Although there was still heavy snow outside, Xuan Yu seemed to be planning to leave. Lu Qingjiu also knew that he came here to be a drunkard, not to drink, not really to beg for fast food, but to remind Lu Qingjiu of something.
After taking Xuanyu to the door, Lu Qingjiu wanted to lend him an umbrella, but Xuanyu shook his head with a smile, and took out an umbrella from his bag that didn't fit his style. The flower umbrella looked a little outdated. There was a big red peony embroidered on the umbrella. The embroidery work was very exquisite, but the bright style was far from the cold temperament of Xuanyu.
However, it was very strange, but Lu Qingjiu felt that this umbrella looked familiar, as if he had seen it before, he frowned slightly and was about to ask, when he heard Xuanyu's warm voice: "Many years ago, it was also such a heavy snowy weather, I came here. Asking for fast food, your elders let me stay overnight."
When he said this, Lu Qingjiu immediately remembered that his grandmother also had an identical red umbrella, which was said to be a dowry brought by her grandmother when she was young. The embroidery on the umbrella was all embroidered by her grandmother herself. Lu Qingjiu had seen it when he was young, but he forgot about it later.
Although Xuanyu looks young, her real age may have long exceeded Lu Qingjiu's imagination.
"You know my grandma?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
Xuanyu said: "It's just one-sided relationship." He opened his umbrella and walked into the wind and snow. His cold voice was mixed with the whistling wind, and it became a little vague. He said, "Lu Shizhu and Your elders are somewhat similar..."
Lu Qingjiu wanted to stop him and ask some more about grandma, but he kept walking. He had already reached the door of the courtyard. Before pushing the door, he slowly turned his head and said the last sentence.
He said, Lu Shizhu, I remember that your elders prepared a birthday gift for you before he died. I wonder if you can see it
Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu was very puzzled, and said, "Birthday gift? What?"
Xuanyu shook his head, without going into details, he pushed open the door and walked out.
Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu hurriedly chased out, but when he went out, he didn't see anything, only the heavy snow and the empty village, and Xuanyu had long since disappeared.
Lu Qingjiu was at a loss. He vaguely felt that the young monk Xuanyu in front of him and his grandmother seemed to have some connection.
When grandma suddenly fell ill and Lu Qingjiu rushed home, it was already too late, he didn't even have time to say a word to grandma. In the end, Lu Qingjiu, who suffered the death of his relatives one after another, held a funeral for his grandmother in a state of confusion...
But from the beginning to the end, Lu Qingjiu had never seen the gift Xuanyu said. Lu Qingjiu turned back home in disappointment. When he walked to the door, he tripped over the threshold. This trip reminded him of something. He rushed into his bedroom and saw the character lock on the bedside table in the bedroom. black wooden box.
This was the most peculiar object he found at home. Lu Qingjiu stroked the smooth surface of the box and had a guess in his heart... If what Xuanyu said was true, it was really a birthday gift from his grandma, Then he should try to open the box again on his birthday.
Perhaps the contents of the box can give him some important answers.
After sending Xuan Yu away, Lu Qingjiu carried Yin Xun and the little guys into the living room, frowning at them in embarrassment. Xuanyu said that they could recover after three days, so they should keep the scarecrow form in front of them these few days...
But this way, isn't Yin Xun unable to go home to renew his incense candle? Lu Qingjiu suddenly remembered this incident, and his heart suddenly became worried. After thinking for a moment, he decided to go to Yin Xun's house to see if he could help him put on the candles.
It was still snowing heavily outside, and the wind blew snowflakes across the sky. Lu Qingjiu took the umbrella and headed towards Yin Xun's house. The wind was so strong that it was difficult for people to walk inside. Lu Qingjiu had to keep his body very low so that he wouldn't be pushed back by the wind. Large swaths of snowflakes were swept into Lu Qingjiu's neck by the wind. He shivered coldly all the way, gritted his teeth and moved forward step by step. It took him almost half an hour to walk for a few minutes.
