Chapter 219: The Nemesis of Married Women?
Around noon, a light snow fell from the sky again, blown by the wind and falling on people. Although it was not noticeable, if you didn't pay attention, it would wet your clothes after a while.
When Li Chu arrived outside the clinic, he saw white cloth and white banners spread everywhere, and there were constant cries of grief inside and outside the mourning hall.
Many people came to pay their respects. As a compassionate doctor, Dr. Liu helped many people.
The most conspicuous thing was a group of people standing outside the clinic. They were ragged and dirty. They did not step into the clinic, but just gathered outside the door, secretly wiping away tears.
Most of these people were beggars in the south of the city. Every winter used to be a hardship for them, but later Doctor Liu helped them for many years. They probably didn't expect that such a good man would suddenly pass away.
Then who in this world should live to be a hundred years old?
Li Chu scanned the area with his mind but found no traces.
This is normal. It was a bit late for him to come here after receiving the news. In two days, even if there was any remaining aura, it should have dissipated.
But after opening his mind, he noticed that there was someone like him on the other side of the clinic.
He looked up and saw a woman standing there in a light blue dress with a white fur coat around her shoulders. Her hair and makeup were all extremely delicate. A little maid followed behind her, holding an umbrella for her to block the falling snow.
At first glance, she looks like the wife of a wealthy family.
She looked at the clinic. Although there was no expression on her face, there was deep meaning in her eyes.
Li Chu looked at her again.
Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly turned her head at this moment, and Li Chu quickly looked away.
If he made eye contact with a woman on the street, he would often get into trouble, so he had to be more cautious.
But he didn't expect that even though he dodged quickly, the woman seemed to have noticed him. She walked towards him lightly, and the maidservant followed closely behind her.
Li Chu looked at her and felt that she was not the kind of girl that he would feel interested in at first sight. It seemed... more like she had a background story.
So he didn't dodge.
He is already a mature young Taoist priest and needs to learn to explore the plot from each character.
The woman slowly came up to him, and the first thing she said was, "You are Taoist Priest Xiao Li from Deyun Temple, right?"
"Huh?" Li Chu was surprised: "Do you know me?"
"Oh, I heard Liu Yishou mention you. Just now, I also heard some other rumors."
The woman smiled, and her eyes looked a little bitter, not sure if it was because she mentioned Liu Yishou's name or something else. She shook her head and looked at Li Chu again: "Can we talk? I have something I want to talk to Taoist Xiao Li about."
Li Chu looked at her serious expression and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
The woman then led Li Chu forward, entered the clinic, and spoke to the disciple in mourning. Immediately someone arranged a medical room for them to talk.
It seems that she is very familiar with Liu Yishou's disciples, and she seems to have a high status in this clinic.
I don't know why I didn't go in before.
After sitting down in the medical room, the woman introduced herself.
"You can call me Madam Chen. I run a few shops on Flower Street, and people nearby call me that."
She first revealed her identity as a wealthy woman.
"Mrs. Chen." Li Chu nodded.
"Liu Yishou and I..." Mrs. Chen continued, "He is a few years older than me and has taken good care of me since I was a child. Can we be considered childhood sweethearts? It's probably something like this. Although we have never said it to each other, we grew up together and have some feelings for each other."
"But when he reached the age of marriage, he was still a poor scholar. He did not do well in the provincial examination and was at his most destitute. I was a teenager at the time, and my parents wanted me to marry a rich man."
"There weren't too many disputes. A few years later I married my husband and now all these shops are actually his."
"Before I got married, Liu Yishou came to see me. He said he didn't want to study anymore and was going to Xuanhu Villa to study medicine. He said he hoped we would have the chance to meet more often in the future."
"I said, are you cursing me..."
"We were supposed to never see each other again, but who knew... I married a beast. Within two years of marriage, he began to go out and have a good time. Sometimes he would bring women home from outside. I couldn't stand it, and when I quarreled with him... I would get beaten."
"This went on for nearly ten years until one day he got drunk and broke my arm."
"I heard there was a great doctor here, so I came here to look for him. I didn't expect it to be him. What I said in jest at the time actually came true."
"When Liu Yishou heard about my situation, he was very angry. That's when I realized how important I was to him."
"Later, I would go to him again and again when I was injured. He said he wanted to save me from suffering, but we were helpless... My husband was not only a businessman, he also practiced martial arts and had some influence in Shenluo City."
"We can't defeat him anyway."
"Until one day..."
"Liu Yishou suddenly asked me excitedly, have you heard of the legend of Lord Canghai?"
"Lord Canghai?" Li Chu raised his eyebrows.
He realized that this was the point.
"He said that there is a magical being in the Jiuyi of the East Sea, named Lord Canghai. He possesses great power and endless wealth, and he is keen on doing business with people."
"As long as you offer enough chips, you can trade anything you want with Lord Canghai."
"I didn't take it seriously, so I just casually asked him what he wanted?"
"He said he wanted me to stop being bullied."
"result……"
"After a while, my husband died."
