My Taoist companion is a little fox

At noon, the stupid old Xu sat on the chair in the kaleidoscope, drooling and staring at Fu Li in a daze, shaking the chair and clapping his hands and giggling: "The statue is alive, the statue is alive..."

"Yes, yes, your workmanship is very good. The statue has appeared specially, Mr. Xu." Jiuyue held a bowl of water and fed it to the old man. The store closed for a rest, and by the way, he led Mr. Xu who was sitting on the steps in to take care of him.

Zhou Ke held back all morning and asked, "Sister, what kind of idol is the old man talking about?"

"Well, Mr. Gein Xu used to be a craftsman who carved wooden statues. There are many temples in Shangdu, and most of the statues in them were renovated or even re-carved by him." Jiuyue fed him water, the old man couldn't close his mouth, She took the veil and wiped it carefully for him.

"When I was young, Mr. Xu was still helping in the Baixi Garden. He used to tame animals, and he did two jobs. I heard from others that Mr. Xu traveled here when he was young and settled here. He didn't bring anything with him. The most valuable property in his body is a beautiful puppy in his arms. It is very rare for him as a foreigner to gain a foothold in the commercial capital. Thanks to his good craftsmanship, he does two jobs by himself, and slowly earns a penny Family business." Jiuyue sighed, "Mr. Xu likes children the most. I used to eat candy from him when I was young. I saw that he has a strong body, but I never thought that when he was renovating the statue, I fell down and hurt my head, and it became like this overnight."

Zhou Ke frowned, wondering if the big monster had a hammer relationship with the god statue in the temple, and he looked away but didn't seem to care about it. He only asked Jiuyue: "Yesterday we ran into this old man and a young man. Mr. Xu How long has this appearance lasted for this disease? Has the young man been taking care of him?"

"Let me think about it..." Jiuyue finished feeding the water, "It happened about six years ago. The young man you mentioned should be his relative Xu Bao, who is his only support. It's just that he estimates now. It's not easy, no one else can share the two tasks of taking care of Mr. Xu and supporting the family, and when others see him, he is either on his way to work, or he is on his way to find Mr. Xu."

Speaking of this, Jiuyue stood up quickly: "By the way, I have to go and tell someone, so that he won't find Mr. Xu and get anxious."

Qianli moved her ears and stopped her: "Sister, don't be in a hurry."

"what's wrong?"

Zhou Ke shrugged his nose, but also stood still.A ray of evil spirit gradually approached here from a distance, and after a while, the door of the Kaleidoscope store was knocked hastily.

"Hey, who is it? There are closed business signs outside."

"I'll open the door." Zhou Ke stepped forward to open the door, and it turned out that the young man he met yesterday was outside the door, and the other party was taken aback when he saw him.

Xiao Bao cupped his hands: "My lord, have you taken in an old man?"

Zhou Ke stepped aside: "Old Xu is inside."

Xiaobao rushed in with a stride, came to the old man and shouted: "Old man."

Mr. Xu, who was drooling cheerfully at first, looked up, but when he saw him, he became unhappy: "Who are you? I'm not old."

"I'm your family." Xiaobao squatted in front of him, "I'll take you home."

Frightened, Mr. Xu jumped off his chair, hid behind Aoli like a child, tugged at Aoli's sleeves and yelled, "I don't know you, you are a human" Trafficker, idol, beat him up for me. "

Xiaobao wanted to catch him, and the old and the young started a trick of hawk catching chicks across the distance.

"Hey, this..." Jiuyue and Zhou Ke watched it funny and sad, the little Bao was in a hurry, his eyes were red: "Stop playing, okay? Come home with me, huh?"

Seeing his expression, Qianli suddenly moved his eyebrows and turned around along the old man's tugged sleeve, coaxing old Xu clumsily: "He really didn't lie to you, he is not a bad person, he is your family member, the idol will never lie to you."

Elder Xu still shook his head, shaking his gray and disheveled hair even more wildly.

