I have a date with the beast

Jiang Ze didn't sleep well for several days, dreaming all night and all night, but he forgot all about it when he woke up the next day, without a trace.

Jiang Ze eagerly recalled the content of the dream, and he had an intuition that it had something to do with mocking the wind.

Aunt Lin saw that Jiang Ze's mental state was not very good, so she asked concerned: "Xiao Jiang, are you sick? You don't look well these days!"

Brother Lin nodded in agreement while meeting his face: "No, I'm very unhappy."

Jiang Ze touched his face, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I can't sleep well these days, and I don't have energy."

"I see you, let's go back to rest early today!" Mrs. Lin patted Jiang Ze on the shoulder, and brought him a bowl of freshly boiled red dates and wolfberry soup, saying, "Young people should pay more attention to their bodies. Don't take it seriously!"

Jiang Ze took a few sips of the steaming soup and responded repeatedly.

It was around eleven o'clock in the morning, and just as Jiang Ze had finished making small octopus balls, he caught a glimpse of a child standing in front of the cart out of the corner of his eye.

The child was not as tall as the car, and if Jiang Ze wasn't tall, he could hardly be seen.He rubbed the sore and swollen temple with his thumb a few times, and didn't look at the child, but asked in a soft voice, "What do you want to eat, little friend?"

"Roast Duck."

Jiang Ze was stunned immediately when he heard the words, and suddenly raised his head to look at the boy standing in front of the stall.Sure enough, it was the boy who followed Xiaofeng before.

It was the monster I saw at the beginning - Taotie.

Seeing that Jiang Ze was standing there silently, the boy simply took advantage of his small body and nimbleness to sneak into the stall, puffed out his chest and said confidently, "Take me to eat, I'm hungry."

Mrs. Lin saw a delicate-looking half-grown child squeezed in and asked Jiang Ze to take him to dinner, she was surprised, "Xiao Jiang, this child..."

Jiang Ze let out an "ah", glanced at the arrogant boy, sighed helplessly, and said, "This is a distant relative of mine."

Brother Lin noticed the commotion here, and interjected with great interest: "This kid looks pretty, what's his name?"

Jiang Ze was immediately stopped by the question. He couldn't say he was called Taotie. He rolled his eyes, and his mouth responded earlier than his brain: "It's called Jiang Taotao."

"Yo, this name is very interesting." Mrs. Lin recited the name silently, and immediately laughed.

Jiang Ze subconsciously glanced at the boy, seeing that the boy showed no rebuttal or displeasure, but lifted his chin triumphantly before he heaved a sigh of relief.

He is good at his skills, not only did he change the name of the six dragons, he even changed his surname...

"Wait a while, I'll clean up." Jiang Ze looked at the time and said to the boy.

The boy, or he should be called Jiang Taotao, he nodded obediently, then lowered his head and took a bite of the freshly baked sesame seed cake that Brother Lin just stuffed into his palm.

Mmm...it tastes good.The boy narrowed his eyes contentedly.

Naturally, Jiang Ze didn't dare to neglect the six sons of the dragon, and took him directly to a well-regulated restaurant.

The so-called gluttony, "Lu Shi Chunqiu" records: "Zhou Ding wrote gluttony, with a head but no body, cannibalism without swallowing, harming his body." "Ci Hai" said: "Gluttony is a legendary gluttonous beast. In ancient times The shape of the head of the Zhongding Yi vessel is often engraved as a decoration."

Up to now, whether Taotie is one of the sons of dragons is still controversial. According to records, Taotie was one of the four beasts exiled to the Quartet by Emperor Shun in ancient times. He was the son of Jinyun. , Qiongqi, the son of Shaohao, and Zhuanxu, the son of Zhuanxu.

However, the child-like Taotie in front of him undoubtedly sounded a solid hammer for all doubts.It confirmed the conjectures of some people and overturned the narratives of others.But it is precisely this kind of colorful and self-contradictory historical records that come together to form an unparalleled ancient myth with Chinese characteristics, and it is also the true charm of its literature.

Jiang Ze only has a superficial understanding of myths and legends, and his impression of gluttony is still in the popular fairy tales he heard in childhood. "Eatable" is the number one label of this monster.

Jiang Ze was ready to be detained in the restaurant. Unexpectedly, Jiang Taotao, a kid with a bit of conscience, didn't make things difficult for him. He ordered three roast ducks and two cowboy steaks and stopped.Jiang Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I know you are poor." Jiang Taotao took a bite of the duck wing, stuck out his tongue to lick off the sauce from the corner of his mouth, and said bluntly.

Jiang Ze: "..."

Yes, yes, he couldn't refute it at all.Jiang Ze laughed awkwardly.

"What's so good about you?" Jiang Taotao licked his fingers dipped in the sauce, and continued to talk to himself, "You are ugly, but your head is still blank."

Jiang Ze: "..."

"I'm almost out of food." Jiang Taotao then sneered.

The corner of Jiang Ze's mouth twitched, restraining his anger, and said, "Don't talk while eating, it's hard to digest."

Jiang Taotao made a "cut" sound, continued to nibble on the roast duck in his hand, and took a few mouthfuls of cowboy steak from time to time, narrowing his eyes contentedly.

"How old are you?" Jiang Ze couldn't help asking, seeing that he looked like an ordinary child.

Jiang Taotao replied without raising his head: "I don't remember, maybe it's only [-] years old."

That is, ten thousand years old.

"Why do you still look like a child?"

Jiang Taotao was finally willing to take his eyes off the food. He looked at Jiang Ze strangely and said, "I don't think it's cute?"

Jiang Ze was at a loss for words, so he had no choice but to respond: "OK..."

He stared at the boy's delicate face, but another face appeared in his mind. Before Jiang Ze could erase the handsome face from his head, Jiang Taotao who was sitting opposite said, "Third brother is very happy." handsome."

Jiang Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

"Naturally," Jiang Taotao raised his chin triumphantly, "The third brother is the best-looking among the nine of us, and the second best-looking is the eldest brother."

"Whether it's human appearance or real body." He added, "Third brother is the best-looking."

Jiang Ze nodded repeatedly.He has never seen Xiaofeng's real body, so he can't make an evaluation. After all, there are different opinions on the Internet, and the pictures he found are also different. There is no basis and no evidence, so he can't believe it.Moreover, he had seen Taotie's appearance before, and it was indeed very different from the ones on the Internet.

"Unfortunately, the third brother's eyes are not good." Jiang Taotao changed into his usual sarcastic expression, "I really help him."

Jiang Ze took a sip of lemonade in silence, suppressed his unhappiness, and said calmly, "Say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

"No," Jiang Taotao shook his head, "This is a secret."

"..."

Jiang Ze just watched Jiang Taotao finish three plates of roast duck and two steaks, and he still didn't feel full after finishing.

Jiang Taotao gracefully picked up the wet towel and wiped her mouth clean, changing from the rude way she was eating before.

Seeing that he was about to stand up, Jiang Ze hurriedly said, "You have seen me." His tone was very firm.

Jiang Taotao raised his eyebrows with great interest, his face was full of playfulness and meaning that did not match his appearance, he said slowly: "It was a long time ago."

Jiang Ze habitually touched his pocket, and just as he was about to take out the cigarette case, he suddenly realized that this was a restaurant, so he had to give up.He continued to ask: "When?"

"When you were a child."

"Is this the first time seeing you?"

Jiang Taotao shook his head, the thoughtful expression on his face was completely beyond what a six-year-old child could make.

that's the truth.

And what he said next made Jiang Ze's breath stagnant.

他 说:

"At that time your name was Jiang Rufeng."