Witch Wind

Chapter 161: East of Jieshi (Part )

The ancestral home of Xingtian family.

Beside the White Ibis Pond, surrounded by hundreds of flowers, in an exquisite three-story building, from time to time, low cries and occasional high-pitched screams could be heard. Every time this happened, there would be chaos near the building. Dozens of maids in bright clothes would run back and forth like lost souls, chirping with lifeless eyes, and no one knew what they were busy with.

More than a dozen of Pinghai City's most skilled doctors gathered in the reception room on the first floor of the small building. Some were flipping through medical books with their eyes wide open, some were daydreaming with their pupils dilated, and some were holding a brush and gesturing for a long time at a piece of prescription paper without writing a single word.

Among the many doctors, there were two old doctors who were over a hundred years old, with yellow hair and beards. They were served by several disciples and grandchildren, sitting face to face at a square table, eating fruit and muttering to themselves.

"This is a matter of ghosts and gods. Medicine and medicine are useless."

"That's right, that's right. Uncle Pingbo has been walking too much at night and has been possessed by a ghost."

"Haha, if a ghost possesses you, you have to go find a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits and catch the ghosts. It would be a waste of effort to find a group of doctors like us."

These two old doctors have a long history in the medical field, and their disciples are all over the world. Not only in Pinghai City, but also in Jieshi County, Jiangdong Province, and even in Fentian City, they are extremely famous.

The current director of the Imperial Medical Service is the disciple of one of these old gentlemen.

The mansions of many princes and dukes of the Dayu Dynasty also employ skilled doctors to save lives. Many of them are disciples taught by these two.

With such powerful connections and their own advanced age, they had seen through the ways of the world and human nature, so they spoke without restraint, laughing, scolding, or anything else. They were certain that Pingbo Bo and Xing Tianqingshu, who were shouting and yelling in the bedroom on the third floor of the small building, were possessed by evil spirits and not suffering from some intractable disease.

As he was talking, an old man raised his head again and curled his lips in disgust at the small building with overly luxurious furnishings: "Hey, the head of a big family doesn't live in a big courtyard with a proper family name, but lives in a show building like a young lady... Tsk, this Pingbo Bo seems to lack some family education!"

The other old doctor smiled brightly: "Pingyuan Hall, a prestigious name, of course, has a good family background. Not to mention Nanxun Town, even in the huge Jiangdong Province, who can have a deeper family background than Pingyuan Hall?"

"What can we do? The poison has taken over the magpie's nest. This Pingbo Earl changed his surname and married into the family. He is not a legitimate descendant of Pingyuan Hall. Not to mention that he lives in a brothel all day and hangs out with a group of little maids, even if he lives in a brothel..."

The two old men looked at each other, and the other dozen or so old doctors also laughed.

All around, several maids dressed in silk and satin, of tall stature, who although they were maids, acted like the mistress of the house, and were so angry that their faces turned blue.

If the small building where Xing Tianqingshu lives is a brothel, then who are they?
However, seeing the yellow hair and beards of the two old men, remembering their great influence and the fact that their master still asked them to save his life, the maids gritted their teeth, suppressed their anger, and bowed to the two old men in a soft voice, saying, "Two old gentlemen, doctors are like parents to their parents. Thank you for your help. Please write a prescription to comfort our master."

A group of doctors rolled their eyes at the same time.

Calm down?
In the past two days, the tranquilizing medicine has been fed like feeding pigs, more than 20 to 30 kilograms of it have been gulped down. Not to mention a person, even a wild boar with its butt pierced by a spear would have to lie down and doze off after drinking so much of the best tranquilizing medicine.

But judging from the noise upstairs, the medicine seems to be ineffective!

A group of doctors shook their heads at the same time and sighed softly - this was really a ghost, it was not a disease, they had no way to deal with Xing Tianqingshu. If there was no weaving department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs behind the Pingbo Marquis's mansion, and the person in charge of the weaving department, Princess Yihe, also had the same problem as Xing Tianqingshu, they really didn't want to waste their time here.

Suddenly, a terrifying roar came from the bedroom upstairs: "Ghost, it's not me, it's not me... Aoao, Xing Tianli, Xing Tianli... Die, die!"

