The thin young man knelt on the ground. Because he was emotional, his arms, which were hanging on both sides of his body, were trembling slightly. He looked very pitiful.
After a short burst of anger, there was a dull silence.
Yu Shu did not loosen her fingers, and her left leg was already flat. After he calmed down a little, she said,
"Your story is very touching, but I will not teach you the Death Sentence Magic just because of this."
Wen Shao 'an clenched his fists, and his voice was a little hoarse. "I told you this not to make you sympathize with me. I just want you to know that I sincerely want to be your disciple."
Wen Shao 'an had an inferiority complex, but he also had his pride. Today, he was willing to kneel in front of her and expose his scars. This action showed his sincerity.
Yu Shu was a good judge of people. She could distinguish between sincerity and sincerity.
However, things were not that simple.
"Get up. I said that I will not accept you as my disciple. No matter how you kneel in front of me, I will not change my mind."
She was still in prison and could not get out of it. How could she have the extra energy to help others change their fate?
"Why?" Wen Shao 'an was not depressed. Before he met Yu Shu, he knew that what he wanted was not easy.
Yu Shu shook her head. "You can't learn my skills."
The Death Sentence Magic was fake, but the Law of Disaster was real. This set of divination was based on the mathematical theory of five hundred years later. It was impossible for her to teach it to an outsider.
Wen Shao 'an was a talented person. His fate made people sigh. This young man was ambitious and unyielding. The experience he had when he was growing up meant that he was not willing to be mediocre.
However, after all, he was a lonely young man. The suffering he had experienced in the past had tempered his extraordinary perseverance, but it did not temper his ability to climb up.
As the saying goes, the heart is more than enough, but the strength is not enough.
Yu Shu wanted to help him, but the premise was that he should know what was good for him.
"Go back, I can't teach you." She once again asked him to leave.
Wen Shaoan looked a little disappointed. Seeing that Yu Shu was unmoved, he didn't argue. He stood up with his hands on his knees, bowed to Yu Shu, and said in a low voice,
"I won't give up."
Leaving behind this declaration, he straightened his back and turned to leave.
Yu Shu held her chin and pondered for a while before muttering to herself,
"Why are the Daoists of Mount Longhu always up to no good?"
When Wen Shaoan came out of the corner teahouse, he met Xin Liu, who was walking up the stairs. They met face to face.
Xin Liu recognized Wen Shaoan. When he raised his hand to say hello, he saw Wen Shaoan's red eyes. His words were stuck in his throat.
"Wen —"
Wen Shao 'an acted as if he didn't see her. He looked straight ahead and walked away.
Xin Liu turned her head and stared blankly at his disappearing figure at the top of the stairs. She bit her lips and whispered,
"He is so pitiful, no wonder …"
After standing outside for a while, she walked into the corner teahouse to find Yu Shu.
"I saw Wen Shaoan just now. Why did he come to see you?" Xin Liu pretended to ask casually.
"Something." Yu Shu didn't know that she had been eavesdropping outside for a long time.
"What's the matter? I think he looks scary."
Xin Liu sat down next to Yu Shu. Xiao Qing came in and changed the tea for them. Then she left.
Yu Shu pondered for a moment and asked her, "You often come to Taishi Shuyuan. Have you heard anything about Wen Shaoan?"
"Him?" Xin Liu thought for a while. Her eyes flickered, "He is from the Wenchen family in the north. His family doesn't pay much attention to him. He and I are both apprentices of Madam Lu, who teaches physiognomy. Every time I see him, he is alone. However, he is very diligent in his studies. He is the first one to arrive for every class. Madam Lu likes him very much and often arranges things for him. "
Then she asked her, "What's wrong? Did he offend you? Aiya, this person is not likable. I don't think he has any bad intentions. Don't bother with him. "
Yu Shu came back to her senses and smiled at her, "You are speaking for him."
Xin Liu said embarrassedly, "Of course not. I am just afraid that you will be unhappy."
"How am I unhappy?" Yu Shu didn't want to talk about Wen Shaoan with her anymore. She looked at the sky outside and said, "It's getting late. You should go back. I am going home tonight. I won't ask you to stay for dinner.
"En." Xin Liu answered absent-mindedly. She couldn't forget what Wen Shaoan said in her mind.
In the evening, Liu Zhong drove the carriage to take Yu Shu back to the house in the south of the city.
Zhao Hui knew that she would come back today, so she asked the servants to clean up the house early in the morning. She moved the piled up gifts to the empty room next door.
Yu Shu washed her face in the room before going to the upper room to talk to the elders.
He Fangzhi was still in the clinic. Yu Xiaoxiu went to look for them after school. Both of them were not at home.
Old Madame He sat on the soft couch with He Xiaochuan, who had just woken up, in her arms.
