Adoption brings disaster

It should have been a good time to enjoy the moon while eating snake soup with the three older sons, but because of Liushui's detoxification, they lost the mood to enjoy the moon. Chongguang also happened to have official business to attend to, so they ate the snake soup in a hurry, sent Chongguang away, and started to prepare for Liushui's detoxification.

It turned out that the Worry-Free Poison was just as Wuxin Wude had said, and it was so easy to cure. It was so easy that Wude sighed, "Whoever poisoned me was so clueless. They actually used a poison that has a cure in books."

Wu Xin listened and agreed, "This poison is much easier to cure than I thought, but it's a little more complicated. Even someone who doesn't understand medicine can just go to a bookstore, pick up a medical book, and follow the instructions to cure this worry-free poison."

"Although Wuyou is a highly toxic poison, the antidote is easily available. So why did Senior Sister use Wuyou's poison?" I murmured, rubbing my hands.

Wu De listened to my question, chuckled, and said, "Why else could it be? It can only be because that stupid senior sister is just a fool."

Wu Xin also said: "This is nonsense. No one with a brain would do such a thing as to become an enemy of His Highness Qian Qiu. That person has no brains, so what is he but a fool?"

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I had an idea in my mind, and just a few days later, Xiao Gao and A Da also came here with their seriously injured bodies.

I asked Xiao Gao and A Da to find some things for me. What I wanted were all common things, so they were easy to find. In less than a day, several large boxes of things were brought into the bamboo house.

The days that followed were quite pleasant. During the day I would either lie in a chair and read the miscellaneous books they had found for me to pass the time.

Or he would bask in the sun in the yard, watching these gang of gangsters worshipping Wuxinwude like their ancestors, and at night he would comb Liushui's meridians. It was really comfortable.

Pleasant days always pass quickly. Twenty-five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the worry-free poison in Liushui's body was completely removed.

Although the poison in Liushui's body was removed, his body, which was damaged by the poison, exploded instantly like gunpowder, and Liushui lost all his energy in an instant.

Seeing how uncomfortable he was, I felt a little uncomfortable too, but Wuxinwude said that there was no other way to deal with Liushui's situation, and he could only take good care of himself and let his body recover slowly.

I had no choice but to arrange for someone to send Liu Shui back to Beijing to rest.

It is said that ever since Qianxi returned to the capital, Liushui has lost most of his interest in wandering the world. Now that he is poisoned and injured, he has a good reason to return to the capital to recuperate.

Wuxinwude found a few powerful gangs in the martial arts world to escort Liushui back to Beijing on the condition that they would take action three times. I also asked a trustworthy bodyguard to go back early and let Li Er clean up the hot spring villa for Liushui and Qianxi to recuperate.

After everything was arranged, I parted ways with Liu Shui, taking Xiao Gao, A Da, Wu Xin Wu De and two Northern Border soldiers with me, and we were about to cross the underground river and head towards Bodhi Temple.

As for the others, I had my own arrangements and they all left early, so I won’t mention them.

Standing at the entrance of the underground river, I looked at the dark underground river and asked with a questioning and certainty: "Do you think we will encounter people from the Divine Sword Sect again?"

"It would be the best if I meet them. I will cut them into pieces and let them know the consequences of offending our prince." Ah Da said gritting his teeth.

Ah Da was the most loyal, and I was very happy with what I did, so I raised my lip and said, "Okay, if you run into anyone from the Divine Sword Sect, kill them." I thought about it and added, "There's no need to chop them into pieces. I can still use the body, so I'll make sure it's intact."

In this era, human life is worthless. Although it is a bit cruel to ordinary people, unfortunately I am not an ordinary person at the beginning.

If I were to kill an ordinary person, especially an ordinary person who had a great grudge against me, Ada and the others would not feel scared, but would instead feel that he was kind.

After all, I haven't summoned the escort agency's escorts yet, and prepared the best poison and gunpowder to raze the area where the Divine Sword Sect is located to the ground. This is already a very kind act.

