Xiu Yuan woke up when he heard the voice, opened the window and looked down, it was still dark all around, "Did you fall asleep just now, in a dream?"

Soon, with the first rays of morning light shining into the window, Xiu Yuan came to the window, opened the window, although the mountain is barren but the scenery is still good, he didn't expect this night to have a false alarm, and the second half of the night was spent peacefully without movement.

Mao Chun and Xiu Yuan packed up their things and prepared to go downstairs, but when they walked down the stairs, they saw that there were no other guests in the lobby, only a slender woman in green clothes sweeping the floor there.

"Girl," Mao Chun called her, the girl turned her head, Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun were stunned, so far there is such a beautiful girl in the barren mountains and mountains, the woman has long eyebrows and sideburns, blow-breakable skin, as well as a delicate melon seed face and a pair of beautiful almond eyes that seem to be able to speak, black hair wrapped in a turban, a coarse green cloth dress, Mao Chun looked at her, compared to yesterday's store, this woman is much simpler.

"Guest, what do you command?"

"Where's the store?" asked Maochun.

"My master went out for something, so he left me alone. The woman wiped her sweat with her arm, "Did the guest officer sleep well yesterday?"

"Okay, good," Mao Chun nodded with a smile, tugged at the corner of Xiuyuan's clothes and whispered in his ear, "It seems that we are too careful, we didn't eat yesterday, let's eat something in the morning." ”

Xiu Yuan nodded and sat down with his father, and the woman immediately took out a teacup to make tea for the father and son, "I'll go and prepare some dry food, and the guest officer will wait a minute." Then the woman retreated to the back kitchen.

Xiu Yuan picked up the teacup and drank the water, and his father drank it all, "It seems that this is not a black shop." ”

Xiu Yuan didn't speak, although this woman was dressed in coarse clothes, her ten fingers were slender, her skin was fair, and her slender body was not at all like a peasant woman who was used to doing rough work, but this time he didn't tell his father.

The woman quickly brought the steamed buns and cooked meat, and was just about to put it on the table, Maochun's burden was also on the table, and at the moment when the woman was about to put the food over, a faint light came out of the baggage, and the woman's hand shook and screamed, and even the person fell to the ground with food.

"Girl, are you alright? Mao Chun hurriedly helped the woman up, and the woman avoided looking at him, "Don't get in the way, look at my clumsy sweep of the guest officer's interest." ”

"It's good that you didn't fall," Mao Chun responded, Xiu Yuan looked at the woman, his expression was panicked, his little face was pale, and he looked at Mao Chun's burden and his eyes dodged.

Xiu Yuan also looked at his father's burden, and then looked at the woman, and the woman saw that Xiu Yuan looked at herself for fear that he would see the clue, so she immediately cleaned up the food on the ground, "I'll go and change it for the guest officer." As he spoke, he trotted into the back kitchen with his meal.

Xiu Yuan looked at his father, "Let's go." ”

Mao Chun looked at his son strangely, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm worried that I won't be able to get out of the mountain after a delay, and there is nothing to eat in the inn in the barren mountains and mountains, so let's go back to the town and find some food." As he spoke, he picked up his burden for his father, turned around and walked out without saying anything. Mao Chun had no choice but to keep up.

When the woman came out of the back kitchen, she saw that the two fathers and sons were no longer there, leaving an empty hall for her, the woman put down the food in her hand, took off the headscarf, three thousand green silk like a waterfall, and instantly her face turned into the white-clothed fox demon last night, and at the same time, a woman came out of the back kitchen, her face was not amazing but it was also very beautiful, slightly younger, and her age seemed to be young, and she was also dressed in white and black hair and draped on her body, standing next to the tall fox demon," I said sister, people don't accept your affection, and you saved the lives of this father and son in vain, hehe. The tone was full of mockery.

The tall fox demon looked straight outside, ignoring the young fox demon's words, "Xiao Zhi, have you dealt with those two beasts?"

"I also used Sister Unswerving to say that I would have thrown it to the foxes and grandchildren a long time ago. ”

"Then let's hit the road too. ”

"What are you going to do with this inn?"

"It's a goddamn black shop where some unjust ghosts are wandering around, set it on fire. The tall fox hooked his lips and turned away, it was a heart-wrenching smile, because there is no woman in the world who can interpret a smile so beautiful that it can kill people.

