The procession of worshipers, playing and playing, has passed in front of the Taoist.

The little girl followed them away with her eyes, and then moved back to look at her Taoist priest.

However, the Taoist was not in a hurry. He raised his head and drank the last mouthful of gruel from the bowl. He even kept his head raised and raised the bowl, so that all the gruel hanging on the wall would flow down and flow into his mouth.

Satisfied, he put the bowl down and rinsed it with water.

There is no oil or water in it, but there is a fishy smell from dried fish. Once rinsed with water, it is so clean that you can make a sound when rubbing it.

Wipe dry the water and put it in the quilt bag.

Then Song You remained calm and picked up the oatmeal given by the old farmer one by one, opened the wrapping to reveal the golden rice grains inside, then inserted it into the quilt bag and put it on the horse's back.

"Sir, do you want me to go see where they went?"

"That's not necessary."

Song You shook his head lightly.

At this time, the sound of blowing was still echoing in the mountains and could be heard vaguely, but it seemed to have strayed from the official road.

Following the sound, Song You stretched his neck and looked towards the mountain to the left. Sure enough, he saw the group of people on a path covered by vegetation among the mountains.

Looking up in the direction they were going, they saw the corner of a small temple deep in the dense forest on the top of the mountain.

"Let's go."

Song You walked forward, leaning on a bamboo stick: "I have been eating seafood every day recently, and there is really not much to eat. I happened to have some noodles in my quilt bag and someone gave me oats as a gift, so I will have a chicken tonight. Let me see those

The chicken that the folks took to worship the mountain god was quite big."

"The seafood is so delicious!" The little girl suddenly turned into a cat and followed him, saying as he walked, "It doesn't cost any money!"

"The chicken is delicious and it doesn't cost any money."

"Well!"

Mao'er's expression suddenly froze, and then he asked: "How do you want Miss Sanhua to help you? Will I get chicken if I help you?"

"I must ask Empress Sanhua to transform back into human form first."

"Canopy..."

"Change back!"

"Ms. Sanhua, do you smell something like a smelly rat?"

"Miss Sanhua doesn't smell anything like a smelly rat..."

"There's none?"

"No!"

"Maybe it's too far away, the wind direction is wrong, maybe it's been too long and the smell has dissipated, or maybe there's someone else collecting the fragrant roots for the Imperial Master."

"What what what?"

The little girl looked up at him and asked several questions.

Song You, however, leaned on his staff and lowered his head, looking at her with a smile: "Has Empress Sanhua guessed his origin?"

"What's the origin?"

"The Origin of the Mountain God."

"The origin of the mountain god!"

"Didn't you guess it?"

"You guessed it, meow?"

"I roughly guessed it."

"How did you guess that?"

"I am very smart."

"!"

The little girl looked at him seriously.

How can anyone say this every day...

"There are dedicated people in Yangzhou who collect medicinal materials for the Imperial Preceptor to refine the elixirs and transport them from Yaozhou to Fengzhou. The imperial court will not easily confer an unknown 'immortal' as a mountain god, and the Imperial Preceptor will not stay there without any reason.

The next step is to send someone to kill the mountain god decreed by the imperial court after his death." Song You walked and said to Mao'er, "Unless it is not a mountain god at all, it is not worthy of being a mountain god."

"I don't understand~"

"Sir, what you mean is that this mountain god is the monster who originally searched for medicinal materials in the mountains for the imperial master?" Yanzi flapped his wings and hovered in front, and said.

"Exactly."

Song You nodded to him.

"Well?"

The little girl looked dumbfounded and raised her head to stare at the swallow.

"I, I was just guessing too..."

The swallow immediately flapped its wings and flew higher.

"This place is indeed a place with strong spiritual energy. The Imperial Master must have valued this person's ability, so he made him a mountain god. He used his ability and helped him with his mountain god function, so that he could teach him to be here for him.

Searching for heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the deep mountains." Song You paused, "But the Imperial Master must have known about its character for a long time, or for other purposes, such as sealing the mouth, so he had already known about it before Fengzhou.

After making arrangements, after I die, I will invite the eminent monks to come here and kill it."

"!!"

The little girl's eyes suddenly widened: "You are so amazing!"

"Not as good as Sanhua Empress."

"Talk again! Talk again!"

"I don't know if this mountain god was prepared in advance or was gifted. Not only did he survive the hands of the eminent monk who was assigned by the imperial master to subdue him, but he actually left the eminent monk here. In my opinion, he is probably not extremely smart.

He is cunning and alert. If I wait for him in the temple, I may scare him so much that he dare not come." Song You said to Sanhua Empress, "It just so happens that it wants a child, and Sanhua Empress is the child."

"Miss Sanhua is a child!"

"Sanhua Empress has great supernatural powers, strong magic power, and is smart and clever. When the time comes, I will prepare some talismans for Sanhua Empress, and use the winter hidden spiritual power to hide the extraordinary features of Sanhua Empress. If the mountain god comes, I will invite Sanhua Empress

I used both my cleverness and my magic skills to deal with him."

"Do you want Sanhua Empress to pretend to be the child she feeds to that mountain god?"

"This is the content of the previous paragraph."

"Meow?"

"This is the simplest and worry-free way."

"Do you want Sanhua Empress to beat it to death?"

"If it wants to eat Sanhua Empress, it's best to beat it to death." Song You paused, "But the most important thing is naturally Sanhua Empress' own safety, and Sanhua Empress understands this best."

"Yes!"

The little girl nodded solemnly and still followed the Taoist. At this time, she had already walked out of the field of swallows. Without the obstruction of the swallows, even with her height, she could see the group of people walking in the mountains even if she raised her head slightly.

People and the looming small temple.

"What about the cows, horses, pigs and sheep?"

"Those are too precious. They are just a mere mountain god. For the Sanhua Empress who has reached great perfection in her spiritual practice, they are just easy to come by. In this case, we only need a big cock."

"Well……"

Empress Sanhua was reluctant to part with her, but she also felt that what he said made sense - it was not what he said, but it made sense anyway.

Soon, the two of them left the official road and embarked on the path leading up the mountain.

The Taoist pursed his lips and stopped talking.

The little girl was also silent.

This path is just a path for ordinary people to go up the mountain for farming. It is also the dividing line between two pieces of soil. It is at most slightly wider than an ordinary field path. At this time of year, the weeds have begun to turn yellow. There are traces of trampling on the path and weed erosion.

Judging from the traces, there are quite a few people walking this road.

Song You walked up slowly.

When we reached the end of the path, the temple appeared. It was just when the group of villagers came to the end of worshiping the God of Anle.

There are several trees in front of the temple, and there are traces of firecrackers under them. At this time, there are a farm cow, a thin horse, a goat, a small black pig, and a big yellow dog tied to the trees.

A big red rooster was also tied by its legs to a tree.

People entered the temple one by one carrying incense and knelt down to pray under the altar, but most of them were worried.

Just like the farm cow and the yellow dog, they seemed to have foreseen their own fate, and their expressions were somewhat sad.
To be continued...