General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

Huo Changying set up barriers all around, outsiders could not hear the fighting in the house.

But at the moment when the dark shadow hiding in Liu's house revealed its original form, the originally cramped atmosphere with swords facing each other seemed to have a strange looseness.

The general returned to the sheath, and Xiao Duo stood beside Huo Changying, looking at the scene in front of him with complicated eyes.

Huo Changying looked at the civet cat whose fur was blown up in the charm chain, with a hint of playfulness in his eyes, and thought that if Ah Fei was here, one mouse and one cat, maybe it would be interesting.

Ah Fei, who was eating the pastries handed over by Lan Nianjun in Duke Jin's mansion, suddenly felt a chill down his back, his hairs all over his body exploded, he tilted his little head, and when he realized that nothing seemed to have happened, he shook his hairs and was overjoyed again Diandi went to eat the pastry handed by his little fairy.

Huo Changying didn't activate the spell, and the demon-locking charm only vaguely surrounded the civet cat, forming an invisible barrier that didn't bind the civet cat firmly, but the demon couldn't get out even though it was inside.

The civet cat's fur is bright and there is no trace of wind and sun. It is clearly well-cared for by people. The black fur on its forehead seems to vaguely form a "king" character.

Huo Changying's eyes lit up, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

only……

Huo Changying squinted his eyes excitedly, put his arms around Xiao Duo and whispered in a low voice: "This cat, is it still a little milk cat that hasn't grown up?" Cloud Nine.

The blue veins on Xiao Duo's forehead twitched suddenly, and his eyes fell on the safety knot Huo Changying had made for himself. The bright red knot shook slightly with the scabbard, shaking his heart for a while.Ever since he reunited with Changying, spiritual and mysterious things have been happening around the boy. This kind of powerlessness and frustration that he doesn't understand and cannot protect Changying washes over his heart again and again. At a certain moment, he seems to return to To that evening nine years ago...

It's that powerless.

And what made him feel even more distressed was his eldest baby, how many times he had survived many dangers in these years, and now he can face it calmly.

Seeing the scar on Huo Changying's palm, Xiao Duo's heart ached fiercely. He grabbed the shaking red sword tassel, glanced quickly at the civet cat, and said calmly, "Look at your stature, it's not more than a month old."

After a pause, he glanced at Huo Changying beside him who was full of interest, and said, "It's a tomcat."

"I know," Huo Changying subconsciously said, then suddenly remembered something, stopped abruptly, smiled and did not speak again.

He thought of Xiao Duo's attitude towards the potted male peony at home, and Huo Changying seemed to understand, "General Changfeng is upright, not close to beauty." The comment in the history book suddenly appeared in his mind.

Huo Changying rubbed his chin, Xiao Duo... he shouldn't like such a charming male goblin, can it be said that he is not broken sleeve?

If so, Xiao Duo would not have developed friendship with the man. Huo Changying thought of Qisi who had been enlightened by the flower demon. He didn't know his feelings at the moment, but even if he really... fell in love with Xiao Duo in the future.

He lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the fringe of the general's sword hilt. The man's slender and strong fingers, with thick calluses from years of martial arts practice, were repeatedly stroking the bright red peace knot.

Huo Changying's ears suddenly became hot, as if what the man was holding was not the knot woven by his hands, but... his fingers.

——"Speaking of General Changfeng, a young talent who fought on the battlefield and was stationed in the Western Regions for decades, making the fourteen countries of the Western Regions dare not invade. He died in the siege of Baicheng."

The old servant shook the floating dust, and said with infinite regret: "'If there is a long wind, there will be no chaos in the world'... Alas, there is no such fierce general in Great Yin anymore."

In the previous life, the words of the chief servant were still in my ears, whether it was a deduction of a legend or the truth.

Every time Huo Changying thinks about it, his heart will stagnate. Da Yin forbids officials to get involved with Long Yang, so if there is such a day, he will take back his feelings.

Don't make it difficult for Xiao Duo.

The people around him were surprisingly silent and did not answer, Xiao Duo couldn't help turning his head to look at Huo Changying, seeing the young man's lowered brows and eyes, doubts flashed across his eyes.

In that room, Miss Liu's family completely lost the restraint of a lady, she patted the invisible wall of light enveloped by the spell like crazy, her tears couldn't stop streaming down her face, her voice was choked up, and she kept calling "Gu Lang" over and over again.

The civet cat, who was tied up in the light wall, bared its teeth and yelled at Huo Changying and Xiao Duo threateningly, then turned its head to comfort Miss Liu and said softly, "Meow--"

Why did he see iron-boned tenderness from a cat?

