[The book continues from the above, the last book mentioned Mu Qingming's plan, and in the end it was approved by Tie Hua and Tie Aunt, and the two elders decided to believe in Mu Qingming and win in danger. The next day, the snitches kept their promise and sent a few masters to Guandu, pretending to be people who bought and sold mountain goods, and wandered around the town. In fact, it is to make some preparations for the dragon locking people and taking out the spirit beads from the ancient tower. After luring out the snitches to return to the southern sect on the edge of the city, Huang Yan explained his thoughts and plans to the leader in detail, and the snitchs began to prepare to help the dragon lockers steal the spirit beads. And Miaoyu also took Long Gu and quietly went out of the city at this time, acted according to Mu Qingming's plan, and went to Fumin County. 】

The scorching sun began to move westward, but the heat had not yet dissipated, and it was getting heavier and heavier.

A few snitches who were still in Guandu were so hot that they were sweating, and their foreheads and necks were also covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, which kept flowing down.

As soon as the weather was hot, several snitches took off the gourd from their waists one after another, and drank the sweet wine in it with a grunt.

This sweet wine, also known as sweet white wine, was made by people on the other side of the sea outside the city. Originally, it was only transported by cart and horse from Tonghai to Kunming for trading. Because it's wine, it doesn't matter if it's delayed on the road.

But after all, the transportation of cars and horses will also increase the cost, and later, there were a few Tonghai restaurants, and the family moved to the city, making wine and selling wine, but also laid a place in the merchants in the city.

This kind of sweet liquor is made of rice, corn, millet and other food crops as raw materials, soaked or cooked in water, and then steamed thoroughly, controlled in impermeable basins, cans, barrels and other containers, until it cools through, sprinkled with sweet wine koji (mainly used to make sweet wine brewing, fermentation preparations in the production process of sweet wine brewing. Drizzle with a little cold water, stir well, and place in a warm and dry place.

In summer, it can be made into sweet liquor in one or two days; In winter, it takes about three to five days to become sweet liquor.

And once in the summer, when the wind is strong and hot in the city, the watermelon and the licking liquor in Yingjiang County have become the things that the old and young women and children, the dignitaries and the common people in Kunming City like to cool off the heat and quench their thirst.

The sweet liquor is not only sweet and delicious, only vaguely revealing the mellow aroma of the wine, but also easy to carry. Business travelers who walk the streets prefer to carry such a pot of sweet white wine with them rather than watermelons.

Before leaving, these gourds filled with sweet white wine will be placed in a well to naturally cool down. Now that the weather is too hot, take a sip of these sweet white wines to moisten your throat and quench your thirst, and cool off the heat.

After a few sips of sweet white wine, Huang Yan felt comfortable in his throat, smashed his mouth, and said softly: "But we still have to walk under this tower, I have to see what Mingtang is in its hole." ”。

And what Mu Qing entrusted people to do, he had to do it in this coupon cave.

So after Huang Yan finished speaking, several snitches got up in unison, picked up the burden and left together.

It's just another turn around the town, back and forth to the cave under the ancient tower, walking two or three times.

When the fungi in their burdens were sold out, a few snitches carried their burdens and returned to the city with some laughter.

As the saying goes, dogs can't change their eating, and on the way back, these snitches actually stole the purses of several pedestrians with their own fast skills.

By the time they returned to their old nest in the South Church, together with the proceeds from buying and selling mushrooms, there were already more than a dozen and a half in their purses.

Although the income is substantial, most of it is still not the right way. Such dirty money can only be spent with peace of mind by these snitches.

On this side of the South Church, there is a big banyan tree in the west, and it has been standing on the edge of this field for some years.

Under the tall and leafy tree, the canopy of the big banyan tree, there is a small courtyard, and there are only three huts in the courtyard, which is very simple.

Fortunately, the canopy of the big banyan tree is wide, which covers the sky above the yard, and the scorching sun cannot bask in the courtyard, and the yard is also very shady.

The wind blew, the branches trembled, and a few fallen leaves swirled from the canopy.

The leader of the snitch moved a rattan rocking chair and sat in the courtyard, lying on the rocking chair with his shirt open, exposing his chest, and squinting his eyes for a nap.

The fan in his hand was gently placed on his chest full of dense chest hair.

A fallen leaf that fell in mid-air landed on his face impartially, just blocking one of his eyes. The leader of the snitch didn't care, but let out a few snorts from his mouth and nose.

The bustle and noise outside the courtyard could hardly wake up the leader.

It wasn't until not far in front of him, some old courtyard gates, pushed open with a creaking sound, that the leader opened his eyes slightly, but he didn't open them all, but he still narrowed into a slit.

The eyes were as if they had been cut by a blade of grass for a while.

