Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Wen Jiao had ordered a table of the finest vegetarian dishes at Hua'e Zhenghui Tower in advance. Now that everyone was seated, she brought them up one after another.

"The tofu feast at Hua'e Zhenghui Tower is divided into 70 red dishes and 38 white dishes, a total of 108 dishes, which is quite famous in Chang'an. When we met briefly that day, my maid Mingxin saw that Mr. Li rarely ate meat during the banquet, so she guessed that Mr. Li must be a Taoist, so she reminded me to ask someone to order this table of tofu feast. I don't know if it suits Mr. Li and Yuan Ling's taste." Wen Jiao smiled when she said this, "Anyway, it must suit the taste of my son Xuanzang, he has been a vegetarian since birth. Xuanzang, don't you think so?"

Xuanzang was surprised to be called out by name and was a little confused: "A monk does not care about food and drink. A bowl of water and a plate of vegetables and tofu are enough."

No one would be happy if they were told anything would be fine after preparing a dish with great care. Wen Jiao didn't like hearing him talk nonsense: "Just tell me if it suits your taste or not?"

Xuanzang was so angry that he couldn't make trouble anymore, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Shut up."

Yuan Tiangang sneered. Li Chunfeng knew that his friend disliked Buddhism the most. He was afraid that he would start to criticize bald monks again, so he hurriedly said, "I am indeed a Taoist. Although I am not a complete vegetarian like your son, I rarely eat meat. Madam's maid is really attentive."

It's a pity that Mingxin was sent outside by me to meet Huo Ling'er before she came in, otherwise she could have heard her beloved praise her in person. However, she was the one who noticed the vegetarian food, and I ordered the tofu feast, so it's not impossible for me to take half of the praise. Wen Jiao muttered in her heart, but smiled very gently: "When you give a gift to someone, you must have something to ask for."

"Oh?" Li Chunfeng was quite surprised. "I am just a low-ranking military official. The Lady of Guichuan County is a lady from a famous family with countless flatterers. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

The delicious food and wine were already on the table, so why would the two of them just talk and cause others to stop eating? Seeing that Xuanzang was so bored that he seemed to be in a trance, and Yuan Tiangang's face was so pale that he seemed to faint at any time, Wen Jiao said, "Mr. Li, can you drink? I promised to treat you to the newly brewed green plum wine in Hua'e Zhenghui Tower." She poured a cup herself, "If you want to drink, please drink this cup of green plum wine. I will explain the reason to you in detail. Yuan Ling, please eat whatever you like. Xuanzang, this is vegetarian wine, if you want to drink it, pour it yourself."

She remembered that in Journey to the West, Xuanzang drank wine, but he only drank fruit fermented wine, which was low in alcohol and not easy to cause promiscuity. This green plum wine was clear, like a pool of juice, and Xuanzang might be able to accept it.

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Tiangang quickly took a clean towel from Fengji, wiped his hands three times, and then started eating like the wind. He ate so vigorously that Wen Jiao looked at him sideways.

Why does this person look like a reincarnated starving ghost? Or is he just a starving ghost with mysophobia?

Li Chunfeng glanced helplessly at his friend who was concentrating on eating, "Brother Tiangang was ordered to deduce the location of the auspicious cave for the emperor a while ago, and his vitality was greatly damaged."

Wen Jiao nodded. It is said that in ancient times, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, he would start to build a mausoleum for him. Now it is already the second year of Li Shimin's reign, so naturally they have to hurry to determine the location of his future mausoleum. It is said that Li Shimin's Zhaoling Mausoleum is the best feng shui among all the mausoleums of ancient and modern emperors. It can make Yuan Tiangang look like this, so the feng shui must be not bad. It is logical that the vitality is greatly damaged and the hunger is fast.

It is always impolite to stare at a stranger of the opposite sex while they are eating, so Wen Jiao retracted her gaze: "To be honest with you, Mr. Li, I have experienced a lot recently, and I have felt something in my heart, and gradually developed a desire to leave the world. I want to practice cultivation, but I don't know how. Although I didn't know Mr. Li's background at that time, I saw that you were an expert in the world of mortals, so I wanted to ask you some methods of cultivation." Wen Jiao retracted her gaze. She felt that what she said was quite good, and she clarified her goal of celibacy, and she also asked about the methods of cultivation, killing two birds with one stone, and she smiled as if to reward herself.

Li Chunfeng frowned slightly, then glanced at his friend who was still concentrating on eating. "Thank you for your appreciation, madam. To be honest, although I have some Taoist skills, they are too rudimentary to teach others. If you want to learn, I do have a set of breathing techniques."

This Li Chunfeng is indeed a master! Wen Jiao was very satisfied. She understood that Taoism could not be taught to outsiders. In fact, she only invited him with the mentality of completing Madam Yin's task. As a result, she could earn a set of breathing techniques with a table of fancy cooked tofu. It was a pleasant surprise.

So he asked for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Li Chunfeng wrote a set of internal breathing techniques in a flash. Wen Jiao put it away carefully, and was about to say a few more polite words of gratitude when Yuan Tiangang suddenly interrupted: "Don't beat around the bush. Isn't the matter you want to ask Brother Chunfeng for help a matter that is very important and endangers yourself?"

Wen Jiao was startled. She saw him take another hand towel from his handsome servant, wipe his hands three times, and then change to a new hand towel and wipe his mouth slowly: "What do you mean, Master Yuan?"

Yuan Tiangang was full of food, and he was calm and composed: "Your eyebrows are fierce, and you will soon encounter a disaster that will endanger your life. Your eyes are full of peach blossoms, and the culprit of this disaster must have had a relationship with you. You only wear one phoenix hairpin on one side instead of a pair on the left and right, which means you are a lone phoenix flying alone. It can be seen that this person and you were once husband and wife, but you broke up long ago. There are bloodshot in the whites of your eyes, and it is obvious that you are worried and can't fall asleep at night. You must know that this disaster is coming, but you are worried about how to solve it, so you found Brother Chunfeng, and why don't you speak frankly?"

I do know that Chen Guangrui wants to harm me, but I only went to Li Chunfeng because the biological mother of this body forced me to go on a blind date... Wen Jiao didn't know whether to be shocked that he was too accurate or to smile bitterly that he was too inaccurate, and was speechless for a moment. Xuanzang was anxious: "Mother, is father going to harm you?"

Wen Jiao no longer concealed the truth when it came to this: "Your father said that I am a fox demon and wanted to ask a master to take me in."

Xuanzang blushed: "How could he be so confused!"

Wen Jiao said calmly, "It's just that his true colors were revealed. You don't know how much I was tortured by him in the past few days because I failed to commit suicide by jumping into the river to die for him. Slut, whore, whore, these words, I have heard them so many times that my ears are calloused. If I hadn't been unable to bear it, why would I divorce him?"

Even though he didn't have much expectation for his father, he felt very distressed when he heard that the person who provided half of his life was going to do such a cruel thing to his mother who gave him life. His eyes turned red when he heard this, and he stood up and was about to leave: "I will go and persuade him."

Wen Jiao pulled him back and said, "He ran away a long time ago. If he was still in Chang'an, it would not be your turn to look for him." It was not even Madam Yin's turn to take action. She could bring people to block the door and smash his head.