Chapter 1 Eat melon seeds and watch a play
Peach blossom March, Hangzhou city is very lively, it has been more than half a month of hazy drizzle, around is the love of poetry and poetry of the talented and beautiful people also feel a little boring, fortunately, after the end of many days of drizzle, it is finally ushered in the March sun, provoked everyone to go out on the street, want to go out to breathe a breath of fresh air in spring.
The wide streets have also returned to their former liveliness, with stalls selling knick-knacks on both sides of the street.
As the temperature rises, young women and men alike shed their bulky winter cotton clothes and change into breezy clothes in lively colors.
A woman in a light green skirt moved with the crowd, her appearance and figure were no different from ordinary women, if there was any difference, it was probably that she was holding a lot of things! If you want to find anything different, uh! Her unadorned hair, black and shiny, was loosely tied by her braid, I don't know if it counted.
For example, the new pastries that have just come out of the pastry shop are packed and carried in the hand, for example, a lotus leaf chicken is also packed and carried in the hand, and for example, a pound of melon seeds is also packed and carried in the hand.
What is rare is that she carries these things with one hand, and in the other hand she is holding a string of sugar gourds stained with white sesame seeds. A pair of bright black eyes kept sweeping the food stalls on the street, and there was a sense of rushing forward at a glance.
At three o'clock in the morning, the woman ate half full, and she ate a bowl of bean paste dumplings with a sweet tooth, packed two meaty buns and walked out of the city with satisfaction.
"Have you heard? There was a murder in the city recently, I heard that it was a ghost who asked for his life?" A middle-aged man walking in front of her was holding a small bag of things in his hand, probably taking advantage of the sunny weather to come to the city to exchange some salt for things.
One of the other two men walking with him was surprised and said, "Really, tell me about it!"
For such a murder case involving ghosts and gods, even the woman in green couldn't help but prick up her ears to hear it.
I saw another man also frowning and saying: "Oh! I have heard of this, it is said that a rich outsider bought a good family for his sick son Chongxi, and it is said that he died on the night of marriage, and he was unrecognizable!"
"Yes!" the man continued, "It is said that as soon as the outsider heard that there was a human life, he immediately buried the body, saying that he had hanged himself. ”
The man who listened to their story sighed and asked, "That woman's family doesn't come to make trouble, doesn't the government care?"
Another man showed a disdainful expression and said: "Alas, how else would it be a terrible ghost, it is said that there are people in the court, although the daughter of that family is dead, but she can collect a lot of bride money, and she is afraid of the power of their family, so ah, no one has come, alas..."
"Could it be that the woman was ordered to die by a ghost?" asked the man who listened, puzzled.
At first, the man shook his head, and there was even a palpitation and fear on his face, only to hear him lower his voice and say: "On the seventh day after that woman's death, it is said that on that night, the sons of the staff and the outside, including their housekeeper, all died!"
Another insider also said: "Yes! I heard that the death is extremely horrible, like..."
The faces of the other two changed slightly at the same time, after all, they both believed in ghosts and gods, and overnight, three people died, and they were still scared to death, how could they not be frightened.
The woman in light green clothes glanced at the three of them, and after leaving the city gate, she took out a small handful of melon seeds from a small bag and slowly swallowed them.
The path she walked became more and more remote, and there were fewer and fewer people on the road, until she turned a corner and walked onto a sheep's intestine path, and she was left alone.
She still walked unhurriedly, but her appearance was one step at a time, from a plain appearance to a beautiful woman, with a fair and pink face, a pair of big peach eyes, and eyelashes like butterfly wings, overturning on the black and bright eyes.
The height is also two points taller, and from the back, it is still the pale green skirt, but the posture is very different, so that people can see that she is undoubtedly a beauty.
The path of sheep intestines gradually disappeared, and the girl's figure began to drift, and in the blink of an eye, she walked far away.
Still far away, the girl heard the sound of the fight over there, walked in, she didn't get too close, found a tree with a wide field of vision, flicked her jade fingers, a swing made of white cloth strips, she sat on the swing, took out a handful of melon seeds, and looked at the group of people fighting with interest.
It was a group of young men, about five or six, wearing white clothes, even the hairband tied with their hair was white, embroidered with fine golden moire, if it was usual, it must have a fairy feeling, but now!
Most of the boys' clothes were a little torn, and there were one or two blood stains, plus the place where they fought was a large wild lotus pond, and it was inevitable that there were mud spots on their bodies, and there were water stains on their clothes, which was really not fairy.
It's still early spring, and the lotus leaves have just surfaced, usually fresh and lovely, but now they are scattered and completely destroyed.
Surrounded by several teenagers is a handsome young man, wearing black clothes, but his eyes are strange red, which makes people feel cold in their hearts.
The girl's eyes flashed slightly, and then she looked away, and said softly: "It's actually a toad spirit." "No wonder he transforms into this, if he shows the prototype, he probably can frighten children.
"Little Taoist, our well water does not interfere with river water, I don't want to hurt people, you don't go too far. "The toad spirit looks much better than those teenagers, and not a drop of water sticks to it, obviously because his subordinates are merciful.
