It took some time for Ming Yijun to get used to his new body, which was not made of smoke, but a steady form that gradually formed after absorbing the fireworks of the offering.

After all, the divine soul and the body are inseparable, even if it is an extremely powerful divine soul like Ming Yijun, if it is away from the body for too long, it will always cause some damage in the end. However, after absorbing the fireworks and offerings like this, the state of the divine soul can be more stable and can be maintained for a relatively long time.

He and Zhan Lu had a lot to say, and although they could communicate freely in their dreams before, that state was very unstable, and it was not as safe as in the real world.

The two told each other what happened after the parting, and they only felt embarrassed. The two of them talked like this, and they forgot the time. It wasn't until almost noon that Zhan Lu remembered that it was time to open the store, and at this time the two realized that Daoist Qingxuan was gone.

He was nowhere to be seen at the hexagram stall at the door, and the two searched all over the wine shop, but they didn't see Qing Xuan's figure.

Ming Yijun sniffed the breath in the air again and said:

"He's been gone for about a while. ”

He didn't have any expression on his face, but he was a little happy in his heart.

He was right, the fox was really eye-catching.

Zhan Lu looked disappointed and sighed:

"Oops, blame me for not noticing. Over the years, it has been thanks to his help that I have been able to survive in this capital. I haven't thanked him yet, so why did he just leave?"

Ming Yijun comforted:

"How joyful it is for you and me to be rejoicing, and I think that the fox should rejoice for us too. He said goodbye without saying goodbye at this time, probably because he was worried that he would add sentimentality to the parting, so he left quietly alone. You should not be sorrowful when you perceive what he means. ”

Zhan Lu listened to Ming Yijun's comfort and thought that he was reasonable, so he rejoiced again. Originally, it was a great joy to reunite with Ming Yijun, but compared to this, the fact that Daoist Qingxuan didn't say goodbye seemed insignificant.

I only heard Ming Yijun say again:

"My spirit has been floating in your wine shop for two or three days, and I see you frying and frying every day, and your cooking skills seem to be the same now. I smelled the aroma of your barbecue yesterday, and now I want to eat more. Now that I'm in shape, why don't you make some delicious food and let me test your craft?"

Zhan Lu saw that he was already hungry, and he had to pretend, so he couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh quietly. Ming Yijun glared at her, but she smiled even harder, and while laughing, she said:

"Lang Jun, don't worry, I'll go get you some wine and food. ”

Ming Yijun snorted and did not answer. She laughed and ran to the kitchen.

The kitchen has everything you need for vegetables and meat, and some of the dishes that sell well are already half-baked and ready to go. Zhan Lu pondered for a while, and then made four delicacies.

Vinegared cabbage, roasted sea cucumber with green onions, nine turns of the large intestine and a golden silk cake.

Zhan Lu brought out the prepared food, and when Ming Yijun saw it, he laughed:

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but you've learned a lot of new dishes. ”

Zhan Lu was a little embarrassed and said with a smile:

"I learned it all when I came to Beijing in the past few years. There are many more kinds of ingredients in Beijing than in Qingping County, and there is a Shandong chef who does a good job of Lu cuisine, and he always comes to me to drink, and I learned a lot from him. ”

Ming Yijun smiled and decided to try Zhan Lu's craftsmanship first. He reached for the chopsticks, but they slipped through his fingers.

Ming Yijun's face changed suddenly. He tried to pick the chopsticks off the table, but the chopsticks passed between his fingers again and again - he just couldn't pick them up.

Ming Yijun was in a hurry, so he simply reached out and grabbed the vegetables directly, but he stretched out his hand in vain, but he didn't catch anything.

Although Ming Yijun has seen a lot of things, it is the first time he has become like this. Seeing that the food is right in front of you but can't eat it at all, I can't help but be very annoyed.

It seems that his body is just an empty human form, and it is not really useful except to be able to speak and be seen.

Zhan Lu also felt very worried when she saw him like this. She knew that Ming Yijun was the most concerned about food, and now that he couldn't eat, what could he do?

However, it was useless for Zhan Lu to be anxious, and in the end, he had to rely on Ming Yijun to figure out his own way. He was angry for a while, but finally calmed down. Ming Yijun is Ming Yijun after all, he is well-informed, and he knows that this matter is probably not completely impossible, so he sat on the bench of the wine shop and thought carefully.

Wait a minute...... He...... Can you sit?

He quickly stood up, then sat down again. The bench carried his body steadily, and there was no problem at all.

It stands to reason that since he can't pick up things, he should also pass through the stool when he sits down, but the bench does support his body at this time.

