She couldn’t find the answer in the Depositary of Buddhist Texts, so she had to go back to Tao Yao Yard. She decocted medicinal herbs, and cooked porridge with lotus seed, Rehmannia Glutinosa, and radix angelicae for Meng Xuan. Opening the door, she could see the sleeping teenager on the bed from a distance. Some sentimental words like “sweet home” sprang to He Danggui’s mind. Was this the beginning of love? She had forgotten the feeling of love a long time ago. She had been conservative and cautious about love, which had frightened Duan Xiaolou. She guessed that the ending of her and Meng Xuan might be better.
She put down the tray, took off her veil, and put aside the curtain to see Meng Xuan’s peaceful sleeping face. She wanted to pinch his cheeks. Then she bent down to get closer. However, A trap set by Meng Xuan was waiting for her.
Meng Xuan grabbed her and held her in his arms. Turning around, he was on top of her. He stared at her ardently, a
It was a starry night.He Danggui walked towards the man in white with heart beating fast, staring at him, and then asked, “Who are you? Turn around!”The man then turned around, recognized the masked woman in black as He Danggui, and smiled at her in surprise. “Hey, lady, are you coming for me?” He said. The man had a strange but handsome face. His voice and eyes were very familiar to her. Just by making eye contact, He Danggui realized he was Bai Yangbai.He Danggui tilted her head to look at him in surprise, and asked, “Why are you everywhere? What do you want by dressing up so nicely?”Bai Yangbai smiled and raised his head, “Well, I want to...” After tidying his clothes, he gave He Danggui an incomplete salute and looked up at her, “Nice to meet you, lady. My name is Bai Yang. It has been more than two months since I moved to Yangzhou City from the north to keep away from the plague. I haven’t forgotten you since we met
He Danggui’s eyes widened, and she whispered, too, “What? You must’ve made a mistake. I asked another person to foresee my marriage. He is also a fortuneteller. But what he said is completely different from you!”Bai Yangbai asked, “Fortuneteller? I know all of fortunetellers. There are no more than eight true fortunetellers in the world. Who are you talking about?” He asked sullenly. Except for the displeasure of being questioned, he saw he was the most impossible one to marry He Danggui comparing to other three men: Meng Xuan, Duan Xiaolou, Zhu Quan. So he felt inexplicably upset.He Danggui blinked her eyes with her mouth opened, but she didn’t know how to answer him. How would she tell Bai Yangbai that in a dreamlike realm, she met Master Prophet Qi Xuanyu, who was neither a human nor a ghost. Qi Xuanyu claimed that his hexagram of nature’s mystery was the greatest fortunetelling tool in the world, so he could foresee nature’s mystery, and even B
After collecting the silver needles and wearing the veil, He Danggui ignored the weird Bai Yangbai who was holding his hands behind him in the courtyard. She left Ting Zhu Yard and took a shortcut to the south sidewall. She saw Pan Jingyang, who was on night patrol and was staring at the sky afar. She jumped over the wall and got out of Luo’s Mansion.This time, she didn’t have to worry about being followed by Sun Meiniang’s servants. After leaving the mansion, she found the air was even sweet with a floral smell. After passing two alleys, she walked towards the back door of an inn named the “Vintage Store of Wind”. She had farmed out a bay horse here. Yangzhou City was quite large, and since last year, her business scale had been expanded. It would take more than half a day to run from south to north in Yangzhou City. Sometimes riding a horse would be more convenient than hiring a carriage. So, she raised a bay horse in this inn.She led the horse f
