Bai He sent the ceremony back to the Fulong Temple of Yin Yang Mountain, and Song You rested in this clearing for the night before continuing to set off the next day.

This is already in the territory of Yizhou.

The Taoist and Sanhua Niangniang went all the way, and it was already very warm in the late spring, even if it was night in the mountains, it was not cold, and they often found a random place to sleep overnight. If you are thirsty, you can ask for some water from a mountain spring or a roadside house, and if you don't have enough food, you can buy some from the towns you pass by, or buy from the villagers in the mountains, which is convenient, at least you don't have to worry too much about it.

Yizhou has also become chaotic.

The Taoist went all the way, whether it was asked by the villagers or met by chance on the road, except for many demons who made trouble.

Of course, it's all the three flower girls and swallows who contribute.

Sometimes you can get some silver money as a gift, sometimes you can get a good meal, sometimes you can get a lot of dry food and fruits, no matter what, it is a harvest.

So it's a lot slower.

Especially sometimes there are too many demons and demons in the mountains, Song You stopped in one place to eat and drink, Sanhua Niangniang and swallows to get rid of demons, was warmly welcomed by the villagers, and said that he would stop for an overnight banquet, at first I thought it was just the simple enthusiasm of the villagers, but I ate at a banquet and woke up all night, only to find that the people in the next village got the news last night and came to line up early in the morning.

Enthusiasm is naturally enthusiasm, and simplicity is also simple.

But time has also passed a lot.

Fortunately, the Taoist has long been light, and there is still a long time before the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and he is not in a hurry, he is full of leisure and leisure, and he is happy to appreciate the mountains and rivers, and he is also happy to remove some demons for the villagers along the way.

Happy to kill time.

Before you know it, the sun is getting more and more dazzling, and at noon in the afternoon, it is a little hotter on your body, and all kinds of cicadas begin to sound in the mountains and forests, and the noise is full of life.

Sanhua Niangniang often walks on the side of the road, stretches out her hand into the grass, catches a fingernail-sized, cyan cicada, and gives it to Xiao Jiang Han behind her backhand to play, at first she will encourage her to eat, but after being persuaded by Song You to say a few words, she changed her mind, and then gave Xiao Jiang Han to eat after it was cooked at night.

The forest is mottled every day, and the light and shadow change constantly when you walk in it, which is a bit dream-like.

"It's summer......"

The Taoist walked in the forest and couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right! There are more and more insects, called chickens, earth dogs are coming out, there are guest mothers at night, there are yellow eels in the fields, if we live in the village again tonight, Sanhua Niangniang will take Xiao Jianghan and swallows to the field to catch, and we can eat the next morning. ”

“……”

The Taoist didn't know what to say for a while.

"Plop Plop ......"

A swallow flew overhead and landed on the treetops.

"Sir, it's only three hundred miles away from Yidu, if you don't delay in the middle, you can get there the night after tomorrow, but looking at the latest speed, it may take seven or eight days."

"Don't rush ......"

The Taoist sighed and shook his head.

Before you know it, you're going to Yidu again.

At this moment, a dog barked in the mountains in the distance.

"Woo Woo ......"

The barking of dogs echoed in the mountains and forests for a long time.

The Taoist couldn't help but stop, turned around with a bamboo cane, and looked into the distance through the gap between the street trees on the side of the road.

But he saw only a dense mountain forest, but no houses.

There are houses hidden in the mountains......

The house was so well shaded by the woods that it was vaguely discerning where it was—

There are many miscellaneous trees in the mountains, but there is only a dense bamboo forest. Bamboo has always grown rapidly, it is very suitable for sheltering houses, and bamboo is also multi-purpose, and it is quite elegant, since ancient times, hermits, even if they don't use it to shade the house and block the wind, they will plant some, which is not a bad thing.

In addition, if you look closely at the mountains, there is actually a path that is not easy to be noticed, and it is estimated that few people take it, leading from the bottom of the mountain to that side.

There are fewer and fewer recluses these days.

Seclusion is often the same as living alone, and escaping the world naturally requires avoiding people. But even in the peaceful years, if you want to live in seclusion, there is no good place to go, not to mention the mountain goblins and ghosts, mountain bandits and thieves, or some scoundrels and muddy people in the villages under the mountain, sometimes drunk, you have to drink a pot, if there are female dependents in the family, it will be even more dangerous. As for completely getting away from the populated villages, it is not easy.

Therefore, some mountains are famous for hermits, and the hermits on the mountains are actually clustered.

