Many years later, the young man was also old, and the tombs on the mountain became two. Many black dogs settled down in this village and became the villagers' domestic dogs.
The villagers also built an ancestral hall under the two tombs to enshrine the rumored leader of the black dog, and named it "Grandma Dog".
Unfortunately.
20 years ago, Dongzhou suddenly sent people to search and kill non-Taoist beliefs everywhere. They ordered the people in the village to smash the ancestral hall, kill and drive away the black dogs in the village.
The people in Bark Village have been used to getting along with the black dog day and night for many years, so when they first heard such an order, they were naturally unwilling to obey it, and they were perfunctory.Unexpectedly, this little resistance attracted the visit of Xiuyi Zhizhi. All the black dogs in the village were killed overnight, the ground was stained red with dog blood, and the ancestral hall on the mountain was also smashed into a hole. Since then, everyone in the village is in danger, and no one dares to mention Grandma Dog anymore.
"Oh, these are all things in the past, little girl, I am really grateful to you for your great kindness to our village. Apart from listening to stories, do you have anything else you want? I must Be as satisfied as possible.”
In the small restaurant in Bark Village, Zhou Qingying was sitting at an old table, listening to the old shopkeeper tell about the past of Bark Village, with a serious look on his face.
Her clothes were torn, and her arms and legs were covered with brown mud and red bloodstains.
Little Bell was right last night, it rained heavily last night, washing away the rocks on the mountain.
After Zhou Qingying stopped Ah Shuan, who was bullied because of her dog ears, from doing stupid things, she wanted to go back to sleep in the ruined temple on the mountain, but saw a mudslide on the way up the mountain.
She alone used the tree vines awakened by the wood spirit to temporarily resist the falling sand and stones. Seeing this, Ah Shuan quickly called people from house to house to take refuge, which prevented the village from suffering greater losses.
The villagers were very grateful to her, but Zhou Qingying only wanted them to prepare breakfast and send it to the ruined temple on the mountain, while she stayed in the small shop and asked the boy's father about Grandma Dog's story.
After all, Ah Shuan was angry because those gangsters who beat him insulted his ears and insulted Grandma Dog's faith.
Some of the young people who beat Ah Shuan yesterday were also young people in the village. The old people in the village felt sad that the younger generation had completely forgotten the kindness of Grandma Dog back then, but they wanted to preach a few words, but those bastards opened their mouths and shut up. They have to be labeled as disobedient to the holy pilgrimage again.
"Oh, Ah Shuan, you come here too."
The old shopkeeper frowned and pointed at A Shuan, who was wearing a hat with drooping eyebrows.
He knew his child's temperament, he hesitated and hawed this morning obviously because he did something wrong, and he didn't dare to look directly at the little girl who saved the whole village, he thought he had done something stupid.
"Did you cause trouble for this girl? She is a great benefactor who saved our whole village. Come here and apologize to her." After that, the old shopkeeper looked at Zhou Qingying with a wry smile: "Girl, you also have a good time with me. Tell me, what did we, A Shuan, do last night? If you offend the girl, you can just tell me, and I will apologize to you, I will apologize."
"No, there is no need for the old man to apologize to me. It was just that Ah Shuan was going up the mountain to worship in that temple last night, and he happened to meet me."
Zhou Qingying looked up at A Shuan, and made up a nonsense.
Ah Shuan lowered his head even further, clenched his fists and dared not breathe out, but he didn't know what was going on in his heart.
The old shopkeeper was relieved to hear that Ah Shuan hadn't caused trouble, and said with a wry smile, "Because of the pair of ears on his head, this kid has been talked about a lot since he was a child... When he was born, the temple was already smashed. , At that time, everyone kept taboo about Grandma Dog, for fear that Ah Shuan, who had dog ears, would provoke embroidered clothing and bring trouble to the village... He is also a hard-working person, so please take care of him if he is not thoughtful. "
"Ah."
Zhou Qingying hummed briefly, lowered her head and picked up the chopsticks, eating the hot noodles that the old shopkeeper made for her.
"Little girl, your accent doesn't sound like Dongzhou people, where are you from?"
"Nanzhou."
