Adoption brings disaster

It is said that Ada and I had a rift with the Taoist priest over the matter of Prince Gong's concubine's younger brother. The Taoist priest was originally aloof and didn't talk much to anyone. But now, when he sees me every day, he treats me as a sinister villain and he is disgusted with me.

There was nothing I could do about this. I couldn't let the Taoist priest really break the law by force. I could only pretend not to notice his disgust and continue chatting and laughing with him as before.

But I was the one laughing and talking, and the Taoist priest ignored me completely. It was like I was putting my warm face against his cold butt. Even when he was annoyed by me, he just spat at me and flew away, with disgust on his face.

When Chunyu and the others saw this, they were curious, but they didn't dare to ask, so they could only serve him well and not mention it.

I knew that the Taoist priest would never let it go so easily, so he asked Ah Da to be more careful when going out in the daily life.

The Taoist priest is chivalrous and persevering, but unfortunately, although he is a martial arts expert, he is not proficient in the art of tracking.

He secretly followed Ada out of the palace several times, hoping to find clues. Not to mention that there were people from the Zhenbei Palace to clean up Ada's tracks, even Ada's own anti-reconnaissance ability could make the Taoist priest return empty-handed, so he never got any results.

The Taoist priest tried several times but to no avail, and he couldn't torture him to extract a confession, so he had to give up. As usual, he accompanied the Seventh Prince in martial arts practice in the morning, and stayed on the roof at other times, hoping to eavesdrop on some more news.

But I have already suffered a loss here once, how can I suffer the same loss again? Therefore, I always discuss things with A Da in a secluded and deserted place, for fear that the Taoist priest will hear and cause trouble.

A-Da and I were extremely careful in what we did, and the Taoist priest was of no help in this palace. Although he tried his best to get some information from A-Da and me, he always came back empty-handed.

In the past few days, the Taoist priest seemed to have given up and no longer followed A Da, nor did he hide on the roof and eavesdrop.

Seeing the Taoist priest like this, I felt relieved. Moreover, A-Da had investigated everything that needed to be investigated and discussed everything that needed to be discussed. Now I was not worried that the Taoist priest had heard anything. A-Da and I were not as cautious as before and discussed these things in the pavilion.

"Thanks to your Highness, the old man was rescued and is now alive. Shopkeeper Li sent in a note saying that the father and son wish to thank you in person for your great kindness."

Ah Da investigated the father and son, and found them to be very skilled doctors with a kind heart, superb medical skills and good medical ethics. I actually have an idea that needs someone like this to do, so I asked Ah Si to leave the palace and let Li Er make the arrangements.

In order to conceal their whereabouts, the meeting place was still in a private room of a lakeside restaurant. However, this time Li Er arranged people early to open a path in the reed marsh so that the carriage could pass through, and there was no need to go through it as hard as last time.

The restaurant has also been cleaned up. Although it is still dilapidated, it is much better than before. Even the private rooms on the second floor are decorated with a few cheap ornaments. Although they don’t match the overall scenery, it shows that the owner has put in a lot of effort.

We ate the same dishes as last time, but they were more delicately prepared and served in porcelain, which made them look better.

After a delicious meal, Chunyu and the shop owner's daughter packed up quickly, and Li Er brought the old man to pay his respects.

As soon as the old man entered the private room, he kowtowed and thanked the emperor, saying, "Thank you so much, Your Highness Qianqiu, for saving my life. I have no way to repay you. I wish to be your slave in my next life."

"If you want to repay a favor, you can do it now. Why bother talking about the next life?"

The old man was stunned at first, then he said with great joy: "I am willing to serve Your Highness like a dog or a horse. I will do anything Your Highness asks me to do. I will not refuse even if it means death."

I looked at the center of the lake, sighed, and said, "People are poor, and they don't have the money to seek medical treatment or medicine. If they get sick, they are doomed to die.

At this point, I shed two tears with great difficulty and said with great sorrow, "I can't bear it any more. I want to open a clinic for the people."

"Your Highness is so kind. I thank you on behalf of the people of the world." The old man kowtowed heavily, and when he stood up again, tears of joy streamed down his face.

It was hard for me to understand why the old man was so excited. He was in danger of his own death, yet he could still cry because of the fate of others. But it didn't matter anymore. I coughed lightly and let the old man stand up.

