"Sir, please come in quickly!"
Li Ping repeated the invitation, and Ji Yuan then set off, walking towards the gate of Li Mansion with Li Ping. Except for some guards who needed to drive the carriage, everyone else followed closely behind.
Even though Li Ping is not a high-ranking official now, he can still be called a nobleman. His mansion is a large and noble one. However, Li Ping naturally had no intention of taking Ji Yuan for a walk at the moment. After entering the gate, he tentatively asked Ji Yuan about his intentions.
"Sir, but can we wait for the kitchen to prepare the meal?"
Ji Yuan looked at Liping. He had just had lunch not long ago, so of course he had other intentions in asking this.
"Let's go and see your wife. I'm not here just to eat."
"Yes, sir, please follow me. You guys, go to the Madam and get ready."
Li Ping gave an instruction to the servant who followed him, then took Ji Yuan and walked directly towards the backyard.
When passing by the garden connecting the backyard and the front yard, the concubine of the Li family, who had received the news, came out to greet them, accompanied by an old lady supported by servants.
"Master, you are back!" "Master!"
Several concubines bowed, and the old lady took a few steps closer with the help of servants. Li Ping also stepped forward quickly and held one of the old lady's arms.
"Son, Jingshi Luyao, why did you come back so soon?"
Li Ping nodded to the concubines, then looked at his mother.
"Mother, I came back this time because I met a master on the way. I went to the capital to ask the emperor to ask the imperial master to help me. Now that I have met a real master, why bother?"
The old lady nodded when she heard it and looked at Ji Yuan who was a little further away. This gentleman was indeed extraordinary in bearing and the others were all her servants. She must have been the one her son was talking about, so she also bowed slightly. Ji Yuan also bowed slightly in return.
However, while the old lady was politely bowing to Ji Yuan, she also asked her son in a low voice.
"Son, are you sure this is a real master?"
"Mother, guess how we got back?"
Seeing his mother looking at him, Li Ping didn't keep the secret and pointed to the sky.
"We flew here with Mr. Ji on the clouds. It took us more than half a month to go there, but it only took us a moment to come back. We were a thousand miles away, but we were back in a moment!"
The old lady was slightly stunned, looked at her son, and saw a very serious face. She made up her mind, pushed her son away with a little force, and bowed to Ji Yuan again, this time with a bigger gesture.
"My Li family has been a single-line family for generations. The fetus in Ling Niang's belly is the only bloodline of my Li family. I hope you can use some magic to save the fetus. As long as you can save the fetus and give birth safely, the whole Li family will do their best to repay you!"
The old lady was very old, and she seemed a little shaky when she performed the salute. However, Ji Yuan did not return the salute this time. He just followed his heart and a stream of air lifted the old woman up. At this moment, Ji Yuan's calm and slightly indifferent voice rang in everyone's ears.
"Just to save the fetus?"
Ji Yuan's voice was very soft, and there was no follow-up, and he seemed to have no emotion, but Li Ping and his mother were stunned for a moment. When they reacted, Ji Yuan had already started walking towards the backyard again.
Li Ping and the old lady reacted and hurried to catch up.
"Sir, wait a minute, I'll lead the way!"
Li Ping's voice came from behind, and Ji Yuan just replied indifferently.
"I know where it is."
Although the Li Mansion is large, its layout is well-organized and the location of the main wife can generally be inferred. Moreover, Ji Yuan does not need to make any inferences about the current situation. In Ji Yuan's Dharma eyes, the fetal energy is as strong as a bright fire in the dark night, and there is no possibility that he cannot find it.
After passing through several courtyards and corridors, there was an inner courtyard behind an archway in the distance. There were many servants serving by the side. I guess that was where Li Ping's wife was.
"That's it, sir."
Li Ping quickly quickened his pace and stepped forward, and the servants over there saluted him one after another.
"master!"
"Well, everyone else, please leave."
Ji Yuan had been walking fast for some time, and now only Li Ping and a few guards could keep up with him. The old lady and the three concubines were left behind.
Some guards and male servants retreated as ordered, leaving only a few maids and a man who looked like a doctor carrying a wooden box in front of the door. Two maids gently pushed open the door of the house. Ji Yuan waited patiently outside, his eyes slightly widened as the door opened.
The candlelight in the room seemed to flicker because of the wind blowing in when the door was opened. The windows inside were closed. There was a maid by the bed. The fetal energy was even stronger at this moment, but Ji Yuan's attention was not entirely on the fetal energy, he also focused on the woman on the bed.
Because of the fetal qi, even though the woman was a mortal, Ji Yuan could see very clearly. The woman's face was dull and yellow, her face was haggard, and she was skinny. It was not just ugly, it was even a little scary. She was lying on her side on the bed with a slightly bulging quilt covering her, and looking out the door with her head resting on the pillow.
"Hey... Hey... Old, Master..."
Ji Yuan turned around to look at Li Ping, then at the old woman who had just reached the archway of the courtyard in the distance. Li Ping looked a little ashamed, and the old lady was a little out of breath in order to catch up quickly.
No wonder the old lady kept asking Ji Yuan to save the child. Looking at the mother's appearance, most people would think that the child would definitely not survive the delivery stage.
