Xiuyi Fang, Pei House.

"Atho...... Who would have thought that old decay would raise you for ten years, and this would be the end result. Uncle Pei cried while holding the head of a black dog in his hand, and his face was full of old tears at the moment.

"Uncle, please mourn, Atuo's final illusion of the demon beast is too fierce, Master Daoshan and Huaihuang were injured by it, we were forced to kill it, and please don't blame it. Yuan Yu helped Mr. Pei, who was already unstable, and saw that the old man in front of him was so sad, he couldn't help but feel compassion, so he comforted him and said.

Mr. Pei took out a handkerchief and wiped his tears, "This chivalrous and Taoist master, although the old and decrepit veins are broken, but I was originally a famous family and a scholarly family, I am not an unreasonable person." Ever since Atuo had grown horns that day, I knew that it was bad luck this time. ”

After listening to Pei Laozhang's words, Daoshan immediately put his hands together and sang Nanwu, "This time, the head of the black dog Atuo will be brought back for Pei Shizhu for burial, if the donor is willing, the poor monk is willing to chant sutras for Atuo to help it enter reincarnation as soon as possible, and no longer suffer from this suffering in the next life." ”

"That's naturally the best, and the old man thanked the master here. Uncle Pei waved his hands to Daoshan, and his old body trembled like a leaf in the wind.

At this time, Yuan Yu took the opportunity to look at the mansion of Pei Laozhang's house, which was small in size and very compact. The house is very dilapidated because of its disrepair, and even the eaves have collapsed in one corner and are simply supported by a thin piece of wood.

"Is there only one person who lives?" Yuan Yu paced in the courtyard and kept looking, as if expecting to find something.

Uncle Pei sighed and said in a lamented voice: "The old man has been single for so many years, and he has never married a wife and has no children. All that was the house was the house and a dog. ”

Yuan Yu was quite surprised when he heard this, "My husband has never married a wife and had children, there is such a house in the capital Luoyang, even if it is not very big, but it should not be difficult to marry a wife." ”

"If you can't marry a woman with five surnames, you don't want to get married. Uncle Pei sighed again.

The five surnames in Mr. Pei's mouth refer to the most prominent wealthy family today, with five surnames and a total of seven families. The seven families with these five surnames are the Fanyang Lu family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Boling Cui family and the Zhaojun Li family in Hebei Province, the Taiyuan Wang family in Hedong Province, the Xingyang Zheng family in Henan Province, and the Longxi Li family in Longyou Province.

Since the Han and Wei dynasties, the five surnames and seven families have been noble and intermarried with each other, and even the royal family and nobles are difficult to marry with them. Everyone in the world regards it as the supreme honor to marry a female relative of five surnames and seven families. Like Pei Laozhang, although the Pei family in Hedong is also a scholarly family, it is difficult to climb to the sky if you want to attach a woman with five surnames.

"In that case, only Ah Tuo has always accompanied the old man. Yuan Yu still asked while touching.

"Atuo was picked up in the workshop more than ten years ago, when it was just a puppy. Although it is a beast, it is quite human, and has helped me guide the way since I was a child, and has been working hard and complaining. Now, more than ten years later, it is as old as old and decayed, and it is gradually unable to walk. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Pei couldn't hide his grief and began to cry, "The old man is seventy-six this year, I thought that Ah Tuo would send me away first." ”

Yuan Yu saw that Uncle Pei couldn't stop crying again, and hurriedly went up to comfort him, "Don't be sad anymore, although Atuo was haunted by demons and died, he has also lived for more than ten years." I think if it had spiritual sense, Izumishita would have hoped that the old man would be able to let go of his sorrows. ”

Uncle Pei listened to Yuan Yu's words, and his emotions slowly calmed down, and he was no longer as sad as before.

Suddenly, Yuan Yu's gaze on the courtyard was fixed on the window lattice of the main house. I saw a small black sachet hanging on the window lattice, which stood out from the white wall.

Yuan Yu frowned, and slowly walked to the window to take a closer look.

The sachet is about the size of a fist and is tied tightly with a red rope at the end. The bag is embroidered with gold thread with a dignified character "Fu". Although the sachet looks like an object to ward off evil spirits, Yuan Yu always feels that it inexplicably exudes a strange aura.

"Master Daoshan, come and take a look. Yuan Yu turned around and beckoned to Daoshan, who immediately followed.

Hearing this, the young monk stepped forward to observe the sachet carefully, and the expression on his face became more and more puzzled.

"Master Pei, please forgive the poor monk for being rude and asking, where did this sachet come from?" he asked, his voice already starting to be a little serious.

Hearing this, Mr. Pei also came over, he stretched out his two hands and untied the sachet from the window lattice, and looked at the monk with cloudy eyes full of curiosity.

