This Liao Zhai is not right

It was clearly the evening when I first saw this woman in the blue and white silk dress, and within a few hours she had followed me and was planning to live in the City God Temple.

The situation is too outrageous.

For a time, Su Su thought that this might be the legendary speed of "love at first sight, marriage at second sight, and even childbirth at third sight".

But I, Su, am still a fox now!

Is there really no one in this world who is interested in white-haired foxes?

No way? No way?

Su Su felt a chill.

He quickly revealed himself, looked at the woman in the blue and white silk dress with tears in her eyes, and was about to ask her the purpose of coming to the City God Temple.

But the woman in the blue and white silk skirt seemed not to have seen Su Su. She walked aside as if she didn't see him, took out a broom and dustpan, and started cleaning the City God Temple.

"Pretend it's real."

Su Su thought that the woman in the blue and white silk dress was pretending not to see him, so he stepped forward again and stood in front of her. However, the woman in the blue and white silk dress still did not show any abnormality. She lightly tapped the broom and filled the dustpan with ashes, and walked straight forward.

As the distance got closer, Su Su could even see the woman's white skin as bright as the moon under her silk skirt, and there was a faint scent of osmanthus lingering between her nostrils.

Seeing that he was about to collide, Su Su quickly turned around to avoid it.

"Really can't see me? I've clearly revealed my true form. Even if she can't see through my true form, she should be able to sense the divine body of the land!"

Su Su carefully observed the woman in the blue and white silk skirt. After she finished cleaning the City God Temple, she looked around for a moment, then timidly took a few tribute fruits from the altar, curled up in a corner of the temple, crying silently while biting the tribute fruits to fill her stomach.

Even so, Su Su still did not give up.

He walked up to the woman in the blue and white silk dress in three or two steps, stretched out his front limbs and waved them in front of her eyes a few times. When he saw that the woman in the blue and white silk dress still did not respond, he stretched out his front limbs to the woman's tearful red eyes.

Just a hair's breadth away from a collision.

The warm breath of the woman in the blue and white silk dress sprinkled on the plush paws, making Su Fu feel a little itchy, but instead of retracting its forelimbs, it stretched it forward slightly, crossing the short distance and touching the tear-red eyes of the woman in the blue and white silk dress.

"Ah... a fly flew into my eye..."

The woman in the blue and white silk skirt burst into tears. After a cry of pain, she couldn't help rubbing her eyes that were touched by Su Su.

"hiss......"

Su Su sucked in a breath of cold air and took several steps back: "If this is all fake, then her acting skills are simply horrible."

After eating the tribute fruit, the woman in the blue and white silk dress, perhaps tired of crying, leaned against the wall and fell asleep.

Su Su sat at the position of the City God statue, staring at her sleeping face with vigilant eyes.

Time passed by second by second. The woman in the blue and white silk dress did not mutter in her sleep. Only her furrowed brows proved that it was not a good dream.

gradually.

Several large balls of white light floating from the direction of Baishui Village and Guojia Village sank into Su Su's mind. The yamen runners and ghost soldiers who were called by Su Su to patrol the vicinity of Guobei County and fight against the evil ghosts that harmed people also returned one after another.

The roosters crowed outside the temple.

The night passed quickly and before I knew it, it was dawn.

Whether it was the yamen runners and ghost soldiers who had just returned from the troops, or the civil and military judges who had returned to the clay statue, they were all very tactful and did not ask Su Su what was going on with the woman in the blue and white silk skirt who was curled up in the corner of the temple and sleeping.

Su Su, who had been on guard all night, yawned as if it was nothing special. He knocked on the clay statue of the civil and military judge and asked, "Did you two notice anything wrong with that woman?"

The civil and military judges were terrified and looked up and down at the woman in the blue and white silk skirt for a long time. } Penguin Group!2//%霸(流&*⑨~!吴>㈨/3。~!林(琪@

Afterwards, he insisted that this was just a beautiful mortal woman, there was nothing wrong with her body, and that she was blessed with good fortune and would enjoy wealth and glory in the future.

