Just as Xu Shenxing and the others caught up with the master and servant duo, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed drastically. It was as if they were playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11. The white snow fluttering in the air suddenly turned into bright sunshine. Even the temperature changed from the bitter winter where one could breathe white smoke to summer where one could fry an egg on the limestone floor.
"F * ck, what's going on?!" Xiao Zhengyi was stunned.
"Don't be so noisy, be careful not to be discovered by that girl. Isn't it normal to casually pass a few years in a dream? "
Xu Shenxing, on the other hand, had an expression that said, "Don't be surprised, I've seen this kind of thing many times."
Even Jasmine had a calm expression on her face as she munched on a celestial shell that she had taken out from god knows where. To be honest, this girl's blonde hair and blue eyes were incompatible with the surrounding atmosphere of the ancient Chinese dynasty. It always gave people the feeling that they were filming a period film and a foreign spectator had snuck into the set.
It was just that for some reason, the surrounding passersby turned a blind eye to it.
In addition to the season, Earth God Loli had also grown a little. She had changed from a young girl to a genuine loli. Zhuo Xiangzhu (the former Earth God), who was originally walking in front of Earth God Loli, had also changed from male clothing to female clothing. Her breasts had also become slightly bigger.
At first, Xiao Zhengyi even thought that after the change of season, the passersby on the street would just be the background. However, when he tried to talk to the NPCs, he found that they could actually communicate with them!
"This is starting to make me wonder if we're actually in a dream …"
After asking about the specific year, date, and various trivial matters of the other party's life, Xiao Zhengyi finally came to this conclusion after seeing the other party's expression of 'you're an idiot, aren't you?'.
"What's so strange about this?" Facing Xiao Zhengyi who had turned into a curious child, Xu Shenxing could only continue to helplessly explain: "Gods and mortals are different. Even if Zhuo … Jiang Jin's current Earth God Loli looks like a child, she is still a person who has lived for thousands of years. There are more people in her mind and she has a deeper understanding of them. It's not that difficult to construct such a personality in a dream, right?"
"You just wanted to say Earth God's name, but realized that you couldn't remember, so you just casually said it, right?"
"Please don't change the topic to cover up your lack of knowledge."
"You really don't remember!"
"How is that possible?" Xu Shenxing turned his face away and said expressionlessly.
"What's her name?"
"Zhuo? Cormorant? ??????? "
"That's nonsense!"
"Zhuo @ # ¥% *"
"You don't remember! Why don't you admit you don't remember? "
"I have a disease that makes me die of embarrassment if I admit it."
"Zhuo Zhuo's!"
"Be careful, we're about to be discovered." At this time, Jasmine, who was silently eating a celestial shell, suddenly opened her mouth. Then, she took a big bite of the celestial shell, and as if she had thought of something, she added incoherently, "Speak."
Hearing her say this, Xiao Zhengyi immediately became nervous. He dragged Xu Shenxing and Mo Li into a small alley by the side of the road, and immediately asked, "If we're discovered, will there be any problems?"
If this was really the Earth God's dream, then once they were discovered, they might be immediately expelled.
Even though he hadn't read novels or anime for a long time because of work, Xiao Zhengyi still remembered the concept of "corrective power".
"Nothing will happen."
Mo Li chewed for a while, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then replied, "At most, Mushroom will feel that we're a little familiar."
"Then what's the use of telling us to be careful!"
Xiao Zhengyi felt that he might be killed by this pair of buffoons before Jiang Jin was destroyed.
"What do you know?" Xu Shenxing lectured with a serious face, "If we're not noticed by the other party, then when we want to 'affect the plot', no matter when we appear, it won't be too abrupt. But once we're noticed by the other party, when we appear, the other party will immediately be vigilant."
"Why are you so familiar with this?!"
"Hmph …"
Xu Shenxing once again showed a look that said, "Don't be surprised, I've seen this kind of thing many times", which made Xiao Zhengyi gnash his teeth in anger.
Just as the group of people were talking, the master and servant in front of them suddenly turned into a shop.
Xiao Zhengyi and the others hurried over and found that it was actually a shop that sold rouge, face powder, and the like.
"Do gods also buy these kinds of things?" Xiao Zhengyi muttered to himself, "Speaking of which, the previous Earth God has changed back into female attire. Does that mean that she has already told Zhuo Yunyi the secret that she is the Earth God?"
"Not only that, but that person has also become the Earth God's servant. It seems like a hundred years have passed."
Xu Shenxing confirmed Xiao Zhengyi's guess and corrected him.
"Eh? How can you tell? "Xiao Zhengyi asked in surprise.
