This monk is not serious

All of a sudden, the sky turned dark again, as if by luck, a black cloud that looked a little ghostly just covered the original twilight of the sun. People exclaimed that this phenomenon had never happened before, and suddenly there were Kneeling, the passers-by who were walking on the street knelt on the ground without warning, which really startled Jiang Ze. He stood at the door of the shop in a daze, and the kind-hearted people thought he was frightened and dragged him away. As soon as he hit him, he plopped down on his knees, feeling extremely humiliated in his heart, but was stopped by the resentful eyes of the people next to him, and wanted to see where the evildoer was so arrogant.

Everyone lowered their heads and waited for the person who came up and down from the black cloud, their bodies trembled slightly, their eyes did not dare to peek at the ants crawling on the ground, the black clouds were rolling, the sky was cloudy as if it was about to collapse, dense clouds were densely covered To bluff, the blue-purple clouds gradually calmed down after a period of time, and a gust of wind blew past, making Jiang Ze's eyes hard to open. He tried his best to see the people in the clouds, but he didn't know who held his hands and signaled him not to Don't act rashly, don't look up.Jiang Ze had no choice but to give up, only to hear who said it first, the voice was extremely old, "I don't know what orders the Great Immortal came to this village today?"

"It's okay, just to see how Xinghua is?" A young man's voice was calm, but it sounded soulless. The man looked carefully at the people kneeling on the ground, very satisfied.

"As the Great Immortal ordered, every apricot blossom is carefully taken care of." The old man's voice was very slow, and it seemed that he was struggling to speak every word.

"Then please, village chief, bring me a few more jars of wine." After speaking, there was a burst of laughter. Although the words were respectful, their attitude was extremely insincere, even full of provocation and threat. The old man said yes again and again. , it can be regarded as coaxing away this living fairy.

Only at this time did people dare to raise their heads secretly. The dark cloud of evil just now was gone, and the sun still shone in as usual, leaving a bunch of unfolded apricot blossoms on the ground. These apricot blossoms were very strange, not ordinary pink and white. It's blue-purple, which is really arrogant.Jiang Ze thought about it, so he patted his clothes and got up, only to see that people seemed to be too scared. Jiang Ze saw the village head who just talked to the monster. Just now the village head spoke in a very calm tone, but now it is It looks fragile when touched.The old village chief looked like a fairy, with long white hair and beard, short stature, and a cane, and now there were two people standing beside him supporting him.

Jiang Ze vaguely heard the village chief muttering - "wine, why is it wine again?" Jiang Ze wondered, could it be that monsters also drink alcohol?And if it's ordinary wine, isn't there any in this village?I just saw that there are several jars in the inn alone, it seems that the wine that the monster said is strange.

People cried bitterly, hugged their children tightly and ran into the house, and the village chief was slowly helped away. Now the village is completely full of ghosts and wolves, and the lively scene just now is completely gone, even though it is now a warm sun , but what happened just now made everyone completely in no mood to be happy again.

twilight

The sky is getting darker, and the pain in the morning has dissipated a lot. It seems that everyone has accepted this reality. Every house is brightly lit like New Year's Eve, and you can smell the scent of vegetables wafting from the house outside.People seem to have returned to their original state. Before it was completely dark, everyone came out to look at the sun one after another. They were obviously smiling, but they were bitter. At this time, Jiang Ze had already shown his identity at the village chief's house. .

The village head was still in shock because of what happened this morning, and the village head's wife finally recovered and said slowly to Jiang Ze:

"This village has always elected the oldest old man as the village head, and the new village head will be told all the secrets about the apricot flower demon. The origin of the apricot flower demon is related to the battle in the demon world. Some surviving human beings passed this matter on to the next generation. Xinghua Yao used to be the demon king of the demon world, but the war in the demon world was completely fratricidal. Originally, there were not many demon clans and there was no sense of unity, so naturally both sides suffered. At that time, only the last demon king and some small soldiers were left, but they disappeared in four directions, and the apricot flower demon forcibly gathered some humans to form Xinghua village.

The apricot flower demon loves drinking apricot blossom wine the most. This kind of wine is not ordinary wine, but the wine soaked in the bodies of a pair of young children, allowing the young children to drown in the wine. Young children also have requirements, usually ten Around the age of [-], the apricot flower demon will not be mischievous after drinking this wine, but will fight against other monsters who come to provoke him, so this is also the "patron saint" that people say. The time was much earlier than before. Naturally, no one was willing to donate their children, and the village chief was helpless. He didn't want to see the villagers suffer such hardships, and he didn't want to see the scene of young children drowning alive. "

Jiang Ze nodded, comforted the village head's wife casually, and asked suspiciously: "Does the court not care?" Thinking that the current emperor is the prince rescued by Master back then, although it is a matter of course, how can such a major matter be ignored? ?What a fool.

