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 getting sleepy.

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 and can provide 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 straight. 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 had been there for a long time, from the end of summer to winter, several months, almost half a year as she said. However, this heroine had always been alert and highly capable, and even though Song You could not base himself in the capital, he knew

What happened thousands of miles away, but she could still feel that her talisman had not been used, so she could guess that she was not in danger.

It's the scholar ghost who makes people worry...

Song You slowly fell asleep.

I seemed to be dreaming somewhere, sometimes I dreamed of a withered mountain, which turned into a furnace of its own, burning evil spirits, sometimes I dreamed of the troubled times in the north where the demons and monsters were in trouble, the people were like grass and grass, and it was 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 some 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 cubes, and added them in a little while before the pot was started.

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 of them 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 monks give you as gifts 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 French heroine?"

"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 caught the gaze of the boy who was making the fire. 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.

"Does Empress Sanhua 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 Xia is usually very carefree, but whenever she receives a meal, she has to bow her head respectfully to express her gratitude and hold it with both hands.

Get a wooden spoon and take a bite.

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 were put into the pot just right, not only bringing out the aroma, but also not having any fishy smell.

Boil the preserved eggs into the porridge, add a little chives, and mix 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 refreshing feeling 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, narrowed 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 delicious flavor of 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 talking about Fengzhou Yeshan.

"That mountain is bald. Not only the mountain, but also the vegetation in the area around the mountain has withered. Only the ghost-faced grass you mentioned is still growing." Wu Nuxia 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. Hehe, this young man had once entered the palace to steal

He passed something but was not discovered. He is still quite young, which is a pity."

"Where's the heroine?"

"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.

They kept the secret strictly, but they were not evil-hearted, and 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 mausoleum."

"The heroine also studies the imperial tomb?"

"Listen to what my colleagues say."

"I see."

"We were investigating nearby, and one day 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 on the Zhen Mountain. I don't know how good he is, but he is very good at dealing with ghosts." Wu Nuxia stopped eating and said, "He pretended to be a Taoist.

The wandering ghosts took advantage of the ghosts' rest time and went to chat with them. I heard that they came from the north, and there was a big ghost in the north, and anyone killed by that big ghost would 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 were going 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 any bad things in life, they will not do anything bad after death."

If you are a little more violent, courageous and fierce than ordinary ghosts, you will be recruited into 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."
To be continued...