Chapter 69 Grandmother 4
◎Some beatings have to be endured. ◎
The news came back the next evening.
The Taoist priest claimed to be half-immortal, and perhaps in order to facilitate his fraud, he acted in a very high-profile manner. The ghost guests can easily find out his whereabouts by asking the local ghosts.
Yan Yue informed Captain Zhu of this matter the day before yesterday so that the government office could prepare to arrest the person.
Who would have thought that early the next morning, the half-immortal was tied up and thrown in front of the yamen!
He was not afraid at all when he saw the constables from the yamen. Instead, he hugged them and cried as if he had seen his savior, claiming that he had been kidnapped by an evil spirit!
He couldn't describe the appearance of the evil spirit, he just said it was a man. He also said that he was six hundred miles away, and was pulled out of his sleep by someone, and when he woke up he ended up here.
Captain Zhu thought he was just pretending to be crazy and stupid, so he asked the county magistrate to come to the court to try the case. He also called the Kong couple to sit in as Yan Yue requested.
When the old lady's son heard that the mother had knocked her head until it bled just to beg the liar to save her child's life, he collapsed on the spot and burst into tears!
That night, the government counted the Taoist's personal belongings and returned some of them to the Kong family, the victims.
Captain Zhu and Yan Yue came to give money to the old lady. The old lady's son held the money and cried, "Mother...son, I'm sorry..."
The old lady followed Yan Yue, tears streaming down her face.
Yan Yue told her, "You don't have to blame yourself. She was ignorant and believed the Taoist's lies, and almost killed Xiaobao. You and your wife are right to blame her. She is the one who let you down."
The daughter-in-law asked Yan Yue with red eyes: "Girl, can you really see ghosts? Have you seen her?"
Yan Yue nodded: "Your mother-in-law also said that she died of anger after she found out she was deceived. Don't take this matter on yourself, and you two must not harbor any grudges over it."
"I was wrong about my mother-in-law."
The daughter-in-law choked up with tears, saying, "Although my mother-in-law has a strong personality and we have had some unpleasant experiences, I have always felt that she is a reasonable person. I have also thought that my mother-in-law would not deliberately abuse Xiaobao, but... now that things have come to this, I want to say sorry to her, and please convey it to her for me."
The old lady couldn't stop crying, so Yan Yue said for her: "You two should live a good life and take good care of Xiaobao, and she will feel at ease."
The matter was settled, and the old lady wanted to take one last look at her grandson, so Yan Yue spoke for her.
The daughter-in-law pushed open Xiaobao's door, only to see the child, who should have been asleep, standing in front of a kimchi jar, scooping kimchi water with a long wooden spoon and drinking it!
Everyone was stunned, and the daughter-in-law asked in astonishment: "Xiaobao, what are you doing?"
The child's voice was so crisp that it was hard to tell whether it was male or female: "Mom, this is sour and delicious..."
The daughter-in-law knocked the wooden spoon out of the child's hand and said, "How can you drink this? This old water is poisonous!"
The child probably didn’t know what poison was, so he burst into tears: “I want to drink this! Mom won’t let me eat it, Mom is bad!”
Yan Yue asked faintly, "Could it be that he has diarrhea because of drinking this kimchi water?"
The daughter-in-law's eyes widened a little, and she quickly asked, "How long have you been drinking?"
The child didn’t know the time either. He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and said, “I drink it before going to bed, after you leave… Grandma doesn’t allow me to drink it, and she doesn’t want her to see it…”
Silence is not golden, it means the child is about to receive a beating.
Who would have thought that the child’s diarrhea, which could not be cured no matter what, was actually because he liked sour taste, so he secretly drank kimchi water in the middle of the night when no one was paying attention?
They had already left the Kong family's yard, but the child's shrill cries still clearly reached the ears of Yan Yue and Captain Zhu.
Captain Zhu asked, "Are you really not going to stop them?"
Yan Yue said: "I think some beatings have to be taken."
Captain Zhu thought of the money the family had spent and the suffering they had endured, and he couldn't help but agree, "Indeed. If that were my son, I'd beat the shit out of him!"
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The sun rose high in the sky, casting a veil of warm color over the teahouse.
The comfortable warm sun failed to relieve the worry and anxiety between Chu Zhi's brows. "Is there really no danger? You should go with them and take a look! Do it secretly, don't let them find out."
Nan Qing asked hesitantly: "But the boss told me to take good care of the shop."
"Sister Xu and I are in charge of the shop, so you should go and look after the boss! She is stupid, how can she flatter? What if she offends the rich and powerful and gets beheaded? What shall we do..."
Nan Qing still hesitated: "But, I only know how to please guests. Are the rich and powerful the same as guests?"
Chu Zhi explained speechlessly: "I didn't ask you to help her curry favor with the rich and powerful. I asked you to save her when her life was at stake..."
There were footsteps coming from the stairs, and Chu Zhi was so scared that she immediately fell silent.
The two of them looked closely and found that it was Bai Chen who had not appeared for a long time!
He had a wooden box tucked under his armpit and a sweet duck in one hand. His solemn expression gave off a chilling chill that made Nan Qing involuntarily alert.
Chu Zhi only felt a chill coming over her, but she didn't think about Bai Chen. After all, we had spent the New Year together, and he had worked hard to help smoke bacon and make sausages, so we had become very familiar with each other.
"Oh, you're finally here. I just happened to need to talk to you about something!"
