"What do you know? This is the taste of hometown!"
The woman glanced at him sideways. Although her food was poor and her mouth was very indifferent, she was not ashamed to be seen: "You won't believe it if I tell you, but I found this jar of pickled cabbage from your house. I
After the senior died, I went to clean up his house. I didn't find much money, but I found this treasure. Hey, I don't know how to make money myself!"
"I see."
"Does the apricot blossom look good?"
"It's beautiful, spectacular and picturesque." Song You said, "On the way back, I saw a person."
"Who is it? The Emperor?"
"General Chen Ziyi."
"Oh, it's like thunder..."
The woman said this, but her expression was very calm, her eyes were staring at the street in front of her, she picked up the bowl and took two more bites, as if she had no love for her life because she had eaten so poorly.
There was an itching sensation on her legs. When she lowered her head, she saw that the Taoist's cat was pulling at her legs. She stood upright and stretched her neck to peek into her bowl.
The woman lowered the bowl to show her, picked up a small piece of ginger and handed it to her.
Sanhua Empress smelled it, turned around and walked away.
"..."
"Have you finished reading the list of heroines?"
"It's done, wait until I finish eating..."
The woman expressionlessly took another bite of ginger, finished the last two mouthfuls of paste in the bowl, and then turned around and returned to the house.
Song You also opened the door to his room.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw the heroine next door following him. Different from the previous life, she was already full of energy and held a list in her hand: "I heard that the silver reward was twenty taels, but
I was exposed a few times in the beginning, and the person who exposed the list either couldn't find the mountain monster, or was eaten by the mountain monster. After that, no one dared to expose the list easily. I heard that the mountain monster ate it again yesterday.
The quarrel between the two of them made people panic, and neither of them dared to go that way alone, so the Yamen increased the reward to thirty taels."
By the way, put that list on the table:
"The bounty list is here."
"You can trust the heroine."
"When do we leave?"
“Since we are going to eat countless people, it’s better to do it as soon as possible.”
"Then tomorrow morning?"
"good!"
"Knock on the wall and call you tomorrow morning."
"good……"
This is really a good idea.
The woman returned with the reward list.
Song You also went out to buy groceries and came back to cook.
In the first few days when I came to Changjing, I really didn't have enough money. I ate gruel for several days in a row. My stomach growled every day and my mouth was about to burst. But thanks to Empress Sanhua, I have been eating well recently.
.
Cook a bowl of multi-grain rice and fry some rotten peas.
Sanhua Empress transformed into a human form and lit a fire for him. While lighting the fire, she said, "Taoist, I won't go catching mice tonight."
"good……"
"We'll go there when we get back."
"Huh?" Song You lowered his head and looked at her, "Is Sanhua Empress going to catch mountain monsters too?"
"Yes."
"good……"
Song You finally figured out her character.
Sanhua Empress is a cat goddess and has a naturally independent personality. However, she is simple-minded and will become clingy after being with others for a long time.
"Yes——"
Sanhua Empress put another handful of firewood into the stove and suddenly raised her head: "How much money do you Taoists earn from catching ghosts?"
"I haven't gotten it yet."
"No money?"
"I just didn't get it."
"How much is that?"
"We agreed to give each of us fifteen taels."
Song You showed a smile.
Today we were discussing how to allocate the reward money. One of them was looking at the list, asking for information, revealing the list, and handing over the list. One by one, they burned all the female ghosts to death. It’s hard to say which one contributed more. What’s amazing is that both of them felt that they had the most reward.
I owe half of the money to the other party, and I feel guilty.
Maybe it's good to get along like this.
Empress Sanhua couldn't understand, she stared straight at him with no expression on her face, only tilting her head to express confusion:
"why are you laughing?"
"Think of happy things."
"How much is fifteen taels?"
"That's fifteen taels."
"Is it much?"
"a lot of."
"Which one is more, or five hundred dollars?"
"Fifteen taels is a little more."
"How much more?"
"Hard to say."
"How many days can Sanhua Empress catch mice and earn fifteen taels?"
"..."
"How many days can Sanhua Empress catch mice and earn fifteen taels?"
"It might take a few more days."
"How many days will it take to catch?"
"You can always earn something if you work hard."
"Ten days?"
"It will take a little longer."
"how long?"
"Most of the year."
"..."
The girl lowered her head and silently delivered the firewood.
"laugh……"
When the ginger and garlic are put into the pot, countless small bubbles will appear in the hot oil.
The heroine huddled in the upstairs next door, listening to the scraping sound of the spatula rubbing against the iron pot when cooking next door, and smelling the gradually coming fragrance, with a dull expression.
…
Early the next morning, the sound of banging on the wall woke me up.
Rotten meat and peas are too good for rice. I may not have eaten a third of the bowl I fried yesterday, and I don’t know how many days to go before I leave today. Song You had to go next door and invite the heroine to eat with me.
After dinner, the heroine goes out with a knife.
She is still better at using a knife than a sword.
A long knife is best.
There are blacksmith shops and sword shops in Changjing City, all of which sell swords. Naturally, you can bring swords into the city. However, you cannot wear swords into the city, that is, you cannot walk on the street with swords for no reason. Now Wu Xia has exposed the Sansi Yamen
If you want to eliminate demons outside the city, you won't have to worry about passing by officials and sergeants.
