Chapter 23 Tao Te Ching
Going around and around, Zhou Hongxian was put in the cage again, and she watched the three guys seal the cage with a wooden plank again, but their faces were expressionless, and this situation couldn't help but make the three guys feel extremely unsteady.
"Dao Chief, just seal the cage like this, aren't you really afraid that this fox demon will run out again?"
"Don't worry about it."
"But what if she uses Ecstasy to charm others again?"
"If people have no selfish desires, how can they be easily seduced by goblins?" Xuan Chongzi shook his head, and seeing that the three guys looked slightly weird, he said again: "By the way, I have to remind you that Yang Erlang has already taken the Dao once today, and it is very easy to take the Dao a second time, for the sake of his life, it is best to watch him!" β
"Okay, I'll stay outside the shopkeeper's house tonight, lest he can't stand the charm and be harmed by this goblin!"
Xuan Chongzi nodded lightly, and before leaving, he glanced back at Zhou Hongxian, and then waved his sleeves to take away the last bit of light, leaving only Zhou Hongxian with a dark night.
The next day, Zhou Hongxian was woken up by the sound of boiling, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she was surprised to find that there were not only many onlookers around her, but also the surrounding area of the cage was covered with dense scriptures.
"It's a good way, it's a very good way. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless world. The mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to observe the wonder. There is often a desire to observe it. These two have the same name and different names, and they are the same mysteries. Mystery and mystery, the door of all wondersβ"
Zhou Hongxian glanced at the words on the scriptures, and was surprised in his heart: "Isn't this the Tao Te Ching?" What the hell are these people going to do to me? β
Just when she was confused, a thin figure squatted down gently on the edge of the cage, and then a pair of bright eyes swept in through the gap in the scriptures: "Youkai, today's Taoist is going to overtake you, and you are finally going to pay for my Aye!" β
Zhou Hongxian recognized him as Yang Yin, and she also knew that the concept of this child had long been instilled by those adults, and she hated herself to the core, and everything she said was in vain, so she simply remained silent like last night.
The surrounding people saw that Zhou Hongxian didn't speak, so they started to coax, but they didn't dare to scold too loudly, and they were still afraid of monsters.
Yang Yin was young, but he didn't care about this, when he saw that Zhou Hongxian ignored him, he was so angry that he cried out of his nose and said: "You monster, do you think you can wash away your sins without speaking?" Even if you die, my Aya spirit in heaven will not let you go! β
Zhou Hong now saw that he looked like a pink carved but crying snot, she was both annoyed and a little sympathetic, and she didn't want to vent the mistakes made by adults to a child, so she sighed: "Little friend, I know you are pitiful, but you really hate the wrong person!" β
Yang Yin left crying, and after a while, Xuan Chongzi's voice sounded outside the cage again: "Little fox demon, today I will overtake you, you will be beaten into reincarnation, when you are dying, do you have any last wishes?" β
For this Taoist priest who subdued himself without asking right or wrong, Zhou Hongxian's heart was full of hatred, and she sneered: "What do you ask me to do if I have any wishes?" I said at the beginning that I was wronged and I didn't want to die, but will you let me go because of this? β
Xuan Chongzi was silent for a moment, and then said without any emotion: "Since ancient times, Dao and demons have not been separated, since I have met you, how can I not get rid of them?" β
Zhou Hong now felt that death was imminent, but she couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart, so she said: "Then you still say a fart, anyway, whoever has the biggest fist is justified, don't make yourself seem to represent justice!" β
After hearing this, Xuan Chongzi was slightly stunned, his Dao heart seemed to be a little shaken, but then he took a deep breath and said in his heart: "No, a demon is a demon, and the Tao is the Tao, how can my Dao heart be disturbed by the words of a monster?" He stabilized his Dao heart, and then said: "The Tao is not the same, and I will not argue with you, a demon!" It's just for the sake of your cultivation that it's not easy, so I asked you what your last wish was, and you can say it, and I will try my best to satisfy it! β
"If you don't agree with each other, can you ignore the merits?" Zhou Hongxian's eyes couldn't stop reddening, but before the tears could overflow her eyes, she hurriedly wiped them dry, because she knew that no one here would sympathize with her. Then, she laughed self-deprecatingly: "Last wish, right? Okay, then you get rid of all these people who are watching the excitement, I don't want to die and be watched. Besides, you can get me something to eat, and there is a bowl of severed head rice before people die, you can't make me a starving ghost, can you? β
Xuan Chongzi nodded, and then he persuaded the people to leave, most of the people were not happy, and they all said why they agreed to the request of a monster, but in the end, under the majesty of the mayor, they still reluctantly left.
In the end, there were only Xuan Chongzi, Yang Yin, the mayor and a few guys from the Yuhe restaurant left in the backyard of the restaurant.
