Chapter 12: The Tragedy of the Niu Family

Gu Shiyidao,

"His mother is a well-known old shrew in this town, and I can't get out of it if I provoke her!"

When the time comes, she insists that her son has been kicked out of internal injuries and lied to herself for a few taels of silver, then she won't be able to draw it!

Master has repeatedly warned himself not to make trouble outside, but now that his old man is gone, he and Yan'er should make less trouble!

"I was going to stay in town for one night tonight before leaving, but now I can't, so I'd better leave early!"

Gu Shiyi rested enough, carried the burden, hugged the crockpot and went on the road again, she looked up at the sky,

"The town in front is thirty miles away from here, and there is still half a day's work, so you should be able to get to the ...... before dark."

If she really can't do it, she will spend the night in the wilderness, anyway, she followed the old Taoist priest to eat and sleep outside, and she didn't eat any hardship!

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a pain in my heart, now that the old Taoist priest is gone, I am the only one!

"Let's go!"

She tightened the broken crockpot in her arms and strode forward......

Gu Shiyi didn't know, she was thanks to Niu Da who let her leave the town early, what she didn't know was that the day after she left the town, a group of five people found the town, these five people were dressed differently, but they all had gloomy faces, and there was a chill between the eyebrows that made people's backs chill at a glance.

This is also a coincidence, after arriving in this town, I went to the only two taverns in the town, the Niu Family Tavern, and the cow daddy greeted him.

"A few guest officers, please!"

Five men went in and sat down, and one of them lifted up his hand and threw out a minot.

"Pick up good wine and good food!"

This is not bad for money!

When Daddy Niu saw it, his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he shouted backwards,

"Boss, don't lie in bed and scream, come out to entertain guests!"

Niu Da hummed and chirped out, he was in charge of the shop, the two younger brothers ran errands, Niu Da Dad was the shopkeeper, Niu Da Niang helped cook, Niu Da Niang saw her son limping out, and scolded in distress,

"I took that little slut who killed a thousand knives, it was really dirty, on weekdays, she and her Taoist master called Huazi took a lot of advantage in our store, and now that the old Taoist priest is dead, my son doesn't dislike her, she refuses to do it, and dares to kick my son, if I catch her, see if I don't scratch her face!"

Niu Da smiled bitterly when he heard it,

"Mother, don't scold, it's me who hit the stone on my knee......"

"Phew...... It's all like this, and it's round for that little slut, I can tell you, this kind of woman is stirring up the family when she enters the door, if you dare to let her enter the door, the old lady will dare to beat you together! ”

Aunt Niu scolded and scolded, what the two mothers and sons said in the stove was heard clearly by the people in the hall outside, and the five exchanged a look, one of them was of medium stature, and a man with a meaty face beckoned to Daddy Niu to come over,

"Shopkeeper, who's talking in the back yard?"

Daddy Niu only thought that the mother and son were noisy to the guests, and they were busy laughing,

"It's the mother-in-law and the dog in the house, the countrymen don't know the etiquette, and they disturbed the guests, so please forgive the guests!"

Man waving his hand,

"You let them out, I have something to ask them!"

"This ......"

Daddy Niu hesitated a little, the man flipped his palm, and another ingot of silver fell on the table, Daddy Niu's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he hurriedly rushed back and said loudly,

"Da Lang, Da Lang Niang, you come out!"

The mother and son didn't know why, and they both walked out with a blank face.

"Dad, but the guest urged, and the dishes on this stove have just been cut, and they haven't been cooked yet!"

Daddy Cow said,

"Come here, this guest has something to ask you ......"

The two stepped forward as they said, and the man looked Niu Da up and down and asked,

"What are you talking about in the back, old Taoist, there are Taoist priests here?"

Niu Da and Niu Da Niang glanced at each other, and both nodded,

"It's that there is an old Taoist priest living on the mountain behind our town and a female apprentice, who has been here for four or five years, and has been going down the mountain a few times on weekdays, and often comes to the small shop to buy meat and wine......

The five men looked at each other again when they heard this, and then asked,

"What does the old Taoist priest look like, and what does the apprentice look like?"

"The old Taoist priest is dry and thin, and the female apprentice is not young, and the appearance is like that......"

Aunt Niu took the lead, and Niu immediately retorted,

"Mother, eleven years old with big eyes, straight nose, and a very good-looking ......"

