readx;? A group of schoolchildren surrounded a 10-year-old boy, who curled up on the ground and clung to his abdomen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Shoot him, dare to steal!"

"Yes, kill him, I saw a book hidden in his arms just now, it must have been stolen from a private school......"

"Wild seeds from other villages, hand over the things quickly......"

"Oh, the little beggar without a father, the little wild seed, trample you to death......"

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"Hmph! If you don't hand it over, I'll kick you to death, hand it over quickly!" Led by Li Yong, the son of Li Darttou, a twelve-year-old child Wang, grabbed Tian Cai's hair and kicked it twice on the shoulder, and said fiercely: "Finally, if you don't hand it over, you will be smashed on the head......" Tian Cai gritted his teeth, still holding his stomach without saying a word.

"Brother Quanshu, you go and save Brother Tian Cai, he is about to be killed......" A six-year-old girl anxiously lay by the window and shouted, she is the only daughter of Mr. Private School named Zhou Yiyi, Zhou Quanshu shook his head and read the poem weakly, stopped sighing, glanced sideways at the window, and said: "Yiyi, that little beggar has been eavesdropping for four or five years, and he is teased and beaten by Li Yong and them every three or five days, I haven't been persuaded by it, but what's the use? I can't just guard outside every day to prevent them from beating, right?" Alas, it's okay, that kid has rough skin and thick flesh, and he hasn't died many times, don't worry. Zhou Quanshu turned back and continued to study, he began to take the imperial examination at the age of fourteen, failed three times in ten years, his parents have passed away, and he has become a poor scholar, countless times dreaming of becoming a big official to marry a wife and have children.

A schoolboy shouted and ran into the school, "Run, sir is coming, come in......" The students who were beating broke up and squeezed in, and began to pretend to read aloud.

Mr. Zhou hurriedly walked over, watched Tian Cai lying on the ground and twisted his body, angrily walked into the school and sat down, took out a ring ruler and slapped the desk: "You bear children, are you bullying other people's Tian Cai again, say it quickly!" The school was silent, Mr. Zhou glanced at it, and said, "Whole book, who bullied Tian Cai?"

Zhou Quanshu put down the book and said, "I studied with Yiyi inside, but I didn't see it clearly." Zhou Yiyi wiped her tears: "Dad, it was Brother Li Yong who took them to fight the field vegetables." Mr. Zhou slapped the table hard, everyone's bodies shook, and Li Yong snorted: "He...... He has a book in his arms, he must have stolen the book from the private school, I want to get it back, Tian Cai didn't give it, I gently pushed him down......" Mr. Zhou snorted heavily, and said: "Gently push? I think I'm almost half dead!"

"Sir, we saw it, Tian Cai has a book in his hand, and he is so poor that he dies on weekdays, where can he have the money to buy books?"

"Yes, sir, it must have come from the wrong ......"

"Yes, sir, the little beggar is so badly dressed, where can he come from if he didn't steal it?"

The schoolchildren defended in a few words, and Mr. Zhou blew his half-white beard: "Okay, let's see if you have lost your books!" The schoolchildren shook their heads after checking it, and Mr. Zhou said: "We are all scholars, how can we say that people have stolen things without evidence? As for the fact that he has a book, as long as it is not stolen, he should not beat people for no reason, if so, what is the difference between us and robbers? Okay, start studying, well, have you learned the poems that Mr. just let you memorize?" The schoolchildren looked at each other speechlessly, their faces were filled with fear, Mr. Zhou glanced at the careless Li Yong, and said, "Li Yong, it seems that you have learned, stand up and recite it to us." ”

Li Yong was shocked, and stretched out his index finger to point at himself: "I...... Me?" The schoolchildren looked at Li Yong's flustered affectionate mouth and snickered, Li Yong gritted his teeth: "What are you laughing at, it wasn't you who asked me to grab the book, so I forgot about it." Mr. Zhou slapped the ring ruler on the table and said, "Quiet! Li Yong, you can take the lead so much, then set an example for your classmates." Li Yong stood up slowly, scratched his head with a squeak, and vigorously recalled the poem taught by Mr. before: "Hooligans, hug the cloth trade silk." Bandits...... Bandits come to trade silk, and I seek to come. Send a child to wade ...... Ki, as for Donqiu......"

