Chapter 082 The Eighty-Second Melon

"How about this, Mrs. Lin? I'll give you a talisman bag. Take it home and boil it before going to bed every night. If you find that your health has improved a lot after drinking it for a few days, then come back to see me."

Cao Zhiping thought for a moment, then casually took out a talisman folded into a triangle from his chest pocket and handed it to Zhao Baoer.

Zhao Baoer subconsciously took it, thanked him, and looked at the talisman in her hand, but was a little hesitant.

"Ms. Zhao, if I were you, I would not agree to this."

Gu Xicao spoke up, his tone pointed, "The origin of this talisman is unknown. If you drink it rashly, I'm afraid it will do you harm instead of good."

"Xiao Gu, what do you mean by this?"

Cao Zhiping's face was filled with anger. He turned around and said in a very impolite tone, "I have been in this business for so many years and no one has ever complained to me. It is a bit inappropriate for you to say that."

Zhou Yilin and the others were on good terms with Gu Xicao. When they saw Cao Zhiping getting angry, they winked at Gu Xicao and said to Cao Zhiping, "Master Cao, little Gu is young and outspoken. She is used to joking with us. Please don't take it seriously."

"Are you kidding? Is this joke funny?"

Seeing everyone trying to smooth things over, Cao Zhiping became more excited. He leaned towards Gu Xicao and pointed at her, "When I was her age, I knew that I shouldn't interrupt my elders when they were talking, let alone talk nonsense. Besides, we have no grudges against each other, so why is she stepping on my turf like this? Does she think that just because she has a little fame, she can ignore the seniors in the industry?"

People in the audience started talking.

"What Master Cao said makes sense. What Master Gu did today was not appropriate. She was just helping others. Why did she butt in on that?"

"That's not necessarily true. Although Master Gu is young, he is always very organized. Maybe there is some special reason."

"The reason? What reason? In my opinion, Master Gu took advantage of his youth and ability to get carried away. Now he has run into a tough guy."

There are many people who like Gu Xicao, but there are also some who dislike her because they think she speaks too directly.

Just when the people below were about to start quarreling, the people above were also about to start quarreling.

A housewife suddenly rushed onto the stage, startling everyone.

Xu Yiyang quickly came up and grabbed the housewife, "Honey, we are recording a program. Please go down. If you have anything to say, wait until the program is finished, okay?"

She signaled with her eyes for several staff members to come up and pull the person down.

But the housewife was very excited. She broke free from Xu Yiyang's arm and said in full force, "Miss Xu, I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here to thank Master Cao."

"Thank me? You are..."

Cao Zhiping showed a puzzled look on his face and looked the housewife up and down.

Unlike celebrities like Lin Caijin, these housewives all look similar and dress similarly, so it is difficult to remember them.

"As for me, Mrs. Tan, my daughter had been married for many years but had no children. I came to you to ask for your help, and my daughter even gave birth to a grandson."

Mrs. Tan patted her chest so loudly that the people below could hear it clearly even without a microphone.

"Oh, it's you. Now I remember, how are your daughter and grandson now?"

Cao Zhiping glanced at everyone out of the corner of his eye, his back straightened and his face flushed.

Mrs. Tan smiled widely, "Yes, of course it's great. You don't know, my daughter was about to be divorced by her in-laws because she didn't have a child. Fortunately, Master Cao helped a lot. My daughter is so happy now."

Xu Yiyang felt extremely strange when he heard these words.

She is not as easily fooled as ordinary audiences. As a TV show producer, everyone knows that the show will have a script.

For example, Mrs. Tan suddenly ran up and disrupted their arrangements. It was very likely that she was a spy arranged by Master Cao to play a double role.

But when Xu Yiyang looked at Master Cao's expression, it seemed that he really had no idea about it beforehand.

"I'll be relieved if your daughter can live well."

Cao Zhiping sighed, "In fact, I am losing my own blessings by doing these good deeds. I charge you 8,000 yuan, but some people say I am greedy. Little do they know that for all the good deeds I have done, 80,000 yuan is not too much."