With a "whoosh", Xing Tianqingshu, whose body was covered in hair, closed his eyes tightly, and his eyeballs rolled around under his eyelids. He rushed out of the bedroom like a madman, and pushed aside three or five maids who were blocking his way. He jumped down from the third floor and fell flat on the ground with a "bang".

His eyes were closed tightly, white foam was coming out of the corners of his mouth, and he was shouting all kinds of nonsense hysterically. His body was twitching, like a skinned toad that had been electrified, and was twitching and jumping on the ground.

Black blood vessels protruded from his face and extended throughout his body.

His whole body seemed to be covered by a large black net. The black blood vessels were wriggling and twitching, just like black earthworms wriggling wildly under his skin. The scene was truly scary.

A group of gorgeous maids screamed in fear, and then they heard a "puff" sound, and Xing Tianqingshu, who was naked, defecated and urinated at the same time. A pungent stench spread out. A group of doctors grinned and shook their heads vigorously: "Medicine is useless, tut tut. Has the mansion prepared coffin? With the title and status of Pingbo Earl, it seems a bit inappropriate not to use a golden nanmu coffin."

"Well, I know the biggest coffin merchant in Jieshi County. He has a few excellent golden nanmu coffins at home..."

Hysterical shouting and cursing were heard. Xing Tianqingshu's nominal mother, Zhang, ran down from the upstairs like a madman, with her hair loose and her hairpins scattered. She threw her eyes straight at Xing Tianqingshu: "My son, you must not get into any trouble... Woohoo, if you die, this huge fortune of the Xingtian family... will it be taken away by those bastards from the side branches?"

An old doctor coughed and said, "Madam, please speak with all your conscience. After all, his last name is Xingtian."

A group of old doctors looked at the crazy Zhang with sidelong glances.

We are all from the same village and know each other well. Who doesn't know about your Zhang's little mess?

The real Pingbo Earl Xingtian Tongming died fighting for his country in Black Borneo, but he had a concubine and left behind a biological son. Since you, Zhang, have no children, it is reasonable that the son born from that concubine should inherit the title of Pingbo Earl and the property of Xingtian of Pingyuan Hall.

But what did you, Zhang, do?

Tsk tsk, that concubine died silently, and no one knows whether the concubine's child is dead or alive.

Well, since the concubine's child has disappeared, according to the rules of the big family, we should choose the closest blood relative from another branch to take on the responsibility of Pingyuan Hall?
The result is good. You, Zhang, actually brought a nephew from your mother's family and adopted him as your own. The nephew became your own son, and you openly occupied the property of Pingyuan Hall - such behavior was actually tacitly approved by the court and even strongly assisted!
It’s just...

An old doctor picked up the teacup, drank it slowly, and said calmly: "Old Madam, prepare the coffin. Pingbo Bo is in such a state that there is no hope for him. Hurry up and get some good coffin. I have a secret recipe passed down from my ancestors that can keep the corpse from rotting for a hundred years. However, the cost of one set of medicine is ten thousand taels of silver. Do you want to order one?"

Although the old doctors were forcibly invited here due to Princess Yihe's power, they had no good feelings towards Xing Tianqingshu.

They have so many disciples and followers, how well-informed must they be!

They certainly knew that in recent years, the Ji Le Xiang that had flooded Jiangdong Province and many other provinces was caused by Xing Tianqingshu. They were doctors, and they had a strong desire to explore all new and novel "medicines". They had diagnosed thousands of people addicted to Ji Le Xiang.

The fragrance of bliss can cause great harm.

This was the final conclusion they reached after several consultations.

However, behind the proliferation of Ji Le Xiang, there is Princess Yihe as the backer and government officials at all levels as the guarantor. Even if they are a group of doctors and have some connections and relationships, they can't do anything to these people.

Therefore, seeing Xing Tianqingshu's look, even though they are doctors with caring hearts, these old doctors couldn't help but speak coldly and ruthlessly, stabbing him a few times in the back without being too polite.

Before Zhang could pounce on Xing Tianqingshu, she was almost knocked over by the stench on his body.

She covered her nose and dodged hastily, howling a few times. Suddenly, she heard the gossips of a group of doctors and flew into a rage. With her long hair disheveled, Zhang jumped up like a ball, pointing at the group of old doctors and cursing hysterically.

