Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty.

There are nine provinces in total, so they are named.

In the north of Youzhou, there is a city called Shilong. It belongs to a remote mountainous area and is relatively desolate. The Palmura Village under its jurisdiction is one of the most marginal villages, living in a corner, covering an area of ​​ten miles and over a hundred families.

Because it will be affected by military disasters over the years, this village is not rich and slightly depressed.

In the village, wooden houses are arranged in a scattered manner. Almost every household has a small courtyard. Those who are poor raise chickens, ducks, and those who are rich raise pigs, cattle, sheep and horses.

Several houses are surrounded by several acres of land, which are all from the village chief’s family. They are rented to villagers to cultivate every year and are subject to certain grain taxes.

Country roads are crisscrossed and well-connected.

In the center of the village is a square, which is where the whole village gathers.

On the side of the square, a building is unique, called the Ghost Stone Tower, which is used to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts. It is said that the location is the foundation of the village.

Next to the Ghost Stone Tower is the village chief’s house, with a high walled courtyard, which is incompatible with the surrounding houses.

The village chief's surname is Cai. It is said that in the nearby Shiyun Town, the Cai family has a great influence. More than ten years ago, the village was haunted. The previous village chief was unable to quell the ghost rebellion, so the village was taken over by the Cai family, and it raised more than 20 famous and tall evil slaves, and no one dared to challenge his authority.

Pomegranate Village is leaning against a mountain, and the battlefield is the battlefield. Every war will kill many people, so many people agree with the haunted village, saying that it is a resentful ghost on the battlefield to seek life.

But the ancestors lived here for generations, and later generations dared not move, for fear of affecting their descendants.

Building a house is called "determining the universe" and this is a big deal!

Migrating away from a place is even more of a big deal!

When it comes to Feng Shui, it is even more mysterious and mysterious. It is said that it will have a great impact on future generations, and the good and bad luck are unpredictable, so the villagers dare not act rashly.

Village chief’s lobby.

The window and door were closed, and there was a man wearing a yellow robe, with his triangular eyes flashing with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheek, and he grinned and said, "Captain Cai, thank you very much, I am grateful."

"Hahaha, Master Jia, we have worked together for so many years, and I should cooperate with you. It is rare that such a great beauty in our village can be favored by Master Jia, which is her honor." An old man, who is already fifty years old, had a hoarse voice, a wretched smile, and a red face.

The great beauty they mentioned, named Bai Yan'er, was twelve years old, but she was already extremely charming and naturally charming, which made many people feel ready to move.

On the country road in the village, two boys walk together.

"Daoyan, have you heard of it? We have chosen a saint in our village." One of the boys lacked two front teeth and spoke a little. His real name was Wu Xiaobai, and his nickname was Wuchi. Because it was homophonic to Wusha, he was often ridiculed by his friends of the same age.

"Oh? What saint should I choose?" The boy who was walking with Xiaobai called out Yan. He had his own surname, but his mother did not allow him to spread the word. It is said that this was his father's explanation.

"Aren't our village haunted? I heard it accidentally. The Taoist Master Jia invited by the village chief said that Bai Yan'er was born in the yang year and the moon in the yang year, and can kill all ghosts and evil spirits, so it is most suitable to be a saint. Bai Yan'er should bathe and change clothes at noon when the yang energy is the strongest, absorb the yang energy for seven days, and finally sit in the stone building to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, and bless the whole village to no longer be attacked by ghosts." Wu Xiaobai whispered.

"Is Bai Yan'er so powerful? I really can't tell it, but she is very beautiful. This is true. She is the most beautiful girl in our village." When Daoyan mentioned Bai Yan'er, her expression became different. Everyone has a love for beauty. It is normal for a little boy to have a favorable impression of a little girl who was born with beautiful things.

"By the way, Yan, do you really like Bai Yan'er? I heard from my father that Bai Yan'er's mother is a water-like poplar flower. She ran away from other men after giving birth to Bai Yan'er. They all said that Bai Yan'er was exactly the same as her mother, but she was afraid she had the same temperament. I heard that her father used to be in good health and was the strongest man in our village. Since he was with her mother, his body has become weak and he looks half dead. He has never improved. My father said that Bai Yan'er is a disaster and told me not to get too close to her to avoid causing trouble." Seeing that Daoyan's expression was wrong, Wu Xiaobai kindly reminded him out of his friendship with Daoyan.

"My mother said that too, but she didn't care about him. Anyway, I must marry the most beautiful woman and be the biggest official in the village. Give me a sigh of relief and let them all see clearly. Whoever dares to talk behind my back will slap their mouths." Daoyan said boldly. Since childhood, his mother has worked hard to pull him up and was discouraged by many people. A woman has been secretly stabbed by neighbors in the village and said that she was trying hard to harm her husband. A war broke out soon after she got married, and then her husband went to the army and had no news since then.

"Daoyan..." Wu Xiaobai knew that Daoyan's life was hard, and he didn't know how to comfort him, but he just felt very sad.

