In the Taoist temple room.

The Taoist spread out the paper, picked up the pen and wrote, Xiao Jianghan walked around the room, and a cat squatted in the corner of the table, licking its paws, reminiscing about the feeling of today's banquet.

"Michido Sanhua!"

"What's wrong?"

"Michido Sanhua!"

“……”

"They call me Michiyo Sanka!!"

"Taoism usually does not distinguish between men and women, Sanhua Niangniang is older than them, and her Taoism is high, and she is respected by them, so it is nothing to call her a Taoist master." Song You lowered his head and said as he wrote.

"Sanhua Niangniang has become very powerful!"

"It's nature."

Song You paused for a moment and said to her: "Since Sanhua Niangniang is already a Sanhua Daoist, tomorrow I will teach that group of Taoist leaders Sanhua Niangniang's magic techniques." ”

"Take the spell!"

"Sanhua Niangniang can have more insights with them to say magic, especially those that only belong to Sanhua Niangniang."

"Michido Sanhua!"

"Now that Sanhua Niangniang is already an elder, in the face of juniors, you must be more steady, teach patiently, and be kind and seductive." The Taoist was still talking while putting down his pen, but what he was thinking in his heart was that he wondered if the master and the Black Feather Daoist were the same way back then.

"Got it!"

The cat stood up and crawled over to him.

The Taoist pushed her off the table with a casual push.

……

Early the next morning.

The finches on the branches woke up the Taoist.

When Song You got up and went out, there were already a large number of little Taoist priests and little Taoist children gathered in the courtyard outside the door, and there was a girl in three-color clothes sitting cross-legged in the middle, telling them about the aura and spells of heaven and earth.

The voice is thin and wafting in the early morning.

Some of the Taoist masters who had reached adulthood and even middle age also stood outside and listened.

It's kind of preaching.

The swallow also stood on the branch and looked down.

The Taoist stood for a while before leaving.

And so for many days.

……

A few days later, outside the Fuqing Palace, on the bluestone steps.

The two Taoist chiefs were bidding farewell to Song You.

A few pilgrims approached below.

"The Taoist chief of Fuqing Palace is really capable, last year, we made a lot of monsters in our village, and I invited several folk gentlemen who couldn't deal with it, and they had to be the Taoist leaders of Fuqing Palace."

"The Taoist masters of Fuqing Palace have Taoism, but this Taoist temple is too high, it would be more convenient if it was a little below."

"People want to be cleaned."

"You have to go far to get the trick."

“……”

Song You and Izumo Ying Feng stood on the side of the road and let them pass, during which they cast their eyes and saluted them, and they returned the salute.

"When I came, I had already heard pedestrians on the road talk about the merits of the Daoists of Fuqing Palace to slay demons and eliminate demons, but I didn't expect to hear it again when I went." Song You said with a smile, "It seems that the deeds of the Daoists of Fuqing Palace to subdue demons and eliminate demons have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

"Don't dare, we don't have that much ability, and we don't have that much merit." Ying Feng Dao said, "It's just that now the world is getting more and more chaotic, there are many demons and monsters, and the people are hard, and it is the duty of the Taoist to exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons. ”

"But a lot of times it's some little monsters who make trouble, and it's easy to get rid of. Occasionally, there is a climate, after all, we have a Dao Guild spell, which will be easier to remove than other Daoists, so it's a big deal to ask the Thunder Department to take action. Michicho Izumo said.

"Now that the troubled times are coming, we need people with the right to go down the mountain to help the people."

"Yes......"

"Just send it here, it's not far from the bottom of the mountain, the two Daoist brothers will return to the mountain at this time, and they will be able to catch up with the dark." Song You stopped and said to them, "We're going to leave." ”

"Brother Dao go slowly, Sanhua Niangniang and Xiao Yanxian go slowly, and come to visit Brother Dao again in spring next year."

"Brother Dao, go slowly."

"Waiting for you."

"Farewell!"

Sanhua Niangniang also learned to salute.

The Taoist took the horses and walked away slowly, and soon their voices disappeared on the forest mountain road, leaving only the sound of dangling bells, and it didn't take long for the sound of bells to fade away, and it was difficult to hear.

