Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 17 Wake up
"How's it going, Huan?"

Ah Shu saw Murong Huan with his eyes closed, silent for a long time. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. On the bed, Su Sanlang was trembling with fear, muttering, "It wasn't me. I don't know anything. I didn't hurt them. It was Zhou Jiulang... It was him! It was him!"

Murong Huan opened his eyes and said to Ah Shu, "Please ask for me where those girls are now? How are they doing?"

Ah Shu nodded and immediately came to Su Sanlang's bedside. In a low, seductive voice, she asked, "You didn't harm them, so how did they end up like this? Where are they now?"

"They're all dead in that house. Zhou Jiulang is not a human being. He actually used the same techniques he used in the torture chamber on these girls. They couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping into the well... They're all dead!"

"It must be them. They're here to take my life, but it has nothing to do with me. I just happened to see them... I shouldn't have gone back. If I hadn't gone back, I wouldn't have known anything, wouldn't have seen anything, and they wouldn't have come looking for me..."

"But I heard their cries of begging. They were begging me to save their lives!"

"They're begging me..."

Su Sanlang's emotions in the nightmare became more and more intense, and his whole body even began to spasm and struggle, wailing in pain.

Qin, who was guarding outside the door, heard the wailing and wanted to rush into the room anxiously, but was stopped by Su Qing.

"The doctor is in the room. Don't disturb him without permission. Otherwise, what should you do if something bad happens?"

"Is she a doctor? She's clearly taking this opportunity to torture my son! She's seeking revenge on your Su family, revenge on you for ignoring her for the past eight years and letting her fend for herself in Taoyuan Village!"

"Qin, stop it!" Su Qing shouted even more angrily, "Do you have any better ideas now? Can you find a skilled doctor?"

Qin sobbed and was unable to speak.

Madam Su also said at this time: "Since Dalang said this girl can treat, then let's give it a try. Erlang also studied medicine in the past, and maybe he really taught this girl some medical skills."

Mrs. Qiu also came to comfort him: "Don't be too anxious, Mrs. Si, Sanlang will definitely get better, just wait a little longer!"

Qin wiped her tears and finally stopped making a fuss, but there was a layer of resentment in her eyes.

……

Ah Shu took great effort to suppress Su Sanlang's struggling and waving hands, and Murong Huan placed the puppet on Su Sanlang's chest.

"You were wrong to watch someone die without rescuing him, but the biggest fault is not yours. Rather than suffer the reproach of conscience, why not stand up and seek justice for the deceased?"

"Seek justice for the deceased? No, I can't. If I say a word, Zhou Jiulang will ask his father to wipe out my entire Su family. I can't say it, I can't say it..."

"Then find a way to say it through someone else's mouth!"

"Through others, through others..."

"As the Buddhists say: Letting go of the physical and mental world is the greatest charity.
No longer giving rise to greed and anger is the great precepts.
Not caring about right or wrong, or about oneself or others, is great forbearance.
No longer chasing after delusions, that is great meditation.

Su Sanlang, if everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty, then this is already evil. If everyone knows that goodness is goodness, then this is already not good.

Good and evil, beauty and ugliness, exist in relative terms, yet they are all within a single thought. To overcome the evil within with the good in one's heart is the right path!"

"To defeat the evil in your heart with the good in your heart is the right way!"

After Su Sanlang muttered to himself for a while, his emotions finally calmed down.

"Ah Huan, Sanlangjun seems to be feeling better. What should we do next?"

Murong Huan was silent for a while, then said, "Let him sleep a little longer!"

Ah Shu replied with a "Okay!" and then asked, "What about us?"

"We can go out!"

Ah Shu said "oh" again, and looked up in surprise: "Is it cured now?"

"Ah Huan, did you just give him a dream as well?"

Ah Shu asked with great curiosity.

"No! My heart knot has been untied, no need to grant dreams!"

"Oh!"

"Let's go!"

Ah Shu responded and quickly packed up the incense burner and puppet she had brought with her. She was about to leave when Murong Huan turned around and said to Su Sanlang on the bed, "Zhou Jiulang is dead!"

The person on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

……

Seeing Murong Huan and Ashu coming out, Su Qing was the first to greet them and asked in a low voice: "How is it? Are you cured?" "Cure, cure!" Ashu answered happily.

