Chapter 14

Being skinny and big does exist in reality.

This is not Ouyang Rong’s imagination.It was my junior sister who proved it.

Ouyang Rong is not sure whether or not the top clan of Jiangyou, the Xie family of Chenjun, has all the children of Zhilan and romantic life in the Southern Dynasties. The only thing he can be sure of is that the food of the Xie family in Wuyi Lane is not generally good.

If you say that a poor family can’t produce a noble son, Ouyang Rong might laugh lightly and debate the theory of blood origin, but if you say that a poor family can’t produce a girl like a junior sister, then he agrees a hundred times without questioning it.

Because the nutrition of the poor family can’t keep up with the growth rate of the junior sister.

Ouyang Rong admitted that just now Xie Ling Jiang suddenly turned to meet the teacher and the others, he was taken aback.

The half-thin that was close to him the day before is nothing compared to this one. This is a high-end game with high intensity… And if I remember correctly, my junior sister is only sixteen or seventeen years old.

“Why is Tan Lang so slow, did he let his junior sister wait for you for a long time?”

Zhen Shi smiled, and questioned Ouyang Rong as soon as she entered the door, but the latter knew that the corner of her aunt’s eyes must be secretly glancing at Miss Xie Shi, she couldn’t tell, she was extremely satisfied.

Xie Xun said to Ouyang Rong: “The boat arrived at Penglangdu this morning. Your aunt picked us up to the mountain. We just entered the temple to worship the Buddha. We were supposed to wait for you, Lianghan, but your aunt said no, and it is really inconvenient to come again.” Delay, I will let Houhou stay and wait for you, and go to the Chanting Hall to burn nine sticks of incense. You should know each other.”

It’s not just acquaintance, they almost “fight” together.Someone whose waist still hurts thought.

Xie Lingjiang seemed to want to apologize: “Father, my daughter just misplaced…”

Ouyang Rong rushed to answer: “Yes, I just saw Junior Sister Ling Jiang… I was quite surprised. In the past two years, I often saw the teacher mentioning in letters that I saw you today. As expected, Junior Sister is indeed a talented Liu Xu. He is very inquisitive and eager to learn, and he just came to discuss Buddhist scriptures with his students.”

Xie Lingjiang glanced at this “big brother”, who answered Father’s question intently.

“That’s good. When you went to Bailudong to study, you just set off to Luoxia to take the exam. Later, you became a Jinshi again, Ding Muyou again, and you went to the office… It’s been a long time since I saw you, Houhou In the academy, I heard a lot about your senior brother, and one day, she told me that Tao Li made three wishes twenty years ago, one wished to read all the books in the family, and the other wished to see a true man.”

“I don’t dare to take it.” Ouyang Rong smiled, the false name seems to be of some use, what’s the use?Lie to the little girl Liang who is young and literary.

“Father…” Xie Lingjiang lowered his head and called out, seeming a bit thin-skinned.

Ouyang Rong actually wanted to hear the third wish of the “ferocious” junior sister, but Xie Xun smiled and stroked his beard, and stopped talking.

“So there is still this good story. Is Qianyuan admiring the deeds of her senior brother?” Zhen’s eyes lit up, and she immediately went to hold Xie Lingjiang’s hand and greeted him affectionately. She didn’t forget to turn around and complain about someone: ” Hey, Tan Lang, tell me, you don’t know how to write more letters to junior junior sisters on weekdays, why do you write to insignificant people every day, and neglect your own people.”

“…” Ouyang Rong.

Now he is very afraid that his aunt will leak her words and say what “my family” and “my wife” are in her heart…

After Xie Xun and the others paid homage to the Buddha, they were going to pay homage to a Buddhist pagoda at the Pagoda Forest in the back mountain. The abbot of Donglin Temple personally received him and led the way, but Master Shandao hadn’t come yet, so everyone took a break at the Sanhui Temple.

Mrs. Zhen continued to pull Xie Lingjiang aside to talk about family affairs, asking about schoolwork, boudoir affairs, whether she has a sweetheart and so on.

