The source of everything comes from the leader, the child named A Yuan.
At some point, there were only a few dozens of families left in the once prosperous Qionglu Town, and among the remaining families, the most affluent family had no income for several years.
The head of the family heard rumors from outside that he didn't believe in ghosts and gods. Under pressure, he had to go to Xuexiang with his wife. After half a year, he came back with a child in his arms and named him Ayuan.
Since the arrival of A Yuan, the head of this family has been uncharacteristically. Not only has he become more shrewd and capable, he has also used some method to rediscover new veins. With the revival of the town, the lost family has returned here again. The boss also became the mayor.
However, I don’t know if it’s a curse. All the families couldn’t give birth to new babies. At the suggestion of the mayor, all the families went to Xuexiang. In a few years, almost every family in the town had an extra baby. A child from Xuexiang.
From then on, things started to go a bit wrong.
First of all, Ah Qi felt that the older children who often played with him began to become weird. Not only did they no longer tire of taking care of their younger siblings from Xuexiang, but they surrounded them every day and didn't like to talk to others.
The adults in the town also lost their original innocence, and began to be inconsistent with each other. On the surface, they were friendly with others, but in private they were very repulsive to outsiders.
Then, as the children from Xuexiang grew up, they were revered as "little gods" by the adults, especially the leader, A Yuan, who was so powerful that he was always smiling, but if anyone didn't listen to him , that person will definitely disappear immediately, and then reappear after a while, it will be different from the past.
Ah Qi was still young at the time, these feelings were only vague, and he had no special consciousness, but he truly discovered that these differences came from the appearance of the beggar he called Qi Dae.
Ah Qi didn't know what that beggar's name was, except that he suddenly appeared in the town, and when he appeared, he yelled, "Ah Yuan and the others are a scourge, you have to kill them to save them."
Later, seeing that the townspeople didn't respond and attacked him instead, they snatched a child who was not from Xuexiang and ran away. A Yuan led many people but couldn't catch him, so A Yuan was so angry when he saw the boy who appeared in the town. Beggars will be killed.
That beggar appeared not only once, but many times afterwards, but Ah Yuan kept people on guard. Although the beggar was powerful, he suffered a lot, but he still let him snatch away two children, even though they were not The children from Xuexiang, but one of them is Ah Qi's playmate, and with Ah Yuan's encouragement, Ah Qi is also full of hatred and fear for this beggar.
At first, Ah Qi was very scared and didn't dare to sleep alone, but there was a younger brother from Xuexiang at home, so his parents didn't take him seriously for a long time.
One night, he was sleeping alone in the woodshed. He woke up in his sleep and found that the beggar was flying him in the air with blood on his body. in the cave.
Ah Qi, who was terrified at first, thought that he would be eaten or killed, but when he arrived at the cave, he saw the three "dead" children that Ah Yuan had said before. Instead of dying, they were alive and well.
The beggar didn't seem to be able to speak, and he didn't pay attention to others. Ah Qi learned from the three children that it was the beggar who took care of the three of them.
Ah Qi didn't trust the beggar, so he persuaded the three children to run away at night while the beggar was asleep. When he was about to reach the town, he saw A Yuan, but unexpectedly, instead of welcoming them, A Yuan turned to them. Four shots.
At the moment of crisis, the beggar appeared, rescued the four people, and brought them back to the cave. However, the beggar was also seriously injured that time, and it took a long time to heal. more confused.
From then on, Ah Qi and the others stopped thinking about the town and their parents, and began to eat and live with the beggar, calling him Qi Dae.
Several times during the period, Ah Yuan led people to block Ah Qi and the four of them in the forest outside the town several times, and each time they were rescued by the beggars to save their lives.
The reason why Ah Qi was caught by Ah Yuan this time was because one of the three children couldn't help but miss his family and went home secretly. When Ah Qi found out, it was already too late and wanted to go rescue Qi Dae together. , but Qi's father was seriously injured at some point, so he managed to rescue the child, and Ah Qi was caught by Ah Yuan, and then put in the temple.
Ah Qi looked forward to the stars and the moon, but couldn't wait for anyone to rescue him. When he was about to give up, he ran into Fu Qingluan and Xie Yu unexpectedly.
