Walking onto the Cuiyun Corridor again, the scene in front of me became familiar, but it was in the opposite direction to where I came from. Looking at it from another angle, it has a different flavor. Therefore, Song You still walked slowly, paying attention to the scenery along the road from time to time.
The village temple gradually came into view.
Song You walked slowly towards it, but asked the calico cat walking silently beside him: "Miss Sanhua, are you willing to travel around the world with me?"
"Traveling around the world?"
"Just to travel all over the world, see countless sunrises and sunsets, get to know many people and monsters, eat delicious food from various places, and experience many touching moments." Song You paused. Next, "My master said that this is spiritual practice."
"Aren't you going to take me to see Wang Shanggong?"
"If Empress Sanhua is willing, I will tell Wang Shangong." Song You paused for a moment, still walking at the original speed, and thought for a while, "Perhaps Empress Sanhua will stay with me for a while, and the incense on her body will be better." When the Qi dissipates, you can find yourself in the mountains and wilderness, feel free and at ease again, and avoid the pain of being imprisoned."
"Then can I go back to my little temple?"
"Still want to be caught?"
"Well……"
The calico cat thought for a moment and continued to ask: "If I follow you, how long will it take?"
"It's shorter than the detention time anyway."
"Do you want me to help you catch mice?"
"That's not necessary."
"Then what do you want me to do with you?"
"You don't have to do anything, just do one thing and try not to talk in front of ordinary people."
"Is there nothing else?"
"there is none left."
"Then why do you want me to follow you?"
"Let me not be alone."
"I don't know what loneliness is."
"A person is lonely."
"I've been alone. It's good to be alone."
"It's nice not to be alone."
"I have no idea."
"so……"
"I'll go with you."
"good."
Song You walked into the village temple.
But the calico cat stopped at the door, looked around cautiously, and then looked up at the tall and brightly painted statues of gods in the temple. He felt that compared to his little clay cat, he was so miserable, and he felt so miserable. I can't help but feel embarrassed. It can be seen that when Song You entered, it hesitated for a moment and still crossed the threshold.
It was noon, and there was no one staying overnight in the temple, so Song You closed the temple door reflexively.
Looking around, there are incense on the altar.
Most of them were left by Jianghu people.
These Jianghu people know that the gentlemen in the temple need incense, and they rely on these gentlemen to shelter from the rain. Therefore, in addition to lighting a few sticks of incense, they often leave some incense on the altar so that future guests can come. Here, if you don’t bring incense, you can also use it to offer a few sticks to the gentlemen.
The fragrance of grass is not valuable, but people's admiration is valuable.
"Thank you."
Song You took three of them and did not forget to say thank you.
Hold the incense in both hands, shake it and draw a circle. Just draw a circle, and the incense will burn automatically, and green smoke will curl up.
The calico cat on the ground's eyes widened.
"Please come out and see Mr. Wang Shan."
Song You put the incense on the mud and said respectfully.
The green smoke rose and never dispersed, wisps gathering in the air. In the blue smoke, Wang Shanggong, wearing colorful clothes and full of divine light, appeared. When he saw Song You, he bowed respectfully.
"Sir, you are polite."
"Be kind and courteous."
"Sir, have you checked it out?"
"Let's check it out."
"But the monster is resurrected?"
"That's not the case." Song You said to him, "It's just a cat that became a spirit, ignorant and greedy for the incense of the world. Someone happened to offer it incense and asked to catch mice, so it occupied the temple without knowing the importance, sucked the incense and worshiped it. . Now I have brought it."
"The law of heaven does not allow for evil worship in a temple of obscenity." Wang Shanggong said in a deep voice, "Thank you sir for bringing it here. I will take it down immediately and punish it according to the law of heaven."
The calico cat was so frightened that it shrank to Song You's feet.
"How is Tian Tiao punished?"
"If it has not harmed anyone or sucked people's soul and blood, it will last for a hundred years, or it will last for a hundred years. If it has done good deeds, it will be reduced by half as appropriate."
