I didn't intend to be a Fairy

"gentlemen."

The swordsman changed back to the original set of gray linen clothes, led his black horse, and walked on the official road. The road under his feet was almost straight to the front. The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and there was no end in sight. It is rare for him to be at peace now that he comes and goes like the wind, leading the horse and walking slowly.

The Taoist, the swordsman, a three-colored cat, and two horses, one red and one black, are the scenery in this early morning.

"When Shu was buying quilt bags in the city, he asked the shopkeeper. He heard that the county in front of him was called Lanmo County, and there were demons haunting it. It was very noisy." The swordsman said, "The shopkeeper heard that we were going north. Advise us to bypass Lanmo County and take another route."

"Lanmo County..."

"yes."

"Do you know what kind of ghost it is?"

"I heard it's a rat demon."

As soon as the words fell, the three-flowered cat next to him turned his head and stared straight at the swordsman.

Song You also noticed Sanhuamao's gaze, smiled and said, "Then let's meet this rat demon."

"Let's go meet this rat demon~"

A county is not that big, no matter how leisurely Song You and his party are, they can walk from Zhijiang County to the jurisdiction of Lanmo County in one day.

In the middle of the afternoon, the boundary marker was already seen.

Slowly went to dusk again.

The road is still straight, the hillside is soft and gentle, and the shadows of several figures, together with the dead trees beside the road, are stretched by the setting sun on the left.

There was finally someone up front.

"Kang ku ku ku..."

It was a stooped old man, pulling a cart that seemed to be falling apart, walking slowly along the official road.

If it wasn't for Song You and his party, he would be the only one walking alone on the road at sunset.

The road was bumpy, the cart shook and made a noise. There are several empty buckets on the cart, and when you get closer, you can still see the wet water left in the buckets, which should be brought back to water the ground.

The melon ladle that was originally used for watering was also placed in the bucket, and as the cart shook, it made a clanging sound.

Song You and the swordsman hurriedly led their horses to the side of the road. They both looked at the old man pulling the cart. The Sanhua Mao also stretched its neck and stared at the old man without blinking.

"Old man."

Song You called out to stop him.

"Eh?"

The old man stopped, turned his head, and looked at him with a pair of cloudy eyes.

Seeing that Song You was wearing a Taoist robe and smiling, he looked at the swordsman beside him, who turned his back slightly to show his kindness. The old man looked back at Song You again, and then asked:

"What's up?"

"I don't know how far away Lanmo County is?"

"Where are you coming from? Where are you going?"

"The next line is from Changjing, and we have to go north to the border." Song You replied honestly.

"Going into town?"

"yes."

"There are dozens of miles left, I won't be able to walk today..."

The old man's voice was rough, with a long tail.

"Dozens of miles."

"Hey! Dozens of miles!"

"Is there a convenient place to stay nearby?"

"You can't live in a random place!" The old man looked them up again, and reminded him, "If you sleep on the roadside on the mountain at night, be careful not to be eaten by monsters..."

"Sleeping in the wilderness will be eaten by monsters?" Song You asked, "Could it be that there are so many monsters here?"

"Then who can tell..."

"I see."

It seems that it will not be eaten.

"Follow this road to the front without making a turn. There is a temple twenty miles away. You can live in the temple."

"I don't know what kind of temple it is?"

"For Lei Gong and Liu Xian."

"Lei Gong..."

Song You pursed his lips, and then asked again: "But who is this fairy Liu?"

"Liu Xian is amazing!"

"how to say?"

"You will know when you go. The sun is setting, and I don't dare you to say it. If you want to go, you have to go quickly, and you have to run over on horseback."

"Then thank you, old man."

"..."

The old man waved his hand, pulled the cart and left again.

The setting sun also stretched his shadow long.

Song You watched him walk away, then looked away, looked at the surrounding land, and continued to move forward.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, neither fast nor slow.

"This year is too dry." The swordsman walked beside him, walking side by side with him, "The terrain of Hezhou is flat. Although the land is not fertile, it is considered good land. It used to be one of my big Yan granaries, but listen It is said that there was very little rain in Hezhou last year, and this year is better, but it is not as good as previous years."

"The people are suffering."

"If it doesn't rain, who can do it?"

"yes."

"Hezhou is not bad. I heard that in Danzhou in the northwest, there is no rain in some places for a year, and no grass grows."

"Danzhou..."

Song Youchang sighed and shook his head secretly.

The setting sun was getting closer to the top of the mountain on the left, the sky quickly turned dark, the world changed from golden yellow to golden red, and several shadows were almost pulled from the road between the two mountains to the foot of the mountain on the right.

Twenty miles away, the road is flat. If you ride a horse, you may arrive in less than a quarter of an hour. However, the speed of the group is about the same as in the daytime. Seeing the sun slowly sinking to the left mountain, the light of this square is also quickly moving from left to right. After closing, only Hui was left in the blink of an eye, and they had only walked a few miles.

The sky and the earth darkened, and the stars above the head came out one by one.

