Chapter 28

TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22

The woman was not to be outdone: "If it weren't for you, how could my husband be like this?"

    The man rolled his eyes, "Can you be reasonable, sister? Did I tell you what the consequences would be when I sold you the medicine? You agreed at the time, but now you're coming to me when something goes wrong. Tell me, has your husband changed his mind after taking the medicine?"

    The woman's face changed a few times, but she admitted, "I tricked him into taking the medicine and told him that he could only love me and no one else in his life, or else the medicine would backfire. He did obey at first and stopped going to that vixen."

    The man added, "That's the way things are, my lords, and that's the way the situation is. I'm sure you've all heard what's right and what's wrong, and I don't need to say any more."

    "Do you really have the medicine to change someone mind?" If it was before, Yan Shi would only think that this was a charlatan. But after experiencing the disappearance case in the Imperial City, he felt that there must be a side of the world that he did not know about. Looking at the two of them, it seemed that the medicine was real, so he asked.

    The man smiled at Yan Shi, "Naturally, there is.

    Hua Ling clung to one of Yan Shi's arms like a chicken protecting its food: "Brother--"

    "There are still people of Master Guan's status and this kind of looks who can't get what they want?" The man glanced ambiguously towards Yan Shi, his eyes swept over the line of people, and when his gaze landed on Jiang Qingyue's body, it instantly brightened a few degrees, but quickly returned to normal and continued, "Don't worry, as long as you take my medicine there's nothing you can't do."

    A flash of light seemed to come out of Hua Ling's eyes as he looked at Yan Shi and then at the man and whispered, "Really?"

    The man patted his chest, "Naturally it's true, just ask that big sister."

    Hua Ling's two index fingers touched each other, "Then, then I want it." To whom it was for was unclear.

    Yan Shi coughed lightly in embarrassment, "How is that man doing now? Is there a cure?"

    The woman immediately burst into tears again, "He couldn't resist going to look for the fox spirit, but he came back the next day and he was sick. My lord, my husband is dying."

    The man waved his hand impatiently, "Go, go, go, go, who said he was going to die?

    The woman looked at the man with a tear-stained face, "There's still help? Then why didn't you say so before?"

    The man returned with a straight face, "You didn't ask me before, but as soon as you saw me, you grabbed me and wouldn't let go.

    The woman was silent at that.

    Yan Shi said, "Where is your home? Take us there."

    The woman's house was not far from here, and it did not take long to arrive. Not only did Yan Shi follow her, but there were also many people watching. This elixir that makes people change their mind is so rare that everyone wants to come and see if it is true or not.

    When they arrived at the house, there was a blue-faced man lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed and his breath in his throat.

    As soon as the woman saw the man in bed, two tears flowed out again. I heard that he is lazy and does not earn a single penny, spending your hard-earned silver and using it to support other women. Why do you need a man like that? It's better to let him live on his own."

    The woman wiped her tears: "But he is still my husband, what will I do if he dies?"

    Hua Ling couldn't help but say, "We can remarry in the Great Abyss Dynasty."

    In the Great Abyss dynasty, widows were not ridiculed for remarrying, but were supported by the government. It was a good thing that widows who remarried had children again, adding to the population of the Great Abyss Dynasty.

    Seeing the woman's hesitation, he knew what she had in mind. The man waved his hand: "It's just that, since you want him to live, I will save him. But my method of saving him will be kept secret and no one else will be allowed to see it."

    Yan Shi instructed, "Sang Yu, tell them all to go out and Qing Yue to stay." He then looked at the expectant young wife and added, "Mingting should also stay."

    The man looked at Yan Shi and said, "Your Excellency, I have said that my method of saving people is not to be passed on, so I am afraid it is not good for you to be here."

    A dangerous light flashed in Yan Shi's eyes, "The Da Lisi is handling the case."

    The man touched his nose and said nothing more, taking out a small white porcelain bottle from the medicine chest he was carrying.

    He opened the bottle and a pungent smell wafted out from it. He placed the porcelain bottle under the nose of the man on the bed, and within a few moments the man reacted.

    He rolled over and vomited a few times on the edge of the bed, finally vomiting out a puddle of filth. A putrid smell spread through the air and Hua Ling covered Yan Shi's nose with his hand. When Hua Ling looked at it, he was so frightened by what was on the ground that he burrowed into Yan Shi's arms, crying out "Brother, Brother" like a frightened chick looking for comfort under a hen's wing.