Song You lowered his head and glanced at the cat, conveying the meaning of "Look, I didn't lie to you" with his eyes, and then said to Wang Shanggong: "But I heard that absorbing incense and practicing is an instinct of spirits, and I heard that ignorant people In terms of innocence, I think this cat demon is also a first-time offender. It is ignorant and has very little incense. Furthermore, I think it has never harmed anyone. Instead, it has worked conscientiously to help the people get rid of rats and protect food. It has not done anything wrong. He has a good heart, but it would be really unfair if he was trapped for a hundred years because of this."
"I don't know what you mean, sir..."
"Why don't I take it with me and teach it well?"
"this……"
"You are a kind man with a kind heart, please keep an open mind."
"But the rules of heaven are like this..."
"The law is nothing more than human feelings, and the laws of heaven also have many injustices."
"Sir, be careful what you say."
"Please, good Lord."
"I'm in trouble too..."
"It's not that the Good Lord doesn't report it to the superior, or that the Good Lord lies and says that the cat demon that occupied the temple has been eliminated, all he needs to do is to truthfully report to the superior that the cat demon that occupied the temple was led by a Taoist priest. Just go." Song You paused and offered his hand to Wang Shangong again, "My name is Song You, with the courtesy name Menglai. I studied under the Taoist Taoist Taoist Master Duoxing of Fulong Temple in Yin Yang Mountain. Shan Gong recorded it."
"Yin Yang Mountain Fulong Temple..."
Wang Shanggong's eyes widened for a moment.
This place is only more than a hundred miles away from Yin Yang Mountain, and although Fulong Temple in Yin Yang Mountain has few people, it is famous, so he has naturally heard of it.
After thinking for a long time, he could only sigh, cupped his hands towards Song You, and disappeared in the blue smoke.
"Well?"
The calico cat recovered from his surprise and looked around, as if looking for the missing Wang Shanggong, but naturally he couldn't find it, and then looked at Song You again:
"Is he gone?"
"gone."
"Are you ready?"
"alright."
"Then let's get out of here quickly."
The calico cat turned around and ran out. After crossing the threshold, he stopped at the door and turned around to look at Song You who had not yet left.
Song You looked at it in confusion.
"Why so urgent?"
"I don't feel comfortable here."
"Are you inferior?"
"What is low self-esteem?"
"Just...forget it, let's go."
Song You also got up and walked out of the temple gate.
The calico cat followed behind with small steps, then raised its head and asked:
"What is probation?"
"It just affects you and makes you change for the better."
"How does it affect it?"
"Slowly it affects."
"How has it changed?"
"If you talk too much, you'll be very thirsty on the road."
"How has it changed?"
"Change slowly."
"where are we going?"
"Go back to your small temple first, destroy your statue, and cut off its connection with you."
"Where to go then?"
"Yidu."
"What to do in Yidu?"
"Miss Sanhua is a curious person..."
"What to do in Yidu?"
"I have not decided yet."
"Then think quickly."
"I try my best."
As soon as he was freed from the lonely journey, he immediately welcomed a problem baby, which Song You didn't expect.
"I would like to ask Empress Sanhua to take care of me."
Inexplicably, my mood is different.
…
One person and one cat returned to the ruined temple.
It was already mid-afternoon when we arrived, and it took another whole day to go and come back. However, this era has always been like this, everything is very slow, and a day will be wasted on dozens of miles of mountain roads.
Someone actually came to offer incense again.
It is a homemade incense. The ingredients are different from those in Taoist temples. It smells fresh and seems to have mosquito repellent effect. Song You likes it quite a lot.
There is an extra loach on the altar.
Sanhua Empress quickly jumped up to the altar, got close to the three sticks of incense and took a sip. She forced herself to stop and looked at the little loach on the altar with a look of reluctance. Then she turned to look at Song You at the door: "Taoist, Yesterday that person offered me incense, but I haven’t gone to help him catch mice yet, and today’s person, can I go to their house tonight to catch mice?”
