It wasn't until near noon the next day that Hu Xuan woke up, and Ah Hu next to him was still asleep. He quietly got up and walked into the courtyard, it was sunny outside, he stretched his waist and moved his legs and feet, Ah Hu's father carried a pocket on his back and walked in from outside the courtyard.

"Haha, you're awake?" Hu's father put his pocket on the ground and wiped the sweat from his head.

The two of them sat under the tree in the courtyard and chatted a few gossips, and Ah Hu's father said, "You stay here for a few days, and then I will go to Changsha with you and bring Mo Dayu to my home." His grandmother died, and he was left alone, so that he was deceived by the bad guys, Ah Hu and he were friends, and we felt deeply guilty that we had not fulfilled our responsibilities as friends and neighbors. In the future, I will raise him as my own child. ”

Hu Xuan thought for a while, "Heavy rain is now in Changsha, living very well, and Jiang Yu Niang's son Xu Xiaoliang went to school together, Jiang Yu Niang and his wife regard him as their own, if you want to take him back, he may not be willing." However, it is not impossible to take Ah Hu to see him, I heard him say that after his grandmother passed away, he originally thought of his friend's house, and it is estimated that the friend he said was Ah Hu. But before he came to your house, he was deceived by the wicked men. ”

"Okay, whether the heavy rain is going or staying, let him make his own decisions." Ah Hu's father got up and opened the pocket he came back from, poured out a bag of flowers and plants inside, and dried them on the stone platform in front of the window, "Last time, I heard Shi Suo say that he wanted to prepare a medicine called 'Hezhongsan', there are several medicinal materials, not easy to find, ask me to pay attention in the mountains, we have high mountains and dense forests here, and there are often herbs that are not available in other places, I picked some for him, and brought them over by the way." ”

"Shi Suo's medical skills are not refined, but his interest is quite high." Hu Xuan said with a smile: "He learns martial arts, learns literacy, learns to dispense, and always has endless energy all over his body." ”

"I just like his temperament, in the future, Ah Hu had better learn something from you, just playing in the mountains, without ability, how can he be productive in the future?"

"I agree," said Hu Xuan, "while he is young, learn more skills, and he will be of great use in the future." He suddenly remembered the "Xuanyuan Sword", walked into the house, took it out and handed it to Ah Hu's father, "This Miao knife is an object of your Miao family, it has been wandering outside for hundreds of years, let it return to Zhao now, and keep it for you, it can be regarded as an heirloom relic handed down by the ancestors of your Miao family." ”

"Okay." Ah Hu's father is a cheerful person, and he does not shirk, he took the knife, drew the knife out of the sheath, a white light, flickering like water waves, he played with the knife twice, the blade slid through the air, making a very nice "silk" sound of breaking the air, moist and refreshing, the knife light and change, he put away the knife and stood still, stroked the back of the knife with his hand, and couldn't help laughing, "Good knife, real treasure knife." Our Miao family, since ancient times has a tradition of being good at fighting knives, this treasure knife must be a masterpiece of the ancestors, and our whole village people will worship it well. Maybe there are a lot of legends about it. It's just that our descendants don't know about its past. ”

This knife shines even brighter in the sun's light, and its body exudes a condensed aura.

2

Hu Xuan and A Ning lived in Ah Hu's house for two days, Ah Hu father and son went on the road with them, went to Changsha, the fairy's legs and feet were seriously injured, and he could not walk for the time being, Ah Hu's father arranged for him to raise some days in Miao Village, and then sent someone to send him back to his hometown, and the fairy was very grateful.

If you follow Ah Hu's father, he will hand over the ancient seal to Hu Xuan and take it away, he said: "I accepted the Miao knife, the seal is a cultural relic of your Han family, and it should also be handed over to you for preservation." Hu Xuan just disagreed, "That seal is too important, it is not yet the time to be born, the situation in Changsha is chaotic and dangerous, if it falls into the hands of bad people or warlords, it will be too late to regret it." It's better to let it stay in the old pavilion village, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but it is very safe. ”

A few people left the village and walked all the way to Changsha. Ah Hu was the happiest, not only came out to play, but also was able to reunite with his old friend Mo Dayu, which made him elated. Hu Xuan asked him about the situation of Da Yu's family, and Ah Hu said: "They all seem to have moved from afar, and after quite a big change, I don't know very well, Da Yu has followed his grandmother since he was a child, and there is only one aunt, who is not nearby." ”

"Yes, I heard Heavy Rain say that his aunt is in Beijing."

On this day, after passing through an intersection, there is a mat shed at the corner, which is a small stall selling tea.

In the corner of the tea shed, an old lady sit, wearing a black Miao costume and a headband, sat in the corner and drank tea silently. Ah Hu jumped over and was about to sit next to the old lady, but was pulled by his father.

Ah Hu's father loudly asked the guys at the tea stall to serve tea, and at the same time took Hu Xuan, Ah Ning and Ah Hu to sit on the edge of the tea shed, far away from the old lady. Hu Xuan's heart is a little strange, Ah Hu's father has a bold personality, treats people warmly and sincerely, and never rejects people thousands of miles away, how can he stay away from an old man of the same clan?

The old lady drank a cup of tea, then stood up, paid for the tea silently, took a bamboo basket on her back, and walked away with her shoulders hunched over.

Ah Hu's father whispered to Hu Xuan: "This old lady is a Gu woman. ”

"Huh?" Hu Xuan was taken aback, the name of Gu Po, he had heard that in some remote Miao Townships, there are often such lonely and mysterious old people, known as Gu Po, it is said that they will go down to Gu, it is a kind of invisible and shadowless poison, being chanted mantra down to people, it is often difficult to perceive, after being poisoned, people will suffer from all kinds of strange diseases, it is not cured by medical skills, only by asking Gu Po to cast spells, can be lifted.

"Is this true?" A Ning asked, "Gu Po is Gu, what's going on?" ”

Ah Hu's father said: "I am a Miao person, but I can't explain the mystery here, not all Miao villages have Gu Po, and we don't have them in our village." But it is not uncommon for everyone to believe in God and spirit. It is all left by the elders, and it has been passed down to the present, which is actually just a human custom. I think that there must be poisoning, all kinds of poisonous insects and venom can be used by people, but most of them are just legends or false rumors. ”

"You're right," Hu Xuan deeply agreed with Ah Hu's father's opening, "Even if they are Gu women, they will not be poisoned casually when they see people, and when they are misunderstood, they are only afraid of the majority." ”

"Yes, in fact, Gu Po's life is very hard, people are hiding like a plague, their reputation is not good, they have no friends, and they are even lonely. I have seen in other villages, there is an old lady, called Gu Po, her family is affected by it, and few people take care of it, as if they are closed, and their lives are miserable. Hu's father said with emotion. (To be continued.) )