Tang Nian looked around and finally fixed her gaze on the door of Song Shiyi's room.
A moment later, he calmly withdrew his gaze and casually ate a few bites of food.
It is not yet possible to confirm what role Song Shiyi plays in this, but today, that thing has definitely set its sights on her.
Its strength was difficult to perceive; Tang Nian only knew that this evil creature's strength was definitely no less than her current strength.
Since that's the case...
Tang Nian rubbed her forehead, propped herself up on the table, and stood up unsteadily: "Young Master Xue, please enjoy your meal. I am not a good drinker and will go to rest first."
Leaving this sentence to the unresponsive Cui Wensong, Tang Nian staggered back to her room.
The sounds of people wolfing down their food outside disappeared at some point, seemingly just a moment ago. When a gust of wind blew by from who-knows-where and then subsided, everything returned to silence.
With the moon high in the sky and the night deep and still, it was the perfect opportunity for a clandestine investigation.
Going out the door now would definitely be discovered, so Tang Nian grabbed a stool, leaped up, easily hooked onto the wooden beams of the roof, peeled off a few tiles, and crawled out from the back of the roof.
Snakes are naturally adept at hunting in the shadows.
She couldn't regain her original form, but she hadn't forgotten her skills.
She moved swiftly across the rooftop without making a sound.
In the blink of an eye, it had silently landed on the roof of Song Shiyi's room.
She lifted a small piece of tile and bent down to look at the scene inside the house.
The room was dimly lit, with only an oil lamp lit.
Song Shiyi lay on her back on the bed, while Cui Wensong knelt beside her, gently stroking his wife's belly with a devout expression.
Tang Nian didn't understand what the two were doing for a moment.
Isn't their affectionate relationship just a performance?
She moved closer suspiciously, trying to get her face as close to the opening as possible so she could see more clearly.
Just then, a strange, nauseating odor wafted out of the room, carrying an aggressively sticky, watery vapor that instantly stung people's eyes.
Tang Nian's eyes stung from the stimulation, and she propped herself up uncomfortably. She waved her hand in front of her, which seemed to make her feel much better.
It took her a while to realize that the smell was somewhat like fish, but even more pungent and overpowering.
Combining this with what I'd heard about water ghosts before, is the whole thing somehow related to fish?
With suspicion in her heart, she waited there for a while longer, only to find that the people inside did not make any other movements, but continued to repeat the same thing numbly.
It seems we won't find anything tonight, and with that strange fishy smell, Tang Nian doesn't dare to make any rash moves.
She then turned around and went back to her room.
The lack of any progress that night was already frustrating enough. Tang Nian tossed and turned in bed, feeling uncomfortable all over and unable to fall asleep.
The fishy smell still lingered in my nose, accompanied by a strange sensation. It was as if the surrounding air had been filled with moisture, making it damp and sticky, and the bed just wouldn't warm up no matter what I did.
The whole night passed like this. Tang Nian kept opening and closing her eyes. In her dazed state, she didn't know whether she had slept or not. She only knew that when the sky broke with the crowing of the rooster, she felt a sense of relief.
That same morning, Lou Mu was still rushing to Jinzhou at top speed.
He couldn't sense Tang Nian's presence, but the fact that no injuries appeared out of nowhere on his body proved that Tang Nian was unharmed.
So he didn't use magic to teleport; he simply sped up his journey to Jinzhou.
When he passed through a small village, he stopped to ask the villagers by the roadside for directions and inadvertently saw people in familiar uniforms walking by.
He thanked the villagers and chased after them for a closer look. Sure enough, he found that the man had the character "Song" written on his body. In this style, it was clearly the name of the pharmacy owned by Song Shiyan.
Driven by curiosity, he moved closer and listened to what the group was saying.
"...If you sell it to us, I guarantee you won't lose out."
The man who was being spoken to hesitated and said in a low voice, "That's something inside my wife's body after all. Can it really be removed? We can't let her get hurt!"
The pharmacist gently reassured her, "Don't be afraid, you can ask the midwife. It's normal to lose a lot of flesh after childbirth."
"Ordinary people don't know how to process it. They often throw it away or just boil it and eat it. But when they sell it to us, it becomes placenta, a rare and valuable medicinal material, and the price is definitely not low."
Placenta is actually not rare. The reason why it is scarce in many places is simply because it is difficult to collect. For example, nowadays, people have to coax the family members of the person who is about to give birth to reserve some.
The man was still hesitant, only saying that the matter was serious and he needed to go inside to discuss it with others.
The pharmacist wasn't in a hurry. He nodded and emphasized, "For unprocessed medicine, we're offering two taels of silver per kilogram. If you're interested, please let me know in advance."
The man moved much faster, rushing into the house.
Taking advantage of a break, Lou Mu went up to greet the people at the pharmacy.
"Are you from a branch of Song's Pharmacy? I know your boss and I happen to be looking for him. Could you please give me directions?"
The people at the pharmacy were a bit confused, looking in the direction he had come from: "Then you must have gone the wrong way. The owner and the owner's sister are over there. Which way are you going?"
Lou Mu felt a chill run down his spine.
Just as I suspected! That guy surnamed Song dared to lie to him!
He forced a smile, took a silver ingot from his pocket, and stuffed it into the man's hand: "It was precisely because I didn't know the way that I was thinking of asking someone for directions, and I just happened to run into you."
The man smiled somewhat embarrassedly and pointed the way more clearly: "The master has always been in Nanyu, but his sister is now in Lancheng. I heard that the master even sent someone to visit her."
So Tang Nian is most likely the one who was summoned to Lancheng by Song Shiyan.
After thanking everyone, Lou Mu turned and headed towards Lancheng.
Tang Nian was unaware that someone was frantically looking for her; she was busy dealing with Song Shiyi.
"Master Tang, have you found any evil spirits in our house?" Song Shiyi's face paled slightly.
Tang Nian smiled insincerely, staring into Song Shiyi's tired eyes: "Don't worry, Madam Song, I will definitely give you some peace and quiet within three days."
"Really?" Song Shiyi forced an awkward smile. "Master Tang, why don't you come for a walk with me?"
The place, which had previously been as desolate and eerie as a ghost town, seemed to come alive again once Song Shiyi arrived.
"Does Master Tang have anything he likes?"
Tang Nian followed Song Shiyi and casually chimed in with a few words.
Song Shiyi didn't care about Tang Nian's perfunctory attitude; she was busy greeting her neighbors.
"Madam Song! Are you out shopping? If you need anything, just have someone pass on a message and I'll bring it to you!"
"Madam Song's belly is getting bigger every day, so please don't overwork yourself!"
"Madam Song, would you like to see our new little trick? I'll give you a 50% discount as a token of my affection for the children."
Such voices were countless, and Song Shiyi received endless goodwill wherever she went. All she had to do was smile and greet people; she didn't have to do anything else.
Because of a single glance from her, Cui Wensong was right there beside her, serving her every need and accurately delivering what she wanted.
The young couple's relationship was too good, but it seemed overly fake.
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