After the hero goes crazy

The man in green clothes wearing a bamboo hat seemed to be in a hurry. He ran very fast, trampled down a lot of dry grass along the way, and finally ran in front of the two of them.

'Hoo, hoo--'

Yao Shouning heard that he was breathing normally, but he didn't relax his vigilance.

This place is weird and extraordinary, the people in front of them may seem normal, but they may not be real people, maybe they are ghosts and ghosts changing to lure people into being fooled.

She cautiously retreated to Chen Taiwei's side, this dangerous national teacher is at least barely considered "one of her own" with her at this time, at least it will not kill her for the time being.

With the powerful protection of Chen Taiwei, Yao Shouning regained his courage and asked loudly:
"who are you?"

She had doubts about the person in front of her, so she tried to make a fierce look, but after shouting, she remembered Liu's usual teachings, quickly lowered her volume, and shouted obediently:
"—Uncle."

Judging from the man's voice, he was already quite old, at least forty.

She didn't notice that when she asked the question earlier, Chen Taiwei's eyes showed evil spirits, but when she added a sentence later, the blood in her eyes faded a little.

"Ai."

The man replied, then stretched out his hand to wipe it, and pushed the bamboo hat on his head behind his back, revealing a weather-beaten face.

He was about fifty years old, with a square face, dark and rosy, and rough skin.

Chen Taiwei's hands trembled more violently.

The appearance of the person in front of him evoked the memory hidden in his heart 700 years ago. He wanted to open his mouth, but his body seemed like a fossil, and his throat choked.

The man has a pair of thick and short eyebrows, the bridge of his nose is a bit sunken, his lips are slightly thick, and there are lines around his eyes and mouth. This is because he often laughs.

The hard and poor life did not wear away his kindness and good temper. This person who died 700 years ago broke into his eyes and heart with a posture that caught Chen Taiwei off guard.

The empty chest began to beat non-stop, and the memory that he thought he had forgotten clearly appeared in his heart at this moment.

He stood there in a daze, his mind blank for a moment.

"You two kids."

As soon as the man approached, he frowned after taking off the bamboo hat, and reprimanded loudly:
"Where is this place, how dare you rush in at will?"

He appeared suddenly, and it was very suspicious to appear in such a strange place. Yao Shouning was taken aback for a moment when he had a reproachful expression on his face.

When the man saw the smile on Yao Shouning's face faltering, he suddenly looked at a loss, his lips trembled, and he glanced at Chen Taiwei uneasily, then wiped the sweat from his palms with both hands on the hem of his clothes, waved his hands and said:

"Oh, girl, don't cry."

It was fine if he didn't coax, but Yao Shouning was really aggrieved when he said this.

"Good boy, don't cry, it's the old man's fault." He hastily apologized, and Yao Shouning seemed a little uneasy for scolding him for crying:

"I, I just speak loudly out of desperation. I'm wrong. Don't cry."

Over the past few days, Yao Shouning has been with Chen Taiwei every day. Because of his unfulfilled wish, he has accumulated a lot of negative emotions. At this time, he suddenly met a stranger who comforted him and apologized. She couldn't help but bowed her head. Started wiping away tears.

"Alas—" the old man turned around anxiously.

The weather was hot, and after a short while, sweat began to appear on his forehead, so he quickly took off the bamboo hat hanging around his neck and fanned himself vigorously.

After fanning Yao Shouning twice, seeing Yao Shouning crying softly, he hastily and cautiously moved over to fan her with the bamboo hat, stammering to coax her:
"Don't cry, okay? Don't cry, don't cry, deal with the matter here later, the old man will buy you a sugar figurine."

'poof. 'Yao Shouning laughed through his tears: "I don't want sugar man, I'm not a child."

She was already 16 years old, not six years old. Even Liu Shi couldn't coax her with this sentence after she became sensible and enlightened in reading.

"I smiled." The old man grinned when he saw her smile.

His eyes narrowed into a line when he smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth.

The man looked shabby in appearance, but his teeth were well maintained, only slightly irregular.

However, this did not affect his smile at this time, this smile was a bit simple and honest, sweeping away the previous stern expression.

"Hahaha." The old man laughed heartily, and fanned harder with the bamboo hat he held in his hand: "Is it hot, baby? I'll fan you."

The cool breeze blew slowly, alleviating Yao Shouning's anxiety.

For some reason, she didn't feel any danger from this old man, but rather felt relaxed. She felt that he was very kind, and she had a faint feeling of letting go of the big stone in her heart.

