Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 61
Li Xiuyuan went in and took a look. The inside of the room was a little better than the outside, but it was not much better. It was damp and dull. A quilt on the wooden couch was black and dirty. He stretched out his hand to pinch the quilt, which was wet and cold. , It's not warm at all. It's luck to sleep in such a place at night without catching a cold.

It is hard to imagine a teenager in his early ten years living alone in this environment.

"Dare to ask, where do you heroes come from?" At this time, an old man's voice sounded outside the door.

Tieshan and the other guards kept silent and did not dare to reveal their whereabouts casually. This was Li Xiuyuan's order before, fearing that these guards would not speak well and leaked their words, which would ruin the redemption.

"This old man, we are from Guobei County. We passed by here and heard that there are demons in your village, so we came here to take a look."

Li Xiuyuan walked out of the house immediately, but saw many men, women and children from the village gathered together, headed by an elderly man holding a cane.

"It turned out to be the son of the county. The old man is polite. I am the head of Dahu Village, Luo Shan. Everyone in the village calls me old man Luo."

"The old village chief is being polite. We are the ones who have disturbed the tranquility of your village. Please don't take offense at the old village chief." Li Xiuyuan said politely.

Old man Luo said: "No surprise, no surprise. There have been very few outsiders coming to Dahu Village these years. Young Master is the first guest this year. It's too late for us to be happy. How could we be surprised?" She smiled sheepishly.

It seems that it is a shame that no one visits your own village.

But Li Xiuyuan also understands this feeling. It was like this in ancient villages. If outsiders walk around frequently, it will definitely make the villagers look good. If no one visits the village for a long time, it will inevitably be discussed by some people. The people in the village are not good.

This is naturally a very embarrassing thing for the village.

"By the way, I heard this little brother say that there are monsters in this Dahu village. I don't know if it's true or not?" Li Xiuyuan asked curiously.

Old man Luo sighed: "Isn't that right? Master, have you seen that big lake? Just a few years ago, a water demon suddenly appeared in this lake. People in the village went fishing in the lake, and there were people around the lake. I don’t know how many people who wash and wash vegetables have been eaten by water monsters, there are not more than a dozen, there are more than twenty, I can’t remember, everyone is born without seeing people, and dead without seeing corpses.”

"Can you tell me about this matter in detail?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"Of course, of course, if this young master is interested, you might as well spread the word outside more in the future. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to be heard by some expert, and come to Dahu Village to collect this monster." Speaking of the monster in the lake , the old village chief looked sad.

The other villagers also looked sad and helpless.

Others say that family ugliness should not be publicized, but the monsters in Dahu Village must be publicized to let others know that there are monsters here.

It not only plays the role of prevention and vigilance, but also hopes that righteous people can come here to eliminate monsters after hearing that there are monsters here.

For the people of Dahu Village, there is no other way.

Soon, in the evening.

In the middle of the village in Dahu Village, a bonfire was lit.

Li Xiuyuan, Tieshan and other guards, as well as the old village of Dahu Village, and the villagers of Dahu Village sat around.

Old man Luo's wrinkled old face showed sadness, and he told Li Xiuyuan about the water demon in Dahu Village.

I heard from the old village that there are no monsters in this lake. On the contrary, there are plump fish and shrimps and abundant aquatic products. This allows the villagers of Dahu Village to catch a lot of fish every year. one day.

"That day was terrible. There were dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the wind was so strong that the roof was lifted, but there was no rain falling. I have never seen such a weird weather in my life, old man. There will be dry thunder, but no rain."

Old man Luo was holding a teacup, spitting and flying around, looking a little excited: "This situation lasted for a full day and night, and everything calmed down on the second day."

"But after that day, monsters appeared in the big lake in the village."

"I remember that Zhang Gen was the one who had the accident first. He was fishing on the lake. He heard from the people on the nearby fishing boat that a huge wave suddenly appeared on the lake and capsized the boat. Zhang Gen disappeared in a blink of an eye. At first I thought it was just an accident, but I didn't know that more and more people died later. It wasn't until Xiaoganzi's mother Gan was washing clothes by the lake and was dragged into the lake by a huge black fish. At that time, I didn't realize the lake There's a monster out."

