Boom! The teacup slammed to the ground, and the flying splinters fully showed the anger of the owner.

"Where's Miss!?" Xie Yuan roared outside.

The maid Xing'er was so frightened that she fell to her knees, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave went to ask the young lady to get up early in the morning, but the window in the house was wide open, and the young lady... The young lady is gone. ”

"This girl... This girl... What a system! Xie Yuan was so angry that he was spinning, and finally his eyes fell on the group of family members who were standing with their heads down and didn't dare to come out, and roared again: "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you go and get the young lady back for me! ”

As if they were amnesty, they immediately disappeared.

Sitting in the chair and panting, Xie Yuanwai held his heart and kept saying: "This dead girl, this dead girl, sooner or later will anger me to death." I'm..."

"Outside, do you think you have a word for Liu County?" When Xie Yuan's anger subsided a little, the housekeeper Uncle Fang asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, send a message to Liu County's order, and say that the little girl suddenly contracted the cold, please postpone the marriage for a few days." Xie Yuanwai waved his hand weakly.

With a promise, Uncle Fang also lowered his head and retreated.

**

Dingshan Town is close to Shuangshui County, there is a Xie Yuan in the town, there are hundreds of hectares of fertile land, countless pigs and sheep, and a big house in the town, no one knows, no one knows.

Everyone in Dingshan Town knows that Xie Yuan has a bodhisattva heart, and he is a well-known benevolent person on weekdays. But everyone also knows that whenever the roar of this great good man comes out of the house, someone must have made her angry again.

She is Xie Yuanwai's only daughter, Xie Xiaoyu.

Speaking of Xie Xiaoyu, the little girl is only 15 years old, but she has already been beautiful, according to Deng Xiucai, who returned to his hometown from the capital six times to catch the exam, even the queen he saw during the palace exam was not as good-looking as Xiaoyu (obviously Deng Xiucai was talking nonsense, he failed the list six times, how could he step into the threshold of the palace exam, and it was impossible to see the queen in the Jinluan Palace). Xie Yuanwai shirked it, but he was really happy in his heart.

Xiaoyu's mother died early, and Xie Yuanwai was a seed of infatuation when he was young, and he never renewed the strings. So over the years, I have put all my family affection on Xiaoyu, which is really a pearl in the palm of my hand, I am afraid of falling it in my hand, and I am afraid of melting it in my mouth.

It's a pity that this Xiaoyu has been naughty since she was a child, coupled with her father's love, and she is petted and coquettish, and gradually raises a wild son who is not afraid of heaven and earth.

At the beginning of the year, Shuangshui County, a neighboring county, ordered someone to propose marriage for the son, and the biggest official Xie Yuanwai had ever seen in his life was the county order, so he happily agreed. I don't know what Xiaoyu has done, but she refuses to agree, and she quarrels for three days and makes trouble on five days, which makes Xie Yuan feel worried.

This is good, seeing that the door is about to pass next month, this Xiaoyu actually ran away from home. Xie Yuanwai's anger... I was worried about the safety of my beloved daughter, so I almost fell ill.

**

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, during the Wanli period, the eunuchs were autocratic, internal and external troubles, and the people of the world were miserable. The entire Ming Dynasty is secretly brewing an unprecedented turmoil.

There is chaos in the world, and partial monsters also take advantage of the situation to cause trouble. Not to mention the barren mountains and wilderness, even the smaller county seats, there are often monsters to haunt them, and some remote villages are eaten by demons.

The world is in turmoil, whether it is a human or a demon, they are like projectiles in the copper furnace of heaven and earth, suffering a lot.

Xie Xiaoyu, who escaped from home, never thought about these dangers, and at this moment she was proud of her bold move, thinking about how angry her father should be when he found out, while leisurely walking through the mountains.

Hmph, whoever asked you to promise me to that waste Liu Gongzi, I just want to be angry with you.

Spring is harmonious, spring is splendid, the wild flowers in the mountains are extremely gorgeous, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and it is a good scenery. Although he often takes Apricot to go out on weekdays, he is only near Dingshan Town, and it is the first time he has entered the mountains alone like today, Xie Xiaoyu can't help but feel fresh.

In a short time, she had a delicate wreath on her head, a bouquet of mountain flowers in her hand, and a sweet wild fruit in her mouth.

