I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 681 Nanhua Cold Night

There are many mountains to the south of Pingzhou.

In early winter, the vegetation is withered and the world is yellow. From time to time, the sound of mule bells can be heard on the mountain roads, and pedestrians wearing thick clothes are walking.

The Taoist also wore thick clothes and walked on the top of the mountain with a bamboo stick, stopping from time to time to look into the distance.

A cat followed closely beside him.

A swallow stopped to rest.

The group had just gotten off the back of the white crane.

"Now that we have been to all five mountains, where will we go next? Back to Yizhou, Meow?" Mao'er asked as he walked.

"It's not urgent yet."

"There's no rush yet!"

"nature."

"Do you want to wait until next fall?"

"Just socialize in summer and autumn."

The Taoist said while looking at the open scenery.

Now that the five roads to heaven have been reorganized, Jin Lingguan has been killed, Duke Lei of Zhou has been convinced, and the power directly belonging to the Emperor of Heaven no longer exists. Among the ancient gods, the Huoyang Emperor was seriously injured and went into seclusion, which almost showed his attitude. The ancient god Tianzhong fell, and the Void Emperor symbolically helped, and the Taoist did not kill him completely. There was a tacit understanding between the two parties. By rebuilding the path to heaven, half of the power of the Wude God in the Heavenly Palace has been lost, and mainly only the Four Saints of the Four Directions are left.

It's time to depose them.

This should be a fierce battle.

"No way!"

The calico cat ran forward and looked back at him.

"Come down the mountain."

The Taoist changed direction and walked through the dense forest to the normal walking path down the mountain.

Cats are used to this.

A man and a cat suddenly walked out of the forest onto the road.

"oops!"

A middle-aged businessman holding a mule on the road was shocked. He quickly took two steps in the opposite direction to him, making a defensive posture and showing fear. When he saw that he was a Taoist, he relaxed slightly.

"Sir, is he a human or a demon?"

"Nature is human."

The Taoist stood up straight and saluted him: "I was so frightened that I was rude. Please forgive me."

"Why did Mr. come out of the forest so suddenly? There was no other movement. I thought it was a mountain bandit, or a monster and a wild dog, and I was shocked." The businessman accused in shock.

"..."

The Taoist smiled at him, turned around, pointed to a temple faintly visible in the mountains ahead and asked, "Is that a temple?"

"Of course it's a temple." The businessman was a little angry but replied, "Sir, do you want to spend the night there?"

"Is there anyone worshiping Thunder God in the temple?"

"It's exactly a Thunder God Temple."

"Oh?"

Song You was quite surprised and smiled: "Specialized Lei Gong Temple?"

"Exactly." The businessman replied, "There are many mountains in Pingzhou, and there are many legends about immortals, gods, demons and ghosts. Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, and demons and ghosts are everywhere. This mountain road is uninhabited for dozens of miles, so it is natural to build it. A Lei Gong Temple to suppress evil spirits in the mountains."

"I see."

The Taoist nodded, which was reasonable.

"Nan Hua is not far ahead, right?" Song You chatted casually with the businessman.

"There are still twenty or thirty miles to go."

"It's not that far."

"Sir, are you also going to Nanhua?"

"almost."

"If we walk faster, we can get there before dark."

"Just let it go."

"Then I have to take a step first. At night, ghosts and wolves howl on this mountain road, which is unsettling." The businessman said, looking at this Taoist who always felt a little unusual, and the one beside him who always raised his head. Looking at himself, with an expression like a beautiful talking cat, he said half-reminding and half-warning, "If you, sir, can't walk to Nanhua today, just stay overnight in the Lei Gong Temple in front of you, or just find a place to spend the night on the road. It's not far away from here." The Lei Gong Temple is nearby, and that temple is very efficacious. If any demons and ghosts dare to cause trouble nearby, they will be killed by the Lei Gong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Taoist smiled slightly and kept his pace, taking his time and watching the merchant and the mule go further and further away.

About a quarter of an hour later.

There is a temple next to the mountain road.

Sure enough, it is a Lei Gong Temple. Even the couplets on both sides of the temple door are somewhat familiar:

So bold to come and see me;

Come back and don't harm anyone!

Looking inside, I saw a row of Thunder God statues.

In the newly built temples in recent years, the red paint on the beams and pillars is relatively bright, and the statues inside are also new. The first one is in the middle, wearing soap clothes, tall and mighty, with a righteous face. Who else could it be if it wasn't Zhou Lei Gong?

The Taoist stepped in and the light dimmed.

There is an extra handful of incense in my hand, and two more people beside me.

The incense is divided into three parts, three sticks per person.

The Taoist held the incense and stood in front of the altar. He looked at the statue of God of Thunder for a long time before shaking the incense.

