"Oh, oh~!"

It was just dawn when a rooster's crowing sounded on the roof of the house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But I saw a big rooster with sturdy and burly scarlet feathers standing on the cornice, and let out a loud cry against the early sun.

This cry seemed to be heard by the entire Guobei City, waking people up from their sleep.

Li Xiuyuan, who was sitting in the pavilion, woke up when he heard the rooster crow, and after he opened his eyes, he subconsciously looked in the direction where the cry came.

When he saw the big rooster standing on the eaves of the roof, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but smack slightly.

"It's the Ghost Swallower Lei Gong ......"

This vermilion big rooster is exactly the same as the ninety-nine big roosters that were transformed after the ghost swallowing Lei Gong descended to earth that day, the whole body is vermilion, burly and strong, it should be two or three times larger than an ordinary rooster, and the body size is close to an ostrich.

There was some curiosity and doubt in my heart.

After washing up, he asked Lu Bo.

"Uncle Lu, when did this rooster appear in the house?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

Lu Bo thought for a while and said: "Back to the eldest young master, this rooster should have run out of the eldest young master's study a few days ago, the old slave thought it was a mistake at first, and then when he was cleaning the eldest young master's study, he saw the eggshell of an egg shattered to the ground, thinking that this rooster was hatched from the eggshell, the old slave also felt incredible, a rooster hatched not long ago can be so big, probably because of the Taoist master's magical Taoism." ”

"That's ......" Li Xiuyuan looked in the direction of the study, and then remembered.

After the Ghost Devouring Lei Gong descended to earth that day, he left behind a vermilion egg.

He didn't know what it was for, so he put it in the study as an ornament.

I didn't expect that the egg really hatched a few days after I left.

Then this rooster should be the incarnation of the heavenly Lei Gong, or the descendant of the Lei Gong......

But can a rooster lay eggs?

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but think of it so strangely.

"That's right, young master, this rooster has been acting strangely since it appeared, and it doesn't need to be fed or cared for, and it will sneak out every night, and I don't know where it goes, but I will definitely return to the house before dawn to crow, and after the crow, I will nap on the roof, and I can't come down at any point. Lu Bo said.

Li Xiuyuan said, "This is an unusual rooster, and you can't treat it as an ordinary rooster, so Lu Bo, you don't need to pay attention to it." ”

"The old slave understood. Lu Bo nodded.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "I'll go out later, and go to the city to have a look." ”

Lu Bo said again: "I'm afraid that the city is not very peaceful, the eldest young master has to remember to bring guards when he goes out, Wu Fei and the sharpshooter Xing Shan recruited by the prince last time have also returned from Wangchuan Mountain, the eldest young master can take them to his side, so that the old slave can also rest assured." ”

"Got it, there's Lauluber. Li Xiuyuan nodded.

After Lu Bo left, he looked at the rooster that had crowed on the roof cornice, and then beckoned, "Is it the Ghost Devouring Lei Gong?" ”

The big vermilion rooster on the eaves looked at Li Xiuyuan with a shake of its head, then flew down from the roof with a few clucks and flapped its wings, and walked towards Li Xiuyuan after landing in the courtyard.

"Ghost Devouring Lei Gong, what are you doing with me leaving an avatar?" Li Xiuyuan asked as he looked at the rooster that was close at hand.

"Cluck, cluck. ”

But the scarlet rooster blinked and tilted his head to look at him with some confusion.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he saw this rooster like this: "Isn't it the Ghost Devouring Lei Gong?"

The vermilion rooster seemed to be quite affectionate to Li Xiuyuan, just circling around Li Xiuyuan, lying on the ground and napping from time to time, as if he was not afraid of life at all.

"But no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary rooster, and I don't know what it has to do with the ghost devouring Lei Gong. ”

Li Xiuyuan secretly said in his heart, but it's a pity that this rooster can't speak, and he can't ask a reason.

But looking at it this way, this rooster is lying in the house and will not leave.

Well, just let this rooster stay in the house, it won't get in the way anyway.

"I'm out, you can stay here by yourself. Li Xiuyuan shook his head and didn't continue to accompany the rooster.

He took some guards and left the house.

"Wu Fei, you stayed so well in Wangchuan Mountain, why did you come here, you still have a murder on you, and the government's wanted warrant hasn't been taken down yet. On the way, Li Xiuyuan spoke.

Wu Fei touched his bald head and grinned: "I'm tired of staying on the mountain, so I want to walk around, and the master is not worried that the eldest young master will stay in the city alone, let the little one come over and take a look, besides, some time ago, the water rose, Guo Beicheng was flooded, and it was too late for disaster relief, where would there be kung fu to arrest me." ”

"That's right, what about Fluttershy and Du Chunhua? Li Xiuyuan asked again.

