Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of drums and music came.
A team of priests came wearing ghost masks and dancing sacrificial dances.
Some dressed up as Zhong Kui, some dressed up as the Black and White Impermanence ghosts, and some dressed up as King Wu of Zhou and Duke Zhao, dancing as they walked.
Zhang Min said to his junior sister with great interest: "Yingbao, let's go buy a mask too."
Yingbao took out two ghost masks from the bag she was carrying, put one on herself and handed the other to her second senior brother.
Zhang Min took it and put it on, then smiled at Ying Bao and said, "I'm going to dance for a bit too."
"Go ahead." Ying Bao said, "I'll follow you."
“Then don’t get lost.” Zhang Min said, ran into the sacrificial team, and started dancing along with them.
Seeing that everyone was staring at the dance team, Yingbao took out a tattered wizard robe from her bag, put it on, tied it with a cloth belt, and walked slowly behind her senior brother.
Through the mask, she looked around.
People carried an altar with portraits of priests hanging on it and headed towards the Jinding Taoist Temple.
After going up the mountain, Yingbao saw Xiao Weizhong and his group, as well as Pei Shixian behind him, from the observation deck.
Zhang Min danced all the way back to the mountain and found the little apprentice sister accurately. He smiled and asked, "How is your second apprentice brother dancing?"
"Nothing."
"How can it be okay? I, your senior brother, have been dancing Da Wu since I was five years old. This is a dance that every gentleman must learn." Zhang Min said proudly, "Those people all danced wrong, so I had to lead them all the way."
Yingbao glared at him angrily: "You brought me down the mountain just to have breakfast and then dance back up the mountain?"
Zhang Min touched the back of his head and said, "Then I'll take you around again tomorrow."
"No." In order to avoid meeting another group of sacrificers going up the mountain, he would jump up after them. She felt so tired just looking at them.
By the middle of July, the fifteen-day ritual finally came to an end.
Yingbao counted the days until her trip on her fingers, planning to take some time to say goodbye to Mrs. Wen and Sister Wen.
Two days later, Master Zhou calculated the travel date and decided to set off on July 28th, heading towards Jingzhou.
So, Yingbao and the second senior brother went down the mountain again and went to Kang'an Pharmacy to say goodbye to Wenshu.
When we arrived at the pharmacy, we saw several people sitting inside. Mrs. Wen, Xiao Zhenniang was also there, talking to a woman.
Yingbao walked into the medicine shop and called out, "Master, I'm here!"
When Xiao Zhenniang saw that it was Yingbao, she stood up quickly and said, "Yingbao, why did you come back just now? I was just about to go to the Jinding Taoist Temple to look for you."
The woman also turned around and looked at Yingbao with a smile: "Oh, little Yingbao has grown so big."
Yingbao's smile froze on her face.
This woman turned out to be Chen Tiantian’s biological mother, Han Yue Niang.
I saw that she had a fair face and was a lot fatter than she was a few years ago, which made her look graceful and wealthy.
Han Yue Niang was holding a baby who was a little over one year old in her arms, and the baby was smiling at her.
Yingbao pretended not to recognize her and did not speak to her. She only said to Mrs. Wen, "Where is Sister Wen? I'll go find her."
Mrs. Wen: "She is in the backyard, go in and look for her."
"Okay." Yingbao walked through the back door of the pharmacy and entered the backyard.
Zhang Min bowed to Mrs. Wen and ran in.
Han Yueniang's smile froze on her face, but she quickly regained her composure and said to Madam Wen, "Yingbao still hates me. She didn't even want to say hello when we met."
Xiao Zhenniang smiled and said, "Children have short memories. How can they remember things from their childhood? Madam Han, please don't worry about it."
Han Yueniang's eyes sparkled, and she said, "Actually, I came here these two days to see this child and ask her about my sweetheart."
