Late at night, eleven o'clock, the beginning of the hour.

“...... Nine Heavens Puhua Jun, transforming into the Ten Directions Realm. Riding a unicorn with his hair and tiptoeing barefoot on the ice. Nine weather, whistling wind whip thunder. Able to subdue the demons with intelligent power. Spend the long night soul and benefit all sentient beings. Like the Milky Way water, the thousand-eyed thousand-moon wheel ......"

Yiming was silently reciting the "Jade Shu Sutra", suddenly feeling that the qi and blood were surging, the hair stood on end, and the heaven and earth were filled with the majestic breath of Pei Mo Nengyu, which was vast and endless. Rao was a Mingming's magical power, and he was suddenly out of breath under this vast coercion, feeling that he was just a little ant floating on the vast sea, feeling the irresistible will contained in that coercion, and he didn't even dare to have the slightest thought of disobedience under the trembling.

The so-called divine power is like an abyss, and the divine power is like a prison, it should be so.

Fortunately, this coercion disappeared in a flash, and he was startled, and before he could gain a firm foothold to figure out the situation, he saw a blue light flash, the earth trembled, and the tiles on the eaves fell "with a bang".

Omen!

The omen is indeed here!

Hearing only a scream, Tie Zhu ran back to Pingli and asked what was going on. Tan Shan swept in front of the ping and flashed to the side of the house, and quickly helped Tan Shilang over. It turned out that Shiro was sitting under the eaves and leaning against the wall to nap, and his head was broken and bleeding from a falling tile, and the old wound was not healed and a new wound was added. Tiezhu's wife stumbled out of the house, and suddenly saw several people popping out of the ping, and a sound of unknown meaning came out of her throat, and she was so frightened that she couldn't move under the eaves.

There was a muffled sound of "tom" in the wing, and Xiulan let out an exclamation. Tie Zhu didn't have time to explain to his wife, so he hurriedly ran over to knock on the door, shouting, "Xiulan is okay, hurry, come out quickly!"

The village had already exploded, the dogs barked, the chickens and pigs snorted, and the people all ran out of the houses, shouting and shouting, and frightened. Yiming silently watched the chaotic scene, and his breath ran rapidly in his body for several weeks before returning to normal, and he spoke:

"Don't panic, it was a slight earthquake. Do not stay in the house, but go out to the lawn until dawn. ”

A clear sound sounded, like a breeze blowing across the empty lake, and it could be heard clearly from far and near. Tan Shan summoned a few young people to walk from the head of the village to the end of the village, and repeated Yiming's words a few more times, and the crowd quieted down a little. Someone from the neighborhood came to greet him, but Tie Zhu stepped forward and whispered a few words before they all walked away. Only the children were very happy, laughing and playing, and they were unaware of the danger.

Tiezhu's wife and uncle helped Xiulan out, although she was frightened, there was nothing abnormal in her body. My uncle rolled from the side of the bed to the ground under a shock just now, and it was fine. Tie Zhu ran into the stove house again, took out a handful of pot ashes, untied Tan Shilang's bandage and wiped it on his forehead, and the bleeding stopped.

After waiting for a while, the sky and the earth were quiet, and there was no trace of wind, and there was no abnormality. The bold men slipped back to sleep, while the rest rested in their own flats wrapped in quilts, and the small murmurs faded into the snoring of each other. Tie Zhu moved out of the chair and invited Yiming to sit with Master and Shiro, while his wife and uncle carried out a bamboo bed, spread a blanket and covered it with a quilt for Xiulan to sleep. Occasionally, they glanced curiously at the strange guest who suddenly appeared, but they didn't dare to come forward to talk.

Yiming sat back on the bluestone, his mind couldn't calm down, and he raised his wrist to look at the luminous watch every once in a while. The seconds ticked in circles, and his mood became more and more nervous and dignified.

At one o'clock in the morning, it was past the hour.

Yiming stood up with a long sigh, hugged his fists to Tan Shan and Tie Zhu, and said, "There won't be any more situations." It's heavy outside, let's go back to sleep. ”

Tan Shan and Tie Zhu quickly stood up and saluted back, only Shiro was still crooked in his chair and snoring like thunder. Yiming's gaze swept over Xiulan, sighed regretfully, and drifted away.

