The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 120

Wu Zhen: Oh, you’ve found the wrong person again.

The young Taoist priest didn’t listen to Wu Zhen’s words, nor did he think there was anything wrong. Instead, he looked very used to it and smiled with some relief, saying, “I thought that you were delayed on the road for a while. Now that I see that you’re fine, I feel relieved. Junior Master, are you going back to the mountain with me now? The Grand Master is waiting for you.”

Wu Zhen looked at him, still unsure of his identity, and suddenly asked, “Has Shuangjiang returned to the temple?”

The young Taoist was a little surprised that he was suddenly asked about Taoist Master Shuangjiang, but he still answered obediently, “Senior Brother Shuangjiang has been out for a long time and has not come back. He said he would return after going to Chang’an some time ago, but he seemed to have encountered some trouble on the way and changed his route temporarily. He has not come back yet.”

Wu Zhen heard the handsome young Taoist priest in front of him call Shuangjiang “Senior Brother” and remembered that Taoist Master Shuangjiang called her husband “Junior Uncle Master,” so she asked tentatively, “Xiaoxue?”

The young Taoist priest replied, “Junior Brother Xiaoxue is still on the mountain.”

Oh, I know his name.

Wu Zhen: “Li Dong.” 

Judging from the name, he was indeed a fellow disciple of Chang Xiguan.

The young Taoist priest smiled and asked, “What instructions do you have, Junior Uncle?”

Wu Zhen suddenly raised her hand and put her arm around Li Dong’s shoulders, smiling at him. Under his stunned gaze, she said frankly, “Actually, I’m not your Junior Uncle.”

“To be honest, I am the wife of your junior uncle.”

The young Taoist priest Li Dong had not yet recovered from the shock of seeing the little master’s smile. He shuddered and said with some regret after a while, “I didn’t expect that the little master would learn to joke after coming down the mountain. Master was right. The worldly life down the mountain can really change people.”

“Forget it. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. You should take me back to your temple to meet the old master first.” Wu Zhen addressed the master naturally, according to his identity as a man.

The young Taoist priest Li Dong looked at her in doubt for a long time and said nothing. It might be because the statement that “the person inside the young master’s body is his wife” was beyond his imagination.

Although he didn’t believe it, the young Taoist priest Li Dong immediately became much more restrained when facing Wu Zhen. He felt that his junior uncle might have some mental problems—considering that he was very powerful, he didn’t believe that any monster or ghost could occupy his body, so there must be something wrong with his brain.

Li Dong did not dare to say anything but respectfully led Wu Zhen back to Changxi Temple to let the master treat her. Changxi Temple was in Xiling Mountain, not too far from here, and the two of them could reach it in one day by fast horse.

Unfortunately, just after setting out on the journey, the young Taoist priest Li Dong received a message  asking for help from his fellow disciples.

Li Dong took the paper and frowned. Wu Zhen also stopped her horse and waited for him, asking, “What’s wrong?”

Li Dong said hesitantly, “There is a fellow disciple nearby asking for help. I think he is in trouble.” He seemed to want to go over and help, but when he looked at Wu Zhen, he hesitated again.

Wu Zhen looked at his expression, raised her eyebrows, and asked, “Is it very critical?”

Li Dong said honestly, “There is not much information on the paper bird. It looks like it was released in a hurry.”

Wu Zhen simply said, “Since we are nearby, let’s go and take a look.”

She wanted to solve it as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible. With that thought in mind, Wu Zhen and Li Dong changed their route to Xiangshui City. Following the guiding scent left by the paper bird, they stopped outside the gate of Tao’s house in the city.

This area was full of large mansions of wealthy families. The other houses on the roadside all had bright lintels, and the fallen leaves and dust in front of the doors were swept clean. But at the Tao’s house, there was a layer of dust accumulated at the door, and no one had cleaned it. The door was closed tightly, and Li Dong knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded from inside.

Wu Zhen felt a little annoyed when she saw his delicate way of knocking on the door. She sighed and dragged Li Dong to the side by the back of his collar, then smiled at him and said, “Let me do it.”

Then she raised her foot and kicked hard, and the heavy door was kicked open.

Wu Zhen retracted her foot, and under Li Dong’s stunned gaze, he thought, Young Master is really very strong. Li Dong followed Wu Zhen into  the Tao’s house in a daze, thinking, Junior Master’s illness seems to be quite serious.

The door was kicked open, and Wu Zhen heard a few suppressed screams, as if the servants guarding the gate were hiding in a small room nearby and were frightened by the scene and shouted out, but they immediately shut their mouths and dared not say another word.

Wu Zhen ignored those people and walked in with Li Dong in a swagger.

“Where is your fellow disciple? Find him quickly.”

Li Dong came to his senses and immediately sent out a paper bird, letting it lead the way and wander around the Tao family’s mansion. Logically speaking, there should be many servants busy in such a big mansion, but after the two entered the mansion, they didn’t see any servants walking outside. Occasionally, they saw one, but they could only see a hurried back, hiding in the room and slamming the door, and they couldn’t stop them even if they shouted. These servants hid in the room and didn’t dare to come out casually, so they lay behind the door and looked at them, as if there was some terrible monster outside.

When Wu Zhen came there earlier, she thought that the person who sent out the message for help had encountered some powerful evil monster. However, when she arrived at the house, she did not find any trace of an evil monster at all, only a yard full of frightened servants, which was strange.

Soon, the paper bird landed on a window frame. Wu Zhen’s mouth twitched. The small building in front of her was exquisite and beautiful, but there was a large circle of yellow talismans pasted on the outside. Looking up, she saw that the windows and doors on the second floor of the small building were also covered with countless yellow talismans, densely packed.

Such a “tight” defense not only embarrassed Wu Zhen but also scared Li Dong. He frowned, walked forward, pushed open the door, and walked in first.

The person hiding in the small building heard the sound of the door being pushed open and immediately screamed. It turned out to be the owner of the Tao residence, Mr. Tao. Compared with Mr. Tao, who looked rich before, he was obviously tortured at that time, and his fat face was much thinner. He looked at the person in panic, holding the Taoist robe of the person next to him tightly with one hand, and shouted, “Second uncle, it’s coming again, help!”