The hillside is still quiet in the middle of the night.

Many people in the camp at the foot of the mountain have dispersed, and the bonfire has been much darker, but there are still people who are reluctant to leave, still singing and dancing around the fire, as if they have endless energy and enthusiasm.

"Baa ......"

Behind him came the sound of a sheep's cry.

Sanhua Niangniang grabbed the rope with one hand, stood next to the sheep, gently stroked the sheep's neck with the other hand, and whispered to the sheep.

If you don't listen carefully, you still think the picture is beautiful.

Listening closely, I realized that what she said was:

"Sheep and sheep are good......

"Don't run around at night......

"There are ghosts here.

"Tomorrow will be fine.

"I'll eat you tomorrow."

Song You's face was expressionless, and his heart was unmoved, only holding the bowl in one hand and the water bladder in the other, pouring water into the bowl.

"Gollum ......"

There was a slight sound of water.

Sanhua Niangniang heard it, stretched her neck and looked at this side, and saw that the bowl in the Taoist's hand was her own bowl, and the water was almost half a bowl, and she wanted to pretend not to know, so she turned her head over, but she twisted her head back again without knowing what she thought of, hesitated twice, and then consciously walked over.

"It's time for Sanhua Niangniang to drink water."

A soft, thin voice, but it came from her own mouth.

After finishing speaking, he took the bowl from the Taoist hand, raised his head and muttered, and drank it in a few sips.

After drinking, he held the bowl and thought thoughtfully.

It feels a little wonderful.

When you become a human, you seem to drink water very quickly.

“……”

Sanhua Niangniang smashed her mouth, turned around and put her small bowl back into her coat, and then walked back and said to the Taoist: "Taoist priest, can Sanhua Niangniang and the horse run every day and win a sheep every day?" So we have a lot of sheep. ”

"That's not good."

The Taoist said to her lightly.

"Why?"

"Because this is a grand event on the grassland, it is organized by people from the grassland, we are outsiders, and it is already a generosity to be able to win a sheep, and we can't be too greedy." Song You said, "And Sanhua Niangniang is very powerful, if she always robs others, it looks like she is bullying people." ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is very powerful!"

"Yes, if a powerful person is generous, he will be very attractive."

"Charm~"

"It's just likable."

"The three flower girls are cute!"

"Of course,"

"That Sanhua Niangniang won't go for the past two days, and I'll go on the last day." The little girl whispered to the Taoist as she spoke, "How about winning another horse and coming back?" Horses are more expensive than sheep. ”

"We already have a horse, so let's give it to someone else." Song You looked at her with a smile, "Sanhua Niangniang is so powerful, there is really no need to grab it with those children." ”

"yes......"

"What do you think of Sanhua Niangniang?"

"Sanhua Niangniang thinks you're right."

"Sanhua Niangniang is generous."

"Sanhua Niangniang is powerful and generous!"

Sanhua Niangniang muttered to herself, and only after she finished speaking, she turned her head, looked at the sheep behind her that she won today, and probably the only sheep she won, and asked, "Then how will we eat this sheep tomorrow?" ”

"We're afraid we won't be able to eat such a big sheep."

"yes......"

"So what to do?"

"So what to do?"

"What do you say Sanhua Niangniang?"

"What did the Taoist priest say!"

"Since it is the sheep won by Sanhua Niangniang, it is natural that Sanhua Niangniang should make the decision."

"Since it is the sheep won by Sanhua Niangniang and Ma Er together, it is natural that Sanhua Niangniang and Ma Er should make the decision." Sanhua Niangniang said, turning her head to look at the horse next to her, "What should Ma Erling say?" ”

However, Zao Hongma just stood silently, gnawing on the grass on the ground to eat, ignoring her.

So after only looking at it for a moment, she had to take her gaze back, and after thinking about it in front of the Taoist, she said, "We can make bacon from the sheep that we can't eat." ”

"Really?"

"yes, it's hot now, and I can't make bacon."

"Sanhua Niangniang is very smart."

"So what else can be done?"

"So what else can be done?" Song You learned the habits of Sanhua Niangniang, and also learned her to speak and added, "Sanhua Niangniang is very smart, and it is a trivial matter, it will definitely not be difficult for Sanhua Niangniang." ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is very smart......"

Sanhua Niangniang repeated what he said, and as soon as she finished speaking, she immediately said: "We can go down and sell the sheep and exchange it for money, so that we can always carry it!" ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is really smart."

"Then tomorrow Sanhua Niangniang will sell it."

"Then ...... tomorrow"

The little girl repeated it habitually, but in the middle of the sentence she froze, and looked up at him.

Song You smiled: "I'm with Sanhua Niangniang." ”

"Okay!"

"Sanhua Niangniang, let's sleep."

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't sleep." The little girl looked back at the night beside her, "Sanhua Niangniang saw a rabbit seller below today, and rabbits can also be sold for money." ”

“……”

Song You was a little helpless, but he didn't want to care, so he had to say: "Then I wish Sanhua Niangniang a rich harvest." ”

"Okay."

A smoke exploded.

The little girl in front of her had disappeared, and instead was a three-flowered cat, twisting her head and not knowing where to look.

Song You sighed and lay down silently.

In early March, the moon is silky.

As soon as you open it, the sky is full of stars.

The Taoist closed his eyes.

"Baa ......"

From time to time, there was the sound of sheep crowing.

