Chapter 241: Offensive and Defensive Changes
"Your golden bottle boy is a filial son, and he has made a rule that no monsters are allowed to go to Baqiu Town to spread wild, and our fellow Taoists all know it."
Gao Tianzhang made a shaking motion, and the four faces rotated back and forth on his neck like a marquee, looking very weird: "This Banbi dares to violate the ban, but his ability is so poor, he deserves to die and become blood food." ”
Hearing this, the vertical eye woman pulled the body of the strange snake from its hand, opened its mouth wide, and its teeth were like knives, and it bit off the rabbit's head effortlessly, chewing it with a rattling sound, and immediately saliva mixed with blood, wrapped in bone residue dripping from the corners of the mouth.
It wiped the corners of its mouth casually, and munched on it while muttering: "Sure enough, it is fatty and smooth, and it has another wonderful point compared to the horizontal eye meat, I didn't know it before." ”
Gao Tianzhang laughed, but it was like a ghost crying: "Then you have to thank the golden bottle." ”
The Golden Vase Boy just waved his hand absently, and did not open his mouth to pick up the stubble.
These three mountain spirits are unscrupulous in their words and deeds, and do not regard the lives of other creatures as a matter, in their eyes, both human race and demons are nothing more than meat that can be killed and eaten.
Gao Tianzhang and the Vertical Eyes did not mention that although the Golden Bottle Child had some protection for his neighbors and was not merciless when he killed the strange snake Ban Nose, he turned a blind eye to the girl who fell into the belly of Gao Tianzhang, obviously holding the attitude of only sweeping the snow in front of his house and ignoring the frost on the tiles of others.
Gao Tianzhang was born in all directions, which can be called seeing six ways and listening to all directions, although talking to the vertical eye woman and the golden bottle child at the same time, it does not prevent it from paying attention to the movement in the lobby at all times, no matter how it moves, there are always one or two eyes staring at the body of Qi Jingzhi, a fresh face.
Qi Jingzhi didn't know what to do, and reached out to pick up the strange fruit that looked like a yam from the plate in front of him, even if he didn't eat it, he had already sensed the pure aura contained in it.
Although this fruit is not as good as Zhu Yihou's mountain Jiao, nor is it as good as the spirit plant carefully cultivated in the Purple Void Pavilion of his own master, it is already better than most of the plants and trees in the Crane Valley, and it is obviously not ordinary.
Seeing this, Gao Tianzhang suddenly spoke: "Speaking of filial piety, have you ever heard of a strange news? There was a teacher surnamed Yao in Najiashi County, who died of poverty and illness a few days ago, leaving an old mother in the church. ”
When he died, he was buried in the back of his house, and on the second day a weed four or five feet tall suddenly grew on the grave, and it bore a lot of fruit. Those fruits are so sweet and glutinous that a mortal can eat one without feeling hungry all day, and when they are plucked in the morning, they will grow again at noon, and they are simply inexhaustible. ”
"The old mother of the teacher knew that it was her son's apparition, and she wept in front of the grave, and the strange grass also fell to the ground and worshipped, and for a time the matter spread to the township, and the local people called the grass filial piety and ghost grass."
Hearing this, the golden bottle child, who was still a little unconcerned, finally became interested, and couldn't help but praise: "Filial piety, life and death do not return, that teacher is really a filial son!" His dead soul could not fall in love, and finally turned into a foreign grass, and sacrificed his mother with the fruits of his own fruit. ”
"It's a pity that if that filial piety ghost grass wants to bear such fruits, it must be extremely depleting of essence, and I am afraid that it will not last long before the oil runs out and the lamp will dry up and disappear, but it can't be our fellow believers."