"It's very strange. If there was nothing wrong with her yesterday, then why did I feel so uncomfortable?"

Su Su became more and more confused and had to guess: "Could it be that someone is secretly spying on me and thinks that I am not a good person because I am following this mother and daughter, so I am planning to attack me?"

"I don't think there are such ruthless people in Guobei County. Who is behind this?"

My thoughts drifted farther and farther away, but there was still no reason.

Su Fu simply stopped thinking about it and turned to look at the civil and military judges and asked, "Did you find anything when you were patrolling outside the city?"

"Reporting to the City God, last night there was a voluptuous ghost in the temple outside the mountain of Guangping Township, seducing people's blood. We have already sent it to the underworld."

"Reporting to the City God, last night there was a hanged ghost haunting people in the dense forest three miles north of Guobei County, and he has asked us to grind his bones and scatter his ashes."

"..."

After reporting one case after another, it turned out that these yamen runners and ghost soldiers had done something, but they did not give it the news it wanted to hear.

"Even if these yamen runners and evil soldiers are endowed with the power to exorcise evil spirits, they dare not get close to Lanruo Temple at all." Su Su couldn't help but sigh.

After learning about the patrol outside the city, the yamen runners and ghost soldiers specially selected by Judge Wen to follow the woman in the blue and white silk skirt also stepped out and said, "Reporting to the City God, the woman in blue at the inn in the city fell asleep at 4:45 last night, woke up at around 12:00, escaped from the inn, and then went straight to the City God Temple. We dare not disturb the City God, so we just wait outside the temple."

Hearing this, Su Su glanced at the woman in the blue and white silk dress who was still curled up in the corner of the temple and sleeping soundly.

Talking about this matter face to face, one feels inexplicably guilty.

Seeing that the woman in the blue and white silk skirt hadn't woken up, it thought to itself, "This woman didn't even notice the yamen runners and ghost soldiers following her. It seems that the one who made me feel uncomfortable must be someone else. Could it be that Yan Chixia is already in the city?"

Chapter 16: Stealing Peaches

As soon as the sky got light, the area outside the City God Temple started to get lively.

Merchants from all walks of life tied up scaffolding with colorful ribbons. Some vendors carried steamers on their shoulders and walked through the streets, hawking pancakes along the way, while others set up stoves to cook soup. When the sun rose, various stalls selling miscellaneous items opened one after another, and the sounds of shouting and hawking filled the air.

Su Su was inside the City God Temple, but he could also see the crowds of people outside.

Judge Wen beside him explained, "Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, which is the market day in Guobei County. People from all over the county will come to the market, and it is really lively. In addition, there is a theater troupe passing through Guobei County recently. Maybe they will use the market day to set up a stage to perform and raise money for their travel expenses. There will be more people coming here to watch the excitement than usual."

After a sleepless night, Su Su was still full of energy. He was interested in what Judge Wen said, so he stood up and walked out of the City God Temple.

Looking up, I saw that the area outside the temple was cordoned off tightly, except for a large area opposite the City God Temple, where it seemed that a stage was being built.

The stage had not been completed yet, but some people had already started performing magic tricks and performing to earn money.

Looking closely, I saw that the performer was about thirty years old. He was leading a child with disheveled hair, walking back and forth with a box on his shoulder, muttering to himself.

It was a pity that there was a lot of noise all around, as well as the interference of the sounds of gongs, drums and suonas, so Su Su couldn't hear what he was muttering at all.

But judging from the fact that the pedestrians nearby were laughing so hard, they must be telling a joke, but soon a passerby shouted at the performer, asking him to perform his magic trick quickly.

"What kind of tricks would you like to see?"

The sound is like a loud bell, and even if there is noisy voices, it can be clearly heard by everyone.

Passers-by were all interested. Some asked the street performers to perform tricks like breaking stones with their chests, while others asked the street performers to perform tricks like walking through a mountain of knives and a wok of oil.

