The next day, Xiao Chenyan woke up earlier than Qing Wu. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have had a dream last night, but he could not remember what happened in the dream.
There were still some things to deal with today, so he kissed Qingwu lightly on the forehead, and without waking her up, he got up quietly, changed his clothes and went out.
Xiao Chenyan is going to visit the Demon Suppression Division office today. Yesterday, he arranged for the Demon Suppression Division and the Heroic Soul Army to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue to return taxes to the people.
It's not that he doesn't trust the monsters in Luoyue Mountain, but the monsters seem to be unexperienced when it comes to dealing with ordinary people.
Currently, the Demon Suppression Division is still lacking a prime minister, but Xiao Chenyan has a candidate. He sent a message to the other party on his way back yesterday.
At this moment, people also came to the palace.
"Your Highness~ I wish you a happy new year in advance~" The white-browed Taoist brought the little fox with him, his face full of wrinkles.
Xiao Chenyan nodded, "From now on, I will trouble you with the affairs of the Demon Suppression Division."
"No, no, this is a great deed of great merit. The prince is giving me a great opportunity!"
The old Taoist with white eyebrows was very happy.
Xiao Chenyan didn't waste any words and went out with the Taoist priest with white eyebrows. The little fox Huo Huo Zi also followed them.
It heard yesterday that a lot of foxes had come to Beijing, and it couldn't wait to meet these fellow foxes.
Especially since it heard that the princess 'favored' a little hedgehog named Bai Miaomiao, the little fox felt threatened.
Is its status as the princess's most beloved pet going to be taken away?
The little fox Huo Huo is eager to defend his position, but he is not in a hurry to act cute in front of Qing Wu. He will first go to see the strength of these future opponents. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win the battle~
It's so smart~
Qing Wu slept until noon before waking up. This peaceful life made her feel as if she was in a distant place.
The judge's pen showed its dog-like appearance and whispered, "You are finally awake."
Qing Wu hummed lazily. She didn't rush to get up. She stretched her body on the bed and stretched out lazily.
"Awu... let's discuss this." Judge Pen muttered softly.
"explain."
"Well, I want to grow legs, too."
"What the hell?" Qing Wu scratched her ears and said, "You're talking nonsense."
Judge Pen: "I want a humanoid figure too!"
Qing Wu didn't rush to respond. She lay lazily on her side, picked up the judge's pen, and asked curiously, "Why do you suddenly want to become a human?"
Judge Pen: "Do you really want me to tell you?"
Qing Wu did not comment.
Judge Pen said in a sad voice: "Every time you and Brother Yantai do something bad, I have to lock myself in a small dark room. Life is too hard."
"If you let me get out of shape, it will be easier for me to get out of here, right?"
Qing Wu really didn't care about the Judge's Pen's feelings in the past. Her conscience wasn't tormented at all. She thought about it and nodded, "It's not wrong to let you be ugly."
Anyway, it would be more convenient to work for her if she could take human form.
The judge's pen was unaware of the evil intentions of the evil spirit, and its bristles flew everywhere in joy.
Qing Wu threw it away in disgust. This thing was actually shedding hair due to its excitement.
"But before you transform, I have to ask you, do you want to become a male or a female?"
The Judge's Pen is like a magical instrument and has no gender.
But to take on a human form, you have to make a choice.
"Ah?" Stupid Bibi said in embarrassment: "Can't it be both male and female? Only children make choices, but I'm the old judge Bi! I think I can do both!"
Qing Wu uttered a huh, with a hint of mischief in her eyes, "Ah, to satisfy you, I'll let you become a girl from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and a boy from the fifteenth to the end of the month, how about that?"
"Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!"
Qing Wu formed a magic seal, flicked it at the judge's pen, and commanded in her mind: the ghost pen will take shape.
Amid the squeaking sounds of the Judge's Pen, it transformed into a little black-haired girl with many ghostly marks on her hands, and she was dressed in black and white.
Qing Wu looked at her plump appearance and hissed, "You are just a pen, but after you fold it, it becomes round like a ball. How much have you eaten behind my back?"
Bibi put her hands on her waist and threw herself at Qingwu, "Awu, Awu, am I cute? I like my round self so much."
