Chapter 26: Yan Jinghua returns to her parents' home, a sign of great misfortune

Master Wen laughed:

"You little girl is so short-sighted that you think you can act like a master just because you learned some mediocre Kung Fu?"

"You may not know that this Soul Devouring Gu only obeys my orders! Unless I remove it myself, even if you are a Daluo Jinxian, you will be helpless!"

As soon as he said this, the Xu family members looked at a loss.

Master Wen said proudly:

"I'm telling you, if you hurt me even a little, it will backfire on Old Master Xu. If you want to protect him, you have to listen to me from now on... What are you doing!"

His face changed, he saw that Yun Qingqing had no intention of dealing with him at all, and threw out a few yellow talismans. The talismans stood up automatically in the air and surrounded Xu Cizhen's soul in the center.

Yun Qingqing raised her two fingers, and another talisman immediately appeared at her fingertips. The talisman paper stood straight up like a blade.

She used her fingers as swords, holding the talisman, and swung it fiercely towards the air between Xu Cizhen and Master Wen.

"cut!"

puff--

Master Wen suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood and his eyes widened in disbelief.

"How is it possible... Who are you...?"

A puff of black smoke rose from Xu Cizheng's body, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a line of smoke and went into Master Wen's mouth. He screamed in fear:

"No, I don't want to die! Master, spare me, save me! Ah——"

Soon he couldn't even utter a complete word, and rolled on the ground screaming in pain.

Xu Shouqing said in fear:

"He, he is..."

Yun Qingqing looked at Master Wen who was in great pain with cold eyes and said:

"The more vicious the Gu is, the more severe the backlash will be. He deserves it."

Not long after, Master Wen lost all sound and his death was horrible to watch.

His soul floated out of his body, and Yun Qingqing threw out a talisman, and the soul was collected into the talisman paper. She put the talisman paper into a special purse.

The others couldn't see the spirit and didn't think much of it.

The evil had been removed, Xu Cizhen's soul naturally returned to its place, and he woke up.

As soon as the old man opened his eyes, he asked Xu Shouqing to help him up and performed the Confucian ceremony towards Yun Qingqing:

"Your Excellency has been so kind and generous, and my Xu family will repay you with gratitude!"

Yun Qingqing smiled calmly:

"No need for the Yongquan. The talisman papers I just used cost one hundred taels each, a total of eight hundred taels of silver. Thank you for your patronage."

Everyone in the Xu family: ...

Xu Suyao was the first to come to her senses:

"You saved my grandfather's life! A mere eight hundred taels is nothing. Even if you want eight thousand taels, you deserve it!"

Yun Qingqing shook her head:

"Mr. Xu is a great scholar of the time. It is a blessing for him to meet me and help him resolve his calamity today. It is also a merit for me. If he covets money, it will not benefit his cultivation."

Seeing her say this, the Xu family had no choice but to give up. After thanking her profusely, they arranged for a carriage to take her back home.

The carriage stopped in front of the Yun Mansion. As soon as Yun Qingqing got off the car, she saw Ye Zhishen standing in front of her with bright eyes, holding her veil in his hand.

"Master Yun, I picked this up for you." Ye Zhishen nodded and handed over the veil.

“…”

This guy actually followed me all the way back?

Yun Qingqing took the veil and glanced at him, "Is this what you want to say?"

Ye Zhishen immediately clasped his fists and bowed at a 90-degree angle:

"Master Yun, I was blind and offended you before, but I didn't expect you to be so capable. I admit defeat and I am convinced!"

Yun Qingqing: “…”

This guy is quite straightforward.

He felt a little relieved. The original owner didn't have much resentment towards Ye Zhishen to begin with, so this was finally settled.

She nodded slightly:

"Let the past be the past. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

"Hey, don't worry, there's something!" Ye Zhishen said with a smile, "I have some news that I think will be useful to Master Yun."

"Hmm?" Yun Qingqing raised her eyebrows and waited for him to continue.

Ye Zhishen approached her mysteriously and whispered:

"The prince doesn't really like Su Wanrou. He married her just to win over the power of the prime minister's lineage."

"Oh, I know that." Yun Qingqing put on the veil calmly and walked forward.

"Hey, did you hear that I'm done?" Ye Zhishen followed her closely, "Don't you want to reconcile with the prince? I can help you!"

Yun Qingqing stopped and looked at him speechlessly:

"You haven't been in the capital these two days?"

"Here?" Ye Zhishen asked inexplicably, "I have been running around all the medical clinics and drugstores in the city these days to find snow ginseng. I have never left Beijing for a moment."

"Oh." Yun Qingqing continued walking, "I'm already engaged to the Prince Regent. We're getting married on the eighth day of next month. Almost everyone in the city knows about this."

Ye Zhishen: ...

He hasn't paid attention to the prince these few days, so why does it feel like he has missed a lot of the plot?

Yun Qingqing glanced at someone who was trying to follow her into the gate hesitantly.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Ye Zhishen immediately put on a flattering smile:

"Hehe, it's not a big deal. I just want to ask Master Yun, um... is there any talisman paper that can control marriage or something?"

Yun Qingqing lifted the gauze curtain of her veil and looked him up and down.

As expected, the red star is moving, and the luck on my head is peachy. Why do I need a marriage talisman when it's like this? It's...

She thought about it and took out a talisman.

"You can't use the talisman for marriage, but I have a talisman for warding off disasters that's perfect for you."

"Ah?" Ye Zhishen stared at the talisman in her hand, "Why do I... need this thing?"

"You will have a bloody disaster in the near future, believe it or not."

"Believe it, believe it!" Ye Zhishen's face changed and he reached out to take it.

Having seen the scene where Yun Qingqing gathered Xu Cizhen's soul, he now had no doubt about her words.

Yun Qingqing stepped back and said, "One hundred taels of silver."

"One hundred taels?" Ye Zhishen glared again, "Is my safety worth only that little bit of silver? This talisman must be worth at least one thousand taels! Here!"

He took out a silver note and stuffed it into Yun Qingqing's hand, then took the talisman and carefully put it close to his body.

Yun Qingqing: “…”

The one who is stupid and has a lot of money is you.

For the sake of one thousand taels, she reminded him again:

"You'll stay away from the river for the next few days to stay safe."

After saying this, he turned and went into the house.

Ye Zhishen shouted respectfully behind him:

"Master Yun, take care! I'll come and bother you again some other day!"

Yun Qingqing staggered and quickened his pace with a dark look on his face.

Returning to the inner courtyard, she went straight to her mother's room, but didn't find anyone.

"Where is my mother?" she asked the maid in the yard.

"My dear Miss, the Madam said she was going back to her parents' home and would stay for two or three days. She brought the prescription you wrote and Aunt Zhao with her, so you don't have to worry about her."

Yun Qingqing nodded and turned around to go back to her own yard.

As she walked, she counted on her fingers to see if her mother's trip was going well, but her face suddenly changed and she turned and ran straight to the stable, led out the black horse and mounted it.

"Hey? Miss, you just came back. Where are you going now?" Qiaoer asked after her.

Yun Qingqing didn't even turn her head:

"Tell Grandpa not to worry, I'm going to my grandfather's house and I won't be back tonight!"

She didn't speak in a hurry, and rode out of the Yun Mansion at a leisurely pace.

However, after turning the corner, she immediately spurred her horse into a gallop!

The hexagram just now is a very bad omen!