The procession of offering to the gods has passed in front of the Taoist.

The little girl's gaze followed them away, and then moved back to look at her own Taoist priest.

The Taoist was not in a hurry, raised his head and drank the last mouthful of gruel in the bowl, and even maintained the posture of raising his head and raising the bowl, so that all the gruel hanging on the wall flowed down and flowed into his mouth, and then he put down the bowl and rinsed it with clean water.

There is no oil and water in itself, just some dried fish, and when the water is washed, it is so clean that it can be rubbed to make a sound.

Wipe off the water and put it in the comforter bag.

Immediately, Song You was still not in a hurry, and picked up the swallow rice given by the old farmer one by one, opened the coating, revealing the golden rice grains inside, and then inserted it into the quilt bag, and then put it on the horse's back.

"Sir, do you want me to go and see where they go?"

"It doesn't have to be."

Song You shook his head lightly.

At this time, the sound of blowing was still echoing in the mountains, and it could be faintly heard, but it seemed to have deviated from the official road.

Song You followed the voice, stretched his neck and glanced at the mountain on the left, and really saw the figure of the group of people on a path hidden by grass and trees in the mountains.

Looking up in the direction they were going, they saw a corner of a small temple deep in the dense forest on the top of the mountain.

"Let's go."

Song You walked forward with a bamboo cane: "Recently, I have eaten seafood every day, but there is really no oil and water, and it just so happens that there is still a little noodles in the bag and someone else gave me swallow rice, so I will eat a chicken tonight." I saw that the chicken that the villagers took to worship the mountain god was quite big. ”

"How delicious the seafood is!" The little girl suddenly turned into a cat and walked after him, saying, "I don't want any money yet!" ”

"The chicken is delicious and doesn't cost money."

"Hmm!"

The cat's expression suddenly froze, and then asked, "How do you want Sanhua Niangniang to help you?" Do you have a chicken to eat if I help you? ”

"You have to ask Sanhua Niangniang to change back into human form first."

"Canopy ......"

"It's coming back!"

"Does Sanhua Niangniang smell like a stinky mouse?"

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't smell anything like a stinky mouse......"

"Didn't you?"

"Nope!"

"Maybe it's too far away, the wind is not in the right direction, or maybe it's been too long and the smell has dissipated, or maybe it's someone else who collects the fragrant root for the national teacher."

"What, what, what?"

The little girl looked up at him and said a few words.

Song You lowered his head with a cane and looked at her with a smile: "Did Sanhua Niangniang guess his origin?" ”

"Where did it come from?"

"The origin of the mountain god."

"The origin of the mountain god!"

"Didn't you guess?"

"Did you guess meow?"

"Roughly guessed."

"How did you guess?"

"I'm smart."

“！”

The little girl looked at him solemnly.

How can anyone say that every day......

"There is a special person in Yangzhou to collect medicinal materials for the national teacher to refine the elixir, and then transport it from Yaozhou to Fengzhou. The imperial court will not easily seal a 'god' of unknown origin as a mountain god, and the national teacher will not leave a backhand for no reason to send someone to kill the mountain god enshrined by the imperial court after his death. Song You said to the cat as he walked, "Unless it is not a mountain god at all, and it is not worthy of being a mountain god." ”

"I don't understand~"

"Sir, do you mean that this mountain god is the monster who originally searched for medicinal herbs in the mountains for the national teacher?" The swallow flapped its wings and hovered in front of it, and spoke.

"Exactly."

Song You nodded at him.

"Huh?"

The little girl looked stunned and looked up at the swallow.

"I—I'm guessing too......"

The swallow immediately flapped its wings and flew higher.

"This place is indeed a place with a strong aura, and the national teacher must value this ability, so he named it as the god of the mountain, using its ability, and helping it with the function of the mountain god, so as to teach him to search for heaven and earth treasures in this deep mountain for himself." Song You paused, "But the national teacher must have known its character early, or for other purposes, such as sealing the mouth or something, so he had already made arrangements before Fengzhou, and after his death, he invited the senior monk to come here and kill it." ”

“！！”

The little girl's eyes widened suddenly: "You are so amazing! ”

"It's not as good as Sanhua Niangniang."

"Again! Again! ”

"I don't know if this mountain god was prepared in advance, or if he was talented, not only survived under the hands of the high monk arranged by the national teacher to subdue him, but left the high monk here. In my opinion, most of them are either extremely clever or cunning. If I wait for him in the temple, I am afraid that he will not dare to come. Song You said to Sanhua Niangniang, "It just so happens that it wants a child, and Sanhua Niangniang is a child." ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is a child!"

"Sanhua Niangniang has vast magical powers, strong mana, and smart and clever, at that time, I will prepare a few talismans for Sanhua Niangniang, and hide the extraordinary things of Sanhua Niangniang with winter hidden spiritual power. If the mountain god comes, he will ask Sanhua Niangniang to play both smart and clever, and use magic skills to deal with him. ”

"Do you want Sanhua Niangniang to pretend to feed the mountain god's child?"

"That's what I said in the previous paragraph."

"Meow?"

"It's the easiest way to do it."

