"Hoo ......"

The mountain wind rustled through the woods.

In a trance, Huo Erniu seemed to hear the voice he had dreamed of in the broken temple that night, and it was still so gentle.

"Before that, I had evil thoughts in my heart, and I got a treasure that didn't belong to me, and my heart was unstable. Now that the evil thoughts have been removed, this bamboo cane can only fight demons and evil spirits, and it is useless to people, so it will be given to the foot. I hope that in this life, I can stick to my heart and make good use of it, and when evil thoughts arise in my heart one day, the bamboo cane will be mortal. ”

“……”

Huo Erniu held the bamboo cane and froze in place.

I opened my mouth, but I didn't know what to say.

At this time, he already knew in his heart that although this bamboo cane was not the one before, it also had the same effect, and the wonderful thing was that when he held it again at this time, he was not apprehensive at all.

The first thing Huo Erniu thought of was-

The legend turned out to be false.

The storyteller in the teahouse said that after Mr. Duan stole Luo Shangxian's sword, he slashed demons and helped justice, not only with skills, but also with chivalry, which was respected.

Huo Erniu didn't know if there was really a Luo Shangxian in the sky who lost his sword, he only knew one thing:

How can a hero become a hero from stolen things?

The previous Huo Erniu would not be.

Mr. Duan in the story will naturally not be.

However, many years later, there may be a real story in Yangzhou, which is as mysterious and fascinating as Huo Erniu has heard.

……

The Taoist party has already left Yangzhou.

At this time, the scorching sun is in the sky, and under the strong light, everything in heaven and earth and the shadows of a person, a cat and a horse are very distinct.

The sound of horses' hooves and horse bells echoed through the mountain roads.

"Yangzhou goes up, it is Baozhou, and Bozhou produces good cloth, which can make good clothes for Taoist priests, and good clothes like Wen Pingzi." The cat was still parallel to the Taoist, turning her head to look to the side, the scorching sun hit her shadow on the ground, a small lump, black, and she read the content she had only seen in "Jisheng of the Land" this morning, "Go to the left of Bozhou, it is Yuzhou." ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is right, she has a great memory. But there are clothes to wear underneath, and they are comfortable to wear, and there is no need to make a good outfit. He that wears it underneath is a good garment. ”

"It's old."

"It's good to be old, I'm familiar with it, it's familiar with me." Song You paused for a moment, "What's more, if you do it again, it will be troublesome for the horses to bring and it will be troublesome to change and wash." ”

"Hmm......"

The cat looked up at him twice, didn't say much, and didn't know whether to accept his explanation or his own cat's thoughts, and continued to read: "Yuzhou is delicious snakes and rats......

“……”

"People have to eat rats!"

“……”

"Eat snakes too!"

“……”

"Why don't you eat rats?"

"I don't like to eat."

"People in Yuzhou love to eat!"

"Everyone has their own preferences ......"

"In the past, Yuzhou was Luozhou, and Luozhou produced donkeys. Luozhou goes to the left, it is Luzhou, Luzhou is next to Shu Yifan's Gwangju, and Luzhou will go back to Changjing after that. ”

The three-flowered cat continued to chatter.

"Huh?"

Song You was curious, and couldn't help asking, "Sanhua Niangniang doesn't call him Shu anymore?" ”

"Sanhua Niangniang knows that his name is not Shu!"

"How do you know?"

"I learned it in books." The cat said, with small broken steps on her feet, and continued to turn her head to stare at him, "Why haven't you told Sanhua Niangniang?" ”

"It's cute......"

"Meow?"

"And Sanhua Niangniang will know after all, so why tell Sanhua Niangniang so early."

“……”

One man, one cat and one horse continue to move forward.

Both sides of the mountain road are full of corn, and they are lush and tall, and when they are separated by a bend or a small mountain, others can only hear the bells of the horses and the voices of the Taoists, but they cannot see the Taoists and their line.

The same is true for Taoists with others.

At this time at the foot is Paozhou.

Since this year, there have often been evil spirits in Paozhou, which have seriously affected business exchanges. Fortunately, at this time, Dayan is in the prosperous era, although the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains are not as elite as when the dynasty was opened, but they are also strong and strong, if these demons only harm a village and a house, it is good, if the official road is cut off, its own government will send officers and soldiers, and invite masters to clean it up.

Most goblins can't withstand a single elite soldier.

If there are fish that slip through the net, or ghosts and evil things that officers and soldiers are not good at dealing with, as long as they are met by Sanhua Niangniang, they are considered unlucky.

Sometimes they don't leave a name for it, sometimes they are known, and they also leave a legend, everything is arbitrary, and they don't deliberately cling to any one.

Slowly also came to the edge of Paoju.

