Traveling to the ancient harem

Huang Ye returned to Ciyu Temple and resumed her routine of practicing martial arts with her master in the morning and learning medicine with her second master in the afternoon. Her internal skills were slowly improving after she had mastered the basics. Since Hongdou did not have a formal apprenticeship, she was not considered a disciple of Tianshan. With the master's consent, Huang Ye taught Hongdou her internal skills, and she has only just mastered the basics.

In the afternoon, the second master would teach her how to feel her pulse and identify acupuncture points. Sometimes he would take her up the mountain to teach her how to identify medicinal herbs. There are many varieties of medicinal herbs on the mountain, and although most of them are not very valuable, the second master said that sometimes an inconspicuous herb can save lives.

The second master also taught her to identify poisonous weeds, and carefully taught her the toxicity and detoxification knowledge of each kind of poisonous weed. Huang Ye truly understood the profoundness of Chinese medicine. This is not something that can be learned just by having a good memory. Just like taking the pulse and acupuncture, it relies on understanding and experience.

Huang Ye set a goal for herself of five years. During these five years, she must learn the skills of the second master. She could not wait. Her grandparents were getting old, and she had to go back to accompany them. Also, in five years, her eldest brother would be old enough to get engaged, and she had to go back to take care of him. The future mistress of the Huang family had to be chosen carefully, and most importantly, she missed her parents and everyone in the family.

Just when Huang Ye was missing his family, his second brother who was far away in the capital city got into trouble a few days after receiving Huang Ye's letter.

It turned out that when Xu Rou heard that her brother was beaten, her first instinct was that Huang Ye’s brother did it. She didn’t know why, but she just knew.

When she arrived at her brother Xu Jingye's room, Xu Rou saw Xu Jingye, who was beaten with a swollen face and two teeth missing, crying for his parents. She did not feel distressed, but only angry. She was angry that Huang Ye's brother dared to hit her in the face. He must be taking revenge on her for saying bad things about Huang Ye. What she said was the truth.

Xu Rou asked her brother with a gloomy face: "Do you know who hit you?"

Xu Jingye cried, "I don't know, the two people had their faces covered, their clothes were hard to recognize, and they didn't speak." So I couldn't recognize them. The key is that he had harmed many people, and he didn't know who to suspect.

"I know." Xu Rou sat down and spoke word by word.

"Who? I'm going to beat him to death." Xu Jingye jumped up from the bed and pulled the wound on his body, grimacing in pain.

"Huang, Zi, Hong." Xu Rou's eyes turned red with hatred, and she said in a low voice. No matter if it was him or not, she thought it was him.

"Huang Zihong, which one is it?" Xu Jingye said he didn't know him.

"The second young master of Minister Huang's mansion, his sister and I had an entanglement in Floating Cloud Temple last year, and he hates me to death." Xu Rou said truthfully.

"He hates you, why would he hit me if not you?" Xu Jingye couldn't understand.

Xu Rou looked at this stupid brother: "If I hit you, it would be the same as hitting me. You are my brother, so hitting you is just a way to vent my anger."

"Then I have suffered for you, sister, you have to compensate me." Xu Jingye said righteously. He just lacked money, and that was all he would do once he got his monthly salary.

Xu Rou looked at this unreliable brother with a look of disappointment: "I will give you the money, but can you grasp the key point? You were beaten so badly, don't you want to take revenge?"

"Revenge, I must take revenge. I must fight back against that Huang." Xu Jingye yelled. When had he, the little bully, ever suffered such an injustice?

"How much anger can you get out of a beating?" Xu Rou smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes. If she didn't make him shed a layer of skin, she would not be named Xu.

There is a sect called Wuyou Pavilion in the Jianghu. It looks like an ordinary small sect and is very low-key in the Jianghu. But those who are interested know that it is an assassination organization that secretly accepts some murders and kidnappings. It has no bottom line and will do anything as long as they are paid. They set up a secret door in the capital. This secret door is very inconspicuous. It is a small shop selling pottery, located on a small street, with a small storefront. The goods inside are very inconspicuous and almost no one comes.

If you don't know the code, even if you know where this place is and want to pay for services, the guys inside won't pay any attention to you.

Last spring, when Xu Rou went to the manor with her family for an outing, she stayed overnight at the manor. A man in black clothes broke into her bedroom. The man had a serious injury on one arm and threatened them with a sword in his other hand not to shout. The two girls were trembling with fear, but Xu Rou was not afraid. She even took out the medicine box she carried with her, took out the golden wound medicine inside, applied the medicine to the man, and found a clean cloth to bandage him. She also asked Qiu Die to go out and make a midnight snack for the man in the name of being hungry for a midnight snack. She had a hunch that this man would be useful.

The next day, Xu Rou did not go out to play, saying she was not feeling well. She asked Qiu Die to bring her meals to her room. The man recovered a little and was ready to leave. Before leaving, he hesitated for a moment and told her the secret: he was also a killer from Wuyou Pavilion and was injured during a mission this time.

He told Xu Rou the address and code of the secret door, and told her that she could contact them if she encountered any difficult problems in the future.