"Do you want Sanhua Niangniang to beat it to death?"

"If it wants to eat the three flower girls, it's best to kill them." Song You paused, "But the most important thing is naturally Sanhua Niangniang's own safety, Sanhua Niangniang understands this best." ”

"That's right!"

The little girl nodded solemnly, still following behind the Taoist, at this time she had already walked out of the Yanmi land, without the shelter of Yanmi, even with her height, a little up, you can see the group of people walking in the mountains and the looming small temple.

"What about the cows, the horses, the pigs, and the sheep?"

"Those are too valuable. The mountain god, for the Sanhua Niangniang, whose cultivation has tended to be a big success, is just a matter of hand, in this case, it is enough for us to take a big. ”

"Hmm......"

Sanhua Niangniang was reluctant in her heart, but she also felt that he had a point - the truth was not what he said, but it made sense anyway.

Soon, the two of them also left the official road and embarked on this path to the mountain.

The Taoist pursed his lips and stopped talking.

The little girl was also silent.

This path is just a path for ordinary people to go up the mountain to cultivate and farm, and it is also the dividing line between two pieces of soil, at most slightly wider than the ordinary field path, at this time, the weeds have begun to yellow, and the traces of trampling on the path and the traces of weed erosion show that there are many people who usually walk on this road.

Song You walked up slowly.

Walking to the end of the path, the temple appeared, just as the group of villagers had come to an end to worship the god of peace.

There are several trees in front of the temple, and there are traces of firecrackers under the trees, and at this time there is a ploughing ox, a thin flower horse, a goat, a little black pig, a big yellow dog, and the big red rooster is also tied to the tree.

People enter the temple one by one with incense, kneel and pray under the altar, but most of them are worried.

Just like the ploughing cow and the yellow dog, they seem to have predicted their fate, and they all have a little sadness in their expressions.

The little girl also looked up at the temple.

This temple is naturally much larger than her original small temple, but it is still smaller than the big temple she later on, but the decoration is quite exquisite and exquisite, and the ritual utensils are more complete.

Suddenly, a villager spotted them and came to inquire.

Hearing the voice, many villagers looked at Song You.

Sanhua Niangniang also turned her head to look at the Taoist priest.

I saw that the Taoist face did not change, and he said:

"The Taoist from the north of the mountain, the local villagers also believe in the god of peace, and recently received a dream from the god of peace, saying that he wanted to choose a child to be the son of the god and serve beside the god of peace. The villagers chose this one after several selections, but they couldn't bear to bring her, so they entrusted her to bring her here. ”

"Don't you have a temple over there? Why didn't you come here to worship in the past? ”

"I don't know that this summer it rained heavily, and there was a flash flood on the mountain, and somehow, I actually rushed to the mountain temple, so I listened to the guidance of the mountain god and brought it to this Jiuyang Mountain."

"That's ......"

Everyone looked at the girl beside the Taoist, and they all showed unbearable and sad expressions, but now they were in front of the mountain temple, how could they dare to say anything, a thousand words, and they could only turn into a sigh when they spoke.

But the little girl, when she heard this, turned her head and stared at the Taoist in a daze, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

After all, there was a vigilant person who came out and said: "You, a Taoist priest, had better tell the truth, but don't move any crooked thoughts, otherwise even if we can't help you, Lord Mountain God won't spare you." ”

"I'm laughing at the foot, the magic power of the god of peace is strong, how dare you move any crooked thoughts in the future."

"It's ...... too"

The villagers no longer had doubts.

Just looked at the little girl beside the man, and saw that she was white and well-behaved, really like a golden boy and a jade girl, especially the girl also looked at them, her eyes were smart and clear, and when she touched it slightly, even the hard-hearted person couldn't help but soften his heart, so he had to secretly say evil and turn his gaze away.

Song You always paid attention to their expressions-

It can almost be seen that not a single word of what the old farmer said is true.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The last burst of firecrackers rang out.

The villagers began to descend the mountain one after another.

It's just that they are also alert, and they actually left a few people to wait and observe on the path down the mountain, most of them because they were afraid that the Taoist people were from the rivers and lakes who came with crooked thoughts, and they started the idea of cattle, sheep and horses.

"I can smell a little bit of a stinky mouse in this temple!" The little girl looked at the Taoist seriously and whispered.

"As expected."

"You seem to be very good!"

"It's not as good as Sanhua Niangniang."

"Hmm......"

"I'm leaving." Song You's voice was gentle, "Sanhua Niangniang, remember, I'm not far away." ”

"Okay!"

"Please ask Sanhua Niangniang."

"Okay!"

"Yan An stayed with Sanhua Niangniang, it's good to have a companion, so as not to be lonely."

"Okay!"

"Yes......"

"Be careful."

Song You was not worried, and went down the mountain with the horse.

Night slowly falls, there are many dead branches and weeds in the mountains, the shadows are sufficient, and there are night owls crying, which makes people shudder, and several villagers guarding the mountain do not dare to stay for a long time, and run down the mountain like flying.

There was only one girl left in the temple and one swallow on the tree.

(End of chapter)