Chapter 48 I Have No Ambitions
"Corpse poison?" Xiao Yu was slightly startled, then withdrew his hand, "No."
"But I remember you took off the bandage the next day. Why did you tie it up again?" Xu Chuchu was a little puzzled. "Let me see. It's not fun to have corpse poison on the wound."
As he said this, he was about to grab Xiao Yu's hand to check it.
"No need!" Xiao Yu suddenly pushed her away and put his hands into his sleeves.
"I..." He pursed his lips, "I said it's okay."
Xu Chuchu's hand froze in mid-air, but he finally slowly withdrew it.
"Okay." She thought Xiao Yu didn't like being touched by women, so she didn't insist. She just kept nagging him, "But remember to see a doctor. If the wound turns black or purple and there's swelling, it means you've been infected with corpse poison. Don't be careless, or you'll delay the growth of corpse worms in your flesh."
"Yeah." Xiao Yu nodded without saying a word.
The more Xu Chuchu thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her. Unable to ask any more questions, she simply stared into his eyes secretly.
People who are infected with corpse poison will have swollen eyelids, and their foreheads and lips will be black and blue, but looking at Xiao Yu... it seems that he does not have these symptoms.
His eyelids have a large curvature, and the tails of his eyes are slightly curved upwards, similar to peach blossom eyes, but not as sentimental as peach blossoms. His eyelashes are long, giving him a neutral and clear feeling.
There is no swelling, but there are some dark circles under my eyes... I don’t know what I do when I don’t sleep at night.
Xiao Yu was already feeling a little guilty, and when he saw Xu Chuchu staring at him, he hurriedly turned sideways: "You, you physiognomist, could you read minds?"
"Mind reading?" Xu Chuchu couldn't keep up with his jumping thoughts at all. "You think too highly of me, don't you? If I could read minds, I'd still be broke."
"That's it." Xiao Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"But I can read faces and tell some things, like whether someone is lying or not." Xu Chuchu added, "Do you want me to help you?"
"No need!" Xiao Yu didn't realize that her original intention was to help him interrogate the prisoner. He just thought that she wanted to see him and quickly refused.
He then stuffed a jade ring into Xu Chuchu's hand and said, "Hurry up and look at the burial objects. Don't waste time. There are so many left. It will take forever to see them all."
"Oh..." Xu Chuchu took it angrily and continued working.
Asking her to work alone and then saying she is slow, what logic does that make? Humph.
The two of them were busy in silence for a while, and then Xiao Yu broke the deadlock.
"Actually, there is one more thing. Brother Shao has sent back a message about this case." Xiao Yu said as he turned his back and cleaned up the funeral objects behind him.
"Oh? How is it?" Xu Chuchu asked with interest.
"The Emperor is very pleased with Brother Shao's efficiency and has promised him many rewards," Xiao Yu said slowly. "Brother Shao... also praised your achievements in front of the Emperor and recommended you for a position at the Dali Temple. The Emperor... has already agreed."
"Huh? You want to take credit for me?" Xu Chuchu was so frightened that she almost dropped her funeral items. "What for? You want me to go to the Dali Temple? To become an official?"
Xiao Yu still had his back to her. "...It's not a formal official position, and there's no clear official title, because there's no precedent for women serving as officials in this dynasty... But you'll have the proper status and treatment, as long as you help them solve the case."
Xu Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief: "You scared me to death."
Xiao Yu couldn't help but look back at her reaction, then quickly turned back: "Why, do you think it's not good?"
"Of course not!" Xu Chuchu held her forehead. "Brother Shao... well, I believe he has good intentions. I thank him, but... Xiao Yu, can you help me refuse?"
Xiao Yu hesitated: "Why? Didn't you say before that you wanted to be the Grand Master?"
"Hey, of course I was joking!" Xu Chuchu was so anxious that she almost stamped her feet. "I don't like dealing with officials. I just like to be free and at ease."
"But..." Xiao Yu's breathing hitched, "But this is also something Brother Shao had worked so hard to get. Why... reject his kindness? When you go there, you will have no worries about food and clothing, you won't have to sleep in the open air, and you won't have to take on these dangerous jobs. You don't have to worry about the complicated court. Brother Shao is also in the Dali Temple, no one will dare to make things difficult for you."
I can see you anytime I want.
"Ah, Xiao Yu!" Xu Chuchu felt that Xiao Yu now was like the gossipy women in modern times who advised her to take the civil service exam to get a stable job. She felt very overwhelmed.
She ran to Xiao Yu and said, "Do you have any way to refuse for me, or how can I refuse myself? Please, Xiao Yu, if you want me to stay in the court all day, you might as well break my legs and lock me up in the dungeon, seriously!"
She doesn't want to, she really doesn't want to!
Before, in modern times, because she was at the peak of her cultivation, the dark circles she came into contact with were much more chaotic than they are now.
When those powerful people asked the fortune teller to do something, it was not as simple as when the Fengyang Village government asked her to help solve a case. All kinds of selfish desires and greed were exposed, and it was impossible to refuse.
Don't think that a fortune teller can do whatever he wants just because he has cultivated himself. If he really steps into this circle and offends the person who really controls the power, they will have ten thousand ways to make him unable to stay. Xu Chuchu's several uncles are precedents.
If it was just a simple matter of solving the case, she would not be unwilling to do it, but she knew very well that once those people knew her true ability, what they wanted her to do would not be as simple as solving the case.
What if, like in her previous life, she was forced to change the fortune for a noble or to refine elixirs to prolong her life, what should she do?
Only by staying away from it from the beginning can you stay out of trouble.
But it was not easy to tell Xiao Yu the reason directly.
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes, a trace of loneliness flashing between his brows.
He wanted to ask her, "What if I also protect you and don't let you get into trouble?", but thinking about the miserable life he had lived these years, he didn't say it in the end.
"Really...are you so resistant?" He had already guessed the outcome, but he still made a final struggle. "What if I move to another place, not the Dali Temple...how about being a local official? Should I stay in Tailing?"
"It's the same everywhere." Xu Chuchu almost begged, "You can ask me to help investigate anything, but I really don't want to be involved. I don't have any big ambitions. I just want to be an ordinary person who lives a carefree life. Is that okay?"
Her attitude was very firm. No matter how eloquent Xiao Yu was or how many reasons he had, he could not say a word to persuade her.
Most importantly, he couldn't continue speaking.
"Since that's the case..." Xiao Yu said slowly, "I'll reply for you. It's no big deal. This time, it's Brother Shao who was inconsiderate."
"No, no, it's my fault. I failed Brother Shao's kindness!" Xu Chuchu also called out "Brother Shao" in a daze. "Can you thank him for me? I'll apologize to him in person next time we meet."
Xiao Yu felt a sharp pain in his chest, but he just smiled and said, "Okay, no problem."
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