That night, Millet went to the big pond when it was already dark at night. Grandpa sat in the hall and smoked, and the bamboo slipper continued to be its addict on the beams.

The sound of crickets outside was incessant, which made Grandpa a little annoyed.

Soon, footsteps outside rang out. Grandpa hurriedly extinguished the cigarette and walked to the gate to look.

Millet came back with a mischievous face, apparently in triumph.

When Grandpa saw her expression, he knew that she had done it, grabbed Xiaomi's little hand with one hand, and said, "Are you okay?" Looks like you really did it? ”

Millet smiled and nodded. But her eyes were slightly red, and tears could be seen on her cheeks.

"Did she bully you?" Daddy worried.

Xiaomi shook her head with a smile and said, "No." I caught her, how could she bully me? I bullied her! ”

"Then why did you cry?" Daddy asked.

Millet said: "Her life story is so tragic that I cried when I listened to it." ”

"Oh? How tragic is it? ”

"I won't tell you!"

"And how did you convince her?"

"I won't tell you!" Millet pouted.

No matter how Grandpa looked at her, she felt that something was wrong, and she had never spoken so hard before. When Grandpa saw that she didn't say anything, he didn't ask.

"That's right. The sailors will be mine. You leave her alone. She didn't want to go back, and she didn't want to end it herself, she said she would follow me later. Millet said to her grandfather in an adult tone.

"She's with you? Can you control her? Dad was surprised.

Millet broke free of her little hands from her father's hands, crossed her hands on her waist, blew her nose and glared at her grandfather, and said, "I took her back and persuaded her again." She's the closest to me right now. I don't care, don't you care? Or do you leave it to someone else? ”

Daddy thinks about it too. If the water guests want to stay, they simply don't have the energy to manage the water customers. Luo Buzhai has a lot of things, and he can't manage it if he doesn't want to take care of it. Zhao Xianyun and Yu Youyang are even more unlikely to care about her. If Xiaomi can really get along with the water guest, it will not be a good thing. But the eight-eyed ghost is bloodthirsty by nature, how does Millet feed her?

"Can she stay without sucking blood?" Daddy asked.

Millet said: "I will feed her pig blood or chicken blood." You can rest assured. ”

"Okay. Then you go to sleep first. I'm going to go out for a while. Daddy said. He promised Shi Niu that as long as the affairs of the water guest were dealt with, he would give it freedom. Now that the sailors have returned to millet, it's time to let go of the stone ox that has been imprisoned in the pond for a hundred years.

Xiaomi lowered her head, turned the blood-colored jade bracelet on her wrist, and said lightly: "Are you going to release that cow?" ”

Daddy was surprised again. Could it be that Shi Niu came to the window that night and stepped on it, and she also heard the sound? She leaned by the window and heard his conversation with Shi Niu? Or was she just talking to the sailor when she heard a few words?

Both the stone ox and the sailor are underwater. They should have seen each other. When it comes to stone cattle in front of Xiaomi, it is understandable. And Xiaomi guessed that Daddy transferred the water guests to the pond because there were stone cows in the pond to suppress them, which was also to be expected. Xiaomi is smart and clever, and it can definitely be associated with the relationship between the two.

In both cases, Daddy can accept it.

But there is also a speculation that Daddy is worried about. That is, Xiaomi did not lie by the window and eavesdrop, and the sailor did not tell her, she judged it completely by her own awareness.

Of course, the story of the stone ox suppressing the monkey trickster has long been circulated among the people of Thrush Village. It's not hard for Xiaomi to hear this story. But she could tell from her father's move to go out that her father was going to release the stone ox, which was not simple.

She can convince the water guest to surrender to her, which is beyond Grandpa's expectations.

So she can show stronger ability, and Grandpa doesn't think it's impossible. You must know that after her first reincarnation and setback, she was reincarnated in Junshan for the second time according to the prophecy of "the mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy and cherishes the king, and you don't know"! After a mystery in the womb, both bodhisattvas and arhats may forget all about their past lives. After two mysteries in the womb, it is a miracle to remember even the slightest memory of the past life!

The people of the world are dense like ants, and there is only one ninety-one long. Grandpa realized that in his previous life, he was a monk with boundless power, and in this life, he recalled his previous life like looking for an embroidery needle in the fog.

Grandpa also guessed that Xiaomi's first reincarnation was in Junshan. The second reincarnation remembers the prophecy of the previous life, and the first reincarnation should be clearer. The reason why Xiaomi was born without parents and relatives is precisely because of Zesheng. Zesheng found the first reincarnated millet and found that she was in Junshan, and immediately understood the meaning of "the mountain has trees and branches, and the heart is happy and cherishes the king". So, he waited for the rabbit and killed her parents and relatives early when Xiaomi was reincarnated again.

