Standing together through thick and thin

Chapter 137 The Fallen Monk and the Monster

Shao Qiu ran out on the street, came to a wonton stall, and immediately shouted, "Boss, here are two bowls of wonton!"

He was anxious and ashamed, and didn't want to go back to see that big bastard Li Xiuye ​​for the time being!

"Brother, do you want a big bowl or a small bowl?"

"Big bowl, no coriander, no crushed shrimp, just add a few green onions." He can eat as much as he wants, a big bowl is not a problem at all, he can eat slowly.

"Okay, big bowl of wontons, wait a minute!"

After a while, two large bowls of wontons were placed in front of Shao Qiu.

The wonton was steaming hot, Shaoqiu picked up the spoon and scooped it into his mouth with a snort.

With the hot wonton in his mouth, Shao Qiu inhaled straight, took a few bites and swallowed it.

Halfway through eating, Shaoqiu felt that someone was watching him, he paused for a moment, put down the spoon, raised his head, but didn't notice that there was a piece of green onion leaf on his face, and saw a little beggar standing beside him, with a pair of pitiful, watery eyes. Staring at the wonton in his spoon, he swallowed his saliva from time to time, with a greedy face, his face was dirty, his hands were dirty, and his clothes were old and dirty.

Shao Qiu looked hesitantly at the steaming bowl of wonton next to him, it was the second bowl he was about to eat, but he couldn't eat it even if someone looked at him like that.

"Where is the beggar coming from, get out, get out, don't disturb my business."

A 40-year-old man selling wontons came forward and drove away the little beggar with a shiny spoon. The little beggar looked at Shaoqiu pitifully.

Shaoqiu sighed helplessly, and said kindly, "Boss, I invited him to eat wontons. You see, I didn't see him coming when I was in a hurry. This bowl of wontons is still here. He doesn't want to eat it." Eat it and waste it."

Uncle Yuntun took a look at Shaoqiu, there was indeed a bowl of wonton on his table, and Shaoqiu's body didn't look like the kind that could be eaten, so he didn't drive the little beggar away.

The little beggar walked over with a pair of bright eyes, and then looked at Shaoqiu eagerly. Shaoqiu asked him to sit aside, and pushed the remaining bowl of wonton over, "Eat it when you are hungry!"

The little beggar took a deep breath. The aroma of the wontons made him feel very enjoyable. He had never eaten such a delicious thing. He wiped his hands on his clothes, picked up the wontons and started to gobble them up.

Shaoqiu watched him eat with gusto, he was not hungry at all, he just wanted to eat something to drive away the shyness in his heart, seeing the little beggar eating happily, he pushed the remaining half of his bowl to him.

The little beggar could eat very well, he looked less than seven or eight years old, but he finished eating two big bowls of wontons.

After eating the wontons, the little beggar cleaned up the bowl.

With a last wipe of his mouth, he still couldn't finish it.

Shao Qiu asked the little beggar what's his name?

The little beggar replied that my name was Dawu.

Shao Qiu asked again where the little beggar lived?

The little beggar said he lived in a ruined temple.

Shaoqiu asked again, do you live alone?

The little beggar replied that besides him, there were more than ten little beggars and two old ladies in the ruined temple. They all escaped from the village. Everyone in the village was dead and they had nowhere to go.

"The people in the village are all dead?" Shao Qiu was shocked. Did the whole village die?Such a big thing happened, but no one knew?

"Yeah." The little beggar lowered his head sadly, with tears in the corners of his eyes, "My father and mother also died, and my grandma took me to hide in the third floor of the cellar, which was covered with a thick layer of soil. , They didn’t find us, so my grandma and I hid, and other children also hid in a secret place, and in the end we were the only ones who survived.”

How could a seven or eight-year-old child accept such a thing? Shaoqiu was so sympathetic, he ignored what the child said was true or false, and said, "I'll send you back!"

In short, no matter what the truth is, just go and see.

Anyway, it's all right, Shaoqiu is going to go out for a walk, and send the little beggar home to understand the situation.

On the way, I bought dozens of big meat buns and asked the little beggar to take them back for my brothers and sisters to eat.

So the two walked out of the town together like this, and came to a small ruined temple. There was a coughing sound coming from the temple.

