I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 200 Giving tea to guide the way
"Like a tiger can edge a tree,

"It's like a horse that doesn't lie down.

"But know the empty mouse hole,

"No intention of being a fish..."

The night was getting late, and the cat was still lying flat on the bed, with its four paws facing the sky, staring at the tiled roof and reciting poems in a low voice.

With his back on his back, he turned over and glanced at the paper next to him.

“No intention for a fish meal!”

Song You sat cross-legged on the bed, his heart was very quiet.

It's already snowing heavily today, and Wu Xia has already returned, but the scholar ghost has not yet returned.

Speaking of which, Toyosu is actually not that far away.

It takes less than a month for Song You to go back and forth for a journey of thousands of miles. An ordinary person should be able to complete the journey in a month.However, according to Nvxia Wu, Yeshan is remote, with many mountains and difficult roads, no waterways, and sometimes there is no accommodation in the middle, and the official posthouses are very deserted, so it takes more time.An ordinary person who is on the road can go back and forth in one and a half to two months.

If ghosts don't have special skills, they can't travel faster than people, and they have to walk slowly.

In addition, ghosts need to avoid the period between just dark and dawn, to avoid encountering pedestrians walking at night, and avoid being disturbed by the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs.It is not convenient for the ghost to stay overnight, nor is it convenient to ask for directions, so I give the scholar ghost some extra time, even if it is three months on the road.

But now half a year has passed.

Song You was worried that he would be in danger, and suspected that he might never return, and he didn't know which possibility was better.

Just thinking of this, the cat language in my ear suddenly stopped.

The cat turned its head instantly and looked outside the door.

Immediately, he quickly crawled up, ran to the window, pointed one eye at the crack of the window, looked outside, then turned to the Taoist and said:
"It's the god in the temple over there."

"..."

Song You opened his eyes, thanked Empress Sanhua, got up and opened the window, looked out, then closed the window again, turned and went downstairs.

When I opened the door, it was pitch black outside, filled with mist, and there were several priests standing there.

The first one is Lord Chenghuang.

There are two assistant officers, one civil and one military, and two military officers behind him, with a little devil who looks like a scholar.

Song You glanced at the scholar ghost.

Compared with the last time we met, his figure was much thinner, with a faint sense of erratic.

"I've seen Mr.!"

Lord Chenghuang spoke first.

"Master City God."

"Sir, I take the liberty to visit, please forgive me." After the Chenghuang finished his salute, he straightened his body. At this time, he looked far more majestic than in this spring, "I am here to report to you, tonight He patrolled Changjing at night with Priest Zhao as usual, and saw a little ghost, like a ganghua ghost, floating in the street, the little god caught it and questioned it, but he refused to say anything, only that he came to see Mr. .”

"This is indeed an old acquaintance." Song You bowed to the Chenghuang, "It's just such a trivial matter, how can I trouble the Lord Chenghuang to come here in person?"

"Sir, what's the small matter?"

"Anyway, thank you, Lord Chenghuang."

"Don't dare."

Chenghuang didn't delay much when he saw this, he just looked back, and the two military officers brought the scholar ghost to the front.

Immediately, the City God saluted again:

"Since this ghost is really my husband's old acquaintance, and the little god has already brought the ghost here, so I will leave."

"City God walk slowly."

The two sides saluted again, with due courtesy.

Immediately, the City God lifted its hood and disappeared out of thin air. The assistants and military officers around him also bowed and dispersed after seeing this, leaving only the scholar ghost who was almost unable to stand on the street.

"Immortal Master..."

The scholar ghost looked up at him, his lips were trembling, and his face was pale.

"Please come in with one step."

Song You made a gesture of please.

The scholar ghost was floating, and slowly followed him into the house.

The door creaked shut and the oil lamp came on.

"Please sit down."

"Don't dare..."

"Don't be rude, please sit down!"

"It's better to be respectful than to obey..."

One person and one ghost imitate the usual store hospitality. The scholar ghost sits on the side of the square table near the door, the Taoist sits on the inside side, and a three-coloured cat stands on a wide bench, with its two front paws pawing the table. He poked his head out and stared at the scholar ghost without blinking.

Song You stretched out his hand and pointed, and the stove next to him lit up. He put the pottery pot filled with water on it, turned his head to look at the scholar ghost, and said with emotion, "I'm back with one step."

"The delay was too long, and I came back too late. Please forgive me, the immortal master." The scholar ghost was weak.

"Why did your step look like this?"

"It's a long story."

"Tonight is still long."

"call……"

The three-flowered cat turned into a girl, and went to get the good tea from General Chen for the Taoist.

The Taoist beat and grinded the tea carefully.

Scholar Ghost sat across from him, weak and restrained, and somewhat anxious: "It's easy to go to Fengzhou. I walked that road before giving birth, but after arriving in Fengzhou, it will be difficult to go to Yeshan."

The Taoist still concentrates on tea.

There was the sound of tea being grinded back and forth.

"Yinnan County, where the Yeshan Mountain is located, is almost isolated. The so-called Yinnan refers to the south of the Yinjiang River. It is full of deep mountains, and it is impossible to go anywhere. It has neither special products nor scenery. It is poor and remote, and there are no There are no merchants going there, and no merchants come out from there, and there are even few people passing by. To the south of Fengzhou is Yaozhou. Very few people would choose to live in Zi County, let alone Yinnan County, Yinnan County seems to be isolated from the world, and there are only tens of thousands of people."

Although the scholar ghost is weak, his conversation is still not chaotic: "So when I go down, I often go the wrong way, and there is no one to ask the way. I can't even find the ghost there, and it takes a lot of time."

"I thought I would never come back with one step."

