Daddy Douzi said: "Maybe Douzi misremembered. Although Mother's toe fell off, she can barely walk."

After Daddy Douzi said this, he stopped talking, and the silence inside and outside the hut was eerie.Daddy Douzi seemed to be waiting for Cheng Yu's questioning, staring at Cheng Yu with burning eyes.

After a while, Cheng Yu suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe Xiaodouzi really misremembered, and when he goes back down the mountain, he must be taught a lesson!"

With Cheng Yu's smile, the frozen atmosphere in the air felt to flow slowly, and Dad Douzi's face gradually softened, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Naturally, this tone did not escape Xiao Zhuzi's eyes, but he lived with Cheng Yu, and he always listened to Cheng Yu's words. Seeing Cheng Yu's behavior like this, even though he was puzzled, he just buried it in his heart.

Because Daddy Douzi's head was bleeding from being hit by a stone with a pillar, and his feet were injured.Soybean milk was carried down the mountain by Zhuzi. Although Zhuzi was younger than Cheng Yu, he walked very fast on his back.

Occasionally, he would look back at Daddy Douzi and Cheng Yu, with one foot injured and the other crippled.Although the two supported each other, although it seemed that they walked very quickly, they didn't go far at all. Zhu Zi was so tired that he walked for a while and stood there waiting for them again.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, it was almost noon, and the village was gradually filled with smoke.

Zhuzi sent Grandma Douzi's body to Douzi's house, and then turned back to pick up Cheng Yu.

This day and night, Cheng Yu has never felt so tired.Zhu Zi half backed and half supported Cheng Yu to the thatched hut where they lived.

As soon as Cheng Yu saw the bed, he threw his head on the bed, panting uncontrollably, lying on the bed in a big character.

The thatched hut is not big, they live in the same room with the master, there are two beds in the room.

Usually, Master sleeps in one bed by himself, and Cheng Yu and Xiao Zhuzi squeeze together in the other bed.

At this time, Xiao Zhuzi stepped over the threshold and handed Cheng Yu a steamed bun.

Cheng Yu took the warm and soft steamed buns, sat on the edge of the bed and gnawed them.

"Is it master's cooking?"

Xiao Zhuzi nodded, and started to chew on the steamed buns himself.

Cheng Yu said: "I've been with Master for almost ten years, and this is the first time I've eaten his cooking, even though it's just a steamed bun!"

Sometimes Cheng Yu and Xiao Zhuzi had just returned from selling talismans in the county, and when they returned to Qingteng Village, the moon had risen for a long time.When he got home, Old Taoist Tao was either drinking or sleeping.

Cheng Yu and Xiao Zhuzi had to bear with their hunger and set up a fire to cook.When the food was ready and served, Taoist Taoist licked his face and ate it.After swallowing the steamed buns in a few mouthfuls, I drank the herbal tea down my throat, and felt better in my stomach.

Cheng Yu limped over to a bench outside the house, took a needle from the bamboo basket, sat on the edge of the bed and began to lower his head to pick the blisters on the feet of the small pillars.

Holding the foot of the pillar with one hand, the other hand took a needle to carefully pick out the blisters on the foot of the pillar, blew a cool breath on the foot of the pillar with his mouth, and said, "Zhuzi, how did you get your feet?" It looks like a woman! It's white and soft, and it's slippery in the hand!"

Most of the children who grew up in the countryside were born with bare feet, stepping on rough sand and hard stones.A room of thick calluses has been worn out on the soles of the feet early on. With this thick layer of calluses, walking barefoot on the rough gravel does not feel painful.

But Zhuzi's feet will develop blisters after walking too much, and the blisters will not turn into calluses even if the blisters are rotten.

Zhu Zi sat on the edge of the bed, shook his other foot, and touched his head in embarrassment.

After Cheng Yu finished soaking one foot of the small pillar, he went to catch the other foot of the pillar.Just as he was about to give the needle, he heard footsteps outside the house.

Cheng Yuqi said: "Master has returned from Douzi's house so soon!"

When he got home, he told his master about Grandma Douzi, and the master went to Douzi's house to express his condolences.

At this time, the footsteps gradually approached, but Cheng Yu could hear that these footsteps were disorderly, obviously not by one person, but by a group of people.

Then Cheng Yu and Xiao Zhuzi heard some smashing sounds from outside a hut.

A middle-aged voice came, "This old man can't pay any more money, so he gave me these two huts! Let them sleep on the street for me!"

Then several voices answered in unison: "Yes!"

Cheng Yu was startled, knowing that the government wanted tax money.

As soon as the pillar sitting on the bed heard the sound, his feet slipped out of Cheng Yu's hands, and he ran out with his shoes.He had just picked up the blisters on the foot of the pillar, and it was hard to walk, but he ran fast again, limping over the threshold, looking very embarrassed.

Cheng Yu hurriedly followed with a limp, and when he went out, he saw several yamen servants pressing the pillars to the mud.

In addition, there were several yamen servants who pushed the dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms from the shelves in the yard.scattered all over the place.

