Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

Chapter 20 White Snake and Green Snake

Chu Wuji recognized the voice; it was that of the female guard from the palace.

He came to the wall and subconsciously wanted to say "Come in", but then he remembered that he was the owner of the house. How could he let guests climb over the wall and make them look like accomplices of thieves?

Chu Wuji opened the door and unexpectedly found that there was a young girl following Si Que, who was Princess Yaoer who loved cats.

He invited the two into the house, poured them some tea, and then went to the kitchen sink to find two fresh shrimps for the little white tiger to eat.

Wen Yaoer and Si Que looked around the yard. It was plain and simple, but clean and tidy. Sitting by the stove where tea was being brewed, enjoying the cool breeze and admiring the moon was quite elegant.

Si Que said, "These fresh shrimps are not rare on ordinary days, but recently they have become as rare as snowflakes in summer. Brother Chu is very generous and directly uses fresh shrimps to feed the little white tiger."

The palace does not usually prepare its own food. Most of the time, if you want to eat something, you just give an order and you can get it easily. But recently, the fresh shrimp has also caused a headache for the purchasing manager of the palace.

It’s just that in this wealthy family, there are too many food choices, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.

Chu Wuji smiled and waved his hands, explaining:

"I bought it a while ago. I've been eating other things lately and forgot I had shrimp in the tank. Princess Yao'er and Miss Sique came over suddenly. Is there something urgent?"

"It's not urgent. I was planning to come see you recently, but I saw you guys staying indoors during the day. I thought you were avoiding the noise, so I changed my plan to come at night."

After Si Que finished speaking, Princess Yao'er picked up the little white tiger, walked to Chu Wuzhi, raised her head, and looked at him with her bright round eyes.

"My mother has approved it. I want to hire Brother Chu to the palace. He won't have to do any work on weekdays, but he'll be there to take care of this little white tiger when it grows up. The monthly salary can be negotiated!"

"So sudden?" Chu Wuji blinked.

"It's not sudden. Mother approved it the day I came back from collecting folk songs. It's just that I couldn't wait for Brother Chu to open the door these past few days, and I couldn't find you, so I put it off until today."

Wen Yaoer looked at Chu Wuzhi with hope, wishing he would agree quickly.

Then let him move into the palace tonight. In the future, there will be someone to tell her those rare and interesting stories. Maybe she can learn more about strange cats from him.

Chu Wuji looked at the lovely girl and wanted to touch her head, but he didn't want to break the troublesome rules of the wealthy families and cause unhappiness on both sides. He subconsciously raised his big hand and stretched it out to the silly little white tiger.

However, when Chu Wuji was about to rub the little white tiger's head, Princess Yao'er moved the little guy aside, and she took the initiative to put her head close to Chu Wuji's palm and rubbed it obediently.

The little princess's guards were still next door. Chu Wuji cleared his throat and said calmly:

"The white tiger is a kind animal. This little guy isn't shy at all right now, which means he knows who saved his life. Unlike ordinary wild beasts in the mountains, he won't be mean to his benefactor when he grows up. Don't worry!"

Wen Yaoer was even more curious when she saw how well he was talking. Her eyes sparkled and flickered:

"Brother Chu, how come you know so much? Have you seen a lot of cats?"

"I guess so. In the wild, some golden tabby cubs are naive, while others are fierce. However, few are as smart as this little white tiger."

"Golden shaded cat? Is it a big orange cat? My nickname 'Xiu Hu' means big orange!"

"Yes, it's the embroidered tiger you mentioned."

Si Que, who was standing next to him, heard this and felt that what his little princess and Chu Wuzhi were talking about were not the same thing.

The "embroidered tiger" the little princess mentioned was just a fat orange with a more majestic appearance. The embroidered tiger Chu Wuji mentioned might actually be a big tiger in the mountains.

However, Si Que heard a hidden meaning and confirmed:

"Brother Chu, from what you said, you are unwilling to accept the offer from the palace? Could it be that someone else got there first? Don't worry about that. I'll just go and talk to you."

Wen Yaoer thought they were still talking about cats, but when she heard Si Que's words, she realized what was going on.

She was confused and looked at Chu Wuzhi eagerly. If he could go to other people's homes, why couldn't he go to hers?

Chu Wuji explained apologetically:

"No, it's just that I'm naive and wild, and it's hard for me to follow all the rules. If I'm hired by the palace and break all the rules in the future, I'll feel guilty towards Princess Yao'er and Princess Jing'an.

This has nothing to do with money or anything like that; it's purely about knowing your own moral character."