"If it wasn't for Father Qi, my three younger brothers and I would have died long ago." Looking at the collapsed townsfolk in front of him, thinking of the tragic situation of the beggar just now, Ah Qi's tone started to choke again, Mingming's shoulders trembled slightly, but he still clenched his lower lip, clenched his fists, and raised his head slightly. He didn't want others to see the weakness in his eyes.
"Good boy, it's not your fault." Fu Qingluan gently patted his head.
While speaking, Fu Lin took Tang Yushui and landed behind Xie Yu. The three shy children were put on the ground by Xie Yu and Fu Lin.
The moment Ah Qi saw the three children, she stood up in surprise.
As soon as the three children saw Ah Qi, they seemed to have seen a savior, and they all stepped forward and hugged him: "Brother Qi, Father Qi is gone!"
Ah Qi didn't seem to have expected to see the three of them here, and held the three of them tightly in front of him, as if he wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a while, he still gave up: "Good boy, yes Brother is here, don't be afraid."
"Master, there are no other children in that cave." Xie Yu stepped forward and told Fu Qingluan.
Fu Qingluan nodded, got up slowly, and came to Fu Lin and Tang Yushui's side.
Fu Lin and Tang Yushui, after listening to Xie Yu's generalization on the road, looked at the townspeople and children lying down on the ground, and felt the clear breath of death coming from them, their eyes couldn't help being very tangled.
"Lin'er, Xiao Yu'er, stand back." Fu Qingluan stretched out his robe sleeves, pushed the two of them behind him, then looked at the densely packed townspeople in front of him, and said loudly: "The heaven and the earth are clear, You can tell the sun and the moon, this must not be your original intention, so let me save you."
As soon as Fu Qingluan said this, he immediately stepped on the seven stars, pointed his hands together, and echoed with the wandering dragon in the sky. In an instant, the Big Dipper, which was originally far away, seemed to be inspired, and slowly fell from the sky. It turned into a fire of seven colors, reversed into a circle, and connected into one piece, engulfing all the townspeople on the ground, and with Fu Qingluan's soft drink, it suddenly burst into flames.
The seven-colored fire was extremely violent, and the place where the karmic fire of resentment was ignited instantly disappeared.
Although Xie Yu stood in front of him, he still couldn't completely block the sight of Ah Qi and the others. There was a wailing and miserable scene in front of them. Ah Qi and the others were stunned, looking at the familiar faces among the townspeople, who were standing in place Struggling and twisting, not in human form, a sense of sadness suddenly rose in their hearts, and the warm pictures in their minds flew by like a revolving lantern, uncontrollably, strings of crystal tears slipped from the corners of their eyes , wet the wasteland under his feet.
"Don't think that even if you win like this, someone will avenge us—!" A Yuan clenched his teeth and said bitterly to Fu Qingluan.
"Don't worry, I will send that person to the Demon Realm to reunite with you in a short time." With a wave of Fu Qingluan, a gust of wind blew up, and the raging flames of samadhi spread all over the world, accompanied by soaring resentment. It was swept away and disappeared without a trace.
A clear air suddenly filled the space between the sky and the earth. Although Qionglu Town is no longer what it used to be, under the faint moonlight, even the ruins have become much softer, and it is no longer the cold and lonely feeling of desolation before.
The three of Xie Yu made a move to help Ah Qi and the others make a tomb of the beggar's corpse. Looking at the four mourning children in front of the tomb, Fu Qingluan was thoughtful.
"Lin'er, Xiao Yu'er, you two bring these four children back to Qingyang, and then report the situation here to the head master." Under the moonlight, Fu Qingluan stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the ruins like In the town of Qionglu, there was a sense of majesty in his plain expression, "For my master and your big brothers, I'm going to meet the culprit of Xuexiang."
Xueze, an important town in the north.
Even though it was only September, there were already mottled snowflakes floating on the streets here, and the cold wind carried dense snowflakes flying around, instantly raising snow fog all over the sky, making people unable to open their eyes.
