I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 60 'The Sage's Armor' (asking for monthly tickets)
Liu Tianyou came out of the west room carrying a book box, opened it carefully, took out a book that was pressed under the four treasures of the study, struggled and hesitated for a while before handing it to Sang Que.

"This is my last book, and it's what keeps me going these days."

Sang Que took the slightly worn gray book with "Twelve Essays on Studying" written on the cover. She opened it and immediately remembered the fear that dominated her reading comprehension of classical Chinese.

Yan Daozi's books are all written in semi-vernacular Chinese, but this one is pure classical Chinese.

However, some of the content and sentences look familiar, and I feel that they are similar to "The Analects of Confucius".

"Did you come here with your book?" asked Sangque.

Liu Tianyou nodded. "Yes, when I woke up, the box of books was on the table, in the same place where I put it before I went to bed."

"Could it be that your last book is the reason why you got into this situation? How about burning it and trying?"

"Absolutely not!" Liu Tianyou shouted excitedly and snatched the book away.

Meow!

Xuan Yu swung out with a claw, forcing Liu Tianyou back and preventing him from getting close to Sang Que.

Sang Que looked at him and said, "Don't worry, I won't burn your books. After all, I'm not sure that burning books can get us out. But I will still destroy this book unless you can find me another book."

Liu Tianyou gritted his teeth. He had been here for five months and had searched every place, but there were no other books at all.

Sangque understood that in such an era, books were very valuable things.

"If you run out of books, you can buy more, but you only have one life."

Liu Tianyou struggled for a moment, and finally asked with red eyes, "What do you want to do with it?"

Sang Que scratched Xuan Yu's head, "You haven't had a full meal in a long time, right? There's glutinous rice in the bag over there. Find some firewood and a pot to cook some. Make it thicker and give me half a bowl."

Liu Tianyou's stomach growled. He walked over half-believingly and untied the burlap bag that Sangque had placed on the ground. When he saw the white glutinous rice inside, he rubbed his eyes in shock and his saliva began to secrete faster.

After swallowing, Liu Tianyou turned and asked Sang Que.

"How do you have so much high-quality glutinous rice? Even the county magistrate of Tangyuan County can't collect so much glutinous rice of such high quality in a year. You actually eat such a precious thing, it's a waste!"

"Is it illegal to eat sticky rice?" Sang Que asked unhappily, "Books and sticky rice are more important than your life, right?"

Liu Tianyou choked and Sangque said nothing more.

Thinking that all he had to eat during this period were grass roots, tree bark, insects and mice, Liu Tianyou's desire for survival overcame his integrity as a scholar, and he decided to exchange his books for a bite to eat.

Liu Tianyou carefully put some glutinous rice in the hem of his clothes and went back to the west room to cook it.

He lived there, with a supply of pots and pans, firewood and water.

Sangque sat in the main room, holding up the black jade with both hands and holding it in front of him, staring at its green eyes intently.

"Xuan Yu, I want to ask you a favor. If you don't want to do it, forget it..."

Meow?
Xuanyu tilted his head, not knowing what was going on.

An hour later, Liu Tianyou, who had eaten his fill, watched Sang Que tear off his book page by page, his eyes twitching.

However, the glutinous rice porridge was so delicious. It was the first time he had eaten it in his life, and he ate two big bowls of it. He was so ashamed that he didn't have the face to say anything.

Sang Que dipped the glutinous rice porridge in the bowl into the book pages while fiddling with Xuan Yu.

A black cat was originally just a normal cat, but in a moment, its entire body was covered with pages of books covered with ink words. A square cover was also placed on its head with only three holes dug on it, leaving its eyes and nose exposed. It looked very funny.

Xuan Yu frowned and raised his paw to push the bowl of glutinous rice off the table, in front of Sang Que.

Sang Que stretched out his hand, held the bowl steadily, and put it away.

"Don't make trouble. From now on, you will wear this uh... Sage's battle suit and keep an eye out for the 'distortion' with Liu Tianyou. When it appears, you will escape from the 'distortion'."

Sang Que had just checked with Liu Tianyou the time and details of the few times she saw the bloodstained book. Except for the bloodstains on the book, everything else matched, which meant that the success rate of throwing the book away was 100%.

I don’t know where the blood came from, but the book is not damaged. Words and paper may really have special power to break through the obstacles here.

"After you get out, go find a man named Kou Yushan and show him the note on your neck. Then follow him. He will protect you. Be careful of Yan Daozi, he is very sinister and cunning."

Meow?
"I almost forgot that you don't know these two people. Kou Yushan is very tall and strong. He is the captain of the village guard team. He lives in the southeast of the village."