Si Que did not doubt his words. Chu Wuji was able to leave the palace team behind and run away. This was indeed an outrageous thing that not an ordinary person could do.

"Brother Chu, what are your plans for the future? Will you continue to stay in the martial arts academy?"

"If nothing unexpected happened, I planned to wait until the two rounds of martial arts competition were over in a few days, get the elixirs I wanted, and then come back to help my mother run the clinic. After that, I would go into the mountains to collect herbs and get some valuable animal bones like tiger bones to supplement the family income."

The little white tiger trembled a little after hearing this.

Si Que noticed Chu Wuji's words "there were no accidents at first", and she confirmed:

"So there's an unexpected situation now?"

Chu Wuji glanced at the room. Some things still needed to be said away from his godmother. He whispered:

"Well, my mother's health is not very good. I need to find a famous doctor to help her."

Si Que understood, and she lowered her voice and whispered:

"You are confused. It's not easy to find a famous doctor, but you can find one at the Jing'an Palace with just one word!

The princess is not asking you to be a guard in the palace, she is just giving you a sinecure to help look after the little white tiger. Brother Chu can arrange his own schedule on weekdays, so that you won't be delayed in taking care of mother.

"Yeah, yeah!" Princess Yaoer nodded repeatedly beside her.

Chu Wuji hesitated a little, but had to acknowledge the rationality of Si Que's words.

This is the territory of Lihuo Country. Is there any miracle doctor that Jing'an Palace can't find?

If even Prince Jing'an's Mansion couldn't be summoned, it would be even more difficult for Chu Wuji to contact her. Besides, he was in a hurry, and his godmother's illness could not be delayed!

After weighing the pros and cons, Chu Wuji no longer hesitated and nodded.

"Okay, if there's anything you need from Prince Jing'an's Mansion in the future, please tell me. But regarding the matter of hiring the miracle doctor, I hope it can be done as soon as possible!"

Chu Wuji didn't want to appear too greedy, but he couldn't help asking:

"By the way, can the Jing'an Palace get the Black Jade Soul-Restoring Pill?"

Assuming that his subsequent competition plan goes smoothly, he can only take out one pill from the national treasury, and it is impossible to take as many pills as he wants.

But what if my godmother takes one pill and her condition improves, but she still needs to take a few more pills?

If the Jing'an Palace can give one or two more, it will be very stable!

Si Que took a moment to remember what the Black Jade Soul-Restoring Pill was. She shook her head and said,

"It's difficult. This elixir seems to have only been taken by the late emperor. If there is no urgent need, I'm afraid even the princess cannot ask for it."

After all, the national treasury is not the treasury of Prince Jing'an's Palace. If it were that easy to take things, the royal relatives would have emptied the national treasury long ago.

Chu Wuji sighed in his heart, but remained calm on the surface, saying:

"I'm just asking, don't take it to heart."

The matter was settled, and Si Que prepared to take the little princess back.

After Princess Yao'er waved goodbye to Chu Wuji, she held the little white tiger in front of him, indicating that she wanted him to touch it, probably to make up for the regret of not being able to touch it just now.

When Chu Wuji reached out to rub the tiger's head, Princess Yao'er took the little white tiger back, leaned her head over, and rubbed her fine hair against Chu Wuji's palm.

The little princess was satisfied, and then she followed Si Que away.

Chu Wuji: “…”

*

On the other side, Shang Liang was beginning to study the group candidates for the competition, trying to squeeze in as many "sharks" as possible, just hoping that Yu Shangshu could find a little comfort.

Yu Hualong was ridiculed by his wife again and was not even allowed to enter the bedroom, so he had to spend the night in the study.

Before dawn the next day, he started to spread the false news.

"Just fake news might not be enough. Chu Wuji can just go and look for those doctors and confirm their whereabouts."

"Should we kidnap all these old men and throw them to Yunhe Town? That could easily get me into trouble!"

What Yu Hualong wanted was for Chu Wuji to go to Yunhe Town to take the risk on his own. The key point was that he took the initiative to go there, and Yu Hualong had to remove himself from this responsibility.

Otherwise, if something really happened to those doctors in Yunhe Town, Yu Hualong would be doomed!

It is indeed not easy to be a son-in-law, but you still have face and dignity in the outside world, and at least you have the guarantee of wealth and food. If you sacrifice yourself and lose your current wealth and glory, then you are really blinded by greed!

When he was at a loss, Yu Hualong got a piece of news from his friends.

——The old doctors in the capital went to Yunhe Town on their own!

Yu Hualong was incredulous: "What's going on? Are those old guys too proud to die? Yunhe Town is restless, so why are they running over there?"

"Young Master, you don't know that those old doctors are just trying to grab the medicine."