"The imperial court doesn't care about it. The war is raging recently, and the imperial court is also in chaos." The wife of the village chief shook her head, sighed helplessly, and said, "Besides, the emperor is only in his early twenties this year, so he must be..." She hesitated to speak, but Jiang Ze understood.

"I would like to invite Master to stay in the humble house for one night tonight. Soon it will be the day when my husband will offer apricot blossom wine. I hope Master will save us." The old lady burst into tears. Slowly knelt down in front of Jiang Ze, and Jiang Ze had never received such a big gift. He had traveled around for many years, and even in his early years, he had already had a way to eliminate demons. Some have no bottom, and really can't bear such a big gift.

After the village chief recovered, he asked again in detail, roughly the same as the village chief's wife said, but told Jiang Ze the name of the demon king—Dongmen Qing.Dongmenqing is often recorded in ancient novels. The image is often of barking teeth and claws, doing evil, and having green faces and fangs. But the novel belongs to the novel. In fact, the demon king can be regarded as a handsome man, with half a blood-red apricot flower painted on his forehead. Well built and tall, but murderous indeed.

But Jiang Ze was thinking about Du Xuanzhi. Du Xuanzhi had also dealt with Dongmen Qing before, and they had a close relationship. In his impression, Dongmen Qing was a quiet, ambitious, and talkative person. A spirited demon.Maybe the village head is exaggerating deliberately, or maybe the village head has something to hide, or maybe this monster is not Dongmenqing at all!

Jiang Ze didn't fall asleep when the night was dark and windy, thinking about what happened today, which of the three guesses would be correct?If it was really Dongmen Qing, would he let him go because of his old friendship?Thinking of this, he heard the sound of weeping and crying. After thinking about it, he found that the house was brightly lit and noisy.I saw a woman with disheveled hair, waving a rake that was used to plant apricot seeds. Everyone wanted to approach but dared not, so they had to form a circle to stop her from moving forward.

As soon as the village chief's wife saw Jiang Ze coming out, she called out loudly, "Master, you go back first, we will take care of this." But she moved back slowly, but the village chief was nowhere to be seen.

The woman started to yell as soon as she saw the village chief's wife. This voice really resembled a ghost, but unfortunately she was just an ordinary woman, and the village chief's wife seemed to be very good at dealing with it. Subdued, he smiled apologetically at Jiang Ze.After the crazy woman calmed down, she sent her away, but at the last moment of leaving, Jiang Ze noticed that the woman's eyes were full of resentment, and she was really looking directly at the village chief's wife.

After she arranged it, she said apologetically: "This is a common thing in the village. Because I can't stand that my children may make wine, so I went crazy." She wiped off her sweat, but her wrinkled face was radiant. The crow's feet are heavy, and the eyes are a little immersed in the panic just now.

Jiang Ze raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said calmly, "It's okay, Ma'am has worked hard." After speaking, the wife of the village chief comforted Jiang Ze a few times and let him go back to the room. It didn't take long to seem to have forgotten what happened just now. The strange behavior of the village chief's wife made Jiang Ze vigilant.

And Jiang Ze also performed a play with the village chief's wife, so he pretended to sleep peacefully leaning against the wall. In fact, he had seen the village chief's wife peeping at the door of his bedroom to see if he was asleep. After a long time The village chief's wife seemed to have confirmed it and left.As soon as Jiang Ze turned around, he faced the door of the dormitory, but saw a flash of green light. In this kind of moonless night, the bright green eyes were particularly dazzling. Not surprisingly, they were monsters!Jiang Ze smiled slightly, thinking that as a wandering monk, he always grabs the job of a Taoist priest. This kind of temperament is exactly the same as that of his master. This can be regarded as his fate with Xinghua Village. He got a good guy, after all This Dongmenqing should be here, but I don't understand that a generation of demon kings should be reduced to being slaughtered here, what is the meaning?

After thinking for a while, I wonder why the wife of the village chief did this?It can't be like in "Journey to the West", which monk's immortal meat is fancy, and I haven't heard that monks have immortal meat, and the monster clan is immortal, and they will die only when they are killed by their own clansmen. I don't know what the village head's wife is for?In this superficially beautiful Xinghua Village, there are really many doubts. No wonder the village head is calm in front of "Dongmen Qing", but he can't speak for a long time in his own home, and always tells him to leave soon. .