A few days later, there were several light rains in succession, and the weather in Yidu became autumn.
Song You went out to listen to books as usual.
I spent more than ten yuan on tea in the afternoon, drank half a full meal, listened to the wonderful things the old man said, and gave me a few more yuan, which just made up twenty yuan for expenses.
When he stepped on the wet stone slabs and rotten leaves back to the small courtyard, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a calico cat running towards him from the kitchen house. When he got close, it slowed down and looked up at him. It looks like an ordinary house cat, except that it has extra intelligence and can speak human language.
"Taoist priest, where have you been?"
"Same as the past few days." Song You answered honestly, "Does Sanhua Empress want to go again? I will take you with me tomorrow."
"Well……"
The calico cat hesitated for a moment, but did not answer. Instead, he turned his gaze: "What are you holding in your hand?"
It seems that this cat doesn't like listening to books.
Song You thought like this and took out the things in his hands.
There were new oranges around Yidu. When he came back, he saw someone setting up a stall on the roadside and selling them very cheaply. He also weighed two kilograms. Then I heard someone selling candied haws on a stick. It wasn’t that I was eager to eat it, but I hadn’t tasted it in years, so I couldn’t help but buy a bunch.
One person and one cat came to the stone table.
Song You knew that most cats didn't like the taste of oranges, so he put the oranges aside, picked up the candied haws, and took one off with his hands first.
"Does Sanhua Empress eat candied haws?"
"Fruit."
"It's fruit, hawthorn."
"Cats don't eat fruit."
"I'll eat it occasionally."
The calico cat turned its head and stared at him with a look of "are you a cat or am I a cat?", pondered for several seconds, and then said:
"The calico cat won't eat."
Song You tasted it carefully and realized that the "three-flowered cat" here is probably equivalent to the "three-flowered empress", which is its self-proclaimed name.
"You really don't want to eat?"
"Not delicious."
"I think it tastes delicious."
"Try one then."
Seeing that the candied haws was in front of him, the calico cat stretched its neck and got closer to it, sniffing it carefully, looking at it and then at Song You. Both its sense of smell and reason gave it feedback that this was not delicious, but it hesitated. After a while, it still opened its mouth.
Take a gentle bite.
The small fangs pierced the candied haws smoothly, and the rock sugar on the outer layer felt crunchy, and the hawthorn inside was also bitten open by it.
The calico cat bites alternately with its teeth on both sides.
Song You didn't look at it, he just took one and put it into his mouth.
The sugar coating was bitten easily, as if there was a slight cracking sound in the mouth, and then the hawthorn exploded, the sour and sweet taste exploded all at once, and the hard hawthorn seeds kept colliding with the teeth in the mouth, and there was a giggle Boom, boom, boom.
Song You couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
It may take thousands of years or even longer for this era to develop into modern civilization, but the taste of this snack is almost the same as in his memory.
I didn’t know I was a guest for a while.
After a long time, the sweet and sour taste dissipated in his mouth, and Song You opened his eyes.
The calico cat had also finished eating the candied haws, leaving only a few hawthorn seeds on the stone table. Two of them were bitten, and I don’t know if any of them were swallowed.
Song You gathered up all the hawthorn seeds it spat out with his hands, spit out the ones in his mouth into the palm of his hand, put them together with its, and then looked at it.
"Is it tasty?"
"What's that out there?"
"It's sugar."
"Candy is delicious."
"Hawthorn doesn't taste good?"
"The fruit is not delicious." The calico cat looked at Song You's expression, "Do you like to eat it?"
"Um."
"Monkeys like to eat fruit."
"Then you still eat?"
"Can Sanhua Empress only eat sweets?"
"Who will eat the fruit?"
"You eat. You like to eat."
"Then I don't want to eat what you licked?"
"Just licked it."
"With your saliva."
"It's just saliva."
"I'm afraid not."
"Then Sanhua Empress won't eat."
The calico cat spoke in a clear and powerful tone. After speaking, he turned around, jumped off the stone table, and walked away swaying his butt.
Song You didn't care and continued to taste the snacks.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.
"Um?"
His intuition told him that it was Luo who was the head catcher.
Song You just finished eating the last candied haws, placed the wooden stick on the stone table, then stood up and opened the door.
As expected, there was Mr. Luo Baotou standing outside the door.
Today, Capt. Luo is still dressed in the same outfit, but he wears an iron ruler around his waist. He is followed by two people, also dressed in soap clothes and soap boots.
As soon as he saw Song You, he handed over his hand and said, "Sir, you are polite. Luo is here to thank you and give you a gift."
After a short pause, he turned his head and said to the people around him:
"I haven't seen you yet, sir."
The two people behind him immediately handed over their hands and said they had met Mr.
"Please come in."
Song You let them into the courtyard, closed the door, and led them through the courtyard until they sat down in the main room.
Then he took out the tea cup that Luo Captou had given him a few days ago and placed it in front of several people. No tea was poured, and the cup gradually filled up as if tea was seeping out by itself.
The three of them were immediately surprised.
When I looked closer, I saw that the rim of the cup was white and green, the aroma of tea was alluring, and it was a cup of good tea.
"Tea, please."
"Sir, what a magic trick!"
"Thank you sir."
The three of them quickly thanked each other, raised their glasses and sipped.
"I heard what the squad leader said, but the escaped thief was caught?" Song You went straight to the point.
"Exactly!"
