The twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the day of sweeping dust, this is an important day.

Although Qingshui Village is small, all the customs that should be paid attention to are preserved quite completely, and Liu Buyi, who is a lonely person, even if he is alone to hold up a piece of the sky, in addition to paying more attention to the slopes and bumps in life, for these festivals, the good luck and evil are avoided, and they are also particularly concerned.

As the old saying goes: the cottage is happy in spring, and the dust of the house is cleaned up and removed.

Approaching the end of the year, there is not much to remember, this etiquette and customs, when more worried, early in the morning, Liu Buyi began to move out of the house one by one, and then took a special dust broom, busy at home.

Recently, the village is not very peaceful, Liu Buyi has heard, some people say that the village is about to suffer a catastrophe, so for a while some people are panicked, not long ago there were villagers out of the mountain, found that the world outside the mountain, there are many changes, the mountains that used to look ethereal, become clear, and the villagers also found that outside the village, there are many villages, from the beginning of the strange, to gradually familiar, although there is a dreamy feeling, but the villagers are used to seeing outsiders, there are a lot of village things, and it is a good thing.

Liu Buyi didn't pay much attention to this, not to mention the truth of the bad news circulating in the village, at least Mr. didn't tell him anything, but I really thought about it, it seems that I haven't seen Mr. for a while.

As for the many villages that have appeared out of thin air, it has made Qingshui Village a lot more lively, because people from other villages have always come to the village recently.

Liu Buyi hasn't been out much recently, and he hasn't met people from other villages, but if he doesn't meet him, it doesn't mean that Liu Buyi hasn't paid attention to this matter.

A few days ago, I met with Hou Qing and them, and I heard Hou Qing mention that they are still villagers who have lived there for generations, as for why they have never seen it, some people speculate that it is because the mountain is too big, and the villagers have not gone out so far for generations, and some people speculate that it is because of the strange things that have happened frequently in the ancient land recently, and of course, some people say that they are outsiders to each other...

Children also have disputes about these different opinions, but they don't make much sense.

In the end, these people successively told Liu Buyi about their going on a long trip.

Hou Qing revealed that he had become a disciple of Panshanmen, which was considered a cultivation sect, and he might have to move his family to the Shanmen side of Panshanmen in the near future.

Huang Tingyu also said some words, and the general meaning is the same, his grandfather is going to take them to Bibotan, and they will live there in the future.

Liu Buyi is not surprised by this, because he has heard such words for a long time, and now it is certain, the young man said that he was lost, and there was also a little bit in his heart, his partner from childhood to adulthood was about to travel far away, and he was still a little sad in his heart, maybe he sighed that no one would go up the mountain to pick up birds and go into the water to catch fish in the future, or he might sigh that on a summer night, a person lying on the grass and counting the stars would become lonely.

However, Liu Buyi is full of blessings after the loss, these buddies who grew up together since childhood, even if they are about to go away, he will sincerely bless them in his heart, maybe this kind of feeling is the real affection.

In the courtyard, Liu Buyi thought about these things for a while, and shook his head, after all, others have other people's ways, what do you want, or do you have the final say, Liu Buyi is very self-aware, at least in his opinion.

Continuing to take care of the old antiques at home, the teenager was busy, and the boredom in his heart gradually faded.

In the afternoon, Liu Buyi finally cleaned the house inside and outside, looking at his achievements in the morning, the teenager still has a sense of achievement, cleaning the housework has always been not a simple thing, and a big project like the end of the year is not a simple job.

The rest of the work is to put the things that were originally moved out, and then put them in the same way, put them together, store, and put them neatly, and deal with the work at the end of the year, and at the end of the year, there must always be a good ending.

However, just when Liu Buyi was packing up his things, a figure pushed open the door of his house, a middle-aged man, the man looked at the environment of Liu Buyi's home casually, and there was not much emotion in his eyes.

Liu Buyi put down the things in his hand and looked at the other party, with doubts and vigilance in his eyes, because he didn't know this man.