However, this talented woman from the Xie family, who was born in the direct line of Wuyi Lane, seemed to be a little bit resistant to being held by the woman and chattered endlessly, but she still asked and answered, staying polite and calm, and glanced at her father and senior brother at the stone table from time to time.

On the other side, Ouyang Rong didn’t know what Xie Lingjiang was thinking, he was a little nervous right now.

Ouyang Rong was actually a little afraid of this mentor, and this “fear” was more caused by guilt.

Xie Xun was born in Jinlingfang, one of the direct descendants of the Xie family in Chenjun.The Xie family of Chenjun is one of the five surnames and Qiwang of the Dazhou Dynasty. Together with the Langya Wang family, they are called Wang Xie, and they are truly prominent families in the Six Dynasties.

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, after the clothes were crowned and crossed to the south, the people before Wang Xie and the southern royal family ruled the world together, with power in the court and the public, and they were so honored that even the emperor acquiesced to marry only Wang Xie’s daughter.Later, the Northern Dynasties won, the world was unified, and the Qian Dynasty was established successively. The north was promoted and the south was demoted, and Wang Xie declined. The first wife moved back to Guanzhong one after another, close to the power center of the empire.

But in Jiangnan Road, the Xie family of Chen Jun is still one of the most admirable Jiangzuo noble families.

The Xie family in Chenjun is a family that leans towards Confucianism and metaphysics. Xie Xun is famous for his Confucianism. Xun resigned from the official position and went back to Bailudong Academy to teach instead of being a Zhou official. I heard that Wei’s children had personally visited the door to make a wish, but they were all declined.

However, Xie Xun did not prevent his disciples from becoming officials in the imperial court. When Ouyang Rong first entered Chang’an, it went smoothly because he was a disciple of Xie Xun. This layer of protection, even Ouyang Rong suspected that the empress would give him an official, and there was a lot of money to buy it. The meaning of horse bone.

In addition, Ouyang Rong vaguely knew that this benefactor had not broken through the world of mortals and returned to seclusion with peace of mind. The plaque in his study had the word “drinking ice” written on it, and it seemed that his blood fever was still hard to dissipate.

As for the dispute between the Li family and the Wei family, it is naturally clear at a glance.

However, before Ouyang Rong’s remonstrance to death, he severely offended Princess Changle who belonged to the Baoli Sect. Later, it seemed that it was also the private favor of his teacher Xie Xun. He entrusted the nobleman of Luoyang to save the life of his “disciple”, but he was only dispatched to this flood Seriously, it’s just Longcheng County.

So right now, how can he not be “afraid” of being held accountable by his teacher?
“The teacher is here, why is there no notification for writing a letter?”

“Your aunt didn’t tell you?”

“No…well, I may have mentioned it. I was still bedridden and recuperated at that time, and my mind was often dizzy. I couldn’t hear it.”

“You are still injured.”

“never mind.”

“it is good.

“Okay, I will go down the mountain to perform my duties immediately, don’t delay.”

“Yes.”

There was silence between master and apprentice for a while, but this is also the way of getting along in memory.

Xie Xun belongs to the kind of scholar who is usually easy to talk, but when it comes to serious business, he seems to be a different person, with a sharp voice, and Ouyang Rong used to be sensitive to words.

Even if the teacher and apprentice expressed their concern, they would ask and answer as before, concise and to the point, if they said it was okay, then it was okay, no matter how bad the previous injury was, it had already passed, and only looked at the immediate matter.It’s not like the pity of a woman like Zhen’s.

Xie Xun was silent for a while.

“Your teacher believed in Buddhism before she was alive. I built a stone pagoda for her in Donglin Temple. Every year at this time of the rainy season, I would come here to worship her. This year is no exception, and I brought you with me.

“I didn’t intend to inform you originally, you just took office in Dragon City, so you must be busy.

“But when I was transferring between water and land in Jiangzhou, I met your aunt. We knew each other when they visited you in the academy before. She was in a hurry to catch the water and passed by, but she told the old man about your drowning injury… So I still brought Wanhou here today, I hope I didn’t delay your business. But I’ll leave tomorrow, it doesn’t matter.”