Xiu Yuan helped his father to hurry, Mao Chun was hungry and tired, and he was already physically exhausted by his old age, and he almost slipped and fell, Xiu Yuan grabbed his father, "I'll carry you on my back." As he spoke, he crouched down and asked his father to climb up.

Mao Chun waved his hand, "Child, you are delicate, and your father can walk." ”

Xiu Yuan hugged his father, "Then let's slow down." ”

I don't know how long they walked, but the two of them still circled in the forest, "Xiuyuan, what's the matter, why do I think we're back in this realm again?"

Xiu Yuan looked around, and sure enough, it was the place just now, "I'm afraid we've turned back again." ”

"This, what's going on?" Mao Chun was a little alarmed.

Xiu Yuan picked up a stone and drew a deep mark on a big tree next to him, "That's the only way, let's make a mark first, let's go in one direction from now on without turning." ”

Mao Chun nodded and continued on the road with Xiuyuan, making marks as he walked, and I don't know how long it took for the two to see the big tree that was originally marked.

Mao Chun sat on the ground all of a sudden, "Oh, it's bad now, this is a ghost hitting the wall." ”

Xiu Yuan looked around, the sky was gray, and the dense woods blocked the sky, making it impossible to not count the hours but also to see the sky.

A cry from a primitive animal came from the jungle, and with a few more such screams, Mao Chun suddenly sat up from the ground, "Wolf?!"

Xiu Yuan also became nervous, standing in front of his father to protect his father, and sure enough, a pair of green eyes gradually appeared in the dim jungle. Xiu Yuan escorted his father and took a few steps back to stand under a big tree.

"Kid, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out today. Mao Chun held Xiuyuan's thin arm.

Four or five gray wolves gradually appeared, getting closer and closer to them, and the hearts of the two people had already raised their throats, Mao Chun closed his eyes, and Xiu Yuan no longer struggled.

At this moment, with a whistle, a young man in green clothes jumped down from the tree, holding a burning torch and waving it and standing in front of the two fathers and sons.

The young man carried a bow and arrow and a long knife on his back, a torch in one hand and a bow and arrow in the other, and the young man handed the torch to Xiuyuan, "Hold it." ”

Xiu Yuan took the torch and waved it, the young man took out his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at a large wolf in the lead, the wolf who was shot fell to the ground in response, and the other wolves did not dare to step forward.

The young man didn't dare to relax for a moment while holding the bow and arrow, and led the father and son back step by step.

"Strong man," Mao Chun said at the back, "there is no way out." ”

The boy turned his head and looked, Xiu Yuan also looked around, only the road next to him could escape, but there were two wolves next to him, and the wolves were very scattered, Xiu Yuan understood that the young man was worried about shooting this side and the wolves over there took the opportunity to attack.

The two sides were deadlocked, I don't know how long, suddenly a few white spots in the jungle shone and ran over, running close at the speed of the wind, Xiu Yuan didn't have time to see what it was, only to see that the white giant animal that took the lead had already pounced and bit the neck of a gray wolf, and the two animals immediately rolled out, and then the remaining white animals and the remaining wolves tore and bited.

"It's now, run. The young man picked up Xiu Yuan's father and son and ran out from the side, the three of them ran wildly all the way, only Xiu Yuan glanced back in the process of running, the white animal with sharp faces, light body, could it be a fox?

The three of them ran out, and they could faintly hear the sound of animals tearing and fighting, and after running for a while, Mao Chun sat down because of his physical strength, "I, I really can't run, you can go." ”

When the young man in Tsing Yi heard this, he pulled up Xiu Yuan to continue, Xiu Yuan broke free from the young man, and pulled up his father, "I have to carry you out on my back." As he spoke, he pulled Maochun forward, and the young man stood aside and looked at them with his eyes, and then walked over to support Maochun on the other side, and the two of them walked forward with Maochun in their arms for a distance.

Xiu Yuan looked around and looked at the young man, "Where are we going?"

"Go to my house first. The boy's voice was thin. "It's right ahead. ”

Following the young man's voice, there was a wooden house not far from the mountains and forests, and the three of them finally arrived at the young man's home.

The inside of the wooden house is very simple, except for a bed, a few simple wooden cabinets, and a table, which can almost be described as a house with four walls.

