Wei Yan comforted: "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but we are adults, although there are evil things in the city, but there are masters guarding them, powerful evil things can't get in, and those weak evil things want to deal with us, it's impossible, because our spiritual roots are strong, and they can't get close to us." ”

"Spiritual Root"

This is the second time Wang Zhong has heard this word from the mouths of adults.

"No wonder the guests are not afraid of evil things when they go back at night." Wang said again.

"Yes, child, you will know when you are five years old, everyone will have to take the spirit root test when they are five years old, the better the spirit root, the longer they live, your father and I have both tested the seventh-level spirit root, which means that our spirit root is very good, so we are not afraid of evil things in the city."

"Butcher Zhang's two sons tested to the first-level spiritual root, which means that the spiritual root is very poor." Wang Zhong asked.

"Your kid has a good memory, speaking of which, those two children are really pitiful, good two babies, so good, but"

"You mother-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about with your children." Zhao Dahai heard what Wei Yan said, and hurriedly entered the house.

"Aren't I telling my children?" Wei Yan said hurriedly.

"How old is the child, you tell him this, what if you scare him into timidity, and those evil creatures look for him?"

"Dad, I'm bold and not afraid, just talk to me."

In order to dispel Zhao Dahai's doubts, Wang Zhong took the initiative to say.

"No, it's a rule, the more children know about evil things, the easier it will be for those evil things to find you, everyone says so." Zhao Dahai sighed: "But since you have already encountered an evil thing, I will talk to you." ”

"The person who tests the first-level spiritual root is the worst, and generally does not live to be ten years old."

Wang Zhong chuckled in his heart, he knew why he didn't live to be twenty-one, I was afraid that his spiritual root test was about the second level.

Zhao Dahai continued: "When you are five years old, you will also go to test the spirit root, and your mother and I have both tested level 7, so you can rest assured, you will definitely follow us." ”

"Okay, let's rest early, the kids are scared."

Wei Yan snorted.

Zhao Dahai went to clean up, and the family rested.

Since then, Wang Zhong has been looked at more closely.

You can't go out, you can only move around in the backyard, and some rooms can't even go in.

But even so, Wang Chong also had an understanding of the entire layout of their Zhao family.

Near the street is the auspicious inn, behind the inn is the backyard, through the backyard, is the Zhao Mansion.

The size of the Zhao Mansion is about the same as that of the courtyard, with three maids and a housekeeper.

The housekeeper is old, and because the family population is small, the housekeeper usually helps at the inn.

Speaking of which, the Zhao family is not big, and Wang Chong has also entered many rooms, but there is one room that is tightly locked.

This room is an independent small house to the north, the door is very desolate, usually there is nothing to pass, Wang Zhong is very curious, what is hidden in this room, it is actually locked with a lock.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong was three years old.

In the first two years, Wang Chong lived a good life except for not being free.

He also learned a lot from his mother's side, and from their mouths, Wang Zhong learned that this world is extremely treacherous.

Although the city is very good and safe, some evil things happen from time to time, such as drowning people in a small river in the city, but unfortunately no one knows what happened.

Zhao Dahai is generous and has a lot of assets, so he often buys some peace charms to come back and bless them with peace.

On this day, in the summer, Zhao Dahai and Wei Yan went out to have something, and Wang Zhong was taken by a maid named Cuicui.

"Sister Cuicui, are you afraid of evil things?" Idle, Wang Zhong asked.

"Why do you ask this?"

"Curious."

"Don't be afraid, it's safe in the city."

"What about outside the city?"

Cuicui thought for a moment and shook her head slightly: "I don't know." ”

For Cuicui's answer, Wang Zhong was not surprised.

In fact, he has asked a lot of people over the years, the maids and housekeepers in the house, all of them.

They all answered the same way, they all said that the city was safe, but they didn't know anything about the outside of the city.

It's simple, it means that none of them have ever been out of town.

"Sister Cuicui, why don't you want to go out of the city to have a look?" Wang Zhong asked.

"You kid doesn't understand, there are too many messy things outside the city, and if you run around outside, you will be targeted by evil things."

Wang nodded emphatically, pointed to the independent house to the north, and asked, "What's in that house, why did my father lock it up, can I go in and have fun?" ”

"It's not going to work, I'm going to be scolded." Cuicui shook her head and said decisively.

"That's right."

Wang Zhong didn't force it, in this life, his parents treated him very well, and they would never harm him, since he was not allowed to enter, he believed that there must be some reason.

Grow up, and now I can only understand more things if I grow up early.

That night, his parents finally returned, and Wang Chong hurriedly greeted them.

"Daddy, why did you go out all day today?" Wang Zhong asked.

"Hey, the eldest son of Butcher Zhang's family died, I didn't expect to die so early." Zhao Dahai sighed.

"It's really pitiful, it's only seven years old, I could have lived to be a teenager, but I didn't expect it to last." Wei Yan was also sighing.

"Old lady, this is the gold ingot you asked me to prepare." The butler Li Bo walked to the door, holding a small wooden box in his hand.

But he did not enter the house, but put the wooden box on the ground, because there is an unwritten rule in the countryside that if you leave the door of the dead people, you must not bring them into the house, otherwise it will be considered ominous.

Come to think of it, this was originally for the dead, and it was really not good to bring it into the house.

Li Bo is old, and these rules are clear, so he opened the wooden box directly at the door.

Inside was a pile of folded yellow paper ingots, and there was a pile of yellow money neatly resting on the side.

At this time, the two subordinates also brought four small paper figures.

"Everything is ready." Li Bo said respectfully.

"Well, send it to Butcher Zhang, his eldest son is dead, and he feels uncomfortable, so let's just say that these are a little bit of my old Zhao's heart, and I hope his son is down there and will be rich and rich." Zhao Dahai sighed.

"Hey, I know, sir."

Li Bo lifted the box and instructed the people behind him: "Be careful when taking the villain, don't break it." ”

"Got it."

The three of them left and walked out.

"Dad, how did Butcher Zhang's son die?" Wang Zhong asked.

"People at the level of Linggen all died before the age of ten."

"I heard you say that he died about ten years old, how did he die so early?"

"Ten years old is only the latest limit, and if you encounter something else in the future, you will also die." Wei Yan explained, but she herself frowned: "I don't want to see that kind of death again, it's too miserable." ”

"Hey, this can't be helped, our son will be measuring the spiritual root in two years, we have to go over and meet those masters."

"Dad, who are those masters?" Wang Zhong asked.

"The master is the most powerful person in the city, and when the time comes, when you measure the spiritual root, they will also measure it."

As he spoke, Zhao Dahai urged Wei Yan: "Go into the house and take out the things that the master gave us." ”

"Uh-huh, son, let's go in."

When the three of them entered the house, Zhao Dahai looked outside cautiously, and then closed the door tightly.

Wei Yan took out a folded piece of paper at this time, and she carefully opened the paper, which was filled with a pile of black powder.

"Child, this is what we have specially asked for the master, and it cost your father a hundred taels of silver." Wei Yan poured a glass of water from the side and handed it to Wang Chong: "Drink these." ”