Wu Fei said: "The two girls were sent back to the county by the small one, the water is rising everywhere, the dead are dead, and the little one still thinks that it is safer to let the two girls go back to the county, and there are many people on the mountain, for fear of giving birth to some trouble." ”

Li Xiuyuan nodded, and asked Fluttershy and Du Chunhua to go back to the county, the county is safe, and there is already a plague here, so as not to be infected.

"Young master, the plague in the city is strange, and the whole city has been infected overnight, and the little one feels that this matter is a little strange, if it is really a plague, there are always people who are sick, and some people who are not sick, it can't be like this. Xing Shan next to him said in a deep voice.

"You can see that, too. Li Xiuyuan said: "I have considered this problem before, so I have to find someone to ask." ”

The group walked through the city.

During the day, the city is still populated.

The streets were bustling with people walking by.

However, the faces of the people were sickly, and they coughed lightly from time to time, as if they had a cold.

But this symptom is a symptom of an epidemic.

At the moment, the time is still short, and there is no outbreak, and after a few days, the condition will be serious, and the city is only afraid that there will be dead people everywhere.

On the way to the City God Temple, there was a group of idlers gathered on the street, lazily arguing and doing nothing.

When they saw Li Xiuyuan and the others, their eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"Brother, look, isn't that Li Gongzi? ”

"In front of him, he didn't want to pay his wages and ran away, I didn't expect to dare to come back, we can't spare him this time, we will definitely ask him for our wages. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. ”

Although a group of idlers looked sickly, the wages of ten taels of silver were more important than minor illnesses.

Immediately, a group of people rushed over in unison and surrounded Li Xiuyuan and the others.

"Owner, you really made it easy for us to find, you didn't pay us for the wages you owe, and you hid. An idler said angrily.

"Where did you come from, get out of here, or Lao Tzu will split you. Wu Fei grinned, touched his bald head and showed a cruel smile, exuding a murderous aura all over his body.

He was originally an executioner, but he became a bandit later, and killed the county magistrate of Guobei County, he is a very vicious person, and he is different from ordinary idlers and gangsters.

Shocked by this momentum, these idlers immediately panicked in their hearts and retreated.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand at this time to signal Wu Fei to retreat, and he said, "You are the short-term workers I hired during the previous disaster relief?"

"Exactly, the owner's memory is not bad, we used to respond to the owner's work, busy for several days, but we didn't get a penny of wages, how can there be such a truth in this world, if the owner doesn't pay today, we won't let the owner leave. Although the idle man was panicked, he was bold again when he faced the amiable Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Some time ago, you were indeed hard at work for disaster relief, but the salary matter is according to what was said before, the monthly settlement, now the time of the month has not yet arrived, and there are still ten days, it is not appropriate for you to ask us for wages, I, Li Xiuyuan, will not repay the debt, and you can't violate the construction deadline and ask for wages in advance, now you are still a short-term worker hired by my Li family, doing things for my Li family, do you want to betray the master?"

"What, what is the betrayal, the owner doesn't want to talk nonsense. The idler's face immediately turned red, and he said with shame: "I, we are just afraid that the owner will run away again, and we won't even be able to find anyone next time." ”

The vast majority of people in ancient times were very faithful, especially the idle people in the market.

If you are hired, you have to do things, and if you can't do it well, you will feel guilty, not to mention that Li Xiuyuan mentioned betraying the master.

If this spreads, no one will want to deal with such people in the future, and even accomplices will look down on such people.

Li Xiuyuan said: "How can I run? My Li family is in Guobei County, if you can't get paid within a month, you can go to the county to find me, my Li family is also a face-saving person, how can there be a shortage of your silver taels, now you can let go, I have other things to do, by the way, you can also go and inform other people, come to my Li Mansion in ten days to settle the salary, ten taels per person, and never deduct it." ”

"Boss, is this true?" the other men became a little excited.

Originally, they didn't want to ask for wages, but they just wanted to stop Li Xiuyuan from asking for some money.

"I'm a scholar, how can I lie, a scholar with a bad moral character can't even be an official, how can I joke about my future. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Okay, then we'll trust the owner again, and when the time comes, the owner won't take the money, but don't blame us for not being moral. The leader of the idler said through gritted teeth, and then asked his companion to get out of the way.

Li Xiuyuan walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, the money will not be less for you, this time I went back to the city to cure the plague, since you are still a short-term worker of my Li family, then I will give you another errand now, to spread the news, so that the people in the city do not despair, I have a way to cure the plague, just wait a few days and there will be good news from me." ”