Mysterious Tang Dynasty

The money was spent, and the servants paid attention.Nanny Lu had just eaten the morning meal, packed her luggage, and was about to set off. She already had a letter of approval and came to report.

The Rat King is indeed back, and he is hiding in the Earth Temple.It has a small nest there, which was specially reserved for it when the villagers built the temple.There is also a small open space in front of the Xiaowo, so that the villagers can send some food to worship it on weekdays.The strange thing is that the Rat King came back this time without saying a word, and didn't tell the villagers to bring him food. However, the daily offerings of pancakes and fresh fruits in the Earth Temple were less, and most of them were taken away quietly.

It also hides from people, and the villagers come to the temple to burn incense and worship on weekdays, but it does not show up.If it wasn't for the middle of the night this time, a villager came here in the dark to offer incense for the appearance of the lunar eclipse, and just heard it crying, who knows when it will know that it has returned!

Judging from the various traces in the Earth Temple, it may take seven or eight days for the Rat King to return.According to the old Cangtou who works part-time as a Miaozhu, the offerings were changed every three days and were lost twice. He thought that the naughty children in the village had stolen them.

Right now, the weather is bad and the disaster is severe. Although the village can still irrigate the crops with Jing River water, it is obvious that this year's production will be reduced.Everyone tightened their stomachs and only ate one dry meal and one thin meal a day, saving some food for the winter.Those half-grown children are so hungry that they will go to the wild to find some food. The offerings in the temple are ready-made food. The bread is full, and the fresh fruit is sweet and sour.The offerings in the Earth Temple are paid by Mr. Zhuang Shang, so there is no need for the old man to pay for it himself.He has no children, and loves children very much. Sometimes he just turns a blind eye and closes one eye.Anyway, he didn't expect that this misunderstanding caused him to miss the important clue of the rat king's return.

Now that he has regained his senses, the servant woman went to inquire, and he came to a conclusion, and hurriedly reported to the manor.Nanny Lu also got a letter from the servant girl.

Everyone in Zhuangzi was busy working in the fields in the morning when the sun was not too strong. If they wanted to react to this matter, they had to wait until noon.Nanny Lu was ready to leave at any time. After hearing the news and thinking about it, she decided to go to the Earth Temple herself.

She asked her followers to stay outside the temple, and approached the temple by herself. First, she put a stick of incense on the land master, and then began to call the mouse king: "Do you still remember me, the king? I am the mother next to the little lady of the Li family." !"

She called for a long time before she heard a muffled voice, but the Rat King didn't show up, it seemed to be coming from behind the altar: "I remember you, you are A Lu."

"Yes, I'm A Lu!" Nanny Lu smiled, and hurriedly said, "I heard that the king is back, so I came here specially to see you. The king went back to his hometown, and the journey was smooth? Why did you come back to visit the folks? And you won’t show up to let everyone know you’re back?”

The Rat King mumbled for a while, then whispered: "I just came back to visit my former residence, I didn't want to alarm people..."

How many days have you lived in this little den?This is called "former residence"?

Nanny Lu held back her smile and continued: "Last night during the lunar eclipse, some villagers came to the Earth Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings. I heard that they saw you, Your Majesty. The villagers in the village are very happy that you are back!"

The Rat King seemed to be a little panicked. Nanny Lu heard it move from behind the altar to the back door, and then back under the altar, and then heard it whisper: "Don't be happy... I don't have any skills at all... ...can't help everyone..."

Nanny Lu laughed and said, "How can your lord belittle yourself? You obviously have such great abilities!"

"What's the matter?" The Rat King lowered his face from the altar, his eyes were a little dazed, "I really don't have any great skills, I just fight with people. But now my tail is gone, and my claws... There is no way to make it rain from God, even to dig a ditch for the villagers..." As he said it, his mood sank, "I am like this... how can I deserve the food they offer... no wonder they blame me..."

Nanny Lu blinked, her tone didn't sound right, what ignorant thing came to the Rat King to complain?

She moved closer to the King of Mouse and wanted to ask him more clearly, but she saw the wound on his face clearly, and she was startled: "My lord, what happened to your mouth? Was it burned?!"

The Rat King jumped up in fright, and quickly shrank back under the altar, refusing to show his face again: "It's nothing... I have nothing to do! You read it wrong!"

Nanny Lu had fed the Rat King a few meals, and she had no fear of it in her heart. At this time, her concern prevailed, and she immediately lifted the embroidered curtain of the altar, so that the Rat King's entire rat was exposed in broad daylight. The injury can no longer be concealed.

It was scorched in the east and black in the west, and it was almost impossible to find a good piece of skin. The whole rat was in such a panic that even half of its beard was missing. There were bloodstains, and it was obvious that the injury was serious.

Nanny Lu felt distressed when she saw it: "What's going on? Which bastard hurt you?!"

The Mouse King was taken aback by her actions, and wished he could run away immediately, but he was caught by her hands, and he was gently hugged into his arms, full of distressing words.It remembered the good things it ate from her hands in the past, and the whole mouse relaxed a little, and then wept bitterly: "Alu... my hometown was taken away. I don't want to follow that beast. I did it once and drove it away. Who knew it was so bad, I would rather kill myself than sue me in front of the Taoist priest, saying that I am a bad fairy. The bad Taoist opened his mouth and said I was a villain Human monster, want to beat me to death. I am really no match for him, not only all the gold accumulated over the years fell into his hands, but even the gold essence was snatched by him..."

Nanny Lu actually didn't fully understand what the Rat King said, but she could tell that it was being bullied.She hurriedly said: "You escaped after being injured? Then why didn't you say anything? Are you hungry these days? Can you take medicine for your wound?"

The Mouse King shook his little head while sobbing.Where can it find medicine?All the wealth falls into the hands of others, and I have nothing.Along the way, I was still not hungry by stealing food.But when he returned to Liujiazhuang, he remembered the kindness of the folks here, so he didn't want to steal any more, and only dared to steal the offerings from the temple.Anyway, the land master is its old neighbor, so he shouldn't mind helping it.

Without the golden essence, its cultivation efficiency is not as good as before, but Liujiazhuang is its territory, and it can rest at ease here, which is safer than on the road.But last night, it had just practiced by the moonlight for a while, and it was at a critical juncture, when the moon suddenly disappeared, which ruined its accumulation of several days.It couldn't bear the grievance for a while, thinking of the hardships it had suffered these days, it couldn't help crying, and couldn't stop crying until dawn, when it was tired from crying, and fell asleep from exhaustion.

In the past few days, it has been hiding in the temple. In fact, it has encountered villagers many times to burn incense and worship gods.Everyone is worrying about this year's drought. Some people complain that the God of Land has been worshiped by everyone for a long time, but he refuses to show his spirit.Some people talked about the rat king, the god mouse that went away, saying that if it was still there, it could help dig ditches and drill wells.Some people also say that it doesn't have much ability, it can only eat rice, otherwise why can't it rain a few times for everyone?As soon as the drought started, it ran away, wasting the food that everyone worshiped in the past few months, and so on.

The Rat King is indeed incapable of calling the wind and rain, and now he can't even dig ditches. Hearing these complaints, his mood becomes more and more depressed, and he doesn't want to show his face in front of people anymore.

Nanny Lu understood.She looked at the little mouse in her hand, still so cute.She thought for a while and asked in a low voice, "My lord, if you don't want to stay here anymore, how about...going back with me?"