Xiao Bao over there said in a hoarse voice: "Even if you don't remember me, you still have to remember how many dogs you have raised, right? Right at home, you even fed the three puppies you brought home in the morning. They eat."

Elder Xu looked dazed, touched the back of his gray head and reacted: "You son of a bitch..."

Zhou Ke really couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward to help: "How about I use my magic weapon to help the old man regain his sanity?"

Everyone else looked at him, Qianli and Xiaobao's eyes lit up: "Do you have a solution?"

Jiuyue was confused: "A magic weapon?"

Zhou Ke explained to her while taking out the Qiankun bag: "Sister, I am a cultivator, the kind who knows magic."

Jiuyue stared like a cow: "!"

He took out the simple and old-fashioned Laixi bell, and showed it to Qianli and Xiaobao: "When I went down the mountain, I brought a Laixi bell that can call back souls. The old man is old, and I am afraid that it is due to external force that the soul is in turmoil and incomplete. . Let me urge Xiling to try to gather the spirit of the old man again."

Xiaobao was so excited that he almost cried, Qianli hurriedly coaxed Mr. Xu to sit down.Zhou Ke made a small gesture, and Lai Xiling floated above the old man's head. Under the mantra he recited silently, driven by spiritual power, it rang softly in the distance.

Three sounds passed, but the demented old Xu did not change at all.

Zhou Ke's pupils dilated slowly, and he looked at the old man in disbelief.

At the same time, Qianli couldn't help stretching out his hand: "Let me see his spirit."

Zhou Keyi grasped his wrist, and shook his head calmly: "It's useless. I'm afraid the old man's soul has been damaged for too long, and calling the soul is useless now." He turned to Xiaobao, and his voice was a bit difficult: "Sorry...no can help."

The happy look on Xiaobao's face disappeared, and he returned to the original numbness, and he folded his hands together and bent down: "No, young master, thank you."

Later, Mr. Xu still made a fuss and refused to go back with Xiaobao, so Qianli helped coax him back together.Zhou Ke naturally followed, looking at the young monster with the stupid old man on his back, his thoughts were a little messy.

Mr. Xu was restless along the way, struggling on Xiaobao's back, and Qianli said this to him to distract him.

Zhou Ke listened quietly, pointed at Qianli for a while and interjected: "Old Xu, do you still remember how many statues like this were carved?"

Mr. Xu scratched his face and looked at the sky, his cloudy eyes seemed to be clear for a moment, then he raised his hand stupidly, and answered Zhou Ke's question: "99, there are all sizes. The tall ones are as high as the roof, and the small ones are as tall as the roof. hand."

Xiao Bao, who was carrying him on his back, slowed down by half a beat: "The number, that's right."

—The old man intermittently remembered the number of his carvings, but not him.

Zhou Ke bit the bullet and comforted him: "Old Xu may still have a chance to recover."

At this time, the old man became restless again, and pulled Xiaobao's hair and collar, saliva only dripped on him, and the latter walked silently with his back on his back.

Zhou Ke and Qian Li sent them back home together, as soon as the door was opened, a few puppies rushed over from the small yard, barking around Mr. Xu.The old man immediately jumped off Xiaobao's back, squatted down to touch the three silly little paparazzi, and became happy again: "Three babies, little boy."

Xiao Bao bowed down to thank Zhou Ke and Qian Li, and the two dawdled for a while before leaving together.

On the way back, Zhou Ke was the first to break the silence, tilted his head and asked Qianli: "Master God Statue? Did you pass by this treasured land before, and became the protector of this place by acting chivalrously?"

Qian Li felt a little gloomy between his brows, and said in a low voice, "It's just a coincidence."

Zhou Ke shrugged his shoulders in disbelief at all, looked at the sky and chatted: "Speaking of which, Xiaobao must have been with Boss Xu for half his life, it's really lamentable."

Qian Li also shook his head: "It's a pity. If it weren't for the mortal being insane, maybe they still have ten years of quiet life."

Zhou Ke frowned: "No, maybe..."

"Ok?"

"Eternal life for mortals...is not a particularly good thing for the demon couple."