Having said that, old man Luo sighed bitterly again.

"If I had realized earlier, so many people would not have died. What a man, he just fed that damned monster like this."

While the old man Luo was talking, Li Xiuyuan and the guards listened quietly.

Hearing the back, Tieshan and other guards were also filled with righteous indignation.

"Damn monster, it's so rampant, eating so many people, I really want to cut that beast alive."

"Isn't it? Twenty or so lives were lost just like that."

"This monster has suffered such a great crime, isn't it afraid of retribution? Doesn't God just open his eyes to see and kill this beast?"

More than [-] people were eaten by monsters, which was a great shock to everyone. They lived in Guobei County, which was under the management of the Li family. nothing.

The only monster Li Xiuyuan encountered in Guobei County was the mandrill in Xiahe Village.

However, only one person was killed, and he killed it, so that this matter was not spread and was unknown.

"Village chief, benefactor said, he has a way to get rid of that monster and avenge us." At this time, the beggar boy from before, the little pole suddenly interjected.

"Oh, is this true?" Old man Luo looked at Li Xiuyuan with wide eyes.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan's extraordinary temperament and the strength of his subordinates, maybe there is a way to get rid of this monster.

"Grandfather, I beg you to save Dahu Village." Old man Luo knelt on his knees with a plop, regardless of his age.

"More than [-] people died. If you don't get rid of that monster, Dahu Village will be finished. I beg your benefactor."

Li Xiuyuan hurriedly supported old man Luo: "Old village chief, what are you doing? Aren't you ruining my life? Get up quickly, get up quickly, I have already promised that the little pole will get rid of the demon in Taihu Village, you don't have to!" in this way."

"This, is this true?" Old man Luo looked at him expectantly.

"Of course, if I don't get rid of this demon this time, I, Li Xiuyuan, won't leave this Dahu Village." Li Xiuyuan made an oath.

What old man Luo said was right, Dahu Village would indeed not be able to survive if the evil monster did not come out.

After some tossing.

Until late at night, the villagers of Dahu Village and the old village chief all went back to rest.

Tieshan and other two teams of guards were also placed in the villagers' homes to rest, and a best room was vacated for Li Xiuyuan to stay.

But Li Xiuyuan didn't feel sleepy at all.

"Tieshan, follow me to the Taihu Lake." At night, Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, son."

Tieshan, who was in charge of the night watch, responded.

The weather is not bad tonight, under the moonlight, the road can be seen clearly.

Li Xiuyuan is not blindfolded, which is the so-called night blindness. If it were a blindfolded person, he wouldn't even think about going out at night.

When he came to the lake, he saw the gloomy wind blowing by the lake, the spirit-calling flag swaying with the wind, and wet figures standing in the lake water, staring at Li Xiuyuan and Tieshan in a daze.

There were men and women, all of whom seemed to be villagers from Dahu Village.

"A water ghost after death?" Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly.

"The old village chief was right. Many people in the village died."

"Master, what are you looking at?" Tieshan asked curiously when he saw Li Xiuyuan looking at the front without moving.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I'm looking at those innocent souls who died in vain."

After speaking, he walked forward.

He saw a water ghost reaching out to grab the sacrifice by the lake, but because he couldn't leave the lake, he couldn't reach the sacrifice.

"Water ghosts can't leave the water." Li Xiuyuan thought suddenly.

"Since you are villagers of Dahu Village, why don't you go to reincarnate." He walked over and placed the sacrificial food forward.

When the water ghost grabbed it, it seemed that a cloud of taste floated out and was sucked into his mouth by him, and then he looked full of wine and food.

Ghosts don't eat food, only smell.

That's what my cheap master said, ghost food.

The water ghosts looked at Li Xiuyuan in surprise, as if they didn't expect Li Xiuyuan to find themselves.

"We were all controlled by the water demon, and we couldn't be reincarnated. Even if the ghost messenger came, we couldn't arrest our souls. We can only be water ghosts here." A female water ghost said.

"The water demon said that only if we pull a person into the water and drown, will we be allowed to leave and reincarnate."

"Yes, but this lake is full of our relatives and friends, how could we have the heart to drag them into the water and drown them?"

The other water ghosts couldn't bear to say.

(End of this chapter)