Since returning here, Lu Qingjiu has hardly ever entered Yin Xun's house. At most, he went to sit in his courtyard and living room. On weekdays, Yin Xun almost always went to Lu Qingjiu's house. Yin Xun's yard was unlocked, the door was wide open, the yard was empty, and there was no trace of human life. Lu Qingjiu took out the key that Yin Xun found on his body, and opened the door of the living room with difficulty. After entering, he closed the door, and only then did he have a chance to breathe.
The furnishings in the living room are very simple, just a table and a few chairs, and there is no trace of incense. Lu Qingjiu decided to go to the bedroom to take a look. He stood up and photographed the snowflakes on his lap. After turning on the flashlight, he walked along the corridor near the guest room to the direction of the bedroom.
The houses in the countryside are built by themselves, usually with a large number of rooms, forming a yard in the shape of a mouth. On the left side is the master bedroom, where the master sleeps.
Lu Qingjiu took a few steps to the left, and he smelled a strong scent of incense candles. He sniffed and found his target through the window—a bedroom with incense candles.
The bedroom was locked. After Lu Qingjiu opened it with the key, he entered the room lightly.
Just after entering the room and seeing the furnishings, Lu Qingjiu felt that his back was a little cold. He saw that in the small room, there were actually a dense number of tablets, each with a different name. In the most prominent position, a tablet with the word Yin Xun written on it caught Lu Qingjiu's attention.
There was an incense candle in front of the tablet. The incense candle was about to burn out. The red wax oil was like teardrops, and it accumulated layer by layer at the bottom of the incense candle. Lu Qingjiu hurriedly searched the room, but he searched the whole room, but he couldn't find any candles that could be replaced. The candle has been burned to the bottom, and at the current burning speed, it may be more than half an hour before the candle will go out.
Lu Qingjiu searched other rooms, but couldn't find any candles. In desperation, he could only call Bai Yuehu again to ask him about the candles.
"Are you at Yin Xun's house now?" Bai Yuehu, who received the call, asked after learning about Lu Qingjiu's situation.
"Yeah." Lu Qingjiu said, "Isn't he turned into a scarecrow? I wondered whether his incense candle would go out, but when I came over, I saw that the candle was indeed going out, but I couldn't find a replacement..."
Bai Yuehu thought for a moment: "Wait, I'll be right back."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Okay, I'll wait for you, hurry up."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingjiu sat at the door waiting for Bai Yuehu. This guy Yin Xun didn't know how he came here all these years. The house was not popular at all. Except for the sleeping area, it was covered with dust, and it looked like no one lived for a long time.
As the candles gradually burned out, the flames became weaker and weaker. Lu Qingjiu, who was waiting at the door, suddenly heard a very strange sound. At first, he thought it was an illusion, but soon, the sound became more and more bigger.
Gada Gada, Gada Gada, Lu Qingjiu turned around, the torch in his hand shone at the source of the sound, and when he could see exactly what was making the sound, his entire body froze in place. I saw the densely packed tablet table in the room began to tremble. The tremor was very weak at first, but as the flame of the incense candle became dimmer, the tremor began to become violent... It was as if something was pressing under the tablet table. That thing was about to push the tablet down and climb out of it.
Although Lu Qingjiu didn't know what was pressed under the tablet, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing, if the candles just went out like this...
Just at this critical moment, Bai Yuehu finally appeared at the door. After he appeared, he didn't talk to Lu Qingjiu, but went straight to the incense candle, took out a sharp blade from his arms and cut his wrist.
The red blood spurted out from the wrist, and just tilted above the incense candle that was about to be extinguished.
Lu Qingjiu watched with trepidation from the side, he was really afraid that the candle would go out as soon as Bai Yuehu's blood was poured on it. However, Bai Yuehu obviously knew what he was doing. As soon as the blood touched the candle, it made a rustling sound. Then, the candle that was about to burn out unexpectedly rose from the ground, continuously fused with the blood, and changed again. It became a brand new candle.
