After being forced to attack four old enemies
Chapter 60 (1)
"Mengqing and so on."
Xin Qingmeng stopped walking when she heard Hu Xinghe's words.His indigo gauze swayed in a slight arc in the air, and he turned his head slightly to look at Hu Xinghe, still only showing the lower half of his face.The moderately thick lips were pursed, and the expression could not be seen clearly.
However, Hu Xinghe read Xin Qingmeng's doubts from this subtle movement.
He seemed to be a man of few words, or maybe he was only like this to strangers, he could not talk too much, and he would not give people the feeling of indifference, but only made people feel that he was restrained and even a little shy.
Hu Xinghe walked to Xin Qingmeng's side in three steps and two steps at a time, raised his head and showed a smiling face to Xin Qingmeng, his eyes were as bright as a pair of black jade.
"Why are you two the same age, and get along so well, why don't you get acquainted?"
Hu Xinghe said with a playful smile, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with saying that he hit it off with someone who had only talked with him for two or three sentences.
On the other hand, Xin Qingmeng seemed startled by Hu Xinghe's straightforward words. He tilted his head while wearing a bamboo hat so that his face could not be seen clearly, and he said in a gentle and soft voice with some hesitation, "Do you get along...to hit it off?"
Hu Xinghe's smile became brighter, his eyes half-closed, bent into a line, nodded heavily and said: "Well, hit it off!"
Xin Qingmeng stopped talking again, as if she didn't know what to say in this situation, so she simply fell silent.He stood there quietly, like an ancient tree rooted here.
Hu Xinghe didn't accept the words, he didn't speak, he didn't leave, he waited silently and politely for whether Hu Xinghe had anything to say.
This appearance inexplicably reminded Hu Xinghe of those monks and Taoists who meditated all day long, their hearts were like still water, calm and indifferent, even if they copied scriptures for a day, they would not feel boring.
The corners of Fox Xinghe's mouth twitched calmly, the lobby was crowded and noisy, the weather in May and June had already started to get hot, Fox Xinghe thought for a while and said: "It's noisy here, it's not like I go upstairs to make tea in the private room ?”
Unexpectedly, Xin Qingmeng shook his head and rejected Hu Xinghe: "I still have a volume of scriptures that I haven't transcribed, so I can't go to make tea with you."
After he finished speaking, he still stood in the same place, quietly waiting for Hu Xinghe's words, as if he had to get permission from Hu Xinghe before leaving.
Seeing Xin Qingmeng's appearance, Hu Xinghe couldn't help curling his lips, thinking that the last reincarnation of Emperor Wu Rui was really cute.
Right now, he can't be too eager, so Hu Xinghe could only nod his head, looked at Xin Qingmeng with a pair of extremely reluctant eyes and said, "Okay then."
Xin Qingmeng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and bowed to Hu Xinghe, and said with a relaxed voice: "So I will go first."
This mountain wind didn't stay any longer, it blew past Hu Xinghe and left the noisy lobby.A pair of clean dark blue cloth shoes stepped on the old wooden ladder, and the stairs creaked softly.
Hu Xinghe ran up the stairs in a few steps again, followed behind Xin Qingmeng, and met Xin Qingmeng's slightly puzzled eyes.Hu Xinghe raised his chin and smiled, "I'll go inside too, it's too hot outside."
Xin Qingmeng nodded, didn't say much, and went upstairs towards her room.The two walked towards a long corridor one after the other, and when Xin Qingmeng pushed his room away, Hu Xinghe also pushed his room away.
Hu Xinghe looked up at the wooden sign on the door of Xin Qingmeng's room. The wooden sign was engraved with large maroon characters - Room No. 38, Tianzi.
It happened to be next door to Fox Xinghe.
As for why Hu Xinghe met Xin Qingmeng in the inn today, it may be because Xin Qingmeng also came to this inn.
When Xin Qingmeng entered the room, he glanced at Hu Xinghe, and Hu Xinghe immediately looked back, and saw Xin Qingmeng turned his head away, nodded slightly at Hu Xinghe, and quickly entered the room.
The wooden door closed with a soft knocking sound.
Hu Xinghe reluctantly withdrew his eyes, and entered the room with his last foot.
This afternoon, Hu Xinghe basically never left the house.Holding the cold sweet lychee water brought by Xiao Er, he half-closed his eyes comfortably.
The white porcelain bowl is pure and transparent sweet water, in which there are a few crystal-clear lychees that have been peeled off the seeds, and a few cold crushed ice cubes, dotted with a cool green mint leaf.The sweetness of lychee intertwined with the cool aroma of mint leaves is simply irresistible.
Hu Xinghe was lazily lying on the chair, wearing only a light white underwear and a thin blue gauze that couldn't be thinner. He scooped a piece of cold lychee meat with a porcelain spoon and stuffed it into his mouth. The comfortable feeling made Hu Xinghe feel so happy that he wanted to cry.
How long has he not lived such a peaceful and comfortable life!
As expected, staying away from the chaotic center was the most correct choice. From now on, he just needs to follow Xin Qingmeng every step of the way to complete this last task. When the four souls unite, he can return to the fairyland smoothly.
At that time, his status in the heavens will be greatly improved, and he will become a god of the same level as Emperor Wu Rui, and he will no longer be a little fox fairy who cannot be ranked in the heavens.
Fantasizing about the day of returning to the heavenly realm, Hu Xinghe kept an eye on the movements in Xin Qingmeng's room.Ever since Xin Qingmeng returned to the room, the room has been extremely quiet, only occasional slight sounds can be heard, proving that he is still in the room.
Hu Xinghe was so curious that he wanted to know what Xin Qingmeng was doing bored in the room, but in order not to frighten the rather introverted Yuedi, Hu Xinghe could only suppress his curiosity and hold his mouth. The porcelain spoon rolled over and over on the seat.
This is the second morning.
Xin Qingmeng never came out of the house, and even the dinner was served by the waiter after asking.
Hu Xinghe was eating roast chicken in the room, so bored that he wanted to scratch the wall.
In the morning of the second day, the wooden door of the next room was finally pushed open with a soft "squeak".
Xin Qingmeng's footsteps were very soft, and the soft cloth shoes barely made a sound when they walked on the ground.However, when he reached the door of Hu Xinghe's room, the wooden door of Hu Xinghe's room was pushed open with a "bang", which shocked Xin Qingmeng and stopped in his tracks.
Hu Xinghe, who was dressed in a light blue gauze, flew out of the room and stood still in front of Xin Qingmeng. His eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and his cheeks were rosy. He said to Xin Qingmeng: "What a coincidence!" , are you going downstairs too?"
Xin Qingmeng: "..."
Is this really... a coincidence?
Xin Qingmeng stared at Hu Xinghe in silence for a while, and when he caught Hu Xinghe's gaze, he pressed down his bamboo hat, covering the upper half of his face more thoroughly, revealing only a white chin and a slender neck.
He was wearing plain indigo clothes, and he had a clean and gentle temperament, even in the face of Hu Xinghe's recklessness, he seemed polite and polite.Xin Qingmeng nodded, and replied to Hu Xinghe: "Yes, go downstairs."
Hu Xinghe, who thought Xin Qingmeng would only say "um", was actually a little moved by Xin Qingmeng's extra two words.Cursing himself secretly in his heart, Hu Xinghe smiled and said to Xin Qingmeng: "Then together."
Xin Qingmeng nodded, agreeing to Hu Xinghe's request.
The two walked down the stairs one after the other, immediately attracting the attention of everyone in the inn.
It's really that these two people's figures and auras are too outstanding.
Although Xin Qingmeng, who was walking in the front, was wearing a bamboo hat and could not see his face clearly, his aura far surpassed everyone else, making everyone who saw him feel as if they had seen the cool breeze of the valley, giving them a peaceful and distant feeling.
And Hu Xinghe has a slender figure, agile temperament, small and exquisite facial features, a youthful feeling, and a natural charm in his eyes, which makes people feel good when they see him.
Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng found a corner to sit down as usual, and ordered a few light dishes.Not long after, the waiter in the shop brought over all the side dishes.
"Two guest officers, please slow down!"
When the store waiter left, he looked back at the two of them, and felt that the two figures, one blue and one blue, were sitting opposite each other, they looked very pleasing to the eye, they were a match made in heaven.
Xin Qingmeng still ordered two vegetarian dishes, while Hu Xinghe ordered two pastries and one lychee sweet water.
The sweet and cold lychee sweet water paired with the soft pastry made Hu Xinghe almost squint his eyes with happiness. While scooping up the sweet water with a porcelain spoon, he stuffed the pastry into his mouth with the other hand.
In contrast, Xin Qingmeng's demeanor was much more refined, and he waited until everything in his mouth was swallowed before he moved his chopsticks to take a bite, eating with a sense of elegance.
The two are free and easy and elegant, which can be regarded as complementing each other.
The lobby in the morning was full of men in their twenties. These men came from all over the world. When they got together, they would inevitably talk about rumors and some interesting things that happened in different places.
The people in the lobby were originally discussing among themselves, but somehow they all talked about one thing.This incident was so sensational that almost everyone had heard of it, so almost everyone in the lobby was discussing it later.
"I heard that the monarchs of both Jingguo and Yanguo are looking for an heir to the throne."
"It's not surprising if you say it's strange. Neither King Jing nor Yan have any heirs, so they can only find the crown prince from their own clans."
"I've heard a saying that both the King of Jing and the King of Yan fell in love with a man. Because of this man, they didn't marry the concubine, let alone leave half a child."
"Didn't there be a big event some time ago, King Jing actually exchanged twenty cities for a male favourite!"
"I don't know what kind of beauty this male favorite is. He can charm two kings at the same time. This is simply unheard of."
"Hey, tell me, the monarch of the Ming Kingdom didn't marry a concubine, and he didn't have any heirs. Maybe he was also bewitched by that male favorite..."
As soon as this guess came out, the other people in the lobby were immediately terrified.
Someone then thought of the Yue Kingdom: "Didn't the monarch of our country not marry the princess..."
Xin Qingmeng, the ruler of the Moon Kingdom who was sitting opposite the Fox Xinghe River, said, "..."
The chopsticks holding the vegetables couldn't help shaking.
Fortunately, someone in the lobby immediately retorted: "What nonsense, our monarch came down the mountain because he has been following the gods to practice Taoism. Besides, our monarch is also a half-immortal. How could he be like those monarchs and be favored by a little boy?" Confused?"
Hu Xinghe, who was eating pastry, squinted his eyes, took another spoonful of lychee sweet water, and listened to the discussion with relish as if listening to a joke.
At this time, someone in the lobby sighed, slapped the desk and said with righteous indignation: "This male favorite is simply a goblin, otherwise how could he have such an ability to confuse people's hearts! Be so bewitched that those two kings don't even want their kingdoms!"
Another person said: "But the monarch of the Ming Kingdom should not be confused, after all, he is a famous evil star, even monsters are afraid of being killed by him. I see that the reason why the monarch of the Ming Kingdom does not have a concubine is because Because her fate is too fierce, she is doomed to have no wife, no children, and no daughters for the rest of her life."
Everyone has heard the rumors about Wu Yilie's lone star, and some people have discussed Wu Yilie's matter.
A man obviously knew about Wu Yilie's affairs, and he said in his heart: "This matter is absolutely not false, I am from the Ming Kingdom, my elder brother was the guardian of the Ming Kingdom, and because he stayed by the Ming Kingdom's side, Being restrained by the king of the Ming Dynasty, he was thrown off by the horse while riding, hit a hard rock, and died on the spot!"
What the man said made everyone feel unbelievable, and at the same time aroused everyone's interest, so the topic fell from Hu Xinghe to Wu Yilie.
This morning, Hu Xinghe listened to everyone's discussions with great interest, and stretched his waist in satisfaction.
Here Xin Qingmeng has already eaten, Hu Xinghe thought that Xin Qingmeng would go back to the room to continue copying the scriptures, but unexpectedly, after Xin Qingmeng nodded to Hu Xinghe, he turned around and walked outside.
Hu Xinghe quickly caught up with Xin Qingmeng, followed behind her like a little tail, and asked Xin Qingmeng: "Where are you going?"
Xin Qingmeng didn't seem to expect that Hu Xinghe would chase after her, her footsteps paused slightly, and she answered Hu Xinghe: "Walk around."
Hu Xinghe's eyes lit up immediately, and he walked happily beside Xin Qingmeng, like a small animal that rarely came out to let the wind go. Meng said: "Why are you staring blankly, let's go."
"Ah...?" Xin Qingmeng's lips couldn't help but open slightly, as if he didn't expect that there would be someone like Hu Xinghe who didn't see anyone at all. , walking side by side with Fox Xinghe.
The two walked on the street, one left and one right.
Hu Xinghe found that although Xin Qingmeng had a calm posture, when he saw some novelty items on the street, he would still stop for a while, and would not leave until he had seen enough.
He is like a child who has just entered the world, knows nothing about worldly affairs but is curious. He always retains a kind of innocence in his heart, but because of his calm personality, this curiosity is very restrained.
If it wasn't for Hu Xinghe's constant attention to Xin Qingmeng, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Hu Xinghe knew that Xin Qingmeng had practiced Taoism in the mountains since he was a child. Judging from Xin Qingmeng's character, he was not a person who was nostalgic for the prosperity of the world, so he didn't understand why Xin Qingmeng suddenly went down the mountain and made such a move. decision.
Why did Xin Qingmeng look for a 22-year-old man, and she had to leave the palace to hide her identity and wander around the palace.
Hu Xinghe couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Isn't Mengqing from Wangcheng?"
After Hu Xinghe finished speaking, he saw Xin Qingmeng tilted his head slightly, and his eyes seemed to fall on him. He didn't answer Hu Xinghe's question immediately, but said after thinking: "Yes and no."
He answered very seriously, not just talking nonsense, and judging from his character, he didn't look like a liar.
Hu Xinghe raised his eyebrows: "What does this mean? It's nothing, it's making me a little confused."
Xin Qingmeng continued to walk forward, as if he was silently feeling the local conditions and customs in the royal city, he looked away from Hu Xinghe, and explained in a gentle voice: "Although I am from the royal city, I am not in the royal city. grew up."
When Hu Xinghe heard this, he knew that Xin Qingmeng really didn't lie, and he told Fox Xinghe as much as he could without revealing his identity.
Hu Xinghe nodded, and asked with a smile: "Then where did you grow up? Why do I feel that Mengqing you rarely go out, it feels like you are on the street for the first time."
This question was one step closer than the previous one, and Hu Xinghe just asked it casually, not expecting Xin Qingmeng to answer.Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Xin Qingmeng would honestly answer Hu Xinghe's question.
"I grew up with my master and lived... in the mountains. This is my first time going down the mountain."
Hearing this, Hu Xinghe almost wanted to cover his cheek with his hands.He even felt that Xin Qingmeng was too honest, so that he had a subtle feeling in his heart, as if he had become a bad fox who deceived the little Taoist priest.
Because of this little bit of guilt in his heart, Hu Xinghe stopped an old man who was selling candied haws, and bought two bunches of candied haws.
The old man's hair was gray and his back was slightly bent. At first glance, he looked like a miserable person who had experienced the hardships of life.When Hu Xinghe stopped him, he looked terrified, wiped his hands on the white clothes, and quickly took two bunches of candied haws from the candied haws rack he was carrying, and handed them to Hu Xinghe, stammering: "Two cents, my lord."
When Hu Xinghe saw the old man, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, this is also a poor man.
He took the candied haws from the old man's hand and gave the old man a grain of silver directly.When the old man took the broken silver in his hand, he didn't show an expression of ecstasy, but called Hu Xinghe to stop, and said in an honest tone: "My lord, my lord, this is really too much!"
