fishing dragon

Mustard City is not far from here.

After the morning fog dissipated, the weather was not very good, and it looked sleepy and rainy.

Yu Changle let out a "Huh" and said, "What is that?"

I saw two jade civet cats with crooked smiling eyes standing on the left and right of the city gate under the low city wall.

"I don't know." Alan squatted lazily on Yu Changle's shoulder.It has no interest in novelties in the human world, "It's probably some kind of spiritual weapon. It's fancy."

"It's the civet cat prince." Ao Yan said, "I can identify whether people entering or leaving the city have spiritual power or evil spirit, and their level."

Yu Changle said: "You know this too? It's amazing."

Ao Yan coughed uncomfortably: "I have spent a lot of time in the human world."

Ah Ling said: "I think it's weird. Prince civet cat is not cheap, why did Yi Dongliang set up this thing?"

He said that the civet cat prince is a new spiritual weapon developed by the Langya Shen family, and it was made by famous craftsmen and Dongying people called by the head of the family, Shen Yuanting.

Shen Yuanting recruited famous people from all over the world, and he was open-minded, and Dongying people also came here admiringly.It is conceivable that if this thing can be promoted, those vicious fugitives will be in a difficult situation, and the common people will be safer.Although Shen Yuanting wanted to establish it in every prefecture and county, but because of the high cost of the civet cat prince, he has not been able to achieve his wish so far.

"The guest is here! The guest is here!" The jade civet cats can make human voices, the voice is like a child, very cute.They gathered around, and Yu Changle saw that its texture was clear jade white.

The chubby figure is cute and naive. A pair of civet cats are average in size and half the height of a person, as if a child's toy was accidentally made too big.There is a silver bell hanging around the neck, and the nose is also shining silver.The carving is quite exquisite, with a smiling face with crooked eyes, and even the beard is drawn out with silver wire.

Yu Changle stretched out his hand itchyly, and pulled the civet prince's beard.

The raccoon prince sneezed.

"It's made of Mithril, and it keeps pulling." Ao Yan said, "I've pulled it too."

A Lan and A Ling: "..."

The raccoon prince whose beard was torn raised his paw and straightened his beard.The two civet cats circled around the group of people three times, and finally spoke.The crisp child's voice sounded again:

"What's the name of the guest?"

The three of them reported their names one by one.

The white jade cat paw patted the sword on Ah Ling's waist, Ah Ling frowned, and then backed away: "Don't touch my Yihua! Didn't you see it before? Why do you want to see it!"

The natal spiritual weapon is very important to a healer, and few healers are willing to let people check it at will.This spiritual sword named "Yihua" is not ordinary at first glance, it is delicate and slender, as luxurious and very luxurious as its owner.

Ao Yan was not carrying a weapon, so the civet cat prince walked around him, stretched out his paws to touch Yu Changle's Feiyi pole pinned to his waist, and said: "Good pole!"

Ah Ling was dissatisfied: "Why doesn't it praise me for my good sword?" After saying that, she realized that something was wrong, and she frowned angrily.

"Wangyou Bamboo, Spider King Thread. Good, good!" The raccoon prince clapped his hands happily.

Yu Changle quietly said to A Lan who was squatting on his shoulder: "Is this broken bamboo pole so big? I thought it was made by the master. What is Wangyou bamboo?" Feiyi just looks like a piece of bamboo pole when not in use, When in use, the line is exposed from the mechanism of the head of the rod, which can be used as a stick or a fishing rod.

He knew about the spider king thread. When the ancestor gave him the first gift, the thread on it was broken by Yu Changle within a few days.It was only later that the Monster Spider King gave him the current thread.Thin as hair, bright as silver thread, extremely flexible, easy to break.

"Wangyou Bamboo is the piece of bamboo behind your house." Alan flicked her tail lazily.

Yu Changle said: "...As expected, I did it casually."

The origin of this rod is very random.

