Chapter 42: A Visit to the Sauce King and Meet the Imp

After eating, talking for a while, everyone fell asleep around the fire, Tianchu got up and covered Bai Yue with a cloth robe, Bai Yue pretended to be asleep, did not speak, and after Tianchu went back and lay down, Bai Yue turned his head to look at Tianchu, who was wearing a middle coat and shrunk into a ball, and had a different feeling in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a bumpy day they finally arrived in Pi County, just into the city everyone was infected by the festive atmosphere that came to their faces, the streets and alleys were hung with red lanterns, big red silk, every household in the yard to dry peppers, dried broad beans, men, women and children dressed festively, it was even more lively than the New Year.

"Wow, Master, look, those girls are so beautiful." Hong'er, who was lying on Yunfei's back, was attracted by those exquisite embroideries and watched with wide eyes.

"Pixian is not only famous for its bean paste, but also among the best in Shu embroidery, but it's a pity that we are monks and can't wear such clothes." Bai Yue sighed and said sourly.

"Let's go, let's find a place to eat first." Tianchu's words successfully diverted Bai Yue and Hong'er's attention.

A few people came to a small restaurant and ordered a few light dishes, but when the shopkeeper brought it up, he found that something was wrong at the beginning of the day, it was obviously green vegetable tofu, why was it oily and red, and there was an attractive aroma.

Taoism taboos wine, meat, meat and spicy things, at the beginning of the day, when I saw these dishes, I felt a little drummed in my heart, and I didn't know whether to eat or not, so I called the shopkeeper and asked: "We are monks, we must follow the rules and precepts, why is this dish so oily and red, is there anything added?" ”

"Oh, Dao Chang can eat it with confidence, this dish is not meaty, just added to our specialty bean sauce."

"What are so many things, starving, mercy, eat quickly." Bai Yue took the lead in taking a bite of the dish and ate it, Yun Feiyun really saw that Bai Yue's master and apprentice moved his chopsticks, and he ate it not to be outdone.

"Well, it's delicious, the same dish is much better than Master's." Yun Zhen said vaguely while eating.

"Of course, our bean paste here is world-famous, but it's a pity that I can't eat Lin's bean paste anymore." The shopkeeper said helplessly.

"Why?" Bai Yue asked while eating.

"We hold a bean paste contest every year, there has been a king of douban sauce that has won ten consecutive sessions, the bean paste made by her hand is ruddy and oily, the sauce is fragrant, there is a special taste, no one can make it, it is because of her, this Pixian bean paste is famous all over the world, but I don't know why, she stopped participating in the bean paste competition five years ago, and there has never been a bean paste that surpasses her since then, what a pity."

"Maybe she's dead?" Hong'er didn't even think about opening her mouth to speak.

"No, no, she lives in this city, but she doesn't interact with people, and her personality is very strange, and everyone hides from her, and they all say that there are unclean things in her house." The shopkeeper said mysteriously.

"Is it haunted by evil spirits? Looks like we have something to do again, where does the person you are talking about live? Tian Chu asked.

"East of the city, in the alley behind the Jixiang Restaurant, you will know it as soon as you go there, you use it slowly, I have to be busy."

After eating, the six people went to the east of the city, and after looking for a long time, they finally found the auspicious restaurant, a small façade, which is difficult to find without careful searching.

Going around to the back of the auspicious restaurant and into the alley, the small yards of every house are drying chili peppers and broad beans, and rows of jars have been brushed and turned upside down, looking like they are preparing for the bean paste competition.

The six of them were turning their heads and tipping in all directions to see which one seemed to have something unclean, and was looking for it, when an empty yard came into everyone's sight, and compared to the surrounding yard full of peppers and broad beans, this empty yard looked out of place.

"Is there anyone at home?" Tianchu shouted outside the courtyard.

"Squeak-" The dilapidated wooden door pushed open a crack, revealing the face of a pale and thin middle-aged woman, her eyes were dull, her eyes were bloodshot, and she asked with some resistance, "Who are you?" ”

"You're the king of bean paste, aren't you?" Yun Zhen hurriedly asked.

"You're the king!" The door slammed shut, and Tianchu said angrily: "Yun Zhen, you're doing you a disservice, don't talk anymore." Then Tianchu continued to shout outside the courtyard, but no matter how much he shouted, the other party no longer came out.

What can I do? Originally, I wanted to help people, this is good, one sentence offended people, but Tianchu's character is impossible to just forget it, he has to take care of this matter to the end, there is no way for everyone to accompany him and wait for dark, if there are really ghosts in this courtyard, then just end the matter, anyway, Tianchu did good deeds not to ask for returns.

The six of them went out for a walk again, and when it got dark, they came back here, squatting outside the yard with the cold wind swishing, which made Bai Yue a little bit incomprehensible to Tianchu, and people didn't ask him for help, why did he drag his family to suffer here for other people's affairs?

Just thinking about it, there was movement in the yard, and a child suddenly appeared in the empty yard, about ten years old, with a pale and gray face, bare feet, wet and dazed, and a thin little body lying on the edge of the window, tiptoeing and looking in.

"Mother......" A small faint voice sounded.

Suddenly, the golden light around Tianchu flashed, and Bai Yue turned into a true qi talisman in his hand, and he was about to throw it at the kid ghost as soon as he was lucky, but he was quickly held down by Tianchu's hand.

"What are you doing? Don't tell me this is your apprentice too? There's something wrong with you, isn't it!? Bai Yue was afraid of alarming this child, so she lowered her voice, stared, frowned, and wanted to eat Tianchu.

"Wait a minute, you still haven't figured out what's going on? What if I make a mistake? Tian Chu also explained in a low voice.

"Did I hear me right? Are you a Taoist? It is natural for Taoist priests to fight ghosts, how can they make mistakes? Bai Yue pinched her waist and reasoned confidently.

"Ghosts are the same as people, there are good and bad, you can't kill them all with a stick, if he has a wish to be fulfilled, we should help him, so that he can be reincarnated, you will be killed by this beating, but there will be nothing." Tianchu patiently explained, with a request in his tone.

"You!" was so angry that Bai Yue shook Tianchu's hand against her and ignored him anymore.

Disturbed by the quarrel between Bai Yue and Tianchu, this kid ghost heard Tianchu's last words, he turned around and suddenly floated over, came to Tianchu and knelt down for Tianchu.

"Uncle, are you really willing to help me?" The child ghost kneeling on the ground looked up at Tianchu pitifully, wet and dripping with water, his face was full of water or tears, and his sad expression made people worry when they looked at it.

"Of course you do, do you have any unfulfilled wishes? Penis. Tianchu squatted down and looked at the child at eye level, his eyes were full of tenderness.

Seeing Tianchu and the little ghost chatting with the sky, Bai Yue was dumbfounded, she has killed countless ghosts in the past twenty years, and she has never heard of ghosts and appeals, looking at Tianchu's expression that can melt frost, Bai Yue suddenly had mixed feelings in her heart, as if she had been hit on the head, and the so-called justice in her heart was shattered and collapsed.