How strange!Yao Shouning frowned.

"Just stop crying, the old man didn't mean to murder you."

He explained, reaching out his hand to pull Yao Shouning and Chen Taiwei: "It's really because I'm worried that something will happen to you."

The old man's action was very reckless.

It could be seen that he was not a scheming person, and Yao Shouning didn't sense any danger from him. She trusted her own judgment very much, so she didn't resist the old man's pull.

But seeing that he also went to pull Chen Taiwei, he couldn't help being surprised, and quickly grabbed his sleeve with his backhand:

"grandfather--"

"Huh?" The short and stout old man turned around without knowing it.

One of his hands rested on Chen Taiwei's wrist, grasping the thin Taoist's wrist in his hand.

The old man's palms were thick, and the joints were covered with calluses. You could see the traces of years of hard work. He used a little force when he grabbed people, and the rough calluses rubbed against Yao Shouning's wrist, causing a slight pain.

And Chen Taiwei's mood is not stable, he can do whatever he wants, Yao Shouning has been with him for a while, and he has some understanding of his character, he knows that he has a bad temper, and he is very defensive, he doesn't like people to touch him close.

But at this time, after he was caught by the old man, he was unusually quiet, and he didn't resist. Instead, he looked down at the place where the two palms met, with a complex expression of happiness and happiness, and weeping and weeping.

This look seemed to have lost his control, and he didn't even realize it. His reaction was a little stiff, as if he had lost his soul.

What made Yao Shouning feel a little weird was that Chen Taiwei let the old man hold one hand while he carried the other hand behind his back.

Holding the long sword behind his back, at some point, fresh blood dripped down the groove of the sword body, and fell into the loess with a 'tick-tick-tick', bringing bursts of pungent blood.

Fortunately, there was a strong smell of death in this place, which covered up the smell of blood, but Chen Taiwei still felt uneasy. He pressed the blade of the sword tightly against the Taoist robe, and quickly wet the hem of the Taoist robe.

Yao Shouning saw it in his eyes, but he had his own calculations in his heart.

Chen Taiwei is used to hiding her emotions, she looks like an ordinary person on the outside.

But he has long been possessed by demons, and his body is rotten. This 'Chen Taiwei' appearance is just a cover for him.

He looks like the breeze and the moon on the outside, concealing the Taoist priest who is like a ghost after being possessed by a demon.

After the old man broke into this place by accident, he broke the superficial peace and made this place show its true face, and at the same time it was Chen Taiwei who showed the true face.

Almost at that moment, his disguise was forcibly exposed, revealing Meng Songyun's original appearance.

Fuchen turns into a long sword, and a clean and simple Taoist robe turns into a bloody robe.

Yao Shouning spent many days with him and never saw him kill anyone, but he was bleeding from his long sword at this time, which shows that the blood was not contaminated at this time.

Thinking of his appearance at this time, and when Chen Taiwei came out to save her in King Han's tomb, the fox king used illusion to recreate the scene 700 years ago, what did she not understand?
What appeared in front of her and the old man at this time was no longer Chen Taiwei who bewitched Emperor Shenqi 700 years later in the Daqing Dynasty, but 700 years ago, after hearing the sad news of Ming Yangzi's death, Qingyun Temple was slaughtered in a rage Meng Songyun up and down.

The blood stained on the sword was left by him when he killed people. The inexhaustible flow of blood is the sin that Meng Songyun has borne for 700 years.

At this moment, Meng Songyun was a little at a loss, trying to hide the long sword, but the blood on the sword kept flowing, and his clothes were soaked in an instant.

Yao Shouning turned his head to look at him, thoughtful.

The leader of the Taoist sect kept saying that he had already cut off the past, and changed to the ruthless way, and he was ruthless in his heart.

But at this moment, it seems that his words may not be right - no, maybe after he lost his heart, his heart deceived him, making him unable to see his original intention clearly.

Sometimes a person seems shrewd, but he may not know what he really wants and what he wants to do. Yao Shouning thinks that Meng Songyun is such a fool.

"fine."

Yao Shouning kept this in mind and shook his head.

She originally raised her voice to remind her because she was worried that Meng Songyun's mood would be unstable, and she would suddenly go crazy and hurt others.

But since Meng Songyun didn't resist at this time, she would be more happy than less. Things are not going badly. She has a hunch that she may witness some important history today.

"Hey, why are you two wandering around?" The old man didn't know what Yao Shouning was thinking. When he mentioned the business, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he became a little serious again.

"Grandpa, we are here to find someone." Yao Shouning obediently responded.