Ouyang Rong was silent.

The teacher and the student were speechless for a while, sitting together on a stone bench, with light gray clouds above their heads, and the bamboo forest behind them was occasionally shaken violently by the mountain wind. The lingering silence between the two of them.

Until the bamboo forest stopped and the dark clouds stopped, Ouyang Rong turned his head: “Teacher, what happened in Luoyang…”

“The host should be done with his work. Let’s go and wait for him in Houshan Pagoda Forest.” Xie Xun shook the hem of his robe, as if he hadn’t heard, got up with a smile, and went to greet Xie Lingjiang and Mrs. Zhen.

Ouyang Rong looked at the teacher’s back and swallowed the words.

A group of people went to Tallinn. On the way, they happened to meet Master Shandao who was stopping to interpret the dream of the female benefactor. After waiting for a while, the master had something to do, and took everyone to the stone pagoda donated by Xie Xun in the back mountain. .

The tower is nine stories high and surrounded by green bamboos.

During worship, Xie Xun looked up at the steeple tower for a while, and Ouyang Rong was behind him.

“I used to laugh at her for being superstitious. Later, I realized that sometimes people really need to build such a ‘tower’, and this tower can store anything, so that even if it is far away, knowing that it is there will make you feel at ease. “

“Teacher’s condolences.”

When he came to the pagoda, Xie Xun seemed to talk too much, and Ouyang Rong chose to be a quiet listener.

Smoke hangs at the foot of the tower,

During a Buddhist ceremony, amidst the rising smoke, Xie Xun suddenly turned his head and said to him, “Actually, you did nothing wrong… Lianghan, the teacher is very happy to have a disciple like you.”

Ouyang Rong was dumbfounded.

……

After the ceremony, everyone turned around and left the stone forest one after another. Xie Xun and his party will stay in the temple for one night, and leave after breakfast tomorrow.

On the way back, whether it was intentional or not, Mrs. Zhen and Xie Xun walked in the front and chatted together, leaving Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang behind.

The two brothers and sisters walked side by side, but the distance between the arms was a bit far.

But Ouyang Rong thinks it’s normal, because he doesn’t know whether it’s because the little junior sister is shy and quietly wrapped her chest too flat, or her arms are too slender. Or touch the arm first…

“Brother Lianghan, why did you lie just now?”

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s big or small, you have to call senior brother.”

Xie Ling Jiang Yan frowned slightly, and looked ahead, “Don’t shout, I’m not a few years younger, we talk on equal terms, it’s better to be called brothers and sisters.”

Ouyang Rong found that the little junior sister had a little habit of pouting, which was a cute gesture on a woman, but because of her serious expression staring straight ahead, it seemed… more cute.

“Brother Lianghan, do you think a little lie is nothing serious?”

“I don’t know. But my sister is right.”

“Brother Lianghan accommodated me because I was young?”

“No. You call this small?”

“Why is that?”

“Because junior sister is the biggest.”

“Isn’t it a meaning?”

“It doesn’t mean anything.”

“Just one meaning!”

“That’s a meaning.”

“…”

Xie Lingjiang suddenly felt that it was not unreasonable for the brother to be kicked by mistake.

Thank you brothers for your support. Xiaorong can’t repay you, so you can only try to update every day. The start may be a little slow, but give Xiaorong some pen and ink, and I will write some interesting characters for the brothers~

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 14
After the two sides exchanged a few words, someone came over and made a detailed registration of the donated materials. Yun got them from the Sun family and donated the rest of the money besides buying the materials.

I also explained to the person in charge that this time she was mainly here to visit her grandfather’s old friend, and the person in charge enthusiastically sent someone to take her there.

When they saw the person, several old men were in a daze, which made Yunyi feel a little uncomfortable: they are all heroes.

Perhaps it was the remaining consciousness of the original owner, thinking of the late Mr. Chu, and his eyes turned slightly red: “Grandpas, do you still remember me?”

One of the old people reacted first: “Are you Yun Yitou?”

Yun Yi smiled and nodded: “It’s me.”