Aunt Niu glared at her son hatefully,

"Phew...... It's just a little slut......"

was just about to start scolding, but was interrupted by the man,

"Have they ever said where they come from and what they do for a living?"

Aunt Niu shook her head, Niu Da thought for a while and said,

"Eleven seems to have said that her hometown is in the northwest, and she has followed the old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and eliminate demons since she was a child......"

"Oh...... Have they ever caught a ghost in town? ”

"Yes! Our house was haunted in front of us, and Eleven took action to get rid of ......"

"Oh......"

The five of them looked at each other,

"Tell me, how did she catch ghosts?"

After that, another ingot of silver was put on the table, and the Niu family, together with Niu Er and Niu San, who were wiping the table and sweeping the floor, several pairs of eyes lit up, and Niu Er and Niu San immediately squeezed over.

"This one...... Guest, this is for me to say, when she caught ghosts that day, the little one was the closest to ......"

Niu Sanbi performed the situation of Gu Eleven's ghost hunting that day, and the five of them were expressionless when they heard it, and the man of medium stature squinted his eyes and asked,

"You said she drew a talisman?"

The Niu family all nodded,

"But there is a keep, take the talisman and take a look......"

Niu Erzui is not as fast as Niu San, but his feet are sharper than his brothers, and he ran in with a smoke and ripped off the talisman attached to the door of the inner courtyard.

"Guest officer, please look!"

When the man saw it, a sneer immediately pulled out at the corner of his mouth,

"Sure enough, it'......"

And he asked,

"Where are the two of them on the back mountain?"

Niu family, you look at me, I look at you, no one can say clearly, only that it is in the nameless mountain behind the town, the five people look at each other, and finally the man said,

"Take the money, go down!"

Aunt Niu snatched the silver and went down happily, and the three sons followed behind her, calling their mother one after another, all hoping to leak out of the old lady's fingers, only Father Niu waited for a few people to eat and drink with a wry smile......

That Gu Shiyi naturally didn't know that someone had chased them to the town to inquire about them, and now she was in another nameless town thirty miles away from the town, and spent ten copper plates to live in a small inn in the town.

"Why is it so small and dark that you can't live in a bigger place?"

The king who was placed on the table in the room twisted his body in dissatisfaction, Gu Shiyi took out the clay figure in the cloth bag and put it on the table, and said angrily,

"I don't have a lot of money on me, and I still have a long way to go, so I need to save some money!"

Most of their silver was given to Widow Zhang by the old Taoist priest, and this place is thousands of miles away from Huangjing, and the little silver on their bodies is not even enough for the travel expenses, so they naturally have to save it.

However, Gu Shiyi was not worried, and planned to make money all the way, so she planned to buy a carriage in this town early tomorrow morning and drive all the way to Huangjing, so that if she missed the accommodation on the way, she could spend the night in the carriage.

The king was very dissatisfied, and looked around,

"You can get a room with a window, so that we can go out in the middle of the night to absorb the aura!"

Gu Shiyidao,

"It's okay, when I open the door in the middle of the night, you can sneak out into the yard, but be careful not to let people see you......"

While he was talking, someone knocked on the door outside, Li Yan'er, who was moving on the table, hurriedly ran behind the broken crockpot, the king also stood up straight, Gu Shiyi went over to open the door, but it was the second little brother who delivered water, Gu Shiyi took the copper basin and thanked the little second brother, then turned around and entered the house, washed his face and feet with water.

In the middle of the night, the guests in the inn were asleep, Gu Shiyi quietly opened the door, let Li Yan'er and the king out, and let them walk around the courtyard to absorb the essence of the moon, while she herself sat cross-legged on the bed and had no words all night.

Early in the morning of the second day, Gu Shiyi left the inn and inquired about the only carriage and horse shop in this town, where the town is located in a remote area, and there are not many high-quality horses to choose from in the carriage and horse shop.

"Little second brother, I'm sorry for you to feed me!"

Gu Shiyi pulled the carriage in through the back door and untied the old horse from the halter, and the shopkeeper couldn't help but have a bitter face when he saw the old horse's appearance,

"This eldest sister, how did you buy such an old horse, so thin, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk fifty miles and lie down tired!"

It's none of his business for the guest to buy the old horse, but look at it like this, the little second brother is afraid that he will die in the store before he leaves the store, and when the time comes, he will be wronged and fed to death in this store, what can he do if he wants the shopkeeper to lose money?

