Chapter 313 - Chapter 313: Chapter 309: Tattooed Face_1 (1/2)

Chapter 313: Chapter 309: Tattooed Face_1

Speaking of Yingbao,

By the time her ox-cart leisurely arrived in Prefecture City, it was already dark.

Although she was anxious, there was nothing she could do.

Once in the city, she headed straight for the Wen family’s residence.

When Lady Wen and Wen Shu saw Yingbao, they burst into tears of joy.

“Yingbao, are you hurt?”

Yingbao showed her wrist to Lady Wen and wrote a few words: “They bled me.”

Wen Shu quickly held her hand and said anxiously, “Don’t move, I’ll get the medicinal liquor.”

Yingbao nods. Her bandage on the wrist was dyed red with blood. It needed to be rewrapped and cleaned before applying another layer of medication.

If it weren’t for the Five Dingzhi pills she had been taking, she would have long become weak and powerless.

That damned Pei Shixian used some kind of medicine that slowed down her wound’s healing process, hence her wrist bandage constantly being soaked with blood.

Lady Wen helped Yingbao lie down on the bed and ordered the servants to find Master Zhou and tell him that Yingbao was back.

“Yingbao, what happened? Why can’t you speak?” Xiu Zhenniang asked.

“Pei Shixian and Han Yueniang took me to a basement and performed a sorcery ritual to transfer luck to Chen Tiantian.” Yingbao managed to write about the whole incident with a charcoal pen.

Xiu Zhenniang gritted her teeth in fury and immediately had her husband report it to the Prefectural Government Office.

Before long, Zhou Wuchang and his two apprentices hurried over.

When he learned the whole incident was done by Pei Shixian and his wife, he wasn’t too surprised.

Zhou Wuchang, uncommonly affectionate, gently touched Yingbao’s head and said comfortingly, “Don’t worry, your master will avenge you. You stay here with Lady Wen. I will come for you when I have taken care of everything.”

He then ordered Zhang Min, “Take good care of your junior apprentice sister. If anything else happens, you won’t be let off lightly.”

Zhang Min nodded despondently.

Thus, Yingbao began staying at the Wen family home, lying in bed for a day.

When she woke up, she heard about what Master Zhou had done to Pei Shixian’s family from Zhang Min.

“The Han mother and daughter tried to flee to Beijing by boat but were stopped and brought back by my master for trial at the Prefectural Government Office.”

Zhang Min excitedly recounted, “I heard from Elder Apprentice Brother that Master Zhou drained half a bowl of blood from Chen Tiantian and fed it to a black dog.”

Yingbao was puzzled, and wrote in her small notebook: “Why?”

“Hehe, Elder Apprentice Brother said this is the method of transferring the universe’s energy, which feeds her sins to the black dog to cleanse her soul.” Actually, it’s just payback for her drinking Yingbao’s blood.

“What happened after that? Were they punished?” Yingbao wrote swiftly with her charcoal pen.

Zhang Min frowned, “Pei Shixian denied practising the magic of disgust and kept defending himself. It seems like Magistrate Wang somewhat favours him.”

Yingbao’s expression darkened. Just when she heard Zhang Min whisper, “Don’t worry, today Master chopped off one of Pei Shixian’s hands in court. He also had letters tattooed on the faces of the Han mother and daughter.”

Yingbao’s eyes widened.

Zhang Min whispered, “In master’s hand is the purple gold dagger bestowed by the Emperor, meant to execute corrupt officials. He used that to avenge you.”

At this, Yingbao’s eyes sparkled, and she yelled, “That’s great…” Although her voice was hoarse, she managed to produce sound.

“Eh? Junior Apprentice Sister, you can speak!” Zhang Min exclaimed with surprise, “I’ll tell Master about this.”

Yingbao also wanted to go.

She wanted to see what words had been tattooed on Chen Tiantian’s face.

Under the accompaniment of Lady Wen, the young apprentice siblings made their way to the entrance of the Prefectural Government Office.

By then, quite a crowd had gathered around the office. Most of them were curious townsfolk, and there were also around ten Taoists.

Yingbao and Zhang Min jumped off the carriage and squeezed into the crowd.