Scholar Xue was anxious, so he went to the clinic first. After his dislocated right shoulder was reattached, he hurried to the academy.

The next day, he went to a poetry reading.

On the third day, he went to the teahouse...

During these three days, he poured out his true feelings to everyone he met, and told others how excellent and outstanding he was...but in return he was met with countless contemptuous looks and disgusted insults.

Xue Shusheng was furious and felt that no one understood him.

No one understands himself better than he does! Xue Shusheng was filled with rage and came to the riverside angrily, stroking his face in front of the river and feeling sorry for himself.

His own shadow was reflected in the clear river surface.

His eyes are so bright, like stars.

His nose is so straight, as if carved by a knife.

His lips are so full, like peaches.

He really looks more beautiful the more you look at him.

As beautiful as a fairy in a painting, like the moon in the clouds, so high and unattainable.

The smile from myself in the water makes people dizzy and unable to extricate themselves.

His eyes were filled with infatuation and he murmured tenderly, "You are so beautiful, no one in the world can compare to you, no one can match you. I wish you and I can stay together forever."

A breeze blew by, and ripples appeared in the water...

Seeing his other self disappearing without a trace like a flower in a mirror or a moon in the water, he said in horror: "No, don't go..."

He leaned forward eagerly to catch himself in the water...

A woman's sharp and excited voice came from behind: "Be careful..."

Xue Shusheng only heard these two words before he lost his balance and fell off the river bank.

However, he did not feel panicked, and his eyes were still staring at himself in the water. They could finally be together forever...

"thump!"

The man's body fell straight into the river, as if a stone caused a thousand waves, splashing high on the surface of the river and splashing towards the river bank.

Passers-by along the river also noticed it and looked in the direction of the drowning. The woman shouted excitedly, "Someone has fallen into the water!"

"Someone fell into the water..."

When Xue Shusheng was pulled out of the river, he was already dead. His body was collected by several of his classmates from the academy.

This incident was so unbelievable and unheard of that it was treated as a strange rumor and spread in the capital at an incredible speed.

Within half a day, almost the entire capital city was talking about the incident of Xue Shusheng going insane and jumping into the river, and everyone described it vividly.

Some people said that Xue Shusheng went crazy because he was not recommended to the court; some people said that Xue Shusheng ran around the capital like crazy these days, telling everyone he met that he liked him; others said that Xue Shusheng took off his clothes before falling into the water, saying that he wanted to let everyone in the world see his graceful figure...

The various discussions in the lobby below were clearly transmitted to the private room on the second floor.

Fan Beiran, dressed in an orange robe, felt relieved. He let out a long breath and a happy smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

That night, when Gu Yanfei asked them to leave the old house, he was actually a little panicked, but because Gu Yuan told him to listen to Gu Yanfei, he listened.

The result was exactly as Gu Yanfei said.

"He got it easy!" Fan Beiran sneered.

Otherwise, he would let this Xue guy experience what it means to live a life worse than death.

Gu Yanfei played with the wine glass in his hand, took a sip of the sweet osmanthus glutinous rice wine, and said lazily: "This love Gu is called 'love', but it is actually 'infatuation'. The son Gu is infatuated with the mother Gu. Xue was infected with both the son and the mother Gu at the same time, so he fell in love with himself."

Her eyes were bright and clear, revealing a confident look and a gorgeous charm as overwhelming as the scorching sun.

Gu Yanfei took another sip of the sweet glutinous rice wine and said with a smile, "Don't dirty your hands."

"That's right!" Fan Mushuang nodded repeatedly, smiling obediently, following Gu Yanfei's lead. She diligently added glutinous rice wine to Gu Yanfei's cup, and asked her to try the store's candied crabapples.

On the white porcelain plate, the golden candied crabapples are each the size of a finger, with a clear color and are extremely tempting.

Fan Beiran closed the window of the private room, blocking out all the noise from outside.

"However," he thought of another culprit, frowned, and said with a bit of resentment, "It's a pity that we didn't find the old Taoist named 'Yunqiu'."

Because Fan Mushuang's case involved a poisonous insect, Gu Yuan was also afraid that the love poison was related to the blood poison that the eldest princess had been infected with before. After they left the old house that night, they first sent the two girls back to the mansion. Then Gu Yuan and Fan Beiran went to the palace and reported the whole cause and effect to Chu Yi in private. That night, Chu Yi personally led people to Wuliang Temple.

As a result, Wuliang Temple said that the Taoist priest Yunqiu who had stayed there had passed away three days ago, but the temple still had a record of Taoist priest Yunqiu’s ordination certificate.

According to the law, any wandering Taoist priest must have a certificate of ordination to travel, which is equivalent to a monk's household registration pass. The certificate details the monk's or nun's place of origin, secular name, age, temple to which he belongs, his ordination master, etc.

With the help of the certificate of ordination, the government can find out the origins of monks and Taoists.

The Wuliang Temple was quite cooperative and asked the Taoist priests in the temple who were good at painting to draw the appearance of the old Taoist priest. The portrait was also presented to the emperor and Chu Yi.

"The eldest prince has already asked the Imperial Guard to look for him." Gu Yuan's lips twitched slightly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

As long as Yunqiu is a genuine Taoist priest and his certificate of ordination is genuine, there will always be clues.

After she returned home that night, she tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep at all.

At first, she was still thinking about the stupid things she had done after being poisoned by the love poison. The more she thought about it, the more ashamed she felt. But in the second half of the night, the only person she was thinking about was Gu Yanfei.

Gu Yanfei took the sub-gu from his body; Gu Yanfei knocked over the man surnamed Xue in a few moves; Gu Yanfei scared the sub-gu away with a burning talisman...

