Chapter 19: Halloween Festival (2)
This person sat down at their table very calmly, took off his bag and put it on the table, and when he saw that the three of them were looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but pause, "Three, Xiaodao's face is blooming?" ”
Chu Yu and the three of them smiled, and he said, "I don't know why the Dao Elder doesn't go to so many places, but he just sits here with us." ”
When the man heard this, he immediately tidied up his robe that was a little biased after sitting down, cleared his throat, and said, "As the saying goes, meeting is fate, although we Taoists are not like Buddhism, we believe in the past and present lives, but ah, as soon as I entered the door and looked at the room full of people, I felt that we were destined!" ”
He said it very seriously, and there was a serious look between his eyebrows and eyes.
As he spoke, he also looked at Shanshan, but he frowned, raised his hand and stroked his mustache, shook his head and sighed, and when he saw him like this, Shanshan asked, "Dao Chief, what do you see again?" ”
Chu Yu and the others smiled, and nodded approvingly after listening to his words, it is indeed fate, otherwise, it is really impossible to only see them as soon as they come in, maybe, he is more destined for the silver on them! It was the clothes on their bodies that attracted them such a Taoist, and the two of them didn't say anything about it, but just smiled lightly to see what tricks he could come up with.
At this time, he began to fight Shanshan's idea again, and when he heard Shanshan's question, he also asked again, "Yes, Dao Chief, what do you see again?" Let's hear it. ”
After asking this, the Dao chief hesitated a little and shook his head, "Don't say, don't say." ”
With a crisp sound, as soon as Zhao Yu's hand was removed, an ingot of silver appeared in front of him, looking at the eyes of this Dao Chang who saw the silver and then regained his clear eyes, he said, "These are enough." ”
The chief also glanced at the silver on the table casually, Zhao Yu and Chu Yu laughed, he hesitated, reached out and picked up the silver, weighed it, nodded, put away the silver, took a deep breath, and looked at Shanshan, "This girl has peach blossoms on her face, distant mountains in her eyebrows, autumn water in her eyes, and the ability to climb the clouds, but looking at your thin lips and pale pink, and the bridge of your nose is slightly high, you definitely don't like to be restrained, of course!" It also depends on who the girl meets, and whether she has the ability to let the girl follow. ”
As he spoke, he watched Shanshan's face become redder and redder, her expression was a little unnatural, Shanshan only felt that her whole person was going to freeze, and she didn't dare to move, just when she wanted to turn her head to look at Chu Yu's expression, she heard the Taoist priest continue, "It doesn't matter, judging from my years of experience, girl, I'm afraid you're going to have some trouble lately!" ”
As soon as he said this, Shanshan suddenly sobered up, "Trouble? ”
Zhao Yu also said loudly, "Isn't it something that happened recently?" ”
He was talking about the Ye family's father and son, and Chu Yu also shook his head with deep meaning, he didn't know.
"I'm talking about the future, not the past."
This Taoist priest looked confident, listening to him say this, as if Shanshan would really be in trouble, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what is the origin of this person?
However, Chu Yu and Zhao Yu still smiled lightly and shook their heads, it is estimated that he is just a charlatan, even Shanshan thinks so.
At this time, the shopkeeper came, and several people served them food, just when the shopkeeper came up, the Taoist priest grabbed the shopkeeper and said skillfully, "Bring me a mapo tofu and a plate of peanuts, the sooner the better." ”
"Okay! Wait a minute. ”
As soon as the shopkeeper went down, he looked back at the three of them, only to see him say politely, "You can just eat!" Leave me alone! Just as if I didn't exist. ”
But the three of them really didn't exist as him, so they ate like that.
"Brother Chu, where are we going later?"
"I don't know, let's walk around, I heard them say, tonight is the Midyear Festival, just to join in the fun."
Zhao Yu smiled, "If you're scared, you can also wait at the inn." ”
"Brother Zhao Yu! It's all said I'm not afraid! ”
Chu Yu sandwiched a piece of tofu and put it in Shanshan's bowl, "Okay, Shanshan, don't listen to Xiaoyu's words, it's just a festival." ”
Seeing his actions, Shanshan said happily, "Thank you, Brother Chu." ”
The Taoist priest on the side couldn't help but be a little jealous when he saw the three of them chatting so hotly, and his fingers tapped on the tabletop, and then he heard them talking about the Midyear Festival, and interjected, "Listen to what you mean, this is the first time to participate in the Midyear Festival?" ”
Shanshan's good mood was broken in an instant, and she couldn't help but put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "Yes, what, do you see what my trouble is?" ”
The Taoist priest looked at Shanshan's somewhat angry look, and he didn't understand, so he put away his body, "You don't know this, as the saying goes, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, even if the Tao knows, it will never be able to tell you, telling you will only bring you unnecessary trouble." ”
Shanshan nodded thoughtfully, "Oh~ Then you just don't know!" ”
Chu Yu and Zhao Yu watched the play on the side.
The Taoist priest was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic, "Speaking of this Midyear Festival, I won't tell you that I came to Qingxi County because I was invited by the Liu family, the richest man in the county, to catch ghosts for them!" ”
"Catching ghosts?"
