Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family - Chapter 738 - Chapter 738: Chapter 738: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey

Chapter 738: Chapter 738: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey

Zhao Yuanlang didn’t hesitate to agree to his proposal.

Di Yelei didn’t respond, but instead crouched and sneaked for a while before standing up and walking boldly to the Taoist temple’s door to knock.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

The sound of knocking was particularly loud in the quiet valley.

Almost at the first sound of the door, the elder Daoist inside the temple suddenly opened his eyes.

A green light flashed quickly in his eyes, then vanished.

“Has it finally come? Thirty years! This poor Daoist has been waiting for you for thirty full years. This time, I will not allow any mistakes to happen. Never!”

Di Yelei knocked for quite a while and patiently waited for a moment before faint sounds came from inside.

“Who’s there?”

An old voice rang out.

“Taoist master, I’m a hunter from the Upper Village. I want to come in and have some water. Is it possible?”

Inside, there was silence again. Just when everyone thought there was no one talking, faint sounds came from inside. A moment later, the door of the Taoist temple was pulled open from inside, revealing an old figure.

“Oh, it’s Third Son Di! Please, come in.”

The Daoist master opened the door: “Why don’t you invite your friends to come in and sit?”

Di Yelei, Zhao Yuanlang, and the others were all stunned! Apparently, they hadn’t expected this old Daoist to notice them.

Since they had been discovered, Zhao Yuanlang no longer planned to hide. He also walked out of his hiding place one after another and walked over.

“My respects to the Taoist master!”

Zhao Yuanlang straightened his clothes, but he and the others had been running for their lives all night long, and not only were they injured, but they were also in a sorry state.

Although Zhao Yuanlang was disheveled at the moment, he had been born noble and had been in a superior position all his life, so he naturally exuded a strong aura of one who occupied a higher position.

However, the old Daoist master didn’t pay attention to these things. A green light flashed in his eyes, and when he swept his eyes over Zhao Yuanlang, he saw a golden dragon roaring and tumbling inside his body! This golden dragon seemed to realize that someone was spying on the secrets of heaven, and suddenly turned its head, with a flash of golden light in its dragon eyes.

The old Daoist master was so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew his Taoist techniques and fell to the ground with a shudder. It took him quite a while to get up.

The sudden change in the old Daoist’s complexion led Zhao Yuanlang to mistakenly believe that it was the bloody smell on their bodies that had frightened the other party.

He smiled awkwardly, “We met a wolf pack in the mountains and have been running ragged ever since. We didn’t mean to disturb the Taoist master and intended to drink some water and leave. We didn’t expect to disturb your practice, and it’s our fault.”

It took the old Daoist a long while to regain his composure, and he couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

“Never mind! People from outside bring convenience to themselves. Gentlemen, please come in! Please come in!”

Although the old Daoist was cordial in his words, he couldn’t help but feel bitter in his heart.

He seemed to have been scared and fell just now, but in fact, the golden light in the dragon’s eyes had hurt his Taoist techniques, and he could not use them at will for at least three days to reveal the secrets of heaven.

Zhao Yuanlang and the others naturally wouldn’t be polite, and they entered the Taoist temple one after another.

It was then that they discovered that the temple was truly empty, as Di Yelei had said. There was only one room in the middle with a clay statue of Qiu Chuji and a pumpon, while the side halls on both sides were crumbling and the walls had been hollowed out so that they were entirely uninhabitable.

Such a quiet and serene place was very suitable for their current situation, and it was clear that Zhao Yuanlang was also very satisfied with their current residence.

It wasn’t until the old Daoist brought food that everyone stopped caring about the surroundings and began stuffing food into their stomachs.

“Lord Father-in-law, your son-in-law has something to discuss with you.”

As everyone was eating, Di Yelei walked over to Zhao Yuanlang and whispered softly in his ear.

Zhao Yuanlang glanced at the still busy old Daoist master by the stove, put down the steamed cornbread in his hand, and nodded silently, then walked out with his hands folded behind his back.

He walked all the way to an open space outside before turning around to look at Di Yelei.

“What do you have to say?”

–

At the main entrance of the Di Residence.

“What, are you trying to stop me, the Prefecture Princess, from leaving the manor?”

Liu Sisi asked loudly, waving a dagger in her hand.

Many people in the scene were familiar with this pearl-studded dagger, which had one large and three small pearls. It used to be frequently seen being played with by His Majesty. Now that the person holding the dagger had changed to Liu Sisi, the pressure was equally difficult for people to adapt to.

Meng Caimai was sweating profusely, trembling with fear, but had no choice but to steel himself.

“Prefecture Princess, please don’t make it difficult for us. His Majesty ordered us to keep people from the Di Residence here, or the head under our necks won’t be safe.”

Her eyes flashed coldly, too fast to be caught, before returning to their original calm.

“Oh, are you not afraid that I, the Prefecture Princess, will kill you? You should know that I have a death-free gold token bestowed by His Majesty, which allows me to execute first and report later. If I kill you, you’ll just die in vain.”

Meng Caimai sighed softly and saluted Liu Sisi again with a fist.

“Prefecture Princess, please understand. You and I are each serving our masters! Besides, I dare not disobey His Majesty’s orders.”

Meng Caimai said apologetically, but no apology could be found on his joking face. Obviously, he didn’t take Liu Sisi seriously.

The people around were immediately discussing.

Meng Caimai had been in and out of the Di Residence frequently, and everyone had gotten used to him. They used to call him affectionately by his name. No one expected that he would suddenly say such things today, which angered everyone present.

“What a great each serving their own masters!”

Liu Sisi sighed to the sky and exhaled heavily! Her face was full of pain.

“Do you remember when we first started working together… after all, we were master and servant. You actually said such words today… It’s really heartbreaking to me, the Prefecture Princess.”

Those around watching whispered and discussed quietly.

Meng Caimai didn’t expect Liu Sisi to mention the past, so he laughed coldly: “Prefecture Princess, what are you talking about? Meng has always followed His Majesty’s orders. If His Majesty asks me to assist the Prefecture Princess, how can I dare not? Prefecture Princess, isn’t that right?”

“Meng Caimai is indeed no ordinary person. The ability to change face is simply against the heavens! Fine! Since that’s the case, I, Liu Sisi, will make it happen for you!”

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Liu Sisi raised the dagger in her hand, gently blew on the blade.

Meng Caimai’s face lit up with joy!

It seemed that the right move had been made to stop the people of the Di Residence by bringing up His Majesty.

“Prefecture Princess is wise, thank you for your help!”

Liu Sisi slowly approached him, walking right up to his front, her hand suddenly rising and the dagger falling, the dagger accurately cutting across Meng Caimai’s neck.