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

The displaced people who had been near the base of the city wall had all disappeared, leaving only a few dilapidated sheds and a stench.

On the other hand, the city walls look a little unusual.

She remembered that the last time she came to the city of Xinliang, there were only a few night watchmen with torches in their hands, but now it was full of archers in rattan armor. These archers were also full of feathered arrows behind their backs, and they all looked solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Lin Xixue was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that this Xinliang City is not the border of Yunzhou, even if there is a war, it should not be the turn of this city, what are these archers guarding against?

Niu Zhuang was about to enter the city in his car, but the archers at the head of the city had already drawn their bowstrings and aimed them at the carriage.

But I heard someone in the city ask sharply: "Who is coming?" Stop! ”

Niu Zhuang shouted, and the two horses slowly stopped, snorting with some dissatisfaction, as if they had not yet finished their fun.

He looked at the castle tower, wiped his eyes, and asked with some uncertainty, "Is it the Marquis of Gaomen?" I'm an old cow, the groom of Yunzhou Mansion! ”

When the archers heard that the man was Niu Zhuang, they were about to unload their arrows, but the high gate marquis raised his palms and signaled the archers not to let their guard down in a hurry.

He took out two wooden bowls from his bosom, connected by a gold thread in the middle, one of which he himself held and the other abandoned.

Niu Zhuang seems to be familiar with this process, and when he got out of the car and held the wooden bowl, he buckled it on his ear. After a moment, he said something to the wooden bowl and put it down.

The Gaomen Hou took back the wooden bowl and shouted: "Release!" ”

Only then did the archers collect their arrows, and the city gate creaked open a small crack, and Niu Zhuang was able to drive in.

However, as soon as Niu Zhuang entered the city, messengers on both sides threw some kind of orange-yellow powder at him.

The orange-yellow powder was packed in a thin paper bag, and when it hit the carriage, it exploded into a cloud of smoke, choking Niu Zhuang and coughing: "Brothers, I am an old cow, you don't know me anymore?" What does this do? ”

"Brother Niu, bear with me, we are also receiving orders from the top."

After a while, the orange-yellow smoke dissipated, and a few messengers arched their hands and said, "Brother Niu, it's okay, this is realgar, you can go home and wash it." ”

"Ahem, brothers, what's going on, this time you came back and threw me realgar, and almost choked me to death."

Niu Zhuang said as he shook the sweat towel around his neck and wiped his face indiscriminately.

"Hey, Brother Niu, we don't know what's going on, and we don't dare to ask, you and I have been on an errand in the house for so many years, don't you know the rules?"

"Yes, our brothers are just acting on orders, and if you invite Brother Niu to eat and drink another day, it will be regarded as compensation."

"It's like a word, it's not in vain that I carry family letters and goods for you in a sports car on weekdays." Niu Zhuang coughed a few more times, and replied angrily.

"Hehe, Brother Niu, you are good to the brothers, how can we forget, I won't send you on an errand today, I will definitely pick up the wind and wash the dust for you that day."

Niu Zhuang and the group of poor people exchanged hands and drove away.

Lin Xixue sat in the carriage, although she saw the orange and yellow smoke outside the house, she did not invade the carriage at all, as if the carriage was separated by a formation enchantment.

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

She remembered that realgar is actually toxic, and she is not afraid of poisoning Niu Zhuang by smashing people with such a large amount of realgar powder?

However, folk customs believe that this realgar can repel insects and ward off evil spirits, and during the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a custom of drinking realgar wine.

But to talk about the evil of this Xinliang City, Lin Xixue suddenly remembered two things.

The first thing was that the officials of the Soul Stopping 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 her violent husband before and turned into a walking corpse, and the family hid it and just tied the walking corpse to their home.

I don't know if the martial law in Liangcheng this time is related to these two things.

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

Lin Xixue thought about it for a while, and felt that she had made too much trouble in the city before, if she lived in the city again, once she couldn't control it and went crazy again, it would definitely be a big trouble, so it was better to go to a no-man's land outside the city to live temporarily.

But it doesn't hurt to sleep out in the open, Xu Zhiyi's state can't be watched by no one. After weighing it again, I still felt that it was more secure to settle Xu Zhiyi in the guest room of Yunzhou Mansion first.

"There is Brother Lao Niu, let's send the two of us to the guest room of Yunzhou Mansion."

"Okay!" Niu Zhuang let out a few more horse sounds, and the two horses galloped towards Yunzhou Mansion.

Niu Zhuang entered the mansion, and after taking care of the inside and outside, he asked Lin Xixue in his ear: "Sister Lin, why don't you come to the house for a light meal, and give me such a big piece of gold, can't I be entertained well." ”

"Brother Niu's mind is enough, but you forgot that I don't have to eat." Lin Xixue politely refused.

"Hey, look at my memory, but Sister Lin, when it comes to not having to eat, I actually have a problem." Niu Zhuang looked a little twisted.

"Brother Niu, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Since the rain that day, I always feel that I have no appetite for anything to eat in the past two days, and today I forced myself to eat two cooking cakes, and I vomited out all of them.

Lin Xixue frowned, Niu Zhuang's symptoms were exactly the same as before, he ate fish at that time, and he was retching wildly.

Could it be that everyone who has been corrupted by evil spirits will not be able to eat?

It seems that there is one more thing to investigate when I go to Sanyuanguan this time.

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

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

"No, don't you think Bai Qing and I don't have to eat, don't we live well?"

"But I feel so hungry that my stomach is screaming."

"You're just starting to get used to it, and your body isn't used to it, so it's good to get used to it when you're hungry."

Lin Xixue said this just to comfort Niu Zhuang, but in fact, she knew that this hunger would not subside, but would become stronger and stronger over time.

She still doesn't know how to get rid of this hunger, the only time she feels better is when Ji Wanyun invites herself to eat in the snack street in the illusion.

However, although it was a lie, Niu Zhuang had no doubt about Lin Xixue's comfort, and suddenly became happy.

"Really? I really don't have to eat in the future, then there are fewer dishes and chopsticks at home, and the mother-in-law at home can eat more meat! ”

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

It can be seen that this Niu Zhuang really loves his wife, but in this case, he thought of saving a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and did not consider that this was some kind of strange change in his body.

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

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

Afterwards, she placed Xu Zhiyi in the room, and after a short rest, she thought that because of the strange changes in this Niu Zhuang, she arrived in Xinliang City more than ten days in advance.

Although there is no Solid God Pill at this moment, it is not suitable to explore the Three Yuan Temple, but this time naturally cannot be wasted.

It is better to take advantage of this time to deal with some mundane affairs in the city that have not yet been settled......