Chapter 52

  Because of the weather, Little Phoenix Maiden had been holding her breath underwater for half a day and was finally forced by Madame Pang to drink a bowl of medicinal soup.

  Actually, it's already early May, but there's nothing special about it. However, a mother's love is the greatest and most powerful, so she can only obey.

  After drinking the medicine at Pang Fu's place, she grabbed that trashy pearl and returned to her own embroidery building, with Hong Yi Yu Mao and Xiao He naturally following.

  Little Phoenix Maiden decided to take a closer look at this broken pearl.

  Then she realized that this pearl had been polluted by the blood contract, and its original clear and spiritual energy had been contaminated for hundreds of years, so it would gradually become transparent and eventually turn into an intangible body. If not reunited with its master again, it would probably be doomed to disappear into thin air in the near future.

  Moreover, due to the disappearance of its spiritual power, it can no longer recall its original form, only knowing that it needs to find its master, remembering only its master's appearance and aura, everything else is vague.

  After asking for half a day, Little Phoenix still couldn't find the answer she was looking for.

  Alas... it's inevitable, in life, things don't go as planned nine out of ten times, normal!

  "Xiao Ling will slowly recover her spiritual power as long as she stays with her master," said Zhenzi.

  "Oh, I'll let Xiao He sew a small bag and put you in it."

  "No need, no need, Xiaoling can follow her master by herself."

  "Get lost! You're a pearl floating around me all day, people who don't know might think it's a ghost. Honestly, just stay in my pocket."

  The little pearl was so scared that she didn't dare make a sound anymore.

  Little Phoenix Maiden pulled the purse strings tight and tied it around her wrist, that was all, she was ready to wash up and go to bed.

  What a thrilling day today is! I wonder if I'll have nightmares tonight?

  As a result, Little Phoenix really had a nightmare that night, and it was all about bloody killings.

  Xiaohe woke up in the middle of the night and saw a red glow shining from within the bed curtains, which shocked him greatly. He quickly rolled over and opened them to find that the young lady lying on the bed was surrounded by a blood-red halo, but her body was emitting a faint white light that gradually absorbed the bloody mist.

  Zhan Zhao rushed into the room at the first sound of Xiao He's strange noise and also witnessed this strange scene.

  "Zhan... sir..." Xiao He's entire body was trembling.

  "Don't worry, I think your family's young lady should be fine." Zhan Zhao gazed at the layer of white light that was protecting Lu Xiao Feng and said slowly. It would be more accurate to say that the white light was purifying the bloody mist rather than absorbing it.

  Lu Xiaofeng's face, wrapped in a layer of pure and radiant light, occasionally showed a look of horror and shock. His body didn't move at all, only the cold sweat constantly rolling down his forehead revealed his suffering at this moment.

  Xiaohe didn't dare leave.

  Zhan Zhao also did not dare to leave his side for a moment.

  They stayed by Lu Xiaofeng's bedside like this, accompanying her through the long and tedious night, welcoming the dawn.

  "Master... Master..."

  Lu Xiaofeng woke up to the call of Zhu Zi Xiao Ling, and when he opened his eyes, what he saw was no longer a pale pink, almost transparent pearl, but a colorful, radiant gem.

  "How did you end up like this?"

  "Thank you, Master." Pearl's small spirit happily danced around her in circles, "Master used his own heavenly energy to wash away the bloody guilt on my body."

  Lu Xiaofeng grasped the gleaming pearl and rubbed it against his back teeth, asking, "Tell me, what impact will this have on me?" She didn't believe in free lunches in this world; that was just a fairy tale.

  Zhuzi's soft voice became somewhat weak, "The master's merits will be affected."

  "That is to say, you washed away your sin of blood guilt, but lost my merit? Is that right?" This is too unfair, she didn't do it voluntarily, does this count?

  Pearl is small and clever by default.

  "Lu Nang." A voice with a smile suddenly sounded.

