However, after the Imperial Master left, Song You frowned.
With the evolution of heaven, the difficulty of people dying and becoming ghosts has slightly increased, and the probability has slightly increased. Countless people have died in the north and the border. And because the border troops have many people who are highly skilled in martial arts and unwilling to die, and there are many people on the border who are resentful and want to die in vain, so in the north and the border should be There will be quite a few ghosts appearing. He was escorted to Fengzhou by the Taoist monks and old ghosts under the imperial master's command to avoid causing chaos, so someone saw the terrifying scene of a hundred ghosts walking at night.
Fengzhou Yeshan imprisoned a large number of ghosts, so there was ghost-faced grass.
Everything seemed to make sense.
Even General Chen’s dream has an explanation——
The moral character of military officers these days is uneven, and even the best generals have to make choices. Sometimes they will selectively ignore them for the sake of combat effectiveness and to protect their homeland.
Some of the soldiers in the border army were self-reliant on force and had bad conduct. After being taken to Yeshan in Fengzhou, they inevitably got into fights with Taoist monks and old ghosts under the national preceptor, and were suppressed, punished, and even killed.
Yeshan is the originally determined junction between the underworld and the yang world, and is where the ghost city of the underworld is located.
Song You had neither been to the north nor to Fengzhou, and he didn't know much about the imperial master's plans, so it was difficult to find fault.
But I felt a little awkward in my heart.
"..."
The Taoist shook his head, hoping that when the scholar ghost came back, he could bring back some useful information.
If I can't think of it, I won't think about it for the time being.
Turn around and call Lady Sanhua to light a fire and cook.
…
More than half a month later, General Chen came again.
The talisman given by Song You didn't work. He still dreamed from time to time, dreaming that the soldiers he had fought side by side were burned by fire and called him for help. And even though he was invincible on the battlefield, he was unable to do anything about the illusions in his dreams. He had no choice but to send a secret order to the north to order his subordinates to investigate the matter strictly.
Song You had no choice but to persuade him to be at ease, chatted with him casually, and inadvertently asked about those soldiers.
The answer is hard to say.
General Chen is famous for his strict military management, but not all of his subordinates are good. There are mountain bandits and bandits who have been recruited, as well as martial arts warriors who have come to seek refuge. He can only guarantee that these people will be safe after they defect to him. He was strictly restrained. As for how many bad things he had done before defecting to him, if he had worried about these things, he would not have this invincible elite soldier.
In addition, these people are really brave and fierce, and it is probably not a good thing to become a ghost.
Afterwards, they talked about some things in the north before General Chen left.
Song You was very patient and not in a hurry.
In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The scholar ghost did not come back.
The neighbor woman didn’t come back either.
However, Changjing quickly became lively.
There is a lantern festival on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.
Changjing is a lively city that never sleeps, and it has become even more lively today - starting from half a month ago, some stores began to set up shelves at the door. Today, it seems that everyone has been there since the morning they woke up. We are looking forward to the sunset tonight, especially those literati and ladies who are used to hearing the stories at the lantern festival, and are afraid that they will start practicing at home after noon.
The Taoist had some free time in the afternoon and slept all afternoon. When he woke up and had dinner, it was already dusk.
The sky is slowly getting dark, and by the moonlight, you can see the waving willow branches in front of the house, the ancient buildings connected together, and the bright moon hanging on the eaves, a round yellow that has not changed in millions of years.
A soft sound of reading came from behind:
"Look up at the bright moon...
"Bow your head and miss your hometown..."
Sanhua Empress's voice is really beautiful.
Song You couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this.
Slowly, it seems that I can no longer tell which is my hometown, the brightly lit city or the pure Taoist temple on the mountain. Unfortunately, time has no mercy. After leaving for a long time, not only the brightly lit city has been blurred in the memory, but even if you think about it carefully, it is difficult to come up with the details. Even the vegetation on Yinyang Mountain has begun to be a little blurry. .
"..."
Song You shook his head, turned to look at the calico cat lying on his back on the bed, staring at the tile roof, his tail wagging, and reading a poem, and shouted:
"Miss Sanhua."
"!"
The sound of reading stopped instantly, and the tail stopped moving.
The calico cat turned around and stared at him, but said nothing.
"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is a lantern festival by the Dongcheng River. It is getting dark now." Song You continued, "Why don't we go out for a walk too?"
"Where to go?"
"Go to the lantern festival."
"Is it fun?"
“It’s lively and there are a lot of lights.”
"I'll go if you go."
"Then shall Sanhua Empress become a human or a cat?" Song You asked this question again. He also said at the temple fair that year, "If you become a human, you can walk beside me." , if you turn into a cat, you might get stepped on."
"Just go like this."
"Then let's go."
Song You smiled at her, got up and went downstairs.
The Dou family's painting is still hanging on the wall, but it's been a while since Changjing's Jianghu people came to take a look at it.
It was okay when the neighbor heroine was there. She was well-informed. She often came over to talk about the news in Changjing's rivers and lakes at night, and told him how he was reported outside and what his thoughts were. Now that Wu Nuxia has gone to Fengzhou, Song You doesn't know if they are brewing any other plans.
But he didn't really care.
After going out, there were indeed many people on the road, all seeming to be heading in the same direction. Such a grand scene reminded him of the time when the curfew had just been lifted in the first half of the year.
In half a year, Changjing became much more stable.
"Ms. Sanhua, be careful."
"Miss Sanhua is very powerful."
"Maybe……"
Song You stepped forward and followed the flow of people, with the calico cat following behind him.
