As it was getting dark, everyone returned to Jiangliu Garden one after another.

Li Lingyan and others went to investigate the mystery in the forest last night.

Five years ago, there was a folk song in Liuzhou about "staying out after dark", which was the song -

The crescent moon is blinking, the fog is impenetrable, don't run around in the dark, and close the door at midnight.

The crescent moon is dark and round, and there is silence in the distance. Please close your eyes when it gets dark, and no one will respond when you call.

The young ghost sings faintly, crying out for justice in the forest, the wind blows its tongue off and it is difficult, so the snake fairy comes to protect its master.

Late at night, ghostly sounds could be heard from the forest.

The voice was ethereal, as if singing a song, and the tone was strange, like singing with a broken tongue.

As the song fell, countless small snakes crawled out of the woods, densely packed together, it was very scary.

At first, there were a few brave ones who said they wanted to exorcise demons and catch ghosts and snakes.

However, they either fled or died in the forest in horrific ways, with horrified eyes, snake bite marks all over their necks, and their bodies ashen.

The government also investigated.

During the day, the forest is no different.

At night, dozens of yamen soldiers searched the place several times. The torches lit it up as if it were daytime. The voices of ghosts would still be heard at midnight, and countless small snakes would pour out of their nests.

The same is true in the deep winter, as if the snake was cast under a spell and no longer needed to hibernate.

The yamen soldiers were either frightened to death or bitten to death by snakes, suffering heavy losses.

Mei Ruoxing and Mei Ruohai visited and investigated Xu's medicine store and grassroots herbal farmers.

The Xu family has a total of six herbal medicine stores in Liuzhou and is the largest or even the only consignee in Liuzhou.

The grassroots herbal farmers signed a life-and-death contract with the Xu family, stipulating that they would never sell the herbs to other herbal medicine shops.

Right now, Sijia Pharmacy is seriously short of herbal medicine and is about to run out of medicine.

According to the current supply channels, the herbs shipped by the Xu family to the Si family are either fake or soaked in poison.

During dinner, the head of the medicine store came with a message saying that if no problem-free herbs were found by tomorrow, the royal supply from the Si family would be snatched away by the Zhen family.

"The Zhen family? The wealthy Zhen family? Could it be the Zhen family we heard about today?" Yu Xiaoqiao asked in surprise.

Si Wenming paced in the room, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Li Lingyan curled up in the armchair, thinking about the ballad.

"Wizard...herbs...silly boy." Yu Xiaoqiao looked at the two of them and muttered to himself.

At this time, there was a noise outside the yard.

"Young master, the prefect has invited a Taoist priest to the forest to exorcise ghosts. Those who are brave enough are shouting to go and take a look." Haitang, a maid from Jiang Liuyuan, walked in quickly and shouted.

Si Wenming said "Oh".

Yu Xiaoqiao was very interested and asked excitedly, "Exorcising ghosts? Is it fun?"

"Interesting, let's go and take a look!" Li Lingyan jumped off the armchair and said with a smile.

Si Wenming shook his head as if he had no way to deal with you, and said softly: "I have to deal with the medicine business, so I can't go with you. You must be careful!"

"I'm here. Haha, let's go!" Li Lingyan smiled.

The two rushed out the door and ran into Yu Xiaomo who was passing by.

Yu Xiaoqiao shouted, "Xiao Mo, follow us! We'll take you to see something fun!"

……

The inner altar was covered with yellow cloth, and the altar was covered with Taoist talismans.

There are two candlesticks on the table, each candle burning brightly.

Yu Xiaoqiao and others did not join the spectators, but sat on the branches and watched from afar.

At this time, a master wearing a Taoist hat and a dark blue Taoist robe flew to the inner altar.

He held a water cup in his left hand, a peach wood sword in his right hand, and chanted some incantation.

Yu Xiaoqiao was shocked and said, "Li Suanzi?!"

"You know him? He's familiar with all the Taoists?" Li Lingyan was even more surprised.

Yu Xiaoqiao smiled awkwardly.

It was midnight.

"Ah, um, yeah!"

The "singing voice" floated in the air, with a broken tongue, singing a miserable song that no living person could understand...

A gust of wind blew by, and the sound appeared and disappeared, sometimes far away and sometimes near.

All the spectators huddled together in fear.

Yu Xiaoqiao's body also trembled, her teeth chattered, and she regretted coming to watch ghost catching.

Li Lingyan pulled her into his arms and said teasingly, "How brave!"

Yu Xiaoqiao elbowed Li Lingyan, broke free from his arms, and then hugged Yu Xiaomo into her arms.

Unexpectedly, Yu Xiaomo tilted her head and said, "Sister, I'm not afraid. It's quite interesting."

