I want to cultivate swordsman

"Old...mouse!" Xiaohuan squeezed out a trill from his throat, and took two steps back stiffly.

At this moment, the black mouse, which was fatter than ordinary wild dogs, suddenly jumped forward and threw Xiaohuan to the ground. It was also difficult to get up for a while.

"Help! Help!" Xiaohuan couldn't help crying, the pair of red eyes that were close at hand and the stench from between the sharp teeth made her feel terrified.

Suddenly, there were footsteps approaching again, Xiaohuan thought it was Butler Crane who heard her cry, so she hurriedly shouted: "Butler Crane, come and save me!"

But no one responded.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally stopped at the door. Before Xiaohuan could see the figure, he suddenly felt light on his body. The big black mouse seemed to be hit by a force, and the whole fat body fell to one side. hit the wall.

Perhaps because of the pain, the black mouse kept screaming "squeaky", and the sound made people feel spine numb.

At this time, Xiaohuan got up from the ground, just about to reach out and grab Steward Crane's arm but stopped, because it was not Steward Crane who suddenly appeared in her room, but the one who came with the carpenter earlier. young people.

It's him!

Xiaohuan was stunned for a moment, and then she didn't think much about it, and quickly hid behind Xu Zhiqiu.

It was Xu Zhiqiu who came.

He went back to his small courtyard with his second uncle before, but he always felt that something was wrong in Hu's house, so he came back again while his second uncle was resting, and happened to see Xiaohuan being thrown down by a black mouse.

The black mouse in front of him was frighteningly big, Xu Zhiqiu could be sure with just one look that it was definitely a mature mouse, but Xu Zhiqiu didn't feel the presence of a monster from the mouse.

strangeness?Why is there no evil spirit?

Generally speaking, there will be black ghost aura around the body of ghosts, and red monster aura around the body of monsters. These auras are difficult for ordinary people to see with the naked eye, but monks can detect them. Already enlightened, he can be regarded as one of the monsters, but he is strangely devoid of monster aura.

Feeling really puzzled, Xu Zhiqiu noticed that the neck of the black mouse was wrapped with a hair-thick brown rope, and a round jade tablet the size of a copper coin was hung below it.

Xu Zhiqiu stared at the jade tablet, guessing that the jade tablet might not be a mortal thing, and it seemed to have the effect of blocking the evil spirit.

It's just that this jade tablet seems familiar.

It seems that this thing has been seen before, it is at... the eldest lady, yes, it is the eldest lady.Xu Zhiqiu's eyes froze, thinking that when he followed his second uncle to the Da Furen's room earlier, he saw a round jade tablet hanging on the Da Furen's waist, which was exactly the same as this one.

In an instant, Xu Zhiqiu thought of many things. It seems that there may be more than one monster hidden in the Hu Mansion.

"Squeak!" The black mouse by the wall slowed down, shook its head, and suddenly yelled at Xu Zhiqiu twice. Seeing that the look in the red eyes was probably scolding in his heart, Xu Zhiqiu didn't hold back, and held the mouse in his hand. The mahogany sword in his hand swung forward and hit the black mouse on the head. The blow was so fast that the black mouse caught off guard and was hit hard.

"boom!"

With the muffled sound, the black mouse's huge head hit the ground heavily, and now it can no longer scream. Although it is not dead, its eyes are full of stars, its thinking is blank, and it has completely lost its ability to move.

Behind Xu Zhiqiu, Xiaohuan lowered his head and didn't dare to look. Hearing heavy voices, he didn't know what happened. He was startled, and then ran out in a panic.

Soon, Steward He rushed over after receiving Xiaohuan's notification. He glanced at Xu Zhiqiu and the mahogany sword in Xu Zhiqiu's hand. The expression on the face of the motionless black mouse suddenly changed, but it was not because of fright.

"Steward Crane, it's right there!" Xiaohuan pointed, but she was still in shock.

Butler He had seen it a long time ago, he ignored Xiaohuan but walked quickly to Xu Zhiqiu's side, and asked in a questioning tone: "Aren't you the nephew of that carpenter Xu? Why are you here?"

Hearing the question, Xu Zhiqiu didn't answer immediately. He glanced at Butler He's waist and found that he didn't have a round jade plaque, but he remembered Steward He's weird smile earlier, and felt that there was something wrong with this guy.

Steward Crane said again: "The courtyard has long been locked, did you sneak in?"

Xu Zhiqiu answered inappropriately and asked, "Housekeeper He, it seems that it wasn't a wild dog that sneaked into the yard earlier."

Butler Crane frowned, turned his head to look at the black mouse and said, "It's dark at night, so I can't see it very clearly, but now I know what it is, so I ordered my servants to take this mouse away, which is really strange. This is the first time I have seen such a big mouse."

Speaking of Steward Crane, he planned to call someone, but Xu Zhiqiu interrupted: "Why don't you just leave it to me."

Xu Zhiqiu took a step forward, staring at Steward He from the corner of his eye, and at the same time raised his wooden sword as if to know the life of the black mouse.

Right at this moment-

"Wait a minute!"

There was a sound of shouting outside the house, and it was the eldest lady who came over.

Sure enough, it still came, Xu Zhiqiu said in his heart, and looked at the eldest lady with a normal face, the green jade tablet the size of a copper coin was still hanging on her waist, in order to prevent the eldest lady from catching her sight, Xu Zhiqiu's eyes froze. Swept over, did not stay.

Could it be that the same jade token is also a mouse spirit?Xu Zhiqiu guessed the identity of the eldest lady in his heart, and suddenly felt a headache. If the other party was a mouse spirit that could already transform into form, then he was by no means an opponent.

Just as Xu Zhiqiu was thinking about countermeasures, the eldest lady walked into the house, her eyes lingered on the mahogany sword for a while, and then she said kindly as before: "I never thought that Xu Carpenter's nephew would be so capable!" , don’t blame me if I didn’t see it before.”

Xu Zhiqiu said: "You came here uninvited, it should be Da Furen, don't blame me."

The eldest madam waved her hands, and she didn't care much: "No matter what, the young master has helped us, but we should deal with this mouse ourselves."

Handle it yourself?Xu Zhiqiu was silent for a while, and said: "This mouse has probably become a spirit, isn't Da Furen afraid of being hurt?"

Butler Crane interrupted suddenly: "It doesn't matter, there are quite a few servants in the yard, we'll tie him up right now, and send it to the government early in the morning."

The eldest lady followed up and said: "Yes, I won't bother you, young master, it's better to send it to the government, and I'm not afraid of being laughed at. The courtyard is short of money recently, and I think I can get a lot of money if I send this mouse to the government. A bounty."