Huo Chengche sighed with worry, though he had actually grown quite used to the simple-minded villagers here.
He casually waved his hand, letting them do as they pleased, and slowly walked back with the little baby in his arms, taking the opportunity to look around their village.
Although he had just made two trips, he was preoccupied with the little silly baby in his arms and hadn't had the mind to look closely. But now he was able to examine the baby more closely.
This house isn't even a proper house; it's just a simple structure made of wood and thatch. I doubt it would even be able to provide shelter from the wind and rain during a storm.
"Little fairy! Little fairy!"
Before Huo Chengche had taken two steps, Tong Youlin's loud, gruff voice clearly reached his ears.
Upon hearing the words "little immortal," Huo Chengche felt that this person was an eyesore and he really wanted to kick him out.
However, he thought that these villagers had never received much education in their lives, and this was their simple-mindedness, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.
Tong Youlin's calls of "Little Fairy" grew louder and louder as he ran over from a hundred meters away.
Even though Huo Chengche was usually cold-hearted, he couldn't suppress his anger. Looking at the person running towards him from afar, he couldn't help but want to kick him away.
Fortunately, the soft little baby in his arms spoke up at just the right moment, and the babyish, soft voice barely soothed the boy's rising anger.
Huo Chengche silently recited, "This is a manifestation of simplicity and honesty," and finally managed to suppress his impulse.
Tong Youlin, who had just run up to Huo Chengche, was completely unaware that he had almost ascended to heaven... cough, I mean, ascended to the heavens. He rushed over, pushed aside the others who were in his way, and hurriedly said to Huo Chengche, "Little immortal! Little immortal! They're here again! This time you must save us!"
Seeing the worry and anxiety on Tong Youlin's face, Huo Chengche frowned slightly. "What's wrong? What happened? Didn't you go to that Taoist temple to deliver a message?"
Huo Chengche didn't actually intend for Tong Youlin, the village chief, to personally deliver the message; he simply told him to find a younger brother to do it.
However, Tong Youlin obviously found that the simpletons in the village didn't seem very reliable, so he went by himself.
Huo Chengche glanced at him but didn't notice anything unusual. However, he did notice a corner of an envelope sticking out from his chest, indicating that he had rushed back before delivering the letter.
It seems that something urgent has happened.
Sure enough, Tong Youlin said anxiously, "Little Immortal! I...I just ran into the government officials who had retreated to the mountain valley on the road!"
Before Huo Chengche arrived, Tong Youlin and his brothers from the village, following the little baby's instructions, had caught the constables and yamen runners who were lying in ambush in the woods off guard, forcing them to retreat down the mountain.
Seeing that they had retreated, Tong Youlin returned with his brothers.
“In the past, after we brothers beat them back, they would always rest for a few days before coming back! I’ve never seen them this energetic before! I felt something was wrong, so I hid in that mountain hollow and listened for a bit.”
"Upon hearing this, I broke out in a cold sweat. Good heavens! They bought several poisonous snakes! They also prepared several baskets of meat, intending to throw them into our village and release the poisonous snakes to kill us!"
Tong Youlin's face turned deathly pale. Not only Tong Youlin, but the villagers who were gathered around him also changed their expressions drastically upon hearing this, instantly losing all color and panicking.
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