Daming prepares the emperor

When the night was very dark, Mr. Hu was finally sent home by Wang Daochang.

As soon as he entered the door, there was an angry shout in the room.

"you're back!"

An old lady ran out of the house, with silvery white hair and a coarse cloth apron wrapped around her waist. She was holding a short broom for sweeping the bed, and walked across the yard with her legs back and forth. , to the door.

Taoist Wang watched from the door, breaking out in a cold sweat, knowing that the scene below might be too violent, so he quickly slipped away.

The old lady looked angry in a hurry, and didn't notice the figure quickly going away outside the door, and scolded: "You still know to come back? Where have you been? Could it be that the carrot was buried in the ditch?"

Mr. Hu sighed, and took a few steps back. Just as he was about to ask the priest to help him speak, he found that his person had disappeared, so he had to close the door and turn around, explaining, "Oh, don't be angry, I'm Going to get down to business, have you eaten yet?"

The old lady Yu said: "Of course I have eaten the meal. I will eat first when you can't wait to come back."

She pointed to the round bright moon above her head: "What time is it, do you want me to wait for you hungry? I——I was going to wait for your radish to make soup. If you don't come back, I will call you Erya brought me food."

Erya is their second daughter, she is married and lives not far from them, so it is convenient for her to travel.

"Just eat it, just eat it. I didn't mean that, I didn't tell you to wait for me."

The old yellow dog in the courtyard had already fallen asleep, and now he was woken up again, but he was used to seeing the couple quarreling, and knew that this situation would pass soon, so he just turned over and turned himself to the side of the chicken coop to continue nap.

The old lady Yu's anger really dissipated quickly, and asked: "Old man, where have you been? What's the business? Did your third brother call you for something?"

"No. When I was walking on the road after pulling out the radish, I met a Taoist priest from the town demon department. He wanted to borrow my car to pull a big monster."

Old man Hu walked into the house, took down a pipe from the window sill, smoked a few puffs, exhaled the smoke, and continued: "As for me, I lent the donkey cart to the Taoist priest, and went into the city with him. ..."

Before he finished speaking, Old Madam Yu became anxious, held up a lamp to look closely at him, and asked, "What kind of monster is it? Are you injured? Oh! You have gained some courage, which is really enough to lend to others." Already!"

"It's all right!" Mr. Hu pushed her hand away and said with a frown, "You man, listen to me first. After the Taoist priest and I took the monster into the city, we went straight to the demon town and put the monster down. .I want to leave! But the Taoist priest is enthusiastic, and the official is also kind, insisting that I stay for dinner."

"Did you eat in Yamen?"

"Yes."

"Dining in the yamen." Old lady Yu threw the broom in her hand and said curiously, "Head of the house, tell me, what do you eat in the yamen? I heard from Sister Chen next door that there is meat in the yamen. , eat monsters, is it true or not?"

"There is indeed meat." Mr. Hu said, "It seems that what I ate tonight is a duck essence. I don't know what to do. Anyway, Jean beheaded it, and the cook stewed it."

"Ah, isn't that the Dun Dun monster?"

"Nonsense. What are you talking about? I only ate it by chance. You said that the monster can still be eaten by the killer. Besides, you still have the appetite to eat the monster that has eaten people? Coincidentally, Just a coincidence!"

"That's right." Granny Yu thought it made sense, and then asked, "Then do you feel any changes?"

Mr. Hu had already taken off his shoes at this time, pulled off the quilt and sat on the bed. When his head fell and his body tilted, he was about to lie down and sleep. He said in a daze, "What do you mean? What change?"

"It's just a change! Do you feel younger and more comfortable?"

"The waist doesn't hurt like that anymore... What do you think about all day long, what's the benefit of eating monsters? At most, they taste better. It's really good. Those officials and lords can't be blamed if they can't eat the monsters." Woolen cloth!"

"Okay, okay, I'm just asking."

Old Madam Yu also felt that she had asked a stupid question, and she was a little embarrassed, so she went out of the house, prepared to pack up her things, scooped some water with a gourd ladle, and fell asleep.

There was no sound inside or outside the house, except for the slight chirping of autumn insects. Old man Hu's snoring had begun to rise and fall, accompanied by the sound of the old yellow dog scratching the leaves unconsciously. I yawned a lot.

At this moment, there was a very soft sound at the door.

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

Something seemed to be knocking on the door.

The old lady Yu was taken aback, and hurried to listen carefully. She didn't hear anything this time, so she thought she had heard wrong, and continued to drink water.

