At one end of the street corner, there is a simple platform built with wooden boards, all kinds of puppeteers are placed on the table, and the benches in front are empty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"This stinky girl!"

Lin Qi smiled bitterly, and was about to take the silver bead over, but he didn't expect the firefly girl to have sharp eyes, and she found Lin Qi at once, and at the second glance, she found that the child next to Lin Qi was eating meat buns in small bites!

"My meat buns!"

Firefly jumped down from the platform, and was about to grab Yinzhu's bun when she flew up, Yinzhu was also startled, and subconsciously wanted to hide behind Lin Qi, at this time Lin Qi suddenly blocked in front of Yinzhu, and a chestnut was rewarded on Firefly's head!

"You know how to eat, say, why don't you wait for me to come back!"

Listening to Lin Qi's question, Firefly covered her head and looked at Lin Qi with a resentful expression, her eyes kept glancing at the bun in Yinzhu's hand, and her face was very pitiful. Lin Qi was helpless, he couldn't stand the appearance of the firefly the most, sighed, and didn't bother to talk about her, so he took out the oily paper bag from his arms and handed it over.

"Here you go, see if it's cold, it's all your fault!"

Firefly instantly turned from worry to joy, snatched the oil paper bag, the meat bun still had residual heat, the little girl had long forgotten about other things, and ate it in a big gulp, Yinzhu looked at this pair of little brothers and sisters curiously, and felt quite interesting.

At this moment, behind the table on the wooden platform, a person stood up, it was a puppet show artist, Lin Qi glanced at him, and he couldn't take his eyes off it all of a sudden, only to see that he had loose hair, a large pale beard, wearing a black robe, straightening his waist, and his body was about seven feet tall, standing in front of a few little guys, like a giant, which made Lin Qi suddenly think of a person, probably like this.

"Grandpa!"

Yinzhu was surprised, let go of Lin Qi's hand, like a milk swallow returning to the nest, and pounced on the old man, the old man laughed, stretched out his big hand, and put the little girl on his shoulder.

"Zhu'er, you little girl is disobedient, and you are still running around at this time, what if you meet a bad person, hey, what is this, meat buns?"

Seeing the old man's face surprised, Yinzhu smiled gently, leaned in his grandfather's ear, and whispered something, the old man listened, his face changed color, and he looked at Lin Qi's eyes, revealing gratitude, Lin Qi saw their grandson reunited, naturally very happy, and also took this opportunity to educate the pear, the pear happily ate the meat bun, and I don't know if I listened to Lin Qi's words next to her, Lin Qi was helpless, seeing that the little girl finished eating, she wiped a mouthful of oil stains, and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

After listening to his granddaughter's words, the old man stepped forward holding the silver bead on his shoulder with one hand.

"Thank you to this little brother for coming to the rescue, our grandfather and grandson can't repay it!" he said and took out a small cloth bag in his waist, unfolded it to reveal dozens of scattered copper plates, and was about to hand it over, "This is the silver money I have earned in the past few days, although it is not much, please don't dislike it!"

Lin Qi hurriedly pushed back, punishing evil and promoting good has always been done by people in the right path, how can he be greedy for money!

"Old man, this is what we should do, you don't have to worry about it, the world is not so peaceful now, let's let this little sister stop running around. ”

The old man nodded, looked at his granddaughter, Yinzhu playfully stuck out her tongue, very cute.

"The old man's name is Ji Xinghai, this is my granddaughter Ji Yinzhu, you don't want to repay your kindness, you are a good young man, since this is the case, I won't say anything anymore, but this kindness, our grandfather and grandson have written it down, what is needed, old man, I have nothing to say. After speaking, he pointed to the little girl beside Lin Qi, "This girl is your partner, she has been helping the old man pack up her things, and she is also a good child." ”

Firefly looked at Lin Qi, with a smug face, Lin Qi was helpless, touched her hair, it was a commendation, as for the matter of sneaking away, she could only wait to go back and teach her a lesson.

"Grandpa Ji, it's not early, since the silver beads have been sent back, we will also leave, we still have to invest in the store, let's meet again!"

"You haven't invested in the store yet?" Ji Xinghai stroked his beard and suddenly laughed, "Don't you know, because of some things recently, a lot of outsiders have gathered in Jieliu Town, and the hotels in the town are full, and there are no vacant rooms for several days.

"What! there is such a thing!" Lin Qi was shocked, grabbed the firefly and ran.

"Sword box, sword box!" Firefly took off Lin Qi's hand, turned around and picked up the sword box, the third master and the fourth master are really, the sword box can be used as a mechanism, why don't you let it run by itself?

At this time, Lin Qi had already run far away.

"Xiao Qi, wait for me!"

Firefly chased after the pear freely, and the brother and sister soon disappeared into the night, and the grandson of the Ji family was dumbfounded, glanced at each other, and laughed together.

......

