The second girl was unfortunately hit by Shiro Tanano's poisonous ninja dart, and as a result, the poisonous gas hit her heart and died. Xiao Ding tried his best to save it, but to no avail.

Poor Erniu, who was not yet fifteen years old just now, was so beautiful that she had already buried her incense.

Xiao Ding was grief-stricken, kept holding Erniu's already cold body, and cried loudly while shouting Erniu's name.

When he found that Erniu's soul was separated from his body, he didn't want Erniu's soul to drift away like this, so he used the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to collect Erniu's soul into the tower and put it in the "Soul Nourishing Palace" on the second floor of the pagoda to nourish it.

At this time, Xiao Ding suddenly had an idea: If the soul of the second girl is sent back to the body of the second girl, will the second girl come back to life?

Despite this thought, after Xiao Ding saw Erniu's corpse, which had gradually stiffened, he knew in his heart that this was impossible.

Song Yinzi's soul was taken away at the beginning, but he did not die, there was still life in his body, and all parts of his body were still functioning normally, so after recalling his soul, he could wake up.

And Erniu is dead at this time, there is no life in her body, all the organs in her body are no longer functioning, even if her soul is sent back to her body, she will not be able to come back to life.

Xiao Ding stretched out his hand to wipe the blood stains left on the corner of Erniu's mouth, and suddenly remembered in his mind that before coming to Zhongzhou, Erniu had said to herself one day, "Xianggong, you promise me one thing, if I die one day, you can put my body in your jade pendant space, so that I will always be by Xianggong's side when I die." ”

At that time, Xiao Ding was only joking, who would have thought that today he would become a prophecy. The second girl is really dead, and he will never see the well-behaved and lovely second girl again.

Thinking of Erniu's words, Xiao Ding silently said in his mouth: "Erniu, don't worry, I will let you stay by my side all the time."

After saying that, tears once again dripped down the pale little face of the second girl.

At this time, the civet cat, who had been silently accompanying Xiao Ding to tears, came to Xiao Ding and said, "Husband, I'm sorry, I hurt the second girl......

The civet cat actually doesn't have much affection for the second girl, and they have only known each other for a few days.

The civet cat cried, first, when she saw Xiaoding crying sadly, she couldn't help but feel sad; Second, she also saw Erniu die young at such a young age, she really felt pity and felt sympathy for Erniu; The third is that if she is willing to accept Erniu, Erniu will not leave without permission, so she will not be killed, and she feels guilty. That's why I cried.

Xiao Ding listened to the words of the civet cat, motionless, didn't even look at the civet, just silently muttered: "It's my fault, it's all my fault, it's me who killed the second girl......"

He thought to himself, if he didn't bring Erniu to Zhongzhou, would Erniu still live alive in Luoxia Village?

At this time, he remembered what Erniu had said to him in the past few days:

"Xianggong, although this Kyoto is good, it is not my home, I want to go back to Kasumi Village......"

"Xianggong, I want to return to Xia Village, although this place is good, it is not my home......"

"It's good everywhere in Kyoto, but I always have a feeling that this is not where I should be, I was born with a hard life, and I may only be suitable to stay in the countryside like Luoxia Village, so as to be a happy and happy country girl."

Seeing that Xiao Ding didn't care about himself, the civet knew that Xiao Ding must be blaming himself in his heart, so he continued: "Husband, I'm sorry, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. If the second girl can survive, I promise you to marry her as a flat wife. ”

Xiao Ding slowly raised his teary eyes, glanced at the civet, and said slowly: "But, Erniu, she is already dead......

The implication of this sentence is obvious, and the implication is that she is already dead, so what is the use of you talking about this?

The civet cat could naturally hear the meaning of Xiao Ding's words, and she had no choice but to say sadly: "Husband, I know I was wrong, don't be sad anymore, okay?" Let's take Erniu back to the Hou Mansion and bury her well! ”

When Xiao Ding heard this, his heart moved, although he had already thought about it, according to Erniu's wishes, he would put her body into his jade pendant space, so that she would always be by his side.

But just now I heard the civet cat mention the burial, Xiao Ding felt that it was better to go back and help Erniu hold a funeral, at least it was a kind of respect for Erniu's death.

So, he nodded, wiped the tears from his face and said, "Okay, let's go back to the Hou Mansion to prepare for the funeral." ”

When the others heard Xiao Ding say that they wanted to go back, they all wiped their tears and stood up. Most of them were infected by Xiaoding's crying and cried, and at the same time, they also felt sorry for the death of the second girl.

