I didn't intend to be a Fairy

"It is said that it is in the section below Wangjia Village. It is not easy to knock on the door and ask someone to ask at this late hour. Let's take a look here first."

"good."

Nvxia Wu found a path leading to the river.

It rained last night, but fortunately the weather has been warm recently, the sun has sunned one day, and the path has been dried, and it is a light grayish white under the moonlight, while the rest of the place is black, and if there are puddles or breaks, they are also black , it is not easy to go wrong.

Walking to the river by moonlight, the river is quiet.

"How does a heroine want to catch ghosts?"

"This water ghost has been very rampant these days. If someone makes a noise by the river, whether it's bathing or washing clothes, it's fine during the day, but at night, it will definitely come to visit." Wu Xia said, "It just so happens that I made a fuss with someone today. I'm sweating a little, I haven't taken a bath yet, I'll go down and seduce it later. If it's a monster in the water, I'll kill it with a knife. If it's a ghost, hehe, I'm coming back today, and I happened to ask the butcher in Xicheng to borrow it. Use a butcher knife, butcher dozens of pigs and sheep every day, I heard that killing ghosts is more useful, see if it works. In short, I will try it first, if it doesn’t work, you can do it later.”

"The heroine is ready."

"That is!"

Song You took advantage of the moonlight to stare at the woman.

Seeing that she had loosened her hair and pulled out her long knife, she seemed to have no fear of this water ghost.

It seems that there are not many ideas for him to make a move.

Song You found it very interesting.

It's just a little water ghost, it can fail in bewitching people, and it can break free by grabbing people's ankles, so it doesn't have much skill. As said before, she could have come by herself. Even if the other party is a ghost that is difficult for martial artists to deal with, with her ability, it is difficult for ordinary ghosts to get close to her. Even if she cannot exorcise ghosts, she will not be harmed by ghosts. And if an ordinary monster becomes a spirit, as long as the knife can cut in, even if it takes advantage of the river, it may be difficult to resist the knife in her hand.

She can take the twenty taels of silver by herself.

Thinking about it, she felt that it was the same for Peach Blossom Mountain to catch ghosts before, and then Yan went back to the mountain to eliminate demons. Song You could take her with her or not. If the monster becomes a spirit, it is equivalent to taking him for a walk and giving him ten taels of silver for free. If it is a ghost, it will add a heavy insurance.

Song You smiled, did not refuse, and asked:

"Women can pass through water?"

"When I was young, I often went down the river."

"I heard that the arrester has come several times without any results. The officers and soldiers can't kill it with arrows. Most of them are ghosts. Even if the heroine has a slaughter knife, she still has to be careful."

"Let's see."

Wu Xia has already jumped into the river.

After all, the moonlight is no better than during the day, and people can be seen clearly at close range. When she walks a little farther, she can't see clearly, and can only see a dark mass. It is her movements that break the calm of the water surface, and the ripples under the moonlight Bursts, dots of silver light.

"Is the water deep?"

"It's not too deep, it reaches the chest."

"That is not bad."

Song You simply sat down on the shore and waited quietly.

Mistress Sanhua disappeared again.

After an unknown amount of time, Wuxia's voice came from the river, very low:

"I feel it."

Song You sat still and looked down.

There was only a cloud of Yin Qi under the water, but there was no trace.

Unsurprisingly, it was an underwater ghost.

"coming!"

As soon as Wu Xia's voice fell, it seemed that something pulled her from underneath. She couldn't stand stably in the water, and when she lost her balance, she fell into the river.

With great difficulty, he regained his stability.

Then he drew a knife and cut the water.

"Wow!"

Splashes on the water surface.

When the blade reached, the river was easily cut open. He clearly felt that something was grabbing his foot, but the knife cut across, but did not cut anything obvious.

"It's a ghost."

Nvxia Wu spoke up.

Throwing the long knife back to the shore, he drew the butcher knife from his waist.

The Hundred Butcher's Knife does have the effect of restraining Yin and evil. In essence, it kills too many creatures, and when it is stained with blood and evil energy, the Yin energy is also condensed in it, thus gradually becoming extraordinary. Among them, the knife for killing is the best. If the person to be killed is a master of Taoism or martial arts, or even a goblin and ghost, that is even better.

It's just that such a knife is hard to find.

It kills few people and is of little use.

Butchers and knives don't kill people, but they win by numbers. Slaughtering pigs and sheep every day has the effect of restraining evil spirits. It is difficult to hurt big ghosts, but it is easy to kill little ghosts.

However, the slaughter knife is too short, less than a foot long.

Now in the water again, the water ghost grabbed Wu Xia's ankle and dragged it deep, Wu Xia wanted to stabilize her body while stabbing it with the short knife, it was really not easy.