Yu Xiaoqiao looked at him, smiled faintly, and loosened her arm.

Li Lingyan wanted to say something, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Li Suanzi has started the ritual.

As the three Taoist talismans spontaneously combusted on the tip of the peach wood sword, the water in the water purification cup rushed out into the sky and disappeared into the black sky.

Suddenly, the night became as bright as day, and the "singing" stopped abruptly.

Just as everyone was exclaiming "Awesome" and expecting more strange things to happen.

Yu Xiaoqiao suddenly saw a faint light flashing from the ring on Yu Xiaomo's neck.

At this time, the daylight was covered by darkness again, the Taoist talisman suddenly went out, and the clean water that rushed out into the sky flowed back into the clean water cup.

Yu Xiaoqiao looked at the ring that disappeared from Yu Xiaomo's neck and fell into deep thought.

Although the ritual failed, the "singing" dissipated and the snake did not come out.

By the time the three of them returned to Jiangliu Garden, it was almost past the hour of Chou.

Si Wen ordered the room to be brightly lit.

Yu Xiaoqiao hesitated for a moment, but still entered the room.

Under the dim candlelight, Si Wenming was thinking hard at his desk, his face cold and slightly tired.

Yu Xiaoqiao put the bed robe on Si Wenming and asked softly, "Have you thought of a solution?"

Si Wenming supported his forehead with his hand, looked at Yu Xiaoqiao and smiled.

"We urgently transferred some emergency supplies from Haozhou and Yuzhou, but the Rongshui Ganoderma lucidum, Luo Han Guo and other medicines are still the best in Liuzhou. The current method is only a temporary solution, and we still need to completely solve the crisis in Liuzhou."

"Give me those newly collected problematic medicinal herbs, and I'll find a way to help you classify them and pick out the ones that are problem-free and can be used. I'll take as many as I can!" Yu Xiaoqiao frowned.

Si Wenming handed her a glass of water and looked at her with a puzzled look, "Even the old man in the medicine store can't tell the difference between those medicinal herbs. Do you have a solution?"

"If people can't do it, dogs may be able to do it!" Yu Xiaoqiao took a sip of water and raised his neck.

Si Wenming was startled and exclaimed, "Ah?"

"I mean, even if they can't do it, I may be able to do it." Yu Xiaoqiao accidentally choked on the water, coughed for a long time, and hurriedly explained.

Hey!

If you are not careful, you may call yourself a dog!

Seeing her tears burst out, Si Wenming patted her on the back and said, "It shouldn't be much. It won't solve the fundamental problem."

At this moment, Lao Mu in the corner of the wall jumped away and disappeared like a flying bird.

After a while.

Yu Xiaoqiao rolled her eyes and suddenly said with a smile: "I have an idea!"

Si Wenming let out an "ah".

Yu Xiaoqiao came over and whispered Si Wenming.

Si Wenming's eyes were filled with astonishment, and he asked uncertainly, "Can it be done?"

“Since there is no better way, I have to try my luck.” Yu Xiaoqiao picked up a few kumquats and turned them over in her hands.

After he finished speaking, he picked up the brush on the table and drew two mustaches on his mouth.

Si Wenming couldn't help but smile, stroked her shoulder, and said softly: "Thank you, I will be careful."

When Yu Xiaoqiao returned to the room, Lao Mu had already hidden under the quilt.

However, the next day, Yu Xiaoqiao still picked them up and divided the medicine.

As Lao Mu was distributing the medicine, he scolded her, "You evil capitalist, you have no humanity towards the opposite sex!"

I don't know how long it took before I could separate out dozens of kilograms of medicinal materials from hundreds of kilograms.

The dog's nose fails to smell the medicine, and the dog's mouth becomes dislocated while holding the medicine!

"Dang Dang Dang!"

The next day, four people carried a sedan chair, and after beating gongs and drums and parading through the streets, they stopped in front of the gate of Xu's mansion in a grand manner.

Sitting in the sedan chair was Yu Xiaoqiao, who was dressed as a Taoist priest, with two small mustaches on his lips and a four-inch black beard under his chin.

Yu Xiaomo, dressed as a Taoist boy, stood beside.

The four people carrying the sedan chair were wearing green Taoist robes. They were Mei Ruoxing, Mei Ruohai, Danzhu and Ye Feng.

The gatekeeper of Xu's house, seeing the arrival of the visitor, hurriedly bowed and asked, "Master, where are you from?"

Mei Ruoxing looked at the servant coldly and said in a cold voice: "Master Zhen from the capital asked us to treat the young master."

The boy cried "Oh" and shuddered with fear.

The servant hurried into the mansion, shouting as he ran, "Butler Liu, someone is coming from the capital!"

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