The tablet that made the sound before was quiet again, and the original silence was restored here.
"Yuehu, are your hands alright?" Seeing that the incense candle continued, Lu Qingjiu quickly stepped forward and grabbed Bai Yuehu's wrist.
Bai Yuehu said: "It's okay."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Does it hurt?"
Bai Yuehu saw that Lu Qingjiu didn't speak, he could have let the wound heal directly, but facing Lu Qingjiu's worried gaze, he actually felt a little happy, so he nodded obediently, and said calmly, "It hurts. "
Lu Qingjiu looked at the ferocious wound on Bai Yuehu's beautiful wrist, and said anxiously, "How much blood must be left in such a big hole, kill a chicken at night and make it up for you..."
Bai Yuehu said: "I can't kill it."
"Why?" Lu Qingjiu asked strangely.
"It's all turned into straw." Bai Yuehu said.
Lu Qingjiu: "..." He completely forgot about it. Chickens have been living in the chicken pen all the time, and his attention was on Yin Xun and the others. Naturally, he didn't realize that his chickens had also turned into scarecrows. It was just that the scarecrow looked like a chicken... and he couldn't eat it for the time being.
Bai Yuehu said, "Let's go, the candles are on, let's go back."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Is this incense candle made of blood? Then are we going to come over tomorrow... and Yin Xun..."
Bai Yuehu shook his head: "The Mountain God Clan has its own method of renewing incense candles. Without incense offerings, I can only use blood to renew them. I don't have to come tomorrow. My blood can last at least 30 days for incense candles."
Lu Qingjiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Bai Yuehu's words helped him answer two more worrying questions. Since Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu didn't need to bleed, it was naturally the best.
Compared to when he left, Bai Yuehu had a thick white cloak on his body. The cloak seemed to be the fur of an animal. It was snow-white, soft and very warm. Before the two went out, Bai Yuehu naturally took off the cloak and placed it on Lu Qingjiu's shoulder.
Lu Qingjiu was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Bai Yuehu, just as he was about to speak, he heard Bai Yuehu say, "You are afraid of the cold, so wear it."
"What kind of fur is this?" Lu Qingjiu rubbed it with his hands. The fur was soft and firm, without a single stray hair, and it still had the light-colored luster of high-quality fur. Bai Yuehu just put it on him. There was a warm feeling on his shoulders.
"I don't know either." Bai Yuehu said, "They lost to me."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Losing?"
Bai Yuehu said: "Yes, we took a gamble."
Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu didn't ask any further questions, but thought that gambling is really bad for your health, so forget about losing money, this skin is lost...
Wearing a thick cloak, Lu Qingjiu held an umbrella and walked into the snow with Bai Yuehu. I don't know if it was because of Lu Qingjiu's psychological effect. He always felt that on the way back, the snow was much lighter and his body was no longer cold.
After arriving home, Lu Qingjiu moved all the scarecrows out to hang in the living room. Fortunately, there are almost no people visiting this winter, otherwise, as soon as I enter the house and see the scarecrow lying on the ground, I am afraid that the timid will not be frightened and have a heart attack on the spot.
Xuanyu said that they would be back to normal in three days, so during these three days, Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu were the only two left at home.
Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu are both hi-jing, so living like this is quite comfortable. Lu Qingjiu found the opportunity to ask Bai Yuehu about Xuanyu, but Bai Yuehu just introduced Xuanyu roughly. Said that he is an eminent monk, he should have been an immortal long ago, but he stayed in the mortal world because of some things. He is a rare and powerful role among human beings, but he rarely participates in worldly affairs. The last time he appeared, it was still a decade ago.
"Then what is he doing here?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"Maybe I want to see the old man." Bai Yuehu replied.
old man? He was talking about Lu Qingjiu's grandmother, but he didn't know what kind of story his grandmother had with him. Lu Qingjiu felt a little regretful. He found that he didn't know much about his grandmother. When I left Shuifu Village and came back here again, everything was different.
