"Yes, yes, you are a blessed person, your blessings are as deep as the sea."
Qiao Jingjing just smiled:
"Old Taoist priest, we are all still young, and the idea that our blessings are as deep as the sea is a bit of an exaggeration. However, many people in Wu County are saying that you, the old immortal, have reached the gods and possess miraculous talisman water bestowed by the immortals, which can save all living beings."
My mother-in-law hasn't been feeling well these past few days. If you can't cure her, I'll pluck your beard and burn down your dilapidated temple. I doubt even the gods behind you will blame me.
The old Taoist priest Yu Ji's awkward smile crumbled on his face.
"Madam is joking. This old Taoist priest will surely cure the old lady's illness once he goes there."
The old Taoist priest put on a show of mystery, followed by twenty young Taoist priests. Along the road outside the mountain gate, many people who had heard the news came to watch the spectacle and, incidentally, knelt down to thank the old immortal.
It was amidst that dazzling radiance that the old Taoist priest entered the Sun family's gate.
Madam Wu had just taken the doctor's medicine.
The fever keeps recurring.
Upon hearing that the old sage had arrived, Madam Wu perked up immediately and quickly sat up in bed, urging Madam Xie and Yuan Shiyi to help her change into more formal clothes.
"Hey, hurry up, hurry up!"
Yu Ji walked in, thin and bony, with several young Taoist priests standing beside him. They had white beards and wore white robes, making them look like fake immortals.
The fake deity paced around Madam Wu's room in numerous directions, stretching out his right hand and making calculations with several fingers, then chanting them aloud.
Then he squinted and prayed for a while.
The entire scene was completely silent during that time.
After a while, it seemed as if the fake Taoist priest had ascended to heaven and reported the situation to some deity.
The fake Taoist priest finally opened his eyes and took out three pills and a bottle of talisman water from his pocket.
The young Taoist priest respectfully accepted it and handed it to Sun Ce.
Madam Wu looked at the pills with a joyful expression.
The old sage then spoke:
"Madam's good fortune is as vast as the Eastern Sea, so there is no need to worry. A few years ago, something unclean happened in Madam's home, disturbing a certain deity whose name cannot be spoken. Therefore, the young woman involved had to go to the Taoist temple to sincerely chant scriptures. The woman needs to chant scriptures for as long as the incident has occurred in order to cure Madam's illness."
Madam Wu looked at the old immortal.
"Old Immortal, is this elixir ineffective too?"
The old immortal remained silent for a moment: "This elixir can cure the disease but not the fate. If you want the old lady to live a peaceful and prosperous life from now on, and stay away from illness and disaster, you still have to use the method that the old Taoist just mentioned."
After the old immortal finished speaking, he flicked his whisk, picked up his white robe, and left.
Behind him, a group of young Taoist priests followed eagerly.
Then Madam Wu quickly began to ponder.
The sordid affair that the old Taoist priest was talking about a few years ago, wasn't it just that A-Shao fell into the water, which brought up the whole affair between Sun Kuang and Xiao Wu? Some were imprisoned, some were detained. If we have to say which young woman was most closely involved in this matter, isn't it Da Qiao?
Madam Wu looked at Da Qiao.
Da Qiao was known for her filial piety.
That year in Lujiang City, her filial piety towards her ailing mother, Qiao Amu, moved the emperor, who was far away in Luoyang.
Sun Ce had long wanted to throw away the three elixirs and the bottle of talisman water.
Qiao Jingjing stopped.
Then he saw his mother looking at Qiao Jingjing with that same look in her eyes.
“Mother! That Taoist priest’s words are superstition. Da Qiao is overwhelmed with affairs. Such a big family, with everyone involved, even with her two younger siblings sharing the burden, there are still at least thirty to fifty things to do every day.”
Da Qiao also has to take care of three children, and with the autumn harvest coming up, there are still things to do in the farmland and fishponds.
That old Taoist priest was lying; he had ulterior motives in asking Da Qiao to go to his temple to chant scriptures.
Sun Quan also said that his sister-in-law should not go.
Even if you want to recite scriptures, you can do so at home.
So, the Sun family's sisters-in-law have been staying at home these past few days chanting sutras and praying for their elderly mother.
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