Chapter 58:

Dushuo came and disappeared suddenly. Only a mess of footprints and some shocking bloodstains were left. The open door of the house was empty, and there was a dark night outside the door, whistling and whistling through the vast world with snow in the north.
The quickest reaction was Hu Sanlang. He quickly carried A Qing into the house and put it in place. Debridement, medication, and bandaging were done in one go. Finally he stood by the bed and took A Qing's hand, his small ears drooped, and he looked at his injured companion with worry.
He still looked like that little boy back then, and he had barely changed from when Yuan Xianger met on the wall ten years ago.
Yuan Xiang'er still remembered that when she was young, she was lying on the moss-scarred wall of Wu Daopo's house, watching with great interest Wu Daopo in the courtyard. The sound of rustling sounded, and the pomegranate branches pressing on the wall were pushed up, and a little doll made of powder and jade was drilled out, with a white and tender face, bright eyes, and a pair of fluffy fox ears. head on.
"Huh, human child? Can you see me?"
The young Yuan Xianger blinked, knowing that it was too late to pretend to be out of sight.
The two little dolls stared at the small eyes for a while, and were distracted by the performance of singing Nian Ju Jia in the courtyard, and each leaned on the wall to watch the performance. While watching, the little fox took a few cooked chestnuts from his sleeve and peeled them to eat. Seeing Yuan Xiang'er looking around frequently, thinking she was greedy, she held a split chestnut with her small round hands and handed it forward.
"Here, I'll give you one."
Since then, a pair of fox ears, a timid little rabbit, and sometimes a weasel with an unpleasant smell have appeared on the wall where Yuan Xiang'er was watching a play.
As a result, she often receives "snacks" such as chestnuts, hazelnuts, mushrooms, carrots and dried mice.
At that time, these little fairies who wandered into the human village to play were innocent and simple, and lived a carefree life. I like them very much.
Nowadays, the little boy looks exactly the same, but he is proficient in human laws and accidents, he has learned to please others and his actions, and he has learned to take care of his injured companions skillfully and calmly.
Yuan Xiang'er had long heard that Saburo and the others had suffered encirclement and massacre and had to escape from the village and live a life of escape. But until this moment, those superficial stories seemed to be suddenly removed from the misty veil, becoming clear and real, and blood dripping.
The timid girl who always likes to peep at herself, the little weasel who always puts a stinky fart so that he has to pinch his nose, has he been nailed into the circle by a human mage, peeling off his fur, Died in meaningless killing.
In the early morning of the second day, Yuan Xianger and his party set off early in order not to be discovered by Dong Xuan Sect. Get on the carriage and leave Kyoto.
Hu Qing had already woken up, she put the shabby robe on her head and sat silently by the car window.
In the morning light that entered through the window, the heads were hung down, and autumn pupils were sad, like an empty mountain orchid that has experienced wind and rain, and the heavenly religion is haggard and beautiful.
"A Qing, what happened?" Yuan Xiang'er sat beside her.
"It's all my fault. I killed the adults." Hu Qing closed his eyes, and a clear teardrop dripped from the sky. "I have been hiding in Kyoto for many years, thinking that no one can see through my true body. Two days ago At the birthday banquet of the Taishi, I clearly heard that True Monarch Miaodao was coming, but I always had luck in my heart and wanted to hide in a corner, quietly taking a look at Lord Dushuo."
"It's fine for me to be discovered. I can't help but die. Who knows, your lord... He is still as soft as before, and tried her best to rescue me." She covered her face with her hands, a big drop. Tears flowed from his fingers, "My lord resisted the of the contract and took me to hide in Tibet, ignoring the master's call. The iron chain has been pulling in his body, and I don't know how much crime he has suffered. After going back this time, I still don’t know how that human will torture him. Why don’t you let me die? I really hate myself."
Yuan Xiang'er helped her pull up the robe that was about to fall. The broken robe was very soft and delicate, with faintly beautiful lines on top of it, which was obviously not a normal thing.
"Don't do that, A Qing. Du Shuo left his robe for you, hoping to keep you safe. He sacrificed a lot to save you, and you can't let him down."
Hu Qing stretched out his hand to grip the collar of the robe tightly, tears falling drop by drop.
