Towards noon, there was a dull thunderstorm, and after a while it stopped.

God is hanging a face without sunny or cloudy, Chen Baoer's mood is not good no matter what.

On the loess road next to it, the children who went out to pick up firewood were in a group of three or five, and they were singing in unison: the beginning of autumn and the beginning of autumn, a tiger, cool in the morning, a hot cow in the evening, the beginning of autumn and the beginning of autumn, and a good hot head for a month......

Chen Baoer stood under the eaves, I don't know how many times I wiped the sweat with my sleeve, wiped off the sweat, and didn't feel cool, only my mouth became more and more dry, my tongue was also dry, and a few pieces of dead skin came out on my lips.

Chen Bao'er originally thought that Zhao Xishuang could hand him a bowl of water, but when he heard the screaming and scolding of the woman in the courtyard and Zhao Xishuang's howling, Chen Bao'er scratched his hair a little embarrassed and dispelled this idea.

The woman in the courtyard scolded like a splash: "You with your elbow turned outward, and you join up with outsiders to fool the old lady?

With this scolding, it was the footsteps of Zhao Xishuang crying and fleeing all over the yard, and the muffled sound of the broom falling on Zhao Xishuang's body made Chen Baoer a little overwhelmed.

He thought in his heart, this girl should confess him at this time, if he confessed, he wouldn't have to be beaten so much, of course, he could leave with peace of mind.

But in fact, the girl in the yard was obviously sobbing and couldn't speak, but she still insisted on it: "Ah...... Auntie, I didn't ...... I didn't lie to you, our family's ...... The chicken was taken away by the yellow skin that had become fine, and it was ...... Brother Bao'er told me that he could testify...... Hiccup~"

Chen Bao'er closed her eyes in pain, rubbed her head, and was full of sadness, and sure enough, the woman who was spoofing hit even more fiercely, and even her voice became sharp: "Brother Bao'er, how much effort has this been, even my brother has it?"

In the yard, chickens and dogs jumped, Chen Baoer licked the corners of his chapped mouth with his tongue, and tried to push the door, but he didn't push it open, but attracted two scoldings from the yard.

After being scolded twice, Chen Bao'er became even more empty-hearted, and let the girl suffer so many beatings for herself, and she couldn't help it, but now he can't admit that he is the thief, otherwise he can only confirm the charge of Zhao Xi's elbow turning outward, a ten-year-old girl, was crowned with such a reputation, if this woman is patriarchal again, then the days to come, it will be really difficult.

In any case, you have to be sure that this chicken was taken away by the weasel.

After clearing his throat, Chen Bao'er was just about to open his mouth to shout into the courtyard, but a person flashed behind him, turned his head, but he was a thin man, but his face was not very good, his skin was yellow, his eye sockets were deep, and his forehead was also a little blue.

The man had a knife loosely on his waist, walked up, and slapped his buttocks, looking at the system, he should be a bad person.

The man glanced at Chen Bao'er obliquely, then paused suddenly, held the handle of the knife, tilted his head and asked condescendingly: "Who are you, why are you hiding in front of my house?"

Chen Bao'er shrugged her shoulders and straightened her chest, trying not to make herself look so thief-like, but when she heard this man say that it was in front of his house, Chen Bao'er understood, and immediately made a slight gesture, but she didn't speak.

Seeing that Chen Bao'er was very polite, the man's squinted eyes eased slightly, and he squeezed out a smile: "It turned out to be a young man who reads, Zhao doesn't deserve this courtesy!"

The man wanted to ask something, but the howling in the courtyard was even more miserable, and the man knocked on the door: "I'm back!"

The door opened, Zhao Xishuang scattered his hair, glanced at the man with tears on his face, pursed the corners of his mouth, and shouted cautiously: "Daddy?"

Seeing Chen Bao'er, Zhao Xishuang sobbed again and hid behind Chen Bao'er.

As an outsider, this girl's actions made Chen Baoer more and more at a loss.

The woman rushed out of the door, saw Chen Bao'er, took a deep breath, and then her face began to be hideous, and her scolding was about to come out.

The man just said impatiently: "Enough!