"I haven't come back for a few days. I have starved and lost weight outside." Zhao Hui pulled Yu Shu to sit next to her and pinched the back of her hand. She talked about how people came to give gifts every day these days. She still didn't know why. Shu Jiu explained, "The day before yesterday, I went to the Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet at Xiang Wangfu and showed my skills in front of the nobles. Soon, the news spread out. These people came to find me. They probably wanted me to do divination.
Although Zhao Hui was in the backyard and didn't see any guests, she heard some words. She asked curiously,
"They all said that you can tell when people are going to die. I didn't believe it. Is it true?"
"It's not that incredible. They exaggerated it." Yu Shu shook her head. This time, she was telling the truth.
"That's still amazing." Zhao Hui sighed. "I don't understand these things, but your father is very knowledgeable. He said that you're famous now, and there aren't many people in the world who know this Death Breaking Technique."
Yu Shu laughed foolishly. She rolled her eyes and held Zhao Hui's hand. "Mother, did you forget? I told you a long time ago. You can live to eighty-nine."
Zhao Hui still remembered this. It was Yu Shu who said this to her before she left Yiyang City. She immediately smiled.
At dinner, He Fangzhi and Yu Xiaoxiu returned home.
Yu Xiaoxiu didn't see his sister for a long time. He happily ate two bowls of rice. He couldn't help talking about the rumors about Yu Shu at the table.
He Fangzhi didn't ask too much. He heard everything he needed to know from his brother-in-law, Pei Jing.
After dinner, Yu Xiaoxiu followed Yu Shu back to her room.
"Sister, when did you learn this skill? How come I didn't know this before? Was it also taught to you by that master of yours? "
Over the past few days in Baichuan Academy, he had been "harassed" quite a few times. His classmates all knew that the female fortune-teller was his sister, and even the academician had asked him to talk to her. Now, everyone was smiling whenever they saw him, and the masters in class "took care" of him even more than before.
Yu Shu pulled him to sit on the bed. She teased, "What? Do you regret learning medicine? Why don't you go talk to father and don't go to the clinic anymore. I will teach you this strange skill of breaking death. What do you think? "
If this was said to an outsider, ten out of ten people would happily agree.
Yu Xiaoxiu shook his head. He said seriously, "I said I want to learn medicine. How can I give up halfway?"
"Silly boy." Yu Shu rubbed his head. She wasn't joking. If Yu Xiaoxiu wanted to learn her Law of Time of Misfortune, she wouldn't hide it. But if he didn't want to learn, she wouldn't force him.
"Squeak."
Yu Shu looked down and saw a fat ball crawling out from under the bed. It was bashful. She almost didn't recognize that it was the little yellow-haired beast. She frowned and said to Yu Xiaoxiu,
"What have you been feeding it every day? It's so fat that it's going to crack."
"I didn't feed it. It sneaks into the kitchen every day. I can't catch it." Yu Xiaoxiu tried to deny it.
Yu Shu bent down. She pinched Kim Bao's soft nape with two fingers and brought it in front of her.
"Squeak."
Kim Bao waved its four claws clumsily and tried to struggle with its round belly. Yu Shu flicked its head and it became quiet.
Yu Shu had some special feelings for this little mouse. It warned her several times when she escaped danger. When she first came to this dynasty, it was the first living thing she met in the ancestral hall of the Ji family.
Although she didn't take care of it much, she couldn't bear to see it die because of its gluttony.
Thinking of this, she stood up and found the bamboo cage where Kim Bao was kept on the desk. Regardless of whether it was willing or not, she stuffed it into the cage and hung it on the bedside pillar.
She thought that she would find a carpenter tomorrow to build a bigger cage for it so that it could eat, drink, and poop in it. It would be best to add a wooden wheel so that it could play. Otherwise, it would run around all day and be taken away by wild cats.
"Squeak."
Kim Bao tiptoed on its two hind legs and clawed at the cage with its two front paws. It looked at her pitifully with its pair of mung bean eyes.
Big sister, let me out. I'm very obedient.
How could it know that Yu Shu was planning to confine it?
The siblings chatted for less than an hour. Yu Shu urged Yu Xiaoxiu to go back to his room to review his lessons. She took a sachet and went to find He Fangzhi.
Zhao Hui had coaxed He Xiaochuan to sleep early. He Fangzhi and Yu Shu were talking in the central room.
"What is this?" He Fangzhi took a fragrant pill from Yu Shu.
"This thing is called Tixi Incense. It's used for burning. It's said that it can refresh one's mind. It's similar to the ambergris that Yi Masters often use. Can you help me take a look at the herbs in this incense ball? Is it harmful?"
He Fangzhi pinched the grayish-white ball and used some force with her fingers to break it open. She crushed some of it and brought it to her nose to smell it.
Not long after, she said to Yu Shu, "It's mixed with a few herbs. It's hard to tell for a while. I'll take it to the clinic tomorrow to check. Is there any more? Give me another pill."
Yu Shu had obtained a total of three pills from Xin Ya. She had not used them yet. She took out another one from the sachet and handed it to He Fangzhi.
"Godfather, this thing is rare. If there's no problem, don't throw it away."
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