As soon as the three words "Nie Xiaoqian" came out, Zhu Yuanliang suddenly took a few steps back in shock, tripped over Tong Biao's corpse, sat on the seat of Juxian Pavilion, and screamed "Ah". Chen Shuqing was also suddenly enlightened, and she was speechless in shock.

The two of them couldn't believe that this ordinary little demon boy from Lijiang had such an earth-shattering background!

As a descendant of the original author, only Pu Zixuan's understanding of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" is almost blank, looking at the abnormal reactions of the three people, he asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?" Nie Xiaoqian? Isn't it an ordinary woman's name? What's all the fuss? ”

Chen Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "What?" "Nie Xiaoqian" can be said to be the most famous chapter in the whole "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", you haven't read it at all? ”

Chen Shuqing's expression was as if she couldn't believe that Pu Zixuan, as a native of the Qing Dynasty, didn't know that there was a woman called the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Pu Zixuan looked at Zhu Yuanliang, and saw that Zhu Yuanliang also seemed to be confused by his ignorance, so he was even more puzzled: "I really haven't read it, but even if Xiaoshu's aunt has a relationship with my ancestor Pu Songling, so what?" Isn't it just a youkai? If it is a demon, get rid of her, and if it is a good demon, you will persuade her, are you so surprised? ”

Zhu Yuanliang stood up, walked to Pu Zixuan's side, and said like a gentleman instructing a student: "Nie Xiaoqian is not terrible, what is terrible is her grandmother." ”

Chen Shuqing nodded and further explained: "Yes, her grandmother is one of the four demon kings of the year, in Mr.'s original work, Nie Xiaoqian is indeed a female ghost who lives in Jinhua Lanruo Temple and specializes in seducing men to death, but the 'Guobei County' in Mr.'s book is fictional, 'Guo' is the meaning of the city, and 'Guobei County' actually refers to the north of Jinhua City, and her grandmother is a thousand-year-old tree demon, but it is not written in the book that this kind of tree is a small-leaved red bean tree...... No wonder, we can't sense Nie Xiaoqian's demonic energy, nor can we sense the humans demonized by her...... God, I always thought that after her grandmother's death, Nie Xiaoqian had completely become a good monster, but I didn't want to, more than a hundred years later, she was still engaged in such a hurtful thing......"

Seeing Chen Shuqing talking about his elders in such an unbearable word, Xiaoshu was sad and angry, and strived: "It's not!" My aunt isn't a bad monster! Dad said that after grandma died of illness, my sister married a scholar named Ning Caichen, gave birth to a child, and lived a quiet life, how could she come out to harm people? Besides, these monsters are talking about the Red Yaksha, what evidence is there that the aunt is the Red Yaksha? ”

Zhu Yuanliang said: "There is indeed no monster 'Red Yaksha' in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", but if Nie Xiaoqian was later found wearing a red dress, wouldn't it be normal to be gradually given a new name after more than a hundred years? ”

Seeing Zhu Yuanliang and Chen Shuqing singing and harmonizing, Xiao Shu was even more sad and angry in his heart, and said to Zhu Yuanliang in a loud voice: "Wearing red clothes is a red yaksha?" So, don't you also wear such a red cloak? If you look so fierce, can I call you Red Yaksha too? ”

Zhu Yuanliang didn't expect Xiao Shu to say so impulsively, he looked down at the demon who was wearing a coat and looked up, then looked up at Xiao Shu and said, "Hey, you little ghost, we are just discussing and discussing, even if your aunt really has a problem, we are not targeting you, why are you in a hurry?" Hehe, what kind of wind is blowing today, as soon as I speak, someone will raise the bar with me, his grandmother's, who did I provoke me? ”

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After all, the tree is a child, there are grievances in his heart, and it is difficult to find a decent way to deal with it, stimulated by this, he suddenly has tears in his eyes, turns around and walks out of Juxian Pavilion, and runs in the direction of Hangzhou City without saying a word.

"Wait, little tree, where are you going?" Pu Zixuan greeted him, and when he saw that Xiaoshu didn't care, he accused Zhu Yuanliang, "Look at you, you left Xiaoshu angry, people are still children, have you talked like that?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang just defeated the two monsters in a dashing manner today, and it should have been a day of raising his eyebrows in front of his companions, but he had quarrels with enemies and companions again and again, and the refreshment in his heart had long been gone, and he felt that he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so angry that he sat back on the seat and said in a muffled voice: "Lao Tzu knocked out his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, okay if he doesn't speak?" ”

Pu Zixuan saw that Zhu Yuanliang was just vindictive, and did not overreact, and no longer ignored him, summoned the Galaxy Dragon King, flew to catch up with Xiaoshu, landed on the sand in front of him, and persuaded him with good words: "Okay, okay Xiaoshu, they provoked you, Brother Pu didn't provoke you, now, you calm down first, go back with your brother, I'll let them apologize to you, okay?" With that, he reached out and pulled Xiaoshu's arm.

Xiaoshu shook Pu Zixuan's hand away: "No need. ”

Pu Zixuan was stunned, thinking to himself, now that Su Sanniang has temporarily left the team, if he walks the small tree again, it will be more difficult for the five of them to reunite, and said patiently: "Then, in addition to apologizing, my brother will help you teach them a good lesson." sighed in his heart, this peacemaker is really tired, but for the sake of the team, I have to endure it.

