When I returned home, I saw that the two talismans on the table were gone, but there were a few more words on the note.

Song You picked it up and took a look:

Obey the Immortal Commandment.

“……”

Song You shook his head, if he could be called an immortal, then the immortal was too ordinary.

Then he took out half a copper coin and said to the Sanhua cat who had jumped on the couch: "Congratulations to Sanhua Niangniang, the first business opened the door, and I ran for several days to earn almost the same." ”

"How much is it?"

"Sanhua Niangniang caught forty-six rats, and the housekeeper promised ten cents each, but the man said that Sanhua Niangniang was brave and mighty, and helped him a lot, gave us a little more, and gave five hundred yuan."

"How much is five hundred?"

"......" Song You thought for a moment and said, "The house here is the most expensive house in the world, we live here for a month, the rent is 1,000 yuan, and 500 yuan can live for half a month." ”

"Is it much?"

"A lot."

The three-flowered cat was already very happy when she heard it.

But I heard this person continue: "And Steward Yang also said that the mansions of the whole street are making trouble, and they have to ask Sanhua Niangniang to help, and we may really rely on Sanhua Niangniang to live in this Changjing City in the future." ”

When the three-flowered cat heard this, it was even more happy.

"That's right!"

"It seems that people really can't do without cats, and they can't do without good cats like Sanhua Niangniang."

"That's right!"

"This is Sanhua Niangniang's money, please accept it from Sanhua Niangniang."

"Use it to pay for the house."

"Put it in this drawer first."

"Okay!"

"Sanhua Niangniang has been busy all night, let's rest early, maybe I will continue to be busy tonight."

"Next time, don't say that you're done in one night!"

"Are you tired of Sanhua Niangniang?"

"It's not!"

The cat raised her head to look at him, with a serious expression: "There are too many rats over there, and I can only eat one or two of them every day, it's too wasteful, a few more days, I can eat a few more days." ”

“……”

This cat is pretty good.

Song You thought helplessly and said, "Then we can only lie to them and say that after catching it in one night, Sanhua Niangniang will be tired, and it will take a few more days to catch it." ”

"Lie to them and say~"

"Of course I lied to them."

"That's right!"

The three-flowered cat looked at him for a while, his eyes gradually changed from bright to weak, yawned, and lay down, but he still kept his eyes open, staring at him, and sometimes looking at the handful of money.

Very sleepy, but happy, can't sleep.

……

In the afternoon, sure enough, someone came looking for him again.

Song You told them that catching so many mice in one night would make the cat tired, and after such a time, they might not be able to catch it cleanly, and there would be rats that slipped through the net, so they told them to catch it in five days, and as for the fee, like Liu Langzhong, five hundred yuan will be charged at a time.

So every afternoon to send Sanhua Niangniang over, and in the morning to pick her up, every night Sanhua Niangniang caught seven or eight tens, eat one or two by herself, and feed the rest to the wild cats in the city.

After a few days, when Song You went to pick up Sanhua Niangniang in the morning, he could still meet the lively people in the mansions of those dignitaries, probably those nobles told their friends about this matter as a strange thing, and the friends didn't believe it when they heard it, so they came to check it out, and they were all surprised.

The Taoist who exorcised evil spirits and subdued demons had not yet become famous in Changjing, but the three-flowered cat that caught rats and went to worry about it first became famous among the Changjing scholars.

At the same time, these did not meet Wu Nuxia.

Because the woman next door generally gets up very early, leaves just after dawn, I don't know where to go, Song You is going to send Sanhua Niangniang in the afternoon, and recently I like to take a walk at night, the feeling of walking alone on the streets of the ancient city in the cool night makes him feel comfortable, and the thousands of movements in the doors on both sides are like the self-talk of this capital, so one goes out early, one returns late, and it is rare to meet one.

It's late February.

Song You sent Sanhua Niangniang out to work one day, and it was already late when he came back, but as soon as he walked downstairs, he heard a squeak overhead, and the window on the upper floor next door opened wide, poking out a head.

Seeing that it was him, he lowered his voice and asked:

"Why are you only coming back now? No, why are you coming back so late these days? Not afraid of breaking the curfew? ”

"Oh......"

Song You stood at the door and raised his head to her: "Recently, someone came to ask Sanhua Niangniang to remove the rats, and every afternoon I sent Sanhua Niangniang to Dongcheng and walked back slowly, just like this." ”

"Remove the rats?"

"Yes."

"Did someone really ask you to catch rats?"

"I was surprised, too."

"How much is one time?"

"Five days for a family, 100 dollars a day."

"So the money? Crazy, right? ”

"There is a street in Dongcheng, the rat infestation is serious, and the rats are almost fine, so they can't catch them." Song You said with a smile, "The dignitaries are not short of money, some seek to be clean, and some look strange." ”

"I see......"

"Something is wrong with the woman?"

"It's okay, it's just that I don't come back until midnight every day, and I care about you." Wu Nuxia said to him upstairs, "A few days ago, the forbidden army and the gods and lords of the City God Temple fought with monsters in the city, from the east city to the west city, don't you know? ”

"I've heard it."

"Oh yes! Are you so well-informed? ”

"I heard about it in the teahouse over there."

"I heard that you dare to go out at night, it seems that you are also a master of the arts......

"It's okay, it's okay."

"You must be careful, don't be eaten by monsters, and don't be caught by the forbidden army." Wu Nuxia paused, "Otherwise, I will definitely ask me here, and when the time comes, I will check, hey, I found that the house you live in is rented from me, there is no contract, and there is no room for it, and I still have trouble." ”

"Rest assured."

"May you be wise......"