The rocking chair leaned forward slightly, and then slowly moved back, and the leader of the rocking chair, having seen the person clearly, closed his eyes again.

His face was still so calm and serene.

The leaf on his other eye also swayed to the ground.

Huang Yan strode in the wind, walked to the rocking chair and stood still, and saluted with his fists, "Big brother, we're back from our errands." The fourth brother has already made preparations, let me give you a reward. ”。

"Hmm." The Snitch leader closed his eyes and snorted softly.

"All the fungi are sold out?" After a while, the leader of the snitch in the rocking chair shook the fan in his hand and asked unhurriedly, "Is the business good?" ”。

The wind rose again, and the branches and leaves of the old banyan tree above his head shook again.

These words seem to be about business, but in fact, only they themselves can understand. The leader simply asks how the employer has done what he has done.

"It's good, the blind man is ready to enter the account." Huang Yan put one hand behind his back, smiled slightly, and his confident expression suddenly appeared between his facial features: "I'm also about to go over to help." ”。

It sounds like they're still talking about their snitch buying and selling fungi, but it's actually about stepping on points.

As soon as the leader of the snitch heard this, he was confident, so he didn't say anything else, and gently waved the fan in his hand: "Go, go and go busy with your business." ”。

"Okay big brother." Huang Yan clasped his fists and saluted again, turned to leave.

Before he had taken a few steps, the leader of the snitch behind him stopped him again, and when Huang Yan paused, the leader behind him said: "Tell me when the matter is done, the buyer has given a lot of rewards this time, and I can't flash it, I have to go to this tall building myself." ”。

It's still jargon that only their snitch can understand.

"Yes." After Huang Yan answered, he continued to move forward, walked out of the small courtyard, and closed the courtyard door by the way.

The moment the low, old courtyard door closed, a dark shadow flashed into the canopy above the leader's head.

The leader of the snitch under the tree noticed that the movement in the tree was completely different from the sound of the wind, but he did not wake up, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate, his face was calm, and he only asked as if he were talking to himself: "Have you found the identity of the buyer?" ”。

Immediately afterward, as soon as the voice landed, someone in the tree replied: "Big brother, it's the brother who is incompetent; There seems to be no trace of this guy, and they are real masters. ”。

The answer was deep and powerful, without the slightest weakness, without the slightest softness, and very hard. Even if he said that he was not in a good position, he did not mean to be soft.

"That's it, there's no need to look it up." The leader of the snitch seemed to have expected this outcome, and without thinking about it, he gave an order to his brother who was still hiding in the canopy: "Lest there be more trouble." This time we can do things with money; I have sent a decree to my brethren concerning the buyer in any other matter, that they should not meddle in their affairs. ”。

After saying that, he put the pu fan on his chest again, and fell asleep again in the wind.

After all, last night, the skills and kung fu of the dragon lockers had already made these snitches know that the buyer this time was not so easy to mess with.

The cool wind blew again, and the black shadow in the canopy above the leader's head flashed again, and the snitch hiding in it jumped off the canopy and landed outside the courtyard......

Outside the city of Kunming, in the northwest direction, dozens of miles away from the city, there is a county seat called Fumin.

Because it has many mountainous areas, the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, and there are many mountains. The Wanghai Mountain, which slopes from south to north, runs through the county, dividing the two major rivers in the county, the Mantis River and the Zhangzhuang River, into two.

And not far to the east of the market town, there is a small mountain village backed by high mountains.

This small mountain village has always been peaceful and peaceful. The villagers are at sunrise and resting at sunrise, and they are safe and contented.

But since about ten years ago, there has been an atmosphere of terror.

Legend has it that someone went to the mountains behind the village to cut firewood and hunt, and somehow disappeared into the woods. When I found it again, all I had left was a pile of bones. Not even a piece of flesh remained.

There are also villagers who can always hear the roars and roars coming from the mountains behind them at night, and the sound is penetrating and heartbreaking.

Since then, the people of this small mountain village have been in fear all day long. Under the shroud of terror, fear is inevitable.

The back mountain has become a forbidden place for them, and the toons and chestnuts that used to fill the pockets of the villagers can now only be seen from a distance at the bottom of the mountain.

On this day, the sun began to set in the west, and the red glow appeared on the edge of the sky.

The two women came to the outside of this small mountain village, and looked at the thatched path that led to the mountain.

These two women are no one else, one of them is Mu Qingming's current good helper, a good junior sister Miaoyu. The other is his precious disciple - Lao Wulonggu.

The two were ordered to come here, and their destination was the mountains.

"Uncle Shi, is this it?" Looking at the dense woods on the hillside under the western sun, Long Gu asked Miaoyu beside her.

Between the trees in the mountains, shadows were everywhere, and the wind howled and shook the trunks and branches.

