But since there weren't any suspicious people, he didn't think much about it and said with his head down, "You can take your time and have fun this time. There's no need to rush."
Su Lijin raised an eyebrow, somewhat helplessly: "The emperor has returned to the capital, and sooner or later the palace will find out that I'm not here. How can I have fun without worry?"
Indeed, this was also the reason why she had to return to the imperial city.
"You can rest assured about the palace."
Tan Tai Chun, however, looked confident: "The double I found for you this time is very realistic and perfect. There will be no mistakes in portraying you. You don't have to rush back so quickly."
"Really?" Su Lijin was surprised.
"Of course. When have I, Bai Xiaosheng, ever lied to you? I spent a lot of effort to find this person. Naturally, he is much better than an ordinary stand-in."
"Haha, thank you very much."
After joking with him, Su Lijin felt much more relaxed.
After a few people said goodbye, she followed Xiao Shengxing and slowed down her pace.
However, even though they walked slowly, they were getting closer and closer to the imperial city.
As they were getting closer to the imperial city, the two men saw that it was getting late, so they knocked on a door and stayed at a farmer's house.
A cough was immediately heard in the farmer's house, and then an old man opened the door.
"Old man, we would like to stay here for one night. Can you please make it convenient for us?"
Su Lijin smiled and took out some silver: "We can pay for food and lodging."
The old man took a look at the two of them and was somewhat surprised by their appearance. Such outstanding looks were not something that people like them could see.
He coughed and nodded, "Come in, I'm afraid you won't be used to the farmhouse food."
"No, just eat whatever you want." Su Lijin quickly pulled Xiao Shengxing in.
She looked around the farmyard, and as she heard the old man's cough getting heavier, she couldn't help but say, "Old man, your cough seems a bit serious. I know a little bit about medicine, so why don't you let me treat you?"
Unexpectedly, the old man refused directly: "No, I have a good way, I don't need any doctor to treat me."
Su Lijin glanced at Xiao Shengxing with some confusion. Both of them were puzzled by the old man's method.
"Is it possible that this severe cough can be cured without seeing a doctor?"
If it was really that magical, she was a little curious about what the method would be.
The old man did not answer, but returned to his room indifferently.
It looks very mysterious.
Seeing his cold attitude, Su Lijin stopped asking questions and went to get some food with Xiao Shengxing.
They went to bed early. In the middle of the night, Su Lijin got up and saw that the light was still on in the old man's room. She seemed to be making some noises.
"Is the old man still awake?"
Rubbing his eyes, Su Lijin muttered and glanced at it casually.
As a result, the scene she saw through the crack in the door made her sleepiness disappear immediately.
The old man knelt on the cold ground, muttering to himself, "Goddess, please bless me. I pray that my cough will be cured. I will always worship you..."
goddess?
Su Lijin blinked. Could it be that the goddess the old man was talking about was the goddess from Mongolia?
She immediately thought of the strange and mysterious goddess. That person always gave her a strange and unpredictable feeling, which was not particularly good.
I always feel that this person is not as holy as the rumors say, and there is even a kind of subtle weirdness all over his body...
But isn't that goddess a deity worshipped by the Mongols? Why do the farmers near the imperial city also believe in her?
Or is there another goddess?
Su Lijin was full of questions.
Just as she was thinking, in the room, the old man finished muttering a string of prayers, then bent down very respectfully, picked up something from the basin in front of him, and put it into his mouth.
Is that...wood ash?
He actually eats wood ash?
"Put it down, you can't eat it!"
Su Lijin opened the door, rushed over and grabbed his hand.
"This kind of wood ash can't cure a cough at all. If you eat it, not only will it not cure your cough, it may even have a negative impact on your body."
"Are you questioning the will of the Goddess?"
The old man was very angry. He pulled his hand back vigorously and glared at her: "The power of the goddess is extremely strong. This thing will definitely heal me. Don't talk nonsense!"
"What goddess? If a goddess lets you eat this kind of thing to cure an illness, she's harming you!"
Su Lijin frowned. Could it be that the ashes in the basin were really what the goddess asked them to eat?
Or did this goddess teach them to be so foolish?
"You're talking nonsense!"
The old man didn't listen to her explanation at all. He pushed her out and yelled, "You are not welcome here. Get out!"
The movement over here had already attracted Xiao Shengxing. He pulled Su Lijin over and swept his black eyes over the old man, full of warning.
The old man suddenly felt cold and was a little afraid of him. He stopped pushing Su Lijin, snorted, and closed the door.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine, I'm just a little worried..."
Su Lijin shook her head and said, "He just mentioned the goddess. I have a bad feeling about this."
At this time, the two of them had already walked into the village. Xiao Shengxing's dark eyes suddenly stared at a farmer's house nearby and said, "Look inside."
Following his gaze, Su Lijin covered her mouth in horror.
Under the moonlight, in the farmers' homes, people were also kneeling to worship the goddess and eating cigarette ashes!
"What's going on?"
Xiao Shengxing shook his head.
“No, I need to take another look.”
Su Lijin frowned and pulled him forward a few steps.
As a result, several farmers are doing the same thing.
"This goddess is not a good person." Su Lijin's face was solemn.
From the current situation, it seems that these farmers have been taught by the so-called goddess and have been bewitched into eating cigarette ashes.
But if they eat it, not only will they not get better, their health will get worse.
"This can't go on!"
"Do you have any good ideas to stop them?"
Seeing the worry on her face, Xiao Shengxing asked thoughtfully with deep black eyes.
After a pause, Su Lijin suddenly looked up and said in surprise, "I figured it out!"
The next day, she immediately found a way to buy some cloth and started cutting.
Xiao Shengxing glanced at the fabrics and vaguely guessed something: "You want to pretend to be a goddess?"
The colors of these fabrics are similar to those of the goddess's previous clothes.
"That's right!" Su Lijin's eyes were full of eagerness to try.
Half an hour later, Xiao Shengxing spread a few animal skins in the center of the village and struck the gong in his hand.
Farmers were immediately attracted over and looked at the sign next to the man with surprised expressions.
"The goddess has arrived, and the people are welcoming her?"
They looked at the venue blankly, wondering, "Where is the divine woman?"
Xiao Shengxing said, "Kneel down and pray, and the goddess will appear immediately."
Everyone was skeptical and then knelt down.
Sure enough, not long after they knelt down, some petals suddenly fell from the sky, and a woman in mysterious clothes gracefully descended from the sky.
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