She did not intend to tell them the news of Mr. Chu’s death: “I followed grandpa’s order and came to visit you on his behalf.”

After saying that, he also held up the gift he bought with his own money: “Look, this is the supplement that grandpa asked me to bring you. Are you surprised?”

Perhaps it had been a long time since any acquaintances came to visit them. After a moment of stunned silence, several old people looked happy.

The old man closest to the door stood up with a smile: “It’s really a transformation of a woman. She has grown a lot and her appearance is even more beautiful.”

After chatting for a while, Yunyi saw a nurse washing the hair of other old comrades: “Grandpas, it’s not easy for me to come here. Today, I will wash your hair. Let’s work together.” chat.”

The nurse who was busy nearby heard that Yunyi wanted to help: “The relationship is good, these old men must be happy.”

I brought warm water over and chatted while washing their hair. The hearty laughter of several old men could be heard in the room from time to time.

Seeing all this, Yunyi felt a lot in her heart, thinking that after she returned to Beijing, she would definitely take more time to visit them.

Because there were other things on my mind and it was getting late, I said goodbye and left under the reluctant eyes of several old men.

*
The Sun family on the other side was in complete chaos.

After the grandma learned that something happened to her third son, she immediately panicked and said to her little daughter who turned pale with fright: “Yanzi, hurry up and find your dad, eldest brother, and second brother and come back.”

Before Sun Xiaoyan ran out of the courtyard, her grandson’s father, Sun Anshou, hurried into the courtyard and saw his daughter who was about to run out: “Yanzi, what is going on? Why was your third brother arrested?”

Sun Xiaoyan was extremely anxious. If her third brother’s matter was confirmed, the entire Sun family would suffer, and her reputation would be ruined. No matter how anxious she was, she knew that the family scandal should not be made public: “Dad, come into the house and say it.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw her eldest brother Sun Jianming and her second brother Sun Aiming running back.

Before they could ask, Sun Xiaoyan said, “Let’s talk after we enter the room.”

Several people saw a neighbor in the yard looking towards them, but they didn’t want others to see their joke, so they had to lower their heads and walk into the house.

As soon as they entered the door, Sun’s mother said anxiously: “His father, the third child, was arrested by the evil gang of committee members.”

Sun’s father was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth: “Why are you so crazy? Do you want to involve the whole family in it?”

Grandmother Gao Haitang woke up after being yelled at by her old man in a low voice, and took off the hand covering her mouth: “His father, what should I do now?”

Sun’s father pushed her away: “Tell me first, what is going on?”

Sun’s mother had a pale face and told what she knew incoherently: “I don’t know the details, I just heard people say so.”

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 14

Li Yan’er breathed a sigh of relief and saw that the grass spirit was a little scared when he saw the fire. He lingered in the same place for a while, then took two steps forward and looked in their direction.

Li Yan’er hid behind the king and looked at her head.

“What is it doing?”

Gu Shiyi hummed,

“This little grass spirit has no spiritual skills. In the past, it hid in the ground to practice. It hides when it sees people and can’t easily find it. It is naturally afraid of fire and dares to come up to investigate. It seems that it is probably suffering from this. What kind of higher-level monsters are driving us in the mountains… we just have to wait!”

As he finished eating the remaining steamed buns, he saw the little grass spirit still looking around. He suddenly smiled, pulled a piece of firewood from the fire and threw it with a whoosh.

“Ow…”

The little grass spirit screamed in fright, turned around and hid in the grass and disappeared. Gu Shiyi laughed and ignored it. He took the thick bed he bought from the inn from the carriage and spread it next to the firewood pile. I picked up some dry firewood nearby and threw it into the fire.

“Aha……”

Gu Shiyi stretched and yawned.
“It’s getting late, I’m going to bed!”

She sat on the bunk, took off her shoes, and went to the fire to roast them. Li Yaner was better. She was now a clay figurine with no senses and no sense of smell or smell. However, the king suddenly jumped out of the broken earthen pot with a stick on his head. The branch pointed at Gu Shiyi’s smoking feet and said,
“Gu Shiyi, your feet smell so bad!”

