Song You turned around and closed the door, then opened the scroll and took the bay horse and calico cat in. He found an uninhabited land with rich water and grass so that the bay horse could live for some time, and then he returned with the calico cat.
Close the windows to block out the cold wind, get into bed and cover yourself with a quilt, thinking about your thoughts while brewing sleepiness.
In the summer, Sanhua Empress is like a soldering iron that gets very hot next to her. In the cold winter, she turns into a warm baby, providing a lot of warmth on cold nights.
Suddenly there was some movement downstairs.
There was the sound of keys unlocking, and the sound of doors opening and closing.
The calico cat was more alert than him. She raised her head early and listened with her ears pricked up. When she saw the Taoist also opened his eyes, she said:
"That woman is back!"
"Um……"
The Taoist didn't think much and continued to close his eyes.
There was indeed some movement next door.
Although Wu Nuxia went there for a long time, from late summer to winter, several months, almost half a year as she said. However, this heroine has always been alert and highly capable. Although Song You cannot know what is happening thousands of miles away from the capital, he can still feel that his talisman has not been used, so he can guess that she is not in danger.
It's the scholar ghost who makes people worry...
Song You slowly fell asleep.
He seemed to be dreaming in the dark. One moment he dreamed of a withered mountain, which became a furnace of its own, burning evil spirits. The next moment he dreamed of the demons in the north who were in troubled times, and the people were like grass and grass, making it almost impossible to survive.
When I woke up in the morning, these dreams quickly faded away.
I got up and washed briefly, went out and bought lean meat, chopped it into minced meat, mixed in an extra cup of rice, asked Empress Sanhua to light the fire, and started making porridge.
The Taoist peeled a few more preserved eggs, cut them into small dices, and added them in a little while before putting them in the pot.
At this time, a figure appeared at the door.
Wu Nuxia held several talismans in her hands, leaned against the door frame, and looked at him with a smile:
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Cooking?"
"I added an extra cup of rice. Would you like some, Heroine?"
"Since you have cooked too much, I must beg for a bowl." Wu Nuxia walked in and handed out the talisman in her hand, "There are five talismans in total, please return them if they are not used."
"Now that I have given it to the heroine, how can I take it back again?"
"Aren't the things you, the masters of the Taoism, give you are all mysterious?" Wu Nuxia said, "If you don't take it back, if I use it to hurt someone in the future, wouldn't it be considered a debt to you? "
"Where did you hear about the Fairy Queen?"
"I heard it in the world."
"This is a saying that has only been made in recent years. We are the inheritance of ancient times." Song You said, "What's more, the talismans drawn casually are only useful for a few years, and they will naturally be useless after a few years."
"That's okay..."
Wu Nuxia took it back into her arms and walked into the house. After a few steps, she leaned towards the door of the stove and met the eyes of the fire-burning boy. She couldn't help but grin:
"Is Sanhua Empress also busy?"
"Good morning~"
"morning."
"You seem to have been gone for a long time." The little girl held a fire stick in her hand and turned to look at her.
"Ms. Sanhua, do you miss me?"
"No."
"..."
About half an hour later.
The porridge has become thick and white, the minced meat is very light pink, and the preserved eggs are dark. With a handful of green scallions as decoration, it looks quite attractive.
One bowl for each person, and a small bowl for the cat.
"Thank you."
Wu Nuxia is usually very carefree, but every time she receives a meal, she has to bow her head respectfully to say thank you and hold it with both hands.
Get a wooden spoon and take a taste.
The freshest meat this morning was Angzhou's famous black pig. After cooking, the porridge was full of rich meat aroma without any fishy smell. The preserved eggs are put into the pot just right, which not only stimulates the fragrance, but also does not boil the color of the preserved eggs into the porridge. Add a little chives and mix them into a fragrant aroma in your mouth.
I wouldn't say it's amazing, but it's very comfortable.
Especially on this cold winter morning, this comfort warms from the mouth to the heart, and together with the delicious taste, it dispels the chill all over the body.
"What's this?"
"Preserved egg and lean meat porridge." Song You also tasted it carefully, squinted his eyes slightly, and said with emotion, "It's a delicacy from my hometown. I haven't eaten it in a long time."
"Where is your hometown?"
"far away."
"What kind of egg is this egg?"
Wu Nuxia scooped up a small piece with a spoon, and her intuition told her that the umami flavor in the porridge was inseparable from this thing.
"It's made from duck eggs. If it goes well, maybe someone will sell it on Changjing Street in a while." Song You said to her, "This thing can be eaten raw, or cooked into soup and porridge, each with its own flavor."
"What if it doesn't go well?"
"Then only I can eat it here."
"Um……"
Wu Nuxia lowered her head and continued to taste, tasting every bite carefully.
After eating half a bowl, she started to talk about Fengzhou Yeshan.
"That mountain is bald. Not only the mountain, but the vegetation around the mountain has withered. Only the ghost-faced grass you mentioned is still growing." Wu Xia lowered her head and took another sip of porridge. "Long Wei, who was originally stationed in Fengzhou, Most of the army was transferred to Yeshan and heavily guarded. One of the people who was with me, Song Lang, who was best at night walking and had a reputation as a robber in the world, sneaked in and never came back. Oh, this young man had sneaked into the palace before. He passed something but was not discovered. He is quite young, which is a pity.”
