Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 30: Junzize Covers Mountains and Rivers
Those people walked slowly.

Uncle Ma took the opportunity to take out a match and lit a lamp.

The kerosene lamp was a bit of a nuisance, so I didn't bring it with me.

But Uncle Ma had a few white candles in his bag, the size of a fist, thick and short.

After lighting it, drop a little candle wax onto the table, press the bottom of the candle onto the table, and it will be placed firmly.

The man in the forest noticed the fire here and quickened his pace.

Chu Tianshu seemed to see a flash of intense joy on the faces of the two men leading the donkey.

"Uncle, it's cold and the roads are slippery. I miscalculated the distance. Can we stay here for a night?"

The man with the sickle shouted at me from twenty or thirty steps away.

Uncle Ma said, "Everyone encounters difficulties when they are away from home. This place was originally deserted. We have repaired it a little to give you a rest. Come on over."

They led the donkey to the tea stall and first helped the man off the donkey's back.

The man was not short, but he had a hunched back and walked unsteadily. He was supported by someone and walked into the tea stall after just a few steps. The wheezing sound in his throat and chest was like thin iron wires rubbing against each other, which was uncomfortable to listen to.

Chu Tianshu was removing the needles from Zhong Jinqiu's arms when he glanced over and met the three men.

The person being supported was fine, but the two men who were supporting him were staring at this side.

"This brother."

The man with the sickle asked, "Are you doing acupuncture? Are you a doctor? Can you check our brother too?"

Chu Tianshu laughed and said, "I don't know anything about acupuncture. This was given to my second uncle by an old doctor in town. He said it would stay on his hand for a long time. We were in a hurry to go back, so we had to hurry with the needle and remove it ourselves according to the time."

"Don't even mention it. The old doctor was so worried that we might lose the needle that we ended up paying him a dried leg of lamb."

If he were in his hometown, Chu Tianshu would be more willing to see patients.

But in these desolate mountains and wilderness where you can't even find the road, you actually encounter people riding donkeys up the mountain, so it's better to be vigilant.

Uncle Ma and Uncle Zhong, two veterans, are also wary of the other side.

Especially Uncle Zhong, that look... huh?

Chu Tianshu frowned slightly. There was something wrong with Uncle Zhong's look.

It was not his usual casual and expressionless look, but he was staring directly at the asthmatic man's face, and his expression became more serious the more he looked.

It's like being able to see a picture on the other person's face.

The man with the sickle looked anxious: "Brother, don't hide your skills. When you pulled out the needle just now, the way you twisted the needle end didn't look like a novice..."

Zhong Jinqiu suddenly said, "Xiao Chu, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. You've studied for a few years, right? Why don't you help me out?"

Chu Tianshu and Uncle Ma looked at Zhong Jinqiu at the same time, and there was a slight glimmer in their eyes.

The two exchanged glances, but didn't detect any evil magic. Zhong Jinqiu wasn't someone who would be easily affected by any evil magic.

"Then let me try."

Chu Tianshu stood up after pondering for a moment, walked to the other side of the table, and took the pulse of the sick man first.

Zhong Jinqiu also walked to the side of the table and moved closer to continue looking at it.

There were five people gathered around a shabby table, it was a bit crowded.

Chu Tianshu asked them to step back, and by candlelight, he checked the sick man's eyelids and tongue coating, felt his pulse, and continued to ponder.

“This disease…”

Chu Tianshu raised his eyes again and looked at the people in front of him.

The two men in straw raincoats had anxious looks in their eyes, but seeing the slight tension between their waists and abdomens, it was clear that they were also secretly on guard.

Especially the man with the sickle, his right arm was hidden under his straw raincoat, and he didn't move at all. No one knew why.

Zhong Jinqiu was also a little abnormal. His face looked serious, but his eyes seemed blank. No one knew what he was thinking.

In comparison, the patient was the most normal one.

His eyes were cloudy, his face was sallow, and his lips were dark, all symptoms of difficulty breathing.