When Yu Xia was 11 years old, she stole the master's scripture and read it. Seeing that the knights in the rivers and lakes were walking around the world with swords, she pestered the master for a sword.

The master was so annoyed by being entangled, in order to prevent Yu Xia from secretly attacking his beard with a wooden sword for the [-]th time, he gave Yu Xia this non-barbarian pole.

"Bamboo poles are thick, rivers are thick. Forget about each other for joy, greedy for bait and swallowing hooks." At that time, the master shook his head, smacked his lips and said, "It's not a barbarian, it's not a benefit, let's talk about forgetting worries. This non-barbarian pole is given to you. , Axia, you have to cherish it." ①

Yu Xia didn't understand.He was still dissatisfied, "Which hero can use a fishing rod as a weapon! Master, make me a sword."

Master said: "I also use fishing rods like you, why am I not a hero?"

The master likes fishing and calls himself "Huaipu fisherman".Fishing requires patience the most, and Yu Xia guessed that the master taught him to learn to calm down.However, Feiyi has been with him for eight years, and he still looks like he can go to heaven at any time.

"Guests please keep it safe, this token is required to enter and exit Mustard City."

Yu Changle came back to his senses from the memory, and the civet cat prince took out four wooden tokens from his mouth—A Lan also had one, and the names of several people and the date of entering the city were encircled by the silver lines.Alan's piece says "Spiritual Pet".

After handing over the cards to a few people, the jade civet cat stood motionless on both sides of the city gate.

"The civet cat prince stopped us here, and Yi Dongliang on the other side will know." Ah Ling was very irritable, "Damn even wants to take care of this, why is this man so fluffy."

Alan said: "It's more than that."

"Wow?! This big cat can still talk?" Ah Ling asked in surprise.

The big snow-colored cat stood up from Yu Changle's shoulders, staring at the civet prince with blue eyes.

The white jade civet cat is still smiling, delicate and cute, but everyone who enters and exits the mustard city will pass through it and hand it over to the case of the owner of Yicheng who has not shown up until now.

"The city lord's mansion knows about the birth of the daughter-in-law of an old woman in a tea shed. He also has extremely tight control over the city," Alan continued.

Ao Yan said: "The desire to control is very strong."

Yu Changle pondered, "Hmm..."

"That doesn't mean anything." Alan yawned and climbed down again, "Maybe he just wants to be a good official who works hard and loves the people."

"..." No matter how Yu Changle heard it, he thought it was ironic.

A Lan urged: "Let's go, what else are you looking at?"

Several people entered Mustard Seed City.

City Lord's Mansion, the main living room.

Furnace smoke billows, drawing images in the air.The servant placed the teacup on the mahogany table, making a soft and crisp sound.

The maid bowed and said, "Please wait for a moment, I will inform the city lord."

"Here?" Ao Yan asked.

"There is no evil spirit in the living room." Yu Changle shook his head and asked instead, "What do you think might be causing the trouble?"

Ao Yan spat out two words: "House demon."

Ah Ling said, "I think it's a house demon."

When the old woman in the tea shed talked about the renovation, Yu Changle and the others had guessed that they were "house monsters".

They all looked at the main living room in unison——

"Yo, huh! yo, huh!" From time to time, shirtless craftsmen carried wooden beams through the main living room, leaving a layer of dust and messy footprints on the floor.The maid said: "Today is the first day of work, it's a bit messy, please don't mind the guests."

She didn't seem to be too happy to talk to a few people, her tone was stiff.

"I don't mind." Yu Changle smiled at her.

The house demon, as the name suggests, is the demon in the house.It is one of the most common yokai.Ordinary people always think that monsters are like spirit gates, far away from their lives, but they don't know that there is a possibility that there is a monster hidden in their home.

House demons are mostly seen in old and mansions with a thriving population. They are born due to the gathering of popularity and feed on human spirit.The mansion of City Lord Yi is naturally a prosperous house. "Wang Zhai", this is the first matching point.