Shanshan was suddenly interested, after the shopkeeper put down the meal, the Taoist priest waved his hand, and the shopkeeper left in a familiar manner, and then said, "Yes, it is to catch ghosts, the Zhongyuan Festival is not only the ghost festival of the entire Qingxi County, but also the ghost festival of the Liu family, according to the meaning of Master Liu, their family has been haunted for three years, and I don't know how to survive the first two years, no, I can't hold it in the third year, so I am invited to catch ghosts." ”
He was still proud, and at this time, Chu Yu spoke, "Haunted? I didn't expect such a thing, I don't know what the reason for the haunting is? This Taoist ...... Oh, I haven't consulted the Daimyo yet. ”
"Ding, a single name is a nine."
"It turned out to be Daochang Ding, fortunately, in Xia Chuyu, this is my escort Zhao Yu, this is Bai Shanshan."
At this time, Chu Yu was also interested, first, he thought that this Ding Jiu was very interesting, and the other was that the Liu family was haunted, there were no ghosts in the world, so how could there be hauntings, most of them were ghosts, and I didn't know who was making ghosts, but they had been making ghosts behind the Liu family for three years, which needs to be investigated.
Ding Jiu also smiled and raised his hand to salute, "Fortunately, it will be fortunate to meet, it turns out to be Gongzi Chu, Gongzi Zhao, and ...... Shanshan girl. ”
Taking turns saluting, he picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.
Shanshan shook her head helplessly, why did she suddenly feel that this Ding Jiu was very improper? Her delusion?
Chu Yu and Zhao Yu also laughed when they heard this, but as soon as they took a bite of tofu, suddenly he put down his chopsticks, looked at Chu Yu seriously, and asked solemnly, "What did you say your name was?" ”
Chu Yu shook his fan and said with a smile, "Chu Yu? What, what's wrong? ”
Ding Jiu looked incredulous, "This is not only wrong, this is a big mistake!" ”
Shanshan and Zhao Yu glanced at each other, and after looking at Chu Yu, he said again, "Brother Ding is talking about what's wrong." ”
"It's not that I said, I'm also very well-informed about this news, I know more or less about the capital, such as today, the people know that we have changed the new monarch, if I remember correctly, the new monarch is surnamed Chu, and it happens to be called Chu Yu, is it really such a coincidence?"
Chu Yu laughed, and Shanshan and Zhao Yu on the side also laughed.
"What's wrong? Am I not right? How could there be such a coincidence in this world? It just so happens that you have the same name and surname as the monarch? ”
Ding Jiu looked at the three of them strangely, his words full of suspicion.
"There's only one possibility!" Ding Jiu looked around, stretched out his head to Chu Yu's side, and whispered, "You are the monarch!" ”
Seeing his cautious appearance, Chu Yu laughed louder, which made Ding Jiu even more confused, after laughing, Chu Yu folded the fan, brushed his sideburns with his left hand, and naturally patted the fan, and said, "This is Brother Ding, you don't know, as the saying goes, the world is big, there are no surprises, there are more people with the same name and surname, but as Brother Ding said." Meeting is fate, I happen to have the same name and surname as the current monarch, and we also happen to meet here, how about it, am I right? ”
Zhao Yu added, "Yes, our son-in-law has never seen the face of the current monarch." ”
Shanshan listened, couldn't hide her smile, and also said, "Daochang Ding, you also said that the current monarch has just ascended the throne for a few days, and you said that he is entangled in so many government affairs, how can he have this leisure and leisure, and come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers?" Well? Right? ”
Ding Jiu was said by the three of them in turn, and thought about it seriously, it seemed to be such a reason, especially when Chu Yu mentioned what he just said, it seemed that he couldn't refute it, right.
"Hey, hey, hey! That's really wrong! Excuse me! ”
Ding Jiuhan laughed a few times, his eyes narrowed into a slit.
The three of them glanced at each other, and saw Ding Jiu pick up the chopsticks and start eating, Chu Yu suddenly asked, "Brother Ding, what you said about the Liu family is haunted, but is it true?" ”
Ding Jiu was still thinking about what happened just now, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was thinking too much, and this matter was put aside for the time being, and when Chu Yu asked this, he couldn't help but answer, "What else is true or false about this kind of thing, Master Liu gave me money, I have to catch ghosts for them, there are ghosts to catch ghosts, I still catch ghosts if there are no ghosts, do you say it is true or false?" ”
Seeing what he said so calmly, Shanshan couldn't help frowning, "So you're pretending to be a ghost and deceiving Master Liu?" ”
Ding Jiu just ate a mouthful of mapo tofu, choked on it, and almost didn't die of spiciness, so he quickly drank his saliva, his brows were twisted into one, "Miss Shanshan, that's not what I said, although I am a Taoist priest, I am still a Taoist priest with real skills, but the people take food as the sky, if I don't make money, how can I eat and sleep?" Master Liu gave me money, and I reassured him, this is a good deal, it can't be regarded as pretending to be a ghost, it is not counted. ”