Red Dust Daqian

At this time, Xiangcao's face was full of pampering and admiration for Zhou Sen.

Xiangcao gently approached Zhou Sen, pulled Zhou Sen and whispered: "Mumu, you are so powerful today. How do you know so many magics? When did you learn them? How come I don't know? You are hiding it from me!" The white and tender little fist gently hit Zhou Sen's shoulder. Zhou Sen leaned down and whispered in Xiangcao's ear, who was full of curiosity: "Senior sister, I will explain it to you later. It's not convenient now."

Zhou Sen took Xiangcao, who was full of doubts, to the front of Taoist Zhengyang, quietly took out ten taels of silver, stuffed it into Zhengyang's hand, and said, "Thank you, Master Zhengyang, for helping me." Although he was unwilling to have his props and tricks stolen by Zhou Sen, he felt that this young Taoist priest was quite sensible. With these ten taels of silver, it was not in vain, so he would not bother this young Taoist priest anymore. Master Zhengyang quietly accepted the silver and left in disgrace.

Afterwards, Zhou Sen found Zhao Tiechui again. Zhao Tiechui quickly bowed to Zhou Sen and Xiangcao, and said with admiration: "Two Heavenly Masters. One has superb martial arts and is the best among all; the other has boundless magical powers and is extremely powerful. It really opened my eyes." He then solemnly said to Xiangcao: "I am convinced of my defeat, Heavenly Master Zhang, your swordsmanship is superb." Zhou Sen and Xiangcao also politely returned the greeting. Zhou Sen asked Zhao Tiechui, "Brother Zhao, what are your plans for the future? Where are you going?" Zhao Tiechui sighed and said, "I thought I would win, but I lost to Master Zhang. I don't have any plans for the time being, so I'll go back home." Zhou Sen invited Zhao Tiechui, "Brother Zhao, if you have nothing to do next, would you be willing to follow me and help me capture the dog-wolf monster? I can hire you for half a year. I'll pay you 50 taels of silver." Zhao Tiechui replied excitedly, "You two Masters are great men, and I admire you very much. Even if you don't give me the silver, I'm willing to follow you." Zhou Sen took out 50 taels of silver and stuffed it into Zhao Tiechui's pocket, and vowed, "I will not treat those who follow me unfairly, so you can take this silver with confidence. Then, you go to the government office first, and we'll go to the inn to retrieve our luggage, and then meet at the government office to attend the welcoming banquet arranged by the county government."

After retrieving the luggage and parcels and attending the welcoming banquet, Zhou Sen learned from the yamen staff that there were 15 cases of dog-wolf demon robbery, 10 of which were against unmarried girls and 5 were children. County magistrate Shangguan Wuhou has just been in office for two years; County Magistrate Cui Qi and Chief Clerk Yan Xue have both served in Changnan County for more than five years and are considered senior officials in Changnan County. Shangguan Wuhou, whose only son was killed by the dog demon, now hates the dog-wolf demon. After dinner, County magistrate Shangguan Wuhou arranged Zhou Sen, Xiangcao, and Zhao Tiechui in the three-entry courtyard opposite the county yamen. He also arranged two yamen runners, Wang Wu and Ma Long, to provide dispatches. Back at his residence, Zhou Sen arranged Zhao Tiechui, Wang Wu, and Ma Long to the front yard respectively, and lived in the east wing himself, while Xiangcao chose to live in the west wing.

After the room was arranged and packed, Zhou Sen was just about to close the door and go to sleep when Xiangcao hurriedly walked in. She yelled, "I'm so anxious, I've been holding it in for a long time." As she said that, she pulled Zhou Sen to the bedroom. Zhou Sen was overjoyed, and he took off his clothes while walking and said, "I'm so anxious too, I've been holding it in for more than ten years." When he was pulled to the bedroom, Zhou Sen had already taken off his outer clothes.

