Chapter 25: The Clay Doll

The breeze blows on the face, the flowers are sandwiched, the flowers are fragrant, and the birds are pleasant. The breeze blew the leaves, and the warm sunlight fell on the road, three teenagers, two in front of one and one behind. The first two were in high spirits and in good spirits. The latter one was listless, with a wooden stick in his right hand sweeping the grass on the side of the road, kicking stones and raising dust under his feet, and holding a gold nugget tightly in his left hand. From time to time, his eyes stared at the two teenagers in front of him, frowning.

"As far as you are good-hearted, and the poor are many, there is not a great crowd in this city-state under the world. You've scattered all the bags of gold," the young man shouted at the two in front of him. I don't know how many times I've said this along the way.

It turned out that Eleven, Jin Jiu, and Miao had left Tianshui City, and on the way to the Netherworld, they passed through many towns, and there were many poor people begging in the towns.

Jin Jiu was arrogant by nature and looked very lightly at this gold, Miao didn't care at first, the gold was too heavy to hold, but when he saw that the gold was getting less and less, he was stingy. Jin Jiu saw Miao twisting like this, so he used it strongly.

In the past, Jin Jiu felt that he was unmanly to some of Miao's practices, but Miao always looked like he understood everything in front of Jin Jiu, talking about this and that, and coaxing, so Jin Jiu thought that he didn't understand the outside world. Miao listened to what he said.

Since getting along with Eleven, I always feel that Eleven's words are very reasonable, to be a man to help the needy, the eldest husband pulls out a knife to help when he sees injustice on the road, these words are like hatred and hatred for Jin Jiu, and the anger of justice is very similar. So every time I saw refugees in destitute and destitute people, the poor and sick, I would give up my wealth generously. Every time someone thanked him, his heart was very happy. Later, Miao didn't give it, Jin Jiu Iron Fist, where did Miao twist Jin Jiu. Now there is only a piece of gold left in his hand, and he says that he will not give anything. Walk some distance.

These days, the trio walked all the way to the northwest. Miao thought about touring the mountains and rivers, looking at it along the way, and every time she went to a city, she would have to visit for a day or two. Eleven just came down the mountain, very interested in the novelty of the outside world, and there are many people in the city, although Eleven thought that Xiaoting and Dayou would not go to crowded places, but they still looked carefully. Jin Jiu is not very old, the child has a temper, and he came to the Netherworld, and he has only grown up in Tianshui City, and he is also very happy to see fun and novel things. This makes it a lot slower. Walk by walking, eleven have an ethereal line of clothes to walk fast, Miao where there is water can be a thousand miles a day, but without water to walk slower than anyone else, and do not know the way, often walk on some rugged paths.

I got up this morning, walked a distance in the woods, saw a avenue, and walked along the avenue for a long time, and suddenly Jin Jiu excitedly shouted, "There is a city in front, eleven brothers, look!"

Eleven followed the direction of Jin Jiu's finger and looked up into the distance, not far away, it was indeed a city.

Miao who was following behind heard this, his heart was happy, and he was tired of being listless just now, and suddenly he was full of energy, and said with a smile: "I've been walking for several days, and I finally saw a city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran in the direction of the city, and his rapid pace raised the dust that followed, Eleven and Jin Jiu looked at it in a daze, and Miao gradually blurred from the dust.

Seeing this, Eleven and Jin Jiu also quickened their pace and headed towards the city.

After a while, the two of them walked to the gate of the city, and couldn't help but marvel when they saw the magnificence of the city gate, but in fact, this city gate was a little worse than Tianshui City, but for so many days, they were passing by some small towns and towns, and suddenly they felt a lot more momentum when they saw it. The head of the city gate is horizontally engraved with three words: "Ganmo City".

The two walked into the city, the streets were lined with vendors setting up stalls and shouting, and there was a bustling crowd in the middle of the road, Miao didn't know where she went, these days the gold was gone, and the time was almost noon, so she felt a little hungry when she should eat something. was looking for it, Miao walked over slowly, listless. Jin Jiu asked, "Where have you been?"