Xiao Zhenniang was surprised: "Mrs. Han, if you want to know about your daughter's situation, why don't you write to ask? I heard from Yingbao that she is now learning Yin-Yang magic and is not familiar with other people."
Han Yueniang paused and sighed, "I also wrote a letter, but Tiantian didn't reply. As a mother, I can't help but worry. A few days ago, I heard that Yingbao had arrived here, so I came to ask about it."
She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Mrs. Xiao, to be honest, I want to ask Yingbao to come back and sit with me so that she can tell me about Tiantian. I wonder if you can help persuade her?"
Xiao Zhenniang apologized, "I'm so sorry. Yingbao's master is very strict and doesn't allow his disciples to move around freely. It's the same if Madam Han has anything to say to me. I'll pass it on for you later."
"Oh, forget it." Han Yueniang stood up holding her son and said to Xiao Zhenniang, "It's getting late. I'll take my leave now."
"Goodbye." Xiao Zhenniang stood up to see her off.
After seeing Han Yueniang off, Xiao Zhenniang frowned, thought for a while, then turned and went to the inner courtyard.
After finding Yingbao in her daughter's yard, Xiao Zhenniang told her about Han Yueniang's abnormal behavior in the past few days.
"Han Yueniang has been coming to the shop every day these days, asking about you in various ways. I don't know what she means."
Xiao Zhenniang: "Today she asked you to go to her house again to ask you something, but I refused."
Han Yueniang had a grudge against Yingbao's family, and Xiao Zhenniang knew about it, so she would not let Yingbao, a child, have contact with Han.
Yingbao: "Thank you, Master. I will be leaving with Master Zhou soon. I am here to say goodbye to you today. That Han has a grudge against my family. I don't want to meet her."
"When are you planning to leave?" Xiao Zhenniang asked.
"Master Zhou hasn't said anything yet, probably in the next two days."
Yingbao talked with Xiao Zhenniang and Wen Shu for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.
On the way back, Zhang Min asked Junior Sister: "What happened to Han Yue Niang?"
Ying Bao recounted the grievances between her family and hers, and said, "Her daughter is Chen Tiantian, who is studying at the County Medical Office. Someone told me a while ago that Chen Tiantian learned the art of aversion from her stepfather."
Zhang Min frowned. "She's a medical student learning the art of yin-yang? Who is she trying to harm?"
The so-called "Yan Sheng" means to overcome by disgust. It is to use magic curses or prayers to suppress people, things or monsters.
Those sorcerers with evil intentions like to use this kind of magic the most.
"She wants to harm me!" Ying Bao said directly, "She also wants to steal my luck."
Zhang Min opened his mouth in surprise: "What? Stealing luck? No wonder that woman wanted to enter the Yin-Yang Department again and again, so that's it."
He looked Yingbao up and down and said teasingly, "I never realized that Junior Sister is a very lucky person."
"Of course." She was reborn and had an unknown immortal cave. Isn't this a great blessing
Zhang Min touched his chin and said, "Don't worry, Master has already helped you to exorcise the evil spirits, those ghosts and monsters dare not approach you..."
Before he finished speaking, several people suddenly gathered around him.
Zhang Min was startled, and immediately protected the little apprentice sister behind him, and asked sternly: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"
Without saying a word, they all rushed towards Zhang Min.
Zhang Min immediately hit back.
Although he had learned some fighting skills, he was no match for four hands with two fists and was soon beaten down.
At this time, before Yingbao could call for help, she was put into a sack and someone carried her away.
When Zhang Min got up from the ground, he saw that the men had already run into an alley and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Min quickly chased after him, but the alley was empty, with no one there.
"Asshole!" Zhang Min's eyes were red with anger. Thinking of what his junior sister had just said, he always felt that this matter was related to that Han.
He turned around and ran back to the Wen family to ask Xiao Zhenniang for help.
"Mrs. Wen! Yingbao has been kidnapped! Hurry up and report to the police, and ask a few more people to help me look for her. It will be too late if we are late!"