That night, after dinner, Xue Rui and Yu Shu were enjoying the cool air on the patio, listening to her talk about her trip to the Xin Mansion during the day.
"… Big Brother is right. That Left Judge Xin is really cunning. He used such a fake Tai Qing Cauldron to tempt me and then tried to bargain with me. In the end, I thought I didn't lose anything, but who knew he still had a trick up his sleeve."
Yu Shu stared at the small green cauldron between the two of them, and the golden red incense bag beside it, which contained the incense balls that Xin Ya placed in the cauldron during the day.
"Only this kind of secret 'Tihu Incense' can be used when burned in the cauldron. A small pill is only enough for me to divine two or three small things. Today, he gave me three pills, saying it was a deposit, and even tricked me into signing a contract. In the future, if I borrow his Death Sealing Art, he will give me ten pills for every person he divined."
Xue Rui picked up the incense bag, took out a golden ball, put it under his nose, sniffed it for a while, and said, "This fragrance is very special.
Although it is called Tihu Incense, it doesn't have much of the smell of tihu. Hmm, Camphor Ice, White Orchid, Dragon's Brain … and something else. It's most likely drugged. Why don't you take it home and ask Doctor He to take a look? Don't burn it for now, in case there's something hidden here that shouldn't be there. Be careful. "
Yu Shu nodded, feeling that it was necessary. Xin Ya said it was the Six Founding Tools, but this small green cauldron and golden incense balls were very rare, they might be hiding something strange.
Xue Rui saw that she was still a little unhappy, so he comforted her, "Don't be angry.
You didn't get any benefits, but you didn't lose out either. This incense cauldron is not an ordinary item, it will be very useful to you. Xin Ya doesn't know that your Death Sealing Art is just a bluff, otherwise, she might not be willing to trade it with you. "
Yu Shu curled her lips, "But without the incense balls, this cauldron is useless to me. When the incense runs out, if I need anything, I will have to rely on the Xin family. In this case, I still can't use my Six Yao lines."
"Better than nothing." Xue Rui laughed. Then, he thought of something and asked her, "Xin Ya said that she wants you to divine someone's life and death. How are you going to deal with it?"
Other than Yu Shu herself, he was the only one who knew that her method was more accurate than the last for the dead, but it was hard to say for the living.
"Ha," Yu Shu slyly curled up the corner of her mouth, "If he asks about a dead person, I will definitely calculate for him. If he asks about a living person, I can also calculate for him. I won't just brush him off."
"If he has good intentions, he will remind the person he divined that there is an eighty percent chance that the person won't die. If he has bad intentions, even if the person doesn't die, he will still obstruct the person, and there is an eighty percent chance that the person will die."
Hearing this, Xue Rui immediately frowned and said in a low voice, "If he really wanted to harm someone, wouldn't you …"
He had almost never said anything harsh to Yu Shu. The words' helping a villain do his evil deeds' were at the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
But Yu Shu knew what he was looking at. She immediately snorted and said in annoyance,
"Am I that wicked in your eyes? What I said just now, and the last two sentences, were the exact words I said to Xin Ya. I was afraid that he would have bad intentions and use me to harm others. That's why I made an agreement with him. If he wants to divine a dead person, it's fine. But if he wants to divine a living person, he can only do it if it's the entire Xin Residence. "
Xin Ya was the Head of a Residence, and she was getting on in years. The only thing she could think of was the safety of her family. He must have been out of his mind to want to harm his own flesh and blood.
She had considered all aspects of her plan. She had to make sure that Xin Ya wouldn't find any flaws.
The Death Severing Wondrous Art was her trump card in the outside world.
She had done too many wicked things in her previous life, which was why she died early. Now that she was reborn, she had to pay attention to her conscience. How could she go back to her old ways?
"My Shu is still the smartest." Xue Rui knew that he had misunderstood her. He smiled and held her hand.
But Yu Shu was not in a good mood. She dodged his hand and hit the back of his hand. She glared at him.
"Don't pull me around in the future. Men and women shouldn't touch each other. We don't have any status. I'm at a disadvantage to let you hug and kiss me."
Xue Rui couldn't help but chuckle. "How is there no status? Aren't you my fiancée?"
Yu Shu raised her eyebrows. "Then Miss Rui from the Count's Residence is your fiancée."
“.....”
"What are you looking at?"
“.....”
"What are you laughing at!" Yu Shu saw Xue Rui smiling at her. She didn't know why, but she felt unhappy.
"Hehehe, you're jealous of me. You obviously like me very much. Can't I be happy?" Xue Rui laughed heartily. His shoulders shook. He didn't hide his joy.
Yu Shu suddenly knew why he was unhappy.
"You're happy." She shook the hem of her dress and got up from the couch. She grinned at him.
"As long as your marriage with Miss Rui is not canceled, let's not get close. I don't like to be at a disadvantage. You know that."
Ever since she became friends with Xue Rui, she stopped thinking about Jing Chen. She wouldn't allow herself to be half-hearted. Of course, she wouldn't allow Xue Rui to take advantage of her.
This was also because Xue Rui didn't have any feelings for Miss Rui. Otherwise, she would have fallen out with him.
After Yu Shu finished speaking, she walked back to the room with the small blue stove and the sachet. She left Xue Rui leaning against the railing and sighing alone.
"Such a bad temper and a cruel heart. I like her so much …"
After the Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet, Yu Shu hid in Wangji Tower for three days. In addition to Xin Liu, she also received a letter from Xia Jiangmin.
