“The Obscure Seven Canons, among which the Refining Yang chapter can help me cleanse underworld artifacts, the Refining Soul chapter can help you cleanse your divine soul, I wonder what secret arts the other five volumes contain?”
“Does Lu Lang intend to compete for it?”
Lu Zheng shook his head, “No, just curious, this thing can attract the covetousness of many ghosts, it is a hot potato, we can earn two volumes from it and that is enough, no need to wade into this muddy water.”
In fact, even without exchanging for the Refining Soul chapter, Shen Ying’s cultivation would not be restricted, but since it could speed things up, Lu Zheng would not bother to fight with the other party specifically when there was a benefit available, that would be asking for trouble.
As for targeting the other party, that was the City God’s Temple’s duty, what did it have to do with him, Lu Zheng?
Moreover, the other party was hiding quite deeply and had not committed any evil acts proactively, so the City God’s Temple might not even be able to find them, and might not continue searching indefinitely.
…
Over the next ten or so days, apart from the weather gradually entering deep autumn, nothing unexpected happened in the county.
Shen Ying cultivated daily, Liu Qingyan saw patients daily, Wang Xiaowan returned to the county after about ten days and treated everyone to a meal at the Bright Moon Tower.
As for Lu Zheng, he naturally continued running between ancient and modern times, relaxed and leisurely.
“Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! Qingquan sister and I caught a bad guy this morning!”
Lu Zheng was lying in the backyard when he saw Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan rushing in together, both with happy expressions on their faces.
“Caught a bad guy? What kind of bad guy?”
“A bad person!” Ao Qian said seriously.
“A child trafficker!” Liu Qingquan said with a giggle, “He had his eye on little Qianqian!”
Lu Zheng could not help but be speechless, “Then he is really unlucky.”
“He even drugged me with a sedative, then tried to pat my head, but I dodged it.”
Ao Qian said excitedly, “Sister-in-law said we cannot use magic in the mortal world, so I picked up a stick and beat that bad guy until his head was full of bumps!”
Liu Qingquan nodded along, “I hit him too, I hit him too, the children in the alley all rushed up together, almost beat him to death, it was only when a few constables heard the shouts and came in that they took him away.”
“Those constables probably never saw such a scene in their lives, almost popped their eyes out.” Du Yueyao followed behind the two little girls and walked in.
She had been resting at home, but after hearing the commotion, she went out to check and happened to see the scene of several constables rushing into the alley.
“Well done!” Lu Zheng gave a thumbs up to the two little girls, “This kind of bad guy deserves to be beaten half to death, for lunch today I will cook personally to reward you.”
“Yay!” Liu Qingquan clapped her hands.
“Sister-in-law is the best!” Ao Qian jumped up and down.
Another little girl spoiled by Lu Zheng’s feeding, looking at Ao Qian’s posture, who knows if she still plans to return to the Dragon Palace.
I hope the Jade Dragon King does not come knocking to kill me, I wonder if Wuliangye can withstand it?
Lu Zheng: ψ(`∇´)ψ
Getting up from the recliner, Lu Zheng rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen, first making two reserved dishes that the two little girls loved most.
Sweet and sour carp and five-spice roast chicken.
Then he made four hot and four cold dishes, four meat and four vegetable, eight delicious dishes full of colour, aroma, and flavour, plus a pot of mutton soup to warm the stomach.
He instructed Uncle Li to send some to the Benevolent Heart Hall, then the group sat down to eat in the front hall.
“Slurp slurp!”
“So tasty so tasty!”
“The chefs in the Dragon Palace are so stupid, they just go round and round with those few dishes, far worse than sister-in-law.” Ao Qian said while eating.
“Why not just stay here and not go back?” Liu Qingquan persuaded.
“Yes yes!” Ao Qian nodded repeatedly.
Lu Zheng was speechless, Du Yueyao seemed to want to say something, but opened her mouth, realised she seemed to have no right to do so, and thus closed her mouth to eat.
Ao Qian was still a child, when the Jade Dragon King came, would she really have a say?
So Lu Zheng did not care at all, just looked at Du Yueyao, “You look in good spirits, how is your injury recovering?”
Du Yueyao raised the corners of her mouth, “Sister Liu comes every three days to give me acupuncture, and now my cultivation of the Plain Girl Prayer to the Gods Technique has achieved some success, at most another month and the injury to my divine soul will be completely healed.”
“That is good!”
“In fact, my current injury does not affect my activities at all.” Du Yueyao blinked, looking timidly at Lu Zheng, “As winter approaches, the number of patients is gradually increasing, I want to go to the Benevolent Heart Hall to see patients, but sister does not allow it, could big brother help me speak up?”
Lu Zheng raised his eyebrow, “Is that so?”
Du Yueyao saw there was hope, so her eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, “Yes yes!”
“Go talk to your mother, let her take you back home, spend the New Year and come back?” Lu Zheng said indifferently.
“Cough cough!” Du Yueyao almost choked, gave Lu Zheng a resentful look, “I just want to help sister.”
“If you want to help, then rest and recuperate properly.” Lu Zheng tapped the bowl with his chopsticks, “As the saying goes, sharpening the axe does not delay chopping wood, your injury concerns your future achievements, it must be taken seriously.”
“Yes!” Du Yueyao nodded immediately, her heart sweet.
“Eat.”
“Oh~”
“Hee hee,”
“Giggle,”
Du Yueyao’s delicate eyebrows immediately furrowed, “You two, this afternoon go to my house and copy the Lady’s Precepts three times.”
“Ah,”
“No please,”
“Sister Yueyao, we were wrong!”
“Spares us!”
…
The playful noon passed, Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan were taken away by Du Yueyao with bitter little faces, but not long after, they happily returned home holding two pieces of pastry.
In the middle of the shen hour, Lu Zheng was cultivating when he sensed several people arriving at his doorstep.
“Hm?”
“Young master, Constable Liu is here to visit.”
“Invite him in quickly.”
“Yes.”
“Young master Lu!”
“Constable Liu, a rare guest.” Lu Zheng stood up to greet him, only to find Constable Liu covered in dust and dirt, with injuries on his body, “You this is…”
“Young master Lu, old Liu is incompetent, but there is something I must warn you about.”
“What happened?”
As Constable Liu explained slowly, Lu Zheng finally understood the cause and effect of the matter.
It turned out that two constables had caught the child trafficker and dragged him to the county yamen’s constable room, where he suffered greatly and then confessed, saying that he had previously caught two little girls, who were in a ruined temple more than ten li north of the city.
Then when Constable Liu led him and a team of constables to rescue them, unexpectedly there was another expert in that ruined temple.
In just a few moves, he knocked Constable Liu and four constables to the ground, then rescued that man, took the two little girls and left swaggeringly.
The problem was that before leaving, that man sinisterly said to be careful with today’s little girl, he would come back!
So Constable Liu did not even have time to return to the county yamen to report, and came straight to the Lu family.
Lu Zheng curled his lips, Constable Liu’s little thoughts were obvious, but the other party was usually respectful, so Lu Zheng naturally did not mind helping him out, moreover, it could also save two innocent little girls.
“Do you have anything from that man on you?”
Constable Liu beamed with joy, reached into his bosom and pulled out a piece of torn cloth, “This is what I tore off that man.”
