SFS Chapter 108: Must Go Out
Chapter 108: Must Go Out
Poison Doctor Valley.
"This incident caused a sensation in the entire capital city back then," said Jingzhen.
Uncle Li drove the carriage and lined up slowly with the others. As it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were many people and carriages entering and leaving the city. The soldiers guarding the city gate were not that careful. They lifted the curtain and saw that they were two women. They said they were going out of the city to visit relatives, and waved their hands to let them go.
As soon as the carriage left the city gate, Uncle Li drove the carriage very fast without any urging. Fortunately, the roads in the capital were easy to travel on. Although there were many vehicles on the road, the roads were wide and there was no congestion. The carriage quickly left the capital and went to the Poison Doctor Valley.
In fact, the incident happened much later than they had imagined. The family was not from Beijing and had no relatives here. The door was closed on New Year's Day. Although some people found it strange, no one came to ask.
It was not until the evening that the son of a maid came and said that his mother had said she would go home for lunch today. He didn't think much of it when she didn't come back at noon, thinking she stayed here for lunch. When she still hadn't come back in the evening, he felt something was wrong, because it was her turn to rest in the afternoon, so he wanted to come and see what happened.
The man knocked on the door loudly, but no one answered from inside. The noise startled the neighbors, and they gathered together to discuss it, and then reported it to the government. People from the yamen came and broke down the door, and everyone was stunned by the tragic scene inside.
It is said that those who went in to see the scene together were afraid to sleep for many days after they returned. As long as they closed their eyes, they would see the bloody scene. It seemed as if all the blood in those people had been drained out, and one by one they became bloody monsters lying in a pool of blood. Their faces were distorted, and one could tell what kind of painful struggle they went through before death.
The government immediately posted a notice to arrest the criminals, and people only then knew that the wife of the brilliant minister was originally from the Poison Doctor Valley. For a time, people in the capital were in a panic, and they were afraid of encountering the master and servant, because they were from the Poison Doctor Valley. The legend of the Poison Doctor Valley had not been heard in the world for many years, and because of this incident, the Poison Doctor Valley reappeared in front of everyone.
The government's bounty was staggering, but no one dared to reveal the list. No one wanted to make enemies with people who played with poison. The yamen runners in charge of the hunt were even more terrified, and they prayed to the gods and Buddhas in their hearts not to let them meet the two women. They were afraid that they would be unlucky and meet the two evil stars. Should they arrest them or not? If they were arrested, how could they be easy to deal with someone who dared to wipe out the whole family and even spared their own children? If they sprinkled a handful of poison when they were arrested, it would be fatal, so no one did their job seriously. In addition, the family was wiped out, and there was no victim to complain, so the matter was finally left unresolved.
As for Xiao Xingxing and the others, they didn't get much rest along the way, and the young lady's condition was getting worse and worse. She was always drowsy and rarely awake. She relied entirely on Xiao Xingxing's acupuncture and forcing her to drink ginseng soup from time to time to keep her alive.
Little Xingxing was very sad, she knew that the young lady didn't have much time left. The beast had already kicked her to death, and it was hatred that made her hold on to her life. Now that her revenge had been taken, she collapsed all of a sudden, and now she was fighting for her life and wanted to return to the place where she had lived since she was a child.
Just half a month later, they finally returned to the small town below the Poison Doctor Valley. Xiao Xingxing left the carriage at the inn, and together with Uncle Li, they took turns carrying the unconscious young lady back to the Poison Doctor Valley.
After settling the young lady, Xiao Xingxing sent Uncle Li out of the Poison Doctor Valley again. She didn't dare to keep him, as who knew what the Poison Doctor Valley would face next.
She gave Uncle Li a silver note worth one hundred taels and some loose change, and told him to go to the inn to drive the carriage away and never return to the capital again. With this money and this carriage, his future life would not be too difficult.
Uncle Li took the banknote and said goodbye to her without saying anything. He didn't want to go back to the sad place in the capital. It would be good to go out for a walk. Everywhere is home.
When Little Star returned to the Poison Doctor Valley, the young lady had already woken up. She was in an unusually good spirit. She said, "Little Star, take me to see my father. I want to accompany him to make up for the guilt I have felt towards him over the years."
With tears in her eyes, Xiao Xingxing carried the young lady on her back to her master's grave step by step. The young lady leaned against the tombstone, touched it with her hand, and murmured something.
Little Star couldn't hear clearly what she was saying, so she moved closer. The lady touched her face with her hand, her voice almost inaudible: "Little Star... I'm sorry... I can't stay with you... Go out... Don't stay here... Go out..." Before she finished speaking, she fell silent.
Little Xingxing burst into tears. The young lady was gone, leaving her alone. What should she do? She held the young lady in her arms and sat in front of her master's grave. She fell asleep and was not awakened by the cold until the middle of the night. She got up, went back to find a hoe, dug a hole next to her master, wrapped the young lady in a quilt, and then buried her in it.
The dazed little Xingxing didn't know what to do next, but she remembered what the young lady said, go out, don't stay here. She walked out of the Poison Doctor Valley and stood at the foot of the mountain. She looked around in a daze, not knowing where she should go.