We chatted for a while, and then, under the organization of the escort, we boarded a small raft and sailed into the underground river.

There is nothing strange in this underground river, not even the movement of fish or shrimp. Despite this, I still feel a little strange, although I can't tell what's strange about it.

The underground river is smooth and sailing on the raft is like rowing on an artificial lake.

There is no light in the dark river, so naturally you can't see anything.

However, I judged from the sound of water dripping from above that the raft was not moving very fast, and the two soldiers did not row to make the raft go faster. They just sat at both ends and listened quietly to Ah Da and the others chatting.

"I heard from Chongguang that you have been in this underground river before?" I asked.

The soldiers in front and behind me were surprised by my sudden question and were stunned for a moment. After a moment, the soldier in front said, "Your Highness, I came here once a few years ago."

"Is there something scary in this underground river? I see that you are all silent. Are you afraid?" I asked, pretending to be a little scared.

The sergeant in front of me trembled slightly when he heard me ask this, and said, "The last time I came..."

The soldier in front was about to talk about the previous incident when the soldier behind him interrupted, "Your Highness has misunderstood. We are all rough people and our words were unpleasant to the ears. We were just afraid of offending Your Highness, not out of fear."

I allowed the sergeant in front of me to interrupt the sergeant behind me and did not pursue the matter.

"How long is this underground river? How long will it take to float?" I continued to pretend to chat.

"About a day," the soldier in front thought for a moment and said, "We'll have to float for another day out of this underground river, and then walk along a canyon for another day. We'll almost see the Bodhi Temple, but it's a bit of a slog. Even if we see it, it'll take another day to reach it."

"It's been so long." I pretended to be a little annoyed and said, "But I still have to sleep on this raft. If I fall asleep on this small raft, I will fall off."

The sergeant behind explained: "Your Highness is worrying too much. Everyone is tied to the raft with ropes and will not fall off."

As the man spoke, I asked Wude to knock the soldier in front unconscious. After a few breaths, I heard the soldier snoring.

I asked a few more questions, but the sergeant in front of me naturally couldn't answer. I pretended to be unhappy and asked the sergeant behind me, "You are so brave. You are not afraid to float in here for a whole day."

"Yes, yes. If I hadn't accompanied the dean in here, I would rather spend a year in Bodhi Temple than enter the underground river." Wude echoed.

"I am braver than you on the battlefield, but when it comes to courage, you are still more courageous." A Da also said.

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The sergeant behind us was a typical greenhorn. We coaxed him into confusion with just a few words. I didn't even try to trick him into saying anything; he just blurted out everything.

"Let me tell you, this underground river is truly extraordinary. If you float a little longer, you might even hear heavenly music and see the celestial palace."

The best way to deal with these stubborn soldiers is to provoke them. Seeing the soldier say this, Ah Da pretended not to believe it and said, "You are just bragging. You are talking about the fairy palace in the sky. If you have been there, you will know it is a fairy palace."

Seeing Ah Da's disbelief, the soldier behind him became anxious and said, "There are iron boxes running on the road, iron birds flying in the sky, water coming out of the iron pipes, and all kinds of demons and monsters fighting in the walls. What else can this be but a fairy palace?"

"No wonder you're quiet. You're all waiting with your eyes wide open to see the Celestial Palace and your ears pricked up to hear the Celestial Music." I said with some anticipation, "Everyone, please be quiet. I want to see how good this rare Celestial Music is and how magnificent the Celestial Palace everyone is looking forward to is."

Everyone fell silent after hearing this, but as I thought about the iron bird and iron box the sergeant had mentioned, I had a bold but crazy idea.

When the raft sailed out of the underground river, I always had a feeling of unreality, but the "Serenade" still ringing in my ears kept reminding me that what I heard and saw just now was real.

I looked at the river that was obviously man-made. The identical trees grew symmetrically on both parallel banks. It was like walking in the middle of the road. My thoughts quickly went back to the past.

