Not a fairy guest

East City, the county seat, is bustling with traffic and bustling with people.There are stalls and jugglers on the street with a wide variety of products.Although Yu County is not a big place, if there is anything new, word of mouth will spread it very quickly.There is still a piece of land on the corner of the East Market, and now a new fortune-telling stall has been set up, but it has been set up for several days in a row, but no one paid attention to it.

There was only a lame wooden table dragged from somewhere on the stall, with a shabby yellow cloth towel that had been washed white and covered with it. Three ancient coins with round square holes were placed in order and neatly. It was spread out on the divination wooden table, and when the sunlight gradually moved in at noon, the four characters "Daquan Fifty" were faintly revealed among the patina.

"Criticize yin and yang and cut off the five elements, look at the sun and moon in the palm of your hand, measure the feng shui and the heaven and earth, hold the universe in your sleeve..." Sitting behind the table was an old Taoist priest wearing a worn pure yang scarf, holding a bamboo hat in his arms. The old man was also old. The old Taoist priest was yawning and shouting feebly.A good word was bitten to bits by him. The old man yelled for almost the whole morning, but still no one answered him.

The old Taoist priest lowered his head and turned his gaze to the shriveled coarse cloth money bag at his waist, and then he took out the only copper coin with two trembling fingers, "Oh, you can make a penny out of water." If this is the case today. If we don't open, let alone tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll be hungry today, even if I say I don't want to eat, it's okay.

But the old Taoist priest was just about to start brewing his tears of sorrow for spring and autumn when he suddenly heard a murmur from beside him. The old Taoist priest couldn't help but frowned and turned around to see that it was the girl with double buns sitting on the bamboo stool next to him. , it seems that he has already slept on the wooden table, and has begun to dream. He keeps talking about braised chicken legs and fried kidneys. This is not enough, and from time to time he will spit out his saliva , sucked it back with a slurp, and then smacked his lips.

At this moment, the old Taoist just felt that there was an unknown fire rising in his chest for no reason. He raised his hand and was about to give her a meal of "candied chestnuts". He also felt that he had raised her for such a long time. He waved his hand in the air for a long time and thought about it. It fell on him, and he finally let it go, and then repeated the words he had just shouted all morning.

Just when the old Taoist priest was feeling frustrated, he suddenly felt a figure walking towards his hexagram stall.The old Taoist priest suddenly shook his body, and his groggy mind suddenly became clear. He was secretly happy in his heart. He immediately refreshed his mind, brushed off the whitish gray robe on his body, and smoothed out the messy goat. Hu finally cleared his throat and started singing again.

"The hexagrams can tell people and events for thousands of years, and the clever plans can change the internal and external disasters and blessings of the universe!" The old Taoist priest closed his eyes, shook his head and began to ponder, looking like a master who knows everything.

The little villager hesitated a little and said hesitantly: "Did the old gentleman tell a fortune for the Song family girl a few days ago?"

The old Taoist priest's heart trembled, and he said incoherently: "Since I came to this Yu County, I have done too many things like cleaning houses, exorcising evil spirits, drawing talismans, and divination for others. I don't think I just want to pay for it." , everything also depends on the word fate, but as the saying goes, meeting is fate, not to mention there are so many people in Yu County who come to ask for divination. My little brother, I really can’t remember the girl Song you mentioned. Let me figure out which one she is."

After saying that, the old Taoist priest's eyes wandered, and he picked up the magic formula with his fingers randomly, "The little brother is asking about the girl in the alley in the west of the city? The poor Taoist did tell a fortune for her when he entered the city."

The little village man smiled naively and said, "Actually, old sir, you don't have to think about it that long. It's the girl who kicked you a few days ago."

The old Taoist priest's face turned blue and white with embarrassment at the little village man's words. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned. He recovered from the embarrassment not long after and said: "Little brother, don't talk nonsense." Ah! It sounds like the poor fortune teller is not good at fortune-telling and is cheating. A few days ago, the poor man wanted to take a look at this girl's face without spending any money. However, his advice went against his ears. She actually treated me as a decent person. It's really rude to be so rude."

When the old Taoist priest mentioned this matter, he felt as if he had been greatly wronged and stared blankly.

The little village man nodded to show that he understood, and with a smile on his face, he quickly told the old Taoist priest not to worry about it.

"Xiaoqing." The old Taoist priest immediately called the girl's name, turned his eyes towards the luggage package, and motioned for her to take out pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The girl named Yang Qing understood immediately. She took out a piece of white paper from the bag on the ground next to her and ground out some pine smoke ink. Then she handed a thin pen to the young man and said with a smile: " Then please, brother, please write a word on the paper first."

After the little village man took the pen, he seemed a little scratching his head.He hadn't read a book, and he didn't know a few Chinese characters. His thoughts were whirlwind for a long time and he didn't know what to write. After thinking about it, he simply grabbed the thin pen with stiff fingers and wrote out the few words he had been thinking about in a crooked way. drawn on paper.

The little village man looked at the words on the paper and said with a shy expression: "Old sir, I'm just a rough person. It doesn't matter to me. So I won't predict the words. I just I would like to ask the old gentleman to draw two more peace charms for me for Miss Song, is that possible?"

The old Taoist priest smiled: "Of course it's possible!"

On the wooden table, pens, inks, papers and inkstones had been neatly placed, but the old Taoist priest did not dip them in ordinary black ink, but took out cinnabar ink from the baggage.The pen tip on his wrist moved back and forth, and the complex and mysterious vermilion lines extended gracefully, almost in one go. As for what he drew, the little villager didn't understand it at all.

After the ink was dry, the old Taoist priest made a stack of the original talisman and the two he had just drawn, and handed them to the little villager.

