Dense stars dot the night sky, twinkling.
Three... three monsters were killed just like that
Min Yuerou sat in a corner of the drying dam with seven guards, watching the steaming big pot. Several women were stirring the pot up and down with spatulas. The centipede meat that was cut into pieces could be heard sizzling as it was fried, and the aroma filled the air.
"Ugh~~"
The woman covered her mouth and almost retched, probably because she had never seen anyone eating insects before and felt a little nauseous. The seven guards around her were all rough men, but they seemed to be watching with great interest.
Not only is this type of centipede rare, but its legs are almost as thick as a child's arm. I pressed them against a wooden board and chopped them off one by one. They piled up in the bathtub and overflowed, sliding onto the ground.
Many villagers, young and old, took small sticks to help dig out the tender meat, then mixed it and kneaded it into meatballs. Three centipedes have a lot of legs, so almost ten people were busy at the same time.
After the meat in the shell cavity is taken out of the pot, the meatballs are quickly brought over here to stir-fry together with the chicken and duck meat. This way, it will be enough to eat, after all, farmers have big appetites.
Bang, bang, bang—
Soon, Lu Pan raised the copper basin and hit it hard, shouting at the top of his voice.
“It’s time to eat!”
Dishes of delicious food were brought to the big round table. The women who had occupied the seats shouted to their husbands to come over and sit down. The children who were chasing and playing nearby were also called back by their parents and sat next to their parents. When they smelled the dishes cooked with seasonings, they clamored to eat.
On one side of the dozen or so large round tables, Lu Liangsheng's family also sat at one table. Sun Yingxian, Lu Xiaoxian, Lu Laoshi, Li Jinhua, Toad Taoist, and even the old donkey were chewing grass to join in the fun, occasionally turning up his upper lip to show his teeth and humming a few times.
Soon, the dishes were almost served. The Taoist swallowed his saliva and picked up his chopsticks to pick up some.
“Eat, eat!”
Bang!
A pair of chopsticks was extended from the side and hit him with the tip of the chopsticks. Li Jinhua glanced around and turned her head to look at her son.
"Where's Hong Lian?"
Lu Liangsheng took the initiative to pick up a piece of centipede meat from the plate with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it. It tasted like shrimp. He put down his chopsticks and looked to the side.
"She said she'd come over later..."
Just as he said this, the sounds of gongs, small drums and suonas suddenly rang out, drowning out the noisy shouting and clamoring for food.
Clang clang…dang dang dang…
Bang bang…
Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums made a group of villagers who were feasting in the sunbath look up curiously.
"What's going on? Where did the troupe come from?"
"Why does it sound so familiar..."
"Look over there!"
Lu Qing stood up with the bowl in his hand and pointed in the direction where white mist was billowing. He was stunned for a moment, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"… Uh, Mr. Chen's house." Lu Xi lowered his voice and reminded: "It's the female ghost next to Liangsheng."
The villagers around stood up one after another and followed the direction Lu Qing pointed. The mist spread left and right, covering several houses. A stage appeared out of thin air, and the sound of opera was heard. Several old actors sang in a long voice, "Wow...", waving their long sleeves, kicking their legs high, and swaying and interweaving with each other.
There were a few clang and bang sounds.
In the middle, a woman in a white dress, with a crown of precious hairpins on her head, walks slowly with her long sleeves swaying.
"Qixia has blue sky, yellow flowers on the ground, the west wind is strong, and the northern geese are flying south... In the surrounding mountains, a robe is waved away in the setting sun, and the monster is killed... The shadow is cold and the light is moving, I wonder if it is the sword fairy, how can these... big and small monsters bear it... There is Lu Lang in Qixia Mountain."
"Good!" "Great singing!"
"Keep singing!"
There was a lot of noise. Many villagers rarely heard a big opera, not to mention that it was sung by the female ghost next to Liangsheng herself. It was said that she was a famous actress when she was alive. If you were not from this village, you would not be able to hear it now.
Hmm... a swan song.
