Tao Huayuan took out the Yin and Yang puppet and transferred the injuries on her body to the puppet bit by bit.
A fifth-grade Onmyoji has this method. Regardless of magic circle, magic weapon or puppet, as long as he still has a breath left, he can always find a way to save himself in the method.
After her face was restored, Tao Huayuan's vitality was exhausted, and her burned hair could not be restored for the time being. When she was annoyed, she suddenly heard someone laughing on the tree.
"Laugh! Try laughing again! See if I don't cut out your tongue!" Tao Huayuan shouted angrily.
He Fang stuck out her tongue on the tree and said, "Sister, are you really willing to cut it?"
"Either watch a show or laugh. Are you here just to join in the fun?"
"Senior sister has such a bad temper. If I don't get your permission, my little sister won't dare to help."
Tao Huayuan raised her head, looked at He Fang with a smile and said, "Good sister, come down first. Senior sister has something to say to you."
He Fang shook her head and said: "Come down now, why don't you ask senior sister to give you a shot? I have some pills here, senior sister, take them first to replenish your qi and blood."
Tao Huayuan brought the elixir with her, but it was a pity that it was broken into pieces by the torture instrument in the blue lantern. Although she was a little disgusted with this junior sister, it was more important to replenish her energy and heal her injuries.
After taking the elixir and having enough energy, Tao Huayuan transferred all the wounds to the puppet and her hair recovered.
Seeing that Tao Huayuan's mood improved, He Fang jumped to her side and asked: "My little sister is willing to help my elder sister. I wonder if my elder sister can agree?"
Tao Huayuan sneered and said: "If you don't help me, I will hate you. If you want to help me, I will ask why!"
He Fang asked in surprise: "Isn't sister unreasonable?"
Tao Huayuan's eyes flashed fiercely and she said, "If you help me for no reason, I'm afraid you'll harm me."
"The reason is easy to explain," He Fang raised her chest and raised her head, "I have an affair with Xu Zhiqiong."
Tao Huayuan said in shock: "What do you mean?"
He Fang said: "I'm not like my sister. I like her in my heart but don't recognize her in my mouth."
Tao Huayuan said angrily: "When did I ever like him?"
He Fang said: "I just like him. I look forward to him coming to Yin Yang Division day and night. I even look forward to Master recruiting him as a disciple, so that I can see him every day!"
Tao Huayuan smiled and said, "Okay, tell Master this, but don't let him wrongly accuse me again."
He Fang said: "I told Master a long time ago that when he enters the Yin and Yang Division, I will marry him. You will come on the day when we drink the Henu wine, but you are not allowed to cry. No matter how uncomfortable you are, you will be here."
Don't cry."
"Crazy hoof, what are you talking about? It seems like you are going to get married tonight!" Tao Huayuan couldn't help but smile, "First, how can you help me?"
He Fang said: "Senior sister, you wanted to kill Xu Zhiqiong in a secret attack. At that time, Xu Zhiqiong knew nothing about you and had no defense, but you failed to succeed. Now that he has seen you,
Be on guard at all times, if you want to capture him alive again, wouldn't it be just a dream?"
Tao Huayuan frowned and said, "Do I need you to teach me a lesson?"
"True words are offensive, and besides, with the restraint of my master, my sister was merciful to Xu Zhiqiong, but the heartless man was so cruel that he killed me. If this continues, my sister will suffer a big loss."
Tao Huayuan said: "I've already suffered a big loss. I've been suffering a lot since I met him. How about I use you as a bait to lure him out? If we go together, we will definitely be able to catch him."
He Fang sighed and said: "I plotted against his sworn brother at the beginning, and he was very wary of me. I can't be the bait, but there are people who can. Let's find a place to rest for a while, and I will talk to my sister slowly."
Tao Huayuan whispered: "Don't rush to rest yet, I'll clean my tail first."
He Fang exclaimed: "Sister, you have a tail? Let me see it quickly!"