But the man who had shouted loudly before said again, "What's the point of doing these vulgar tricks? Show us some of your best skills."

Immediately, there was a burst of echoes from the passers-by, and they all shouted that they wanted to see the special skills.

Su Shu could figure out that the man who was blending in with the pedestrians and shouting loudly was clearly a hired helper of the street performer, responsible for creating a lively atmosphere and attracting the attention of passers-by.

"What I am good at is picking fruits from a distance. I am borrowing these fresh peaches to wish someone a happy birthday. But it is still cold in spring and the peach trees have not yet borne fruit. Where can I get peaches? If I don't take them, I am afraid that you fellow villagers will laugh at me. What should I do?" The street performer pretended to be very distressed.

The disheveled child immediately said, "Since Daddy has promised to show me his special skills, how can I refuse?"

The street performer thought hard for a long time before answering, "It's too cold in the spring to pick peaches on earth. But right now, the Peach Garden of the Queen Mother of Heaven is growing peaches that never wither. Why don't we go steal some and present them to you folks?"

"The heaven is thousands of feet high, and you can't fly. Your talk of stealing peaches from the Queen Mother's Peach Garden is nonsense."

Sure enough, the performer's hired help started talking again, stirring up the emotions of the onlookers.

There was only a burst of boos, but the street performer was confident and said with a smile on his face: "I have a magic that can take me straight to heaven."

After saying that, he opened the box on his shoulder, took out a long bundle of straw rope, pulled one end and threw it into the sky. Under the gaze of many passers-by, the rope stood straight in the air, as if it was caught on something.

In a short while, the straw rope standing in the air became higher and higher and soon disappeared into the clouds.

The street performer patted the disheveled child's shoulder and said, "Son, this straw rope is too thin to support your father. So you should take my place and go to the Heaven to visit the Queen Mother's Peach Garden."

As soon as he finished speaking, he handed the straw rope to the child.

"Pull it up and you will reach the heaven."

The disheveled child looked reluctant and complained, "Daddy, why don't you make the rope thicker? If the rope breaks, I will fall from a height of ten thousand feet and be smashed to pieces. You will have no descendants."

Having said that, the disheveled child still climbed up the rope reluctantly, exerting force with both hands and spiraling up like a monkey climbing a rock.

In a short while, the child gradually climbed into the clouds and disappeared from the sight of the many onlookers.

Such a trick is comparable to magic.

The onlookers were all stunned, staring at the sky without blinking, afraid of missing the sight of the child returning from stealing the peaches.

After half an hour, a peach the size of a bowl suddenly fell, and the street performer shouted and scrambled to catch it.

The onlookers were immediately excited and were marveling at the artist's real skills.

Suddenly, the grass rope that stretched vertically into the clouds suddenly broke. The artist's face turned pale and ugly, and he shouted, "The gods in heaven have cut the rope. My son is in danger of being killed."

Before he could finish his words, another thing fell from the sky.

Passersby nearby looked in the direction of the sound and saw that what fell from the sky was the disheveled head of the street performer's son.

The street performer immediately cried out: "It's all because of me that you got hurt. I thought it was just a joke, but I never thought that in the blink of an eye, we would be separated forever."

As the street performer cried and wailed, the child's hands, feet, limbs, and the chopped-off torso fell from the sky one after another.

The street performer couldn't stop crying. He picked up the debris on the ground with great grief and put it into the box he had been carrying. He knelt down and begged the passers-by around him: "I only have this one son. Who would have thought that he would die tragically while trying to steal peaches from heaven? I am now alone. I hope you folks will have pity on me and help me bury him. I will work like a cow or a horse in my next life to repay you for your kindness today."

The passers-by around were shocked and frightened, and hurriedly donated money generously to try to get rid of the street performer. In a short time, a lot of copper coins and small silver coins piled up in front of the street performer.

He bent over to pick it up and put it in his pocket.

The street performer bowed to the passers-by, walked back to the box where the remains were placed, knocked on it twice, and shouted, "Why don't you show up quickly to thank the elders and villagers for the money you have given us?"

