Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Pei Chufeng came to the clinic again that day, and he refused to leave until the afternoon, and even wanted to stay for dinner. Ling Qiqi said sarcastically with a little impatience:

"Do you really think of this place as your own home? Why do you always go to other people's homes instead of staying in your own mansion?"

Pei Chufeng said shamelessly:

"I paid so much for the consultation, I should get some of it back, right?"

"Shouldn't it be? When did our little prince Nan Shen become so mercenary?"

"Those who are close to vermilion are red."

"Oh, I told you you were fat and you gasped. You've learned to use indirect criticism."

"Don't forget that I am your aunt's direct disciple, and I have been influenced by her a long time ago."

"Then do you know that she is standing behind you right now?"

Pei Chufeng was frightened and turned around quickly, but he didn't see anyone.

He turned around and saw the Seventh Princess's smirk as she succeeded in her prank, and it was quite... quite pretty.

Although the Seventh Princess is dressed in men's clothing and is not as gorgeous and charming as those in women's clothing, the light in her eyes is truly captivating. Well, since she is so beautiful, let her show off this time.

In order to save his dignity, Pei Chufeng was about to criticize her in a formal way, when he heard the Seventh Princess waving behind him and saying hello:

"aunt."

"Do you think I can be fooled a second time?" Pei Chufeng asked the Seventh Princess with disdain.

"Yes." After saying that, Ling Qiqi continued to say to the person behind him:

"Aunt, your disciple just called you a pig and said that he learned all these mercenaries from you."

"If I fall for your trick again, I will..."

"Who do you say is a pig?" The witch doctor suddenly said behind Pei Chufeng in a sinister voice, and Pei Chufeng was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Oh, aunt, why did you expose yourself so early? I almost blackmailed him again. What did you say just now, what will happen if you fall for it again?" Ling Qiqi turned her head and asked Pei Chufeng.

Pei Chufeng didn't care about Ling Qiqi at all. The witch doctor asked him with a dark face:

"Who are you calling a pig?"

"Seventh Princess heard me wrong. I said that people get redder when they are around red people. I benefit a lot from being around you."

"Then tell me what benefits you have received from me?"

"I learned medical theory and pharmacology from my master, and how to behave. In short, my master taught me a lot."

"It also taught you to be mercenary, didn't it?"

"Master, may I ask what is mercenary?"

"The mercenaries are the common people." The great witch doctor said casually.

"I think it is wrong. Market is a place for buying and exchanging things; merchandiser is a person who buys and sells for profit. A good planner plans before the sign is even shown. How many people in the world can avoid entering the market? How many people can plan before the sign is even shown? So I think that merchandisers are the way of the world, and merchandisers are capable people."

Pei Chufeng's bunch of nonsense made Ling Qiqi and the witch doctor roll their eyes. Ling Qiqi secretly admired: What a talent! He has a lot of eloquence. It's not scary to be a philistine, but to be philistine with culture.

Ling Qiqi asked her aunt:

"Is this your apprentice? He flatters me loudly enough."

The witch doctor felt relieved and decided not to argue with Pei Chufeng. She had more important things to do. So she put the leaf cards on the table and said:

"I haven't played the game of fighting corrupt officials for a long time. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll play a few games."

"If you don't come, you're just a lousy card player. The worse you are, the more you like to play." Ling Qiqi said with disdain.

"Want to play for money?" Ling Qiqi began to hesitate due to the disrespectful temptation of the Great Witch Doctor.

Pei Chufeng suddenly suggested:

"It's better to bet on something bigger."

"What are you betting on?" Ling Qiqi asked with shining eyes.

"Whoever loses has to answer a question, but must answer truthfully. If he refuses to answer or makes the two winners feel that his words are untrue, he will be fined ten taels of silver each." Pei Chufeng said.

The money-loving witch doctor thought about it and agreed readily. If he lost, he would just tell the truth and it would be a sure win.

Ling Qiqi, who was also greedy for money, did not say anything. She blinked her big eyes and asked Pei Chufeng:

"Where did you learn that?"

"What to study?"

"Truth or Dare?"

Pei Chufeng thought for a moment:

"You mean this kind of gambling is called truth or dare? That's quite appropriate. I don't have as much experience as the Seventh Princess, and I've never been to a casino, so I don't know. I just thought of it on the spur of the moment."

"Oh." Ling Qiqi was a little annoyed. Why did it sound like he was mocking her? What's wrong with her having been to the casino? Tsk~

At the urging of the witch doctor, the gambling game soon began. Pei Chunfeng played steadily and won all the time, while Ling Qiqi and the witch doctor had some wins and some losses.

At first, even if he lost, the questions he was asked were not tricky. But gradually, the witch doctor found something wrong. Why did he become more and more passive the more he played? When did he become isolated?

The witch doctor lost several games in a row. In order to avoid paying money, she gritted her teeth and told the truth.

She confessed to all the irrelevant questions, such as what was the last lie she told, what was the formula of the "dog nose" powder, whether she had ever had a lover...

When the witch doctor lost again, Pei Chufeng's question was:

"Why did you give me that jade pendant, and why did you poison it?"

"You asked two different questions." The witch doctor stared at Pei Chufeng before he realized that this was his real purpose.

"Okay, then I just want to ask one question: why did you poison the jade pendant?"

"Can I answer the first question?"

"No, and I remind the master that it is best not to lie or you will have to pay compensation." Pei Chufeng said politely.

"Hmph! You are betraying your teacher and ancestors." The witch doctor scolded him angrily.

"I just said it, it's all thanks to our master." Pei Chufeng teased her deliberately.

"You're overpraising me. You've already graduated."

"I've always wanted to know why my aunt poisoned me?" Ling Qiqi urged the chief witch doctor Malier to face the problem.

"It's been so long, there's nothing to keep secret. I didn't mean to poison you, and I didn't know this guy would give the jade pendant to you."

The chief witch doctor stopped talking. She had a bad idea in her heart. If they asked "And then?", that would be the second question.

"Master, please continue." Pei Chufeng reminded.

"Have I finished?" The witch doctor pretended to be dumb.

"Master only said that the target of poisoning was not the Seventh Princess, but my question is why the jade pendant was poisoned, so Master has not answered my question yet." Pei Chufeng stated the facts clearly.

"You little brat." The witch doctor scolded. He felt like he had raised a wolf from Dongshan Mountain. He should have let him fend for himself at the foot of the mountain. But he turned his elbow outward. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not right. The Seventh Princess was not an outsider. Why did she become a nobody now?

"If the master is still unwilling to speak, then pay the money."

"No, isn't it okay for me to say it?" The witch doctor made up his mind not to pay the money. After all, one was his niece and the other was his apprentice. There was nothing he couldn't say.

"The poison is called 'Different Paths'. It is colorless but emits a faint fragrance. If you smell it too much, you will feel weak in your limbs and mental depression. In serious cases, you will fall into a coma, but it is not fatal. 'Different Paths' is soluble in water, so it is usually dissolved and soaked on silk or wood so that the smell can continue to evaporate. Some witches will use it to play tricks. They usually apply 'Different Paths' on themselves. Anyone who approaches her will feel weak in their hands and feet, and thus feel awe. Or they will apply it on the chosen person. When he and the people around him fall into a coma one after another, the witch will pretend to perform an exorcism and apply the antidote on a talisman paper written in advance. The poisoned person will burn the talisman paper into ashes and drink it with water. The poisoned person will then recover as normal. People who don't know the truth will naturally think that the witch has magical powers and worship her devoutly. However, this poison was gradually lost. I saw it in the notes left by my master. I tried to prepare it out of curiosity and improved it a little bit."