Hu Xinghe waved his hand: "Go ahead, it won't be easy for you."
When the old man heard this sentence, he froze in place for a while, with two bags of muddy old tears wrapped around his slack eyelids, unable to speak.
When Hu Xinghe was doing this, Xin Qingmeng had been quietly waiting by the side, like a silent mountain pine.He looked at the old man, as if he remembered something, lowered the brim of his hat with his fingers, pursed his lips, and watched the old man disappear into the crowd.
Hu Xinghe turned his head, looked at Xin Qingmeng with crooked smiling eyes, took out a bunch of candied haws from behind, almost handed it to Xin Qingmeng's mouth, and said to Xin Qingmeng with a smile: "Try the candied haws, you are on the mountain Probably haven't eaten it."
Hu Xinghe also deliberately said intimately: "It's vegetarian."
Xin Qingmeng stared at the bunch of candied haws in a daze, and opened his mouth, as if wanting to refuse, Hu Xinghe had already directly stuffed the candied haws into Xin Qingmeng's hands.
When their fingers touched, they both felt the warm touch from each other. This feeling of skin-to-skin contact made Xin Qingmeng withdraw her hand, holding the bunch of candied haws made of bamboo sticks in her hand.
Hu Xinghe happily stuffed candied haws into his mouth, and the sweet taste poured into his heart. He loved this folk gadget, it was so much better than the food in the heaven.
The immortals in the heavenly world don't even bother with these mortal items, and they eat all the elixir and flat peaches. These things are filthy things in the eyes of the immortals in the heavenly world.
But Hu Xinghe doesn't have this kind of concept, and lives extremely happily in the human world.
The crispy icing on the candied haws was bitten like ice slag and melted in the mouth, and then the sour taste of hawthorn permeated the mouth, making people saliva, sweet and sour mixed into a wonderful taste, people can't help but eat One after another.
Soon Hu Xinghe finished eating the candied haws in his hand, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Xin Qingmeng was still holding the bunch of candied haws in his hand, he didn't know whether to throw it away or what to do.
At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed across Hu Xinghe's mind, he slapped his forehead and said: "This is really a bad thing done with good intentions!"
Xin Qingmeng's eyes fell on Hu Xinghe, with slight doubts.
Hu Xinghe directly grabbed Xin Qingmeng's sleeve, turned his head and said anxiously to Xin Qingmeng, "We have to find the old man who sells candied haws."
Xin Qingmeng tilted his head slightly, as if he still didn't understand what Hu Xinghe meant, he raised his hand to lower the brim of his hat, only to realize that he was still holding the bunch of candied haws in his hand, so he pursed his lips and had no choice but to give up.
Although he didn't understand why Hu Xinghe wanted to find the old man so eagerly, he didn't object. He lowered his eyes to see that he was being held by the cuff by Hu Xinghe, and said softly, "Let's go."
However, the old man had long since disappeared into the crowd, and all he could see was pedestrians, and there was no sign of the old man at all.
Hu Xinghe was busy eating candied haws just now, and didn't pay attention to which direction the old man was walking.Xin Qingmeng suddenly took a step towards one direction, and the indigo clothes drew a slight arc in the air.
"This way." Xin Qingmeng said.
Hu Xinghe followed Xin Qingmeng and walked forward, but he still didn't see the old man after walking all the way.Hu Xinghe thought about it carefully, and felt that the old man must have gone out of the city, and he suddenly became anxious.
He pulled Xin Qingmeng's sleeve and ran straight out of the city, turning his head and said to Xin Qingmeng, "Go look outside the city."
The reason why he was so eager to find the old man was because of the piece of silver he gave him.The old man's brows were filled with blackness, which was obviously the expression of his imminent death. The piece of silver he gave at this time was no different from a reminder.If a caring person sees the silver on the old man, it is hard to guarantee that he will not feel sick and do things like murder.
Xin Qingmeng nodded, her gaze fell on Hu Xinghe's hand that was pulling her cuff all the time, she moved her lips and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it, just let Hu Xinghe pull herself.
Hu Xinghe's footsteps were like the wind, pulling Xin Qingmeng to speed up his pace, and the two of them passed through the crowd like a gust of wind, and ran straight to the south exit of Jingui City.Going in this direction can only correspond to the south gate.
The two passed through the city gate all the way, ran outside the city gate, and became embarrassed again.
I saw so many paths outside the city gate that I didn't know which path to take.If Hu Xinghe turned into a fox at this time, he could find the trace of the old man by following his breath, but with Xin Qingmeng by his side, he couldn't use this method.
Xin Qingmeng said suddenly: "Let me try."
Hu Xinghe couldn't help but glance at Xin Qingmeng, and saw Xin Qingmeng's lips move, and said softly, "Let me go first."
It was only then that Hu Xinghe realized that he was tugging on Xin Qingmeng's sleeve.This Xin Qingmeng was also like a boring gourd, allowing him to talk like this until she had to.
Hu Xinghe held back his laughter, but still couldn't hold back, he poofed a laugh.
Xin Qingmeng retracted his sleeves, avoiding Fox Xinghe's sight all the time, he reached out and broke off a branch from the tree next to him, and turned his back to Fox Xinghe.Just when Hu Xinghe thought that Xin Qingmeng was about to recite the formula and pinched his fingers, Xin Qingmeng suddenly threw the branch behind him.
The branch fell to the ground, just pointing to a path.
Hu Xinghe: "...Is this all right?"
Xin Qingmeng lowered the brim of her hat with her hands, revealing only her fair and clean chin, and a voice came from under the brim: "Yes."
Fox Xinghe: "..."
He really wanted to tell Xin Qingmeng, in fact, you don't have to be so shy, anyway, no one can see your face if you wear a hat.
The two hurried towards the path pointed by the branches, and after walking for about half a stick of incense, they suddenly heard the voice of the old man coming from ahead.There was a detour ahead, turning directly to the other side of the hillside, so Hu Xinghe could only hear the old man's voice, but did not see the old man's figure.
The old man seemed to be besieged by people, and kept begging for mercy: "Please let me go, my grandson is still waiting for this little money to see a doctor! I will kowtow to you now!"
Then someone said: "Master, I am also waiting for Yinliang to see a doctor. I haven't had enough food for many meals. I can only count you as unlucky to meet me this time."
Suddenly there was laughter from the people around.
When Hu Xinghe heard this, flames shot up in his eyes.He grabbed Xin Qingmeng's sleeve, walked out from the corner, looked around the crowd with a cold face, and saw the old man kneeling on the ground at a glance.
The old man's head hit the ground heavily, with muddy old tears in his eyes, his gray hair was in a mess, the gourd rack he was carrying was thrown aside, and candied haws were scattered everywhere.
The old man raised his head and saw Hu Xinghe's figure, his eyes widened in surprise, and then he was full of fear, and said to Hu Xinghe, "My lord, why are you here? Go, go!"
"My lord?" Hearing this, the man with a ferocious face suddenly lit up his eyes, looking up and down at Hu Xinghe.When he saw Hu Xinghe's exquisite and charming face, greedy expression suddenly appeared in his eyes: "What a beauty, I have never seen such a beautiful person before, how about giving me comfort?"
In addition to this ferocious man, there were three other people surrounding the old man, all men in their prime, wearing tattered and dirty clothes, with a look of idleness.
When they saw Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng, their eyes showed surprise, and they scanned Hu Xinghe back and forth with obscene eyes, swallowing desperately.
The old man kowtowed heavily on the ground: "I will give you the money, please let these two adults go!"
The ferocious man directly kicked the old man's frail body, trying to knock the old man down, but kept cursing: "Fuck you old bastard, do you have a place to talk here?"
But before his feet touched the old man, he suddenly let out a scream, and a stone shot across the air, hitting his knee hard.