When she said this, Mrs. Chen's eyes still showed surprise.
"One night, he was still talking when he suddenly fell to the ground and died. Later, the coroner from the government office conducted a careful examination but could not find any clues. They could only say that he had drunk too much."
"But I know...it won't be that simple."
Li Chu's eyes flickered and he fell into deep thought.
This way of dying...
"A few days later I went to ask Liu Yishou if he had done anything. Liu Yishou just smiled and shook his head, refusing to tell me anything."
"But the less he talks, the more I doubt whether he really made some terrible deal..."
"The last time we met was just a few days ago."
"He mentioned that the evil spirit in the clinic was solved by you, and he also said that you are not only highly skilled, but also compassionate and a very trustworthy person."
"But even though the evil spirits were solved, he suddenly told me not to come to him again."
"Thinking about it now, the way he said this might have been because he anticipated something..."
"Everyone now says he died of overthinking, but I am the only one who knows... the way he died was exactly the same as the way my husband died before."
"Master Li..." Mrs. Chen's eyes turned heavy as she looked at Li Chu.
"He's a good man and I hope someone can do him justice."
Li Chu accepted the heavy burden.
He replied solemnly: "It is my duty."
After talking for a while, the two walked out of the clinic side by side again. The snow outside became heavier.
Mrs. Chen walked to where she had just stood and stopped.
"Master Xiao Li, you go back first. I'll stay here for a while." Madam Chen smiled and said, "Every time I walked here before, as long as I stopped for a while, he would come out to greet me."
"He said that he always felt something in his heart, but I knew that he must have looked up and looked outside when nothing happened."
"Now that I'm standing here, I feel like he might come out of the clinic in a while."
"Goodbye." Li Chu turned and left without saying anything more.
Thoughts flashed through his mind.
Ever since entering Shenluo City, new problems seem to keep popping up.
Liu Yishou previously said that he had performed an operation on the Beiming Sect, and now he is linked to a mysterious legend about Lord Canghai.
Before the Yin family's descendants could fully investigate the matter, they were inexplicably dragged into a feud with the Huanlong Kingdom.
It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly brought two unrelated mountains together, and he was slowly passing through them.
Perhaps this is the second largest city in the world.
It is a turbulent place, and all the forces that can participate in it are huge.
…
I don’t know what his guess is, but in fact, the several strange cases that have come to Deyun Branch Temple so far were all arranged by the people from Nancheng Temple.
If there really is such a pair of invisible big hands, the name of the hands should be Du.
The "masterminds behind the scenes" Du Lan Ke and Taoist Priest Du were standing in front of the gate of Deyun Temple at this time, sighing with regret.
This is such a big Taoist temple... but there is only one Taoist priest.
When the Taoist priest surnamed Li was not around, they actually closed the shop...
This is too... casual.
It was such a small and dilapidated Taoist temple that actually attracted Miss Jiangli to come in person, while his own Nancheng Temple had no reputation at all.
A lemon-flavored flame ignited in Master Du's heart.
Just at this moment, a sneaky figure of a dog appeared at the intersection.
The man's attire was inconspicuous, just an ordinary cotton coat and hat that covered most of his face, but his eyes kept glancing in the direction of Deyun Temple.
This figure was none other than the fish that slipped through the net in Youlan Pavilion yesterday. After he returned to report, he received a task from the Second Prince to thoroughly investigate the little Taoist priest who had ruined the whole thing.
Thanks to the information released by Youlanxuan, he found out about Li Chu's Deyun branch in South City without much effort.
But that’s not enough.
If I can't answer whatever the Second Prince asks me, I will be in danger of death.
Therefore, it is necessary to find out the little Taoist's background, magical powers, sect master, parents' hometown, birth date, interests and hobbies in detail before going back.
The spy from the Huanlong Kingdom tiptoed along the way and bumped into Taoist Du who was turning around and leaving at the door.
It looked like Taoist Du walked out from inside.
The spy rolled his eyes and stepped forward, "Master, Master, please stay."
"Um?"
Dulanke turned around and saw that it was a man who called him, and he didn't understand what he meant.
The man pointed at the plaque of Deyun Temple and said with a smile: "Is the Taoist master practicing in this temple?"
Taoist Du was about to deny it, but when he saw the man's flattering smile, he paused.
As smart as he was, he immediately realized that this might be a good opportunity to damage the enemy's reputation.
So he looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Hehe." The man just thought he was just that, and pretended to laugh warmly, "My master heard about the deeds of a Taoist priest named Li in this temple. It just so happened that something happened at home, so he wanted to ask him to solve it."
"Oh?" Taoist Priest Du narrowed his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Don't be in a hurry to talk. I want to find out first, what level of cultivation is our Taoist priest Li at?" the man asked.
“This…”
Dulanke pondered for a moment, not for any other reason, but because he didn't know this either.
But the man thought that he felt it was inconvenient to reveal it, so he came over immediately and handed over a silver ingot from his sleeve.
