Chapter 61 Fishing by the Stream
After dawn, Li Chuan said goodbye to Mrs. Qiao and returned to Yunqiao Township with two rewards.
After Zhu Qingyun escorted him home, he left. Before leaving, he told him to go out less and keep in good health.
Li Chuan is a person who listens to advice. He told the public that because he wanted to concentrate on his studies, he stopped taking on the job of being a housekeeper for the time being. He would play with chickens and dogs at home every day.
The four dogs of Dabai's family have now become Li Chuan's eyes and ears in Yunqiao Township.
From time to time, they would patrol near Li Chuan's house. If they heard anything strange, they would communicate with Gong Er and San. Li Chuan listened and gained a lot of knowledge.
For example, Old Lin is a henpecked man; and Old Wu, a cloth seller in the West Market, is an old acquaintance of Mrs. Liu.
The strange story of the nine-headed evil dog also came to an end. After the death of the weasel, the illusion disappeared. When a vendor went to set up a stall under the stone bridge in the morning, he discovered the hole. There were many chicken feathers and bones in it. After shouting out, Everyone said that this was the hiding place of the nine-headed evil dog, and that someone must have taken action to eliminate the evil for the people.
Some people also guessed what happened to Li Chuan, saying that the nine-headed evil dog did not open its eyes and went to steal the chicken of the scholar in charge of the house, but was killed in the end. However, not many people believe this statement, and most of them prefer to have an expert hermit take action.
After taking Buyuan Dan for more than half a month, Li Chuan felt that his body had recovered a lot. He slept deeply every night. When he woke up in the morning, he no longer had that empty feeling in his waist and his energy was also good. Once you are able to concentrate, you can enter the state seven or eight times out of ten when you use light and supplements.
And he has a new hobby, which is fishing.
The fishing place is by the creek where Pang San practices.
I cut the bamboo into a fishing rod, bent the embroidery needle into a fishing hook, and then ordered the male to peck some earthworms, and I caught a decent fish.
The fallen leaves lie on the water, traveling with the wind.
As soon as the hook moved, it seemed that a fish had taken the bait. Just as Li Chuan was about to close the rod, a somewhat familiar and loud voice called his name and came over.
"Li Xiucai, you are here, you can make it easy for me to find you!" Monk Wukong walked behind him a few steps, watched him fishing, and said, "It's winter, the fish must be hiding."
Li Chuan silently put the fishing rod aside, stood up and asked: "Master Wu Kong, why are you looking for me?"
At this time, Wu Kong saw the fish basket half submerged in the stream, and said in surprise : "You actually caught so many fish?"
Li Chuan pointed to Pang San who was practicing on the stone and said, "He caught it."
"That's it," Wu Kong was relieved and started to talk about the business, "Do you know that the Black Horned King on Xuanshui Mountain is dead? Now the court is suppressing demons. I heard that all the elites from the Qintian Prison have gone and set up a huge array of dragnets. By the way, Isn’t the girl who was with you last time an official of the Qintian Prison? She also came here because of the incident at Xuanshui Mountain, right?”
Li Chuan didn't speak.
Wukong didn't pay attention and finally told his purpose, "There are many monsters who escaped. The county guard issued a notice to recruit capable people to catch these escaped monsters. As long as If you catch it, dead or alive, you can get the reward, a demon, thirty taels of silver. How about we go together?"
Li Chuan refused without thinking, and said: "I'm here. I'm preparing for the exam next spring. How can I catch any monsters? Besides, as you said, the Qintian Prison has set up a dragnet, and the monsters that escaped must be very powerful. It's too dangerous, so don't go. Right."
Wukong said: "That's true, but they don't have a roster. How can we know which monsters escaped from Xuanshui Mountain? We can just find some little monsters and kill them. "Can you just take the body and get the money?" Li Chuan was shocked when he heard this, but he still refused, "Master Wu Kong, go ahead yourself." He saw Wu Kong glance at Gong Ersan. A little malicious, he quickly said: "Don't make any plans against me. I told you that I am in charge of the local monsters in Yunqiao Township. If there is one missing, I will go directly to the county governor." You said you deceived them, and you said that based on my relationship with Miss Zhu, would the county magistrate believe me or you?”
Wu Kong said sarcastically: "I must be looking for those monsters who do evil. I can do good and make money at the same time. Isn't it the best of both worlds? Or you can lend me the rooster and crab, and when I receive the reward, how about giving you half of it?"
Li Chuan still refused, saying: "We, a scholarly family, do not do such deception."
Gong Er and Pang San were initially moved after hearing Wukong's words. After Li Chuan said that they were also from a scholarly family, they all stopped thinking.
Gong Er said: "Brother is right, how can our scholarly family ruin our reputation and break our Taoist heart for thirty taels of silver?"
Wukong walked away in anger for two days. Bu said, "That's all."
Li Chuan looked at the sky and asked his second son to collect firewood. He picked a plump silver carp from the fish basket and prepared to grill it.
While preparing, he said to Wu Kong: "I should have invited Master to lunch, but today's meal has been planned for a long time. I will invite Master to a restaurant for a vegetarian meal next time."
It is clear that we are chasing away customers.
Wukong walked a few steps outside and then came back. He told Li Chuan, "If you don't want to catch monsters with me today, I won't force you. It's just that the monsters in Xuanshui Mountain escaped." It’s true. If you find a monster wandering around, don’t act rashly. Go to Chongfu Temple to find me, or ask your friend from Qin Tianjian to take action.”
That’s all. It was a kind word, and Li Chuan agreed.
Soon, Gong Er piled up the firewood, and Pang San killed the fish, then lit the fire, put the fish in the pot, and added seasonings, all in one go.
After Wu Kong walked a long way, he faintly smelled the fragrance of grilled fish, recited a few Buddhist scriptures in his heart, and continued to move forward.
The grilled fish is quite delicious.
While eating, Li Chuan suddenly saw a small paw on the edge of the pot, and the little mouse was stealing the fish.
Li Chuan reached out and grabbed the mouse's tail.
When Gong Er Pang San saw the mouse appearing, he was very nervous and made a gesture of preparation. Li Chuan waved his hands to let them relax, thinking that the rat living in his body would always be seen by Gong Er Pang San in the future, so Explained: "This is the mouse I brought out from the secret realm of Xuanshui Mountain. It's fine if you know this and don't tell anyone else." After a pause, he added: "Now that King Black Horn is dead, no. A lot of people are going up the mountain to look for treasures in the Immortal Dojo and Lingbao. If they don’t find it, it’s better. If they don’t find it, it will be another lawsuit if they find out about the mouse.”
Li Chuan emphasized again, "You are the monsters of the Four Gods Palace. I will get the notice from Qintian Prison soon. You are all people with status. Don't fall into trouble because of such a trivial matter."
Gong Er and others agreed in succession.
"Cowardice, what you are talking about is cowardice. A coward is not as good as a mouse!" The mouse, whose tail was grabbed, shook its head provocatively.
(End of this chapter)