It's Liao Zhai, not Cthulhu

"It looks good, Madam looks good in anything she wears."

"My lord, my lord, what do we do with this cat? It looks so pathetic."

"Okay, it's all up to you."

"My lord, if I gave you a daughter, would you call me useless?"

"No, my daughter is fine."

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"Master, I'm leaving." "Go? Where are you going?"

"Take care of our daughter, I named her Yuchihui." "Where are you going?"

"Take good care of Fen'er, master."

Yu Chijing opened his eyes suddenly: "Ma'am!"

He was full of mourning, it had been 18 years since she left.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?" Yu Chihui asked Yu Chijing with concern.

"No, it's just a dream of the past." Yu Chijing smiled.

This middle-aged man is thin and thin, but he has a literati style. He has a poetic and bookish air, and his beard is drooping. Although he is middle-aged, his figure is not out of shape.

"Father, you don't dream about cicadas, do you?" the daughter asked.

Yu Chijing was a little puzzled: "Dream about cicadas? What does it mean?"

"That's right, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I turned into a cicada, and then someone rescued me..." Yu Chihui told Yu Chijing about her experience last night.

"This..." Yu Chijing didn't know what to say for a while, "You mean that lame old Taoist who said not to cut down that peach blossom tree?"

"Yeah, I don't know what's going on, so I told Dad, but I think I should find the man I saw in my dream. I've prepared a portrait. Please take a look. When the time comes, the whole city will With such a post, if you don’t believe it, you won’t be able to find him.”

Yuchi looked at his daughter, a little dumbfounded, he knew that her daughter had always had her own opinions since she was a child, but it was just a grotesque dream, maybe it was just a dream.

Therefore, Yu Chijing didn't pay too much attention to it, but seeing his daughter's appearance, he couldn't help asking her to show him the painting.

After reading the portrait, Yu Chijing didn't know how to speak, and asked after deliberating for a moment.

"Hui'er, the monkey you drew is indeed very handsome, but is this monkey too human-like?"

The portrait painted by Yu Chihui is a handsome man with golden hair and six ears. He is indeed the Monkey King. If you say that people are not unrelated, the figure is indeed almost the same as that of people. It can be said that no matter how big a monkey is. A little bit, but it is indeed miraculous, and this monkey is wearing a golden armor, which can be described as majestic and heroic.

"Father! This is a man! This is a man! He is very handsome!"

"Huh? Hui'er, are you not a womanizer?!" Yu Chijing asked Yu Chihui quite cheerfully.

"Father! This is a human! But it's true... this person really feels like a monkey to me, and he's still that kind of... very powerful monkey, like a great general."

"General? Monkey? I've heard people say that there is a temple for the Monkey King built in Beiming City. It is said that this Monkey King can guard the house and pray for blessings, exorcise evil spirits, subdue demons, and give birth to children." Seeking a marriage is really comprehensive, Hui'er, didn't you dream about this monkey general?"

"Oh, father, even if I dream about those little ladies, how could I dream about a monkey? No, the person I dreamed about last night really rescued me from the dream." Yuchi Fen said seriously.

Seeing his daughter being so serious and serious, Yuchi couldn't help but put away his contempt.

"Father will take care of this matter, but speaking of it, Hui'er, what do you think of your Aunt Yun?" Yu Chijing asked Yu Chihui tentatively.

"Father... I'm already an adult, if you want to continue, you can do it there. I won't say anything, after all, I don't like men, and you can't find a son-in-law to inherit our family business. If you are still strong, let's have a younger brother." Yu Chihui said without thinking.

"Oh, it's dad who's sorry for you."

"Father, you didn't feel sorry for anyone, it's just that mother left too early." Yu Chihui also sighed, "If mother left when I can remember, I would definitely disagree now, but mother gave birth to me and passed away. Between me and my mother, there is only Shengen..."

It is true to say so, but she was also called a "motherless child" by ignorant children.

Yuchi looked at his daughter's gloomy face and rubbed her head, only then did he realize that the child had grown into a graceful figure.

It would be great if he could like boys, but it doesn't matter if he likes girls. After all, he knows that some things have some love, and it's best if he likes it.

Two loves are happy, neither bitter nor sad nor sad nor hurt, that is great joy.

Even if you like girls, it's okay.

It's just a little unspeakable, it's all right.

