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The tip of the sword dashed forward, cutting straight to the seven-inch position where the snake was raised.

His speed was much faster than when he was gesturing with the donkey yesterday, and he was agile.

Seeing the donkey's skin tightening for a while, he took a few steps back.

The colorful snake bounced off the cobblestone ground at a very fast speed. It twisted its body, avoiding the sharpening of the sword tip. The snake head protruded and stretched out, opening its mouth, exposing two slender upper jaws. The fangs, biting fiercely at Zhang Wenfeng's sword-wielding wrist, were unusually brave.

Zhang Wenfeng, who had performed the spiritual eye technique, had an unusually sharp perception, and could see clearly in subtleties. His arms retracted and his wrists twisted slightly.

The sword edge turned sideways, the cold light flickered, and the sword wind hummed into the air.

This move is called "Returning the Wind and Fluttering Flowers", and the key point is to use the Huifeng to kill with inch and inch strength.

After a few "squeaks", the attacking monster broke into three pieces from the bottom of its neck and fell to the ground. The snake's head, which had not yet lost its vitality, bounced in the air, biting back on the blade, its fangs colliding with the metal, Makes a "ding dong" sound.

Zhang Wenfeng flicked his wrist, Yuan Qi passed by, and the two halves of the triangular-shaped snake head were knocked down to a little distance, completely dead.

He knows that the snake head is separated from the body and still has lethal power, so he will not easily approach it with his fingers.

The blade of the sword was stained with saliva-like venom and saliva. He did not rush to clean and wipe the body of the sword. He slowly glanced at the grass everywhere, the cascading depressions formed by the rocks, and the dark and small holes.

The black donkey was no longer the usual dumb and cute, with two round eyes, and was also carefully searching the two sides of the stream and grass in the other direction.

No one expected that it would be near Chongyang, and sooner or later it would be cold, and snakes and worms would come out to move.

"When did you discover this place?"

Zhang Wenfeng asked through a voice transmission, the green bamboo sword in his hand probed into the invisible cave, and carefully moved his footsteps.

"I only discovered it at noon today. Didn't I finish ploughing the ground in the morning? After eating the grass and beans, I went down the mountain to the puddle where I often drink water. I thought that I had no rope on my body, so I could walk around at will, so I traced back to the source and walked all the way. After drinking here, I tasted that the water in the pool was more delicious, but I didn't find any poisonous snakes hiding in the grass."

Donkey was a little puzzled, it stayed here for a long time at noon.

Why wasn't he attacked by a poisonous snake?

If that insidious long worm took advantage of its unpreparedness and attacked and bit its crotch, abdomen and other vital positions, it would be really difficult to prevent, and it would be terrifying to think about it.

The spectator jumped down and was caught by a snake, and it immediately wondered if the spectator was the broom star possessed by the old lame man?

Just a few days ago, he was attacked by a thief, and then he was attacked by a ghost. One bad thing happened one after another.

Of course, these inner thoughts are kept in the bottom of my heart, but I dare not talk nonsense.

Zhang Wenfeng gave an "oh" and said, "How many years have you been drinking from the puddle?"

"It's been a few years. I can't remember exactly how long. It should have been before I was enlightened. Boss, is there any problem?"

"Oh, no. I'm guessing that you can be enlightened, I'm afraid it's not only affected by listening to the Taoist scriptures, maybe, it's also related to the frequent drinking of the water in that place?"

Zhang Wenfeng checked the nearby grasses and small caves, and found nothing like the second cockscomb snake.

He washed the blade in the stream downstream for a while, shook it, held it in his hand, waited for the water droplets on it to dry out, and tasted a handful of pool water with his left hand. He clearly tasted it.

It's like the difference between drinking tap water and mineral water.

Zhang Wenfeng carefully used his skills to distinguish that there was spiritual energy in the water, which should be a rare spiritual spring water.

The spring or the place where small bubbles occasionally appear in the middle of the pool?

Glancing at the vicinity, there are many miscellaneous trees, but they are not tall. Among them, there is a hawthorn tree with thorns on its branches, bearing many dark red fruits. Many ripe and rotten fruits have fallen off the ground, and the air is filled with a faint scent of fruit wine.

The donkey turned around and said proudly, "Well, then I'll come here to drink water."

Zhang Wenfeng smiled and said: "Remember your merit. The cockscomb snake that I killed just now, it instinctively guards this place and wants to monopolize this feng shui treasure land. Look around, there are no footprints left by other animals, not even bird droppings. , All the animals that want to get close are either driven by it or eaten by it, it is only half a step away from becoming a demon."

The water in the pool is clear, and you can vaguely see small fish swimming at the bottom.

He put his sword back in its sheath, walked a few steps to the shore, and picked a few ripe hawthorns without insect eyes.

In fact, wild fruits in the wild are not as delicious as imagined, most of them are sour and astringent, while the slightly sweet wild fruits are prone to insects, and they are almost harmed before the ripening season. The fruit was pecked and eaten.

The donkey bared his teeth and said, "This is our territory, so what if it becomes a monster? Just kill it. Guanzhu, this water source I found is worth buying a cow back, right?"

