The strange doctor said, "Let's go to Kyoto together. I've heard that there are three major temples in Kyoto: Yunlan Temple guards the gate of life, Tianyuan Temple guards the gate of death, and Lingtai Temple guards the mortal world. In your case, the only way you can hope for is to live towards death. Let's go to Tianyuan Temple first."
Sun Yannan said, "I'll go with you." He then asked the Ghost Valley Doctor, "Senior, does the man who stole the sheepskin really only have three or five days left?"
The Ghost Valley Doctor nodded.
The strange thief said, "It just so happens that I'm planning to give her a ride tonight. Would you like to come with me, Madam?"
Sun Yannan opened his eyes wide and nodded.
The strange thief said to Yunqi again, "You've been worried day and night, and you must be exhausted from running back and forth. Go get some sleep first. Tomorrow morning, we'll leave for Kyoto."
Yunqi said, "Yes, Master."
Within a day, Ren Jiayu had heard rumors that she would soon die. She didn't believe it. The Ghost Valley Doctor had said... Suddenly, she realized the doctor hadn't said her rash was cured. Just as she was beginning to panic, a strange man entered her yard. The unremarkable man in a long green robe approached her as if he were walking into a deserted area.
Whenever a maid or servant came forward to ask a question, she would be acupunctured as soon as she opened her mouth.
Ren Jiayu watched in horror as the people in her yard collapsed to the ground one after another. She was about to shout, but then she remembered that her father and brother were in the military camp, and Ling Ruofei from the house next door was also useless.
She no longer has a guard since her guard follower contracted the same erythema as she did.
Her father and brother blamed themselves, saying that if they hadn't given her a guard, she might not have had the courage to steal someone else's sheepskin and cause trouble. Her father and brother clearly underestimated her.
Ren Jiayu asked, "Who are you?"
The strange thief said, "It's not important."
Ren Jiayu stepped back: "What are you going to do?"
The strange thief said, "I'll give you a ride, so it won't take another three or five days, which would be a waste of food."
Ren Jiayu suddenly remembered what the embroiderer had said, "Without the royal protection, anyone with the ability can seek revenge."
But she didn't know this man, and didn't remember what he had done. Now she could only say, "If I'm going to die anyway, why bother doing this and risk breaking the law?"
The strange thief said, "Law? You were convicted of three crimes in Kyoto, but you were still alive and well after being sentenced. You even managed to rob people when you were released."
The strange man looked at her secretly: "I will not break the law. You died of poisoning. I just watched."
As he said this, Ren Jiayu's mouth and nose suddenly began to bleed, and the severe pain made her whole body tremble. Her veil fell off, revealing a face with a huge fleshy pit.
The strange thief watched her spit out blood and took a few steps back, as if he was afraid of getting his clothes dirty.
Ren Jiayu seemed to want to touch the long whip hanging on the wall, but the pain became more and more intense, causing her knees to go weak and she knelt on the ground. Finally, she curled up her body and fell to the ground, her consciousness gradually becoming blurred.
Many people flashed before her eyes: grandmother, mother, father, brother, third prince, fifth prince, He Qing, son... the scenes of her two weddings... In fact, she had not lived a good life... She thought that she would be surrounded by her relatives on the day of her death, but in the end, there was no one, only this stranger, who came to take her life.
And this pain is endless, it hurts so much, please end it soon...
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The strange man watched Ren Jiayu breathe his last. He left the courtyard and the house, took off the human skin mask on his face, and walked towards Sun Yannan who was waiting for him: "Sorry for the long wait, he is dead."
Sun Yannan nodded and went to find Ling Ruofei.
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After the whole yard was restored, the maids panicked and went to the neighboring house to call for help. Ling Ruofei arranged for someone to go to the military camp to report the news, and she and Sun Yannan came over to take a look first.
Sun Yanan looked at Ren Jiayu's body. Probably because of the pain, her body and limbs were in a strange twisted posture. The expression on her face was quite ferocious. Because of the pit of flesh, her whole face looked even more terrifying.
Sun Yannan said to Ling Ruofei, "Are you scared? Do you need me to accompany you?"
Ling Ruofei shook her head and whispered, "Don't be afraid. A dead Ren Jiayu is not as scary as a living one."
Sun Yannan said, "Well, you have family matters to take care of. It would be inconvenient for me to be here, so I'll take my leave now."
Ling Ruofei looked at Ren Jiayu lying on the ground, let out a long breath, and suddenly said to Sun Yannan: "Yannan, thank you."
That night, Ren's father and brother asked the strange doctor to check Ren Jiayu's body. After confirming that she died of poisoning, the strange doctor said goodbye to Ren's father and son.
After hesitating for a while, he whispered to Ren Changlin before leaving, "It may seem inappropriate to say this now, but it might be a good thing to remove the part that is beyond repair or has become diseased and damaged.
In the past, she had the support of the two princes of the royal family, which caused the royal family to lose the hearts of a number of loyal ministers and generals. And now, she has caused the Ren family to lose the hearts of both the army and the people at the border.
It's not easy for your father, brothers, and two brothers to achieve military merit, and it's not easy to lead a Ren family army... Whoever makes the mistake should bear the responsibility... Please persuade those two."
The next morning, Sun Yanan rushed to Kyoto with the strange doctor, the strange thief, and Yunqi.
After a long journey back to Kyoto, they agreed that the strange doctor would take Duke Dingguo's name card to Tianyuan Temple to send a visiting card, and then return the next day. Sun Yannan wanted to take Yunqi home, but Yunqi had no memory of her. Although they had become familiar with each other along the way, she decided to go with her master to the strange doctor's home.
So Sun Yanan went home alone and told Shi Yue what happened, but he omitted the part about him asking a Qiang doctor to deal with Ren Jiayu.
Because he had seen the horrific corpse outside the kitchen that year and heard the "strange things" described by many servants, Shi Yue had some expectations.
After hearing this, Shi Yue said, "We will do our best for Canglan's matter. If you can come back, we will do whatever you ask us to do.
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