"Hearing Yuhua say that she had something to tell me, and seeing her expression that suddenly became serious, I thought she had repented.

I looked at Yuhua blankly and didn't speak.

"Yuhua pulled me to sit on the threshold and said dejectedly, 'My mother has put a lock on me. ’

"I didn't understand for a moment what the secret of the lock trace was, but I knew that it must be a kind of divine method, so I was surprised and said, 'Aunt Zhen should not be such a person, how could she cast a magic spell on her own daughter? ’

"Yuhua looked at me and said, 'You misunderstood. It doesn't have any effect on my body, but whoever has been given this trick will know the exact location wherever he goes. ’

"I'm starting to get into trouble. Yuhua and I had just taken the first step, and we took this blow, and our minds were immediately in chaos.

"Yuhua saw that I was silent and asked, 'Buddha Dai, think about it, is there any place that my mother can't go, or dare not go?'

"A sentence reminded me, and I thought of Shouyang Mountain.

"Shouyang Mountain is the realm of Xuanjiao, and it is not under the control of Ximu, if there is a master and ancestor in charge, Aunt Zhen will not be able to forcibly bring Yuhua back.

"But if I think about it, if this is the case, there will inevitably be a conflict between Shouyang Mountain and Ximu, which is very detrimental to the peace of the world, and I can't ignore the safety of the world for my own happiness.

Thinking of the word "manifestation" in my heart, I naturally thought of the secret world.

"I slapped my head, bounced off the threshold, and shouted: 'There you have it!'

Yuhua was startled and said softly, "You be quiet. ’

"I said, 'Yuhua, let's go. ’

"Yuhua asked with a confused expression, 'Have you figured out where to go?'

"I said, 'Well, go first, I'll tell you on the way.'" ’

After saying that, he ran to the firewood and straw house and took out a horse, and quietly went out.

"Yuhua closed the door at the back, buckled the door, and asked me softly, 'Where is the lock?'

"I said, 'No, I never lock the door. ’

As he spoke, he led the horse, took Yuhua's hand with one hand and quietly walked towards Zhuang Dongtou.

"When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I first helped Yuhua onto the horse, and then jumped on the horse myself. With a flick of the reins, the horse carried Yuhua and I along the south of the city path to the east of the city.

"After leaving the village and walking five or six miles, Yuhua breathed a sigh of relief and began to speak: 'Where did you come from this horse?'

"I said, 'Borrowed.' ’

"Yuhua asked again, 'Who borrowed it?'

"I said, 'This is the horse of the Jianli family. He's the only one in the village who knows what I'm going to take you with. He came to me the night before, and led the horse, saying that a man's feet could not walk much in one night, and that the next day Aunt Zhen found us fleeing, and that she would surely catch up with us without much difficulty, and if she rode a horse, she could at least run a little farther. ’”

When I heard my father mention my father's name, and remembered that my father and my grandmother had mentioned the word "send the horse" several times when they chatted with my father, I suddenly said: "It turns out that you rode my father's horse when you escaped? ”

The old father said: "Only your father would think so carefully about the matter of sending the horse." In the village, although I have the best relationship with your sixth master and He Laoer, the two of them, one is cautious, and the other is too big and arrogant. At that time, whenever I encountered something unsatisfactory, or when someone needed to come up with an idea, I would go to talk to your grandfather. He is quick-witted and thoughtful, but not limited to small details, and he always gets me a satisfactory result. In these aspects, I think you have inherited your master's qualities very well. ”

Daddy took a puff of dry tobacco and continued, "I tell you stories every day, and only for you. Your lord must know that I am telling stories that cannot be told to the world. He doesn't know what it is, but he doesn't stop you from listening. This shows that your master is a person with big hills and ravines in his heart. Once, he also said to me: 'Xiao Yuan, this baby will be handed over to you.' I know that his fate will not be simple, and may even be beyond the imagination of us mortals, but I hope that you will guide him on the right path. ’”

My eyes began to become wet, I have always thought that my father spoiled me, used to me, just because I was his youngest grandson, today I know that he is not spoiling me, accustomed to me, but has long known that I will take a different path from ordinary people, worldly discipline and training, for me has no meaning.

I turned my head to look at the flickering lights in the shack outside the three ridges, and suddenly understood why my grandfather fell asleep every time he made wicker boxes. In fact, he did not fall asleep, but deliberately did not come to disturb us.

"When Yuhua and I ran to the southeast corner of the city wall, and connected to the avenue," the old father continued, "I turned my horse's head and ran southwest along the avenue.

"Yuhua asked behind me, 'Buddha Dai, where are we going, are we going to Sichuan?'

"I said, 'Don't go to Sichuan, go to the jungle in the southwest. ’

"Yuhua was surprised and said, 'We didn't bring much dry food, and we didn't bring any tents, so we went into the mountains like this, either starving to death or freezing to death. Even if we don't starve to death or freeze for a while, how can we keep living in the mountains. ’

"I wanted to tell Yuhua about her true identity and the things about the Drought Devil, but after thinking about it, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to say it clearly, so I perfunctorily said to her: 'Don't worry, I have my own arrangements. ’

"Afraid that she would ask, I deliberately diverted the topic: 'What happened to the man in black just now? When your mother put her at your door, I felt like I had poured cold water on my heart, and I was completely disappointed. ’

Yuhua smiled and said, "That's my mother's divine bean soldier. My mother has three hundred and forty-three beans. Those beans were all planted by Nuwa Niangniang herself.

"'After Pangu died, his head turned into Dongyue. In order to commemorate Pangu, Nuwa Niangniang built the ancestral shrine of heaven and earth at the top of his seal hall, that is, on the top of Dongyue, and sprinkled the seeds of purple sprout iron beans that she saw at first sight when she was born with the wind.

"'Purple sprout iron beans took root and sprouted around the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Shrine, and after thousands of tribulations, they blossomed and bore fruit. As a result, just in time for the Gonggong to touch the mountain, Nuwa Niangniang refining colorful stones to make up for the sky, needed manpower, so she turned the fruit of the iron bean into a human form, helping her complete the feat of mending the sky.

"'Later, after Nuwa Niangniang selected Ximu, she gave these divine beans to each Ximu, and each person received three hundred and forty-three. Nuwa Niangniang taught the mothers a trick of sprinkling beans. As long as you recite the magic formula, the divine bean will transform into a human form. In later generations, Ximu has been passed down from generation to generation until now.

"'The last two words in the bean sprinkling recipe are the bean soldiers' instructions, reciting the bean soldiers' instructions, and can control the bean soldiers' actions.

"'On weekdays, my mother often teaches me some magic tricks, hoping that I can inherit the position of Ximu in the future, and this bean sprinkling trick is the first magic trick that my mother taught me.

"'So I can command the bean soldiers too. ’”