Xiao'e was already crying silently, she lay on Ou Muyun's shoulder and cried, ignoring everyone's eyes.

As soon as Xiao Ding saw it, he could already see that Xiao E had already accepted Ou Muyun in her heart.

Xiao'e is one year older than the second girl, and she is sixteen years old after the Chinese New Year, and in this era, it is already the age to marry.

Ou Muyun and her are the same age, when the two were in Luoxia Village, they lived under the same roof, got along day and night, and were in adolescence, so they had feelings for each other.

Xiao Ding is not against their relationship, Ou Muyun, as the young owner of the Royal Sword Villa, has the temperament of a young man, and his appearance is not bad, not to mention the personable Sai Pan'an, but he is also well-dressed like a jade. It's just that he grew up in a greenhouse environment and has not experienced tempering, and his ability to take charge of himself needs to be improved.

Sun Dasheng was still grinning and crying before, and his voice was even louder than Xiao Ding's crying. When he fought before, he and Luo Dafeng also suffered some minor injuries on their bodies, and after the two bandaged each other, they hugged each other and cried.

At this time, hearing Xiao Ding say that he was going to return to the Hou Mansion, Luo Dafeng hurriedly pushed Sun loudly and said, "Okay, don't cry, you cry so ugly, we should go back." ”

Since this Luo Dafeng married Sun Dasheng, her temperament is much gentler than before, she is a middle-aged beauty, and as soon as her personality improves, Sun Dasheng loves her in every way.

Therefore, as soon as Luo Dafeng said that he should stop crying, he immediately stopped crying.

In the main hall, the smell of blood was permeating at this time, and the corpses on the ground were all smashed by Xiao Ding with a mace, and none of them were intact.

Xiao Ding's mind moved, put the second girl in his arms into the space, and then stood up and asked these people to help take these corpses on the ground that had already turned into piles of soft flesh out of the temple by the way.

After all, today is just the third day of the Lunar New Year, and in this whole New Year, there may be people who come to the temple to worship the god of the city god. Leaving the corpse in the main hall is afraid that it will frighten the people who come to burn incense.

Therefore, when Xiao Ding and the others left the City God Temple, they dragged all these corpses out of the temple gate and threw them directly on the barren mountain to feed the beasts.

After descending Qifengling, everyone found the horses that had been left under the mountain before, and rode all the way back to Zhongzhou City.

In Zhongzhou City, the atmosphere of the New Year is still shrouded in the streets and alleys of the city, and from time to time, there will be occasional firecrackers. The residents of the city, after meeting each other, were also talking about some New Year's greetings.

In front of the Big Buddha Temple in the north of the city, as in previous years, a temple fair is held lively, from the first day of the new year to the fifteenth day of the new year, every year. Many residents of the city, regardless of the wind and snow, all gathered at the North Buddha Temple in the city.

Although there was a peaceful and festive atmosphere in the city, the hearts of the people in Xiaoding were pressed with a thick cloud of sadness.

The wind and snow are still falling, the snow is as white as salt, the wind sweeps the plum blossoms and falls, the heart is broken, and the plum snow is flying.

Xiao Ding's mood could not be integrated into the festive atmosphere of the New Year in the city. He was depressed in his heart, so he just rode all the way towards the Hou Mansion and walked briskly.

When passing by the longevity shop in the city, Xiao Ding turned in. When everyone saw Xiao Ding enter, they all followed into the courtyard.

In fact, this longevity shop has not yet opened today.

Normally, shops in this era usually have to rest until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before they can officially open during the Chinese New Year, and some will even delay their opening until after February 2. After all, businessmen rarely have a day off, but the Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in this era, and it is normal to take this opportunity to take a good rest for a while.

Of course, not all shops will open so late, and some shops will choose to open after the fifth day of the first lunar month in a hurry to make money. However, there are almost no shops that opened in the third year of junior high school in this era.

In this era, the nature of the shoucai shop and the carpenter's shop was similar, and they were both shops that undertook carpentry work. It's just that the items sold in these two stores are different. The longevity material shop sells mainly longevity materials such as coffins, as well as some supplies needed for funerals. The carpenter's shop mainly sells some furniture, daily necessities and other items, such as cabinets, barrels, wooden basins, horse-drawn carriages and so on.

Although the carpenter shop can also make coffins, the carpenters in the carpenter shop basically do not take on the work of making coffins. They will be disgusted.