"Looking for someone?" The old man asked in surprise:

"Who are you looking for? You can find out clearly. Is there anyone you are looking for here?"

After he finished speaking, he looked Yao Shouning and Chen Taiwei up and down again, and then pulled them to dodge to the side.

"I think you two are very imposing, and you should be from a good background. You don't interact with outsiders all year round in this valley, so how can there be the person you are looking for? Did you go the wrong way?"

In this world, the people are impoverished, the evil spirits are in trouble, and the people are in dire straits.

Many families are so poor that they have their last meal without their next meal. Most people in the village are not covered with clothes, and they don't see a decent piece of good clothes. They are all skinny.

On the contrary, Meng Songyun is very handsome, tall and straight, while Yao Shouning has full cheeks, red lips, bright and innocent eyes, and his face is full of pure enthusiasm, without bitterness. He looks like he was raised by a rich family daughter.

"Sure, you shouldn't go the wrong way, right?" Yao Shouning was a little uncertain, and turned to look at Chen Taiwei.

There was mist in his eyes, with a look of joy and sorrow, and he looked a little dumbfounded.

Yao Shouning thought for a while, and asked the old man:

"Grandpa, where is Huangtuba Village?"

The old man has a bright and talkative personality. Hearing her question, he quickly said:

"This Huangtuba village is full of disasters."

He explained:

"There used to be a hundred people in this village, but since last year, it has been plagued by evil spirits one after another. People living in the village died and fled. Now there are only a few dozen people left."

Having said that, he looked in the direction of the main entrance of the village. The smile on his face gradually faded, and his expression became a little heavy.

"The day before yesterday, someone from the village came to ask me for help, saying that the village had encountered a demon again. It was an adult demon wolf. He wanted to ask me for help. I came a bit late because I had to prepare some things."

As soon as he approached the village, he felt that something was wrong.

"Although the old man, I have not learned the skills of my ancestors in my life, but I have dealt with monsters a lot. I can smell the smell of this place with my eyes closed."

The old man was a little worried about the accident in Huangtuba Village, and when he was hesitating how to enter the village, he saw two people appearing in front of the archway at the entrance of the village from a distance.

His shock was no small matter, and he rubbed his eyes several times.

"I stared at this place for a quarter of an hour. I didn't see anyone at first. I just saw you two in a daze. It's like turning into a living person in a blue sky."

"I was worried at first that you two were monsters."

At this time, the monster has amazing supernatural powers and can change shape to confuse people, which is hard to guard against.

"But my eyes are sharp." He said with a simple and honest smile:
"I see that your girl looks cute, and this boy is wearing Taoist robes. People in my Taoist sect can't possibly have evil spirits."

Speaking of this, Yao Shouning couldn't help but feel a little strange:
"Why is it impossible for people in the Taoist sect to be born with evil spirits?"

"My Daoist Sanqing Patriarch is here, what evil spirit dares to pretend? What's more, I have met some Taoist people on weekdays, so I can naturally tell which ones are good and which ones are bad."

The old man had a good temper, and he didn't mind being asked by Yao Shouning, but instead explained to her:
"What's more, the old man thinks he still has a good eye for seeing people. You are frank and cute, and the old man likes it at the first sight, but this child is even better. I don't know why, but the old man feels kind to him when he sees it. We are destined... ..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Taiwei with some envy.

At this time, Chen Taiwei had revealed his original appearance, wearing an orthodox Taoist robe, but the robe was stained with blood and became extremely dirty.

But even so, it was enough to make the old man envious.

Yao Shouning bit his lip, a strange look appeared in his eyes.

What kind of person is Chen Taiwei?

After 700 years, whoever knows his origin, who is not afraid and hates him?Such a terrible person, at this time the old man actually said that he felt kind to him...

He also claims to have good eyesight and sees people very accurately...

"Hey, this is my Daoist Tongze." The old man said this, seeing Meng Songyun's silence for a long time, he seemed to realize something, and quickly let go of his hand:

"I'm sorry, it's the old man who offended me. I was born in the countryside and I don't have much experience. Although I'm older than you, the best is the first. I shouldn't drag you two to say these things."

He looked a little embarrassed, and picked up his bamboo hat to fawn on Meng Songyun:

"I don't know which Taoist temple this junior comes from, but there is a seniority ranking..."

Meng Songyun looked dull and did not react.

Yao Shouning said curiously:
"Junior brother? Could it be that grandpa is also a Taoist priest?"