  Lu Xiaofeng suddenly lifted his head and only then discovered that Zhan Zhao was actually standing in front of his bed!!!!!!!!!!

  "What are you doing standing here, little cat?"

  "The young lady had a strange occurrence at night, so I guarded her for one night." Zhan Zhao said truthfully.

  Xiaohe nodded in agreement, "Yes, miss, you last night..." and went on to describe the strange scene from last night.

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't have time to continue investigating Zhan Zhao's affairs at this moment. She pinched the pearl and gritted her teeth, saying: "So it was you who did all those killings I dreamed of last night? How many evil deeds have you done over the years?"

  "Master, I'm so stupid...I was deceived into signing a blood contract, and because of the contract, I have no control over my own body..."

  Indeed, there's no cure for human foolishness!

  "It's better for foolish people to have fewer ideas of their own."

  Xiao Ling was wrong.

  "Is this pearl your true self?"

  "No."

  "What?" Little Phoenix Maiden was furious, and with a slap, she slapped the pearl onto the bed. "Are you saying that if I want to restore my true form, I have to continue consuming your merits?" What's that thing called Heavenly Punishment True Qi?

  Xiaohe supported his forehead, always feeling that Miss getting up early in the morning to calculate with a pearl was somewhat out of tune.

  Zhan Zhao held his sword standing at the head of the bed, but he was watching with great interest.

  "Kokoro's true form is a hairpin that her master wears."

  Little Phoenix jumped down from the bed, ran to the dresser and picked up a hairpin and compared it with the pearl in her hand, then wailed, "Oh my god, it can't be more tragic."

  "Miss—— Can you pay attention to the fact that there is still Mr. Zhan in the house, and don't ruin your own image like this?"

  Xiaohe is speechless.

  "You think accumulating merit is easy? How can it be lost so easily? You broken bead, you should go to a secluded place to cultivate yourself, but instead you went to sign some kind of bloody contract with someone. Look at how far you are from even getting a hairpin now?" Ah, sister's merit, sister's heavenly aura...

  Tears streaming down...

  My heart has already turned against you!

  "Xiaohe, get me a stone, I must smash this thing today." Little Phoenix's anger rose to her head again, and she began smashing the pearls once more.

  However, it's still relatively easy to hold onto this bead today, and it already has a basic physical form.

  "Miss, what a beautiful pearl this is, spare it."

  "No way, I don't want to have nightmares every night, all about dead people's blood. How can I live like this?"

  The small spirit Pearl struggled in her fingers, calling out: "Master, you have already purified those bloody crimes, and you won't have nightmares anymore. From now on, as long as I follow Master's side and warm up, I will slowly recover."

  "Can you believe what this idiot is saying?" My sister now seriously expresses her doubts.

  Zhu Zi Xiao Ling finally broke free from the clutches of her evil master once again, floating to a place three feet away from him. "Master, Xiao Ling was wrong, Master please don't be angry."

  "Come over here and let me smash you, so everyone can be done with it."

  "Master, you've destroyed me and I'll have to consume some of my good karma to recover. It's not worth it."

  "Hey, isn't this blackmail?"

  "Because Xiao Ling is an object that accompanies its master, it is a manifestation of its master's spiritual power, so..."

  Damn it!

  It serves you right!

  "No way! Since you are a product of my spiritual power's illusion, isn't it just right that I destroy you with my own hands?"

  The little pearl spirit flew around her, "But, Master is no longer the Master of several hundred years ago."

  A mouthful of old blood, is there any?

  "Let it off, Lu Niang." Zhan Zhao didn't know what the pearl said, but listening to her one-sided conversation, he could roughly guess seven or eight out of ten. Suddenly, he felt that this pearl was stupid and cute.

  This is indeed a bead with a missing hole, saying whatever comes to mind, no wonder it was deceived into signing a blood contract and being controlled for hundreds of years.

  Lu Xiaofeng turned his head and glared at him, "Hey, Zhan Xiaomao, don't you understand the saying 'don't look if it's not proper'? I'm already awake, don't you think it's improper for you to still be in my room? Are you enjoying watching me make a fool of myself?"