"Don't be ridiculous, it was the Sixth Princess who sent people to keep an eye on me, and they are now chasing my fake body."
He Fang smiled and said: "It's that guy named Han again. That idiot is quite interesting. He might be able to come in handy tomorrow."
…
At dawn the next day, Tao Huayuan came to the morning market and wandered around casually. She passed by a stall selling paper umbrellas and stopped.
"Little girl, your umbrella is so beautiful." Tao Huayuan knelt down and played with a red umbrella for a long time.
"Sir, you have good taste. This umbrella is made by the old Shu family of Baziqiao. It has eighty-four ribs and a purple bamboo handle. An umbrella costs sixty-two yuan. If you think it is expensive, please contact me in the morning."
Let’s look around the market and see if there is any one that is more affordable than mine.”
The girl selling umbrellas is none other than Xia Hu.
Tao Huayuan raised her head and looked at Xia Hu: "Little pump girl, your umbrella is beautiful, and you are also handsome."
"How dare you compare with the guest officer? The guest officer looks like a fairy."
Tao Huayuan is indeed beautiful, no worse than Xu Zhiqiong's junior sister named Han.
But she was acting like a little pussy, which made Xia Hu feel a little disgusted.
Judging from the fact that she is in her early twenties, she is only a year or two older than Xia Hu. Does she deserve to be called Little Pumpkin?
Forget it, it's all business.
"Sir, which umbrella have you chosen?"
Tao Huayuan stood up, thought for a moment and said, "I want them all."
"They're all gone!" Xia Hu pointed at the stall and said, "Sir, I have more than seventy umbrellas here!"
Tao Huayuan smiled and said, "I think it's too little."
"Sir, each umbrella costs sixty-two cents."
"I'm too lazy to settle the accounts, I'll give these to you!" Tao Huayuan threw a silk bag to Xia Hu.
, Xia Hu just made ten taels of silver as soon as he started his stall, and immediately cleared the goods.
This was unusual. Xia Hu stared at Tao Huayuan with the eyes of sin.
This person has a fifth-level cultivation, so he may have other agendas.
She poured the money out in front of her, took less than half of it, and returned the cloth bag and the rest of the money to Tao Huayuan: "Sir, please keep it. These are enough."
Tao Huayuan refused to accept it: "Little girl, my sister likes you. I have given you this money and bag. If you don't accept it, you will lose my sister's face."
Xia Hu said with a smile: "Sister, you are so generous. This umbrella is difficult to hold, so I will hire a laborer for you."
She said she hired Li Fu because she was worried that the other party would ask her to deliver goods. Although people with high cultivation levels are not all bad people, it would be better to have less contact with such people.
I thought Tao Huayuan would insist on letting Xia Hu deliver the goods, but she didn't expect that she readily agreed: "It's good to hire a laborer. Let's go quickly!"
Not long after, Lifu came, carrying a folding umbrella and followed Tao Huayuan.
Xia Hu thanked her profusely, found a deserted corner, and checked the money and bag again.
The money is no problem, but this bag may have an ulterior motive. Although it is only the size of a palm, it is made of high-quality materials, exquisite workmanship, and exquisite embroidery. It is a rare item and cannot be given away casually.
Xia Hu is used to being in the market. Ordinary means cannot defeat her. This kind of thing cannot be kept by her side.
There was an ash pit (garbage pit) at the corner of the street. Xia Hu threw the bag into the pit and was about to find a deserted place to return to the Punishment Bureau with the money in his pocket.
After taking two steps, Han Di suddenly rushed forward in a hurry and bumped into Xia Hu.
Xia Hu was completely unprepared and staggered when she hit him. He took two steps back and stepped into a pit of filthy ash. His heel hit the silk bag.
Tao Huayuan, who was hiding in the dark, used her magic skills. A burst of smoke came out of the silk bag, and the mouth of the bag opened wide, swallowing Xia Hu whole.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the silk bag returned to Tao Huayuan's hand, and Tao Huayuan slapped it in disgust for a long time.
