During the Dragon Boat Festival, every house in Wuning County hangs mugwort to sweep away dust and dirt.
The county magistrate personally took the lead in holding sacrifices and celebration activities, the most grand of which was the sacrifice of Enu, the wife of Lingxiao.
Enu threw herself into the river to save her father. Her filial piety moved heaven and she was named Lady Lingxiao.
Although she is not the actual water god of Enujiang, all the previous water gods are under her jurisdiction.
Wuning County held a great ceremony, rowing dragon boats, welcoming the Tide God, and worshiping the Five Gods. It was very lively.
Wu Ning is not alone in the excitement of the world. It is the combination of the blue dragon in the sky and the sacrifices of humans to eliminate all evil spirits.
All the ghosts and ghosts in Wuning County avoided coming out and did not dare to show up on this day.
Even the foxes behind the rural community closed their doors to thank guests, or hid in caves, graves, pavilions, or cellars. In short, they had to get through today first.
The Shen family was also offering sacrifices, one offering sacrifices to Empress Taishan and the other to Gong Mengbi.
Also hang calamus and mugwort to drive away evil spirits.
There is nothing to say about calamus, only mugwort, which is collected from the east courtyard. The fragrance of mugwort is strong and long-lasting.
Pick them and hang them on the doors and windows. The whole mansion is filled with a refreshing aroma.
The bugs hiding in the corner crawled out and fled the house.
Seeing such a vision, Chen Shan was surprised and happy at the same time, and said: "The fox fairy responded."
No matter how responsive the Fox Fairy was, he was not free enough to deworm the Shen family.
It's just good days and good mugwort that create such a majestic scene.
The Fox Fairy himself is also preparing for the Dragon Boat Festival.
When you are in the deep mountains and ancient forests, you don’t need to engage in pest control, but you still need to eliminate filth and ward off evil spirits.
Mulan Hui means bathing in orchid soup.
But it was okay to give the little foxes a bath, but it would be too strange for Gong Mengbi and the others to take a bath together in the pool.
Gong Mengbi collected herbs, brought clear springs from the mountains, and cooked several large vats of orchid soup with his heart fire.
The small golden stove is filled with the aroma of mugwort, and the large earthenware vat is also filled with the aroma of a mixture of herbs. The overall aroma is still dominated by mugwort. After boiling, the green flavor is removed, and the fragrance of mugwort flowing out becomes warmer and mellower.
This is an orchid soup to ward off evil spirits. To put it bluntly, if you throw a fox prisoner into it and roll it around twice, your magic power will be exhausted and you will become seriously ill.
Fortunately, Gong Mengbi did not want to poison his comrades, so he mixed it with moon dew, which reduced the lethality, but was more durable and gentle.
It can wash away the yin energy, bad energy, and filthy energy from the body. Of course, it is of no benefit to those who practice evil ways, but for these spiritual practitioners, such gentle cleansing will help them practice.
The further you go into evil and evil, the farther away you are from people, and of course the reverse is also true.
It's just that the former is a demon and the latter is a fairy.
The herringbone is centered.
The people here are not ordinary people.
Once you are born with spiritual intelligence and have wisdom, you are already among people.
It's just that people are short-circuited, so it's easier to be a human first and then become an immortal.
If you want to skip the middle step and go directly from demon to immortal, it is not impossible to practice in the second stage, but there is a difference in difficulty.
After the orchid soup is cooked, the aroma wafts along the wind in the mountains.
Kang Wen directed the white-footed fox and the others to place the fruits, fresh vegetables, rice dumplings, green dumplings, shortcakes, bean cakes, chickens, ducks, and fish one by one.
They spent a lot of thought on these things alone.
Preserved fruits, cold dough cakes, meat and vegetable combinations, all kinds of dishes.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
From a distance, I could hear the cheering voice of the little fat fox, "Senior Gong, I miss you so much."
The little fat fox jumped up and down to escape, burrowing into the soil and rushing away, but couldn't help but jump up and smell the fragrance in the wind.
The little chubby fox rushed towards Gong Mengbi, covered in sand. Gong Mengbi held it with one hand, shook it, shook out a handful of sand, and then threw it on the ground.
The little fat fox laughed sheepishly.
Gong Mengbi asked: "Are you thinking about me or about eating?"
The little fat fox never took his eyes off the food, and said sincerely: "Of course I miss you."
I was just so greedy that I started to swallow my saliva.
"This little fat guy only cares about eating. He doesn't care about people." Granny Shi walked over slowly, followed by four big foxes with bright fur, and behind the big fox was a group of little foxes.
Granny Shi said: "These are flowers, wine, poetry, and tea. My surname is Shi."
Four big foxes turned into human forms, three beautiful girls and a handsome young man. They greeted him and said, "I have met Senior Gong."
Gong Mengbi nodded and said, "Why didn't you come when I opened my mansion last time?"
Shi Hua said with a smile: "We have been playing outside these days. We were not at home last time. This is not the Dragon Boat Festival, so I remembered that it is better to be at home."
Granny Shi smiled and shook her head: "You little talker, let's go and play."
Shi Hua covered her mouth and smiled, and started playing with the little foxes nearby.
Granny Shi said: "You have created a great prestige in the past few days."
Gong Mengbi was not surprised that she knew, but he was a little apologetic and said: "Originally, I wanted to discuss it with my mother-in-law, but due to my responsibilities, I was afraid that if it was delayed for too long, some complications would arise."
Granny Shi said: "What are you talking about? You are the fox club of Tianhu Courtyard. If you don't have an idea, why do you care about the fox community?"
"You shouldn't have told me earlier, otherwise I would have to marry you and turn you into a family. It's not like now that I have to pay my respects to you, Master Huhui."
Granny Shi was about to hold her hand over, but Gong Mengbi pushed her down and said, "Grandma, please stop teasing me. If you were serious about practicing the Dharma, you could have gone to Tianhu Academy to find a job long ago."
Granny Shi laughed: "I'm not born with a hard life. At this age, please don't harm me."
Gong Mengbi smiled and shook his head.
Granny Shi said: "It's a good thing that you want to establish a fox courtyard, but good things often take a long time. The local masters and the local city god will be watching you, so you have to be careful."
Gong Mengbi nodded and said, "I can spare it."
Granny Shi said: "That's good. I'm old and frail and can't fight, but I can give you some advice. If you're not sure about anything, you can discuss it with me."
Gong Mengbi felt her caring heart and said: "There are still many things that will trouble you. Don't regret it when the time comes."
Granny Shi laughed.
Just as he was talking, a colorful bird came down from the sky and turned into a little boy: "I smelled it when it was flying in the sky. It was such a fragrant cloud."
He looked at the big vat in front of Mengyue Tower with great interest and said, "Gong Mengbi, are we going to take a bath here?"
Gong Mengbi laughed: "You can wash it if you want."
"Okay." He opened his hands and turned into wings, and then turned into a bird squatting on the edge of the tank.
He jumped into the water, spread his wings and fluttered, wetting his feathers, and immediately flew out and jumped on the tank.
Birds cannot swim in water, so they dare not stay in the water for a long time.
I had to soak the feathers one at a time, flipping over and over in the water, and then washed myself all over. Then I stood on the tank and spread my wings as hard as possible to start drying.
“So comfortable!”