The old man stood up. I sighed and said, "Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by God. I can't do this just because I want to. I have to find a path for sustainable development. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens to me one day, then this thing will be over."

This was an unlucky thing to say. Everyone was shocked when they heard it and hurriedly said good things.

"May your Highness live a long and healthy life. You must not say such unlucky words."

"Your Highness is kindhearted. The gods and Buddhas in heaven will protect you. Nothing will happen to you. You will surely live a long life."

"Auspicious people are blessed by fate, Your Highness."

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Everyone says nice things, but I still understand the principle that fortune and misfortune can happen at any time. Not to mention in this world, even in the previous world, there were many rich and powerful people who died an untimely death.

I understood it in my heart, but didn't really care. I waved my hand and said, "It's not that anything will happen, it's just a precaution."

I didn't dwell on this topic any further. I changed the subject and returned to the main topic, saying, "The people are poor, so how can they afford to use good medicinal materials? Most of the medicines they use are cheap and easily available. You and your son need to learn, think, and practice more, so that these cheap and easily available medicines can also cure difficult diseases."

The two agreed, and I continued, "There are so many people in this world, and you two alone can't do it. We need to find some people with good moral character and talent, teach them your skills, and let them go and save more people. I wonder if you are willing to do that."

This was something that would benefit the people of the world, so the father and son were definitely not unwilling to do so, and they nodded in agreement.

Seeing the two of them agree, I said to Li Er, "Li Er, find a craftsman to carve the medicinal properties and preparation methods of the common medicinal herbs around the capital on stones. Place these stones on the farm so that the farmers can pick and prepare some common herbs."

Li Er naturally agreed, and I arranged everything.

Seeing that everything had been arranged, he said, "I want to call this clinic the Poor Clinic. I'll put a sign on the door saying, 'We use the cheapest medicine to help the poorest people.' What do you think?"

"Using the cheapest medicine to save the poorest people is brilliant." The old man clapped his hands and cheered, and everyone else followed suit.

"Your Highness is truly kind-hearted. I thank you on behalf of the poor people of the world."

"Your Highness is so kindhearted that he must have moved the gods in heaven. Who knows, he might even ascend to heaven in broad daylight and become a god himself."

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Everyone was saying nice things and complimenting me, and I was happy to hear that, but I didn't notice that there was a group of uninvited guests outside.

"Master, I've found out everything. The Zhang family father and son met their master here."

The leader's eyes widened when he heard this. He waved his hand and shouted, "Go in and search! I'm going to find out who wants to die. You dare to go against me? Don't you know that my brother-in-law is Prince Gong?"

There was some noise outside, which made me feel a little annoyed. Ah Da took it easy and walked to the window and shouted, "Where are these hooligans coming from? Your Excellency is dining here, and no noise is allowed."

Seeing Ah Da's burly build and ferocious look, the group of people took a step back in fear and their voices immediately became quieter.

But they also felt that they had lost the game, and for a moment they were embarrassed. The leader also shouted: "What's so great about being a noble? I have fought many nobles before."

After hearing this, I got angry and laughed angrily, "That sounds familiar. Didn't you say something similar when we first met, Ada?"

Ah Da was a little embarrassed, so he could only say fiercely with a dark face: "Get away quickly! You have disturbed the noble man, and you will die without knowing how."

Seeing that Ada was just talking and not really doing anything, the group of people relied on their numbers and were not so scared anymore. They clamored to go upstairs and beat us up severely to let us know that there are different levels of important people.

"Boss, look what I caught?" A wretched man grabbed the shop owner's daughter and threw her at the feet of the leader with a lewd smile.

The shop owner's daughter was also terrified when she saw the man in front of her. She huddled in the mud and trembled. The man in the lead pulled off the shop owner's daughter's veil and drooled at her tearful face.

The leading man squatted down and gently stroked the face of the shop owner's daughter. The daughter was so scared that she stepped back repeatedly, and several followers quickly grabbed her.

The leading man touched the shop owner's daughter's face in a lewd manner again, and then slapped her hard in the face. The shop owner's daughter's face immediately swelled up, and it looked miserable.

"It feels so good, so good. It feels so good." The leading man shouted madly.

"Dad, save me, Dad, Dad." The shop owner's daughter screamed desperately and crawled back into the restaurant, but her feet were grabbed by the followers and she couldn't move forward at all. Her pants fell off while she was struggling. The group of people laughed even more triumphantly, and the shop owner's daughter was so scared that she almost fainted.

