The fox took Xing Ruyi's hand and led her to a house.

The family was obviously not very wealthy, the yard was small, the house was small, and it looked very simple. Xing Ruyi was about to ask, but the fox sealed her lips with his fingers and led her to the window.

Through the window, Xing Ruyi saw a woman and a little girl. The little girl, about four or five years old, was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, while the woman was weeping with her head bowed.

"See that little girl? His father, who was deliberately introduced into the Gou family's old mansion by the old man, died three months ago. Now the one crying by the bedside is her mother. ”

"This little girl's soul has also been snatched away, has it?"

"Yes! In your eyes, the old man who was originally kind actually left no room for things. What curse will harm his own bloodline is just a lie, and all he really wants to do is cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. You know, bad people, if they do too many bad things, they will be afraid of retaliation from others. So the families of these people are just pond fish that have been affected. ”

"You deliberately brought me to see this little girl, not just because you wanted me to save her life, right?" Xing Ruyi raised his face and asked, his eyes narrowed, "Is it possible, you deliberately led us into this village because of her." ”

"Take a closer look at her!" The fox said, gesturing inside the window.

Xing Ruyi looked inside suspiciously, and when his gaze swept over the little girl's face inch by inch, he was stunned.

She ...... She looks like when I was younger! ”

"It's not that she looks like when you were younger, it's that you look like her." The fox smiled and gently hugged Xing Ruyi: "She is your ancestor, to be precise, if there is no current her, there will be no future you." So, I brought you here just to keep my future lady! ”

Xing Ruyi was stunned.

She had thought of many reasons why the fox had brought her into this village, but she never imagined that it was to save her ancestors, or to be precise, to save herself.

Indeed, if this little girl died, there would be no future punishment. If it weren't for today's punishment, this little girl probably wouldn't have survived to become an adult. It turns out that the present and the future, the future and the past, are actually a circle in the dark.

After thinking about all this, Xing Ruyi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. Originally, she thought that she broke into this village to witness a story made up with lies, a seemingly beautiful but wrong love, and the miserable life of an innocent abducted and trafficked girl, but now she understands that the reason why she came to this village is to save herself and protect her love with the fox.

"Thank you, fox!"

Xing Ruyi stood on tiptoe, kissed the fox on the cheek, and then quickly ran into the house, looking at the woman who was still stunned: "My name is Xing Ruyi, I am from Luoyang, and I happened to pass by this village. Also, I can cure your daughter's illness! ”

This decoction prepared by Xing Ruyi, called Soul Chasing Soup, is derived from the Qianjin Fang Yanyi, which summons its soul with the heart of cinnamon into the liver, ephedra enters the lungs and passes through its soul, and almonds enter the veins to reduce its adversity, and licorice enters the intestines to slow down its violence. Take 8 liters of water, boil 3 liters, and take it in 3 divided doses. Of course, the decoction is only a cure, and what really works is the soul that was recovered by the fox, and it is sent back to the little girl's body intact, and then assisted the decoction to stabilize and recuperate, and soon the little girl woke up.

After saving one person, then the rest of the people in the village, Xing Ruyi could not help but save it, fortunately, most of those souls and foxes were recovered, and those who did not find it were saved because of the decoction, which was a blessing in misfortune.

As for the only son of the shopkeeper Sun's family, his soul can't be recovered, even if the fox can be recovered, Xing Ruyi doesn't plan to let the fox return it to him. This kind of person, if cured, is also the scum of the Tang Dynasty, and will only harm others. However, for the sake of life, Xing Ruyi still saved his life, and it also made him look not so stupid.

Shopkeeper Sun didn't know the inside story, so he was naturally grateful.

After such a toss, in this village alone, Xing Ruyi and them stayed for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, when everyone decided to continue on their way, Shopkeeper Sun ran over in a hurry and stopped in front of the carriage.

Xing Ruyi thought that Shopkeeper Sun was still for the matter of their family's only son, so he lifted the curtain and said, "What does Shopkeeper Sun mean?" Your son's affairs, Ruyi has indeed done his best. ”

"The evil obstacle in my family is also to blame, and it is already a blessing to the girl to be alive now. I came here today, not for the evil obstacle in my family, but for something else. ”

"Something else?" Xing Ruyi frowned: "Could it be that there are still strange things in this village?" ”

"Nope! It's not our village, it's the village next door. Shopkeeper Sun said and took a few breaths: "That's the case, I have a younger sister who married into the next village." I don't know if it was due to the influence of our village, but the next village didn't fall a drop of rain for more than half a year.