Song You took his time, picked up the bamboo stick beside him, and threw it into the water:

"The heroine takes the stick and hits it with the stick."

Wu Xia didn't even look at it, she slashed with the knife in her right hand, and only stretched her left hand back to catch the bamboo stick firmly, and then slammed down with the stick.

"puff!"

It obviously felt like something was stabbed.

Nvxia Wu exerted her strength for a while.

According to the feedback from her hand, and her years of experience in fighting in the rivers and lakes, she felt as if she had stabbed a bamboo stick into that thing's body.

"Pfft! Crash!"

The lake below suddenly seemed to be boiling, violently tumbling, as if an invisible thing was struggling, causing the water to splash, and the bottom of the water was bubbling upwards.

Strangely, the bamboo stick has neither edge nor point, even after years of use, the bottom has been worn flat, how could it be easily poked in?

Could it be that the water ghost is made of tofu?

Or poked it somewhere?

Wu Xia didn't have time to use her imagination, she felt that it was going to run, she gritted her teeth and tried again.

The water in the river splashed more violently, as if the thing was struggling desperately, and occasionally a few piercing screams could be heard, until the hand felt relaxed, as if it had been pierced.

"Boom!"

It was like an explosion in the water, and it was also like a giant exhaling air, a big bubble popped out of thin air and floated to the surface of the water.

The blisters exploded, and there was a fishy smell inside.

Wu Xia took out her bamboo stick, looked blankly, looked left and right, worried, and poked around in the river a few times, but she couldn't poke anything. When the water spray stopped, there was no movement in the river.

Wu Xia frowned slightly, and slowly swam towards the shore, thinking that the water ghost might be dead, but she couldn't believe it.

"Ran?"

"Dead." The Taoist sitting cross-legged on the shore said in a low voice, "The heroine has supernatural power, and a mere brat can't stand being beaten by the heroine."

"this……"

Nvxia Wu opened her eyes wide and raised the bamboo stick in her hand:

"Is this your magic weapon?"

"This is the bamboo stick I got from the Jiaojiao Temple when I left Anqing County. It is used for walking." Song You replied honestly, "But after following it for a long time, it gradually got spiritual energy. It's suitable for fighting ghosts and ghosts, but it depends on who uses it, and it has to be a heroine."

"Stained with spiritual energy?"

Wu Xia blinked her eyes.

An ordinary bamboo stick, used for walking, can beat ghosts so easily just because it has been used for a long time and has been touched with spiritual energy? She had only heard of this kind of thing in fairy tales.

I knew this Taoist was powerful, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful.

Before she could think too much, there was a commotion in the forest.

"who?"

Wu Xia hurriedly turned her head to look over.

Under the moonlight, a cat came out of the woods with a bamboo mouse in its mouth. It walked up to them, put down the bamboo mouse, and licked its mouth.

"Eat rabbits..."

"Thank you, Empress Sanhua."

Song You looked down, took the bamboo stick handed by the heroine, looked at the woman who was soaked all over, and whispered, "The heroine is all wet, won't she catch a cold?"

"It's warm, I'm in good health, I'm fine."

"Then now..."

"I can't go back to the city, but there is a grass shop next to the official road in front, and I can spend the night there tonight." Wu Xia said while twisting the water in her clothes.

"Okay." Song You said, "This time it's all thanks to the heroine's work. I didn't go into the water or catch ghosts. I only borrowed a bamboo stick and my clothes are still dry. The ten taels of silver is really worth it." Ashamed."

"Fart, it all depends on your bamboo stick."

"It's just a little more convenient for the heroine."

"Stop talking, let's go..."

Wuxia wrung out the water from her clothes and brought a long knife, while the Taoist held a bamboo stick and did not forget to lift the bamboo mouse on the ground. The two of them and the cat left here by the moonlight.

On the way, we chatted about the tigers in the city.

...

the next afternoon.

Song You cleaned up and ate the bamboo rat that Empress Sanhua had caught, and it tasted very good.

I don't know if it's because she doesn't know bamboo rats, or because she doesn't want to call such a big rat a rat, or because she is afraid that Song You won't eat the rats she catches, but she keeps saying they are rabbits.

Song You, an ordinary mouse, naturally didn't eat it, and didn't eat much of it, but the bamboo rat was different. The bamboo rat itself is as big as a rabbit. It neither carries bacteria nor has much psychological resistance. Even in this year, it is a common food for people in some areas, so they really eat it like a rabbit. Even in the previous dynasty, bamboo rats were regarded as a noble delicacy, and the court issued a clear rule that only nobles could eat bamboo rats.

Most importantly, its meat is delicious.

"Taoist priest."

"Um?"

"Are we out of money again?"

"I thought Empress Sanhua couldn't hear us when we were eating."

"I can hear you." The little girl changed back into the appearance of a three-flowered cat, with a serious face, "It's just that I don't have time to talk."