Facing the mountain wind coming down from the mountain, Miao Yu reached out and grabbed a handful, put it in front of his nose, and took a deep breath.

Although these five senses and six senses, Miaoyu is not as sensitive as Miaotian, but in this mountain wind, there is a faint trace of evil aura that has not yet dispersed, and she has already smelled it.

Although I don't know how many places this mountain wind has blown, and the evil spirit in it has faded, it is still traced by Miaoyu to the slightest clue.

She looked up and looked in the direction where the mountain wind was blowing, which was the mountain range in front of her, so she nodded and said, "Nine times out of ten, the things your master wants are in this mountain." ”。

"Master is also a supernatural power, this kind of thing in a remote place outside the city, I don't know anything about it as a local, but Master knows it well." Long Gu didn't retract her gaze, and sighed while continuing to look at the hillside in front of her.

The wind blows the forest, and the shadows under the grass and trees shake the color heavier and darker.

Under the shaking of the weeds, strange rocks loom in the mountains.

"This is called ability, but it's not all your master's ability. You used to have an uncle who was good at reconnaissance and inquiry, and he helped your master find out these things inside and outside the city. After Wan Er smiled, Na Miaoyu said again: "Originally, your master planned to clean up the Immortal Dao and then eradicate these Immortal Dao products. I didn't expect it to come in handy if I kept it. ”。

They all spoke softly, and only the two of them could hear clearly in the wind, and not far from the farmland, the farmers and villagers who were clearing the fields, no one knew what they said.

With that, Miao Yu took the lead and stepped on the mountain path that zigzagged towards the mountain.

This mountain road has not been walked on for a long time, and the road is not only full of rocks, but also overgrown with weeds, almost all of which have almost wiped out the traces of the road.

Miao Yu stepped on this first step and stepped on a weed.

Long Gu behind Miaoyu followed closely.

"Come down, girls." But before the two of them had taken a few steps, there was an urgent shout from behind them: "Come down quickly, you can't go to this mountain." ”。

The voice and shouting were accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, coming from far and near.

The two dragon lockers stopped and turned around to see that an old man had walked out of his field and walked towards them.

This old man has a long shirt on his right, wears wide trousers on the lower body, and should already have gray hair, which is covered by the green kerchief on his head.

At a glance, you know that this old man is a Yi person.

"Girl, it's getting dark, what are you going up the hill for?" The old man hurriedly came to Miaoyu and them, and he didn't care about breathing, so he hurriedly said, "There are beasts on this mountain." ”。

"Old man, I passed by here a few days ago and lost a handkerchief. Because the handkerchief was handed down by my grandmother, I didn't dare to do anything casually, so I specially looked for it. Miao Yu slowly made a thousand blessings, and lied to the old man: "But I didn't find it all the way, thinking if it was windy in this place, and I was afraid that the handkerchief would blow to the mountain, so I planned to go up to find it." ”。

"Oops." Unexpectedly, this lie not only did not fool the old man, but made the old man even more anxious, and stomped his feet and said: "If you can't find it, you can't find it, both of you are young ladies, this child of a rich and noble family is not the life of climbing a mountain, come down quickly." It's getting dark this day, so let's go back quickly, so as not to be anxious. ”。

"I'll look for it again." Miaoyu said this 'unrelentingly'.

"Don't look for it, there must be no handkerchiefs on this mountain. Hurry up and go, or you'll die if you go up the mountain. The old man was also kind-hearted, but he didn't think about it, but he hurriedly said that he missed his mouth and hurriedly shut up.

"Could it be that there are bandits in this mountain?" Miao Yu saw that he had fear in his eyes, and asked lightly.

"If the bandits are good, obey them, or give some money to save your life." The old man sighed and pondered for a moment before telling the truth: "There is a monster in this mountain." ”。

What is Mu Qingming looking for? What are youkai? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.

[Toon of the Lock Dragon Man Small Theater - also known as toon bud toon, toon, etc.] Toon is known as the "vegetable on the tree" and is the toon tree shoot. Every spring before and after the valley rains, the young shoots of toon can be made into a variety of dishes. It is highly nutritious and has high medicinal value. The green leaves of the toon are thick and the buds are tender, the red edge is like agate, jadeite, the fragrance is rich, the richness of nutrition is much higher than that of other vegetables, and it is a precious delicacy for the banquet.

In the Song Dynasty, Su Shi's book "Spring Vegetables" contains: "It is as rich as winter vegetables in Shu, and frost leaves and dew buds are cold."

Historical legend: As early as the Han Dynasty, the edible toon was used as the two major tributes in the north and south together with the li, and was deeply loved by the emperor and the court nobles. So, Su Shi praised again: "Tsubaki wood is solid and the leaves are fragrant." ”】