When Gao Tianzhang heard this, he laughed: "That's not necessarily!" The Yao family's house is close to the official road, which is the land under the jurisdiction of the Dao Chenghuang, and when they hear about such strange plants and fruits, they will take good care of them in order to enjoy them for a long time. When the magistrates and gentry knew about this, they would have given generously and would never let an old mother feed on her son. ”
"If you are still not at ease, you can bury some blood and food in the grave of the filial son of the Yao family every few days, thinking that in order to serve the old mother for a few more years, that filial piety ghost grass will never refuse your kindness."
"Huh?" Hearing the name of the Dao City God, the Golden Vase Child immediately reacted.
It grabbed the strange fruit on its plate, held it high above its head, and released a strange light in its eyes: "Tonight is the Dao Chenghuang feast, could it be that this thing is the fruit of the filial piety ghost grass?" ”
At this moment, the vertical eye woman had already chewed most of the rabbit head in her mouth, and when she saw the head of the high heavens, she immediately lowered her head and approached the fruit of the filial piety ghost grass with her red nose to the sky.
This ugly and hideous witch sniffed carefully, and her face was disgusted: "In my opinion, that person surnamed Yao is not a filial son!" Since it is necessary to bear fruit, it should bear fragrant flesh and fruit, what can a dry grass fruit like this taste like? ”
The other two mountain spirits knew its taste, and they didn't bother to refute it.
The golden bottle child looked at the sky silently, and the high heavenly man pointed a face at Chengdeqi: "The fruit of this filial piety ghost grass is also rare, it can be seen that this Dao Chenghuang is very sincere, and it is no wonder that when we entered the door, the maple ghost asked about the origin of this fruit, but the shopkeeper refused to say." ”
Cheng Deqi smiled on his face and bowed slightly to it: "The host of the banquet has not arrived, how dare Cheng Mou overstep his bounds?" ”
Gao Tianzhang bowed slightly, but he no longer spoke, and only the sound of chewing and swallowing was left in the lobby, and it was a little cold for a while.
After another moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and a round, chubby young man walked in first.
He looks like he is not weak, and there is nothing round about his whole body, except for his tall and fat body, his skull is round, his face is round, his nose is round, his eyes are big and round, and his skin is white and red, which is very pleasing to look at.
This round and fat young man had a kind smile on his face, and as soon as he entered the door, he looked around, and when he saw Qi Jingzhi, there was a flash of essence in his eyes, which were still lacking some brilliance and like dead fish eyes.
"Lishan Hirono?"
Qi Jingzhi saw the appearance of this young man clearly, although it was the first time they really met, the aura on the other party's body was not concealed in the slightest, and it was exactly the same as the red fire fat fish that represented the bloodline of the Tongyu clan.
"After all, I was caught up by this guy! The Lingguan Mask Armor can fool these unknown spirits in the hall, but it is useless to Lishan Hirono, the Lingtailang who has seen my true face. ”
Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi shook his head imperceptibly at the other party.
Lishan Guangye's mind was so clear that he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately looked away as if nothing happened, stepped aside, and let go of the main entrance of the lobby.
A chariot followed in, carried by four diminutive kobolds in green clothes and black crowns.
On the top of the chariot sat a middle-aged man, wearing a black gauze crown and a crimson official robe, who should be the host of tonight's banquet, that is, the legendary Dao Chenghuang.
This person was sitting precariously with a solemn expression, but Qi Jingzhi saw it in his eyes, not only did he not feel the slightest bit of the official authority and divine power that belonged to the Dao Chenghuang, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose, and he was about to laugh out loud on the spot.
It's just because this Dao Chenghuang has eight-character eyebrows, mouse eyes, thick white putty on his face, and bright and dazzling blush on his cheeks, which is really funny.
Not to mention that compared to the roundness of Lishan Guangye, this person is really fat like a ball, not only the limbs are thick and short, but the neck is already too fat to be seen, but it seems that the head and body are directly connected together.
Behind Dao Chenghuang's steps were two even shorter cat-faced maids, whose dresses and fur were black and white, and the fluff on their faces looked very supple, and their eyes shimmered with green.