"Let's go, Xiaobai, come to my house for dinner today." Daoyan immediately opened up the topic and didn't want to say more about it.

"Okay, Aunt Wu is the best cooking." Wu Xiaobai began to drool.

There is a small wooden house in front of me, which occupies three meters in size.

There is a small courtyard in front of the house covering an area of ​​two meters, with a well and a bucket. A hoe lying on the wall of the wooden house, a straw hat and a raincoat lie.

For their orphans and widows, they can barely shelter from the wind and rain.

Daoyan took Wu Xiaobai into the small wooden room. A woman was sitting on a wooden chair, looking haggard. Daoyan walked over and asked, "Amn, Xiaobai is having dinner at our house today."

"Silly kid, please help my grandma take the silver bracelet to a pawn shop for money, buy some rice and vegetables, and my grandma prepares delicious food for you." Wu took the silver bracelet from his hand and handed it to Daoyan.

"Mom, what's wrong? Didn't this give you when you got married? Why did you change it? And there was obviously a lot of rice and grain at home." Daoyan frowned, obviously a little unhappy.

"..." Wu was silent for a moment, his eyes turned red, and he burst into tears, and he said helplessly: "The village is haunted. The village chief said that it is a lot of money to hire the priest. This is everyone's business. They have to pay for money together. The family has no money, so the rice and grain in our family have been taken away. If we don't sell the silver bracelet, our family will not be able to overcome this difficulty."

Daoyan felt sad and immediately said, "If you don't sell it, I'll go out to find something to eat. Xiaobai, let's go."

Wu Xiaobai nodded repeatedly and said, "Miss Wu, don't be sad. Daoyan and I will go out to find food and will be back soon."

Daoyan and Wu Xiaobai walked out of the wooden house.

"Daoyan, why don't I go to home to get some food?" Wu Xiaobai was very righteous.

"No need, your family is not easy. Your father and mother will have opinions. Moreover, the whole village has to pay for the Taoist priest, and your family is no exception. The silver bracelet is my mother's thought of my father. Every time she looks at the silver bracelet and she cry silently. How could I let her use the silver bracelet?" Daoyan has been a strong character since she was a child. The pawnshop was not opened by the village chief. If one or two taels of silver was worth, she could only get fifty copper coins when she was working in the pawnshop. It took two taels of silver to redeem it, which was very dark.

"Daoyan..." Wu Xiaobai's eyes turned red when he heard this. Relatively speaking, he was kind-hearted and had a good temper. He was often bullied. Daoyan often protected him, so he always regarded Daoyan as his elder brother. At this moment, Daoyan felt uncomfortable, so he naturally felt uncomfortable.

"Okay, the man is bleeding or not, I didn't cry. Why are you crying? I know where to eat." Daoyan said angrily.

"Where?" Wu Xiaobai wiped his tears.

"There is a sweet potato field in the back mountain in the village..." Daoyan looked at the mountain in front of her that was neither tall nor short.

"What, the back mountain of the village, once there was a war where many people died. I heard that at night, sometimes inexplicable sounds would be heard..." Wu Xiaobai was furrowed all over, obviously a little scared.

"It's still daylight now, and ghosts dare not come out, what are you afraid of? Let's go!" Daoyan led the way.

Back mountain.

Daoyan took Wu Xiaobai to the sweet potato field.

Daoyan is a wild person and dares to fight and rush. Many children dare not come to the back mountain. He just wanted to come and see it. Not long ago, he discovered that there was a sweet potato field here.

The two of them dug a lot of sweet potatoes. In order to save some firewood for their family, they roasted sweet potatoes locally. Now that they are growing up, they have to share the burden for their mother.

The curling smoke rose, and the fragrance of sweet potatoes filled the air. Daoyan and Wu Xiaobai salied. Finally, the two of them took off their clothes and wrapped them in sweet potatoes.

"Daoyan, why don't you dig out all the sweet potatoes? Leave them here?" Wu Xiaobai looked at Daoyan with his upper body naked and pointed to the roasted sweet potatoes in the soil pit.

Daoyan is relatively thin and not tall, but she is not very strong. He held the hot roasted sweet potatoes in his clothes and said, "If the village chief thinks that our family has not paid enough food, even our roasted sweet potatoes will leave. Where can we cry at that time? When the sweet potatoes are hot, go home quickly. It will be not delicious when they are cold. Keep these here just in case."

"Haha, you're still smart." Wu Xiaobai quickly buried the place where the roasted sweet potatoes was ground in soil, and immediately ran home with Daoyan.

Just as they ran out of the back mountain, they saw a man who was one head taller than them, fifteen years old, the son of the village chief, named Cai Qiang, who was a little fat and a little dark. He relied on his own as the village chief's son, and he usually took advantage of others.

Beside him, the children of the three villagers were very flattering to him and acted as thugs, because if nothing unexpected happens, the next village chief will be Cai Qiang. His family is powerful and powerful, so they will naturally be willing to be a thug for Cai Qiang.
Chapter completed!