He looked like he was enduring the pain, but not particularly anxious. He was like a patient who, after seeing so many doctors, had become somewhat more open-minded.

But this person is actually the most abnormal.

Chu Tianshu raised a finger: "What's this?"

The patient said: "One"

Chu Tianshu raised two fingers.

"two."

He held up four fingers.

The patient tried to smile, but his throat was strained, and he coughed twice, saying, "Of course it's four."

Chu Tianshu sighed, frowned, stood up, paced back and forth, and unknowingly walked away to the corner of the tea stall.

"Second uncle."

He waved over there and said, "Come here first."

Zhong Jinqiu walked over, controlling his throat with great skill, and whispered, "What's wrong?"

Chu Tianshu responded with the same volume.

"That man wasn't sick at all; he was poisoned. The poison had penetrated deep into his internal organs and even spread to his brain and bone marrow."

"When a normal person is poisoned to this extent, the only difference between him and a dead body is that his pupils haven't dilated yet."

"But this man can breathe, walk, and even think clearly. Judging from his physique, he's not a boxer, so he must be a powerful sorcerer. If he's a relatively upright person, it's fine, but if he's evil..."

Chu Tianshu asked seriously, "Uncle Zhong, do you know him?"

Zhong Jinqiu was silent for a moment.

Uncle Ma came over and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhong Jinqiu said in a low voice: "Alas, this matter is a long story..."

When he was young, Shopkeeper Ma did not want to get married and had no family.

Zhong Jinqiu, on the other hand, had a happy family, and because of this family, he continued to pursue his youthful ambitions and still wanted to work hard for fame and success. His wife and son were very supportive and relied on him.

His son Zhong Jiye was particularly envious of his behavior as the big brother who traveled around the country with a group of brothers at that time.

Among his peers, Zhong Jiye also became a leader, leading his group of younger brothers to rush around and also controlling them.

Once, Zhong Jiye found out that his brother was addicted to opium and stole money to smoke it. He refused to listen to any advice, and even after being beaten, he refused to change. Even tying him up was useless, and he also led other brothers astray.

Zhong Jiye was very angry, so he called all his brothers together and smoked several times in front of them to prove to them that this thing can be completely quit.

"But this brat's martial arts skills are only at the entry level. He can't even withstand the effects of the Lingyang Gallbladder, so how can he withstand such a deadly poison?"

Zhong Jinqiu lowered his eyes. "At that time, I was still obsessed with fame and fortune, and I neglected my family. In the end, my son died, and my wife passed away from illness. I left nothing behind except hatred."

Uncle Ma recalled, "That year when I went to see you, I heard that you had killed the owner of the opium den in town, and then you killed everyone who supplied the medicine shop."

"But when I found you later, you hadn't killed many more people?"

Zhong Jinqiu smiled tiredly.

Because when he looked over there, he didn't see the big opium dealer with a face full of fat.

Just seeing the huge fireworks blooming all over the mountains and fields, the scene was so beautiful that it was terrifying.

The terraced fields that were once pure green have all become tobacco fields, and the people who grow opium are just farmers.

You don’t feel the pain until it happens to you.

Before that year, Zhong Jinqiu had also denounced opium as a detriment to the country, but he had never thought about it carefully. How many people were actually growing opium in the entire Yizhou?
Have you surrounded yourself?
"...How could I possibly avenge such a vengeance? I ran away without even setting foot in that field."

Zhong Jinqiu said woodenly, "I'm scared."

Uncle Ma said, "But you later said one day that someone avenged you?"

Zhong Jinqiu's eyes lit up, and he said solemnly, "Yes, that person has probably seen flower fields like that before, far more than I have, but he's not afraid."

"He became the Grand Commander of Yizhou. With one order, although opium wasn't completely banned, at least no opium den dared to open a sign to solicit customers in broad daylight!"

"He is a strong man, a righteous man, and someone worthy of my lifelong respect!"

Uncle Ma glanced at the patients at that table with a bit of disbelief, and had some guesses in his mind.

