"Daoist, are you going to sleep?"

"Almost."

"Do you want to dream with Sanhua Niangniang?"

"Nope."

"Okay, then only Sanhua Niangniang will play by herself tonight."

"Sanhua Niangniang has fun."

"Okay......

I don't know when I went to sleep.

Jingyu's night is rarely peaceful.

Even if Sanhua Niangniang was quite dishonest at night, running up and down, sometimes catching mice, sometimes drinking water, and playing the game of crawling forward in the quilt, Song You also had a good night's sleep.

However, there was some noise outside in the early morning.

Bursts of cries came and went.

Song You got up and leaned against the window to look down, only to see a team of people coming from left to right-

Several middle-aged Taoists in front of them are holding dustbrushes in their hands, and two Taoist children in the back, a man and a woman, are in their teens, each carrying a basket of flowers, walking and scattering flowers. A sedan chair in the middle is the kind of sedan chair that only has no sedan chair roof at the bottom and is surrounded by a sedan chair, also called Mingyu, with a fur blanket on it, and sitting is an old Taoist priest with white hair.

Behind are two Taoist children and a few middle-aged Taoists.

When the pedestrians on the street saw it, they all gave way to both sides, and the pedestrians in the distance gathered and either knelt on the ground or shouted loudly.

It seems that what is shouted is Yongyang Shangxian.

The group walked slowly from left to right.

The sound slowly faded away.

Song You didn't know when there was a cat head next to him, and he also followed him, staring at that group of people, turning his head as they walked away, and even when he couldn't see it, he had to stick his head out to look.

Song You retracted his gaze and turned his head to look at her.

The cat turned its head and looked at him curiously.

“……”

Song You shook his head and didn't bother to ask her.

Cats are like this, they have to keep staring at anything new and strange when they see it.

I don't know what I'm thinking when I look at it.

Or maybe I didn't think about anything.

"I'm going downstairs for breakfast." Song You said, "It's rare to enter a big city, this may be the only city in the entire Hezhou that can barely be called prosperous and stable, does Sanhua Niangniang want to eat?" ”

"Sanhua Niangniang was full last night."

"Is this rat delicious?"

"It's not as good as there."

"Lan Mo, ......"

"That's right! Lanmo! ”

Sanhua Niangniang still remembers Lanmo's mouse.

The rats there are not only delicious, but also fat and big, one is enough for her to eat a few meals, unlike here, where one meal is not enough to eat.

Song You had already gone out and went downstairs.

The swordsman also came downstairs almost at the same time.

The guy came up to greet them, very diligent: "Two guest officers, what do you want to eat?" ”

"What's in the morning?"

"Steamed cakes, steamed buns, horse meat steamed buns, fat intestine steamed buns unique to the shop, and today there are donkey meat steamed buns, in addition to donkey meat soup cakes." The man smiled and said to them, "I used to have snacks in the morning, but after all, these years have not been the same as before, the chef is here, if the gentleman wants to eat snacks, he has to say it a day in advance, so that the little chef can prepare it." ”

"Don't pay attention to it, don't pay attention to it." Song You said with a smile, "Bring me a fat intestine steamed bun, a bowl of donkey meat soup cakes, add more donkey meat, and count the money." ”

"Just give me a few steamed buns." The swordsman is also very casual, "If you have soy milk, you can also have a bowl, and if you don't have it, you can just have a bowl of hot soup." ”

"Okay!"

The man answered and went down.

Song You looked left and right-

Before Hezhou was not plagued by war and demons, it was still good, and the facilities of the restaurant were still there, but they were a little old and deserted. There are many wooden signs hanging on the wall on the left, with the name of the dish written, many of them can not be heard from the name of what the dish is, the crepe is crepe, and there are many ink treasures left on the opposite wall, you can imagine that this restaurant is also the elegant place where the literati of Hezhou often gather, but now maybe this restaurant is still here, and the local people have left a lot, but the original elegant people, there may not be much left.

So much so that such a big restaurant actually has to set up a stall at the door and sell steamed cakes and steamed buns in the morning.

"Come on......"

The guy came with steamed buns and soup cakes.

There was also an additional small plate of donkey meat.

"Thank you."

"Please take your time."