In Hezhou Village, Aunt Mei's detached courtyard guards a sandbar jutting out of the water, more than a mile away from the rest of the houses. Since Mei Lao Er died and had no children, she has been alone for five or six years, but she is used to it. Mei Lao Er is a foreigner, and Aunt Mei is married from the big poplar tree in South Dongting Lake, and she has no relatives in the local area, so her life is becoming more and more bleak. Fortunately, she "eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry", relying on three points of melon fields and half an acre of ponds, she can also be fed and clothed.

Shazhou is a favorite place for children in the village to play, not only can they dig birds' nests, catch crabs, hide and seek, but also get sweet potato chips, cloud cakes, and even candy with plastic wrappers from Aunt Mei. Some parents who are small in energy are jealous of their children's treatment of Aunt Mei, and mutter: "If you don't have a child, you just stare at other families and see who will send you to the end in the future!" After all, they don't really hate her.

That night, Aunt Mei was woken up in the shaking, the roof thatch was sprinkled on the mosquito net, and the big yellow dog barked wildly. She was so frightened that she ran out into the yard, and she didn't have time to put on her shoes. After waiting for a while, the ground stopped moving, and the grass hut no longer shook, but there was a glimmer of light in the sandbar forest.

Someone else at this late hour? It can't be a fish stealer, right? Approaching the end of the year, the half-acre fish pond is Aunt Mei's New Year's rations. She crept over in her clothes and shoes, clutching a pair of fire-burning tongs in her hand. The big yellow dog wagged its tail and followed faithfully.

In the forest depression, an incredible scene unfolded in front of you. Countless spots of light flew and gathered, forming a flowing light curtain, and a slick boy lay on the withered yellow grass in the center of the light curtain. The baby was obviously crying with her mouth wide open, but she couldn't hear any sound in her ears.

Monster?

If a hundred people saw such a scene, ninety-nine would flee in fear of turning around, and the only one who did not flee was Aunt Mei. She has lived alone in the sandbar for so many years, and she no longer knows that she is afraid, not to mention that she is a child who thinks about it for a long time!

The big yellow dog pounced forward, and the light spots seemed to be disturbed, like a stream of fireflies, and it actually swirled and stuck to the dog's body. The fluffy fur of the yellow dog stands on end as if it were electrified, and the whole body shines brightly, like a divine dog. It staggered a few times in panic and whimpered, then quickly quieted down, and honestly lay down beside the baby to guard, its eyes shining red like two lanterns. The spot of light dimmed at a speed that was discernible to the naked eye, seemed to dissipate into the night, and seemed to melt into the torso of the yellow dog.

Great compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva! Aunt Mei knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times reverently, and walked over slowly.

Two hours later, when the panicked villagers had quieted down, a small boat quietly rocked out of the sandbar and sailed along the waterway into the Hudu River towards Dongting Lake, with a woman, a baby and a yellow dog on board. The earth trembled, and all the fishermen went ashore, but Aunt Mei did not touch the boat of the night fisherman. Everyone knows that the water surface is far more dangerous than the land in an earthquake, and it can set off huge waves in an instant.

Aunt Mei made full use of her wisdom and ran away overnight. If she waits for dawn to be discovered, the best result is that everyone says that she is not serious, and she has fornicated with a wild man to make a monghel, and the bad result is that countless people come to the door and say that the child is theirs. After all, in the countryside, boys are still very expensive. And the worst result is that the gods and wizards come to the door, saying that the child is a goblin, and burn him in public. Three years ago, he burned a yellow flower girl to death in Zhaojia Village, saying that it was a fox spirit.

The river was covered with a thick fog, and the boat quietly went down the river like a dead leaf floating on the water. At this time, it was more than two o'clock in the morning, and Aunt Mei didn't see two people standing on the foggy embankment, and the two people didn't know that a small boat was drifting silently a few hundred meters away.

"Huh?" The old man in the homespun black cotton jacket turned his head to look at the river, his rickety body suddenly straightened, his face wrinkled and stretched, his eyes were shining, and he still looked like a bad old man in the countryside.