She walked forward quickly despite the cold and said anxiously, "Just after dawn, the county magistrate brought a group of people here, saying that a nobleman in the capital heard that the boss had reached the heavens and the underworld, and wanted to see her. The group of people were so ferocious that they didn't even let her prepare clothes, and took her away directly! The boss only had time to grab an umbrella..."
Bai Chen frowned slightly, and the voice that came out of his thin lips seemed to carry an ice cone: "Where did you go?"
Chu Zhi said, "The capital! We have only been gone for less than two hours, go and take a look!"
Bai Chen turned and left. Chu Zhi chased him out of the teahouse and shouted at his back, "You must protect our boss! He is your only disciple, otherwise you will be extinct!"
Bai Chen staggered for a moment and then quickly left.
Nan Qing came to Chu Zhi's side, thinking about the chill just now, and asked faintly: "Is he reliable?"
Chu Zhi heaved a sigh of relief and said, "He is more reliable than you! He is smart and capable! The Dong family said that only she can inherit Bai Chen's skills. If he doesn't want the inheritance to be cut off, he will definitely save the Dong family intact."
Nan Qing said hesitantly, "In fact, I have never figured out how a human can inherit the abilities of a demon."
"You are a little demon who has only transformed for a few years, so you naturally don't understand the affairs of thousand-year-old demons."
Chu Zhi put his arm around her shoulders and went back to the teahouse. "Is our boss more capable than before? That's right! Only those who are truly good to you will make you stronger and better. Those who prevent you from becoming stronger and better are not good people! Because the weaker you are, the easier it is for them to control you!"
Nan Qing asked: "But, even if Bai Chen can save the boss, our teahouse will not be able to continue operating, right?"
Chu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "At worst, we can hide the boss and start over somewhere else. I'll support you with my books!"
Bai Chen thought that he would see Yan Yue with heavy shackles on his hands and feet, or being detained in a prison van with a miserable appearance. So when he saw Yan Yue eating heartily in the town’s largest restaurant, he even doubted his own eyes!
Was she taken away by a vicious person?
Someone took her away and worshipped her as an ancestor?
Yan Yue actually also felt puzzled.
This group of people knocked on her door early in the morning, saying that some "noble person" wanted to see her. They did not allow her to refuse and directly pushed her into the carriage. If the county magistrate had not been so respectful and fawning on them, she would have really suspected whether they were pretending.
They rode their horses at a rapid speed all the way, and even though the luxurious carriage was padded with cushions, Yan Yue was still shaken so hard that her whole body was almost falling apart.
Near noon, those people took her directly to this restaurant. One of the people in the team stood in the restaurant and led her to a table where food had been set. He asked her, "Master, do you think the food is to your liking? Do you need anything else?"
Yan Yue was not polite at all. She picked out the expensive dishes that she usually wouldn't order, and added four or five more with a wave of her hand.
The man who looked like a manager did not look unhappy at all. He just ordered the restaurant to serve the dishes as soon as possible. Then he asked Yan Yue about the size of her clothes and shoes and her favorite colors, and left quietly.
Yan Yue was so full that she couldn't eat anymore. She rubbed her round belly and felt sleepy, but the steward didn't give her any explanation and helped her push her back to the carriage.
Just as she was about to complain, she saw a figure in the carriage. Before she could see clearly, someone had grabbed him and covered his mouth.
"Don't be afraid, it's me."
When Bai Chen's voice, as low as a mosquito's, came, Yan Yue's whole body relaxed, and the restraint on his mouth was also released.
"Why are you here?"
As soon as Yan Yue finished speaking, the carriage started suddenly. She didn't sit firmly and her body fell into Bai Chen's arms.
The slightly cool lips brushed against Bai Chen's neck and Adam's apple, leaving a burning hot streak. Bai Chen's body was stiff, and he couldn't breathe for a long time.
It was not until Yan Yue waved her hand in front of his eyes that he regained his senses.
Bai Chen's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and instantly returned to its place. He coughed lightly to cover up and said, "I wanted to send you something. I heard from Chu Zhi that you were taken away, so I came to check. What's the situation?"
Yan Yue said distressedly: "I don't know! They are all very quiet, and I dare not ask too much. But they seem to be in a hurry to get on the road, even the food is ordered in advance, and they don't even have time for lunch break."
Bai Chen stroked his chin and thought, "Logically speaking, even if the dignitaries in the capital need to exorcise evil spirits, they will seek help from the Taoist priests in Qingxu Temple. Why would they randomly arrest people from the public?"
Yan Yue asked anxiously, "Could it be that I was found cheating in the City God Temple, and they arrested me and brought me to the capital to punish me in public as a warning to others?"
Bai Chen asked back: "If I wanted to punish you severely, why would I need to serve you well and well?"
Yan Yue said confidently: "Then the death row prisoner should also be given a good meal before being sent on his way!"
Bai Chen was speechless: "I really don't know what's wrong with your brain? Even if we rush like this, it will take half a month to get to the capital. Isn't it too expensive to let you eat like this every meal?"
Yan Yue muttered quietly: "Well, the death row prisoners of noble families should be treated differently!"
Bai Chen was out of breath and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
Yan Yue thought about it and felt that what he said made sense. With the way she ate, she could spend the same amount as an ordinary family would spend in a year on the journey. In addition, although these people were serious, they were also very polite to her, which could only mean that -
"Oh, I see! They want to ask me for something, right?"
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