"Wu Lu! Wu Lu!"
"You kid, how did you get into the water?"
"Mommy, I'm freezing to death."
"Outside, there is a loud commotion."
Clearly, Chen Yun eliminated the Yerei ghost, freeing the crowd from illusion.
As soon as he heard the others waking up, he feared that someone might come, and it would not be good to take away the white jade bead then. He didn't even care about the smell of urine, and he grabbed it directly from his pocket.
Chen Yun immediately shook his right hand, and couldn't help smelling it with his nose.
Then...
Ew!
The urine smell almost made him vomit.
Okay, the child's urine is indeed pungent. Moreover, Chen Yun is currently in the phase of qi against disease, and toxins will be excreted from his body. It's normal for the urine smell to have a slightly foul odor.
"This white jade bead is a treasure. Not only would I have to collect it if it got urine on it, but even if it got feces on it, I'd have to take it."
Chen Yun prepared to go back and study it carefully, to see what kind of function the white jade bead really has.
He was about to leave the East Room.
Suddenly, another pig-slaughter scream echoed, "Ah! Who broke my head! It hurt so much, it killed your old master!"
Yes, it's Lin Chen's pig-slaughter scream.
Chen Yun sweated slightly and thought that this matter could not be let Lin Chen know, or else it would be very grievous.
He walked out while thinking.
He stepped out of the door frame.
At this moment, Chen Yun finally got a clear view of the scenery inside the courtyard.
Red walls and green tiles lined up on both sides.
In the distance, there are flying eaves and steep steps, where the tower can reach the stars.
In front of the courtyard is a stone screen, carved with green bamboo and moonflowers.
It has to be said that this place is indeed very beautiful.
After all, this is a courtyard of a wealthy family.
Chen Yun couldn't help but exclaim internally, shook his head, and walked towards the first yard along the corridor following the sound.
Just a few steps outside, he saw a yellow piece of paper on the ground.
"Hmm?"
Chen Yun, relying on the clean and bright moonlight, looked closely and said, "Isn't this a Zhongkui symbol?"
Where did Lin Chen's Zhongkui charm end up here?
After careful consideration, he knew exactly what had happened.
It's no accident that when Lin Chen was deeply immersed in illusion just now, he couldn't control himself and ran around the courtyard. He may have accidentally dropped the charm.
This thing seems to be very precious.
Chen Yun thought for a moment, bending down to pick it up, planning to return it to Lin Chen later.
He had just picked up the Zhongkui charm on this side.
Three or four people emerged from the hanging flower gate.
It was Li Si, Fang's supervisor, Wu You, and the dripping wet and constantly shivering Wu Lu.
He didn't see Zhang Qian and Lin Chen in the two places.
Although Li Si, Fang's supervisor, and Wu You did not suffer as much as Wu Lu did, the three of them were not much better off.
Li Si had his hair in disarray, with one half of his face black and the other half white, as if he had just gone into the stove.
Fang's supervisor had a swollen forehead, as if he had been struck heavily by something.
Wu You had a bloodstain on his neck, which could be from a knife cut.
At the moment, Chen Yun has observed so many situations, but he still doesn't know what exactly happened.
Since he got along well with Li Si, Chen Yun hurried forward and asked, "Teacher Li, what happened to you?"
Li Si sighed and said, "I didn't know what happened just now. I was talking and joking with everyone just a moment ago, but then everything went black, and I realized that I had gone into the stove."
Fang's supervisor also sighed, "I was in a similar state, feeling like I was in a daze. Just as I came to my senses, I found myself colliding with walls. Oh dear, this headache is making me dizzy."
"You guys are still okay," Wu You said with a melancholic expression, "When I came to my senses, I found out that I was in the middle of hanging myself. If I hadn't woken up a bit later, you all could have had a feast tonight!"
"Don't... don't say anything more. I'm freezing to death," Wu Lu kept shivering, and his teeth chattered as he asked, "What... just happened?"
Li Si, Fang's supervisor, and Wu You all looked puzzled.
Chen Yun was afraid that the white jade bead would be known to others and attract envy, so he casually said, "Oh, I accidentally entered the east wing and found the trace of a malevolent spirit. Then I urinated on it as a child, and destroyed the malevolent spirit."
The urine stain in the main room was impossible to hide, otherwise he would definitely say that he burned the malevolent spirit with a fire.
Fang's supervisor was shocked and stammered, "Child's urine can also drive away ghosts?"
Li Si explained, "Child's urine has a strong yang energy, which can indeed cause great harm to ghosts. Of course, if it's a particularly powerful ghost, child's urine won't work. This evil spirit may not be very strong, so it was killed by the child's urine."