"Senior brother, is there a situation?" Yiming asked respectfully with a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

Yiwei closed his eyes and listened for a while, shook his head, opened his eyes and said dejectedly:

"The mist contains the aftermath of heaven and earth, like gelatin, and I can't see through a hundred meters away. There seemed to be movement on the surface of the river just now, but I couldn't tell if I listened closely, or maybe the fish made the sound of water. More than ten years ago, I also encountered a demonic mist that could block the divine sense, but it was weird and gloomy, and it was not as dignified as this. ”

"What Senior Brother said is that as soon as the heavenly omen comes out, everything is subdued, and this fog is contaminated with the power of heaven and earth. However, neither Hok Chau nor Shawan have any children born tonight, shall we stay a few more days and expand the scope of the search?"

Yiwei pondered for a moment and said, "After dawn, take the two villages as the center and walk around." ”

"Senior brother, I'm afraid there will be omissions with just two people. Tan Shan, the head of the artillery fist, is a local snake, and the situation is familiar, do you also ask him to investigate?"

"Oh, what are you going to tell him?"

"This ...... , haven't thought about it yet. ”

"Dismiss that thought. In any process, the more factors involved, the more complex the situation, and the more difficult the outcome will be. What's more, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, can you guarantee that Tan Shan will keep the secret? Even if he doesn't say it, can't others infer strange things from his actions? The operation of the Heavenly Dao has its own cause and effect. Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven. We just try our best to find it, and if we find it, it is fate, and if we can't find it, it is also fate. ”

"But there's a big difference between finding it and not finding it!"

Yiming was a little anxious, Senior Brother's theory of cause and effect sounded reasonable, but he was confused after thinking about it. If a person is destined to succeed, what else does he need to work on? Even if he is destined to be a person of destiny, if he has been living in a poor country all his life, what kind of creation can he have?

Yiwei seemed to see through his thoughts, smiled slightly, and said:

"The golden scales are not things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds. ”

Yiming was stunned and smiled bitterly.

The world only saw the carp jumping over the dragon gate, who has ever seen it turn into a dragon and swim in the sea? Who has stipulated that the golden scales should not be a thing in the pool? If you do not encounter a storm in your life, let alone turn into a dragon, it is very possible to become a braised carp!

"The sea is crossing, my generation has a long way to go!" Yiwei sighed.

When the sky falls, there is a tall man on top of him, what kind of person does the senior brother think of himself? A cultivator cultivates the way of heaven and proves immortality, so if he wants to help the people in the world, why not join the world and become an official? The senior brother is afraid that he has been in the world for too long, and his Taoist heart has been stained with dirt, and when he sees that there is no hope for immortality, he has many obsessions.

"Yes!"

A mouthful of blood almost spurted out, and the urge to go berserk was forced. Although he didn't look down on Yiwei very much, after all, he was young and orderly, so he had to reluctantly bow his head and promise, and his heart was heavy.

He traveled all the way, and saw that the world was impetuous, and the laity were all short-sighted, arrogant, arrogant, and timely. A solemn tone like Senior Brother's "taking the common people of the world as his own responsibility" must laugh if the laity hear it. What's more, the laity have invented countless wonderful things, can fly into the sky and the sea, land on the moon and chase the stars, call the wind and rain to pull out the mountains and escape the earth, why should they respect the cultivators? You see him vulgar, I am afraid that he will think you are ridiculous!

Yi Ming looked at the night sky speechlessly, and sighed in his heart.

There was no moon tonight, but the deep blue sky was a little bright, a sign that snow was about to fall.

Three days later, on the Hudu River in the afternoon, Aunt Mei briskly rocked her oars and returned to Hezhou, but she was the same reed and staggered by. After the earthquake the day before yesterday, there was a light snowfall, and although it melted when it landed, the river wind was much steeper. But Aunt Mei's cheeks were hot and her spirit was very good, and the big yellow dog squatted majestically on the bow of the ship, as if the general who had returned to the dynasty in victory was patrolling.

The day before yesterday, Aunt Mei rushed to Da Yangshu's mother's house and said that she was so scared by the earthquake yesterday that she took a boat overnight to evacuate. Who wanted to moor the boat in thatched street at noon the next day, a girl suddenly got on the boat, put down a burden and ran away. Inside the baggage was a white baby, and a note with the words "October 25th" written on it. Hey, it's a sin, such a well-behaved baby is willing to lose it.

The girl is afraid that she has not yet left the cabinet, and she must not leave the baby if such a scandal happens. Mei Niang, you are so good, you will raise the baby well, and you will have a dependence in the future. When the mother's family heard this, they were all very happy.