When was the first time I heard "Serenade"? I think it was in an orphanage.

There are many children in the orphanage but not much social aid. Although we are very frugal, the orphanage still has more expenses than income.

The director had no choice but to take us out to perform frequently to earn some money to maintain the normal operation of the orphanage.

Every time he performs, the dean always plays "Serenade", and it is also one of everyone's favorite programs.

In order to get more performances and let the children in the orphanage have a better life, the director would play from time to time when there were no performances to make himself play better.

When did I start to listen to this piano piece often? I think it was when I was in high school, with the help of a kind-hearted person.

There is a rumor that listening to Mozart's music can enhance memory. On that single-plank bridge where one point is better than a thousand others, any method that can improve performance is worth doing, let alone just listening to the music.

So as long as students are not sleeping in class, Mozart's music is played in the school, and this "Serenade" is the most played.

Later, when I started working, I couldn’t remember whether it was for quality education or to cultivate my sentiments, but in any case, I often played this song "Serenade".

There are a lot of fairy music, some of which I have heard before, some of which I am familiar with, and some of which I have not heard before, but are clearly from that world.

Just like the fairy palace that appeared afterwards, some were places I had never seen before, some were places I had never been to but had seen on TV, and the last ones were scenes I often lived in.

When I saw the end, I couldn't hold back my homesickness any longer.

I want to watch TV, enjoy the air conditioning, and play games. I also want to order takeout online and eat fried chicken. But what I miss most are my students and the missed Xiaotao.

Missing someone is a demon. When it appears, I am already desperate. I want to jump off the raft and jump into those scenes that may be mirages.

But I didn't get what I wanted. There was a force pressing me down on the raft and I couldn't move at all.

As I drove out of the darkness, my imprisoned body was suddenly freed. The powerful force broke the wood under my feet, and the broken wood chips flew rapidly in all directions.

The four people including Ada who were originally protecting me were not scared away by the wood chips. Instead, they approached me immediately and surrounded me, as if they were determined to die.

I looked at the cuts on their bodies made by sawdust, and my homesickness faded away all of a sudden. Reality easily sealed up the demon of homesickness.

After all, as a normal person, you can still tell which is better, being a wealthy and idle person with a superior status, or being a precarious slave.

Having said that, the demon of longing just hid itself and did not retreat. It also planted a seed called going home in my heart, causing me to make a huge wrong choice later.

"I didn't expect there would be such interesting fairy palaces and music in this underground river. This trip is really worth it." I changed the subject.

"My lord, you must have been frightened out of your wits. There is no such thing as a fairy palace or music in this underground river." The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Your Highness is blessed by heaven, how can he be the same as us mortals? There are gods and monsters in the underground river, and they must have invited Your Highness to visit the fairy palace and listen to the fairy music." Ah Da glared at the soldier and said fanatically.

Seeing Ah Da say this, Xiao Gao quickly said, "Ah Da, you're right. The dean has done so many good things, so it's only natural for him to be a guest in the Fairy Palace and listen to the fairy music. We mortals naturally don't have this blessing."

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I looked at everyone talking to each other, and no one seemed to be lying. It seemed that they really had forgotten the fairy palace and fairy music in the dark river.

I coughed lightly and said, "You guys really need to practice diligently every day. There are several naturally formed fairy stone statues in the underground river, some playing music or singing, just like a fairy palace. The sound of dripping water rises and falls, like fairy music, and you didn't even see or hear it."

After hearing this, everyone understood. Ah Da and the others echoed the sentiment. Only the soldier at the back said quietly, "People in the capital are so pretentious. They think a few stones are a fairy palace and a little sound is fairy music."

Before the soldier could say anything, the crowd started to criticize him, and the big, strong man was about to cry.

The raft took us downstream. The river breeze made me feel very comfortable and I gradually forgot about the incident.

Predict what will happen in the future, and listen to the next decomposition.