On the morning of the third day, Yin Xun, who had turned into a scarecrow, finally returned to his human form, along with Xiaohua, Xiaohei, and the little fox... and the concubine Yu who was hiding in the little fox's furry scarf. To be honest, because she doesn't show up often, Lu Qingjiu almost forgot her...
The few people who had turned back into human beings hugged and cried together, Yin Xun was crying with snot and tears, and Lu Qingjiu looked at him with a look of disgust.
"Jiu'er, you are such a good person." Yin Xun said, "That monk is really going too far. He wants to burn us, woo woo woo, I'm just an innocent little mountain god!"
"Yes, yes, I'm just an innocent little pig." Xiao Hua howled beside Yin Xun.
The little fox also chirped, looking sad and weeping.
Lu Qingjiu was a little helpless, and couldn't even persuade him, so he could only let a few of them continue to howl. Only then did he know that a few people were sentient after they turned into scarecrows. They could hear people outside and see pictures. It was conceivable that if Lu Qingjiu really chose to burn them all, what would they be like? Heartbroken.
After a while, Lu Qingjiu was screaming with a splitting headache: "Don't cry, okay? I'll cook something delicious for you, okay?"
Yin Xun: "You don't love me at all, and you don't care if I'm doing well—"
Lu Qingjiu: "I shouldn't have given birth to you back then."
Yin Xun wanted to continue crying, but was stunned by Bai Yuehu who walked in from outside the house, and quickly calmed down, saying, "Sure, I won't cry anymore, you can make me something delicious."
Lu Qingjiu: "Alas!"
It was really cold this day. In Yin Xun's words, don't go to the wild to urinate, otherwise, after urinating, a certain part will become a disposable item.
It's cold, and people don't want to move very much. If it wasn't for comforting Yin Xun, Lu Qingjiu really didn't want to make particularly troublesome meals.
Because of the power outage, their refrigerator has long been moved into the snow. If you think about it carefully, it should not be regarded as a refrigerator or a hot box, because the temperature in the freezer is a little higher than that outside.
Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu to bring back a fresh Scallion Deaf in the evening. The quality of this Scallion Deaf is really good, and it tastes delicious no matter how you cook it. After Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu to cut the scallion and deaf, the spare ribs were kept, the bones under his body were stewed in soup, the meat was stir-fried, and the ribs were used for charcoal grilling.
The bones of scallion deaf are thinner than those of sheep, and there is no stinky smell, so you don't have to worry about handling it badly. First, carefully marinate the meat with marinade for a few hours, and then put it on the charcoal fire and roast it slowly.
The room soon began to permeate the rich aroma of the roasted meat. The thin layer of fat on the edge of the ribs was sizzling, and the fat dripped into the burning brazier, making a crackling sound.
Lu Qingjiu gave the roasted meat to Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun to quench their cravings, and also gave the other three little guys a taste.
"It's delicious, you should eat some wine, too." Yin Xun took a bite, and there were still dark marks on his mouth, and he quickly said to Lu Qingjiu, "While it's hot, it's hot."
Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "You guys eat first, I'll wait for the next piece."
Just after he finished speaking, Bai Yuehu, who was sitting next to him, naturally moved the lamb chops that had not been touched in his hand to Lu Qingjiu's mouth.
Lu Qingjiu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and took a bite with a smile. It was really delicious. The small ribs were a bit crispy on the outside, but the meat inside was very delicate and juicy. After a long time of marinating, the small ribs were also full of flavor. It was salty and light, and it had the fragrance of spices.
Lu Qingjiu ate it in his mouth, feeling that it would be more perfect if there was a fresh lemon to squeeze the juice on.
Looking at the interaction between Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu, Yin Xun swallowed heavily, but he didn't dare to say anything.