"Because that person has a talisman on her body. That requires magical power to activate." Xu Shenxing pointed in Zhuo Yunyi's direction with his mouth.
Xiao Zhengyi fixed his eyes on her. Sure enough, he saw a corner of a talisman peeking out from her belt. It seemed that when she stuffed the talisman into her belt, she didn't seem to notice it.
"Then how do you know that it's been a hundred years?" Xiao Zhengyi couldn't help but ask in admiration.
"Look over there." Xu Shenxing raised his hand and pointed in a direction.
Xiao Zhengyi looked in the direction he pointed and saw that it was probably a rich family's house. There was a row of ceremonial items placed in front of the door.
"What's that?"
"That's called a yuanzhang. It's a ceremonial item used by some of the nobles in the Meng Dynasty. At the same time, the Meng Dynasty was the only dynasty that used such items. Moreover, the Meng Dynasty only lasted for about ninety years. The early and later periods were all in a period of war. Only the middle period was relatively peaceful. Based on this, you can more or less guess the current era."
Xu Shenxing explained the basis of his guess.
"… I might have met a fake Old Xu." Xiao Zhengyi showed an expression of disbelief.
"Don't mess around, I'm not stupid. I'm just too lazy to use my brain. Of course, I can do this kind of reasoning that isn't too difficult … Leaving things to the people who are good at it has always been my principle."
Xu Shenxing waved his hand dismissively. "Also, I can only guess so much. If it was … Hmph, that guy, he might even be able to guess the color of their underwear …"
"Don't women in ancient times usually wear undergarments?" Xiao Zhengyi asked stupidly.
"…"
Xu Shenxing and Mo Li simultaneously showed an expression that said, 'That's not the point, okay?'
Xiao Zhengyi could only raise his hands in surrender.
As they chatted, the three of them walked into the shop together.
After entering, Xu Shenxing discovered that this shop didn't only sell rouge and face powder. They also sold jewelry such as gold ornaments and jade bracelets. Many of them looked quite expensive.
Moreover, it was obvious that this shop was very wealthy. The space in the shop was not small, and there were many customers. With so many people coming and going, as long as they were careful to keep a distance, they shouldn't be discovered by those two people.
"Miss, look at this jade hairpin, it's so beautiful!"
Different from the despairing and cold little girl in 'Winter', the little girl who had not yet become the Earth God looked much more lively and cheerful. At this time, she was shouting at Zhuo Xiangzhu at the counter.
Xu Shenxing looked in the direction of the girl and saw a very beautiful jade hairpin.
In the past, when Xu Shenxing watched TV, he didn't like jade products very much. There was no other reason than that he simply thought they were ugly.
But this jade hairpin was completely different. Just by being displayed on the counter, it gave people a feeling of spiritual radiance. The other jade products placed next to it were all overshadowed because of this. Even in Xu Shenxing's eyes, it could be considered beautiful.
"Indeed, as an ordinary item, it's already very amazing that the material and carving skills can reach this level."
Zhuo Xiangzhu, who originally just wanted to have fun in the shop, couldn't help but nod in agreement with her maid's words. It was also a kind of pleasure to be able to find such an exquisite item in the mortal world.
But when she was about to pay for it, the boss shook his head and told her that this jade hairpin didn't belong to the shop.
A few days ago, there was a scholar whose mother was seriously ill. The scholar didn't have much money on hand and didn't have much time to borrow money from his best friends one by one. So he pawned the family heirloom jade hairpin in exchange for some money to deal with the emergency. However, he didn't pawn it for death, but for a living one. As long as the scholar could bring the ransom today, this hairpin would be returned to him.
Hearing the boss's words, Zhuo Xiangzhu felt that it was a pity, but she didn't say anything. After all, it was just an ordinary item, and it wasn't worth it for her to use her magical power.
At this time, Xu Shenxing seemed to have sensed something and raised his head. He saw that not far away, there was a bookish man holding something in his arms and walking quickly towards them with an excited smile on his face.
But just as he was about to reach them, a few Meng soldiers on horseback suddenly galloped past, and one of them even knocked the man down.
The man whose leg was scratched was caught off guard and fell to the ground. The few silver ingots in his arms also fell out and rolled to the side.
When the Meng soldiers saw this, they immediately turned their horses around. Ignoring the scholar's cries, they snatched the money and beat the scholar up. They also took the remaining silver ingots and money bags from the scholar's arms.
"Old Xu, why are you stopping me?!" Xiao Zhengyi, who was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to help, was stopped by Xu Shenxing. He asked Xu Shenxing with dissatisfaction.