With a crisp "click", the man's knees were directly crushed by the stone, and his whole body hit the ground like a heavy stone.The big man kept screaming in pain, his face was truly pale, and his clothes were instantly wetted by beads of sweat.
And the other three idle big men saw the bad situation and wanted to run away, and three more stones flew out of the sky, smashing into the knee sockets of everyone with the sound of breaking through the air.
All of a sudden, the four vicious men fell to the ground, screaming with snot and tears, and the mud covered their bodies and faces.
Hu Xinghe stepped forward to help the old man up. The old man didn't seem to expect things to develop like this. His face was full of joy after the catastrophe. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and knelt down to Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng on the spot. Coming down, tears flowed and said: "If there is no adult this time, it's really over. It doesn't matter if I get rid of my old bones, but...but..."
The old man cried so much that he couldn't speak, after Hu Xinghe comforted the old man, he turned around and found that the four big men had passed out.
Xin Qingmeng stood among the four of them, wearing a bamboo hat, and the hem of her clothes was blown by the wind, looking like an outsider.
He didn't know what method he used to control these four people.
Hu Xinghe was a little surprised, he thought that Xin Qingmeng was powerless, but he didn't expect Xin Qingmeng to have such abilities.
Being looked at by Hu Xinghe like this, Xin Qingmeng seemed to feel embarrassed again, he turned his head, and his voice was as soft as a mountain stream: "They will faint all day, let's go first."
Hu Xinghe smiled and nodded, and helped the old man walk towards Xin Qingmeng.There was a lot of loess on the old man's body, and his forehead was smashed by gravel, and he was bleeding, looking in a panic.
Hu Xinghe originally wanted to take the old man back to the city to see a doctor, but the old man was unwilling no matter what.The old man kept saying that the silver was reserved for his grandson to see a doctor, so he didn't need it.
There was no other way, Hu Xinghe had no choice but to follow the old man to the old man's residence, planning to take the old man and the old man's grandson to the city's medical clinic for treatment.
Xin Qingmeng silently followed behind Hu Xinghe and the old man. A pair of dark blue cloth shoes walked the rough path, but the uppers were not stained with dust, as clean as a pair of Xinna cloth shoes.
After walking for about half an incense stick, Hu Xinghe saw a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain ahead.When I got closer, I found that the thatched house was very dilapidated, the walls were dilapidated, and the thatch on the house was sparse, as if it had experienced too much wind and rain and might collapse at any time.
With a distance of 50 meters from the thatched cottage, the old man suddenly quickened his pace and shouted into the house: "Maoer, Maoer, a guest is coming!"
Not long after, the bamboo door woven with bamboo strips was pushed open, and a small figure appeared at the door.
It was a little boy with thick head and thick head, his eyes were black and shiny, and he was staring in the direction of Hu Xinghe, with undisguised joy in his eyes.
The little boy leaned on the wall, trying to rush to meet his grandfather and the guests, but he had to stop before taking two steps, and the light in his eyes dimmed a little.
Hu Xinghe noticed that although the little boy had a thick head and a thick head, his body was very weak, as weak as a newly grown seedling in the field, which could be broken by the wind, giving people a feeling of top-heavy.
The old man hurried forward and supported the wobbly little boy with his hands.The little boy couldn't even stand upright, so he had to grab the old man's legs to barely stand.
When Xin Qingmeng saw the little boy, the corners of his mouth sank invisibly, and the air pressure on his body suddenly dropped, as if he was a little angry.It made Hu Xinghe look sideways, and couldn't help asking: "Mengqing, what's wrong with you?"
Xin Qingmeng pressed the brim of his hat with his hands, and pursed his lips under Hu Xinghe's questioning, and said softly: "It's a sorcery, someone cast a sorcery on this boy."
Hu Xinghe didn't expect Xin Qingmeng to be able to see this with the naked eye, and he was a little more surprised by Xin Qingmeng in his heart, and became a little bit curious about the teacher Xin Qingmeng was talking about.
This little boy was indeed harmed by someone's sorcery. There was a black air around the little boy's legs. It was this black air that made the little boy so weak that it was very difficult for him to even stand up.
This condition cannot be cured even by seeing a doctor.
However, the little boy was considered lucky, and by chance, he met Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng.
The old man bent down to support the little boy, and the little boy suddenly saw the bloody mouth on the old man's head, and immediately screamed: "Grandpa, what's the matter with your head?"
The little boy wanted to touch the old man's forehead with his fingers, but he was afraid that this would make the old man's wound more painful. He hesitated for a while, and his two big black eyes were immediately filled with tears.
The little boy choked and said, "Grandpa, let me show you..."
The old man sighed, patted the little boy's head, supported the little boy with his hands, and walked in front of Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng.
"My child, these two adults saved Grandpa and took you to see a doctor. They are good people."
The little boy immediately shouted at Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng: "Thank you brother."
The old man originally planned to take the little boy to see a doctor in the city today, but Xin Qingmeng asked at this moment, "Are the child's parents dead?"
This sudden question made both the old man and the child stunned. The little boy's face turned pale for an instant, two teardrops rolled down all of a sudden, and he sobbed softly.
The old man let out a long sigh, and invited Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng into the room. The old man's old face looked a bit cramped: "My lord, forgive me, but there is really no tea."
Hu Xinghe pulled back his clothes and sat on the pouf, while Xin Qingmeng also sat down very naturally, with a flowing posture, just not showing the slightest dislike because of the dilapidated environment.
The actions of Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng greatly eased the nervousness of the old man.The old man glanced at the little boy lying on the wooden bed, covered his eyes with his hands, and choked his voice.
"My lord is right, the child's parents have already gone..."
He said in a vicissitudes of life: "This child has a hard life. He lost his parents when he was only one year old. His father and mother are both honest and good people. I didn't expect that both of them died of illness at a young age, leaving me, an old man, and this one still alive." Nursing doll."
"It was hard for me to feed this doll. I didn't expect this child to have a strange disease at such a young age, and he couldn't even stand up. I really have no choice but to take the doll to see a doctor... I'm really afraid that one day I will die suddenly and stay behind. What to do with such a little doll..."
The old man burst into tears when he said this.Seeing the sad look of the old man, the little boy who had been lying on the bed wiped his tears with the back of his hand and comforted his grandfather, saying, "Grandpa won't die, grandpa won't die..."
Xin Qingmeng suddenly said: "Both the child's parents died of illness? What illness did they have?"
The old man wiped away his tears. He remembered the past very clearly, so he said it directly without having to think about it: "The illness happened urgently. The two of them were fine the day before. They went to the field and came back after planting. I couldn’t do it anymore, I was lying on the bed and my whole body was black and blue. I went to ask the doctor, but the doctor couldn’t tell what kind of disease it was, so he just prescribed some herbal medicine to detoxify and left.”
"The two of them lay on the bed for half a month, and their bodies gradually became swollen, with yellow liquid flowing from their bodies, and a pit was formed when they were pressed. Some people said that they were bewitched by evil spirits. I begged everywhere to see a doctor for them, but nothing People, just watched the two die..."
Thinking of that scene at that time, the old man still has lingering fears.
Lying on the two wooden beds were two black, swollen, unrecognizable people. Yellow body fluids were constantly flowing from their bodies, which almost wet the bed. It can be smelled within a hundred meters.
The old man watched helplessly as the two suddenly groaned in pain, and stretched their hands into the air, as if seeing something extremely frightening, they began to scratch their skin with their hands.
Fingers scratched the skin, body fluids flowed out like punctured blisters...
The two died in such a miserable way.
When they died, they were buried hastily. The old man couldn't even afford a decent coffin, so he had to wrap the bodies of the two in straw mats and bury them together in the back mountain.
Just thinking about that scene, Hu Xinghe got goosebumps all over his body, hating the person who used sorcery for being so cruel, he simply had no conscience.
Xin Qingmeng remained silent after listening to the old man's narration.
The old man looked at Xin Qingmeng anxiously, worried that what he said was too specific, so that Xin Qingmeng felt disgusted.
