Chapter 972 Water Demon

Green mountains and green waters, ancient villages near cliffs, the sky is covered with white clouds, and the gentle and majestic wind strokes the surface of the river with faint ripples, everything is leisurely and calm.

Regardless of his image, Anyang sat beside the hanging building near the river, his legs were hanging in the air, and the river was under his feet.

Suddenly, he felt that someone was watching him.

"Hehehe..."

Anyang broke away from his thoughts, hehe smiled, a lollipop appeared out of thin air in his hand, and turned around and said, "You are hiding behind and peeking at me, what are you doing?"

Standing behind him was a little girl carved in pink and jade, about four or five years old, with big eyes, pink and tender skin, dressed in light gray linen, with neat bangs and two balls tied. He was looking at him curiously with his head tilted, it was really cute.

Seeing him turn around, the little girl was startled first, trembling all over, then turned and ran back.

After running two steps, she suddenly stopped again, keeping a safe distance as she thought, and turned to look at him again, her eyes shining with innocence.

Gradually, she turned her eyes to the candy in Anyang's hand, and her big eyes suddenly became bright.

"What is this... who are you?"

The little girl's crisp voice made her heart swell, and Anyang suddenly showed a gentle smile: "This is candy, you have eaten candy, the kind that is sweet in your mouth."

"Candy?" The little girl's eyes widened slightly.

"Well." Anyang nodded with a smile.

"I've eaten sugar and candied haws, but it looks different from yours." The little girl stared at him with big black and white eyes, said in a tender voice, and swallowed unconsciously. , I guess it reminds me of the taste of sugar.

"Then do you want to taste my candy?" Anyang asked.

"Think... No, Daddy said you can't ask for things from strangers." The little girl's eyes showed hope, but she immediately put her hands behind her back, as if I didn't want it.

"..." Anyang was stunned for a moment. Are people in this small village so educated?

Immediately he smiled gently and said, "Then we can be friends. Come here and tell me your name. When we become friends, won't you be able to eat my candy?"

"No! Daddy said you can't tell strangers your name casually." The little girl looked at him with a bit of vigilance, "I can't eat your candy, Daddy said that strangers' candy is poisonous, and specially treats people like me. Such a cute child is dizzy, and then sold to a big family to be a maid! If you are a bad person, my father and my mother will lose a lot! "

"...Are you serious about what you said?" Anyang looked at the little girl and said it seriously, and thought it was shocking, especially the words "cute child like me", "my father and my mother" It's a big loss."

What are parents teaching their children in this era?

Anyang was a little speechless, and a little less interested.

"Then you're out of luck with my candy."

"I don't really want to eat it." The little girl said and swallowed, "What if you turned into a monster!"

"I'm not a monster, the monster is in the river!" Anyang said.

"Liar, there are no monsters in the river!" The little girl tilted her head. "People in the village go into the river every day. If there were monsters in the river, they would have been eaten!"

"If you don't believe me, both you and your father will be eaten by the water demon!" Anyang said to her seriously.

The little girl was stunned for a while, as if she was a little frightened by his tone, and then she burst out laughing, revealing two small dimples on both sides of her cheeks and a set of white teeth: "I have heard this kind of story since I was a child, so I won't be afraid. Woolen cloth!"

"Really?" Anyang was happy to pass the time with her.

"Yeah! I won't lie to you. When I was a child, my father said that if I stole fruit and eaten it, I would be taken away by the devils of the Lord of Hell, and if I didn't obey, I would be sold by the mute in the next village, but it's been so long, I'm fine It's all a lie here."

"When I was a kid...when was it?" Anyang asked, looking up and down the little girl who was only sixty to seventy centimeters tall.

"It was when I was young."

"What about you now?"

"I've grown up now!" The little girl tilted her head.

Just as Anyang was about to say something, he saw a thin young man in black sackcloth emerge from behind the little girl, with a green beard on his lips, he hugged the little girl and said, "Oh, Changsheng, how many times have I told you this? , you can't chat with strangers casually, why don't you just listen!?"

The little girl was picked up by the young man with a calm face, turned her head to look, and shouted crisply: "Second cousin."

Anyang smiled and said to her as if he just knew: "So your name is Changsheng."

"Yes."

The little girl who was being hugged also laughed.

On the contrary, the young man was a little nervous. He quickly covered the little girl's mouth and bowed his head to Anyang and said, "Sir, the child is ignorant. If I offend you, please forgive me."

Anyang waved his hand, smiled, and didn't say much.

When the young man took the little girl away, he looked down at his clothes and shrugged helplessly.