Meow meow?
"Yan Daozi is easy to recognize, with his Taoist robe and goatee. He is the only one in the village who has this kind of beard..."

Woo~
Sangque gestured and described to Xuanyu, who kept nodding and meowing from time to time.

Liu Tianyou was watching the conversation between the man and the cat without any sense of disobedience, and was shocked. He felt that both the man and the cat were very mysterious and powerful. Meow, meow~
After Sang Que finished speaking, Xuan Yu pressed his claws on her hand, and was so anxious that he was about to speak.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find another way to escape. I will come back to find you then. I won't abandon you."

There was only this one book left, and the 'twist' was not big enough for one person to pass through, so only Xuan Yu had a chance to jump out.

Now I just hope that the "twist" can reappear before the Ghost Festival, so that Xuanyu can bring the news that Yan Daozi wants to sacrifice the whole village to Kou Yushan.

That night, Sang Que and Liu Tianyou took turns to guard the house, but no "distortion" appeared in the house.

When it was dawn, Liu Tianyou was still sleeping. Sang Que pushed open the door of the main house, and damp and cold air enveloped him. The sky outside was blue and the fog had dissipated a little, and the outlines of the courtyards of the houses in the village could be clearly seen.

There was no grass growing and the area was desolate. Some houses were even half collapsed, with weeds struggling to survive underneath.

Ash-like things were falling down, the Big Black Mountain was shrouded in misty green fog, and the village was still so quiet that it made people's backs chill.

Sang Que took out the mechanical pocket watch her mother prepared for her from her bag, wound it up, and looked at the time. It was a quarter past five.

After waking up Liu Tianyou, Sang Que asked him and Xuan Yu to continue guarding the Liu family yard. If they were hungry, they could cook for themselves and eat as much as they wanted.

She decided to go out and take a look around by herself to see what was going on.

According to Liu Tianyou, if he stays outside for a quarter of an hour and then goes inside to rest for a quarter of an hour, his body will not be eroded and disappear by the fog.

There was not much danger outside during the day except for some inexplicable noises.

Of course, this was only limited to Heishan Village. During these five months, Liu Tianyou did not dare to leave the village and did not even approach the fields.

Walking on the village road of Heishan Village, Sang Que quickly finished a piece of compressed biscuit, with a pocket watch, a fire starter and a red candle to drive away ghosts in his arms.

This red candle for exorcising ghosts was also obtained from Yan Daozi. It was placed together with ten ghost soldier talismans. There were two of them, but she only took one.

The halo produced after being ignited can drive away evil spirits and evil spirits below the fifth level of the Nine Netherworlds. It must be Yan Daozi's life-saving item, and now it has become Sang Que's greatest reliance.

After all, this is a strange world full of dangers. There is a super powerful water ghost in the lake next to Heishan Village.

Those who are called ghosts are all in the fourth to sixth levels of the Nine Netherworlds.

Sang Que suddenly became curious as to whether water ghosts existed in the other world of Heishan Village and what they looked like.

After thinking about it for a while, Sang Que gave up the idea of ​​seeking death.

At this time, a familiar voice was heard.

Sangque stopped and looked to the side. It was Shouhou's house. The well that had disappeared in his yard appeared!

Sang Que still remembered that on the night when she came back to summon He Shouan's soul, she saw a well in Shouhou's house and his mother fell into it.

The next day, she went to Shouhou's house again, but the well did not exist at all.

At this moment, the familiar sounds of nursery rhymes were coming out intermittently from the well.

"The stone is blue, with many white spots. My cruel parents wanted to sell me off to Dongyangli."

"Eighteen husbands, eighteen wives, and eighteen sisters-in-law disciplined me, and disciplined me so that my skirt did not touch the ground."

"I took up my load to fetch water. The well was deep and the rope was thin. My hands were rubbed until they bled. Ah, they bled."

It was not just one voice, but the voices of many men, women, old and young, women and children, all gathered together in unison.

The handle of the well rope was swinging, as if something was grabbing the rope and climbing up little by little.

The sound of nursery rhymes also came from far away and penetrated into her mind. She felt as if the people singing the nursery rhymes were surrounding her and asking her to join them.

The mulberry bird got goosebumps all over its body, backed away, turned around and ran away.

After running for a while, she stopped and found that she was actually outside Yan Daozi's courtyard.

The yard was in a dilapidated state, with broken doors and windows, and no one could be seen inside.

Sang Que was just about to leave when a chilly air current suddenly passed through her body. At that moment, she heard Yan Daozi's voice.

"Hey! Wan Xiangtou, why did you come here in person?"

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The title of the next chapter has been deleted due to sanctions, and the title is as follows.

Chapter 60: The Trickster Bride