"The first time I saw an adult, he was wearing this feather jacket. He raised my hunter's trap and smiled and said to me, run, little guy, next time I don't care about you. But , Next time he will take care of me."
Hu Qing rubbed the soft cloth lightly on his cheeks, recalling the gentle mountain in the forest. "At that time, this dress was so beautiful, with white lines and radiant brilliance. It was worn on an adult, like a descending from the sky."
He is the god, and will always be her god.
The little fox began to like sneaking from home to the mountain temple to play,
There are many humans in and out of the temple from time to time. They are holding sacrificial joss sticks and kneeling in front of the gods to pray.
Human desires are always endless. They want to have a boy, want to marry a daughter-in-law, want a title on the gold list, and want no drought next year, all come to Lord Shanshen. They also don't want to think, how could Lord Shanshen give birth to them, marry a wife, and go to the examination room?
But those humans couldn't see Lord Mountain God, Lord Mountain God always supported his lower jaw with great interest at this time, sat aside, and listened to them. Most of the time, I don't care about them, but occasionally I will do one or two things for them. For example, rain and dew moisturize the dry fields. Controlling monsters does not make them go to the fields to destroy them.
A Qing often couldn't help but steal some sacrifices sent by humans. Human food was really delicious.
Master Dushuo just smiled and pinched the back of her neck and lifted her up, "You can't eat any more, you will lose weight if you eat any more."
But Ah Qing will eat it next time.
She started to fall in love with Lord Dushuo. There were too many fairies in the mountains that liked adults, and adults were always surrounded by various little fairies.
Master Dushuo likes rhythm most. In order to win his love, A Qing entered the human world and learned a good pipa.
After that, in the green hills and bamboo forests, under the moon and between the flowers, there are sometimes cold strings with clear corners, and the lighter tone becomes more secluded, and Qiongzhi is aided, and the wonderful music is played alone.
At this time, Master Dushuo would sit next to her, squint his eyes slightly, and listen.
"That was the happiest time for me," Hu Qing said to Yuan Xiang'er, "I always thought that I could play with adults for a long time, and there would never be a tired day."
Zhou Deyun heard her story and sighed and shook his head. "The prestige of Miao Dao, the national teacher, is far-reaching, and he is regarded as the first person in the Profound Sect. But he only knows that he is above the temple, no matter how innocently hunting you fairies, he never cares. The real suffering of the people. I think he is far inferior to Mr. Nature."
Yuan Xianger heard him mention his master, thinking that Zhou Deyun had a relationship with his master when he was a boy, so he asked, "How did Brother Zhou meet my master?"
"I still vaguely remember that I was seriously ill that year, Yao Shi was reckless and was about to ruin my life. My parents were so anxious that they took me to seek medical advice. Who knows that I met Mr. Nature traveling with a lady Yun I passed by. Hearing that I was crying badly, my husband poured a bowl of water on the side of the road, chanted amulets and painted mantras, and persuaded my parents to feed me and drink. I was much better at that time, and I was able to get up and drink half the next day. Bowl of porridge."
"Mr. saves the world and saves people, the bodhisattva has a heart, this should be the model of the Xuanmen." Zhou Deyun concluded.
Listening to what he said, Yuan Xiang'er couldn't help but think of the time when Master lived in Queqiu. As long as people approached his door in trouble, he would not shy away from him and would always help him with enthusiasm. The number of humans he has helped and healed are countless. Not only human beings, but also some little monsters begging to come to the door, he also helped equally. As a result, there were more and more little monsters living in the yard.
In fact, the master is not a human being. He is a monster, but he is willing to treat humans kindly and treat all life in the world equally.
Yuan Xianger was sitting in the carriage, looking at the far away mountain view from the window, thinking of the dilapidated mountain temple, thinking of the old man praying in the temple, thinking of the who lost his freedom and dignity, thinking of the snow The man who knocked on the door for help in the night resisting the constraints of the spell. Think of the corpses of the demons who were hung on horses and skinned by the magicians of Dongxuan Sect. I remembered that Master was standing in the yard with a smile, helping every human being from his race...
Yuan Xiang'er was a little fidgety.
