After rebirth, I became the widow of my mortal enemy

The carriage stopped and Blue Shadow's voice came from the front.

"My lady, there are too many people at the entrance of Cai Lian Zhai, so it's hard to park. The carriage can only stop here."

Ning Miao lifted the curtain of the carriage door and took a look.

"Well, let's stop here. It's only a few steps away. We can walk over there. You just wait for us here."

While Ning Miao was speaking, the six-year-old Yaoyao beside him had already stood up and jumped lightly off the carriage.

Lan Ying placed the stepping stool beside the carriage. Ning Miao stood up and bent down to get out of the carriage. Yaoyao reached out to help her, like a little adult.

In the prosperous capital city, with heavy traffic, mother and son are walking among the bustling crowd.

In the morning, she received a letter via carrier pigeon saying that Nie Huan had returned to see him and would stay for two days, so she immediately prepared to go to Zixia Mountain.

Now I'm going to Cai Lian Zhai to buy some cakes that Yi Kong and Nie Huan both like and bring them to them.

Although Nie Huan met her once when she and Yan Mobai passed by Jiangnan when they were traveling there after Nie Huan went to Jiangnan, that was four years ago.

Later, we occasionally exchanged letters, but after all, I had never met him in person, and I still missed him very much.

Yan Mobai had official business to attend to, and little Liuliu was lying in bed, so she had no choice but to go to the training ground and call Yaoyao, who had been getting up at dawn to practice riding and archery.

She didn't know what to say to this son.

What she and Yan Mobai hope most is that he will be happy and free. Both she and Yan Mobai had unhappy childhoods and they only hope that their son will be happy.

So, I never forced him to learn this or that. I just wanted him to be like any other normal child and let things take their course.

But no one knew where this guy inherited this talent from. He was happy and willing to study and practice martial arts. He was self-conscious and self-disciplined, and they couldn't stop him.

Seeing Yaoyao looking back as he walked, Ning Miao asked him, "What's wrong?"

Yaoyao stopped and pointed at a small stall they just passed by: "That guy is cheating people out of their money."

Ning Miao took a look.

It's a small stall selling talisman paper.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest, and he was selling talismans to ward off bad luck.

There were a lot of people gathering around the stall, and business seemed to be pretty good.

Ning Miao thought that the little guy said that the other party was trying to cheat him out of money because he didn't believe in such things as supernatural powers.

He curved his lips and said, "Some people believe in these things, some don't. Those who believe in them are willing to spend money, so it's not considered a scam."

She has experienced rebirth, so she has some faith.

Especially in her previous life, she asked King Kang to paste an evil talisman on Yan Mobai's grave to prevent him from reincarnation. As a result, Yan Mobai was reborn just like her.

"It's not a question of belief or not, he is really lying." Yaoyao's childish voice was full of certainty.

After saying that, he let go of her hand and ran towards the stall.

Ning Miao frowned and wanted to call him but it was too late.

Knowing that his son was very smart, a little smart boy who never made trouble, he thought that since he was so sure, there must be a reason, so he followed him.

At the stall, there was a table in front of the Taoist priest, on which were writing brushes, inkstones, and a bamboo tube.

Behind it was a small space surrounded by a thick curtain.

"Everyone, don't rush or squeeze. Line up and come one by one. I will first tell you whether you have bad luck in the near future. If you don't have bad luck, you don't need to buy talismans. You don't need to spend a penny. Only those who have bad luck need to buy talismans to ward off bad luck."

Ning Miao watched for a while and roughly understood the Taoist's process.

The person being tested takes out a coin, uses a pen to make a mark on the coin, and puts it in the bamboo tube.

The Taoist took the bamboo tube and went behind the curtain, filled the tube with the holy water, and then came out.

If the coin floats on the water, the person being tested will have bad luck in the near future. If the coin is still at the bottom of the bamboo tube, it means there will be no bad luck in the near future.

Only people who have bad luck need to buy talismans to ward off bad luck.

Seeing this, Ning Miao roughly understood why the business was so good.

Because under normal circumstances, copper coins will sink in water and cannot float.

In addition, there were many people who did not have bad luck. The Taoist priest really did not confiscate a penny from them, and even returned the copper coin he took out for testing to them.

Ning Miao was just thinking that the thing that could be tampered with should be water, when he heard the sound of a child's voice.

"Why do you use a curtain to cover the water when filling it? Are you afraid that someone will see you doing something wrong?"

It’s Yaoyao.

As soon as these words were spoken, they attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked at him, including the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest was not annoyed, and smiled, "The reason why we cover it with a curtain is because the holy water is extremely pure, and the air people exhale is turbid, which will pollute it. If it is polluted, it will not work."

Finally, he said, "What can I do? The coins belong to everyone and they are all marked by hand. I can't change them. The bamboo tube has been shown to everyone. There is no trick. I have also drunk the water in front of everyone."

"Besides, there are obviously more people without bad luck than those with bad luck. In other words, the number of people who need to buy talismans is small. If I do something, will this happen?"

Everyone nodded, believing it without a doubt.

Some people even couldn't bear to be expelled: "You little brat, you dare to question the Taoist priest here."

"That's right, go play somewhere else, little brat."

"Go aside!"

Ning Miao didn't say anything, just stood aside and watched how the little guy reacted.

The little fellow was neither hurried nor impatient, and ignored these people. He went straight to the Taoist priest and said, "It is true that only a small number of people buy talisman paper. That's because this small number of people are rich and can afford your waste paper at twenty cents a piece."

The Taoist's expression froze slightly.

The little guy didn't give him a chance to respond, and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, the purpose of asking everyone to pay a copper coin is not only to use the copper coin for testing, but also to see everyone's purse. It's clear at a glance whether they have money or not."

"If they don't have money, you can make the coins sink and tell them that they have no bad luck. If they have money, you can make the coins float on the water and tell them to buy talisman paper, right?"

The Taoist's expression changed a little.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Many people in the queue became even more impatient.

"That's right, you're just a little brat, what do you know? If anything happens, just get out of here."

"Yeah, don't delay everyone!"

"Whose child is this? Where is the adult?"

Ning Miao still did not show up.

The little guy was still not in a hurry. He pointed at the bamboo tube in the Taoist's hand, and the copper coins in the bamboo tube were floating on the water.

"There's a piece of paper under your bamboo tube, isn't there?"

The Taoist was obviously startled, and then his expression became even uglier.

Yaoyao continued, "As long as it is a regular copper coin, it will sink in water. If you want it to float on the water, just put the copper coin on a piece of absorbent paper and then put it on the water. The paper will absorb water and sink into the water, and the copper coin will always float on the water."

"Do you dare to bring the bamboo tube over to us? See if there is any paper under the bamboo tube?"

The Taoist priest's face turned completely black.

Yaoyao continued, "If you see that they have money, you use this method. If you see that they don't have money, you don't use it and just let the copper coins sink normally in the water."

"You young boy, what nonsense are you talking about!" The Taoist priest was completely enraged.