Chapter 103 Hat Demon
“Hey, old man, what are you planning to do?”
Zuo Chen stretched out his palm and gently pushed the old man in front of him.
A breeze blew across the face, holding the old man's body, first pushing him farther away, and then gently placing him on the ground to avoid hurting him.
That was because he was in a hurry. The old man didn't notice the gusts of wind blowing around Zuo Chen, but he was so anxious that he stamped his feet on the spot:
"Little sir! Little sir! Take off your hat quickly, you can't wear this hat!"
"Huh?"
Zuo Chen feels that the hat looks very nice and has that style. So even if it was too high and would fall down from time to time, he would insist on wearing it on his head.
Now that the old man asked me to take it off, several question marks appeared on my forehead:
"There seems to be nothing wrong with my hat. Old gentleman, what is wrong with our county?" Isn’t it customary to wear a hat? ”
Seeing that there was no way to persuade the young Taoist to take off his hat, the old man could only sigh:
"Sir, if you continue to wear your hat, you may not be able to wear your hat in a few days. I’ll grow legs, and then I’ll pull your head off and take it away.”
There are more question marks on Zuo Chen’s head.
A picture seemed to appear in his mind. Your tall hat sprouted hands and feet as thin as matchsticks, and you ran wildly on the street with your head in your hands.
This picture does not look weird, but rather funny.
He immediately came back to his senses and realized the seriousness of the problem in the old man's words.
Looks like someone had his head taken off because of his hat! He's dead!
"Don't worry, old man, I still have some skills. As for the hat, can you tell me in detail?"
After listening to Zuo Chen's question, the old man said helplessly:
“You two are from outside, maybe you don’t know, but it’s really hard to wear hats in our county and town now.
"In the beginning, he was a businessman and cloth seller in the city. He didn't have a great reputation, but he was not considered an ordinary citizen. He lived a stable life in the city and had no enemies.
"Is there any One day he went outside to eat steamed buns and drink tea soup. Suddenly, the hat on his head jumped up, and his whole head was pulled off along with it!
"The guests in the building were scared to death at that time! Since then, no one dared to go out with a hat."
The old man was frightened as he spoke, and his body was shaking involuntarily. Trembling, obviously frightened by this strange thing.
“Such a big thing happened in the county, didn’t the magistrate ask someone to solve it?”
Listening to Zuo Chen's question, bitterness appeared on the old man's face:
"How could you not invite us! The county magistrate has invited so many people!
"First we sent four police officers to After investigating this matter, the heads of these four police officers were removed by their official hats. We also found a monk wearing a hat, but when he was doing the method, the monk's hat flew up and knocked off his head. Finally, the magistrate found a hero without a hat. He went deep into the woods and found him strangled to death by the hemp rope he used to tie his hair the next day! ”
After hearing this, Zuo Chen was fine, but Caiyi was startled and hurriedly pulled out the hairpin from her hair.
Just let her hair down. , and avoid letting the hairpin fly up and insert it into your neck.
After introducing the situation, the old man looked at Zuo Chen timidly.
"Why don't you take off your hat."
He was worried that Zuo Chen's head would suddenly fall off.
Zuo Chen chuckled helplessly, with no intention of taking off his hat. He just said: "Can you please give me some directions? I'll look for the county magistrate."
"Can I get rid of the little gentleman? The ability of a demon?" the old man couldn't help but wonder.
Before Zuo Chen could answer, Cai Yi, who was thinking about where to put the hairpin, suddenly became more energetic, tightened her waist and raised her chest:
"The Taoist priest is so awesome! A little demon is nothing!"< br>
Hearing this, the old man did not give any more advice. He just pointed in the distance and told him that he had to go around a few alleys and walk through a few alleys in the city. Aunt Wang, who was sitting there, walked a hundred meters further and saw two large stone lions.
After Zuo Chen rode his donkey to the place, he discovered that there was a sign posted next to the big stone lion. In addition to some recent public announcements, there was also a reward posted on the sign:
"Destroy the Hat Monster!"
I stared at the reward order and read it from top to bottom, and found that the content was exactly the same as what the old man said, except that the two dead demon seekers were omitted.
But it is not without warning. At least there is a line marked at the bottom of the reward amount:
"If you only know a few flower-stand-style Jianghu people, don't come here. Haha." The demon is very powerful and can be easily injured, so please come again if you have mastered at least two magic tricks."
This line of small characters is marked with blood-red cinnabar, which is very conspicuous.
Zuo Chen stretched out his hand to reveal the list. However, he had just stretched his hand halfway when he suddenly found a pair of wrinkled hands reaching towards the list at the same time as him.
Look sideways.
I found two people standing next to me, one old and one young, both of whom were talking.
The old man looks to be in his fifties, with white temples, no Taoist hat, a little wrinkles on his face, and a little small eyes. He looks like a Taoist priest with an air of immortality; the younger one looks like a Taoist priest. He looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, which was when he was young. He was not very good-looking, his eyes were a little dull, his skin was dark, and he looked more like a young man farming in the fields than a Taoist priest. He wasn't wearing a hat either, and was carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
Two small hats can be seen from the bamboo basket. It seems that the master and the apprentice took off the hats after arriving in this county.