Gu Shiyi rolled his eyes.
“How can it not stink after a long day’s journey?”

After saying that, he broke off his feet and picked them again and again. The king jumped a few steps away in disgust.
“Oh…you…can’t you wash up?”

“The water is too cold, I don’t want to wash it!”

The king retreated to the windward position, cursing,

“Lazy woman, no wonder you can’t get married even in your thirties. Only that awesome guy dares to marry you!”

Gu Shiyi pretended not to hear anything and lazily warmed his feet. His feet were still moving around. His eyes scanned the surrounding grass and he let out a laugh.

“If you don’t come, I’m really going to sleep!”

As he was talking, he heard rustling in the distance again. Li Yan’er was so frightened that she slipped into Gu Shiyi’s arms. The king hid behind the stone. Gu Shiyi calmly glanced at the peach wood sword beside him. Then he looked at the grass ahead with a smile, and not long after, a man walked out from the shadow where the firelight could not reach.

Gu Shiyi squinted and looked at this person up and down. He was a man about 25 years old. His appearance could not be called good-looking. His eyes were a bit small and his mouth was slightly protruding, giving people the impression of a deer head and rat eyes. He was wearing Confucian clothing. He was wearing a t-shirt, a Confucian crown on his head, and actually held a book in his hand. The man’s walking posture was also a bit strange, with a swaying step like an actor on the stage.

When he reached the place where the fire was, he saluted Gu Shiyi from a distance and said,
“Girl, I missed Sutou on my way late at night, so I asked the girl to go out and ask Xu Xiaosheng to borrow a fire and stay the night…”

Gu Shiyi looked at him with a smile, nodded after a while and said,

“You are born handsome. What I like most is handsome boys. Come here!”

The scholar was overjoyed when he heard this, and gave another salute. He took a few steps forward to the fire, lifted his front robe, and sat down in a weird posture. Gu Shiyi squinted at him,
“Sir, where did you come from?”

The scholar smiled very politely, raised his hand and pretended to salute again.
“Xiao Sheng is Master Li Jiaji. He was going to Huangcun. He lost his way in the mountains. It was already dark when we got here. I was lucky enough to meet the girl while I was anxious. Thank you so much!”

Gu Shiyi nodded with a smile and took out a piece of steamed bun.

“Sir, would you like to use some?”

Seeing this, the scholar stood up and bowed deeply. He took two steps forward and sat down three steps away from Gu Shiyi. He took the dried buns handed over by Gu Shiyi. Gu Shiyi smiled as he watched the scholar awkwardly handle the dried buns. Put it next to the fire to bake, and then the scholar picked up the book put aside and said to Gu Shi,
“Girl, I have been reading the Four Books and Five Classics recently, and I feel that there are endless mysteries in this book. If I win the exam next year, I will definitely be a high official in the future!”

Is this person afraid of some kind of cat disease?
Gu Shiyi looked at him with a strange expression, then looked at the book in his hand, then looked at the scholar, smiled and said,
“Then I will first wish the young master to be named on the gold list!”

This little demon is probably a fool. If a scholar suddenly appears in such a wilderness, carrying nothing but a book, let alone Gu Shiyi, even ordinary people would think that this person is not a serious person. Human right?
The scholar was very happy when he heard this. He put down the book in his hand and turned to look at her. His small mung bean eyes blinked and he said to Gu Shi in a soft voice,
“Girl, Xiaosheng sees that the girl has a beautiful appearance, and she is considered to be a talented man and a pretty girl. Is the girl willing to marry Xiaosheng?”

As he spoke, his pupils gradually changed and even dilated little by little. Within a few breaths, the white eyes were gone and only the dark pupils were left. When Gu Shiyi looked directly into his eyes, his eyes became blurred and his expression became trance-like. , she murmured,
“Marry you as… my wife?”

When the scholar saw that Gu Shiyi had been hit, he was immediately overjoyed and came over with a smile.
“Yes… you go home with me… let’s get married and let you be the bride, okay?”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull Gu Shiyi. Gu Shiyi did not resist, and let him pull him over blankly. He was held in his arms and just watched the scholar’s mouth, trying to press against Gu Shiyi. mouth,
“Snapped!”