Due to the large population, the air sucked by each person is almost negligible. From this point of view, house monsters are generally harmless.They prefer small gadgets, so the missing socks, needles and threads at home may have been stolen by house demons.

Some folk tales believe that the house demon can prosper the house, which has a certain truth.Because only in a prosperous house can house monsters thrive, and house monsters will in turn protect their homes and the source of food in their homes: "people".Therefore, it is rare to hear rumors of house monsters making trouble.

Yu Changle asked the maidservant: "Is City Lord Yi in good health? How is your luck?"

He was good-looking, and he looked at everyone with peach blossom eyes with a focused and affectionate look.The servant girl blushed, and her tone was not so cold: "Yes. Luck... I don't want to speak nonsense, but it is said that the city lord and officials are lucky, and they can turn bad luck into good luck even when they are away from home."

Good luck, "protect the Lord", this is the second matching point.

"If you are a prosperous official, don't you know how to treat guests?" Ao Yan only took a sip of tea and poured it into the flower pot on the table. "It's extremely difficult to drink."

The maid looked embarrassed.

House demons have extremely high requirements and attachment to the house, so the rare time when they cause trouble is when the house is damaged or renovated.When the original pattern is changed and the place of residence is destroyed, it is natural to feel dissatisfied and cause trouble.

This is the third point that fits, "haunted".

"Sister, I heard that the city lord's house is haunted by ghosts." Yu Changle leaned over and asked the maidservant quietly with a smile, "Can you tell me what's going on?"

The maid hesitated for a moment, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Young Lord, it's actually not a big deal. There are always vases that break inexplicably in the middle of the night, and doors and windows rattle and rattle when there is no wind. What about this? Could it be haunted? Our city lord is tired of talking nonsense like this."

After all, house monsters are the monsters of relatives, even if they have evil thoughts in their hearts, they will not attack severely, most of them are warnings.

"Harmless" is one of the four matching points.So far, almost all match.

Yu Changle thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Sister, does City Lord Yi hate spiritual masters?"

Looking at the maidservant's expression, he understood.Yu Changle didn't meet many people, but he was very sensitive to other people's emotions.The maid's indifference at first didn't seem to be because of this incident, but because she disliked them, Yu Changle guessed that this was the meaning of the city lord.

"The city lord... also wanted to be a healer in the early years." The maid said cryptically.

Yu Changle smiled and said, "City Master Yi is a bit stingy." He only commented without emotion, but the maid blushed.

Ah Ling snorted: "You still covet my Fengxieling!"

"The city lord is not like this..." The maid seemed to be hesitating whether to say the next thing, "There are many old servants in the city lord's mansion, which can prove that the city lord Yi used to have a good temper."

Yu Changle said: "Once upon a time?"

"But... since Miss, who is the city lord's own sister, passed away three years ago, the city lord's temper has changed a lot."

This is someone else's family matter. Although Yu Changle is very curious, he is unwilling to let others say things they don't want to say, "Sister..."

"It's okay, it's not a secret, it's just a little sad to mention it." The maid shook her head, this young man had an inexplicable and trustworthy aura that made her willing to get close.

"Miss is the sister of the city lord with the same father and mother. She is very close to the city lord and the relationship between the two is very good. Miss loves flowers. At that time, even if the city lord was studying abroad, he would send someone to deliver flowers to the lady's desk every other day.

"The city lord is physically strong, but the young lady is weak and sickly. She has been sick all year round, and finally passed away three years ago. Since then, the city lord has changed greatly." The maid said.

All three were silent for a moment.The servant girl looked disappointed, Yu Changle said: "So that's the case. Sister, don't be sad."

The maidservant's cheeks were slightly red: "Thank you, sir, for your comfort."

Just as she was talking, footsteps sounded, and the maid hurriedly turned around and saluted:

"Hello, City Lord!"

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① Bamboo pole 籊籊 (tì), river water 浟浟 (yóu).It comes from "Answer to Sun Mian Ge", which is rumored to be a song sung by a reclusive fisherman.

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