Pedestrians who were already in a hurry on the street quickly lowered the brim of their hats, wrapped their already tight cotton clothes tighter, folded their hands in their sleeves, and hurried forward with their heads lowered.
At the end of the street, an elderly couple knelt and begged in the snow. They had been here for an unknown amount of time. A layer of frost had already formed on their brows, but they still didn't call even a passerby to stop. Take a look at them.
As the last pedestrian walked around them, the old couple finally resigned to their fate, stopped stretching out their hands and making no noise, and both leaned on the ground with fatigue, looking as if they were about to die.
A young woman walking in the snow saw this scene and hurried forward: "You two old men, are you all right?"
Looking at the blue and purple lips of the two old men, the young woman took off the scarf wrapped around her head and put it on the old woman's shoulders facing the snowflakes. After groping around for a while, she took out a More than a dozen copper coins are about to be stuffed into the hands of the old lady: "Although this money is not much, it is enough for you old couple to buy some warm things."
"Miss, this can't be done." The old woman hurriedly blocked the young woman's hand, and said gratefully: "Our old couple is only here for the first time. I have an address, but because I am illiterate and have no one to help me, I lost my way, if the miss doesn't mind, can you help us find this place."
Having said that, the old man took out a note with trembling hands, and handed it to the young woman.
When the young woman saw the words on it, she immediately smiled, and even the peach mole between her eyebrows seemed to be blooming. This smile was like spring flowers blooming, and the sun was shining. The warm person seemed to forget the severe cold around him: "Old man, I know this address, if you don't mind, let me take you there."
As soon as the two old people heard this, they immediately thanked them a lot, and they almost kowtowed. The young woman hurriedly helped the two old people up, turned the corner and walked towards another street.
This address is quite deep. The young woman led two elderly people through the alleys and alleys. It took a while to find a door that matched the address in a corner. Looking at the greasy black heavy curtain outside, the young woman hurried He pointed out the place to the two old men and helped them to the front.
After a few light knocks, the door behind the curtain opened. In the dark doorway, a hand suddenly stretched out and pulled the young woman in. Just as the young woman was about to exclaim, the trembling two behind her The old man immediately moved like a rabbit, covering his mouth and grabbing, and pushed the young woman into the door as quickly as possible.
With a "squeak", the door closed again. Seeing the light gradually narrowing in sight, the young woman who had been tied up by five flowers showed a look of despair in her sight.
"Dong dong dong." In the three sounds almost at the same time, the old couple and a strong man fell to the ground at once. Seeing that the closed door was opened again, more than a dozen yamen servants and strong men rushed in, and the old couple and the strong man It was tied up, and under the bright light, Xie Yu, who had appeared earlier, pointed the way to the house for the servants, while tearing the tight rope around the young woman: "Master, How are you?"
"It's fine as a teacher." The young woman turned into Fu Qingluan in the blink of an eye, leaned over to watch the old couple and the strong man observe for a while, and with the spiritual power of her right hand, the three of them immediately faded away the superficial spells, shrinking It became three mummified corpses. Looking at this scene, Fu Qingluan shook his head helplessly: "I didn't expect to spend so much effort, and there were three puppet corpses again."
"Master, you don't have to worry too much about it." Instead, Xie Yu looked calm and brushed off the snowflakes from Fu Qingluan's hair and shoulders, and at the same time put the prepared sable fur on his body.
As soon as I said this, the yamen servants and strong men who went inside had already ran out with joy on their faces: "The two immortal masters, as you expected, they found the missing women in the house."
"It's just my job. If they don't get in the way, I'll bother you guys later." Xie Yu nodded slightly and responded gracefully.
The yamen servants and the brawny men seemed to be in awe of Xie Yu and Fu Qingluan, they bowed and went to deal with it without disturbing them.
Fu Qingluan quietly looked at the snowflakes outside, but her eyes were thoughtful: "Yu'er, after we left Qionglu Town, although we found out a lot of news, we went around so many towns, but we couldn't find it." It can only be traced to this point, it seems that it is time for us to make up our minds."
"Since the master is interested, the apprentice must accompany him." Xie Yu's eyebrows and eyes were faint. In his line of sight, only Fu Qingluan's back was engraved in it, and there was nothing else.
