He knew all too well his amazing little apprentice's abilities. Although the Wen family boy had returned Gu Manor to him, what was the point of him guarding it? Was it to be surrounded by those thousand-year-old, bright-eyed beauties, or to be constantly pleased by the Wen boy's icy demeanor? He wasn't a masochist! Of course, it was much more enjoyable to improve his medical skills under the guidance of his little divine physician apprentice!
As for the abducted girls that the village had taken in back then, they were all taken away by the lost and found one after another. Only one remained, the eldest girl who had instigated everyone to distrust the government, who said her name was Yan Jin.
He was also sitting in the car at that moment, staring at Doctor Gu.
The carriage slowly drove out of the city gate.
Suddenly, a fierce shout rang out, "Witch! You owe me my sister's life!"
A stone was thrown at the extra-long carriage.
Uncle Feng was startled and pulled on the reins.
The guards immediately drew their swords, smashed the stone, and shouted, "Which thief dares to smash the carriage of the Princess of Fengle?"
A figure rushed over, shouting, "Look everyone! What Fengle County Princess! She's clearly a little witch! This little witch killed my sister! And my sister's two mentally challenged sons starved to death without anyone to care for them! Three lives lost! Witch, give me back my sister and nephews' lives!"
Xiao Youran understood what he meant, lifted the carriage curtain and saw a man she didn't recognize.
Su shouted angrily, "Where did these hooligans come from? Pull them apart!"
The guards were sent by Wen Yuanbai, so they naturally obeyed his orders and immediately ordered the men to pull the man away.
Suddenly, an old woman rushed over, shouting, "That's right! This little county princess is a little witch! She cursed me with bad luck too! Look, look! Not only did I break my front tooth and get disfigured, but I was also divorced by the Feng family! I was kicked out of my husband's house! She's a real little witch! Her curse is very effective! She's a witch, burn her alive!"
The guards tried to pull the two away together, but the onlookers started asking questions all at once, "How did someone die? What kind of witch is she?"
Xiao Youran crisply stopped the guards' movements. "Wait a minute, let them explain properly how I became a witch?"
The guard looked troubled, but seeing that Madam Su did not object, he had no choice but to throw everyone on the ground.
The man got up and said, "My elder sister is Aunt Hua from Sanyang Village. A few months ago, she had an argument with you, and you cursed her, saying she would have bad luck. As a result, she fell into the river and was forced to marry the person who saved her. She was beaten every day and was even scratched by a lynx in the mountains. Later, she contracted rabies and died! I've heard that Young Master Wen was also scratched by a lynx those days. But he didn't get sick! You clearly had medicine to save her, but you just watched my elder sister die! After she died, her two mentally challenged sons had no one to feed them and starved to death! Tell me, didn't she kill three people?! She's a witch! She cursed my elder sister to death!"
Xiao Youran listened to this long explanation with great interest, then looked at Yun Liumei and asked, "Grandma, what about you?"
Yun Liu Mei said bitterly, "You...you cursed me with bad luck that day! And I've been unlucky ever since!"
Xiao Youran pulled out her notebook and confirmed that she hadn't actually recorded anything unlucky about her; she had only made her fall and knock out her front tooth.
It was her own series of questionable actions that led to her tragic end.
So Xiao Youran grinned at Madam Su and said in a clear voice, "Mother, they're so funny. Do you think I can make anyone unlucky? I know I have that ability, don't I? If I had that ability, and they're making me very angry now, would I be able to make them die?"
The guards and onlookers outside burst into laughter.
"That's right, he's only five years old. Who says someone can just decide who's going to be unlucky? He's not the emperor, he can't just decide who's going to die and have them beheaded."
"You're already labeling a five-year-old child a little witch! You're all so vicious. I'd say you'd all be better off dead! I curse you to die too, are you dead yet? Hahaha—"
Madam Su stroked her daughter's head and said, "Little Ranran, don't believe these nonsense. Let's go."
The guards pulled the two apart, and the carriage started moving forward again.
The man yelled, chasing after them while shouting, "Don't you dare leave! You'll pay for my sister's life—"
Xiao You Ran lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, "How do you plan to compensate me?"
"Ten taels of silver! No! Thirty taels of silver! Three lives, thirty taels of silver!" the man shouted as he chased after the guards, afraid they would abandon him again, and offered the price directly.
Xiao Youran giggled, her clear voice ringing out in the ears of the onlookers. "So you're here to extort money, huh? Well then, I'll see if my curse works. If it does, I'll give you thirty taels of silver, how about that?"
The man was overjoyed, "Fine, then curse me!"
"Hmm, I hope you lose money every day and stay poor until you die," Xiao Youran said with a grin, leaning against the carriage curtain.
Madam Su pulled her head back, "What nonsense are you talking about? If your curse only comes true if he starves to death, then what's the point of having those thirty taels of silver?"
Xiao Youran replied, "But birth, aging, sickness, and death are all very common. If I don't give him a strange way to die, how can I prove that it was my curse?"
The people burst into laughter, "To die poor? That's a very peculiar way to die! It's perfect proof that it's your curse, County Magistrate!"
"That's to say, those unfortunate things, can't they just make themselves unlucky and then frame the county magistrate? Maybe it's retribution for some bad things they did!"
"Who says otherwise? I recognize that old woman. She was paraded through the streets for three days before. Isn't she the old wife that Magistrate Feng divorced? Didn't she say before that she falsely accused the county magistrate and the county magistrate of treating patients? Hmph, she did something wrong first, yet she dared to pin the blame on the county magistrate. It's utterly absurd!"
"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! If curses could come true so easily, then I curse you to trip and fall while walking!"
One of the villagers laughed and pointed at the man.
Xiao Youran had a sudden thought, took out her notebook, and immediately wrote down: "Make him fall down right now."
Sure enough, the man, who had been walking slowly alongside the carriage, suddenly tripped and fell.
Yun Liu Mei didn't follow, but her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the common people burst into laughter, "Wow! My curse is so effective? Brother, you two worked together perfectly!"
A guard next to him laughed, "Interesting, interesting! Then I'll curse you too! Brother, cooperate, and fall down again!"
The man scrambled to his feet angrily, ignoring the people around him, and chased after the carriage, shouting, "Give me my money—"
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