A black cloak walked slowly, holding a pitch-black wooden staff in his hand, and a black barrel hung from the wooden staff, and two black iron sticks were shaking in the black barrel. Tian Cai got up and patted the dust on his body, the black cloak stopped and glanced at the book in Tian Cai's hand, and spit out three words slightly: "Longevity." ”

Tian Cai raised his head, his eyes were miserable and blank, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned and touched, he felt a little pain, and looked at the eyes of the black cloak: "Do you recognize these words?" The black cloak nodded, a glimmer of hope flashed in Tian Cai's eyes, and said, "Grandpa, can you help Tian Cai read this book?"

The black cloak looked at Tian Cai's eyes and did not answer, and said, "You call me grandpa?" Tian Cai nodded and said, "Well, my mother said, you must be polite when you meet the elders." ”

The black cloak nodded and said, "The son can be taught." Tian Cai said: "Grandpa, what should Tian Cai call you?"

The black cloak said lightly: "My name is the Hungry Ghost." Tian Cai was stunned, and seemed a little frightened.

The starving ghost said, "Why were you beaten by those children?"

Tian Cai looked into the room, where Mr. was slapping Li Yong's palm with a ring ruler, and Li Yong kept wailing inside.

Tian Cai turned around and said: "My mother often cries at night in this book, Tian Cai and her mother are illiterate, I don't know what is written in the book, Tian Cai wants to know why my mother hates my father so much, and Tian Cai is never allowed to ask who my father is, saying that my father is a negative person who doesn't care about our mother and son." My mother took me to escape from the desert to avoid the military disaster, and came to the broken grass house outside Zhoujia Village to rely on Tian Cai, the family was poor and had no money to study, so Tian Cai often took time to come to the private school to eavesdrop, and they were caught and beaten. ”

The starving ghost blinked slightly, and asked, "What about your father?" Tian Cai replied: "My mother said, my father went to the capital ten years ago to catch the exam, and said that he would come back in three months at most, but my mother waited for ten years and didn't see my father come back, and my mother died of illness ten days ago due to lack of medicine and food." Tian Cai couldn't help wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The starving ghost glanced up at the private school and asked, "Why didn't you cry when they beat you?"

Tian Cai convulsed: "Mother said that Tian Cai is a man who can't shed tears." ”

The starving ghost nodded slightly, moved his crutches, and said, "You were trampled on the ground by them just now, why didn't you scream?"

Tian Cai pursed his swollen lips, looked at the "Longevity Extension" in his hand, and said: "In the past, Tian Cai would shout for help when he was beaten, and the more they fought, the more energetic they became, Tian Cai no longer screamed now, so they will naturally walk away if they feel bored after a while, just bear with it." ”

The starving ghost touched Tian Cai's head and walked away slowly: "Fortune telling, fortune telling...... The two iron sticks in the black cylinder on the wooden staff "ding" and bumped a few times. Tian Cai blinked his eyes and looked at Tie Zhi, and couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, can Tian Cai divinate and tell fortunes?"

The starving ghost turned around, the corners of his mouth slightly curled: "Yes, but you have to exchange your most valuable things with your grandfather to divination." Tian Cai looked at the tattered up and down his body, with countless patches on his clothes, looked down at a pair of cloth shoes made by his mother, and the thumb of his right foot was exposed, Tian Cai turned around and touched it, looking at the bamboo basket that had just been stepped on by the schoolchildren in the corner of the wall, and hurriedly walked over and brought it over, and said: "Grandpa, these are the two taro that Tian Cai dug from the wasteland, Tian Cai is worthless things, and this book can't be eaten, can these two taro be exchanged for grandpa's hexagram?"

The starving ghost looked at Tian Cai's face, his eyes were full of sincerity and longing, he stretched out his withered hand and picked up a small taro from the broken bamboo basket and stuffed it into his arms, and said, "The big one, you can keep it for yourself and eat it." Tian Cai nodded happily, and the starving ghost asked, "Your name is Tian Cai?" Tian Cai nodded: "Hmm." The starving ghost looked at Tian Cai's face, his face was bruised and swollen, and there were still dried blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and he said lightly: "Well, an ordinary name." ”

The starving ghost closed his eyes and rested for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What do you want?"

Tian Cai blinked, her eyes were full of happiness, and replied: "Tian Cai wants her mother to come back to life and grow up with Tian Cai." ”

The starving ghost said: "The life and death of man, the principle of nature, since he is dead and his body has died, he cannot be resurrected from the dead." ”

Tian Cai was disappointed and said, "Then, then I want to see my mother, is it okay?" The starving ghost raised his head to the sky and said, "If you are sincere, you can't do it." ”

The starving ghost said strangely: "That's what you do?" Tian Cai's face was pleasant, and he nodded heavily.

