Chapter 19 Animal Husbandry
When the shopkeeper saw movement in the backyard, he snapped his abacus, then put his hands in his sleeve pockets and muttered, "What's wrong?"
Another guy in the store also ran to the shopkeeper, and the two of them were going to go around the backyard to have a look. As soon as they reached the side door and were about to bow their heads and get out, a man suddenly rushed in from outside.
This man's face was panicked and trembling, he was the shopkeeper who went out to feed the donkey.
The shopkeeper and the guy were surprised: "Luo boy, who are you?"
"Shopkeeper! Strange things!" As soon as Xiao Er saw the shopkeeper, he immediately grabbed the shopkeeper's clothes and looked terrified.
The shopkeeper and the guy looked at each other and asked, "What's the matter?" Xiao Er gasped, and he was about to say it immediately.
But suddenly, a hand slapped on his shoulder, startling him.
"Little brother, don't panic. A Taoist priest turned out from behind and said suddenly.
"Guest officer, who are you?" the shopkeeper saw Yu Dao walk out, and the expression on his face became even more cloudy
Yu Dao shook his head and didn't answer directly, but said, "Follow this little brother out and take a look." ”
Xiao Er also reacted, he nodded hurriedly, "It's extreme, it's extreme! Come out and see!" After that, he directly pulled the shopkeeper and rushed to the backyard.
The stables are just behind the wine shop, and after a few steps, you can see it when you turn an opening.
The four of them walked to the back of the stable, and the shopkeeper frowned and said, "Nothing strange happened, aren't all the animals here?"
Xiao Er ignored his words, just pulled the shopkeeper's sleeve and said, "Quick, look!"
The shopkeeper raised his eyes and looked over, and he was immediately stunned, and the guy who followed him was also confused.
I saw that in the shed where the donkey was bolted, there were several naked women lying there. The women were all pale, unable to speak, and shivering.
"Woe to you!" the shopkeeper suddenly shouted, "Who kidnapped someone else's girl and threw me here!"
The man swallowed his throat, his eyes widened, and he said, "This woman doesn't wear any clothes......
"No, no. Xiao Er's face turned red when he heard what the two said, and he shook his hand and hurriedly denied it.
The shopkeeper looked at him in horror at this time, "Luo boy, what did you do this?" The guy also looked at him dumbfounded.
Xiao Er was even more anxious at this time, his face turned red, and he hurriedly shouted: "No, no, no, this is a donkey, a donkey!"
Xiao Er's reaction made the two of them even more confused, and the shopkeeper said, "Report to the official, go and report to the official." ”
Yu Dao saw that the three of them were panicked like this, he stretched out his hand and pressed the shopkeeper and said, "Don't worry." ”
Only then did the three of them realize that there was another person beside them, and when the shopkeeper saw Yu Dao, he blurted out: "It shouldn't be your ......" Halfway through the words, he suddenly came back to his senses and swallowed the next few words into his stomach.
Looking at Yu Dao, the shopkeeper cautiously tested: "Guest officer, do you know this?" The other two people also looked at Yu Dao with strange eyes.
Not caring about the three of them, Yu Dao pointed to the bucket next to the donkey shed and said, "Feed the water in the bucket to the rest of the donkeys." ”
At this time, Xiao Er suddenly shouted: "Yes, when I was feeding the donkeys, several donkeys suddenly became women." ”
When the shopkeeper and the guy heard Xiao Er's words, they were dumbfounded and looked at the two of them in disbelief. Still, they shuddered and scooped the water and put it in front of the other two donkeys in the donkey shed.
One of the donkeys wilted, but when he saw the ladle stretched out, he immediately snorted, nibbled on the ladle, and drank it in large gulps.
After drinking a sip of water, the donkey fell to the ground, and suddenly rolled, and his body shrank instantly, and his fur faded, and he became a red fruit woman. The woman curled up, shivering from the cold, moaning from her mouth.