"Boss, why does this person look so much like the woman you killed a few days ago?"

"That woman has a younger sister. Could it be her?"

"God has been kind to me. I got to meet such a top-notch toy. It's much more fun to play with her than with her sister." As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed lewdly.

"How dare you seize a common woman from under the feet of the emperor?" I asked with a sneer.

The leading man heard this, threw out a bag of money, and said, "Don't slander me. If you don't give money, it's robbery, but if you give money, it's not robbery."

"I won't sell her. I won't sell my daughter. Sir, please let my daughter go. She is still a child. Please, sir." The shopkeeper kowtowed heavily and begged. Soon, blood flowed from his forehead.

"He said he didn't want to sell it, but you're still trying to force him to buy it or sell it."

"I'm going to force a sale today. What can you do to me?"

The leading man grabbed the unconscious woman on the ground, licked her ear disgustingly, and said, "If you can let me play with her, I might consider letting her go."

After hearing this, I held the poisonous anaconda tightly, and Ah Da also flew down. With a few bangs, he knocked the followers around him to the ground, and we didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

The other followers retreated in fear. Ah Da tried to advance again and capture the leader, but the leader was terrified and shouted, "Prince Gong is my brother-in-law. How dare you touch me? If you do, my brother-in-law will bury your entire clan with me."

Ah Da was startled and quickly retracted his fist which was about to reach the man's nose. He stood behind me with a grim face.

Seeing that we were afraid, the man became even less afraid. His followers also surrounded us, each of them smiling lasciviously. I couldn't help but whip these scum with the poisonous anaconda in my hand.

I was almost unable to bear it any longer, but then I heard the leading man say, "This woman has suffered all this because of your meddling. Since you are so kind-hearted, why don't you save her? As long as you let me play with you, I will let her go."

"You are quite capable of making trouble. You do evil things yourself and yet you blame me." I laughed in anger.

"It's your fault in the first place. If you hadn't saved the Zhang family father and son, I wouldn't have chased here, and this woman wouldn't have received such a great favor and won my favor."

I glanced at the two people who had been hiding under the table and were now trembling like sieves. I was even more furious and said with a stern look in my eyes, "Believe it or not, I will kill you."

This was originally a threat, but I didn't expect that the man was also a pervert. Seeing me like this, he became even more excited and said, "Yes, yes, that's the look. It's amazing. Come on, let me kill you."

Seeing the man going crazy, I felt a little sick. I couldn't help it and took out the anaconda to teach him a lesson.

The man was still laughing crazily. After he screamed "Ah," he fell to the ground in disbelief. Until his death, he had no idea who killed him or how he was killed.

I looked at the dead man lying on the ground and Taoist Tianshu standing next to him, and suddenly I felt like fainting, but I couldn't faint now, because if I fainted, there would be no one to take charge of the situation.

I knew in my heart that today's events could not be leaked at all, so I immediately shouted, "Ada, don't leave any of them alive."

This group of followers may look numerous, but they are just a bunch of good-for-nothings. There is no need for me and the Taoist priest to take action. Ada and Asi will kill them all in a few moments.

The Zhang family father and son poked their heads out like mice, and saw the corpses on the ground through the gaps between the bamboo strips. They were stunned at first, then rushed downstairs like crazy, and beat the corpse of the leader fiercely.

Tired of beating, the two men lay on the ground like dead dogs, laughing loudly. Next to them were the shop owner, a father and his daughter, who were kneeling on the ground, holding their heads and crying.

I walked over and kicked the four people on the ground. They wanted to say something, but seeing my expressionless face, they retreated to the side one by one and didn't dare to breathe.

"How did you get here?"

"He followed me from under the carriage."

"No wonder no one noticed you." I looked at the bodies scattered all over the ground. "You've been leaving early and coming back late these past few days. I guess you've been hiding under the carriage. It must have been hard work for you."

I was a little tired from standing, so I told Li Er, "Go get some tables and chairs."

Feeling a little hungry and thirsty, he told the store owner, "Bring us some good food."

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, he became a little irritated and said in a low voice, "Ada, except for the leader's body, let's deal with the others."

Everyone took the order and left, leaving only the Taoist priest and I standing opposite each other, neither of us saying a word.

To know how I protected the Taoist priest, please read the following explanation.