After crossing over: kidnapping a female hunter to be the stepfather of the three cubs

Zhao Huanxi put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked towards the door. He saw several old men standing outside, led by a Taoist priest with an immortal look and holding a whisk.

The Taoist priest also looked quite old, with a tuft of white beard on his chin, a crown on his head, and a purple robe.

She knew that she had read many marketing accounts in her previous life, all of which said that people wearing purple Taoist robes were very high-level Taoist priests.

Now the Taoist priest is looking at him, and I don’t know what he is thinking.

"Master, last night Lu Fa was trying to do something bad to my house, but I discovered him."

The Taoist priest looked at Zhao Huanxi meaningfully, then turned his back and said to everyone:

"There's nothing wrong at her house. Let's go."

Then he went to check with other houses in the village.

It was obvious that few of the families that Lu Fa had helped escaped the disaster. Fortunately, the Taoist priest pointed out the locations of the stolen goods one by one, and asked the villagers to prepare a simple altar and perform a small ritual.

It was also the first time for Zhao Huanxi to watch a Taoist priest perform a ritual in person. It turned out that they really drew talismans and burned them. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt much better after the ritual.

After the Taoist priest finished the ritual, he avoided the crowd and walked up to Zhao Huanxi, smiling at her:

"Fellow Daoist, can I go to your house and ask for a drink of water?"

Zhao Huanxi couldn't figure out what the old Taoist wanted to do at his home, but seeing that he had found the family that Lu Fa had confessed to, he must be a capable person. So he said politely:

"Master, you are wrong. Please follow me. My home is very simple, so please don't blame me."

The Taoist priest stroked his beard cheerfully, smiled, shook his head, and followed Zhao Huanxi back.

When the gate was opened at home, Zhao Huanxi went into the house and called the children out to meet the Taoist priest. He then went to make a pot of tea and poured it for the old Taoist priest.

"Every daughter of your Daoist family is blessed."

The old Taoist priest has examined several girls and, judging by their physiognomy, they have a loss in their life palaces, indicating a great disaster. However, they also have the appearance of rebirth, presumably due to the help of a noble person, who has saved them from disaster.

Looking at Zhao Huanxi who was serving tea to him, the Taoist priest could not see through her face at all.

"Thank you for your kind words, Taoist priest. I feel relieved with your words."

Zhao Huanxi was being polite. She didn't know where this old Taoist came from, and wasn't sure if he posed a threat to her, so she decided to play her role well and not reveal herself.

"Fellow Daoist, may I have a moment with you?"

Zhao Huanxi understood that this man wanted to talk to him alone, and he also wanted to know what he was up to, so he asked the children to go to the bedroom and come out later.

"Master, do you have anything to say to me?"

"I observed the sky last night and saw unusual changes in the southwest constellations. Something must be happening, so I cast a divination. The hexagram showed a combination of Kun and Zhen, but this is neither auspicious nor ominous. I have never seen such a strange hexagram since I started practicing Taoism. It just so happened that people from your Dashi Village came to the Taoist temple for help, so I came to the village to check. Only your family's feng shui overlaps with my hexagram, so I came to bother you fellow Taoists."

Zhao Huanxi didn't quite understand what the old Taoist said, and didn't quite understand the twists and turns in his words, so he could only say apologetically:

"How can I, an ordinary peasant woman, know what the Taoist priest said?"

The Taoist priest also knew that he was too abrupt and Zhao Huanxi would not believe him, so he explained:

"Fellow Daoist, please don't misunderstand me. I have no ill intentions. The world is vast and full of wonders. I also know that your origins are not simple, but I calculated that you need someone to solve your doubts. I may be able to help you."

After saying this, he stroked his beard and smiled kindly.

That being said, Zhao Huanxi had a lot of questions he wanted to ask him, but was this old Taoist worthy of his trust?

He knew my origins after just meeting me for the first time. No, I couldn't trust him so easily. What if he sold me out? I couldn't take that risk.

"As for the Taoist priest, I was born and raised in this village, so what kind of background could I possibly have? But I understand what you mean. I will definitely go to Sanqing Temple someday to ask you to pray for my daughters."

The Taoist priest understood most of what she said. Since she felt that now was not the right time, there was no reason for him to force her. It was only because he was too curious that he was rude.

"Fellow Daoist, if that's the case, I'll be waiting for you in the temple. My Dharma name is Xuan Chengzi, and I'm the master refiner of Sanqing Temple."

Zhao Huanxi stood up to see him off: "Take care, Taoist priest. I will visit you another day. I hope you don't find me annoying."

"Fellow Daoist, what are you talking about? I'm taking my leave."

The smile on Zhao Huanxi's face disappeared only after the Taoist priest walked away. He turned around and squinted his eyes to think about whether he should go to Sanqing Temple.

"Mom, has the Taoist master left?" Xiao Pan poked his little head out of the house and asked with blinking eyes.

"Let's go, come out, everything is fine."

Zhao Huanxi smiled and called them out.

"Mom, that grandpa is so weird."

"Yes, it seems like that master chef has been staring at Mom all the time."

The second and third sisters took over and Zhao Huanxi comforted them:

"The master is helping us check the Feng Shui of our home. He even praised my three daughters for being blessed. Guess who those three daughters are?"

"Hehe, the three girls are me and my sisters." Xiao Nian raised her little face.

Zhao Huanxi looked at the three children, thinking that they were not young anymore. In their previous life, the eldest and the second child should have been in elementary school. The eldest was learning embroidery now, and the second and third children could not stay idle at home every day.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to find a teacher to teach them? I don't ask them to pass the imperial examinations, I just hope they can understand reason.

But I still had to ask them what they thought. Xiao Pan had forgotten to ask her opinion at the beginning. He only asked her if she was willing the night before he took her to become his disciple.

Sigh… I’ve never raised a child myself, so sometimes it’s not a good idea to rely too much on your own ideas. Just take it slow. This is my first time being a mother, so experience is gained bit by bit.

Suddenly I feel that this road is long and arduous.

I don’t know what happened to Xu Qingzhao, or whether I found Lu Fa’s remains in the mountains.

Every household in the village was looking for the dirty things left behind by Lu Fa. Looking down from his house, he could see smoke rising from several houses.

Tomorrow we have to start work on the foundation again, and we need to expedite it. The rainy season is about to arrive, and I don't want to be stuck in this thatched hut catching the rain with a basin.

At this time, the people who went to the back mountain to chase Lu Fa also came back. The village chief went up to ask Xu Qingzhao if he had caught up with him. Xu Qingzhao's face was not very good, and he said to the village chief in a sullen tone:

"Uncle, Lu Fa..."

Seeing the child hesitant, the village chief asked anxiously:

"Zhao'er, what happened to that beast?"

"We went into the mountains and followed the traces. We found Lu Fa's clothes on the flat ground near Guhangou..."

"What about the others?"

"He...looks like he was eaten by a tiger. We looked around and found a lot of blood and some tiger hair."

There was also a set of footprints. Xu Qingzhao compared them and found that they were smaller than his own, like the traces of a woman's foot. Xu Qingzhao immediately thought of Zhao Huanxi's messy morning and was suddenly upset.

Find a way to destroy the footprints before anyone notices.

"Ah... this is what he deserves." The village chief sighed.

Thinking of the instructions my cousin gave me before he died, I ended up not doing it.

Suddenly, rumors of tigers eating people spread throughout the village. Some people said it was the tiger doing justice for the gods, while others were afraid that the tiger would enter the village. For a time, people were in a state of panic.

The tiger in the cave: A-choo! Who is scolding me?