The sanhuamao likes the darkness, and also likes the endless wilderness full of mice. At some point, it turned into a human form, carrying her pony lantern, and followed the Taoist.

This lantern was the only light on the ground.

Song You vaguely heard her babbling, as if she was still eating snacks while walking, but she didn't look back.

On the contrary, the swordsman was very curious, and looked back at her, and the generous little girl offered to invite him to eat bacon. The swordsman was very happy, thinking that this was the performance of Mistress Sanhua's acceptance of him, and was about to agree, but thought that her husband hadn't Eat it, not to mention the bacon is raw, so I declined it politely.

"Next time."

"Okay ok..."

The little girl nodded back again and again, and then asked again: "Why haven't we seen the monster after walking for so long?"

"Aren't there monsters everywhere?"

"There are rats everywhere."

"yes."

"Just an ordinary rat."

"Empress Sanhua has a pair of wise eyes."

"Yes."

The little girl held a lantern in her right hand, illuminating the dry dirt road, and held the meat in her left hand, babbling for a while before asking:

"Why hasn't the monster come yet?"

"Empress Sanhua is so powerful, how dare monsters attack her so easily?" Song You said truthfully.

"right……"

The little girl fell silent and concentrated on eating the rat slices.

After eating the mouse slices, he went to the front again with the lantern in his hands, holding up the lantern with a stick in both hands, saying that he wanted to illuminate them, but I am afraid it was more out of a kind of "wanting to show his own toys" and "toys". The psychology of children who want their toys to come in handy” is also quite interesting.

However, it did come in handy.

At this time, there is only the afterglow on the horizon, showing a dreamlike gradient, and some extravagant scenes in Yizhou seem to be the norm here.

With the peripheral light from the horizon, the stars and the moon overhead, and the pony lanterns that can illuminate a small area of ​​warmth, and the road is almost straight, although it was already dark, after getting used to it, it was easy to drive.

A group of people sometimes walked on the mountain and became part of the silhouette of the sky, sometimes walked among the mountains, lit the only light on the dark land, and sometimes passed the mountain, from the beginning to the end without any hurry.

Gradually drift away, nothing happened all the way.

At most, it's just some movement in the grass by the roadside or in the field, which will attract the little girl to stop and turn her head to stare. She waited until the Taoist behind her came forward and gave her a push, and then she took a step forward, and quickly walked to the front with her legs upside down, continuing to be her street light seriously. But after a while, she forgot to be serious again, and was once again attracted by the movement in the field. She stopped and stared at her until the Taoist behind her pushed her in different ways, and then she continued to move forward.

So back and forth, all the way do not know how many times.

The mice in the field should be fortunate that tonight's Empress Sanhua is a mobile street lamp. If not, her harvest tonight might have to be packed in a quilt bag.

"There is a temple in front!"

The little girl holding the pony lantern turned around.

The candlelight borrowed from Huoyang Zhenjun showed a warm yellow color through the pony lantern, illuminating her delicate little face with a focused expression.

"where?"

"There!"

The little girl pointed forward.

It's somewhere in the dark.

Human eyes are indeed inferior to cats.

The group walked for a while before seeing the temple.

"There are people inside!"

The little girl turned around and said to them.

"Miss Sanhua is really amazing."

"Mistress Sanhua has turned into a cat."

"good."

The little girl skipped and put her beloved pony lantern back into the quilt bag, and took out a red string from her arms. There was a small wooden pendant on the red string. She held it in her hand, With a sound, it was already a three-coloured cat when it landed on the ground. A red string was tied around the three-coloured cat's neck, and a small wooden sign with her name was hung on it.

Only then did the two and the cat approach Miaozi.

The temple has a door, which is concealed.

Song You drew back the lantern and held it up to have a look.

The temple is unknown, but there is a couplet.

writes:

Come here with a clear heart;

It is more evil than my family.

Song You held up the lantern and looked to the side again, and could vaguely see a thin tail disappearing quickly in the grass.

"Squeak..."

The swordsman opened the door and went in.

What greeted us first was a burst of incense, and there was some smoke in it. There was a row of gods in front, and there were people sitting in the corner. They were a few Jianghu people, all armed with weapons, and they looked like escorts on their way back, lighting a fire.

Seeing Song You and especially the swordsman behind him coming in, several people were a little vigilant. Some opened their eyes, some straightened up slightly, and some touched their weapons.

Song You first looked at the statues on the altar.

"..."

They are still old acquaintances.

I saw the tall and burly statue sitting in the middle, with a righteous face and angry eyes, but wearing a soap suit. It is Zhou Leigong who is now famous. Next to him is a statue of Thunder God, and almost in the middle of him is a slender statue of a female god wearing a multicolored divine attire. Next to him are two Dharma protectors that are common in the north, as well as local community members. Idol of God.

The difference from Lei Qingguan is that the statues here, even the one on the farthest edge, have divine light and are all absorbing incense.

The statue is alive and spotless.