Zhang Wenfeng laughed, and this guy kept thinking about being lazy, and replied, "Okay, I'll tell you what I'm talking about, I'll rush tomorrow to buy a cow and come back to work. You must guard this water source, and don't let unrelated wild things approach, get it. There's feces and urine all over the place."

Wild animals are very good at finding food and drink. Without monsters guarding them, in a few days, this place will be able to hold an animal party.

He was thinking about how to use this good place in his mind, and it was justifiable, and it was not noticed by outsiders.

"Okay. Whoever dares to come and grab the site with an eye-opener, I won't step on it to death."

The donkey was relieved of the heavy work by his ability, and he was in a good mood. He lowered his head and drank a few sips of very delicious water.

Zhang Wenfeng washed the hawthorn in water and tasted one.

The sourness overwhelms the sweetness too much. This is a wild hawthorn that has not been artificially selected and cultivated for generations. The original taste is very strong.

He tasted a trace of spiritual energy, and swallowed the pulp with a sour face.

He stuffed a fruit into the mouth of the curious donkey, watching the donkey grinning with sourness and long ears.

He laughed, and in the spring of the coming year, he bought several adult fruit trees of different varieties and planted them nearby. He believed that the fruit that would bear would make people cry because of the taste. , bundled and carried the two snake bodies.

You can add meals in the evening. This is a delicious and nourishing thing. The snake head that is cut in half is not needed, and it is kicked under the roots of the distant tree.

Zhang Wenfeng walked forward and joked: "Go back, from now on, you can help me make some water from this place every day for daily tea making. Be careful not to get your disgusting saliva in."

The donkey followed behind, stepping on the stream, and promised: "Don't worry, you will definitely not."

Not necessarily.

Its saliva is not poisonous, and it also comes with the fragrance of plants and trees.

Chapter 32 There is a happy event, and the follow-up is planned

Back at the top of the mountain, I met a lame man who was carrying a bamboo basket of vegetables from the vegetable garden.

Standing still and saying a few words, the lame man turned his head to look at the donkey that was limping under the shade of the tree, and cursed, "Donkey day, if there is no rope tied, he will be lazy and hide, and he will not be able to find the flour. You, go to the town tomorrow to invite a swindler to cut up your sinful eggs, and you will honestly not run around in spring."

After scolding, he picked up the two snake bodies in Guanzhu's hands, limped, and walked to the kitchen in dissatisfaction.

Zhang Wenfeng looked sympathetically at the donkey who was slowly turning its head with its hind legs clamped, and almost laughed out loud. He shook his head and headed towards the backyard. The lame uncle was very angry. It seemed that he knew about the hunchback.

The donkey cursed in a low voice: "Old lame man on the day of the donkey, your words are too old to be useful, and you want to harm the guy who hasn't opened meat yet, and he has bad intentions. crotch..."

Seeing the spectator turning back, the donkey went to cool off under the shade of the tree as if nothing had happened.

After washing his face and washing his hands, he went to the main hall to burn incense sticks and offered three hawthorns. Zhang Wenfeng sat cross-legged on the wheat straw futon in the east, closed his eyes and meditated and recited the scriptures.

When he opened his eyes again, the light in the main hall was dim, and the fragrance was misty.

Zhang Wenfeng walked out of the hall in a comfortable manner.

The sun sets in the west, the rays of the sun shine on the top of the mountain, and the red and beautiful beauty is unbelievable.

The donkey was bathed in a red light, its black skin glowed with brilliance, and it stood still like a statue.

The second senior brother came out of the kitchen to help, and when he saw that the Guanzhu finished his meditation, he called out, "Guangzhu, the meal is open."

"coming."

Zhang Wenfeng walked down the steps to the kitchen step by step, calm and relaxed.

He felt that this kind of cultivation was the real cultivation, and it was very good.

After the meal, Zhang Wenfeng signaled the old lame man not to rush. He took out the three taels of silver ingots from his arms and put them on the table. Facing the surprised and amazed eyes of the two, he took out the silver-gray token and explained:

"I got an errand position in the city's Daolu branch. I have [-] taels of silver money every month. This is part of the spoils I got from participating in the thief yesterday. Uncle lame, you and the second senior brother go to the market to choose a good one. Buy the bull from the ploughing field, plus the money from the last sale of the ox with a broken leg, you can buy some thick winter clothes and shoes. That donkey, I will mostly use it as a mount from now on, and I will travel to and from the city more often.”

He only mentioned the salaries of the law enforcement guards of Keqing, and did not mention the salaries of loose people.

When you go up the mountain, who was entangled by the ghosts of the third generation in the town, you will definitely recognize him as an adult from the Daolu Branch.

He has an official status, and the time is ripe to reveal his identity to two of his own people, and it is no longer a problem.

The old cripple took the silver-gray token in confusion, and suddenly woke up with oil stains on his hands, as if his hands were hot, holding the corner of the token and hurriedly handed it to the second senior brother.

He wiped his hands vigorously on his waist apron.

The wrinkled old face showed excitement and ecstatic excitement, only giggling.