"Wow, Nanzhou, you don't look like a businessman at such a young age, and you still have cultivation, come to Dongzhou... don't you want to join the embroidered clothes?"
"No, I came to escort someone, but it's a pity that he was lost, in the woods between Xiaotang Town and Andu Town."
Zhou Qingying quickly answered the village chief's question while eating noodles.
"I'd love to find her."
"Ah? This...you...okay, I see, I'll ask the people in the village to help you find out what that person you lost looked like?"
Zhou Qingying briefly described the appearance of Hang Yanling to the old shopkeeper. Her voice was not loud, but the villagers who were saved because of Zhou Qingying's actions listened to each and every one of them. Said the girl wrote it down.
After listening to Zhou Qingying's statement, the old shopkeeper nodded: "Okay, I know some acquaintances in Xiaotang Town, and I'll let them inquire about it... you'll be resting in our village for a few days, and I'll be sure when I get news. Pass it on to you."
"no need."
After eating the noodles, Zhou Qingying touched her mouth with the back of her hand and put down the chopsticks: "We left her a message saying that we will wait for her in the capital. If we arrive at the capital a step later, I'm afraid she will be disappointed... Can't stay here long."
"Well, how can this be done? You have helped our village so much, and you see that you are also seriously injured. You have to recuperate for a while, and we will talk about it after the injury is healed."
"No, no need."
Zhou Qingying shook her head: "It's not my credit to those who stopped those falling rocks and sand last night, my strength is not that strong."
"Huh? But we clearly saw..."
"If I was the only one who stopped the sand, it would have been delayed until Ah Shuan called out half the village from their houses. But last night not only the sand was blocked, but even your houses weren't damaged much— —Someone is helping in the dark, I don't know who."
"what……"
The old shopkeeper was taken aback when he heard the words, and the villagers outside the restaurant also began to whisper.
Some people think that the little girl from Nanzhou is being humble, while others think that Grandma Dog has appeared and is helping everyone in the village.
No matter what they guessed, Zhou Qingying got up and walked out of the store. The villagers and those who wanted to keep her were coldly rejected by her.
Zhou Qingying walked towards the dirt road outside the village by herself for a while, and then walked towards the mountain outside the bark village. Although the mountain road was hard to discern after being washed away by the mudslides, Zhou Qingying walked in the opposite direction from when she descended the mountain.
She closed her eyes, walked for about half an hour, finally stood still on a small flat on the mountain, and then opened her eyes.
"Last night, thank you very much."
A woman in black with untrimmed long hair hanging down her shoulders turned around, looked at Zhou Qingying, and frowned: "How did you find me?"
"smell."
Zhou Qingying lowered her head and looked down the mountain. The two of them are now in a position where they can see the entire Bark Village.
The impact of the mudslide was reversed and completely directed to the farmland northeast of the village.
Although the crops were destroyed to a certain extent, but the house was kept, so that the villagers would not even have a place to live.
The woman in black sighed softly, and said briefly: "Heihua."
"Zhou Qingying."
"I know your name...it's me who should thank you, little girl."
"If you say that, then you are the grandmother dog enshrined in this village?"
"Ah."
"..."
Zhou Qingying looked at the woman who called herself Hei Hua, twitched her nose slightly, and took a deep breath.
"So, you said you wanted to thank me—may I make a request of you?"
"Oh?"
Hei Hua slightly raised his brows, a look of disappointment on his face.
"I don't have much strength now, and I can't do things that are too troublesome."
"It's not troublesome, I want to find someone."
Zhou Qingying looked at Heihua, and there was a little fluctuation in his calm tone: "You are very powerful, you should have heard what I said in the restaurant just now, right?"
"Well, I know you're looking for someone, do you want me to find her for you?"
"Correct."
"Then why did you reject the kindness of those villagers just now?"
"Because it's dangerous."
Zhou Qingying looked down at Bark Village: "There are many people in Dongzhou who have no cultivation, and the people who can take Hang Yanling away must be extraordinary. Letting mortals inquire about these things may bring them death."
"indeed."
"Can you promise me?"
"Yes, give me something with her scent, and I can mobilize my subordinates to find it for you."
