Chapter 289 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Down-on-his-luck Laborer Prodigal Son 16
Hezhou City.
An elegant courtyard in a deep alley in the south of the city.
"My benefactor! My benefactor, open the door, I've come to see you. My benefactor, it's me!" Duan Yunzhi knocked hard on the wooden door of the courtyard.
He was followed by several servants, who were carrying all sorts of gifts.
After a while, Jiang Zhiyi opened the door with her eyes half-closed, looking exhausted.
The little white dog followed along with its short legs, rolled on the ground, and landed on its back.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Zhiyi asked.
Early in the morning, before she was even fully awake, she heard Duan Yunzhi making a racket outside.
She initially didn't want to pay attention to him, but his commotion kept getting bigger and bigger, and he just wouldn't stop, so she couldn't stand it anymore.
"My benefactor, I brought you many treasures. Take a look and see if you like them..." Duan Yunzhi said with a flattering expression.
"Leave your things here, and you can leave." Jiang Zhiyi leaned against the wooden door, looking rather languid.
"My benefactor, I won't leave..." Duan Yunzhi was certain he wouldn't agree, so he pleaded, "My benefactor, when will you have some free time? Please help me. I'm truly in dire straits, and I really can't think of any other way..."
Jiang Zhiyi frowned slightly, suddenly regretting her earlier act of being mysterious in front of him.
Not long ago, Jiang Zhiyi ran into Duan Yunzhi on her way to Hezhou City.
They were resting at an inn outside the city. Jiang Zhiyi was drinking tea when a strange old Taoist priest walked in.
The old Taoist priest seemed to have come prepared, and looked directly at Duan Yunzhi, who was sitting at the table next to her.
Duan Yunzhi was dressed in fine clothes, and three or four personal servants surrounded him to serve him. It was obvious at a glance that he was a young master from a wealthy family.
The Taoist priest took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and with just a few words, he completely stunned Duan Yunzhi.
Then, the Taoist priest asked him if he had encountered any troublesome problems recently.
Upon hearing this, Duan Yunzhi was indeed fooled. He felt that this person was highly skilled and capable. He told the Taoist about a difficult matter that had been troubling him recently.
Duan Yunzhi was betrothed to Zhou Yue, the third young lady of the Zhou family, from birth. From the time he could remember, he knew that Zhou Yue was his future wife.
From childhood to adulthood, no one dared to bully Zhou Yue whenever he was around. He loved Zhou Yue very much and had been waiting to marry her.
Zhou Yue was also very good to him; she had nothing but him in her heart.
This should have been a beautiful story, but an accident still happened.
Zhou Yue has become infatuated with a poor, uneducated scholar from a remote village. She secretly discusses with him the possibility of getting him to call off their engagement.
How could he possibly agree to that?
But Zhou Yue seemed to be bewitched. No matter how he tried to persuade or persuade her to stay, she was determined to break off the engagement and be with the scholar.
This matter greatly troubled him.
Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest immediately began to claim that the scholar had used some insidious means to bewitch Miss Zhou. He asserted that if he were to give Miss Zhou his exorcising talisman, it would surely win her back.
Jiang Zhiyi listened with great interest.
What the Taoist priest said was so absurd that anyone with a brain would have known something was wrong, but Duan Yunzhi actually believed these nonsense words and even prepared to reward the Taoist priest with a large sum of money.
She didn't want to meddle, but she couldn't help but laugh.
In an instant, everyone in the post station looked at her, and the Taoist priest was even more dissatisfied with her, cursing her.
Later, she used her Gu worms to teach the Taoist priest a lesson, and even deliberately displayed her "unfathomable" Gu techniques.
After that, Duan Yunzhi relentlessly pursued her and became attached to her.
The small courtyard where she now lives in Hezhou City was given to her by Duan Yunzhi, who also sends her money every now and then.
However, ordinary Gu worms could no longer fool him. Recently, he started pestering her for some Gu worms that could control people's minds. He said he wanted to use this method to make Zhou Yue fall in love with him again.
Jiang Zhiyi could only make excuses to decline.
Although she knows how to use Gu, she only uses it to poison people or treat illnesses.
As for the Gu that manipulates people's minds... she really doesn't know how, and there probably isn't such a thing in the world.
Jiang Zhiyi yawned and casually said, "If you turn around and leave now, there's a towering tree in front of the temple in the north of the city. It's said to be a hundred years old..."
Duan Yunzhi stared wide-eyed, listening intently to her words.
"...There are several old beggars under that tree who beg for food and also set up stalls to cast spells on people. Just go find them."
Jiang Zhiyi's words practically pointed out that all of this was just a bluff.
"My benefactor!" Duan Yunzhi persisted, "I can only rely on you now. If you don't help me, my little Yue'er will really have to marry someone else."
Jiang Zhiyi said coldly, "Then it just means you two aren't meant to be. Don't hold her back."
Duan Yunzhi gritted his teeth and said, "My benefactor, please help me. If this succeeds, I'll give you ten thousand taels of silver!"
"Woof woof woof!" The little white dog suddenly barked excitedly, wagging its tail and rubbing against Jiang Zhiyi's legs, as if trying to persuade her to agree.
Jiang Zhiyi hesitated for a moment, then said, "...Okay, I'll give it a try."
She needed to get the silver notes first. If she was exposed later, she would take Xiaobai and run away overnight.
...
On the streets of the main city.
Jiang Zhiyi was picking out hairpins at a roadside stall; Hezhou City was indeed incredibly prosperous.
Even the hairpins sold by these inconspicuous roadside vendors were much more exquisite than those she had bought in the small towns before.
"Woof woof woof... woof woof woof..." Little White seemed to have seen something and suddenly barked loudly to the side.
Jiang Zhiyi quickly picked it up and scolded it with a cold face: "Xiaobai, don't bark like that. What if you scare other people? If you do that again, I won't take you out anymore."
The little white dog raised its head and barked a few more times, looking very disobedient.
Jiang Zhiyi patted its head hard, then strode away with it.
She didn't notice that a familiar figure was standing at the window of a room on the second floor of the Mingyue Tower next door.
Xiao Che's black hair was tied up high, and he wore a moon-white brocade robe with dark patterns. The cuffs were embroidered with auspicious clouds in gold thread, and the tassels at his waist swayed slowly. He had the demeanor of a noble young master.
He thought he heard a familiar bark just now; the sound was very similar to the little white dog that Jiang Zhiyi kept.
He looked out the window for a long time, but found nothing but the bustling crowd.
"Young Master." Xiao Wan, the personal servant, pushed open the door and entered.
"What is it?" Xiao Che turned around and sat down at the table, continuing to look at the chess game that was halfway through.
Xiao Wan: "Young Master, Miss Pei has arrived and is in the next room."
Xiao Che held a black chess piece in his hand, his expression indifferent, showing no reaction.
He knew who had arranged for these people.
Now that he has reached the age to get married, and given his disappearance for several days, his mother is still worried and wants him to get married and have children as soon as possible.
He was naturally unwilling and always made excuses, but his mother kept urging him day and night, and now she was getting more and more anxious. This had happened four or five times in the past month.
He knew very well that there was no way to avoid it, and perhaps he should think of a way to solve the problem once and for all, so that he would not have to face these troubles in the future.
Xiao Che said calmly, "Since she's here, let's see her. Go and bring her in."
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