Even though he was a little afraid of Ji Yuan's gaze, Li Ping still approached and explained.
"Sir, Lingniang's condition was definitely not caused by us on purpose. There is always a supply of precious herbs and nourishing ingredients in our house. We also asked for elixirs from some experts and gave them to Lingniang. But after three years of pregnancy, she still gradually became like this..."
There was no change in Ji Yuan's eyes. He just turned his head to look into the room and stepped into the dim interior without saying a word.
“Why don’t you open the doors and windows?”
Li Ping looked at the doctor beside him, who quickly answered.
"Mrs. Li is weak and easily affected by colds, so we keep the door closed. However, on sunny and windless days, we still try to let her bask in the sun. However, in the past six months, Mrs. Li's health has been getting worse and worse, and she has difficulty moving around."
Ji Yuan did not respond and walked directly to the woman. The maid who was guarding was waved away by Li Ping behind Ji Yuan. At this moment, the woman understood that Ji Yuan should be invited by the master, and he was either a famous doctor or a magician.
"gentlemen… "
"Mrs. Li, you don't have to speak."
Ji Yuan looked the woman up and down, paying special attention to the place where she was wrapped in the quilt. It was early summer now, and although it was not hot yet, it was definitely not cold. The woman was wrapped in a thick quilt with her hair hanging on her face, and she was obviously hot.
There were many accessories hanging on the edge of the bed, including talismans and red strings. Some of them had faint spiritual lights that were invisible to ordinary people. They were obviously prayed for by the Li family for protection.
"If it's convenient, I'd like to see Mrs. Li's belly."
"yes!"
Li Ping responded and walked up to the woman's bed. He reached out and gently lifted the quilt to the inside of the bed, revealing the woman's slightly exaggerated belly.
Judging from the size of the belly, most people would believe that there were triplets inside, but Ji Yuan knew that there was only one child.
When Ji Yuan's eyes fell on the woman's belly, he could even see the fetus moving in the womb, causing Mrs. Li's belly to expand slightly, and the fetal energy became particularly strong.
At such a close distance, Ji Yuan could even feel that the ominous feeling bred in the fetal energy was almost turning into substance, like an ever-changing aurora, deep, strange and unpredictable, but it made Ji Yuan feel a little creepy now.
For a moment, Ji Yuan almost wanted to strike with his sword, but the fetus had no thoughts of good or evil in its nature. The ominous and uneasy feeling was more like it was beyond Ji Yuan's understanding, and there was no malice in it.
"Xiezhi, do you feel it?"
Ji Yuan asked in a whisper, and the low voice of the Xiezhi in his sleeve also reached Ji Yuan's ears.
"How could you not feel it when you're here? I was wondering why you cared so much about that Li guy. It turns out you saw the problem a long time ago."
"Do you know the condition of the fetus?"
When Ji Yuan asked this, Xiezhi was silent for a moment before answering.
“I can’t see through it, I can’t see clearly.”
Ji Yuan remained silent after hearing this, and the Li family members beside him did not dare to disturb him. Instead, the woman on the bed spoke. She was weak and her voice was low.
"Hey, sir... I, can I still be saved..."
Ji Yuan looked at the woman, tears welled up from her eyes. She was obviously not feeling well, and she seemed to understand that in the old lady's eyes, she, the daughter-in-law, was not as important as the strange fetus in her belly.
Ji Yuan could sense the woman's fear for the fetus in her belly. Perhaps she could feel her life being absorbed little by little day by day.
"Don't worry, there is help!"
Ji Yuan's voice was calm and peaceful, with a soothing power that made the woman on the bed feel inexplicably at ease, and her breathing became much calmer.
"Sir, are you serious? Can, can the mother and child be safe?"
Li Ping also heard Ji Yuan's words and asked with a little excitement. Ji Yuan looked at him.
"Ji Mou should..."
Before Ji Yuan finished speaking, a loud Buddhist chant spread throughout the Li Mansion and even reached the backyard.
"Good be to the Great Ming King Buddha. I, Mo Yun, come to pay a visit to Lord Li!"
"Saint Monk Moyun? Imperial Master!"
Li Ping was stunned, then exclaimed, and then quickly said to Ji Yuan.
"Sir, the Imperial Master is here. I will go to greet him! You..."
Ji Yuan waved his hands without even turning his head, still looking at the woman's bulging belly. The Buddhist chanting was loud, but the person's level of cultivation could be discerned from the sound. The main thing was that although there was Zen meaning in the Buddhist chanting, it did not reach a certain height. The same was naturally true for Buddhism, at least it did not reach the level that would make Ji Yuan pay attention.
Li Ping didn't say much and quickly left the house. The concubine and the old lady of the Li family naturally had to go to greet him. Suddenly, only Ji Yuan, the wife, and the personal maid were left in the house. Of course, there were many guards and the doctor outside the house.
At this moment, the woman on the bed had tears flowing from her eyes again and her lips trembled slightly.
"Sir, please save me... They must want you to keep the child, but I want to live, I want to live!"
"Don't worry, you won't die!"
Ji Yuan sighed. Having said that, if this fetus was born, the woman would almost certainly die at the moment of childbirth, but Ji Yuan had never had the habit of breaking his promises in his two lifetimes.
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