"In Changjing City..."

"What's the problem?"

"Half a year ago, no matter how strong the Yang Qi in the capital was, it wouldn't be troublesome to go to the city. But recently I heard that the City God in Changjing City was mad and patrolled all day long to catch monsters and ghosts. Although I am hiding myself

He has the ability to trace his whereabouts, but the City God is also the best at finding monsters and attracting ghosts in the city." The scholar ghost was a little embarrassed, "Besides, I have stolen things in the city before, so I don't dare to go there."

"My surname is Song, and my name is You." The Taoist said again, "If you are blocked by the military attachés at the City God's Temple, you can break out of the siege by just reporting my name."

"..."

The scholar ghost was startled again, and then he panicked and saluted again:

"I understand!"

"Thank you very much."

"Don't dare."

"Please take care of yourself and be careful in everything. If you encounter a crisis, save your life first."

"I'll take my leave..."

The Taoist people bowed to him, and he also bowed to the Taoist people.

Then the scholar ghost turned into a wisp of smoke, got out of the hole in the window, and disappeared into the night.

The Taoist also looked out the window.

It's still dark outside.

But it's almost dawn.

The Taoist touched the head of the cat next to him. He no longer sat cross-legged, but lay down flat on his back. He had some thoughts in his mind, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

The calico cat also lay down again, curled up into a ball, covered his head with his hands, and continued to sleep with his eyes squinted.

The oil lamp in the house went out.

"Whoa whoa……"

When the cock crows, it's daybreak.

The calico cat was the first to raise its head, and the dark blue color was revealed outside the window. As the rooster crowing a few times, the cat rubbed its eyes, unable to restrain its curiosity, jumped up on the window, and just stared outside.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, but also gloomy.

Because it's raining outside.

Maybe he came back late last night and practiced until midnight, so he didn't get enough rest. The Taoist slept until dawn.

"When is it?"

"Well?"

"When is it? Empress Sanhua."

"It's daytime~"

"..."

The Taoist shook his head and forget it.

After sitting up on the bed, wiping his face and tidying up his clothes, the Taoist got out of bed, put on his shoes and walked out.

There was the sound of rain outside, pitter-patter.

When I opened the door, I saw that it was raining heavily.

The steps could only stop at the door. The most I could do was take one more step forward. One more step would take me out of the range of the thatched roof. The ground had already been soaked through, water kept splashing over, and the soil at the door had turned into wet mud.

The Taoist looked up at the sky and felt that the rain might not last long.

This place is several feet away from the main room.

The Taoist hesitated for a moment, then turned around and put the package on his back. He picked up the long box with one hand and the confused cat with the other. He closed the door and stepped on the stone slabs in the courtyard. He crossed the courtyard in a few steps and reached the main room.

There was only one person eating inside.

It's none other than Wu Nuxia.

Wu Nuxia held the bowl, looked back at him, and shouted to the shopkeeper: "Someone is getting up, please bring me another bowl of porridge."

"okay!"

Song You nodded with her and sat down at the same table.

The shopkeeper came quickly with a bowl.

A bowl of porridge with wild vegetables, a hard-boiled egg, and a spoonful of pickles on top of the porridge is the breakfast provided by Maodian.

"Eat slowly. If you don't have enough porridge and pickles, you can add more. Just call me."

"Thank you."

The Taoist thanked him softly, then took the eggs, cracked them open on the table, and slowly peeled them.

"Gululu..."

There was a rolling sound on the table.

I looked up and saw another egg rolling over.

The Taoist couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at the woman.

The woman raised her chin at the calico cat.

"Thank you."

The Taoist thanked him again.

The woman did not speak. She held the bottom of the bowl with one hand and chopped rice with chopsticks in the other. She stared at the rain outside the house. When the shop owner walked away, she asked:

"What happened in your room last night?"

"A kid came to visit and wanted to steal Master Dou's paintings, but I discovered it." The Taoist peeled the egg and replied, "I had a nice talk with him, asked him to do me a favor, and let him go."

"Um……"

Wu Nuxia didn't ask any more questions and continued to look outside: "This rain is so annoying."

After peeling the eggs, the Taoist took out the small bowl of exquisite blue and white porcelain from the package, broke the eggs into small pieces, put them into the bowl, handed them to Empress Sanhua, then picked up the chopsticks to eat, and replied in a low voice:

"The rain in summer is like this."

"Taoist Master, when do you think it will stop?"

"It will stop before noon."

"You also said that you can't tell fortunes..."

"Just experience."

"If we stop at noon..."

Wu Nuxia smacked her lips and thought for a while: "That's okay. We can stay here until noon, or if the sun is out, we can stay here until the afternoon when the road is dry. Anyway, it's not far from the city, even if

If we leave in the afternoon, we can return to Changjing before dark. Anyway, there won’t be any more guests coming today.”

"yes."

Taoists eat with peace of mind.

The woman stopped talking and started to eat hard. After finishing one bowl, she asked the shopkeeper to add another bowl.

After eating, rest here.

The shopkeeper didn't chase them away either.

As Wu Xia said, no one comes here until the night when the ghost market opens. The next time the ghost market opens is two days later, so there will be no business here today.

In the morning, the woman who had been watching all night went to rest. The two siblings woke up and ate at the door with their bowls in hand. They looked at the rain outside with distracted eyes, not knowing how much farm work they would have to do today.

The two siblings are young, but quite outgoing, and occasionally talk to Wu Nuxia.

Near noon, the rain stopped.

There is no pattern in the sunshine or rain in summer, and today is just like the day before yesterday. As soon as it rained, it cleared up immediately.

The sun shines down, making it dazzling.

Everything in the world is clean except the ground.

The two children in Maodian seemed to be excited. They stepped outside with bare feet in the mud, ran here and there, and occasionally climbed up to high places such as firewood piles and tree branches to look around.

The Taoist priest and the woman just came out of the courtyard and were about to return to the city.

Seeing their appearance, Wu Nuxia, who was sitting on horseback, couldn't help but ask:

"Child! What are you looking for?"

The siblings were startled at first, but when they saw that it was the heroine who told them stories last night, they were no longer scared and only replied:

"Look for the rainbow."
To be continued...