I bought some dry food along the way, and the heroine grabbed the money given to me.
Not long after, the two of them left the city again.
A yellow-maned horse and a calico cat.
The calico cat still took small steps and ran ahead. From time to time, he looked back and looked up at the yellow-maned horse. He felt that it was smaller than his own horse, and he felt very satisfied.
"Yanhui Mountain is about eighty miles away from Changjing, so we should take this road." Wu Nuxia pointed in a direction with her knife.
"It's quite far."
"This is the case in Changjing. Except for this recent incident, the city used to be very peaceful. After all, it is the capital. There are few demons and ghosts who dare to cause trouble in the city. There are also few demons and ghosts around outside the city. However, there are many people coming and going in Changjing.
There are too many. If you are farther away from Changjing, if you go dozens or hundreds of miles away, there will often be monsters and ghosts making trouble." Wu Nuxia paused and glanced at him, "If I had known that I would have to come out to do such work often, you would
You should keep your horse in the city."
"I don't ride anyway."
"Oh, you can't ride."
"Just treat it as a spring outing."
"You really have a leisurely mind."
Wu Nuxia didn't say anything, but looked left and right, and then continued: "I heard that Yanhui Mountain is very big and has lush vegetation. I'm afraid it won't be easy to find a mountain monster that grew up in the mountain and is good at changing.
Let’s see if Master Taoist Master has any magic tricks. Once you find it, give it to me first. I want to see if the mountain monster is like a ghost and can’t be cut with a knife.”
"Let's see after we go."
"I heard that this mountain has some evil qualities."
"What kind of evil method?"
"There are always some harmful monsters in Yanhui Mountain. They are either mountain monsters or wild ghosts, or monsters that have become spirits. If you catch this one and that one, you will kill them all."
"It should be that the spiritual energy is abundant, so it gives birth to spirits and monsters. If there are too many spirits, there will always be those who can't stand the temptation and kill themselves."
"Awesome, Taoist Master..."
Wu Nuxia's words "Awesome, Taoist Priest" sound as casual as saying "There is a stone on the roadside here".
Eighty miles away, it would take half an afternoon to walk quickly.
Wu Nuxia often rode her horse to the front to ask for directions to make sure she was on the right track. Sometimes she would wait for them in front, and sometimes she would run back to pick them up and chat with them.
It was almost as if the wild geese were returning to the mountain.
By chance, she met an old man on the roadside, and Wu Xia asked him for directions.
"Old man, there is Yanhui Mountain ahead."
"What are you doing there?"
"We are going to that certain county in front of us, and we have to pass by Yanhui Mountain. There are only two of us, and we are a little scared. Let's ask if we know what we know." Wu Nuxia rolled her eyes and said, "I don't know about Yanhui Mountain.
Is it in front or has we accidentally walked past it? It would be great if we passed by."
"Then you have to be careful. Yanhui Mountain is just ahead, about ten miles away."
The old man looked at them with a pair of cloudy eyes: "There has been a monster on that mountain recently. It is said to be bigger than a cow and very scary. The government sent people here several times but could not catch him. I heard that he will not be caught again.
If they can't be caught, they will send officers and soldiers to burn the mountain. Many people want to pass there, so they hurry up early and gather a group of people to go there together. When the mountain monster sees that there are so many people, it doesn't dare to come out and cause trouble."
"Thank you, old man."
"No thanks, no thanks..."
The old man waved his hands and walked away with the basket on his back.
Wu Nuxia glanced at Song You.
Song You just smiled: "The heroine is cautious."
"I heard that the mountain monster can change and turn into vegetation and rocks on the mountain. I wonder if it has the ability to turn into a human being." Wu Xia pursed her lips and said, "It's not a bad thing to be careful when traveling in the world."
"rational."
After traveling for more than ten miles, we arrived at Yanhui Mountain.
This mountain is so high that it reaches into the clouds.
Wu Nuxia raised her head high and frowned: "With such a big mountain, even if the gods want to find where a spirit is hiding, they will have to search the mountain, right?"
"Maybe."
"What can you do?"
Wu Nuxia turned to look at the Taoist beside her.
But I saw the Taoist raising his head and looking at a big tree next to him.
If you look closely, you can see a bird's nest in the tree.
What's the meaning?
Wu Nuxia looked puzzled when she saw sudden movement in the bird's nest, and a black bird's head actually emerged.
Is it a crow?
Then the Taoist bowed his hands and saluted the crow:
"My surname is Song and you are polite. I heard that there is a mountain monster causing trouble on this mountain. Since I often live by the roadside, I wonder if I have seen it, and can you tell me where it usually lives?"
Is this possible?
Wu Nuxia blinked her eyes, looked at the Taoist, and then at the crow.
"ah!"
I saw the crow turning its head, looking at the top of a mountain in the distance, and calling out, the sound was pale.
"Is there a way up the mountain?"
"Ah~"
"Thank you very much."
The Taoist cupped his hands and took out a package of vegetable leaves from the sack. He opened the vegetable leaves and found that they were full of shredded pork. He picked out a few and hung them on the Parmao leaves next to him:
"A few shreds of meat are disrespectful."
"Ah~"
"Let's go."
The Taoist should go to the top of the mountain first.
Wu Nuxia's eyes widened. To be honest, she had never imagined that the Taoist's method was actually this.