Is this a battle of faith?
He Shiwen was eager to know what happened next. When she heard the old man go off on a tangent, she quickly brought the subject back to the old man. "Old man, what happened next? From what you said, the goddess... uh, no, Yuezu was living well down the mountain. Why did she have to go up the mountain?"
"Why else? Of course it's because she's too conspicuous and some people are unhappy—"
The old man changed the subject and continued to talk about his grandfather-in-law.
Indeed, Yue Zu lived a very good life at the foot of the mountain, and she even squeezed out her "guide", the male Taoist priest, so that he had no market left and had to return to his hometown in disgrace, take off his long gown and start farming.
Yue Zu’s good times didn’t last long either.
The male member who had reported her before couldn't stand Yue Zu's limelight and wanted to gather people to report her to the county.
This time, Yue Zu learned his lesson.
After hearing the news, she did not do anything as she did last time. Instead, she went to the mountains to collect some cold wild fruits and gave them to the male members who were doing farm work.
The male members thought Yue Zu was showing goodwill, so they ate wild fruits during their rest. However, they began to have abdominal cramps that night. Yue Zu was the only barefoot doctor in the team, so they had to rush to see Yue Zu for treatment.
Yue Zu said that they had angered God and were being punished by God. These people were tortured by abdominal pain and knelt down to beg Yue Zu to save their lives.
Seeing that these people were really poisoned, Yue Zu prescribed them antidote.
After taking the medicine, these people's stomach pains were indeed gone, but their fear of Yue Zu deepened invisibly. They didn't dare to play any tricks in front of Yue Zu anymore, let alone go to the county to file a complaint.
Gradually, more and more people came to believe in Yuezu, and even many people from other places came to her for medical treatment.
Yue Zu was also worried that she would make too much noise and alert the higher-ups, who would then send troops to kill her. So she gathered some of her die-hard fans and went up the mountain to fight!
Qingfeng Temple was occupied by Yue Zu. She expelled the nuns and locked Master Qingfeng in a dungeon. She then used the wealth she had amassed over the past two years to renovate the temple inside and out.
It's like a low-profile version of the imperial palace.
Yue Zu, who had usurped the throne, had become a local tyrant in the mountains and a well-known "Goddess", but now she felt unsatisfied.
He is actually going to ascend the throne directly!
Considering that Yue Zu is not even forty years old now, his short life span is enough to make one sigh deeply.
After listening to the story of the old man next door, Bai Ying and He Shiwen had metabolized the few remaining drugs in their bodies. They both found a bunch of keys from the headless male corpse on the ground.
I think Wang Tiejun used one of the keys in this bunch to open the cell where they were held and get in.
In order to prevent Bai Ying and the others from escaping, Wang Tiejun did not forget to lock the door of the cell again after entering. Who would have thought that in the end he would be the one who had no chance to escape.
Bai Ying sighed.
Things often go against people's expectations.
Click!
After trying several keys, He Shiwen finally opened the lock on the cell door and looked at Bai Ying in surprise, "Great, it really works!"
"Um."
Bai Ying nodded and looked at the vent on the top of the wall.
It's almost dawn outside, and it would be great if they could take this opportunity to go out!
However, before leaving the dungeon, Bai Ying did not forget the old lady next door who had previously revealed the background of the goddess to them. Bai Ying invited He Shiwen to join her.
The two pushed open the cell door and, following the direction they remembered, came to the dungeon entrance next to the wall next to them.
In the dungeon, an old lady was sitting cross-legged.
She was thin, and the loose yellow monk's robe she wore looked empty.
Although she was a nun before, she was locked up in the dungeon for such a long time that she couldn't get a haircut, and her hair grew into stubble three or four centimeters long, much of which was already gray.
Despite this, the old man did not look particularly embarrassed. Instead, he had a shrewd look, as if he had seen through the mundane world.
Bai Ying suddenly understood.
Such a person must be no simple one.
It seems that she is Master Qingfeng, the one who taught Yue Zu medical skills.
It’s no wonder that she resented Yue Zu so much. The person she saved with such kindness turned out to be ungrateful. It would be abnormal for her not to resent him in this situation, right?
With the idea that one more person helping means more strength, especially since Master Qingfeng is so familiar with the structure of the temple, who knows, she might really be able to help.
After pondering for a moment, Bai Ying said, "Senior, do you want to leave here? We have the key."
Nun Qingfeng, who had been meditating with her eyes closed, slowly opened them. Her expression was calm and she shook her head slightly. "No need. I don't have many years left to live anyway. Why bother with all that? I'm fine staying here."
Hearing this, He Shiwen widened her eyes slightly, looking incredulous.
Does this old man know what he is talking about?
We have seen many people who haven’t lived enough, so how could they seek death on their own initiative?
"senior……"
Bai Ying wanted to try to persuade them again, but all she got was Nun Qingfeng waving her hand impatiently, "Go ahead. If you see Xiaoyue, please tell me that if I had to do it again, I would still choose to save her."
"Why?" Bai Ying and He Shiwen asked subconsciously.
After hearing what Master Qingfeng said before, they thought that Master Qingfeng hated Master Yue very much! But why did she say that she had no regrets?
Nun Qingfeng twitched the corners of her lips and smiled helplessly, "A doctor's heart is filled with compassion. I cannot bear to watch someone die before my eyes and stand by and do nothing. Please tell Xiaoyue that no matter whether she has become the Goddess or the Queen, she should never forget that she is a doctor."
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