Painting under the stone bridge, on the bank of the Yangjiang River.

Several fishermen wear hats and sit on small wooden benches by the river, bamboo poles are hanging into the river, and the fish float with the waves of the water.

The girl was dressed in tricolor clothes, and also wore a hat to protect herself from the sun, and also sat by the river with a small wooden bench not much bigger than a square brick, with a small fishing rod in her hand and a fishing line hanging into the river, while she was staring at the river, her face was focused, and her eyes were not taken away.

The Taoist sat behind her with a book in his hand.

"Sanhua Niangniang has become a fisherman."

"Shh......h

The little girl looked directly at the water like an old monk, as if she could see the fish swimming below through the deep green river, and said without looking back: "There is a fish that wants to eat my worms!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the fishing line sank.

The little girl did not hesitate and stood up with the lever.

"Puff puff ......"

A touch of silver jumped out of the water with the fishing line, constantly struggling.

Several fishermen around him couldn't help but cast their eyes.

The little girl's expression was meticulous, she raised the fishing rod with one hand, reached out to catch it with the other, and grabbed the fish with one slap and held it firmly in the palm of her hand.

Skillfully remove the fish and throw it into the bucket next to it.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The mullet struggled in the bucket.

There are already a dozen fish, large and small, in the barrel.

Sanhua Niangniang glanced at the fishing hook, and saw that the bait had not lost much, she did not stop, glanced down at the river, found a direction, and threw the rod again.

The whole action is done in one go.

"Xiao Sanhua caught it again?" There was an old man's voice next to him, full of envy.

"That's right!"

The little girl replied solemnly, not squinting.

Yes, she has fishing friends.

It's just that these fishing friends are often envious and inferior in front of her.

"Xiao Sanhua, your position is better or what, why have you only been here for a while, and you have been on so much, we have been sitting here for a long time, I am fine, it has opened, Luo Gong has not opened yet."

"That's right! Be better! ”

The little girl answered their questions succinctly and simply, turned her head and glanced at her Taoist priest lightly, still with no expression on her face, but as if to say-

Look at me!

Song You shook his head and didn't say much.

I wanted to say that she cheated to find fish, but when I thought that I now relied on her to fish and sell money for food and clothing, I closed my mouth again.

For her, fishing seems to have become an alternative to catching the sea, although the harvest is not as rich and easy as catching the sea, selling fish in Yangdu is more profitable than selling seafood on the beach in Langzhou, and there is still the pleasure of harvesting. With the passage of time, the pleasure of fishing has become much less than catching the sea.

Second only to catching rats at night -

Rats can run, but it's better to have fun.

"Poof......

In a few moments, the girl caught another big fish.

Many fishermen around her, young or old, whether on this shore or on the other side, couldn't help but cast their eyes at her, and their eyes were full of envy.

"Bang Bang ......"

The fish was so energetic that it rushed out of the barrel and almost returned to the river.

It's a pity that cats are too agile.

Sanhua Niangniang grabbed it casually, grabbed it in mid-air, let it slip, and couldn't escape the palm of her hand, and then smashed it on the ground casually, and threw it back into the bucket.

"Almost."

The little girl looked down and said like an adult.

Then, without waiting for the Taoist to reply, he got up and raised his head, and among the countless silk silks hanging down from his head, he chose a small crucian carp and a large mullet, and threaded them with willow branches.

"These two are what we eat today, there is a black fish that you like to eat, and it is enough for Sanhua Niangniang to eat a small fish."

The white girl carried the fish with a willow branch and handed it to the Taoist.

The Taoist reached out to take it, but blinked.

There was an inexplicable trance in front of me.

It seems that he has returned to the beginning of autumn in the year of Mingde, and the unknown village market town under the rock of Yizhou has begged for two fish from the river, dressed them in wicker, and came back to her.

"Why don't you move?"

A soft, thin voice pulled him back.

Standing in front of her was still a girl dressed in tricolor, she was holding two small fish on the willow branch in one hand, and lifted the wooden bucket in the other hand, handed the willow branch to the Taoist, tilted her head and stared at him, looking puzzled.

"Nothing ......"

With a hook of his fingers, the Taoist grabbed the willow branch and the fish.

"I thought you were stupid."

"It's not that easy."

"Go back and cook! Sanhua Niangniang first went to the street to sell these fish to the rice sellers! The little girl admonished, and took out the key from her bosom and gave it to him, like a little adult.

"Do you want me to accompany Sanhua Niangniang?"

"You go back and cook!"

"Obey the Sanhua Niangniang ......"

The Taoist shook his head again, smiled, and walked forward, looking down from time to time to glance at the two fish that were wearing on the willow branches.

Now that I think about it, those two fish really made a row.

The girl carried the bucket next to him, but kept staring at him with a puzzled look on her face.

Go under the bridge and climb the stairs.

One big and one small are separated.

The Taoist crossed the bridge and headed east to return home.

The girl went west to a restaurant to sell fish.

Walking to the arch bridge, the Taoist found that the stone brick that was missing on the bridge some time ago had been filled.