If this speculation is verified to be true, Daddy can also understand why Zesheng did it. The first time Ze Sheng indirectly killed Millet was because he didn't want to see Millet's Alaya Consciousness wake up and return to his father. Grandpa has waited for Xiaomi for more than 20 years, if Xiaomi's first reincarnation goes smoothly and remembers his previous life, he can tie the knot when he returns to his father, and then continue the relationship of his previous life. Ze Sheng didn't kill Xiaomi for the second time, because he knew that even if Xiaomi returned to his father, his father would not be able to renew his relationship with her. He wants to deliberately torture Grandpa and Xiaomi, which brings him more pleasure than killing.

For a man with great potential, a deep resentment can either kill him or provoke him to greater power.

Millet has a thousand years of cultivation and great natural potential.

Dad was worried that Ze Sheng's actions would make Xiaomi suddenly explode one day.

And the energy brought by resentment is often not the energy of goodness.

Xiaomi suddenly persuaded the sailor and guessed the stone cow, which made Grandpa shudder.

"You go to bed." Grandpa wanted to ask her why she guessed Shi Niu, whether she heard something that night, or if the sailor mentioned it, or if it was some other reason, but when it came time to speak, he just persuaded her to go to bed obediently.

Xiaomi walked to his bedroom.

Grandpa shouted in the back: "Sister Zhao poured the face wash for you before going to bed, but it may be cold if you leave it for too long." There is still hot water in the kettle on the stove, you mix it with hot water and wash it. ”

"Hmm." Millet replied in a muffled voice, and entered the bedroom without looking back.

When Grandpa saw Millet close the door, he stuffed a piece of yellow paper into his pocket, carried a sharp-beaked hoe, and walked into the vast night. Bamboo slipper hurriedly slipped to the ground and followed behind his grandfather.

After walking out onto the road, the sound of crickets rushed over like a tidal wave. Mountains and trees in the distance become silhouettes.

When he got to the shore of the big pond, Grandpa untied the silk and tied it to a stone. Daddy took out yellow paper from his pocket and pasted it on the stone. After seeing the yellow paper talisman on the dry well of the Chu Guihou, Grandpa memorized it in his heart, and then drew the yellow paper talisman according to the gourd drawing. Although Xiaomi said that the sailor surrendered to her, although Daddy believed Xiaomi's words, Daddy still had to have an extra layer of protection.

Then, with a sharp-beaked hoe, Daddy began to dig the soil around the stone pile.

The stone pile was not buried very deeply, and it took my grandfather a while to dig the stone pile loose. Grandpa hugged the stone stake and shook it, and easily pulled it out.

The stone stake was no more than a foot and a half long. The top is cylindrical, and the bottom of the ground is actually in the shape of a hand grasping it, as if it is afraid that something will run away.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in the water.

Take-yoko hurriedly retreated into the shadows under the tree.

Daddy looked sideways, and the buffalo peeked out of the deep water, and its nose sneezed, and the water was sprayed by its snort, and it rained lightly in half of the pond. It swam from the deep water towards the shore and landed on its two front hooves. It jumped with all its might, carrying up countless droplets, and when it jumped to the shore, it rained lightly. This time, the rain poured on the top of my father's feet. Fortunately, the rain was sparse and not too wet.

The buffalo was drenched, and every time its tail flicked, it would make a "snap" sound when it slapped itself on its own body, as if someone was slapping it behind it. Its nose was no longer bleeding, but it was moving from time to time, and it was evident that it had not healed.

"Your wickedness has not been fully refined. And your goodness has a new scar. Daddy said.

The buffalo nodded, "I know." But who can completely remove all evil from himself? Whose goodness has not been harmed? ”

"It's good that you know. I pulled out the stake. Let's go. Grandpa shook the stone stake in his hand.

"I'm gone, what are you going to do with the monkey tricksters and monkeys in the pond?" The buffalo asked.

"Thank you for your indebtedness. No matter what you do with them, when your hundred-year covenant comes, I must let you go. Although you can suppress them, to me, you and them are two different things. I can't implicate you in some of my affairs because I haven't done it yet. ”

"Thank you." After the buffalo finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the old river. It left countless watermarks ticking in its back.

Grandpa said to the shadows under the tree, "I'm going to trouble you to watch here these nights." If someone or a monkey or something pops up, you have to let me know as soon as possible. ”

The bamboo squeaked twice.

Grandpa took the strange stone stake home, wrapped it in a red cloth, and placed it on top of the cupboard.

As soon as Grandpa let go, the stone stake wrapped in red cloth rolled down and fell off the top of the cabinet.

Grandpa opened the red cloth and saw that the stone stake had been broken into several pieces. The hand that opened to grasp something, and finally five fingers were put together side by side, as if giving up the grasp.

Looking at the broken hand, Daddy sighed. It turns out that a stone also has a life span.

Daddy rewrapped a pile of broken stones, planning to go to a col to bury it the next day.

As soon as he had fastened the red cloth wrap, Grandpa heard footsteps outside. The footsteps stopped at the gate.