"Where's the heroine?"
"Me? I can't do anything, so I just pretend to be outside and think of a way!" Wu Nuxia shook her head, "There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers there, even if the Red Emperor appears, they can't force us to go in..."
"rational."
"We can only see what's on the mountain from a distance. We don't know what's inside." Wu Nuxia smacked her lips, "But I heard from nearby villagers that civilian laborers were recruited here, even though they were ordered to die from above. Strictly keeping secrets, but they were not evil-hearted, all these civilians were released. As long as they were released, they would reveal something more or less. There were local rumors that the imperial court dug a hole in the huge Yeshan Mountain , it seems like the entire mountain has been hollowed out, and it is said that it is to build the imperial mausoleum."
"Repair the imperial mausoleum?"
"I don't think the possibility is high." Wu Nuxia said, "Then it doesn't look like an imperial tomb."
"The heroine also studies the imperial tomb?"
"Listen to what my colleagues say."
"I see."
"We were investigating nearby, and one day and in the middle of the night, we saw the Hundred Ghosts Walking at Night that you mentioned before."
"oh?"
"There is also a strange man traveling with us. He claims to be a Taoist master from Zhen Mountain. I don't know how much Taoism he has, but he is very good at dealing with ghosts." Wu Nuxia stopped eating, "He pretended to be The wandering ghosts went to chat with those ghosts while they were resting. I heard that they came from the north. There is a big ghost in the north, and anyone killed by that big ghost will become a ghost."
"Um……"
"They were originally from the same village. After being killed by the big ghost, they became lonely ghosts. They would have been eaten or taken away by the big ghost for who knows what. At the critical moment, ghost messengers came, I heard that there were two monks with some skills who drove away the big ghost. After interrogating them, they found that they were innocent ghosts, so they said they couldn't stay there and had to go to the ghost town. So they called in another group. Ghost messengers came and took them all the way from the north to the south. They rested in graves or under the roots of bamboo forests during the day, and went out on their way after dark."
Wu Nuxia said while drinking porridge: "These ghosts are originally from the north, they are old ghosts from the north. Some of them are said to be ghosts who were soldiers in the north and died. Because they did not do bad things in life, they will not do anything bad after death." A little more violent, courageous, and ruthless than ordinary ghosts, so he was recruited to become a ghost."
"That sounds interesting."
"It sounds interesting to me too. My fellow traveler was almost captured by a ghost, but luckily he ran fast."
"Thank you, Heroine."
"What's there to thank you for? It's just a small talk. I can't tell you what you really can't say." Wu Nuxia said and looked up at him again, "But why do you care about this?"
"I am a Taoist. I have traveled all over the world and walked around the world. Naturally, I want to increase my knowledge. If I encounter something that is wrong and no one cares about it, I am willing to do my best if I can."
"..."
Wu Nuxia thought for a while after hearing this. She ate her porridge while thinking about it. She didn't know what she came up with, and then she said: "I don't dare to tell you anything else. You have to be careful when taking people's money. I can only It is true to tell you that I went to Fengzhou to investigate Yeshan, but the essence is still to investigate the imperial master."
"I see."
Song You could roughly guess who she was working for.
She was quite powerful in Changjing. She dared to investigate the imperial master and went to investigate Yeshan. The possibility of becoming emperor was not high, so she was Princess Changping.
I don’t know if it’s right or wrong, so I don’t want to ask too much.
It’s not easy to take care of it either.
Things in the world are not only complicated, but this era also has its own rules. Even if Song You wants to intervene, this is not the method. What's more, I will leave Changjing in two months, so I really don't need to put too much thought and energy into this. When I come back next time, everything will have already surfaced or is being performed on the stage.
"Thank you for the hospitality. It's time for me to go and restore the life of the benefactor. If I can get the reward, I'll pay you back."
"good."
Wu Nuxia put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth and left.
Song You finished the last bit of food slowly and then started to put away the dishes.
Sanhua Empress was very diligent and raised her hand to wash the dishes. The Taoist refused for a moment and then let her go - this cat has a wonderful obsession called "contributing to the family". Once achieved, it will She gets a strong sense of accomplishment, which is nothing on the surface, but feels high on the inside. Once she rejects her, she will be confused and feel lost and sad.
If the Taoist refused to eat the mice she caught, he would already be sorry for her, and he could no longer refuse her help.
I still went out for a walk in the morning and came back to teach the cat how to write and read.
Sanhua Empress is actually really smart. Whether it's reading, writing or reciting poems, she can learn much faster than ordinary children. Even if she adds in the skills she secretly uses, she can still surpass many so-called prodigies. In more than half a year, she has learned most of the commonly used characters, and her handwriting has become more and more beautiful. The only drawback is that it is still highly similar to Song You's handwriting and has no style of her own.
Have a casual meal at noon and take a nap in the afternoon.
At this moment, Song You was like a god.
Wu Nuxia came back in the middle of the afternoon and invited them to have a good meal in the evening. She said that although the task was not completed well, the sponsor felt that they had done their best. Yeshan, guarded by tens of thousands of elite soldiers, was indeed not a group of people. The martial arts warriors and strangers were able to get in. Not only was they not blamed, but everyone was given a large reward. She felt that this trip was a good job.
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