Gu Shiyi was accustomed to walking the rivers and lakes, and when he saw the thoughts of the shopkeeper, he smiled and said,

"Don't bother the little second brother, just show me where the forage is, and I'll feed it myself!"

The shopkeeper couldn't wait to miss this trouble, so he hurriedly pointed out the place to her,

"The fodder is here, the water is here, you are it!"

Gu Shiyi nodded, went over to look at the forage, hugged it out, picked up the stones and weeds inside, fetched fresh well water in the well, and found a brush to brush the old horse's hair three times, finally let it look more energetic, she patted the old horse's long neck,

"The road ahead depends on you!"

Because the old horse was too thin, Gu Shiyi was really afraid that it wouldn't be able to go far and lay down, so he simply planned to stay in this town for two more days, but on the fourth day, he heard the news from the next town,

"Hey, have you heard, the Niu family in the next town, the five members of the Niu family are all dead!"

"Niu's ...... Which cow family? ”

"It's the cow house selling alcohol in the back street!"

"That cow family...... I went to their house to buy wine, and one pound of wine can be mixed with half a pound of water...... It's their house, right? ”

"It's their house!"

"You deserve it, your business heart is like that, and if you don't die, God won't open your eyes! Tell me...... Tell me...... How did he die? ”

"I'll tell you......"

The guests in the inn talked about the tragedy in the hall, which attracted a large group of people to listen, Gu Shiyi also wore men's clothes at this time, tied his hair high, pulled up his trouser legs and sleeves, and mixed in a group of men to listen to the people from the town next door spitting and saying,

"The Niu family is dead, all dead, and the death is miserable!"

"Dead, how did you die? What's the tragic way to die? ”

The man said with a mysterious face,

"The tavern of the Niu family is open every day, but it has not been open for the past two days, and the neighbors noticed that something was wrong, so they went to knock on the door, but they didn't know that the door could not be opened for a long time, so someone turned in from the backyard...... And guess what? ”

And all the people knew that he was going to tell the truth of this terrible thing next, and they all urged,

"What the hell is going on, what are you talking about?"

The man shook his head and sighed,

"Tut-tut...... The death was so miserable, the whole family was dismantled, the head and limbs were cut off, the body was cut into pieces after pieces, all piled up in one place, and the people who went in vomited at that time......"

"Oops......"

There was horror and curiosity on everyone's faces, and there was a slight schadenfreude that had nothing to do with them, only Gu Shiyi's face changed suddenly, and he was faintly uneasy, and everyone listened to the man continue,

"The neighbors reported to the official at that time, and the official government came, and it took two hours to put together the corpses of the Niu family one by one and separate the people......

One of the crowd asked,

"Has the government found out who did it? But who did the Niu family offend, or did the family enter the ocean thief, and did the family's property be lost? ”

When the man heard this, a strange look immediately appeared on his face, he looked left and right, shook his head, and said,

"After the official government came out, they asked the officials to seal the door iron, and sent a dozen people to guard it, saying that they were waiting for Qing Lingwei to come......"

"Qing Lingwei!"

Someone exclaimed, the scene was quiet at the time, but Gu Shiyi's face in the crowd became more and more gloomy, everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a while, only the shopkeeper of this inn sighed,

"We are in this poor and remote country, and this kind of thing hasn't happened for many years, but I didn't expect that this time it was Lao Niu's family who suffered!"

Even if the people of Qinglingwei go out, it must be a disaster for demons and monsters!

Everyone had strange faces, and there was inexplicable fear in their eyes, and the person who came from the next town in the middle of the morning continued,

"When I came, the adults of Qing Lingwei hadn't come yet, I think it should be here today, and the adults with Qing Lingwei are here, even if there are demons and monsters, they can't make any big trouble!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Everyone nodded one after another, and when it came to Qing Lingwei, they were all convinced, but Gu Shiyi's brows were wrinkled into a pimple, she got up quietly, and slipped back to the room behind her while everyone was not paying attention.

"Eleven, you're back!"

Li Yan'er and Dawang were talking quietly at the table, and when they saw her coming back with a solemn expression, they asked,

"Eleven, what's wrong?"

Gu Shiyi said while going to the bedside to clean up his things,

"I can't stay here, let's go!"