It is naturally a very strange thing for an old Taoist priest and a noble lady to be alone in the same room in the middle of the night.
However, Qin Xiao had already understood at this time that this noble lady was the wife of the Taipusi Shaoqing. After marrying into the Huang family, she had not become pregnant for many years. On the contrary, the concubine of the Huang family was pregnant.
Qin Xiao knew that for a wife of an official family, not giving birth to an heir was really a terrifying thing.
Even ordinary people follow the golden rule of not being filial and having no descendants, let alone the families of wealthy officials.
Without heirs, one's status will quickly decline, and one may even be hated by her husband's family.
This is of course unfair to women, but from top to bottom, without heirs to pass on, the blame will only be placed on women.
Mrs. Huang was obviously deeply horrified by her situation. She had obviously sought medical treatment before, but she had never been able to conceive a child. She finally placed her hope on the Hongling Master.
Master Hongling obviously had evil intentions and asked Mrs. Huang to come to the Taoist temple to find him in the middle of the night.
Mrs. Huang must have hesitated about this. After all, a family member of an official, a Taoist woman, ran to a Taoist temple in the middle of the night, and met an old Taoist priest. If this became known, the consequences would be disastrous.
But the desire to have a child obviously defeated the anxiety in my heart.
At this time, the old Taoist priest was trying to be mysterious, but Mrs. Huang was very anxious and said: "Zhenren, as long as you can provide me with a child, I will obey Zhenren's advice in everything."
Master Hongling smiled, stood up, walked slowly behind Mrs. Huang, and asked softly: "Madam, do you know that Pindao made elixirs for the saints, and why he won the trust of the saints? To be honest, Pindao asked since he was a child.
, he has practiced hard for decades, but he is also quite proficient in immortal arts, and now he has the body of a semi-immortal."
"It turns out that the real person is a half-immortal." Mrs. Huang said hurriedly: "If the real person can help me, he will definitely make her pregnant."
"It's not difficult, it's not difficult." Master Hongling put his hand gently on Mrs. Huang's shoulder. Mrs. Huang's body trembled, she couldn't help but twist her body, and said softly: "Mrs. Master's virtue is not good. She wants to get pregnant."
, we must make up for our virtue." Master Hongling sighed softly: "There is indeed a way for Madam to make up for her virtue, and I can even guarantee that Madam can conceive a boy." As he spoke, one hand was
Gently rubbed Mrs. Huang's shoulder.
Qin Xiao was so condescending that he could clearly see it.
At this time, he had already seen the old Taoist priest's intentions. He lured a noble lady into the Taoist temple in the middle of the night, obviously with evil intentions.
The old Taoist priest put a hand on Mrs. Huang's shoulder and caressed her lightly. He was obviously being frivolous. He sneered in his heart, thinking that this old Taoist priest was so cowardly that he tricked an official's wife into coming.
The Taoist temple is doing evil things. Mrs. Huang is eager to have a son, but she is also extremely confused. How can a woman run into this wolf den in the middle of the night?
"Master... What can you do?" Mrs. Huang obviously noticed that the old Taoist priest had bad intentions. She stood up and avoided the old Taoist priest. However, she did not dare to offend Master Hongling. She just bowed and saluted: "As long as I can help you."
I have long wished to taste it, and even if I spend more money, I will be willing to give it up."
Master Hongling was about to speak when he suddenly raised his hand as if he noticed something. Seeing this, Qin Xiao held his breath and soon heard the sound of footsteps coming from the yard.
His attention was focused on the room just now, and he didn't pay much attention to other places, but this
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The old Taoist priest was obviously still very alert. He noticed the footsteps outside and immediately raised a finger to his mouth to signal Mrs. Huang not to speak. Then he pointed to a screen in the corner. Mrs. Huang understood and took her cloak.
He quickly hid behind the screen.
Soon, there was a knock on the door. Master Hongling straightened his clothes and said in a deep voice: "Who is it?"
"It's me. I have something to see in person." A cold voice came from outside.
Master Hongling went over and opened the door. Qin Xiao soon saw a person entering the house. He was dressed in black, with a leather armor around his waist. He had stolen a leather hat, and was carrying an arrow box on his back. He was actually holding a
A bow.
Qin Xiao was a little strange. He thought it was a Taoist priest from the Taoist temple who came to see Master Hongling about something, but he didn't expect that an archer dressed like this came over.
Master Hong Ling was obviously very familiar with this person. He closed the door and said in a slightly unhappy voice: "What are you doing here at this time? Have you used up the medicine I just gave you?"
"It's not used up." The archer sat down on the chair, put the big bow on the table, and sneered: "I came here just to ask the real person, I paid exactly the money, why did I use fake money?
Seriously, give me fake medicine?"
"Fake medicine?" Master Hongling was a little confused: "What fake medicine? What are you talking about?"
The archer said calmly: "The poison I bought from you with a lot of money last time was completely useless."
Master Hongling said angrily: "The poison of this Dao is extremely poisonous. As long as you see blood, you will definitely die."
"I used your poison to temper the arrow and hit the opponent." The archer said coldly: "Not only did he not die, he is still alive. Real man, the arrow must have hit his shoulder, and
Going deep into it, if it is true that you will die when you see blood, he would have met the King of Hell a few days ago."