"When a woman goes out, if she encounters an evil spirit, she can also ask for help without charging money." Song You was still standing below and bowing hands to her, but he was not flustered at all, "The woman is well-informed, if you know any news of the evil devil, you can also tell the next one, if there is a reward, share it equally with the woman." ”

"Don't talk big! Come inside, the Praetorian Army will come later! ”

"Bang dang!"

The upstairs windows are closed.

The Taoist withdrew his gaze and returned home.

Fetch water and wash up, and go up to the second floor.

As soon as he lay down and was about to rest, he suddenly heard a knock on the wall next door.

"Knock knock."

"Hello? Are you there? ”

“……”

Song You couldn't help but be silent.

I knew that the sound insulation effect of this thin wall may not be good, but I never expected that this sound would sound so clear.

"What's the matter with the woman?"

"Are you really short of money?"

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Sanhua Niangniang had earned a lot of money in recent days, the money she had left over would only be enough to pay for next month's house."

"Hey! I've seen very poor Taoist priests, but I've never seen a Taoist priest who is so short of money as you! ”

The voice next door seemed to hide a smile.

"Taoists are just indifferent in their desires, and they can feel at ease if they are poor." Song You talked to her across the wall, but he didn't feel shy, "If there is money, it is naturally a time when there is a shortage of money." ”

"And what do you do with the money?"

"Have a good meal."

"Don't say it!"

“……”

"You're really good at exorcism?"

"I'm especially good at it."

"Have you seen the notice at the city gate?"

"I went to see it once in the first few days when I first arrived in Changjing, but it was all revealed, and I heard that it was the list of folk masters and martial artists in the rivers and lakes."

"I asked for you two days ago, and someone did unveil the list, but some people made it, some people didn't, and those that didn't work out were posted back again, and a new one was added in the past two days." Wu Nuxia said, "It just so happens that I have been short of money recently, so I will go to the notice at the city gate, inquire about the information, and if I think it is appropriate, we will go and uncover a list, and we will divide the bounty according to our efforts!" What do you think? ”

"What does the woman do with the money?"

"Anyway, let's not care about each other."

"But you just asked me ......"

"That's not good!"

“……”

This apology came very well.

After a few seconds, another voice came from next door: "Why don't you speak?" What do you think? I'm also a person who has killed demons and ghosts with my own hands, and I may not be as good at this as you Taoists, but I have good martial arts and great courage, no matter whether I meet a demon or a ghost, whether I am strong or weak, I will not hold you back, I am well-informed, and I can also find out information. ”

"Exorcising evil spirits and eliminating demons is to eliminate harm for the people, even if you don't have money, you should do it if you encounter it, not to mention that there is a bounty to take, how can you refuse it?"

"It's a word, I'll go see it when I have time!"

"Hmmm......"

Both sides quieted down.

……

There is no three-flower cat crawling in the quilt, going in and out, and I always feel that there is something missing, but I have gradually gotten used to it in the past two days.

Song You slept peacefully and had a good night's sleep.

I dreamed of the old way in the view.

This dream is fragmented and scattered, I dreamed that the old road walked in the barren mountains of Pingzhou, picked up the mountain god and beat the falling flowers, and also beat the leopard spirit who refused to sell ham to her in the mountain market town, and dreamed that the old road came to Changjing and beat the city god, and also dreamed that the old road walked the world, and the five elements of magic in one hand subdued the demons and eliminated the demons, and the world's masters and demons visited one by one.

I woke up in the middle of the night.

Cultivated Taoists rarely dream, thinking that they haven't seen it for too long, if they either miss the old Tao deeply, or the old Tao misses themselves deeply.

I really missed her for a while.

Song You was raised by her.

How can feelings not be deep?

It's a pity, it's a pity......

But the reason why I woke up now was not a dream, but I heard a thunderclap.

There was a little feeling in the dark—

I used one of my own talismans.

Those two talismans are respectively infused with a complete stinging spiritual power and great heat spiritual power, and the spiritual power of the Four Hours Rotation Method is the most subtle, once it is used, it will also feel it.

Song You opened the window and looked in one direction.

But there's no movement over there.

And only one thunder talisman was used, and no other fire talisman was used, so the situation was not very critical.

After waiting for a while, I didn't see the second way, most likely because it had been successfully captured.

Think about it, too-

Song You has cultivated two stinging spiritual power since going down the mountain, one is in Xuzhou Yizhuang, and the other is in the Yunding Mountain, the stinging spiritual power is the most suitable for urging the thunder method, no matter which one, it is used to stimulate the thunder method also has its own brilliant heavenly power, even if the power is weakened when used on the talisman, it should not be something that ordinary monsters can resist.

However, at this time, Song You didn't have the idea of sleeping anymore, so he sat by the window, listening to the night breeze while thinking about the old way.

It's been almost three years since I went down the mountain, and I don't know how the old way is.

I don't know what year or month it will be when I go back next time.

Song You was faintly worried in his heart.

Worried that she would never be seen again.

That's how the old way was back then-

When he traveled down the mountain and returned to Yin Yang Mountain, the Taoist of Tiansuan was already dead, and only a ghost friend he met when he traveled the world was left to collect his body and guard the Taoist temple.

I also heard that many ancestors of Fulongguan are like this, for various reasons, they refuse to prolong their years, and it takes too long to travel the world, and they are no longer young when they return after learning to go down the mountain, and they are no longer young when they return, and when they come down the mountain, the master is already an old man no matter what they say, and it is difficult to hold on until the apprentice comes back.

“……”

If you want to send books, you are like the sky, and you can't sell them at night.

had to use this method, hoping to make Lao Dao dream of himself and make her lose sleep for a night.

Suddenly, there was a sound of snorting outside.

Before I knew it, it was the fifth watch.