After being choked to death by a copper coin, she became a demon Jin Ji in the other world

[Oh, she's dead? She's lucky. Alas, Yue Lan and the others are still too immature. What's the point of a few swords and axes? ]

[If she is caught by my Time Management Bureau, she will be tortured to death! However, this matter is not urgent. Magu is just a small follower. The most important thing is to drag the people behind her into the water.]

[Humph, if a tiger doesn't show its might, do you really think I'm a sick cat? You've even stretched your hands to my disciple, what else can't you dare to do? It seems that the second battle against the sky will be put on the agenda as soon as possible. ]

Shen Yuelan had no idea that her complaints would become the fuse for the second war against heaven. At this moment, she was leisurely checking the material of the bronze Buddha in the Jinzhou treasury. Unfortunately, she did not win the prize this time.

[Tsk, I've been a bit unlucky lately. How come I haven't won a single prize after going to so many places? ]

[Captain, you are not in a hurry to go back. If you can't find it, then don't find it. Let's go look somewhere else.]

[Hmph, revenge was successful? Are you happy this time? ]

[Oh my, Captain, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.]

[Humph, whether you understand or not, since you have already done what you wanted to do, you should stay in the Yaodaoji Squadron and stop causing trouble.]

[This is what the higher-ups asked me to convey to you. You can decide for yourself.]

[Hehe, don't worry, and please don't worry, I will work honestly recently and will definitely not cause any trouble. ]

Shen Yuelan was naturally not stupid enough to believe Xiao Yuhuan's assurance. After going through so many things, she knew no one around her well except Shen Huanyan, and the same was true for Shen Sushang.

Although she was entrusted to her by Lao Zhao, what had she experienced before that? Shen Yuelan didn't know.

Everyone has their own secrets, and Shen Yuelan cannot find out all of them. She only hopes that she can have a clear conscience when they part ways.

After the fruitless trip to Jinzhou, Shen Yuelan and others could only take a brief tour in Hedong Road and then return south. They brought a full bucket of Hedong aged vinegar and knocked on the door of Bai Juyi's house.

At that time, Bai Juyi's health had begun to decline, so only Fan Su came to greet them. Yes, he had even sent away the remaining little girls, and now there were only him and Fan Su in the courtyard.

[Oh my, who was it? It turned out to be Miss Shen. I didn't expect to see you again in my lifetime. ]

[Haha, there is nothing I can do. Every time I travel to famous mountains and rivers, I can always hear your poems being sung in the local area. Although you are not by my side, you are always with me.]

[Ahahahaha, this is really fate. Well, if Miss Shen is tired from touring, just rest in my house. Although I am already terminally ill, I can still afford to provide meals for a few young ladies.]

[Just take a rest and recuperate. We won't disturb you for too long. By the way, this is the aged vinegar I brought to you from Hedong Road. Do you like it? ]

[Oh? Hahaha, the vinegar is good, but isn't the amount a bit too much? This isn't even a vinegar jar, it's just a vinegar barrel. Although this vinegar has the effect of curing diseases and stimulating appetite, this is not the way to eat it, haha.]

[Hehe, isn't this because I hope you get well soon? ]

[Hahaha, then I will borrow the young lady's good words, ahem... ahem... oh, I can't deny my age, you and I haven't seen each other for more than two years, and I have become such a sickly person, I am really ashamed, ahem.]

[After all, I am already in my seventies, and I don’t have many years left to live. The children you saw two years ago have all grown up this year and can get married. I have already found a few families with clean family backgrounds for them and married them all off.]

[Although it is not impossible to delay it for a few years, there is a difference between having a mother's family and not having one. While I am still alive, I want them to gain a firm foothold in their husband's family as soon as possible. This is the last thing I can do for them.]

【Mr. Bai is thoughtful. 】

[Haha, I don't care whether it's intentional or not, I just want to have a clear conscience. Young lady, Bai has another request, I hope you can help. ]

[You said, as long as I can do it, I will try my best. ]

[It's like this, Fan Su has been by my side all these years, never leaving me, I found a good home for those children, and naturally I don't want to let her down. ]

[Originally, if Bai had a son to inherit his legacy, it would be fine to take her in as a stepmother, but Bai only has one daughter, named Jinluan, who has been married far away for more than 30 years.]

[Because of the constant wars and the injustice of the world, we have lost contact with each other for many years. We have long been unaware of each other's life or death. But even if she were still alive, Bai would not be able to hand Fan Su over to her.]

[So, you want Fan Su to follow me after you leave? ]

[Yes, Fan Su is still young, but she doesn't want to get married again. I thought about it and decided that it would be a bad idea to let her go back to her old job or become a nun. At this time, you came.]

[I know that this young lady is definitely not an ordinary person. If Fan Su can stay by your side, it is her good fortune. I beg you to give her this opportunity.]

After Bai Juyi finished speaking, he was about to stand up and salute. Shen Yuelan quickly stood up and agreed to it, and helped him back to bed again.

[Okay, okay, I agree. I agree, isn't that enough? Please lie down quickly. I will keep my promise.]