Zhou Yilin and others were somewhat unsure whether what Cao Zhiping said was true or false.

Master An, on the other hand, flattered him, "Master Cao, why do you take what others say to heart? You are so capable, I believe the audience has good judgment."

Lin Caijin also became excited. He grabbed Zhao Baoer's hand and said, "Baoer, you heard it too. The master is so thoughtful. We can't let him down."

"Then I'll listen to the master."

Zhao Baoer hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Cao Zhiping showed a bright smile on his face. With the celebrity couple Lin Caijin and Zhao Baoer helping with publicity, he believed that it wouldn't be long before he could make money without doing anything.

"By the way, Master, I brought you a gift. You must accept it. Don't be polite to me."

As Mrs. Tan spoke, she reached into the grocery bag she was carrying.

No one on the stage paid much attention to her. After all, in everyone's eyes, she was just an ordinary housewife.

Cao Zhiping also smiled cheerfully, trying to refuse but still accepting, "Why are you still so polite? I accept payment for my work, and that's what I should do. Why bring a gift? It's a waste of money."

"Yes, yes."

As Mrs. Tan spoke, she walked towards Cao Zhiping, lowering her head as if she was rummaging in her bag. Suddenly, a flash of light passed by and Xu Yiyang was blinded by the reflection. Before he could think about what the reflection was, he heard a scream coming from the stage.

"You bastard, you killed my daughter, I'm going to kill you!"

Mrs. Tan's face suddenly became extremely ferocious. She pulled out a knife with Cao Zhiping's blood still on the tip of the knife.

"Help, help, this man is crazy!"

After Cao Zhiping was stabbed, he did not realize that he was stabbed at first. It was only when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen that he realized something was wrong. He quickly covered his stomach and crawled away using his hands and feet.

"Stop! Don't run away!"

Mrs. Tan, holding a fruit knife in her hand and with blood on her face, chased after Cao Zhiping.

Screams were heard everywhere.

There was chaos both on and off the stage.

Xu Yiyang was also frightened, but she reacted quickly. She quickly used the pillow as a shield and teamed up with Gu Xicao to knock the dagger out of Mrs. Tan's hand.

Several staff members then dared to come forward and press Mrs. Tan to the ground.

"Let me go, I'm going to kill him, kill this beast!"

Mrs. Tan's face was distorted and her eyes were full of hatred, which made people shudder.

Cao Zhiping held his stomach, angry, hateful and afraid, "You are the beast, I helped your daughter out of kindness, but you turned your kindness into hatred!"

"Bah! You bastard killed my daughter, and you dare to take credit for it!"

When Mrs. Tan talked about her daughter, tears could not help but flow down her cheeks. "It's all because of the fertility medicine you prescribed. My daughter bled to death on the delivery bed, and the child was a freak, born with clumsy limbs. You are simply murdering her for money!"

The heavy bleeding is gone?

A freak with clumsy hands and feet?

Zhao Baoer shuddered, her face turned pale, her lips trembled, and she dropped the talisman in her hand to the ground. "What's going on? Isn't it said that Master Cao is very powerful? How could someone die?"

Seeing the resistance on Zhao Baoer and his wife's faces, Cao Zhiping ignored the wound on his abdomen and said hurriedly, "Don't believe this woman. She is crazy. I have helped so many people, and they are all fine. Why did her daughter die? I think her daughter must have done something against the will of heaven and earth, so this happened. You can see from this woman's behavior that her daughter must not be a good person either."

"You're talking nonsense. My daughter is well-known for being obedient and filial. Everyone in the neighborhood praises her. It's all my fault. It's my fault..."

When Mrs. Tan said this, she burst into tears.

When she thought about how she had listened to others and dragged her daughter to see this master, which resulted in her daughter's death, Mrs. Tan wished she was the one who died.

"Look at her like this, she doesn't look like a normal person at all!"

