In the afternoon. Song You was washing clothes in the backyard of the inn, and a little foam was rubbed out of the wooden basin. The three-flowered cat sat upright in front of him, staring at him.

Turning her head to look behind her, there was no one, so she whispered: "You don't need to buy me meat to eat these days, there are rats here, I will catch rats to eat at night." Song You didn't look up, but just asked while washing: "Is the mouse delicious or the fish delicious?" ”

"The fish is in the water, I can't catch it."

"What about the rats and the meat you bought?"

"It costs money to buy meat."

"Which one is delicious?"

"I don't know." The three-flowered cat raised its paws and licked it: "But it doesn't matter if you don't eat other meat, if you don't eat a mouse, you will want to eat it." It costs money to buy meat, so let's spend less. ”

"......" Song You found it interesting. To her, this rat is like a staple food, although there is nothing better, but she can't help but eat it.

At this time, the three-flowered cat stared at him, and saw that he had finished washing his robe, and then washed his little clothes, she blinked and stared, and whispered: "If only the swallow were here, the swallow must have found a place to hide from the rain before it rained, and we would not be caught in the rain." ”

"It doesn't matter."

"I'm going to do the laundry."

"It should have been washed."

"......" Sanhua Cat didn't speak, just changed its position and lay down, yawned, and continued to stare at him.

"You're like an overseer."

"I don't know what an overseer is."

"Then you're not smart."

“？”

"I'm going out in the afternoon, you look sleepy, do you want to sleep in your room?" It's good to catch rats at night. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Go to the teahouse and buy some more things."

"Sanhua Niangniang will come with you."

"It's fine." Song You stopped talking and concentrated on washing clothes. Before you know it, the weather is already very warm, and when the sun is best in the afternoon, you can see people wearing half arms on the street, so Song You is going to go out to buy some oiled paper, and after the thick clothes in autumn and winter are washed and dried, he will wrap them up and put them at the bottom of the quilt bag.

I should go somewhere else and ask Mr. Li again, and ask a little more. Buy another small fish. No matter how much money you have or how little money you have, as long as there is a place to buy fish and meat, you will not lose the money for Sanhua Niangniang to eat fish and meat.

The spring water is no longer frozen. The hemp rope also gradually dried all over the clothes. …… In the evening of the same day, west of the city. Li Daguan had just eaten dinner, his expression was extremely comfortable and satisfied, and he came out of the house, ready to have some fun, but as soon as he took a step, he saw an acquaintance at a glance.

I'm not very familiar with it, I've only seen it once. I just saw it this morning. I saw that the Taoist was still wearing that robe, and he was still followed by the three-flowered cat, standing opposite the door of his house, staring at himself, and there was no expression on his face.

“？” Li Daguan suddenly felt a little bad. If an ordinary Taoist monk or an old beggar stares at him like this, he will only think that the other party wants to get some money from him, and a mouth must be a sentence of "I look at you or something".

However, he had had some unpleasantness with this Dao man this morning, and now that this Dao man had come to him specially, it was hard to feel that it was a good thing.

Wrong! How did he find himself? Could it be a chance encounter? It can be seen that his expression is clearly like he is waiting for himself here.

Li Daguan was not sure, he was a little apprehensive and a little annoyed, so he only pretended to be fierce on his face and strode over.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm waiting here for the officials."

"What are you waiting for me to do?" Li Daguan glared at him,

"This morning, the Sprinkle family opened up and let you go, you still dare to come to the door, are you really not afraid that you can't fight? Or do you think the Sprinkle family seems to be deceiving? ”

"The officials misunderstood." Song You smiled and said to him: "It's just that I saw that the official has a demonic spirit and bad luck this morning, I'm afraid that I have been getting along with the demon god for a long time, and I have done too many bad things, so if it goes on for so long, the official may have no way back at all, so I came to rescue the official." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? What monster? ”

"Officials know it." Li Daguan looked Song You up and down: "Hey! You Taoist priest who walks around the kiln! What kind of master is pretended? Cheating money to the head of the Sprinkle family? Have you ever asked who the Sprinkle family is? After a few rumors from hearsay, I think it can be used to coax your family officials, and if you don't leave, you will have to beg for a good fight! ”

"Officials accumulate virtue in their mouths."

"You accumulate some virtue! A Taoist ran to play with a nun, what kind of worldly master is I pretending to be here? ”

"There are many people in this world who can speak, but there are very few people who know how to shut up at the right time, which is really a kind of cultivation." Song You said to him,

"If the officials can't keep their mouths shut, they will be willing to serve."

"I don't ......" Li Daguan's eyes suddenly widened, and he was speechless.

It's not that you can't speak—it's that you can't even open your mouth! The two mouths were closed tightly, as if they were no longer their own, and no matter how much they tried to open their mouths, it would not move at all, it would not be able to exert its strength, and it would not listen to itself.