Bai Yuehu didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior, so he naturally ate the small row with Lu Qingjiu's teeth marks. The bone broth in the pot is almost ready, very delicious, and it is very refreshing to drink a sip when you are tired of eating small ribs. And after drinking the soup, the body is also very warm. The sweet potato roasted in the charcoal pot is also a good staple. The sweet potato is sweet, soft and glutinous. Lu Qingjiu likes it very much.
Lu Qingjiu was roasting and eating, and unknowingly, he felt a little overwhelmed. Yin Xun was similar to him, his belly had become round, he touched his stomach and burped, his expression froze for two seconds: "I Did you forget something important?"
Lu Qingjiu: "What?"
Yin Xun, who had been eating food for a day at Lu Qingjiu's house, got up suddenly, slapped his head and shouted in horror, "Damn it, damn it! I forgot to go home to renew the incense!!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran. Before Lu Qingjiu could stop him, he saw him running out like a frightened rabbit, and he never came back.
Lu Qingjiu: "...How could he run so fast."
Bai Yuehu said: "It's his only advantage."
Lu Qingjiu: "..." Yin Xun's memory is really good, when he thinks about it, maybe his table has burned through.
After rushing home, Yin Xun called Lu Qingjiu after discovering that his incense had been renewed. Lu Qingjiu was soaking his feet. Humans really have an indescribable complex for furry things, and they simply cannot maintain self-control in the face of such a huge temptation.
Hearing the phone ringing, Lu Qingjiu picked it up lazily, deliberately holding the phone away from his ears.
Sure enough, the next moment, Yin Xun's terrified cry came from the phone: "Lu Qingjiu, why is the incense in my house being renewed? It can't be you, right? It can't be you—"
"It's not me." Lu Qingjiu said, "It's Bai Yuehu."
Hearing Lu Qingjiu's answer, Yin Xun heaved a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it scared me to death."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Are you alright there?"
Yin Xun said, "It's not a big deal."
Lu Qingjiu said, "What if the incense burns?"
Yin Xun said, "Ah... Then something big happened."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Since it's a serious matter, why should I let you guard it? I don't think you're a powerful person." To be honest, after getting along during this period of time, he didn't feel any peace in Yin Xun. In his eyes, Yin Xun is a little bit unreliable. If there is something about Yin Xun that has something to do with God, then Lu Qingjiu can only say that he is quite nervous sometimes. .
Yin Xun: "It's easy to lose my friend by talking like this."
Lu Qingjiu: "It doesn't matter, I can capture you as my pet when the time comes."
Yin Xun: "..." Lu Qingjiu, please be yourself.
Lu Qingjiu could even guess Yin Xun's grievance when he wanted to refute but couldn't find a reason to say it. He laughed and said, "Okay, I won't joke with you, I'm going to bed, good night."
"Good night." Yin Xun hung up the phone.
Lu Qingjiu, who hung up the phone, yawned lazily, and habitually dragged his big fluffy tail to his side, but when he was dragging it, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, and when he looked down, he was completely dumbfounded.
Lu Qingjiu raised his head stiffly and saw Bai Yuehu sitting by the window nibbling melon seeds. He didn't realize what was going on. He said with difficulty, "Yuehu..."
Bai Yuehu looked back: "Huh?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "That's what I want to ask."
Bai Yuehu: "?"
Lu Qingjiu carefully chose his words, and said with great difficulty, "If the fox spirit's tail accidentally falls off, what will happen?"
Bai Yuehu's expression froze for a moment, obviously he understood the meaning of Lu Qingjiu's question. He slowly lowered his head and saw that the nine big fluffy tails were actually separated from his body. The terrified Lu Qingjiu hugged him in his arms.
Bai Yuehu: "..." The big thing is not good.
Lu Qingjiu: "...Moon...Fox...?"
The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu is holding the tail: ah ah ah ah, the tail has fallen off! ! !
Bai Yuehu: ... Tsk, quality issue.
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