So the three of them began to look for a place to eat, Miao looked at the surrounding scene, and said, "I seem to have been to this city the year before last." Then there was a tempting fragrance wafting not far away, which stimulated the hungry nerves of the three from time to time, and also seemed to evoke Miao's memories, he suddenly said: "I remember, there is a restaurant in front of me called Qianli Piaoxiang Building, and the food there is delicious! This fragrance must have wafted from there." I will never forget it in my life!" Miao followed the fragrance and went to find the Ten Miles of Floating Fragrance Building, with Jin Jiu and Eleven following behind. Not long after coming to the door of a restaurant, there are five golden characters written on the forehead "Ten Miles of Fragrance Building". This restaurant is three storeys high, the decoration is extremely elegant, carved eaves and paintings, red windows and green tiles. It's just that there doesn't seem to be a sound of wine inside, and the courtyard is cold. There is also a notice next to the window at the door, which reads: "The small shop has been operating hard for decades, the vegetables and wine are pure, and the daily guests are numerous, but in recent months, there is a gray-headed mud doll, often come here to make trouble, I don't know what magic tricks, make people immobile, tease and insult the guests, causing the door to be cold, ask for the heroes and heroes who pass by, show their skills, capable people, each show their magical powers, women chivalrous guests, show their might." If you catch it, you will be rewarded with a lot of money!"

Eleven suddenly thought that there were indeed some notices on the street just now, but no one cared about them, and they didn't pay attention to them, it seemed that they were the list posted by the store.

"A few guest officers want to eat some wine and food, hurry inside, please. The second shopkeeper came to the door, and when he saw the three teenagers looking at Bangwen, he said anxiously: "Don't worry, the guest officer, today I invited the master to subdue the demon, and the master's magical powers will definitely be able to catch it." Please eat and drink with peace of mind in the three of you. ”

The corners of Miao's mouth curled, and she said happily in her heart: "There are good things to eat again, and there will be good shows to watch later, it couldn't be better!"

It seems that the store has been disturbed in the past few months, and the business is light, and when I see customers coming, I am very positive. Posting this huge document in front of the store seems to be an impossible way to do it. Everyone in the city knows this, it's the same whether it's posted or not, and it can't be hidden, and they all say that the owner of the store did something bad and provoked the demon to retaliate. Otherwise, why only find trouble with his family. Therefore, the people of the city were afraid and did not come to eat. Only passers-by, smelling such a mouth-watering fragrance, may come and have a look. Generally, people passing by have some insight and can't help each other, so they may be able to come up with some ideas and recommend a few capable people with high means.

As soon as Eleven and Jin Jiu entered the door, they saw all kinds of dishes on a table facing the door, steaming hot and wafting with fragrance. At the table sat a green-crowned and purple-robed Taoist guy, with a mustache, shallow wrinkles on his forehead, his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't know what incantation he was chanting. Next to him, a fat man with a round belly, about forty years old, stood smiling. The scattered seats on the first floor were all empty, and I saw Miao alone picking a corner position to sit, facing the door. As if waiting to see a good show, another shopkeeper stood beside him, asking what he wanted to eat.

Although it has been a year or two since the delicacies in the store, Miao still remembers them, so he ordered a few things to be done.

The shopkeeper saw Eleven and Jin Jiu and smiled slightly: "There are two guest officers invited!" After speaking, he turned around and waited for the person to ask something!

After a long time, the three of them looked at the man, only to hear the man chanting the incantation, smelling the fragrance wafting from the table, and swallowing spit from time to time. But the food on my table never came up! Probably because there were too few people eating, and many of the ingredients had to be prepared.