Qin Xiao's heart trembled, and his eyes were like daggers.
It is true that there is no place to look for after wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
He never expected that when he came with the carriage tonight, although he didn't find Hongye, he discovered the dirty deeds of Master Hongling. Now the archer would actually come to the door on his own initiative.
That night he was assassinated in Zitong Lane. Qin Xiao killed the giant, and the swordsman in a bamboo hat was injured and fled. Only the archer who was hiding in the dark shot him and left quietly without even seeing his appearance.
Who knew this archer would actually come here.
The archer claimed that he had shot his opponent in the shoulder and was adding poison to the arrow. This was completely consistent with the situation that night. He was shot in the shoulder by an archer in a sneak attack that night, and the arrow was indeed poisonous.
Such a coincidence, although Qin Xiao is not completely sure that the archer must be the assassin who escaped that night, he is 90% certain that it is this person.
He really didn't expect that this archer was secretly having an affair with Master Hongling.
Master Hong Ling glanced at the screen as if he was there, sat down at the table, and said, "Did you make a mistake? There is absolutely nothing wrong with the poison I gave you."
"Zhenzhen saw him today." The archer said calmly: "Zhenzhen passed by Sipingfang today. Did he encounter a young man who made trouble? Not only did he hurt Zhenzhen's horse, but also several of his disciples?"
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Qin Xiao's mouth.
If just now we were only 90% sure that this person was the archer who assassinated him that night, now we can be absolutely certain.
When Master Hongling heard this, he was furious and said: "You want to kill
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Who is he? Why didn't you kill him? That bitch, I must put him to death."
"If the poison given by the real person last time had really sealed his throat with blood, he would have died long ago." The archer's tone was also quite angry: "I have been on the road with Shadow Arrow for many years, and I have never failed in any business I have taken.
It was someone who said that the poison prepared by the real person was extremely poisonous, so they secretly traded with the real person. It’s just that meeting him is not as famous as the real person. The real person really disappointed me this time. Not only did my transaction not go through, but my reputation was ruined. In the future, I will be in this industry.
, if you fail again and again, you will definitely become the laughing stock of your peers."
Master Hongling was also puzzled and said: "It's impossible. You went to Pindao and bought the most poisonous poison. The poisoned person will definitely die. Even Pindao has no antidote. This... this
There must have been something wrong in the middle."
"What's the reason, I can't control it." Shadow Arrow said coldly: "But the real person ruined my business, how to solve this matter? The employer paid three hundred taels of silver for the life, and paid one hundred taels in advance, but I didn't
If you can get it, not only must you return the one hundred taels to them, but the other two hundred taels that you were supposed to get have disappeared. I also bought you a bottle of poison, which cost you eighty taels. In addition, your reputation will be damaged.
My business is not going well, should I be compensated?" His eyes moved to the banknotes on the table, and he reached out and took them.
These few silver notes were exactly what Mrs. Huang paid for her son's request. Just now, Mrs. Huang put them on the table. Master Hongling coveted Mrs. Huang's plump and mature body and didn't pay much attention to these hundreds of taels of silver. Before opening the door, he even forgot to put the silver notes in his hands.
Collect the tickets.
Seeing Shadow Arrow taking the banknote, Master Hongling immediately said angrily: "Put it down, what are you doing?"
"Five hundred taels!" Shadow Arrow clicked the banknote, put it in his arms, and said, "Okay, you can pay me five hundred taels, and this matter ends here."
"Are you going to rob?" Master Hongling said angrily: "Don't you know who I am? I am the royal alchemist of the saint. You took away five hundred taels of silver. Do you still want to live?"
Shadow Arrow sneered and said: "A dignified alchemist in the palace sells poison in private, and if it spreads around, the real person's reputation will be bad, right?" He glanced at the screen and said: "A moment is worth a thousand pieces of gold, and the real person still has it.
Something good needs to be done, so I won't bother you." He handed over his hand, turned around and left.
Master Hong Ling was startled, and then he realized that Shadow Arrow had already noticed that there was a woman in the house, but Shadow Arrow obviously had no interest in it.
Shadow Arrow opened the door and went out without looking back. Master Hongling followed him to the door, with an angry look on his face. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he watched Shadow Arrow leave. But he quickly retreated back into the house.
Inside, he closed the door, walked to the screen, and said softly: "Madam, come out, it's okay."
Mrs. Huang walked out from behind the screen, her face under the gauze was a little pale, and her voice was trembling: "Master, I... I'll take my leave first...!"
"Madam, you don't want to ask for a child anymore?" Master Hongling smiled slightly and said, "Come, sit down and have a cup of tea first. We will make up for your virtue tonight and let you give Huang Shaoqing a big fat boy as soon as possible."
The shadow arrow technique was sneaky. This courtyard was a secluded place, and there were no other Taoists to disturb him. He went to the high wall on the side, took out the hook with the iron chain attached to it, threw it up, hooked the hook on the wall, and pulled the iron chain.
After climbing up the wall, he put away the chain hook and jumped off the wall.
He dropped to the wall, looked around, and then quickly ran towards a small forest next to the Taoist temple. As long as he passed through the woods, there was another street in front of him. However, before he left the forest, he heard an indifferent voice coming from behind.