"There's some left."

"A lot?"

"Not many."

Finances are indeed bottoming out again.

The mountain monster from Yanhui Mountain first gave fifteen taels of silver, but most of it was spent on the meal at Yunchun Tower. Although Peach Blossom Mountain will go first, the bounty will be paid later, and the female ghosts will also give away fifteen taels, but the minimum consumption for listening to Miss Wanjiang playing the piano in Hexian Tower is just that much, and there is not much left. .

But Empress Sanhua also earned a lot.

It's hard to say whether it was the Sanhua Niangniang's money used to buy the mirror and ceramics yesterday, or the Sanhua Niangniang's money used for the room expenses during this period, but they are almost the same, in short, they used a lot.

"Mistress Sanhua, don't worry about it." Song You said to Sanhuamao, "Our money will be fine for another month or two. By the end of this month at the latest, the bounty for catching monsters will come down. Ten taels of silver. Enough for us to use it in Changjing for several more months."

"right!"

The three-flowered cat said a word, and then continued to play.

At this moment, a figure came in from the door, casually put the long knife in his hand on the table, then found a stool and sat down, heaved a long sigh of relief, and did not speak.

The Sanhuamao flicked the ball with its paws, but looked up at her suspiciously.

The woman frowned tightly, seeming a little unhappy.

The Taoist also saw something, so he asked:

"What's the matter, heroine?"

"fine."

"Is the submission of the list going well today?"

"It's not going well! It almost pissed me off!"

"Oh? Let's hear it."

The Taoist put on a very interested look.

"When I was going to hand in the list, I met another charlatan. I revealed the list at the west gate, and he revealed the list at the east gate. We went to Wangjia Village last night, and I guess he went too, but the water at the end The ghost fell into our hands, he was not reconciled, today I will hand in the list, and he will also hand in the list." Wu Xia narrowed her eyes, "I said we got rid of the water ghost, and he also said he got rid of it. Yes, I think he just came to Changjing from his appearance, he is short of money, and wants to cut off our hands."

After she finished speaking, she grinned: "Hey, interesting!"

"That's it..."

Song You also found it interesting.

At that time, he went to Peach Blossom Mountain for a while, and the ghost disappeared, so he thought that this kind of problem might happen.

It's okay that the mountain spirit and the mountain monster are the ones who made the disturbance, but if they are ghosts, unless they have special equipment for catching ghosts and pretending to be ghosts, once they are killed, they will be out of their wits, and it is difficult to leave evidence.

Without proof, there will inevitably be disputes.

There are always accidents and people in the world.

Instead, you can invite officials to accompany you, so that disputes can be avoided. It's just that sometimes it's inconvenient to bring an official, and some folk experts don't rely on magic to catch demons and eliminate ghosts, but their own local methods. Once they are seen, they risk being learned, and they are not happy.

"Who does the magistrate trust more?"

"I trust us more. This is the third time for us, but that person performed a bit of quackery on the spot. Now it's hard to say who the county magistrate trusts more. Anyway, I'm not sure."

"then what should we do?"

"It's okay! Don't worry about it!" Wu Xia waved her hand, "The official in the yamen asked us to go and ask tomorrow, and I will deal with it myself. Anyway, I must not be robbed by others!"

"I don't know what the heroine is going to do?"

"That man was a bit crazy. When he came out of the county office today, I said that if he was short of money, I could give him a tael of silver as a way of making friends. But he thought it was too little, so he said at least half." Wu Xia said I couldn't help laughing, "Hey, anyway, regardless of whether there will be a result tomorrow, it will take at least a few days for the official to get the money. That person is a charlatan and wants to reveal the list Naturally, those who earn money have to go out of the city, which made me anxious, and then go to him and talk to him after he leaves the city, if it doesn’t make sense, he’ll just kill him.”

"..."

Song You thought for a while.

In fact, as far as he is concerned, he didn't want to compete with the folks in Changjing and people from the rivers and lakes for this simple list of catching monsters. Trying to steal their credit and bounty is another matter.

After thinking about it, he said, "Outside Changjing City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there may be risks for a heroine to use force to commit murder."

"I have experience, the risk is not great!"

"I know the truth about Jianghu and Jianghu. However, the methods of Jianghu are easy to use, and female heroes are also proficient in this way, but it depends on what it is. It is not only about exorcising demons and ghosts, but also a warlock of Jianghu, and sometimes it may be practice. The method of people in the Taoist sect is easier to use."

"What can you do?"

"I'll go to the county government office tomorrow, and I'll go with the heroine, just talk to him."

"how do you say?"

"Try."

"..."

Wu Xia hesitated for a while before agreeing.

Although I don't want to bother him, it would be a good thing if there is an easier and less troublesome way.

It depends on what he does.