In Yong'an City, it is clearing up after the snow, and it is the winter moon market. Lanterns, Spring Festival couplets, fireworks and firecrackers fill the eyes with the joy of the approaching New Year.
“Candied haws on a stick~delicious candied haws on a stick~”
"Shopkeeper, bring me a bowl of wontons."
"Take a look and see, it will break your heart. The rich will support you with money, and the poor will support you personally."
"Dad, please go back and weigh some candy for the children later."
In Yong'an City, there are cars and horses passing by, vendors selling goods, roadside steamers opened, and steamed buns steaming.
Men in coarse cloth drove donkey carts to the market, and richly dressed young ladies poked their heads out of the carriages.
Jiang Yuebai was dressed as a knight-errant, wearing a coarse Tsing Yi, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an ordinary appearance.
I was short of money and had no money, so I happened to see someone in the crowded area of the bread stall in front of me with a sharp knife in his hand, taking out someone's money bag.
Jiang Yuebai walked over, bumped him gently, got the money bag, and cut off the thief's belt, in public... Well!
"Give me a sugar painting, I want the dragon one."
"Okay~ Happy New Year from Kowloon. I wish you great success and good health in the new year."
Jiang Yuebai took the sugar painting, and with this blessing, she directly gave a dime of silver. The money was not hers anyway.
Following the path in his memory, Jiang Yuebai walked through the bustling market and headed towards the remote Huaihua Lane in the west of the city.
Pedestrians on the road stayed away from others and kept their children close to them.
"It's already past noon. We have to leave the city and go back quickly. Be careful of encountering monsters catching children."
"Nowadays, it's not just children who are being arrested. I heard from the city's police chief that most of the girls and women who have gone missing recently are girls and women aged fifteen to twenty-five or sixty-six. It's as if they were abducted by monsters out of thin air, without any trace. "
Jiang Yuebai bit the candy painting and frowned, is there really something wrong? Let's look at it again at night. Most of the evil spirits that appear in the world come out at night when the Yin energy is strong.
When they arrived at Huaihua Lane, Jiang Yuebai stopped a woman who was returning home from shopping for groceries and asked about a quiet place to live.
At that time, in the Lin Mansion, all I knew was that this woman had a scholar in her ancestors and was an orphan girl. She traveled to various wealthy families in Yong'an City and opened Mongolian calligraphy for the girls in her family.
In addition, she also remembered that the female concubine said that her life ambition was to go to the capital of Yun State, take the imperial examination and become an official in the court, and become a female official in the court.
So Jiang Yuebai hoped that she would no longer live here.
"Who are you, Shen Jing? Why are you asking that unruly bastard?"
The middle-aged woman in front of her had a mean look on her face, and Jiang Yuebai's face suddenly fell.
"What happened to her?"
The middle-aged woman was carrying a vegetable basket. When Jiang Yuebai asked, she became interested. She was not in a hurry to open the door and go home, so she started talking to her.
"It had only been two years since that bastard married the Lin family. The man died of illness. Instead of guarding him, she hooked up with a poor scholar who was passing by and wanted to elope with him. When the Lin family found out, they didn't take care of him. It's all good for her if she soaks the pig cage."
"Let her be locked up in the old house now. She is unruly and deserves this fate. If I were her mother, I would beat her to death on the spot."
"What the hell are you talking about, you old turtle woman!"
There was a sudden shout from the other side, and a woman in bright clothes kicked in the door and came out.
"If a man is dead, why can't he remarry and have to keep it? Our Yun country doesn't have such rules. You are just bullying Mrs. Jinghao to learn to read and observe etiquette."
"You and her are just a piece of shit, messing around with each other after the man is dead. It's really unlucky."
"I'll tear your mouth apart!
The two suddenly started fighting, scratching their faces and pulling their hair. The fight was like a fight between shrews, which made Jiang Yuebai retreat in shock.
"You're killing someone, the widow of the Wang family is killing someone, you young lady!"