Most of the hermits who really dare to live alone are lonely people who cultivate Qing, or who have the ability to live by themselves.

It's been a much more chaotic year.

Song You was a little curious.

"Woo Woo ......"

The dog barked a few more times and then stopped.

The Taoist retracted his gaze and continued to move forward.

It was just that he had not gone far, and just after a corner, he saw two peasant youths running along the mountain road, sweating profusely, with both panic and panic on their faces.

I've met so much along the way.

The Taoist knew what was going on at a glance.

So he leaned on his cane to the side of the road, seemingly to make way for the two young men who were hurrying away, but when the two young men looked at him because of his robes, he asked, "Why are you running in the mountains in such a hurry, but what has happened?" ”

The two young men looked at each other and really stopped.

"Hui, Mr. Hui, there was a monster in our village last night, and we are on the order of the village to take advantage of the monster to run back to the mountain, and we want to go to the mountains in front of us to invite the master to get rid of the demon!"

"First, can Mr. get rid of demons?"

Both of them were out of breath and said to him.

"I'm good at the way of getting rid of demons." Song You said modestly, "You can go to the two villages to get rid of the demons." ”

"That monster is so fierce, the house was knocked down by it at once, and Mr. didn't dare to say big things!" A young man still had a look of fear on his face, "If Mr. can't get rid of it, it's still a trivial matter to wake it up and run back to the mountains and forests, I'm afraid it will hurt Mr.'s life!" ”

"Yes! Don't be careless! ”

"The two of you are so anxious, how dare you deceive you?" The Taoist said, "If you don't believe in our skills, you can continue to invite the masters in your mouth, and you will have two layers of insurance." ”

“……”

The two looked at each other.

That's exactly what they want.

This is also what Muramasa meant, and he invited a few more masters.

"We would like to ask Mr. for help, if Mr. really has the ability, can really get rid of demons, there will be a thank you! It's just that the monster is fierce and cunning, and the opportunity is rare, so please let us invite the master in front of us to go with us. ”

"It's not that I don't believe you, but it's that the monster is still sleeping outside the village, and I don't know when it will wake up, and if it escapes back to the mountains, it will be difficult to find it again. The village is telling us to invite the master, and if we don't invite the master and make a mistake, the villagers will blame us. ”

"It should be, it should be."

The Taoist smiled reasonably: "I don't know which direction the two of you are in your village?" ”

"In front, there are still more than 20 miles from here, the mountain road is not easy to find, please wait for us here, we will go back."

"In that case, can you go with the two of you?"

"It's not easy to walk on mountain roads."

"It doesn't matter."

The two young men didn't delay much, so they stopped to talk to him, and when they looked for one more master, they also stopped to rest and breathe, and they rested for a while, and then hurriedly ran forward again.

When I look behind me while running, I always feel strange.

Although the two of them are not good at running, they are young and strong, and at the same time, they have already struggled to run forward, but the Taoist behind them is still following him with a bamboo cane and unhurried steps. And the girl with the doll on his back didn't seem to have grown up yet, but she followed them firmly, her face was not red or breathless.

It turned out to be in the rear, at the edge of the mountain road, where even the Taoist and Sanhua Niangniang had not discovered, and there was a path hidden under the grass, which was the path leading to the hermitage in the mountain.

The Taoist followed, always feeling a little strange.

There was a feeling in the dark.

The two young men obviously knew the way, but they were not familiar with the road, and the path was really difficult to recognize.

Finally approaching the hermitage.

The hermitage also showed its true face behind the bamboo forest.

There are several houses, all not very large, both bamboo and thatched huts, built in a large bamboo forest, with a chicken coop in front of the house, and a yellow dog guarding the door.

"Woo Woo ......"

The yellow dog barked at the sight of them.

The two young men came panting, as if they were about to faint, but when they got closer, the doors of each house were closed, and only the yellow dog barked wildly. Under the threat of the yellow dog, the two asked a few questions at the door about anyone at home, but they did not get a response.

The Taoist is looking left and right.

There are chicken coops between the houses, and there are also a large flock of chickens in the bamboo forest, mostly fat old hens, and there is also a big red rooster male standing tall and colorful with bright and colorful feathers, standing in the middle of the flock.

There are also a few small pieces of soil between the bamboo forests that cannot block the sun, which are planted with vegetables, and there is soil behind the house, and there are fields in front of the house, and crops are planted.