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

This time, the hairs all over her body stood up in fright, as if she had been shocked by electricity, the gourd scoop slipped out of her hand, and fell into the water tank with a bang, which shocked her again.

Who is knocking at the door at night?

Mrs. Yu is very sure that her relatives will not have any urgent matters recently. As for her husband, his relatives and friends either died in the famine, or were enlisted in the army and never came back. Brother is still alive, but he just said that third brother is fine, so no one will come to look for him there.

Besides, his third brother had a broken leg and didn't go out after dark. If he really came, he wouldn't knock on the door like this and not call for someone.

Tuk Tuk.

The old lady Yu was frightened silly. She is very enthusiastic about the neighbors on weekdays. She never panics when encountering things. She has always been very thoughtful, but she is most afraid of ghosts. In the middle of the night, she was so scared that she lost her voice. , as if his legs were stuck to the ground, he couldn't move, and it took him a long time to rush in the door and shake Mr. Hu who was already asleep.

Old man Hu was shaken to pieces by her, he struggled to get up, and said vaguely, "What are you doing? What's wrong? It's on fire?"

Old Madam Yu covered his mouth and said in a low voice and anxiously, "Listen."

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

Old man Hu heard the voice clearly and was scared to death. The two of them have supported each other for half their lives, and they have never had any major disputes. They understand each other very well. His face turned pale.

"How to do?"

"Is the dog barking?"

"Dog? Doesn't the dog bark?"

"The dog didn't bark, so it shouldn't be a big deal." Mr. Hu made up his mind, knowing that it was a disaster, he got out of bed, put on his shoes, and prepared to go out to have a look.

All of a sudden, Old Madam Yu grabbed him, summoned up her courage, and thought that she could not let her husband die, with tears in her eyes, she said in a trembling voice, "I'm with you!"

One of the two old people took a weapon, one picked up the thickest rolling pin in the house, and the other took the hoe at the door, hid on both sides, and opened the door a little bit.

Outside the door is a scruffy beggar.

The old couple held their breath and didn't dare to speak. At the same time, they didn't know what to do because they were inexperienced, so they looked at each other.

The beggar was going to knock on the door, but now he knocked in vain, squeezed his head in abruptly, and said with a slight smile, "Hello, both of you."

Can speak human language.

Pretty polite.

Somehow, the beggar came in by himself, as if he could penetrate the wall, without any hindrance, the two old people only felt a blur before they found him standing in the courtyard.

He said that he was a monk for a while, and a Taoist priest for a while. He was crazy and incoherent, but he was very well-behaved.

"Here." Mrs. Yu tugged at Mr. Hu's sleeve and whispered, "Old man, what should we do?"

"You go into the house first, let me ask him."

Hu Laozhang was beating drums in his heart, but he showed a confident look, telling the old wife to hide first, and then he was about to step forward to find out the truth.

"No, I'll go."

Granny Yu took the first step and asked, "Master, ah no, master, master?"

The beggar looked down at the ground, as if there was something good there, with a dirty face under the disheveled hair, and the clothes on his body were full of patches, which seemed to be patched with many different pieces of fabric, colorful Yes, and covered with oil stains, it looks very desolate.

But his eyes were piercing, as bright as cold stars, and when turning left and right, there seemed to be light spots flickering, even the messy hair and dirty clothes could not hide this strangeness.

Hearing Mrs. Yu calling him, the beggar reacted slightly, moved his head sideways, but still looked at the ground, as if he was ashamed to see others, and dared not look at her, and said in a muffled voice: "Please help the poor!" Let the monk eat some fasting food."

"what?"

Granny Yu's ears are not very good.

Hu Laozhang immediately repeated: "This master wants to eat, he is hungry!"

"Hungry? I'm going to cook now—" Granny Yu ran into the kitchen in a panic, came out again after a while, and said anxiously, "Go and get your radishes!"

The radishes were placed in the cellar, so Mr. Hu hurried down to the cellar, took out some big and white radishes and handed them to the old wife.

After a lot of busy work, the meal was finally ready.Because it was too late and there were no ingredients, the last thing that was made was a bowl of radish soup, with some whole grains scattered in it, like a nondescript porridge.

A monk, or a Taoist, maybe a beggar, in short, he ate this bowl of rice in one breath, as if he was resurrected, his head was raised, and he was not ashamed—maybe he was not ashamed at all, but he was just too hungry That's all, looking at Mr. Hu and Mrs. Yu, without saying a word, skipping them to look at the sky.

