In February of the first year of Yuanfeng, Liu Jiqi and Liu Jiji's brothers were on their backs and moved here.

This house leak happened to rain overnight, and the cold was gone, and I couldn't find anything to eat. In desperation, the two of them fell unconscious in a dilapidated and abandoned granary, and they fell unconscious one after another.

Fortunately, just in time for Master Hu to send someone to repair the granary, the workers found the dying brothers inside, so they truthfully reported the situation to Master Hu.

At that time, Master Hu was already a rich man, and in addition to helping the poor, he was left to read poetry volumes, and often secretly studied some Taoist classics.

In those years, Taoist priests were often persecuted and excluded, and when Master Hu saw that the two Taoist boys were in rags, he couldn't bear to drive them out, so he took them into the palace of Zheng on his own initiative

The two people who walked in front of the ghost gate have been grateful and respected Master Hu since then.

Li You picked at the (ròu) silk between his teeth, while listening to his uncle's book, seeing that he suddenly stopped and was silent, and his cousin (qíng) was still a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked:

"And then? What happened later? ”

"Later, alas......"

Seeing that he (yù) stopped talking, Li You scolded secretly in his heart, why is he like a master now, and he can speak straight if he has anything.

Uncle Shi looked back at Da Mao, who was standing outside the pavilion and was sleeping (yù), walked quickly to him, and said to him, "You go back and rest, let's eat some by ourselves." ”

"Ah......", Da Mao yawned long, but still pretended to be sober: "No, the master has explained, I must serve you well." ”

Uncle Shi saw that his eyelids were fighting, and hurriedly said: "We are not outsiders, we can deal with it ourselves, you better go back to rest, and we have to get up early to punish the old lady." ”

Seeing that he was trying to persuade himself to go to sleep, Da Mao stopped refusing to shirk, and then turned (shēn) and left.

"Uncle Shi, why do you want to avoid people?"

Li You knew that Uncle Shi was the kind of person who was at ease with what happened and didn't want to force it, but this time he uncharacteristically drove Da Mao away, presumably there must be something that he didn't want outsiders to know.

"Those who know me, my nephew is also", Uncle Shi nodded, expressing his satisfaction with Li You's cleverness.

But his next words surprised Li You for a long time and did not ease up.

In August of the third year of Yuanfeng, Li You's master Liu Jiji and his master Liu Jiqi had been living in the Hu family for nearly three years.

When learning from the master, the two of them also read a lot of books and had their own opinions.

In addition to helping the old man take care of the storefront, he is studying ancient scrolls with him, and his life is also fulfilling.

The good times didn't last long, and soon the senior brothers found out that the eldest lady didn't look at them properly, and often slandered them in front of the master.

For this matter, the old man prevaricated every time, and then it was over.

After that, they often thought about whether to say goodbye, and the one who put forward this idea was Li You's master, Liu Jiqi.

As for why the eldest lady treats them like this, it is because Master Hu respects Confucianism and Taoism, but the eldest lady likes to burn incense and worship Buddha.

This would be easy to do in the modern era of open-mindedness. You believe in yours, I worship mine, freedom of religion.

But the eldest lady was born (xìng) and was rude, so naturally she couldn't see outsiders preaching and receiving employment here. Every once in a while, they are looking for the stubble of these two brothers, and they have no cherry blossoms at all

After a long time, the two of them discussed privately how to talk to Master Hu when they had nothing to do, but at this time, a strange thing happened.

Master Hu's second wife, Lianhua, was less than six months pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy prematurely.

Not only that, but the baby's appearance was very ugly, like a yaksha. Indigo's complexion is wrinkled, but the two eyes are unusually large, terrifying.

But because he was too young to eat, he died after living for seven (rì), and his body was buried in the backyard of Zheng

When the whole government learned of this, they began to talk about it.

Some of them were skewered by the drought that became the climate, and some were because of the two (nǎi) (nǎi) who fornicated with demons to give birth to demons, and even worse, they went to find a monk who had attained the Tao to subdue demons.

This matter was spread in the town in a short time, and even the nearby villages and towns knew about it.

In the early morning after the third (rì) incident, the lotus flower was found by Mao, who was still in the year of bundling hair, and hanged on the beam of the west wing.

In this matter, the only person who keeps reason (xìng) is Master Hu.

When he knew that his concubine had hanged herself, he was sad for a while and could not afford to be sick.

The old lady felt sorry for her son, and ordered that if she heard anyone mention this matter in the future, the family law would serve her.

This family law is not a big deal in modern society, and it is a trick to scare children to death.

But in feudal society, this law is not something that ordinary people can talk about.

In particular, the family laws of some official eunuchs are even stricter.

The reason is that these slaves in the house are basically bought, and if they do anything insulting, they will be beaten violently, or directly executed, and the government will not squeak.

Since then, no one has dared to talk about it.

It wasn't until Master Hu got better that the unreasonable eldest lady had a plan.

With him righteously, he often sees the two Liu brothers, going in and out in pairs, and they are studying something in private, and it is likely that they are inseparable from the monster son of Lotus.

Seeing that the old man was a little unconvinced, she also added fuel and vinegar, and she clearly saw that they were setting up an altar in the backyard, next to the land where the demons were buried.

Based on her own words, the master was naturally unconvinced. So the eldest lady instructed her cronies, the old housekeeper Hu Zhong, to persuade the old man to drive the two brothers away.

At first, the old man still didn't believe it, he had dealt with almost every brother in the past two years, and he knew best what kind of people they were.

But this person is just not (jìn). You said a word, he spoke, and finally this old man's heart began to waver.

Until on the eve of the Midyear Festival, the eldest lady found him, and the two brothers set up an altar in the backyard to cast spells.

The old man hurried over, and sure enough, the two of them were really holding wooden swords and gesturing, and they were still chanting words.

Of course, the eldest lady didn't lie before, the two of them were indeed setting up an altar. But it's not like the evil way they imagined, but helping Master Hu.

"No, why do I sound so mad? Is this the way to do it? ”

When Li You heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Uncle Shi's words, and looked around for a while, only to feel that his hair was upside down, and the wind was miserable.

"That's right, but it's been renovated once, and a lot of things have been changed." Finished, he pointed to the stone pier where Li You (pì) was sitting under his thighs, "The place where you sat is the place where the demon boy was buried back then, and I remember that there is also a well, which should have also been filled." ”

Li You subconsciously got up quickly (shēn), and then stared at the ground. He didn't believe in these gods and ghosts before, and he began to regret it.

Uncle Shi looked at his appearance, smiled, and continued: "It's okay now, so many years have passed, even if there is really a problem, it is impossible for this family to live so peacefully." ”

Hearing Uncle Shi patting (xiōng) breasts and playing the package ticket, Li You breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, sat back on the stone pier, and waited for Uncle Shi to continue.

At this time, the three watches had already been beaten, and in the originally stuffy air (rè), a gust of cold wind suddenly blew, and the dark clouds on it were also blown apart.

The moon that is about to grow full also pokes its head out occasionally, and it seems that he also wants to hear the story of his uncle.