"The master refers to this sachet, which was given to me by a few young men and women who claimed to be a member of the Society more than a month ago. At that time, it was the eve of Duanyang, and they said that this sachet had the effect of warding off evil spirits and repelling insects and snakes, and told me to hang it at home and never take it down. ”

"What kind of young men and women, and what kind of will?" asked Yuan Yu with a suspicious face.

"I can't remember the names anymore, but I remember that they were about twenty or thirty years old, all dressed in the same clothes, and they only said that they were philanthropists, who specialized in helping widows and lonely people like me. ”

Yuan Yu turned his head sideways to look at Dao Shan, and Dao Shan also looked at him.

The two of them already knew in their hearts that this so-called evil sachet and the men and women in Pei Laozhang's mouth were probably the crux of all the doubts in their hearts.

Daoshan stretched out his hand and took the sachet from Mr. Pei's hand, and asked first, "Does Master Pei mind if the poor monk opens this sachet and takes a look?"

When Uncle Pei heard this, he nodded his head without hesitation. At this time, he trusted the monk in front of him very much, although this master was young, but he was upright and upright, compared to the young man next to him who did not know the origin, he was more willing to believe in this senior monk of Taiyuan Temple.

Daoshan then carefully untied the string from the sachet and placed it on the ground in the courtyard. With just a slight tilt of the hand, a glass-like object the size of a pigeon's egg rolled out of the sachet.

But seeing that this thing is bright red all over, crystal clear, it looks very charming and weird, and it is faintly surrounded by a thin layer of white mist when you look closely.

Daoshan asked Pei Laozhang and Yuan Yu to take a few steps back, and he sealed his hands and recited Brahmin, and a golden light suddenly shot out from his fingertips, heading straight at the red glass on the ground.

The golden light instantly surrounded the glass, and the mist wrapped around the glass suddenly became thicker. After a while, the mist turned from white to black, and the originally bright red glass also turned black, and the black air bag wrapped in the glass vibrated violently, as if it was fighting with the golden light.

Seeing such a strange scene, Mr. Pei was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"It's demonic energy! There's something wrong with this sachet. Daoshan suddenly said loudly.

Huai Huang was resting and recuperating in the Lotus Venerable, and he had almost recovered at this moment. He had been listening to what was going on outside. Until Daoshan exclaimed demonic energy, he hurriedly whispered to Zhao Yuanyu to open the cap of the bottle, and when Daoshan and Pei Laozhang had no time to be distracted, he reappeared from the Lotus Venerable.

"This was found from the window lattice. Yuan Yu looked at the black glass on the ground and explained to Huai Huang.

Huai Huang nodded when he heard this, and seeing that Daoshan was casting a spell on the black glass at this time, he said to Yuan Yu: "The spiritual power of this thing looks very weird, the master is still injured, we have to find a way to help him." ”

Yuan Yu was a little anxious, "But you and I don't know how to exorcise demons, and this glass doesn't look like a living thing, how can we help him?"

Huai Huang looked at the bone on Yuan Yu's thumb and grabbed his right hand: "Didn't Luo Jun say before that the aura on this bone has the effect of warding off evil spirits, you might as well use it to give it a try." ”

Yuan Yu hesitated, he didn't know if this method would work. Seeing this, Huai Huang grabbed him and walked forward, Dao Shan turned his head sideways and saw Huai Huang suddenly appear again, his expression was a little questioning at first, and he immediately regained his calm.

Huai Huang whispered a few words in Yuan Yu's ear, and after a while, Yuan Yu took a deep breath, stretched out the thumb of his right hand, and aimed the bone at the black glass on the ground.

I saw a cloud of white light gradually emerge from the ancient yellowing bone, and then gathered into a series of light blades, quickly hovering around his right hand.

"Concentrate your mind and use your mind to pour spiritual power into that monster!" Huai Huang said secretly behind Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu did as Huai Huang said, mobilizing all the true qi of the whole body to concentrate between his right hands, and at the same time using his mind to target Liuli. After a period of brewing, the white light blade seemed to hear the command, and suddenly rushed towards the black glass on the ground at great speed.

The light blade instantly combined with the golden light in Daoshan's hand, intertwining with the black mist, only to hear the crackling sound, and the three forces actually collided with sparks. The original balance was broken in an instant, and the white light blades on Yuan Yu's fingertips continued to flow, gradually tearing and cutting off the black mist. Daoshan also added a spell on his side, and after about a stick of incense, the black mist around the glass gradually disappeared, and the black glass cracked into several pieces on the ground, and then stopped moving.

This was the first time that Yuan Yu had fought so distractedly, and he was already feeling exhausted at the moment. After seeing that Liuli was broken, he almost couldn't stand on his feet after taking a deep breath, and Huai Huang hurriedly helped Yuan Yu when he saw this.

"The demonic aura is gone. Daoshan squatted down and picked up a piece of broken glass, turned around and said to a few people.

