In front of the second floor window.
The little girl had put down the mirror, but she picked up her new bowl and looked at the skylight outside the window.
The bowl is half filled with water.
Under the light of the sky, the bowl seemed to have a circle of holes like broken flowers. These holes were transparent but did not leak water. This surprised her. She widened her eyes and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.
Just by looking at the movements, you can tell that underneath this humanoid appearance is the soul of a cat.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"very beautiful!"
"This bowl is very valuable. You can buy countless bowls, and it is easy to break. However, Empress Sanhua is always careful and agile, so she will not let it break easily." Song Youyou said, "Maybe this bowl is three The flower queen can be used for many years. If it is not broken in the future, we will find a place to bury it. Maybe thousands of years later, someone will dig it out and store it as a treasure. , or show it to everyone in the world, and they can’t help but wonder who this bowl was and what it was used for.”
"It belongs to Empress Sanhua!"
"Yes……"
"Gudong Gudong..."
The little girl picked up the bowl and drank the water in one gulp.
Song You was very pleased that he didn't lower his head to lick.
"Bang!"
The little girl put down the bowl, turned around and came to the Taoist, staring directly at the Taoist:
"Yin Yang method."
"Okay, I'll teach you this." Song You said helplessly, "However, in the method of cultivation, diligence is naturally important, but you must also let nature take its course. Don't be too demanding or act too hastily."
"Can't understand."
"It doesn't matter, I will tell you slowly in the future."
"how to say?"
"Speak slowly."
"Then you tell me."
"The method of yin and yang focuses on absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. Fairies often focus on one of them first, and the other is used to blend. After reaching a high level of cultivation, they will complement the other to find a balance again in order to improve. However, Sanhua Empress is both Being born as a god and having been with me for a long time, yin and yang are naturally balanced, but we can seek a balance of yin and yang from the beginning. This is the great way."
"Can't understand."
"that is……"
The Taoist's voice sounded slowly.
This time it was very simple.
Fortunately, this is Changjing. Ordinary animals cannot understand human speech, and ordinary people do not know how to practice. If it were on Yunding Mountain back then, or in other deep mountains with rich aura and sufficient aura, I don’t know how many people there would be. The mountain spirits and wild monsters gained enlightenment as a result.
…
In the evening.
On the second floor, the Taoist was still sitting opposite the girl. The girl was practicing with her eyes closed. The Taoist was looking at Lian Ai, but there was a knock on the door downstairs.
The girl opened her eyes and said in a clear voice:
"It's that person!"
"I heard it."
"..." The little girl tilted her head to think, then stared at the Taoist, "She also brought cooked mutton."
"Nothing compared to Sanhua Empress."
"Shall we continue?"
"Everyone else is knocking on the door."
"You're going to open the door!"
"yes."
The Taoist has stood up.
"what about me?"
"Of course I do."
"oh!"
The girl then stood up.
Two figures, one large and one small, walked downstairs. The wooden stairs were old and there was the sound of footsteps every step they took.
The knocking on the door continued, getting more urgent.
"Is anyone there? At home?"
"exist……"
The Taoist opened the door unhurriedly.
The person standing outside was the heroine next door. In her hand, she was holding a lotus leaf package with three layers inside and three layers outside. She seemed a little anxious.
"Hurry up, hurry up! I bought lamb, good quality northwest mutton, no smell at all, fat but not greasy, good ribs and lamb neck! Hurry up, hurry up, it's still hot, don't let it get cold!"
"Not urgent……"
Song You let her into the house.
The heroine walked in in two or three steps and opened the lotus leaf bag on the table. There were fresh lotus leaves on the outside and cooked lotus leaves on the inside. She opened it layer by layer to reveal the mutton inside.
The fragrance overflows with the heat.
It looks like a lot of weight.
This heroine is not a fussy person, but she is not lavish either. She should have made a lot of money, but she also has her own ways of spending money, and she usually lives a very frugal life. Although she is greedy by nature, she usually eats very simply when she is alone, and she usually just copes with it casually, and she doesn't care. Only when she invites Song You to dinner, and has friends as an excuse, will she eat better.
The most expensive meat in Changjing is mutton.
Good northwest sheep are even more difficult to buy.
Today's mutton meal was probably because she had been eating at Song You's place in the past few days. She thought that Song You had to work hard to cook, so she felt embarrassed and bought a good meal of meat to make up for it.
What's interesting is that she felt that she just picked elm coins from the tree without spending any money, but Song You produced handicrafts, flour and other seasonings, so she felt that she had taken advantage. And Song You ate the elm money she picked from outside for several days in a row. It felt good. Sitting at home, he could eat the New Year specialties without moving or bothering. He also felt that he had benefited from her.
But Song You wasn't polite to her either.
After sitting down and tasting it, this northwest mutton is indeed unusual. It looks like it is boiled, with green onion and salt added at most, but it has no smell at all and is full of meaty aroma.
The ribs are just the right amount of fat and thin, and the ribs are clearly defined. It is already top quality.
The lamb neck is tender and juicy, and it's the best.
These few kilograms of mutton may cost hundreds of dollars.
"Are you still short of money recently?"
Wu Nuxia asked as she grabbed the mutton and ate it.
"lack."
"How lacking?"
"It's very lacking."
"Have you run out of money before?"
