Bai Lang hurriedly put the decoction on the table, lifted Xue Yan's hand, and then grabbed Chu Ningshuang's soft wrist, and asked with concern, "Sister Shuang, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." Chu Ningshuang looked ahead blankly, worried that Bai Lang would be angry and angry with everyone, so he trembled and said, "You shouldn't be too fierce to that girl, she just took my pulse and saw a doctor." ”

"That's it!" Xue Yan touched the aching hand and said angrily and aggrievedly: "You are really unreasonable, don't you see that I am concerned about her condition?" ”

"I'm sorry." Bai Lang apologized coldly, walked to the soup on the table, and said as he walked: "But you don't have to worry about her condition, she contracted a heart disease because of excessive grief and panic, and I have my own way to help her heal." ”

"Is that so?" Han Yu pulled the corner of Xue Yan's clothes and asked.

"I don't have medical skills at home, and I only know a little about incurable diseases." Xue Yan pondered for a while and whispered, "But his statement is still somewhat credible." ”

"Of course it's credible, otherwise what do you think I've been running around for the past two years?" Bai Lang seemed to have very pointed ears, held the bowl with a stiff face, said to everyone, sat on the edge of the bed again, helped up Ning Shuang's delicate body, and said softly: "Come, Sister Shuang, drink the medicine." ”

"Hmph." Xue Yan glanced at him angrily, and secretly scolded: "What kind of broken attitude? It's as if everyone else is nothing but his cousin! ”

Bai Lang seemed to have forgotten that someone existed, he held the soft body of Ning Shuang with one hand, held the bowl with the other hand, blew the hot air in the bowl first, and then tasted the hot soup in the bowl, and felt that it was not hot, so he carefully handed it to Ning Shuang's pale lips, slowly poured the bowl mouth, and let her drink it.

During the whole process of feeding the medicine, Bai Lang was very focused, only paying attention to the smile of the condensing cream, as if there was nothing more important in the world. Maybe the medicine is very bitter, it took a long time to drink the frost, after drinking, Bai Lang was in a much better mood, wiped the residual medicine from her mouth with the pure white sleeve, and said softly: "Sister Shuang, don't worry, everything will be fine." ”

Han Ye and the others were all touched by Bai Lang's meticulous care, and they all watched from the side and didn't bother.

Chu Ningshuang's face was slightly ruddy, and he said gently: "Brother Bai, I have always believed that as long as you are by your side, everything will be fine." ”

Bai Lang stretched his brows, looked at the sunlight outside the window, and said to everyone: "Thank you for your sincere visit to Sister Shuang, it's now three poles a day, why don't you stay here and have some light food?" ”

Han Ye didn't want to bother more, Han Yu and Yun Meng also had this intention, Xue Yan felt that she didn't get along with Bai Lang, and the four of them refused their kindness, and went out of the courtyard under Bai Lang's escort and headed for the east gate.

On the way, Yun Meng frowned, slightly uneasy, and sometimes looked back at the distant courtyard, as if he was still worried about something.

Han Ye saw that the beauty had something on her mind, and asked, "What's wrong?" Still worried about the frost? ”

Han Yu also comforted: "Sister Meng, don't worry, Sister Ningshuang is so kind, good people have good rewards, her illness will get better sooner or later, not to mention that Big Brother Bai will take care of her!" ”

"But ......" Yun Meng looked at the mansion and said worriedly, "I still feel that something is wrong." ”

"That's it!" Xue Yan said kindly: "Although the man is also good to Ning Shuang, I always feel that he is weird, not like a good person." ”

"Forget it, maybe I'm too careful." Yun Meng reluctantly put aside his worries and said to Xue Yan: "Yan'er, aren't you going to Mulan Temple?" It's not too early, so let's hurry up and hit the road. ”

"That's right!" As soon as Xue Yan heard about the Mulan Temple, she threw away her worries and said, "Let's hurry up!" Don't think about all that mess. As he spoke, he took a light step and walked quickly towards the east gate with everyone.