The sheep was not quiet all night.

In the middle of the night, there are ghosts wandering in the mountains, sometimes shuttling in the tents below, looking at one tent after another, not knowing what they are doing, sometimes running to harm people's cattle and sheep, being discovered, the barking of dogs startled a large group of bold grassland men, so they had to flee in a hurry, sometimes they ran to the top of the mountain, passing by the Taoist, but before they had time to get close to the Taoist, they were frightened to flee here by a smoke from the three-flowered cat that came out of nowhere.

……

Early the next morning.

The blue sky is clear and clear, there are no clouds, and as far as the eye can see, the ground is green, and the sky is blue, monotonous and boring, and open and boundless.

The Taoist patiently packed up his things as he had done every day before, and then went down the mountain with the jujube red horse, the Sanhua Niangniang, the sheep she had won, and the hare that she had caught all night.

The mountain line is soft, and several figures slowly descend.

The trade of cattle, sheep and horses is an important part of the Grassland Society's trade market, and there is a special area for the sale of livestock.

Especially horses.

The best horses in the whole Dayan are produced here, and it is the biggest event in the grassland at this time, even if the north is chaotic now, there are demons and ghosts everywhere, if it weren't for General Chen's urgent return to the border last year, the iron cavalry of the Saibei people may cross this place at any time, but there are still merchants from all over the world who come here from different routes to see if they can use various methods to pick up some leftover horses bought by the government.

The market is bustling.

Song You came all the way, but many people recognized Sanhua Niangniang and Zao Hongma won the championship at the horse race yesterday morning, and wanted to buy this unattractive horse, but before Song You refused, Sanhua Niangniang rejected them very seriously, and asked them if they wanted to buy sheep and rabbits.

This little thing is really smart.

Then the group walked to the sheep market, Sanhua Niangniang ran over alone, stared at others for a long time, wanted to know how much a sheep is, and secretly learned people's sheep selling skills.

Most of the buyers are businessmen from other places.

Most of the sellers are local herders.

Mandarin and local dialects are mixed.

Some people negotiate quietly, and some people secretly touch their hands.

If the bargaining can also understand, she will rely on her own hearing, stand in the distance and stare at others, and listen carefully.

If she touched her hand in her sleeve, she would run over and quietly lift someone else's sleeve to look inside. When she met a kind person, staring at her with a stunned face, she raised her head to look at others, opened her mouth to ask, and when she met a bad-tempered person who scolded her, she was like an ordinary cat that was driven away, and she hurriedly ran away as a matter of course, and stared at him again.

It took a lot of time to finally sell the sheep.

A few rabbits are also selling well.

Because the rabbit caught by Sanhua Niangniang only has a few small holes in the neck, compared to the one shot with arrows, it has little impact on the fur, and the selling price is also very good.

They are often asked how they were caught.

Sanhua Niangniang said that she caught it herself.

After selling and leaving this place, Sanhua Niangniang carried the money in her arms, heavy and full of a sense of achievement.

Although there was still no expression on her face, in the eyes of Song You, who knew her well enough, the smugness was almost three feet tall.

After selling the cattle and sheep, you have to go to the officials and ask.

Although Lin Chang knew about the ghosts of Turtle City in the north, most of the channels he wanted to get the news from were local legends, so naturally he was not as accurate as the government. Just like last night, Lin often said that those ghosts don't eat people, but the officials said that they scared a lot of people to death.

So he went to the middle tents.

As soon as he walked here, he met the young official who asked the master why he didn't go to the north to eliminate the demon last night, and Song You had also spoken a few words to him when he asked about the details of the grassland meeting before.

The young official didn't know that he was almost killed by the evil ghost last night, but he had just been deceived and frightened by the ghost, and he was very cautious in his heart. Hearing that the Taoist was going to the ghost town to see, he couldn't help but look at him with suspicion and vigilance, until the Taoist said that he didn't want anything, but just wanted to ask, that he talked to him with his youthful vigor.

The ghost of Turtle City is indeed a soldier.

Over the years, there have indeed been no cases of cannibalism.

Just because you don't eat people doesn't mean you don't hurt people.

There are not a few cases related to them.

Even though the military law of Dayan is strict and the northern border army is particularly strict, it is still difficult to avoid conflicts between officers and soldiers and the people.

Not to mention turning into a ghost.

In this grassland, not every household has cattle and sheep, herds and horses, and most of the people are also living a hard life, and some ghosts come out and harm people's livestock, the light one is the scourge of assets, and the heavy one may lead to a family being starved to death in a winter.

But this is not uncommon.

This is often the case with armies everywhere.

Some officials turned a blind eye when they learned about it, while others were upright and unwilling to tolerate it.

In addition, the ghosts gathered, the ghost aura was too heavy, and a piece of land turned into a wasteland, and they were also very embarrassed for these officials.

In addition, people and ghosts have different paths, some people have weak yang energy, light characters, and occasionally encounter evil ghosts, which can cause a serious illness at least and be scared to death on the spot, but I don't know if it is considered harmful.

When the government received the report, it naturally could not sit idly by.

The details of Dayan's various laws are quite strict and thoughtful.

If you don't send someone to see it and don't ask someone to deal with it, it will be considered a dereliction of duty, but some of the invited folk masters have been killed by ghosts.

It's complicated.

I went to ask someone else, and it was probably the same.

Song You became more and more curious when he heard it.

(End of chapter)