Picking up a greedy snake [Liao Zhai]

After taking the herbal medicine prescribed by the doctor, Gu Huai restlessly got out of bed and began to get dressed, as if he was about to go out.

Lan Yuyan hurriedly stopped him and said, "What are you going to do? You just took the medicine, lie down and rest for a while."

Gu Huai shook his head, pulled his clothes back up, and said, "I have to look for Xiaoqing. I'm worried about him running outside by himself."

Lan Yuyan's expression was a little displeased, but she still held back her temper and didn't dare to lose her temper with Gu Huai: "Where are you going to find him? If he ran away, you might not be able to find him even if you search the whole city."

Gu Huai's movements froze, and he turned his eyes to look at Lan Yuyan, with a pleading look in his eyes: "Erqing, can you help me?"

Lan Yuyan turned her head to one side with a look of reluctance.I thought to myself, it's too late for me to be happy that the dog ran away, and you actually asked me to find it and grab Gu Huai with me?How can it be?

Seeing Lan Yuyan's face full of unwillingness to say a word, Gu Huai lowered his head in disappointment and stopped talking.

The two were silent for a long time, when Gu Huai suddenly approached Lan Yuyan's face, softened his voice, and said, "Er Qing, I beg you, help me find Xiao Qing, and I will promise you whatever you want in the future." .”

Lan Yuyan moved to the side, distanced herself from Gu Huai, and remained silent.

Gu Huai stuck to him again, put his hands around his neck, and took a bite on Lan Yuyan's fair skin.

Lan Yuyan jumped up in a jerk, looked at Gu Huai in disbelief, and then turned over and pressed Gu Huai under her body as if she had just realized something, looking at him with bright eyes full of expectation.

He pinched Gu Huai's face, said with a smirk, "Are you teasing me? Do you know the consequences?"

Gu Huai pushed him away with a smile, and said, "Help me find Xiaoqing. I'll let you do whatever you want."

Lan Yuyan looked at him with squinted eyes, and Gu Huai also looked at him with a half-smile.After a long time, Lan Yuyan's straight back softened, she sighed softly, and said, "I really can't help you, why do I like you so much?"

Gu Huai laughed and wrapped his arms around his neck, ruffling his hair.Lan Yuyan's head was held in his arms, and he waved his hands openly.

Gu Huai let go of Lan Yuyan, straightened his clothes and prepared to go out, but was held back by Lan Yuyan again.

He looked at the other party suspiciously, and said a little angrily: "You just promised me to accompany me to find Xiaoqing, do you want to go back on it?"

Lan Yuyan pressed his shoulders to let him sit down, and said dumbfoundingly: "When did I say nothing? I promised you, and I will definitely bring that silly dog ​​back to you. Huai'er, you just You don't have to go, just sleep here again, you've been too tired recently."

Gu Huai twisted his body to break free from Lan Yuyan's big hand, and said impatiently, "But I'm worried..."

"What are you worried about, you can't trust me?"

Gu Huai gradually calmed down. In his mind, Lan Yuyan was omnipotent.He patted the back of Lan Yuyan's hand, and gave him a trusting look: "I believe in you."

Lan Yuyan patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said softly: "Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Gu Huai nodded, and obediently let Lan Yuyan take off his coat gently, and pressed him back into the quilt.

Lan Yuyan turned her head to look at Gu Huai, smiled at him, and slowly disappeared into the room.

***

Lan Yuyan wandered around the city of boots with the task that Gu Huai gave him to find a dog, but couldn't find a clue.

He walked to a deserted grassland, looked around, put his two fingers in his mouth, and whistled.

At this time, the loess on the ground arched together, and then, a handsome boy with a double bun appeared slowly from the land.

"See the third son, I don't know what the third son is looking for?" The boy cupped his hands at Lan Yuyan, and said crisply.Although his voice was a childish voice, his tone was very mature.

Lan Yuyan looked him up and down, and said, "Are you the land of this shoe city?"

The boy arched his hands and said, "Exactly, I took office a few months ago."

"Why do I..." Lan Yuyan looked at him with interest, "Why do I feel that you look so familiar?"

The boy let out a laugh like silver bells, winked at him, and said, "The young one's original name is Qiangousheng. I don't know if the third son still remembers that you passed by an inn a year ago and brought ghost messengers Captured a big villain who dug people's hearts to save his daughter? I was there at the time."

Confusion appeared on Lan Yuyan's face, and then he showed an expression of sudden realization: "Oh? So you are that naughty human skin ghost?"