"Is this woman really useful?"
He Fang said: "It works, Xu Zhiqiong is very close to her, and he even called her ma'am."
"You're calling me a lady now? Xu Zhiqiong doesn't have high standards."
He Fang smiled: "Sister, are you jealous? This lady should be left to senior sister, right?"
Tao Huayuan sneered: "I feel sorry for you. You already have a wife, how can you still be a concubine?"
He Fang said: "Anyway, this woman is in our hands. If we kill her, Xu Zhiqiong will stop thinking about it."
"It's up to you to decide whether to kill or not. It's up to the Master." Tao Huayuan took out her handkerchief and carefully wiped the stains on the bag.
Mom touched my bag, I can put her in it at any time, why do I have to go through so many twists and turns?"
He Fang whispered: "Sister, in broad daylight, there is suddenly a missing person on the roadside, which will inevitably arouse suspicion. Besides, it is also very interesting to play with this fool named Han."
Han Di was originally here to follow Tao Huayuan, but now that he has lost her, he feels very impatient.
Only then did he bump into Xia Hu. He didn't take it seriously at first, but he just scolded Xia Hu: "You can't walk without eyes!"
Unexpectedly, Xia Hu fell into a pit of filthy ash and disappeared.
Han Di wanted to leave quickly, but He Fang shouted from a distance: "A girl fell into the ash pit, and this person pushed her in!"
Some passers-by also shouted: "She pushed it in!"
Everyone gathered around and said:
"Where has this girl gone?"
"This pit is quite deep. It's dozens of feet deep. I don't know where it fell."
"What grudge do you have against him? Why did you do this murderous thing!"
"Hurry up and report to the officials and rescue the girl!"
Han Di was trapped in the crowd, unable to argue.
…
At dusk, Xu Zhiqiong came to the Yamen to prepare for night patrol.
The old lantern guard Ning Wenyi said to Xu Zhiqiong: "A girl came to see you just now and gave you something."
"What is it?" Xu Zhiqiong took it and saw that it was a dried flower, jasmine.
He recognized this thing. He originally bought three plants and gave them to the three girls. The one for senior sister was in bud, the one for second sister Lin was half-open and half-closed, and the one for Xia Hu was in full bloom and most beautiful.
This one was given to Xia Hu.
There is also a note hidden in the bamboo tube of Jasmine, with four words written on it: Li Qi Tea House.
"Ning Denglang, who gave this to you?"
Ning Wenyi shook his head and said: "That girl didn't leave her name, but she is really handsome."
Chu He joked from the side: "Are you more handsome than our Junior Sister Han?"
Ning Wenyi sighed: "When it comes to appearance, it's hard to say whether she's good or bad, but this girl is much more stable than Miss Han. Zhiqiong, brother, I have good taste. Since this girl is interested in you, if she is from the right family,
You can’t miss it.”
Everyone started cheering, and Ma Guangli sighed: "This silly boy is really lucky!"
Ning Wenyi said: "I remembered that the girl still had a peach blossom on her head."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiqiong said to Meng Shizhen: "Brother Meng, I have something to do tonight..."
Meng Shizhen frowned and said: "If you are looking for a beauty, I will let you go. If you are looking for an enemy, you have to call your brothers. I remember that the woman last night also had peach blossoms on her body."
Wang Zhennan also said: "Zhiqiong, don't be reckless, you alone are no match for her."
"Thank you two brothers, I really went to find a beauty, that is my wife."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Xu Zhiqiong also laughed.
"That's my wife, really my wife."
…
Late at night, Xu Zhiqiong came to Li Qi Tea House, entered the private room on the second floor, and sat in front of Tao Huayuan.
Li Qi Teahouse is a painting teahouse. People who come here to drink tea will gather together to discuss their painting skills. If they are good at painting and create a fine painting, they can buy a painting from the teahouse owner.
To spend money to buy paintings, you have to come to your teahouse to drink tea. You have to have excellent painting skills and produce exquisite paintings to be qualified to buy paintings?