This probably means that it is probably not difficult for him to be able to taste the food, but the part that makes up his fingers is not strong enough for him to be able to pick up things.

He thought about it, and as soon as he changed his body, he changed back to his original form.

He didn't turn into a huge monster like he had frightened the servants, but like he had drunk before, he had taken on the size of a puppy, and although he was still a little transparent, if you didn't look closely, you would feel that his appearance was no different from that of ordinary small animals.

He was a glutton, not as tall as his calves, and he jumped twice, trying to jump onto the bench, but without success. It's a lot of fun.

This is the second time Zhan Lu has seen him become like this, and he laughed unconsciously:

"Hey, Lang Jun is the cutest thing to be. Simply don't change back in the future, just live here, so as not to be suspicious of the guests who come and go in the wine shop. ”

"Whew!!" Xiao Glutton shouted at her, and then said in Ming Yijun's voice, "Don't mess around!

Although its appearance is small, its voice still has the majesty of Ming Yijun. In this way, Zhan Lu didn't dare to make fun of him casually, so he quickly took a golden silk cake and put it on the ground.

The little glutton walked up to the golden silk cake and took a bite. The filigree cake is made of very fine shredded bread, in which a lot of oil is used, and the taste is extremely crispy, and when it bites, the filigree makes a wonderful crunch sound in its mouth.

The little gluttony devoured half of the bread, looked up and said to Zhan Lu:

"I didn't expect you to make such a snack, this filigree cake is very fine, and the time to fry is just right. It seems that you have not slackened over the years. ”

Although he knew that the little gluttony in front of him was Ming Yijun himself, it was still difficult for Zhan Lu to connect the two of them. It's obviously such an interesting little thing, but when it comes to talking, it's still Ming Yijun's serious tone, it's really funny. Zhan Lu covered her mouth and tried desperately to hold back a laugh.

The glutton didn't notice that she was making fun of it. Just asked her to bring him the rest of the dishes quickly. Zhan Lu pursed her lips and brought him the plate of roasted sea cucumber with green onions.

Sea cucumber is an extremely valuable ingredient. Zhan Lu had never even heard of it before, but it wasn't until he came to Beijing that he saw it. Of course, she is usually reluctant to buy these sea cucumbers, or a few days ago, Qingxuan went to the nobleman's house to look at feng shui for others, and solved a problem for others.

Zhan Lu took such a precious thing, and she was a little trembling, for fear that she would accidentally do something bad. Hurriedly invited the Shandong chef she was familiar with, asked carefully what to do, took a few carefully and sent them for six days, and today I just tried to do it, but it was cheaper for Ming Yijun.

But it is said that sea cucumber, although it is seafood, is very different from other seafood. Most of the common dried sea cucumbers on the market, if the dried sea cucumber is not good, or extremely hard, or very soft, the taste is not good, only if it is just right, it will have the effect of crispy and elastic teeth. The taste of sea cucumber is also special, if you don't add salt sauce after it is made, it tastes like chewing wax, and there is no taste. However, if you can season it well, you can taste a strong umami unique to sea cucumber itself, which is by no means comparable to other sea flavors.

The Shandong chef taught Zhan Lu to make this dish of scallion roasted sea cucumber is like this, using a thick soup to stimulate the fragrant taste of the sea cucumber itself, and then bringing a rich green onion fragrance, it is really delicious to eat.

The little gluttony is not polite, and he eats a plate of sea cucumbers in one go. He didn't speak, just looked at the table again, Zhan Lu brought it the two remaining dishes on the table, it ate half of each, raised its front paws and rubbed its belly:

"I'm full!"

It was so funny that Zhan Lu just wanted to hold him in his arms and rub it well. Since she thought so, she really did it. She picked up the little gluttony from the ground, only to feel that his body was as soft as jelly, a little trembling, and it was fun. She ran the hair on the back of his neck and asked him:

"In the future, in the daytime, you will become like this, okay? I have a wine shop here, and there are many people, and if I see your human form, I will inevitably think that you are some kind of ghost, and I want to cause trouble in vain. ”

The gluttony shook his head:

"It doesn't matter if I become like this and be seen? This is a Jingshi, and there are a few well-informed people who can see that I am a glutton, and if I really become like this and wander around, I will inevitably have trouble in the end. ”

Zhan Lu pinched its little paws:

"So what do you say?"

The little gluttony shook his body, and actually turned into an ordinary puppy, he smiled:

"What do you think of that?"

The puppy he became so cute, and Zhan Lu's eyes lit up all of a sudden:

"Okay, okay, I think it's best!"