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At some point, there were only a few dozens of families left in the once prosperous Qionglu Town, and among the remaining families, the most affluent family had no income for several years.
The head of the family heard rumors from outside that he didn't believe in ghosts and gods. Under pressure, he had to go to Xuexiang with his wife. After half a year, he came back with a child in his arms and named him Ayuan.
Since the arrival of A Yuan, the head of this family has been uncharacteristically. Not only has he become more shrewd and capable, he has also used some method to rediscover new veins. With the revival of the town, the lost family has returned here again. The boss also became the mayor.
However, I don’t know if it’s a curse. All the families couldn’t give birth to new babies. At the suggestion of the mayor, all the families went to Xuexiang. In a few years, almost every family in the town had an extra baby. A child from Xuexiang.
From then on, things started to go a bit wrong.
First of all, Ah Qi felt that the older children who often played with him began to become weird. Not only did they no longer tire of taking care of their younger siblings from Xuexiang, but they surrounded them every day and didn't like to talk to others.
The adults in the town also lost their original innocence, and began to be inconsistent with each other. On the surface, they were friendly with others, but in private they were very repulsive to outsiders.
Then, as the children from Xuexiang grew up, they were revered as "little gods" by the adults, especially the leader, A Yuan, who was so powerful that he was always smiling, but if anyone didn't listen to him , that person will definitely disappear immediately, and then reappear after a while, it will be different from the past.
Ah Qi was still young at the time, these feelings were only vague, and he had no special consciousness, but he truly discovered that these differences came from the appearance of the beggar he called Qi Dae.
Ah Qi didn't know what that beggar's name was, except that he suddenly appeared in the town, and when he appeared, he yelled, "Ah Yuan and the others are a scourge, you have to kill them to save them."
Later, seeing that the townspeople didn't respond and attacked him instead, they snatched a child who was not from Xuexiang and ran away. A Yuan led many people but couldn't catch him, so A Yuan was so angry when he saw the boy who appeared in the town. Beggars will be killed.
That beggar appeared not only once, but many times afterwards, but Ah Yuan kept people on guard. Although the beggar was powerful, he suffered a lot, but he still let him snatch away two children, even though they were not The children from Xuexiang, but one of them is Ah Qi's playmate, and with Ah Yuan's encouragement, Ah Qi is also full of hatred and fear for this beggar.
At first, Ah Qi was very scared and didn't dare to sleep alone, but there was a younger brother from Xuexiang at home, so his parents didn't take him seriously for a long time.
One night, he was sleeping alone in the woodshed. He woke up in his sleep and found that the beggar was flying him in the air with blood on his body. in the cave.
Ah Qi, who was terrified at first, thought that he would be eaten or killed, but when he arrived at the cave, he saw the three "dead" children that Ah Yuan had said before. Instead of dying, they were alive and well.
The beggar didn't seem to be able to speak, and he didn't pay attention to others. Ah Qi learned from the three children that it was the beggar who took care of the three of them.
Ah Qi didn't trust the beggar, so he persuaded the three children to run away at night while the beggar was asleep. When he was about to reach the town, he saw A Yuan, but unexpectedly, instead of welcoming them, A Yuan turned to them. Four shots.
At the moment of crisis, the beggar appeared, rescued the four people, and brought them back to the cave. However, the beggar was also seriously injured that time, and it took a long time to heal. more confused.
From then on, Ah Qi and the others stopped thinking about the town and their parents, and began to eat and live with the beggar, calling him Qi Dae.
Several times during the period, Ah Yuan led people to block Ah Qi and the four of them in the forest outside the town several times, and each time they were rescued by the beggars to save their lives.
The reason why Ah Qi was caught by Ah Yuan this time was because one of the three children couldn't help but miss his family and went home secretly. When Ah Qi found out, it was already too late and wanted to go rescue Qi Dae together. , but Qi's father was seriously injured at some point, so he managed to rescue the child, and Ah Qi was caught by Ah Yuan, and then put in the temple.
Ah Qi looked forward to the stars and the moon, but couldn't wait for anyone to rescue him. When he was about to give up, he ran into Fu Qingluan and Xie Yu unexpectedly.
