Gu Yanfei closed her eyes completely, her senses magnified several times.

The evening breeze is as cold as water, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard are dancing in the wind.

She could clearly hear the sound of the wind blowing through the branches, the sound of falling flowers, the sound of water flowing, the flapping of birds' wings... and the almost inaudible sound of insects.

After a while, she finally opened her eyes and became convinced -

The spiritual energy of this small world is so thin that it is almost non-existent. Even a genius with a heavenly spiritual root will not be able to draw the energy into his body in his entire lifetime.

Without the ability to practice, she can only be a mortal with no power to restrain a chicken.

The cool breeze outside blew in through the window, and a pile of white paper under the paperweight was blown up by the wind, making a "squeaking" sound.

Gu Yanfei took out a piece of paper, laid it flat on the desk, and then began to grind the ink slowly. The ink sticks swirled around and around on the inkstone, and the fragrance of the ink gradually became stronger...

The candlelight on the desk reflected Gu Yanfei's black pupils extremely brightly, just like the night sky filled with vast stars.

Confucius said: "Don't worry about not having a position, worry about it, so you can establish it. Don't worry about not knowing it yourself, ask for it so you can know it."

After experiencing two lives, Gu Yanfei can deeply understand the profound meaning of this sentence. In life, if you want to gain a foothold, you must have a skill.

Gu Yanfei picked up a langhao pen, dipped some ink on the tip of the pen, and wrote the words "Taoist Medicine" on the paper.

These two characters are written like flowing clouds and flowing water, powerful and powerful, and the pen is closed cleanly, giving people a feeling of free and easy writing.

Gu Yanfei stared at these two words quietly.

The “Tao” of Taoist medicine is not the Tao of Taoism.

Taoist medicine uses Tao to benefit life and heal the world. It is not only good at using herbal decoctions, prescriptions and acupuncture to treat diseases, but also includes the use of Daoyin, breath regulation, inner elixirs, bigu and other health-preserving methods. In addition, there are Tao, virtue, talismans,

Various methods such as divination, fortune-telling, curses, fasting, sacrifices, and prayers are used to manage both body and soul, forming a self-contained system.

When she was in the world of cultivation, she was a medical practitioner and became a disciple at the age of fifteen.

Master taught her that all things come to the same destination through different paths, the "Tao" is in things, and things are in the "Tao".

This small world will naturally have its "Tao".

Gu Yanfei curled her lips and smiled, her smile as bright as the peonies blooming under the moon.

"girl."

Juan Bi's voice sounded outside the door.

After Gu Yanfei answered, Juan Bi pushed open the door and entered the room, carrying a food box in one hand and unable to hide the worry on her delicate round face.

"Girl, the lady in the kitchen told the slave that Aunt Xu is going back to the capital." Juan Bi put down the food box and reported, "Aunt Xu said that you have no rules, girl. Returning to the capital will also embarrass the Hou Mansion. She

I won’t take you back.”

Juan Bi frowned tightly, feeling very worried.

With Nanny Xu's temperament of spending every penny, she will definitely complain to the Tai Madam after she returns to Beijing, and the Tai Madam's likes and dislikes will determine whether the second girl can return to Beijing...

Gu Yanfei didn't even move his eyes or eyebrows, and said three words without emotion: "Let her go."

"But..." Juan Bi wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Gu Yanfei.

"Have someone go to Xijiao Mountain to collect the body." After saying that, Gu Yanfei stood up and walked to the dressing table, and took out a pair of red gold earrings inlaid with pearls from the dressing box. "You took these earrings to Dou's pawn shop, hire someone to pawn them."

manage."

Juan Bi took the earrings, feeling warm in her heart, and then felt a strong sour feeling.

Aunt Xu wanted to give the girl a blow, and no one in the house would listen to the girl. They had no choice but to hire someone outside to collect the body.

Thinking of the tragic death of the carriage driver Lao Wang and Mrs. Zhang, Juan Bi felt a heavy weight on her shoulders.

"Girl, don't worry, I will take care of it right away." Juan Bi accepted the order and left in a hurry. For a while, she forgot what Nanny Xu said she was leaving.

The news of Juan Bi going out immediately reached Nanny Xu's ears.

A woman in her early fifties with brown spots on her face looked at Nanny Xu with an apologetic smile, and said flatteringly: "I deliberately exposed Juan Bi, and Juan Bi was so frightened that she almost dropped her food box. She went to the second place just now

After I got to the girl's place, I hurried out."

"I think the second girl knew she was wrong and asked Juan Bi to go out and buy some good things to honor you, grandma!"

Nanny Xu picked up the tea cup, curled her lower lips calmly, and sighed: "The second girl grew up outside and has a weird temperament... We who are slaves can only be more tolerant."

Aunt Xu had just knocked out one of her front teeth, and now when she opened her mouth, there was a black hole between her lips, so her speech was inevitably a little leaky.

The mother-in-law said yes again and again and said some flattering compliments.

Next to them, two little maids were packing their bags and coming over from time to time to ask for instructions from Aunt Xu.

"Mrs. Feng, go and keep an eye on the second girl."

Aunt Xu dismissed Mrs. Feng casually, with a flash of cruelty in her eyes: The second girl made her lose face in front of the servants, and she would never let it go.

However--

A stick of incense passed, an hour passed, two hours passed... When the candle burned out, the moon set and the sun rose, Nanny Xu never waited for Gu Yanfei to come.

"Mother Xu, your bags are all packed. Old Li is here to ask when we will set off..."

After breakfast, the little maid came to ask Aunt Xu for instructions, not daring to look directly at her gloomy face.

After not sleeping well all night, the calmness on Nanny Xu's face had long since disappeared, replaced by embarrassment and anger.

She placed the tea cup heavily on the coffee table beside her. The heavy sound of the collision made the little maid's heart tremble and her head hung lower.

"..." Nanny Xu rubbed her temples anxiously.

Now, she had only two options, either she would be slapped in the face and not leave, or she would leave the second girl behind and return to Beijing immediately.

Of course she was eager to choose the second path, but the problem was that it would be difficult for her to return to Beijing alone without the second girl.

I still remember that before she set off from the capital in June, Mrs. Tai had specifically told her to teach the second girl good manners, as this was related to the face of the Gu and Fang families.

The Dowager attaches great importance to the marriage between the Marquis and the British Duke, and is waiting for the second girl to return to fulfill the engagement.

There is no room for error in this job... To put it harshly, if she can't handle it, there are still many people in the Hou Mansion waiting to take over!

Thinking about it, Nanny Xu felt a throbbing pain in the missing tooth, as if the pain penetrated directly into the bone marrow.

"Mother Xu, it's not good!" Mrs. Feng shouted in a fuss and hurried into the house, her round chin and bloated body trembling as she ran.

Nanny Xu felt disgusted with Mrs. Feng's vulgarity, but she still asked, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Feng replied: "This morning, when Mrs. Qian passed by Dou's pawnshop, she was stopped by the clerk there. The clerk said that someone went to the pawnshop to pawn a pair of earrings last night, and the earrings had the mark of our Hou family.

"

"Now, there are rumors outside that our Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is in decline and has no money... and is about to be de-ranked."
Chapter completed!