Go down to Qingcheng Mountain first, and then go back to Jinyang Road.

Song You walked back along Jinyang Road.

Before I knew it, it was past the height of summer, and although it was not yet the summer and autumn social season, it was not far away.

The sun was as hot as it had been twenty years ago, and the ancient cypress by the roadside was still the same, neither more lush nor sparse, as if it had been the case for thousands of years.

There are occasional dead grass on the side of the road, I don't know if it was dried by the scorching sun, or if it was indeed almost autumn, in short, it showed a bit of autumn.

Taoists stop and go, sometimes away from the official road, climb high places to blow the wind and look into the distance, sometimes find a tree to lie down, take a nap beautifully, occasionally at the invitation of the villagers, to exorcise ghosts and demons for them, occasionally meet rich people who particularly respect Taoism, and have to entangle.

Sanhua Niangniang didn't expect to stay in Qingcheng Mountain for so long, and the hares caught the night before arriving in Yidu had been sent to the Taoist elders of Qingcheng Mountain to make vegetables, and the fireflies were also released.

"Plop Plop ......"

The swallow flew back again, stood on the treetops, and told them, "Ten miles ahead is Lingquan County." ”

"Got it."

The scenery on the side of the road has become familiar, and Song You has been here many times in Lingquan County.

"Alas......"

Song You sighed.

Twenty years of journey, how many mountains and rivers rushing, how many ups and downs in the past, at the end, but a little reluctant, when it comes to the Yin and Yang Mountain, it is not good to take a step.

Song You sighed and said: "There is nothing on the mountain, you have to go to the city in front of you, buy some rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, buy some vegetables and seeds, whatever you want to buy, buy it here." ”

"Buy less, there are fish on the mountain, rabbits, other grasses and seeds, and Sanhua Niangniang will plant them for you later!"

"Sanhua Niangniang is already a Sanhua Daoist, why are you still so greedy for money? How could such a money-greedy Taoist come? Song You said helplessly.

"It's not money greed! It's because we're not outside, not in Changjing or Yidu, and when we go back to the mountains, we won't have a chance to find money. Sanhua Niangniang said, with a serious expression on her face, "There will be no food on the mountain in the future, so we can go down the mountain and buy it with money!" ”

"This is not true, although we will no longer walk the world in the future, there are not so many rich people in the mountains, but there will still be people who come to us to exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons, and not walking the world, it also means that there is no need to spend money on accommodation, and meals are also made by yourself in the mountains, and the money you save is no longer of much use, what are you doing with it? Do you want it to give birth? ”

"Huh? Can money still give birth? ”

Sanhua Niangniang was shocked, and she didn't know it now.

“……”

The Taoist was really helpless, shook his head, withdrew his gaze from her, turned to look at the horse, and patted its neck: "Then I have to work hard again......

"Poof......

"The swallow doesn't need to find the way anymore, I already recognize the next road."

"Yes......"

The swallow flew down and landed on top of the horse.

Sanhua Niangniang carried Xiao Jiang Han on her back and walked beside her.

The Taoist faintly heard the swallow talking to her:

"I once heard someone in Anqing say that money can indeed give birth to cubs, but it will take many years, about once in two hundred years, and it will be ......doubled."

The swallow's voice was low.

Sanhua Niangniang didn't say anything when she heard it.

Ten miles of road, that is, half an hour.

Lingquan City soon appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Compared with big cities such as Changjing, Yidu, and Yangdu, Lingquan County is just a small city built along the river on flat land, surrounded by a circle of city walls, and the scale is very small.

Cats are often seen in the city, I don't know if they are wild or free-range, every time Xiao Jianghan sees one, he has to stretch out his hand and point at it, and shout Sanhua Niangniang. Every time Sanhua Niangniang will inevitably backhand her, telling her seriously that it is just an ordinary cat with its own name, and Sanhua Niangniang has only one.

After Xiao Jianghan was beaten, he retracted his head, stared at the cats in the city without making a sound, and when he met the next one, he pointed and stretched out his hand to call Sanhua Niangniang.

Sanhua Niangniang felt a pain in her brain.