Luo Captou was reluctant to leave, but he put down the tea cup for a while, and then excitedly thanked Song You: "Sir, he knows things like a god, and without even meeting him, he made the thief's escape method ineffective with just a few instructions. It's really shocking." admire."
"Did the capture go smoothly?"
"It went extremely smoothly." Luo Captou said, "Three days ago when we met the thief, we shouted out the words taught by our teacher. Yesterday at midnight, when we found the thief's hiding place again, he still wanted to use Escape He managed to escape, but he only got halfway into the soil before he got stuck there, and we were able to capture him on the spot."
"That's good."
"Sir, you have done another thing to eliminate harm for the people." Mr. Luo paused and took out a red cloth from his arms, "I have agreed with you in advance that this matter will be regarded as your capture of the thief and you will be rewarded." The gold should belong to your husband. The twenty taels here are the bounty announced by the notice, and the remaining ten taels are a private gift from my lord. Recently, the nobles in the city have repeatedly put pressure on me, and my lord is also in trouble. I should thank you for rescuing the siege."
Song You took the red cloth and opened it. There were three pieces of honeycomb silver tied around the waist. Each piece was inscribed with the word "Twelve Liang". It was Dayan's official silver.
It feels heavy in my hand and heavy in my heart.
This feeling is really not comparable to banknotes, let alone a string of numbers on an electronic screen.
However, Song You only took two pieces and handed the remaining piece back to Luo Captou.
He didn't say that he just made a plan and shouldn't get the twenty taels, nor did he say that the catchers had worked hard day and night and should give some to them. It was tiring to do that kind of thing that only increased ties. . But apart from the twenty taels of bounty agreed upon in advance, he was unwilling to take the twelve taels of personal gifts from the magistrate.
It's still the same reason, I don't want to increase the ties.
Luo Baotou immediately understood. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face, but he didn't dare to go against the wishes of such an expert, so he had to put it away.
But I heard him say:
"However, after Mr. Liu heard about Mr.'s demeanor from my mouth, he admired him very much. He asked me to propose to him that he would like to hold a banquet to reward him. If he rewards me, it will be held at Tianxiang Tower at noon tomorrow, but I don't know Mr...."
Maybe Luo Captou didn't notice it himself. Unknowingly, his tone and attitude in front of Song You had become very low.
Although Song You didn't do anything.
"No."
Song You had a smile on his face, but he refused so simply that in this era of etiquette, he sounded a bit arrogant:
"I am a pure cultivator in this mountain. I only like purity on weekdays. I should not be loved by adults."
"I understand."
"Trouble with the squad leader."
"Sir, what are you talking about?" Mr. Luo said respectfully and drank the tea in his cup. "I won't disturb your husband until I have official duties to attend to. Mr. Luo, the county magistrate, will reply. There will be more after this case." If there is any development that may involve Mr. Luo, I will report it to Mr. Luo from now on."
"Thank you, class leader."
"Farewell."
The other two people also quickly stood up with him.
Yidu is the capital of Yizhou, the third city in the world. The guards here are experienced in the world, but they are inevitably embarrassed when facing such unscrupulous experts.
None of the three felt they had lost their place.
Don’t you see that if the county magistrate wants to get acquainted with Mr. Song, he must be cautious and let Mr. Luo lead the way?
"Squeak~"
The sound of the wooden door hinges is still sour.
It sounds really annoying.
Song You stood at the door and frowned.
When he turned around, he saw that the calico cat had jumped onto the stone table again and was lowering his head to lick the bamboo stick he had finished eating. There was still sugar on it.
"..."
Song You shook his head and went back to settle accounts.
I have been coming to Yidu for a while. Yidu is prosperous and prices are high. Food and clothing in the city are expensive. Including the rent, purchases after moving, and recently I often went to Goulan Wase to listen to books, it was almost a few thousand dollars.
It should cost less after that.
These twenty taels will last a long time, right?
…
Two nights later.
The weather is cool and perfect for sitting around.
Song You lit an oil lamp and sat in front of the window reading quietly.
The window in front of me was wide open, and a full moon in the night sky had risen over the city. There are no neon lights in the city, no traffic noise, only the eaves of ancient buildings and the full moon are deserted. The dark tile roofs reflect the moonlight, and the pure darkness carries pure brightness.
Behind him, the calico cat lay quietly, squinting its eyes.
The night was so quiet that I could only hear the sound of books being turned.
This book "Yu Di Ji Sheng" also has the unique style of this world. In addition to recording famous mountains and rivers, well-known palaces and temples, as well as Internet celebrity attractions that famous literati from ancient and modern times have checked in with poems and articles, it also records some fantasy and magical things. at.
For example, Yunding Mountain is said to have been visited by immortals.
The underground fire city where the god of fire rests in mythology.
The introduction is very detailed.
I don't know how long it took, but the night got darker and the oil smoke made my eyes hurt. Only then did Song You decide that it was time for today and it was time to go to sleep.
Blow out the reading lamp and you will be covered with moon.
I had just closed the book under the moonlight, but I saw the calico cat behind me had woken up at some point, crawled closer, jumped up on the desk, and stared out the window.
"Um?"
Song You also noticed the noise outside.
The sound of sound came from the courtyard wall, as if someone was climbing the wall.
But the sound was different from climbing on the wall. It was more like a hard object colliding with the wall, a sharp object scratching the wall. There was a faint whistling sound in the night wind, and there was the clang of falling tiles. The huge ferocious head swayed in the moonlight outside the courtyard wall.