Zhu Zi's eyes were red, and his lips trembled slightly.These are mushrooms that he and his younger brother went up to the mountain to pick. Baskets of bamboo shoots were carried down from the mountain, but these yamen servants threw them on the ground like garbage.The larynx rolls, and the mouth is opened wide, like a puppy whose tongue has been plucked, and the sound is squeezed out from the larynx.But only a broken syllable, like a broken bellows.

A yamen servant raised his hand and gave Zhuzi a slap, and said with a smile: "So it's a dumb person who can't speak!"

This voice was obviously the voice of the person giving orders they heard in the house just now.

This slap was extremely heavy, and five bright red finger marks appeared on Zhu Zi's face.Hearing the words of the yamen servant, he immediately forgave him even more. Seeing that the yamen servant's hand was not far away from him, he opened his mouth and bit it.

The yamen servant said "Ouch!", and wanted to withdraw his hand from the gap between the teeth of the pillar, but Zhuzi had no choice but to use his fist to squeeze Zhuzi's eyes, head and cheeks.Zhu Zi's pair of sharp teeth seemed to grow in the flesh and blood of the yamen servant, and he refused to let go.

The yamen servant yelled: "You guys, come quickly and knock out all the teeth of this little bastard. After seeing this bastard, I can only lie on the ground and eat shit!"

In addition, after hearing the word from a yamen servant, he also stopped looting and smashing.He walked up to the pillar and stretched out his hand to separate the pillar from the yamen servant.

The yamen servant looked at his bloody right hand, the blood hole on the back of his hand was almost as deep as the bone.After cursing a few times secretly, his eyes scanned around, and he saw a blue stone at the corner of the wall.

Immediately, a young man stepped forward, picked up the bluestone, and handed it to the yamen servant with both hands respectfully.Respectfully said: "Captor Cao!"

The pillar was pressed to the ground again by several yamen servants, his eyes were red, and he stared fiercely at the leader of the yamen servant.

Cao Tutou took the bluestone in his hand, weighed it in his left hand, and approached the pillar step by step.

Cheng Yu limped and hurriedly approached the pillar, but before he got close, a yamen servant stretched out his foot and kicked Cheng Yu's lame foot, Cheng Yu was unstable and fell to the ground.

Immediately, several yamen servants laughed: "Look at the two of them, one is dumb, the other is lame. One is a rooster with a broken leg, and the other is a bitch with its tongue pulled out. None of them are complete!"

Cheng Yu also ignored the crowd's ridicule, and raised his head from the ground, half of his face was already covered with mud. When he looked towards the pillar, he saw that the man's jaw was being firmly pinched by the man just now. The head catcher was holding a bluestone, and was about to throw it at the mouth of the pillar.

If this hit hits, the pillar will inevitably lose a few teeth.

Cheng Yu shouted anxiously: "Don't move! Don't move the little pillar, he can't talk, don't bully him. If you have something to say to me, I—" Hesitating again and again, then firmly said: "I——I rich--!"

Cao Butou stood up and shook his right hand, which had already been bandaged briefly.

Cheng Yu quickly continued: "I'll pay, I'll pay for Master Cao's injury!"

Cao Butou winked immediately, and the yamen servants who were holding on to the pillar immediately let go of the small pillar.He grinned and said: "The master of Anqing County treats the people like his own son. I didn't bully this little brother. All the officials and brothers in the government are watching. This kid made the first move!"

Cheng Yu immediately climbed up to the pillar, stretched out his hand to check the pillar, and found that he had no other trauma except for a few skin cuts on his cheek, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.He wanted to get rid of these officials wholeheartedly, so he reached out and touched his arms. Yesterday he and Zhu Zi went to the county to sell some silver coins for the talisman seals, but he never had a chance to collect them.

At this moment, a hand held Cheng Yu's hand in his arms, it was Zhu Zi's hand.

Cheng Yu looked at Zhuzi, gritted his teeth, knocked Zhuzi's hand off, took out some money from his pocket, and handed it to Butou Cao.

Catcher Cao looked at the broken silver in Cheng Yu's hand, and knocked down the money in Cheng Yu's hand with a palm.

"His grandma, I really think I came here to beg for food, this little copper is not enough for the brothers to stick between their teeth!"

Cheng Yu's complexion turned from white to red, and then from red to blue.Although the money was not much, it was earned by Cheng Yu and Zhu Zi's painstaking efforts, and they all counted on this little money to survive the winter.

Originally, according to Cheng Yu's temperament in his previous life, no matter whether the person in front of him was surnamed Wen or Zhao, he had already rolled up his sleeves and started working with bricks.But he is no longer that vigorous young man, his blood has long been wiped out by the current emperor in his previous life.

The pillar beside him was silent, and hurriedly picked up the silver that fell on the ground, holding it tightly in his arms.

Cao Butou waved his hand and said: "You guys, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to find something. I don't believe that they can't blow up a little oil and water!"

Immediately, a yamen servant came out of the room with something in his hand, his face full of excitement.He hurried to Cao Tutou and spread his palms.

Cheng Yu looked over, his face turned pale again.What the yamen servant was holding in his hand turned out to be the sachet that Cheng Yu asked for from King Ping.

