After laughing for a while, Uncle Li pointed at the four female ghosts who were holding their respective children and looked quiet and satisfied with their expressions, and said "offended", and pasted a rune paper under the altar, and then, the mouth of the altar seemed to send out a strong suction, sucking the four female ghosts and the fetus in his arms into the altar, and then, Li Shu'er poured some water into the altar and sealed the altar with the talisman.

Then, Uncle Li asked Wei Ergou to find a back basket and a red cloth from the inn, and covered the jar like a bamboo basket with a red cloth.

After dealing with those female ghosts and the little ghosts that Yang Yi and they were forced to adopt, Uncle Li shouted and instructed Yang Yi and Wei Ergou to go to the back kitchen to find clean wine and meat, and everyone had a full meal, Wei Ergou picked up the bamboo basket containing the ghosts, and then left the inn together.

Before leaving, Yang Yi asked Uncle Li a little unwillingly: "Uncle, let's just leave, if this inn is occupied by some evil warlock in the future, won't it hurt people?" ”

"Don't you think too much, then Cao Tong is dead, this Seven Evil Soul Locking Array has been broken again, and now this inn is not harmful except for the poor lighting, not to mention, in this chaotic era of war and war, I am afraid that this kind of county city will be a miserable phenomenon of ten rooms and nine emptiness, where will anyone come to such a remote place to spend the night, let's go." Uncle Li glanced at Quwo County, which was already emitting black smoke here, with a gloomy face, and after saying a sad word, he left the inn with Yang Yi, Wei Ergou, the Taomu Demon, and the green mule without looking back.

Walking down the street, Li Shu'er and the others were shocked to see that the soldiers of the Taiping Army who occupied Quwo County were carrying the grain, gunpowder and other heavy weapons they had found and heavy weapons such as mountain splitting cannons in mules and horses, and were evacuating from the county town in an orderly manner.

Uncle Li saw Yang Yi and them pulled to the side, hiding behind a wall, and didn't come out until the teams were over, looking at the backs of the Taiping soldiers shouting away, Uncle Li'er's face became more and more solemn.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" Seeing that Uncle Li'er's complexion was not very good, Wei Ergou couldn't help but ask with some concern.

"Look at these Taiping troops, after attacking the city, the team will continue to move forward after a little rest, there is no intention of staying in one place for a long time, according to their fierce offensive momentum, within a month, it will hit the territory of Zhili, and those Eight Banner soldiers and green battalion soldiers in Zhili are also difficult to resist these tiger and wolf divisions, Cangzhou is the only way to go to Beijing, and it will be attacked by the Taiping army, Cangzhou is in danger!" Uncle Li let out a long sigh and said in a hoarse voice.

As soon as he heard Uncle Li say this, Yang Yi suddenly felt burned in his heart, and he couldn't wait to rush back to Cangzhou City immediately to send Lu Ling'er away and fly away, away from this turbulent world of artillery fire.

At that moment, without waiting for Yang Yi to urge, Li Shu'er had already begun to tell them to hurry up and hurry, and be sure to rush back before the vanguard of the Taiping Army hit Cangzhou City, so as to inform Shen Ruchao, the governor of Cangzhou, about the situation and let him prepare for defense as soon as possible.

Leaving Quwo County, along the way, Li Shu'er, Yang Yi, Wei Ergou and Taomu Demon (she) will see the corpses of the fleeing people who died on the side of the road from time to time, and they don't know whether they were slaughtered by the fleeing Qing army, or killed by the Taiping army, or whether they died of sudden illness in the cold and cold.

Because I have seen a lot of this situation on the road, slowly, Yang Yi, Wei Ergou, and Taomu Demon and they (she) are numb, just burying their heads in the road, but their hearts are like pressing a fast stone, and they can't get through.

When Uncle Li and the others left Quwo County, it was already in the afternoon, and they had been walking for a long time, and it was getting late, but they couldn't see some big villages in front of them for a night, and they couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Walked for a while. Needless to say, Uncle Li, Yang Yi, and Wei Ergou were all panting like cattle, sweating wet clothes, and even the green mule with superior endurance foamed at the mouth, and it seemed that his physical strength was almost at the limit.

Seeing that the green mule was so tired, the peach wood demon couldn't bear it in his heart, so he jumped down and couldn't do it in the snow with Li Shu'er, Yang Yi, and Wei Ergou, but he staggered under his feet, and if it wasn't for Wei Ergou's quick hands and eyes to support him, he would have fallen into the snow and become a snowman.

As a result, Uncle Li'er and their speed of movement became slower, and their physical exertion was also greater.