Zhou Qingying took out a hairpin from the ring: "She gave me this hairpin, but it didn't last long in her hands. If it doesn't work, I'll think of another way."
"It's okay, enough is enough."
Hei Hua looked at Zhou Qingying, and after a long silence, he suddenly asked, "I don't understand something, before I made a move last night, you probably didn't notice my existence, did you?"
"Well, you hid it well."
"But at that time, you were already blocking mud and rocks, why? If you didn't know my existence, you wouldn't be able to sell me this favor."
"Whether you are here or not, it has nothing to do with what I do."
"I can't think of your motive for protecting those villagers. That kid, Ah Shuan, even scolded you last night."
"I also called back, and it was evened."
"Since it's evened, why on earth are you helping them?"
"I was there when I could do it and they couldn't, and that was enough."
"..."
"There is nothing else, so I went back. You are very strong, and you move very fast. If you find Hang Yanling's whereabouts, can I trouble you to find me by following my scent? If not, I will wait here for a few more days does not matter."
"It's okay, but I'm not sure whether the person you're talking about is alive or dead."
"It's good to have news."
"Is there no other request? You can ask me more."
"Gone."
"Oh."
Hei Hua nodded, and Zhou Qingying also bowed.
Then, one of the two looked towards Bark Village down the mountain, and the other walked back along the road up the mountain.
Just as they were about to say goodbye, a voice suddenly came from behind the stone: "Wait, I have something to say!"
"Ok?"
"Eh?"
"Oh my god, listening to you two talking is exhausting!!"
From behind the stone, Hua Yingying came out yawning.
Neither Zhou Qingying nor Hei Hua were surprised.
Hei Hua chatted with Hua Yingying here last night, and Zhou Qingying could smell the powder on Hua Yingying's body.
Both of them stared at Hua Yingying expressionlessly, and the corners of their mouths twitched for Hua Yingying to see.
She clutched her forehead weakly.
"I said~ you two, Xiao Zhou Zhou is the same, and Hei Hua is too-wasting your good looks in vain, you two wooden faces can't talk with a little emotion? Good guys, one is colder than the other, and the other is harder than the other. , People are listening behind the rocks, and the ice scum is about to fall out."
"Then you don't listen."
Hei Hua frowned slightly, she was not good at dealing with Hua Yingying.
Zhou Qingying also remained silent, standing there waiting for Hua Yingying to speak.
Seeing the boring reactions of these two people, Hua Yingying sighed and changed the subject: "Hei Hua is not curious, I am still curious, Xiao Zhou Zhou, do you know that you are just a Condensing Yuan Stage, sister Hei Hua You are a person who has achieved alchemy and a half-step golden alchemy, how on earth did you manage to track down a person whose strength is much higher than yours?"
Zhou Qingying replied flatly: "It depends on the smell."
"That's why it's so strange!"
Hei Hua looked at Hua Yingying with some incomprehension: "This is not very normal, what's so strange?"
Hua Yingying rolled her eyes: "You are a dog demon, of course it is normal to have a good nose, but is it possible that she is also a dog demon?"
Chapter 32 Movement
Zhou Qingying went down the mountain, Hei Hua and Hua Yingying stood on the cliff, watching the girl's return journey.
The smell of moist soil mixed in the air made Hua Yingying involuntarily take a deep breath, she sat on the stone with her legs crossed, and looked at Hei Hua with a half-smile.
"She is such a good child. If the old master is still alive, he will definitely drag her into the organization no matter what, but it's a pity..."
Hua Yingying licked her lips lightly, squinted her eyes and smiled: "In Dongzhou, kindness, life, and strength, these three can only exist at the same time."
"You want to take her back to the imperial capital?"
Hei Hua, who still had no expression on his face, looked down at the hairpin in his hand, pinched it lightly with his fingertips, and asked casually, "You want to take her to the imperial capital?"
"Well, haven't you heard all the conversation just now? She wants to find her lost senior sister, and I managed to coax this child with good words. Oh, by the way—her senior sister is also a very interesting person , if there is a chance, how about letting you meet? You will definitely like it too."
"Is that the saint who came from Nanzhou?"
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