Who is this shopkeeper? So arrogant?
So arrogant!
The shopkeeper of Li Qi Teahouse is the number one painter in Daxuan, Li Shabai!
Every day, customers who come to the teahouse to ask for paintings line up from inside the teahouse to across the street. If it weren't for He Fang's skill, there wouldn't even be room to stand in the hall, let alone the private seats.
Tao Huayuan doesn't know how to paint, but she thinks the environment of this teahouse is pretty good. Although there are many people in the hall, the private room is very quiet, and she doesn't know what kind of soundproofing method has been used, as if this room has been isolated from the world.
The two drank two glasses of wine, and Xu Zhiqiong looked at Tao Huayuan: "I really didn't expect you to be so nasty."
Tao Huayuan sneered: "I invite you to the Peach Blossom Trail, and you send me to the mountains of swords and seas of fire. What happened last night is not considered dirty?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I didn't harm your family."
"Do you know where my family is?"
"Does the Sixth Princess count as your family?"
"Forget it, go find her and see if you have the courage?"
"That's it!" Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand, "Give me your wife back, and I'll go with you."
"What do you think? If I give that little pump girl back to you, will you still leave?"
You come with me first, and when you meet the person you should meet, I will let the pump girl go."
Xu Zhiqiong drank another cup of tea, licked his lips and said, "Let's take a step back, I'll go with you, and you let me see my wife."
"You are such a life-loving person, are you willing to fight for this pump girl?" Tao Huayuan was a little unconvinced.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "That's my wife, don't you think you should fight to the death?"
"What does this have to do with me?" Tao Huayuan held the silk bag in her hands. After a burst of smoke, Xia Hu got out of the bag.
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and hugged her: "Madam, have you suffered?"
Xia Hu can speak and can barely move his hands, but his legs cannot move: "It's okay, I fell into this woman's trick."
"Who are you talking about?" Tao Huayuan glared at Xia Hu, turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said, "People have seen it too, come with me!"
Xia Hu burst into tears and said, "Guanren, where are you going? You can't leave?"
Their eyes met, and Xu Zhiqiong understood what Xia Hu meant: If you leave, she might kill me.
Xia Hu's eyes were swaying from side to side at the same time, which meant: she had another helper.
Xu Zhiqiong turned to Tao Huayuan and said, "I'm leaving now, but the odds are stacked against me. I don't know when I'll be able to see my wife again in the future. Can we, husband and wife, get together for a while?"
Tao Huayuan said in surprise: "Aren't you guys gathering together?"
"Don't you know what Xiaoju means?" Xu Zhiqiong's eyes were sincere, and Xia Hu's cheeks were rosy.
Tao Huayuan understood what they wanted to do.
"Here? You are so shameless!" Tao Huayuan also blushed.
Xu Zhiqiong said calmly: "Otherwise, where else can we go? You can't let us go."
As he spoke, he secretly wrote a word on Xia Hu's back with his finger: Discuss!
It means going to Yilangyuan.
Xia Hu shyly got into Xu Zhiqiong's arms and wrote a word under his ribs: "Punishment!"
She wanted to go back to the Punishment Division.
Xu Zhiqiong wrote one word under her arm: Officer!
Listen to the officials.
Xia Hu tried not to laugh.
There is no place where writing is good, but in the creaking nest.
The two of them looked at Tao Huayuan silently.
Tao Huayuan sneered and said, "Want to play tricks again? Okay, come on, I'll watch. I'll see how you get out of this house."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "Are you watching?"
"Yeah, aren't you shy? Are you still afraid of looking at me? Come on!"
"Okay!" Xu Zhiqiong agreed without any further politeness.
Xia Hu was polite for a while, and then stopped being polite.
The two started.
Tao Huayuan turned around and gritted her teeth and said, "What a pair of shameless people. I have learned a lot today!"
The moment they turned around, the breath of the two people disappeared.