The money was spent, and the maid was also careful. Aunt Lu had just finished eating the morning meal, packed her luggage, and was ready to set off. She already had accurate information and came to report.

The Rat King is indeed back and hiding in the Earth Temple. He has a small den there, which was specially left for him by the villagers when they built the temple. There is also a small open space in front of the den for the convenience of the villagers.

On weekdays, I bring some food to worship it. The strange thing is that the Rat King came back this time without saying a word and did not tell the villagers to bring him food. On the contrary, the daily offerings of cakes and fresh fruits in the Tutu Temple were less, probably because he secretly

Taken away.

It is also hiding from people. Villagers usually come to the temple to burn incense and pay homage, but it does not show up. If it hadn't been in the middle of the night this time, some villagers came in the dark to burn incense for the appearance of the lunar eclipse, and happened to hear it crying.

I still don’t know when I will know that it is back!

Judging from the various traces in the Earth Temple, it may have been seven or eight days since the return of the Rat King. According to Old Cangtou, a part-time temple worshipper, the offerings were changed every three days and lost twice. He thought they were naughty children from the village.

It was stolen.

The weather is bad and the disaster is serious. Although the farmers can still water the crops with some water from the Jing River, it is obvious that the production will be reduced this year. Everyone tightens their stomachs and only eats one dry meal and one thin meal a day. It is better to save some food.

During the winter, those half-year-old children who are too hungry will go to the fields to find some food. The offerings in the temple are ready-made food, the bread can fill the stomach, and the fresh fruits are sour and sweet. Who is not greedy when looking at it? Tutu Temple

The offerings here were paid by Zhuang Shanggong, so the old man didn’t have to pay out of his own pocket. He was childless and loved his children, so he would turn a blind eye sometimes. Anyway, he didn’t expect that this misunderstanding would lead to serious consequences.

As a result, he missed important clues about the return of the Rat King.

Now that he had come to his senses, the maid went to inquire. He came to a conclusion and reported to the village immediately. Aunt Lu also got the letter from the maid.

Everyone in Zhuangzi was working in the fields in the morning when the sun was not too strong. They had to wait until noon to react to this incident. But Grandma Lu was ready to leave at any time.

After hearing the news and thinking about it, I decided to go to the Tutu Temple in person.

She asked those who followed to stay outside the temple, and walked into the temple. She first offered a stick of incense to the land master, and then began to call the Rat King: "Do you remember me, Your Majesty? I am the nun next to the little lady of the Li family.

!」

She called for a long time before she heard a shuddering voice, but the Rat King did not show up. It seemed that the voice came from behind the altar table: "I remember you, you are Alu."

"Yes, I am A Lu!" Nanny Lu smiled and said hurriedly, "I heard that the king is back, so I came here to see you. The king has returned to his hometown. Did the journey go smoothly? Why do you come back to visit the folks?

Why don't you show up and let everyone know that you are back?"

The Rat King murmured for a while, then whispered: "I just came back to see my former residence, I didn't want to disturb anyone..."

You've only lived in this little house for a few days? Is it called your "former residence"?

Grandma Lu suppressed her smile and continued: "During the lunar eclipse last night, some villagers came to the Tutu Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings. I heard that they bumped into you, the king. The villagers are very happy to have you back!"

The Rat King seemed a little panicked. Aunt Lu heard its movement from behind the altar table to the direction of the back door, and then back under the altar table again. Then she heard it whisper: "Don't be happy... I don't have much ability...

…I can’t help you all…”

Aunt Lu smiled and said: "How can your Majesty belittle yourself? You obviously have such great abilities!"

"What's so thin?" The Rat King lowered himself from the altar table to reveal a small part of his face, with a bit of confusion in his small eyes. "I really don't have much ability. I just fight with people. But now my tail is gone, and my claws... I

There is no way to make it rain, not even to dig ditches for the villagers..." As he said this, he became depressed, "I am like this...how can I be worthy of the food they offer...I can't blame them.