The boy hehe smiled.

"Then why don't you reincarnate and become the land of this place?"

"It's like this. After the evil man Li Sheng was captured by the black and white ghost guards, he was imprisoned in the underworld for punishment. The few of us saw that he was tortured endlessly all day long, and his life was better than death. and ready to be reincarnated as a human again.”

"I didn't expect that one day I ran into the empress of the underworld. The empress loved and admired me when she saw me. She asked me if I would like to become a clergyman, and said that in a month's time, there will be an exam to recruit priests in the underworld."

"When I heard this, I thought that I could become a god by passing the exam? That's a really good deal. So I signed up for the exam without saying a word, and passed the exam by accident, and became a land father-in-law."

Lan Yuyan looked at the smiling kid in front of him with some surprise, and said, "You are really amazing. In the clergy recruitment exam, thousands of ghosts sign up every year, but in the end, less than 100 people were actually recruited. You are such a yellow-mouthed kid, you actually passed the exam?"

Qian Gousheng was a little embarrassed by Lan Yuyan's praise.He smiled shyly, changed the subject and said: "By the way, the third son called the younger one out, but what's the matter?"

Lan Yuyan patted her forehead and said angrily, "Oh, I suddenly forgot the business. Have you ever seen a big black and white dog run past here?"

Qian Gousheng rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, that dog is beautiful, but his expression is a bit fierce, as if he has gone crazy."

"Then do you know where it went?"

"It ran extremely fast. If I remember correctly, it should have run towards the ferry."

"Ferry? What does it do there?"

"I don't know about this little one." Qian Gouzeng smiled apologetically.

"Okay, thank you very much, I will rush to the ferry to look for it now."

Qian Gouxun respectfully bowed to Lan Yuyan, and slowly sneaked into the ground.

On the way to the ferry, Lan Yuyan felt a little emotional in her heart.Unexpectedly, the ghost of a young child who had come into contact with it by accident has now turned into the land master of this shoe city.

At that time, he and Gu Huai seemed to have just met each other.At that time, he still disliked this weak and ignorant human being, but he was attracted by an inexplicable aura about that man, and he clung to him relentlessly.

While loathing it, but at the same time can't do without it.Lan Yuyan thought dumbfoundedly, it seemed that she fell in love with Gu Huai the first time she saw him, but she didn't realize it at the time.

Lan Yuyan floated to the ferry just like this, thinking wildly.In early spring, boats floated sparsely on the river, and few people came and went on the ferry.

Lan Yuyan casually grabbed a wrinkled old man and asked, "Master, have you seen a big black and white dog?"

The old man looked up at him, pointed in one direction, and said, "Just now, a beast ran over. It ran so fast. I didn't see what it looked like. I don't know if it's the dog you're looking for."

"Thank you, sir." Lan Yuyan clasped her fists at the grandpa, and looked for the direction the old man pointed.

At this time, he heard a seemingly invisible dog barking in the distance.Lan Yuyan quickened her pace, and quickly ran over following the sound of the dog barking——

What came into view was a bloody scene, I saw that the husky was biting a person's thigh, biting off the muscles on the person's thigh one by one, exposing the white bones.

The bitten man was waving a kitchen knife in his hand, screaming and slashing at the dog, but the dog nimbly avoided every cut.

On the ground next to him sat a thin and shriveled man, curled up into a ball and shivering.

Lan Yuyan took a closer look, and recognized that the man who was bitten by the dog was the boatman who took Gu Huai back then, and the thin man next to him sitting on the ground with his head in his arms was the servant who once served Gu Huai— — Fuan.

Seeing these two people, Lan Yuyan was so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames.Just as he was about to rush up, he saw Fu An suddenly raised his head, raised his hand and stabbed at the dog suddenly, and a shiny dagger appeared in his hand.

Lan Yuyan swept over with a green light, but it was too late, and the dagger went straight into Husky's hind legs.The husky screamed and fell to the ground, its white fur was covered with black and red blood.

Swept by the green light, Fu An flew out and fell to the ground, holding his chest and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Lan Yuyan walked towards them step by step with gloomy eyes.

The boatman clutched his thigh and screamed, cursing and cursing: "Damn it, you bloody beast, let me see if I kill you!"

As for Fu An, trembling all over, he looked at Lan Yuyan, who was slowly walking towards them, with a face as pale as death, which was as terrifying as a ghost.