The white-faced maid holds a long, thin white wooden pole in her hand, while the black-faced maidservant holds a black wooden pole of the same length.
Qi Jingzhi had seen this pair of black and white road gods shaped like long poles, and he once gave money to buy mountains as a reward for the other party's kind guidance.
As for the two cat-faced maids, one black and one white, the aura on their bodies is very close to the black and white long pole, and they should be the fourth pair of road gods that Qi Jingzhi has never met.
Although most of these spirits that bred in the northern part of Meizhou were humanoid, they were either extremely tall and grew into wooden poles like the Gao Tianzhang people, or they were very short like the children in the golden bottle, and none of them were similar to the size of the human race and were handsome.
Especially at this moment, in the lobby, there are Lishan Guangye, a tall and fat man, and Chengdeqi, a short and fat man, and the Dao Chenghuang on the chariot is also fat, and his height is in the middle.
The three of them gathered together, and although their faces were different, their bodies were very similar.
Qi Jingzhi saw it in his eyes, and for no reason, he remembered the scene when Gao Tianzhang swallowed the poor girl in one gulp, and immediately irrepressibly gave birth to an absurd thought.
"With the shape of the Dao Chenghuang, it seems that it is just right to fit the Chengde Vessel into it, and Lishan Hirono can put the Dao Chenghuang into the body......
In the midst of the thoughts, Qi Jingzhi, the two master servants of the Bannu and the three mountain spirits did not move, and the rest of the spirits such as the Fengzi Ghost and the seven car-spoke boys got up in unison, and shouted hello to the Dao Chenghuang under the leadership of Chengdeqi.
Dao Chenghuang snorted, turned his head and looked around, seeing that the square table in the lobby was still more than half empty, and there was a look of displeasure on his face.
It was about to speak, but was interrupted by a sudden thud.
The whole hall or the human race or the demons were all alarmed, and they all followed the sound to the square table where the three mountain spirits were, only to see that a dish containing vegetables was smashed over by the headless corpse of the strange snake Sakanose, and the soup of the dishes was scattered everywhere.
The vertical-eyed woman ignored the many eyes that fell on her, and even more so that she didn't see the ugly Dao Chenghuang, and only stared at the pair of hideous vertical eyes at Lishan Guangye, and the saliva flowing from the corners of her mouth was already in a line, and she said with words in her mouth: "There is such a delicate and fatty cross-eyed meat in the world!" ”
Lishan Hirono listened to it sincerely, and the smile on his face became more and more kind, as if the person coveted by the demon woman was not himself.
Cheng Deqi smelled the smell of danger, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Dao Chenghuang, and asked respectfully: "Since Master Daochenghuang has arrived, and the hour is not early, is it time to have a banquet now?" ”
Dao Chenghuang nodded his head a few times, but his neck was almost none, and his whole body swayed back and forth, making people very worried that it would fall from the step in the next moment: "When the time comes, the banquet will be held, and if you don't come at this time, you must not come!" ”
With that, it drove the four kobolds to carry the chariot to the edge of the square table in the center.
After the chariot landed, it did not move, and the kobold still carried itself onto the bench with the joint efforts of the kobolds.
Without a backrest, the fat Dao Chenghuang shook on the bench for a while before he could stabilize his body, while the four kobolds had already run to a corner with their chariots and drooled over the food and drinks on the table.
Seeing this scene, Qi Jingzhi was inexplicably a little bitter, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up: "The furnishings of this Xiema Stack are really shabby, and those kobolds are not very smart, it's really embarrassing for this dignified Dao Chenghuang master." ”
He originally thought that the other party would be able to lead four pairs of black and white road gods, suppressing the fierce mountain spirits such as the Gao Tianzhang people, the vertical eye woman and the golden bottle child, even if he was not the righteous god of the imperial court, he should be a luxury hero among the Dao spirit road monsters.
