In the middle of the national capital, the palace hall.

This small house is more than one person high, Song You only bent down to enter the door, and he didn't have to bow his head inside, and the length and width were the size of half a house for ordinary villagers. The island is cold at night, and a bonfire is lit in the middle of the palace hall to heat and light.

At this time, Song You was sitting against the wall on the left side of the door, with a banana leaf in front of him, on which were neatly rested two small fish less than two finger wide and of exactly the same size, two shrunken bamboo shrimp, a mouse with skin and head and tail and nine thin grasses, the fish and shrimp were cooked, the rats were raw, and the small grass fingers were so long, like the kind that Sanhua Niangniang often gnawed on the roadside.

Meat and vegetables are matched and neatly arranged.

Outside the plantain leaf is a conch containing turbid water.

Sanhua Niangniang sat next to him and had a banana leaf in front of her, except for fish and shrimp, there was only one, and the food was basically the same as him.

In addition, there were a few cats squatting on each side, sitting very neatly, they should be the civil and military ministers of the Tanuki country, all of them squatting upright, and their expressions were not slacking off at all, but they all quietly looked at them with their spare eyes.

These cats also have banana leaves in front of them, the size and shape of the banana leaves are almost identical, and the food on them is the same as that of Sanhua Niangniang, the fish and shrimp are all equal in size, and they are carefully placed, showing the exquisiteness and formality of the feast of the Tanuki Palace, and the rules are also very strict.

"It's really strange that a distinguished guest is here today, and you don't have to be polite, just enjoy the water vegetables."

"Thank you, Lord."

After the cats thanked them, they started eating.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Song You also gave up his hand to the tortoiseshell cat on the top.

"Mr. Song, enjoy it! Knowing that the amount of food is much larger than that of cats, I specially prepared some more for Mr. Song, if it is not enough, please speak, my imperial dining room is always on standby for distinguished guests! The tortoiseshell cat maintained a rather ruler demeanor, and did not eat easily, but first lowered his head and licked the water, and then raised his head and said, "Please enjoy the three flower girls, there are still good dishes behind!" ”

"Thank you, Lord of the Kingdom~"

"To tell you the truth, I have been drifting on the sea recently, the waves are swinging around, and my appetite is really not good." Song You said to the lord of the country.

"Huh?"

The cat turned its head and looked at him suspiciously.

"Hahaha......"

The tortoiseshell cat raised its head and laughed a few times when she heard this, and her voice was like the beginning of the Sanhua Niangniang, because the voice was different from people, and it was naturally difficult to distinguish between men and women, but it was a little more feminine, and said heartily: "Then it seems that Mr. is a little similar to me in this regard, I can still go to the sea to fish and fight when I am young, but now that I am older, I can't do it, if I wander at sea for half a day, I have to vomit non-stop, if I don't come back for three or five days after that, I have no appetite, I will go to the sea for two days every time I want to vomit hairballs......"

Hearing this, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military burst into laughter.

Song You and Sanhua Niangniang glanced at each other, and when they saw her overwhelmed eyes, they also laughed.

Sanhua Niangniang was even more at a loss.

"The lord of the country is very funny."

Song You praised them and looked at them at the same time.

At this time, those who are qualified to come to the palace banquet are naturally extraordinary, these cats can speak, and they have already attained the essence of Taoism, but they have no Taoism, and they don't seem to have cultivated by themselves.

It should be due to the subtlety of this place.

"Speaking of which, the ancestors of my Tanuki Kingdom also came from the Heavenly Empire, and had no intention of being at sea, and Mr. Song and Sanhua Niangniang were still fellow villagers, and I have always admired the culture of the Heavenly Empire." The lord of the country turned his head to stare at Song You as he spoke, "I heard that the land of the Heavenly Empire is vast and boundless, almost dozens or hundreds of times the size of our land, but is it true?" ”

Hearing this, many civil and military officials stared at Song You.

There is curiosity in the eyes, and there is disbelief.

"The Great Banquet Country is indeed very large and boundless." Song You answered truthfully, but he didn't answer carefully.

"Meow ......"

All the cats looked at each other in amazement.

How big does that have to be?

Sanhua Niangniang was even more confused, turned her head again, her eyes were round and her pupils were round, her mouth was slightly open, and she stared at Song You.

"Sanhua Niangniang, eat quickly, it's all your favorite food, don't stare at me with this kind of look." Song You naturally didn't despise the raccoon country, he just thought it was interesting and wonderful, but the gaze cast by Sanhua Niangniang often made him want to laugh, which was very rude, so he quickly turned his head to the other side and asked the tortoiseshell cat, "This place is quite far away from Dayan, although the cats in the interior of Dayan can swim, they don't like water nine times out of ten, the sea is vast, I don't know how the ancestors of the raccoon country came here?" ”

"It is said that there is another country overseas, and he loves cats like his life, so my ancestors went to sea with the people of the Heavenly Dynasty to visit the country, but the sea was too stormy and unfortunately lost."

"I see."

Song You nodded.

Most of them were brought abroad by merchants or official missions of a certain dynasty to be sold or given to foreigners.

The small talk continued.

Song You learned that more than ten years ago, there were also boats of the Dayan people who unfortunately drifted here, and they were also entertained by the Tanuki country, and then sent away, and when they left, they also prepared quite rich materials, and in return, those Dayan people built this palace for them, and taught the monkeys of the monkey country to make fires, and now the fire of the Tanuki country is traded from the monkey country.