The young man scooped a scoop of water from the vat in the house and drank it all, and then scooped another scoop and handed it to the father and son, "Drink." ”

Mao Chun took the water and drank it, while the young man stood by the window and looked out with his hands on his hips, Xiu Yuan walked over, "Strong man, thank you for your rescue, under Li Xiuyuan, that is my father-"

The young man tilted his head, Xiu Yuan saw clearly, that face was very delicate, as soon as the young man untied the headband on his head, the black hair poured down, Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun were stunned, it turned out to be a woman.

"Who told you I'm a man?"

Xiu Yuan hurriedly saluted, "Forgive me for being clumsy and offending the girl." ”

The woman waved her hand, "Excuse me, you don't have to thank me, it's no coincidence that I saved you today, I will save whoever I see." ”

Mao Chun also came over, "Girl, are there often wolves in this mountain and forest area?"

"It's not just wolves, foxes, vipers, everything," the woman said, bunching her hair, "and, of course, goblins." ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, remembering that they couldn't get out today, "No wonder we couldn't get out in the woods today, it turned out that we met a ghost and hit the wall." Mao Chun said stupidly, and he still has palpitations.

"Dare to ask the girl's name?"

The girl swept Xiu Yuan up and down for a while, changed her seriousness, and suddenly showed a smile, "Just call me Mo Chou." ”

Xiu Yuan saluted, "It turned out to be Miss Mochou." ”

"Okay, don't be so polite, I'm not a scholar, I don't pay so much attention. ”

"I can't thank enough for the girl's grace in saving the lives of our father and son. Mao Chun took the burden and took out a few ingots of silver as he spoke.

"What do you mean by that?" Mo Chou raised his eyebrows, a little unhappy.

Mao Chun hurriedly explained, "Don't be too careful, I just don't know how to express the gratitude of our father and son to the girl. ”

Mo Chou glanced at Maochun, "You can take it, I don't need it." As he spoke, the door was pushed open, and a white-haired old man who looked like a Taoist priest walked in.

"Master. Mo Chou shouted, and the old man raised his head and looked at the three people in front of him.

"I said why there were so many uninvited guests in the woods today, it turned out that there were guests. The old man smiled.

Mo Chou took the burden from the master, "I bumped into the two of them in the woods surrounded by wolves. ”

The old man looked at Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun, "Did you bump into a demon?"

Xiu Yuan and his father glanced at each other, but they didn't know how to answer, Mo Chou looked at the father and son, "No wonder you said that you encountered a ghost hitting the wall." ”

The old man looked at Mo Chou, "How did you escape?"

"I really want to use it, but I forgot it in a hurry, it was still very dangerous, who knew that the fox came at the critical moment and saved us. ”

"Fox?" the old man narrowed his eyes.

Mo Chou nodded, "It's true, they attacked the wolves. ”

The old man stroked his beard and looked out the window, the dusk woods had become darker and darker, and the whole woods exuded a different atmosphere from the past.

"You stay here for a night first, and then you can go tomorrow, and I will let Mochou send you out tomorrow." He walked out. Mo Chou was about to go out immediately, but Xiu Yuan stopped her, "Where are you going?"

Mo Chou looked at him and smiled suddenly, "You live here, of course I live on the tree with the master." ”

"This, this is not good. Maochun also felt that he should not go.

"Rest assured, my master and I are used to it, and we are not as particular as you. He walked out.

The old man sat on the branch, carrying a small wine bottle in his hand, his gray beard flew up in the wind blowing in the mountain wind at night, Mo Chou sat on the other branch with his shoulders crossed, feeling a little cold.

"Child, it's really hard for you to follow the master for so many years and endure so much hardship," the old man said, taking off a padded jacket and throwing it to Mo Chou.

"What do you say, master, you raised me and taught me so many skills, I am very happy. ”

The old man drank the wine in the pot in one gulp, "I see that the young man you saved today is not an ordinary person, you can follow him, and the master will give you an explanation." ”

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Mo Chou raised his voice, "You don't want an apprentice anymore?"

The old man stroked his beard, "After all, you are a girl's family, and sooner or later you will have to get married. ”

"I don't," Mo Chou took off his padded jacket and threw it to the master, "I'll follow you, I want to catch the goblin, I haven't caught the goblin yet." ”

The old man laughed, "You stupid boy, do you really want to catch goblins so much?"

"I can't do anything else, I just want to catch demons. Mo Chou looked at the master firmly.

"Then you'll have to follow that son. As he spoke, he jumped to Mo Chou's branch and whispered something in her ear.