"Then, after a while, I will go to make a marriage contract with Yunniang, and then I will ask someone to be a matchmaker."

"Father, you can just figure it out yourself, I'll find someone to inquire about the news first." Yu Chihui said, and left with the scroll.

Yuchi looked at the back of his daughter leaving.

Like a departed wife.

He lowered his head a little lonely, and walked towards the courtyard.

The peach tree in the courtyard was lush with branches and leaves. He walked slowly towards the peach tree, sat in the shade, leaned against the tree, and thought about the past.

Involuntarily, he fell into a doze.

When he woke up, there was a lame old Taoist priest standing in front of him. The old Taoist priest was wearing a tattered white Taoist robe.

"Master Yuchi, can you please don't cut down this peach tree?"

"Why did I cut down this peach tree?" Yu Chijing asked the old Taoist.

"Hey, it's hard to explain this, why don't you go to my cave and take a rest?"

"This? Is there something wrong?" Yu Chijing resisted a little. After all, he knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart. He doesn't know if the old Taoist priest has other thoughts in his mind.

It's just that the old Taoist squeezed out a smiling face: "It's okay, my cave is not far from your home."

After finishing speaking, the old Taoist helped Yu Chijing up, and Yu Chijing got up without any resistance, and walked a few steps forward with the old Taoist.

After walking for dozens of steps, he suddenly became enlightened.

He didn't know where he had gone, but he followed the old Taoist priest into a spacious cave all of a sudden.

It is not always true that it is a cave, although it is a cave, but the surroundings are not stone walls, but earth walls, but there are tunnels dug out.

Tunnels extend in all directions, and the cave is extremely spacious, like a hall, but also like a house. The humid giant tree penetrates into the floor and turns into the ceiling, and there is a round skylight in the ceiling, which casts some sunlight and provides light for the cave. .

Yuchi Jing could see that there was an unknown Taoist boy in this cave, reciting unknown scriptures.

"...Small knowledge is not as good as big knowledge, and the young year is not as good as the big one. Xi Yi knows why? The court bacteria don't know the dark age, and the crickets don't know the spring and autumn. This is also a young year. There are spirits in the south of Chu, who regard five hundred years as spring , [-] years old is autumn; in ancient times there were big toon, [-] years old was spring, and [-] years old was autumn..."

In addition to Taoist boys, there are also silent virgins.

"Whose family... do these children belong to?" Yu Chijing felt that the old Taoist didn't seem like a good person.

"These children are all the descendants of my former friends, and the descendants of my friends gave birth to children. Generation after generation, they all grew up in my cave, and I also watched these children grow up generation after generation."

"But why aren't the girls talking?"

"None of them can talk."

"What? How is this possible?"

"Because they were born unable to speak, I beg you not to cut down this peach tree. If you cut down this peach tree, neither they nor they will be able to speak anymore, and even I will be unable to speak."

"No, what does this have to do with your begging me not to cut down trees? These children should have a wider range of achievements. It's not that they can't learn Taoism, but they should read and write... Also, do your heirs have some It's too irresponsible, and you don't care about the child after it's born? What kind of thing is this?" Yu Chijing was very dissatisfied, but it wasn't aimed at the old Taoist priest.

"Because..." the old Taoist said.

But the voice gradually elongated, became distant, and turned into another voice.

"Master, master, why are you sleeping here?" The servant woke up Yu Chijing.

"I seem to have had a dream, but it seems that I can't remember it clearly, just remember not to cut down this tree." Yu Chijing thought back, but he couldn't remember most of the dream.

"It's good to take care of this peach tree these days. It's been 18 years, and it has grown very big."

Yu Chijing was quite emotional, and also a little sentimental.

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Qin Yuelou stared at the girl in front of him.

On the way to Yuchi Mansion, when I was about to find someone to post it, I recognized Qin Yuelou at a glance, so I directly invited Qin Yuelou to find a teahouse at random, and the two sat down like this, ordered a pot of tea, a little Cakes, and we chatted.

"Sir, were you a little too rough with me last night?" Yu Chihui asked Qin Yuelou cautiously, she was afraid that her tone of voice would upset Qin Yuelou and crush her to death.

"Pain, I can wake you up. Although I can breathe out fire and burn your dream body to death, that's not enough, because if I breathe out fire, you will only die suddenly, and you won't feel the pain, because the temperature is too high. If you don’t have time to feel the pain, this will not achieve your purpose of waking up.”