  "Zhan Zhao has been in the house for a whole night." The implication is that what should be seen has been seen, and what shouldn't be seen has also been seen. Now it's too late to avoid suspicion.

  Xiaohe turned his head and smiled secretly.

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but feel that he had to re-recognize Zhan Zhao, "Are you really Zhan Zhao?" Could it be an impostor?

  "It is Zhan Mou."

  "Would you mind leaving now?" Luckily, Tai Shifu didn't see this, or his blood pressure would have risen by who knows how much.

  "I obey your orders."

  Zhan Zhao went out, and Xiao Feng pulled over Xiao He for re-education.

  "Xiaohe, I'm not particular about anything else, but this is my boudoir after all. My clothes are not even properly arranged and you dare to let an outsider come in and take a look? Isn't that also too risky?"

  "The young lady has taught me well, I have remembered."

  Zhan Zhao, who was standing outside the door, slightly hooked up the corner of his mouth and didn't think much of it.

  At night, I had a nightmare, which greatly discounted the quality of Xiaofeng's sleep. During the day, she naturally made up for her lost sleep in the house.

  For several days in a row, there was nothing out of the ordinary.

  Then one day, news finally arrived.

  Chai Wenyi was slapped to death by Wei Qingying, and Chai Wangye spat out a mouthful of blood and died on the spot.

  According to Lu Xiaofeng's speculation, it is estimated that it should be sudden cardiac death or myocardial infarction and so on. Anyway, Chai Wangye has passed away.

  The title of Marquis Xiao Wangfu fell on Chai Xiaojun's head in order.

  The matter of the Chai family has finally come to a perfect end.

  No, the matter of Wei Qingying has not been settled yet?

  "What about the master of the temple? Has he left Kaifeng?"

  "Whereabouts unknown."

  Xiao Feng's face fell, and she was actually unaccounted for? Doesn't that mean she still needs to be protected and raised in the Tai Shi Fu, without freedom?

  Zhan Zhao didn't tell her that since the spirit of the Mingzhi Temple had taken Wei Gongzi away and wasn't going to return, he wouldn't come back again to bother her.

  "I don't know how long Master Bao will lend you to the Tai Shi Fu either?"

  "We must ensure the girl's safety at all costs."

  "What about Lord Bao?" You're a die-hard fan of Lord Bao, aren't you? What's with "The world can do without Zhan Zhao, but not without Lord Bao" and "On the road to the underworld, in the land of darkness, Zhan Zhao will pave the way for Lord Bao"? Those are your famous quotes!

  Zhan Zhao slightly leaned her body forward and whispered in her ear: "Bai Yutang is here."

  So Lu Xiaofeng understood.

  Lu Xiaofeng pushed him away with one hand, fanning himself twice with the fan in his other hand, and walked to the side, leaning against the railing: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, if we don't go out now, we'll miss the good season."

  Zhan Zhao lowered his head and smiled, following her words: "Yes, June will be very hot."

  Lu Xiaofeng tapped the round fan on the railing, looking somewhat worried and said: "If it weren't for that bastard Chai Wenyi, I would have been carefree outside long ago." Why was she locked up in the tower?

  "In a short while, the girl will be free again."

  "I hope so."

  Things took a turn for the worse a few days later.

  Because Lord Bao is going out of the capital to inspect the governance of the prefectures and counties in the Beijing area, Zhan Zhao needs to return to the government office to listen to his instructions, so he can only leave the Taishi Mansion.

  In this case, Lu Xiaofeng told his Taishifu that he would follow Bao Daren on the same road out of Beijing, so it's good to have someone to take care of him.

  Tai Shi thought for a moment and agreed. Although he personally disagreed with Bao Zheng's political views, he still trusted Bao Heizi as a person.

  Two days later, Lu Xiaofeng's carriage and horses were mixed in with Bao Daren's entourage as they left the capital together.