"If it wasn't for Father Qi, my three younger brothers and I would have died long ago." Looking at the collapsed townsfolk in front of him, thinking of the tragic situation of the beggar just now, Ah Qi's tone started to choke again, Mingming's shoulders trembled slightly, but he still clenched his lower lip, clenched his fists, and raised his head slightly. He didn't want others to see the weakness in his eyes.
"Good boy, it's not your fault." Fu Qingluan gently patted his head.
While speaking, Fu Lin took Tang Yushui and landed behind Xie Yu. The three shy children were put on the ground by Xie Yu and Fu Lin.
The moment Ah Qi saw the three children, she stood up in surprise.
As soon as the three children saw Ah Qi, they seemed to have seen a savior, and they all stepped forward and hugged him: "Brother Qi, Father Qi is gone!"
Ah Qi didn't seem to have expected to see the three of them here, and held the three of them tightly in front of him, as if he wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a while, he still gave up: "Good boy, yes Brother is here, don't be afraid."
"Master, there are no other children in that cave." Xie Yu stepped forward and told Fu Qingluan.
Fu Qingluan nodded, got up slowly, and came to Fu Lin and Tang Yushui's side.
Fu Lin and Tang Yushui, after listening to Xie Yu's generalization on the road, looked at the townspeople and children lying down on the ground, and felt the clear breath of death coming from them, their eyes couldn't help being very tangled.
"Lin'er, Xiao Yu'er, stand back." Fu Qingluan stretched out his robe sleeves, pushed the two of them behind him, then looked at the densely packed townspeople in front of him, and said loudly: "The heaven and the earth are clear, You can tell the sun and the moon, this must not be your original intention, so let me save you."
As soon as Fu Qingluan said this, he immediately stepped on the seven stars, pointed his hands together, and echoed with the wandering dragon in the sky. In an instant, the Big Dipper, which was originally far away, seemed to be inspired, and slowly fell from the sky. It turned into a fire of seven colors, reversed into a circle, and connected into one piece, engulfing all the townspeople on the ground, and with Fu Qingluan's soft drink, it suddenly burst into flames.
The seven-colored fire was extremely violent, and the place where the karmic fire of resentment was ignited instantly disappeared.
Although Xie Yu stood in front of him, he still couldn't completely block the sight of Ah Qi and the others. There was a wailing and miserable scene in front of them. Ah Qi and the others were stunned, looking at the familiar faces among the townspeople, who were standing in place Struggling and twisting, not in human form, a sense of sadness suddenly rose in their hearts, and the warm pictures in their minds flew by like a revolving lantern, uncontrollably, strings of crystal tears slipped from the corners of their eyes , wet the wasteland under his feet.
"Don't think that even if you win like this, someone will avenge us—!" A Yuan clenched his teeth and said bitterly to Fu Qingluan.
"Don't worry, I will send that person to the Demon Realm to reunite with you in a short time." With a wave of Fu Qingluan, a gust of wind blew up, and the raging flames of samadhi spread all over the world, accompanied by soaring resentment. It was swept away and disappeared without a trace.
A clear air suddenly filled the space between the sky and the earth. Although Qionglu Town is no longer what it used to be, under the faint moonlight, even the ruins have become much softer, and it is no longer the cold and lonely feeling of desolation before.
The three of Xie Yu made a move to help Ah Qi and the others make a tomb of the beggar's corpse. Looking at the four mourning children in front of the tomb, Fu Qingluan was thoughtful.
"Lin'er, Xiao Yu'er, you two bring these four children back to Qingyang, and then report the situation here to the head master." Under the moonlight, Fu Qingluan stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the ruins like In the town of Qionglu, there was a sense of majesty in his plain expression, "For my master and your big brothers, I'm going to meet the culprit of Xuexiang."
Xueze, an important town in the north.
Even though it was only September, there were already mottled snowflakes floating on the streets here, and the cold wind carried dense snowflakes flying around, instantly raising snow fog all over the sky, making people unable to open their eyes.
Pedestrians who were already in a hurry on the street quickly lowered the brim of their hats, wrapped their already tight cotton clothes tighter, folded their hands in their sleeves, and hurried forward with their heads lowered.