The starving ghost laughed silently: "Everyone in the world is greedy and hateful, chasing fame and fortune endlessly, and doing all kinds of unkind and unrighteous things, but you have a pure heart, and you only care about family affection in your eyes. Well, not bad. The starving ghost hung the wooden staff slightly in front of Tian Cai's eyes, and said, "You smoke one." ”

Tian Cai scratched his head and asked, "Grandpa, Tian Cai saw that other people's fortune tellings were full of bamboo sticks, why are there only two black sticks in your black tube?" Tian Cai nodded and closed his eyes, reached out and grabbed an iron stick, Tian Cai's hand sank: "Hey, grandpa, this sign is so heavy!" Tian Cai opened his eyes and panicked.

The starving ghost asked, "Tian Cai, what do you see?" The golden light flashed, Tian Cai was stunned, looked at the iron stick and said slowly: "Hey, there is a bar here, what does it mean?"

The starving ghost's eyes moved slightly: "Oh, show me, grandpa will help you solve the hexagram." The starving ghost looked at the iron sign, raised his head and looked at the clear sky, thought for a moment, and said: "Tian Cai, what you are asking for is the first hexagram "Feng Hexagram" on the sign, and the eighty-eight sixty-four hexagrams rank fifty-fifth. ”

Tian Cai looked at the hungry ghost eagerly and asked, "Grandpa, can Tian Cai's wish come true?" The hungry ghost handed the iron stick to Tian Cai, nodded and said, "It can be realized, but you have to take good care of this iron stick, you know?" Tian Cai nodded happily, and the hungry ghost advised: "Hide it well, don't show it to others, she is your mother, and it won't work if others find out." Tian Cai said: "Grandpa, Tian Cai knows, Tian Cai sees the iron skewer is to see his mother." ”

The starving ghost touched Tian Cai's forehead and said, "Don't mention to anyone that you know a grandfather named the Hungry Ghost, and don't tell anyone that you have divined fortunes with me, understand?" Tian Cai looked at the eyes of the hungry ghost and felt very kind: "Okay, Tian Cai will not say anything when he dies." Tian Cai carefully hid the iron stick and "Longevity Stick" in his arms, and the starving ghost let go of his hand and nodded: "Good boy." ”

How did he know that this seemingly black iron stick was the holy relic of the Miao Jiang barbarians, Yin Jian, which hid the secret of the vendetta of ancient immortals and demons, Yin Jian had experienced endless killing, love and hatred for thousands of years, even the first artifact in the fairy world, Tianhu, could not seal it, and the human life that got Yin Jian could not help himself, and a shocking secret was waiting for him to solve......

In fact, the starving ghost just thought about it for a long time, I don't know why the Yin Jian Holy Relic would choose an ordinary ten-year-old child as the master, for thousands of years, the starving ghost has seen countless capable people, including some geniuses, but unfortunately no one has the fate to catch Yin Jian, is this the destiny of heaven?

The wind suddenly rose, the sand and rocks were scattered, the straw on the roofs of the village was blown, and the rafters and doors and windows swayed and creaked.

The starving ghost turned around and looked up, only to see the glow in the sky, the stunning red silk covering the sky, a very beautiful woman floating in the middle, the starving ghost frowned: "The ghost is sorrowful!" Tian Cai raised his head and looked at it, and the ghost smiled evilly: "Those who stand in my way, die." ”

Tian Cai's heart trembled, he had never seen such a beautiful demon, and the starving ghost pestled the black wooden cane into the soil, and said, "Tian Cai, go in and hide, don't come out!" Tian Cai hurriedly carried the broken basket and hid in the private school, and several schoolchildren looked out the window curiously, cheering: "What a beautiful fairy!"

Li Yong hurriedly jumped to the window: "Hey...... Hey, get up, let me take a look......" Mr. Private School saw the strange and ominous signs around him, and suddenly felt creepy, afraid that something evil would happen, and hurriedly slapped the table with a ring ruler: "Go back, don't look at ......"

A black semi-transparent stone was suspended in front of the ghost's eyes, this thing is called the Soul Stone, which can absorb the blood and soul of mortal yang energy, and the blood and red spots in the Soul Stone are like fireflies colliding, and countless souls are screaming and wailing in it. The ghost saw that he opened his arms, and thousands of blood-eyed bats flew out from behind him, like a black whirlwind flying down to bite the villagers, the villagers were terrified and slapped indiscriminately to avoid the blood-eyed bats, and in the blink of an eye, the dead villagers died and were injured, and the souls and yang qi of the dead villagers were all sucked away by the soul stones. The Hungry Ghost surrounds his arms with a cauldron lid in the shape of a golden shield that protects the private school from the attacks of the Blood-Eyed Bats.

