After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Xiaodouzi agreed and ran down the mountain quickly.

The villagers stretched out their heads to take a look at Yingbao, and greeted with a smile: "Little master started working so early."

Ying Bao nodded at them and went back to the Taoist temple.

Now the village is getting richer and people are getting more energetic.

Even brother and sister Cuilan and Xiaodouzi gained weight.

The people from the military camp ten miles away also came several times, but they didn't come to find trouble. Every time they talked with Master in the house.

Originally, Yingbao wanted to listen to what they were talking about, but was stopped by the elder brother and she was not allowed to approach the master's room.

So Yingbao had some guesses, as long as she saw them coming, she would avoid them and go elsewhere.

The second senior brother was not allowed to get close to her like her, so he would take his younger junior sister to explore the cave every time at this time.

In the evening, Xiaodouzi and his grandfather brought Yingbao several large earthen basins, each of which could be used to take a bath.

These clay pots are not expensive, only twenty or thirty yuan each.

Ying Bao paid the money, ignored the second senior brother's questioning, cleaned them all, and only said that he would use them to hold things.

The next day, while the master and the two senior brothers were away, Ying Bao quickly filled them with water and put them in a secluded place in the yard, and then waited for them to freeze.

Not to mention, it took only half a day for all the water in these large basins to freeze.

But trouble came. She couldn't get the ice out of the basin.

After thinking for a long time, I came up with an idea.

Go to the stove to boil a pot of hot water, put the ice basin on the steaming hot water to warm for a while, the ice at the bottom of the basin will melt, and the ice cubes can be poured out easily.

After the ice cubes were poured out, Yingbao didn't rush to put them back into the cave, but put them outside to freeze for a while before putting them back into the cave.

For the next month, Yingbao kept using this method to collect ice cubes, secretly working every time when her senior brother and master were away.

In the twelfth lunar month, more and more people came to the Taoist temple to burn incense and buy water. Zhou Wuchang's young apprentice was too busy, so he went to discuss with the village chief and asked them to select two neat young men to take care of the incense.

However, the income from Shiquan Cave is still in charge of the three villages, and the money they earn is also distributed by them.

Yingbao didn't care about that. She wrote a letter to her family and Sister Wen to report that they were safe. She also sent a large package with the letter, which contained crystal stalagmites.

These letters and parcels were sent by Master to be mailed, and I did not worry about them.

As the New Year approaches, it snows here for the second time.

The falling snow soon covered the snow that had not yet melted.

Yingbao sat alone on the heated kang, looking through the window at the people who came to worship in the snow.

Most of them are poor families in the vicinity. Some come to ask for money, some for medical treatment, and some for children.

Most of the people who seek medical treatment are visited by Master Zhou Wuchang. Occasionally, when they meet a female patient, they call Yingbao to go there.

Yingbao has seen a lot of female patients for consultation recently, but most of them are not sick. They actually ask how they can give birth to a son.

Once encountering these women, Yingbao called the second senior brother and asked him to perform a sacrificial dance for them.

Zhang Min was very displeased at first, but after being stared at by the death of his younger junior sister, he reluctantly jumped a few steps to fool him.

Time passed quickly in such trivial matters.

Fast forward to next June.

At this time, Shiquan Mountain has become a well-known incense shrine.

The foot of the mountain gradually gathered into a market. First, Wu Yi led the villagers to build several houses and a few grass sheds on the wasteland below the mountain.

The house is a place for people to rest, which is equivalent to a temporary inn.There is a tea stall under the thatched shed selling spring water from the stone spring.

When other villages saw it, they came to build a few houses, and also built a few thatched huts. They didn't sell tea, they sold flatbread, steamed buns, pickles and other food.

Seeing this, outsiders also secretly came to sell their own things with baskets on their hands, and those with clever minds even sold sachets and handkerchiefs embroidered with the Nine-Heaven Xuannv.

The two peonies in the cave kept budding and blooming after Yingbao watered some pupil springs from time to time, completely convincing people that the flower trees were two sacred trees.

The sons and wives of aristocratic families who came from Fucheng spent a lot of money to buy one or two peonies to bring back, and they could brag and show off for a long time.

Because of this, the villagers of Zaoshu Village and the other two villages became rich quickly, and some people even quietly invited their relatives over to occupy a stall at the foot of the mountain.

Just when Yingbao thought that he would continue to stay here, Master Zhou Wuchang told the disciples that he was going to take them back to Qinchuan County.

Ying Bao was so happy that she immediately packed her things and prepared to go home.

Five days later, the three masters and apprentices rented two carriages and walked south along the official road.

Arriving at a water transport terminal, the master and apprentice boarded a large ship.

As soon as she boarded the boat, Yingbao felt that the atmosphere on the boat was not right.

More than a dozen well-dressed young men intentionally or unintentionally guarded a young man.

This man has a graceful demeanor and a fair and handsome face, he looks like a descendant of an aristocratic family.

Master Zhou Wuchang seemed to recognize this person, nodded to him, but did not come forward to speak.

Ying Bao was vigilant, and after entering the cabin, she quietly asked the second senior brother: "Do you recognize that person?"

Zhang Min shook his head: "I don't know, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, I'm just curious about who this person is and why Master recognizes him." Ying Bao said perfunctorily.

Zhang Min said with a smile: "Master already knows many people, so why make such a fuss."

Ying Bao didn't say another word, and went to pack her luggage by herself.

In the evening, Yingbao lay on the small bed with her eyes closed and fell asleep, and went to the cave to clean up the crops before thinking about the identity of that person on the deck.

He obviously didn't want to reveal his identity, so he didn't talk to the master on the deck.But at night, he actually went to the master's cabin and asked several people to guard outside the cabin, which seemed abnormal at first glance.

The ship sailed for two days, and the man seldom walked on the deck during the day. At night, he went to the master's cabin again, seeming to discuss something.

Yingbao couldn't figure it out, and couldn't ask her master or senior brother, so she could only observe secretly.

On the third day, the group disembarked at a pier.

Ying Bao watched them leave, and asked senior brother, "Senior brother, what's the name of this place?"

Zhou Hao said: "This is the boundary of Chengzhou."

Yingbao blinked, feeling that Chengzhou sounded familiar.

Suddenly a light flashed in her mind.

Isn't Chengzhou the fiefdom of the vassal king who will rebel?

Is this man Chengwang?Or the son of King Cheng?
No wonder he was sneaky all the way.

The vassal king is not allowed to come out of the fief without an edict, otherwise it will be regarded as wrongful intentions.

If this person is really Cheng Wang or Cheng Wang's son, then what is Master plotting with him?
Thinking of this, Yingbao felt chills running down her back.

King Cheng is the younger brother of the late emperor, and Master is the brother-in-law of the late emperor, and can also be regarded as the uncle of the current emperor.

If the master also participated in the feudal king's rebellion, wouldn't his family be destroyed along with it?
No no no!Master must not have anything to do with King Cheng.