Han Ye and his entourage went out of the city, flew east with two swords in parallel, and rushed to the Mulan Temple at noon. Speaking of Mulan Temple, we have to talk about Mulan, the story of Mulan women dressing up as men and serving in the army on behalf of their fathers has been passed down through the ages, and in the early Tang Dynasty, it was posthumously named "General Xiaolie", and the descendants built the Mulan Temple in Yingkuo Town, Yucheng County, Shangqiu, in order to worship her. The ancestral temple is divided into three parts: the main hall, the dedication hall, the back building, there is the statue of Mulan boudoir in the main hall, there is the statue of Mulan Rong in the dedication hall, there is the statue of the whole family of Mulan in the back building, there are still some calligraphy and painting inscriptions of the previous generation inside and outside the ancestral hall.

After seeing the style of the Mulan Temple, everyone tasted some snacks nearby, walked around the town for a while, and soon arrived in the evening, and the group returned with a sense of happiness and Edgeworth.

Walking on the street where the sunset returned, Xue Yan put her hands behind her back, hummed a song and paced, and said to Han Yu: "Xiaoyu, are you having fun with your sisters today?" ”

"Hmm!" Han Yu smiled and said, "I heard that Yi Yin, the ancestor of cooking, was also born in Shangqiu, so it's right for your appetite." ”

"Really?" Xue Yan was surprised: "His 'Five Flavors Harmony Theory' and 'Fire Theory' can be regarded as the Bible of the cooking world!" I haven't read it, though. ”

"Tsk, brag if you haven't read it! If you really read two pages, can you be a great immortal in the kitchen world? Han Ye never forgot to tease Xue Yan, and said to Situ Yunmeng beside him: "But speaking of which, this Shangqiu is indeed an outstanding person, Yunmeng, do you say yes?" ”

"Huh?" Yun Meng seemed to have something on her mind, and as soon as Han Ye called her, she turned her head to look at Han Ye with wide eyes, and then she bowed her head and said, "Yes." ”

Han Ye asked with concern, "Are you still worried about the frost?" ”

Situ Yunmeng nodded, lost in thought.

The four of them walked for a while, and saw a large group of people talking about something at the intersection in front of them, all of them looking frightened, and a few of them were crying bitterly.

"What's going on?" Xue Yan looked at the crowd puzzled.

"Just look at it." Han Ye had a premonition that something big was happening, his expression was solemn, and he stepped forward with the three girls to ask.

After asking, I learned that there were strange things in the city recently, at night, many families will be turned off for no reason, and since last month, there have been frequent disappearances of girls, people in the city suspect that there are demons, and have asked the mage and Taoist priests to come here to get rid of the demons, but with little effect, now there are several families of daughters missing, seeing that the night is coming, how can everyone settle down.

When Han Ye and the others heard this, they all became worried for the people in the city, and Han Yu saw that everyone was frightened, and said loudly to them: "You don't have to panic, we will find a way to remove the scourge for Shangqiu." ”

When people heard the sound, they turned their heads to look, only to realize that the person who spoke was a beautiful girl wearing a Taoist robe, and they shook their heads one after another, and even more aunts and old women persuaded: "Girl, you can't do this, that demon is amazing!" We have invited a lot of monks and Taoist priests before, but they were all scared away, you better go back early, don't let the goblins take a fancy to you and arrest you! ”

"There are demons and evil here, I am a disciple of Shushan, how can I sit idly by?" Han Yu resolutely stood in front of everyone, with a trace of righteousness between his eyebrows, and said firmly: "Shushan has raised Xiaoyu for eight years, and Xiaoyu came down the mountain to calm the demon!" ”

"Xiao Yu ......" Yun Meng saw Han Yu so righteous and awe-inspiring for the first time, and a burst of excitement rose in his heart.

