Liao Zhai Zi is silent

Chapter 236
"This is Beiping City?" Lin Zhuoming saw two government servants, one fat and one thin, watching people order food.

Only waiting for the kidnapped person to beg for mercy and willing to take out money to settle it, then he was loosened.

"Two pots of jasmine, and two sugar pancakes, on credit."

The two of them sat down, but the shopkeeper dared not speak out, and only said: "My lord, I haven't paid the tea money before!"

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Everyone is a decent person at the root of the imperial city who eats the emperor's food, so how can you be short of this little tea money?"

"Hehe." She smiled but didn't smile.

Yan Dan said to Lin Zhuming: "Sometimes demons are much easier to deal with."

Lin Zhuming nodded in agreement: "How can beasts change? How can it compare with the human heart like the sea?"

The voices of the two were not small.

Those two people listened to it, but one of the two people is not very educated and can't understand the secret ridicule, and the other is to see the two people's clothes, they are Taoists, and they carry a sword. They are probably poor people, or there may be something strange Ability, then also turn a blind eye.

But he will seek good luck and avoid bad luck, he is not a fool who dares to mess with anything.

Lin Zhuming also ignored such small roles.

He just walked over to the person who seemed to be a storyteller who just spent money to settle, and asked, "I just heard that there are ten demons in Xishan, can you tell me a little bit more about it?"

"Ah?" The man was wearing a tattered gown, holding a bone plate in his hand, with a yellow and emaciated appearance.

Lin Zhuoming took out the silver and asked the shopkeeper to serve a bowl of Xaozi noodles, and invited him to eat.

"The two Taoist priests who seem to be Youfang? They specialize in subjugating demons?"

"Where, I'm just interested in the things of gods and ghosts, so I want to record something or two, and make a novel, which can be regarded as a pastime."

Lin Zhuming spoke beautifully, but did not reveal his true nature.

"This..." The man didn't want to say more, because the two big braided soldiers were still nearby, but when he saw Lin Zhuming took out two hanging copper coins, he thanked him a lot: "The little one is called Dog [-], to be honest, we were born as a beggar, thanks to the storytelling, cross talk, and lotus falling from my master, so we have some livelihood, and this shopkeeper invited us to tell stories."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to cup his fists at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was doing the accounting, so he nodded when he heard this.

At this time, Xiaoer has noodles, beautiful wide noodles, covered with simmered rice toppings, and a spoonful of sesame sauce, hey!That's called authentic.

Gou Er just stirs without using chopsticks, the aroma of sesame paste hits his face, and he pours it into his mouth in big mouthfuls, regardless of the puffing of heat, he just feels quick and refreshing.

After eating the noodles three times and five times, he hiccupped again and smiled shyly: "I'm sorry, I just laughed, I just laughed."

Seeing that he had finished eating, Yan Dan said: "Eat it, eat it, take it, and then sell it to an official, it is not in line with the rules of the world. Just spend money to buy a new story, and don't take it as a treasure. In the hands, passed down to three generations, grandchildren will not starve to death."

"Don't dare, dare not, this Beiping City is also such a big land, I, Gou Er, still want to mess around, there are quite a lot of strange things in this Beiping City."

"The fact that the ten monsters on the west mountain became spirits was told by a half-immortal under the overpass."

"The mountains and rivers in my dynasty all came in from outside the pass on iron cavalry. There are many spirits and monsters outside the pass. There were quite a few who entered the pass with the great grandfather back then, and these ten spirits were among them."

"They are badger spirits, human bear spirits, osprey bird spirits, wild boar spirits, black donkey spirits, white wolf spirits, fragrant fox spirits, python snake spirits, monkey spirits, and toad spirits."

"These ten spirits had meritorious service at the beginning, so they were allowed to enter the customs together, and allowed them to become rich and honored in the world."

Lin Zhuming listened and felt that this was very demonic, so he asked: "Now among the ten demons, have any of them been reincarnated?"

"Haha, it's hard to say, it involves the dynasty..."

Lin Zhuming glanced at the two braided soldiers beside him, but they were also listening, and they were listening attentively.

"But it doesn't matter." Lin Zhuming pointed at the tea and drew a forbidden character on the table.

"Okay, let's talk about the little one, whether it's true or not, it's just a story, a rumor in the countryside, maybe it's an association, maybe it won't make sense."

"This badger refers to Hong Chengchou, a general during the Chongde Dynasty. I heard that he was resourceful and fickle. He followed the holy ancestor. He claimed that he was like precious badger skin, good medicine badger oil, and delicious badger meat. Only the holy ancestor could enjoy it. Doing your best to serve the master is like a dog, thinking that the imperial court is a dog like a falcon.”

"This bear refers to Dorgon during the Shunzi Dynasty. He had a hulking back and a strong waist, controlling the government like a bear."

"The osprey refers to Wu Sangui of the Kangma Dynasty. The osprey is a bird of prey. It is said in the "Shan Hai Jing" that once the osprey appears, there will be wars, so it intends to rebel."

"Pigs refer to those in the mediocre government, Nian Gengyao, General Nian. This pig is not a black pig, but a wild boar with one pig and three tigers. It is ferocious in nature, and its desires are hard to fill. It shrinks its fangs and follows the emperor. But in the end, he sent himself to the butcher shop, served on the table, and all the family members were chopped off."

"Is this donkey the current Hailancha? He has worked hard in the army and is extremely brave. He has been injured many times. He has made great military exploits. He does not fight for fame and fortune. He is also loyal all his life. He is devoted to the emperor like a donkey."

"And the wolf refers to the current Shangshu, Heshen, and his Manchu surname "Niu Colu" refers to the wolf. It is treacherous, cunning, and extremely greedy, but it has won the emperor's trust, and now it is like a fish in water."

"What about the other monsters? Is there any correspondence?" Lin Zhuming asked.

"I heard from the half-immortal that these ten monsters run through the current national destiny, and the national destiny is still going. The remaining few goblins, although a few have been born, have not yet started to play with the wind and rain, or are still in Xishan. Practice."

Lin Zhuming nodded as he listened. He had heard the rumors about the ten cruelties in Xishan before he traveled.

It is said that the fox essence is Cixi, the ape essence is Zhang Zhidong, and the boa constrictor is Zeng Guofan. It is said that he has the disease of shedding its skin, and it is said that he took a nap after drinking. faint.

And the toad spirit is Yuan Datou. Since then, the national fortune of the Manchu Dynasty has collapsed and entered the period of the Republic of China.

To be honest, it is not very far from now.

"These are all hearsay, Master Dao just listen to it as a story."

That dog Er laughed: "Don't take it seriously."

Lin Zhuming nodded, followed him to leave, and then took Yan Dan to go to Baiyun Temple to place an order.

"Brother, do you take the words of a storyteller seriously?"

"Beiping is the capital city after all, filled with dragon energy, even if Sao Tartar is sitting on the throne, monsters are not allowed to come in."

"When the Great Wall was built in the Ming Dynasty, Wan Xian followed the rule of not entering the Shanhaiguan Pass."

Lin Zhuming said: "This rule has long been counted. Those who entered the Wanxian Sect are ignored. The Han people have lost their country, and the rules established by the Han family's Taoism are naturally countless."

(End of this chapter)