Wu You and Wu Lu were deep in thought.
After Li Si explained, he looked at Chen Yun with gratitude, "Young Brother Chen, thanks to you today. Otherwise, we would have been in trouble. Moreover, your mind is really sharp. You actually thought of using child's urine to drive away ghosts."
Chen Yun modestly said, "Just lucky, a lucky shot."
"Whether it's luck or not, today you, Chen Xianchang, saved our lives. We are very grateful. Your life-saving grace is unforgettable, and I will remember it in my heart," said Fang Guanshe with deep gratitude, bowing one knee.
"Yes, thank you, Chen Xianchang, for saving our lives."
"If it hadn't been for you, we would have lost our lives."
Wu Lu and Wu You followed suit in thanking him.
Just as they were chatting, two footsteps sounded from behind them, followed by Lin Chen's "Ouch" cry.
Chen Yun turned his head to look back and saw Zhang Qian supporting Lin Chen, who was holding his head with one hand.
"Zhang Brother, Lin Brother, are you both okay?"
"Lin Xianchang, Zhang Xianchang, are you injured?"
A group of people crowded around, asking with concern.
Zhang Qian rushed to say, "I'm fine, Lin Xianchang accidentally hit his head and is bleeding profusely. We should find a doctor and apply some medicine."
Fang Guanshe hurriedly said, "I have a resident doctor in my Wu family. Let's go back to the mansion first."
Lin Chen was injured fairly seriously, and everyone hurried forward to support and help him.
Chen Yun was also concerned about Lin Chen's injury, as it was himself who had injured him. For a while, he forgot to return the Zhongkui charm.
He originally felt a bit guilty, but after checking it thoroughly, he found that Lin Chen's injury on the back of his head was much more serious than what he had just been injured. He estimated that Lin Chen must have bumped into something else just now, so it should not be his fault.
Chen Yun then felt better in his conscience.
On the way back, Lin Chen and Zhang Qian asked about the situation.
Li Si quickly repeated what Chen Yun had said just now.
After hearing what Li Si said, Zhang Qian and Lin Chen were astonished, repeatedly praising Chen Yun for having great fortune, being a lucky person under the beneficent celestial blessing. They marveled at how he could accidentally eliminate an evil spirit in such a dangerous situation, truly having excellent luck.
Chen Yun said a few more humble words.
……
Not long after, they arrived back at the Wu mansion.
When Wu Genshi heard that several people had been injured, he immediately ordered the house servants to call Dr. Zhou, a renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine who was stationed at the mansion.
Dr. Zhou examined everyone one by one and confirmed that they had no serious injuries. After that, he applied medicine to each of them and also prescribed several batches of medicine for the injured individuals to take according to his instructions.
After Dr. Zhou finished his work, he left.
Wu Genshi looked at the injured individuals and appeared very apologetic.
He turned to the maidservant beside him and said, "Xiao Cui, fetch the gold ingot."
The maidservant, dressed in a green long skirt, nodded and left immediately.
Chen Yun sat there without a word.
Lin Chen, Zhang Qian, and Li Si had a bad day and lost face today, so naturally, they had nothing to say.
In contrast, Fang Guanshi and Wu You kept praising Chen Yun for his skills, saying that he had just eliminated the evil spirit with a single move.
They were quite clever, not mentioning the child's urine at all, only saying that Chen Yun used divination to drive away the ghost.
As for Wu Lu, who was completely soaked, he went early to change his clothes.
Upon hearing this, Wu Genshi kept staring at Chen Yun, who sat calmly and steadily, thinking to himself that this was indeed a truly powerful and accomplished person.
A moment later, the maidservant entered with a wooden tray.
The wooden tray held several small gold ingots.
Wu Genshi glanced at them after taking a look, stood up, and bowed to Chen Yun and the others, saying, "Thank you for the brave deeds of rescuing my courtyard from ghosts. This token of appreciation is not much, but I hope you will accept it."
As the task of driving away ghosts was taken by Lin Chen, Chen Yun naturally couldn't speak up.
Lin Chen glanced at the gold ingots on the tray, paused, and said to Wu Genshi, "Mr. Wu, you've made a mistake. We agreed on ten taels of gold before. You're offering almost twenty taels now. We feel very unworthy of accepting such a generous gift."
It's clear that he has a strong sense of professional ethics and sticks to the agreed-upon price, without greedily taking more money when given extra.
Chen Yun quite likes Lin Chen's personality and believes that such a person would certainly achieve success if he were to engage in business.