There is also a shed next to it, which looks like a stable.

The tall man is obviously not at home.

But it doesn't look like it's going far away.

The two youths were flustered.

When Song You looked around left and right, he found that her Sanhua Niangniang had already walked to the door of the house with Xiao Jiang Han on her back, she ignored the big dog barking beside her, and also ignored Xiao Jiang Han, who was frightened by the big dog barking on her back, and only approached the gap in the door of the house, bent down and looked inside.

He sniffed as he watched.

It's like smelling the air.

"Woo Woo ......"

"We have no ill intentions, please don't panic." Song You first said to the yellow dog, and then looked at Sanhua Niangniang, "Sanhua Niangniang, this is not very polite." ”

"Hmm......"

Sanhua Niangniang straightened up and looked back at him, but she only stared at him a few times, without even explaining and quibbling, only shrugged her nose twice, then bent down again and continued to look inside.

The yellow dog really quieted down and just stared at them.

"It tastes weird here......"

Sanhua Niangniang bent down towards the crack in the door, and a voice came.

"What's weird?"

"It's kind of familiar."

"Familiar?"

"Sanhua Niangniang forgot!"

“……”

The Taoist was silent for a moment, looked at the two people around him, and asked, "I don't know what this master looks like?" And what are the skills? ”

"We only invited her once last time the haunted ghost in the village came, but we only know that she is a woman, not too old or young, with high skills, good at using knives, and demons can't stop her knife."

"Ah......h

The Taoist showed a sudden expression.

No wonder there was a feeling in the dark that made him want to come here for some reason.

"Mr. ......"

The two of them didn't know where the master had gone, and they didn't know where to look for it, so they had to look at Song You, at least this Taoist who met by chance in the mountains seemed to have a Taoist who knew magic.

"The two of you don't have to worry, there is a good helper to explore the way, and there is also a way to eliminate demons, and most of the demons in the world are difficult to block his magic sword." The Taoist pointed to the swallows in the sky and said to them, "Then please go back to the village at this time, and my swallows will follow and remove demons for the villagers." ”

"This ......"

"Isn't the gentleman going?"

"Don't worry, if my swallow fails to eliminate demons, I will also go to the village in addition to the demons, but it probably won't fail." Song You said, "As for Zaixia, most of the masters here are friends from many years ago, and Zai Xia has to wait here for her to come back." ”

“……”

The two looked at each other, then looked up at the top of their heads.

There was really a swallow standing on the bamboo top, looking down at them.

"I am the descendant of An Qingyan Immortal, please lead the way, and I will do my best to subdue demons and eliminate demons for the two."

The swallow rarely opened his mouth and spit out human words.

The two were shocked, but they also believed it.

Then he didn't have enough rest and ran back again.

The swallow flapped its wings and followed.

The Taoist saw them go away, and then he withdrew his gaze and looked at the mountain village retreat again.

Immediately took a step, approached the house, followed the example of Sanhua Niangniang, approached the crack in the door, looked inside, and really saw a familiar short sword on the wall.

Fortunately, Sanhua Niangniang noticed the emotional fluctuations in his heart, and did not remind him of this impoliteness at this time.

“……”

At this time, the yellow dog no longer barked, but it didn't seem to fully believe them, but ran to the bamboo forest, stood in front of the group of local chickens that were pecking insects and eating in the bamboo forest, and stared at them vigilantly with his head up, as if protecting his own property.

The Taoist vaguely remembers that a long time ago, he had eaten meat and drank wine with a woman and talked about the future.

This woman once said that in the future, she should find a place where no taxes are collected, live a quiet life, be busy with farming when she is busy, go to the mountains to catch rabbits and birds when she is not busy, and live a free and easy fairy life.

There are fields, soil, chickens and dogs, and it is not a short distance from the nearest village.

Away from the towns, away from the rivers and lakes.

A few thatched huts, clean and tidy.

The chopped dry firewood and the chopped bamboo tube are neatly stacked against the wall, and I am afraid that they can be burned for half a year; There was also a lot of semi-hay piled up next to the stable, most of which the horses loved to eat; Although the crops and vegetables growing in the fields are a little sloppy and haphazard, they are completely enough to eat, and some of them are ripe.

Inexplicably, there is a sense of peace of mind that is simple and abundant.

I just don't know if I pay taxes or not.

Probably living the life you want to live, right?

The Taoist couldn't help but smile, and then sat down under the rain eaves in front of the house, and waited for the old man to return.

(End of chapter)