The hotels in the town were really full of people, and three of them told Lin Qi that the rooms were full, and even the demolition of the backyard was rented out. There was no way, Lin Qi could only come out with Firefly and think of another way.

The snow was so heavy that it had covered the road, accumulating a thick layer of snow, and a series of footprints stepped on by Lin Qi's fireflies were quickly erased by the new snow.

It must be very cold tonight, and Lin Qi doesn't want to sleep on the streets.

"Little brother, how is it, I'm right!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came across the street, Lin Qi looked up, and saw the old man of the Ji family in the puppet show approaching with a wooden box, the box was loaded with wheels, in such a snow, it was like walking on the ground, which was very strange. The little girl Yinzhu sat on her grandfather's shoulder and waved at the two.

Lin Qi walked over with the firefly and smiled helplessly.

"Grandpa Ji is right, the rooms in the town are really full, I don't know if you know, where are there Buddhist temples or something in the town, we want to go and stay overnight. ”

"Hey, what kind of temple are you looking for, come to our house, we have a small cabin in the town, there are only two of us grandparents and grandchildren on weekdays, I wanted to stop you just now, who would have thought you would run so fast!"

The old man was very refreshing, so much so that Lin Qi was a little embarrassed.

"Then how embarrassing, hurry, girl, help Grandpa Ji push the cart!"

"Uh......"

The old man was also stunned, and when he saw the young man, he was not polite, so he immediately laughed and didn't let Firefly take it.

"It's okay, I've changed this car, it's not sinking at all, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, let's go quickly." ”

Lin Qi nodded, turned his head to look at the wheels on the wooden wheel, and saw that there were uneven tooth marks on the wooden wheels.

"Grandpa Ji, you said before that something happened in the town, and so many people suddenly gathered, what is it?" Lin Qi and the old man walked on the road and asked casually.

"Not long ago, someone in the town found a spirit beast in the suburbs, it was very strange, after the news spread, many hunters and monks gathered here, wanting to find out, but whether it was to open their eyes or want to keep it for themselves, it is unknown. ”

"Spirit beast, what kind of spirit beast?" Speaking of spirit beasts, Lin Qi had never seen them, but there was one spirit bird. In this regard, Lin Qi suddenly became interested.

"I don't know. The one who saw the spirit beast was a drunkard, who was drunk and went the wrong way that day, and plunged into the field, and the people in the town said that he was drunk and confused, and he was dazzled and hallucinated, only he tried his best to justify it, and everyone said it as a joke, but he didn't expect to gather so many people with a heart at once. ”

"How long has this happened, have you found the spirit beast?"

"For about ten days, more and more outsiders gathered, but they still didn't see the spirit beast infested, and I went to the suburbs to look for it a few times. The townspeople all thought that the drunkard had mistaken it, but some said that they had found the claw marks left by the spirit beast. ”

"Claw marks?" Lin Qi thought for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "The matter of the spirit beast is indeed true." ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen claw marks, and no one can tell what beast left them. ”

The two were walking on the road and were talking, when at this moment, Firefly suddenly pointed ahead and shouted: "Look, it's on fire!"

When everyone heard the sound, they saw that the fire was shining not far in front of them, and the surrounding area was red.

"It's the direction of our home!"

Yinzhu screamed, Lin Qi heard it, and felt rushed over, followed by Firefly. After arriving, I saw that a small wooden house had been burned down for most of it, and the fire was raging, but fortunately there were no other houses, but unfortunately there was no need to put out the fire.

"My house!" I remember that the fire in the brazier had been extinguished when I left, how could it catch fire!"

At this time, Ji Xinghai had arrived with silver beads, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, the house was burned, could it be that tonight, under the heavy snow, the four of them could only sleep on the streets?

"It's not an accident, someone deliberately set it on fire!"

Lin Qi suddenly said such a thing, which surprised several people, Ji Xinghai felt that although Lin Qi was young, he would not be untargeted, and thought that he had found some special traces.

In fact, Lin Qi did not find any traces of deliberate arson for the time being, but he clearly felt that a group of people around him quietly surrounded him, and he could figure out what was going on with a little contact with the fire.

"Girl, you protect Grandpa Ji and Yinzhu!"

Firefly nodded when he heard this, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, a black big sword suddenly popped out of the sword box behind his back and fell into his hand, Ji Xinghai didn't know what was going on, but was taken aback by the reaction of the two, and he didn't expect that the wooden box with such rough workmanship behind the little girl was hidden and stared at it for a long time.

At this moment, several people gradually walked out of the dark shadow, surrounding Lin Qi and the four of them in the middle, Lin Qi secretly counted in his heart, there were more than 20 people!

"Little ghost, we are doing business in the Heavenly Demon Sect, leave quickly if you know each other, don't be strong, lose your life in vain!"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice came out of thin air, emotionless, chilling in people's hearts, Lin Qi followed the sound and saw a figure squatting on top of a private house not far away, hiding in the night, not identifying the real body.

The Heavenly Demon Gate is really a narrow road, and I can't go this time!