Gu Shiyi suddenly raised his hand and slapped him on the ear. The sound was clear and crisp and spread far away in the dark valley.

“what……”

Then there was a scream. The scholar covered his face and jumped three feet high. He took three steps back with a look of disbelief on his face. He almost stepped into the fire. Fortunately, he looked back and stopped in time. Got the car,
“You… you… you didn’t… didn’t…”

The scholar looked at Gu Shiyi with clear eyes in panic, and Gu Shiyi sneered,
“What don’t I have?”

She shook her right palm, which was faintly glowing with white light, lowered her head and blew on it, and said with a look of disgust,

“Hey…yo…the black hair that hit me…”

The scholar saw that a few black hairs were actually falling out of Gu Shiyi’s palm, and then realized something was wrong. He reached out and touched it, and found that half of his face had turned into black hairs.
“You…squeak…”

He pointed at Gu Shi and barely had time to say a word, his entire face changed completely. He was originally a young scholar with a deer-headed head and rat-like eyes, but his mouth and nose elongated in the blink of an eye. His face was covered with black hair, and he had mung bean eyes and long, sharp points. mouth, pointed ears, a mouth that screamed,
Gu Shiyi laughed when he saw this,
“It turns out to be a rat spirit!”

The rat spirit seemed a little confused about what happened. He held his face in his hands for a long time before he came back to his senses and shouted in a high voice,

“You… are you a monk?”

Gu Shiyi clapped his hands and said with a smile,
“Don’t dare! The little Taoist priest only knows some magic. I don’t dare to call myself a cultivator!”

When the rat spirit heard this, his mung bean eyes darted around, and he was weighing the other party’s behavior in his heart.
“Look at how she looks. She’s all alone with a mahogany sword beside her. She doesn’t look very powerful. Why don’t you give her a try? The essence of a cultivator is more powerful than that of a mortal!”

It still had to think about it, but it didn’t expect that Gu Shiyi made his move first. Gu Shiyi didn’t know what kind of footwork he was using. He was so fast that the mouse spirit felt like his eyes were blurred.
“Clap clap clap…”

Gu Shiyi’s little slap was aimed at the mouse spirit’s face and he opened his bow from left to right. A white light flashed through, making the mouse spirit squeal and spin around in place. It was strange to say that. Every time he turned, his body became smaller. After five or six turns, his body was only half of Gu Shiyi’s height.
“squeak……”

Following an angry and shrill scream, Gu Shi’s eyes flashed. He saw the scholar’s clothes fluttering on the ground, and a huge mouse with black hair jumped out from the clothes. Gu Shiyi saw Like shouting,
“Don’t run!” The rat spirit ran towards the nearby grass without looking back. Gu Shiyi chased after a few steps and got behind it. He stepped on the long tail it trailed behind.

“squeak……”

The rat spirit was really angry now. He turned around and opened his mouth wide at Gu Shiyi. The four pointed long teeth protruding from the top and bottom glowed white in the firelight and bit Gu Shiyi’s head. Come on, Gu Shiyi tilted his head to avoid its sharp beak, then bowed his body to avoid its claws, and hit it hard with his shoulder and head upwards towards its belly.
“squeak!”

The head of the rat was so strong that it flipped backwards on all fours. Before it could gain a firm footing, Gu Shiyi bent down and grabbed the rat’s tail, which was as thick as an arm.

“rise!”

She shouted loudly, her hands flashed, she grabbed the tail of the rat with both hands and swung up the big rat, which weighed a hundred kilograms.
“Huhuhu…”

This little [-] kilograms and hairy thing was swung with an astonishing force. Gu Shiyi was really powerful. He spread his legs slightly, bent his knees down, and used force on his waist to swish the rat sperm into the air. Breathe in the wind and create a wind and fire wheel.