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Xin Qingmeng stopped walking when she heard Hu Xinghe's words.His indigo gauze swayed in a slight arc in the air, and he turned his head slightly to look at Hu Xinghe, still only showing the lower half of his face.The moderately thick lips were pursed, and the expression could not be seen clearly.
However, Hu Xinghe read Xin Qingmeng's doubts from this subtle movement.
He seemed to be a man of few words, or maybe he was only like this to strangers, he could not talk too much, and he would not give people the feeling of indifference, but only made people feel that he was restrained and even a little shy.
Hu Xinghe walked to Xin Qingmeng's side in three steps and two steps at a time, raised his head and showed a smiling face to Xin Qingmeng, his eyes were as bright as a pair of black jade.
"Why are you two the same age, and get along so well, why don't you get acquainted?"
Hu Xinghe said with a playful smile, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with saying that he hit it off with someone who had only talked with him for two or three sentences.
On the other hand, Xin Qingmeng seemed startled by Hu Xinghe's straightforward words. He tilted his head while wearing a bamboo hat so that his face could not be seen clearly, and he said in a gentle and soft voice with some hesitation, "Do you get along...to hit it off?"
Hu Xinghe's smile became brighter, his eyes half-closed, bent into a line, nodded heavily and said: "Well, hit it off!"
Xin Qingmeng stopped talking again, as if she didn't know what to say in this situation, so she simply fell silent.He stood there quietly, like an ancient tree rooted here.
Hu Xinghe didn't accept the words, he didn't speak, he didn't leave, he waited silently and politely for whether Hu Xinghe had anything to say.
This appearance inexplicably reminded Hu Xinghe of those monks and Taoists who meditated all day long, their hearts were like still water, calm and indifferent, even if they copied scriptures for a day, they would not feel boring.
The corners of Fox Xinghe's mouth twitched calmly, the lobby was crowded and noisy, the weather in May and June had already started to get hot, Fox Xinghe thought for a while and said: "It's noisy here, it's not like I go upstairs to make tea in the private room ?”
Unexpectedly, Xin Qingmeng shook his head and rejected Hu Xinghe: "I still have a volume of scriptures that I haven't transcribed, so I can't go to make tea with you."
After he finished speaking, he still stood in the same place, quietly waiting for Hu Xinghe's words, as if he had to get permission from Hu Xinghe before leaving.
Seeing Xin Qingmeng's appearance, Hu Xinghe couldn't help curling his lips, thinking that the last reincarnation of Emperor Wu Rui was really cute.
Right now, he can't be too eager, so Hu Xinghe could only nod his head, looked at Xin Qingmeng with a pair of extremely reluctant eyes and said, "Okay then."
Xin Qingmeng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and bowed to Hu Xinghe, and said with a relaxed voice: "So I will go first."
This mountain wind didn't stay any longer, it blew past Hu Xinghe and left the noisy lobby.A pair of clean dark blue cloth shoes stepped on the old wooden ladder, and the stairs creaked softly.
Hu Xinghe ran up the stairs in a few steps again, followed behind Xin Qingmeng, and met Xin Qingmeng's slightly puzzled eyes.Hu Xinghe raised his chin and smiled, "I'll go inside too, it's too hot outside."
Xin Qingmeng nodded, didn't say much, and went upstairs towards her room.The two walked towards a long corridor one after the other, and when Xin Qingmeng pushed his room away, Hu Xinghe also pushed his room away.
Hu Xinghe looked up at the wooden sign on the door of Xin Qingmeng's room. The wooden sign was engraved with large maroon characters - Room No. 38, Tianzi.
It happened to be next door to Fox Xinghe.
As for why Hu Xinghe met Xin Qingmeng in the inn today, it may be because Xin Qingmeng also came to this inn.
When Xin Qingmeng entered the room, he glanced at Hu Xinghe, and Hu Xinghe immediately looked back, and saw Xin Qingmeng turned his head away, nodded slightly at Hu Xinghe, and quickly entered the room.
The wooden door closed with a soft knocking sound.
Hu Xinghe reluctantly withdrew his eyes, and entered the room with his last foot.
This afternoon, Hu Xinghe basically never left the house.Holding the cold sweet lychee water brought by Xiao Er, he half-closed his eyes comfortably.
The white porcelain bowl is pure and transparent sweet water, in which there are a few crystal-clear lychees that have been peeled off the seeds, and a few cold crushed ice cubes, dotted with a cool green mint leaf.The sweetness of lychee intertwined with the cool aroma of mint leaves is simply irresistible.
Hu Xinghe was lazily lying on the chair, wearing only a light white underwear and a thin blue gauze that couldn't be thinner. He scooped a piece of cold lychee meat with a porcelain spoon and stuffed it into his mouth. The comfortable feeling made Hu Xinghe feel so happy that he wanted to cry.
How long has he not lived such a peaceful and comfortable life!
As expected, staying away from the chaotic center was the most correct choice. From now on, he just needs to follow Xin Qingmeng every step of the way to complete this last task. When the four souls unite, he can return to the fairyland smoothly.
At that time, his status in the heavens will be greatly improved, and he will become a god of the same level as Emperor Wu Rui, and he will no longer be a little fox fairy who cannot be ranked in the heavens.
Fantasizing about the day of returning to the heavenly realm, Hu Xinghe kept an eye on the movements in Xin Qingmeng's room.Ever since Xin Qingmeng returned to the room, the room has been extremely quiet, only occasional slight sounds can be heard, proving that he is still in the room.
Hu Xinghe was so curious that he wanted to know what Xin Qingmeng was doing bored in the room, but in order not to frighten the rather introverted Yuedi, Hu Xinghe could only suppress his curiosity and hold his mouth. The porcelain spoon rolled over and over on the seat.
This is the second morning.
Xin Qingmeng never came out of the house, and even the dinner was served by the waiter after asking.
Hu Xinghe was eating roast chicken in the room, so bored that he wanted to scratch the wall.
In the morning of the second day, the wooden door of the next room was finally pushed open with a soft "squeak".
Xin Qingmeng's footsteps were very soft, and the soft cloth shoes barely made a sound when they walked on the ground.However, when he reached the door of Hu Xinghe's room, the wooden door of Hu Xinghe's room was pushed open with a "bang", which shocked Xin Qingmeng and stopped in his tracks.
Hu Xinghe, who was dressed in a light blue gauze, flew out of the room and stood still in front of Xin Qingmeng. His eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and his cheeks were rosy. He said to Xin Qingmeng: "What a coincidence!" , are you going downstairs too?"
Xin Qingmeng: "..."
Is this really... a coincidence?
Xin Qingmeng stared at Hu Xinghe in silence for a while, and when he caught Hu Xinghe's gaze, he pressed down his bamboo hat, covering the upper half of his face more thoroughly, revealing only a white chin and a slender neck.
He was wearing plain indigo clothes, and he had a clean and gentle temperament, even in the face of Hu Xinghe's recklessness, he seemed polite and polite.Xin Qingmeng nodded, and replied to Hu Xinghe: "Yes, go downstairs."
Hu Xinghe, who thought Xin Qingmeng would only say "um", was actually a little moved by Xin Qingmeng's extra two words.Cursing himself secretly in his heart, Hu Xinghe smiled and said to Xin Qingmeng: "Then together."
Xin Qingmeng nodded, agreeing to Hu Xinghe's request.
The two walked down the stairs one after the other, immediately attracting the attention of everyone in the inn.
It's really that these two people's figures and auras are too outstanding.
Although Xin Qingmeng, who was walking in the front, was wearing a bamboo hat and could not see his face clearly, his aura far surpassed everyone else, making everyone who saw him feel as if they had seen the cool breeze of the valley, giving them a peaceful and distant feeling.
And Hu Xinghe has a slender figure, agile temperament, small and exquisite facial features, a youthful feeling, and a natural charm in his eyes, which makes people feel good when they see him.
Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng found a corner to sit down as usual, and ordered a few light dishes.Not long after, the waiter in the shop brought over all the side dishes.
"Two guest officers, please slow down!"
When the store waiter left, he looked back at the two of them, and felt that the two figures, one blue and one blue, were sitting opposite each other, they looked very pleasing to the eye, they were a match made in heaven.
Xin Qingmeng still ordered two vegetarian dishes, while Hu Xinghe ordered two pastries and one lychee sweet water.
The sweet and cold lychee sweet water paired with the soft pastry made Hu Xinghe almost squint his eyes with happiness. While scooping up the sweet water with a porcelain spoon, he stuffed the pastry into his mouth with the other hand.
In contrast, Xin Qingmeng's demeanor was much more refined, and he waited until everything in his mouth was swallowed before he moved his chopsticks to take a bite, eating with a sense of elegance.
The two are free and easy and elegant, which can be regarded as complementing each other.
The lobby in the morning was full of men in their twenties. These men came from all over the world. When they got together, they would inevitably talk about rumors and some interesting things that happened in different places.
The people in the lobby were originally discussing among themselves, but somehow they all talked about one thing.This incident was so sensational that almost everyone had heard of it, so almost everyone in the lobby was discussing it later.
"I heard that the monarchs of both Jingguo and Yanguo are looking for an heir to the throne."
"It's not surprising if you say it's strange. Neither King Jing nor Yan have any heirs, so they can only find the crown prince from their own clans."
"I've heard a saying that both the King of Jing and the King of Yan fell in love with a man. Because of this man, they didn't marry the concubine, let alone leave half a child."
"Didn't there be a big event some time ago, King Jing actually exchanged twenty cities for a male favourite!"
"I don't know what kind of beauty this male favorite is. He can charm two kings at the same time. This is simply unheard of."
"Hey, tell me, the monarch of the Ming Kingdom didn't marry a concubine, and he didn't have any heirs. Maybe he was also bewitched by that male favorite..."
As soon as this guess came out, the other people in the lobby were immediately terrified.
Someone then thought of the Yue Kingdom: "Didn't the monarch of our country not marry the princess..."
Xin Qingmeng, the ruler of the Moon Kingdom who was sitting opposite the Fox Xinghe River, said, "..."
The chopsticks holding the vegetables couldn't help shaking.
Fortunately, someone in the lobby immediately retorted: "What nonsense, our monarch came down the mountain because he has been following the gods to practice Taoism. Besides, our monarch is also a half-immortal. How could he be like those monarchs and be favored by a little boy?" Confused?"
Hu Xinghe, who was eating pastry, squinted his eyes, took another spoonful of lychee sweet water, and listened to the discussion with relish as if listening to a joke.
At this time, someone in the lobby sighed, slapped the desk and said with righteous indignation: "This male favorite is simply a goblin, otherwise how could he have such an ability to confuse people's hearts! Be so bewitched that those two kings don't even want their kingdoms!"
Another person said: "But the monarch of the Ming Kingdom should not be confused, after all, he is a famous evil star, even monsters are afraid of being killed by him. I see that the reason why the monarch of the Ming Kingdom does not have a concubine is because Because her fate is too fierce, she is doomed to have no wife, no children, and no daughters for the rest of her life."
Everyone has heard the rumors about Wu Yilie's lone star, and some people have discussed Wu Yilie's matter.
A man obviously knew about Wu Yilie's affairs, and he said in his heart: "This matter is absolutely not false, I am from the Ming Kingdom, my elder brother was the guardian of the Ming Kingdom, and because he stayed by the Ming Kingdom's side, Being restrained by the king of the Ming Dynasty, he was thrown off by the horse while riding, hit a hard rock, and died on the spot!"
What the man said made everyone feel unbelievable, and at the same time aroused everyone's interest, so the topic fell from Hu Xinghe to Wu Yilie.
This morning, Hu Xinghe listened to everyone's discussions with great interest, and stretched his waist in satisfaction.
Here Xin Qingmeng has already eaten, Hu Xinghe thought that Xin Qingmeng would go back to the room to continue copying the scriptures, but unexpectedly, after Xin Qingmeng nodded to Hu Xinghe, he turned around and walked outside.
Hu Xinghe quickly caught up with Xin Qingmeng, followed behind her like a little tail, and asked Xin Qingmeng: "Where are you going?"
Xin Qingmeng didn't seem to expect that Hu Xinghe would chase after her, her footsteps paused slightly, and she answered Hu Xinghe: "Walk around."
Hu Xinghe's eyes lit up immediately, and he walked happily beside Xin Qingmeng, like a small animal that rarely came out to let the wind go. Meng said: "Why are you staring blankly, let's go."
"Ah...?" Xin Qingmeng's lips couldn't help but open slightly, as if he didn't expect that there would be someone like Hu Xinghe who didn't see anyone at all. , walking side by side with Fox Xinghe.
The two walked on the street, one left and one right.
Hu Xinghe found that although Xin Qingmeng had a calm posture, when he saw some novelty items on the street, he would still stop for a while, and would not leave until he had seen enough.
He is like a child who has just entered the world, knows nothing about worldly affairs but is curious. He always retains a kind of innocence in his heart, but because of his calm personality, this curiosity is very restrained.
If it wasn't for Hu Xinghe's constant attention to Xin Qingmeng, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Hu Xinghe knew that Xin Qingmeng had practiced Taoism in the mountains since he was a child. Judging from Xin Qingmeng's character, he was not a person who was nostalgic for the prosperity of the world, so he didn't understand why Xin Qingmeng suddenly went down the mountain and made such a move. decision.
Why did Xin Qingmeng look for a 22-year-old man, and she had to leave the palace to hide her identity and wander around the palace.
Hu Xinghe couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Isn't Mengqing from Wangcheng?"
After Hu Xinghe finished speaking, he saw Xin Qingmeng tilted his head slightly, and his eyes seemed to fall on him. He didn't answer Hu Xinghe's question immediately, but said after thinking: "Yes and no."
He answered very seriously, not just talking nonsense, and judging from his character, he didn't look like a liar.
Hu Xinghe raised his eyebrows: "What does this mean? It's nothing, it's making me a little confused."
Xin Qingmeng continued to walk forward, as if he was silently feeling the local conditions and customs in the royal city, he looked away from Hu Xinghe, and explained in a gentle voice: "Although I am from the royal city, I am not in the royal city. grew up."
When Hu Xinghe heard this, he knew that Xin Qingmeng really didn't lie, and he told Fox Xinghe as much as he could without revealing his identity.
Hu Xinghe nodded, and asked with a smile: "Then where did you grow up? Why do I feel that Mengqing you rarely go out, it feels like you are on the street for the first time."
This question was one step closer than the previous one, and Hu Xinghe just asked it casually, not expecting Xin Qingmeng to answer.Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Xin Qingmeng would honestly answer Hu Xinghe's question.
"I grew up with my master and lived... in the mountains. This is my first time going down the mountain."
Hearing this, Hu Xinghe almost wanted to cover his cheek with his hands.He even felt that Xin Qingmeng was too honest, so that he had a subtle feeling in his heart, as if he had become a bad fox who deceived the little Taoist priest.
Because of this little bit of guilt in his heart, Hu Xinghe stopped an old man who was selling candied haws, and bought two bunches of candied haws.
The old man's hair was gray and his back was slightly bent. At first glance, he looked like a miserable person who had experienced the hardships of life.When Hu Xinghe stopped him, he looked terrified, wiped his hands on the white clothes, and quickly took two bunches of candied haws from the candied haws rack he was carrying, and handed them to Hu Xinghe, stammering: "Two cents, my lord."
When Hu Xinghe saw the old man, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, this is also a poor man.
He took the candied haws from the old man's hand and gave the old man a grain of silver directly.When the old man took the broken silver in his hand, he didn't show an expression of ecstasy, but called Hu Xinghe to stop, and said in an honest tone: "My lord, my lord, this is really too much!"
