Chapter 65: My son is a scholar
“He said he had a way to torture Yu Run so much that he would commit suicide,” Tong Ke said softly. “I listened to him and became a servant in the Yu family. Every night, after Yu Run finished bathing, I would take the perfume he gave me and apply it to his body. Sure enough, not long after, he went mad. If you don’t come, he will not be able to bear it for the next few days and will commit suicide.”
Hearing this, Jingwu sighed deeply: "Have you ever thought that if he really dies, you will bear the karmic burden? Cause and effect have their consequences, and you will have to pay for it in the future."
"So what? He killed my father and mother, and I will make him pay with his life!" Tong Ke's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the person in front of him: "Master, I witnessed my mother being raped by him and then killing herself by crashing her head against my head right in front of me. How can you expect me to let him go?"
Seeing this, Jingwu didn't say anything more, and nodded at him: "Alright, then you can go back and report."
Tong Ke looked at her, puzzled.
“I will no longer concern myself with this matter.” Jingwu stood up and cast a spell on him to conceal his identity. “It’s getting late, I need to go back and rest.”
After saying that, he walked into the house.
Tong Ke breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the gate close. He immediately got into the carriage and returned to his residence to report.
He didn't invite Jingwu over, and naturally he got a scolding.
But so what? Seeing Yu Run, that villain, in such pain, he felt an unusual sense of satisfaction.
Madam Yu, of course, would not sit idly by and wait for her fate, so she sent her steward to invite him several more times.
Unfortunately, Jingwu didn't even show his face; Xue Wenhui blocked him away.
Madam Yu had no choice but to go to the Xuanmen sect to ask for help, since she couldn't invite the master and couldn't find the Tong family's son.
When the people of the Xuanmen sect saw the birth date and time, they all shook their heads and said they didn't care.
Half a month passed like this, and Yu Run finally couldn't bear the torment any longer. He took a knife and stabbed himself in the stomach more than a dozen times, committing suicide.
After his death, Tong Ke left the Yu family and went to the next county, where he found a job as an accountant and settled down.
Back in the present, after returning to his room, Jingwu stopped worrying about the matter and lay down to rest.
A few days later, she calculated that she would have good business if she set up her stall today, so she went to South Street to set up her stall.
She had just sat down when an old lady sat down in front of her and handed her a piece of paper with her birth date and time written on it.
"Master, my son is possessed by an evil spirit. He's been in pain all over his body these past few days. We've seen doctors and he's taken a lot of medicine, but nothing has helped. The provincial examination is just around the corner! My son is the only scholar in our village!"
The old woman slapped her thigh and wailed.
Jingwu frowned and calculated based on the birth date and time.
When I looked up, I saw a person with a white veil standing in the crowd.
Her eyes lit up, and she said to the old lady, "Pay the divination fee first."
The old lady pursed her lips, somewhat reluctantly, and counted out ten coins from her purse, placing them on the table.
Jingwu carefully put away the divination money before slowly speaking: "Your son's name is Feng Runqian. He's only twenty years old this year. He passed the imperial examination a few years ago, right?"
Mother Feng nodded: "Yes, Master, please quickly tell me if my son has been possessed by an evil spirit, and how to resolve this?"
“It wasn’t an evil spirit; he brought it on himself by betraying the girl’s sincere heart.” Jingwu said slowly, “The girl harbored thoughts of revenge and cast a flying needle curse on him.”
"Master, is the person you're talking about named Yao Chenbi?"
Jingwu nodded: "It's her."
Upon hearing this, Madam Feng immediately understood what was going on. She jumped up and exclaimed, "Master, are you saying that the one who ruined my son like this is that slut? I knew it! I knew she was a poisonous woman!"
Jingwu opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she saw the old lady in front of her become unusually excited, leaning on her table and staring straight at her.
"Master, you must save my son! You can't let that wicked woman succeed! My son only had a brief affair with her, but he felt that we weren't a good match, so he broke off contact with her. I never expected her to be so vicious and try to ruin my son's future! My son is a scholar!"
Jingwu leaned back in disgust, dodging the spittle that sprayed out of her mouth.
As Madam Feng spoke, she became more and more agitated, turning directly to the onlookers and saying, "That woman runs a jewelry shop and seduces men everywhere. Tell me, my son is a dignified scholar, destined to become a high-ranking official. How can he marry into such a family?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd immediately began to discuss them.
Several people in the know came out to probe, asking, "Is it Yao Chenbi, the manager of the Babaozhai shop at the city gate?"
"It seems so. A while ago, her fiancé caught her being intimate with some gentleman in a room. He was so angry that he jumped up and down and started cursing right there in the shop. Many people saw it."
Upon hearing this, Mother Feng immediately became excited: "It's her! My son is truly blind to have chosen such a promiscuous woman. He's a scholar!"
Jingwu looked at the veiled person in the crowd and seemed unable to contain himself, taking a step forward.
She immediately spoke up, saying, "You and your son are not innocent either, you're slandering that girl's reputation for no reason."
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd immediately fell silent, and began to speculate in their hearts whether there was more to the story.
"Master, what do you mean by this?" Mother Feng was displeased, her face drawn. "My son was deceived by her feelings, and she has made him so badly injured that he can't even get out of bed. And you're still taking her side?"
"I'll say what the divination shows." Jing Wu glanced coldly at the person in front of him: "You and your son are not from Pingyao County. It's just that Feng Runqian wanted to study here, so he settled down and rented a house here, right?"
"Yes, but my son is a scholar with a bright future. Are you going to discriminate against us outsiders?"
Jingwu was speechless for a moment, then ignored her and continued, "A few years ago, your son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. He met Yao Chenbi, the manager of Babaozhai. With her help, you and your son moved into a small wooden house. She paid for it for you, right?"
"It's true she bought it, but that little wooden house is cramped and small, and it leaks when it rains. I asked her to give us a bigger place, but she pretended to be poor. How could someone who owns such a big shop not be able to come up with 20 taels of silver? She just looks down on us. My son is..."
Hearing this, Jingwu couldn't help but roll his eyes and interrupted her: "Over the years, all your expenses in Pingyao County have been paid by her. This time, your son wanted to go to Pingjiang Prefecture to prepare for the exam and asked her for one hundred taels of silver. She didn't give it to him, so you and your son fell out with her, right?"
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