Cao Zhiping's face was pale, but he still gritted his teeth and pointed at Mrs. Tan to shift the blame.

Lin Caijin showed a hesitant look on her face.

Gu Xicao couldn't help it, "No way, we all know that someone was killed by him, and you are still tempted, you really don't value your wife's life."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Lin Caijin's eyes.

He has always been very proud, so he was stubborn and said, "But Master Cao has helped other people before, and nothing happened to them. Besides, he can not only help people have children, but also cure diseases. The hospital can't guarantee that people will survive after surgery, let alone Master Cao?"

Gu Xicao sneered, "How do you know nothing happened? Are you following him around? If this housewife hadn't come to the show to seek revenge today, would you have known if she had caused trouble for Cao Zhiping in private?"

Lin Caijin was speechless when asked and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Cao Zhiping was furious, his hands trembling as he pointed at Gu Xicao and said, "Stop spitting blood at me. Are you trying to say that I dealt with the person privately?"

"Hey, congratulations, the answer is correct."

Gu Xicao applauded.

Cao Zhiping was so angry that he almost died. He gritted his teeth and said, "I have cured so many people's diseases, but so many people gave me banners and money. Are they all fools?"

Gu Xicao said with a click of the tongue, "We should thank the advanced medical science nowadays. Master Cao, when people come to you for treatment, you give them talismans on the surface, but in fact, the talismans are filled with medicine. For example, if they are irritable and depressed, you give them some Xiaoyao Powder; if they are in pain, you give them painkillers; if they have insomnia or other ailments, you give them sleeping pills. The medicine is effective, how can it not cure the disease?"

What?

The medicine in the talisman?

Everyone's heads were buzzing and they were a little dazed for a moment. They actually felt that this matter sounded outrageous and yet seemed very reasonable.

Zhao Baoer was dumbfounded, "Then, what kind of medicine is in the talisman he gave me?"

Gu Xicao said: "You are fine, it's just that you and your husband don't have children, and he gave you sleeping pills."

Sleeping pills?

Zhao Baoer quickly picked up the talisman and opened it which was folded into a triangle. There was indeed some brown powder inside.

Zhao Baoer's face almost turned green.

Cao Zhiping was flustered, anxious, and bleeding, but he had to explain in a hurry: "That's not medicine, it's incense ash. Don't listen to her nonsense. This woman wants to retaliate against me!"

"If it's incense ash, would you dare drink it?"

Gu Xicao walked up to Cao Zhiping and took out a large bag of talismans from his coat pocket. "If the powder in these talismans is incense ash, then drinking it won't kill you, at most it will just cause diarrhea. But if it's powder, and so much powder is mixed together, what will be the consequences if you drink it? I can't guarantee it."

Cao Zhiping's pupils contracted, he swallowed hard, and cold sweat ran down his cheeks.

"You, you must not do anything rash, these talismans are very powerful, I can't eat them."

Gu Xicao narrowed her eyes, turned around, and whispered a few words to Xu Yiyang.

Xu Yiyang went downstairs with the talisman, and when everyone was wondering what she was doing, Xu Yiyang brought up a cup of very turbid water and handed it to Gu Xicao.

Gu Xicao took his hand, grabbed Cao Zhiping by the collar, and was about to force the liquid into his mouth.

There was a sound of people gasping for air from below.

“Gu, gu…”

Even though Cao Zhiping tried to struggle, Gu Xicao still forced him to drink several gulps of liquid. He was about to go crazy. He broke free from Gu Xicao, lay on the ground and retched continuously, pointing his finger at Gu Xicao and shaking constantly, "You, you, you are crazy too, do you want to poison me to death?"

Zhou Yilin couldn't bear it, "Xiao Gu, aren't you going too far?"

"What? What did I do wrong?"

Gu Xicao looked innocent and spread her hands: "Is coffee also poisonous?"

"coffee?"

Zhou Yilin and others were stunned.

