Qiantang Old Case
"Is this medicine really prescribed by Doctor Jiang? Why is it different from what I drank at the Dali Temple? It tastes smelly and bitter. Xiang Yao, are you sure you made the right one?"
Facing Qi Heng's questioning, Xiang Yao held the second bowl of medicine and looked at Yuanli for help with some embarrassment, not knowing how to answer.
Yuanli took the second bowl of medicine and said to Xiangyao, "You go down first."
Seeing that Qi Heng did not refute Yuanli, Xiang Yao felt relieved and bold enough to slip away. Before leaving, he did not forget to give her a look of relief and gratitude.
Yuanli patiently pulled his hand over to hold the edge of the bowl and put the medicine bowl into his hand.
"I personally looked at the prescription written by Doctor Jiang. Do you still not trust the doctor from the Dali Temple?"
Qi Heng looked at the dark medicine with some reluctance. After a moment's hesitation, he whispered, "Except for you, I wouldn't trust anyone else."
After saying that, Qi Heng frowned and swallowed the medicine.
After drinking it, Qi Heng asked in confusion: "This is the medicine I use to treat external injuries. What was that thing used to treat?"
Yuanli waved to him, motioning him to come closer, and whispered in his ear: "Kidney Yang deficiency."
After hearing this, Qi Heng remained bent over in a daze, and the atmosphere in the room became inexplicably awkward.
"However, Doctor Jiang said that this is his family's ancestral prescription. Take it once in the morning and once in the evening, and it will definitely make you recover as before."
After comforting Qi Heng, Yuanli got up, packed up the medicine bowl and went out, so that he would have some time to digest what she had just said.
This night was ultimately a sleepless night.
Since Qi Heng was injured, the cat demon seemed to have been quiet for two days and had not appeared again.
Qi Heng also had a lot of free time at home to recuperate. Although he still had to rely on her to coax him into drinking the medicine for kidney yang deficiency, he eventually stopped resisting.
In the early morning, the night wind slammed against the window that she had forgotten to close last night, waking her up. The cold wind blew away all her sleepiness.
He got up and walked to the guest room next to Qi Heng's bedroom, which was used for boiling medicine. There was a bright candlelight inside. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Xiang Yao panting and fanning the medicine pot stove.
Seeing her coming, Xiang Yao quickly put away his awkward gesture and stood up to greet her, saying, "I didn't know Madam would come here in the middle of the night. My behavior was so rude. I hope Madam will not blame me."
"I haven't married yet, so I can't be considered the master. You and I are both serving the master. There's no need to be like this." Yuanli stepped over the threshold, picked up the fan he had put down, fanned the stove, and said, "You go to sleep, I'll keep it up."
"It's my job to make medicine for the master, I can't ask you to do it for me."
Looking at his stubborn look, Yuanli knew that if she exchanged a few more words with him, Xiangyao would probably not go back to his room to sleep.
"I want to personally brew medicine for the master of the family. If you truly regard me as your wife, then let me do it. It's not good for you and I to be alone in a room for too long in the middle of the night. Think about it quickly."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yao immediately bowed and took his leave, closing the door gently before leaving.
As he was boiling the medicine, Tianshu's voice came from behind him, jokingly saying, "You haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already acting like a good wife and mother?"
Yuanli focused on the fire and responded without looking up, mimicking his tone: "The Emperor and I were killed by the demon before we even finished our tribulation. How could the Star Lord Tianshu be willing to come and see us?"
Tianshu was choked by her words. He found a low stool and sat beside her, pretending to stretch his almost transparent hand to the medicine pot stove to warm it by the fire.
"Last time, the Qingshui Ghost suppressed the Willow Demon. It was the Heaven Realm's negligence. It was only thanks to the Pluto's report that the Heaven Realm was able to avoid losing two gods. This time, I noticed something, so I came to warn A Li Xingjun."
"Last time, was it Pluto who reported the problem?"
"Yes, otherwise, how do you think you three mortals could have dealt with the Willow Demon and the Fallen Angel with your bodies? You were unconscious, so you didn't know that Lord Hades dealt with the Willow Demon and the Fallen Angel Cang Shen, used his unique Yin and Yang spiritual power to deliver a letter and report the news, and converted hundreds of wronged souls in the river to put the matter to rest. The Heavenly Realm owes him another favor."
Yuanli still couldn't think of anything useful about her last coma. She never thought that it was Pluto who saved her last time.
But since he came to save her, why did he continue to hide from her and refuse to meet her, and the necklace around his neck became dull.
"Did you see Hades when you came here?"
"I sensed Hades' presence when I was almost there, but I didn't see him. I think maybe Hades was still angry and didn't want to see anyone from Heaven."
Tianshu avoided talking about the old grudge between Hades and the heavens from beginning to end, and Yuanli was too lazy to ask any more questions, as all she got was Tianshu's excuse to change the subject.
"So what are you reminding me of this time?"
"The recent cat demon case that's been making the rounds in the Imperial Capital is indeed the work of a spirit cat demon. Furthermore, it most often returns to Yanliu Alley. As for its purpose, it's up to A-Li Xingjun and the Emperor to investigate."
Smoky Willow Alley, that's right! How could she not have thought that cat demons could transform, and their human forms were usually beautiful and charming women, so the best hiding place would be Smoky Willow Alley, where there were so many beautiful women.