"This ...... This...... How can this be, doesn't it mean that this is a sachet that can ward off evil spirits, why is there demonic energy on it?"

"Someone is using this thing to make trouble, trying to control the minds of people or things in this way, so as to cause trouble in Luoyang City. Huai Huang stepped forward and said unhurriedly.

"You...... You weren't the chivalrous warrior at noon, you were obviously not there just now, why did you suddenly appear again?"

Huai Huang smiled and explained to Mr. Pei: "Mr. Pei just watched the master cast the spell, of course he didn't notice it, so I came in from outside the door." ”

Then he pointed to the half-hidden courtyard door.

When Mr. Pei heard this, he looked at the courtyard door, and saw that the courtyard door was really not closed, so he didn't ask about it again. Instead, he said in a trembling tone: "Then if what the chivalrous man said is true, isn't it because of this sachet that Ah Tuo became that strange appearance?"

Daoshan stood up, put the glass fragment in the palm of his hand and showed it to everyone, and took the words of Uncle Pei, "Master Pei's conjecture is right, this should be a very vicious spell, use this thing to hang in the house, and render the demonic energy day and night, but it has only been more than a month, and the weak-willed black dog Atuo has been demonized." As for why it turned into an ancient demon beast, the reason is unknown. ”

After listening to Daoshan's remarks, Yuan Yu remembered what Pei Lao Zhang had said before, and continued: "Lao Shu said that several young men and women came to his house to give him this sachet, doesn't that mean that these people are a premeditated organization?"

"That's all I can understand at the moment. Huai Huang also picked up the remaining glass fragments from the ground, took out a handkerchief and wrapped it. "These fragments are also a clue, so keep them for now, maybe they will be useful in the future. ”

Daoshan nodded in approval, and then said to Mr. Pei: "Master Pei can rest assured for the time being, the reason for the change of the black dog Atuo should be caused by this thing." The matter is over, the poor monk and the two knights are about to go to the Mingjiaofang in Henan County, where there is another strange matter to solve. Before leaving, let the poor monk chant for the black dog. ”

When Uncle Pei heard this, he held Daoshan's hand and kept thanking him, and Daoshan immediately sat on the ground, placed the head of the black dog on his heel, and recited the mantra for it a hundred times.

After that, the three of them said goodbye to Mr. Pei and headed in the direction of Mingjiaofang.

Mingjiaofang is on the east side of Tianjie in the west of Luoyang City, close to Dingding Gate of Luoyang South City, and Xiuyi Fang is located at the northeast and southwest ends, the two squares are about 20 miles apart, and it takes more than an hour to walk normally.

At this time, it was already three o'clock in the unitary hour, and the gates of Luoyang had been closed, and the doors of each square were also ready to be closed.

If you rush to the Mingjiao Workshop at this time, I am afraid that you will not be able to enter the workshop. The three of them arrived at Fushan Fang halfway, and decided to rest for the night in a sizable guest house on the west side of the Fang, and wait until the next morning to continue their journey.

"Although Luoyang City is big, it also has a big disadvantage, that is, it is too time-consuming to travel. Yuan Yu lay on the couch in the guest house, tilting his head and complaining to Huai Huang who was wiping the ring knife in front of the case.

Huai Huang raised his eyebrows and looked at him, and said teasingly: "You can't do it after only walking so many miles, but the march and war have to go a hundred miles a day, wouldn't you have to complain even more bitterly?"

Yuan Yu scratched his head and didn't speak, hearing Huai Huang talk about fighting in the army, he suddenly remembered his father and brother, and his heart couldn't help but be a little depressed.

Huai Huang knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly diverted Yuan Yu's attention, "Xuan Xuan, guess who I saw outside?"

"Who? Could it be Renzhao?" Yuan Yu sat up from the couch excitedly.

Huaihuang shook his head and pursed his lips: "It's the person surnamed Yuan who fought with you and me when I was fetching water at Lu Shaoqing's house in Jiaqingfang that day." ”

Yuan Yu was a little surprised, and at the same time a little puzzled: "I saw that Yuan Qian Xu was dressed luxuriously, and it looked like he should be a gentleman who didn't know the sorrows of the world, how could he come to such a guest house where ordinary people lived." ”

"I didn't know that when I saw him drinking tea alone in the lobby, he probably didn't notice me. Huai Huang put away the knife and rested on his back on another bed.

Yuan Yu rolled his eyes and whispered to Huai Huang, "Thanks to his generous gift of water last time, my injuries have been healed. Anyway, I should go and thank him in person for meeting him here this time. ”

Huai Huang shrugged his shoulders and whispered, "Go with you, I won't show up anyway." ”

Yuan Yu knew that he didn't like this person, so he didn't say anything more, but after smiling at Huai Huang Hippie, he put on his clothes, boots and socks and went out of the room alone.

He walked down the stairs from the second floor, silently searched the lobby, and finally found the man drinking tea alone in a corner.