What, how to get back? We Xiaoyu have never worried about this, anyway, just like in the past, when she gets tired of playing, Uncle Fang will naturally lead the family to find herself.

So, she went farther and farther in the mountains by her temperament, and went farther and farther...

A few hours later, Xiaoyu was tired, full, tired of playing, and the sun was setting. At this time, she realized that she was completely lost.

The mountains and forests all around her looked the same, and she couldn't remember where she had come from. And Uncle Fang and the family members who should have appeared still don't even have a shadow.

As the sun gradually set, Xiaoyu's mood also sank.

Finally, when the last rays of sunlight disappeared on the other side of the mountain, she couldn't help but cry.

"Uncle Fang, Dad, where are you, I'm going down the mountain!" While crying, she shouted hoarsely, but in this vast mountain, where is anyone to answer?

Soon, the futile cry consumed a lot of physical strength for Xiaoyu, and only then did she feel empty in her stomach and weak in her hands and feet. And the mountain wind blew, which made her feel a chill on her body.

In short, our Miss Xie feels very bad.

The night is low, and the animals in the mountains come alive. Unknown screams and roars came and went, and the call of the night owl seemed to ring in his ears. Every time the shadow of the tree swayed, it was as if something had just crawled from behind, and the dark forest seemed to hide countless monsters.

Xiaoyu cowered under a tree in fear, she didn't dare to move, she didn't even dare to open her eyes, she just squeezed her body into the deep depression under the tree in fear, and she didn't care that her clothes were torn and her hair was messy.

There had never been a moment when she missed the boudoir she had escaped from this morning. Silently, tears slid down his cheeks again, brushing two white marks on his dusty face.

It was at this time that Xiaoyu heard the baby's cry.

She came to the spirit violently, and having a baby means that there is someone nearby. Having a home means hot meals, warm bedding and a safe house.

Without thinking too much, Xiao Yu immediately got up and ran in the direction where the cry came from. I'll have to eat a good meal later, and I'll let the family take me down tomorrow, and of course, I'll tell my dad to thank them.

Thinking so in his heart, Xiao Yu struggled to climb up a dirt beam. The cry was close at hand, but it came from behind a bush on the opposite side.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but wonder, from here, there was no light around, and no matter how you looked at it, it wouldn't look like someone's house. How could there be a baby crying in the bushes opposite? Is it an abandoned baby?

Just as he was about to go over and have a look, suddenly, Xiaoyu remembered that when she was walking out with Xing'er in the past, she overheard the legend told by the old man in the town in the teahouse.

In the mountains, there are many monsters, some of which make the cry of a baby. They are the most vicious man-eating monsters, and they specialize in luring curious people with this sound before eating them.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu became scared, and she was about to turn around and run away. Suddenly, the bushes on the opposite side began to shake. Immediately after, in Xiao Yu's frightened gaze that held her breath, something crawled out.

It has a flat body that is a foot long, crawling slowly on the ground like a gecko, and at the place of its head, it has a cat-like head, a large mouth, and sharp fangs are densely packed.

And what frightened Xiaoyu the most was that bursts of immature baby cries were coming from the slightly agitated throat of this monster.

Raising its head, the monster greedily looked at the delicious dish delivered to the door in front of it, and its scarlet tongue licked the wet hair on the side of its mouth. Finally, Xiaoyu, who recovered from her shock, turned around and ran away with a scream.

She didn't dare to look back, and she didn't even want to think about how far the crawling body behind her was from her heels, Xiaoyu just ran through the steep mountains in a panic.

Suddenly, the soles of her feet slipped and she rolled down a slope.

**

The sky was spinning, and I don't know how many times it rolled, Xiaoyu finally fell to the bottom of the slope. Feeling dizzy, she realized that there was a dark cave in front of her.

She couldn't think about what was in the cave, for she had heard the sound of a huge object gliding behind her as it approached, and the monster was chasing after her.

Getting up, Xiaoyu ran towards the cave. There was no light in the dark cave, and she kept going deeper and deeper by the feeling of the soles of her feet, and after running for about 2 or 3 feet, she suddenly found that there were two yellow light clusters in front of her.

Suspicious, Xiaoyu couldn't help but stop, staring intently, she immediately stopped breathing.

Vaguely she saw a huge white tiger lying in a hole in front of her. Its massive body took up almost the entire cavern, lying motionless on the ground, and the two balls of light were its eyes.