Han Ye and Xue Yan were even more dumbfounded to see her so abnormal, and Han Yu explained: "Although Xiaoyu is not good at learning, compared to these ordinary people, her ability is already great enough, so she should take on this responsibility. ”

"I understand for my brother." Han Ye bowed his head with satisfaction and said: "It is worthy of my Han Ye's sister, the disciples of the Xianmen Sect do not do chivalrous things when they go down the mountain, I am really sorry for this skill." ”

Xue Yan crossed her hands on her hips and said angrily: "You all rest, it's time for this woman to show her skills again!" ”

Han Ye and the others were resolute-willed, and everyone talked about it, after all, the disciples of Shushan often went down the mountain to level the demons, and they were quite famous outside, and gradually, many people recognized Han Yu's clothes, and some of them asked: "Maybe you have some skills, but this demon is uncertain, is there any way to make it appear in front of everyone?" ”

An old man spat on his hand, rubbed his hands and scolded: "Yes! Let me see this guy, I'll beat him to death! ”

"It's not difficult." Xue Yan's eyes turned, and he suddenly made a plan, and said to everyone: "If you have a daughter in each family, hide it first tonight, and then ......" Xue Yan's eyebrows fluttered and said roughly to everyone, although everyone was suspicious, they also nodded one after another, and went back to the house.

Yun Meng watched everyone leave, and asked worriedly, "Yan'er, can this plan work?" In case the evil doesn't come......"

"Don't worry." Xue Yan looked at Yunmeng with a smile, raised her eyebrows, and said, "What this girl thinks of has always been ninety percent out of ten. As he spoke, he glanced at Han Ye again, and said proudly: "Right, stupid melon?" ”

"Hmph." Han Ye laughed and prepared with Han Yu, naturally trusting this companion very much in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, it was late at night, the cold moon was dark, the stars in the sky were scarce, and there was no one else on the street except for the husband.

The evening breeze gradually became cold, and a creepy feeling made the husband involuntarily wrap his coat, suddenly! A small black shadow passed by him like a gale, and the husband didn't see it clearly, but he was already frightened, and the gong in his hand was almost thrown out, and he shrank his head up, and whispered to himself: "Ladies and gentlemen, the little one is just a watchman, there is a seventy-year-old mother on the top, and an eight-year-old child below, but don't embarrass me!" The husband shrank his head for a long time, looked around, but saw no human figure, and secretly thought that he was suspicious, so he shrugged his shoulders and continued to move forward.

The black shadow is moving rapidly under the cold moon, and now there are only a few houses in the entire Song Dynasty Ancient City that are still lit, when the black shadow is hesitating which house to go, a beautiful pipa sound in the distance attracted him, he listened carefully, and found that the pipa sound came from a brightly lit house, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and rushed away.

The dark shadow rushed into the courtyard and found that the courtyard was quite spacious, and the sound of the lute came from one of the rooms of light, and it was endless. He quietly moved there, carefully poked through the window paper, and saw a beautiful woman in the room, holding the pipa in her arms and playing it carefully. She was dressed in white, with her hands wrapped around the shawl, a pair of willow moons with sad eyebrows and moving, a pair of flowing jade eyes with affection, and long hair reflecting the fire, which made the voyeur feel shocked.

The woman was unaware of the danger coming, her sleeves were flying, and the white jade fingers played with the pipa, playing a wonderful sound that seemed to come from the nine heavens, which made people feel refreshed and happy, and floated like a fairy.

The dark shadow was excited, squeaking and laughing in the night wind, and he used a gust of wind to open the door and rush into the room, and the lights went out.

"Ahh Suddenly it was dark in the room, and the woman called out in a beautiful voice, and an extremely shrill voice came from the darkness, saying, "Squeak, Lord Fairy, what song did you just play?" I'd love to hear it again! ”

"The song just now?" The woman's emotions gradually calmed down, and she said, "The song just now is not suitable for you, I have another song for you, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"What tune?" A voice in the darkness said.

