In the eighth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, there was an old beggar in Nanjing who was called Lao Li by others. Lao Tzu lived by begging every day, traveled to many places, and saw many things.

One day, old Li came to a village. The village was very quiet. There were no dogs or chickens barking, and there were no people hanging around in the streets. Every household closed its doors and windows, and the fields were overgrown with weeds.

Old Li was overjoyed when he saw smoke rising from a room not far away. He hurried over, knocked on the door and shouted loudly, "Is anyone home? I'm not a bad person, I'm a wandering beggar, and now I'm hungry, can you open the door and give me some food? Old Li shouted, and suddenly an eye appeared in the crack of the door, which startled Old Li. The person inside the door gasped for breath, opened the door, and pulled Old Li in. Old Li was not annoyed when he was dragged, but smiled and lowered his head and said," Good Samaritan, please give me some food. "

Old Li was stunned for a moment. Although he was a beggar, he had never eaten such a thing.

The little girl looked at the food in Old Li's hand and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, quickly lowered her head, and her face was red.

Old Li was also a little at a loss. This girl was sincere and gave everything to herself. Old Li wanted to return the things, but he hesitated for a while, leaving one for himself, and returning the rest of the things in his hand to the little girl.

The little girl's eyes were very beautiful, and she looked at Old Li with a watery look. Old Li reached out his hand to touch the little girl's hair, but saw the oily hand, and put it down awkwardly.

Old Li was stunned and touched the little girl's head, the joy on his face could not be hidden. Old Li felt that he should do something, otherwise he would be sorry for this little girl.

Old Li asked, "Why don't people go out in the village, and the door is closed."

The little girl thought for a while before saying, "A strange thing happened in the village not long ago. The dogs in the village kept barking, and then the dogs were not seen the next day, and the corpses of the dogs were carried out one by one. Then several people died, and they closed the door every night, and no one came in.

The old beggar was well informed and knew that it was evil and disturbing people's peace. In order to prevent the little girl from having an accident, Old Li quickly finished his food and went to the street step by step.

There was a green tree on the side of the street, which was rustled by the wind. Old Li broke off a branch, raised his foot and walked to a remote and uninhabited place. Seeing the concentration of yin in front of him, he lifted his foot and walked in.

A hand stretched out to drag Old Li away, Old Li noticed something strange, waved a branch down, only to hear a miserable cry, the hand broke, and soon disappeared, Old Li continued to walk forward, saw a woman in front, waved down again, this time it was fine, but dimmed for a while, the woman turned around and pounced on him, Old Li was not flustered, the willow branch snapped, the black air on the soul dissipated quickly, and soon the willow branch was covered with dark color, and it withered badly.

Finally, with the breaking of the willow branch, the soul also returned to its original state. The soul saluted Lao Li and disappeared.

Old Li spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped his mouth, and went back to find the little girl. When he passed the willow tree on the roadside, all the leaves on the willow tree fell off. Old Li touched the willow tree, saluted, and returned to the little girl's house.

The little girl returned to the house and kowtowed Old Li. Old Li smiled even more happily. Since then, Old Li has lived here.