Huo Changying: "..." The fingers at the bottom of the sleeve moved, suppressing the urge to poke the civet cat's soft white belly.

After taking two steps forward, Huo Changying said softly, "Miss Liu, I don't mean anything malicious."

"What are you going to do?!" Hearing the words, Miss Liu stood in front of the civet cat, staggered, looked at the two of them vigilantly, hatred gradually welled up in her eyes, which added to her originally indifferent and cold appearance. Leng Yi, "How can we arrest Gu Lang without any malicious intentions!"

"Meow!"

The civet cat followed Miss Liu's family and bared its teeth at Huo Changying, making a dangerous cry of approval.

It's just that the civet cat is petite at this time, and its slender meow is not majestic at all, but makes people want to hug him and rub him for a while.

Huo Changying suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked without answering: "Since this cat is raised by Ms. Liu, then..."

As soon as he changed the subject, he immediately withdrew the gentle smile in his tone, and suddenly glanced at Miss Liu with cold eyes: "Miss Liu must not know that this is a raccoon demon in human form, right?"

Miss Liu's mind was suddenly punctured, and her face turned pale inch by inch. The civet cat in the light wall glared at Huo Changying angrily, and then looked at Miss Liu's distressedly, but couldn't break free from the confinement of the lock demon spell. Can meow in a hurry.

Huo Changying lowered his head and straightened his sleeves, raised his head and showed his face to Miss Liu's family, "I'm not talented, I'm worthy of being a demon catcher."

Hearing this, Miss Liu suddenly raised her head to look at Huo Changying, the hatred in her eyes was gradually replaced by fear, and the tears she held back fell down, she choked up, her tone seemed to have a trace of despair: "Gu Lang, even if he is The demon has never harmed anyone, I beg you... please, he is just worried about me and stays with me." The words were broken, almost crying.

Miss Liu's family, who was hit one after another, almost collapsed, Natou was about to bow to Huo Changying.

Huo Changying was startled, he just wanted to find out the monster hidden in the mansion, now it seems that the civet cat is indeed a monster, and there is a domineering monster in it, although it is not as pure as Ah Fei, it is not as pure as Ah Fei. With a trace of evil spirit, he also put out his plan to subdue the demon.

He took two steps forward, wanting to help Miss Liu's family up, but Xiao Duo was one step ahead of him, stretched out his long arm, put the scabbard on Miss Liu's arm, and brought him directly onto the stool.

Huo Changying: "..."

He blinked in confusion, but Xiao Duo didn't want to explain more, he just stood with his sword in his arms and stood back beside him with a sullen face.

Huo Changying knew that Xiao Duo would not intervene when encountering spirits, gods, monsters and the like, and just stood behind him silently, as if he was an elder who indulged children in wandering around, and if there was any danger standing behind him, he would immediately strike.

As he thought about it, his heart warmed up, but he was suppressed by himself.

He tried his best to warn himself that he should not let Xiao Duo become a stumbling block on his way. He would not allow history books to be passed on in the future, and there was a trace of stain in the biography of General Changfeng.

Huo Changying took a deep breath in his heart, looked at the Miss Liu family and said, "I am not a heartless person, and everything must have a cause and effect. There have been several bizarre murders in Yong'an City for no reason, and even officials from the court were involved."

He glanced at Miss Liu's family with piercing eyes: "But the Liu family has demons!"

Miss Liu's face paled and trembled, she tried her best to argue: "No, that's not the case, Gu Lang was by my side nine years ago, and he came down to live in Yong'an City because of me."

"Oh?"

Huo Changying tapped the folding fan on his palm, raised his eyebrows, turned his head and exchanged glances with Xiao Duo, "Nine years ago, I heard that the Liu family was not the number one rich family in Yong'an City?"

Miss Liu's original vigilance was gradually broken by successive blows. She nodded tiredly: "Nine years ago... it was a luxury for a family to have a full meal, unlike now..." She smiled wryly, her eyes were red, and her face was red. Still with tears.

"At that time, my mother was still there. Although the family lived in poverty, they enjoyed themselves happily until..."

Miss Liu's family said, sadness and fear suddenly welled up in her eyes.

The north wind howled through the window lattice, blowing away the incense curling in the house.

"Nine years ago, my father got a sum of money from nowhere, and wanted to take me back to Yong'an City from my hometown in the countryside to celebrate the New Year, and my life began from that year, and I will never go back to the usual days of my daughter's home, embroidering mirrors. .”