"Then can't you turn the temperature down a bit?"

"The temperature is lowered, and the fire is even more uncomfortable. It's better to squeeze it to death."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, anyway, I have to thank you, what's your name, sir?" Yu Chihui asked Qin Yuelou.

"Miangui's surname is Qin."

"Okay, Mr. Qin, in fact, I mainly want to thank you, but something happened to my family recently, that is, last night, listen to me..."

Yu Chihui recalled what happened last night and explained to Qin Yuelou.

"Well, I understand what you mean. In fact, I came to you this time for this matter. Generally speaking, ordinary people's dreams will not be like yours... Well, sensitive, can realize in dreams It's never easy to realize that you've changed your race and gender, except for me, so there may be other things in your house."

"Are you saying... a monster is causing trouble?"

"Did the monsters simply tell you not to cut down trees? There are very few monsters who are so reasonable, and they are very blue." Qin Yuelou couldn't help but recalled the days when the Hu family smashed those little monsters who were not popular.

"If someone can reason with you, it means that he has something to ask of you. Forget it, I'll go with you and see what's going on in your house."

"Then thank you sir, please take your troubles, Yuchi's family will definitely offer you a generous gift afterwards." Yuchi Hui bowed in gratitude.

"No need, I didn't rely on this to make a living. After realizing financial freedom, I don't have any other thoughts about money. I just came to investigate." Qin Yuelou waved his hand, "It's rare to say the least. , this monster in your family doesn't look like that kind of monster."

Qin Yuelou couldn't help thinking of the snail girl Saya.

"Aren't all monsters the same?"

"Whether it's a monster or a human, they all have brains. Humans are good and evil in the common sense, and monsters also have good and evil in human values. It's hard to define." Qin Yuelou picked up a piece of pastry.

After chewing for a while, he swallowed the tea.

In fact, he is not used to eating mung bean cakes, it's okay to eat one or two once in a while, but if he eats too much, he will feel sweet and sweet.

After eating, Qin Yuelou and Yuchi Hui went to Yuchi's mansion, but Qin Yuelou didn't make much fanfare, but entered Yuchi's mansion from the outer wall, and went directly to the peach tree.

He inspected the peach tree carefully, stroked the trunk of the peach tree, and showed a rather warm smile,

Then a lame old Taoist priest appeared in front of him.

After carefully looking at it, Qin Yuelou said.

"Old man, I can see your roots. I will convey your request to you. In the past ten years, you have saved the luck of the Yuchi family."

After hearing Qin Yuelou's words, the old Taoist couldn't help crying.

"Thank you very much."

"It's okay, it's okay." Qin Yuelou waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay."

Then, the old Taoist disappeared again, and Qin Yuelou also found Yu Chihui.

"You can't cut down that peach tree. Protect it. The old Taoist priest you saw is protecting your family's luck. He is a bit like Baojiaxian. He is pure and has no intention of harming others." Qin Yuelou Said to Yu Chihui, still holding a peach in his hand, eating it babbling.

"Really? Thank you, sir." Yu Chihui replied, "But I'm still curious, what kind of monster is that old Taoist priest?"

"Sometimes, you need to find some answers by yourself. You might as well connect things together, and when you suddenly realize something, you will find some things very strange." Qin Yuelou said, throwing the peach pit into the warehouse, " As for the reward, I have already obtained it."

"What's the reward?"

"A recipe, engraved deep in memory, recipe." Qin Yuelou said.

Thinking back to that peach tree, he couldn't help but think of "Xiang Ji Xuan Zhi".

[There is a loquat tree in the courtyard, which was planted by my wife when she died, and now it is as graceful as a roof. 】

In 18 years, Yu Chi Hui came out and came out slim.

That peach tree is also as graceful as a cover.

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"Boss, another drawer." The princess, who was disguised as a man, shouted deliberately.

Not afraid of being hot, Qin Yuelou picked up a drawer and placed it on the princess's table.

The small and round soup dumplings in the cage are crystal clear, and the nine small soup dumplings are arranged in a [four three two] circle from the inside out.

Qin Yuelou looked at the princess, couldn't help but playful, lowered his head, and said something in the princess' ear.

"Those without Adam's apple are either eunuchs who purged themselves when they were underage, or they are women. Are you the former or the latter?"