"It can't go on like this," Uncle Li opened his mouth, and was choked by the cold wind and coughed, so he had to shout vigorously: "We must find a sheltered village as soon as possible to rest for the night, otherwise, even if we don't freeze to death, we will have to die of exhaustion, grandma." ”

Facing the wind and snow, and walking for another cup of tea, Wei Ergou had good eyesight, and suddenly saw a flagpole erected high in front of him, and a white and red variegated lantern hanging on it was crumbling in the wind and snow.

If there is a flagpole, there must be someone's house, when I saw the flagpole, Wei Ergou was so happy that his big snot was bubbling, pointing to the lantern, looking at Uncle Li, Taomu Demon and Yang Yi is hehe smirked: "Yes, there are people, I grass!" ”

Uncle Li squinted his eyes in the wind and snow and looked at the dim lantern that emitted firefly light, his expression was not as surprised as Yang Yi and Wei Ergou, after looking at it for a while, Uncle Li twisted his beard and said, "It seems that something is wrong......"

"Uncle, can't you see the demon spirit again, huh?" Seeing Uncle Li'er's funeral-like expression, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou felt half cold, thinking that it was some kind of bad omen.

"No, the folk customs here, whenever there is a happy event or a white event at home, you have to hang a lantern, one is to inform relatives and friends and neighbors to help, and the other is to warn the lonely soul and wild ghosts not to come to life, because all happy events and white things, you have to invite Mr. Yin and Yang to select auspicious days and points, and most of those Mr. Yin and Yang have some means of catching ghosts and catching demons, so they will use lanterns to remind those sneaky not to ask for trouble, but, this lantern is red and white, how can you not tell whether it is a happy event or a white thing, Could it be that there was a funeral at home when he married his daughter-in-law? ”

Seeing that Uncle Li was rambling endlessly, Yang Yi, who was already impatient, interrupted Uncle Li'er's words, rubbing his hands that were almost freezing, and said, "Uncle, you are just thinking about it, don't you understand everything if you go over and see?" Besides, "It doesn't matter if we marry a daughter-in-law and have a child or die, can't we all mix a mouthful of hot rice when we go?" How about eating enough first and then talking about the rest? ”

"Okay, but you have to be careful in everything, after you enter there, you must look at my eyes and act, and you must not Meng Lang, so as not to cause disaster and delay the trip." Uncle Li told Yang Yi and Wei Ergou again uneasily, and then walked in the direction of the flagpole.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, the flagpole looks not far away, but it is really not close to walking, it takes a long time to walk half a stick of incense, Li Shu'er and they saw a small village hidden between two ravines, under the cover of snow, the small village is more and more quiet and exquisite.

Following the faintly recognizable path on the ravine, Li Shu'er and his group of four carefully descended to the bottom of the ditch, facing the flagpole that was three or four meters high, and behind the flagpole was a gray brick land temple, which was already dilapidated.

Further back, there are sparse houses, but without exception, the lights are on in every house, and the smoke is curling from the chimney on the roof, which makes people feel a little warm for no reason.

Uncle Li saw that the light was faintly shining in the temple, so he pushed open the temple door that was babbling and felt like he could be dragged off with a little force, and entered inside, an old man who looked to be more than seventy years old was guarding a pot of charcoal fire and cutting paper money.

Uncle Li hurriedly apologized, and then told the old man that he and his grandchildren were in a hurry to travel, and finally found this village, and wanted to find a family to spend the night, and the food money was indispensable.

After listening to Uncle Li'er's intention, the old man relaxed, but he said with a sad face: "Our Dawangzhuang has always been good deeds, if it is on weekdays, don't say that you are just using a night, even to live for three or five days, it is not a problem, it's just that you are in a hurry today, and there are some things in our village, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for you, hey." ”

Seeing that the old man had the intention of expelling customers, Uncle Li was also a little worried, so he hurriedly said: "Uncle, I am not one of those who came into the village to listen to the truth and cut the path, I am really afraid of the bitter cold to come to Guizhuang, not to mention that the wind and snow outside are very tight, and I hope that the old man will have mercy and let us stay overnight?" ”

"Hey, you are also in trouble, so let's take you to the patriarch, you beg his old man, maybe there is a turnaround." The old man seemed to be a loyal person, and when he saw that Uncle Li and they were still with their daughters, he offered to take them to see the patriarch.

Although Yang Yi and Wei Ergou are both from modern society, they also know that in feudal society, there are many children with the same surname in a village who are connected with the same spirit and branches, and they are from the same lineage, so the patriarch has a very high prestige in the village, and it can be said that he has the power to kill and seize it.

Following the old man, Uncle Li and the others walked for a while, and they came to a very imposing compound with some high walls and four corners of the wall.

The old man stepped forward and slapped the beast ring on the vermilion lacquer gate vigorously, a torch lit on a Ming Castle, and a figure that could be seen holding * looked at Uncle Li and shouted: "Hey, who is the person below?" ”