Liu Dawei, the village leader of Linjiang Village, was thinking about how to discuss the matter of the silver with this little Taoist priest, but he didn't dare to bring it up abruptly, for fear that this little Taoist priest from Qingcheng Mountain would run away because the price was too low.

After hesitating for a long time, he didn't dare to speak, and when he saw the little Taoist priest in the green shirt say that he took the little girl and asked him where the little girl's home was, Liu Dawei hurriedly leaned up with a shy face, "Little fairy, that house in the village is my house, if you don't dislike it, go over, as for her, I'll find someone to send it back." ”

Liu Dawei said that he was ready to let the two men who had just thrown the little girl to the river send the child back, apparently because he didn't want to trouble the young Taoist.

"I'll do it, it's okay. ”

After a moment of silence, I thought that the little girl was thrown into the river by the villagers just now, and no one stood up to say a few words, although this mess also happened in the village at this time, but it is not difficult to see that the little girl has nothing to rely on in the village.

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Li Lichuan put the little girl on the side of the kang, and the outer clothes had been untied, and only the inner clothes remained.

He declined the kindness of Liu Cunzheng and a few old men, and went to this house called "Jiu'er" by Liu Cunzheng.

The house is very dilapidated, dim, a damp and moldy smell, it looks like it should not have been repaired for a long time, there are not many things in the house, there are some wooden farm tools put aside, pull out a brazier from the corner, carry it to the front of the kang, even can't find much firewood, think about it, a little girl should be reluctant to get these firewood, just live alone, firewood is not very easy to find in winter, save a little is a little, naturally this brazier is not commonly used.

looked at the little girl called Jiu'er on the earthen kang, her hair was wet and sticky to her head, her clothes were wet, her face was gray, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was skinny, her body was still trembling unconsciously, Li Lichuan put the firewood into the brazier and lit it, moved her body, and pulled the brazier towards the earthen kang.

Unwrap the package, take out the dry food prepared for him by the money, in fact, it is just some pancakes, dry and hard, barely able to satisfy hunger, although the food on Qingcheng Mountain is prepared by juniors on weekdays, and it can be improvised to eat some wild fruits from time to time, but he is used to eating cooked food, and it is still difficult to swallow such dry and hard food.

took off the gourd on his waist and took a sip, Li Lichuan put away the pancakes, and had a headache when he saw that the burden was full of a bunch of sundries.

Although I didn't know what to bring when I went down the mountain for the first time, I thought that I would bring some silver money, but when I arrived in Jincheng, a big living person couldn't find food to eat? Qian Zhi unexpectedly prepared a few pancakes for himself, and a small five taels of silver, this is five taels, and on weekdays I went down the mountain to buy rune paper cinnabar for my senior brother but just picked out a little bit to make a little wine, and more than a dozen dollars secretly beat half a pot of wine, how much wine should I play for these five taels of silver, I was excited when I thought about it.

It's just that Senior Brother Qian also stuffed a lot of his eating guys, what's going on? The pancakes don't take up much space, a small bronze mirror, a small pile of runic paper drawn by the senior brother in charge, a small copper seal, three clear bells, tokens, etc., and even the canopy ruler he used to use to pad the shelf has been stuffed in, and I don't understand why Senior Brother Qian Zhi stuffed such a pile of broken copper and iron.

The most angry thing is that Senior Brother Qian Zhi also stuffed a water bowl, doesn't this look down on him, and he is ready to beg for food, really I Li Lichuan A handsome little Taoist priest is not even satisfied with his own five internal organs temple, even if the water bowl is enough, it is easy to say that it can find a little use, but Qian Zhi stuffed the three-legged small tripod in the side hall of the Shangqing Palace, this is for the ancestors to offer incense, if the third senior brother finds that this incense burner is missing, he will definitely think that the senior brother in charge has lost it, although he doesn't care about the fact that the senior brother in charge should be reprimanded by the third senior brother, and even a little happy to see it, but he still doesn't want to run around with this small half-catty thing all day long。

Speechlessly, he put the burden aside, there were some miscellaneous items in the baggage, the silver had been put on his body, the water on his sleeve had dried up for the most part, he got up and shook the ashes on his body, and walked out of this dilapidated house.

Liu Cun is in the house.

Liu Cunzheng asked nervously, "Daoist Li, will this Dragon Lord really blame us?"

"It's okay, I'll come to sacrifice tomorrow. ”

"I'll give you the lives of 200 people in the village first, thank you to the little fairy. ”

Liu Cunzheng looked excited, and he didn't know where to put his hands tightly.

"By the way, what did you say about the Dragon King killing the lives of the two children?" Li Lichuan thought about it and asked.

Liu Cunzheng heard Li Lichuan talk about this, his body couldn't help shaking, a trace of horror appeared on his face, a little embarrassed, his face was not very good-looking, but he hesitated for a moment and said to Li Lichuan.

"The two families downstream of the village suddenly heard the cry of our villagers in the middle of the night a while ago, saying that his child was eaten by the dragon king, I don't know exactly what the situation is, but because the two of them are close to the riverbank, they catch some fish from time to time to make a living, and they are one of the few families in the village who often fish. ”

"Oh, has anyone seen the Dragon King?" Li Lichuan touched his hairless chin. "Could it be that there is really a dragon lord?" secretly stuck out his tongue, if there really was, it was estimated that he would only have to run away.