The woman was completely deflated, and muttered in a low voice: "Our family has lost a chicken, and there is a thief who has a mother and no mother!"

Chen Baoer's face was not red and her heart was not beating, but she was a little sudden, so it turned out that the reason why she would steal other people's chickens was because she didn't have a mother to raise her, and if she stole other people's things in the future, she didn't have to feel guilty, anyway, all the guilt could be thrown to her own old lady who had never met her.

Thinking like this, Chen Bao'er was relieved, and the man hugged Chen Bao'er slightly, and said, "Let's go in!"

The group of four entered the courtyard.

The yard is very dilapidated, the wall of the firewood house has cracked like cobwebs, and other houses are not much better, and two steps can shake down some loess.

Chen Bao'er was not polite, he looked for the water tank and swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, then looked at the man again, only looked at it twice, Chen Bao'er temporarily broke off the idea of leaving, the head of the six yangs, like the sky, the head of twenty-four bones, the face has thirteen parts, all-encompassing...... The way of hope lies in this.

This man has a strong physique, but his face is full of sickness, combined with the demon life that caused a lot of uproar in the court not long ago, Chen Baoer can probably guess one or two, and the blue and black aura on this man's face has a bit of a fierce smell.

The man seemed to notice that Chen Bao'er was looking at him, turned his head, and said: "Little Xianggong, today's matter is urgent, according to the law issued by the state government, from now on, within three days, you can't go out at will! Therefore, Xiao Xianggong is afraid that he will be wronged in Zhao's house for a few days!"

Chen Bao'er only felt a little strange: "Why did the state government move down such a strange legal text?"

Father Zhao pointed to the sky: "It doesn't rain in the sky, and the state government has an order to order the people in the counties, counties and townships to find the source of the disaster!"

Chen Bao'er's eyelids jumped: "If it doesn't rain, what can the people do? Where is the source of this disaster?"

Father Zhao sighed and said, "Some people reported to the official, saying that they had found the demon grave! There was a drought to carry water, and the rain that fell from God was carried to the grave by this monster!"

Chen Bao'er deliberately squeezed out a smile: "Where is the demon grave? Just based on the words of today's national teacher, how many more foolish officials are there in the world? It's really ridiculous!"

Zhao's father dipped a towel in water, wiped his arms and face back and forth a few times, squeezed out a few drops of yellow water stains, and said disapprerovitically: "No matter how he is, I just listen to errands, the demon tomb is coincidentally on the top of the mountain forty miles away from the village. ”

Chen Bao'er was silent, but heard Zhao's father say again: " I heard that a few days ago, a demon boy from Chongzhou in the northwest went to Jingzhou to be executed, but was rescued by other monsters on the way, and the servant who was responsible for escorting was injured several, I heard that the monster had four horns, green fangs, and nails as sharp as a scimitar, and I don't know if it was true or false, Zhao had been on a business for many years, and the dead had seen a lot, and the fierce beast had also been encountered, but this monster was the only one who had only heard the story of Zhiwei, but had never seen it, it was really strange, oh yes, Xiao Xianggong, have you ever seen a monster?"

Chen Bao'er sneered and sneered: "This group of heavenly killers, they are afraid that the government will condemn the crime, so they will blame the demons for their dereliction of responsibility, haven't these people always been like this?"

Speaking of this, the woman on the side trembled, and never mentioned the hen again, only tearing the sleeve of her man's shirt in horror: "Do you really want to go...... If something goes wrong, how can I live!"

Father Zhao spat for a while, and only said: "Others can go, how can I go, prepare me some dry food and water, I will leave in a moment, otherwise, I will inevitably be scolded by the county government! Without a job, our family will starve to death!"

When the sky sank, after Zhao's father told a few people not to go out, he hurriedly left with a package.

It's not a good year, two meals a day, so dinner was eaten earlier, and Zhao Xishuang gave half a bowl of gruel and half a vegetable cake to Chen Bao'er.

Chen Bao'er pushed away quietly, and diverted the topic: "Your father is not as strict as you say!"

Zhao Xishuang tightened his neck, shook his head and gradually fell silent......