I rely on tricks to cultivate my longevity

After more than two months, Lin Xixue returned to Xinliang City again.

The refugees who were originally near the base of the city wall had all disappeared, leaving only some dilapidated sheds and a foul smell.

On the contrary, the city wall looked a little unusual.

She remembered that the last time she came to Xinliang City, there were only a few night watchmen holding torches on the top of the city, but now it was full of archers in rattan armor.The backs of these archers are full of feathered arrows, and each of them has a dignified expression, as if they are facing a formidable enemy.

Lin Xixue was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that Xinliang City is not on the border of Yunzhou. Even if there is a war, it shouldn't be the city's turn. What are these archers guarding against?
Niu Zhuang was about to enter the city with his chariot, but the archers on the top of the gate had already drawn their bowstrings and aimed at the chariot.

But someone from the top of the city sternly asked: "Who is coming? Hurry up and stop!"

Niu Zhuang yelled, and the two horses stopped slowly, and one of them snorted dissatisfiedly, as if he hadn't finished running.

Niu Zhuang looked at the tower, wiped his eyes, and asked with some uncertainty: "Is it Gaomenhou? I'm Lao Niu, the groom of Yunzhou Prefecture!"

The group of archers heard that they were strong, so they wanted to unload their arrows, but the Gao Menhou raised his palm to signal the group of archers not to relax their vigilance in a hurry.

He took out two wooden bowl-shaped things from his arms, and a gold thread connected the two wooden bowls. He himself held one of the wooden bowls, and threw the other down.

Niu Zhuang seemed to be familiar with this process. He got out of the car, held the wooden bowl, and put it on his ear.After a while, he said something to the wooden bowl, then put it down.

That Gao Menhou took back the wooden bowl and drank, "Let go!"

All the archers put away their arrows, and the city gate creaked open, and Niu Zhuang was able to drive in.

However, as soon as Niu Zhuangcai entered the city, officers from both sides threw some kind of orange powder at him.

The orange-yellow powder was packed in a thin paper bag, and when it hit the carriage, it exploded into a puff of smoke, which made Niu Zhuang cough repeatedly: "Brothers, I'm an old cow, you don't know me anymore? What?"

"Brother Niu, bear with us, we are also taking orders from our superiors."

After a while, the orange-yellow smoke dissipated, and several police officers cupped their hands and said, "Brother Niu, it's all right now, this is realgar, just go home and wash it."

"Cough, cough, brothers, what happened? He threw realgar at me this time, and I almost choked to death."

While talking, Niu Zhuang shook the sweat towel around his neck and wiped his face indiscriminately.

"Hey, Brother Niu, we don't know what happened, and we don't dare to ask, you and I have been working in the mansion for so many years, don't you know the rules?"

"That's right, our brothers are just following orders, so if we treat Brother Niu to a drink another day, it's a compensation."

"It's not in vain. It's not in vain for me to carry letters and goods from home for you in my usual sports car." Niu Zhuang coughed a few more times, and replied in a low voice.

"Hey, brother Niu, how can we forget how kind you are to the brothers. We won't send you off if you are still on errands today. We will definitely take care of you that day."

Niu Zhuang and a group of messengers bowed their hands to each other, then drove away.

Lin Xixue was sitting in the carriage, although she saw the orange-yellow smoke filled the air outside, but she couldn't intrude into the carriage at all, as if the carriage was separated by a formation barrier.

She lifted the curtain, twisted the realgar powder and smelled it, and there was a pungent smell of rotten eggs.

She remembered that realgar was actually poisonous to a certain extent, so if you hit people with realgar powder in such a large amount, wouldn't you be afraid of poisoning Niu Zhuang?
However, folk customs believe that realgar can repel insects and ward off evil spirits. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a custom of drinking realgar wine. Could it be that some evil spirits are trying to enter Xinliang City?
But when it comes to believing in the evil spirit of Liang Cheng, Lin Xixue suddenly remembered two things.

The first thing is that the officials of the Lingling Division in the city had sewn up the heads of the five walking corpses and forcibly transported them out of the city.

The second thing is that she killed the violent husband before and turned into a walking corpse, and this family did not report it, but tied the walking corpse at home.

I don't know whether this letter of martial law in Liangcheng has anything to do with these two incidents.

She was guessing why Liangcheng was under martial law, but Niu Zhuang asked: "Sister Lin, should I send you back to the guest room in Yunzhou Mansion, or take you to the inn?"

Lin Xixue thought about it, and felt that she had caused too much trouble in the city before. If she lived in the city again, once she couldn't control herself and went crazy again, it would definitely be a big trouble. People live temporarily.

But it's okay for me to eat and sleep outside, Xu Zhiyi's state can't be left alone.After weighing again and again, I still feel that it is safer to settle Xu Zhiyi in the guest room of Yunzhou Mansion first.

"Brother Lao Niu, it's better to send the two of us to the guest room of Yunzhou Mansion."

"Okay!" Niu Zhuang blew a few more times, and the two horses rushed towards Yunzhou Mansion.

Niu Zhuang entered the mansion, and after taking care of the inside and outside, he leaned closer to Lin Xixue's ear and asked, "Sister Lin, why don't you come to my house for a light meal? You gave me such a big piece of gold, why don't I entertain you well?"

"Brother Niu is as long as he wants to, but you forgot that I don't need to eat." Lin Xixue declined politely.

"Hey, look at my memory, but Sister Lin, speaking of not having to eat, I actually have a problem." Niu Zhuang looked a little awkward.

"Brother Niu, it's okay to say."

"Since I was drenched in the rain that day, I have always felt that I have no appetite for anything to eat these two days. Today I forced myself to eat two pancakes, but I vomited out all of them. Do you have any recipes for appetizing and invigorating the spleen?" ah?"

Lin Xixue frowned. Niu Zhuang's symptoms were exactly the same as before. When he ate fish, he retched crazily.

Could it be that everyone who is corrupted by evil spirits will not be able to eat?
It seems that there is one more thing to investigate when going to Sanyuan Temple this time.

"Brother Niu, you may not need to eat much in the future." Lin Xixue said seriously.

"If I don't eat, I won't starve to death!"

"No, don't you see that Bai Qing and I don't need to eat, and live a good life?"

"But I feel so hungry, ye hear my stomach growling."

"You have just started bigu, and your body is not used to it yet. It will be fine when you get used to it when you are hungry."

Lin Xixue said this just to comfort Niu Zhuang, but in fact, she knew that this hunger would not subside, but would become more and more intense as time went by.

She still doesn't know how to get rid of this hunger. The only time she felt better was when Ji Wanyun invited herself to eat at the snack street in the illusion.

However, even though it was a lie, Niu Zhuang had no doubts about Lin Xixue's comfort, and immediately became happy.

"Really? I really don't need to eat in the future. If there are fewer dishes and chopsticks in the house, the woman in the house can eat more meat!"

Seeing Niu Zhuang's reaction like this, Lin Xixue didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

It can be seen that Niu Zhuang really loves his wife, but in this case, what he thought of was to save a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and he didn't even consider that this was some kind of weird change in his body.

With such a big heart, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

She shook her head and smiled, made a gesture of admiration, and said goodbye to Niu Zhuang.

Afterwards, she settled Xu Zhiyi in the room, and after a short rest, she realized that because of the strange changes in Niu Zhuang's body, she had arrived in Xinliang City more than ten days earlier.

Although there is no God-fixing pill at this moment, it is not suitable to explore the Sanyuan Temple, but naturally this time cannot be wasted.

Why don't you take advantage of this time to deal with some unfinished mundane affairs in the city?
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