Chapter Twenty: Its Goodness

  "Daughter, I remember what to say, but what if they hit me again?" asked Banqin, kneeling on the cushion and refusing to get up.

  Jiangniang was looking at the words on the screen again, her hand slowly writing on the armrest.

  "You're not one of them," she said.

  The celery was stunned for a moment before responding with a "oh" of understanding.

  "Ah, yes! I wasn't bought by them, I was bought by Old Lady Zhou and given to my mistress as a gift." She said with a smile, giggling at Jingniang, "I belong to my mistress!"

  She saw that she understood, so Cheng Jiuniang stopped talking.

  "Well, then, Miss, are you still not going to say that it was you who cured Fourth Master?" asked Ban Qin again.

  Jiangniang stopped and looked at Banqin, moving her lips slightly.

  Sometimes I want to say something but can't express it, and it's really painful.

  "For now, we want small gains, better." She managed to express her meaning with the simplest words.

  Half of the celery is somewhat dazed.

  "They don't believe me," said Jingniang, "It's easier for them to believe you than me, let them believe you first, and the rest will follow slowly."

  Ban Jin still wanted to ask something, but the servant woman waiting outside the door was impatient and urged again.

  "Go away, I'm tired and don't want to talk." said Cheng Jiaoniang, leaning against the armrest.

  The girl's body is not very good, and her words are not fluent. If the old master and his wife really come to ask, it will be hard for the girl to explain clearly. Let's wait a bit longer until she gets better. For now, let's just take credit first and gain some benefits, so they can live a slightly better life.

  Half of the celery suddenly realized, the daughter said that it's better to have a small success now, is that what you mean?

  Following his wife, he became more and more clever!

  "Yes, I know, wife, I'm going." She happily bid farewell and stood up.

  Mr. Cheng had already heard what Mrs. Cheng had told him, but he wasn't very interested in the petty thoughts of women in the inner house.

  In his opinion, whether it was something this girl had thought of herself or been told by others, it was all just a trick used by charlatans and quacks.

  I think Madame is making a big deal out of something small, or her attitude is somewhat inappropriate.

  Why scold and intimidate instead of rewarding?

  "How can this be considered a reward? How can it be said to be for the good of Fourth Master?" Madam Cheng's face sank as she spoke, "To actually be deceived by others and dare to act in such a way, this time you were lucky to have escaped unscathed, but next time if someone says that eating poisonous medicine will have some effect, will she then take the poisonous medicine to feed Fourth Master?"

  Chun Lan was so frightened that her soul flew away and she scattered, crying and knocking her head.

  "I don't dare, I don't dare," she sobbed.

  This sounds like it might be right, but somehow doesn't feel quite right.

  Cheng Da Lao Ye and Cheng Er Lao Ye furrowed their brows.

  Maybe this is what they call women's logic.

  "How could she do such a thing? You're thinking too much," said Mr. Cheng.

  The servant's wife at this moment came in from outside and said that half of the celery had arrived, interrupting the conversation in the room.

  "This is the one..." Old Master Cheng asked, he couldn't think of what that fool's name was for a moment. As an elder, it wasn't proper to directly address that fool in front of so many people, so he had to be vague, "the girl?"

  "Yes, I am Xiaoyanzi's maid Banqin. I have seen the master and mistress." Banqin said with a bow.

  She performed a curtsy rather than a kneel, and after finishing the curtsy, she knelt down.

  "How dare you!" Madam Cheng shouted with raised eyebrows.

  Even she herself didn't know whether it was this girl's attitude that was too bold or the things she did were too bold.

  But after finishing this sentence, she also felt unsure of what to say next.

  How could he be so bold as to harm the Fourth Master? On the contrary, it was a lifesaver.

  It's just that this lifesaving is too sneaky, as the mistress of the Cheng family, she really can't bear it.

  "I don't dare," said Ban Jin.

  Unlike last time, perhaps it was because of the words reminded by Cheng Jiaoniang that she remembered in her heart, she suddenly wasn't so afraid of Master and Mistress Cheng.

  "Was it you who secretly scared Fourth Master?" Old Master Cheng asked, taking over the conversation.

  "Yes." Ban Jin replied without hesitation, glancing at Chun Lan who was crying uncontrollably on the ground and unable to get up, "Don't blame her, it's all because of what I told her."

  "We don't need you to teach us what to do!" Madam Cheng shouted in a cold voice, "Who told you to do this? What are you thinking?"

  Ban Jin looked at Mrs. Cheng with a puzzled expression.

  "I'm fine, I just wanted to save Fourth Master," she said.

  "You, you, why didn't you come and tell me?" asked Madame Cheng angrily.

  "I said so, will madam believe it?" asked Ban Qin with a hint of grievance.

  Of course I won't believe it...

  Mrs. Cheng was speechless.

