Chapter 199: Being too normal makes one look out of place

On the loess trail, a mule cart was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, running faster than a horse without a bridle. Dust and dirt filled the sky along the way, mixed with the sound of a wooden cart that was unable to bear the weight and seemed to want to fly into the air, making strange squeaking sounds. People passing by almost thought they saw a cart pulled by a ghost.

"Can you please let the mule slow down? The donkey meat in my fire has been scattered!" Lin Du had tears in his eyes and squeezed the fire tightly.

It's so hard to eat a bite of fire but I still can't feel at peace.

"I don't want to either!" Yuan Ye held the donkey meat in his mouth, which was only the donkey meat, and pulled the reins tightly. "It's you, Junior Uncle, who said that the mule is so slow. Why don't we feed the mule the elixir of Senior Sister Tianwu to try it out!"

Lin Du sighed, "How could I have known that Second Junior Brother's animal medicine was so powerful."

The mule ran for twenty miles before it finally stopped running.

Lin Du stuffed the last bite of Huo Shao into his stomach, and explained to Wei Zhi's suspicious eyes, "I drank the lotus nectar. It nourishes the stomach."

Wei Zhi's eyes flickered, "It is indeed good for the stomach."

That is a rare good thing even in Buddhism.

Lin Du ate happily. The food in the mortal world also has its own charm.

"It's time for Junior Master to take the medicine!" Ni Jinxuan shouted.

This sentence was like a curse for Lin Du, ringing four times a day, making Lin Du want to pretend to be deaf every time.

"Jinliang City is just ahead. Shall we go in and rest for a night? We can't practice now, so it's better to sleep." Yuan Ye asked.

Lin Du nodded and glanced at Yuan Ye. "You have to go back and recuperate as soon as possible. I will take you back when I finish my work."

"It's not impossible to raise it now." Wei Zhi took out a pill calmly, "It's for treating the backlash of dragon energy. After taking it at night, remember to find someone to protect you and build a spirit gathering formation."

Lin Du tilted his head and glanced at him, saying, "Master, you really have everything."

"Thank you for the compliment. I'm not as honored as you, the number one on the Qingyun list." Wei Zhi had changed into a simple monk's robe and a hat, looking like an ordinary wandering monk, only taller.

"Yuan Ye, have we got the pass to enter the city?" Lin Du looked at the city gate that was getting closer and closer, and then he remembered this important matter.

"Xie Yu helped me with this." Yuan Ye was holding something in his pocket. "He gave it to me when he left this morning."

"You really don't plan to go back?" Lin Du looked at him again.

"Well, that's not necessary." Yuan Ye looked at the pass, "I asked my servant to bring a letter to my second uncle, saying that my relationship with the royal family has been severed and I am no longer a member of the royal family. Please remove my name from the royal family's jade book."

The group entered the city. The sight of four well-dressed people on a simple donkey cart was quite bizarre, and attracted many people's attention for a long time along the way.

Yuan Ye was unaware of it, "Ah, should we cover our faces? Otherwise, why would so many people be looking at us?"

Lin Du: ...

"Excuse me, is this mule we're riding in really for people?"

Yuan Ye hesitated for a moment, "So..."

A vendor turned around and whispered to the people around him, "Where did these strange people come from? Could it be that the theater troupe was robbed? Otherwise, why would they be sitting on a cart in such fancy clothes?"

Several monks with excellent hearing: …

Lin Du tried to find a way to cheer himself up and patted Yuan Ye on the shoulder, "At least you realized your childhood dream."

Yuan Ye:? That makes sense.

So the four members of the robbed opera troupe were welcomed to stay in an inn in Jinliang City.

Lin Du was very interested in tasting worldly food, like a kid who secretly ate junk food across from the school gate without telling his parents. He ran straight to the East Market Street as soon as he left the room.

"Eat less." Wei Zhi reminded for the fifth time.

Lin Du forcibly pulled his gaze away from the wine and crab stall and said perfunctorily, "I know, I know."

"You have already achieved your goal, why don't you go back?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhi stopped Yuan Ye who was about to buy something for Qian according to Lin Du's sight, "I'm worried that Yuan Ye's body will be in trouble. Besides, if I'm not here, who dares to stop you from eating?"

Lin Du sighed and took the scorched golden flower cake that Jin Xuan handed to her. "You know that my brain works very quickly. If people who use their brain a lot don't eat more, they will pass out from hunger."

"Now that everything has been resolved, what are you still thinking about?" Wei Zhi stepped into Lin Du's trap unprepared.