"Grandma, drink some water." A childish voice came from inside the room, it was the voice of a little girl.

"Hey." The old man's voice was weak, as if it might disappear at any moment.

A little girl's voice, and an old lady's voice.

The voice was a little familiar, Shao Qiu frowned, and suddenly the little beggar who followed him home ran in and called "Grandma, grandma".

Shao Qiu also walked in, and when he saw it, he gasped.

The old woman in front of him has disheveled hair, dirty and sloppy clothes, but he will not admit that this old woman is Jiang Shi!Jiang Shi who indulged and even tortured Lu Shi back then, Lu Shi's former mother-in-law, his former grandma.

Although Shao Qiu's appearance later helped Lu get out of the predicament, the pain in the past is indelible.

Jiang Shi also saw Shao Qiu, he was taken aback for a moment, then he didn't know what to think, he lowered his head in shame.

Shaoqiu remembered again, after Jiang Shi was given mental hints by himself, even if he withdrew the mental hints, he didn't have that kind of thought anymore, instead he seemed to see it away, and didn't think about making trouble for them anymore.

But he never thought that the Jiang family would end up in this way.

Mr. Shao, Mr. Shao Er, Shao Yang, Shao Qin, there are so many of them, they have hands and feet, and they are strong and strong. Mr. Shao Er, his wife and Shao Yang are all young children. Do they just let an old man outside like this? ?Don't they still sell comic books for money?Can't we go on living?

Shao Qiu really couldn't figure out how the Jiang family came to this point.

Sighing, Shaoqiu came out and said to Da Wu who was facing him: "Da Wu, distribute the buns and let everyone eat the buns! Also, take this tael of money and go invite a doctor over."

Dawu nodded, quickly distributed the meat buns he bought, and hurried to the town to ask for a doctor.

The little beggars around each took several big meat buns and ate them happily, as if they had never eaten such delicious food.

Shaoqiu felt sad, he didn't know how to help, or he would rather not help.

They ate meat buns in cool cold water, making Shaoqiu frown.

"The water should be clean. Drink it after boiling. Drinking unboiled water can easily get sick, especially children." As he spoke, Shaoqiu glanced at Mrs. Jiang, "You too, drinking unboiled water will not cure your illness."

It was rare for people around to see such a kind-hearted big brother, and they nodded repeatedly.

Shao Qiu sighed again.

This ruined temple is nothing more than a small ruined temple. There is no room for a dozen children and two old women. If there is any illness that is contagious, I am afraid that everyone will be infected.

There was an old woman who was about the same age as Jiang, and she had half a foot in the coffin. She was boiling medicine. Shaoqiu smelled something wrong, so he walked over and told her to withdraw, "This medicine can't be drunk, drink it up." sicker."

"However, this is an old prescription handed down in our family. It works very well. My old man has some illness and boils some medicine."

"Diseases are different. If you take the wrong medicine, you may die."

The woman hesitated, not knowing what to do.

Jiang shi also drank the medicine, but there was no improvement, she had to believe Shao Qiu's words.

Shao Qiu said again: "I've already gone to invite the doctor, let's talk about it after the doctor has seen it!"

"Hey...you are such a good person, a very good person."

Shao Qiu waved his hands and looked at the two old people and a dozen children. How long can such a person hold on with a dozen children?

"Qiu, Brother Qiu..." Jiang bowed her head in shame for a long time, then seemed to think of something, and suddenly called out to Shao Qiu.

Shao Qiu turned around and looked at her, "What's the matter?"

Jiang didn't care about it, and he said directly: "Brother Qiu... In the past, I was the one who felt sorry for your family... But, I still beg you to help them, help them!"

Shao Qiu looked at the children around him coldly, the oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest even had a two-year-old.

The doctor that Dawu went to invite came with a box. They also went to invite doctors before, but they couldn't find anyone because they had no money. This time Shaoqiu directly gave the money and invited the doctor.

"Let's see a doctor first!" Shao Qiu interrupted Jiang Shi's words. Although it's pitiful for Jiang Shi to become like this, it's her own fault.

Shao Qiu didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but his heart was heavy.

He has never been the kind of person who is kind and soft-hearted, and when he sees other people being pitiful, he will have a Virgin Mary attack. It is okay to encounter help by chance like this. At other times, he really doesn't want to bother.