Just as he finished speaking, the disheveled child used his head to knock the box open and jumped out with his hands and feet intact, unharmed.

The child kowtowed several times to the passers-by around him with a smile on his face, scaring everyone present so much that they couldn't help but gasp.

"First, confuse, second, hide, and third, scare. This street performer uses the usual tricks of ghosts and demons to harm people." The civil and military judges in the City God Temple easily saw through the street performer's tricks.

Su Su nodded in agreement. The street performer used the hidden agents he had hired earlier to stir up the emotions of the crowd, thus taking advantage of the opportunity to perform magic and captivate people. It was not a very profound technique.

As we talked, a scent of osmanthus quietly spread around us.

It turned out that the woman in a blue and white silk dress who was sleeping soundly in the corner of the temple was awakened by the noise at some point, and was looking sideways at the performer performing a magic trick.

It was not until the white-haired Mrs. Lin emerged from the crowd and looked around with a pair of angry eyes that the woman in the blue and white silk skirt hid back in the temple like a frightened rabbit.

Chapter 17 This insect deserves to die!

Su Su was not at all surprised that the woman in the blue and white silk skirt was found by Mrs. Lin.

Guobei County is small and sparsely populated, with only five alleys running in all directions. The total population is estimated to be less than two hundred households. Apart from a few inns for people to stay overnight and rest, the only places where people can rest temporarily are city god temples, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

Even if you search the entire Guobei County, it won't take much effort.

So before noon, the woman in the blue and white silk skirt was blocked by Mrs. Lin in the City God Temple.

The young girl's plan to run away from home had just begun, but it was over.

"Hang'e, if you still have me as your mother, come out of the City God Temple and go with me to Yangzhou to marry the eldest son of the Zong Weng. Otherwise, don't blame me for disturbing the neighbors and embarrassing you."

Mrs. Lin shouted in front of the City God Temple, trying to force the woman in the blue and white silk skirt out through provocation.

Unexpectedly, the woman in a blue and white silk dress called Chang'e refused to obey and somehow climbed onto the roof, pretending to jump. "I have never met the eldest son of the clan, and I don't know what his character is like. Mother, how can you easily give me to someone else?"

Halfway through her words, Chang'e blushed slightly and continued, "To be honest, I already have someone I like. Could it be that mother wants to break up the couple?"

"You already have someone you like?" Hearing this, Mrs. Lin became even more angry, her mind was full of thoughts, and she scolded: "Throughout the ages, when it comes to weddings and funerals, which family doesn't obey the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker? Moreover, you have been traveling a long distance recently, how can you have someone you like..."

Mrs. Lin stopped talking abruptly, as if she remembered something. She was so angry that her hands and feet were shaking: "The person you like, is he the wealthy family in Guobei County that you mentioned yesterday?"

Chang'e lowered her head slightly, obviously agreeing to this.

Su Su had some objections to this matter.

"Guobei County is poor as hell. The only decent houses are those of the county magistrate and a few assistant officials. And they are all old and incompetent people who were banished to this poor and remote place to live out their days and wait for death. How can there be any wealthy families? Tsk tsk... you're looking for an excuse, but you don't even know how to find a reasonable one."

Naturally, Mrs. Lin also knew this truth.

Even though she knew that Chang'e's words about having a lover were just an excuse, she still regarded Chang'e as a rare commodity. Even if she could not meet her expectation of a thousand taels of gold as a betrothal gift, she could sell her at a 10% discount and get dozens or hundreds of taels of gold as a betrothal gift to use in her old age. This was Mrs. Lin's final bottom line.

How can you let a cooked duck fly away?

She immediately came up with a plan, and the angry expression on her face gradually subsided. She pretended to be reasonable and said, "My daughter, since you already have a lover, I will not do such a dirty thing as breaking up a couple. But when it comes to marriage, it must be arranged by the parents and the matchmaker. If your lover can pay a betrothal gift of 100 taels... 50 taels of gold within five days, I will make your marriage a success."