She is so amazing!

My parents didn't let me go out for the past two days, and even when I went to the Gu Mansion to express my gratitude, it was my second brother who took my parents with me.

It was not until today when Mr. Xue died that her parents finally relented and let her second brother take her out.

Fan Mushuang's eyes sparkled like gems, and she spoke to Gu Yanfei in a soft voice: "Yanfei, what was the talisman you used that night?"

“Why did it burn by itself?”

"Are those poisonous insects afraid of fire? Or do they need a fire talisman?"

The little girl was playful and cute. When she spoke, the gorgeous golden swallow hairpin inlaid with rubies on her bun swayed gently, making her bright eyes shine.

Fan Beiran felt distressed when he saw how listless his sister had been in the past few days. But now, seeing that his sister had returned to her usual cute and obedient self, he breathed a sigh of relief, curved the corners of his lips, and neatly put a sugar-coated peanut into his mouth.

"Bright Fire Talisman." Gu Yanfei looked at Fan Mushuang, who was as cute as a ferret, raised his eyebrows slightly, put his fingers on his chin and asked with a smile, "Do you want to learn it?"

"Yeah." Fan Mushuang nodded repeatedly, her round face full of anticipation, "Can I learn the Bright Fire Talisman too?"

With the Bright Fire Talisman, those poisonous insects will never dare to approach her again! The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and her eyes became brighter.

"You can try other simple talismans first. Complex talismans require..." Gu Yanfei wanted to say spiritual roots, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mouth in time, "Talent is needed."

"Yeah, I'll start with the simple ones." Fan Mushuang said obediently.

Her fair cheeks are round and plump, her facial features are pure and lovely, and her smile is sweet, just like the wine in the cup, which makes people feel good at first sight.

Fan Beiran's heart was about to melt: his fifth sister was the most well-behaved! "Then I will teach you how to draw a disease-eliminating talisman, watch carefully." Gu Yanfei also taught Fan Mushuang the disease-eliminating talisman that he had taught Wei Jiaoniang before.

The simplest talisman to cure disease.

Gu Yanfei drew the disease-eliminating talisman on the little girl's palm, and deliberately slowed down his speed, patiently demonstrated it three times, and then said, "Try it."

Fan Mushuang said "hmm" obediently, and eagerly dipped his index finger in the wine, and began to practice drawing talismans to cure diseases on the table.

But halfway through the drawing, the rune that was winding like an earthworm under his finger suddenly broke off inexplicably.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she had a subtle feeling in her heart, as if she knew exactly how to draw the rune but couldn't continue.

The first time failed.

Fan Mushuang was not discouraged. He happily dipped his fingers in some more wine and drew on the table again. This second time, he finally stumbled to the last stroke.

"This is wrong." Gu Yanfei pointed at a turning point of the half rune with his fingertips. "I'll draw it again. Look carefully."

She also dipped her index finger in some wine and demonstrated again the place where Fan Mushuang had drawn incorrectly.

Fan Mushuang opened her pair of almond-shaped eyes with distinct black and white, staring intently, her cute little face slightly lowered, full of concentration.

Gu Yuan and Fan Beiran exchanged glances tacitly, both with smiles on their faces, and toasted each other with a glass of wine.

Inside the private room, the faint aroma of wine filled the air.

Fan Mushuang slowly painted it for the third time, but his brushstrokes were still clumsy.

"The painting here is top-heavy." Gu Yanfei pointed out Fan Mushuang's mistake again and patiently demonstrated it again.

Fan Mushuang continued to practice the disease-eliminating talisman with great interest, four times, five times, six times...he drew it more and more smoothly.

Fan Beiran, who was standing by, silently added some osmanthus glutinous rice wine to his sister, and pushed the wine glass towards her, indicating that she should take a break before continuing to practice.

Fan Mushuang drank two sips of glutinous rice wine to moisten his throat. He blinked his big round eyes and asked expectantly and curiously, "Yan Fei, what disease can this disease-removing talisman cure? Can it treat external injuries?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the sesame-sized red dot on the back of her neck. This was the wound left when Gu Yanfei used a silver needle to hook out the Gu that day.

Seeing Fan Mushuang's cute facial features wrinkled together, Gu Yanfei couldn't help laughing, thinking: It seems that this love Gu has become a heart disease for her.

Gu Yanfei nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Such a minor wound can certainly be cured. When you have mastered the disease-healing talisman, you can witness its effectiveness yourself."

"However, it won't work for serious injuries like a disemboweled stomach. Severe injuries require the use of hemostatic talismans, and other talismans must be used in combination as appropriate. No single talisman can cure all diseases." Gu Yanfei explained patiently.

Fan Mushuang tilted his round face, looking like he was listening attentively, and asked thoughtfully, "For example, seriously injured people often have a fever. Once they have a fever, do they need to use other talismans?"

Gu Yanfei said: "After a serious injury, the blood vessels are ruptured, and the blood that has left the meridians stagnates in the body. If it stagnates for a long time, it will definitely generate heat. If external evil enters the body, the stagnant blood and the evil poison will gather together to form heat. The yin cannot control the yang, which can easily lead to high fever, and in severe cases, death."

For cultivators, even if their stomachs are ripped open and their limbs are broken, these are just external injuries and are easy to treat. But for ordinary people, this level of serious injury is often fatal.

"So that's how it is." Fan Mushuang sighed seriously. In fact, she didn't understand half of what Gu Yanfei said about blood that strayed from the meridians and heat that would be generated if it was depressed for a long time.

No, she had to buy some medical books after she returned, otherwise she wouldn't understand what Yan Fei said, so how could she be his friend? Fan Mushuang pondered inwardly, still smiling.

(End of this chapter)