Now that she had an idea, Yuanli looked at Tianshu with a kinder look, and the resourceful Tianshu Star Lord finally understood.
If Qi Heng wasn't injured and in need of rest, she would have wanted to crawl under the tunnel and tell him immediately.
"There aren't any great demons or fallen angels causing trouble this time, right?"
"No, no, it's just an ordinary cat demon, only a hundred years old. There's been a lot of trouble in the heavenly realm recently, but I brought you a helper who will keep you safe and sound."
As he spoke, Tianshu pulled out a snake from his sleeve, which was no different in thickness from an ordinary small snake. He held the snake's head in his hand, so he couldn't see it clearly and couldn't identify its species.
Tianshu lifted the little snake up and threw it to the ground. Before it hit the ground, there was a bang and light smoke rose. The little snake instantly turned into a handsome man in a white robe with red trim.
That head full of silver hair, skin as white as porcelain, fluttering white eyelashes, pitiful light green vertical eyes, slender jade hands with distinct joints and white skin, except that the contours are sharper and the facial features are more clearly stretched, all the characteristics are consistent with Xiaobai.
Yet, unlike Xiaobai, the male vixen, the man slowly tilted his head and stared at her, looking her up and down.
"You don't recognize me?"
Yuanli leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Should I know him?"
Hearing this, the man spat out the red letter from his mouth like a snake, and transformed into his true form in front of her. His thick dragon body almost filled the room.
Yuanli then recognized him as Xiaobai. In just a dozen days, Xiaobai had grown so much and looked much better.
"The Huayu Pill you left behind has amazing effects. Xiaobai has been coming to me every day to learn immortal arts, so he has changed a lot. Now his strength is comparable to that of a small demon king. It's normal that you don't recognize him."
When Tianshu praised him, the smile on Xiaobai's face became more proud.
Yuanli said worriedly, "But with a handsome man suddenly by my side, it will attract extra attention. I'm afraid it won't be convenient to bring Xiaobai with me."
"A handsome man is a bit out of place, but Xiaobai can just transform into a pet venomous snake. In your previous life, you even had a white snake by your side. Now that you're the young leader of a village, why wouldn't it be a problem to have a venomous snake by your side?"
Xiaobai nodded the dragon head in agreement, shrunk his true body to the length of his hand, hid the iconic horns on his head, and wrapped it around Yuanli's wrist like an icy bracelet.
There was nothing she could do about these two people, so Yuanli had to accept her fate and straighten the sleeve where Xiaobai was wrapped, trying not to let it out.
"Even if a demon is causing trouble in the human world, and the heavens already knew about it, why didn't they take action to subdue it?"
"The Heavenly Realm will take action, but not now. It possesses a mortal body and is considered a mortal according to the Fate Book. It has more than twenty years of life left. To avoid any possible disturbances that could affect you and the Emperor, the Heavenly Realm will not act rashly."
"The original owner volunteered to help him take over? But didn't that method disappear tens of thousands of years ago?"
"Yes, but the original master was lucky enough to come here. I'm afraid there must be some divine will in the dark. This is also one of the reasons why the heavens are worried."
Chance, fate, Yuanli has been hearing this so much lately that her ears are almost callused, and a nameless anger inexplicably welled up in her heart.
"The Celestial Realm always has this kind of rhetoric. They're so hesitant and hesitant. If we wait for those Celestial Realm elders to make a decision before taking action, the grass over my grave and the Emperor's will probably be three meters tall..."
Tianshu cast a spell in time to seal her mouth, placed his finger on the center of his lips and repeatedly made "shushing" sounds to silence her. "Shushing! Shushing! Ah Li, you're becoming more and more bold in your words. Your words and actions lately seem to be going backwards."
After she calmed down, Tianshu transmitted a message, "You've been hanging out among the ghosts of the underworld for so many years. Walls have ears, don't you need to remind me? If the local earth god, earth goddess, or even some other deity hears this and spreads it, I wonder how those old bones in heaven will gather together to criticize you."
Under his serious expression, Yuanli suppressed her sharpness and nodded in agreement reluctantly.
What Tianshu said was extremely reasonable, and she was aware of the truth behind it, but her words and actions had become inexplicably bold recently, which made her feel a little unbelievable.
Perhaps, it was the aftereffect of the blow to the brain that happened last time in Qingshui Town.
After removing the spell that sealed her mouth, Tianshu still stared at her with some fear.
Yuanli's eyes were dull, her gaze fixed on the lush firewood in the medicine pot stove, extracting useful information from Tianshu's words.
She had heard the ghost talk about the method of sacrificing one's body to take over another's body when she was wandering in the underworld. This method had no turning back and required one to sacrifice one's body and lifespan to a specific monster or ghost. Once successful, the original owner's soul would be reduced to ashes and cease to exist.
Once the monster or spirit that has been offered a life accepts it and takes possession of the other person's life, it will fulfill the original owner's dying wish.
The reason why this method is not accepted by the six realms and exists in the world is precisely because this method is successful, no matter how absurd the original owner's last wish is.
Even if the recipient regrets the gift, there will be an invisible force that controls him or her to fulfill his or her wish.
The sea of suffering is boundless. Once you enter it, you will drown. There is no shore to return to, and there is no way out of your predicament.
"Tianshu Xingjun, do you still remember the original owner you mentioned?"
"I vaguely remember that the woman's surname seemed to be Lu. Her entire family had died, leaving her alone."
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