"I'm not trying to find out anything else. The main point is that my master is worried. What if he is all show and no use? If we invite him over, it will end up costing his life. That would be bad."
Dulanke took the silver and saw that he was quite generous, so he thought it was a big job.
I had some thoughts in my mind at that time.
With me here, your business will never succeed!
He smiled slightly and replied: "As for my... Junior Brother's cultivation, it is indeed a bit hard to fathom."
"Oh? How do you mean?"
"He cultivates a different kind of inheritance, and his magical powers are very different from those of us ordinary Qi cultivators."
Taoist Du knew that Li Chu had already made a name for himself, and that completely denying his cultivation would not convince people, so he made up a story:
"The inheritance he cultivated emphasizes the importance of exerting all one's strength in one move, weakening in the second, and exhausting in the third. In other words, one must use all one's strength in three moves. He can only attack three times a day at most."
"The first time is the strongest, the second time is not so good, and the third time is the weakest. After the third time, there is not a drop left."
"As for the evil spirit in your house, it would be fine if we could defeat it in one go. But if it is a little bit stronger and gets angered by its first three moves, and it hasn't been killed yet, then it would be terrible."
"Ah... So there is such a legacy."
The man nodded in surprise.
My heart suddenly understood.
Three of his powerful companions were killed by him. It turned out that those three strikes took all his strength.
No wonder, if he could really control them easily at his age, he would be invincible sooner or later.
I couldn't help but feel regretful.
If I hadn't run away at that time, wouldn't I have been able to kill him back?
After agreeing to a few things, he handed over a silver ingot and asked, "I wonder what hobbies this Taoist priest Li has?"
Taoist Priest Du took the silver and said in a strange tone, "Why are you asking this when you're looking for someone to exorcise evil spirits?"
"Isn't this..." The man thought for a moment and replied, "If we want to invite him over to exorcise evil spirits, we must treat him well and know his interests so that we can cater to his preferences."
snort.
Taoist Du snorted in his heart.
In the past, when I went out to exorcise evil spirits, no one had ever gone to such great lengths to please me, asking me what I liked to eat...or drink.
He immediately made up a story: "My junior fellow apprentice has many hobbies, but the one that ranks first must be beauty."
"Hey, that's easy." The man smiled.
If that little Taoist priest is lustful...
Then there is a lot of potential.
"Nothing else will do. He is used to seeing vulgar women." Taoist Du smiled obscurely: "He doesn't love anything else, he only loves other people's wives."
"A married woman?"
"They are other people's wives, married women. The richer the family, the more they like them." Taoist Priest Du lowered his voice and said, "Our Taoist temple used to be in Hangzhou Prefecture. Do you know why we were driven here?"
"It was because my junior fellow was exorcising evil spirits in Hangzhou Prefecture. Whenever he stayed overnight, he would secretly seduce other women. He was not exposed once or twice, but after a long time, how could he hide the truth? In the end, he was given a nickname..."
"What's your nickname?" the man asked, pricking up his ears.
"The wife killer!"
"Good fellow—" the man exclaimed, "This guy looks like a decent person, but he turns out to be a rapist."
"More than that..." Taoist Priest Du waved his hand heavily, "You big pervert!"
"Then I have to go back and ask the host if I want to invite him."
The man felt that he had obtained the information he wanted, so he found an excuse to get away.
When Master Du heard that he had backed out, he was very happy and cheered secretly.
Yes, yes, yes.
That's right!
Go back quickly.
But he still pretended to be disappointed with his child, "We have advised him against these hobbies many times, but, alas——"
"We are all from the same sect. This matter is embarrassing. What else can I say? If you really don't need money, why are you in such a hurry to find someone to exorcise the evil spirits..."
"There is another Nancheng Temple a few miles ahead, which is considered the best among the Taoist temples in this area. You can go there and ask."
The man shook his hand and expressed great gratitude.
"Thank you, Taoist priest. You are such a good person."
Taoist Priest Du also held his hand tightly.
“It’s what I should do.”
The two people, each with their own ulterior motives, bid farewell to each other reluctantly.
They both think the other person is a really wonderful person.
Let’s just talk about that guy.
After obtaining the important information, he turned around and ran all the way, running straight out of the city and into the Luo River.
Return to the palace inside the dragon's belly.
As he entered the hall, he shouted excitedly.
"Second Prince, I have found out the origin and cultivation of that young Taoist priest, and also discovered his fatal weakness!"
"oh?"
Inside the palace, the Second Prince stood up.
"What did you find out?"
"That little Taoist priest doesn't last long. He can only attack three times a day."
"besides……"
"He is extremely lustful and still loves other people's wives!"
Sorry, I stayed up late as soon as I got better. After staying up late for a few days, I felt uncomfortable in my chest again, so I went to bed early last night. I owed another chapter today, so I'll add it to the chapters I owe, 30+1=31. It will be a bestseller tomorrow, and I want to see if I can adjust my state and take the opportunity to have a small explosion. Although the previous splash screen introductions and other big recommendations did not explode... I want to try harder this time.
(End of this chapter)
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