"Are you?" Liu Buyi said, he was standing a foot away from the other party at the moment, just in front of the man.

"My name is Xia Yi, and I may need to stay with you for a while in the next period of time!" Xia Yi looked at Liu Buyi who looked like this, and there was a rare appreciation in his eyes.

Because Liu Buyi blocked his move, there was a faint sense of boxing, and this boxing was quite down-to-earth.

"I don't know you, do you have something to do with me?" Liu Buyi heard this, thought about it in his heart, and asked after making sure of it.

"Entrusted by someone, come to protect you!" Xia Yi didn't care about Liu Buyi's questioning tone, he naturally sat on a chair that Liu Buyi had just wiped, and then stared at Liu Buyi and continued: "You kid is blessed, there are big people in the Great Xia court who care about your safety, and they specially ordered me to protect you!"

When Liu Buyi heard this, his heart couldn't help but shake, someone in the Great Xia court was worried about his safety, who could it be? However, no matter how Liu Buyi guessed, he had no clue, until after his grandfather's death, he had always thought that he was a lonely person, how could all of a sudden, there would be big people in the Great Xia court who were worried about his safety?

"Don't look at me with disbelieving eyes, in fact, I don't know why that big man is worried about your safety!" Xia Yi looked at Liu Buyi's somewhat uncertain eyes, obviously guessed Liu Buyi's inner thoughts, and explained at this moment.

"You're a good boy, I've actually been secretly observing you for a long time, and all along, your performance has surprised me, if it weren't for today's abnormal movement in the ancient land, I actually wouldn't want to show up!" Xia Yi looked at the sky above his head, with a somewhat unnatural look, obviously what he said lightly, he must not be so easy in his heart.

It's no wonder that Xia Yi is like this, the changes in the Heavenly Sin Ancient Land are indeed too obvious, but for Xia Yi in the realm of an eight-grade person, he can only feel uneasy, as for the reason for the uneasiness, how can he not detect it, maybe Xia Yi knows in his heart that it must be another situation where the gods on the mountain are fighting and mortals are suffering.

"The movement of the Heavenly Sin Ancient Earth?" Liu Buyi was a little curious when he heard this, this was the thing he had heard the most during this time.

"Yes, I obviously feel that the spiritual power fluctuations in this world are a little abnormal, although I don't know the reason, but in my feeling, this is not a good thing!" Xia Yi said.

Liu Buyi's guard in his heart did not let go, he stared at Xia Yi, and then asked, "Because of this, you have to show up to protect me?"

"You kid is so careful!" Xia Yi understood the meaning of Liu Buyi's words, this kid didn't believe his identity at all.

"No way, there are too many outsiders in the village during this time, if you are not careful, I am afraid that I don't even know how I died, isn't it too wrong!" Liu Buyi said this, thinking of Chi Qingkui some time ago for no reason, until now, he didn't know what the name of the outsider he killed was.

"That's right!" Xia Yi looked at Liu Buyi with appreciation, how could he not be like this back then, "Since you are worried about me, then I will try not to appear in front of you, but to tell you, those people from the outside recently may also be very dishonest because of the changes in the ancient land, so I remind you to be careful!"

After saying this, Xia Yi was about to turn around and leave, but he looked at Liu Buyi, and finally asked, "Looking at your bunch of things now, do you need help?"

"Not for the time being!" Liu Buyi was very simple.

Xia Yi showed a wry smile, waved his hand, left Liu Buyi's home, and disappeared from Liu Buyi's sight in a blink of an eye.

Here, Liu Buyi wiped his forehead full of cold sweat, although he didn't know the reason, but Liu Buyi instinctively felt that the other party was a very dangerous person, and that person would always exude a murderous aura.

If Xia Yi knew that Liu Buyi was quite sorry for him because of this, Xia Yi would definitely be suffocated to death, and he would not be able to help Xia Yi because of his more than 20 years of horse career, the rank of iron-blooded combat exploits piled up, without a trace of murderous energy, it would be too sorry for those opponents who died under his sword.

