stone lions in front of the door, it is enough to let people know the financial resources of this house, these two lions are beautifully carved, taller than people, and they are not ordinary at a glance. The two housekeepers standing at the door were even more burly, and their eyes were cold, so that Hanako, who was asking for food on the road, did not dare to approach.

When the two family members saw their group coming, especially when they saw the housekeeper who was walking in the front, they immediately smiled all over their faces, walked down quickly, bowed their hands, and said, "Butler, you are back, and you have worked hard all the way." ”

The housekeeper didn't answer, just nodded slightly, and said to Yang Xianmao: "You follow me all the way to the backyard, and the others put down the pick, go to the account room to settle the bill, and then you can leave." ”

Liu Dongyan hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "What about me?"

The housekeeper glanced at her and said, "I'll send someone to arrange your accommodation, and your brother will come to you after he finishes his business." ”

Liu Dongyan agreed, and looked at Yang Xianmao with some concern. Because this old and quaint deep mansion compound always gave her a kind of uneasiness in her heart, and she didn't know where this uneasiness came from.

Yang Xianmao nodded at her, signaling that she didn't have to worry, and then picked up the heavy pick, and followed the housekeeper towards the backyard.

The pavilions and pavilions seen along the way, the rows of side rooms are also very old, although the carved beams and paintings, but those carvings should be decades ago.

The front yard is where ordinary people live, busy coming and going, seeing the housekeeper coming over with Yang Xianmao, he quickly avoided it to the side, greeted him respectfully, and waited for them to pass, and then he continued to be busy with his own.

After passing through the rows of houses in the front yard, I finally came to the inner house.