At the end of the street, an elderly couple knelt and begged in the snow. They had been here for an unknown amount of time. A layer of frost had already formed on their brows, but they still didn't call even a passerby to stop. Take a look at them.
As the last pedestrian walked around them, the old couple finally resigned to their fate, stopped stretching out their hands and making no noise, and both leaned on the ground with fatigue, looking as if they were about to die.
A young woman walking in the snow saw this scene and hurried forward: "You two old men, are you all right?"
Looking at the blue and purple lips of the two old men, the young woman took off the scarf wrapped around her head and put it on the old woman's shoulders facing the snowflakes. After groping around for a while, she took out a More than a dozen copper coins are about to be stuffed into the hands of the old lady: "Although this money is not much, it is enough for you old couple to buy some warm things."
"Miss, this can't be done." The old woman hurriedly blocked the young woman's hand, and said gratefully: "Our old couple is only here for the first time. I have an address, but because I am illiterate and have no one to help me, I lost my way, if the miss doesn't mind, can you help us find this place."
Having said that, the old man took out a note with trembling hands, and handed it to the young woman.
When the young woman saw the words on it, she immediately smiled, and even the peach mole between her eyebrows seemed to be blooming. This smile was like spring flowers blooming, and the sun was shining. The warm person seemed to forget the severe cold around him: "Old man, I know this address, if you don't mind, let me take you there."
As soon as the two old people heard this, they immediately thanked them a lot, and they almost kowtowed. The young woman hurriedly helped the two old people up, turned the corner and walked towards another street.
This address is quite deep. The young woman led two elderly people through the alleys and alleys. It took a while to find a door that matched the address in a corner. Looking at the greasy black heavy curtain outside, the young woman hurried He pointed out the place to the two old men and helped them to the front.
After a few light knocks, the door behind the curtain opened. In the dark doorway, a hand suddenly stretched out and pulled the young woman in. Just as the young woman was about to exclaim, the trembling two behind her The old man immediately moved like a rabbit, covering his mouth and grabbing, and pushed the young woman into the door as quickly as possible.
With a "squeak", the door closed again. Seeing the light gradually narrowing in sight, the young woman who had been tied up by five flowers showed a look of despair in her sight.
"Dong dong dong." In the three sounds almost at the same time, the old couple and a strong man fell to the ground at once. Seeing that the closed door was opened again, more than a dozen yamen servants and strong men rushed in, and the old couple and the strong man It was tied up, and under the bright light, Xie Yu, who had appeared earlier, pointed the way to the house for the servants, while tearing the tight rope around the young woman: "Master, How are you?"
"It's fine as a teacher." The young woman turned into Fu Qingluan in the blink of an eye, leaned over to watch the old couple and the strong man observe for a while, and with the spiritual power of her right hand, the three of them immediately faded away the superficial spells, shrinking It became three mummified corpses. Looking at this scene, Fu Qingluan shook his head helplessly: "I didn't expect to spend so much effort, and there were three puppet corpses again."
"Master, you don't have to worry too much about it." Instead, Xie Yu looked calm and brushed off the snowflakes from Fu Qingluan's hair and shoulders, and at the same time put the prepared sable fur on his body.
As soon as I said this, the yamen servants and strong men who went inside had already ran out with joy on their faces: "The two immortal masters, as you expected, they found the missing women in the house."
"It's just my job. If they don't get in the way, I'll bother you guys later." Xie Yu nodded slightly and responded gracefully.
The yamen servants and the brawny men seemed to be in awe of Xie Yu and Fu Qingluan, they bowed and went to deal with it without disturbing them.
Fu Qingluan quietly looked at the snowflakes outside, but her eyes were thoughtful: "Yu'er, after we left Qionglu Town, although we found out a lot of news, we went around so many towns, but we couldn't find it." It can only be traced to this point, it seems that it is time for us to make up our minds."
"Since the master is interested, the apprentice must accompany him." Xie Yu's eyebrows and eyes were faint. In his line of sight, only Fu Qingluan's back was engraved in it, and there was nothing else.
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