"What do you want to do? Beat up those Meng soldiers, then take back the money and stop the plot from progressing. Do you want us to wander around in this dream? "
Xu Shenxing's words calmed Xiao Zhengyi down, but as a police officer, he still felt very angry.
The scholar, who was covered in wounds, dragged his injured leg and knelt in front of the shop, crying loudly. He felt that he had lost his family heirloom and was too ashamed to go home.
Just when everyone was still grieving over the scholar's misfortune, the scholar suddenly wiped his tears. Before anyone could react, he slammed his head against the signboard at the entrance of the shop. It seemed like he wanted to kill himself in front of the shop!
Xu Shenxing had already sensed the scholar's desire to die. When the scholar ran towards the signboard, he gently patted Mo Li's little head.
The little girl understood and turned the air around the signboard as soft as cotton. Although she couldn't do it too obviously because she didn't want to attract attention, at least she could ensure that the scholar wouldn't die. At most, he would just get a bump.
However, at almost the same time, another person acted.
It was unknown when Zhuo Xiangzhu had appeared at the entrance of the shop. She raised her hand and chopped down … Oh, no, she raised her slender leg and kicked the scholar to the ground. Immediately, the scholar's head hit the ground and began to bleed.
"Cough cough …" Although it was really tragic, Xu Shenxing almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
What the hell was this? Saving someone only made the other party more seriously injured.
"Why did you save me?" The scholar didn't care that his head was bleeding and his forehead was still bleeding. He just angrily said, "I'm just an unfilial son who lost his family heirloom! Don't tell me that I don't even have the right to die? "
"No, I just don't like people dying in front of me." Zhuo Xiangzhu flipped his long hair. This action made Xu Shenxing feel like he was hearing an advertisement saying, "And compared to death, there's only hope if you live."
"Listen to this line," Xiao Zhengyi whispered. "If I didn't know that this was the dream of the Earth God, I would almost think of her as the main character."
"Mary Sue."
Jasmine also muttered in a low voice.
Xu Shenxing thought about it carefully. Mysterious identity, beautiful as a flower, powerful, and rich as a country … Yes, this was indeed a f * cking Mary Sue setting!
"But I …" However, the people of this era obviously didn't have the experience of swearing. The scholar was stunned. "I have no hope."
"There will always be hope. Evil people will naturally have their retribution." Zhuo Xiangzhu naturally didn't know that Xu Shenxing and the rest were silently criticizing her. She only glanced in the direction of the Meng soldiers with a mocking smile. Then, she snapped her fingers and continued, "Since it's just a matter of money, there will always be a way … Yiyi."
"Yes, Miss!"
The Earth God immediately took out a gold ingot and handed it to Zhuo Xiangzhu.
The latter then handed it to the scholar. "Consider this as a temporary loan. You can return it to me when you become rich."
"I can't thank you enough. Please leave your name so that I can repay you in the future!" The scholar did not avoid suspicion. He took the gold ingot and bowed to the girl.
"Zhuo Xiangzhu. My name is Zhuo Xiangzhu." The girl also left her name.
The scholar nodded and limped towards the shop with his injured leg.
At this time, Zhuo Xiangzhu stopped him.
"Miss, is there anything else?" The scholar asked curiously.
"Sigh, you …" Zhuo Xiangzhu sighed. Then, she took out a silk handkerchief and wrapped the wound on the scholar's head. "You are obviously injured. Why don't you care about it? Your body, hair, and skin belong to your parents. Aren't you being unfilial? "
"…"
The scholar, who had never been so close to the opposite sex, was stunned. His mind was in a mess and he didn't know how to answer the girl's question. His face turned red. Unfortunately, due to excessive bleeding on his head, there might be a lack of blood. In addition, due to objective reasons, it couldn't be described as' dripping blood 'because he was really bleeding.
After silently saying "see no evil" a few times, the girl finally left his side. The scholar breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
After redeeming the family heirloom, he gritted his teeth and called out to Zhuo Xiangzhu, who was about to leave.
"What's wrong, scholar? My head isn't bleeding, "the girl said with a smile.
"This, I'll leave it with you first. Because I used your money to redeem it. " The scholar handed the jade hairpin to the girl. "One day, I will become rich and bring 'her' home openly!"
Zhuo Xiangzhu looked at the scholar and saw that his face was full of seriousness. His black eyes were shining with hope. She couldn't help but show a gentle expression.
Sure enough, humans are very interesting.
Therefore, she took the hairpin that the scholar handed to her and smiled brightly.
"Okay, then I will wait for you, scholar ~"
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