Xu Qing sleeps on the inside side, where many couples are wrapped in the same quilt. They are not conspicuous.
Xu swept in the past, because the whole ancestral hall was illuminated by the fire, so it was clear at a glance which location and who were there.
After a while, Xu Qing felt sleepy, even Li Changting felt sleepy.
"Why are you so sleepy?" Xu Qing rubbed his eyes, "I was going to stay up late to watch."
Li Changting resisted the desire and hope of yawning, and frowned suspiciously, "I feel very sleepy, too."
If you look at the villagers not far away, they all yawn and lie in their bedding. After a while, they close their eyes one after another, and some of them have fallen asleep.
Li Changting suddenly noticed that the situation was different. He looked at the fire. If it was not because of the bad food, it was because of the fire. Could it be that the firewood had been made by someone.
Li Changting got up, went to the side of the bamboo basket where the firewood was put, and picked one back.
As soon as Li Changting came back, he hid the firewood in his bedding and whispered a few words in Xu Qing's ear.
Xu Qing put the firewood into the space.
Duanmu Xiang in the space saw a firewood that appeared out of thin air. He doubtfully tilted his head. He put down the little dragonfly, went to pick up the firewood and sniffed it habitually.
Eh, how can there be a fragrance of whirling flowers?
Duanmu Xiang went to the second floor, took out a small jar, poured some liquid medicine on the white handkerchief, and then wiped the seemingly normal firewood.
Soon, there was a light red mark on the white handkerchief.
"Sure enough, it's a magic drug." Duanmu Xiang said, took a small medicine bottle from the medicine shelf and put it on the table. Soon the small medicine bottle on the table disappeared, and the firewood disappeared out of thin air.
Xu Qing took out a small medicine bottle from the quilt, poured out two pills, and gave her and Li Changting one each.
After taking the pill, they immediately felt a boost in spirit, and gradually lost the feeling of drowsiness.
If you look at the villagers in the ancestral hall, they have already gone to sleep.
Xu Qing counted the number of pills in the small medicine bottle and poured out five from it.
Li Changting wakes up Tian Fengshou nearby. The effect of the secret medicine makes Tian Fengshou crazy. However, after taking the pill, he soon wakes up.
"What's the matter?" Tian Fengshou clearly felt that Li Changting had just fed him something and he was not sleepy after eating it.
"The firewood has been sprayed with a magic drug. Wake up some reliable people and feed them the antidote." Then Li Changting gave him the remaining four pills.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Tian Fengshou's face sank. He quickly woke up the four uncles and fed them the antidote.
Five people came to Li Changting's side and looked at the fire with lingering fear.
"Will everyone be ok?" Someone asked anxiously.
Li Changting: "it's just smoke. It's OK. I'll have a sleep."
"That's good, that's good." Everyone was relieved.
Next, Li Changting asked them to go and stare at an area. Once there was something abnormal, they immediately made a sound.
These five people dare not slack off, all night with eyes open, vigilantly staring at their responsible place.
Li Changting has been paying attention to the surroundings. In the middle of the night, Xu Qing can't help sleeping.
So peaceful, until dawn, the villagers also gradually wake up.
"Why do you sleep so soundly?"
"Yes, I don't seem to feel it. It's dawn when I open my eyes."
"Oh, why did the child wet the bed again?"
The noisy sound rang out in the ancestral hall.
"Is anyone missing?"
"Look who's missing!"
We scan around and count them one by one. Unexpectedly, we find that there is no one less tonight!
Tian Fengshou and his four uncles came over. All five of them had black eyes and looked like they would fall asleep at any time.
"What's the matter with you?" The villagers were startled to see what they looked like.
Tian Fengshou sighed and talked about what happened last night.
The villagers were astonished to learn that there was overpowering drug in their firewood.
If it wasn't for Li Changting's alertness and the antidote given to Tian Fengshou, the five of them would not dare to slack off all night. Otherwise, when all of them were asleep, someone would disappear again!
"I said how to sleep so deeply at night. I couldn't sleep well at night before."
"Yes, I really had a good sleep last night."
"Who on earth wants to harm us?"
Xu Qing said, "don't worry. Let's go back to make breakfast first. Let's do these things."
The villagers now trust Xu Qing and Li Changting very much, and they all pack up their bedding and go home.
Xu Qing said to Tian Fengshou, "go back and have a good sleep. You may have to stay up late tonight."Tian Fengshou nodded and went home in turn.
Xu Qing asked, "was there any movement outside yesterday?"
Li Changting shook his head: "no, no one is near."
Xu Qing: "forget it, let's go back to the house. You need to have a good sleep."
It wasn't long before they came back to the house that Xu Qing heard someone coming from outside.
The county master sent four captors. Unexpectedly, Hu Ling and Hu Yi also came.
"Sister, such a funny thing is not called me." Hu Ling came over.
"It's fun. You're big. Life matters." Xu Qing pretended to hit him.
Hu Ling dodged and said with a smile, "where's brother?"
Xu Qing: "he watched all night yesterday, and now he is sleeping in the room."
Hu Ling: "then you have a rest. Let's go to the neighborhood to explore the situation first."
Xu nodded.
Seeing that so many people came to investigate the ghost situation in their village, Tian Fengshou was very happy. They quickly took out food to entertain the guests.
However, the county magistrate knew that the supplies from the imperial court could not be delivered to the village, and the people in the village were also very poor, so he asked the captors to bring their own dry food.
Xu Qing moved down the grain from the carriage and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for him. He simply fried three dishes, and the amount was enough.
Huling has a smart nose. As soon as she smells the smell of Xu Qing cooking, she comes back. The four captors are also called by Xu Qing to eat together. Anyway, she is not short of food.
Li Changting got up at noon, washed and ate, then took Xu Qing out.
They want to go to the mountain that has been dug up.
But before they got up the mountain, they heard a cry of panic from the village.
"No, the second Tian is gone!"
"What, no one in broad daylight?"
"Is it true?"
Xu Qing and his family rushed to the place.
Tian Laoer's daughter-in-law sat on the ground and cried. Several elders came to comfort her and told her not to cry and to explain the whole story clearly.
"I just went to pick up two buckets of water and came back. When I came back, I saw that Tian Laoer was not at home. I went to the house, the latrine and the field and found no one!"