The white tiger seemed to be injured, the fur on its chest was covered with blood, and it looked at Xiao Yu, the sudden intruder, quietly, its gaze as soft as a deep spring. What made Xiaoyu strange was that the figure of this white tiger was very vague, as if it was not real, but like a phantom. Its body also seemed to hang in midair, both as a cover and as a protection for a vague figure leaning against the cave wall below.

Despite the fact that there was a huge tiger on the other side, Xiao Yu did not feel a trace of fear. It is strange that in the face of this behemoth, she has a considerable sense of security in her heart.

In such a cold, pitch-black night, when monsters chased after her like a nightmare, the first thing she thought of was not to turn around and run away, but to throw herself into the white tiger's huge chest.

So, involuntarily, she took two more steps into the hole.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a rapid crawling sound behind me, and the monster chased after me. Xiao Yu turned around in shock, the monster was already at her feet, and a pair of blood-red eyes glowed greedily in the darkness.

Just as he was about to bite down on his prey, the monster suddenly pricked up its ears in alarm. It looked behind Xiao Yu, and then let out a scream of incomparable horror, turned around and crawled out.

Xiaoyu hasn't recovered from this series of changes, and strange changes have started again.

With a low tiger roar, a gust of wind blew past her. In a trance, Xiao Yu only saw a white shadow flashing in front of him, followed by the monster that had let out a few miserable hisses. The huge white tiger held down the monster's body with two claws, lowered its head and swallowed the monster into its belly in two bites, and its body gradually faded away.

“……！！” It seems that only then did I remember where I was and what I was facing.

Xiao Yu also let out a frightened scream, turned around and ran out.

"Is it human?" Suddenly, a deep, nice man's voice came from inside the cave.

After a pause, Xiaoyu turned around suspiciously: "You, are you also human?" ”

With a bang, a ball of fire lit up. Suddenly seeing the light, Xiao Yu immediately covered her eyes, and after a while, she carefully looked through her fingers and finally saw the scene at the bottom of the cave.

A tall, rugged-looking young man leaned against the rock wall at the bottom of the cave. He was covered in blood, obviously not lightly injured, and in his hand, he held a condensed fireball.

"You... Who are you? After a while, Xiao Yucai asked dumbfounded.

**

"It turned out to be a little girl." The young man glanced at Xiao Yu and muttered something, then shrunk the fireball in his palm, and the light in the cave immediately softened.

"What a little girl, I'm fifteen years old, and I can get married." Xiaoyu interrupted the man's words unhappily, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in her heart.

"You're getting married?" The man smiled slightly: "Then how can it still be in this place." ”

"It's not because of my father..."Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel angry, and at the same time, she thought in her heart that her father had to promise himself to Liu Xianling's waste son, otherwise how could he run away from home in a fit of anger. As a result, I got lost in the mountains and was chased by that monster again, how could I have suffered like this in my life?

Thinking of this, the sorrow and grievances in her heart came together, and Xiaoyu simply cried loudly.

"Hey, hey...", the man couldn't help but smile bitterly because of her crying.

Fortunately, Miss Xie quickly wiped away her tears, and she sobbed and said, "Fortunately, I met you, thank you for saving me just now... Yes!? ”

Suddenly, as if she had just understood, she pointed at the man with a "shocked" face: "How can you have a fire in your hand?" Where is the big tiger that ate the monster just now? ”

The "......" man looked at Xiao Yu who questioned him in a stunned manner, and after a while, the smile on his face gradually expanded, and then he burst out laughing.

Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed by his laughter, and couldn't help but sneer: "Hey, I'm asking you." That's a spell, right? I heard the old man Zhang in the town say... So you're a mage? What is your name? ”

Stopping his laughter, the man looked at her with a smile: "If you want to know other people's names, you should first say your own name." ”

"Hmph, tell you what. I'm Xie Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu raised her head triumphantly.

"Xie Xiaoyu? The name is so cheesy. Who knew that the man didn't see the flattery that the eldest lady of the Xie family should have, but said such a sentence that made her angry.

"You... Your name is vulgar. Xiaoyu said unhappily, but then remembered that he didn't know what the other party's name was, how could he know if his name was cheesy.

"You don't know who I am?" She couldn't help but be curious: "Then who are you?" ”

Looking at Xiaoyu, a smile appeared on the man's face that made her blush and her heart beat: "My name is Zhang Lie." ”