When the doctor was treating Mrs. Jiang, Shaoqiu asked the children to question him, and he knew that they all came from a village. He heard that except for the devil who ate the people in their village that day, the children were killed by adults. They escaped by hiding in a secret place, but when they woke up the next day, the village was gone, and all the people had become mummies.

These children were so frightened that they dared not go back to the village.

Those who remained were these few people.

"The people in the village turned into mummies? Is there no one to care about this?"

A few children shook their heads, and they didn't know who should take care of this kind of thing.

Shao Qiu felt that something was wrong, and when the doctor saw Jiang Shi, Shao Qiu asked them to get some medicine before leaving home.

Although Mrs. Jiang is pitiful, so are the children, but that's all he can help.

When Shao Qiu went back, he had already forgotten why he ran out. He directly told Li Xiuye ​​about it. Li Xiuye ​​was also suspicious, but he didn't understand what it was.

"Let's ask Brother Chen and Brother Zhang! We don't know much about this place at all, and we definitely don't know much."

Li Xiuye ​​was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

In the evening, Chen Yu and Zhang Zelin didn't come out of the patio tree, Shaoqiu brought this matter up by the way when he brought the food over.

Chen Yu looked solemn, "It seems that there are indeed monsters here."

"Monster? What is that?" Shao Qiu didn't know much about the things here, but he had heard the word 'devil' several times.

Instinctive understanding is not good, but for the specifics here, you still need to find out from the original writers.

"There are actually many kinds of monsters, but no matter which one they are, they are not good things." Chen Yu said: "Like this time, it is a kind of low-level grind that can turn people into people overnight. The living body formed by the collection of demonic energy or other grievances is the most basic monster-low-level demon, whose strength is equivalent to that of a warrior-level cultivator. These low-level demons live by absorbing the essence and blood of others. In the end, gradually become stronger, develop spiritual wisdom, and become an intermediate demon, which is equivalent to a warrior-level cultivator. Above the intermediate demon, there are high-level demons, which are equivalent to general-level cultivators. General-level monsters can transform into human appearances , enter the world of human beings to survive, so that people cannot detect their existence, the stronger they are, the higher the level."

"Just like cultivators, their levels after promotion, from low to high, are: low-level demons, intermediate-level demons, high-level demons, king-level demons, respect-level demons, holy-level demons, and god-level demons!"

"At the same time, among us humans, some people will become monsters, but because they are not pure monsters, they retain the wisdom and desires of human beings. Once they degenerate into demons, they directly possess the cultivation base of middle extreme demons, but they themselves He is an undisguised demon, ghost, murderous, and very cruel. The monsters that humans turn into are called fallen warriors, commonly known as fallen monks. This kind of people, willing to degenerate into demons, are not accepted by righteous monks. Join forces with monsters."

"When you meet in the future, you should be careful."

Shao Qiu nodded when he heard the words, "So, what you mean is that the village was sucked into a mummy by a low-level demon."

"I'm afraid it is. It's not a low-level demon. What else can absorb the essence and blood energy of human beings? Or a large amount of essence and blood energy." Zhang Zelin also interrupted to speak at this time.

"How is it? Are you done?" Shao Qiu quickly shifted his attention.

"I go out, what's the problem? Don't worry, the formation has been broken, and there will be no more elemental liquid disappearing, but this elemental liquid may not be able to recover. This patio wood was originally a kind of element that can produce elemental liquid." Many monastic colleges and great sects will plant these good woods, but this place lacks vitality, and the patio wood may not be restored to its original state after hundreds or thousands of years." Zhang Zelin sighed.

Patio wood is a good thing. Disciples with good qualifications will also cultivate their own patio wood since childhood. Everyone has the opportunity to have a moment of medicine field with them. It is very easy to cultivate patio wood, but its growth is very slow.

"It doesn't matter." Shao Qiu said with a smile: "As long as the patio wood is still there, the vitality around here will not be cut off. At that time, this house will still be a house full of vitality, and the people who live in it will be blessed. "

Although Shao Qiu felt sorry for the disappearing Yuan Ye, since it disappeared, he couldn't get it back, so he could only keep this little Yuan Ye in front of him.

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