It turned out that when Xie Yixiang was investigating the case of "Face-Tearing Demon" in Jinling City, he had consulted a bald old man in the city who was proficient in easy counting, but he happened to hear the bald old man's nonsense, and vaguely remembered what he said "The year star is out of place, and it is a disaster for the world", which means that the Tai Sui star has been incarnated as a human being, which is bound to disturb the whole world. Therefore, seeing that this dying wandering Taoist priest was proficient in the art of astrology, she asked with this.

Unexpectedly, when the Taoist priest heard this question, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said intermittently: "It's just ...... It's nonsense! Poor Dao has been studying the stars for 37 years, and he has never ...... I have never heard of any Tai Sui star descending to earth! You must know that the zodiac sign corresponds to the zodiac, and every 12 years is a reincarnation, which is exactly ...... It is the time taken by the Tai Sui star to run for a week, so the ancients named it after the 'year star', and used this star to record the time of this reincarnation. But this is ...... This is not really a 'star of the year', but a ...... Twenty...... To put it simply, every week of Tai Sui Xing's operation is actually only 11 years and 10 months, not a whole number of 12 years, all ...... Every seven years, there will be a deviation of one year, and in order to accurately reincarnate the school team once every twelve years, the ancients ...... He imagined a star that did not exist at all, and made it operate in the opposite trajectory to the Tai Sui star, and called it 'Sui Yin', which is the ...... It is the real 'Sui Xing', and the deviation between the Tai Sui Star and the 'Sui Yin' every seven years is what my Taoist calls 'committing Tai Sui'. Poor Dao has lived to this age, and he has never heard of a virtual star that can incarnate into a human being, and ...... And in the various sects of my Taoism, there is absolutely no ...... There is no analogous doctrine. What do you say about the guidance of a master, you are simply a person who deceives the world and steals his name!"

These words suddenly made Xie Yixiang dizzy, but when the Taoist priest was dying, he could still say such a long string of words. She pushed the half of the black-flour steamed bun that Daoist You Fang was holding in his hand to his mouth and said, "Daoist Chief, hurry up and eat something." The Taoist priest of You Fang seemed to have finally come back to his senses, and subconsciously stuffed this half of the black-flour steamed bun into his mouth, who knew that just after chewing a few bites, his face suddenly changed greatly, and his already dying body struggled to jump up from the ground, spit out all the crumbs of the steamed bun in his mouth, and asked sharply: "You ...... What are you here?"

Xie Yixiang couldn't help but be puzzled and said, "Of course this is a steamed bun." It's just that there is a shortage of food in the city, and there is no flour for a long time, so only the remaining buckwheat flour can be used to make steamed buns. And I've already eaten half of this steamed bun earlier, I don't know what's wrong?" The Taoist priest of You Fang kept spitting up, and then stared at Xie Yixiang with wide eyes, his eyes were full of fear, and he muttered, "Steamed buns...... Is this a steamed bun......? This demon ...... You're a demon......" Speaking of this, he didn't catch it in one breath, and his whole body was already stiff on the spot, and then he fell backwards, and he died with a whimper.

Xie Yixiang was shocked by this scene, and then rushed forward to check, but the wandering Taoist priest on the ground was out of breath. She went to check the steamed bun residue on the ground again, and there was nothing abnormal, but because of the special care of Master Du in the yamen, the room would prepare two black-flour steamed buns for herself every day, and she had eaten for two days, and she didn't notice anything unusual, I really don't know why this Taoist priest had such a big reaction, and scolded himself for what kind of demon. In the end, she really couldn't figure out the reason, so she could only believe that the Taoist priest was delirious before he died, so he acted crazy and talked nonsense, so she collected his body to the corner of the street, planning to call the official to collect the body tomorrow.

After this incident, the night has become darker and darker, and even the stars and moon in the night sky are shrouded in a faint layer of dark clouds. Xie Yixiang was in a depressed mood and was about to go back to the yamen to rest, but suddenly he smelled a faint smell of meat coming from the street, as if someone was stewing meat soup in the middle of the night. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, now that there was no food in Ningyi City, it was reasonable for people to secretly cook the hidden surplus grain in the middle of the night, but no matter what, there should be no fragrance of broth. Could it be that some people cooked dog meat in the middle of the night, or stole horse meat slaughtered by the soldiers defending the city?

Xie Yixiang sneered in her heart, it seems that her guess is not wrong at all, the most shrewd people in this world are these thousands of people. Although the entire Ningyi City has run out of food, many people in the city have already hidden a lot of food in private, including meat, just like Lord Taishoufang.

She ignored it for the moment and continued walking back down the street. As she crossed a street, she noticed a faint light in a dilapidated log cabin beside the road, and when she looked closer, she could see that someone was talking in a whisper. Xie Yixiang didn't want to probe into the privacy of other people's homes, but since she had bumped into it in the middle of the night and had a case under investigation on her body, she decided to stop and listen.

I only heard a man's voice in the room who deliberately lowered his voice, and was saying, "...... If you want to blame Fang Tieyi, this old stubborn, as long as he is willing to open the city and surrender, the army of King Heng outside the city will immediately send food into the city to relieve this crisis in Ningyi City. Unexpectedly, Fang Tieyi only cared about his own name, and wanted to be a loyal and filial son, and he did not hesitate to bring tens of thousands of people in the city to his funeral, and his actions were simply outrageous!"

As soon as the words fell, another rough man's voice sounded, and he said in a low voice: "I can't say that, Lord Fang has been really good to the people of Ningyi City over the years, and the King Heng who rebelled is just a prince, and according to the imperial court, it is very likely that he will be impersonated by gangsters." Now that Lord Fang is stubbornly guarding Ning Yi and refusing to succumb to thieves, that is also loyal to the country, how can he be blamed for this?"

The man's voice before suddenly said angrily: "That's it, the Tao is not the same, what is the reason to talk about you? You must know whether the current emperor or the Heng King is sitting on the throne, and what does it have to do with you and me? Do you know how ridiculous it is to talk about loyalty and rules in front of the word 'alive'?" The rough man's voice also competed with each other: "Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are all scholars. In my opinion, the more you people read, the darker your heart becomes!"

After saying this, the two men in the room were silent, and then the sound of a woman's crying rang out. Xie Yixiang was very curious when she heard this, these days King Heng's rebels often let some people into the city, and he himself also mixed into the city; it is conceivable that there are naturally many rebel spies mixed in this, so as to spread rumors in Ningyi City and arouse the anger of the people, so as to force Lord Fang to open the city and surrender. At this time, hearing the conversation between the two men in the house, could it be that the rebel spies are misleading the people in the city?