[Thank you very much, young lady. However, since you do not plan to live here permanently, how can you fulfill this agreement? ]

[Alas, sir, you still don't believe me. Don't worry. I just checked your pulse and found out that you are going to return.]

[So that's how it is, so that's how it is, it turns out that I am blind, the young lady is actually a banished immortal. ]

Chapter 317: Enjoying the Snow in the Mountains

Shen Yuelan spent the Spring Festival of the third year of Huichang at Bai Juyi's home. Although Shen Yuelan repeatedly stated that she would fulfill her promise, Bai Juyi stubbornly asked Shen Yuelan to stay.

He was not afraid that Shen Yuelan would not fulfill the promise, but he was afraid that he would die too early and Shen Yuelan would not receive the news in time. By then, Fan Su would be alone and helpless, and he was afraid that she would not live to see Shen Yuelan come back.

Shen Yuelan thought about it and finally decided to stay. After all, they had been to so many places and gained nothing, so they might as well stop and take in the scenery.

Shen Yuelan returned to their quiet little temple outside Luoyang City and would visit Bai Juyi's home from time to time. Fan Su would sometimes be entrusted by Bai Juyi to bring some food to Shen Yuelan and the others. As a result, everyone became familiar with Fan Su.

Shen Yuelan thought that this should also be the result that Bai Juyi hoped to achieve.

The forest was particularly quiet in winter, with heavy snow falling lazily like goose feathers. Shen Yuelan and others sat around the fire in the pavilion, drinking hot tea and appreciating the snow scenery. They were so happy.

There was no stove in the pavilion originally. It was Shen Yuelan who had a sudden idea and took a few people to start making bricks and burn them step by step. The construction process was quite tortuous. They encountered difficulties from the step of finding soil.

They were surrounded by mountains and there was no clay for making bricks. In order to achieve Shen Yuelan's ambition, they had to go to a clay producing area dozens of kilometers away and transport tons of clay back.

They had the raw materials, but how to burn them was another problem. They built and destroyed more than 20 furnaces for burning bricks alone. Finally, they made three that were barely usable and started using them to burn bricks.

[Master, why are we going through so much trouble? There is an iron stove in the warehouse. If you want to enjoy the snow, just move it out.]

[Huanyan, you are right, but have you heard of this saying? ]

【What words? 】

【It's rare to be confused.】

[So, Master, you have completely forgotten about the iron furnace, right? ]

【It's rare to be confused! 】

【Hello! 】

【It's rare to be confused! 】

After half a month of hard work, a brick stove that looked decent finally appeared in front of Shen Yuelan after going through untold hardships. Although the process was painful, the result was still very comfortable.

[This thing is really good. It's worth our effort to figure it out. However, there were no bricks in the Tang Dynasty. Will there be any big problems if we make it? ]

[Hey, what are you afraid of? This is a deep mountain forest, and the snow has blocked the mountain. Apart from Fan Su, who else would come here for no reason? Don't worry.]

[I'm talking about her. Although we agreed to take her in, there are some things that we shouldn't tell her, right? After all, she can't leave with us.]

[Of course.]

[Eh? Is Fan Su also a qualified person? ]

【No. 】

[Huh? Then how do we take her away? ]

[Has Zhiwei forgotten how he stayed here? ]

[Oh! So this is possible, but where can we find another fox demon corpse? ]

[That's easy. I'll ask Gu Tu to get one.]

[Hey, isn't this a bad idea? How can you let a rabbit catch a fox? ]

[Then you fat fox, go catch one for me? ]

[Humph, you underestimated me. I have been to a world full of fox spirits before. I think it was called Tushanqiu. Anyway, I had some sex with the fox spirits there. They called me a mixed-hair fox.]

[So Lu was so angry that he killed half of the fox den's members. He still has half a ton of fox meat left to eat.]

[Hey, hey, hey, fox demons are at least your kind. Do you really not have any stress reaction when you eat your own kind like this? ]

[Well, how should I put it? The trials that Director Hua gave to Lu were too cruel. In some worlds, there was nothing to eat. It was common to starve for ten days or half a month. And the fox demon meat was the most delicious thing Lu could find.]

Accompanied by the snowy scenery and a warm stove, Lu Zhiwei told everyone about her experiences over the past thousands of years. She had been to thousands of miles of frozen wastelands, barren Gobi deserts, war-torn countries, and famines with starving people everywhere.

Every time she had to complete an almost impossible task before she could move on to the next world. Don't ask her why she was trying so hard to complete the tasks assigned to her by Hua Liluo, because each world was more difficult than the other.

If she stayed in those worlds for too long, she would be close to death. If she completed the task, she could at least get some food from Huali Luo. If she failed, she could only wait for death.

[Zhiwei, you have really suffered a lot, but a sword is sharpened by grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. After Sister Hua's hellish training, you have now become a person who can stand on your own. ]

[Having said that, if possible, Lu would rather not have the strength he has today than go through that period again. ]

[Boom boom boom…]

Just as Shen Yuelan and others were chatting, a familiar figure appeared outside the temple's gate. It was Fan Su, Bai Juyi's maid. The purpose of her visit was to invite Shen Yuelan and others to her home to celebrate the New Year.

