At night, as usual, the eldest sister slept with her mother, and the brother-in-law set up a plank and fell asleep in the hall, as for Fan Zhe, he followed him.

The moonlight is like water, quiet and cold.

In the haze, I heard a knock on the door outside, and I didn't stop for a long time, and finally woke up Fan Yu so repeatedly, and I was wondering why my brother-in-law didn't open the door in the hall, so he carefully moved little Fan Zhe's feet away, put on his clothes and got out of bed.

When he went out of the room, his brother-in-law was sleeping soundly, and he couldn't wake him up with such a big movement, so he shook his head helplessly, opened the door and went out.

When he arrived at the gate, he asked, "Who is outside the door?"

No one answered outside the door, and looking out through the crack in the door, a woman in red was holding a basket and standing quietly in the moonlight.

Fan Yu frowned, opened the door, and looked at this woman, who was beautiful but had never seen it: "Who are you, what are you knocking on the door late at night?"

When the woman saw him, she immediately showed joy, knelt on the ground and bowed: "Honglian has seen Engong." ”

"Girl, you ......"

Fan Yu was startled, let go of his body and said, "I'm afraid that the girl is mistaken, I am not your father-in-law, please get up quickly." ”

The woman shook her head and bowed again: "Honglian has never admitted her mistake, it is the grace of Engong in person, saving her life at noon today, Honglian dare not forget." ”

A life-saving grace at noon?

Fan Yu thought about it left and right, and was even more convinced that she recognized the wrong person, and said with a wry smile: "Girl, you really recognized the wrong person, I didn't save you at noon today, where is your kindness, girl, get up quickly, don't kneel anymore." ”

The woman hesitated for a moment before she said: "Don't dare to hide Engong, the red fish saved by Engong at noon is the red lotus." ”

Fan Yu's face changed, and he flicked his sleeves: "Girl, Hugh is talking nonsense, it's late at night, you better hurry back, lest your family be in a hurry, I won't send it." ”

As he spoke, he was going to close the door and send off the guests.

"Engong, Engong, listen to Honglian's explanation. ”

The woman was in a hurry, resisted the threshold, raised her head and said: "The red lotus is a little demon in the canal river, and she is playing in the river on weekdays.

If it weren't for Engong's rescue, at this time, the red lotus would have entered the belly of other people's mouths, and her soul would have disappeared and she would never recover. ”

Fan Yu was dumbfounded, swallowed his saliva, took a few steps back and stared straight at the woman: "You, don't talk nonsense anymore......"

"Eun Gong, look at ......"

With a twist of the woman's wrist, a fish composed of water droplets appeared out of thin air, playfully swinging, and then swimming flexibly half a foot above the ground, looming in the moonlight, very strange.

"You, you, you're a youkai?"

Fan Yu's head went blank.

"Don't be afraid, although the red lotus is a demon, she has never harmed anyone, she is only free in the canal and river, and occasionally makes fun of idlers, but she has never had murderous intentions. ”

It took a long time for Fan Yu to settle down, and it was thanks to the fact that in the past half a year, he had recited 'Huang Ting' every night, and he was very stable in his mind.

Taking a deep breath, he asked, "In this world, there are really fairies and monsters?"

Honglian shook her head: "I don't know if there is a fairy Honglian, I have never seen other demons, I know more about eavesdropping on the chats of fishermen and scholars." ”

Fan Yu hesitated, and couldn't help but ask, "Then do you know the method of cultivation?"

Red Lotus bit her lip: "Red Lotus can only instinctively swallow the qi of the water essence, but she has no cultivation method, which disappoints Engong." ”

Fan Yu sighed, a little disappointed, and suddenly found that Honglian was still kneeling on the ground, and immediately said, "Girl, please get up." ”

Next, I don't know how long we chatted, after a rooster crow, Fan Yu suddenly woke up, looked left and right, but was in his room.

It turned out to be a dream.

The county is lively, the streets are full of people, shoulder to shoulder, like water cars and horses, one after another, almost impassable.

The sound of the hawkers, the singing of the shopkeepers, the sound of the ears, Fan Yu wandered all the way, sometimes stopping to watch the Jianghu artists dancing with knives and guns, playing monkey top jars, and listening to the storytellers on the street talking about the past and the present, there are interesting stories in the streets and alleys, and there are also gods and ghosts that are amazing.

"Let's go, let's go. ”

As he was listening attentively, he was pushed and staggered, and when he turned his head and glared angrily, seven or eight servants dressed in short clothes were menacing, and in the middle was an old man who looked like a housekeeper, and the most obvious thing was the Taoist next to him.

A dusty hand, a long beard over the chest, and a loose robe as he walked, looking fluttering, like a fairy figure.

What an old Taoist of fairy wind bones.

And I heard others say: "The Chen family has made a lot of money this time, and I heard that it was a full fifty taels of snowflake silver, so they invited the Qingfeng Guan Ming Daoist to do it......"

Fan Yu answered: "Who is this Dao Master, why did you ask him to do it, it takes as much as fifty taels." ”

The Chen family knows that the family of the squire in Songzi County has thousands of family assets, thousands of acres of fertile land, and dozens of shops, which can be described as a wealthy man.

But this view of the breeze is the first time I have heard of it.

As soon as the man saw Fan Yu dressing up, he immediately respected: "It turned out that he was raising the old man in front of him, and his small mouth was not blocked, which made the old man smile." ”

Fan Yu shook his hand and chuckled: "You don't have to be polite, let me ask you, who is this Dao Chief?"

"The lord doesn't know, this Qingfeng view is a broken settlement outside the city, more than half a year to come to a person, there is a great magic power, can subdue demons and eliminate demons, eliminate disasters and solve problems, and I heard that the life span is more than 100, but also can eclipse half a cow, walking like flying, famous in the county. ”

More than 100 years old?

Fan Yu was surprised and envious in his heart, and inevitably had some other thoughts, although his body had been recuperating during this time, he was now nearly forty years old, and he was out of breath after walking a few steps, and it was very good to live to sixty or seventy.

So his heart moved, and he quietly followed, but after a mile or two, he turned a corner and disappeared.

Suddenly, several figures sprang out on both sides, and they came up and grabbed them, holding Fan Yu to death.

The housekeeper walked out, looked Fan Yu up and down, surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "But Fan Yu and Master Fan are in person?"

As soon as they heard this, a few little guys didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they quickly let go and stepped aside.

Fan Yu patted the dust on his body and said, "It's Fan Yu, Steward Chen knows me?"

The housekeeper smiled: "Master Fan is in the middle, but it can give our Songzi County a big face, who doesn't know who doesn't know now?"

After a pause, he said, "I don't know what Master Fan has been doing with me, if it weren't for the fact that the Daoist found out in time, he would still be a thief who was following." ”

Fan Yu's face turned red, coughed a few times, and said again: "But I don't have any other thoughts, I just listen to the legends of others, which shows that the Taoist chief has great powers, so I moved my mind and came to see it." ”

The Ming Daoist, who didn't speak on the side, said lightly: "This layman, don't listen to the rumors of idlers, the old Taoist is just a trick in the rivers and lakes, it's not worth mentioning, where is there any magical power." ”

After that, he waved the dust: "Hugh will follow again." ”

Seeing everyone leaving, Fan Yu was not discouraged, but respected this person and had great ability.