"That's right—"

Song You stopped the guy and asked curiously: "When I was upstairs just now, I heard a commotion outside, and I opened the window and saw a group of Taoists walking by, the pomp was quite large, I don't know what it was?" ”

"The guest officer is asking about Yongyang Shangxian?"

"I think I heard them shouting like that."

"The guest officer came from afar, so naturally he didn't know anything." The guy stopped and said to him with a smile, "We have a Taoist temple in Jingyu County for nearly a hundred years, called Xuanlei Temple, very effective, dozens of Taoist masters in the Taoist temple are masters of Taoism, this Yongyang Immortal is the master, the legend has lived for more than a hundred years, this Taoist temple was built by his own hands when he was young." Everyone said that he had attained the Tao and could have risen to become an immortal, but the demons in Hezhou were raging, so he stayed in the mortal world, killed the demons, and helped the world. ”

"Could have risen to immortality?"

"That's what the big guys say."

"Folklore."

"Oh yes! It's all folklore! ”

"This Yongyang Immortal is very respected by the people."

"This is natural." The guy said to him, "Now that the north is in turmoil, there are a lot of demons in Hezhou, so let's settle down a little bit, everyone says that with the cultivation of Yongyang Shangxian, he can already fly to become an immortal, but he is still willing to stay here and bless the local people, our people in Jingyu, naturally we should have more respect for his old man." ”

"It sounds like this, the stability of Pujun is mostly due to the credit of this Yongyang Immortal?"

"This ......"

The guy was a little embarrassed: "It's not good to say that......"

"How so?"

"Pujun is more stable than other counties in Hezhou, so naturally the county keeper has the greatest credit, but the credit of Yongyang Shangxian should not be underestimated." The guy obviously knew that Song You was the old man of the county guard, and he also knew that Song You's room in the restaurant was personally decided by the staff of the county guard, and they had dinner together last night, so they naturally had a lot of scruples when they spoke, "It's like the demons outside the city were removed, and most of them were killed by thunder on thunderstorm nights, and everyone knows that the Taoist temple practiced by Yongyang Shangxian is called Xuanlei Temple, and Yongyang Shangxian also has a spell to attract heavenly thunder, but this is hard to say." ”

"It sounds like a master who eliminates harm for the people."

"This is natural!"

"Thank you for the confusion."

"The villain went to get busy."

"Good ......"

At this time, the swordsman had already taken the steamed bun and ate it in a big gulp.

Song You also took out the royal bowl of Sanhua Niangniang, put the donkey meat in it, picked up the fat intestine steamed bun with one hand, picked up the chopsticks with the other, and ate it slowly.

It's the first time I've eaten steamed buns stuffed with fat sausages.

Near noon, Liu Junshou came to him.

Then Song You followed Liu Junshou and his staff, walking slowly along the streets of Jingyu County, to see the people's livelihood in this troubled world.

"Hezhou is different from our Yizhou, Yizhou is mountainous and watery, but Hezhou is less mountainous, windy, find a high place, you can see more than ten miles at a glance, I first came here, and I am very uncomfortable." Liu Junshou walked with a figure-eight step and said to Song You, "Mr. has been okay all the way, and further on, when you arrive at Guijun, it will really be leveled, and you can't see a mountain within a radius of hundreds of miles." ”

"Hezhou is down, and the county is gone."

"......" Liu Junshou thought for a while before saying, "If Mr. leaves Beijing at the beginning of the New Year, it will be almost a year away." ”

"It's been three seasons."

"What do you do after that? Do you want to continue north? ”

"Nature."

"To the north is to return to the county, and to return to the county can cause the plague. If you want to go from Guijun to Yanzhou, you have to cross the snow field, and it is rumored that there is a big demon entrenched there, and it is no man's land. Liu Junshou said to him cautiously, "I heard that there was a period of time before that side was full of dark clouds, thunder raging, split for a whole month, it was rumored that it was the Heavenly Palace to eliminate demons, but there was no result, just a little Ansheng, but the demons that should be there are still there." ”

"Let's go and see and see."

“……”

Liu Junshou couldn't help but take a secret breath.