"Hmm......" Li Daguan kept talking. The three-flowered cat tilted its head and stared at him. Li Daguan's expression became more and more frightened.

However, he could not say a word here, and could only listen to the man say to him, "Rest assured, official."

"If you want to harm the life of an official, you can easily do it at the bottom, but compared to taking the life of the official, you hope that the official can reform and become good from now on.

"I live on the left side of the second floor of the Jingfu Inn, room 2, the official's spell will be unsolved every morning and noon, and it will be restored after a moment, after thinking clearly, you can come to me." When you come to look for it, you must bring a bowl of light wine and three pieces of silver. With that, the man left.

The three-flowered cat also followed.

"Hmmmm......" Li Daguan's eyes were wide open, but no matter how he supported him, the man didn't look back, but the cat looked back at him a few times, his face was full of curiosity, and the passers-by on the side of the road also looked at him in surprise.

It's not as simple as not being able to speak, you can't open your mouth, and you can't eat or drink. Li Daguan's eyes rolled.

Turning back to his home, he quietly watched the man go away, waited a little longer, and hurried out of the city.

However, he was also clever, and went around a lot of circles, often stopping to see if there was any following, and only after making sure that there was not, did he walk to a hidden place in the east of the city.

This is the place where the Agile Great Immortal is enshrined. Stay here until midnight. The mouth really recovered, and it was no different.

Li Daguan immediately lit incense and knelt down, bowed to the statue of the sensitive immortal, and told him what happened to him today, and the person slandered the sensitive immortal as a monster, and asked the sensitive immortal to unlock the spell of the demon path for him.

These scoundrels are indeed very muddy, but they really worship the sensitive immortals, not only believing in the mana of the sensitive immortals, but also sincerely worshipping the incense.

Sensitive Daisen is also very effective most of the time. Li Daguan felt that with the magic power of the Great Immortal, it should be easy to unravel this spell on his body.

It's just a little Taoist. However, after finishing speaking, I waited for a while, and I saw the cigarette curling in front of me, and as usual, they all flew towards the statue of the Sensitive Immortal, but I didn't see the response of the Sensitive Immortal.

Li Daguan didn't dare to squeak, and only waited quietly. Until the three sticks of incense are burned. The idol in front of him suddenly seemed to come to life and became more vivid, and when he looked at him with burning eyes, a voice came out of thin air: "Where does he live?" "The voice was ethereal, and it had its own majesty.

Li Daguan hurriedly lowered his head: "It is said that it is the room on the left on the second floor of the Jingfu Inn, and the second room on the ground is ......."

"What does it look like?"

"Young and delicate, as tall as me, thin, and looks like he is in his twenties." Li Daguan lowered his head deeply, not daring to raise his head,

"Daxian is going to be ......"

"A small way, after learning some tricks to deceive, he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and he dared to insult this immortal, so he wanted to meet him for a while."

"My mouth ......"

"It's a trivial matter, don't be in a hurry."

"Okay." The idol was restored to its original state. Li Daguan waited in place, thinking that the sensitive immortal had said

"It's a trivial matter, don't be in a hurry" said that it would soon be able to untie him, but he waited and waited, and when he wanted to say something again, he found that his mouth could not be opened again.

“？” Li Daguan was stunned again, and he didn't think that the Sensitive Great Immortal didn't untie it for himself.

Could it be that the Sensitive Great Immortal has forgotten? Or are you dissatisfied with your performance and deliberately condemn yourself? Anyway, if you had known, you should have drunk a glass of water.

Now I just feel thirsty. …… At the fourth watch, it was dark outside the window. If it is a big city like Yidu, there may be drunks walking on the side of the street shouting at this time, maybe the light boxes of the shops outside the door have not yet burned out candles, but in this small city, it is quiet and dark.

But only for people. For cats, such a night can still see, and there is still a lot of movement during the night.

Especially the three flower girls. The breathing and snoring of the guests in the adjacent room, the sound of the night wind blowing through the eaves, the shaking of the clothes to dry, and the subtle sound coming from the rat hole at the foot of the wall downstairs.

"Huh?" Suddenly something was wrong. The cat ran two steps on the bed, jumped lightly, jumped on the windowsill without a sound, and then leaned at the window and looked down.

I saw a short figure walking down the street. The figure was no more than half a man tall, dressed in a man's clothes, chubby, and liked to walk against the foot of the wall, shaking and shaking, stepping out, and stopping to look left and right.

“？” The owner of the incense seller on the mountain? No! But the same as that boss! The three-flowered cat didn't make a sound, and poked out the window again, nodding again, and staring quietly.

When the short figure came to the door of the inn, he stopped, and then looked upstairs. Of course, Sanhua Niangniang once relied on catching rats as a god, and it is impossible for a mouse to find out her whereabouts.

There was a slight movement from below. The little man was coming upstairs. Almost instinctively, the three-flowered cat hid in the corner of the room in an instant, shrunk and hidden, staring at the window with only a pair of eyes.