"Oh." Wu Genshi waved his hand and said, "Initially, it was agreed upon that ten taels of gold would be paid. However, due to the injuries sustained by the several esteemed masters as a result of their efforts, the additional ten taels of gold are intended to cover the cost of their medical treatment. I sincerely hope that this token of appreciation will not be declined by you esteemed masters. If so, I would be consumed by guilt and unable to sleep or eat properly."
Seeing that Wu Genshi had gone to such lengths, Lin Chen could no longer refuse. He stood up, bowed, and said, "Alright, then Lin Chen will thank Mr. Wu on behalf of all my fellow masters and brothers."
Lin Chen then put the gold ingots away.
After chatting for a while longer, Lin Chen finally got up to leave.
Chen Yun, Zhang Qian, and Li Si followed Lin Chen as he left.
originally, Wu Genshi had planned to entertain them with a banquet, but due to the injuries sustained by the group, no one had the heart to eat or drink.
Wu Genshi personally saw the four of them off at the door.
This was a stark contrast to how he had made everyone wait at the beginning.
It can be seen that Wu Genshi is very practical and only respects people who have true skills.
Outside the mansion.
Outside the mansion, Wu Genshi warmly held Chen Yun's left hand, "Esteemed masters, when you come down from the mountains in the future, please always drop by my Wu mansion. I can't guarantee anything else, but I assure you that there will be plenty of good wine and food prepared."
Everyone could see that what he said was not just for the four of them, but for Chen Yun specifically.
"Okay."
"Come by whenever you have the time to chat."
"Wu Genshi, please return to your mansion. We also need to return to the mountain."
Chen Yun and Lin Chen and the others replied.
Wu Genshi then led his servants to turn and return to the mansion.
As soon as Wu's mansion closed the door, Lin Chen immediately took out the gold ingots.
Lin Chen spoke directly to Zhang Qian and Li Si, "Today, it was my young brother Chen who saved us. So he should take a larger share of the money. Do you two have no objections?"
"No."
"The Young Master Chen indeed deserves to take a larger share. Without him, we might have lost our lives."
Zhang Qian and Li Si, having barely escaped death, had no further objections.
Chen Yun initially declined, but Lin Chen, Zhang Qian, and Li Si insistently wanted him to take more gold ingots.
In the end, unable to resist the generous offer, he reluctantly accepted eight taels of gold.
The remaining twelve taels were divided equally among the three, with each person taking four taels of gold.
"We made eight taels of gold in one night!"
That's no less than eighty taels of silver!
Even though Chen Yun was wholeheartedly seeking the path to enlightenment, his heart was pounding with a mix of confusion and temptation from the money.
After all, eight taels of gold is quite a substantial amount. For a common laborer to earn without eating or drinking for six or seven years.
Just as he put the gold ingots away.
Chen Yun looked up and saw Lin Chen staring at him with "sentimental eyes."
Chen Yun's heart tightened as he thought, "Is this guy into homos?!"
Fortunately, Lin Chen quickly explained the reason.
He said with gratitude, "Chen younger brother, I originally wanted to bring you here to make some money. Who knew... who knew... ah, who knew you would save me. I'm truly grateful in my heart. If you have anything in the future, just let me know, and as Lin Mo, I will certainly go through fire and water for you."
Zhang Qian quickly said, "I'm the same way."
Li Si also nodded, "I am as well."
Chen Yun is good at dealing with people and said with a smile, "You all don't need to say such polite words, we are all brothers."
"Yes! We are all brothers!" Lin Chen stretched out his hand and firmly grasped Chen Yun's right hand, "Let's bind ourselves together as gold-card brothers when we return to the preaching hall. We will share both good fortune and hardship together."
"Alright, let's be bonded by gold card."
"Shared blessings and shared difficulties!"
Zhang Qian and Li Si also placed their hands on the backs of their hands.
Chen Yun, despite his dislike for such gestures, knew that he couldn't disrespect everyone's feelings. So, he graciously agreed to their proposal.
Then, everyone retracted their hands and were ready to return to the mountain.
Suddenly, Lin Chen sniffed around and said, "Brothers, do you smell anything unusual?"
Zhang Qian sniffed and said, "Nope."
Li Si also looked around and sniffed, shook his head and said, "Nope."
Lin Chen seemed to have found something and brought the right palm he had just held Chen Yun's hand to his nose to smell.
Then...
Ugh!
Lin Chen was almost overwhelmed by the urine odor and felt like vomiting.
Chen Yun stood there in silence, thinking to himself, "Why did you have to grab my hand that's been contaminated with urine? Couldn't you have grabbed a different one?"