"What is the Dragon Lord like?" asked with some surprise and curiosity.

Liu Cunzheng replied with a hesitant expression.

"I haven't seen it, but I've heard that the family that lost the child saw it. ”

"Can you take me to see it now?"

Li Lichuan thinks it's better to figure it out? If it's true...... It's the dragon lord, I'll run away tonight! I can't just go down the mountain and lose my life, that is, it's really a shame to be thrown to Qingcheng Mountain.

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"Old Zhangtou, are you at home?"

Liu Cunzheng took Li Lichuan to walk some way to a house near the river, the house looked quite old, I think it should be some years, the wood of the eaves is slightly decayed, faintly black and blue.

Originally, Lao Zhangtou didn't even dare to go back home two days ago, for fear of meeting the Dragon King again, but two days have passed, and there has been no other movement, and Lao Zhangtou has eased up a little.

"Who?"

"It's me, Liu Dawei!"

There was a sound of rustling inside, and a thin man with dark circles on his head walked out, followed by a haggard woman, who should be the old Zhang Tou family that Liu Cunzheng said.

"Old Zhangtou, there's been no movement in the past two days, right?"

"Liu Cunzheng, I've been worried these two days, San'er was only a few years old and was taken away by the Dragon King, what kind of sin did I create?"

The lean man looked frightened, and when he saw that Liu Cun was leading the little fairy he saw this morning, his expression eased slightly.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The yellow-faced woman behind the lean man heard the lean man's voice and began to weep again.

"Cry what cry! You know how to cry, cry again to see if I don't slap you!"

The lean man's tone was obviously very impulsive, and when he saw that Liu Cun was coming over with the little Taoist priest he saw this morning, his mother-in-law was crying again, so she was not irritable, and raised a hand and turned around to hit the yellow-faced woman in the back.

"Wait!" Li Lichuan reminded in a loud voice.

"Huh?"

The thin man looked at Li Lichuan suspiciously, not knowing why Li Lichuan reminded him loudly.

"If you stop it, stop it! Where are there so many problems!" Liu Dawei saw that the lean man acted wantonly without looking at the situation, for fear that he would harm this little fairy who came down from Qingcheng Mountain, so he reprimanded this lean man.

"Little fairy, the farmer in this field doesn't know anything, don't be like him. Liu Dawei explained to Li Lichuan again, and his swarthy old face was about to squeeze into a chrysanthemum.

"It's okay, I heard Liu Cunzheng say that you have seen the dragon lord of the Minjiang River, I don't know if there is such a thing?" Li Lichuan went straight to the point.

"This ...... Yes, yes, but ......"

"But what?"

"I heard a murmur outside the house that night, I didn't pay attention at first, I thought it was raining, and then I found that the sound was getting louder and louder, and when it came to the house, I felt that something was wrong, I thought it was just a thief who didn't have long eyes, the poor porridge at home, there was nothing that could be taken at all, but I didn't worry much about what I would lose, my mother-in-law ran to the side of the house to see, my third son that kid was gone, my mother-in-law was crazy and asked me what to do, I chased out only to see the waterside with a fluttering sound, I began to think that my family three fell into the water, and I didn't think so much, who knew that when I ran to the river, I saw the dragon king, The body that emerges from the water is a zhang long, a foot thick, a casual shot, the water splashes, where do I dare to move more, I don't dare to go back, I hurriedly ran back. ”

"Huh, did San'er see that?"

"Where do I dare to find San'er, it was probably taken away by the Dragon Prince, the old man in the village said that there was less fishing in the early years, I didn't listen to the persuasion, the Dragon Lord's day is full of opportunities, how can I have the kung fu to care about my, who knows that this retribution is still coming!"

The woman behind the lean man, who had barely stopped crying, began to whimper again, but covered her mouth with one hand, and her voice was much quieter than just now.

"Is a body much longer and a foot thick?" After a moment of silence, Li Lichuan took a slight breath.

He didn't believe in what the dragon lord was, in the early years the master told him that there was a strange beast fat relics in Huashan, if you go to Huashan, you can go to see, the fat relics are also called Teng snakes, but some people say that Teng snakes fly without feet and four wings, and not many people know how to do it.

(The mountain of Taihua, cut into four directions, its height is five thousand miles, its width is ten miles, and birds and beasts do not live.) There is a snake, the name is fat, six legs and four wings, see the world's great drought, excerpted from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas")

There are scriptures in the mountains and seas, called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the origin of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is impossible to verify, most of the strange beasts on it have no way to verify, and there are not many people who have the ability to research, Li Lichuan estimated that the master should be barely one of the small number of people, but the last time the master went down the mountain was more than ten years ago, he brought him back, and it is estimated that the master is not interested in doing that.

Huashan is a long way from here, and it is said that if the fat is left, the world will be dry, obviously it should not be this kind of strange beast, if it is true, he estimates that he will not be able to cope with it.