"Ambush on all sides. (1) The beauty said in a deep voice, and countless fires suddenly lit up in the courtyard outside the house, and many people broke in from everywhere with torches, shouting: "Catch the demon!" Hunt demons! "The boisterous voices resounded in the night sky.

"Squeak, that's not good!" Seeing this, the black shadow wanted to run, but the beauty waved forward with one hand, and a water dragon wave rushed out, hitting the black shadow in an uproar, and the black shadow couldn't dodge and was washed to the ground.

At this time, the room was suddenly brightly lit, and Han Ye, Han Yu, and Xue Yan broke in from outside.

"If you don't use our great beauty Yunmeng as bait, I really can't force you, you lewd thief...... Hey? Xue Yan looked at the ground as she spoke, and suddenly her eyes widened in surprise, it turned out that this uninvited guest was actually a small and cute mouse, its hair was colorful, and its tail was somewhat similar to the tail of a squirrel, and it was lying on the wet ground at the moment, shivering, and said to everyone angrily: "You, what do you want to do!" ”

"Oh, and what do you want us to do?" Xue Yan picked up the spotted mouse, put it in the palm of her hand, smiled and flicked her beard a few times, and said, "I didn't expect that the demon who was in trouble with Shangqiu was actually a little mouse, I really can't see it~!" Little mouse, go to the oil table, steal oil to eat, can't get down~! Hahaha~! ”

The spotted mouse couldn't stand such a teasing, so he quickly got up from his palm and said angrily at Xue Yan: "I'm not a demon!" I'm an immortal! It's a fairy! ”

"Really?" Xue Yan said disapprerovingly: "Is it an immortal who still kidnapped the girl?" That's a bad fairy, too! ”

"Not really!" The little mouse wagged his tail angrily and said, "I just like to steal the lamp oil in other people's rooms, how can I do such boring things!" ”

"Who else could you have?" Xue Yan raised her eyebrows and said, "If you have to quibble again, see if this girl doesn't pull out your beard!" As he spoke, he made a gesture to pluck his beard.

The spotted mouse was so frightened that his face was blank, and he quickly knelt down and bowed to Xue Yan and said, "Sister Heroine, spare your life!" Sister Heroine spares her life~! ”

At this time, Yun Meng put the pipa aside, slowly got up, walked in front of Xue Yan, and said, "Yan'er is slow, I don't think he is lying." ”

Seeing that the savior was coming, the spotted mouse hurriedly cried: "It's still a fairy, woo woo~!" ”

Yun Meng said again: "But I guess he should know something related to goblins." Let's talk about it after we catch it. ”

"Huh?!" The spotted mouse wanted to slip away when he heard it, but it was faster than Xue Yan's hand, and he was grabbed by the tail again.

"It makes sense." Xue Yan shook the trembling spotted mouse, and said with a wicked smile: "It seems that you are going to be tortured to extract a confession." The spotted mouse looked at Xue Yan and trembled even harder......

Soon everyone gathered in the courtyard, Han Ye and the others gathered around a stone table, Xue Yan put the little mouse on the stone table, and cooperated with Yun Meng to send out a blue breeze and a fragrant breeze, blowing the water on the mouse clean, and then Yun Meng said: "Tell us everything you know, okay?" ”

The spotted mouse couldn't refuse, stood up, his two front paws drooped, and smiled at Yunmeng: "Lord fairy, Xiaoban really likes you, if you put me in your palm and I'll tell you." ”

Yun Meng was about to stretch out his hand, but Xue Yan stopped: "Be careful! I'm afraid of fraud! ”

"Squeak~!" The spotted mouse yelled at Xue Yan angrily and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" Although my mana is low, I also know the art of retreat, and if I really want to run, the fairy can't catch me! ”

"I believe in you." Yun Meng smiled slightly, put the spotted mouse in the palm of the orchid, and said, "Say it." ”

The spotted mouse was very happy, lying on it and said: "Squeak, that's it, I'm a mouse fairy, last year I swam to Shangqiu, and when I saw that the lights here were very bright, I stayed to steal the lamp oil here, because I often came out in the middle of the night to do activities, at that time, there was a yard under the ground often came out of the girl's cry, that cry was really miserable!" ”