Not long after, a guy with a few dishes in front of Zhou Hongxian, Zhou Hong has not eaten for a day and a night, he is really hungry, at this time he can't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, but in the end she still frowned and said: "Steamed fish and green vegetables and tofu left, braised chicken away, I hate to eat chicken the most in my life, I feel uncomfortable smelling the smell!" β
The guy did as he could, but the others began to talk to each other: "It's really strange, there are still foxes who don't like chicken, it's really rare to see in a hundred years!" β
After filling her stomach, the uncomfortable feeling in her stomach disappeared, and Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but ignite a desire to survive, but she also knew that she was in a catastrophe, and begging for mercy would only be too spineless, so she simply closed her eyes and put on a loving attitude.
"She's just a fox demon who has only practiced for a hundred years, how can she be like this?" Xuan Chongzi was very surprised in his heart, you must know that demons are more difficult to practice than people, so they are more greedy for life and afraid of death, he has subdued many monsters before, among them either begging for mercy before death, and even wants to use the temptation of gold and silver beauties to move their Dao hearts, some of them know that they can't live, so they sacrifice curses, how vicious and vicious the words are, even if they have practiced for thousands of years, they can't avoid vulgarity, but he has never seen anyone as calm as Zhou Hongxian.
It's just that Xuan Chongzi's Dao heart is strong, he retained this surprise, but he didn't study it in detail, and he began to chant words in his mouth.
His voice was like a bell, reciting the Tao Te Ching, and as he blurted out the verses one by one, the scriptures posted on the cage began to emit a faint purple light, and these visions only saw the people around him shouting magically.
Xuan Chongzi ignored the reactions of the people around him, and continued to chant the scriptures with a heart, what he said at the banquet yesterday that he wanted to spend three days for Zhou Hongxian was actually conservative, and that degree of excess he generally used to deal with the big demon who was at least eight hundred years old, and for Zhou Hongxian, a little demon who had been practicing for about a hundred years, she didn't even need an hour to turn into her original form and die.
However, the truth is somewhat unexpected.
After Xuan Chongzi recited the Tao Te Ching for an hour, he also had a dry mouth, so he paused for a moment and took a sip of the teacup. During this period, he looked towards the cage, but Zhou Hongxian was still sitting in it with the appearance of a human being, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, thinking that something had gone wrong?
It's just that Xuan Chongzi doesn't know what Zhou Hongxian is thinking at this time.
Although Zhou Hongxian was not begging for death, she was also very surprised in her heart, and she muttered secretly: "Isn't this Taoist priest going to surpass me, why hasn't he seen the real character, does he want to surpass me by reciting the Tao Te Ching?" But this is too whimsical, this Tao Te Ching I have been reciting every day since I learned the Tao with the white fox, and I can recite the five thousand words backwards, and he is not as fluent as me! β
Of course, Zhou Hongxian is not stupid, she will not pretend to say to Xuan Chongzi because of this: "Hey, why don't you read it, I still enjoy listening to this Tao Te Ching!" "If that's the case, it can only be said that she is disgusted with her long life, which annoys Xuan Chongzi, and he can't beat himself to death with a sweep of the dust!
At this time, Zhou Hongxian faintly felt that she might have a glimmer of hope because of this, and all she had to do now was to do nothing, just wait quietly for the opportunity to come.
At the same time that Xuan Chongzi wanted to surpass Zhou Hongxian, in another restaurant in Yanhe Town, Yang Shouxin, who had never appeared, was actually here, and he was receiving a wealthy businessman from Luoyang.
As soon as Yang Shouxin heard that the other party was from Luoyang, he couldn't hide the envy on his face, and even smiled a little: "What your guest is doing is a big deal of reselling ginseng, I don't know what can need Yang's service?" β
The other party smiled and said: "I heard that Shopkeeper Yang caught a fox demon in his house yesterday, its appearance is as beautiful as a fairy, it is the best in the mortal world, I wonder if Shopkeeper Yang can cut her love and sell her to me?" β
Yang Shouxin's face suddenly became strange: "Since you know that she is a fox demon, why do you dare to beat her, aren't you afraid that she will kill you?" β
The other party laughed: "I don't want the beauty of the fox demon, I only want her value!" Do you know, I know a certain noble man in Chang'an, he is tired of playing with worldly things, but he has a soft spot for these legendary spirits, especially the beautiful banshee who yearns for it, but unfortunately he can't ask for it! I heard today that there is a fox demon in Yang Lang's house, and I am really overjoyed, so I am willing to buy it with a thousand gold to give it to the nobles! β
Yang Shouxin was so shocked that he stood up suddenly: "How much gold buying?" β
The other party repeated: "A thousand dollars buy!" β
Yang Shouxin swallowed his saliva with a "grunt", and then slapped the table and said, "Deal!" β