Gu Xicao handed the cup to them directly and said, "Smell it for yourself. Is this the smell of talisman paper or the smell of coffee?"

Zhou Yilin and others took it and smelled it one after another, with a look of surprise and embarrassment on their faces.

"It's really coffee." Zhou Yilin touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed. "Xiao Gu, I'm so sorry. I misunderstood you."

"You, you bitch, you screwed me!"

Cao Zhiping came back to his senses, his face looking like it was painted in a paint shop, changing blue and white at times. Even the Sichuan Opera's face-changing movements were not as fast as his.

"Be polite when you speak." Gu Xicao glanced at Cao Zhiping and raised his eyebrows, "Otherwise I won't be polite to you."

Cao Zhiping came back to his senses, sneered, and said, "How can you be rude to me?"

Gu Xicao narrowed her eyes, raised her hand, and stared at her watch, "5, 4, 3..."

No one on or off the stage knew what her countdown meant, and everyone looked surprised.

"2, 1." As soon as Gu Xicao finished speaking, the door of the recording studio was pushed open and a team of police rushed in with a fierce momentum.

The leading police officer looked around the scene and immediately realized that the person they wanted to arrest was on the stage.

"Police, you've come at the right time. Take this lunatic away. She wants to kill me. And this Gu Xicao, she might be in the same group with this lunatic. Take her away as well!"

When he saw the police coming, Cao Zhiping's eyes lit up and he spoke excitedly.

Several policemen came towards him, and several others went over and handcuffed Mrs. Tan.

Before Cao Zhiping could even raise his lips, he heard a click and the police handcuffed his hands behind his back.

"No, no, you caught the wrong person. I am the victim, and those two are the murderers!"

Cao Zhiping was stunned and quickly yelled at the police.

The leading policeman sneered and took out an arrest warrant. "Cao Zhiping, the police have searched your residence and found drugs and illegal substances in your residence. In addition, your disciples confessed that you are suspected of intimidating and blackmailing believers, and you are also related to dozens of cases of pregnant women dying in childbirth. Now the police are accusing you. You have the right to remain silent, but what you say will become evidence in court!"

The audience was shocked.

Cao Zhiping looked at the arrest warrant and his mind went blank for a moment.

How, how could this happen?

Could it be that these policemen had been keeping an eye on him for a long time?

That's impossible! He is always cautious in doing things!

At this moment, Cao Zhiping saw the smile on Gu Xicao's face. A light bulb went off in his head and he understood everything in an instant. He was so excited that his face turned red and his neck became thick. "It was you, you called the police?!"

"That's right, you finally figured it out."

Gu Xicao said: "People like you who make dirty money should be sent to labor reform!"

"I've died with you!"

Cao Zhiping wanted to rush over, but several policemen held him down and took him away.

Today's program can be said to be the most exciting one that Xu Yiyang has hosted over the years.

She watched the police take Mrs. Tan away, feeling complicated, and couldn't help asking, "Ms. Gu, that Mrs. Tan won't be sentenced to death, right?"

"That won't be the case, but you will inevitably go to jail." Gu Xicao shook his head. Committing a crime in public and intentionally killing someone are relatively serious crimes.

"I hope it's not a death sentence."

Xu Yiyang sighed, "She is so pitiful. At first I thought she was hired by Cao Zhiping, but I didn't expect she was such a victim."

Director Lin was downstairs, his face almost turned black.

Huang Linxiang, whom he invited, ran away, so this time he invited Cao Zhiping, thinking that it was a sure thing and he would be able to control Gu Xicao.

Who knew that the person would be arrested on the same day.

This Gu Xicao is too evil!

The show aired the next day.

On the day of the broadcast, the ratings soared to 60%. Even Mrs. Lin and others were cursing that Master Cao was deceiving the world and buying lives.

Mrs. Lin said to Gu Xicao, "Mrs. Fang was lucky to have asked you to do the math that day, otherwise she would have been screwed! Is having a child more important than a life?"

