Before he opened his eyes in the morning, Huo Xiaolu vaguely heard movement, he didn't care, wrapped himself in the quilt and prepared to continue sleeping. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But the noisy sound just doesn't stop, and it's not annoying to go back and forth. Just when he couldn't help but want to get up and lose his temper to find out, he suddenly felt a chill on his body, the quilt had been taken away, he hurriedly got up and saw that Yi Ran was standing aside with a smile and looking at himself. He lowered his head to look at himself, and then glared at her vigorously, fortunately he didn't sleep naked, otherwise it wouldn't be a big loss to be seen now.

Ignoring Huo Xiaolu's eye contact, Yi Ran said to him excitedly: "Get up quickly, hurry up, it's the New Year today, don't sleep lazy." ”

Huo Xiaolu was shocked at this time, and listened carefully, and the sounds that he thought were very noisy turned out to be the sound of firecrackers in the village. He quickly got up, dressed and ran out.

When I went out of the room, the family was already busy, the Yin Lord was preparing the Spring Festival with Huo's father, and Yi Ran ran out of his house to help prepare the ingredients for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together. He yawned, not wanting to work, decided to be lazy and slipped to the gate.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard, he stretched comfortably, watching everything in the village covered with a layer of pale golden sunlight, so beautiful that he was in a good mood. There weren't many people on the road, most of them were busy in their own homes, and few people had time to go out. Looking at the simple and familiar scenery in his village, Huo Xiaolu felt a little in a trance: another year has passed, and time flies so fast.

But the emotion in his heart could not continue, and his mother called him in the house, and he answered, and ran back to the house.

As soon as you enter the house. The mother took a large basin of muddy blood and let him pour it. The basin of water smelled very fishy when it was far away, and he didn't want to go, but he saw that the house was idle, and there was no reason to refuse. So he had to frown, hold his breath, and rush outside with the basin, and fell to the side of the road with a bang as soon as he left the hospital.

The land quickly absorbed the water, but the place where the water was poured still smelled fishy. But it should be tasteless after a while, Huo Xiaolu thought, and then turned around and walked in. But as soon as he entered the room, before he put down the basin in his hand, Huo Mu smiled and held another basin that was exactly the same and didn't even taste bad in front of him. Huo Xiaolu had a bitter face, reluctantly took the basin, held his breath again, and ran outside.

This time, however, there were some surprises. He ran quickly, and as soon as he went out, he splashed the water to the place just now, but this time when he splashed the water, he saw that there was a person squatting in that place, which startled him, and he subconsciously wanted to stop his movements, but his reaction was still a little slower, and the basin of fishy water had been splashed out, drenching the person all over. Huo Xiaolu was almost stupid in place, and he was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly apologized, hoping that the other party would not lose his temper.

While saying sorry, Huo Xiaolu looked at the other party, it was a thin middle-aged man, wrapped in a black coat that was obviously a little too big, there was not much hair on the top of his head, and his appearance was very ordinary, but the combination of these gave people a different look. The key is that this person Huo Xiaolu has never seen before, which means that this is not from their village, so what is he doing here for the Chinese New Year?

Of course, this man didn't know the doubts and speculations in Huo Xiaolu's heart, although his body was splashed with dirty water, but he didn't seem to be angry, on the contrary, he even showed a happy look on his face, he glanced at Huo Xiaolu, ignored him, and walked straight in the direction of the outside of the village.

What a strange person, what are you doing squatting there when you are idle, Huo Xiaolu muttered in his heart. He wanted to vomit now, not just because the smell of the water was terrible, but because he saw the man raise his arm as he walked out, it seemed to be smelling the smell of his body, Huo Xiaolu felt a little disgusted, stopped paying attention to the person, and turned around and went home.

The Yin Lord has already begun to paste the Spring Festival couplets with Huo Xiaolu's father, and the red Spring Festival couplets feel different as soon as they are pasted, and a strong New Year's flavor is coming, Huo Xiaolu quickly put the little episode just now behind and began to arrange it with everyone.

In fact, there is not much to do, and there is nothing to do after pasting the Spring Festival couplets and cleaning the house. After a few people simply ate something together, they went to do their own thing, and a group of people waited for a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. Huo Xiaolu's father couldn't be idle, so he went to the village to play cards with others, while Huo's mother kept tidying up the house, although there was nothing to do, but she couldn't be idle for a moment. Huo Xiao Lou Yi Ran and the Yin Lord looked a little idle, and after discussing it, the three of them decided to go out for a walk.