It's been a long time since then.

Guanma Avenue connecting Changjing, an unknown hill, as soon as the Taoist walked here, the cat suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky. Following her gaze, there was a small dot in the clouds.

The swallow has flown back.

"Brush ......"

The black dot quickly approached and became clear, and the swallow only spread its wings, and without flapping, it glided easily and landed on the horse's back.

"I'm back, sir."

"But it's going well?"

"This side goes north, first pass Yanzhou, so I will go to Yanzhou Turtle City first." The swallow standing on horseback turned his head to look at the three-flowered cat below, then turned his head to look at the Taoist, and said, "The ghost soldiers and ghost generals in the abandoned turtle city are so powerful, I heard that in the past few years, they have been practicing diligently in the ghost city, and on the other hand, they have gone out of the city to patrol and clear the evil spirits for the Yanzhou people, and many soldiers and generals have incense on their bodies. They nearly shot me down as I flew in. But it would be nice to show off Mr.'s spiritual power. ”

"What about them now?"

"They respect and trust Mr., and when I left Turtle City, they had already set off overnight, and I am afraid that they had already arrived in Toyosu at this time." Swallow said, adding, "With their skills, I'm afraid that many new evil ghosts and ghosts will not be able to compete with them. ”

"That's good."

Song You paused for a moment and asked again, "What about General Chen?" ”

"It went smoothly too. I took the pill to General Chen according to what my husband said, and explained to him the effect and usage of the pill, and after he took it, he was silent for a long time before sending me away. ”

“……”

Song You was also silent for a while when he heard this.

Think about it differently -

General Chen was already suspicious of the old emperor, and finally escaped from Changjing's death, returned to the north and now guards the northern border, with a very high prestige in the north, and he is afraid of him like a tiger abroad, as if living the life of the northern emperor, but suddenly one day, he received a resurrection pill from the Taoist, how can he not think about it?

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's easy, it's not hard."

The Taoist nodded and continued walking.

The swallow remained on the horse's back, and the three-flowered cat on the ground stared at him with extreme curiosity.

"You flew to the border?"

"That's right."

"You went to that turtle city?"

"Yes."

"Coming back so soon!?"

"As long as there is no delay on the road, ordinary swallows can fly back so quickly, not to mention that I can fly faster than ordinary swallows."

"It's good to have wings! Why don't cats have wings? Sanhua Cat couldn't help but wonder, "We walked back from the north, and we have been walking for a long, long time." ”

"Traveling is not the same as traveling......

Sanhua Cat finally let Song You go.

The two little monsters kept talking behind them.

Compared to eight years ago in Anqing, it seems that both of them have changed a lot.

Until I crossed this hill, there was an open space on the side of the official road in front of me, as if someone had stepped on it, and there was a stone monument standing in the middle of the clearing.

When the three-flowered cat saw the stele, he immediately let go of the swallow, stopped talking, trotted forward for a while, ran to the back of the stele, looked up, and then ran back and said to the Taoist priest:

"Yuzhou boundary! It's time to Yuzhou! ”

"yes......"

When Song You nodded in response, what appeared in front of him was the "Xuzhou Boundary" many years ago, and the three-flowered cat in front of the boundary monument that couldn't read.

Sanhua Niangniang is also growing a lot.

"There's a house up ahead." The swallow flew up and looked.

"Someone's in front of you? It just so happened that the Taoist priest had already finished eating, and he had to find someone to buy some more and take it with him on the way. The cat's eyes flickered a few times, and she walked forward with small steps, looking around, but the cornfield on the mountain grew very deep, and she was too small to see anything at all, "There is no shop on this road, Sanhua Niangniang went to exchange money for the Taoist priest to eat something." ”

"No need, I'll just go by myself."

"Sanhua Niangniang will help you go."

The three-flowered cat has already turned into a human form as she spoke.

"I appreciate the kindness of Sanhua Niangniang."

Song You looked at her flickering eyes, said indifferently, and walked forward.

About two miles ahead, there is a village.

Some people in the village walked with farm tools, some people gathered in a group to rest and chat, and there were even scholars sitting in front of the house reading hard, and when they saw Song You and his party, they all turned their heads to look at them curiously.

Song You found a scholar who was sitting in front of the door reading a book, walked up to greet him, and then asked: "The next surname is Song Mingyou, but he is a traveling person, I don't know what county this place is?" ”

When the scholar heard this, he hurriedly put down the book and returned the salute.

"Under the surname Xu, the name Qiuyue, Mr. Huiyu, this place is Fuyao County, Ke County, Yuzhou, and the border with Pazhou, where does Mr. come from and where are you going?"