The identity of the baby is hidden, the secret is only known to herself, and Aunt Mei is not afraid of who will ask for someone in the future. The baby's background is mysterious, and Aunt Mei always feels that it is inappropriate to set the day she picks it up as her birthday, so she took the initiative to advance the date of birth by two months. Besides, the baby is white and fat, and it doesn't look like she was born. You ask swaddling clothes, it's an old garment, it's not clean, it's lost. And that note, oops, a gust of wind blew into the river.

This morning, the seven aunts and eight aunts came and sent some soybean flour, sugar, and eggs. The little guy is also angry, he doesn't cry or make trouble, he giggles when he teases, he is beautiful and white, and he loves to be a person.

The sun shines on the water, and the red glow shines with brilliant colors, and the sparkling waves seem to be steaming in a red glow. The little one stared intently at the undulating waves behind the boat, and saw that the waves had rushed up and over the grass stalks, but when they receded, they were lower than the surface of the river, revealing the rocky roots and vines on the shore and some small black caves, and occasionally the fluffy gray water rats would pop out of them in terror.

He couldn't understand the novelty of this world, but he bit his chubby fingers and watched quietly, the little fingers like tender ginger buds in the sunlight were almost transparent, and they were rendered into a beautiful pink, as if carved from red jade.

Aunt Mei's heart moved, and she looked at the baby's big black and bright eyes happily, and said with a smile:

"You little ghost, you are not small, maybe you are still the stars in the sky. Just call it Man Jianghong, don't follow Grandma Mei to mold. Now grandma washes your diapers, and when you grow up and marries a daughter-in-law, don't forget grandma!"

The humidity in the Dongting Lake area is heavier, and once the snowflakes open, they will fall every three or five days. I finally got the weather to be fine, but it was a month later.

There was no wind at night, and the moonlight shone brightly, shining black and white on the ground. Under the embankment on the side of the Hudu River near Hezhou, two men in thick cotton jackets and cotton trousers hooked their waists and shrunk their necks, pulled their hands into their cuffs and staggered, while talking intermittently. The path was trampled by passers-by, and the snow melted but condensed into ice, making it slippery and difficult to walk.

"Why did you suddenly stop your hand today? A leather hammer knocked over Aunt Mei and snatched the child to run, saving you a trip in vain in the wind and snow. ”

"You're a pig, and you can't wake up to that. Lao Tzu has a family and a mouth, you also have a name and a surname, if you rob someone, you will run, Aunt Mei will not fight hard, unless she is killed. Besides, if she shouts and summons the people who are cannon fists, all of them are five big and three thick, it will be strange if she doesn't break your legs!"

That aunt doesn't want money, she doesn't eat hard or soft, and it's very troublesome. ”

Lao Tzu has been abducting and selling children for more than ten years, and it is the first time he has seen such a beautiful child, and he will earn at least 50,000 yuan by selling it to South Vietnam. A week ago, Li Lezi said that he wanted to steal this child, but he suddenly disappeared, but he was afraid that he would run away and cheapen Lao Tzu in vain. ”

"Just come and steal it at night, if my aunt wakes up, she will be beaten to death with a hammer, and then a fire will burn the hut, and I don't know it. ”

"You're awake now? If you want to, you should strike first, so as not to be worried about others. ”

"That dog is fierce and a little troublesome. ”

"That's not easy, find a lump of meat and put some medicine on it, and turn it over first. ”

"Mom Labazi, who is blocking such a big stone in the middle of the road, lacking morality!"

I saw the "big stone" more than ten meters away slowly standing up, more than a person tall, with fluffy hair and head like a lion, and red eyes, it was the big yellow dog in Aunt Mei's house. It stood upright like a human, and in one step, it stepped in front of the two of them, opening its bloody jaw, revealing its fangs.

The two of them were enveloped by a ruthless will, and they froze and couldn't even move their eyes, and when they saw this, their hearts and galls were broken, and they suddenly fell to the ground, and they were scared to death.

The big yellow dog stretched out his paws and picked up the bodies of the two men, throwing the grass over the high embankment, and then there was the sound of the ice breaking and splashing.

Heaven and earth returned to silence, and the big yellow dog slowly looked around, his cold eyes without any emotion. Dozens of seconds later, it fell to the ground on all fours, the red light in its eyes went out, and it rushed back into the wall like an arrow, which was in the direction of the sandbar.