Song You looked at it for a long time and nodded.
"Can I eat the loach?"
"Eat it if you want. It's the last meal anyway. Remember, you can no longer accept tributes from others or absorb incense." Song You looked at the calico cat in front of him. Because of the incense, it already had Some Shinto supernatural powers, for example, it can know who put each stick of incense and who gave each tribute, and can use this to find them. "Sucking incense will make you walk on the Shinto path unknowingly, and then you will be connected with the incense." If you cannot separate them, you will become weak or even die when there is no more incense, and you will be regarded as an evil god by the God of Heaven."
"I know, I know."
The calico cat lay down on the altar, looking very sick. It couldn't bear to part with its own temple, its own statues and its own incense, which it had worked hard to manage for several years by catching mice. .
At this time, I especially missed the small temple at that time.
Although the small temple is small, only half the height of the Taoist priest in front of me, it is more than enough to house a cat. Although it cannot block the wind, it can block the rain, and it is not easy to be found under a big tree. Thinking about it now, it is simply a cozy nest.
The calico cat is even less energetic.
When it gets dark, it goes out.
Later in the evening, some Jianghu people came to stay overnight, and they also brought red incense sold in the city. Even though there was only a clay cat statue in the temple, they respectfully lit three incense sticks, and said some of the scene words that Jianghu people like to say. After saying hello to Song You, he settled on the other side of the ruined temple.
Song You meditated all night long, feeling the aura of the mountains.
The stars in the sky are turning, and the curtains on earth are hanging down.
I don’t know when the calico cat will come back. In short, when I opened my eyes and saw it the next morning, it was a little tired. When I asked it why, it said that the two families were one on the far side and the other on the far side. I don’t know where it was. Which side of the side.
"Let's go after dinner."
Song You said to the calico cat that he was eating the steamed cake in his hand. The calico cat ate a lot of mice last night and was still full now.
The Jianghu people nearby also woke up.
Among them was a young man who was well-dressed and followed. Perhaps he saw Song You wearing Taoist robes and was young, so he wanted to make friends, so he came over with the dried meat he brought and said to Song You:
"Sir, is he also a lover of raccoon slaves?"
"That's right."
"I also love raccoon slaves, but it's rare for you to take raccoon slaves with you when you travel far away like your husband."
"yes."
"Sir, you can't just eat steamed cakes. I have air-dried pork from my hometown. You want to try it, sir."
"I understand."
"Sir, there is no need to be polite. We are both from the Jianghu world. We are destined to meet each other. We should treat them as we have known each other for a long time."
"Thank you."
Song You still smiled and shook his head.
This man was rejected, but he was not as embarrassed as other face-loving charlatans. Instead, he turned around with a smile and shared it with the other charlatans he met last night. After complimenting each other with a few good words, they began to talk happily as brothers again. , as if we have known each other for a long time.
These Jianghu people have a lot of knowledge and have heard a lot of gossip from all aspects. Even if they are exaggerated, Song You likes to hear their bragging and chatting.
Not long after, the steamed cakes were also finished.
"Let's go."
Song You said something, then stood up and walked out.
The calico cat followed him consciously.
The group of Jianghu people stared at them, and after they left, they started talking in low voices.
"This little gentleman is really interesting. He takes a cat with him when he goes on a long trip. This cat is also interesting. It actually follows people around. My cat can't even touch it."
"Speaking of which, it seems that the person worshiping in this temple is also a cat."
"yes……"
Everyone turned around and looked at the clay statue on the altar.
At this moment, I saw that the clay statue couldn't help but see that several cracks immediately appeared. The cracks expanded rapidly, becoming more and more larger. In the blink of an eye, they covered the entire clay statue, and then broke into countless pieces with a crash. .
It turned into powder when it hit the ground.
…
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