Ming Yijun's transformed puppy wagged its tail, stuck out its tongue, and licked it in Zhan Lu's palm.

It's itchy!

Zhan Lu laughed, put it on the ground, and ran out to open the store.

Zhan Lu has opened a store here for seven years and has accumulated a lot of regular customers. As soon as these long-time customers entered, they noticed that the atmosphere in the store was different from the previous ones.

The Qingxuan Taoist priest who usually sets up a stall at the door every day is gone, not to mention, there is actually an extra puppy in the wine shop.

Some customers who love to talk began to ask Zhan Lu:

"Ah Lu Niangzi, where is the Qingxuan Daoist who usually sets up a stall at your door?"

Of course, Zhan Lu will not tell them what happened, but just say:

"Qingxuan Dao hasn't been back to the sect for a long time, and I'm worried about it, so I went back. ”

And the questioner laughed:

"I said I wanted to go to the sect, but in fact, the two of them quarreled, right?"

There was a burst of laughter in the hall of the wine shop.

Zhan Lu has been opening a shop here for seven years, and Taoist Qingxuan has also set up a hexagram stall here for seven years. In the evening, Qingxuan Taoist priest closed the stall and also lived in the wine shop. This is something that the old customers know. The two of them are handsome and beautiful, and the neighbors only regard the two of them as a couple.

There are also good people who have asked them face-to-face, and they have never responded positively, and the customers only think that they are shy or have something unspeakable. Some people have even made up a small family of jade to be forcibly married as a concubine by a dignitary, and then rescued by a handsome Taoist priest, and the two eloped together to the capital to beg for a living.

They were willing to think so, and Zhan Lu had no intention of correcting them. After all, she is a woman's family, and she has never been married, and she is alone in this capital to open a wine shop, and she may not be able to cause trouble when she will do it. Let them think that Qingxuan Daoist and her are a couple, but it will save them a lot of trouble.

But...... At this time, Ming Yijun was here...... This scene...... Yes...... It's a little embarrassing.

Zhan Lu cautiously peeked at it, but saw that it seemed as if it hadn't heard anything, just lazily lying on the side.

Maybe it really didn't pay attention. Zhan Lu quietly breathed a sigh of relief. But suddenly I heard someone ask:

"Ah Lu Niang, you puppy is quite well-behaved, what's your name?"

"Huh?"

It wasn't really a dog in the first place, and Zhan Lu certainly didn't think about naming it, but since someone asked so, she definitely had to give it a name. Zhan Lu panicked and blurted out:

"It'...... It's called Xiao Ming. ”

After saying that, she hurriedly went to look at it secretly, I don't know if it was an illusion, its dog face was full of disgust.

There's no way to dislike it, when you become a dog, you'll be called Xiao Ming. Think about Qingxuan Fox is still called a dog, isn't it good that you call Xiao Ming!

And he who inquired said,

"Look at your dog looks good, is it male or female?"

Zhan Lu forcibly held back the three black lines that were about to emerge on his face, and replied good-naturedly:

"Yes...... Male. ”

The man clapped his hands:

"That's right! I have a little, and she looks very good, so when will I bring it here, would it be good to breed with your puppy?"

Zhan Lu's expression was a little embarrassed, of course she couldn't let it match anything, because it wasn't a dog at all!! but the customer couldn't be offended, so she had to say:

"This ...... Unlikely, ahahaha. ”

However, the customer was not fooled by her hahaha, but just asked reluctantly:

"Don't be stingy, Mrs. Lu! What's the matter? When my little gives birth to a puppy, I'll give you one." ”

Zhan Lu had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted to herself:

"It's impossible for him to breed with your dog...... Because...... Because...... Because it's been emasculated!"

Hearing Zhan Lu say this, the patron foolishly dispelled this idea. Zhan Lu glanced at it secretly, only to feel that its dog face seemed to be darker......

After a busy day, the customers were gone, Zhan Lu went to close the store, and suddenly felt a pair of cool hands hugging her from behind.

She turned around, and the person behind her was, of course, Ming Yijun.

Thinking of the events of the day, Zhan Lu showed a flattering smile to him, and begged him not to care.

However, Ming Yijun was obviously not a generous gentleman, he looked at Zhan Lu with a sneer on his face:

"Emasculated, huh?"

"Hey, hey, don't care, it's just a joke, a joke, a joke. Hey, hey, hey, isn't that interesting!"

Ming Yijun wanted to pick her up and throw her on the bed, but with his current state, he obviously couldn't complete such a difficult action. had to push her all the way back to the bedroom and blew in her ear:

"I'm giving you a chance today to see if I've been castrated. ”