Chapter 25 A particularly sweet smell came from Lady Huang’s tent…
Li Zhou stood in front of the tall city wall and sighed.
She had originally thought about trying to bribe the city gate guard, but after searching her entire body she couldn't find a single copper coin.
It's really like a tiger in dire straits being bullied by a dog.
After sighing for a while, Li Zhou suddenly had an idea and began to search for the sect's inheritance in the memory of the head sister.
I wonder if there is some magic that can shrink the distance to an inch that can allow her to pass through security check and enter the city.
Obviously, the name of the sect was just thought of by her, but in the memory of the head sister, there were actually quite a few sect inheritances, as if there really was such a Duotian Sect in the past.
A flash of doubt flashed through Li Zhou's mind, and then this doubt was like being covered by a layer of fog, hiding deep in his brain.
She counted the sect's intangible cultural heritage.
A secret book of Duotian Sect cultivation, "Duotianlu",
A book about magic spells, "The Complete Explanation of Talismans",
A book of sword techniques, "Luan Dao Jue",
Finally, there is a book called "Flying Star Feng Shui" which introduces how to build a house.
All the basic books needed to rebuild the sect are here.
Li Zhou opened the "Complete Explanation of Talismans" and found many spells that could solve her urgent problems. She quickly found a small river outside the city and began to practice facing the river.
The first is invisibility.
Place the tips of your left thumb and index finger together, insert your right thumb into the circle formed by your left hand, and use the remaining four fingers to wrap around your left hand and place it on your chest.
"Geng and Xin in the west, Taiwei Xuanzhen, correspond to the six internal organs, transform into the lung god, seen in the supreme...*"
Li Zhou chanted a spell silently, and halos appeared around his body. The next moment, his body below the neck disappeared in a colorful miasma.
The head floating in the air looked at the river and blinked.
She learned the art of invisibility very quickly and very well. When she was invisible, only her body was invisible, not her head.
Li Zhou: “…”
Li Zhou waited for a long time until the invisibility effect disappeared. She wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was okay. She could still use other spells.
She flipped through a few pages in her mind and started reading Transfiguration.
Concentrate your mind and calm your breathing, gently tap your teeth nine times, make seals with both hands, pinch the middle of your four fingers, intersect your four fingers, and place them on your mouth.
"Heaven and earth, sun and moon, water and fire meet, the Big Dipper is hidden in the middle, the Three Terraces are hidden inside, the mighty gods in all directions make me natural..."
After the spell was finished, Li Zhou's figure flashed, and the dusty head sister disappeared from the spot, replaced by a dusty human-faced dog.
Li Zhou: “…”
The water surface shook, the reflection of the human-faced dog distorted for a moment, and a crack appeared in Li Zhou's heart of Taoism.
She hurried on changing.
"Heaven and earth, sun and moon, water and fire meet..."
Another flash, the human-faced dog disappeared, and a dog-headed man appeared on the water.
Li Zhou: “…”
Li Zhou fell into deep thought.
While waiting for the effects of the transfiguration to wear off, she finally figured it out. Because of the split-up operation, although her head and body were connected, there were still some aftereffects, and those spells targeting herself would have problems.
Then just skip this kind of spell. Li Zhou regained his confidence, flipped through several pages, and found a suitable spell.
Wall-walking.
After memorizing the hand gestures and spells, Li Zhou returned to the city gate, walked around the city wall, and found a secluded corner.
"The mountains, the jade mountains, the walls, are soft as poplar flowers, thin as paper leaves. I point my sword and quickly cross them...*"
"Bang!"
Li Zhou successfully passed through the city wall and left a human figure on the wall.
The wind blew up the weeds and whistled through the human-shaped hole she had created.
Li Zhou: "..."
Why is her wall-walking skill different from others?
Although it did pass through the wall...
Li Zhou, sweating profusely, quickly used the brick-moving technique again to move the human-shaped brick wall he had created back.
"What are you doing over there?"
The next moment after the human-shaped hole was filled, the patrolling soldiers discovered Li Zhou.
Li Zhou leaned against the wall, took a long breath, and said calmly: "I'll check to see if there are any unruly people without identity documents who dug a hole to get in."
"Do you really need me?" The patrol soldier was amused by her and shook his head. "The wall of Sizhou is 22 feet wide at the top and 30 feet wide at the bottom. What kind of divine power would it take to dig through it? You are such a little fool."
He released his hand from the sword on his waist and waved, "Okay, let's go, don't worry about it."
Li Zhou, the foolish and honest citizen who definitely did not make a hole in the wall, responded and left with a sense of relief.
…
Li Zhou walked the streets, looking for people who looked gullible so that she could spread the doctrine she was compiling.