The street was full of people who came out to admire the moon and the lanterns. The ground was full of swaying legs and feet. The calico cat was agile and carefully avoided the pedestrians on the road, and the pedestrians also avoided her. From time to time, there would be an exclamation, or someone would ask whose cat was running on the road, and sometimes she would encounter rude people, but she seemed to be used to it, so she just pretended not to know or heard, and kept walking forward.
Sanhua Empress is indeed very capable.
However, it is not easy to avoid so many legs and feet and shuttle among them. It is also difficult and troublesome to identify which one is the Taoist priest among so many legs, feet and robes.
Suddenly, the Taoist stopped.
The calico cat is still skillfully avoiding and weaving among the many legs and feet, taking small steps in a blink of an eye. However, as he walks, he looks up out of habit, but he can't find those familiar legs and feet.
"?"
The cat was stunned and stopped.
Then he quickly raised his head and looked left and right, trying to find his Taoist priest among the crowd.
Then there was a crowd of people, all of whom were strangers. Where could the Taoist priests of his family be seen?
"Miss Sanhua."
The Taoist priest's voice came from behind.
The calico cat immediately turned around to look.
She saw that the Taoist had run behind her at some point and was standing still with her head lowered and looking at her intently: "Sanhua Empress is very tired from walking like this. How about I hold Sanhua Empress?"
"?"
The cat raised his head and stared at him, his little face expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a while, she slowly walked back to the Taoist's feet, raised her upper body, stood upright, and pressed her two front paws on the Taoist's calf.
The Taoist bent down and picked her up.
One person and one cat continue to move forward.
The cat's body is warm and soft, but after being held firmly in the arms, it is not as light and boneless as imagined, and will slip out of the arms accidentally. Instead, it is real. , can feel her weight and bones.
"Is this comfortable?"
"Meow?"
The calico cat turned around and stared at the Taoist.
"I used to learn how to hold a cat from others. If it makes Sanhua Empress uncomfortable, just adjust it," the Taoist said.
"..."
The calico cat withdrew its gaze and turned to stick to his chest, looking around at the pedestrians on the street.
The closer you get to the river, the more lively it becomes.
There are snack sellers, jewelry sellers, lantern sellers, and acrobats and jugglers. Smoke and light mixed with pedestrians, cheers mixed with talk and laughter, constitute a grand ceremony of this era.
This scene is somewhat like the original temple fair.
However, the original temple fair was held during the day and was mainly focused on purchasing goods, and the rest was just to add to the excitement. At this time, the lantern festival was held at night, and its main purpose was entertainment. The other commodity trading, acrobatic performances, opera, song and dance were all changed just for better entertainment.
Suddenly I heard a voice in the distance.
A group of people gathered there.
Song You looked down and saw the Sanhua Empress in his arms stretching her neck, turning her head and staring straight over there, her eyes full of curiosity, so she walked over and whispered at the same time:
"If you want to go somewhere or see something, Sanhua Empress, just tell me."
"Meow……"
One person and one cat walked outside the crowd.
Standing on tiptoes, he looked inside.
It's the magicians who are doing tricks.
A middle-aged man with a beard spoke to the judges around him to make it easier for him to ask for money. He drew a woman on the wall next to him and then picked up a bowl of wine to feed the woman on the wall.
A full bowl of wine was poured into the wall, and it really disappeared. It neither flowed down nor penetrated into the wall.
After a while, the woman's face turned red.
The judges were amazed and applauded.
There were coins bouncing all over the floor.
Song You clearly felt something strange about the cat in his arms. He glanced at her again, only to find that the cat lowered its head and stared at the copper plate on the ground without blinking. So Song You had a feeling-if he hadn't been holding it, She might not have followed her out, and the cat might have gotten in and picked it up.
After a while, the paintings on the wall faded.
After a while, it completely disappeared.
Immediately, there were some comments among the onlookers on the side.
Song You listened carefully and turned to look.
It was a few scholars who came out to enjoy the lanterns with two familiar monks. It sounded like the monk also knew some magic and liked to perform for everyone. He didn't know what he said just now, so his friends coaxed him to go out and perform. How could the monk steal the limelight from others? He tried to shirk it over and over again, but he couldn't shirk it. The middle-aged man who had performed before also invited him generously with a smile, so he had no choice but to walk out.
He is a fat monk with a smiling face.
After walking out, he saluted the middle-aged man who performed originally and said a few polite words to avoid others being angry. Then he said that he also had some skills and wanted to use the precious land to perform for everyone to add some joy. All the money earned would go to the original performer. Owned by middle-aged people, it eliminates the meaning of competition and only talks about communication.
Then the monk walked to the wall where the juggler had painted before, leaned his back against the wall, smiled at everyone, then stepped back and pressed his whole body against the wall.
It's night now, and a torch is lit here to illuminate, whether it's bright or dark.
Can see clearly, but not clearly.
The monk's figure blurred for a while, and seemed to slowly disappear into the wall. When the onlookers reacted, there was only a painting of the monk left on the wall, which was lifelike, as if it were a real person.
The monk has disappeared.
The onlookers exclaimed again.
The calico cat also opened its eyes wide in the Taoist's arms and kept turning its head left and right, trying to find the monk.
After a while, the painting gradually faded.
"Good job!"
"Reward!"
"Where are the people?"
The ground jingled and there was the sound of money being thrown.
"Meow?"
"..."
Song You turned around with the calico cat in his arms.
Sure enough, the monk walked out of a shop selling cloth behind him, and by this time the portrait of the monk on the wall had faded and disappeared.
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