It's really quiet at night in the mountains.
There was only a slight sound of water and licking.
"Wow..."
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The fox demon is still sitting on the willow tree, sometimes shaking its legs, whiter than the moon shadow in the water, stirring up water splash, sometimes leaning down to grab a handful of water from the lake, letting it slide down, everything is taking care of itself, like It is a small animal in the mountains that is playing in the water, but its movements are so beautiful that it seems to be done deliberately.
But the Taoist next to him just closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.
The cat also lay prone, lowered his head and licked the bowl carefully. From time to time he raised his head, squinting his eyes, and stayed there suddenly for a while, not sure whether he was intoxicated or confused. After a while, he continued to lower his head again. A few more licks from the bowl.
He turned to look at his Taoist priest, then at the fox, and then looked around, looking for the fox's tail.
"call……"
The mountain breeze blows, bringing with it the chill of early spring.
His originally warm body suddenly became cold, and he couldn't help but shiver on the spot. When he lowered his head to drink the mash, he suddenly lost his footing and swayed to the side, but he quickly maintained his balance and didn't fall to the ground. But he came across the small bowl containing glutinous rice.
The small bowl with a little glutinous rice immediately tipped to the side.
The good news is that the bowl is on the ground.
The royally priced bowl will not break into pieces.
The bad news is that next to him and the Taoist priest's bed are the wool felts and wool blankets.
The glutinous rice wine soaked it immediately.
"!"
Oops!
The whole cat of Sanhua Empress was stunned for a moment. She turned her head to look at the wool felt, and then looked back at the small bowl that had been tipped over. Due to the reduced reaction time after being poisoned, panic emerged in her after a while. , quickly stretched out his paws to straighten the small bowl, and then rushed over, frantically using his two paws to hold water on the wool felt. It looked like he wanted to pour the water on the wool felt and have penetrated it. Pick up the glutinous rice soup.
Not to mention whether the cat's paws can hold water, but the water that has penetrated into it cannot be held up.
Naturally, you can only hold air.
Even so, she held it several times before she came to her senses and hurriedly used her paws to dig hard.
It's better this time, at least the rice grains have been removed.
"..."
It took a while for the calico cat to stop, and it slowly regained consciousness. However, it sat down on the spot, first looked down at the almost empty small bowl, then turned its head, and saw that it was still relatively empty. The wool felt was moist and exuded the smell of glutinous rice. This was an old man who had been with them for many years. His expression was dull, and he turned to look at his Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest of his own still crossed his legs and closed his eyes, while the aura of heaven and earth gathered around him.
Turn around and look at the fox again.
The fox is still playing in the water and acting strangely.
After holding a few cups of water, he picked up the wine bottle placed on the branch next to him and looked up at the moon to drink.
It seems that there is no movement here.
"..."
Empress Sanhua made a roar, transformed into a human form, carefully climbed over, twisted the wool felt, and wrung it dry while thinking quickly.
The Taoist priest had long told her that glutinous rice soup was poisonous, and drinking it would be like drinking wine, which would ruin things. He told her not to be greedy, but she didn't listen because she thought she was powerful.
You have to think of a way.
"The Taoist priest is so majestic. Just sitting here without moving, he scared a bunch of ghosts."
A fox's voice came from the side.
Sanhua Empress was immediately startled. She thought she was talking about herself. After listening carefully, she glanced at the fox again and saw that it was still drinking with its head raised and did not look towards her. The Taoist priest also remained the same. Sitting there motionless, as if he didn't hear anything, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to work hard to wring out the wool felt.
"I have no intention of doing this."
The Taoist priest's voice came out after a while.
Sanhua Empress was immediately startled again, and she quickly let go of the wool felt and sat back down in her original position.
"The Taoist Master is not afraid that they will return to Yeshan and inform the Imperial Master that they will meet a divine man on the road. Has the Imperial Master been prepared?" The woman sank her feet into the water, made ripples, and turned to look at the Taoist Master. "Or should I say, Taoist Master?" Deliberately let the National Preceptor know that the Taoist Master is coming, so that when he arrives at Yeshan, the National Preceptor will come to greet the Taoist Priest, so as not to be blocked by the army and have to go through the trouble of passing the registration number?"
After hearing this, the Taoist finally opened his eyes and looked at the woman. Under the moonlight were white legs:
"Do you think there is something fishy in Yeshan?"
"Didn't the Taoist just think that there is something fishy in Yeshan, so he went straight to Yeshan?" The woman did not answer directly, but asked a rhetorical question.
"One step is thoughtful."
"Don't dare."
Every time she heard the word "cat", Sanhua Empress's ears trembled.
At this moment, there was a movement in the distance.
The maid came back from the dark night.
"There are so few monsters here. It took me a long time to find a few little mountain monsters." The maid walked over and said, "I haven't heard of any big monsters passing by here. I haven't seen a white rhinoceros or a dragon. It is said that the Yinjiang River had waves for no reason before, pushing them forward layer by layer. It is estimated that there is a big monster passing through the water, and I suspect it may be some kind of dragon."
"knew."
The woman answered very calmly.
