casket of old days

Chapter 7 Uphill (Thanks to the leader of 'Two Big Pineapple' for the reward)

In Chu Qiguang's mind, he still remembers the hideous and excited villagers in broad daylight.

In this world, Taoism is not only a generation that slays demons and demons in the story of the female corpse, but also a mountain that weighs on the heads of the people.

Wangjiazhuang, where Chu Qiguang lives, is located in Qingyang County under Lingzhou.

And in this Qingyang County, the Wang family who ran rampant in Wangjiazhuang could only be regarded as a small landlord.

In contrast, the Taoist temples in the county are the real behemoths. They not only preside over the affairs of more than [-] people in the county, such as marriages, funerals, lectures, worship, and subduing demons, but also countless big households invest their land in Offering and other methods were incorporated into his sect, just to avoid taxation.

After all, there is no tax or corvee in Taoist temples.

'Everyone in this Wangjiazhuang village, and even the entire Qingyang County, believe in Taoist Xuanyuan, and they are extremely fanatical.The Taoist priests in the county even arrested the villagers they thought were the devils and drowned them in the river. '

As for the reason for drowning people in the river, in Chu Qiguang's view, it is absurd and ridiculous.

Some were suspected of being devils because of wearing clothes indiscriminately, some with a bad reputation were arrested, people with mental problems were also arrested, and some even seemed to Chu Qiguang just because they offended those Taoist temples. The Taoist priests were also arrested and sank in the river, and all the family's land was bought at a low price.

Thinking of this, Chu Qiguang, who came from modern society, felt a chill, and he didn't dare to have a way that was too advanced.

'Before you have enough status and power, you still have to do things in a way that fits the style of this society. '

Grain tax, corvee, landlords, officials, religion...these things are like mountains pressing down on poor peasants like Ergou, making them breathless.

Thinking about his current situation, Chu Qiguang made a faint decision in his heart.

In any case, his current situation was beyond the limit, and if the cat really wanted to harm him, he seemed to have no way to resist the monster.

What Chu Qiguang didn't realize was that his feelings for the orange cat continued to surge in his heart, which influenced his decision today.

Ergou's mother on the side sighed for a while, and went to work in the kitchen under Chu Qiguang's comfort, and a scent came out after a while.

Chu Qiguang and his younger sister walked over after smelling the aroma, watching their mother bake two breads, swallowing saliva continuously.

The mother held the baked dough and smelled it again and again, and finally handed the dough to Ergou and his sister with some reluctance: "Eat it."

Seeing the woman's sallow and thin face, Chu Qiguang couldn't bear it and said, "Mother, you should eat some yourself."

Mother smiled and said: "I'm full after smelling it, you can eat."

Chu Qiguang secretly sighed in his heart, while Ergou sister beside her was already wolfing down the bread.

Ergou's mother reprimanded: "Slow down, don't choke." She smelled the aroma of the bread, and couldn't help her stomach twitching slightly, and finally went to the water tank to pour a bowl of water to drink.

That night, after Chu Qiguang waited for his sister and mother to fall asleep, he got up cautiously and rushed to the back mountain.

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The place called the back mountain of Wangjiazhuang has no name, it is just a barren hill with mostly bamboo forests, nearby villagers often come to the hill to chop some bamboo for home use, or dig some bamboo shoots to sell in the county.

At the moment, most of the mountains are dark, and Chu Qiguang doesn’t know what time it is. Fortunately, the moonlight shines brightly on the mountain road tonight, so that he can barely see the road ahead and slowly head towards the top of the mountain. go ahead.

'I don't know where the cat is waiting for me. The mountain is not big or small.Even if a living person is lost in this mountain, it may not be possible to find it overnight, let alone a cat? '

Chu Qiguang, who had climbed halfway up the mountain, panted heavily, feeling his body was getting tired and cold, his stomach was wriggling constantly, and he felt a strong sense of hunger: "This body is too weak." '

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and there were several mournful howls from the forest, like night owls or mountain foxes, mixed in the night wind and swaying far away.

The cool wind blew on Chu Qiguang's body with the roaring sound, which made him get goosebumps when he was used to modern city life, and felt a little regretful about going up the mountain late at night.

He suddenly had some doubts about his actions this time. Normally, he should not have gone up the mountain so impulsively.

'Why don't you just go back...the Wang family can also use my own method to deal with it. '

Just when Chu Qiguang turned around, there were several green lights rising from the bamboo forest behind him suddenly, dancing in the wind like will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness.

Chu Qiguang's heart tightened, and before he could react, those ghost fires flew towards him as if they had spotted him.

Chu Qiguang grasped the hatchet hidden in his bosom fiercely, and in the next moment he rushed out of the shadow of the bamboo forest with the will-o'-the-wisp, and two short figures came out twisting and twisting. They were as short as one or two-year-old babies, Chu Qiguang became more and more nervous when he saw the weird standing movements.

It wasn't until the short figure was exposed to the moonlight that Chu Qiguang saw clearly that two wild cats with different patterns appeared in front of him, and the green ghost fire he saw just now turned out to be the green light in the eyes of these cats.

'This is... the wild cat that played with my sister before? '

What surprised Chu Qiguang was that the two wild cats in front of him were not as lazy or docile as usual. Instead, they stood up on their hind limbs, clasped their hands together, and bowed to him like humans.

Chu Qiguang was startled in his heart: "Could it be more than orange cats...these two cats are also monsters?" '

The leading white cat waved at Chu Qiguang with its front paws, and then turned around with a cry, as if to lead Chu Qiguang the way.

Chu Qiguang thought: "I am afraid that the orange cat sent them to show me the way." '

He was still a little hesitant at first, but when he thought of the orange cat in Ergou's memory, an inexplicable trust rose again, and his heart was hardened, so he followed the cat into the bamboo forest.

　Thanks to 'Yao Yao' for the rewards.

　　Thank you for the reward of 'Jo Taro who is not a man'
　　Thanks to 'qyqxxxxxxx' for the reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)