While sifting tea powder, Song You said with a smile as he thought of the so-called remote and lonely place with neither business nor scenery.

"How dare I..."

The scholar ghost continued to tell:
"After several twists and turns, I finally found Yeshan Mountain, but after arriving at Yeshan Mountain, I found out that it was heavily guarded, and there were expert formations, and there were many Taoists and monks who were good at it, and there were ghosts dressed as officials all the time." In and out, not only is it difficult for ordinary people, but it is also difficult for people who practice Taoism, and it is also difficult for ghosts.

"Fortunately, I am proficient in this way, so I got in here.

"After entering, I went through several dangerous incidents.

"Check it out and find out——

"Yeshan is a stretch of land, and the ground itself and the mountain itself form a space. In the past, people often killed people and threw their corpses in it. Later, the national teacher recruited civilians to repair and expand it. It is even more extraordinary. Now it is like a mountain in the middle of the mountain. and subterranean cities, even larger than many state cities.

"The national teacher gathered all the ghosts in the north.

"I don't know where so many people who turned into ghosts came from. After being brought here, they had to undergo interrogation first. Afterwards, some were burned to death, some became ghost servants, and some were said to be put underground. Went to the ghost town.

"I was discovered a few times in the next few times. Some ghost messengers, Taoists and monks were quite powerful. By the time I fled out of Yeshan in a hurry, my soul was almost broken. I returned to Beijing in a daze, and took the wrong road several times. The ghost messenger who came back from the north to arrest the ghost was almost captured and escaped. In the end, he almost went to Beijing with obsession. Fortunately, he met the Lord Chenghuang. The Lord Chenghuang saved a little bit of divine power for me, and I just woke up. Otherwise, when I see the immortal master, I'm afraid I won't even be able to speak well."

After the scholar ghost finished speaking, he finally relaxed a bit.

It's already weak, but it's okay when you pull yourself together, but once you relax, the whole ghost becomes even more sluggish.

The water in the clay pot next to it has been boiled, and it is gurgling.

"Is there anything else you haven't said?"

"One more thing..."

"please say."

"According to the ghosts in Yeshan Mountain, it seems that the national teacher is going to build the Underworld Palace there to house all the ghosts in the world."

"Got it."

"There is nothing else, I just hope it will be useful to the immortal master."

"Thank you."

Song You already knew part of the situation in Yeshan, what the scholar ghost said was not only a supplement, but also a confirmation, and perhaps raised some points of doubt. In any case, it was a great help.

"As I said before, if you are willing to go down and investigate for me, then you will cancel the previous matter, and you have to buy a cup of tea. But at that time, I never thought that I would be so attentive, let alone experience With so many dangers and tribulations, although my step is a ghost, although there are some small details, but I am very admired for keeping the promise, and I am afraid that a cup of tea will not be able to repay the kindness of my step."

Song You picked up the clay pot and flushed the water from a high place.

Put the water into the bowl, arouse the tea powder and tea aroma.

Immediately floating white and emerald green in the cup.

"Immortal Master..."

The scholar stared at the cup of tea with ghostly eyes, apprehensive and expectant, took a deep breath, and seemed to smell the strong aroma of hot tea.

This cup of tea is unusual.

"Please!"

Song You gave him the tea.

"The Immortal Master!"

The scholar ghost also took it with both hands.

The pottery cup is insulated from heat, so it doesn't feel hot for a short time, but you can clearly feel the temperature coming from the cup of boiling hot tea. It's warm, and it's only transmitted from your fingers to your body.

The scholar ghost couldn't help shivering.

After turning into a ghost, there is no body, no skin, how can you feel the cold and heat?In fact, for him, this has been a feeling he hasn't seen for a long time.

What's more, the heat in the cup is rising, with the fragrance of tea.

"..."

The scholar ghost took another deep breath.

The freshness of the green tea, mixed with a faint bean aroma, combined with the heat, gave him a feeling of familiarity and strangeness.

Bring it to your mouth and take a sip.

"..."

The tea has a strong aroma, slightly bitter and slightly astringent, the scholar ghost insisted on holding it in his mouth, after tasting it for a long time, the hot tea was already cold, so he swallowed it.

Then he returned to sweetness, as if his saliva had been drawn up.

After turning into a ghost, this is a taste I haven't tasted in a hundred years.

"Sir, how about this tea?"

Song You looked at him with a smile and asked.

Only then did the scholar ghost raise his head, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Good tea..."

Then he bowed his head and drank carefully, unable to bear to say more.

The originally weak and erratic ghost body gradually solidified, and he seemed to have regained some energy. After he drank the cup of tea in a few sips, he had almost returned to his original appearance.

But in detail, there are some differences.

The scholar ghost held up the cup and refused to put it down, greedily smelling the residual fragrance in the cup, like an orchid.

"If you can make up your mind to get rid of the problem of stealing, you will know a place where goblins and ghosts gather. With the blessing of innate gods, you don't have to worry about being captured by Taoists. It is also a place where you can talk to your own kind and go to the market to buy and sell incense candles. .”

"There is such a place!"

"But there is a place where rules are respected. If you don't want to get rid of your mistakes, you won't dare to talk to you. Besides, if you go there and steal constantly, I'm afraid it's a disaster rather than a blessing."

"I made an oath before, never to steal again!"

"Willing to believe in one step..."

Only then did Song You tell him the location of the Dashan Market in Pingzhou, and repeatedly urged him not to steal it again.

The scholar ghost promised many times, and it was only when he was about to leave that he suddenly thought of it, and asked him again: "Dare to ask the immortal master, can I go to the underworld ghost city built by the national teacher in Fengzhou?"

"Better not to go."

"understood."

The scholar ghost saluted him, and then left.

……

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