The Shoucai shop is the opposite, they are specialized in eating this bowl of rice, making furniture or something, although they will do it too, but usually there are no customers who come to their Shoucai shop to make furniture. This time, the customer will be disgusted.

Xiao Ding entered the courtyard of the Shoucai shop, dismounted and tied the horse to the tethered stake next to the door, and then glanced around the courtyard.

I saw that this yard was very large, with a lot of timber piled on one side, and a row of wooden sheds built on the other side, which were covered by curtains. Xiao Ding guessed that it should be a finished coffin inside, because of the Chinese New Year, so it was covered.

There were many apprentices in the courtyard cleaning the yard, and they were very curious to see so many people riding in on horseback.

After all, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, usually no one will come to buy a coffin.

Xiao Ding stepped forward quickly and asked the apprentices, "Is your boss at home?" ”

One of the apprentices replied, "Yes, yes, I don't know what you have to do, I will help you out!" ”

Xiao Ding replied: "You just said that Tian Xiaoding, the protector of the country, came to ask for a meeting." He didn't plan to report his name, but it instantly occurred to him that they hadn't opened today, if he didn't reveal his identity, if the boss didn't come out to see him, wouldn't it be very troublesome?

Sure enough, Xiao Ding's identity as a protector is not useless. It didn't take long for the owner of the longevity shop to run over from the backyard, with a smile on his face, and he was still far away, so he began to hug his fists to Xiao Ding and the others, and said politely: "I don't know that the Marquis of the Protector is coming, the villain is far away, and I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Those who do business talk about harmony and make money, and they dare not provoke the powerful, so the boss is the first to start greetings.

Xiao Ding's face was expressionless, and he just said lightly: "It seems that your store hasn't opened yet, right?" Can I pick up the job now? ”

The boss had already come to everyone at this time, and when he saw Xiao Ding standing in the front, and everyone else was on either side or behind him, he could naturally see that Xiao Ding must be the emperor's newly sealed famous protector of Kyoto.

So, he hugged his fist at Xiao Ding and said, "We won't be able to officially open until the sixth day of the new year at the earliest." Master Hou, if you have something, you might as well come into the house with me for a cup of tea, and we will talk slowly. ”

Xiao Ding waved his hand and said, "You don't have to enter the house." I urgently need a coffin now, and I will provide the wood myself, and I can pay you double the price, I wonder if you are willing to take this job? ”

"This ......," the owner of the longevity shop scratched his head and asked, "In principle, we haven't opened the business, so we won't take the job." But since it was Hou Ye who came to ...... in person, I don't know when Hou Ye will want it? ”

"Tomorrow morning at the latest, preferably today, can help me build it." Although Xiao Ding saw that the boss was a little hesitant to speak, he did not refuse at once, thinking that he should accept this job for the sake of giving him more money.

"One day, that's a bit short! Many of our carpenters here have already gone home for the Chinese New Year...... "The boss is about to continue. Xiao Ding over there interrupted him and said, "Give you three times the price......"

The boss immediately smiled and said, "Since Hou Ye is so anxious, then we will try to help Hou Ye complete this work before tonight." ”

Xiao Ding saw that the boss of this longevity material shop took over the job, and without saying much, he directly took out the huge 10,000-year-old lightning stiff wood from the space. said: "Look at how much wood is needed to make a coffin, and after cutting it off, I will take back the rest."

The owner of the longevity shop and the apprentices in the yard suddenly saw a huge black log in the yard, and they were all dumbfounded. They couldn't figure out how Xiao Ding could move such a big log to the yard in an instant.

However, they did not dare to ask how Xiao Ding did it, and the boss instructed the apprentices to take a ruler to measure and calculate how much wood was needed. Then, after cutting off enough wood, Xiao Ding took the rest of the wood back into the space.

only shocked everyone in the longevity material shop and stared at Xiao Ding with surprised eyes.

After Xiao Ding left the deposit, he agreed on the time to finish the construction, and then led everyone back to the Hou Mansion directly.

In the Hou Mansion, Steward Xia was still waiting for news from Xiao Ding's side.

In the morning, Xiao Ding went out to save people, and Steward Xia also knew about it. There is such a big thing in the house, how can you not know as a housekeeper?

When he learned that Erniu had been killed, his expression couldn't help but darken.

Xiao Ding immediately instructed Steward Xia to go out to buy the items needed for the funeral, if some shops are not yet open, then pay more money to buy them, anyway, he is not short of money now.

Steward Xia agreed, and went down to make arrangements. This kind of thing is not difficult for him, after all, he has been a housekeeper for many years. He's been through a lot of things.