Shi Lanqing was the first to notice it. She quickly rushed over and hugged Xiaobao's body, "Xiaobao is angry, he is angry!"
Mrs. Cao cried with joy, Minister Cao and Cao Xianrui also had tears in their eyes, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Gu Lingze knew that the matter was not over yet, the 'murderer' who caused Xiaobao's death had not been caught yet, and if he could do it once, he could do it a second time.
"Give the child some rice soup and don't let him eat anything with meat or fish in it."
The Cao family members quickly responded, and Gu Lingze and the other two turned and went to the next room.
"Lingze, how do you feel?" Gu Tianhua asked with concern.
"Dad, I'm fine, don't worry, I'm just a little tired." Gu Lingze smiled tiredly.
"Then lie down and rest for a while. We'll go out first."
Before leaving, Gu Lingze gave Zhao Chengmo a look, and the other party nodded in understanding.
After closing the door, Gu Lingze listened quietly for a while, made sure the two had gone far away, and then slipped into the space.
Gu Lingze had a premonition that the evil guy would be here soon, so he had to make full preparations and be ready to fight at any time.
After a night's rest, everyone looked much better, especially the Cao family, who no longer had the anxious look they had yesterday.
Gu Lingze has seen Xiaobao. The little guy obviously doesn't remember him, but he still has a natural sense of closeness to him. He is very cute.
The Cao family was about to return home, but was stopped by Gu Lingze.
"The man who harmed Xiaobao might come back again. We can't just sit there and wait for him to die. We should stay here and catch him in the act."
After hearing this, Mrs. Cao and Shi Lanqing turned pale.
"If this person has any deep hatred against my Cao family, he should just attack me directly. Why is he picking on a child?" Minister Cao said angrily, and Cao Xianrui also clenched his fists.
"If the person who harms others could talk about reason, then he would not harm others."
Time passed quickly and it was already night. After dinner, Gu Lingze stayed in Xiaobao's room.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, causing the candles in the room to flicker. Gu Lingze looked towards the door with sharp eyes.
“Here I come.”
As soon as these two words were spoken, the air in the room suddenly stagnated. Minister Cao and Cao Xianrui stood up and stared at the door as if facing a great enemy.
There was a cold wind blowing all around, the branches in the yard were swaying left and right, and the moon was completely covered by a large dark cloud.
"Who ruined my good deeds?" An old man's voice came from outside the courtyard wall. Cao Xianrui was about to go out to check but was stopped by Zhao Chengmo.
"Old man, if the Cao family has ever offended you, you could have just taken it back openly. Why would you have to attack a little kid?"
Gu Lingze was so polite not because this person was powerful, but because he discovered today that before Xiaobao was possessed by the underworld, someone had used magic to borrow the rest of his life span, leaving him with less than half a year.
"You are quite capable, young man. Even though the soul of this little kid has gone to the underworld, you can still bring it back."
After the old man said this, he coughed twice, his voice hoarse like the movement of an old bellows.
"It's getting late and the dew is heavy. Why don't you come in and talk, senior?" As soon as these words were spoken, almost all of the Cao family members in the room stared with bated breath, their heartbeats quickening.
The Cao family actually misunderstood. They had all seen Gu Lingze's abilities, so they thought that anyone who could be treated so politely by him must be a powerful person.
There was still no sound from the gate, and there were only the shadowy shadows of trees in the dark yard.
Gu Lingze clasped his hands together and raised them forward, performing the Taoist Bao Yuan ceremony, "Senior."
The Cao family looked around but didn't see any figures. When they followed Gu Lingze's gaze, they actually found a yellow fox as tall as a calf.
The weasel noticed their gazes and glared at the Cao family like a human. Then it put its two front paws behind its back and staggered in, just like an old man, except that it was limping.
Even Gu Tianhua couldn't help but take a breath, not to mention the Cao family who had been on high alert. They didn't expect that after waiting for so long, they would actually see a yellow-skinned monster.
The only two calm people present were Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo. They saw the weasel walked into the inner room, jumped onto a chair, and sat down on it steadily.
"Would you like some tea, Senior?"
The weasel glanced at him and said, "You don't have to do this. Since the Cao family has asked you to solve the problem, just use whatever tricks you have."
Gu Lingze knew that the reason why the other party was so unscrupulous was because he held Xiaobao's life in his hands, otherwise he would not have said such words when he knew he could not beat him.
"Why do you have to do this, Senior? It will not benefit your cultivation if you harm someone's life."
"Practice?" The weasel said sarcastically, "I am just giving back an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
Minister Cao stepped forward and said, "My Cao family has no grudge against you, why do you want to harm my grandson?"
The weasel sneered, "No hatred or grudges, your Cao family has no hatred or grudges against me?"
It seems that there must be some reason why the weasel behaved like this, but even Minister Cao doesn't know what the reason is.
"Your father's name is Cao Xingteng. Am I right?"
The weasel looked at Minister Cao, nodded, and sneered again.
"Cao Xingteng was just a horse herder in the hunting grounds. How could he have the ability to become a fourth-rank official?"
It is true that Shangshu Cao's father was only a supervisor of the Imperial Household Department and did not even hold a proper official position.
Later, because of his meritorious service to the late emperor, he was promoted to the fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Works.
Minister Cao couldn't help but feel a little hesitant when he heard the sarcasm in its words.
My father did not have any great talents, but he was a diligent man. The late emperor took into consideration the friendship we had in the past and later gave him an unimportant official position as Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.
Minister Cao took a deep breath and said, "If my father had offended anyone in the past, my Cao family will do our best to make amends. Please let this ignorant child go."
Gu Lingze also stood up at this time, took out five talismans and placed them on the table, "I hope these can make up for it a little bit to you, senior."
The weasel didn't even look at the talisman paper. It lifted its right foot with its front paws, and then let its right foot hang limply there.
"I'm afraid your father can't repay me with just a few words."
It put down its foot, looked up at Gu Lingze, and tilted its head.
"Well, let your Cao family die knowingly."
Cao Xingteng was indeed sent by the Imperial Household Department to the hunting ground to raise horses. He saved the fourth prince during a royal hunting trip.
But this was just a play performed by the Yellow-skinned Demon to help Cao Xingteng rise to the top.
Back then, the yellow-skinned demon had practiced for many years and all he needed was a little offering to become a city god.
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