When the shopkeeper and the guy saw this scene, they jumped up in fright.
"This, this ......" the shopkeeper was speechless for a while.
Suddenly, the man's teeth chattered and he said, "This, why hasn't this donkey changed?"
When Yu Dao heard his words, he reached out and knocked on the donkey's head, and said with a smile: "This is my donkey." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper seemed to have returned to his soul, and he said in a trance: "I seem to have heard of this strange thing......" The guy and Xiao Er heard the shopkeeper's words, and they all stretched out their heads to look at him.
But the shopkeeper was flustered, and he couldn't remember it for a while. The three of them stood together, and they suddenly panicked.
Yu Dao was looking at the other animals in the stable, thinking to himself. He turned his head and saw that the three of them were staring at him, chuckled, and said, "There is a technique of 'beating the sloppy' in the countryside to abduct children." ”
"There are also those who have become animals and are called 'animal makers.' This technique is a wonderful technique of human trafficking, but there are many taboos, and after a person becomes an animal, he cannot be given food, water, or blood......
Yu Dao said it carefully, and the guy and the child were stunned for a while, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. But the shopkeeper shuddered and shouted, "Demon, this is a demon." ”
The shopkeeper looked back at the other animals in his stable, and muttered, "No, these are all ......"
The man was excited, and he immediately said, "These donkeys seem to belong to the shepherd." As soon as the three of them pondered it, they immediately understood the key.
"The shepherd must be a demon. ”
After saying that, the three of them looked at Yu Dao with blank eyes. The shopkeeper said eagerly, "Dao Chief, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Yu Dao looked at the three of them, and the three of them listened attentively.
"Yes, of course...... Report to the officer. ”
The three of them listened to his words and stopped talking, but the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said, "Belong to the official." ”
The shopkeeper is a person who can make decisions, and the charter must be down, so the man took out an old horse in the store and galloped towards the county.
Xiao Er also hurriedly took out drinking water and prepared to feed it to the other donkeys and horses, but Yu Dao stretched out his hand to stop him.
"First bring clothes for these women. ”
When the two heard this, they reacted immediately. So the cooks in the back kitchen of the small shop came out, helped the three women in the donkey shed into the back kitchen, and hid them by the fire.
Yu Dao also returned to the edge of the wine table.
The shepherd was still drinking there, he blushed, and when he saw Yu Dao coming back, he said vaguely: "Why did you come back, drink!"
Yu Dao sat down, hurriedly reached out and picked up the wine bowl, and touched it, "Drink." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper knew what was going on, and the wine and meat kept coming up, and Zhu Yeqing alone opened three or four jars and put them aside to wait.
After drinking for another three or four quarters of an hour, Yu Dao saw that the shepherd's already drunk tears flowed out, he approached the shepherd and whispered, "Where is my brother making a business?"
"Oh...... Qi, Nan County. ”
When Yu Dao heard this, he hurriedly poured another bowl of wine and said in a low voice: "Are the livestock all sold to Qi Nan?"
When the shepherd heard him, he waved his hand and drank, "Is it ......?"
Yu Dao said again: "Where exactly?"
The shepherd then poured a big mouthful, but said, "Don't speak, don't speak." ”
Hearing this, Yu Dao narrowed his eyes. The reason why he invited the shepherd to drink was to find out where the man was going.
It must be known that human trafficking is usually abducted or defrauded, and the number is also small, no more than three people, and they are all children. Where is it necessary to use the evil art of "making animals" to carry it out, not to mention that ordinary people do not have this ability.
Only some side sects of the evil path will carry out such troublesome things when they need living people to sacrifice magic weapons or spells, and the quality and quantity of living people are very high.
But Yu Dao sensed that this shepherd was obviously a mortal who didn't know how to spell, and it was impossible for him to have this kind of need.
In this way, it is very likely that this person is specialized in "making animals". And this is related to what Yu Dao has been looking for......