He Danggui froze for a moment and then looked back. That was a child in a red jacket and green pants. He was wearing a pair of tiger shoes. His hair was a bit yellow, and he was slightly younger than Chubby Zhu. In He Danggui’s opinion, he was a “colorful” child. She bent down and asked, “Kid, did you see anyone take away a bay horse tied here?”The child nodded and pointed to the north, “A man just left with your horse.” He Danggui hurriedly thanked him and ran in that direction. Thief is unforgivable! Stealing her horse in her place was even worse! The wind blew her ear while the yelling of the child came from behind. However, He Danggui maturely used Mysterious Footwork with full strength, and she even ran several times faster than riding a horse. Therefore, she did not catch the child’s words.Children usually asked candies for adults. Next time she could ask Bai Yangbai to sell her some medicated sweetsand send them to that kid.At
Duan Xiaolou was inside the inn!After realizing that, she quickly retracted her hand from the curtain, just like she was burned. With hesitation, she walked a small circle around the inn and found a back door, and then walked in. It was empty there. So, she sat in a corner at the end of the corridor and tried to listen to the conversation in the room while playing with the whip in her hand. Duan Xiaolou was drinking inside? Was Du Yao also inside? Was anyone else there? At the time, a voice sounded.“Du Yao! Why did you take my jar? Give me back my wine!”“Master Duan, you are drunk. We have important things to do today. What if you get drunk?”“Ha! You are three levels inferior to me. It is said that one level crushes people to death and I can crush you three times. How dare you interfere with my things? Give my wine back!” Duan Xiaolou paused but soon shouted again, “Waiter! Bring me ten more jars of loquat wine!”
Lu Jiangbei came out faster than Gao Jue. He Danggui couldn’t hide her face in time, so she closed her eyes without any other choice. Was it called the “ostrich policy”? Lu Jiangbei had just made Meng Xuan injured from a sword yesterday. According to Meng Xuan, he got himself injured “because of her”. Although she thought that she had never offended Lu Jiangbei, it was better not to see him in case of any trouble.After Lu Jiangbei went out, he paused and then smiled, “Gao Jue was right. There is really a girl sitting here.”He Danggui lowered her head and closed her eyes under the veil, hoping Lu Jiangbei didn’t recognize her.Lu Jiangbei said kindly, “Little girl, since you have come to the inn, why bother sitting in the cold wind? There is a stove inside, and it is warm there. Those people drinking inside are not bad guys. You can get in there to warm yourself.”He Danggui closed her eyes and nodded. However, she kept mut
Du Yao became even more curious and asked with his big eyes blinking, “Ah? You mean, even our boss was stunned? Is there anything that distracts him in a battle? He is the dreadful Lu Jiangbei, known as the ‘Sword in White, Universe in Sleeve’ in Jianghu!”Jiang Pi glanced at Duan Xiaolou and then said, “Master Duan, then I’ll tell him. It is you that want to stay here to listen to us. Well, the dagger was engraved with a lady, and she was no one else but Miss He, whom Duan Xiaolou has a crush on. Three years ago, we went to a Taoist temple to search Rebelling Party, where we unluckily met Miss He Danggui.”He Danggui outside the door suddenly came to realize that Meng Xuan was hurt because of this! He saw an unrelated man having a dagger with her face, and then was stabbed by Lu Jiangbei out of astonishment.Back then, she had seen the kind of dagger engraved with her portrait from Duan Xiaolou. She was told that it was made by Liao Zhi
He Danggui was as shocked as Jiang Pi by the scream. She thought she was found by them. So, she decided to say hello to them. Well, she only needed to be calm…At the time she touched the curtain, she heard Du Yao laugh again, “Guys, then I will just say it! Master Duan, don’t be mad at me! Do you think our boss is also interested in that girl? Does he like that little girl unrequitedly as Duan Xiaolou does?”After hearing that, Jiang Pi frowned and retorted, “Nonsense! Don’t play a joke on our boss as he is not here. I will tell him when he comes back! You are dead meat!”Du Yao raised his disgruntled head, “I’m not talking nonsense. I have evidence! I am also an admirer of our boss, so why would I speak ill of him? It’s normal for a beautiful lady and a gentleman to pursue each other. Heroes seek beauties, and bosses love chicks. It is not strange! If someday he doesn’t like Miss but Mister. That would be scary.”Jiang Pi