424 Giving Up
In the end, Divine Doctor Xue came and said that he could completely treat Blood Thirteen, but he had to pay 500 taels.
As Divine Doctor Xue was raised by the Wang Family, this 500 taels was recorded under the Wang Family’s name.
If Blood Thirteen could not take it out, Old Madam Wang asked him to write an IOU. According to the salary of 10 taels of silver a year, he would teach the children martial arts in the school and help the Wang Family farm land.
The teachers in the village school did not have to teach those fighting and killing skills. They just had to strengthen their bodies and cooperate with Teacher Wan and Teacher Luo’s teachings. They just had to pass the test of the Six Arts of the Gentleman.
Old Master Hu was a little worried. Forcing others to work like this was probably a disaster.
However, before he could finish speaking, Blood Thirteen hurriedly said, “No, no, no, no. I definitely won’t have any bad thoughts…”
Blood Thirteen was a very principled person. If he couldn’t pay, he would not casually beat people up and kill them.
Wasn’t it difficult?
Moreover, he felt that these villagers were quite good. Although they bullied him, blackmailed him, threatened him, and squeezed him dry, they must be good people.
As Blood Thirteen spoke, Old Madam Wang quickly threw something into his mouth.
“What did you feed him?” Village Chief Hu asked.
Old Madam Wang: “Intestine-piercing poison. He needs to consume an antidote once a month. Otherwise, his intestines will rot and he’ll die.”
Village Chief Hu: “!”
When did their village have such a thing?
Blood Thirteen was not afraid at all. This old lady must have tricked him.
How could there be poison in such a rural place?
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. Blood Thirteen opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
His eyes widened as he looked at Old Madam Wang.
Old Madam Wang casually took out another red pill and stuffed it into Blood Thirteen’s mouth.
As the pain in his stomach quickly subsided, Old Madam Wang’s voice was like the whisper of a demon—
“I forgot to mention that although it acts up once a month. It starts now.”
Village Chief Hu could not help but take a step back and look at Old Madam Wang in surprise.
He had never offended Auntie Wang, right?
Blood Thirteen: “…” He had no choice but to believe it.
At the side, Divine Doctor Xue did not say a word. The others did not know that the poison and antidote given by Old Madam Wang were actually the detoxification and beauty pills he had studied.
One was for detoxification, and the other was for nourishing one’s face.
However, it was not done very well. The effect of the medicine was too strong.
Many years later, when Blood Thirteen married and had children, he became known as a famous handsome man. Even his wife asked him what tricks he had.
He smiled and replied, “Hu Family Village is a good place to live in.”
But now, Blood Thirteen firmly believed that he had eaten poison.
With Blood Thirteen dealt with, Hei Shi’s eyes trembled.
He was afraid that Old Madam Wang would also stuff a poison into his mouth.
Old Madam Wang said, “There’s no need for me to feed him. I only have one pill.”
Hei Shi heaved a sigh of relief.
Old Madam Wang added, “Drag him out and bury him.”
Hei Shi: “!! I have my own poison!”
With that, he took out a bag from his pocket.
He found a black pill and swallowed it.
Then, he handed the rest to Old Madam Wang. “These are all poison, but they can suppress the effects of my poison. They need to be used once every three months. Is that fine with you?”
Old Madam Wang took it.
Before he could react to Old Madam Wang’s words, Village Chief Hu turned to look at Hei Shi.
He looked puzzled.
He really did not understand this move.
However, the matter of treating Hei Shi was left to Hu Xiaotong.
The snake venom in Hei Shi’s body depended on the Holy Dragon’s saliva to dissipate. If the Holy Dragon was gone, the snake gallbladder might be useful.
All of this had to wait for Doctor Hu to return.
Knowing that he could be saved, Hei Shi almost cried tears of joy.
The snake venom made him lose the will to die and he had to endure a lot of pain. But now that he did not have to wait for death and there was the possibility of detoxification, how could he not be happy?
However, Hei Shi vaguely realized that since the people of this village could detoxify him, did it mean that they had already controlled the Holy Dragon?
Perhaps they were another Swimming Dragon Clan. It was just that they were hiding too deeply that he did not notice them for a moment.
Since Doctor Hu was not around, Hu Xiaotong simply imitated Old Madam Wang and asked for 300 taels of silver. He then asked the other party to sign the document before asking the villagers to carry him to his house.
The villagers were worried about these two new people, so they called a few more juniors to guard them.
Fortunately, both of their conditions were not suitable for walking. One was lying at Doctor Hu’s house, and the other was lying in a straw shed at the village entrance. It was convenient to take care of them.
On the other side, Little Ah Yu and Wang Wulang hurriedly returned home after dealing with the teachers.
On the way, they met Ouyang Changjing. His heart ached especially when he looked at Little Ah Yu, as if she was fragile porcelain.
Little Ah Yu grinned at Ouyang Changjing. “Uncle, is there a little flower on my face?”
Ouyang Changjing did not react. “What?”
“If there’s no flower, why are you always staring at me?” Little Ah Yu put her hand to her mouth and pretended to cough. Then, she said seriously, “A gentleman won’t look at girls like this!”
Ouyang Changjing: “…”
This odd behavior was really identical to Ruan Ruan’s when she was young.
Ouyang Changjing’s heart ached when he thought of Ruan Ruan when she was young and the information about her subordinates.
His two subordinates who were investigating information were the best among the royal guards of West Wind Nation. In particular, their intelligence-gathering skills were top-notch, and they could find many clues.
He originally thought that letting them investigate would be overkill. He did not expect them to really find a lot of information that had been deeply hidden.
The little girl who looked like Ruan Ruan’s child was actually five years old!
However, she looked to be only three or four years old. Her face was rosy, and her eyes were bright. Her happy face looked innocent.
However, the information they found was that before she was adopted by the Wang Family, she had brushed past the gates of the King of Hell countless times. Someone had started to deliberately nurture her evil thoughts from the moment she was born.
She even cleverly used a group of children who did evil without knowing it to hide the murderer behind the scenes.
This was definitely not something a small ninth-grade official could do.
Ouyang Changjing walked up to Little Ah Yu and squatted down. He asked her, “Ah Yu, do you miss your Mother?”
“I do, but Mother has to teach the other children. She’s very busy, so I can’t miss her.” Little Ah Yu looked at Ouyang Changjing and wiped a tear away from the corner of his eye. “Uncle, why are you crying? Do you miss your Mother too? You can’t cry even if you miss her. Mother said that even if you want to cry, you have to hide secretly and cry. Otherwise, if the bad people see you, they’ll trick you to look for your Mother and steal you away!”
Ouyang Changjing wanted to say that he was talking about the mother who had raised her until the age of four, but seeing how carefree Little Ah Yu was, he did not want to mention that person again.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why the Wang Family wanted to protect her. Even though they knew that her status was not low, they did not intend to let go.
Now was indeed not a good time to bring the little girl back.
Before that, he had to investigate Ah Yu’s “Mother”.
That personal maidservant who had once accompanied Ruan Ruan for more than 20 years!
But he no longer had time to stay and investigate.