However, at this time, seeing Dao Chenghuang's funny face and shabby pomp, Rao is Qi Jingzhi is not a person who judges people by their appearance, and he can't help but feel absurd and stunned.
The two pairs of road gods, shaped like cat-faced maidservants and black and white long poles, occupy a table by themselves, and the Dao Chenghuang and the three mountain spirits happen to be distributed in the word "Pin".
Lishan Guangye deliberately fell last, and then sat down at the table of the three mountain spirits without hesitation, close to the vertical eyes who were salivating at the corners of his mouth and staring at him.
After Dao Chenghuang sat down, he looked at the guests in the hall again, and his eyes paused for a while on the corpse of the strange snake Sakabi, and his expression was very unkind.
The three mountain spirits didn't have the slightest meaning to explain, and the vertical eyes who were attracted by the Lishan Guangye didn't mention it, but the high heaven and the golden bottle boy were staring at the two pairs of black and white road gods.
Gao Tianzhang's facial features are all holes, and it is difficult to guess what he thinks from his expression, but there is obvious surprise on the face of the golden bottle child.
Dao Chenghuang was silent for a long time, and looked away without asking a word.
Then it saw Qi Jingzhi, and its eyes couldn't help but pause again, as if it had finally discovered the uninvited guest at the table until this moment.
Seeing this, Chengdeqi, who was standing beside Dao Chenghuang, hurriedly explained a few words in a low voice, using naturally the same set of rhetoric that Qi Jingzhi had said before.
Seeing that Dao Chenghuang's pair of eight-character eyebrows were tightly furrowed, there was obviously a little more sadness in his expression.
At the same time, its rat-like eyes twinkled, but it didn't know what was going on.
After that, this Dao Chenghuang only took a deep look at Qi Jing, and then looked away, and also didn't ask a word.
Cheng Deqi couldn't help but become more and more vigilant, and seeing that Dao Chenghuang had no more orders, he immediately bowed down and retreated, and staggered to the back of the counter.
In order to see the situation in the hall at all times, the shopkeeper carefully stood on a wooden bench, barely exposing half of his head, and only by bending his knees slightly and squatting, he could disappear completely.
As the host of the banquet, Dao Chenghuang naturally couldn't always say nothing.
I saw that it was lucky, and said straight to the point: "This official is late, because I suddenly received the news, following the black and white road gods of Budai Stream, the two people of Niutou Cliff also suddenly disappeared, and the arrow monument as its body is also nowhere to be seen, so I think it has been an accident." ”
Hearing this, the golden bottle child immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "I thought it was just an accident in the cloth bag stream, and I didn't want to ...... the Niutou Cliff."
"Hehe, since such a big event has happened, shouldn't the territory of the Lushen vein and the mountain spirits such as me be redrawn?"
The tone of the golden bottle child was full of schadenfreude, and Gao Tianzhang couldn't help nodding when he heard it, and the words he said were also undisguised: "If there is only one pair of road gods missing, our three mountain spirits are not one heart, and no one dares to go all out, so we are not completely sure, but now there are two pairs of road gods missing in a row......"
After saying that, Gao Tianzhang stood up suddenly, took a slight step on his two long legs, and in the blink of an eye, he stood on the edge of the square table where the maple ghost was.
"Fengzi ghost, the maple tree you parasitize on is obviously an old tree at the foot of the mountain, but if you have the heart to drink water and think about the source, you should also favor us and other mountain spirits! But you have a backbone in the back of your head, saying that you are just a parasitic branch, and it happens to extend to the sky above the official road, so you shamelessly want to hold the stinky feet of the road god. ”
Gao Tianzhangren's words became more and more explicit, and he simply looked at the Dao Chenghuang on the side as if he was nothing: "Hehe, now that the Lushen vein has been hit hard, and the offensive and defensive momentum has been reversed, what do you have to say to me?" ”
(End of chapter)