Now, Sakura.
It was already dark when we slowly arrived at the city on the ox cart.
Although she was extremely anxious, there was nothing she could do.
After entering the city, I went straight to the Wen family.
When Mrs. Wen and Wen Shu saw Yingbao, they cried with joy.
"Yingbao, are you hurt?"
Yingbao showed her wrist to Mrs. Wen and wrote a few words: "They let me bleed."
Wen Shu quickly held her hand and said anxiously, "Don't move. I'll go get the medicinal wine."
Yingbao nodded. The cloth bandage on her wrist was stained red with blood. Not only did it need to be re-bandaged, but it also had to be cleaned and applied with a layer of medicine.
If I hadn't been eating Wudingzhi, I would have been weak and powerless long ago.
That damn Pei Shixian used some kind of medicine that made her wound heal slowly, so the cloth bandage around her wrist kept bleeding.
Madam Wen helped Yingbao lie down on the bed and told the servant to find Master Zhou and tell him that Yingbao had returned.
"Yingbao, what's going on? Why can't you make any sound?" Xiao Zhenniang asked.
"Pei Shixian and Han Yueniang took me to a cellar and cast a spell to change Chen Tiantian's luck." Yingbao reluctantly wrote down the whole story with a charcoal pencil.
Xiao Zhenniang was so angry that she gritted her teeth and immediately asked her husband to go to the government office to report to the authorities.
Not long after, Zhou Wuchang and his two disciples arrived.
When he learned that the whole thing was done by Pei Shixian and his wife, he was not too surprised.
Zhou Wuchang touched Yingbao's head lovingly and comforted her, "Don't be afraid. I will avenge you. You just stay here with Madam Wen. I will come to pick you up after I have dealt with the matter."
He also instructed Zhang Min, "Take good care of your junior sister. If anything unexpected happens again, I will not let her off lightly."
Zhang Min responded dejectedly.
Just like that, Yingbao stayed at the Wen family and slept on the bed for a whole day.
When she woke up, she heard Zhang Min telling her about Master Zhou's punishment of Pei Shixian's family.
"The Han mother and daughter wanted to flee to the capital by boat, but they were intercepted by Master and his men and taken back to the government office for trial."
Zhang Min said with great joy: "I heard from my senior brother that Master also drained half a bowl of blood from Chen Tiantian and fed the blood to the black dog."
Yingbao was confused and wrote in a small notebook with charcoal pencil: "Why?"
"Hehe, senior brother said that this is the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth. Sending her sins to the black dog to eat can purify her soul." In fact, it was just to avenge her for drinking the blood of the junior sister.
"What happened next? Were they sentenced?" Yingbao wrote quickly with a charcoal pencil.
Zhang Min's face fell, "Pei Shixian refused to admit that he had performed the art of aversion and kept making excuses. It seems that Governor Wang also wanted to protect him."
Yingbao's face darkened, and she heard Zhang Min whisper, "Don't worry, Junior Sister. Today, Master chopped off one of Pei Shixian's hands in court, and had someone tattoo words on the faces of the Han mother and daughter."
Yingbao's eyes widened.
Zhang Min whispered in his ear: "Master has a purple gold dagger given by the emperor, which can be used to kill corrupt officials. He used that dagger to avenge himself."
Yingbao's eyes suddenly lit up and she shouted, "Okay..." Although her voice was hoarse, at least she could make a sound.
"Huh? Junior Sister, you can speak now!" Zhang Min was surprised: "I'll tell Master later."
Yingbao also wants to go.
She wanted to see what words were written on Chen Tiantian's face.
Accompanied by Madam Wen, the senior and junior brothers and sisters arrived at the gate of the government office.
At this time, there were many people surrounding the government office, mostly common people who came to watch the fun, and there were also a dozen Taoist priests.
Yingbao and Zhang Min jumped off the carriage and squeezed into the crowd.