The ghost said in a sad tone with a hint of charm: "A fortune-telling cloak dares to stop me, and I will accept your soul today." Seeing the sorrow, the ghost swung his arms and danced with his palms to push forward, and the bright red curtain quickly rotated around and rushed towards the hungry ghost, and the hungry ghost waved the black wooden staff and chanted a spell, and the golden light appeared against the curtain. The two huge forces collided, the starving ghost frowned and was knocked back a few steps, the red curtain was bounced back, the ghost was impacted, and shook in the air, and the ghost saw the dementor stone lose its balance and throw it, and flew in reverse to grab the dementor stone.

The ghost was furious: "Okay, you evil ghost, you actually broke my neon wedding dress, hum!" The ghost saw sorrow spew out a blazing fire, and the starving ghost took out the yin in the black cylinder and shot out bursts of black sand, and all the surrounding houses were burned, and the smell of blood and burnt paste in the air was mixed together, which made people shudder. The ghost saw sorrow open his arms and closed his eyes, and countless moon petals appeared in front of him, "whoosh" pieces like a knife broke the black sand curtain wall of the starving ghost, broke through the golden shield, the private school house collapsed with a bang, a gust of wind blew, the cloak and hat of the hungry ghost hung down on his back, the black sand gathered into a yin and flew back into the black tube, and the starving ghost held a black wooden staff and pestle and landed in front of his feet.

The ghost saw that the soul stone had already absorbed enough yang energy and soul, and the corners of his mouth turned up: "Today's time is pressing, so I won't fight with you evil ghosts, Qingshu is still waiting for the slave family at home, hehe." Seeing the ghost, he turned around and flew away, and the bright red clothes in the sky shrank and floated away.

Tian Cai got up from the grass and touched the iron stick and book in his arms: "It's okay, it's okay." "Just now, Tian Cai caught a glimpse of the starving ghost using another iron stick, and he was shocked: Grandpa didn't lie to me, Tian Cai must have smoked a spirit stick, mother, Tian Cai wants to see you......

Zhou Yiyi lay beside Mr. Private School and cried: "Dad, Dad, wake up, what's wrong with you......" Li Yong got out of the weeds and ran over, pushing Mr. Private School: "Sir, sir, are you okay, Mr. wake up." Mr. Zhou opened his eyes slightly, stretched out his blood-stained arm and grabbed Zhou Yiyi's little hand, Tian Cai and Zhou Quanshu came to Mr. across the weeds and beams, and the four of them looked at Mr. Private School sadly.

Mr. Zhou trembled: "Yiyi, don't cry, I'm afraid my father is ......." Mr. Private School panted, Li Yong hurriedly said: "I...... I'll go find the medicine, sir, you wait, I'll go to the house to get it. After speaking, Li Yong stood up and ran two steps and stopped, Li Yong watched the surrounding houses being burned by the fire, and the few remaining villagers wailing in the fire, looking at how not to teach people to despair? This scene has no way to rescue and redeem, everything was burned by the fire in a blink of an eye, and the beautiful countryside of the past has changed beyond recognition.......

Mr. Zhou said: "Daddy is a girl, Yiyi, you ...... You have a cowardly personality, the little woman is not strong outside, don't think about avenging your father, your father just wants to ...... I just want my clothes to live well, and I have food to eat and clothes to wear. Those are all powerful demons, you can't fight them......" Mr. coughed and vomited blood, Li Yong wiped his tears and turned around and sat down beside Tian Cai.

Zhou Quanshu couldn't hide his grief and knelt down: "Sir, you have funded the whole book to go to Beijing for ten years to take the exam, and you are embarrassed by not getting fame in the whole book." Mr. Zhou shook his head and said, "Quanshu, Tian Cai, Li Yong, Mr. has something to ask for...... Tian Cai cried: "Mr. and Li Darttou took the villagers to bury Tian Cai's mother, Tian Cai is very grateful, and will definitely take care of Yiyi's sister, please rest assured." Mr. Zhou closed his eyes peacefully: "Good ......" The four of them shouted Mr., gusts of wind blew, the fire spread to the private school, Zhou Quanshu picked up Zhou Yiyi and ran to the open space just now, Tian Cai and Li Yong ran out, at this time the fire had burned the entire private school, Zhou Yiyi leaned over and shouted Daddy, Zhou Quanshu took off his hand carelessly, Tian Cai and Li Yong rushed up to take Zhou Yiyi away.