"Are you worried that I don't have enough mana to catch that little ghost?" the man asked slowly, catching a glimpse of the restless shopkeeper out of the corner of his eye.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I've seen the mage's immortal art just now, how can I not be able to suppress that mud doll!" the shopkeeper nodded and laughed on the side.

The man took a deep breath and said, "The people you invited in the past were all a group of rabble, where do they know what spells. The technique used by this clay doll is the earth technique of the five elements, the skin and flesh of people, its nature belongs to the earth, and the immobilization technique is cast, and the fists and feet cannot move. If you don't know how to resolve it, it's useless to have some brute force skills!"

"That's, that's, the mage is so good at immortalism, and he can see the way of the mud doll at a glance, and it's really a master!" the store manager continued to say with a smile, constantly flattering the man. "Just," the shopkeeper continued, but somehow swallowed it back.

"What other concerns?" the man asked.

"I'm just worried about this mud doll, I heard that the mage is coming, and I don't dare to show up today, isn't it?" the shopkeeper whispered.

"Didn't I ask you to make these fragrant meals just to lure him in!" said the man lightly.

The shopkeeper nodded his head and praised the man for his resourcefulness and skill.

After waiting a little longer, the meal for the three of them began to serve. The three of them saw that the food on the table had already swallowed a few bowls of saliva, so they ate it regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one. The shopkeeper is a plate of last and a plate, and there is always a dish on the table. After a while, they had eaten cleanly, had a few full burps, and although their stomachs were full, they still wanted to eat more, and the three of them put down their chopsticks. The shopkeeper stepped forward and said, "The guest officer has a total of ten taels of gold!"

Miao wiped her mouth and looked at Jin Jiu, Jin Jiu smiled and looked at Miao, Eleven looked at the two, and the three of them looked at each other with wide eyes. The shopkeeper looked at the three of them again, smiled and said, "Ten taels of gold, guest officer, who will pay the bill for the three?"

Jin Jiu and Eleven thought that Miao had gold on him, so he followed him into the restaurant. Miao ran to the city first, saw that there was a lot of fun in the city, I don't know what I did on the street, I lost the gold, so I was listless, found the two, and then said the fragrance, as soon as I entered the door of the restaurant, I forgot about it.

Seeing this, the tone in the shop's mouth changed abruptly, and he scolded loudly: "You still come to eat without gold!"

Jin Jiu listened to the anger of his words, and changed back and forth, and his heart suddenly became angry. was about to get up, but the shopkeeper suddenly stopped talking and didn't speak. Look at it again, I saw that he was holding a rag in his left hand, and pointing at the three people with his right hand, obviously he wanted to scold the three of them, but he didn't move, only his eyes rolled around. The shopkeeper had just heard Xiao Er's shout, his eyes widened angrily, and he was striding over, and he stopped there and stopped moving. Listening to the outside, the originally noisy crowd and the sound of hawkers suddenly quieted down. Only the man was still trembling and chanting the incantation. But I was shivering all over my body and sweating profusely. Soon the placket was soaked.

The three of them were very strange, Miao jumped up from her seat, walked outside to see the situation, and saw that the hawkers and pedestrians on the street did not move, maintaining a certain posture and no longer moving. Miao returned to her seat and said strangely: "It's all like a piece of wood!

Although the shopkeeper and Xiao Er couldn't move, their minds were very clear, and when they saw that the three of them were still moving freely, they were shocked, but they couldn't speak, only their eyes rolled around.

Jin Jiu asked, "But why, we can move?"

Eleven thought about it and looked at Xiao Er and the shopkeeper who were staying and said: "Brother Miao can resist water, you are a person in the Netherworld, and I have this ethereal line, probably the fixation technique that the person said has no effect on us!"

Jin Jiu grabbed the wrists of the two of them and smiled: "Then let's go quickly, look at the store, invite us to come in, we don't have the money to pay the bill, sometimes it's the other way, it's really hateful!"