Xiaoshu is not a fool of the unforgiving, seeing that Pu Zixuan kept going down the steps, he was silent for a long time, and finally said frankly: "Alas, Brother Pu, you misunderstood, I don't have to say it, it's not just a simple angry sentence, there are some things, I haven't doubted it in my heart...... Although I haven't read "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" in its entirety, I am familiar with the article "Nie Xiaoqian". The description of my aunt and grandmother in the book by Liu Quan is very different from what my father told me, and sometimes, I really don't know who to believe, so I have the cheekiness to propose to you to come to Zhejiang to meet my aunt in person. Now that you are constantly being attacked by monsters, I really don't want to go, and I regret letting you come to Zhejiang more and more...... Anyway, I'm not young anymore, I should learn to face my fate calmly, so I want to go to Jinhua Mansion alone, go to Nalanruo Temple to find my aunt, if she is really a red yaksha, I will definitely persuade her to abandon evil and follow good, remove the witchcraft, let the victim return to its original state, and let Brother Pu reunite with Uncle Pu with confidence. As he spoke, Xiaoshu's tears had gradually been contained, and a wry smile of relief appeared on his face.

At some point, Chen Shuqing also walked over, stood behind Xiaoshu, and asked, "Can you convince your aunt?" ”

Xiaoshu looked back, and saw that Zhu Yuanliang was still sitting in the Juxian Pavilion sulking, only Chen Shuqing rushed over, and no longer-for-tat, explained: "Daddy said that my grandma is indeed made of a thousand-year-old small leaf red bean demonization, and later, grandma separated from the root part of two branches, one became my aunt, called Nie Xiaoqian, and the other became my father, called Sun Zi Chu, they all became half-demons because of their union with humans, and I am the child of his grandson Chu." Daddy has always said that my aunt is a good banshee, and we are a family, so if we have a good life to talk to, why can't we convince her? ”

Chen Shuqing sighed and said: "If it's just your aunt, I'm just thinking that your aunt is not a monster who does a lot of evil, but there is a deeper secret behind it." ”

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If that's the case, I should find out the truth and see if my aunt can't help herself. When Xiao Shu said this, he obviously lost his previous self-confidence, and turned to Chen Shuqing for help, "So, Sister Shuqing, tell me about the story of my aunt, how much truth did you know when you followed Mr. Pu Songling?" The more I know, the more confident I become. ”

Chen Shuqing thought for a while and said, "Nie Xiaoqian...... To be honest, most of my understanding of her is from the book, because she and your grandmother are far away in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and have not had direct contact with Mr., but have had a relationship indirectly through another person. ”

"Who?" Xiaoshu said curiously.

"Yan Chixia."

"Wait, Yan Chixia, why is this name so familiar?" This name confused Pu Zixuan, pondered for a while, and suddenly realized, "Ahhhh ”

Chen Shuqing smiled: "Yes, I didn't expect me to say it once, you really remember it." ”

Pu Zixuan said proudly: "You still remember it after more than a hundred years, how could I forget it so quickly?" ”

Xiaoshu was stunned and said: "So, Yan Chixia in the book is also real?" ”

Chen Shuqing said: "Yes, there are many purification messengers who came to Shandong Pujiazhuang to challenge Mr., and Yan Chixia is one of them. The reason why I remember his name is because one day when I came home for dinner and saw him, a chubby middle-aged man sat at the dinner table and drank wine proudly, and my husband asked me to call him 'Uncle Yan', I was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and I thought to myself, this man's name is so strange, how can he be surnamed 'Yan', so I naughtily called 'Uncle Yan', and both Mr. and he laughed, even if I later knew his full name, they deliberately asked me to call him that, plus the book described him in rich ink, so,' Yan Chixia's name, I can't forget it. ”

Xiaoshu hurriedly asked, "So, what did Yan Chixia say about my aunt and grandmother?" ”

Chen Shuqing recalled: "I was not as old as you are now, and Yan Chixia did not mention the monster at the dinner table, but just talked about some travel experiences from all over the world. Later, he and his husband went to a far away wasteland to compete, but I did not go with him, only knowing that he left Pujiazhuang after his defeat, and I never saw him again. It was only later that Mr. told me that he came to challenge that time, not only for the sake of martial arts, but to improve the power of purification, so that he could go to Lanruo Temple to get rid of some demon king. Mr. already likes to collect materials from others, from this point of view, since Mr. can write such a vivid chapter of "Nie Xiaoqian", he must have had in-depth exchanges with Yan Chixia, if there is no accident, the description of your aunt and grandmother in the article "Nie Xiaoqian" will not be far from ten. ”

Afraid of hurting Xiaoshu's self-esteem, at the end, Chen Shuqing added: "But Xiaoshu, it's still the same sentence, they are them, you are you, I won't have any opinion of you because of your family's affairs, you must not take it to heart." ”

Xiao Shu really didn't make any further refutations, and after pondering for a while, he seemed to have suddenly matured a lot, and responded: "I understand, Daddy must have been afraid of hurting my self-esteem, so he lied to me that they were all good monsters, and Grandma died of diseases caused by drought...... Sister Shuqing, thank you for your answer, I will definitely deal with my family's affairs, and you will wait for my good news. ”