The rat spirit has been practicing Taoism in the mountains for 800 years. Finally, he was able to transform into a human being, so he came down the mountain to seduce humans and defraud the essence. If he met a man, he would transform into a beautiful village woman. If he met a man, he would transform into a beautiful village woman. The girl turned into a scholar, but most of the people walking in the deep mountains and forests were men. This was the first time it turned into a scholar, and it encountered a tough opponent, it turned out to be a cultivator!
Now that Gu Shiyi had pinched the vital part of its tail, its whole body was numb and unable to move. It whirled around when someone picked it up. Even though it was born with rough skin and thick flesh, it felt like stars were shooting out of its eyes and the world was upside down. His stomach kept churning, and soon foam began to form at the corners of his mouth. He screamed in desperation, and Gu Shiyi shouted,

“What are you yelling about?”

Only then did the rat spirit remember to say something,

“Spare your life! Zhizhizhizhi… have mercy!”

Gu Shiyi laughed when he heard this, and then he slammed it to the ground.
“boom……”

With a loud sound, the rat spirit’s body hit the ground with such force that a big crater was made immediately. Gu Shiyi pulled its tail, stepped forward and stepped on its belly and asked,

“Are you satisfied?”

“Squeak…”

The rat spirit faced up to the sky and screamed, but he didn’t dare to struggle at all.
“Is this enough?”

“I’m convinced… I’m convinced… I’m convinced…”

The rat spirit responded, and Gu Shiyi nodded with satisfaction and moved her feet, but she still didn’t let go of the rat tail in her hand. She asked,

“Tell me the truth, how many travelers have you killed in this mountain?”

The rat spirit resisted the urge to vomit and squeaked a few times before responding,

“So that you may know, our place is remote and not many passers-by pass by. However, we have encountered two groups of bandits who hid in the mountains. One was a bandit who was escaping from the government… Sometimes… sometimes there is really no one around, little one. Then he sneaked into the village and caused harm to the villagers…”

It honestly explained what it had done one by one. After hearing this, Gu Shiyi snorted coldly, thought for a while and asked,
“Is there anything to hide?”

“Don’t dare to hide it, don’t dare to hide it!”

Gu Shiyi snorted twice, looked the rat spirit up and down, and then said,
“Even if you are telling the truth, I will not take your life…”

The mouse spirit was overjoyed when he heard this.

“Thank you sir! Thank you sir!”

“However… the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be spared…”

Gu Shiyi thought for a while and said,

“I am worried about the difficulty of traveling on the mountain road and the delay on the road. Now that you are a local snake, you can open the way for us in front. As long as you send us away from this mountain range, I will let you go!”

The Mouse Spirit nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
“Okay, okay, I am willing to open the way for you!”

“Ok!”

Gu Shiyi nodded with satisfaction, let go of the rat’s tail, and went to the stream to wash his hands. When he came back and saw it lying there, he kicked it with his feet.
“Get up, are you still waiting for me to help you?”

The rat spirit immediately turned over and rolled up on the ground, then twisted its body and turned into a naked man on the spot.

“oops……”

Gu Shiyi covered his eyes,
“Get your clothes on!”

Even if a mouse turns into a human, it will not grow up. It looks like it has the eye of a needle!

The Mouse Spirit hurriedly picked up the Confucian scholar’s clothes, put them on hastily, and said with a smile,
“Adults…get dressed!”

Gu Shi nodded, pointed to the stone beside him and asked him to sit down, then yawned and said,

“It’s getting late, I’m going to bed, you stay here to watch…”

Then he pointed to the earthen pot beside him.

“If you dare to run away, I’ll catch you and skin your mouse!”

The rat spirit shook his head repeatedly.
“Don’t dare! Don’t dare!”

Only then was Gu Shiyi satisfied and went over to sit cross-legged and breathe. After 36 days of luck, he opened his eyes again and saw that the rat spirit was indeed guarding the fire honestly, adding two more fires from time to time.

“Ok!”

Gu Shiyi nodded with satisfaction, and then leaned over. Of course she was not stupid, she really knew how to sleep in front of this rat spirit without worry, but there was the king and Yan’er here, so they didn’t need to sleep. Master, you can absorb the essence of the moon while monitoring this rat spirit for yourself.

(End of this chapter)