The Taoist and the cat returned home, went upstairs and went to sleep, and slept until the afternoon.

With the curtain closed, some light came in, but not much, making the upstairs room dim and dark, and a few rays of light penetrated through the gap between the edge of the window and the curtain that could not be tightly closed, reflecting intermittent lines of light on the ground, and such an environment seemed to be better than sleeping at night. I opened my eyes a few times in the middle, looked up at this picture, and it was difficult to distinguish whether it was a dream or reality, and then I fell asleep again.

When I woke up in the afternoon, as soon as I had finished washing, the people from the yamen came.

It's still the official, it's still the old elder and the catcher, with the village leader and a few villagers from Peach Blossom Village, but the attitude last time was respectful enough, and this time it's much more respectful.

Song You only said that it was Sanhua Niangniang who contributed to the work, and it had nothing to do with him, so he asked them to talk to Sanhua Niangniang.

He went and poured tea for them.

It's hospitality.

I saw Sanhua Niangniang sitting on the main seat, the whole person was small, but she was also decent, the people in front of the yamen and the people of Peach Blossom Village were respectful to her, and she was either complimented or thanked, and she was calm on the surface, with no expression at all, but in fact, her heart had already set off stormy waves, and the rhythm of her breathing was chaotic.

"Everyone, drink tea."

At this time, Song You also poured tea and handed it to them.

"Thank you, sir."

"Sure enough, the gods are high-level apprentices, Sanhua Niangniang has such magical powers at a young age, which is really amazing, and it is also a solution to the problem in my Chang'an County jurisdiction." The official of the yamen first picked up a cup of tea and respectfully handed it to Sanhua Niangniang, "Please also ask Sanhua Niangniang to drink tea first." ”

The little girl nodded calmly, took the teacup, and took a sip.

"This is the bounty of the yamen."

The official took out a red cloth and opened it to see that it was three pieces of honeycomb silver, all in the style of ten taels.

Seeing this, the villagers also hurriedly took out the honorarium.

The little girl hurriedly put the teacup back on the table, wiped her hands on her body, and took the silver coin with both hands.

"Although it is not a troubled time now, but Changjing is prosperous, mixed with fish and dragons, and there are often strange things about demons, Sanhua Niangniang and Mr. stay in Changjing, it is the blessing of my Changjing, and there will be demons in the future, and there will be a lot of trouble for Sanhua Niangniang."

"Hmm!"

The little girl's face was white and cold, and she didn't say much, but only nodded her head.

A tall cat demeanor.

The Taoist who had been sitting next to him and watching them with a smile listened, and couldn't help but speak: "It is the duty of a person in my practice to exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons and seek good for the people, and this kind of thing naturally cannot be refused, but firstly, my children are busy with their studies and can't be too tired, and secondly, we can't stay long in Changjing, and Changjing's exorcism and demon suppression can't rely on us alone." During this time, if there is an evil thing that other folk masters and martial artists have no way to do, although they come to us and are very happy, but before that, you should still find other folk masters to give it a try. ”

"Understood, understood."

The official nodded his head as he listened.

If I remember correctly, this immortal master stayed in Changjing three years ago, and it was also like this.

Unveil the list to exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons, but only pick the most difficult ones.

Now that I think about it, what kind of children are busy with their studies and should not be too tired, but they obviously want to seek kindness with the people, and they don't want to compete with those bold warriors or folk gentlemen who have been passed down from generation to generation.

This is the demeanor of the gods.

"Speaking of which, when we came back from outside the city, we slept until now, and we haven't eaten breakfast yet, and we are going out to eat something, and we are hungry, but we want to eat some together?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"Then don't disturb Mr. Purity."

Several people put down their teacups one after another, said goodbye and left.

Song You looked at his cat with a smile.

I saw that the little girl's face showed an expression at this time, but she frowned for the first time, glanced at the teacup in front of her, and raised her head to complain to the Taoist:

"Bitter Tweet ......"

Smashed his mouth twice, opened his eyes wide, lifted the red cloth wrapped in silver coins on the table layer by layer, picked up the silver and counted it.

"See, the mouths of people and cats are different. People don't feel bitter when they drink tea, but they feel like water, and people drink bitter, bitter and astringent, and they will feel dizzy and vomit after drinking. Song You said as he walked over to her and sat down, looked at her who was counting the money seriously, and said, "It's exactly the opposite." ”

"It's the exact opposite~"

The little girl instinctively repeated his words, but now all her attention was on the silver.

"I have an idea."

"What's the idea?"

The little girl was holding a piece of silver, due to the poor casting process, it was full of dense holes, she raised it and looked at it carefully, as if she wanted to drill her eyes into it, to see what was inside, and when she heard the words, she couldn't help but temporarily withdraw her gaze that was about to go in, and lowered her head to stare at the Taoist priest seriously.

"Tea is more expensive than water, but Sanhua Niangniang feels bitter when she drinks it, so it's better not to drink it."

"It's better not to drink!"

The little girl couldn't have agreed more.

"The same." The Taoist paused, "Wine is more expensive than tea, but Sanhua Niangniang drinks it like water, so it's better not to drink it." ”

"It's better not to drink!"