This bridge does not know how many years, the wind and rain blow, everywhere vicissitudes, but make up a new brick, the brick is also engraved with words, recording that at the end of the ninth year of Mingde, the god of bliss turned into a stone brick to hide here, Taoist Pingzi invited Zhou Lei Gong to beat it to death, and then made up the brick. The time of repairing the bricks, the officials at that time, were all clearly written.

I don't know how many years this brick will last.

I don't know what future generations will think.

Thinking about it this way, among the five earth gods in Yangzhou, only the god of comfort in the south has a good death because of his peace and self-control, and the god of pleasure is half of it.

The people selected by the national teacher are not bad, only the monk who is in charge of the god of peace is a complete failure, and he also took his life, in addition, the god of peace was punished cleanly, the god of pleasure and the god of comfort are all regarded as people sent by the national teacher within the authority granted by the national teacher, and they took the initiative to let them go according to their performance, as for this god of bliss, before Song You came, it can only be said that it is still in progress, no success, but there is no failure.

"You still have to be good......"

The Taoist sighed with emotion in his heart, lowered his head and stepped on this stone brick, raised his head again, stood on the bridge and looked down-

I don't think it's the depth of spring, there is a lot of green on both sides of the plum willows, people's clothes are a lot thinner, the vitality is strong, the river is still full of boats, but several anglers on the shore have already quarreled because of the competition for position.

“……”

Song You shook his head and walked back.

When I walked into the alley and wanted to return home, I saw a few people suddenly surrounding the door, either looking left and right at both ends, or walking around, and seemed to be very anxious.

As soon as he saw Song You, someone shouted:

"It's back!"

"Go and ask!"

A group of people immediately walked towards Song You.

Each of them had a small plaster on their faces, sticking it to the corners of their eyes and temples, revealing a herbal smell and a slight strange smell. Everyone has yellow skin, and their eyes are deep-set, like overindulgence.

Although Song You was puzzled in his heart, his pace did not stop, and he walked over with two fishes and asked curiously.

"I'll tell you!"

A rather thin man in Tsing Yi stood up and saluted and said, "The villain's name is Li Hexi, and I have seen Mr. ”

"Please speak up."

"I wonder if Mr. can do magic?" The man surnamed Li asked directly.

"Understand."

"Oh? Can it drive away evil spirits? ”

"Let's just talk about it."

The man surnamed Li turned his head and glanced at the people around him, and then he said in detail:

"Li's family lives in the east of the city, not far from here, there are a total of 12 people in the family, some time ago somehow, my father and second uncle began to have unbearable abdominal pain, how to seek medical advice is useless.

"After we questioned them, we found out that it started when we came back from a night walk from a meal outside the city and met a big bird. At that time, the doctor at the pharmacy said that it was not a disease, but an evil spirit.

"Since then, we have worshiped the god of bliss, worshiped the gods and bodhisattvas, and invited some gentlemen and masters in the city, but it is useless, but it seems to be contagious. At first, only my father and second uncle contracted abdominal pain, but then everyone in the family began to suffer from abdominal pain, and even later, even the neighbors also suffered.

"Not long after, suddenly a beggar-looking person came to the house to sell plasters, saying that sticking them on the head can cure abdominal pain, we didn't believe it at first, but after sticking it, it really works!"

When Song You heard this, he almost understood, and raised his eyes to look at the small plaster on their heads:

"I can't take it off when I put it on, but I'm getting weaker and thinner day by day."

"Exactly!"

As soon as everyone heard him, they instantly guessed the result, and their hearts were immediately overjoyed.

"After that, although we no longer had diarrhea, but we were getting thinner and thinner, and we went to see the doctor, who only said that our yang qi was weak and yang longevity was eliminated, and we went to find a folk master, only saying that our yin qi was heavy and evil qi was rising. But the beggar said that the plaster had to be applied for seven days and forty-nine days. The man surnamed Li said, "The second uncle was angry and wanted to remove the plaster, but once he uncovered it, he found that there was a thread stuck to it, as thick as a hair, straight out of the flesh around his eyes, and the more he pulled it, the darker it became, and when he tore it off, his eyes became blind." The doctor in the city said that he had torn off his eyes. ”

"It's so vicious......"

After listening to it, Song You almost understood-

Absorb essence with plaster, threaten with eyes, if you have to remove it, you will be blind, and if you don't remove it, it will become its furnace.

However, Song You has a question.

Yang Du only came to the world a few years ago, in addition to the God of Bliss, now there are statues of Lei Gong everywhere in the city, and the Lei Gong Temple has been repaired almost half, how long has it been, and there are evil demons and demons to make trouble?

"How did you find them?"

"To tell you the truth, we have searched all the folk masters and witches and warlocks around us during this time, and none of them are useful. Mr. often goes in and out here, and we have seen it a few times, and we know that this mansion was originally owned by the Yaksha ghost, and the Yaksha ghost is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he used to scold the god of bliss in the street, and the mansion has always refused to be rented out, but he is willing to let Mr. come to live, and Mr. must have the ability. Now there is really no other way but to ask for the head of the gentleman. ”

"I see."

"Is there a way, sir? Thank you so much! ”

"Yes!"

The Taoist smiled slightly, lifted the fish forward, and opened the door to enter.

A crowd of people followed in a swarm.

(End of chapter)