He lowered his voice even more, almost using telekinesis wrapped in a little breath sound.

"Are you saying that the one over there is Cai Yin, Cai Shanjun?!"

"Is he the former Grand Commander of the Yizhou Han Military Government?"

"But how is that possible? He's already in the capital, holding a high position and a generous salary. Even the President doesn't dare to treat him unfairly..."

Zhong Jinqiu said flatly, "I've been to his speeches many times, and his appearance is etched in my mind. Even though I've disguised my face now, it can't be hidden from me."

Uncle Ma was stunned and said, "No wonder you asked Xiao Chu for help..."

"I only asked Xiao Chu to help a little. With Cai Shanjun's status and position, he has fallen into this state. It goes without saying how much trouble he is in."

Zhong Jinqiu put his less-used hands behind his back and unconsciously clenched them, the movement being somewhat difficult.

"Xiao Chu, if you can help, please help a little. Then, we will part ways with them immediately and not get involved in their affairs!"

"In the final analysis..."

Zhong Jinqiu raised his eyebrows and his voice became softer.

"After all, he hasn't really met me, and he hasn't done me any great favors. The fact that we can help each other out like this is just the end of our fate."

Uncle Ma fell silent.

If they colluded with each other internally and externally to kill an old eunuch, they could still have a 60% chance of success, but if they got involved in Cai Shanjun's affairs, I really don't know what hope of survival they had.

If it were just the two of them who encountered this situation, they could have rushed through it. Even if they died, it would have been an unusual way for them to die.

However, Chu Tianshu is still young and has the opportunity to grow slowly. He shouldn't encounter such things now.

The way Lao Zhong spoke, he obviously understood this.

But Xiao Chu is a perceptive person. If he sees Lao Zhong's true feelings and offers to help, this matter will be too difficult...

"Grand Commander?!"

Chu Tianshu's voice suddenly rose.

The two old men who were avoiding the young man's gaze looked up at him in surprise.

The patient's breathing over there paused for a moment.

The two men in straw raincoats were on alert at the same time, one of them touched the sickle and the other reached into his arms.

Chu Tianshu returned to the other side of the table excitedly and said with a smile, "So you are the former Grand Commander of Yizhou. I heard that you did a lot of good things for Yizhou when you were in office. Are you coming back to take power again this time?"

The two men didn't know how to react.

The patient blinked and replied, "Yes, there are some important things to do."

"But the fact that you can come to this mountain means that you have already entered Yuannan City's sphere of influence."

Chu Tianshu's smile remained unchanged. "Why don't you try to contact Captain Xu in Yuannan City? With his military support, everything would be much easier, right?"

The man with the sickle hesitated and said, "Who are you three? This kind of thing..."

"Because the Xu surname is untrustworthy."

The patient answered directly, paused, and coughed violently a few times before continuing, "Yizhou isn't an ironclad empire after all. I've been secretly gathering information in the capital, and I've found this man increasingly untrustworthy. If I go to his headquarters like this, I'll surely die."

Chu Tianshu's smile widened, and he clapped his hands and said, "Very good, then after you come to power, you will definitely eliminate him?"

The man with the sickle asked suspiciously, "Do you have a grudge against them?"

"I wanted to kill him and his lieutenant, but in the past month, I've been killing more than one person a day on average, and it's getting a bit tiresome."

Chu Tianshu looked at his fingers and said slowly, "After all, I am a doctor."

"If I can achieve my goal of eliminating evil and relieving my anger simply by saving lives, then of course that would be more satisfying."

Moreover, the status of the person in front of him is very similar to that of General Cai, who protected the country and opposed Yuan Shikai in the history of his hometown.

It's simply a living experience package of luck.

And... well, we can't let two old men, at their age, say things against their will and be depressed.

I've been a psychic for twenty years, sensing the evil outside, but I haven't turned myself into a cold-blooded animal. Now that I've practiced hot-blooded boxing, do I have to restrain myself even more?
(End of this chapter)