Ying Buhao rolled over in the snow and easily dodged the snowball. While dodging, he even had time to make a face at Ren Baozhi: "Lululu!"

Ren Baozhi was worried that Chen Lanyue was in a bad mood, so she wanted her to play snowballs with her.

She turned around and came silently behind Chen Lanyue, stuffed a handful of snow into her neck, and ran away at full speed.

Chen Lanyue was caught off guard, her whole body trembling at the sudden chill. She hunched her shoulders, hunched her head, and quickly shook the snow out: "Hey, pickled radish! I'm telling you, you're done for today! You're really done!"

Everyone laughed and joined in the snowball fight. It was more like a competition of physical skills than a snowball fight.

If you slide and throw snow, I can kick it in the air and scatter the snowballs everywhere.

If you jump into the snow, I can fly up, catch it steadily, and then counterattack.

As they chased each other, the youthful vigor and vitality were fully displayed.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Jingfeng couldn't help but blurt out: "Chang'an winter snow throws silver balls, the youth's spirit is stronger than the frost."

Ying He praised: "Madam Jiang is truly talented."

Jiang Jingfeng blushed again when she heard this. She was about to say something when a snowball hit her shoulder.

However, this snowball is much more "gentle" than the one I just saw.

Ying Buhuan waved his hand and said, "My Queen, Sister Jingfeng, come and play with us!"

Soon, Jiang Jingfeng and Ying Hele also joined the snowball fight.

The Qujiang Lake was filled with the long laughter of the crowd, which lingered.

Finally, everyone was tired from fighting, and the weaker ones got on the carriage to rest, while Ren Baozhi and others lay on the snow, their chests heaving, trying to calm their breathing.

They lay in a circle, head to head, their breaths turning into wisps of white mist that intertwined and blended in the air before drifting away with the wind.

The snow was still falling, falling on their bodies, faces, and hair.

"I'm a little thirsty." Chen Lanyue said.

"That's easy. The snow melts in your mouth. Just open your mouth and you can drink the water, right?" Ying Buhuan opened his mouth wide and said incoherently, "Look at me."

"I'm a little thirsty too." Ren Baozhi opened his mouth, imitating Ying Buhuan.

"Jiang Radish, I think you've really been led astray by this kid. You're going back the way you thought. What's so good about this snow water?"

Ying Buhuan retorted: "How many years older are you than me? You haven't even reached the age of marriage yet. You are also a little brat."

"You are so rude!" Chen Lanyue was very angry.

"Same here." Ying Buhuan said lazily.

Ren Baozhi listened to the conversation between the two and laughed in his heart. Chen Lanyue was like a little bully on weekdays, and now he finally met his opponent.

The snow gradually fell heavier, like dense feathers, and the snow covering everyone became thicker and thicker.

"If we lie down any longer, we will turn into ice sculptures." Ying Buhuan said.

Chen Lanyue seized the opportunity: "Uneducated, I think he is a snowman."

"If you freeze to death, you'll become an ice sculpture!"

"A snowman becomes a snowman!"

"Ice sculpture!"

"snowman!"

"Alright, alright," Ren Baozhi said at the right moment, "get up, you two childish kids."

They both stood up, the snow falling off their bodies. They glared at Ren Baozhi fiercely and asked in unison, "Who are you calling childish?"

Ren Baozhi stretched out her hands, first crossing them and pointing them at the two of them. Then, under their increasingly sharp gazes, she twisted her wrists and pointed at herself: "Of course, I'm talking about myself."

Everyone got on the carriage and prepared to go home. Ren Baozhi arranged for Ying He and his mother to take the same carriage she had taken before, and asked the coachman to take them home first.

She went to Dunyifang alone. She had to see how the horse was doing.

When they arrived at Dunyifang, Ren Baozhi first went to the butcher shop and picked out some fresh mutton, and then went to visit Ji Bujin and her daughter.

Ji Jianxue is more than two months old now. Her short legs are kicking and her chubby little hands are opening and closing in the air, as if she is grasping something.

When it saw Ren Baozhi, its big, dark, watery eyes followed her all the time, making a giggle, and saliva sneaked out when its owner opened his mouth.

Ren Baozhi used a silk handkerchief to wipe Ji Jianxue's face, then held her and teased her for a while. Ji Jianxue's eyelids gradually drooped, as if she was tired of playing, and she soon fell asleep.

After putting Ji Jianxue on the bed and covering her with a quilt, Ren Baozhi thought to herself that she should draw a sketch of the cradle next time and ask the carpenter to make one and send it to her.

Then, she walked to the back of the house with Ji Bujin and her son. The horse was wagging its tail and chewing hay. It looked no different from when it was first bought, and it might even have become stronger.

Ren Baozhi recalled the conversation she had with Yaoxia on the first night she stayed at the princess's mansion.

"What does this medicine do?" Ren Baozhi carefully stroked the medicine bottle in his hand.

Yao Xia replied, "This medicine is finely powdered and dissolves in water. It is colorless and odorless. I have consulted many medical books and texts, but have found nothing. Perhaps this medicine is not native to our Central Plains."

Recalling what he saw that night, Ren Baozhi pondered, "That night, I saw some green liquid mixed in that man's blood. I don't know what it was."

Yao Xia was shocked when he heard this. "If that's the case, I've heard of a situation where a person's blood is mixed with green liquid, but that's all from strange stories, so it doesn't count."

Ren Baozhi became interested and played with the small medicine bottle in her hand: "Just what you say."

"This medicine may be related to witchcraft."

"Gu magic?"

"Exactly. If a person is infected by a Gu worm, it will secrete toxins into the body. Different Gu worms secrete different toxins. As you said, the black-clothed woman's blood has turned green. I'm afraid the Gu worms in her body are not only very powerful, but have spread all over her body."

"Then this medicine..."

"I can't tell if this medicine is a poison or an antidote. If it's a poison, it will usually be absorbed by the parasite after being taken by the parasite. The person who administers the medicine can use the mother insect to control the person who takes it. If it's an antidote, it can only temporarily slow down the speed at which the parasite secretes toxins, but it can't cure the disease completely."

Ren Baozhi's expression suddenly became solemn. She had never thought that the man in black would have such an experience. No wonder she wanted to kill her for this bottle of medicine.

No, no! Am I trying to excuse the murderer?!

Getting back to the point, Ren Baozhi asked, "So, what would happen if a person didn't have any Gu worms in their body and took it?"

"This..." Yao Xia hesitated and shook his head, "I don't know."

Ren Baozhi raised her wrist slightly, and the medicine bottle drew an arc in the air before landing steadily in her palm. "In that case, let's do an experiment and we'll know."

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