Chapter 17 Don’t Ask Such a Disappointing Question
When Jin Congcong saw his master's appearance, he poked Bi'er beside him.
"See? Your master is infatuated with her again. Could it be that he really wants to sacrifice his own life to bring happiness to others?"
Bi'er wanted to refute, but after taking a look at her own lady... she felt a little uncertain.
Bu Ruo took the two of them back to the room on the third floor, where Mo Bao was waiting.
"Master, I know what you want to ask. The War King is just passing by. Doctor Du is staying in Kyoto for three days, and today is the last day. The War King must have gone to see Doctor Du to get the pill that can suppress the speed poison."
Before Bu Ruo could say anything, Jin Congcong's eyes widened and he yelled, "Impossible! How could I not know that my master was here? He couldn't have not told me. My master loves me the most."
Bu Ruo leaned back in the chair, crossing her legs without any image. "Are you sure your master loves you the most? Are you sure your master would rather not accept you as his disciple?"
Jin Congcong: ...
Seeing someone choosing to be a coward and angry between being a coward and being angry, Bu Ruo ignored him.
"Where is Grandpa Du now?"
"At the Fulai Inn."
Less than half an hour later, Bu Ruo appeared at the Fulai Inn with Bi'er and Jin Congcong, who had a sour face.
"Ruo'er, why are you here? Haha, it's been almost a year since we last met. Come and let Grandpa Du see you."
"Last month, when I went back to Wuming Mountain, I heard that you had returned to Kyoto. I was thinking of visiting you, but I didn't expect you to come before I even left."
"Hahaha, what a coincidence, what a coincidence."
Jin Congcong stood at the back, looking at the old man with a fake white beard and a smile: "But Master, why did I hear that you will only stay in Kyoto for three days, and today is the last day?"
Doctor Du looked a little embarrassed. "What nonsense are you talking about, you little bastard? I only said that to others... I'm going to see you tomorrow, hehe~"
The saying goes, "Seeing through something but not saying it out loud will save your face."
Bu Ruo pretended not to know and helped him to a chair: "Grandpa Du, I heard that the War King came to you for treatment, is that right?"
Doctor Du watched Bu Ruo grow up, and he heard about the wedding these days, so he didn't hide it from her.
"Yes, I did show it to the War King. The medicine that the War King has been taking is the medicine I developed to suppress it. This time I came here specifically to deliver the medicine to him."
"But Ruo'er... Grandpa Du can't cure his poison, and his body has been infected with the toxin for many years. It's not easy for him to survive until now. He only has three months to live at most. You'd better make plans early."
"Even if you don't come today, Grandpa Du is planning to write to you tomorrow to tell you about this matter."
Jin Congcong: "Didn't you say you were coming to see us? Why did you write a letter again? You are not being honest, old man."
Doctor Du: ...
Bu Ruo asked some other questions, and as it was getting dark, he stood up and said goodbye.
"Grandpa Du, are you really not going to live with me?"
Doctor Du smiled and said, "No, I have another patient and will be leaving tomorrow. I was planning to visit you before I leave, but now there's no need."
"Okay, Ruo'er, you guys can go back. Don't worry about me. Let's go. Go back. Grandpa Du will come to see you next time."
Bu Ruo nodded and left with the two of them.
Doctor Du watched from the window until Bu Ruo really got on the carriage, then he breathed a sigh of relief, sat down heavily on the chair, and kept patting his chest.
"I was so scared, so scared, how did this little girl know I was here?"
"I had planned to send a letter to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and leave tomorrow, but I didn't expect her to come looking for me. Fortunately... fortunately, she didn't do anything weird this time, and didn't steal anything."
"No, we can't stay here for long. We have to leave tonight. Leave right now. Otherwise, if that little ancestor suddenly gets the urge to do something, I won't be able to keep my old bones alive."
After packing up his things, Doctor Du finally left the city before the city gates closed.
In the carriage, Jin Congcong looked at the cloth bag that Bu Ruo was holding in her hand and recognized it at a glance.
"This... this is my master's golden needle! When did he give it to you? Why didn't I see it?"
Bu Ruo waved her hand: "Don't ask such a disappointing question."
"Let me ask you something. I heard that although your pills and medicinal food preparations are... average, your acupuncture skills are truly inherited from your master. Is that true?"
Jin Congcong's eyes lit up as he looked at the golden needle package in Bu Ruo's hand. He nodded confidently, "That's right. Although it requires the assistance of elixirs, the golden needles alone can prolong a person's life, save people from danger, and even kill people invisibly at critical moments."
"It's just that Master's golden needle... I don't know what's in it. This is the one that works best for me. Other golden and silver needles don't work. I've begged him so many times, but he won't give it to me."
"He could obviously use silver needles, but he insisted that these gold needles were an heirloom and could only be passed on to me after he died."
"I have been hoping for him since I was a kid... I have been hoping for him until his beard has turned white, and he is still alive."
Bu Ruo: ...
If I were your master, I wouldn't give it to you, a guy who always hopes his master will die so that he can inherit the treasure.
"Okay, I'll study it and then I'll give you a set based on this. You'll have to return this set to your master later."
"As for Grandpa Du, if he writes a letter to scold me... I will say that you took it."
Jin Congcong: ...
The next day, an old man who was rummaging through bags on a carriage had a cold face and his back teeth were chattering.
"Bu Ruo! I knew you weren't so kind as to come and see me! So this is your plan!"
The medicine boy driving the cart heard the voice from inside the cart and turned back to ask, "Master, did you leave anything behind? Do you want to go back?"
The old man's forehead twitched. "Why go back? No! If I go back, not only will I not get my things back, but I might lose something else."
"No, I'm so angry! Drive the carriage more steadily, I have to write to them, or I'll suffocate myself with anger."
When the medicine boy heard his master's voice, the corners of his mouth curled up.
My master is the elder of Wuming Yaoshan Mountain. He is notoriously bad-tempered. He can only smile like a flower when facing Senior Sister Bu Ruo.
The most important thing is that even after being cheated, you dare not look for the answer, because looking for the answer will only lead to being cheated even more. It really is true that there is always someone better.
So in the next month, Bu Ruo received letters almost every few days... every word was trying to coax her to return the golden needle.
…
Five days later, it was the Queen Mother's birthday. Bu Ruo brought Bier into the palace. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they saw Su Yiling's carriage.
"Sister Su, are you waiting for me?"
Su Yiling smiled and took Bu Ruo's hand: "Yes, I was afraid that you didn't know the rules when you entered the palace for the first time, so I came to go with you."
Su Yiling's carriage was very big, and Bu Ruo didn't act pretentiously. He took Bier up directly and let his own carriage go back.
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