Xia Tian curled his lips and said with some displeasure: "I don't have the hobby of recruiting younger brothers. There are only two or three of them now. How did this come out of nowhere?"
Zhao Qingqing knew that the younger brothers recognized by Xia Tian were probably Wang Jie who was recruited in Jianghai, Xie Xiaofeng who was recruited in Imperial Capital, and including Bai Xiaolei, there really were not more than three.
"This man said that he met you on his cruise ship some time ago and then joined your banner."
Zhao Qingqing smiled and explained: "He is from Jinggang, his name is Wu Zhengye, do you have any impression?"
Xia Tian remembered that there was such a person, so he said: "I can't talk about it, I just took his boat along the way when I went to Carnival Island."
"He's been in some trouble recently, and he really can't solve it himself, so he wants to ask for your help."
Zhao Qingqing introduced the situation casually, but her eyes kept looking at Xia Tian. If he was a little unhappy, she would directly skip the topic.
Xia Tian yawned lazily and said casually: "Anyway, I'm a little bored recently, so let's see what trouble he has."
"He probably won't make it."
Zhao Qingqing took out a photo and handed it to Xia Tian: "His trouble is with his body. He basically can't move anymore, and he will probably die after a while."
"What an idiot."
Xia Tian glanced at the photo, and after a moment's thought, he knew what this person had done, but his interest became even stronger: "This is quite interesting, you can go and take a look."
After dinner, Zhao Qingqing drove Xia Tian to a rather secretive private villa in Tianjin. It was a very old-fashioned mansion.
"Miss Zhao, Divine Doctor Xia, please come this way. My master and young master have been waiting for you for a long time."
An old man who looked like a housekeeper stood in front of the villa and stepped forward to open the car door for Xia Tian.
Zhao Qingqing nodded and said to the housekeeper, "Thank you."
"This villa looks a bit gloomy."
Xia Tian said with a smile: "Stay here, aren't you afraid of being haunted at night?"
"Doctor Xia is joking."
The old housekeeper laughed dryly and explained: "This is the old house of the Wu family. It has a history of more than a hundred years. There has never been any evil happening."
Xia Tian curled his lips: "It will happen in the future."
The old housekeeper was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer the question.
"Where is the person? Is he in there?"
Zhao Qingqing smiled and smoothed things over, stepped forward and hugged Xia Tian's arms: "Master, let's go in."
The old housekeeper sweated a lot, called a servant, and asked him to drive the car to the garage, and then trotted to half a step in front of Xia Tian and Zhao Qingqing.
"The master and the young master are both in the backyard. I will take you there right now."
The old housekeeper slowly followed the two of them through the corridor, and then went around a few more turns before arriving at the so-called backyard.
This backyard is lush with trees and green grass.
It looks like a small forest park, surrounded by lush greenery, and there seems to be a faint cool air, which makes people get goosebumps involuntarily.
"Master, something seems not quite right here."
Zhao Qingqing looked around cautiously, always feeling as if someone was peering over here.
Xia Tian didn't have much reaction, he just said casually: "Girl Qingqing, you don't have to worry about it, it's just that these flowers, plants and trees have undergone some mutations."
The old housekeeper glanced at Xia Tian with a strange expression, and soon led the two of them to a small courtyard: "The master and the young master are both inside, Miss Zhao, Divine Doctor Xia, please!"
"You won't go in?"
Zhao Qingqing said to the old housekeeper.
"Old slave, I won't go in."
The old housekeeper waved his hand and said with some fear: "If I go in too, then the master and the young master will have no one to take care of them."
Zhao Qingqing didn't ask any more questions, and slowly stepped into the small courtyard with Xia Tian.
"Is it Miss Zhao, are you here with Divine Doctor Xia?"
A rather hoarse voice sounded in the room in the small courtyard. It sounded too weak, as if he was about to die: "Please come in, we, father and son, are sorry that we can't go far to greet you."
The door opens automatically.
There was dim candlelight inside, and the view was not very clear.
Zhao Qingqing frowned slightly, feeling that there was something wrong with this scene.
However, Xia Tian did not hesitate at all and walked in directly.
There were only two beds, a table, three chairs, some daily necessities, and nothing else in the room.
You must know that the Wu family is a well-known family in Jinggang, with a fortune of hundreds of millions, so why do the two father and son live in such a... simple place.
"Both of you, please feel free to do it. Due to physical reasons, I can only leave it to you."
A middle-aged man with a decent appearance slowly walked out from the shadows, poured a cup of tea for Xia Tian and Zhao Qingqing each, and then made a gesture of invitation.
This middle-aged man is Wu Xiangdong, the current head of the Wu family, and a world-famous business tycoon.
At this time, he was too thin and out of shape, and his steps were hobbling. His eyes no longer had the sparkle to point out the world, and he looked more like an old man who was about to die.
Zhao Qingqing looked at this scene and couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. Wu, what's wrong with you? You were so lively last time I saw you."