Although this dress is white and gray, it was almost a standard civilian color in ancient times, but it can still see the high-quality fabrics and exquisite workmanship, plus the loose design, it obviously does not meet the requirements of ordinary civilians to facilitate their work, so that Young people are so nervous.

Now this era is famous in history. It belongs to the beginning of Weisheng, the most powerful dynasty in ancient China. Therefore, although the country is stable, it is the most turbulent time.

Before Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, there was a mutiny at Xuanwumen. The troubles of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not yet been resolved. The internal forces were divided, and the Tang Dynasty was also a strong enemy on all sides. The Eastern Turks just took advantage of the Xuanwumen mutiny to lead their troops to Jingyang, which is only forty miles away from Chang'an City, and Tuyuhun was pressing step by step. Appease everywhere, fight everywhere, and accumulate the power of tigers openly and aboveboard.

Anyang knew that in the next ten years, the talented and strategic Emperor Taizong would successively destroy the Eastern Turks, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo and other powerful countries, fight against Tubo, and drive the Tang army to the countries in the Western Regions. The destruction of the country, the destruction of the country, and then he went on an expedition to Goguryeo...

That was the peak in Chinese history, and it also laid an important foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years!

But at this time, it is very unstable.

In addition to the fact that the Tang Dynasty was martial, and the plot stipulated that demons were rampant in the world during this period, the civil officials and military generals were extremely powerful, and it was no wonder that those civilians were so afraid when they saw themselves.

Anyang thought so, and suddenly looked towards the river.

Something doesn't seem right!

"Is the water demon coming?"

Anyang stared at the emerald green river.

In the words of "Journey to the West", the one who came at this time is the sand monk, but it has nothing to do with the general who was demoted to the world, and it has nothing to do with the sand monk who is dedicated to fighting for the three worlds in the era of gods and Buddhas. The difference is that it is a water demon that is half fish and half beast, and it has been a disaster for the neighbors for a long time.

I saw his eyes move slowly in the water, as if he was chasing something and moving.

At the same time, he was also searching in the ancient village.

Suddenly, a crisp voice came from behind: "What are you looking for? Want to see if there are any fish?"

Anyang was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and saw the little girl standing behind him just now staring at him. She still had a pair of balls on her head with pink and tender skin, with a smile on her face.

"I'm asking you something!"

"Well, why are you back again? Wait for your second cousin to come and arrest you again!" Anyang said, "And you are not afraid that I am a bad person or a monster now?"

"You already know my name, we are friends now, I'm not afraid of you anymore." The little girl said, and added, "You said this sentence, you can't be fooled, and... and I didn't come to you just for candy."

"That's it." Anyang smiled, took out the lollipop and said, "Come here and I'll give it to you."

The little girl named Changsheng put her hand in front of her and stirred hesitantly, but staring at the candy, she walked towards him and said, "I'm not eating candy... …”

When she walked in front of her, Anyang peeled off the sugar coating for her and handed it to her: "I see."

Changsheng took the lollipop and held it up flat, staring at the candy with bright eyes, as if he had never seen such a translucent and bright candy - not to mention sweet or not, she could see it just by looking at it. long time.

Suddenly, she pursed her lips again.

Kind of reluctant to eat it.

Anyang smiled and asked, "You came to me again, aren't you afraid that your father and your second cousin will beat you?"

"Don't be afraid." Changsheng shook his head, looked for a while in the river below, pointed to a certain place and said, "My second cousin went to collect fishing nets, and Daddy is drying dried tofu."

Anyang looked down along her white and tender fingers, and saw that the young man just now was floating in the river, holding a fishing net in his hand, and there was a stronger middle-aged man on the farther shore. Holding a bamboo sieve and drying something.

His eyes gradually radiated a faint luster, and his eyes instantly passed through the green water, and faintly saw a giant fish walking through the deep water...

This giant fish is about ten meters long, with a very large and ferocious body. It looks like a tiger head fish and has four claws under it. It is more like a beast than water objects. young man approached.

Anyang turned his head and smiled at Changsheng: "Your second cousin is going to be eaten by monsters. Fortunately, you came to me, otherwise your father will be eaten."

"It's a lie again!" Changsheng pursed his lips.

"Look over there." Anyang pointed out.

Changsheng laughed and followed his gaze, only to see her second cousin suddenly rose up into the air for some reason, leaping high out of the water! At the same time, a huge splash of water splashed in the river below, and a huge creature jumped out of the water, opening its mouth wide and almost biting her second cousin.

The smile on her face suddenly froze.

But in the end it's not even close!

"Pfft!"

The huge monster fell into the water again.

Changsheng was startled and shuddered, his eyes widened and he looked at Anyang.

Her second cousin fell to the shore with a bang, and was knocked out by the fall. He couldn't move, but he was saved from death!

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