[Sorry to bother you all, my Lord has specially ordered me to invite you all to the Bai Mansion for a banquet on New Year's Eve.]

[Thank you, Sister Fan Su. I did receive the invitation. We will attend the banquet on time. By the way, how is Mr. Bai doing recently?]

[The master often talks about Miss Shen at home, saying that you look like his married Miss Jinluan.]

[Really? Do we look alike? ]

[Hehe, actually I don’t know either. After all, Miss Jinluan died when she was three years old. I wasn’t even born at that time.]

[Huh? But Mr. Bai said he had a daughter who was married. If it wasn't Miss Jinluan, who else could it be?]

[I have never seen that lady, but I do know this lady. She is the second daughter of the master, named A Luo. She is the only one of the master's children who has survived to adulthood.]

[The master's health has been getting worse recently. When you went to visit him that day, he was not sober, so he mistook Miss Jinluan and Miss A Luo for the same person.]

[Is that so? Then Mr. Bai really doesn't have a son? ]

[This young master is not wrong. He does have no children now. He did have a little boy born more than ten years ago. His name was A Cui, but he also died at the age of three, following in the footsteps of his elder sister. It was a pity.]

[If that young master was still alive, Fan Su wouldn't have to ask the young master for favors everywhere, and could just take care of the young master. It's a pity that good people don't get good rewards. A kind person like the young master didn't even keep a young master. Alas, it's really...]

Chapter 318 New Year's Eve

After chatting with everyone for a few words, Fan Su hurried down the mountain. Shen Yuelan could see that although she was in the mountains, her heart was not there. She was probably thinking about Bai Juyi at home.

After seeing Fan Su off, Shen Yuelan and the others started to get busy again. Since they had been invited to celebrate the New Year, there was no reason for them to go empty-handed.

[Sure enough, I should bring some wine with me. These great poets all love wine. ]

[But Master, Mr. Bai is already in such a state. If you bring him some more wine and drinks, wouldn't that be asking for his life? ]

[I didn't say to bring strong liquor, why don't we just make him some medicinal wine and bring it over.]

[That's a good idea. What would be a good thing to make wine with? Ginseng? Deer antler? Or tiger penis? ]

[Um, let's not be so strong, okay? Besides, these are too nutritious. Mr. Bai's body can't stand the torment of these tonics. He is too weak to take them. Do you understand? ]

[Oh, what should I do? Is there anything else that can be soaked in alcohol? ]

[Well, let's add some longan and wolfberry to make wolfberry wine to strengthen Mr. Bai's yang and replenish his blood. ]

[These things are good, but why do I feel that the effect is not right? This is not a medicinal wine, it is simply an aphrodisiac wine? He is already like that, and you still give him this? ]

[You should ask him about this. When Fan Su came over this morning, didn't you see the kiss mark on her neck? She was already terminally ill, but she was still thinking about men.]

[So, I am also trying to help them both live a more harmonious married life as soon as possible, so that Mr. Bai can live happily in his last days, isn't that good?]

[Please be quiet, Master. Don't just watch the fun. It's true that Fan Su has kiss marks on her body, but she is still a virgin. This shows that the old man still has some ideas in his mind.]

[In this case, if I give the old man the tonic again, Master, do you think he is not dying fast enough and want him to die of exhaustion? ]

[Hehe, how can that be possible? At worst I can just change it. How about giving him some healing wine? ]

[Hey, you can go and have fun. I will prepare the gifts for the Bai Mansion.]

[Hey, that's what I've been waiting for, Zhiwei! Let's go hunting! ]

[Uh, oh, what a stupid master. ]

Not long after, it was New Year's Eve of the third year of Huichang. As Bai Juyi had invited her, Shen Yuelan rushed to Bai Juyi's residence in Luoyang before the city gates were closed.

There, Shen Yuelan met an unexpected person, that person was Li Shangyin, who was as famous as Du Mu and was known as "Little Li Du".

[Hmm? What's going on? Why is this elder brother not at home in mourning but running to Luoyang? ]

[Hahaha, come on, Miss Shen, let me introduce you to this person. This person is Yishan, surnamed Li, given name Shangyin. He was reciting scriptures at the age of five, and was able to play with writing brushes and inkstones at the age of seven. He is also a talented poet.]

[In my next life, if possible, I will definitely be his son.]

(From "Tang Talent Biography": Bai Juyi retired in old age and was very fond of Shang Yin's articles. He said, "After I die, it would be enough for you to be my son." A few years after Bai's death, he had a son, so he named him "Bai Lao". When he grew up, he was very dull. Wen Feiqing joked, "Isn't it an honor to think that you are the reincarnation of a minister?" Later, he had another son, named Gunshi, who was very smart.)

[Hahaha, Mr. Bai is joking. You are a great scholar in the literary world and a pillar of the country, while Yishan is just a lowly official. The difference between the two is like a drop of water and the ocean, a grain of sand and the desert. Not only are they incomparable, but there is also a world of difference between them. How can you dare to be a father?]