Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

This portion of soft beef intestines cost only twenty cents, but in the blink of an eye this person raised the price by fifty times. This was really generous.

"No!" Ming Xin would never take a tael of silver seriously. Fearing that he would continue to pester her, she quickly rushed to the carriage, panting, "There is a kid who wants to spend a tael of silver to buy our soft beef intestines, saying that his master depends on him for his life. It's really weird."

"Which family is this person who is so tactless?" Su Xin asked curiously.

Ming Xin said: "I can't tell, but that boy is really pretty. If he doesn't speak, you can tell at first glance that he is a charming young lady."

Wen Jiao didn't take it seriously and just said, "You're sweating all over your face from running. Your makeup is all gone."

Ming Xin quickly took out her small diamond-shaped mirror and fixed her makeup. She then shook the pack of crystal dragon and phoenix cake that Xiao Wei had given her as an extra gift. "Miss, it's been a while since you had breakfast. This is the crystal dragon and phoenix cake that's just out of the pot. Would you like some to eat?"

The so-called crystal dragon and phoenix cake is actually glutinous rice and jujube paste cake, which has a delicate and soft texture, and the aroma of glutinous rice and jujube is blended very harmoniously. Eat it while it is hot, it is very sticky. Hearing this, Wen Jiao also felt that she needed a piece of dessert. The most important thing is that if she didn't eat it, Mingxin and Suxin would be embarrassed to eat it: "Give me a piece, and you two can share the rest."

No one took the disturbance seriously. When they arrived at Ye Si Niang's house, they served her the delicious food they prepared before practicing swordplay. Because this was done every day, Ye Si Niang even prepared a silver knife for cutting sausages. She opened the lotus leaf herself, and her expression suddenly froze: "Huh?"

The master and his servants in Wenjiang could not help but exclaim in surprise. They saw a small ingot of silver lying in the middle of the lotus leaf, and the soft beef intestines that were originally inside were gone.

Ming Xin was so scared that his face turned pale: "What happened? When Xiao Wei gave it to me, he clearly said that it was a dish for us. He is familiar with the business and would not confuse silver with sausages. But when we came out, there was a strange guy who wanted to exchange one or two taels of silver for it..."

Ye Si Niang weighed the small ingot of silver and smiled, "One tael, and there are still four cents left, enough to buy seventy portions of soft beef intestines another day. Mingxin girl, don't be so sullen, I'm not losing out, am I?"

Wen Jiao was confused: "Master, you mean that the silver was stolen by that boy who wanted to exchange for food? How did he do it? Mingxin is my girl, I know her. You must look carefully at the things you get in your hands. Even if it's a habitual thief, it's not easy for him to switch it."

Ye Si Niang said, "You habitual thief, you have met an expert who can steal things through walls. He is a decent person and knows how to pay for it." There was appreciation in her words.

"Searching through a wall" refers to a kind of magic that can steal things behind a wall without anyone noticing, and is very difficult to defend against. The disadvantage is that it can only be performed within ten feet, and it will not work if it is far away. It is said that when the current emperor Li Shimin was competing with his brother Li Jiancheng for the throne, the thieves under Li Jiancheng wanted to use this magic to steal Li Shimin's military documents, but when they were sneaking outside the Qin Wang's room, they were caught by Yuchi Jingde who happened to be reporting on military affairs, and they were beaten on the spot and became more than two times fatter.

The servant was only three feet away from Mingxin at the time, so it was very easy for him to change things. No matter how cautious Mingxin was, she was just an ordinary maid, and she had to consider herself unlucky when she encountered magic. Fortunately, the servant was also a man of integrity, and he paid several dozen times the money, but he still had to suffer humiliation.

Ye Si Niang's husband died early, and her children were all in the frontier army. They seldom came home for several years. It was obvious that the young girl missed Ming Xin very much. Seeing that Ming Xin was still depressed, she immediately coaxed her: "It's just one day without food. I won't die. Look, he has compensated us so much. Why don't we eat his food today?" Then she ordered the servants to take one tael and two cents of silver to go out and buy vegetables, meat and cakes, and asked the cook to use her skills to prepare a good meal. At noon, she would treat Wen Jiao and her two servants to a good meal.

The cook received the order and spent 120 coins to buy two chickens and two ducks. There was also a freshly slaughtered pig for only 500 coins, so she bought them decisively. She also bought a lot of vegetables, cakes, dried fruits and a jar of wine, and hired a cart to carry them back. Ye Siniang's cook used to be a fireman in Princess Pingyang Zhao's army. She had authentic military skills, solid ingredients, rich flavors, and a sense of heroism. Wen Jiao practiced a few moves of boxing and swordsmanship with Ye Siniang, and then it was time for lunch. Then she saw a whole roasted pig with bright red skin and flesh being carried up. There were also whole chickens, whole ducks, large bowls of vegetables, large cakes, and basins of walnuts, peanuts and raisins.

Not only Wen Jiao, but also Ming Xin and Su Xin were silent.

Ye Si Niang brought a large bowl of wine and said, "This feast was earned for us by Miss Ming Xin. Miss Ming Xin, please come in and sit down. Miss Su Xin, please also sit down. Let's not distinguish between the host and the guest, and let's eat and drink to our heart's content!"

"You guys eat too!" She pointed at the maidservants, "Call Madam Liu from the kitchen too, and let's eat together. You are not allowed to go back until you finish eating."

Ye Si Niang had two maids, a woman, and a cook. They were either old people she had used in the army or orphans who had no one to take care of them. They all had big appetites. With eight people eating such a grand feast together, Ming Xin was finally relieved of the pressure.

The chopsticks were raised like the wind. As the main drinker in the room, Ye Sanniang drank ten bowls in a row. Gradually, she was drunk and started to talk nonsense. She asked Wen Jiao, "Your brother will go to buy houses tomorrow, right? I heard that Chen Guangrui has been looking for houses all over Chang'an recently, and even sold slaves to raise money. He lives like a stray dog. But I heard you say a few days ago that your son, who has left home, has traveled to Chang'an. You have pushed Chen Guangrui to the point of desperation. After all, he is your biological father. Your son will not have any objections to this, right?"

"What can a desperate dog do? He treated me like that, I wished I could stab him to death with a knife! As for Jiang Liuer, Jiang Liuer... After all, although I gave birth to him, I didn't raise him for a single day. If he is unwilling to understand my suffering, there is nothing I can do." Hearing her own body blurt out, the drunk Wen Jiao shook her head, only to realize that it was not herself who was speaking, but the remaining Yin Wen Jiao in this body.

On the way back, the bell rang. The clear sound rang in the silent carriage, seeming particularly dull. Mingxin was drunk by the cook Liu Niangzi, Suxin was also a little tipsy, Wenjiao was silent, and the silence was frightening for a while.

In the silence, Wen Jiao heard a voice in her heart that was exactly the same as her own whispering to her: "Thank you for helping me get revenge."

"I want to see Jiang Liuer."

“This is my last wish.”