After all, she was the first wife that Xing Tiantong married in a formal ceremony. Zhang's family was also a wealthy family in Nanxun Town. Although she had a bad character, she was still a little lacking in the abusive words used in the market.

She kept saying things like "Damn you" and "You shall die a horrible death" and spitting madly at the group of old doctors, but the killing power was almost zero.

Xing Tianqingshu suddenly screamed again: "No, no... I was wrong, I was wrong... I plead guilty, I plead guilty!"

"Old man Song, I killed your granddaughter... I didn't expect that she was so weak and couldn't be restrained!"

"Old man Wang, your granddaughter-in-law hanged herself... I just pulled her into the carriage and had sex with her. I even paid her two taels of silver... She wanted to die on her own, what could I do?"

"Old man Zhao, your grandson, yes, it was me who cleansed him personally... I used my connections in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send him to the Forbidden Palace of Burning Heaven City to be a eunuch... Who dared to outshine me at the poetry meeting? Do I have no shame?"

"With so many rich ladies present, how dare his poems be better than those written by the ghostwriters I hired?" "Li Xiucai, we have settled the payment... I recommended you to work as an official in Pinghai County, and you drugged your newlywed wife and sent her to my bed. This was a deal you were willing to make... She jumped into the well and died, so you can just marry another one."

Xing Tianqingshu's whole body was tense and twitching wildly, with white foam coming out of his mouth. He spoke madly and told all the dirty things he had done over the years.

Every time he said something dirty, his body twitched wildly and he kept crying and begging for mercy, as if an invisible person was inflicting cruel punishment on him, shouting things like 'Stop hitting me, the whip hurts', 'Please keep the branding iron away from me', 'Oil pan, oil pan, I don't want to go into the oil pan'.

The sky is blue and the sun is bright, the universe is bright.

It was a scorching sun, and hearing Xing Tianqingshu crying and screaming like that, Zhang, a group of maids and servants, a dozen old doctors, and their disciples, all felt the hairs on their necks stand on end, and they felt inexplicably a cold wind around them, as if some invisible existence was staring at them with all kinds of torture instruments.

"Ah!" An old doctor shook his head and sighed, "If you have done no evil in your life, you won't be afraid of knocking on your door at night. Uncle Pingbo is like this, ah!"

A group of old doctors looked at each other with flickering eyes.

Xing Tianqingshu's "confession" was simply insane and completely devoid of conscience. He was not very old, only about twenty years old, how could he be so evil and do so many vicious things?

Zhang was so anxious that she went crazy.

She looked at these old doctors and cried out at the top of her lungs: "My dear old gentlemen, Qingshu is having a nightmare. Yes, he is possessed by a ghost. This is absolutely not happening. My Xingtian family is a family of good deeds and good fortune. Qingshu is the Earl of Pingbo, who was conferred the title by the current imperial court. He would never do such a thing!"

Zhang was stammering as she explained, when Xing Tianqingshu suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were completely black, and their pitch-black pupils were densely covered with extremely fine blue-red blood lines. His body convulsed, and he stood up suddenly, waving his fists wildly at the air.

"I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you to death, you damned Ma scholar, do you think you're so great just because you can read?"

"Mother just saw that you had a good face and a good figure. As a filial piety to mother, I gave you good medicine and gave you to mother to pamper for three nights. You actually want to sue the officials?"

"Haha, who in the hall is suing me?"

"Hey, Mr. Ma, your mother can use you. You are so handsome and fair, so why can't I, your uncle, use you?"

"My uncle used you and chopped you into eight pieces and threw you into the Xun River to feed the fish. Feed the fish... Your whole family, young and old, were robbed and killed by bandits. No one will speak up for you anymore!"

Xing Tianqingshu smiled very proudly. He waved his fists wildly and said with a smug smile: "I was able to kill you back then, and now I can kill you ten thousand times more."

Zhang stared at Xing Tianqingshu in amazement.

A group of old doctors took a deep breath. They looked solemnly at Zhang, who was covered in cold sweat and trembling legs. They ran away without saying a word. When they walked a long way, the two oldest old doctors suddenly turned back and said tremblingly: "Our Great Yu Dynasty is, after all, a country with royal laws and etiquette... The government said that they want to build a chastity arch for you, Madam?"

