Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 17 One Tu returned late, and the burden was exhausted
After breakfast.

Zhou Yu first arranged a day's study tasks for the students in the private school, and then went out of the city with Ying Ning and headed east.

The most terrifying place in Guobei County is the north of the city.

Not far from the city is an undulating slope with jagged rocks and towering trees, and it is gloomy in broad daylight.

After passing through the woods, it enters the range of Montenegro.

In the mountains, there is Lanruo Temple, which makes the local people talk about it.

At present, Zhou Yu has no plans to go to Lanruo Temple for a day trip.

Although he has golden fingers and certain abilities, he is not arrogant enough to face the Millennium Dryad head-on.

See you again when you have a chance.

Along the way, Ying Ning jumped up and down, laughing and joking, and playfully picked a small bunch of flowers and put them on Zhou Yu's Lun scarf.

After entering the mountain, Zhou Yu began to deliberately speed up his pace.

He wanted to test the extent of his physical fitness.

The result was surprising. It was as if the wind was blowing on both feet, and the steps were as fast as flying.

"Unexpectedly, Mr. has such a cultivation base."

Ying Ning was quite surprised and pleasantly surprised.

It's not surprising that she can catch up with Zhou Yu, after all, she was born as a fox spirit and has inherent advantages.

"Hahaha~ Yingning, come on, let's compare our speed."

Immediately full of energy, Zhou Yu began to gallop with all his might.

Now, there is a feeling of running fast and chasing the wind day by day, the clothes are hunting, and the wind is "whirling" in my ears.

"Sir, wait for Yingning..."

Ying Ning's face flushed red after chasing him, obviously a little powerless.

"Hahaha~"

Zhou Yu's hearty laughter echoed in the sky.

Once in a good mood, poetry flourishes, and you can chant:

"Don't you see it, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns.

See you, Gaotangmingjing has white hair in sorrow, and the morning is like blue silk and snow in the evening.

Life is full of joy, so that the gold is empty for the moon.

I am born to be useful, and I will come back after all the money is gone..."

Ying Ning's eyes were full of stars: "Wow, the master recites a good poem."

"This is not a poem written by Mr. Li Bai..."

"Help~ help..."

While talking and laughing, a panicked cry for help reached my ears.

"Yingning, hurry up!"

As soon as Zhou Yu raised his hand, he quickly rushed over following the sound.

Looking over the ridge, it turned out that it was a woodcutter calling for help.

Not far away, two wolves, one big and one small, followed closely, but they were afraid of the machete in the woodcutter's hand, so they kept following them looking for an opportunity to attack.

"Brave beast, get out of here!"

Zhou Yu shouted loudly, picked up a stone and threw it at the same time.

Seeing two more people appearing, the two wolves howled unwillingly, and finally turned around and fled.

"Thank you both, thank you both..."

The woodcutter was so grateful that he stepped forward to bow to him again and again.

Zhou Yu asked casually: "My fellow, do wolves often appear here?"

The woodcutter sighed: "It was rare to see one in the past, maybe even a year.

But after Butcher Zhang killed two wolves, the number of wolves suddenly increased for some reason, and sometimes they even appeared around the village..."

According to the woodcutter, on that day, butcher Zhang in his village came back from selling meat, and unfortunately encountered two wolves on the way.

Butcher Zhang was terrified, so he threw away a bone that was left over from the sale.

As a result, one wolf ran forward to chew, but the other wolf still followed.

In desperation, Zhang Butcher continued to throw bones while speeding up his pace towards the village.

As a result, the bones were thrown away, and the two wolves were still chasing after him.

At this time, Butcher Zhang saw a haystack in front of him, so he hurried over, leaning against the haystack, waving the butcher knife in his hand.

The two wolves dare not go forward.

After a stalemate for a while, a wolf seemed to give up, turned around and left.

The other wolf squatted on the spot, its eyes slightly closed, as if it wanted to compete with Butcher Zhang for patience.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Butcher Zhang's heart swelled, and he suddenly became violent, and he slashed down with his knife...

Before the wolf could react in time, it was hacked to death by Butcher Zhang.

Afterwards, Butcher Zhang's heart moved, and he quietly walked around behind the haystack...

At first glance, the wolf that pretended to leave before was actually pulling the haystacks, and more than half of its body had got into it, obviously trying to sneak up on it from behind.

Butcher Zhang was furious, and immediately swung his knife and hacked the wolf to death.

Afterwards, he took the wolf corpse back to show off, and became famous for a while...

Hearing the woodcutter tell this story, Zhou Yu was a little startled.

A passage in classical Chinese suddenly came to mind in his mind:
"When a carcasses returns late, the burden will be full of meat and only bones will be left.

On the way, two wolves traveled a long way..."

interesting.

"Thank you for your life-saving grace, and if you have the opportunity, invite your two benefactors to visit the village..."

The woodcutter left with thanks.

Zhou Yu and Ying Ning continued on their way.Not long after, they came to the edge of a desolate slope.

"Sir, it's here~"

Ying Ning stopped and looked up at the dense forest on the slope.

"Yingning, you can be considered home..."

At this moment, a pleasantly surprised voice came from the slope.

"Auntie..."

Ying Ning ran up quickly.

"Yingning, why did you bring someone here..."

"Aniang, sir is a good person, he is Yingning's savior..."

Ying Ning explained in a low voice for a while, then ran downhill again, and said with a smile: "Sir, Auntie, please go up, it's not convenient for her to show up."

Zhou Yu could understand this.

It is broad daylight and there is sunshine, Ying Ning's adoptive mother is a ghost, so naturally she dare not appear in the sunlight.

As soon as he entered the woods, there was a gloomy and damp atmosphere blowing towards his face.

If you were an ordinary person, you would probably get goose bumps all over your body right away.

Zhou Yu had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he was protected by arrogance, so he was naturally calm.

"Thank you sir, please accept the old man's gift!"

An old woman with white hair came out and gave a big gift to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu raised his hand empty-handedly: "You don't need to be too polite, old man."

In his past life and present life, this was the first time he saw a ghost with his own eyes, and he looked no different from ordinary people.

"Ying Ning has already told the old man that it was the husband who saved her and took her in.

It is this girl's luck to meet such a strange person as Mr...."

The old woman seemed to be a little excited, and she babbled a lot of emotion and said a lot of words of gratitude.

"Aniang, where's Miss Rong?"

Ying Ning asked subconsciously.

"Xiaorong, she... is gone..." It's good not to mention it, but when it was mentioned, the old woman couldn't help but wiped her tears.

"Gone?" Ying Ning turned pale with shock.

Gone has two meanings, one is to leave here, and the other is... to pass away.

The old woman nodded with red eyes: "Well, a few days ago, a wolf demon came out of nowhere and took Xiaorong away.

Fortunately, Xiaorong was quite witty and found a chance to escape.

But the wolf demon didn't give up, and came to harass A Niang every three days, asking A Niang to hand over Xiao Rong..."

Ying Ning said angrily: "Damn it, Mommy, where is that wolf demon?"

The old woman's face changed in shock, and she said anxiously: "Ying Ning, you leave quickly, don't let that wolf demon find you..."

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(End of this chapter)