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Rabbit Demon's Red Thread 1

The young Taoist priest who traveled around the world came to a small village to rest

By Frankie C RederPublished 4 years ago 3 min read

The young Taoist priest who traveled around the world came to a small village to rest. Here the scenery is very good, the people are also simple, all families are getting along well, rarely heard of which the husband and wife relationship is tense, every day the quarrel of the chicken jumping. According to the villagers, this is thanks to the small, unnamed temple erected decades ago in the back of the mountain, where the temple is dedicated to the immortal monarch is extremely spiritual in terms of marriage. The children of each family also go to the temple before the marriage to draw a lottery, to know whether the marriage is destiny. "Little Taoist, look how handsome you are, why don't you also go to the temple to divine a fortune, maybe with which girl in our village happens to have a destiny!" The over-zealous aunt encouraged, shaming the circle of unmarried girls hiding outside the fence to eavesdrop and run away with red faces. The Taoist priest did not take offence at hearing this, smiled lightly, got up and thanked the aunt for her tea, picked up the duster, looked in the direction of the small temple, and made up his mind to go up the mountain to explore. This mountain is not high, the young Taoist priest feet and fast, not much time will reach the mountainside a flat land. In front of you is a simple temple, so narrow a small room, although nothing grand, but neat and clean, surrounded by bamboo forests, but also elegant and pleasant. The temple is not guarded, only in the hall for a wooden statue. Woodworking work is not superior, but barely visible is a male deity, poised, solemn, quite a bit of majesty. Who would have thought that such a dignified and nameless immortal monarch, is dedicated to protect the marriage. The Taoist priest looked at the poor carving, can not help but the corners of the mouth slightly curved, and see the temple for a long time in the future, simply cross-legged in front of the hall to sit up. This sitting is a whole day, until the late night, the young man in the temple still tightly closed eyes, not moving, as if the gods traveled to the void. At this time, there was a sudden movement under the altar, first from under the tablecloth to reach out a hand, grabbed the fruit cakes offered in front of the statue, hand back, and from under the tablecloth came the sound of chewing and swallowing. Stealing food seems to be starving, eating very concentrated, completely forgetting the surrounding environment. So when the Taoist priest lifted the tablecloth, that shrunken under the stage, a pair of vertical ears on the head of the white dress girl, still in a beautiful left bite of apple, right bite a corner of snacks. The smiling look remains frozen on her bulging cheeks, even if the pair of soulful and translucent eyes are full of amazement. The young girl saw the situation is not good, immediately received a pair of vertical ears on top of the head into the ordinary double ears, throwing the food in his hands to escape, but the Taoist priest lightly threw a duster to fix the body, can not move. Only behind the group did not have time to put away the plush tail still shaking in embarrassment. Hey, the original guards in this marriage temple is not the true God, but a half-assed half-fairy rabbit demon. The temple is her own, the idol is also her own carved. This will be able to receive a steady stream of offerings from the villagers, not worried about food and drink. Of course, she does not eat everyone's offerings for nothing, will use the demon power to activate the sign in front of the statue, to tell the singles who come to divine the marriage, they and the matchmaker proposed marriage between the object whether there is an invisible red line to hold. If a couple comes to pay their respects, the rabbit demon girl will exert demonic power to repair the red line of marriage for them where the wear and tear.

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