This old-fashioned way of walking through the rivers and lakes has a deep understanding of the weight of the official status, and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, we don't use the donkey to grind the noodles, and leave it for you, so as not to break the skin and look bad. . Your business matters."

The second senior brother took out a cotton cloth and carefully wiped the oil and water on the token.

He didn't know much about the law enforcement and guard duties of guest ministers in the Daolu branch, but the salary of ten taels of silver made him gasp.

As far as he knew, the sword and pen officials in the city seemed to be paid eight coins a month.

Of course, other shady oil and water are not counted, but adding up to seventy-seven-eighty-eight, the annual income is estimated to be as much as twelve or three taels of silver.Not much left at the end of the year.

Suddenly, he thought of the possibility that he had some doubts the day before yesterday, because the feeling the spectator gave him was very different from usual.

Facing the questioning gaze of the second senior brother, Zhang Wenfeng nodded slightly.

He took out a white jade card again and handed it to the suddenly excited second senior brother, saying, "The breakthrough happened a few days ago. Too many things have happened in the past two days, so I won't talk about it until today."

The second senior brother's hands trembled slightly, took the white jade card, turned it over and over, and it took a long while to suppress the excitement, saying: "Master, his old man can finally smile at Jiuquan, the wish that he failed to achieve, the Guanzhu helped him complete it. Blessings are immeasurable! "

Only in this way can it be explained that Guanzhu has [-] taels of salary for one month after joining the Daolu Branch.

A practitioner, he finally saw the living monk described in the classics.

The old lame man didn't react. Look at this, then look at that. He patted the table and shouted in dissatisfaction: "You two boys, what are you doing to fool your lame uncle? What's the happy event, hurry up and talk to me, I have to be anxious. no."

He is a good foreigner, but he is not very proficient in breathing, and he can't bear his temper.

To ask him to read Taoist books, he was even more deadly, he could not understand the conversation between the two.

Zhang Wenfeng took two cards and said to the second senior brother who was excited:

"You're chatting with Uncle Lame, I'll go to eat first. By the way, you are ready to go to Zhangjiazhuang in a few days, bring the detection instrument, and test all the little guys from seven to eight years old to 15 years old , as long as the qualifications are suitable, those who agree with the family can be brought to the mountains to learn Taoism, take care of food and clothing, and have thirty cash per month."

Just to take care of the food and clothes, there are still thirty pennies every month, and the Zhang family in Zhuangzi wants to put their children up the mountain, especially those eight- and nine-year-old dogs. He can't help the family with a few chores, and the little guy who only eats long meals can bring peace of mind and have an income.

It's hard to say for older ones over 12 years old, it's definitely a good deal to stay at home and work.

The second senior brother quickly agreed. In the past, the Taoist temple didn't have much money, so it was difficult to recruit apprentices. Unless it was a family that couldn't afford food, they wanted to send their children to the Taoist temple.

And the master is a lazy person... The Taoist ancestors are merciful, the master is quiet and inaction, and he is not interested in making money and other mundane things, and the Taoist concept has finally changed in the hands of the younger brother.

"Come on, uncle lame, your hands and bones are crushed, let me tell you what happened to the breakthrough of the watch master..."

Zhang Wenfeng walked out of the door and walked under a few ancient trees to the east.

The voices coming from the dining room next to the kitchen gradually became inaudible, and it was twilight outside.

He reckoned that in a few moments, Gu Quan, the town's traveller, should also carry the offerings up the mountain.

Suddenly, I heard the old lame shout out from the cafeteria over there: "Did you really become a fairy?"

"Shh, please be quiet..."

The second senior brother comforted the startled lame man, and his voice became so low that he couldn't hear him again.

Zhang Wenfeng held a faint smile at the corner of his mouth as he walked slowly under the tree.

He was thinking about the source of the pool of water, waited for the next secret room at night, looked at the books left by Master Xuanmu, and after confirming that the pool of water was indeed a spiritual spring, he started to use silver money, using his current identity, to take the west side. The two nearby abandoned hilltops were all bought and used as Taoist industries for cultivation and inheritance.

The donkey followed the circle silently, and it liked to get close to the watcher.

There is a unique aura about the spectator that is attractive to it, which was not there before, and was only discovered recently.

Chapter 33 Another Thief

When the night was dark and the evening classes started, I didn't see the ghost-ridden You Xi going up the mountain.

Zhang Wenfeng's mood was indifferent and calm, and he didn't care whether the other party came or not.

He was a little curious about the origin and characteristics of the haunted ghost. It was so rare for a ghost that could haunt the third life forever.

Being a Taoist priest for two lifetimes, seeing different types of ghosts is out of a peculiar professional interest.

If you can't see it, then you can't see it.

He never pushes.

After finishing the evening class step by step, a very thin crescent moon appeared in the western sky.

Zhang Wenfeng observed for a moment, and it was not very different from the moon on the earth in his previous life. The customs and cultural environment of this place were similar to those of ancient China, which made him suspect that he had traveled to a parallel world.

Glancing at the black donkey standing beneath the censer in the dark midfield.

That guy doesn't seem to wake up from the profound meaning of the scriptures, he is dazed and stupefied, wandering away from things.