I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

"Damn it, why do I always run into such bad luck? I just sent the incense money a few days ago, how come it's gone again......"

The young man knelt on the ground in fear: "Lu, Shopkeeper Lu, the people of the Black Lotus Cult really said that the incense money is gone..."

……

Ji Xiaobei was somewhat puzzled: Black Lotus Religion? What kind of a church is that?

Never heard of it?

She took out the anti-inflammatory and analgesic ointment from the cold storage.

After the boys dispersed, when Shopkeeper Lu limped towards the room, he found Ji Xiaobei sitting in front of his door eating melon seeds, and there was a pile of melon seed shells at the door.

When he saw Ji Xiaobei, his body trembled as if he had seen a monster, and he turned around and wanted to run away.

Ji Xiaobei threw the ointment to him: "Manager Lu, this is specially prepared for you by my doctor. It will stop hurting immediately after you apply it!"

Shopkeeper Lu asked weakly, "Will you not have diarrhea after eating this?"

Ji Xiaobei: "No, you had diarrhea yesterday, that was the side effect of the wake-up call. Use my secret ointment, it will definitely reduce the swelling and relieve the pain, and it won't affect your work tomorrow night at all!"

When Shopkeeper Lu heard Ji Xiaobei say this, he remained calm and realized that this woman was not an ordinary person and should not be provoked.

"Auntie, I am sorry for offending you!" He bent down and picked up the porcelain bottle on the ground.

A bear with hanging eyes?

Ok!

"Shopkeeper Lu, where do you buy your water from?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

The anger that Lu Xiong had been holding back in his heart suddenly rose up again.

"That Black Lotus Cult is really too much of a bully. I spent fifty taels of silver, so they should have given me eighteen buckets of holy water. I only pulled fifteen buckets, how come there's nothing left?"

"What does the Black Lotus Sect do?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"They are amazing. The surrounding villages and counties are out of water, and only Yongchang Prefecture has water. That's because the Black Lotus Cult is here! They sell magical water. If anyone in a shop drinks their water, they will make a lot of money and their business will be booming!"

Lu Xiong said with some pride.

It was as if drinking the water of the Black Lotus Sect was an honor.

"There is such a good thing. Where is the Black Lotus Cult? I want to get a few barrels to drink too!" Ji Xiaobei stood up and said with a smile.

"Just northwest of Yongchang City, there is a mountain with a Five-sided Buddhist pagoda on it. They are there, but..."

Shopkeeper Lu swallowed the second half of the sentence.

He couldn't wait to go in with the ointment, but Ji Xiaobei blocked his way.

"Shopkeeper Lu, can I have a bowl of your magic water?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"Ah, you bastard, you bastard, take the girl to get a bucket of magic water..." Shopkeeper Lu shouted to a young man at the door.

He really wanted to get rid of this plague god immediately.

After a while, Ji Xiaobei came to Lian Feng's house with the magic water given by the waiter.

Lian Feng is already dressed and ready to go out.

He heard that there are many rare poisonous weeds in the northwest, so he wants to go to the mountains to look for them.

After hearing Ji Xiaobei's purpose, he looked at the water in the bowl, smelled it, and found nothing unusual.

"Miss Ji, don't be anxious about this. Let me handle it first and come back to see the result in the evening!" Lian Feng said.

Ji Xiaobei nodded and left.

People were particularly excited this morning because they didn't have to travel, had free food and accommodation, and could also visit Yongchang City.

This is a treatment that has never been given before.

In the past, we would set out on the third day after the New Year and keep on traveling without any time to rest.

Walk all the way to the place where the farming was done.

People in the inn went out in twos and threes.

Some people didn't want to go out, so they stayed in the inn to rest.

Ye Tianguan's wife changed into a purple floral cotton coat today and combed her hair shiny. When she saw Ji Xiaobei in the yard, she greeted him.

"Miss Ji, why don't you go out for a walk? We are going to buy some furs. I heard that the furs here are much cheaper than those in our place."

Mrs. Ye carried a basket on her arm.

"I won't go, you guys go!" Ji Xiaobei is very familiar with this group of old women and wives.

On the first day, Ji Xiaobei asked Jiaojiao to take good care of the children in the inn and not to go out yet.

She went around the city by herself first.

It was a cold day, and the wind blew the yellow sand straight toward her neck. She shrank her neck, pulled up her collar, mounted the little white horse and went out.

Heading northwest, towards the tall mountain.

From afar, I saw a tower on the mountain, looming on the bare mountain.

Could this be the Five-sided Pagoda that Lu Xiong mentioned?

The further west you go, the fewer people there are.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, it took us a long time to see one or two peasant women carrying loads on their shoulders passing by.

From time to time a carriage passed by.

Ji Xiaobei stopped a farmer and asked, "Old man, what is the name of this mountain?"

"This is Wufang Mountain!" The farmer kept walking forward.

"Is that the Five-Directions Pagoda?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

Unexpectedly, the farmer ran away, looking back at Ji Xiaobei from time to time.

Ji Xiaobei was puzzled, what happened?

She continued walking forward and found a very flat road leading to the mountain, where she could faintly see the marks of a wheelbarrow.

She rode the little white horse for a while and didn't see anyone.

She was even more puzzled. Since the people of the Black Lotus Sect lived on the Five Directions Pagoda and could supply holy water, why didn't she see anyone for such a long time?

After walking for a quarter of an hour, I finally saw two or three men in black hurriedly passing by.

Those people were dressed in black robes and their hair was tied up with black scarves, leaving only their eyes exposed.

She wrapped herself as tightly as a Muslim woman.

Obviously, they are men.

When Ji Xiaobei looked up again, he and the others had already turned into a small path, and when he looked again, the people were gone.

Ji Xiaobei: …

Elusive!

She went up the road.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the entrance of an ancient temple.

A tattered bell hung on an old locust tree at the entrance. The temple door was tightly closed, looking eerie.

Ji Xiaobei dismounted and knocked on the door.

no one!

The road we just came up didn't seem like a road that no one had walked on. The road led here, but there was no one.

Strange!

Curiosity drives her.

She looked up at the bare locust tree, channeled her energy into her dantian, and climbed up the tree in one breath. She sat on a branch, leaning her back against the broken clock, and looked inside.

The yard is very tidy.

She climbed up the locust tree, sat on the earth wall, and jumped down.

As soon as he landed, an old monk with a white beard and a cane came out.

"Amitabha... is so good!"

Ji Xiaobei was startled and took a few steps back, feeling a little sorry for disturbing the old monk.

Ji Xiaobei does not believe in Buddhism, religion, or ghosts and gods, but she fully respects those who believe in those things.

After all, the world is diverse.

She bowed and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Master. I knocked on the door for a long time but no one came. I wanted to come over and burn some incense!"

The old monk said coldly, "You have trespassed into Wufang Temple. Please leave immediately."