    On the floor, there was no need to go into detail about the filth. What attracted Yan Shi was the long, thin, white worms that were still wriggling around inside, about a finger long and the thickness of a hair.

    If everyone in the room hadn't seen it, they would have thought it was their own illusion.

    Yan Shi heart was clear, it seemed that this man was really something else.

    The man took out another pill and put it into the patient's mouth, "He will sleep for a while after taking this medicine, and when he wakes up, he will be completely cured."

    "Is this a compulsion?" Although he knew that it might be the legendary compulsion, he had not seen it with his own eyes.

    The man put the medicine bottle away in the medicine box, "Exactly, this is called 'Love Silk Compulsion', in our place, many girls who are going to be married will use it on their husbands. With it, the husband will be obedient and will never dare to think of other women again. However, those girls would only put the parasite on, but not remove it. If their husbands really have any evil intentions, they will have to wait for death."

    Hua Ling shrank in fear, "Then I don't want it, I'd rather my brother not like me than wish him ill."

    Yan Shi grabbed his wrist, his gaze deep, his voice low: "Mingting, I said I would try to like you." Hua Ling was practically falling into that gentle gaze.

    He looked at the man again and said, "This matter of compulsion is, after all, a side matter and must not be known, so if you want to cause less trouble, you naturally know what to say."

    The smell here was too unpleasant, and Yan Shi nodded towards Jiang Qingyue as a few people left the room.

    Outside the room, there was a group of people waiting to see what was going on. When the woman saw the door open, she asked eagerly, "How is my husband doing?"

    The man nudged towards the room, "Well, go in and have a look."

    Others crowded in, but when they smelled the putrid smell inside, they immediately retreated.

    The man said to the woman, "He will be fine when he wakes up. Now that your husband is well, I will leave."

    The woman knelt down and thanked Yan Shi again before going inside to look after her husband.

    When they came out of the woman's house, Yan Shi nodded at Jiang Qingyue when no one was looking, and Jiang Qingyue nodded in response.

    Although he knew that Yan Shi and Jiang Qingyue were not doing anything like that, he also knew that the two of them had serious business to attend to. But the tacit understanding between the two was something he could not interfere with, and his teeth were a little sour.

    Yan Shi summoned Sang Yu and whispered a few words to him, then Sang Yu quietly left the couple and went elsewhere. He was silent all day, and when he was with Yan Shi, he only followed him not too far behind, so when he left, Jin didn't even notice.

    After lunch, Yan Shi sent Jin back. He took Hua Ling and Jiang Qingyue back to the royal residence.

    When they arrived at the main hall, there was already a man waiting there, the same man who had practised medicine earlier. Yan Shi wanted to take him under his wing as soon as he saw that he knew how to use compulsions, but since he had made such a fuss in the street, if he were to be brought back, he was afraid that the murderer in the Imperial City disappearance case would find out and alert the snake, so he asked Sang Yu to bring him back.

    "So you're still a prince." The man said as soon as he saw Yan Shi.

    "Sit down," Yan Shi told him to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea, "I wonder what your name is?"

    The man sat down and said, "My name is Qu Liu."

    Yan Shi asked again, "Are you from Miaojiang?"

    Qu Liu Goblet looked at the clothes he was wearing and smiled, "No, I just spent a few years in Miaojiang. I have to find a good identity for myself to sell medicine, so that people can be convinced."

    Yan Shi said, "I wonder if Mr. Qu is willing to stay?"

    "Yes, selling medicine to anyone is selling medicine to everyone, and finding a big customer will save me from walking around the streets all day, and the Prince will take care of any problems I encounter. I just don't know how much silver the Prince will pay me each month?" Qu Liu Goblet swept his eyes slightly at Jiang Qingyue again, only no one noticed, "Also, all the things I use on a regular basis must be covered by the Prince, these are not counted in the monthly money."

    Yan Shi did not expect him to agree so quickly, but this was a good thing, Yan Shi said a number, and Qu Liu Goblet nodded with great satisfaction.

    After the two sides had agreed, Yan Shi asked, "I wonder if Mr. Qu knows about the disappearance case in the Imperial City?"

    "Naturally I do," Qu Liu Goblet replied, "and I also know that some foolish people say that it is a heavenly punishment, but in fact it is just some corpse-transforming water."

    Yan Shi was delighted: "As you travel the world, do you know who still has this corpse water in their hands?"

    Qu Liu Goblet said, "I really don't know, but I may be able to help the Prince find the murderer."