Han and Chen Tiantian were stopped on the steps by several yamen runners and were not allowed to leave. They were following the order of Governor Wang, requiring them to be put on display for two hours before they could leave.
Yingbao looked at Chen Tiantian, who was crying with tears in her eyes, and her heart was not moved at all.
She had never killed anyone in her past or present life, but at this moment, she suddenly had the idea of killing Chen Tiantian.
I believe that when Chen Tiantian was in the cellar, she also wanted to kill herself, but unfortunately they had big plans and were reluctant to kill her immediately.
Chen Tiantian also saw Yingbao at this time, and her eyes were filled with hatred.
On one side of her forehead, there was a word "prisoner" as big as a bird egg.
Next to the Han mother and daughter, there was a yamen runner holding a sign with a notice on it, saying that the Han mother and daughter practiced witchcraft, harmed children and drank their blood, which was against the will of heaven, so they were tattooed on their faces as a warning to others.
There was also the word "prisoner" on Han's forehead, but she looked up at the sky with a numb face, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Junior sister, Pei Shixian's right hand was broken. He will never be able to make hand gestures and cast spells again." Zhang Min looked gloating.
Senior Brother Ying Bao Lala, return to the carriage.
Then, with Chen Tiantian tattooed on her face, can she still become the empress dowager in this life? I guess she has no chance.
That's very good.
Yingbao breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days later, the master and his two disciples officially set out on their journey.
This time they did not travel on foot, but brought two horse-drawn carriages.
Yingbao and the second senior brother were in one car, and the eldest senior brother and the master were in another car. There were also bedding, luggage and other items tied to the car.
They headed north, not very fast, covering about sixty or seventy miles a day.
If they came across a market town or a county town, they would stop and take a look around, buying some daily necessities and food and water to take with them.
Before we knew it, it was the end of August and the weather was getting colder.
The master and his two disciples finally entered Jingzhou.
Passing by a small county town, Zhou Hao bought a lot of rice and flour and put them on the carriage, and also bought some salt and sugar.
After walking for several dozen miles, Master Zhou said, "Let's stop at the village ahead and rest for a few more days."
"Okay!" This trip was the most relaxing one. Zhang Min was so happy that he quickly drove the carriage to the village road.
After a while, stone houses appeared in front of us. The roofs were thatched and the houses were not very tall and looked quite poor.
Several villagers came out of the village and stood by the road, looking at the carriage curiously.
An elderly villager in ragged clothes suddenly called out, "General Zhou! Are you General Zhou?"
Zhou Wuchang smiled and nodded at the man: "Uncle Wu, I am Zhou Wuchang."
Old Man Wu rushed forward and exclaimed in surprise: "It's you, you're finally back!"
Several more villagers recognized Zhou Wuchang and came over to say hello.
Yingbao was very curious and quietly asked the second senior brother: "Have you been here before?"
"I've been here." Zhang Min wanted to say that his home was in the provincial capital, which was more than a hundred miles away, and he was happier than anyone else to be able to come back this time.
Yingbao: "What did Master do before? Why does he know these people?"
"Master was stationed here for more than ten years. Who in the military settlement doesn't know him?"
In fact, Zhou Wuchang is the uncle of the current emperor and the half-brother of the late empress dowager. When he was young, he was stationed at the border and served as the third-rank general of Huaihua.
Later, as his family members passed away one after another, he took off his armor and returned home to mourn for his elders. He then simply became a Taoist priest and lived a carefree life.
"Yingbao, when I have time I will take you to the forest over there and catch some rabbits for a snack." Zhang Min said excitedly.
Yingbao jumped off the carriage and said, "Master doesn't allow killing. We are Yin-Yang masters. If you go hunting rabbits, aren't you afraid that Master will punish you?"
Zhang Min also jumped off the carriage and took the rice down, saying, "That's for others to see. Now that we are in Jingzhou, we should eat and drink as usual. No one will say anything to you. Hey, Master doesn't restrict his diet either."
Yingbao: "Do it for others to see? Why?"