"Then the next time I pour wine, I won't pour wine for Sanhua Niangniang, replace it with sweet water, Sanhua Niangniang, don't think I'm treating Sanhua Niangniang differently. If someone else pours wine for Sanhua Niangniang, Sanhua Niangniang will say that she is young and doesn't drink. ”

"Got it, got it......"

Sanhua Niangniang almost finished answering perfunctorily, and hurriedly raised the silver again to look at it.

The Taoist nodded, saving another matter.

The bounty was paid, and the sugar gourd was bought.

Thanks to the high salary of Sanhua Niangniang, in the next few days, the life of the Taoist and the cat in the capital was still good.

……

Before I knew it, it was the winter moon.

A eunuch came to Willow Street to invite the emperor's palace for a night banquet.

The Taoist agreed, and after a few days, he cleaned up a little according to the time, and then took Sanhua Niangniang and entered the palace with the eunuch.

The formal banquet of the Dayan royal family is generally at noon, and the banquet of the ministers and the celebration of the merit is at noon.

It was dusk when Song You entered the palace.

The palace has barely changed as seen a few years ago, and the amazing architectural beauty is displayed to the Taoists in the light of the setting sun.

When I arrived at Changle Palace and saw the emperor, the emperor was too old than three years ago.

Song You couldn't help but stop and look at him.

Sometimes people are aging, maybe just in those years or two, although he and the old emperor have only seen each other for three and a half years, but now he is full of gray hair, old and old, and has changed greatly, and he can only sigh that there is really no one in this world who can beat time.

The old emperor was the first to greet him.

"Sir, you've got ......"

Only then did the Taoist retract his gaze and emotion, stand calmly in place, and raised his hand to give a salute:

"I've seen Your Majesty."

"The national teacher is not in Changjing, and my health is not very good, I don't even know that Mr. has returned to Beijing, or invited Chen Ziyi to come to the palace for a night talk some time ago, listening to him, I know, and I have raised my body again, so I dare to invite Mr. to the palace for a night banquet, so as not to show Mr. a joke." The old emperor stood in front of the Taoist like an ordinary old man, looked up at him, and his tone became verbose and emotional, "Sir, it is almost the same as three years ago, there is no change at all." ”

"Your Majesty has changed a lot."

There was some embarrassment in the words of the Taoist.

When the chamberlain in the palace next to him heard this, he couldn't help but cast his eyes at this person, if this kind of words were usually said from other people's mouths, they would have been reprimanded.

Now the emperor has obviously given orders, but no one dares to speak.

The old emperor was not angry at all, but sighed with emotion.

"I'm old."

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, the normal state of the world, who can not be old?"

"Sir, please take a seat."

The old emperor himself welcomed him to his seat.

In addition to the main seat above, there are three tables below, there is only one table on one side, and there is a long-bearded official, who is the prime minister of Dayan, and the two tables on the other side are very close, in addition to Song You, one is also prepared for Sanhua Niangniang, but Song You still asks Sanhua Cat to sit next to him.

The three-flowered cat is also very honest, sitting obediently at the feet of the Taoist, staring up at the emperor.

"Sir's cat hasn't changed."

Hearing the voice of the emperor on the main throne, the cat's expression obviously changed a little, and it seemed that she didn't approve of it.

The emperor is old and wants to be the same.

Cats are young, but they want to grow fast.

Song You naturally knew what she meant, so he smiled and said to the emperor: "How can a cat change person? ”

"That's just as well."

"I don't know where the national teacher is?"

"National Teacher, although the National Teacher is the National Teacher of Me, he is also the same as Mr., a Taoist cultivator." The emperor said, "The national teacher has dealt with state affairs for many years, and now he has to deal with matters beyond the mortal world?" ”

"Is it a matter of Toyosu Yeshan?"

"Exactly."

"I see."

Song You's eyes drooped slightly.

The table was still full of delicacies, even more sumptuous than the last time, retaining the few dishes he had liked particularly last time, replacing the few dishes he didn't like very much and ate very little last time.

The emperor raised his glass to him, and the Taoist advised him to drink less.

The two sides talked while eating, talking about the great victory in the north, talking about history and the present, as if they were not the emperor and the Taoist, but the two idlers on the river. Even the cat, after being infected by it, had eaten enough, and lay bored at the feet of the Taoist for a while, then stretched and walked around the palace at will, letting the two of them speak words they did not understand. But the content of their conversation is indeed a great thing, and this is indeed the Dayan Palace and the center of the world.

"The deeds of Fuyang Zhenren back then are still circulating among the people of Dayan, and the deeds of Mr. along the way may be passed on for many years."

"Maybe."

"Sir has helped me get rid of the demons in the Saibei Army in the northern Yan mortal world, and I think I also have some understanding of the Zhenbei Army and General Chen, cough cough cough ......" The old emperor couldn't help coughing, and the eunuch standing next to him hurriedly came over to care about him, and was waved away by him, so he continued to lobby Song, "Mr. has been back in Beijing for a month, and he must have heard of some things, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

The Emperor leaned over slightly, looking at him in a soliciting manner.

Finally got down to business.

Song You thought that at today's night banquet, the emperor would only talk to him about ghosts and history, and he would not ask about political affairs, so he would have to taste the palace dinner.

(End of chapter)