I didn't intend to be a Fairy

The girl is wearing a three-color dress, embroidered cloth shoes, and a bamboo hat. Her face is delicate and serious. The fabric of the dress is soft and the cuffs are loose. When she holds the fishing rod in her hand, the sleeves naturally slide down, revealing two parts that are dazzlingly white in the sun. His arms were slightly red from the sun.

The fishing rod in his hand was only three or four feet long, with numerous bamboo joints.

A puddle was dug next to him, and it was full of fish.

The old man was dressed in clothes commonly worn by local people, mainly made of blue and white fabrics. They seemed to be worn during work, so there were far more blue than white. He was wrapped in a turban and held a bamboo pole more than ten feet long. The fishing line and hook were thrown far away, and the face was already dark and full of ravines, and the face was sad, adding to the vicissitudes of life.

There was a wooden stick next to it with a thin rope attached to it, which reminded Song You of the scene in ancient paintings where fish were strung on a rope and carried on the shoulders with a wooden stick, but the rope was empty.

When Song You saw Diaosou, Diaosou also saw Song You.

"Huh?"

Diaosou was surprised. He didn't know whether he was surprised that there was a Taoist lying next to him, resting, or that the Taoist actually woke up.

"It's polite."

The Taoist had just woken up and was still not accustomed to the sunlight, so he saluted with half-squinted eyes.

"This is the Taoist priest I'm talking about. He just fell asleep in the grass forest over there." The little girl took time out of her busy schedule to turn around and introduce to Diaosou, and then to Song Yu, "This seems to be a fisherman too."

"like……"

Song You smiled slightly, put on his bamboo hat again, and sat down by the lake facing the sunshine.

"I wonder what I call my father-in-law?"

"My surname is Bai, Laosan Bai."

"My surname is Song, and my given name is You. I am a Taoist from Yizhou."

"Is this your apprentice?"

"She is my Tong'er and my traveling companion." Song You said with a smile and a gentle voice, "Thanks to her traveling around the world with me, accompanying me to relieve my boredom, and finding ways to make money to pay for my travel expenses."

"This little doll is so smart!"

"That's true."

Sanhua Empress was sitting next to her, and while others were sincerely boasting, Song You had no right to be humble for her, so she had no choice but to agree, and then asked: "This place was originally where my father-in-law fished?"

"I am indeed the only one who has come here to fish in the past two years, but there were not many people who came here to fish in the past. Some people with boats would come here to cast their nets. But this lake does not belong to any one family. Anyone who wants to come here to fish can just come." Although the old man said this, he couldn't help but feel sad when he looked at his fish float, "It's just what the little old man said just now. It's true that there are ghosts here, and many people are afraid. Monsters and ghosts don’t dare to come, as long as you are not afraid.”

"Oh? I wonder what kind of demon it is?"

"Headless Monk, have you ever heard of it?"

"I just arrived in Xian Ning and haven't heard of it yet."

"No wonder you dare to come here."

"Please give me some advice from my father-in-law."

Song You asked him respectfully.

The girl is still sitting next to her, holding a fishing rod in her hand, staring at the water, with a serious expression, motionless, only opening and closing her mouth, mumbling a curse.

The old man also held the fishing rod, but he felt that he couldn't catch a fish anyway, so it was better to talk to him in a low voice, so he said:

"Don't be afraid to speak out.

"This headless monk has been around for many years, at least hundreds of years. At that time, we were still a country. The emperor advocated Buddhism and built many pagodas and temples. Just outside the city, to the west of Xianning, you can see three tall pagodas. Well, that temple is very famous. In the past, emperors would become monks there when they got old, and many eminent monks were born there.

"There is a monk among them who is very powerful. He is said to have very high martial arts skills. When he was still alive, he was invulnerable and extremely powerful. He could smash large rocks taller than a man with one slap. He was able to subjugate dragons and tigers without using any magic weapon. He can drive away very ferocious demons and evil spirits. Everyone said that he was the Arhat Bodhisattva from heaven who descended to earth. Both people and monsters in the local area were very afraid of him. But later this monk broke the precepts, and the master I knew said that he was He offended the emperor, so he was arrested and beheaded.

"The monk was beheaded, but he still broke free from his shackles and ran around the city several times before he collapsed. His body was not even burned by fire. In the end, even if he was buried in the soil, he would often crawl out and walk at night.

“The locals were very afraid of him at that time.

“I don’t know how I was subdued later.

"This story was still being passed around when I was a child, and I don't know how many years it has been passed down. But at that time, everyone thought it was just a legend. Just like those fairy tales, no one knew whether it was true or false. Only children were scared when they heard it. Very, I always worry that he will wander outside my house at night and then ask them if his head is still there."

The old man seemed to be reminded of his childhood. He couldn't help leaning back and smiling, revealing a row of incomplete teeth.

"But who knows, in the past two years, someone has seen him near here again. Since then, more and more people have met him, and some people have been killed by him, all nearby. Some people suspect that the sun is brighter during the day most of the time. When he was young, he would sleep in the reeds. At dusk, at night, or on cloudy and rainy days, he would run out and wander outside. When he met people, he would ask them if his head was still there. On the head."

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help but turn her head slightly, opening a pair of bright and smart eyes with clear curiosity: "Then is his head still on her head?"

"The headless monk. The headless monk must have no head. He was beheaded by the emperor a long time ago."

"How can he talk without a brain?"

"Speaking from the belly."

"Oh! I have also seen people who can speak from their belly without opening their mouth!"

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"I am a Taoist priest, I am not afraid..."

After the girl finished speaking, she noticed the movement of the fishing rod and immediately ignored him. She took her head back and concentrated on pulling the rod, but she caught another big fish.

Diaosou watched and couldn't help but remain silent.