Gradually, the Manchu civil and military forces had eaten to their heart's content.

In particular, General Huang Zhuang, who had just returned from the border of Shazhou, ate the most deliciously, and the turbid water in the conch added cup after cup.

Even the three flower girls ate to their heart's content.

Only the food in front of Song You didn't move much.

He had no choice but to cast a look at Sanhua Niangniang for help.

However, since he had just told Sanhua Niangniang not to stare at him, Sanhua Niangniang concentrated on eating, and it took a long time to notice his gaze.

“？”

Sanhua Niangniang was stunned again and stared at him.

Fortunately, she also understood quickly.

So he shook his head and crawled over from the side, picked up the raw mouse on the banana leaf in front of him, and then crawled back to his original position.

At this time, the three flower girls are like gods descending to earth.

As for the roasted fish and shrimp, Song You tasted a little, but it was cooked, although there was not much fishiness, but there was no salt smell - thinking that the citizens of the raccoon country could not transform into shapes, and did not have hands, and these materials had to be transported or cooked, Song You felt that it was enough to taste these two bites, after all, he had been adrift at sea for so many days, and he did lose his appetite.

After that, three dishes were served in a row.

The eyes of a sea fish, which is a delicacy, a jellyfish, a fish roe, more like a snack after a meal, are packed with shells and bundled with rope grass, there are special cats with rope grass to send it, along the way it will not sway at all, and there is also a cat around to help take it off, pull back the rope grass, and the action is also flexible.

In addition to the fish eyes, Song You tasted a little jellyfish and fish roe.

Jellyfish doesn't smell like salt, so you can't talk about it cold.

Roe is also completely raw.

Suddenly, from the front came the voice of a minister:

"Sanhua Niangniang is beautiful, and the spirit is incomparable, at a glance is extraordinary, listen to the captain sent by General Huang to report the news that Sanhua Niangniang was once a cat god, with magic powers, oh, not to question, and there is no disrespect to Sanhua Niangniang, but we are all yearning for magic and curious, I wonder if Sanhua Niangniang can perform one or two on the spot, to solve our curiosity?"

When the cat heard this, she immediately turned her head and looked at Song You.

"It's all up to Sanhua Niangniang to decide."

Song You said to Sanhua Niangniang with a smile.

"Okay!"

Sanhua Niangniang immediately stood up.

Sanhua Niangniang almost unified the aesthetics of people and cats, when she was together, not only attracted Song You's attention, but also made all the cats present stunned. It's just that Sanhua Niangniang has a unique temperament in addition to her beauty, which is the transcendence of the cat god, and it is the perfect divine in every part of the body, so this group of cats can't help but be ashamed of themselves and dare not look at it.

"It's too small here!"

Sanhua Niangniang said solemnly and walked out.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, first the lord of the country got up, then the prime minister followed, and then almost all the cats followed and walked out.

Only Song You and General Huang remained.

Song You felt that the door of the palace hall was too small, and it was inconvenient to get out and get out by himself, so he leaned over and looked out through the gate. General Huang was so hungry that he couldn't walk anymore, anyway, he was sitting at the very edge of the door, and he was sitting paralyzed at this time, and he could see the scene outside when he looked at it.

I heard an explosion—

"Boom!"

A huge flame exploded in the air, lighting up the night sky.

Thanks to the fact that the flames were spit into the sky, if they fell to the ground, I am afraid that they would be able to cover the entire palace and enter more than a dozen large halls and small halls, and also illuminate the entire capital of the raccoon country as bright as day.

In an instant, I don't know how many cats were frightened.

The cats jumped up and fled, but not only these civil and military ministers, but the whole country was full of cat meows.

"And-"

Sanhua Niangniang changed back into human form, drilled back into the palace hall, took out her small flag from the coat beside the Taoist priest, stretched out her hand, and spilled a puff of black smoke.

Black smoke fell to the ground and turned into a tiger.

"Roaring ......"

It was a colorful tiger that had become a spirit.

The palace hall can sit dozens of hundreds of cats, but there is a feeling that it can't fit it, as if just a palm is bigger, bigger than ordinary cats, huge and strong body is extraordinary, almost as soon as it appears, the cats in the entire imperial city and even the national capital are all stupid, liver and gall split.

However, Sanhua Niangniang is still waving the flag and summoning three tigers in a row, of different sizes, but for cats, they are all behemoths.

For a moment, even the lord and the general couldn't help but tremble.

The cats had not seen a tiger.

Tigers have not even been heard of.

I just think it's a giant cat.

Like the god of cats, the legendary god cat general.

"Come back!"

As soon as Sanhua Niangniang waved the flag, the tigers all looked at her in bewilderment, but they all turned back into black smoke and returned to the flag.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the national capital are still undecided.

General Huang was even more frightened and hiccuped.

After a long time, the tortoiseshell lord led the minister of civil and military affairs back to the palace, and still sat down according to the previous seat, but at this time, Wu Wu was still the lord of the country, and he was already respectful to Sanhua Niangniang.

That kind of reverence is like treating a god.

People are cats, and there are not many cats who dare to look directly at Song You. In the past, those Wenchen who felt that "the country took out delicious and generous gifts to entertain Taoists, but Taoists didn't eat a few bites, which was a little rude", at this time also began to think that it might be that the food culture of Tanuki Country and Dayan is different, so the food is not in line with the taste of Taoists.

"Hiccup......

General Huang's hiccups continued.

Song You also took the opportunity to ask about the Lilliputian Kingdom.

(End of chapter)