Yun Tianbai's words startled her. She came to her senses and respectfully bowed to her eldest and seventh senior brothers. "The two masters are truly divine! Please heal my old master! Although my Zhou family is not as wealthy as the Yun family, we will certainly repay you handsomely."

Yun Tianbai looked at Madam Xiao in shock, "Aunt?"

This means that she admitted to what the Taoist priest had just said!

Su Youran was also shocked. She leaned close to Yun Manwan and asked softly, "Didn't you say before that your maternal grandfather just had some insomnia, which caused him to be drowsy and weak during the day?"

Yun Manyan nodded and said softly, "That's what they said before, I've never heard of my maternal grandfather... having a mental illness?"

The news that the Grand Tutor of the court had gone mad would surely shock the entire capital. Therefore, the Xiao family had suppressed this news for several years.

Xiao never expected that before she could say anything and before the two Taoist priests could see anything, they would actually diagnose the old master's illness.

A surge of hope rose in her heart, and her voice became urgent, "Quickly, quickly open the old master's door."

Yun Tianbai pursed his lips and said nothing more.

The group entered the old man's room and, sure enough, saw an old man lying on the couch under a wisp of smoke, seemingly fast asleep with his eyes closed. However, his lips were opening and closing, as if he were saying something, which was truly strange.

Yun Tianbai stepped forward and bowed, "Grandson greets maternal grandfather."

However, the person on the bed was completely unaware.

The old woman next to him was already used to it, and opened the window wider to let the light into the room.

With a sorrowful tone, Madam Xiao said, "The old master has been suffering from this illness for three years, and no matter how many doctors we consult, they cannot cure him. Please, esteemed masters, take a look."

The eldest brother peeked out for a quick look, then exclaimed, "Looking at his face, he could live another ten years!"

"How dare you! You actually curse the current Grand Tutor!" Yun Tianbai reprimanded again.

Su Youran said with dissatisfaction, "Eldest brother, the old Grand Tutor is already over sixty years old. If he lives another ten years, he will be seventy years old, which is considered a long life. Eldest brother must have seen the old Grand Tutor's face before speaking the truth. It was not a curse. How dare you be so bold?"

Yun Tianbai choked. Indeed, saying that the elderly live long lives cannot be considered a curse.

Xiao was both happy and sad.

If they could live another ten years in a conscious state, it would be an immense blessing for the Zhou family.

In recent years, the Grand Tutor has been ill, his own husband has been greatly ostracized in the Hanlin Academy, and his son, originally a minor fifth-rank registrar in the Ministry of Justice, was stripped of his official position after being implicated in the case of the Rong Prince's mansion's soldiers exceeding the prescribed limits six years ago. He had originally planned to ask the Grand Tutor to intercede with the Emperor in a year or two to help his son regain his future, but the Grand Tutor has fallen seriously ill and is no longer able to get out of bed.

If he continues to live in a semi-conscious state for the next ten years, it will be of no benefit to the future of the Zhou family's descendants, and will be a burden on her, the matriarch of the family!

She could only turn her hopeful gaze to her seventh senior brother.

The seventh senior brother didn't say much. He stepped forward, made a fancy gesture, took out a talisman from his sleeve, chanted a few incantations, and slapped it on Old Master Zhou's forehead with a "smack".

Yun Tianbai leaped forward again, shouting, "You audacious sorcerer! How dare you use such sorcery on my maternal grandfather?!"

After saying that, he tore the talisman off.

Xiao did not move.

The seventh senior brother grew anxious, "Young master, I beg you not to disturb me. This old man is suffering from malevolent energy; if we don't remove it for him soon, I fear he will not live much longer!"

"You! You're talking nonsense!" Yun Tianbai shouted angrily. "I visited my maternal grandfather last month, and he just didn't recognize some people. How could he be dying?!"

Su Youran said unhappily, "Big brother, this senior brother is just sticking on a talisman. Even if it has no effect, it certainly can't harm the old Grand Tutor. Why don't you let him try?"

Yun Manyan also said anxiously, "Brother, don't be silly. This master is here to save Grandfather, let him try!"

Yun Tianbai choked on a mouthful of blood, "Elder sister! You actually believe in such a demonic Taoist?"

Yun Manyan shook her head, "It's not that I believe him, it's that I believe You Ran!"

Yun Tianbai: ...

While the others were arguing, the seventh senior brother didn't stop moving. He pulled out several talismans and, after a series of skillful maneuvers, pasted them on the bedside, windowsill, and roof beams.

In less than fifteen minutes, no fewer than thirty talismans were pasted up in the room.

Su Youran and Yun Manwan were dumbfounded.

Yun Tianbai's temples were throbbing with veins, clearly on the verge of exploding in rage.

The old woman next to her was also surprised and muttered, "Madam, why does this room feel brighter?"

Madam Xiao was also extremely surprised, but a hint of joy appeared in her eyes.

The seventh senior brother withdrew his hand gesture, exhaled a long breath, and then said, "This house was previously affected by evil energy, so it was inevitable that people would feel gloomy in it. Now that this talisman has temporarily driven away the evil energy, it will feel warmer and brighter. However, this method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. I still need to ask the eldest madam to do as I just said, cut down the osmanthus tree, move the stone table and chairs, and place some other items to ward off evil energy. In less than a month, the old master will definitely recover!"

Xiao was overjoyed and, without thinking of asking any questions, immediately sent the old woman out to do as the master had said.

Then he pointed to the old man on the bed and said, "Please, Master, save him!"

The seventh senior brother glanced at Yun Tianbai, then slapped another talisman on the forehead of Grand Tutor Zhou.

A moment later, Grand Tutor Zhou suddenly opened his eyes and slowly turned his head to look at the group.

Madam Xiao stepped forward, both surprised and delighted, "Grandpa! You're awake!"

The old tutor said in a hoarse voice, "What did you just say? What tree? What stone table? Don't touch anything... cough cough cough..."

Madam Xiao quickly stepped forward to pat him on the back and said, "Grandpa! It's so good that you're awake! Don't worry, no one dared to cut down the osmanthus tree in your yard! Don't worry, okay!"

She knew the old man's temper and didn't know if he was truly sober or just pretending, so she could only try to appease him.

The old tutor finally calmed down, blew a breath, and made the talisman on his forehead fly away. "What the hell is this thing? Take it off!"

Xiao looked at her seventh senior brother.

The seventh senior brother shook his head and said in a low voice, "It will take half an hour."

Seeing the old tutor slowly pull his arm out of the quilt, Madam Xiao quickly stepped forward and pressed it down. "Father! Don't move! We're playing a ghost-catching game! You stay put, we want to stay put too!"

She frantically winked at her seventh senior brother, "Hurry up, ours haven't been put up yet!"

The seventh senior brother reacted quickly, taking out a handful of talismans and sticking one on each of their foreheads.

Su Youran: ……

Yun Manyan: ...

Yun Tianbai's face was filled with black lines.

Grand Tutor Zhou snorted and then shouted, "I'm hungry! Hurry up and bring up some food! Madam Xiao, are you trying to starve me to death?!"