"I still remember that winter, when the mountains were covered by heavy snow..."

Following Miss Liu's icy voice, it was as if a icy wind was blowing up and snow was blowing across the eyes of the three of them, and it was nine years in a blink of an eye.

Liu Quan, who lives in the south of the city, had just bought a few shops in a good location in Dongshi and was at a loss for resources, so he had to ask a fellow villager who had returned to work in his hometown to pick up his daughter.

On the way, I passed a mountain. Because of the cold and heavy snow, it was difficult for horses to walk. The young girl turned over the mountain with her uncle from the same village.

In a world of ice and snow, the little girl's face was flushed red from the cold, but she never cried out that she was tired, and her eyes were still shining with anticipation.

She knew that she was about to see her father and mother, and that the family could finally spend the New Year together. When she returned to the village, she would be able to raise her head and hold her chest up and say to the children who laughed at her——she has parents, doesn’t she? Wild child!

The more the little girl thought about it, the happier she became. The cold wind was blowing on her face and it hurt her, but she still walked happily.

Mishaps happen only in the blink of an eye.

The little girl only felt that the sun reflected on the snow, and the strong light and shadow suddenly burst in front of her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, there was only darkness in front of her eyes, and a strong smell of blood filled the tip of her nose.

She found out later that the blade was only an inch away from her neck.

She blankly called her uncle from the same village, but no one answered. She was panicked, and after a while, a pair of warm hands covered her eyes. Before she could react, a man's gentle voice was heard next to her ear, and he said in a low voice: "Close your eyes."

The little girl's body stiffened, and her consciousness fell into a coma.

When she woke up, she was in a cave, but she didn't feel the cold at all. Later, she found that it was the kitten in her arms that shielded her from the cold wind.

Seeing her wake up, the little cat let out a weak cry, the voice was weak, and the eyelids were raised and closed again.

Only then did she realize that the civet cat's front legs had been cut with blood and flesh. The little girl felt distressed, and frantically bandaged the kitten, holding the kitten carefully in her arms.

When she woke up, there was no sign of the kitten in the cave.

The little girl lost her way in the mountains, and luckily met a hunter who sent her to Yong'an City. When she wanted to say thank you, she couldn't remember the face of the hunter.

The little girl dragged her exhausted body back to Liu's house, but what greeted her was a house full of pale spirit banners.

The little girl's mother is gone.

"When I returned to Yong'an City after a narrow escape, my mother was already lying in the coffin, not breathing, and her hands were icy cold."

"I stood by the coffin, and I couldn't figure out why a good family had come to this point, but when my mother left, she still had a smile on her face, and I knew she might be thinking, 'That's great, my Husbands and daughters don't have to go hungry anymore'."

Miss Liu's family said, tears streaming down silently, civet cat looked up and felt distressed, and scratched the light wall anxiously, making piercing noises.

Huo Changying couldn't bear it, and waved his long sleeves to remove the demon-locking spell. The civet cat didn't care about settling accounts with Huo Changying, and ran to Miss Liu's knee with a brisk stride. Because he was restrained by Huo Changying's spell, he was still inhuman, so he had to use his furry little paws to gently He patted the back of Miss Liu's hand.

Meowing distressedly.

Miss Liu's family squeezed the civet cat's little meat pad, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, her eyes were tender, and she said, "It's okay, Gu Lang came to me later."

At that time, the young girl didn't know that it was a cat demon who saved her in the mountains.

Although the little girl was grateful in her heart, the pain of her mother's passing away and her father's remarriage gradually blurred the warmth left in her heart by that man.

When she knew that Mrs. Liu was pregnant, the resentment that had been suppressed in her heart surged out.

Occasionally, one day, the kitten who lived with her in the cave suddenly came to her side, and she stopped.

"My mother's child is gone, but my father didn't remarry. My father actually knew that I did it, but he didn't pursue it."

Huo Changying asked: "Is this why Madam Liu hates you?"

Miss Liu Jia nodded, as if thinking of something, she hesitated: "Actually, I don't know where my father got the money back then, and his attitude towards my young lady these years has been neither cold nor indifferent, and he seems to be afraid of something. "

Miss Liu's family spoke, frowned, and said hesitantly: "I always feel that someone is watching Liu's family."

The author has something to say:

Hey, the author is like a cat, the three-dimensional is too busy, and I pray that I will not work overtime during the May Day holiday~~~

Thanks to the green ghost cherub for the landmine, pull it over (づ￣3￣)づ such a one!