Hu Xinghe waved his hand: "Go ahead, it won't be easy for you."
When the old man heard this sentence, he froze in place for a while, with two bags of muddy old tears wrapped around his slack eyelids, unable to speak.
When Hu Xinghe was doing this, Xin Qingmeng had been quietly waiting by the side, like a silent mountain pine.He looked at the old man, as if he remembered something, lowered the brim of his hat with his fingers, pursed his lips, and watched the old man disappear into the crowd.
Hu Xinghe turned his head, looked at Xin Qingmeng with crooked smiling eyes, took out a bunch of candied haws from behind, almost handed it to Xin Qingmeng's mouth, and said to Xin Qingmeng with a smile: "Try the candied haws, you are on the mountain Probably haven't eaten it."
Hu Xinghe also deliberately said intimately: "It's vegetarian."
Xin Qingmeng stared at the bunch of candied haws in a daze, and opened his mouth, as if wanting to refuse, Hu Xinghe had already directly stuffed the candied haws into Xin Qingmeng's hands.
When their fingers touched, they both felt the warm touch from each other. This feeling of skin-to-skin contact made Xin Qingmeng withdraw her hand, holding the bunch of candied haws made of bamboo sticks in her hand.
Hu Xinghe happily stuffed candied haws into his mouth, and the sweet taste poured into his heart. He loved this folk gadget, it was so much better than the food in the heaven.
The immortals in the heavenly world don't even bother with these mortal items, and they eat all the elixir and flat peaches. These things are filthy things in the eyes of the immortals in the heavenly world.
But Hu Xinghe doesn't have this kind of concept, and lives extremely happily in the human world.
The crispy icing on the candied haws was bitten like ice slag and melted in the mouth, and then the sour taste of hawthorn permeated the mouth, making people saliva, sweet and sour mixed into a wonderful taste, people can't help but eat One after another.
Soon Hu Xinghe finished eating the candied haws in his hand, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Xin Qingmeng was still holding the bunch of candied haws in his hand, he didn't know whether to throw it away or what to do.
At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed across Hu Xinghe's mind, he slapped his forehead and said: "This is really a bad thing done with good intentions!"
Xin Qingmeng's eyes fell on Hu Xinghe, with slight doubts.
Hu Xinghe directly grabbed Xin Qingmeng's sleeve, turned his head and said anxiously to Xin Qingmeng, "We have to find the old man who sells candied haws."
Xin Qingmeng tilted his head slightly, as if he still didn't understand what Hu Xinghe meant, he raised his hand to lower the brim of his hat, only to realize that he was still holding the bunch of candied haws in his hand, so he pursed his lips and had no choice but to give up.
Although he didn't understand why Hu Xinghe wanted to find the old man so eagerly, he didn't object. He lowered his eyes to see that he was being held by the cuff by Hu Xinghe, and said softly, "Let's go."
However, the old man had long since disappeared into the crowd, and all he could see was pedestrians, and there was no sign of the old man at all.
Hu Xinghe was busy eating candied haws just now, and didn't pay attention to which direction the old man was walking.Xin Qingmeng suddenly took a step towards one direction, and the indigo clothes drew a slight arc in the air.
"This way." Xin Qingmeng said.
Hu Xinghe followed Xin Qingmeng and walked forward, but he still didn't see the old man after walking all the way.Hu Xinghe thought about it carefully, and felt that the old man must have gone out of the city, and he suddenly became anxious.
He pulled Xin Qingmeng's sleeve and ran straight out of the city, turning his head and said to Xin Qingmeng, "Go look outside the city."
The reason why he was so eager to find the old man was because of the piece of silver he gave him.The old man's brows were filled with blackness, which was obviously the expression of his imminent death. The piece of silver he gave at this time was no different from a reminder.If a caring person sees the silver on the old man, it is hard to guarantee that he will not feel sick and do things like murder.
Xin Qingmeng nodded, her gaze fell on Hu Xinghe's hand that was pulling her cuff all the time, she moved her lips and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it, just let Hu Xinghe pull herself.
Hu Xinghe's footsteps were like the wind, pulling Xin Qingmeng to speed up his pace, and the two of them passed through the crowd like a gust of wind, and ran straight to the south exit of Jingui City.Going in this direction can only correspond to the south gate.
The two passed through the city gate all the way, ran outside the city gate, and became embarrassed again.
I saw so many paths outside the city gate that I didn't know which path to take.If Hu Xinghe turned into a fox at this time, he could find the trace of the old man by following his breath, but with Xin Qingmeng by his side, he couldn't use this method.
Xin Qingmeng said suddenly: "Let me try."
Hu Xinghe couldn't help but glance at Xin Qingmeng, and saw Xin Qingmeng's lips move, and said softly, "Let me go first."
It was only then that Hu Xinghe realized that he was tugging on Xin Qingmeng's sleeve.This Xin Qingmeng was also like a boring gourd, allowing him to talk like this until she had to.
Hu Xinghe held back his laughter, but still couldn't hold back, he poofed a laugh.
Xin Qingmeng retracted his sleeves, avoiding Fox Xinghe's sight all the time, he reached out and broke off a branch from the tree next to him, and turned his back to Fox Xinghe.Just when Hu Xinghe thought that Xin Qingmeng was about to recite the formula and pinched his fingers, Xin Qingmeng suddenly threw the branch behind him.
The branch fell to the ground, just pointing to a path.
Hu Xinghe: "...Is this all right?"
Xin Qingmeng lowered the brim of her hat with her hands, revealing only her fair and clean chin, and a voice came from under the brim: "Yes."
Fox Xinghe: "..."
He really wanted to tell Xin Qingmeng, in fact, you don't have to be so shy, anyway, no one can see your face if you wear a hat.
The two hurried towards the path pointed by the branches, and after walking for about half a stick of incense, they suddenly heard the voice of the old man coming from ahead.There was a detour ahead, turning directly to the other side of the hillside, so Hu Xinghe could only hear the old man's voice, but did not see the old man's figure.
The old man seemed to be besieged by people, and kept begging for mercy: "Please let me go, my grandson is still waiting for this little money to see a doctor! I will kowtow to you now!"
Then someone said: "Master, I am also waiting for Yinliang to see a doctor. I haven't had enough food for many meals. I can only count you as unlucky to meet me this time."
Suddenly there was laughter from the people around.
When Hu Xinghe heard this, flames shot up in his eyes.He grabbed Xin Qingmeng's sleeve, walked out from the corner, looked around the crowd with a cold face, and saw the old man kneeling on the ground at a glance.
The old man's head hit the ground heavily, with muddy old tears in his eyes, his gray hair was in a mess, the gourd rack he was carrying was thrown aside, and candied haws were scattered everywhere.
The old man raised his head and saw Hu Xinghe's figure, his eyes widened in surprise, and then he was full of fear, and said to Hu Xinghe, "My lord, why are you here? Go, go!"
"My lord?" Hearing this, the man with a ferocious face suddenly lit up his eyes, looking up and down at Hu Xinghe.When he saw Hu Xinghe's exquisite and charming face, greedy expression suddenly appeared in his eyes: "What a beauty, I have never seen such a beautiful person before, how about giving me comfort?"
In addition to this ferocious man, there were three other people surrounding the old man, all men in their prime, wearing tattered and dirty clothes, with a look of idleness.
When they saw Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng, their eyes showed surprise, and they scanned Hu Xinghe back and forth with obscene eyes, swallowing desperately.
The old man kowtowed heavily on the ground: "I will give you the money, please let these two adults go!"
The ferocious man directly kicked the old man's frail body, trying to knock the old man down, but kept cursing: "Fuck you old bastard, do you have a place to talk here?"
But before his feet touched the old man, he suddenly let out a scream, and a stone shot across the air, hitting his knee hard.
With a crisp "click", the man's knees were directly crushed by the stone, and his whole body hit the ground like a heavy stone.The big man kept screaming in pain, his face was truly pale, and his clothes were instantly wetted by beads of sweat.