"Do you want to rescue Du Shuo?" Nan He's voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
"No, I don't have that ability." Yuan Xianger's mind was in a mess, "but I don't think I can just leave it alone. He defied the order of the national teacher and may be tortured to death."
"You wait here, I will go to Kyoto to explore."
"Xiao Nan, you..." Yuan Xiang'er looked at Nan He, and Nan He was also looking at her. They had the same mind and wanted to do the same thing.
"We go together, not impulsively, depending on the situation, do our best."
Inside the Xianle Palace.
The national teacher ranks above it. Several disciples respectfully knelt in front of him.
"Master, this is the demon captured by the disciples during this trip."
Several large red lacquer trays were placed in front of them, full of fur and inner alchemy. Several other little demons who were captured were chained together and knelt on the ground trembling.
Miao Dao’s eyes couldn’t see things, and he didn’t seem to be interested in choosing carefully. He beckoned to the big disciple Xuan Yun who was standing beside him.
"Pick up some useful things, and burn the useless ones."
A female demon locked by an iron chain tried to lift up her beautiful head, "Since it is useless to you, why do you want to hunt for nothing? Everyone is a life."
Miaodao got down from the chair, walked to her, reached out and lifted her chin, "Fox tribe?"
The banshee looked at his blindfolded face, remembering the general legend about this human being, and trembled slightly.
"Are you afraid?" Miaodao squeezed her face, "It turns out that demons are also afraid."
He threw his hand away disgustingly: "I lie down in the circle obediently and be my apostle, for my drive, I will spare your life."
The female fox lowered her head, her eyes rolled in secret, and when she raised her head again, she looked like a docile and obedient.
"I am willing to serve you as my master, and I only ask you to let me have a way out." Her beautiful body is close to Miaodao's legs, her posture is supple, her face is charming, her eyes are timid, and her voice has a fascinating charm. , "I listen to the master, and ask the master to show mercy."
The disciples of the Dongxuan Sect in the audience were all moved when they heard such a soft voice, and a strange feeling arose in their hearts inexplicably, and felt that it was indeed a bit wrong for a delicate and weak woman. Some people, if it weren't for the master, would have liked to step forward and relieve her shackles immediately.
"As long as you are obedient, I will naturally not hurt you." The national teacher seemed to be affected by the fox clan's natural ability and became gentle and easy to talk. He bent over and approached the beautiful and moving fox demon, as if to untie her shackles. .
The moment he bent down unsuspectingly, the fox demon suddenly broke free from the chains, his sharp claws flashed with cold light, and he slammed into Miao Dao's heart.
"Hahaha, the so-called first person in the profound sect is nothing more than that. Do you think I was captured by your incompetent apprentices?" The fox demon haha, "I can escape on the road long ago, but I learned from your humans. Deception, pretending to be captured here, I will kill you and avenge my entire lair companion!"
The fox demon's eyes glowed with green light, fangs appeared between his lips and teeth, and he licked his tongue excitedly. But her happy expression quickly stiffened, and she found that her hand didn't penetrate the person's chest at all, but rather stiffened on the person's chest and lost consciousness. She couldn't even feel the presence of her palm. At this moment, the numbness of losing control of the body spread from her arms, and her whole body gradually became unable to move.
The man in front of him had a very wide ribbon on his face, and behind the ribbon seemed to hide something extremely terrifying. And that thing was staring at her through a ribbon painted with weird runes. The fox demon felt that her body was gradually losing consciousness, so he could only watch the man on the opposite side slowly raise his arm to her. The arm was white and thin, and his movements were slow, seeming to have no strength. But the thin fingers pinched her neck, pinched a little bit, making her unable to breathe in pain.
Miaodao returned to his bedroom and stood in front of the mural in the room.
He stretched out his finger and clicked on the mural, the hard wall swayed like water ripples, and a figure fell out of the water ripples. The man was completely imperfect, crawling on the ground, unable to move, and his straight black hair was scattered, revealing the scarlet iron chain that had penetrated his body.
The body of a dead fox was slapped on his face.
"Let's go, where is the nine-tailed fox." Miao Dao looked at the people on the ground condescendingly, "Don't be too stubborn. Persistence is nothing but pain for yourself. You know, I will never let any one go. Nine-tailed fox."