But this plan ran aground as soon as he left the house. As soon as they went out, Yi Ran and Huo Xiaolu walked out with interest, and they were stopped by the Yin Lord before they had taken a few steps. The two of them looked back and saw that the Yin Lord was squatting on the ground observing something, Huo Xiaolu recognized that it was the place where he splashed water, and asked the Yin Lord: "What's wrong?" I've splashed dirty water on this place, what's there to see. ”

Yin Lord's expression was a little solemn, and he asked Huo Xiaolu, "Did you see any suspicious people here when you splashed water?" ”

"Yes, when I poured the second basin of water, I saw a man in black here, and I accidentally splashed him, but he didn't get angry and left without saying anything." Saying that, Huo Xiaolu stuck out his tongue and felt a little embarrassed.

"It seems that this year can't be passed with peace of mind." The Yin Lord's expression was very solemn and helpless.

Yi Ran asked, "What's wrong, what's going on?" ”

The Yin Lord pointed to a few footprints on the ground: "Look. ”

Yi Ran and Huo Xiaolu leaned over to take a look and found that these footprints were indeed a little strange. Because the village is all dirt roads, there are no people coming and going today, so these footprints are still well preserved. It looks like these footprints are some kind of animal, they look like rats, but the proportions are wrong, they look even bigger than the footprints of ordinary people, if they are really mice, they must be giant rats. Yi Ran asked, "What kind of footprints are these, why are they so strange?" ”

The Yin Lord replied: "These are the footprints of the 'Gray Officials', they are actually some rats who have a way of doing things, but they don't do evil on weekdays, but when there is a lack of food and offerings in winter, they will come out to make trouble, as long as people give them some food." ”

Huo Xiaolu asked puzzledly: "It's not a big deal if you say that, shouldn't we prepare some food and put it there for it when the time comes?" ”

The Yin Lord shook his head: "It's not that simple, I'm talking about the gray official under normal circumstances, and this time is obviously exceptional." ”

"What's the difference?"

"Because it came up at the time of the Chinese New Year."

Huo Xiaolu still didn't understand in his heart: "What does this mean?" Aren't they hungry when they come out, is it possible that they have to pick a day when they come out? ”

The Yin Lord continued to explain: "It's actually right to say that it's a day. Because on the day of the New Year, because it is the end of the year, all the Gang Qi will gather together during the year, that is to say, except for those who have truly attained the Dao and have profound skills, all other alien races in the Yin and Yang Realm of life and death are not allowed to set foot in the Yang World, even those fierce gods and evil spirits must find a place to hide, otherwise they will be wiped out. But this gray official came out today, and he hasn't met Tianwei yet, so this matter is a big deal. ”

"Then maybe people are the kind of people who have attained the Tao?" Huo Xiaolu guessed.

The Yin Lord shook his head: "No, if it has attained enlightenment, it will turn into a human form all over, no different from ordinary people, instead of leaving such footprints like now." ”

"So what does that mean?" Yi Ran asked.

The Yin Lord pursed his lips and said, "It means that something must have happened to this gray official, and he is no longer a simple spirit." Seeing that it can ignore the appearance of Gangqi, it is not good to say that it has become a demon spirit. ”

Huo Xiaolu didn't understand a little: "What is a demon spirit, is it very powerful?" ”

This time, it was Yi Ran who explained to him: "The demon spirit is a kind of thing between a Dao immortal and a monster, and it usually changes into this thing after the demon fails to prove the Tao. Because he has already come into contact with the Dao Law, he has the breath of the Dao Law on his body, and the Heaven and Earth Gang Qi is of little use to it. The most important thing is that generally speaking, the demon spirits will be very angry in their hearts because of the failure of the preaching, and if they have resentment in their hearts, it will affect their own mind, and eventually most of them will become a disaster for the disaster. ”

Huo Xiaolu realized that a small footprint would involve so much. He continued to ask: "But don't we have a forest god here, and there should be nothing wrong with his protection?" ”

The Yin Lord mercilessly poured a basin of cold water on his head: "Don't think about this, since Lin Shen didn't stop him when this gray official came, then it means that he can't help him in this matter, either because he can't come forward for some reasons, or he simply can't fight, but I think there should be some reasons that make him more likely to not be able to make a move." ”

"So what can we do?" Huo Xiaolu spread his hands and said, "There's no way, I can only rely on you again this time." ”

But I didn't expect the Yin Lord to refuse: "Don't, I won't make a move this time." ”

"Why?"

"This guy can't get it right, what if I can't beat it? It's a small matter to lose my life, and if it gets out, I won't have any face. "The Yin Lord spoke eloquently.