"There are many, for example... the secrets of your body, which I didn't want to know, but unfortunately you revealed too much," Lin Du smiled, "The elixir of dragon qi backlash, the stolen dragon scales and dragon blood, I can't control my brain."

Wei Zhi: ...It seems his brain is really quick and he has already dug a pit for him to jump into.

Just as the two were confronting each other, Ni Jinxuan was hit hard by the crowd. She subconsciously used her spiritual energy to protect her body, and the man was thrown out.

The four of them turned around at the same time, and saw the man flying heavily to the ground, turned into an upside-down turtle, still holding the storage bag on Ni Jinxuan's waist in his hand.

Lin Du: ...

How can she explain that the world is actually very dangerous and cannot be solved by absolute force suppression?

This time, I even met a hopeless love-sick person who gave up reincarnation and left everything behind just for one person.

How is she going to teach this!!!

Lin Du sighed and walked up to the man, "Brother, you stole my child's wallet."

The man sat up with a ferocious look on his face, and protected the storage bag that he had risked his life to get. "Why do you say this is yours? This is mine!"

As he spoke, he looked at the little girl over there. She was dressed as gorgeously as a noble in the palace of the capital city. It was obvious that she was inexperienced and thin-skinned.

He had stolen countless purses on this street without fail, but today he was knocked to the ground for no apparent reason.

Ni Jinxuan just found out that her storage bag was missing, and immediately ran up, "This is mine! You just approached me on purpose just to steal something!"

Yuan Ye also came up to help, "This purse is pink with embroidery. What kind of serious man would use pink?"

"Oh, you little girl, how can you spit blood on me? This is a gift from my lover! What, could it be that you, little girl, are my lover?"

Ni Jinxuan was so angry that her face turned red after hearing this, "How can you be like this!"

Yuan Ye was so angry that she was about to call the police, but was stopped by Lin Du. Seeing more and more people gathered around her, she asked, "Can you prove that this wallet is yours?"

The man sneered, "Why should I prove my own credentials?"

"Then open this purse. As long as you can open it, you can prove that it's yours."

Lin Du put his arm around Jin Xuan's shoulders with a smile and patted her soothingly.

"Tsk, this is not that difficult." The man said as he was about to open it, but found that he couldn't open it at all. He was even so anxious that he wanted to tear it hard, but it didn't open.

"This is... weird."

"Did you see it? If it's not yours, you can't open it." Lin Du said calmly, "Do you believe that this thing will return to its owner by itself?"

The man opened his eyes wide, and suddenly felt that he must have encountered evil spirits when he went out.

Lin Du stretched out his hand and hooked it, and the storage bag really floated up slowly, and then returned to the palm of Ni Jinxuan's outstretched hand.

The people around were all stunned. As more and more people gathered, they all spread the rumor that this was some strange sign.

Lin Du suddenly clasped his fists and said, "I am from a theatre troupe. Unfortunately, I lost the important items of the troupe when I returned from the capital. Today, I will perform a magic trick for you. Those who have money can support me with money, and those who don't can support me with appearances. This will also help us earn some money to go home."

Everyone suddenly realized that it was just a magic trick, so it made sense.

"This trick is called... the money that doesn't belong to you will run away even if it has legs." Lin Du smiled as he looked at the man who was sweating profusely and then turned around and ran away. He turned around and patted Yuan Ye, "Since you are here, play the erhu and perform a trick. Save some money. We don't have any copper coins when we go out, and we can't even buy food with change."

Yuan Ye really sat down with a smile on his face, holding his erhu. At one moment, flower petals fluttered and melodious music played.

The young men played a cheerful tune, and Lin Du asked his little girl to perform a bare-handed brick-breaking show. The audience responded enthusiastically, and copper plates banged against the iron basin on the ground. The three men grabbed a basin of copper plates and left before the arrival of the government officials.

A Buddhist who has quietly integrated himself into the crowd from the very beginning: I often seem out of place with them because I am too normal.

Lin Du walked away from the crowd and lowered his eyes. "We got rid of him. Yuan Ye, who was following us just now?"

"I'm not sure. It shouldn't be Xie Yu or someone from the court." Yuan Ye was silent for a moment, irritated. "Maybe they saw that our clothes were so nice and wanted to rob us?"

Lin Du sighed, "Go back and change into some simple clothes. It will be more troublesome to fight with others, and we can't erase the memory."

"I can." Wei Zhi said.

Lin Du: ...

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Lin Du’s eyes widened.

Wei Zhi sighed, "You didn't ask..."

Lin Du realized that this was revenge, it must be revenge.