Originally, there were many things in our village, and there was the curse of the Gou family's old house, and my sister didn't dare to come back more. It wasn't until yesterday that my sister came back and learned that the girl had lifted the curse in the village and saved so many people, that she cried and said that her father-in-law and husband had died because of the drought in the village. So she begged me if I could beg the girl on my behalf and save the people in their village.

Of course, if the girl and Yin Gongzi feel that it is really difficult, I will not force it, but if the people in that village are suffering, if they don't flee out, I am afraid that they will die of drought, starvation, and thirst in that village. ”

Xing Ruyi originally had no intention of meddling in his affairs, but when he heard the last words of the shopkeeper Sun, his heart was still soft. She was silent for a while, and then asked the shopkeeper Sun, "Is the village far away?" ”

"Not far away, not far away, with a small hill in between." The shopkeeper Sun was relieved when he saw Xing Ruyi, and said busily: "Otherwise, I will lead the way for the girl, and I will let my family prepare a donkey cart, although it is not as smooth as the girl's carriage, but it can't pull down a lot of speed." ”

Xing Ruyi nodded, Shopkeeper Sun immediately waved his hand, and a donkey cart was led to him by a young woman. The woman's eyebrows and eyes have many similarities with Sun's shopkeeper, and it should be the sister he said.

Xing Ruyi also lived in the countryside when he was young. In that place, there was nine droughts in ten years, so Xing Ruyi was no stranger to drought, but the scene seen through the window of the carriage at this time still surprised Xing Ruyi. She never imagined that the so-called drought would be so dry.

Although the two villages are not far from each other, and both are in the cold winter, it is obvious that the air here is much drier. After the summer sun and the autumn wind, the land was drawn into one big mouth after another, and as far as the eye could see, not only the trees were dry, the dead grass was burned, and there was not a trace of crops in the crops.

Most of the so-called peasants rely on the sky for food, and seeing the drought in the fields, Xing Ruyi can't help but feel anxious. If it is really like what Shopkeeper Sun said, there has not been a drop of water in this village for more than half a year, the villagers are starving, and the famine is a big deal. Fortunately, the nearby villages are still normal, so the drought in this village did not cause a major famine.

"Li Mao!"

"What do you command?"

"You go and call the sister of the shopkeeper Sun, I have something to ask her."

Li Mao looked at the fox who was also sitting in the carriage and hesitated slightly.

Coming out of the village, Siniang took the bell and sat in the carriage loaded with luggage in the back, leaving this one for Xing Ruyi and the fox to ride alone. Seeing Li Mao's hesitation at this time, the fox waved his hand and said, "What does your shopkeeper say, just listen to it, don't worry about me!" ”

Seeing that the fox opened his mouth, Li Mao answered and went to call the sister of the shopkeeper Sun's house.

"According to your age, Ruyi should call you sister, but I don't know how you should call your sister?"

"You're welcome! A woman in the countryside, how can she be worthy of using these two words, if the girl doesn't dislike it, just call me Sun Xiaomei. ”

"Then Ruyi is welcome, call you Sister Sun. Sister Sun, how long has the drought lasted in this village? When did it start? What visions were there in the village before the drought began? ”

"This drought has lasted for more than half a year, I remember that in the spring it was fine, and the child's father was still thinking about buying seeds, but then he felt that the day was getting hotter and hotter, and the land was getting drier and drier, and when it was raining around, our village was the only one. The village chief also led us to pray for rain, but God didn't seem to hear it, and in the summer, the sun was even more poisonous and hot. My father-in-law and his father were infected with fever. Sun Xiaomei said, wiping her tears with her sleeve.

"Then before this great drought, was there anything strange in the village?"

"Strange things?" Sun Xiaomei shook her head first, and then asked uncertainly: "Do strange people count?" ”

"Strange people? Tell me, how strange is that person? ”

"Actually, it's not strange, at most it's just a beggar named Hanako. It's just that we are in the poor countryside, even if we call Hanako, we haven't met one in ten or eight years, especially the one named Hanako is still wearing a tattered robe. In terms of appearance, it must be strange, right? ”

"Let's talk about it!"

"I remember that it was noon, just around the time of the vernal equinox, when the man in a tattered robe called Hanako staggered down the dirt road at the entrance of the village. He was thin, as if he had never eaten, and his arms were not as thick as the reins of a carriage.

Although it was spring, the flower child was sweating, her eyes were a little trance-like, and she staggered when she walked, which made people worry about it. At that time, I thought that if there was a gust of wind at that time, maybe this Hanako would have been blown away. ”

"And then?" Xing Ruyi asked, and vaguely felt that the drought in this village was related to this tattered robe called Hanako.

(Education 123 Literature Network)