And the other three idle big men saw the bad situation and wanted to run away, and three more stones flew out of the sky, smashing into the knee sockets of everyone with the sound of breaking through the air.
All of a sudden, the four vicious men fell to the ground, screaming with snot and tears, and the mud covered their bodies and faces.
Hu Xinghe stepped forward to help the old man up. The old man didn't seem to expect things to develop like this. His face was full of joy after the catastrophe. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and knelt down to Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng on the spot. Coming down, tears flowed and said: "If there is no adult this time, it's really over. It doesn't matter if I get rid of my old bones, but...but..."
The old man cried so much that he couldn't speak, after Hu Xinghe comforted the old man, he turned around and found that the four big men had passed out.
Xin Qingmeng stood among the four of them, wearing a bamboo hat, and the hem of her clothes was blown by the wind, looking like an outsider.
He didn't know what method he used to control these four people.
Hu Xinghe was a little surprised, he thought that Xin Qingmeng was powerless, but he didn't expect Xin Qingmeng to have such abilities.
Being looked at by Hu Xinghe like this, Xin Qingmeng seemed to feel embarrassed again, he turned his head, and his voice was as soft as a mountain stream: "They will faint all day, let's go first."
Hu Xinghe smiled and nodded, and helped the old man walk towards Xin Qingmeng.There was a lot of loess on the old man's body, and his forehead was smashed by gravel, and he was bleeding, looking in a panic.
Hu Xinghe originally wanted to take the old man back to the city to see a doctor, but the old man was unwilling no matter what.The old man kept saying that the silver was reserved for his grandson to see a doctor, so he didn't need it.
There was no other way, Hu Xinghe had no choice but to follow the old man to the old man's residence, planning to take the old man and the old man's grandson to the city's medical clinic for treatment.
Xin Qingmeng silently followed behind Hu Xinghe and the old man. A pair of dark blue cloth shoes walked the rough path, but the uppers were not stained with dust, as clean as a pair of Xinna cloth shoes.
After walking for about half an incense stick, Hu Xinghe saw a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain ahead.When I got closer, I found that the thatched house was very dilapidated, the walls were dilapidated, and the thatch on the house was sparse, as if it had experienced too much wind and rain and might collapse at any time.
With a distance of 50 meters from the thatched cottage, the old man suddenly quickened his pace and shouted into the house: "Maoer, Maoer, a guest is coming!"
Not long after, the bamboo door woven with bamboo strips was pushed open, and a small figure appeared at the door.
It was a little boy with thick head and thick head, his eyes were black and shiny, and he was staring in the direction of Hu Xinghe, with undisguised joy in his eyes.
The little boy leaned on the wall, trying to rush to meet his grandfather and the guests, but he had to stop before taking two steps, and the light in his eyes dimmed a little.
Hu Xinghe noticed that although the little boy had a thick head and a thick head, his body was very weak, as weak as a newly grown seedling in the field, which could be broken by the wind, giving people a feeling of top-heavy.
The old man hurried forward and supported the wobbly little boy with his hands.The little boy couldn't even stand upright, so he had to grab the old man's legs to barely stand.
When Xin Qingmeng saw the little boy, the corners of his mouth sank invisibly, and the air pressure on his body suddenly dropped, as if he was a little angry.It made Hu Xinghe look sideways, and couldn't help asking: "Mengqing, what's wrong with you?"
Xin Qingmeng pressed the brim of his hat with his hands, and pursed his lips under Hu Xinghe's questioning, and said softly: "It's a sorcery, someone cast a sorcery on this boy."
Hu Xinghe didn't expect Xin Qingmeng to be able to see this with the naked eye, and he was a little more surprised by Xin Qingmeng in his heart, and became a little bit curious about the teacher Xin Qingmeng was talking about.
This little boy was indeed harmed by someone's sorcery. There was a black air around the little boy's legs. It was this black air that made the little boy so weak that it was very difficult for him to even stand up.
This condition cannot be cured even by seeing a doctor.
However, the little boy was considered lucky, and by chance, he met Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng.
The old man bent down to support the little boy, and the little boy suddenly saw the bloody mouth on the old man's head, and immediately screamed: "Grandpa, what's the matter with your head?"
The little boy wanted to touch the old man's forehead with his fingers, but he was afraid that this would make the old man's wound more painful. He hesitated for a while, and his two big black eyes were immediately filled with tears.
The little boy choked and said, "Grandpa, let me show you..."
The old man sighed, patted the little boy's head, supported the little boy with his hands, and walked in front of Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng.
"My child, these two adults saved Grandpa and took you to see a doctor. They are good people."
The little boy immediately shouted at Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng: "Thank you brother."
The old man originally planned to take the little boy to see a doctor in the city today, but Xin Qingmeng asked at this moment, "Are the child's parents dead?"
This sudden question made both the old man and the child stunned. The little boy's face turned pale for an instant, two teardrops rolled down all of a sudden, and he sobbed softly.
The old man let out a long sigh, and invited Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng into the room. The old man's old face looked a bit cramped: "My lord, forgive me, but there is really no tea."
Hu Xinghe pulled back his clothes and sat on the pouf, while Xin Qingmeng also sat down very naturally, with a flowing posture, just not showing the slightest dislike because of the dilapidated environment.
The actions of Hu Xinghe and Xin Qingmeng greatly eased the nervousness of the old man.The old man glanced at the little boy lying on the wooden bed, covered his eyes with his hands, and choked his voice.
"My lord is right, the child's parents have already gone..."
He said in a vicissitudes of life: "This child has a hard life. He lost his parents when he was only one year old. His father and mother are both honest and good people. I didn't expect that both of them died of illness at a young age, leaving me, an old man, and this one still alive." Nursing doll."
"It was hard for me to feed this doll. I didn't expect this child to have a strange disease at such a young age, and he couldn't even stand up. I really have no choice but to take the doll to see a doctor... I'm really afraid that one day I will die suddenly and stay behind. What to do with such a little doll..."
The old man burst into tears when he said this.Seeing the sad look of the old man, the little boy who had been lying on the bed wiped his tears with the back of his hand and comforted his grandfather, saying, "Grandpa won't die, grandpa won't die..."
Xin Qingmeng suddenly said: "Both the child's parents died of illness? What illness did they have?"
The old man wiped away his tears. He remembered the past very clearly, so he said it directly without having to think about it: "The illness happened urgently. The two of them were fine the day before. They went to the field and came back after planting. I couldn’t do it anymore, I was lying on the bed and my whole body was black and blue. I went to ask the doctor, but the doctor couldn’t tell what kind of disease it was, so he just prescribed some herbal medicine to detoxify and left.”
"The two of them lay on the bed for half a month, and their bodies gradually became swollen, with yellow liquid flowing from their bodies, and a pit was formed when they were pressed. Some people said that they were bewitched by evil spirits. I begged everywhere to see a doctor for them, but nothing People, just watched the two die..."
Thinking of that scene at that time, the old man still has lingering fears.
Lying on the two wooden beds were two black, swollen, unrecognizable people. Yellow body fluids were constantly flowing from their bodies, which almost wet the bed. It can be smelled within a hundred meters.
The old man watched helplessly as the two suddenly groaned in pain, and stretched their hands into the air, as if seeing something extremely frightening, they began to scratch their skin with their hands.
Fingers scratched the skin, body fluids flowed out like punctured blisters...
The two died in such a miserable way.
When they died, they were buried hastily. The old man couldn't even afford a decent coffin, so he had to wrap the bodies of the two in straw mats and bury them together in the back mountain.
Just thinking about that scene, Hu Xinghe got goosebumps all over his body, hating the person who used sorcery for being so cruel, he simply had no conscience.
Xin Qingmeng remained silent after listening to the old man's narration.
The old man looked at Xin Qingmeng anxiously, worried that what he said was too specific, so that Xin Qingmeng felt disgusted.
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