The sky is densely packed with stars, blinking in the cool wind, and guarding the moon.

"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival?"

The old lady Yu nodded in a daze.

The beggar asked again, "Is this Yingtian?"

Fearing that the two of them would be startled, he added: "Pindao came riding a bull monster. It traveled so fast that Pindao couldn't recognize the way for a while."

Old man Hu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this is Yingtian."

"Yeah." The beggar also nodded, "Does Zhu Yuanzhang live here?"

"Marshal? Marshal is here, in the city."

The beggar stood up immediately, his eyes were shining, showing a feeling of joy that he had finally arrived at his destination, he moved his hands and feet, and said loudly: "Okay, I'm finally here! It's good, it's good! I'm leaving now Sue Taiping! I want to sue Taiping!"

Old man Hu was startled by him, seeing that he was about to go out, he hurriedly chased after him, and said, "Master, what are you going to do?"

"The poor monk wants to sue Taiping!"

He changed the name of himself again and again. Sometimes he was me, sometimes he was a poor monk, and sometimes he was a poor monk. It felt like he had some mental problems.

It seems that the mind is not clear, like a mental illness.

Mr. Hu couldn't help being anxious. Although anyone could answer Zhu Yuanzhang's address and the questions he asked, even if no one told him, a beggar could figure it out by himself, but he still felt that he had done something wrong. This man should not be let in, nor should he be given food.

Could it be that he has a grudge against Marshal Zhu?

What does tell peace mean?

Hey, what if this is a small job?

After thinking about it, Hu Laozhang realized that many masters who have achieved the Tao have eccentricities and various personalities. They often do some strange things. It is also possible that this master came to join the Marshal.

After much deliberation, many years of life experience, coupled with the often eclectic thinking of the older generation, Mr. Hu decided to recommend him to the town of demons.

In case, he is a secret agent, the Taoist priests, masters, and officials there can catch him on the spot. If he comes to seek refuge, then he is very kind, he just went to the right place!

So he told the beggar the address of the Town Demon Office.

The beggar is full of suing Taiping, and should not listen to other things, but suing Taiping requires an address, so when Mr. Hu said it, he remembered it as soon as he heard that it was a yamen.

"Oh, well, thank you, I'll go there right away!"

Old man Hu intended to go with him, but before he could say a word, a familiar flower appeared in front of his eyes, and the sound of the wooden door opening and closing was heard in his ears, and the scruffy beggar disappeared.

"Old man..." Granny Yu took a few steps uncomfortably, then stopped again.

"En." Old man Hu's hands tightened, his fingers curled up to hold the bong.

The bong was in the house, and his mind was in a mess right now, so he figured he should have a smoke to calm down before thinking about what to do.

At this moment, Granny Yu suddenly yelled, pointed to the ground and said, "Look quickly! Look quickly!"

"What are you yelling! The neighbors are all sleeping..."

Before he finished speaking, Old Man Hu closed his mouth, and he saw something golden on the ground.

Just now when the old lady was cooking, she accidentally dropped a lot of radish leaves on the ground. The dark clouds covered the moonlight before, and they didn't see it. Now a gust of wind came out and the moon came out again, and they discovered something they hadn't seen before.

All the radish leaves turned golden!

Granny Yu picked it up and saw that every strand and piece was gold.

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The next morning.

The mist scattered in all directions, floating in a hazy way, covering the long street in a thin layer.

A Taoist in a blue robe gradually approached the gate of the Zhenyao office. He was tall, but thin, with a toga with large sleeves on his body, as if wearing a sack, but it was different. Indescribable character.

If there is a fairy alive, I'm afraid it's him.

Taking a closer look, his hair and beard have already turned white, so he should be an old man, but he walks vigorously and vigorously, and he doesn't look like he is old.

The Taoist went to the door, straightened the peculiar hat on his head, smoothed the fur in his hand, coughed a few times, and was about to step in.

While walking, he muttered: "Long time no see, I don't know if my apprentice misses me. I heard that Liu Bowen has come over. He, I'm afraid he won't be shameless enough to snatch other people's apprentices."

Before the door could be entered, a gust of wind suddenly blew up beside the Taoist's clothes and sleeves, causing him to be covered by his own clothes, unable to see clearly, and before he had time to react, he was pushed aside again by something , almost fell to the ground.

"Who--where did the madman come from?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head and looked intently, only to see a sloppy beggar rushing into the room where the wooden record board was hung, shouting loudly: "I'm here to sue Taiping! I want to sue Taiping! Sue Taiping !"

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