“Don’t worry about it.” Chang Nuo patted Ning Yuan’s shoulder, and said with a smile, “How could I make such mistakes? I used two types of kung fu when I fought with him, even the weapons are different. When I used a sword, I can prevail over him slightly. He admired me very much at that time, and also advised me to take the Martial Arts Test of the Imperial Examination. Later, I dressed up as Feng Yang, fighting with him again with the External Boxing Arts of Wudang Sect, and the weapon I used this time were double hammers. Also, I didn’t go all out. I cannot defend his long sword after 100 martial moves, then I was defeated, so it is impossible for him to catch me when I fought with him. And also, listen--”
Chang Nuo cleared his throat and suddenly changed a completely different voice, “My name is Feng Yang, I styled myself Jun You. I have admired Senior Lu’s fame, ‘a man in white with his Excalibur’, for a long time. You are even more outstanding when I see you today
“Ha ha ha.” Chang Nuo smoothed his face and smiled silly, “Although what you said is true, you don’t have to say it all the time. Since you trust me so much, it’s my duty to go to Daning Prefecture for you.”Ning Yuan thought and said, “You can fight with the generals and commanders on the field if necessary. And do not use uncommon kung fu, just only use leg-kicking movement, Arhat movement, water distribution movement, palms-rubbing movement, or other secular kung fu of Shaolin. And remember to take a proper way to get upper hand slightly when the six team up to against you, which can not only deter and subdue the crowd in the field, but also can fool the spies of Lu Jiangbei. Also, go to find Ming Ri in the branch Tower of Wuying when you arrive at Daning Prefecture. He will prepare everything for you so that you won’t have to house in the Mansion in case Wan Ling and Zhou Jinglan find any claw.”“That would be perfect. The bunch of women in Feng’s Famil
“You should breathe slowly before you give me the details.” Ning Yuan frowned, stared at Feng Yan and asked in a deep voice, “What’s the matter? Do you mean the girl of Luo’s Family who saved someone in the street just now? What does she pick the flowers for?”After getting the order, Feng Yan nodded and took more than 20 deep breaths.Seeing Childe Ning’s impatient face, Feng Yan stopped, and said slowly, “Here is the thing. Feng Yu and I searched the street carefully and found a bunch of fragrant small white flowers, which were more fragrant than Chinese roses, begonias, osmanthus, chrysanthemum and plum blossoms. When we got closer, we saw a girl who was about 12 years old squatting there and picking flowers into her sachet one by one pleasantly. I recognized her as the maid who jumped from the second gharry of Luo’s Family. Then we persuaded her to give up the flowers because Childe Ning had planned to pick them up. However, out of surprise, she said th
Ning Yuan stared at the girl in front of him unhappily. Wasn’t she the one who got a head start and picked Huolie Flowers up before him?“Huolie Flower is shaped like burning fire. The flower is small and white. It smells fragrant and tastes spicy and bitter, which can be used as medicine, low toxicity. Horses, cattle, pigs and sheep go crazy right after eating it, and then their eyes would turn red and white spots would appear on their tongues. There’s no cure for this. After half a day, the symptoms begin to ease. Its stem is not poisonous at first. However, after it blooms for 3 days every 3 years, the flower itself would wither, while the stem became highly toxic, commonly known as Jiaochang Grass (a kind of grass that could cause intestinal strangulation). This flower reproduces fast in the presence of water, explodes in the presence of fire, and withers in the presence of salt.”This text was detailed in the Classic of Rare Herbs in the study of Lord
He Danggui wrapped herself in a thick velvet cloak and went forward to figure out what kind of ferocious beasts killed hundreds of crows.After all, the beasts on the ground couldn’t attack the crows in the sky. Even if a dozen beasts attacked together, it was impossible to cause such a tragedy. Not to mention there were no ferocious beasts like lions, leopards, tigers or wolves in the garden of Luo’s Family. And those overlords in the sky like goshawk and Hai Dongqing could only catch at most 4 crows to eat at a time. Besides, this Bitter Bamboo Grove was an inexhaustible natural hunting treasury for the large birds, so why did they sacrifice long-term benefits for immediate benefits and eat so “wastefully”, throwing the flesh and blood on the ground in vain... Eh?He Danggui bent down suddenly and stared at them. She found that most of the skulls and brains of these crows had been crushed. But even the strongest eagle was incapable of doing such a thing!
