The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 121

The man whose clothes he was pulling was also a Taoist priest. He was quite old and had a bit of panic on his face. But when he saw Li Dong coming in, he immediately showed joy and bowed to him, saying, “Brother Li Dong, thank you for coming to help me.”

Just as he finished speaking, he saw Wu Zhen walking in with her hands behind her back. He was immediately overjoyed and took two steps forward excitedly, causing Mr. Tao, who was holding on to his robe, to stumble forward. But the middle-aged Taoist priest didn’t notice and bowed to Wu Zhen. He was almost crying with joy as if he had seen a savior and said, “I didn’t expect Junior Master Guyu to be here too. This way, nothing will happen. This is really great!”

Wu Zhen had a mysterious look on her face and thought to herself, My husband was so low-key in Chang’an, but I never thought that he is so respected among these Taoists.

Li Dong glanced at Wu Zhen with some worry. He was really afraid that his junior master would suddenly fall ill and ruin his reputation. So he didn’t wait for the middle-aged Taoist to say more and asked him directly, “Tao Yi, what happened that made you release the paper bird for help?”

The middle-aged Taoist priest was named Tao Yi, and his name was different from Li Dong and the others. It seemed that his status among the disciples of Chang Xi Temple was also different. Considering her husband’s reputation after all, she did not talk to him casually and only listened to what Li Dong said to this person.

“It’s like this. This Mr. Tao is related to me. His family has been in turmoil recently and has encountered strange things.” Tao Yi pointed at Mr. Tao, who was standing beside him with a nervous look on his face. “His wife and three daughters suddenly turned into mice. Then, all kinds of ghosts often appeared in the yard to entangle him. There were also things that entered his dreams in the middle of the night to torture him, and not just him. At night, all kinds of strange shadows appeared in the garden, walking around and laughing like people. All the servants in the family saw it, and everyone panicked, so he asked me for help.”

Tao Yi smiled bitterly, “Although I have practiced in Changxi Temple for several years, I have only learned the basics due to my poor aptitude. I am not up to par with others. When I came here, I did not find anything wrong. Instead, I was tortured by an unknown thing. I had no choice but to release the paper bird and try my luck to find a senior brother for help.”

At this point, Tao Yi glanced at Wu Zhen again and was refreshed. “Now that Junior Master Guyu and Senior Brother Li Dong are here, I am finally relieved!”

Wu Zhen had a subtle expression when she heard about people turning into mice, thinking about something. 

Li Dong also looked serious and asked Tao Yi, “Did anyone get killed?”

Tao Yi shook his head, replying, “There is no victim yet, but Mrs. Tao and the three ladies have turned into mice. I really don’t know what to do.”

He pushed Mr.Tao, who understood what was happening, and quickly took a cage from the side and placed it in front of Li Dong and the other man, saying with a smile, “That’s them. I don’t know how they became like this.”

There were four gray-haired mice in the cage, one big and three small. They were huddled together, shivering.

Mr. Tao didn’t dare to look at them. After putting down the cage, he took two steps away and asked Li Dong carefully, “Master, do you think they became monsters?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the mice in the cage seemed to understand. They started squeaking and shouting anxiously in the cage, grabbing the bars, which scared Mr. Tao so much that he took a few steps back.

Li Dong looked at the mice carefully, shook his head, and replied, “No, they must have been transformed into this by someone’s magic.” Although he was young, he was very knowledgeable and quickly explained, “I have heard of this kind of magic from my master, but I have never actually seen it. This is not a magic of monsters and ghosts, but a strange magic similar to Taoist magic. Few people practice it, so it may be a bit troublesome to crack it.”

It was at that time that Wu Zhen spoke. She said, “I’ll go out and take a look.” After that, she didn’t wait for any further discussion and walked out the door, quickly disappearing into the backyard.

Somewhere in the backyard of the Tao family, Afu was sitting on a cushion, eating cakes, and listening to the white mouse lying on the pillow in front of her talk about the art of shadow ghosts. Yes, Pei Jiya had turned back into a mouse. His previous human form was because he had forced himself to break through the strange art, so the injuries that were almost healed were aggravated.

But he didn’t care and was still teaching his apprentice with great interest. His apprentice looked silly and only knew how to eat, but she was really good at learning strange skills. He taught her how to do it, and she never let him down. She had been experimenting in the Tao family’s courtyard for the past two days, scaring everyone in the courtyard.

“You were able to use the most basic shadow ghost technique last night, but this ‘shadow ghost’ is not actually a ghost, but…” Pei Jiya stopped talking and looked towards the door.

There was a white shadow floating there, like a white flag trembling slightly in the wind, and it made a sound that Afu could not understand, but Pei Jiya understood it.

“Two more Taoists? I didn’t expect this Tao guy to be so capable.” The white mouse’s expression was not obvious, but from his tone, one could hear his indifference. He had little interest in the two new Taoists.

Afu put down the cake in her hand, looking a little frightened. She understood that someone who was going to harm them had come.

The white mouse Pei Jiya chuckled nonchalantly, “They are just two little Taoist priests. What are you afraid of? Just scare them away. If they are difficult to deal with, let them suffer a little. They will know how powerful we are and will not dare to meddle in other people’s business.”

Afu thought that her master looked really powerful. Then, that powerful master quickly became scared.

Afu saw a tall, thin young man walking in. His movements were natural and normal, as if he hadn’t noticed the strange things outside the yard at all. He only glanced at her and then quickly moved his eyes to her master.

Step by step, with a weird smile on his face, he got closer and closer. Afu saw her arrogant master look at the newcomer, and suddenly all the hair on his body stood up. He moved back, and even his voice was a little different.

“Ha…haha, hello, Cousin Sister.” The master’s smile was a little dry.

Afu looked at the two of them strangely and thought, Master’s cousin sister looks like a man.

“Cousin, I have been looking for you for a long time.”

Afu stuffed the remaining cake into her mouth stupidly, staring at the master’s “cousin sister”. She always felt that she looked like a man, and even her voice sounded like a man. She was indeed the master’s cousin sister, so different.

Pei Jiya, the master, did not have the same good attitude as his disciple. He felt a little tingling on his scalp as he watched Wu Zhen approaching him—strange, would he still feel a tingling scalp even if he turned into a mouse?