"Don't go, it's so uncomforting, besides, I want to see what this mud doll looks like?" Miao said hurriedly, and then sat down on the original table without moving, holding chopsticks, preparing to clip the dishes with only a few scraps left.

Jin Jiu smiled and said, "This is interesting, and we are like this with the eleven brothers!" and hurriedly went back. Following Miao's example, Eleven also returned to his seat, waiting for what to happen.

Gradually, I heard a crisp bell in the distance, and a child's chant: "Ten miles of fragrant ten miles of incense, the fragrance of wine hooks people's intestines, there are thousands of delicious dishes, and thousands of flowers and jasper are brewed with elixir" It seems that it is the ballad of this ten miles of fragrant building. The sound was getting closer and closer, and the man could tremble a few times at first, but now there was no movement.

After a while, the crisp bell had reached the door, and I saw a child with a gray face, with two skyrockets, not so much sitting, but growing on one head, or four but only one body monster. One of the four heads was a deer's head, a horse's head, a sheep's head, and a camel's head. The four hooves under this body also correspond to the deer, horse, sheep and camel. This is very unusual, and what is even more amazing is that the four heads can speak their own words.

"Oh, why are there so few people in this shop, if there are more, it will be lively!" said the child, dejectedly.

"I'm not scared by you, it's rare to be able to survive until now!" the four brutes said in unison.

"How big is your belly, you can't eat so much food alone. Isn't it the shopkeeper who invited the little grandfather, mine, right? The shopkeeper hasn't even broken this thought? Let's hurry over and see what this guy looks like, whether he has three heads and six arms, copper skin and iron bones!" The mud doll frowned and said slowly.

The four beasts were very obedient, and walked over slowly. The mud doll patted the man's mouth, pinched his mustache, and pulled his clothes, and said, "It's nothing, why can't you think of lowering me?"

"There are three more people over there, let's go over and have a look!" the clay doll pointed to Eleven's table. Miao was secretly happy in her heart. Eleven turned his back to the mud doll but only heard it, and didn't know what it looked like. I'm afraid that I will turn my head and scare him away, but since I want to come over, it's good that I can see what is going on.

Hearing the bell ringing in her ears, the mud doll frowned and said, "Alas, it's really pitiful, three guys, only eat one dish, but that stinky Taoist eats such a big table!" After speaking, he picked up the four beasts, went to the Taoist table, picked two dishes that he and the four animals didn't like to eat the most, and slowly put them on the table of the three with some reluctance. He said, "Eat slowly, don't grab it!" and then went to the man's table and vomited. The four brutes also stretched out their heads to eat, and from time to time they quarreled with each other, making a noise.

Miao stared at the table, Jin Jiu turned his head to say something, Miao quickly made a look, and said softly: "Don't scare him, I have a way!

After a while, the four beasts and the mud doll had cleaned up the food on the Taoist's table, walked up to the shopkeeper, and said, "I must prepare some good ones next time, otherwise I won't be polite to come, I am really not satisfied with this time! The little grandfather wants to punish you a little!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hands and smeared the shopkeeper's face and mouth with black mud. The four-headed beast said, "Next time, you must prepare more fruits, such as red hearts and pears!"

As he was about to leave, the mud doll said, "Wait," and twisted the heads of the four beasts and walked over to their table.

"Why are you so handsome and so white?" said the clay doll, "I hate people being whiter than me the most! Little grandpa, I rewarded you with two dishes, and I will draw two strokes for you when I see that you are pitiful!" As he spoke, he smeared two strokes on Miao and Eleven's faces.

"Doll, did you notice that these three people seem to have moved?" said the deerhead, and the other three chimed in.

"No, it can't be, if I could, I would have known, why didn't you catch me?" said the mud doll, scratching her head.

"yes, I must have not eaten well today!" said the deerhead, and the other three chimed in.

As soon as he finished speaking, the clay doll who was about to leave came to the shopkeeper and teased him again. Then he stopped, sang nursery rhymes leisurely, and went out with a full burp.