"I also heard that the land route to Zijun was cut off. It was cut off by floods last year. The only way to get to Zijun is by water."
"How many days are left for the trip?"
"It is said that it is a seven-hundred-mile road to Zijun, which is almost the same as the way we walked. However, Zijun is very remote and the road is not easy to walk. Moreover, Zijun is very large and mostly has barren mountains. Chickens can't lay eggs and birds can't poop, so few people go there. , I estimate that there are still about ten days to travel to Zijun." The maid said, "If the Taoist priest doesn't want us to go to Yeshan, we will stop in Zijun to see if we can contact our old friends. It will take two or three days to reach Yinnan County within the county, if we don't take the wrong route."
"Ten days."
"Um……"
The maid nodded, then walked aside, walked to the front of Sanhua Empress, and suddenly smiled, as if teasing a child, and asked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while. How about Sanhua Empress's mash soup?" Finished? Do you want another bowl? I’ll pour it for you again!”
But she saw the little girl looking up at her with a serious expression, and then turned to look at the fox and Taoist priest over there.
"brush!"
The little girl stretched out her hand and spread it out.
There is a row of black in the palm of my hand.
The fox's eyes work well at night. If you take a closer look under the bright moon, you will see a row of copper coins, about four or five in size.
"Huh? What?"
The maid was stunned for a moment and stared down at her.
The little girl said nothing and just moved her hand forward.
"For me?"
The little girl still didn't speak, just nodded.
The maid then reached out and took it with a smile.
"Ms. Sanhua is so polite."
"..."
Without saying a word, the little girl turned around and turned into a cat. She ran a few steps on the grass, ran to the wool felt, got into bed, and fell asleep.
"It seems that we will be separated from the Taoist priest soon." Miss Wan Jiang shook her head and said, "I have been trapped in Changjing for the past ten years. Since I left Changjing, I have been walking with the Taoist priest. I don't have to play the fairy in the hearts of the scholars in Changjing. I don’t have to deal with those stupid animals in the wild, and I don’t have to hide my identity as a monster. It’s really the most comfortable time.”
"..."
The Taoist sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and did not answer.
The fox demon knew that he was practicing, so he didn't care. He just went about his own business, holding the moon in his hands, filling his clothes with fragrant flowers, and raising his glass to the bright moon. There was no need to pretend to be a human being.
The night is getting darker and the bright moon is setting.
The chill in the mountains gradually grew stronger.
The good-wine fox demon finally finished his drink. As soon as he put his hand on the tree trunk, his whole body seemed to be weightless, and he flew up and returned to the carriage.
Soon, the Taoist also opened his eyes and walked back to the bed.
Under the bright moon was a dead tree, with a swallow standing on the branch, sleeping very alertly, and glanced at him. Next to it lay a bay-red horse, and the cat huddled in the corner of the bed, motionless.
The Taoist lifted up the blanket and got in.
"Why is there such a strong smell of glutinous rice on the felt? Did Sanhua Empress spill the glutinous rice soup?"
"!"
The calico cat suddenly became calm and raised his head, but turned to look at the carriage over there.
The maid in the carriage was smiling and taking out five coins. She was about to tell her master that the calico cat gave it to her, but she didn't know why. She was stunned when she heard the words coming from the side.
"!"
Suspicious in his heart, he opened the curtain and looked outside.
The man's bunk was a short distance away from their carriage, not too far away. The cat's eyes seemed to be shining under the moonlight, staring straight at her.
"..."
The maid blinked her eyes, her expression slightly stiff, but she responded quickly: "Yes, it's me, I did it. I'm really sorry, Taoist priest. When I was pouring the glutinous rice wine for Sanhua Empress, my hands shook and spilled it." It’s on Taoist Priest’s felt, please forgive me...”
Cat nodded and looked away.
The Taoist looked at her, then at the carriage over there, shook his head and smiled, said nothing, lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
As soon as I woke up the next day, I continued on the road.
Zijun is indeed very remote.
This remoteness is not only geographical, but also business and cultural.
Zijun only borders Yaozhou. However, there are many mountains and dangerous roads, and tigers, leopards, and wolves are often seen. In addition, there are better roads leading to Yaozhou, so even those who want to go to Yaozhou will not choose to pass through Zijun.
This place has been a desolate place since ancient times, with vast but barren land, a small population, no commerce, no special products, and no scenery. Therefore, outsiders are reluctant to come. Even the local officials must have made some mistake. Being transferred here, it can be said that very few people come out and very few people go in. As a result, although its location is not remote, it feels lonely.
If he hadn't accidentally learned about Yeshan, even if Song You traveled around the world and passed through Fengzhou, there is a high probability that he would have bypassed Zijun via Yinjiang and gone straight to Fengzhou.
And Yinnan County is the most remote and barren place in Zijun. Similarly, if Yeshan is not known in advance, even if a Taoist enters Zijun, there is a high probability that he will not go to Yinnan.
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Golden Jasmine launches a plan to save expired monthly tickets——
It's the end of the month again, and the monthly ticket in your hand is about to expire. It would be a waste not to vote, so why not vote for Jasmine! Every month, the babies hope to have a home, so come and save them!
(End of chapter)