"Yes." Song You replied while eating, "I went to visit the Western Market today during the day and bought a mirror and a small bowl made of exquisite blue and white flowers. I used the money that Empress Sanhua earned from catching mice."
Wu Nuxia heard this and glanced at the little girl next to her.
The girl was holding the meat with both hands and did not hear what was going on outside the window.
"That's just right, I posted another list!" Wu Nuxia grinned, "There was a water ghost at the Jade Dai River. When I came back in the afternoon, I happened to see someone posting it, so I immediately posted it!"
"I wonder what's so special about that water ghost?"
"There's nothing special about it, except that the county government's catcher took the officials to catch it several times but failed to catch it. The local officers and soldiers set up a trap and shot it with arrows, but they didn't kill it. After all, it belongs to the world in the water. I'm on my way back. When I saw it, I opened it casually. For twenty taels of silver, even the masters who want to come to Tianhai Temple will look down upon it. You just come with me."
"Since there's nothing special and Heroine can get rid of it alone, why come to me?"
"How about that?"
Wu Nuxia paused while eating the meat: "You and I have hunted ghosts and eliminated demons together twice. We are a team. This time we have an easy job. How can I keep the money alone?"
"I see."
Song You thought for a while, smiled, and then asked: "When will we set off?"
"The water ghost usually harms people at night, and it's not far from the city. If you have nothing to do tonight, let's finish this meal and get there."
"Listen to the heroine."
Song You didn't say much and agreed.
After eating the mutton, I felt good.
Obviously I ate it with my hands, but there was no fishy smell at all, only a faint aroma of meat and milk.
Wash your hands and set off.
It was dusk when we left the city.
The woman happened to be taking the horse out for a run, while the Taoist walked slowly along the loess road with his bamboo stick and the calico cat beside him.
There is a river in Changjing, named Yudai River, which comes from the east, passes outside Changjing City, and flows to the southwest. Because the river is green all year round and winds like a jade belt, it is named Yudai River. Speaking of which, there are probably many rivers called Yudai River and Yuqu River across the country.
There are many villages scattered along the Yudai River, and this time it was a river basin next to the villages that was plagued by water ghosts.
It is said that some people were confused by it when washing clothes in the evening and walked into the water, and some people were sailing at night and fell into the water. There were other unidentified people, mostly people from the Jianghu community. They went to the river to bathe or walk at night. They didn't know how they fell into the water. They were already dead bodies when they saw them.
Some people were confused by it, but were not fooled. Others were grabbed by the foot and dragged into the water, but they broke free. Those who survived reported to the government, and the government learned that it was a water ghost who committed the crime.
"Wangjia Village is ahead, and it should be in the river below the village." It was getting late, and Wu Xia raised her head and glanced, "The moon is quite big tonight, so we can see the road clearly."
"It's almost summer, and it won't be cold at night."
"No wonder so many people drowned. I'm afraid they all went to bathe or swim in the river."
"Does the heroine know that there was a tiger in the city?"
"tiger?"
Wu Xia suddenly frowned and turned to look at him: "Why did you suddenly mention tigers?"
"As soon as I thought of it, I asked."
"How did you come up with it?"
"This morning, Empress Sanhua told me that she was hunting rats for someone in Dongcheng. She heard something moving outside. When she went out, she saw two huge tigers." Song You looked at the heroine and saw from her expression Li noticed something was wrong and asked, "Does the heroine know about this?"
"I haven't seen a tiger in the city."
Wu Nuxia led the horse forward, her eyes flickered, and then said: "But my senior was my master's friend. The one who lived in your house was bitten to death. I took off his clothes. Yi Shang looked at the wounds on his body. The hole in his thigh was so deep that I couldn’t even dig it in with a finger, and the scratches on his body were also very large. Not many animals can cause such wounds."
"That was a few months ago, right?"
"yes."
"I heard from the heroine that that person seemed to be involved in some political affairs?"
"Absolutely." Wu Nuxia said, "There are rumors in the world that there is some kind of treasure, which is said to be worth more than tens of thousands of gold. He has been living in Changjing for a long time, and he has good information. When he gets the information, he wants to fight for it so that he can get another one. He was rich and enjoyed his old age, but when I saw him, he was already a corpse."
"There should be no tigers in the city."
"Who says it's not the case? It's probably the tricks of some strange people in the world." Wu Nuxia shook her head, "Everyone is very particular about things in the world, as long as they are not mixed with pornographic things. Once money is involved... hmph, I still He said that he was kind to me and that when I got ahead of myself, I would provide him with support until the end of his life. Hey, it seems he doesn't quite trust me."
"A heroine values friendship."
"It's not that I value friendship. This is the rule in the world. If someone takes care of you, you must repay the kindness. If you don't repay it, you won't be able to survive in the world."
"Will the heroine avenge him?"
"Hey!" Wu Nuxia chuckled, then shook her head and said, "If someone else comes to the door and kills him, then I have to think about it, but if he wants to go out to seize treasures and fight with others, his skills are not as good as those of others. If a person dies, where can there be any hatred?"
"I see."
Song You found it interesting.
This heroine's speech is quite interesting. She likes to use some tone words, which may seem frivolous, but in fact, she is not. Sometimes, her inner emotions are leaked out. Jianghu people are not good at expressing themselves, so they have to do this.
Gradually I heard the sound of water.
(End of chapter)