"Yes." The old man nodded, with a look of satisfaction on his face:
"I'm also a Taoist priest." He said here, with a look of satisfaction on his dark face:

"It's just that my cultivation is not very good. I only entered the temple as an apprentice in my thirties, and my aptitude is not very good. I dare not mention the name of master until now, for fear of insulting his majesty."

Yao Shouning's heart skipped a beat and he kept this in mind.

"I... Forget it, I won't talk anymore." He is talkative, but this is not the time for everyone to gossip. He started and cut it off forcefully, saying:
"Huangtuba Village encountered a demon. I don't think the situation is good today. I want to go to the village to see if the demon has left. I also want to see if there are any living people."

When it came to business, his expression became heavy again:
"Hey, in this world, it's really hard to survive."

The imperial court exorbitantly imposed miscellaneous taxes, demons treated human life like fish and meat, and the imperial court was almost in chaos.

As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at the two of them and frowned:

"The people in Huangtuba Village are almost dead, but they don't have any money left to call Taoist priests."

When he saw someone at the entrance of the village at the beginning, he was still a person from Huangtuba Village. He was afraid that it would be unsafe to find him, so he found two other Taoist priests to help eliminate demons and suppress evil.

But when I think about it now, I feel something is wrong.

"You two are young, don't get involved in this matter, the wolf demon is very fierce, you leave quickly, I will go in and take a look." After finishing speaking, he let go of Meng Songyun's hand.

As soon as he let go, Meng Songyun, who was standing dumbfounded and motionless, suddenly moved, and subconsciously grabbed his hand with his backhand, like grabbing a life-saving straw.

The old man was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Meng Songyun.

There are two people, one old and one young, and one is tall and the other is short. If the old man wants to meet Meng Songyun's eyes, he needs to look up at him.

The young Taoist priest's expression was numb and indifferent, but the way he looked at the old man gave him a feeling that the Taoist priest was about to cry in the next moment.

"It's not junior brother." He said stiffly.

Before the old man could react for a while, Meng Songyun pursed his lips and added:
"You are an elder, you are..."

"Good boy, why are you crying?"

Seeing his appearance, the old man was a little at a loss, and then looked at the blood stains on his body, and asked worriedly:

"Where did you come from? Why are you covered in blood? Did you encounter a catastrophe?"

"Where are you injured? Why don't you wait for me for a while, I will go into the village to check it out, if it goes well, I will come out in a quarter of an hour at most, my Taoist temple is not far from here, then you can go to my temple to rest for a while, Take a shower..."

"..." Meng Songyun heard him mention the blood on his body, and his pale face suddenly became like a piece of paper.

He let go of the old man's hand almost in panic, stepped back a few steps, and hid behind Yao Shouning.

"Baby..."

When the old man saw his appearance, he was a little worried and shouted again.

"He was not injured."

Seeing this scene, Yao Shouning had already vaguely guessed some clues in her heart, she sighed secretly, and said hesitantly:
"The blood on his body, yes, is—"

"It was to kill the demon."

Meng Songyun said hurriedly.

Yao Shouning turned his head to look at him. This free-spirited national teacher didn't dare to look her in the eye, but after a long while he forced himself to turn his head and look at her with pleading eyes.

She is so keen and has extraordinary insight. He vaguely felt that the thoughts he was hiding in his heart at this time could not be hidden in front of her, as if they were spread out one by one.

Meng Songyun panicked, and was afraid that Yao Shouning would expose her.

In his panic, a red light flashed in his eyes, and he actually had an idea: kill Yao Shouning, let her stop talking nonsense, and reveal his trump card.

Thinking of this, killing intent surged in his heart, he held the long sword, the blood in the groove of the sword gradually became viscous, and fell down again in a 'tick-tick'.

The smell of blood overflowed, and Yao Shouning sensed the danger immediately, but the old man didn't seem to notice the mutation, but looked worriedly in the direction of the door sign of 'Huangtuba Village'.

Yao Shouning secretly scolded Chen Taiwei in his heart for being a ruthless person who turned his face and murdered as soon as he spoke, and he was causally related to him. When he accompanied him back to 700 years ago, he wanted his own life even if he didn't agree with him, and he didn't think about the consequences at all. Outrageous.

But although she was speechless in her heart, on the surface she helped smooth things over:
"We traveled all the way, and we did beat the monsters away."

When she spoke, she gave Meng Songyun a bitter look, and when she turned to the old man, she showed a sweet smile again:
"Grandpa, let's go in with you and have a look. If necessary, the Taoist priest next to me may be able to help."