Someone interjected, "Isn't that right? Almost every family in the city is next to each other, and if there is a girl crying in any family, the next door should be able to hear it! ”

"Stupid, man!" The spotted mouse hugged his claws around his chest and said, "It's underground, and the sound is very small, so it's strange that you mortals with poor perception can hear it!" ”

Han Ye thought for a while and asked, "Which house is that?" ”

"The name of the head of the household is not clear, and there seems to be a man and a woman in the courtyard. They didn't even light the oil lamps at night, so I didn't bother to go in. The spotted mouse said, adding, "As for its location, it's near the east gate." ”

When Yun Meng heard this, Yue Mei closed her eyebrows and said, "It's really there." ”

Han Yu wanted to ask where it was, but at this time, her brother and Xue Yan said in unison: "Chu family mansion!" ”

"Cloud Dream." Han Ye looked at Yun Meng and said, "If I guessed correctly, you would have known that there was an abnormality there, so you would be uneasy." ”

"I'm sorry, Ah Ye." Situ Yunmeng said with a little guilt: "During the day, I saw a faint demonic aura around the courtyard, so I wanted to go in and take a look, and later found that Bai Lang also had a faint demonic aura on his body, but those demonic qi were not obvious, I didn't dare to speculate, not to mention that he was so good to the frost, I ......"

"You're so confused, Yunmeng!" Xue Yan frowned, and said angrily: "Since you know that Bai Lang is a demon, you should have made it clear to us a long time ago, if you indulge the demon and ignore it, what will happen to those girls who were kidnapped by him?" What to do with cream? ”

Han Yu still understood Yun Meng, took her hand and said: "Sister Meng, Xiao Yu's Taoism is not high, and I didn't see the strangeness of the courtyard before, my sister has a good heart, but she deliberately concealed it, but the master said that demons are good and evil, if Bai Lang has the intention of harming others, we must not tolerate it." ”

Yun Meng bowed his head and said, "Well, of course I understand. ”

"That's it, there's no need to talk nonsense." Han Ye said: "The top priority is to rush to the Chu family's mansion first, and everything will naturally be clear." ”

Everyone felt reasonable, so many people in the city held torches and followed Han Ye and the four of them towards the east gate. Before coming to the Chu family's house, the missing girl's father, brother and uncle were the most anxious, and they knocked open the courtyard door together, and everyone rushed in, only to find that the courtyard was empty at this time.

Han Ye frowned and said, "It's not good, Bai Lang and Frost are gone." ”

Xue Yan held her chin and said while thinking, "Where can they go?" As he spoke, he looked at Yunmeng and the spotted mouse, and they both shook their heads to show that they were too far away to perceive.

When Xue Yan saw Han Yu, she suddenly remembered the perception talisman that Han Yu had used in the Mingjian Hall that day, so she said to Han Yu, who was also distressed on the side: "Sister Dugua, didn't you use a green talisman that day?" Is there anything else now? ”

"That's right! Xiaoyu almost forgot! Han Yu said and took out a green talisman from the green silk sac, made a method, concentrating on the senses, and when he was young, he pointed his hand in a certain direction and said: "There is a demonic qi that is strong and weak, and it is going over there." ”

"...... in that direction?" Han Ye looked in the direction his sister was pointing and said.

"Qinglingtai!" Yun Meng said in surprise.

Exegesis:

(1) "Ambush on All Sides" - "Ambush on Ten Sides" is a large-scale pipa song with a historical theme, it is one of the top ten ancient songs in China, and the pipa depicts the scene when Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was besieged by the Han army and was in a desperate situation. There is no definite date as to the date of the composition. The data can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, and in the famous long poem "Pipa Xing" written by Bai Juyi, it can be found that the author Bai Juyi once listened to pipa music about fierce battle scenes.