"Hmph! The purpose of our cultivation is to kill demons and eliminate demons, and if you are a demon, we will do the right thing for the heavens. One of the teenagers seemed to be their spokesman, and he raised his sword by a point, pointing it straight at the toad spirit.
The woman in the pale green shirt spit out the melon seed shell in her mouth, and almost laughed out loud after listening to his words, really, it is called a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, to put it bluntly, it is actually looking for death. I really don't have the eyesight to see, people's cultivation is far higher than yours, and he has already shown mercy to his subordinates, he actually dares to provoke, their master and senior brother haven't taught him how to write the four words when he sees the opportunity? Even if he doesn't teach, he will teach a few words in the future, right? Eh, no, it seems that it should be described as a person who knows the times as a handsome man.
The toad spirit seemed to be angered by his words, the red light in his eyes was great, and the figure disappeared, and before a few white-clothed teenagers could react, they each gave a palm to the grass on the shore, of course, the posture was naturally not standing.
"I don't know what to do. Now, it's the toad's turn to glare at them. He didn't mean to hurt them, but he was annoyed by them, so he made a move.
"Monster, don't be too complacent, when my senior brother comes, he will naturally clean you up. The boy was still not convinced, even though there was a touch of red at the corner of his mouth, he still raised his chin.
The toad spirit naturally didn't take their threat seriously, and after glancing at his clothes, he said, "If it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to commit the killing ring, and didn't want to offend Mu Qianqing, do you think you would still be able to talk to me now?"
Seeing this, the melon seeds in the green-clothed woman's hand were gone again, so she simply put the small bag containing the melon seeds on her knees and slowly knocked them on.
Mu Qianqing: It seems that this is the heroic brother that these little teenagers admire in their hearts! I don't know, do you have money?
As soon as those teenagers heard that he knew his senior brother, and his strength was far above them, they slowly helped each other to get up, wanting to evacuate, they were not stupid, rabbits would bite people when they were in a hurry, not to mention, this was a demon that had cultivated to perfection, and they couldn't beat it.
Seeing that they were retreating, the toad spirit didn't want to bother them anymore, and was about to leave, but his eyes met a pair of smiling eyes.
He was suddenly startled, and asked with a stiff face, "Who is Your Excellency?"
The white-clothed youths who had already walked a few steps heard the toad spirit speak, and there was a hint of fear in their tones, and they couldn't help but look back in the direction he was looking.
A girl in a light green skirt, sitting on a swing hanging from a big tree, with a smile in her eyes and a mouth snorting melon seeds, if this was not a wilderness, they would definitely think that this was just a beautiful and innocent girl.
The woman in green, put away the bag, clapped her hands, frowned slightly and glanced at the lotus pond and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you ruined the place where I live." She said, pointing to the messy lotus pond, as if quite helpless.
As soon as several teenagers heard that the place where she lived was this lotus pond, they couldn't help but be alarmed, this girl who looked as innocent as clear water out of hibiscus, she was not human.
The red light in the toad spirit's eyes was sheng, but after the red light converged, his face was difficult to see, because he couldn't see what this girl was, since he couldn't see it, there was only one possibility, that is, this girl sitting on the swing was far higher than him.
He only hesitated for a moment, then arched his hand towards the green-shirted girl, bent down slightly, and asked with a slightly humble attitude: "I don't know how the girl wants to compensate for it?" His attitude was very good, and he only hoped that the other party was a good person.
Seeing that he knew the current affairs so well, the woman in the green shirt couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly, and walked in front of him leisurely, her clothes fluttering, and the hair on her forehead also flew up with the breeze.
She stared at the toad spirit for a few seconds, and then stretched out a snow-white palm, which was snow-white and slender, with beautiful lines, and delicate skin like fine mutton fat white jade.
I only heard her voice say crisply: "Give money." ”
Everyone, including the teenagers, was stunned by her words, and the toad spirit was even more so.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't believe his ears: "Give... Give money?" he didn't seem to quite understand what she meant.
The woman in the green shirt nodded: "Yes, one hundred taels." ”
One hundred taels, the toad spirit was almost made to slip under her feet, they are cultivators, not human cultivators, he looked at her, although he didn't know what the green-shirted woman in front of him was, but he really hadn't seen it, demon cultivators would ask others for money, it was simply unheard of.
After looking down at the large pile of food she was holding in her other hand, Toad Spirit could only resist the urge to laugh out loud.
He thought for a while, so he took out a red gem from his bosom, put it in front of her with both hands, and said, "There is no one hundred taels below, but this ruby should be worth one hundred taels." ”
The woman in the green shirt stretched out her index finger and thumb and gently pinched the thumb-sized ruby, then took a picture of the sky, and found that the gem was very beautiful, with almost no impurities, so she nodded contentedly and said, "Well, you can go." After speaking, he waved at him.
The toad spirit swallowed the doubts and arched her hand at her before quickly disappearing in front of them.