I remembered the time again-

He was still from Yidu Zhixian County, and he followed Yu Zhizhou to see off Mr., and heard Mr. casually reply that it would take 20 years to travel down the mountain this time.

Now that he has been transferred to Hezhou, he thinks that he has seen more demons than when he was in Yizhou, and he has seen more Buddhist masters with Taoism, but the distance between the gentleman in front of him and himself seems to be no different from the beginning.

Thinking of the deeds and legends of Mr. along the way in Hezhou, Liu Junshou roughly understood that he was going to go, but after all, it was a great demon king, and even the Heavenly Palace was helpless, so he was afraid that Mr. would make a mistake, and looked forward to being like other places in Hezhou.

Liu Junshou quietly glanced at the staff members, and then glanced at the Taoist around him with his spare eyes, but saw that the Taoist had a calm face, walking and only looking at the surrounding streets.

On the street, you can vaguely see a bit of the prosperity of the past.

"Doesn't the county guard have any official business today?"

The Taoist suddenly turned his head and made eye contact with him.

"Ah, it's not a secret, someone Liu had already received an order from the DPRK and the central government to be transferred to the capital, and he had already handed over the county's internal affairs to the county for the time being." Liu Junshou was almost taken aback, "If it weren't for the fact that I heard about Mr. Conquering Demons and Demons all the way in Hezhou, and knowing that Mr. was coming here, he would definitely pass through Jingyu and wanted to wait for Mr. here, Master and I estimated that we would have set off for Beijing half a month ago." ”

"Congratulations to the county guard, I will be a Beijing official in the future."

"They were all promoted by Yu Zhizhou." Liu Junshou said modestly, "Although Liu is not talented, he also wants to emulate Yu Zhizhou, if Liu is allowed to return to Beijing earlier, Liu is probably a little reluctant." But now that Mr. has walked through Hezhou and the demons have been eliminated, Liu has also gone with peace of mind. ”

Although the words are complimentary, there is a lot of hesitation.

Song You keenly caught his emotions, so he also asked, "Does Liu Junshou have any concerns?" ”

"There is only one knot in the heart!"

Song You glanced at him and smiled: "It sounds like it can help." ”

"Well, I can't hide it from Mr."

Liu Junshou paused for a moment, and then said to him: "Today, my master and I originally planned to come to find Mr. in the morning, but this morning, the Yongyang real person of Xuanlei Temple came to visit, and it was delayed for some time, and my heart knot is this Yongyang real person of Xuanlei Temple!" ”

"Tell me about it."

Song You's expression remained unchanged, but he also happened to be a little interested in this Yongyang real person with a lot of pomp.

"This Yongyang real person is very Taoist, strong mana, known as Yongyang Shangxian, if he is in Yizhou, I am afraid that he really deserves the name of the immortal master, but he is even more powerful, but he is still the ability to confuse the public.

"Originally, he was very popular among the people in Pujun, and then the northern chaos, by virtue of the demonic momentum, but also gathered countless pilgrims and believers in Pujun, three years ago when I and my master first came here to take office, the local people did not even recognize the government, only recognized the Xuanlei Guan Yongyang Zhenren, they couldn't afford to eat, the government and the court no longer collected taxes, they even had to take the grain to him to worship.

"Thanks to the master's assistance and clever plan, Liu has been here for three years, barely reinvigorating the majesty of the government, and it has also made him restrain a lot. However, when the demons of Pujun were swept away, most of the demons were Lei Gong, and the Yongyang Zhenren of the Xuanlei Temple took this opportunity to spread many rumors, and took some of the credit on himself, and in the past three years, Pujun has been much more peaceful, and he has also become an immortal in the mouth of the people.

In fact, this Yongyang real person, although he has also eliminated the little monsters outside the city, but more of them are gossiers to confuse the public, fish and flesh the people, gather the crowd as a force, and exclude dissidents.

"Although someone Liu has not been in Pujun for a long time, but in troubled times, it just so happens that someone Liu has also done it, hehe, he also has some power in the hearts of the people of Pujun, and he can temporarily suppress this Yongyang real person. However, I am worried that when my master and I leave Pujun and transfer to the capital, this Yongyang real person will be out of control, and the people will probably be fooled by him again, and this Pujun will be in a miasma. ”

(End of chapter)