"..."

Silently, the incense burned.

A wisp of green smoke curled up from his hand.

Two plumes of green smoke also floated around him.

The Taoist looked respectful and bowed three times——

These three sticks of incense were supposed to be made three months ago.

No wonder I came down late.

The blame lies with Empress Sanhua.

In fact, Sanhua Empress’s white crane flies too high, often entering the clouds, making it difficult to see clearly. It also flies too fast, dazzling people, and there is no time to see it. It flies from the ruined temple in the barren mountain to the boundless mountain, and there is no trace of it all the way. I saw any palaces and temples on the roadside. The boundless mountains sat dry for three months. I flew back to Pingzhou, but it was only now that I saw a temple in the mountains below.

With this thought in mind, the Taoist inserted the incense into the mud.

Turn around and look both ways.

The Yanzi boy on the left also looked respectful and offered incense to the Thunder Lord.

The girl on the right wearing three-color clothes had a serious face. She also followed his example and bowed to Zhou Leigong three times. Then she inserted the incense into the mud, turned her head slightly and looked at the Taoist with her peripheral vision. The next action is to prepare to continue learning.

Seeing that her Taoist priest made no other movements and feeling his Taoist gaze, she turned her head and looked at him.

Girls naturally don’t know what people are thinking.

The Taoist also didn't know what Mao'er was thinking.

"Let's go."

"Let's go!"

The Taoist picked up the bamboo stick, turned around and walked out.

"Canopy..."

The girl instantly turned into a cat and followed behind her.

The young man also turned into a swallow and flew out of the temple.

There are still twenty miles to go to Nanhua.

"Miss Sanhua, do you still remember how to get to the inn in Nanhua?"

"Miss Sanhua doesn't remember."

"Don't you think Sanhua Empress has a great memory?"

"Do you remember that Taoist priest?"

"Can not remember."

"You're not smart."

"..."

The group of people quickly disappeared among the mountain roads, leaving only nine sticks of incense burning slowly on the altar in the temple. Suddenly the statue in the temple opened its eyes, with a majestic look on its face, and then took a sudden breath. The nine sticks of incense instantly gave off a bright red luster. From top to bottom, everything was burned in an instant. The smoke was like a thread, all floating in the air. Enter the statue in the center of the altar.

……

The Taoist followed his memory into the city, walked according to his memory, searched around and asked several times, and finally came to the door of an inn.

It gets dark early in winter. It's already dark now and the inn is closed, but you can still see the light coming from the crack in the door and the faint sounds of voices inside.

The Taoist held a lantern and illuminated the sign.

"Jingfu Inn."

A cat's head emerged from the robe, and she read it softly for him.

The Taoist looked down at her.

"brush!"

The cat's head shrank back instantly.

The Taoist took another two steps to the side with the lantern, illuminating the shop sign hanging on the side of the shop.

"Fairy Soup Cake."

Mao'er poked his head out again and read for him.

As soon as the Taoist lowered his head, she shrank back again.

"..."

Song You shook his head and continued to look up.

This is a rectangular shop sign with the words "Fairy Soup Cake" from top to bottom. However, I wonder if all the shops selling soup cakes in Nanhua later changed their shop signs for soup cakes to "Fairy Soup Cake". Just one The Fairy Soup Cake’s store sign was no longer competitive, so Jingfu Inn put a shorter store sign on it, which read:

"Authentic!"

The cat's voice is small but sonorous.

The Taoist looked down and saw that she was well huddled in her robe, without sticking her head out.

It must be that the cat's eyesight is sharp. He had just placed the lantern underneath and already saw what words were written on it. At this time, he noticed the Taoist's movements and read out.

"Snapped……"

The Taoist patted her gently, walked forward and knocked on the door.

"Tuk tuk..."

"Who is it?"

A voice soon came from inside.

"Stay at the hotel."

The Taoist replied.

"..."

There were some whispers inside, which I couldn't hear clearly. I could only vaguely hear whispers such as "It's so late" and "It won't happen", but footsteps could also be heard, gradually approaching the door.

The light in the doorway also became noticeably brighter.

"Squeak..."

There was a somewhat sour sound of opening the door.

The inn door was opened.

There was a middle-aged man standing inside. At a glance, he was about the same age as the store owner in his memory. He was holding an oil lamp and looked at the Taoist with some vigilance, and then looked behind him.

"Are you alone, sir?"

"Yes."

"Why did you come to the hotel so late?"

"I came from the north and arrived just before dark. I entered the city when the city gate was closed and looked for an inn for a while." The Taoist said helplessly and truthfully, "It gets dark too fast today."

"Who says it's not? It's winter!" The shopkeeper felt relieved and got out of the way, "Sir, come in quickly."

