Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

"How can I save you?" Cao Yuejin swung his sleeves, angrily saying, "You're the one who caused this disaster, and now I'm the one taking the blame. My job is in jeopardy. How could I have met such an idiot like you?"

He paced around the room in anger, "What should I do now? If it was just a common poisoning, I could still seek medical help. But with something this sinister, who can I turn to?"

County Magistrate Tian added, "We need to send a magician to perform a ritual to exorcise the evil spirit."

"Master?" Cao Yuejin was furious when he heard this. "All the temples in our county have been overthrown by bandits. Where can we find a master?"

He had studied hard for more than ten years and finally passed the imperial examination. He had to work hard on the road to officialdom and finally became a seventh-rank county magistrate at an old age. Before he could enjoy a few days of good life, he saw that all his life's efforts were going to go down the drain.

After thinking about it over and over again without any solution, Cao Yuejin was so angry that he almost fainted. He sat down on the chair and spoke weakly to County Magistrate Tian.

"I'm telling you, you've caused this trouble. I don't care what method you use, but you have to save that person. Otherwise, I won't have to do it myself, Xiao Yan, I'll kill you first. Get out."

Yang Zhounan was still asleep. Su Chengfeng was standing by the bed, wiping his face with a hot towel. Xiao Yan walked in from outside.

"Still not awake?"

Su Chengfeng stood up and looked at him sideways, "No."

Xiao Yan's face was gloomy and worried. He asked, "Will he ever wake up?"

Su Chengfeng sighed, "I don't know either. In this situation, I have to ask the Taoist priest to come and try."

Xiao Yan seemed to be lost in thought. After a moment, he asked, "The three of us all have the amulet, so why is Zhou Nan like this?"

Su Chengfeng thought for a moment, bent down and took out a small red cloth bag from Yang Zhounan's clothes, and took out the yellow talisman paper inside. The paper was already damaged and the words on it were blurred.

He suddenly understood and sighed, "This talisman was not well preserved and is damaged. It must have been soaked in water on the way to Shuzhou and is no longer usable, that's why."

"I see." Xiao Yan thought for a moment and then asked, "How did you handle this kind of situation before?"

"I haven't encountered it." Su Chengfeng said.

"Whenever a villager encountered one, Ziqing would deal with it himself. I would occasionally help out. I couldn't understand that thing. He said that if it was an ordinary thing, the talisman he drew would be useful, but if it was a powerful one, he would have to deal with it personally."

He glanced at Yang Zhounan and said, "Now we can only wait. Just in case, we should go find the Taoist priest."

Xiao Yan nodded silently and left. An hour later, County Magistrate Tian guessed that Cao Yuejin's anger had subsided a little, so he carried the food into his room and carefully placed it on the table.

"Master, you haven't eaten yet since you came back. Eat first, and I'll think of a solution."

Cao Yuejin collapsed on the couch, thinking only of how to keep his official position, and had no mood to eat at all.

He glanced coldly at County Magistrate Tian, ​​raised his head and asked, "Has that man woken up?"

County Magistrate Tian said, "Not yet."

Cao Yuejin closed his eyes, put his head on the soft pillow, patted his forehead with his hands, and looked desperate.

"It's over, it's really over. A second-rank official has died in my Changchuan County. My position as a seventh-rank county magistrate is over. Oh my god..."

County Magistrate Tian looked at him and said, "Please eat first, sir. I will go out and look for a Taoist priest. Although there are no temples in the city, there may be Taoist priests. Don't worry, sir. I will find him."

After hearing what he said, Cao Yuejin seemed to relax a little. He pressed his hands on his temples, sat up, and slowly sat down at the table.

County Magistrate Tian forced a smile and poured him a glass of wine. "Sir, drink a little to calm your nerves. I promise to complete the task this time, don't worry."

Cao Yuejin looked at the table full of delicious food and wine, a look of worry on his face, and said with emotion: "This official is really not easy to be."

He sighed deeply, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, while County Magistrate Tian continued to pour wine.

"Why do you say that, sir? In Changchuan County, the emperor is far away, and the masters who come here to take office are all very free."

Cao Yuejin took a bite of meat and said, "You know shit! Meizhou is far away and far from the emperor, and it's much richer than ours. How could it end up like this?"

"There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall. Once something is done, no matter how well it is hidden, it will eventually be exposed."

He drank some wine and continued, "These people are not people we can afford to offend. I just want to live the rest of my life in peace and stability. I don't ask for too much power. Just being a county magistrate is enough to let me live freely and without taking any risks. But these bandits have disturbed my peace."

"Your Excellency is right," County Magistrate Tian agreed. "However, if your Excellency wishes for a peaceful and free life, I have a plan that will guarantee you a life of plenty, no worries about food and clothing, and no one to disturb you."

Cao Yuejin seemed drunk, looking at him sideways and asked, "What's the method?"

County Magistrate Tian came closer, stared at Cao Yuejin sinisterly, and whispered, "Go to the underworld and keep the ghosts company, then no one will be able to disturb you, my Lord."

Cao Yuejin suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and slammed the table and yelled at him, "What did you say...ah..."

Before he could finish his words, he bent over and covered his stomach, lying on the table, staring at County Magistrate Tian, ​​and spoke with difficulty.

"You...you dare to poison me, come, come..."

County Magistrate Tian leaned on the edge of the table with one arm and chuckled.

"I am fulfilling your wish, my Lord. Once you become a ghost, no one can disturb you. It's so peaceful. During festivals, people will burn paper money for you. Isn't that just the right thing to do to have food and clothing?"

Cao Yuejin had a look of pain on his face, and he grabbed Tian Xiancheng's sleeve with trembling hands, and suddenly seemed to understand something.

"You... We've been defeated repeatedly in our efforts to suppress bandits over the past few years. It turns out you were behind all this. Those, those firearms... were also secretly given to them by you."

"My Lord, please don't wrongly accuse me." Tian Xiancheng said, "Those firearms are the masterpieces of previous masters. They have nothing to do with me, but..."

He pushed Cao Yuejin's hand away and said, "Your Excellency also knows one thing. You are the county magistrate, so you can get whatever you want."

"And I, a mere county magistrate, want to live as freely as you, so I must have some side hustle, right? I'm trying to earn some hard-earned money from a few bandits, but you keep calling me 'suppress the bandits'. Isn't this just cutting off my source of income?"

"This time, that person won't wake up. I have no choice but to take the initiative. Please don't blame me, sir."

As County Magistrate Tian spoke, he walked to the bookcase inside, opened the secret compartment, and took out a large box full of silver bills, jade jewelry, and a few gold ingots.

Cao Yuejin watched him stuff everything into his body and even his sleeves. He was so angry that his face turned red. He fell down in anger and knocked over the dishes and chopsticks with his hands and threw them to the ground.

The poison was slowly taking effect. Cao Yuejin curled up in pain and vomited in shock.

County Magistrate Tian carried him to the couch and laid him down, and considerately covered him with a quilt, staring at his pale face.

"These silver coins are things from the living world, and are not needed in the underworld. I will use them for you, sir."