The streets were filled with joy, and passers-by were talking about auspicious things. After listening for a while, Li Zhou realized that it turned out to be the daughter of Jiang Shi, the highest official in Sizhou City, who was going to marry the prince of Quanyi with the ceremony of a princess.
The small country of Quanyi was rebellious by nature. It often invaded the border and robbed the people, causing great trouble to the imperial court.
If this marriage can be accomplished, it will at least ensure peace on the border for ten years, and Governor Jiang and the Princess should be the main contributors.
Therefore, the imperial court attached great importance to this matter and sent a huge team to escort the bride. A general of the imperial guards, dressed in a purple robe and a rolled-foot cape, carried the make-up, and palace maids, dressed in a red silk robe and embroidered with gold, rode along. Soldiers swept the way along the way, and there was constant joy.
The Inuyi people also showed due respect and began to renovate a special wedding road half a year in advance. They also built a luxurious princess palace and purchased all the items needed for the princess' wedding in Sizhou city.
From cosmetics and dressing table, cattail mats, screens and washing utensils, to books and paintings, perfume and medicine utensils, garlands and collars, even precious rhinoceros horn and jade, knotted silk, brocade and bridle, and jeweled ornaments.
The entire Sizhou city was sold out.
Merchants, peddlers, embroidery workshops and farmers all made a fortune.
Except for those ruffians who could not come to the table because of the martial law, there was no one who was not smiling happily at this feast.
When talking about Prince Inubi, people can't help but give him a thumbs up and marvel at his praise.
When business is good, people become generous and many shops offer free tastings.
Li Zhou was like a stranger who had just arrived in the city. She had spicy chicken skin in her left hand, golden dangmei in her right hand, and was chewing a piece of ginger radish in her mouth. The spiciness made her grimace, but she was reluctant to spit it out.
However, no matter how festive the day is, there are always poor people who cannot understand the joys and sorrows of life.
In a clinic not far away, a woman's sobbing voice was heard: "Doctor, please go see my mother. I will definitely find a way to make up for the consultation fee..."
"Go, go, go..." A servant shouted as he pushed out a woman in a cloth skirt with only a thorn hairpin on her head, "...you said the same thing half a month ago. How much money do you owe our clinic?"
The woman hugged the servant's calf and tried to beg for mercy, but the servant kicked her and her frail body rolled gently onto the street.
The servant spat, turned around and walked in.
A few curious people gathered around and talked in low voices.
"This Huang lady is also pitiful. Her husband passed away early, leaving her and her mother-in-law to depend on each other. Her mother-in-law was a good person who worked hard with her to wash clothes for a living. They could barely get by. But a month ago, the old lady caught a cold and became ill. She has been sick since then. She has been seeing doctors and taking medicine for more than a month, but nothing has worked."
"So, the mother she mentioned is her mother-in-law? Her husband has died, but she has not remarried and is still wholeheartedly serving her mother-in-law. She is truly a rare loyal and filial person."
"It's true that Huang Niangzi has noble character, but there is a reason. She has a younger brother in her natal family who is a notorious lazy man. Because he couldn't find a wife, his parents urged her to pawn his wife to a wealthy family, and they wanted to use the money she pawned to marry her younger brother. If it weren't for her mother-in-law who tried her best to stop her, she wouldn't have a peaceful life now."
"I see. If her mother-in-law dies, won't she still be controlled by her parents? I wonder if she has any children?"
"I had a daughter who died of illness when she was less than three years old."
"Oh, what a poor man."
Just as everyone was sighing, a kind-looking sister-in-law walked out of the crowd, pulled Huang Niangzi up and said, "These doctors only care about money, how can they be kind-hearted? Come with me, young lady. My master is kind-hearted. He often says that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Your mother's illness is in my master's hands."
Mrs. Huang was overjoyed and wiped away the tears from her eyes with her backhand: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"If you want to thank someone, thank my master." The eldest sister-in-law pulled Mrs. Huang through the crowd and got on a carriage on the side of the road. A hand stretched out from the carriage and lifted the curtain halfway. The hand was white and slender, and she wore a clear jade bracelet. At first glance, she was the daughter of a wealthy family.
Passersby nodded and said that Mrs. Huang was very lucky to have met such a noble person.
Li Zhou, who had been watching for a while, stuffed the spicy chicken skin in his left hand and the golden dangmei in his right hand into his mouth in one breath, clapped his hands, and followed.
A particularly sweet smell wafted from the carriage tent that Huang Niangzi entered, a bit like the Prince Bodhisattva enshrined by the Osmanthus Society, or the Five-Directions God invited by the lame boy.
It would be nice if I could eat it, Li Zhou touched his stomach. Although these mortal foods could taste good, they could never fill the stomach.
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