On the other side, Min Yuerou's face turned pale and blue, and her body was shaking. When she was in Fushui County, she was not this old, but she also knew about the Chen Mansion. She often heard the opera in the middle of the night. During that time, she squeezed in with her mother and slept for two or three months...
He subconsciously glanced at the table over there, where the scholar was happily eating with his family, and swallowed hard.
"Why is it that Lu Liangsheng is always followed by a talking toad or a female ghost... No wonder my father asked me to find him. I'm afraid he's the only one who can subdue that magic master."
The banquet at the sunba was extremely lively. Even Grandpa Lu, who was fed pieces of meat, shook his head while tapping his walking stick. While Li Jinhua was watching the show, the Toad Taoist opened his mouth and quickly rolled up a piece of centipede meat. He took two bites and spat it aside, then stretched out his webbed feet to pull at his apprentice's sleeve.
"Give me a piece of braised pork, the fat part."
Lu Liangsheng smiled and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, which he quickly put into the toad's mouth. He then placed the food on the table and slowly ground it with his eyes narrowed, quite comfortably.
When I was a demon, I didn’t feel as comfortable as I do now…
At another round table, Wang Banxia washed the blood off his face and thanked someone for putting the meat in his bowl. After taking a bite, he couldn't help but speak.
"Would any of you be so kind as to send me to Fushui County tomorrow?"
The atmosphere was lively around him. About ten people were drinking wine at the table, but no one paid any attention to him.
…
As time went by, the night deepened and the sky in the east began to turn pale.
In the small courtyard, Min Yuerou hadn't slept all night and hadn't eaten anything. Thinking of the centipede from last night, she still had the urge to vomit. It had eaten humans before...
He walked out of the house with a pale face. Lu Xiaoxian in the same room also got up, yawning. When he walked out of the room, the door next to him opened. Lu Liangsheng stretched comfortably, and the three of them stood by the water tank to wash together with the Taoist who jumped down from the roof.
Ho~~~
Then, the three of them spit out the cold water in their mouths with a "Puh" sound.
Min Yuerou found the scene interesting and couldn't help but smile and chuckle. Suddenly, she realized that this place was quite nice.
Oh-oh-oh… Oh-oh-oh—
The loud crowing of a rooster resounded in the blue sky. The belly of a fish in the east burst into golden color, spreading from the distant foothills, instantly filling the woman's eyes. The whole world was suddenly immersed in this morning light.
After breakfast, Min Yuerou was still worried about her father and didn't want to delay any longer, especially after resting here for a night. Her extremely tired body seemed to be fine, and she felt as if she could run back to the capital from here in one breath.
"Um, Auntie, where is Lu Liangsheng?"
After finishing breakfast, she suddenly found that Lu Liangsheng and the wretched Taoist priest were gone, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to look for the woman who was washing the dishes.
"Can you tell me where he is?!"
"Tsk tsk, so pretty." Li Jinhua looked at the girl for a while, and liked her more and more. He wiped his hands on his apron and said, "I don't know where Liangsheng went, but he should be in the mountains."
As she spoke, she took Min Yuerou's arm and walked to the courtyard entrance, pointing to a road in the village outside: "Go straight down from here, then go up the mountain, follow the path in the mountain, keep going up, and when you see a welcoming pine tree, that's it."
"oh… "
Min Yuerou seemed a little afraid of the way Li Jinhua looked at her, so she quickly called the guards, walked through the village, and went up the mountain along the path to the west. Just as the woman said, after walking for a while on the mountain road, they could see the umbrella-like cap of an old pine tree in the distance.
Soon, she and her guards came over and saw a toad carrying a gourd on its back. It was wearing a plaid short-sleeved robe and standing on a big rock with webbed feet.
The Taoist priest sat cross-legged on one side, staring straight at the sword formation in front of him.
The morning light shone through and fell on the sword formation. Lu Liangsheng stood in the middle, holding down the sword heads with both hands, his robes fluttering in the wind.
Under his palm, the moon was trembling slightly and a soft sound was heard.
The second magic sword's spiritual essence entered the sword body, followed by the third, the fourth...