After arriving at the bedroom, Vanilla turned her head back to look at Zhou Sen and found that Zhou Sen had taken off all his clothes. She asked in confusion: "Mumu, why are you taking off your clothes?" Zhou Sen was about to continue taking off his underwear, and replied: "What else can I do? Didn't you say you've been holding it in for a long time? Me too." Vanilla instantly realized that Zhou Sen had misunderstood. Her little face flushed with shame. She angrily grabbed Zhou Sen's ear and yelled: "You little pervert, what are you thinking about? I'm your senior sister. When I said I was holding it in for a long time, I meant I wanted to know. When did you learn magic? Why did you become so powerful? Is there anything else you're hiding from me? What do you think it is?" "You little pervert, put your clothes on quickly." Zhou Sen put his clothes back on angrily and said: "This is what you want to know, but why don't you tell me clearly? You made me think too much." Vanilla didn't say anything, but raised her leg and kicked Zhou Sen again.

Zhou Sen continued: "I have not learned any magic. These spells are just tricks to deceive people." Zhou Sen began a long explanation. "First of all, when the oil pan fried the monster, I smelled a sour smell in the air before the Lama came on stage. I suspected that vinegar was added to the bottom of the oil pan, and the oil pan boiled so quickly, I was more convinced that there was vinegar in the oil pan. When the oil pan started to boil and bubble, it was actually the vinegar that evaporated and bubbled, and the oil was not hot at all, so I was able to take the dagger out of the oil pan without any damage." Vanilla still asked in confusion: "Why was the Lama's hand injured by the oil?" Zhou Sen smiled and replied: "When it first entered the pot, didn't my hand stay in the oil pan for a while? When I took out the dagger, I stirred it in the oil pan again. That was waiting for all the vinegar at the bottom of the pot to burn out and evaporate completely. When the Lama reached into the pot to take the knife again, it had been delayed for a long time, and that period of time was enough for the oil to boil. So the oil pan that boiled again was really boiling oil." Vanilla suddenly realized, and hurriedly urged: "Tell me about the magic you demonstrated later?" Zhou Sen replied cunningly: "Senior sister, I can explain it to you, but do you need me to kiss you?" Xiangcao stood up suddenly, grabbed Zhou Sen's ear and said: "Do you want to kiss me again?" "No," Zhou Sen continued disappointedly: "When Lama was frying the monster in the oil pan, everyone's attention was not on Lama." "At that time, I took advantage of everyone's inattention and wandered among the participants on the ring. At that time, I didn't practice the Misty Sword, but I realized a set of Misty Hands, and took all the props of those people." Zhou Sen took out the black cloth used to catch snake bites from his sleeve, opened the black cloth and showed Xiangcao that there were two branches tied with elastic ropes under the black cloth. "And the bricks broken by bare hands should have been soaked in vinegar; breaking the big stone with the chest, I guess a little girl can do it." Xiangcao seemed to have opened the door to a new world, full of curiosity and surprise.

"And, and, and, what about the fire talisman that catches the wolf demon?" Xiangcao shook Zhou Sen's arm, urging Zhou Sen to continue explaining. "That should be saltpeter dissolved in water, and the wolf head should be painted on the talisman paper with a brush dipped in saltpeter water. Then the talisman paper is dried in the shade. It is also processed in advance." "Then why was Zhenren Zhengyang unwilling to use talisman paper to demonstrate catching monsters the second time? And why do the two talisman papers you used to catch monsters have a wolf shadow on one and no wolf shadow on the other?" Zhou Sen chuckled twice, proudly took out two talisman papers, handed them to Xiangcao, and asked Xiangcao: "Look at these two, can you see any difference?" Xiangcao looked left and right for a long time, but couldn't see any difference, and shook her head. Zhou Sen continued, "These two pieces of talisman paper, one has a small hole on it, and the other doesn't. I guessed at the time that the small hole was a mark, with a wolf head drawn on it. The one I gave to Master Zhengyang had no mark. I guess he saw that it had no mark, so he didn't dare to show it." "When I showed it, I was afraid of making a mistake, so I used one of each type of talisman paper. In the end, one had a wolf shadow and the other didn't." Vanilla looked at Zhou Sen in admiration, quite proud.

"My Mumu is awesome. He knows so much." After praising Zhou Sen, Xiangcao held Zhou Sen's forehead with both hands and kissed him gently. Then she ran out shyly.