Chapter 40: Knocking on the door late at night for consultation

Chapter 40: Late Night Knock for a Consultation

As night deepened, the entire Yu Prefecture City quieted down.

The hazy moonlight streamed through the window lattice.

Zhao Qingmei said with a serious expression, “Brother, you mustn’t believe that old monk.”

Buddhism is not as good as many people imagine, nor is it as evil as those who advocate for its destruction claim; once a forest grows large, all sorts of birds will appear.

No one could be sure if that old monk would bewitch An Jing into converting to Buddhism.

After all, An Jing was just an ordinary Little Doctor; what if he was misled by the old monk’s deceptive words?

“What are you thinking?”

An Jing said, annoyed, “How could I possibly become a monk? Leave you to be a widow alone?”

“Brother, I knew you wouldn’t abandon me.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingmei’s lips curved into a slight smile, and she wrapped her arms around An Jing’s neck.

Her exquisite face, with eyes like autumn water, especially those crimson lips, made one yearn to kiss her.

“Knock, knock!”

“Is Little Doctor An in?!”

At this moment, a knocking sound came from the front hall.

Zhao Qingmei glanced at the door and said, “Someone knocking at this time of night must be for a very urgent matter. Husband, please go and see.”

An Jing frowned and quickly went to the front hall, opening the door.

“Little Doctor An, please come quickly! My Young Miss has a strange illness, and it’s very serious.”

The visitor was the Cao Family’s butler, who had come to Ji Shi Clinic once or twice before to get medicine.

The Cao Family was no ordinary family; it was one of the Four Great Families of Jiangnan Province, and Cao Anmin was a member of this Cao Family.

“I understand. Let me prepare my medicine box.”

An Jing nodded, then turned and walked back into the house.

“Wife, I need to go out for a consultation. You should rest first.”

“Wait, let Third Master go with you.”

“Forget it, I’ll go by myself.”

An Jing glanced in the direction of Li Fuzhou’s residence; a light was still on. That old fellow was probably going to stay up all night again studying erotic paintings.

“No, let him go with you.”

Zhao Qingmei insisted.

“Creak!”

Li Fuzhou walked out and looked at An Jing calmly, “I’ll go with Son-in-Law.”

“Third Master, thank you for your trouble.”

“No trouble at all.”

Seeing this, An Jing finally said nothing more. He quickly packed up and left with the Cao Family’s butler.

Zhao Qingmei, draped in an outer garment, watched their departing figures.

Tan Yun asked, “Young Miss, you’re letting Master go with him. Are you perhaps afraid…?”

“Do you know who the monk Huizhi, who appeared today, is?” A sharp glint appeared in Zhao Qingmei’s eyes.

Tan Yun thought for a moment and said, “The abbot of Faxi Temple. He probably knows some Buddhist martial arts, but there’s no Internal Energy leaking from his body, so he must be a Master. I think he should be at least as skilled as Ghost Face.”

In Great Yan, ancient temples like Faxi Temple were already rare, and for an abbot to suddenly arrive from the Western Regions, it was somewhat strange.

Zhao Qingmei slowly said, “That old monk said his name was Huizhi, and he is from Leiyin Temple. Leiyin Temple is a Chan Sect of Buddhism, and their Dharma names are quite different from those in Great Yan. But if converted to a Great Yan Dharma name, it should be Fa Zhi.”

“Fa Zhi!? Is it him?”

When Tan Yun heard these two words, her heart immediately trembled. “Monk Fa Zhi, the Head Monk of the Great Sun Courtyard of Leiyin Temple, he is a true Master of the Chan Sect! But he’s come to Faxi Temple to be an abbot?”

Monk Fa Zhi, the Head Monk of the Great Sun Courtyard, was a household name.

A Chan Sect Master coming to Great Yan, where Buddhism was in decline, to be an abbot, made it even more unbelievable. What could be the purpose of his trip?

How could one not speculate?