These old guys who treat patients have extremely high requirements for medicinal materials, as this is related to their medical reputation.

As the saying goes: Oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while those grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines.

The idea is that the same plant, grown in different places, will produce very different things. Specific medicinal herbs must be collected from specific regions in order for the prescription to be truly effective.

The medicinal materials in the medicine cabinets of those famous old doctors are sourced from all over the world, and only the harmless minor medicines are grown in their own medicine fields.

In the past, these precious medicinal materials were transported from rivers by merchants.

The recent period is the time when they regularly replenish their stocks and purchase medicinal materials every year.

Now there is a problem in Yunhe Town, and the merchant ship transporting medicinal materials is stuck there.

Yu Hualong suddenly understood what had happened, but he was still puzzled:

"That's not right. Can't these old guys just ask their apprentices to get the medicine? Is it necessary for them to go there themselves at their age?"

"Young Master, you don't know this. In every batch of medicinal herbs, there are probably only a few best ones. It's impossible for every one to be of the same quality. Your family sent a young apprentice to get the herbs. What if the old doctor from another family went in person?"

This is like Yu Hualong and his father-in-law, the Shangshu, going to a brothel together. If they both like the same girl, would Yu Hualong dare to compete with his father-in-law?

The same principle applies to these old doctors fighting over the medicine. If you send an apprentice, he or she will definitely not be able to compete with the old man from other families who comes in person, so in the end it becomes a team-building exercise for the old doctors to fight over the medicine together.

The cost of river transportation is not low. Merchant ships doing medicinal material business will only set out after they have accumulated enough goods, and they may only make this one trip a year.

If we don't rush to buy medicine this year, a drawer in the medicine cabinet may be empty for the whole year. We will have to frown and feel embarrassed when prescribing medicine for others, and we will have to swallow our pride and go to our colleagues to buy medicine.

Yu Hualong had lived in the capital for so many years, but this was the first time he heard about this kind of thing done by the old doctors. He laughed and said:

"That's really God helping me! These old guys are courting death on their own. I just told Chu Wuji the news out of kindness. I guess I did a good deed!"

He called his followers and gave them a serious order:

"The martial arts competition is approaching, and Chu Wuji will definitely have to go back to the martial arts academy to show up in the next few days. When the time comes, you can mention the matter of the old doctor near him and say that the old doctors are in danger there, and trick that kid into coming over!"

If Chu Wuji didn't go to Yunhe Town, Yu Hualong would have no way to force him to go, and he would just feel that he had been happy for nothing.

But if Chu Wuji really runs to Yunhe Town on impulse, then Yu Hualong will have to look forward to it!

*

In a secluded and quiet mountain stream,

The dreamy white mist floated in the air, vaguely gathering into a huge white snake, almost coiling around half of the mountain.

"Xiaoqing, long time no see..." A voice came from nowhere, echoing in this deserted mountain stream.

When the voice fell, a emerald green snake crawled out and transformed into a heroic girl in green with a bold look and eyebrows.

The girl in green looked at the giant white snake that had transformed into mist, a look of unwilling sadness flashing in her eyes. She bit her red lips and asked:

"Sister, is this worth it... That body of merit and virtue is the result of your hard work, are you going to throw it away like this?"

Chapter 21: White Snake's Past

The white snake moved slowly, its huge body as light as a swimming fish, nimbly passing through the peaks and rocks of the mountain stream.

The shadow of the white snake reflected in the pool is an elegant and graceful woman in a white dress.

"Xiaoqing, you're taking it too seriously. It's not really anything I've put in any effort. I just did some good deeds during my past cultivation that were seen as good by the people. I unknowingly accumulated merits and virtues, and before I knew it, I became that body.

Since it doesn't fit, just treat it as shedding your skin. It's no big deal to shed that body."

The girl in green remembered something, and a look of disgust appeared on her face. Her handsome and pretty face was shrouded in a fierce look. She clenched her fists faintly, but she didn't want to go hysterical in front of the white snake, so she had to calm down and maintain a calm tone:

"After protecting this local area for hundreds of years, in the end, they couldn't withstand a few accusations from a foreign monk. As soon as they said that you were a demon and evil spirit, deceiving the people's piety, their faces changed..."

When the White Snake was practicing in the past, whenever she encountered natural disasters such as drought or flood in the local area, she would help deal with them. The people's prayers and gratitude turned into merits and blessings, which gathered on her.

Over the past hundred years, the locals even built a White Snake Temple for her, and offerings were made there every year. The invisible merits of the incense and candles accelerated her cultivation, making her transformed human body extremely powerful.