"I came from Yangzhou and Pazhou and traveled the world, and I probably had to go to Changjing." Song You said, "Walking here, the water bladder is empty, the dry food has been eaten, and the stomach is hungry, I don't know if I can ask for some water from my feet in exchange for some dry food, and if I don't have dry food, I can exchange it for some rice and noodles." ”

"Water can be ......"

The scholar surnamed Xu couldn't help but look embarrassed: "However, Mo said that the dry food that is convenient for Mr. to carry is rice noodles, and Xu's family has no grain in stock, and he is still waiting for the Yan rice in the field to be ripe to save his life." ”

"Then thank you for the water under your feet."

"It's okay...... it's okay"

The scholar hurriedly rolled up the book and led him into the door.

There is a water tank at home, and it is almost bottoming out, and when the scholar picks up the melon scoop and fills Song You with water, it is almost really bottomed.

"Sir, I am smiling."

"Qing Shui is sweet, and he also came with hard work, I don't dare to laugh, I only dare to say thank you."

"This year is a ghost year, the year is unfavorable, everywhere is not peaceful, either thieves or evil things, especially in our county. Every family is in a tight situation, and the tea stalls on the road can't be opened, if the husband wants to change some dry food, rice and noodles, I'm afraid he has to go to the city. ”

"I wonder how far away is in the city?"

"From here, there are still forty or fifty miles."

The scholar surnamed Xu paused as he spoke, and couldn't help but look Song You and his party up and down.

The Taoist looks young, but he speaks old, with a green jade bamboo cane in his hand, and a jujube red horse without reins behind him, and a swallow and a girl behind him, which is also novel.

The girl was not as pretty as a mortal, nor as clean as someone from afar, and was now looking up at his smoky rats hanging from the beams of the room without blinking.

This line doesn't look ordinary.

The scholar's heart moved, and he couldn't help asking:

"Sir, can you get rid of demons?"

Before the Taoist could speak, the girl withdrew her gaze from the beam of the house and replied first: "My Taoist priest is the best at eliminating demons!" ”

"Really?"

The scholar still looked at the Taoist.

"It's not a secret, I used to be the best at eliminating demons, but now that I have my Sanhua Niangniang, I will be the second to get rid of demons." Song You replied truthfully.

"That being the case, Xu can show Mr. a way."

The scholar looked at Song You and the girl, thoughtful:

"Xu has a distant relative in the city, and he is also a big family in Fuyao County. I heard that there have been a lot of strange things in the house since the beginning of this year, and I invited a lot of folk gentlemen to come and see, but not only did it not have much effect, but there were more and more strange things, which emerged in endlessly, making the house very uneasy. Xu is just a distant relative who they can barely beat, but thanks to their funding for studying, I am very grateful, I heard that such a good person is in this strange situation, Xu is also very anxious, but he can't help. I met Mr. by chance today, I think it is also fate, if Mr. really has the ability to eliminate demons, then go to Xu's house to try his luck. With the character of the Xu family, even if Mr. does not succeed in eliminating demons, most of them will prepare some exquisite dry food for Mr. and save some money. ”

"Fuyao Xu family? Something weird? ”

"If Mr. really has the ability, go to the city to find a shop at random, and ask where the Xu Mansion is, there is nothing you don't know. At that time, we will know what strange and evil things will be. ”

"Then we'll go and see." Song You smiled and bowed, "Thank you too." I studied hard at my feet, and I knew how to repay my kindness, and I was willing to get on the gold list as soon as possible and go straight to the clouds. ”

"I wish you a smooth journey, Mr."

Song You then pulled the clothes of his Sanhua Niangniang and told her to withdraw her gaze and go, but unexpectedly, the girl turned around and walked to the horse, but took out a dried mouse from her coat, and ran back to hand it to the scholar, saying that she was thanking him for the water.

The scholar was very moved.

The girl was remarkably satisfied.

So much so that when she continued to move forward, whether she was a cat or a human, she often squinted her eyes at the Taoist, even if it was a cat's facial features, her eyes seemed to be able to speak.

After walking for half a day, you will arrive at Fuyao County.

As soon as the Taoist arrived, he felt a little strange.

It's a kind of induction.

For example, at the end of spring this year, when I walked out of Yangdu, without the suppression of Yangdu's prosperous popularity, I immediately noticed a mysterious change between heaven and earth. Later, when I walked out of Yangzhou, I probably always did this, and after slowly getting used to it, I didn't feel anything abnormal.

Now that I'm here, the feeling is clear again.

It shows that its extraordinaryness is even stronger.

This chapter is 4,000 words, and last night's chapter is 1,000 words less. Thank you for your understanding and concern, Jasmine is as strong as a cow, there is no big problem, but there are always a few days of illness in a year, just do a little maintenance.

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