The old man also saw Zuo Chen who wanted to reveal the list. He looked Zuo Chen up and down with his small eyes, and finally his eyes rested on the high hat above Zuo Chen's head.
"Old Taoist Wuwei Shanren, this is my disciple Wu Hui, who has met Taoist friend."
Withdrawing his gaze, Old Taoist bowed his hands towards Zuo Chen, his tone and movements moving upward.
It’s a bit like a senior meeting a descendant.
Zuo Chen was not annoyed and returned a salute: "There is no road number on the small road Zuo Chen." "No road number?"
Wuwei Shanren glanced at Zuo Chen again, and muttered in a low voice: "Which master taught him, why didn't he give his apprentice a Taoist name?"
His voice was low enough, basically Mumbling to oneself will not be heard by outsiders under normal circumstances.
However, Zuo Chen had spiritual energy in his belly and his ears were better than ordinary people, so he could hear Wuwei Shanren's chanting.
He smiled but said nothing.
Actually, he was quite curious as to what kind of Taoist name the old Taoist priest on Gray Mountain would have given himself if he had not died.
Wu Hui, who was following Wuwei Shanren, kept staring at Cai Yi for several breaths. When Cai Yi felt a little uncomfortable, the boy suddenly said:
"Master, no Didn’t you say that you can’t get close to women?”
Wuwei Shanren’s face turned green when he heard this.
Stretched out his hand and gave Wu Hui a slap in the face.
“You bastard, you didn’t listen carefully in class as soon as you saw you! The Taoist sect is divided into factions! We can’t do this. But people’s teachers are different and there are no taboos. What do you care about others!”
After scolding Zuo Chen and Cai Yi, he looked at Zuo Chen and Cai Yi and pondered for a few seconds:
"Furthermore, from the perspective of the experienced Taoist, Taoist friend and this girl are more like traveling companions, or seekers traveling together. , It’s like your kid’s head is filled with evil thoughts!”
Wu Hui rubbed the back of his head, with two tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, but he still said:
“Master, can we change it? Do you want to learn from him? "
The angry Taoist Wuwei wanted to find a wicker around to slap his disciple.
After slapping his disciple twice on the back until he couldn't straighten up, Shancai Wuwei finally took a long breath of relief, and his angry face returned to its normal color.
“Fellow Taoist, I’m kidding. I picked this apprentice up from the fields. He only has a mother to support him. His brain is not very good. He always talks nonsense. I hope that fellow Taoist and Don't worry about this girl."
"Of course it doesn't matter."
Zuo Chen didn't take this matter to heart, and even thought that the master and disciple in front of him were quite interesting.
On the other hand, Caiyi asked Zuo Chen a little doubtfully:
"Taoist Master, is there any difference if you have different masters?"
Zuo Chen thought for a while: "Some people can't eat meat, but I can eat meat."
Cai Yi nodded clearly: "Still It’s good to be a disciple who can eat meat.”
In the end, Zuo Chen was too embarrassed to say “I actually don’t know what kind of disciple I am.”
Although he wears Taoist robes, studies Taoist scriptures, and uses the Five Thunder Techniques, if you insist on counting, he may only be regarded as half a Taoist priest.
After gathering his thoughts, Wuwei Shanren stopped fighting and asked Zuo Chen directly: "Fellow Taoist, are you also planning to deal with this hat demon?"
"Yes, harming the person wearing the hat is terrible. No, I have to get rid of him."
Taoist Wuwei always felt that Zuo Chen's reason for getting rid of the demon was a little strange.
"I see you are still young. I wonder how many demon-fighting skills you have learned. This list is indeed dangerous. How about we reveal the list together and find a job with the county magistrate together?"
"Of course It’s good.”
After getting off the donkey, Wuweishanren revealed the list, and then everyone entered the county government office.
As soon as I stepped onto the door beam, several young men who looked like policemen came over. They saw a group of Taoist priests coming, holding lists in their hands. I knew that someone was coming again. Killed the demon.
He said: "Gentlemen, please come in."
Then he led the way and quickly brought everyone into the living room.
Wuwei Shanren saluted the catcher, said "Thank you for your hard work, catcher", and sent the latter away happily.
After resting here for a while, I saw an official without a hat walking over.
The face is white and beardless, and the appearance is soft. She looks half male and half female. She is wearing a magistrate's robe, so she is quite beautiful.
Zuo Chen's eyes fell on him for a few seconds, and then turned to his back.
He could clearly see that there was a man with the same skeleton as him floating behind the county magistrate, but that man had a black face, no anger and no authority, and no neck, like a god of punishment!
Wherever the magistrate moves, the floating man moves. The magistrate raises his left hand, and the floating man raises his left hand.
If you look closely, you will see that he is exactly the same as the City God that he saw in the tea shop!
This county magistrate...
His body is a Yang official, and his soul is a Yin official!
(End of this chapter)