The letter was nothing more than asking her about the Death Sealing Technique. Yu Shu replied to her letter with a mixture of truth and falsehood. She said that she would visit her after a while.
Her family in the south of the city sent Yun Dou to pass the message every day. She said that there were many guests and gifts today. Her house couldn't hold them anymore.
Yu Shu saw that this group of people didn't slow down. She felt a headache. It was good to receive gifts, but if it continued like this, it would disturb the peace of her family.
The house in the south of the city was not big. There were only two courtyards in front and back. If there was more noise in the front, the backyard would not be peaceful.
He Fangzhi left early and came back late. Yu Xiaoxiu had to go to school. It didn't matter if they were the two of them. But it was not a good thing that there were only old people, women and children left in the house.
With such troubles, Yu Shu remembered the house Liu Tan gave her.
Qiu Jiming, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, owed her a favor. He took the initiative to help her renovate the house. Xue Rui found a wood shop to buy furniture for her. It had been a month. She didn't know how the decorations were going.
Today, there was no need to go to Taishi Shuyuan. Yu Shu had nothing to do in Wangji Tower, so she planned to go and have a look.
Unfortunately, as soon as she went out, she ran into someone she didn't want to see.
At the door of the backyard, Yu Shu was followed by the little maid Yun Dou. When she was about to get on the carriage, she heard someone calling her —
"Xiaoyu."
She didn't need to look back to know who it was.
Yu Shu turned her head and looked at Jing Chen, who was standing not far away with a horse. She frowned slightly.
This person wouldn't give up until he reached the Yellow River. Did he not listen to the warning she gave him on the way back from the banquet?
"You are really here."
Jing Chen didn't wear a Taoist robe today. He was wearing a blue and white long sleeved robe, which made his face more like jade. However, his eyebrows and eyes looked a little haggard.
"Why are you looking for me?" Yu Shu didn't know if there were spies around, so she didn't dare to speak too casually.
Jing Chen shook his head. "Nothing. I just want to see you."
Yu Shu directly ignored the second half of his sentence and said, "If there's nothing, go back. I still have something to do."
After saying that, she ignored him, lifted the curtain, and sat in the carriage. Yun Dou, on the other hand, glanced at Jing Chen a few more times before following her in.
Liu Zhong, who was driving the carriage, didn't ask anything when he saw the situation. He directly avoided Jing Chen and went to the main road.
The car was not far away. He turned his head and saw that Jing Chen was following them not too far away, so he told Yu Shu in the car,
"Miss, Young Master Jing is following us."
"Don't worry about him."
Yun Dou held back her words for a while and looked at Yu Shu hesitantly.
Yu Shu couldn't stand her secretly looking at her, so she said, "If you have something to say, say it. Don't waste time."
Yun Dou carefully said, "Did Young Master Jing offend you? He used to live in our small courtyard. Weren't you friends with him?"
When Zhao Hui and her husband first came to the capital, Jing Chen hadn't recovered his memory. Yu Shu arranged for him to live in the side courtyard. Yun Dou was originally a maidservant brought by Zhao Hui from Yiyang, so she naturally knew about these things.
But as for why Yu Shu and Jing Chen broke off their friendship and turned against each other, apart from the two of them, very few people knew.
Yu Shu raised her eyelids and said, "The past is the past. Now is the present. He lived in our house when he was in dire straits. Now he is a relative of the emperor. His status is different, so he is different."
These words were for the maidservant to hear and also for herself.
Seeing her cold expression, Yun Dou didn't dare to say anything more.
.....
The house given by Liu Tan was on Baochang Street in the north of the city. It was in a good location. It was the residence of a scholar in the Wenhua Pavilion. The first house on the street was the family of Assistant Minister Li of the Ministry of Justice. Not to mention other things, the security around this house must be excellent.
When Yu Shu got off the carriage, she saw that the door facing south was open. On the left and right side of the door was a pair of Suanni. The carvings were powerful and valiant. There were three steps in front of the door and it was neatly paved. The door was newly painted with red paint and each of the two doors was embedded with twelve fortune nails. They were all according to Yu Shu's requirements.
The front door was very stylish and matched Yu Shu's status as a fourth-grade Yi Master. It was just right and didn't overstep the boundaries.
Yu Shu stood in front of the door for a while. The old gatekeeper recognized her. When he saw her, he quickly picked up the corner of his robe and ran out to welcome her. His legs were very agile.
This old servant was bought by Yu Shu from the Supply House. Originally, she wouldn't use a servant of this age to guard the door. But after hearing from Song Dali and Zhou Hu that this old man used to be a military instructor in the army and traveled the jianghu when he was young, she thought about it and bought his contract to temporarily make him a gatekeeper.
"Miss, you're back."
"Yes, I came to take a look. Where's Zhou Hu?" Yu Shu appointed Zhou Hu, the martial artist, as a steward. She saw that he was strong and not stupid.
"Steward Zhou is inside supervising the work. This old servant will go and call him now."
"There's no need to trouble yourself. I'll go in and take a look. You stay here."
Yu Shu waved her hand and led Yun Dou into the house. Jing Chen tied up the horse and followed. Although the old servant saw that he came with Yu Shu, he didn't know him. After hesitating for a while, he reached out to stop them.
So before Yu Shu could go far, she heard Jing Chen calling her.
"Xiaoyu."
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