At this moment, a man came with a sword on his back, and he didn't look at the silver-haired beast, and said to the old lady: "Poor Dao has seen the old layman. ”

The silver-haired beast was already panicked, and its silver fur exploded, and it took a few steps backwards, hesitating.

A few people were surprised, and the old lady asked, "But the Taoist chief who came to the village to spend the night today?"

"It's being poor. ”

Hearing this, the old lady was pleasantly surprised: "The Taoist chief has great magical powers, please subdue the demon and subdue the demon and kill this evil beast." ”

The silver-haired beast can understand people's words, grinning with teeth, glaring angrily, and afraid of Taoists, seeing that they can't do anything, they hesitate and want to flee.

"Evil animals, disturbing the residents, and wanting to leave without explanation?"

The Taoist scolded angrily, and with a wave of his palm, a thunderbolt appeared out of thin air, fell to the ground, blasted out a huge hole, and scorched earth flew wildly.

The silver-haired beast trembled all over, and collapsed to the ground in fright, its head on the ground, not daring to move.

Seeing that the Taoist had such magical powers, the old lady bowed and cried: "Please save the old man and the family." ”

"The old layman doesn't have to worry, there is a poor road here, and this evil animal does not dare to commit murder. ”

The Taoist hurriedly helped the old lady up and said, "Old layman, the poor Dao has been watching here for a long time, and he has seen it, but he doesn't know the details, do you tell the reason?"

The Taoist is naturally Yi Fan, he hid by the side and watched when the silver-haired beast appeared, and saw that the beast had no intention of committing murder, so he did not show up.

The old lady got up, hesitated and said, "This evil beast comes every night to kill my daughter-in-law, if it is not the Taoist today, I am afraid that it will succeed, and I ask the Taoist to get rid of this evil beast." ”

Seeing that the old lady was reluctant to elaborate on the details, Yi Fan was not reluctant, and asked rhetorically: "Does this evil animal hurt people?"

"No, I didn't. ”

"Has this beast done anything evil before?"

"Nor has it been. ”

Yi Fan smiled: "Since this evil beast has never hurt anyone, and it has never done evil things before, why should the old lady kill it?"

The old lady was anxious and pulled Yi Fan's sleeve: "But it's going to kill my daughter-in-law." ”

"The old monk's daughter-in-law?"

Yi Fan snorted coldly, and looked at the anxious embroidery girl hiding behind him: "People and ghosts have different paths, don't the old laymen know?"

He had already seen that this embroidered girl was transformed by a ghost, although there was no anger, but the connotation was yin, just a little ghost.

The old man's face changed greatly, and he stopped in front: "I'm afraid that the Taoist chief is not mistaken, how can the old daughter-in-law be a ghost?"

At this time, I still wanted to hide it, so I took it as if I had never come to Poor Dao and said goodbye. ”

Yi Fan was a little disliked, and as soon as he flicked his sleeves, he was about to leave.

Xiuniang rushed forward and knelt on the ground: "Please also ask the Taoist chief to be merciful, although the little girl is a ghost, she has never harmed anyone, she just wants to serve her mother and love Ren Lang." ”

The old lady hurriedly grabbed the embroidery girl, her face full of tears: "The embroidery lady is filial, the family is in a good way, although it is a ghost, but it is a hundred times better than the living, and she loves my son, can the Taoist bear to see the evil beast murder?"

For a while, one old and one young, hugged their heads and cried.

Yi Fan sighed, although he didn't know the details, he could roughly guess it, and said: "The old layman, please get up, although the poor Dao does not approve of the combination of humans and ghosts, he will not let that evil beast commit murder." ”

After speaking, he smiled bitterly at the silver-haired beast lying on the ground and didn't dare to move: "You evil animal, I don't know what to do, people love each other, but you want to beat the mandarin ducks." ”

The silver-haired beast felt aggrieved, raised its head, and screamed.

Yi Fan waved his hand: "Okay, I know that you are kind, but since people don't want you to be nosy, don't embarrass them." ”

The silver-haired beast hesitated, glanced at the embroidery girl, and nodded.

"Thank you for the life-saving grace of the Taoist, the old man will definitely make offerings to the gods at home and pray for blessings every day. ”

The old lady was overjoyed, and said to Ren You, who was stunned aside: "My son, I haven't come to thank the Taoist chief." ”

Ren You dropped his hoe and hurriedly bowed.

At this time, it was almost dawn, and the embroidery lady saluted, then walked out, and after a few steps, disappeared in place.

"It's cold outside, please go inside and rest. ”

Yi Fan didn't shirk either, and when he entered the house, he found that the silver-haired beast was following behind, and he didn't drive away, and he didn't dare to enter the house, but only squatted at the door.

The old lady was a little afraid when she saw the silver-haired beast, and Yi Fan comforted: "The old monk doesn't have to be afraid, this beast is an ape in the mountains, it has been alienated, it understands human nature, is sensible, and feeds on ghosts on weekdays, and has never harmed people, but protects the hunters in the mountains from demons." ”

After a pause, he said with a smile: "This strange beast saw the little lady of the old layman, and thought that it was going to harm people, so it came to drive it away, but it didn't know that it did something wrong with good intentions, which frightened you." ”

"I see, but the old body is wrong to blame it. ”

After listening to Yi Fan's explanation, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief and asked Ren You to serve hot tea.

Yi Fan hesitated and asked the doubts in her heart, the old lady sighed, no longer hidden, and told the details.

Two years ago, the Ren family did not have such a situation, the family was surrounded by walls, only mother and son depended on each other, it was difficult to eat, and they did some rough work for other people's families on weekdays, barely living.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, people have good and bad luck, the overworked old lady fell ill in bed, Ren You is a scholar who is not diligent in all fours, and there is no livelihood at home.

In the middle of the night, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, Ren You opened the door to see, but there was no one, there was a knockout pheasant on the ground, only as a good Samaritan.

But I didn't expect that from then on, there were people knocking on the door every night, and there would always be some mountain treasures left, and after a long time, Ren You's mother and son became suspicious, so they secretly hid aside at night.

In the second half of the night, the well-wisher finally appeared, but it was a beautiful lady, only to see her carrying a mountain treasure, knocking on the door, and then planning to leave.

How could the mother and son let go, so they hurriedly appeared, invited the lady into the house for tea, and asked why they were kind.

But the beautiful lady said that she was the daughter of the hunter in the mountains, and when she saw that they were pitiful, she secretly sent the mountain treasures at night to help them tide over the difficulties.

Mother and son don't doubt him, just thanks.

After going back and forth like this, Ren You and the beautiful lady had a relationship, and they acted as husband and wife, although the old lady was aware of it, she did not object, and pretended not to know.

For half a year, seeing that the beautiful lady came every night, but she didn't show up for a hundred days, and she didn't mention her family, she was puzzled after all, so she asked the doubts in her heart, and the beautiful lady couldn't bear to deceive and told her life experience.

She was the daughter of a family 100 miles away, because she was infected with the wind and cold, and she could not be cured for a long time, and the fragrance was damaged, and the family also moved not long after and settled elsewhere.

The mother and son were frightened and very afraid, but they couldn't bear to drive the mother away, thinking about her good in the past, and they liked and thanked her from the heart, so they accepted her.

Only this confession, the lady is more filial, serves the old lady night and night, and has a very good relationship with Ren You.

Raising silkworms in spring and weaving cloth in winter, it didn't take long for the life of the Ren family to undergo earth-shaking changes, and they respected the lady and never cared about her identity.