  "So you secretly instructed Chunlan? What do you take Fourth Master for? What if something happens..." She said angrily.

  "It won't work, madam." Half-chin smiled and waved his hand. "I've seen this symptom many times before. In the past at the Taoist temple, the Taoist nuns would do it like this, very simple."

  Madam Cheng gritted her teeth and didn't know what to say.

  "I originally wanted to tell the old lady, but you're not in Pingzhou. I'm afraid if I said it, no one would believe me. The fourth young master's illness can't be delayed. If we were in Pingzhou, it would be fine. As soon as I mention Qingyun Temple, everyone will definitely believe me." Half-chin said, her eyes shining brightly, her expression eager.

  She said up to here and thought of something, looking at Old Master Cheng II.

  "Second Master, you must know that our Qingyun Temple in Bianzhou is the most effective at driving out ghosts and evil spirits." she said.

  Cheng Er Lao Ye was asked with some dark face.

  He would rather there be no Qingyun Pavilion in this world, where he would especially go to pay attention to Qingyun Pavilion.

  Besides, seeking gods and asking ghosts is what those inner housewives would do, how could an official like him bother with it.

  He grunted and didn't say anything.

  Looking at this little girl's expression and listening to her crisp voice like a bean, the originally dull atmosphere in the house became somewhat lively.

  Cheng Da Lao Ye even unconsciously revealed a hint of a smile.

  "You're still quite bold, aren't you? Tell us properly and we won't disbelieve," he said.

  "Even if you two believe it again, it's still no match for Chunlan's letter," said Banqin.

  What a fool in front of a foolish girl, how can you say such things!

  Second Master and Second Mistress stared at Ban Jin, their expressions strange.

  Chun Lan knelt on the ground, wishing she could just die and get it over with.

  I knew it! That foolish girl is unreliable! What's gotten into her?!

  "Mrs. Cheng is about to have an outburst."

  Cheng Da Lao Ye took over the conversation ahead of time.

  "Why did you say that?" he asked.

  "Because you are the masters of the house, there are too many things to worry about. Chunlan is different, her eyes and heart only have one master, the fourth young master. As long as she can save him, never mind scaring her, I'd say even if it means using her own life, she wouldn't hesitate to give it up." Half Cinnamon said seriously.

  The young lady has said it all, which is why the old master and mistress are hard to deceive, while only Chunlan, who has a heart tied up in one place, is easier to deceive.

  Chun Lan didn't expect Ban Qin to speak up for her like that, and she burst into tears of sadness and joy as she knelt on the ground.

  Madam Cheng frowned, Old Master Cheng burst out laughing.

  "A woman's words are a woman's words." He smiled and said, his expression didn't show any blame.

  "Really, Master, Half Cabbage didn't say it wrong. At the beginning in the Taoist temple, the Taoist nuns treated people's illnesses, deceiving the whole family by using mashed scallions to block the patient's mouth and nose. If they had told the patient's family beforehand, they would not have believed that this could save lives." Half Cabbage said.

  At the mention of this, half of the celery is smiling, of course, this is not what the Taoist priests and aunts do. Those Taoist priests only know how to eat leeks, but they don't know that leeks can also cure diseases. Knowing that leeks can cure diseases is naturally the daughter-in-law's job.

  If that family had known that at the time, behind the screen in the house, their daughter-in-law was almost suffocated by her mother-in-law covering her mouth and nose, they would have fought to the death.

  "The masters said that some things are better done than said," said Banjin.

  "Well said, well said."

  There is someone outside the door who praises loudly.

  "He doesn't ask about the method, only the result, that's indeed the style of a great medical saint!" Liao Daifu applauded and said, "Wonderful, wonderful."

  When did Mr. Liao arrive? Mr. Cheng Da and Mr. Cheng Er hurriedly stood up, but then they were stunned again. In the hall outside, besides Mr. Liao, there was also a young man standing.

  The youth was sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a dark-colored round-necked robe, with a slightly dark complexion, sharp facial features, and stood there with an expressionless face.

  Young in years but with an air of majesty, hands resting on hips, adopting a sword-holding stance, although there is no sword at the waist.

  This posture is natural and casual, it can be seen as habitual.

  Is this, Liao Dafu's, disciple?

  A doctor's apprentice shouldn't have a murderous aura about him.

  That is a bodyguard? But a bodyguard shouldn't have an air of nobility about him.

  This is...

  "Are you the maid sent by my grandmother to the daughter of the Cheng family?" the young man asked.

  He didn't even glance at the people from the Cheng family who were present, but instead looked at Ban Jin who was sitting on the floor inside the house.

  Ban Jin turned back, and with just one glance, she felt dazzled and blinded, and was stunned, even forgetting what to say.

  The young man didn't wait for her response either.

  "Not bad, you're pretty good." He nodded, looking at her with a hint of arrogance.