At the hall of Ting Zhu Yard, Dong Xinlan cried to Madam Luo and said, “Grandma, Zhu is so pitiful, and he is quite skinny now. After waking up, Zhu was treated by my husband and Dr. Wu in turn. They both said that his disease came from the things under his bed. Zhu is only 3 years old and has no reason to suffer such a big pain. I don’t know how long it would take for him to recover. It’s really painful for me. Please punish the one who raised those things severely for the justice of Zhu and me...”Madam Luo nodded but spoke nothing. She turned to Luo Baishao and frowned, “What are you doing here in the midnight? Did you finish facsimileing Ms. Wang’s regular script copybook (in small characters, as used in Chinese calligraphy exercises) which your Third Uncle brought to you the other day?”“Grandma,” Luo Baishao went up to shake Madam Luo’s arms and said with a smile, “it’s too small, which makes me feel dizzy, so I don’t want to facsimile it. Besides, I
He Danggui felt her chest cool because of the cool tea she just drank in her room, so she took the tea brought by Miss Ji after she gratefully thanked her, and then began to drink happily with a foolish look.Madam Luo and Mammy Tang looked at each other and sighed. They thought that He Danggui might think that she had made great contribution for saving Zhu’s life, and she must be waiting for Zhu’s mother to pay her thankfulness. He Danggui was such a silly girl. This time, she would be inevitably wronged, because they were out of choice and the only solution was the best for Luo’s Family. Then they both shook their heads and ignored their concerns at the same time.Luo Baishao had already lost interest in Dong Xinlan’s revenge for her son at this moment, so she circled around He Danggui twice on the ground excitedly. Then Luo Baishao stared at He Danggui’s face and finally touched it twice. Staring at He Danggui’s shy appearance, Luo Baishao asked happily,
All the people widened their eyes to look at the Side Hall that Chan Yi pointed at. They used to hear someone saying they had seen ghosts. But this was the first time for them to hear some saying, “Look! There is a ghost!”He Danggui was also amazed. Immediately. She turned to see what it was. But after her first glance, she knocked Chan Yi’s head, “What nonsense are you talking about? Go and apologize to First Miss! How could she be a ghost? You should be punished seriously when we get back!”It turned out that the ghost appeared was exactly Luo Baiying, the First Miss of Luo’s Family. He Danggui knew her eldest sister was cantankerous and couldn’t stand anyone speaking ill of her. She was afraid Chan Yi would be punished because of her words, so she intended to take the initiative of her punishment first. But then again, even the people who were familiar with Luo Baiying were also startled when they saw her standing at a dark corner of the Side Hall silen
While He Danggui was on her way back to the East Flower Hall, she was thinking about these strange things happened tonight. Would those be coincidences?At the very beginning, she saw Ms. Dong and Luo Baishao breaking in in with full fury, but she was sick at that time, so she wanted to drive them away with Madam Luo’s help before she dealt with them when she was in a good mood later. She remembered that there were many crows in the grove, so she pretended to be a mystical conman just like Bai Yangbai, predicting the “bloodshed disaster” mysteriously. She thought that when someone found the dead crows outside the backyard, Madam Luo would believe in the “meditation in two days to get through the suffering” under the guidance of her superstitious character. Then she could get some time to rest and heal.Unexpectedly, she was a little surprised when she heard Bitter Bamboo Grove was on fire. Was it on fire? Was the fire caused by the dry weather and flammable