Until the Taoist's voice came from beside me: "I just heard my father-in-law say that you have a way to deal with him. I wonder what it is?"

"oh……"

Only then did Diaosou retract his gaze and said to the Taoist: "When I was fishing here, the eminent monk Wuwei from the Three Pagodas Temple often came here to study Buddhist scriptures. It is clean here and the scenery is good. Sometimes he would talk to us. He talked to the fishermen and workers, answered our questions, and sometimes taught the young people how to write and read. These things were what he said. Later, the headless monk caused trouble and killed countless people in succession. After being beaten into a pulp, he told us that if we meet this headless monk, just tell him that his head is still on his head when he asks if it is still on his head, and he will be satisfied. Those who hurt people, those who died, didn’t know and said they weren’t here.”

"Have you met my father-in-law?"

"I met him once, and it was just like what the eminent monk said. Now almost everyone outside the city knows it. Although I am still scared when I see this headless monk, I just need to say 'he is still here' and everything will be fine. In the past year, he has been... The victims are basically outsiders passing by on rainy days, so I don’t know. But there are still not many people who dare to come here to fish. It’s okay, it’s peaceful and comfortable.” The old man didn’t have the nerve to say that all the fish were fish this time. I said this alone, and just warned, "If you meet the headless monk and are asked by him, you must answer him, his head is still on his head."

After speaking, he paused and looked at the little girl again:

"But if you are a timid person, you will be so frightened that you cannot speak when you see that scene, your calves will become weak, and you may be beaten into a pulp by him. Most of those people are afraid that they will be frightened to the point of being unable to speak. This That’s why I don’t even dare to come here to fish in sunny weather.”

The implication is that if you are timid, don’t come here to compete with me for fish in the future.

Maybe also with good intentions.

"My Sanhua Empress has great magic. If I encounter that headless monk, she will definitely protect me."

"Looking at you, you probably know some magic. But the emperor here must have invited many experts to cure the monk, but he couldn't. In the past few years, there have been many experts, as well as the three towers next to Xian Ning. The eminent monks from the temple came out, and even the army came, but they couldn't do anything to the headless monk, which shows how powerful he is."

The old man holding the fishing rod said truthfully.

Sanhua Empress raised her pole again, and there was another small fish.

While taking off the small fish, his eyes rolled, but what he thought of was——

In addition to being able to make thunder, Yanzi's most powerful weapon is his little sword, which is specially designed to chop off heads. But the monster has no head. If Yanzi asks his little sword to chop off the monster's head...

As she thought about it, she found it very interesting.

"I heard that an expert came to get rid of the headless monk last time. He led him all the way to the bottom of the mountain. He also used a spell to attract huge rocks from the mountain. They were bigger than people. They rolled them down and tried to smash him to death. Not only could they not kill him, but After being beaten by the headless monk, a stone larger than a human being was smashed into pieces." Diaosou said leisurely, "Anyway, those who looked down on him were beaten to death by him."

"!"

The girl's expression suddenly condensed when she heard this.

I can't be happy anymore.

Just now I was thinking about how Yanzi's decapitating sword could chop off the headless monk's head, but now I'm saying that he can break a stone larger than a human with one punch.

Then isn’t his own mountain god...

The method of turning stones into soldiers is to gather stones into men. Although there is spiritual power as a connection, the stones will be less fragile than ordinary stones and will not fall off easily when walking. However, the hardness of the stones has not been significantly improved. It only makes the stones become It's just not as crispy anymore.

So far, my own method of turning stone into gold has only been able to turn an area as big as the mountain god's belly into gold.

"What about that eminent monk?"

"Which eminent monk?"

"Master Wuwei."

"What happened to Master Wuwei? Why didn't you get rid of the headless monk, or why didn't you come here?" Diaosou said, "Although Master Wuwei is kind-hearted and has a good reputation, how can he fight against this extremely vicious man?" The headless monk, and although he knows how to save his life when encountering him, he is unwilling to lie, so naturally he will not come here."

"I see."

"If you don't want to meet him, go back earlier."

"Thank you, husband."

"It's just a few words, don't be so polite."

The fisherman waved his hand and raised the fishing rod. He first checked the bait on the lower hook and saw that it was safe and sound. Then he continued to throw the rod. However, he did not take advantage of the length of the rod to throw it far. Instead, like the girl, he threw it in Waiting silently in the shallow water near the lake.

The truth soon told him that it had nothing to do with distance.

Until dusk came, he only had one fish.

A small fish given to him by a new fishing friend.

"It's late! It's almost time!"

The old man was carrying a wooden stick, with a small fish two fingers wide hanging on a rope. He stood up, glanced at the little girl and her fish catch, and opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say, so he had to stay. Next sentence: "You little kid, you really don't understand anything. The sun is so poisonous at the beach. If your arms are exposed like this, you will be exposed to the sun all afternoon. You will definitely be bruised when you go back!"

After blaming and preaching, he seemed to have a sense of satisfaction, and the feeling in his heart of "a young man is not as powerful as a little girl" was also made up for, and then he was satisfied and walked away.

"Let's go!"

The little fish was swaying behind him, quite happy.

Sanhua Empress turned her head and looked at him, but said nothing. After he walked away, she raised her head and looked at the sky, then turned to look at the fish in the puddle next to her that was almost full, and a sense of accomplishment suddenly rose in her heart.

"It's late, it's almost time."

Empress Sanhua was also satisfied and stood up.

First I picked up a few leaves from the reeds, tied a few of the largest fish into a bow shape, and put them into a bag next to me. Then I strung up all the other small fish. I borrowed a stick from a metasequoia tree on the spot and learned how to do it. The fisherman's appearance hung it on the wooden stick, carried it on his shoulder, staggered, and walked back.

It's a full bunch.