“Xiao Yun, have you felt it?”

Zhao Qingmei suddenly asked.

“What?”

“I feel that the Bottleneck that has been stagnant for a long time has started to loosen recently.”

“Me too, but what does that have to do with anything?”

Zhao Qingmei’s eyes darkened slightly, and she said nothing.

Inside the Cao Family mansion, although the night was deepening, the main hall was brightly lit.

“Madam, Dr. An has been invited.”

“Quick, quickly let him go and see.” The Old Madam, who had been waiting for a long time, urged quickly.

An Jing did not delay and was directly led to the Cao Family Young Miss’s boudoir.

At this time, the Cao Family Young Miss’s boudoir was already filled with several doctors, all well-known in Yu Prefecture City. They all had deeply furrowed brows, seemingly discussing something in low voices.

The few doctors glanced at An Jing as he entered, then continued their discussion.

“Old Madam, this…”

An Jing raised an eyebrow.

In Great Yan Country, Confucianism was prevalent, emphasizing that men and women should not touch each other, especially for women in their boudoirs. If this were to spread, it would not be good.

“Saving a life is more important.” The Old Madam naturally couldn’t care about anything else at this moment and quickly said.

“Alright.”

An Jing nodded, then came to the bedside of Cao Ling’er, the Cao Family Young Miss.

At this moment, Cao Ling’er’s face was pale, and her forehead was covered with a dense layer of cold sweat, as if she was in some immense pain.

Old Madam Cao said from the side, “Ever since Ling’er returned from Faxi Temple, she has felt this way, her whole body icy cold, and the Internal Energy in her body has frozen. Even all my Internal Energy poured into her body is useless.”

Li Fuzhou stood beside Cao Ling’er, his eyes sweeping over her. His heart immediately felt strange; the Yin and Yang Qi in this woman’s body had actually shifted.

Women are naturally a bit heavy in Yin Qi, but the Yin Qi of the woman in front of him was unusually dense, reaching a critical point. In his impression, only those who Cultivate Yin Evil Cultivation Technique would have such heavy Yin Qi in their bodies.

Besides that, only the flying corpses of the corpse drivers from the Southwest Southern Barbarian region would have such dense Yin Qi.

“This Little Doctor is fine for treating common colds, but how can he solve such a difficult and complicated illness?” Li Fuzhou frowned, thinking to himself.

It wasn’t that he looked down on An Jing, but rather that this symptom no longer fell within the scope of ordinary illnesses.

If An Jing were a famous doctor in the Jianghu, he might have a chance to try, but unfortunately, he was only a slightly famous doctor in Yu Prefecture City. He didn’t mix in the Jianghu, and with his medical skills, it would be difficult for him to achieve anything in the Jianghu.

Among the many famous doctors in the Great Yan Jianghu, four famous doctors were the most renowned.

Of the four great famous doctors in the world today, one was subdued by the Human Emperor and had long been seated in the imperial palace, becoming a member of the Imperial Physicians. Besides that, one of the four great famous doctors was called the Poison Hand Medicine King; this person was a member of the Demonic Sect, but this person is currently not within the borders of Great Yan.

The other two were also famous and highly respected.

An Jing extended two fingers and gently placed them on Cao Ling’er’s pulse. Immediately, a chill surged from her pulse; the sensation was like touching ice.

So cold!

It was as if there was a deep ice within this woman’s body, freezing all her blood and bones, and even her Yang Qi was frozen.

If it weren’t for Cao Ling’er having a fifth-grade Cultivation, and Old Madam Cao and other Masters pouring Internal Energy into her, she would have become a corpse long ago.

This was a sign of Yin Qi entering the body. The Yin Qi that entered Cao Ling’er’s body was slightly more than the Evil Qi that invaded An Jing that day.

But why would she be infected by Yin Qi? Could it be Faxi Temple?

Faxi Temple was an ancient Buddhist temple; how could it have evil Yin Qi?