"Ugh!" A group of old doctors spat on the ground together, held their heads high, and strode away.

Zhang's eyes were wide open, veins on her face were tangled, her ten fingers were twitching like chicken claws, she stared at the old doctors, and suddenly she jumped up like a madman, screaming at the top of her voice: "Capture them, capture them, capture these bandits who broke into my Xingtian family's ancestral home and looted wantonly!"

Dozens of strong and powerful servants and private soldiers of the Xingtian clan responded in unison and surrounded the old doctors.

Several of the oldest doctors were so angry that their faces turned red and they were trembling and unable to speak.

They really couldn't imagine that Zhang could be so cruel and so bold!

Who are they?

They were famous doctors who enjoyed a high reputation throughout the Dayu Dynasty. They had disciples all over the world and an all-encompassing network of connections behind them. How could Zhang, a mere widowed lady of the Pingbo Earl's Mansion, dare to call for their death?

"Capture them, capture them, and lock them up in the dungeon at the back!" Zhang's eyes widened, and white foam flowed from the corners of her mouth. She danced with joy, laughing and jumping around like a shaman: "Break their legs, hehe, cut off their tongues, chop off their fingers."

"Can't they get away."

“We can’t let them talk nonsense.”

"They can't let a single word get out."

"Hee... You want to go against my Pingbo Marquis Mansion? Do you know who conferred the title on our family? It was the current Queen Mother... Do you know how that little bitch died? I bribed the eunuch who read the imperial edict, and he beat her to death!"

"Hee, what a pity, how could that little bastard Xing Tianli run away?"

"My aunt gave him a four-year slow-acting drug. This little bastard is lucky. After drinking the four-year slow-acting drug, it only blinded his eyes and failed to kill him directly!"

"Oh my, where has that little bastard been in the past ten years? I really want to strangle him to death with my own hands."

Inexplicably, dark veins appeared on Zhang's face. She twitched all over, and from time to time she jumped up seven or eight feet high, constantly making strange laughs.

Her words gradually became incoherent.

It was as if some invisible creatures had taken up residence in her body, madly inflicting cruel punishments of the eighteen levels of hell on her. She gradually began to cry, beg, and curse the heavens and the earth hysterically.

The lips turned dark, and even the best lipstick could not cover up the sudden change in color.

Zhang laughed 'chichi', then cried and screamed loudly, and suddenly sat down on the ground, slapping her thighs with her hands, and began to count all the bad things she had done in her life.

What about the fact that before she married Xing Tian Tongming, she had a secret meeting with a handsome cousin and almost entered the port, but was caught by a maid. She then teamed up with her cousin, strangled the maid to death and threw her into a well.

What about after getting married, she took her maid to the temple to burn incense and fulfill her vow, exchanged flirtatious glances with a handsome scholar passing by, and had a happy time together in the woods, but was caught by a farmer who was chopping wood. She was afraid that Xing Tian would find out and investigate, so she used the power of her mother's clan to wipe out the farmer's entire family.

What about Xing Tian Tongming joining the army to serve? She asked her trusted maid to seduce handsome men, and then killed them to silence them afterwards.

All kinds of things...

Zhang scolded for a full half a minute, and suddenly she laughed strangely: "Xing Tian knows everything, I know you know these things... That's why you didn't touch me once after we got married. Hehe, I accidentally got pregnant, and I was so scared that I quickly took medicine to abort the child, but I accidentally had a heavy bleeding, and I couldn't get pregnant again."

"I am certainly at fault, but don't you have any responsibility at all?"

"I am a fickle girl, but just because of this, do you treat me like a clay figurine or a wooden sculpture?"

"Yes, you are the current head of the Xingtian family. You should be respectable. You don't divorce your wife... tsk!"

"What a pity! I gave you two slow-acting medicines. How come your body is so strong and not affected at all?"

Zhang was clamoring, and the old doctors who were trapped by the servants and private soldiers all looked pale and could no longer speak.

Zhang has revealed so many scandals. No matter whether it is the Pingbo Marquis' Mansion or the Zhang family behind Zhang, I am afraid they will not let them leave here alive no matter what.

(End of this chapter)