"Bah! Keep your skin tight to me from now on. If you dare to gossip behind your back again, I will beat you and your son as well! What are you looking at? Why don't you get out!"
Jiang Yuebai shuddered when the bright woman yelled, turned around and walked quickly towards the depths of the alley.
Even the Foundation Establishment Immortal is afraid of this momentum!
After walking not far, Jiang Yuebai saw a dilapidated house, surrounded by grass and lonely in the depths of an alley. There were two young men holding long sticks at the door, chatting in their hands.
"Let me tell you, this beautiful lady Jing is pitiful. No one in Yong'an City can match her talents. Even the masters in the private school can't argue with her. Last time, the right minister of the court passed by our Yong'an City and praised her."
"The bad thing is that this compliment made her famous in Qingzhou. Our old lady has asked someone to ask the higher authorities to build a chastity memorial arch for her. My son was studying with the third young master and told me that the higher ups have always wanted to abolish the The system of women entering the court as officials, at this juncture, it is easy to establish the decree of chastity memorial."
"I heard that she was forced to marry into the Lin family... huh? Did you see a figure flash past just now?"
Jiang Yuebai quietly went up to the roof and saw that the yard was different from the outside. Everything was neat, orderly and spotless.
There are green smoke birds in the incense burner, and the little woman in white clothes sits quietly by the window, holding a book in her hand, her eyebrows soft and quiet.
"Master, do you still remember me?"
Shen Jinghao raised his head after hearing the sound, and saw the young girl suddenly appearing in front of him, with a stunned look on his face.
Jiang Yuebai had wiped away the traces of disguise on his face, revealing his original appearance. Shen Jing stared at her for a long time and shook his head slightly.
Jiang Yuebai also looked at Shen Jing for a while. When they first met in the Lin family, Shen Jing was only sixteen years old. Now he is twenty-five, his youthfulness has faded and he is more mature.
If it weren't for Yun Guo's liberal policy towards women at that time, she, an unmarried girl, would not have been able to teach in the Lin Mansion under the introduction of an acquaintance.
Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "The sky is clear, Jiang Yuebai, the heart is calm and the seagulls know. You should still remember this poem, right?"
Shen Jinghao's eyes suddenly opened wide, he opened his mouth and made a hoarse sound, and his body trembled slightly as he stood up.
Jiang Yuebai was also shocked, "What's wrong with your throat? Could it be that... they poisoned you mute?"
Shen Jinghao rushed from behind the desk to Jiang Yuebai, grabbed Jiang Yuebai's hands and looked at her carefully. For some reason, her eyes were filled with tears and guilt.
She walked to the desk in a panic, squeezed her trembling hand, and picked up a pen to write.
The small regular script with hairpin flowers is as beautiful as ever.
[I thought you were gone. How did you escape that day...]
Before she finished writing, Jiang Yuebai interrupted Shen Jinghao and pressed his fingers on her throat carefully.
Then take out the lowest-grade detoxification pill, pinch off a piece smaller than a sesame seed, and put it into a tea cup to dissolve it.
"Drink it and you should be able to talk."
Shen Jing was so stunned. Facing Jiang Yuebai's firm gaze, she took the tea cup, covered her face with her sleeves and drank it slowly.
After drinking the water, the medicinal power dissipates, and the calm eyes open wider and wider.
"I……"
Just one word, a weak sound, made Shen Jing cover her mouth in disbelief and shed tears.
"I... can speak... I can really speak..."
At the same time, there was a hint of godly awe in Shen Jing's beautiful Jiang Yuebai's eyes. She had been poisoned for more than a year, and Madam Wang had been secretly seeking medical treatment for her, but she couldn't get rid of it.
But Jiang Yuebai's little medicine, which was smaller than sesame seeds, allowed her to speak, and her body became relaxed and comfortable. Her hands and feet felt warm, and she felt that the long-term disease had disappeared.
This extraordinary ability cannot be achieved by ordinary people.
"Are you...an immortal?"