Gu Xicao said, "There are still only a few people who think like you, but I'm sure that after this news, those who want to have a son through unorthodox means will be more cautious."

She knew that even in her previous life, in 2024, there were still a lot of people buying all kinds of fertility pills and secret recipes, constantly tormenting themselves, just to give birth to a baby son to carry on the family line.

It was difficult for her to judge whether these people were feudal or stupid.

Because most of these people may not really like sons. Their purpose of wanting to have sons is nothing more than to shut up their in-laws or their own family. They should be criticized, but there are others who should be criticized even more.

Gu Xicao had nothing much to say about these people. She could only hope that after the show was aired, these people would realize that certain medicines were useless and would torture themselves less, or have an excuse to fool around with her in-laws/her parents.

The popularity of the program has led to more and more visitors to the Shensuanfang.

Wang Laoshi called and said that those people refused to leave and insisted on queuing and sleeping on the floor.

Gu Xicao was speechless. "Then you should go back first. It would be good to take a rest for a few days."

"Aren't you in a hurry to make money, boss?"

Wang Laoshi looked at the long dragon and felt a little pain in his heart.

Although the money he earned also belonged to Gu Xicao, he still felt sad to see him watching the money slip away.

"You can never make enough money, and I haven't had many days off this month, so I'll just give you a week off so you can go find a place to travel."

Gu Xicao said simply.

When Wang Laoshi heard about traveling, he was happy: "That's great, boss, will you reimburse me for the money?"

"Any amount below 3,000 will be reimbursed, and any amount exceeding that will be out of pocket." Considering that Wang Laoshi was usually quite capable, Gu Xicao gave him 3,000 yuan in funding with a stroke of his pen.

Wang Laoshi couldn't stop smiling. He quickly posted the notice, packed his luggage and went on a trip.

It's rare for Gu Xicao to have a few days of rest.

I was in the mood to go shopping with Sun Jiaying and the others the day before, but I lost interest the next day. I just lay at home, changing channels again and again, feeling extremely bored.

I guess people can't feel free. Just as she thought this, the phone rang.

"Hello?" Gu Xicao asked, lying lazily on the sofa.

"Master Gu, it's me, Lin Hexu!" Lin Hexu's voice was trembling. He held the microphone. He could hear his mother crying downstairs. During this time, the voices of his grandfather and father discussing with the policemen could also be heard faintly.

"Is it you?"

Gu Xicao had a bad feeling in her heart. As expected, Lin Hexu called to ask for help.

"My brother was kidnapped. The kidnappers called me this morning and asked our family to raise 100 million yuan for the ransom. They also set a deadline of five days to raise the money. Master Gu, our family can afford the money, but it is really difficult to come up with the money within five days. Now our family is in a mess, and I don't know who to ask for help. If you can help me, I am willing to give you any amount of money you want."

Gu Xicao sat up, mouth slightly opened, and asked the system about the situation: "Lin Qianshi was kidnapped?"

"It happened at six o'clock this morning," the system said.

"How is he now? Is he still alive?" Gu Xicao asked.

System: "He is alive, but he was beaten and bled."

As long as you are alive.

Gu Xicao hurriedly said to Lin Hexu: "Don't worry, your brother's condition is not that bad now."

"Really?!" Lin Hexu breathed a sigh of relief. "Then do you agree to help me rescue my brother? Or are you willing to come and cooperate with the police?"

The system suddenly reminded: "There is an informant of the kidnappers in his house, so you can't go there."

Gu Xicao was surprised but not too surprised.

In cases like kidnapping, it is generally necessary to understand the victim's life trajectory, especially for a wealthy heir like Lin Qianshi, who is secretly protected by bodyguards whenever he goes out. Let alone kidnapping, even if you want to know where he goes, someone has to leak the information.

"I won't go to your house. The more people there are, the more this matter may happen." Gu Xicao narrowed her eyes, "It's best not to let other people know that you called me. Your house is not clean."