The young man stood up and took the talismans solemnly, blowing on them gently, for fear of accidentally erasing the writing.After checking again and again for a long time, he put it in his arms like a treasure, bowed to the old Taoist priest and thanked him, and then left in relief.

The old Taoist priest stared intently at the small bag of copper coins in his hand, weighing it repeatedly, smiling happily as he listened to the "squeak" sound of the coins colliding with each other.

Yang Qing glared at him angrily and spat: "Thank you for always claiming to be an expert from Sifang Mountain, how vulgar!" The old Taoist priest glanced sideways at the girl and said confidently: "Yes! I am a vulgar person. I am not vulgar. How can I support you, a brave man like you who only eats and drinks? Forget it about Qingfu, it’s just such a small hobby, and you still make irresponsible remarks, you’re so heartless.”

The girl fell silent for a moment, and had no choice but to cough slightly in embarrassment to cover it up.

The old man and the young man packed up their bags and left the wooden table and bamboo stool that were too worn for burning firewood in place. The two of them walked along the street. Every time they passed a food shop, Yang Qing had to swallow several mouthfuls of saliva.After walking straight for half an hour, the old Taoist finally stopped and said, "Okay, that's it! I'll take you to eat something good today!"

Looking at the gilded plaque of Taoyuan Building in front of her, the charming and aristocratic feeling of wealth came to her face. Then she looked at herself and the old man in rags. For no reason, Yang Qing had a bad feeling.

But the old Taoist priest didn't realize it and rushed inside.

Sure enough, before they could enter, Yang Qing saw a waiter and boy coming over to stop them, "Hey! Where are you coming from? Old sir, you have to go to the kitchen to beg for food. You don't want to go to the place where the distinguished guests are. You understand. Don’t understand the rules!”

The old Taoist priest was very angry when he heard this. He looked up and saw the disgust in the waiter's eyes. He immediately jumped up in anger and took out his money bag, trying to compete with the other guy.

This time, there was too much movement, and it was almost lunch time when there were many people. It disturbed many official guests to look over. Instantly, the waiter's face turned red with anger, and he was at a loss. His eyes for help kept looking to the other side to greet the guests. Lost the remaining years of his life.

Yu Nian turned around and handed the guest over to another boy who was leading the way. He immediately walked to the waiter and said, "Old sir, it's our people who are ignorant. I will apologize for him. I hope you don't argue with him. You are What do you want to eat? I'll take you to a seat."

The old Taoist priest looked Yu Nian up and down, his eyes full of smiles and his mouth kept tutting, "Then lead the way!"

Yu Nian took the two guests to their seats, and then politely asked them what they wanted to eat. He glanced at Yang Qing a few more times. The little girl was wearing a double bun. She was in her prime, with a hibiscus-like face and pink makeup. With a pretty face and lively and graceful eyes, she looks like a lady from an official family.

Looking at the old Taoist priest again, his clothes are a bit shabby, but he also has a bit of immortality.

Could it be that Song Yuanwai invited him to catch the monster?He thought about it, but Yu Nian did not miss any of the work he was doing. He introduced several of Taoyuanlou's specialty dishes to the two of them. Just as the girl listened to the dishes recommended by Yu Nian, she became extremely excited.

The old Taoist priest coughed and asked about the price. Hearing that these dishes all cost several taels of silver, the old Taoist priest suddenly looked embarrassed.

Yu Nian has worked as a boy in Taoyuan House for seven years, and his ability to observe people's emotions is second to none.The old Taoist priest's behavior made him enthusiastic about the ideas of the two experts who were invited by Song Yuan. He introduced tactfully: "If you two have taboos about meat dishes, we also have plain noodles in our store." The dishes of this type are also very delicious, and the price is relatively affordable, you can get a big bowl for only a few pennies."

When the old Taoist priest heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. The boy followed the instructions, but he kept a very steady expression: "Ahem, little brother, please give us two bowls of plain noodles."

Yu Nian looked around and greeted with a smile, "I wonder if the old man is here for the monsters in Yu County?"

The old Taoist priest didn't seem to expect that the other party would suddenly ask him such a question. He was slightly startled and looked at Yu Nian again. He thought that he usually only used talismans to keep safe, so he didn't know how to kill demons. But at this time At this moment, the little vanity in his heart prevented him from saying that he was just setting up a fortune-telling stall nearby, so he put on the familiar posture, cleared his throat and said, "I heard that there is an evil spirit in Yu County." The evil spirit came from Yujian from Sifang Mountain to solve the problems of the people, but I don’t know where this evil came from and where it is hiding now.”

After listening to the old Taoist priest, Yu Nian couldn't help but think to himself: I had heard that Song Yuanwai paid a lot of money to hire an expert from Sifang Mountain to catch monsters. Could it be these two people in front of him?It must be so. The Song Mansion is not far from Taoyuan Tower, so they must have stopped by to inquire about the news.

When I was growing up in Yu County, I had certainly heard of the famous Sifang Mountain within a hundred miles. For most people, Sifang Mountain undoubtedly symbolized the holy land of the Immortal Family.

In the hearts of the people of Yu County, even if they can't become a formal disciple, but can become a handyman on the mountain, as long as they can be related to Sifang Mountain, that is the most amazing thing.Unfortunately, Sifang Mountain's requirements for selecting disciples are very strict. Those who can enter the Taoist sect of the Immortal Family are all the best among people or those with outstanding qualifications.

So when Yu Nian heard that the old Taoist priest came from Sifang Mountain, he was immediately in awe and changed his name directly from the old man to the Immortal Chief. I am the most well-informed about small matters!"