"Thank you."

The Taoist walked into the inn and took a look around, carrying a brocade bag and a robe.

The entrance is right into the hotel lobby.

It has been renovated inside, and the benches, floors, and beams seem to be newer than in memory, but the general layout is still the same. It seemed to be completely dark at this time, but it was actually not too late. There was still a table of guests sitting and eating in the lobby, with an oil lamp placed high up.

The shopkeeper closed the door and blew out the lamp in his hand.

"There are also front rooms, small rooms and main rooms in the small shop. Which room do you want sir to live in?"

"I want a temporary room."

Song You paused and thought for a moment: "I like the left one. It would be better if the one on the left is still empty."

"Sir, you don't know. There are two rooms in the shop, one on the left and one on the left. The one on the left is where the gods once lived. Many people who come to the shop to stay here like to stay in that room. They say they want to stay in the shop. Catch the immortal spirit of the gods." The store owner was not surprised. Perhaps he felt that the Taoist's strange preferences were normal. Perhaps he thought that the Taoist had also heard about it and wanted to live in the same place as the gods in a more euphemistic way. In the meantime, he pointed to the table in the lobby and said to the Taoist, "It's unlucky for you to come today. This fairy room has already been preempted by this table of guests."

Song You turned his head when he heard this and looked at the guests at the table again.

A total of four people looked very ordinary in their attire. At this time, each of them had a bowl of Nanhua County's famous soup cake.

"Then let's stay in the one on the right."

"How many days will you stay?"

"Only one night."

"okay……"

The store owner quickly opened a room for the Taoist.

"Sir, what would you like to eat? The soup cakes in the small shop are the most famous. Even the gods said it was good after eating them, so they were named fairy soup cakes. All the soup cake shops in Nanhua County changed their names because of the small shop. Come to the small shop. There is nothing that the customers in the store do not want to eat." The store owner paused and smiled, "In this weather, there is nothing more comfortable than eating a bowl of steaming soup cakes."

"Then let's have two bowls. I'll put the things down and serve them."

"Two bowls?"

"Yes……"

"okay!"

The store owner didn't say anything and agreed readily.

The Taoist went upstairs with the oil lamp.

The so-called shaofang, placed in a residential house, originally refers to a room used for stacking rice. Later, it mainly refers to a house that is far away from the inner room and is not so important. If it is placed in an inn, it is used for storing rice. Refers to a more ordinary room, opposite to the head room and the official room.

I lived in a small house more than ten years ago.

It's a pity that we couldn't stay in the same room.

"..."

The Taoist couldn't help but shake his head and smile when he thought about it.

Unexpectedly, the soup cakes that I praised so many years ago have become famous far and wide. It is said that the newly appointed governor Zhizhou will come here to eat them. Even the room he once lived in has been turned into a fairy room. On the contrary, I want to visit the old place again. When I had to be more thorough, I still couldn’t live in it.

It's a bit strange.

Putting down the brocade bag and bag and letting the cat run out, the Taoist told her that he would go down and bring soup cakes, and asked her not to run around in the room, and then went downstairs again.

I don’t know whether the wooden stairs have been repaired or not, and they creak when you walk on them.

I could faintly hear voices below.

"Everyone in the entire Nanhua County knows about that immortal. It was under the persuasion and punishment of the immortal that Li Daguan in the city was able to abandon evil and do good, and he became the current Li Dashan. Later I heard that this immortal was in There are many deeds of immortals elsewhere, and they are very impressive immortals. Therefore, when the new governor of Pingzhou takes office, he has to go around here. This cannot be deceived."

It was the shopkeeper talking to that table of customers.

"What does the fairy look like? I can't remember the little man clearly. He was still young at that time, and his father and mother were running the shop. I only heard from my father that the fairy was a Taoist, young, extraordinary in birth, and brought a tabby cat. And a bay-red horse. The calico cat is very clever, and the bay-red horse is even more extraordinary. It doesn’t even need a rein, so it is probably spiritual. There are legends about this god in many other places, and he also brings a calico cat and a bay-red horse. Red horses, and in some places, cats and horses of other colors are also known to change."

The store owner explained it carefully and skillfully, I don't know how many times he has explained it.

It was the first time for the customers in the store to listen to it, and they listened attentively. They asked curious questions from time to time, with longing in their eyes.

Until the Taoist came down.

"Sir, don't be anxious. Please wait a moment. My wife is making soup cakes for you. The noodles have to be eaten fresh." The store owner turned around and said to the Taoist with a smile, "If you feel it's cold outside, you can go back to your room. Wait a minute. Just serve it to sir."

"It doesn't matter."

The Taoist also smiled.

The store owner's hospitality is something he inherited from his father.

(End of this chapter)