"Haha, I just wanted to relieve my son's pain, so I took the initiative to get entangled."
Wu Xiangdong smiled bitterly and raised his hands, which were covered with countless fine green vines.
After these vines adhered to his arms, they immediately connected with his blood vessels and continuously drew nutrients from his body. This resulted in Wu Xiangdong, who was clearly in his prime, but as thin as firewood and extremely weak.
"Where is your son?
How is he?"
Zhao Qingqing asked quickly.
"My son is lying on the bed, phew, lying down. Wait, I need to replenish some energy."
Wu Xiangdong was unable to maintain his strength, so he had to take out a tube of medicine from his arms, aim it at his carotid artery and plunge it in.
When the needle went down, blood spattered everywhere, but the blood splattered was not red, but slightly green.
"much better."
Wu Xiangdong breathed a long sigh of relief, then walked slowly to the bed and lifted the quilt.
The person lying on the bed was none other than Wu Zhengye.
When Xia Tian saw him again, he was also a little surprised.
Not long ago, we met at sea. At that time, Wu Zhengye was still a high-spirited and energetic rich second-generation dude. He was also in good health and had a lot of fun on the cruise ship.
It had only been a few days since I last saw him, and all that was left of him was skin and bones. His whole body was covered with green spots, and each spot was connected to a very thin vine, which stretched out from his body, but finally disappeared.
Ground.
"When was the photo taken?"
Xia Tian took out the photo Zhao Qingqing showed him and asked Wu Xiangdong.
The photo shows that Wu Zhengye still had some human form at that time, but he looked quite weak. He was sitting on the bed and looking at the camera with both eyes.
"The day before yesterday."
Wu Xiangdong sighed and explained to Xia Tian: "I opened the door and asked the old housekeeper to take the photo outside the hospital with a camera.
These vines seem to be contagious. Anyone who touches them will be stuck to them and cannot get rid of them."
Xia Tian glanced at Wu Zhengye who was lying on the bed. At this time, he no longer had many human features, but he was still alive and his heart was still beating, although it was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
"I have long heard that Divine Doctor Xia has supernatural medical skills and can bring the dead back to life. I beg Divine Doctor Xia to take action and save my son and me."
Wu Xiangdong knelt down directly to Xia Tian and said without tears: "As long as my son can be cured, I can give the entire Wu family's wealth to Divine Doctor Xia."
"I have my own standards for charging."
Xia Tian curled his lips, "If you didn't give me more money, I would definitely treat you."
Wu Xiangdong said quickly: "In short, everything must be obeyed by Divine Doctor Xia."
"Master, are they in this situation very troublesome?"
Zhao Qingqing asked worriedly.
A calm expression appeared on Xia Tian's face, and he said calmly: "Their disease is just a minor problem. It is nothing more than being invaded by species. It is not complicated to treat."
"Then please ask Divine Doctor Xia to take action quickly and let my son and I escape from suffering as soon as possible. Please."
When Wu Xiangdong heard this, he couldn't help but kowtow to Xia Tian: "You are the great savior of our Wu family. We, father and son, can work as cattle or horses for you."
"There's no rush. I'll revive him first and ask him what's going on."
Xia Tian waved his hand, and then a silver needle appeared between his fingers and slowly pierced Wu Zhengye's body.
Those green vines seemed to be alive, as if they had a premonition of danger, they immediately moved quickly on Wu Zhengye's body.
"Uh, are they moving the acupuncture points on Wu Zhengye's body?"
Zhao Qingqing's eyes widened and she couldn't believe what she saw.
"What an idiot."
Xia Tian curled his lips disdainfully and said: "I no longer need to look at the acupuncture points when I give them the acupuncture. Wherever I say an acupuncture point is, it is an acupoint."
Xia Tian completely ignored those overreacting green vines and directly pierced Wu Zhengye's chest with the silver needle.
Seeing that this move was ineffective, those green vines suddenly gathered together, tightly entangled Xia Tian's silver needles, and even wanted to prick Xia Tian's arms in turn.
"You have to seek death, right?"
Xia Tian sighed softly, and suddenly took up the ice and fire spiritual energy, passed a ray directly through the silver needle, and entered Wu Zhengye's body.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
I saw those green vines twisting sharply as if they had seen a ghost, trying desperately to break away from Wu Zhengye's body.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
The ice and fire aura instantly froze these green vines, and then burned them into a pile of ashes.
The roots wrapped around the bed and around the room quickly shrank, burrowed directly into the ground, and disappeared.
The originally lush garden suddenly lost most of its vegetation.
Even the green vines wrapped around Wu Xiangdong were instantly removed and plunged into the ground.
"ah!"
Wu Zhengye screamed in pain and finally woke up.
"Son, are you awake?"
Wu Xiangdong was so happy that he immediately threw himself on the bed and screamed with excitement.
After Wu Zhengye opened his eyes, his first sentence was to ask: "Dad, where is she?"