The Taoist ignored them, and wandered around the city with only the crisp sound of horses' hooves.

Although the Yin and Yang Mountain is dominated by grass, it is also backed by the deep mountains and old forests, and there is no shortage of wood in Yizhou.

Rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are indispensable.

You also have to buy some tea from Wushan, so that you can spend time in the mountains.

When you meet a snack snack, buy a little too.

Buy some more fruits and vegetables, and cut two catties of meat.

There are even people who sell preserved eggs, some sell sauerkraut, and even some people catch yellow eels from the field and pick up snails, all of them are idlers who have nothing to do, and they are sold very cheaply, that is, in exchange for a meal of wine.

Song You also ordered a few new bedding, paid a deposit, and made an appointment to pick it up in half a month.

It's only afternoon after shopping.

The sun is getting hotter.

Sanhua Niangniang also put on a hat to cover the sun, walking behind the Taoist and the horses full of horses, looking at these many goods, and looking at the sun, a little anxious.

Go out of the city to the southeast, along the official road nine moats, through the path, pass by the village, in the stream to pick a handful of water, to dissipate the summer heat, and then along the stream up, there are people on the way, as if to visit the Yin Yang Mountain Fulong Temple but can't, sigh down.

Yin Yang Mountain is green, gentle and gentle, covered by clouds and mist, and quietly appears in front of the group.

"Brush ......"

The Taoist waved his sleeves.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from nowhere, blowing away the clouds and mist, revealing a corner of the Taoist temple in the mountain, and also revealing a road leading to the mountain.

The Taoist walked all the way forward with a bamboo cane.

Walk through the farmland, come to the bottom of the mountain, stop and look up.

There is only one trail up the hill.

The path winds like a snake, coiling through the green mountains, winding all the way to the Taoist temple on the mountain, even after so many years, it has not been encroached upon by grass and trees.

"Sanhua Niangniang has a sentence that is wrong. Even if we go back to the mountains, even if we don't exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons, we can still make money. Song You said to Sanhua Niangniang, "As long as the door of the Taoist temple is open, there will be nearby people and pilgrims who come to offer incense, and they will occasionally give a little incense money and throw it in the box." ”

"Really?"

"Sanhua Niangniang, think back, aren't all the palaces and temples we walked through like this?"

"yes!"

Sanhua Niangniang's expression was serious, and she suddenly remembered that in the past, when the Taoist priest went to the Gongguan Temple to spend the night, he had thrown money into the box of the Gongguan Temple.

At that time, she also thought that if she had such a box, she usually didn't have to worry about it, and there would naturally be money in it, more and more, and when she didn't have any money to use, she would go inside and get it. It's like a fish basket in a river, a trap in a mountain.

"It's just that the money for this kind of incense is usually very small, and it is only enough for the daily expenses of the people in the middle of the Tao."

"So how can you get more!?"

"This is a gift from others, a gift to the gods, and a gift to the Taoist monks who opened the palace temple to live, how much is the mind, not to be greedy, not to force, must be satisfied." Song You said to her, "At the same time, receiving the money is like eating the food offered by the people under the mountain, if one day, the people under the mountain are disturbed by demons and ask to come to the door, they must go down the mountain to help." ”

"Yes!"

Sanhua Niangniang couldn't understand this truth better.

"But although this kind of incense money and sesame oil money are not much, it is better than a long stream of water, if we don't spend it indiscriminately, it is enough." Song You paused as he spoke, "But someone has to come to worship the gods before they can give money for incense, and if the door of the Taoist temple is not opened, naturally they won't be able to give money for incense." If we want incense money, we have to open the door. At the same time, from another point of view, when we receive the people's incense money, we have the obligation to provide the people with a place to worship God, and we can't let people run empty. Sanhua Niangniang should also understand this truth. ”

"Understood!"

"It's just that Sanhua Niangniang also knows that she can't get up in the morning, she is lazy, and she has to be busy with cultivation......"

"Sanhua Niangniang will open the door!"

"What's so embarrassing?"

"It's okay!"

"That couldn't be better."

The Taoist spoke in a respectful tone and said as he walked.

……

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)