Su Qing couldn't help but show his joy. Just as he was about to stride into Su Sanlang's room, Murong Huan said, "The patient has been cured, but because of the guilt in his heart, he cannot escape the punishment. Uncle, please remember what I said before."

Su Qing nodded and walked into the room. At this time, Qin Shi couldn't wait to run into the room and saw that Su Sanlang had indeed sat up from the couch, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare, and was still breathing heavily.

"My son, how do you feel now?"

Qin was overjoyed and rushed to the bedside, asking softly, afraid that she would scare her son again, so her voice was extremely gentle.

When Su Sanlang saw Qin, he threw himself into her arms and burst into tears: "Mother, this is too scary, it scared me to death, I shouldn't have seen things that I shouldn't have seen..."

"I know, I know, it was those bad guys who scared my son. Don't be afraid, Sanlang, don't be afraid, mother is here!"

"Mother, I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do."

Seeing the scene of mother and son hugging each other, Su Qing's face became as ugly as it could be.

Although Su Sanlang is young, he is fifteen years old now. He always acts like a spoiled child in his mother's arms whenever something happens. What's wrong with him?

"Stop crying, how can this be disgraceful? How old are you?"

Su Sanlang looked up and saw that the person who spoke was his father Su Qing. He immediately shrank his neck, sat up straight, and called out respectfully, "Father!"

"Did you do something wrong? That's why you're having nightmares and nearly losing your life?"

Su Qing asked with a stern face and a very unhappy look.

Su Sanlang lowered his head again: "No, no!"

"Why did you keep repeating Zhou Jiulang's name in your nightmare? Did you do anything evil with him?"

When Su Qing asked this, Su Sanlang's face suddenly changed for the worse. He immediately jumped off the bed like a rabbit and knelt in front of Su Qing.

"Really not, father. Although my son likes to play a little, he is timid and would never do anything evil!"

Qin hurriedly pulled Su Sanlang up and said, "Alright, Sanlang has just recovered from his illness. Why scare him like this? What if he gets hurt again?"

Su Qing got even angrier after hearing this: "You've spoiled Sanlang so much! Look how cowardly he is. He's a tall and strong man, but he's not even as good as a little girl!"

Speaking of this little girl, Qin couldn't help but be stunned: So it was really her who cured Sanlang's illness just now?
"I've told you before, don't always believe the words of charlatans and Taoist priests. Erlang's child has a miserable life too. At such a young age, she witnessed her mother and father die one after another. It's normal for her temperament to change. But now she's grown up and sensible. Don't mention the past in front of her anymore!"

"Especially, don't mention any ominous people anymore!" Su Qing said, then flicked his sleeves and left the room.

……

In order to make sure that her son was really well and not just recovering from a so-called last gasp, Qin once again begged Qiu to invite Doctor Mo to see him.

Doctor Mo first took Su Sanlang's pulse, and then looked left and right at his face. The more he looked, the more disbelief he looked.

Qin asked anxiously, "How is it? Is my son Sanlang's illness really cured? Will it recur in the future?"

"All right!"

Doctor Mo murmured.

Qin was overjoyed: "Is it really healed? Will it never happen again?"

Doctor Mo was still marveling at the situation when he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Qin and asked eagerly, "By the way, how was it cured? Who cured it?"

Qin was speechless for a moment, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

"Yes! Mother, who cured me?"

At this time, Su Sanlang's curiosity was also aroused, and he continued with a fascinated look on his face: "I seemed to see a very beautiful young lady in my dream, and she kept talking to me.

She said, "Everyone knows beauty is beauty, and that is evil. Everyone knows goodness is goodness, and that is not good. Good and evil, beauty and ugliness, exist in relative terms, and within a single thought, to overcome evil with good in one's heart is the right path!"

"By the way, where is that beautiful young lady? She is the one who cured me, right? Where is she now?"

A beautiful young lady?

Qin was furious when she saw her son's bewildered look. She couldn't help but slap Su Sanlang on the smiling face.

"What pretty young lady? Is that all you have in your head? She's not a young lady, she's just a freak, she's your sister!"

(End of this chapter)