I want to cultivate swordsman

What would it be if it wasn't wild dogs?Xu Zhiqiu was thinking in his heart, at this moment Steward He had already opened the gate of the house, and he bowed his hands to the uncle and nephew as a sign of farewell.

Xu Anshan politely returned the salute, and the two uncles and nephews stepped out of the hospital. The heavy door was closed immediately. When there was still a gap the size of a palm in the door, Xu Zhiqiu turned around and saw a weird smile on the corner of Butler He's mouth. Then he hid again, and the completely closed courtyard door also isolated his eyes from the outside.

Strange, why do I always feel something is wrong?Xu Zhiqiu muttered in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on. He always felt that this house was a little weird, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Second Uncle Xu didn't feel anything at all, he was humming a ditty while weighing two coins in his hand, looking in a good mood.The two walked along the outer wall towards the entrance of the street. After walking for a distance of four or five feet, footsteps suddenly sounded behind them.

"Step, step, step..."

The footsteps were a bit uncoordinated, the uncle and nephew turned around almost at the same time, and then saw a tall and thin young man walking over. The two frowned for a while, but the other party ignored them, and walked to the front with normal expressions.

Second Uncle Xu twitched the corners of his mouth, pressed his voice and said, "Hiss, what kind of monster are you painting like this in the middle of the night, and you're not afraid of scaring others?"

Xu Zhiqiu said: "Maybe it's a special hobby."

The uncle and nephew each said a word and did not continue, probably because they were afraid of being overheard by the other party. They walked slowly, and came to the intersection of the street, and stopped again just after turning a corner. The man appeared in front again, and beside him was an elderly woman who was squatting on the side of the street and burning yellow paper.

The burnt yellow paper in the middle of the night was somewhat permeating.

Second Uncle Xu cursed bad luck in his heart, and slowed down at the same time.Xu Zhiqiu looked at the old woman and the man and frowned. The two seemed to be arguing, but the voices were not loud. The man pulled the old woman's sleeve to try to get her up, but the old woman refused. Finally, the man I kicked the burning yellow paper a few times with my feet, sparks were scattered everywhere.

When they got closer, Xu Zhiqiu heard the content of the quarrel between the two:

"I told you not to burn paper here again. Why don't you listen? Do you have to force me to do it before you give up?"

"My Ah Yuan, my Ah Yuan..."

"She's dead, no matter how much you call your soul, you won't be able to come back to life. You're such a stubborn old thing."

"My Ah Yuan, my poor child, who killed you..."

"Don't talk nonsense, but no one hurt her, she threw herself into the well to die, no one hurt her!"

"Nonsense, Ah Yuan wouldn't throw herself into a well. Someone killed her."

The old woman choked up and twitched her shoulders. The rouge-faced man kept arguing with her, and even wanted to drive her away, but as soon as he raised his hand, he saw Xu Anshan and Xu Zhiqiu passing by, so he had no choice but to put his hand away. down.

The two uncles and nephews looked at each other, Xu Zhiqiu hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "Grandma, what happened?"

Hearing the question, the old woman turned her head to look at Xu Zhiqiu, but she didn't answer, she just sobbed and added the yellow papers in her hand to the fire one by one.

The rouge man said angrily: "This is none of your business!"

He waved his hand to signal Xu Zhiqiu to leave quickly and not to meddle in other people's business.Seeing that the old woman was in a daze, Xu Anshan didn't answer, so he pulled off his nephew's sleeve and continued walking along the road.

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In the courtyard of the Hu Mansion, Housekeeper He came to the front yard after reporting some matters in the house to the eldest lady. He found the maidservant of the eldest lady, beckoned to her, and said, "Xiaohuan, all the work in hand Are you done?"

Xiaohuan nodded, and Steward Crane said kindly again: "I heard from Da Furen that you were frightened by a wild dog that slipped into the yard earlier, so I came here to have a look and tell you that tonight I will I will send a few more people to search in the courtyard, and I will guarantee that the wild dogs will be driven out, so you can rest assured that you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Xiaohuan nodded again, humming.

Butler Crane patted her on the shoulder like an elder, then turned and left, but after walking a few steps, he turned back and called Xiaohuan who was about to leave.

"Xiaohuan."

"Hey, I'm here."

Steward Crane asked, "Did you see clearly?"

Xiaohuan Youyou was stunned: "What?"

Butler Crane: "I mean, you can see clearly, it's a wild dog, right?"

Xiaohuan suddenly stopped talking, and only after a while did she answer: "Well, it's a wild dog."

Butler Crane nodded with a smile, turned around and left without saying anything more this time.

Xiaohuan looked at the back of Steward Crane leaving, and breathed a sigh of relief as if she had relieved a heavy burden. As a servant, she was inevitably a little afraid of the steward, but this was not the most important thing. The main reason why she was nervous just now was because she lied .

In fact, she didn't see clearly what it was.When she was in the Da Furen's yard earlier, she only felt that her eyes were dazzled, and she was knocked down to the ground by a black thing, so she couldn't help but exclaimed. Later, Da Furen said it was a wild dog, and she Then she said it was a wild dog, but she didn't know whether it was a wild dog or not.

"Damn, who cares, no matter what it is, it will be kicked out sooner or later, what do you want to do?" Xiaohuan said something, and then returned to her room. After a long day, she felt sore all over. Fall asleep quickly on the bed.

Although Xiaohuan is just a maid, because she is the maid next to the eldest lady, the room is not too simple, and there is no need for a dozen or so servants to squeeze into one room like other servants. In the past, there were only two people sleeping in this hut, one was She, the other is a girl named A Yuan, who is also the maid of the eldest lady, but a few days ago, A Yuan threw herself into the well, so now she lives alone in this house.

Blowing out the lamp, lying on the bed, Xiaohuan soon felt drowsy, and closed her eyes in a daze, but before she fell asleep, she heard movement outside the room. It seemed that someone was hitting the room with something. The door, because it was at night, and it was the door of my own room, so the sound was very clear.

Xiaohuan was woken up, sat on the bed and asked who it was, but there was no answer outside the door, but the movement was still there, so she got up and opened the door to see who was doing the trick.

"squeak~"

The door opened.

"Who is it?" Xiaohuan muttered and looked out, then she stopped moving, her eyes widened.

Right in front of her, on the edge of the threshold outside the house, a fat big black mouse was looking up at her. The big mouse was even bigger than a stray dog. Its hair was black and shiny, only its eyes were shining. red light.