However, Xia Yi is still quite relieved about Liu Buyi, if he is protecting a kid who has a lot of things, Xia Yi is estimated to be very tired.

Although the sudden arrival of Xia Yi did not disrupt Liu Buyi's cleaning process, Liu Buyi was a little distracted in the whole process of moving things, no way, this Xia Yi who suddenly appeared to protect himself, and the unknown big man in the Great Xia court, inevitably made Liu Buyi can't help but think more.

When Liu Buyi was moving things, because he was thinking too much, he didn't pay attention, and he hit a chair, and suddenly the box in his hand fell out of his hand, and the box fell to the ground, spilling the contents out.

In this way, Liu Buyi was scared enough, because the box that got out of his hands was what his grandfather left for him, Liu Buyi hurriedly put away those things, fortunately he didn't break them, otherwise he would have to die of guilt!

However, Liu Buyi didn't know that Xia Yi, who was secretly protecting him, had already seen the things scattered on the ground in his eyes, and after a short period of shock, Xia Yi, who was still a little calm, fell into deep contemplation at this moment.

When Liu Buyi packed up everything in the house, it was close to evening, and looking at the sunset on the horizon, Liu Buyi punched twice in the courtyard, and gradually left behind Xia Yi and the mysterious big man in his heart.

Qingshui Village at night, in the cold, the lights are dim, and occasionally there are one or two chicken fists in the bleak village, which seems quiet and serene.

At Liu Buyi's house, there is a piece of cooked pork belly in front of the stove at this moment, and there is a little good fragrant wax next to it, Liu Buyi is quite religiously reciting words to the stove that he uses 365 days a year.

On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the day of dust removal, there is a ring of sacrificial stoves in the evening, and in the incense mist that rises, it seems that the gods in the dark are looking down on all living beings in this world.

The young man didn't have too many extravagant wishes in his heart, only hoped that the wise stove god would bless his grandfather with a good life over there, and then bless himself with peace and security in the next year.

After saying these prayers, Liu Buyi burned the prepared yellow scroll scriptures to the stove god little by little with a brazier, this act of bribing the gods, Liu Buyi has been quite proficient since he was in charge of the house alone.

And the pork belly after the sacrifice stove, of course, is to sacrifice Liu Buyi's own five internal organs temple, after all, this pig pork belly, the price is expensive, all year round, on this day, Liu Buyi will not feel sorry for the money to take out some money to buy a piece.

Of course, Liu Buyi decided that this year, because he got a lot of so-called green jade coins and purple jade coins, he could add a fish to his Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and half a chicken, which was already a big meal, thinking of this, Liu Buyi had an expectant look on his face.

At Mrs. Lin's house, when Xuantuo put the last bit of things in place, Mrs. Lin had already prepared all the things needed for the sacrificial stove, and was about to sacrifice the stove, when a loud noise suddenly came from outside, which scared Mrs. Lin, who was in poor health, was almost scared to death by this loud noise.

Xuan Tuo comforted Mrs. Lin, and then went out, with a rather cold look on his face, obviously choked by the anger of the visitor.

When he saw clearly who was standing in the courtyard, Xuantuo was even more angry and his fists were clenched, because the person who came was the pair of masters and apprentices who were beaten away by himself and the master that day, but they hadn't seen him for many days, and now the injury on the young man's face was obviously much better.

"Do you really have the guts! dare to come?" Xuan Tuo said in a rather cold tone, but at this moment, after he said this, he obviously didn't want to say anything, and he was about to start teaching the other party a lesson, but he was stopped by his own master.

"Apprentice, don't be reckless!" Ma Yiyuan didn't know when, he appeared next to Xuantuo, he didn't care about the two people standing in the courtyard, at this moment, Ma Yiyuan's clear eyes were filled with a solemnity that is usually difficult to see, staring at the three figures who slowly walked in from behind.