"I will eat more merits in the future to make myself more plump~"
Qing Wu: Haha, as long as you are happy.
Since Bibi liked Yuanyuan so much, Qingwu followed her wishes and gave her a new name, Bi Xiaoyuan.
In less than half an hour, everyone in the palace knew about the princess's pen shape, and there was a round girl in the palace~
Hongrui and Luqiao were both very curious.
Mu Ying and Xiao Yulang also came to watch the fun.
Yeyou Ziqi was not to be outdone, he held his brother in one hand, looked Bi Xiaoyuan over with an annoying smile on his face.
"This body of merit fat, you bastard, I can also..."
"No, you can't!"
Qing Wu interrupted his wild thoughts.
Call Bi Xiaoyuan, who was flying around the room, and ask her to help make glutinous rice balls and dumplings.
God knows how long Bi Xiaoyuan has been craving for this meal of human food, so without saying a word, he buried his head in work.
Qing Wu did not help this time, mainly because everyone had seen her amazing craftsmanship in making clay figurines yesterday, and no one wanted to eat the "glutinous rice balls and dumplings" today.
"Pack more. We'll have some fun tonight. After we're done, we can come back and have a good meal."
"Let me calculate. We need to send some of these glutinous rice balls and dumplings to General Huo and Uncle Xie."
"Well, let's include Zuo Xiang and the others as well."
After hearing what Qing Wu said, the others worked harder. Xiao Yulang was a little curious: "Aunt, what are we going to do tonight?"
"On New Year's Eve, I'm going to play with the Xi Beast and the Nian Beast~" Qing Wu said with a smile, "Do you want to go and see them?"
Xiao Yulang's eyes lit up, "I want to!"
Even people with the surname Xiao are no strangers to the Xi Beast and the Nian Beast.
On New Year’s Eve, every family hangs red decorations and sets off firecrackers in order to drive away these two evil beasts.
This is a folk custom, but ordinary people in the scene have never seen the Xi Beast and the Nian Beast, so they are naturally curious.
"Aunt, what do the Xi Beast and Nian Beast look like? Will they really come out and do bad things today?"
The others pricked up their ears.
The Yeyou Gang's silly apprentice Qing Wuqi explained: "The Xi Beast and the Nian Beast are shaped like tigers, and are chained to the pillar of the Ninth Heaven by the Hun Tian Lock. After a year, the Hun Tian Lock will loosen, and the Xi Beast and the Nian Beast will be able to come down to earth and move around."
"Among them, the Xi beast is female and the Nian beast is male. Whenever these two see a living thing, they become very sexually aroused."
"When this day passes and dawn breaks, the Hun Tian Lock will revive again and will take these two guys to the Heavenly Pillar again."
After Ye You finished speaking, all the mortals in the room tensed up. Mu Ying also slowed down his dumpling-making movements and frowned as he said:
"Why did the Heaven Lock loosen on this day? Don't the gods in heaven care? Why do they allow such a beast to wreak havoc on the human world? Can't they just kill it?"
Ye You shrugged: "This question is not something a kid like me can answer~" he said, winking at Qing Wu.
Everyone looked at her, meeting those pairs of eyes that were eager to learn. Qing Wu yawned, curled her lips and smiled:
"Year after year, the Nian Beast and the Xi Beast are born according to the law of destiny. As long as there are years in the human world, they will continue to cycle over and over again."
"As for why the Hun Tian Lock was loosened, why didn't the gods care~"
Qing Wu smiled lazily: "The Nian Beast and the Xi Beast choose living things to devour, so their vigorous vitality can just help maintain the operation of the Heavenly Pillar. Otherwise, these thirty-six layers of heaven, starting from the ninth layer, each layer has a heavenly palace, how much spiritual energy of heaven and earth would it consume~"
Qing Wu spoke every word, and although her words were full of smiles, they felt like heavy stones weighing on the hearts of the people.
The Chinese New Year is a day for family reunion, but the joy that should have been there was dispersed at this moment.
A kind of anger arose in everyone's heart.
Are the lives of mortals like them really not lives in the eyes of the gods? !
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