The sachet was provided locally for the royal family to enjoy, and it was also mixed with a lot of gold thread.On weekdays, Li Cheng Yu put it on his body carefully, hiding it close to his body between his underwear and his shirt.Only the day before yesterday, when Cheng Yu saw that the rope tied to the sachet was about to break, he took it out and put it under the pillow.

Cao Tutou stretched out two fingers to pinch the string of the sachet, and pointed it at the sun.The golden thread inside the sachet instantly reflected Cao Butou's eyes.

Turning around and staring at Cheng Yu, he shouted, "You poor man, where did you steal it from?"

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "I didn't steal this sachet, it was given to me by an old friend of mine!" Although it's been a long time, Cheng Yu still remembers how Zhao Jinshu threw stones by the pool that year. He asked Zhao Jinshu to come, but in Cheng Yu's heart, he naturally beautified it as being given to him by Zhao Jinshu himself.

Cao Butou looked Cheng Yu up and down, and said, "Someone will testify for you!"

Cheng Yu frowned, and said, "Both Xiaomin's master and younger brother can testify!" Except for taking a bath, he put this sachet on his body when he slept, so the master and younger brother must have seen it many times.

Cao Butou raised his eyebrows immediately, and reprimanded: "They are your master and younger brother, so they will naturally protect you. Let me ask you, do you know about this sachet except for these two people!"

Cheng Yu thought, there is also King Ping, and King Ping cannot be moved out.Then he shook his head and said: "This sachet is a private property, how can outsiders know?"

"That means there is no evidence!"

Cheng Yu remained silent and clenched his fists tightly.

Cao Butou hid the sachet in his bosom and said, "Well, brothers are all watching, I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. I'll go to the county government to investigate first, if it's really yours, I'll return it to you. you!"

The rest of the yamen servants all flattered on the surface: "The head catcher is really wise!" But they knew in their hearts that this thing would never come back in the hands of Yan Guo plucking Cao catcher.

Several yamen servants turned the two houses where Cheng Yu lived upside down, and they didn't leave some yellow paper and vermilion yarn that used to draw symbols, but only found some small pieces of silver.

Seeing that he couldn't find anything anymore, Catcher Cao ordered his men to stop.

"The money has not been collected this time, and the money will be prepared in advance next month, and it will save us trouble!" He was about to go back home.

Cheng Yu secretly took a long breath in his heart, and as soon as he relaxed in his heart, he immediately let go of Zhuzi's hand that he had been holding tightly just now.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Cheng Yu let go of his hand, Zhu Zi rushed towards Cao Butou, making an unpleasant whine, and threw the tall and burly Cao Butou to the ground.

Cheng Yu quickly limped forward, pulled the pillar away, and said softly to the pillar: "Pillar, forget it! The sachet is just..."

At this time, Cao Butou was also dragged up from the ground in embarrassment by the yamen servants. He usually walks sideways in the county, but today he suffered twice at the hands of this boy.

Pointing at the pillar, he said, "How dare you attack the imperial court official and want to rebel? Hurry up! Break that brat's leg!"

Cheng Yu just wanted to stand in front of the pillar, but a servant had already kicked the pillar's right leg, and Cheng Yu only heard a light and crisp sound.

Catcher Cao laughed, and went back surrounded by several yamen servants.

In the evening, Taoist Tao came back from Daddy Douzi's house. When he saw the yard, he was startled by the mess in the house.

After hearing Cheng Yu's explanation, he took out a heavy money bag from his pocket and put it on the stone table.

Cheng Yu opened it, and the white silver inside flashed into Cheng Yu's eyes.

Cheng Yu was a little surprised, and stammered: "Master, you... where did you get all this money!" Cheng Yu suddenly remembered, no wonder he rarely saw Master so happy today, it turned out that he had made a fortune.

Old Taoist Tao sighed, "Yu'er, in fact, Master is hiding some things from you and your senior brother!"

Cheng Yu then stammered: "Yes...is...is it?"

Tao Taoist stroked his beard and said, "Last night, neither you nor Zhu Zi came back, so I don't know. Someone left such a bag of silver outside my house in the middle of the night!"

Cheng Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Maybe, someone passed by here in the middle of the night and accidentally lost it?"

The old Taoist Taoist blew his beard and said, "Do you think the place where we live is some kind of traffic fortress, whoever has nothing to do can go here." Then he handed Cheng Yu a piece of paper from his arms, Cheng Yu took it with his hand, and took it slightly from the paper. After glancing at it, he froze.

Seeing that Cheng Yu had finished reading, Old Taoist Tao said, "Why, what do you want to say?"

Cheng Yu tilted his head slightly, staring at the old Taoist Cheng as if he only recognized this old Taoist today.

"Master really knows how to exorcise souls and catch ghosts?"

Old Taoist Tao sat upright and said solemnly, "Of course!"

Cheng Yu Moming felt the absurdity and got up. "Brother should be hungry, I'll get him something to eat!"

Old Taoist Tao sighed and said, "Hey! It's a pity that it's a door-to-door deal. If this matter is successful, there will be dozens of taels of silver in hand!"

Cheng Yu sat back on the stone bench again.Seriously said: "Actually, I think I can still give it a try!"

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