Blame me..."

Grandma Lu blinked. This tone sounded wrong. What kind of ignorant person came to the Rat King to complain?

She got closer and wanted to ask the Rat King for more information, but she saw clearly the injuries on its face and was immediately startled: "King, what's wrong with your mouth? Is the skin damaged by fire?!"

The Rat King jumped up in fright and hurriedly retreated under the altar table, refusing to show any more face: "It's okay... nothing happened to me! You saw it wrong!"

Grandma Lu had fed the Rat King a few times, and she had no fear of it in her heart. At this moment, concern prevailed, and she immediately lifted the embroidered curtain on the altar table, exposing the entire Rat King to the broad daylight.

His injuries could no longer be concealed.

I saw that its body was burnt in the east and black in the west. There was almost no good piece of skin. The whole rat was in a state of utter disarray. Even half of its beard was missing. There were strips of cloth wrapped around its paws and stains on the cloth.

There were stains of blood, obviously the injuries were serious.

Grandma Lu felt distressed when she saw it: "What's going on? What bastard hurt you?!"

The Rat King was startled by her actions and wanted to run away immediately, but she grabbed it with both hands and gently held it in her arms. Her mouth was full of heart-wrenching words. It thought of the good things it had eaten from her hands in the past.

The rat relaxed a little, then started crying: "Alu... my hometown is occupied by someone. I don't want to obey, and I want to have a fight with that beast and drive it away. Who knows it?"

He was so bad that he would rather die than tell me in front of the Taoist priest that I was a bad monster. The bad Taoist opened his mouth and said that I was a harmful monster and wanted to beat me to death. I really am not his

My opponent, not only did all the gold he had accumulated over the years fall into his hands, he even asked him to snatch away the gold spirit..."

In fact, Grandma Lu didn't fully understand what the Rat King said, but she could tell that it was bullied. She hurriedly said: "You escaped after being injured? Then why didn't you say anything? These days

Are you hungry? Can you use medicine for your injuries?"

The Rat King sobbed and shook his little head. Where could he find medicine? All his possessions had fallen into the hands of others, and he had nothing. Along the way, he had to eat secretly to keep him from being hungry. But when he returned,

Liujiazhuang, it remembered that the folks here were kind to it, so it no longer wanted to steal food, and only dared to steal the offerings from the temple. Anyway, the land master was its old neighbor, so he shouldn't mind helping it.

Without the Golden Essence, its cultivation efficiency is not as good as before, but Liujiazhuang is its territory, and it can rest peacefully here, which is more stable than on the road. But last night, it just practiced for a while under the moonlight, and it was urgent

At the critical moment, the moon suddenly disappeared, causing all the accumulation it had accumulated in the past few days to go to waste. It couldn't bear the grievance for a while, and when it thought of the hardships it had suffered these days, it couldn't help crying, and couldn't stop it no matter what.

He cried until dawn, when he was tired from crying and his body was so tired that he fell asleep.

In the past few days, it has been hiding in the temple. In fact, it has encountered villagers many times who came to burn incense and worship the gods. Everyone is worried about this year's drought. Some people complained that the land god had been receiving incense from everyone for a long time, but he refused to show his spirit.

Some people talk about the Rat King, the lost sacred rat, saying that if it were still around, it could help dig ditches and drill water wells. Others say that it doesn't have much ability and can only eat white rice. Otherwise, why would it?

How many times can't it rain for everyone? The drought has just started, and it ran away, wasting the food that everyone has been offering in the past few months, and so on.

The Rat King really doesn't have the ability to control the wind and rain, and now he can't even dig a ditch. Hearing these complaints, he feels even more depressed and doesn't want to show his face in front of others anymore.

After hearing this, Mammy Lu understood. She looked at the little mouse in her hand, and it was still so lovable. She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "My lord, if you don't want to stay here anymore, why don't you...come back with me?"

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