Zhu Huaizhang, while pinching the old man's philtrum, shouted at Li Xiao, "Go find that swindler for me, and see what she's done..."
If she doesn't explain things clearly today, I'll make her regret it."
Li Xiao received the order and drove the carriage straight to Hat Mountain. From afar, he saw the swindler roasting a pheasant.
This is outrageous! One sentence from her caused a huge fight between the two families, and here she is, roasting chicken and eating.
The carriage screeched to a halt in front of Jin Shanyao.
Li Xiao jumped out of the car and shouted sternly, " Jin Shanyao, come with me!"
Jin Shanyao didn't even lift her eyelids, tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Meng Anzhi, "Eat."
Meng Anzhi took the chicken leg, frowned, and looked at the person who had come. "Who are you? What do you want with my aunt?"
"What happened?" Li Xiao laughed angrily. "Your aunt, in order to swindle five coins, made up a false accusation, causing a fight between the two families. That old man fainted from the shock! Non-Self master hadn't intervened in time, he might be dead by now!"
"Absolutely impossible," Meng Anzhi stood up and stood in front of Jin Shanyao. "My aunt's divination has never been wrong, and she would never make random accusations."
"What a unreasonable and stubborn girl, who only cares about family and not reason!" Li Xiao pulled off the token from his waist and raised it in the air. "Prefect of Qingzhou, order Jin Shanyao to come with me immediately for a face-to-face confrontation."
Jin Shanyao wiped her hands with a leaf and said calmly to Meng Anzhi, "Let's go. Since the prefect has summoned us, let's go."
After saying that, he called out to the grazing ox, "Let's go..."
The old ox mooed and slowly pulled the cart over. As soon as the two sat down, Monkey Treasure jumped on top, carrying a whole chicken.
The group quickly arrived at the village and headed straight for Liu Laogen's house.
Liu Laogen's house was surrounded by people.
Li Xiao was still tying up the carriage when Jin Shanyao went inside. At this time, the old man was still lying on the ground, barely breathing.
Meng Anzhi stepped forward to take his pulse and took out a ginseng pill from her bag to feed him.
Zhu Huaizhang frowned slightly. "What did you feed him?"
Meng Anzhi stood up and stood beside Jin Shanyao, calmly saying, "Ginseng pills, life-saving... Would you like some, sir? Ten taels of silver per pill."
Everyone gasped upon hearing this. The old man was so frightened he wanted to vomit, but no matter how much he gagged, it was no use. Was this girl going to ask him for money? He didn't have ten taels of silver.
Someone called out, " Old Man Guo... is your heart still hurting?"
The old man clutched his chest... his eyes suddenly lit up, "Hey, you know what, I can't feel my heart beating anymore."
This remark caused everyone to burst into laughter. "If the heart doesn't beat, then the person is dead."
Old Man Guo glared at him, then stood up and moved closer to Jin Shanyao, "Master... Liu Laogen won't return my ox."
Zhu Huaizhang's face was displeased. Even at this point, this old man was still so stubborn. Today, he would let everyone know that Jin Shanyao was a fraud.
" Shopkeeper Jin... let's begin. I want to see how you're going to help him find the ox."
The Jin Shanyao his hand and held out his hand in front of him, "This master will personally find Niu Wubailiang."
"I think you're obsessed with money," Zhu Huaizhang, flicking his sleeve and turning his face away.
Old Man Guo was so anxious that he stamped his feet, thinking to himself, "Why is Lord Zhu so irresponsible? I've lost my ox... You're not only making things worse, you can't help at all." He tossed the Jin Shanyao aside.
"Master, tell me where it is, I'll find it myself..."
Jin Shanyao glanced coldly at Liu Laogen, "He's in the haystack behind his house."
Zhu Huaizhang chuckled, "In the haystack... you really dare to say that. Wouldn't the cow suffocate if it hid in the haystack?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Guo's face changed drastically, and he ran back like a madman. Seeing that he believed Jin Shanyao so much, Zhu Huaizhang clenched his fists tightly in anger.
The people of Qingzhou Prefecture were extremely ignorant, and they believed in such a vague and unfounded thing as divination without a doubt. Just as he was thinking about how to deal with this Evil Qi in Qingzhou Prefecture...
A heart-wrenching scream came from behind the house, and everyone rushed to the back. They saw Old Man Guo grab a pitchfork from the wall and charge towards Liu Laogen.
" Liu Laogen, if you dare suffocate my cow, I'll kill you..."
Liu Laogen never expected to suffocate the cow. He was so frightened that he froze on the spot. In that moment of panic, Yang Chazi had already poked the cow in the stomach.
If Li Xiao hadn't pulled him back, he would probably be disemboweled by now. Liu Laogen broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, "I... I don't know when the cow came... it has nothing to do with me."
Old Man Guo glared angrily and said, "You still dare to say it has nothing to do with you? The ox's head and reins are already tied to its hooves!"
Old Man Guo's eyes were bloodshot, filled with grief and indignation. "I've saved up most of my life's money just to buy a cow... Why did you do this? I know cows recognize their home, but why won't you give it back to me? I paid for it!"
Liu Laogen was speechless with grievances. He was filled with remorse. He knew that killing cattle was illegal in the Sheng Dynasty, especially with Lord Zhu right in front of him.
A new broom sweeps clean, and he's really gone straight for the jugular.
Zhu Huaizhang was shocked to find a cow at the seller's place. Just as he was in shock, Old Man Guo turned on him and started cursing him.
"And you, if you hadn't stopped me, would that ox have died? You've only been in Qingzhou Prefecture for a few days. Whether Master Jin is a fraud or not, I know better than you."
Liu Laogen instantly found a breakthrough. "That's right! If it weren't for Lord Zhu's intervention, the ox wouldn't have died. This can't be entirely blamed on him; the blame lies with Lord Zhu."
At this moment, all eyes fell on Zhu Huaizhang, Zhu Huaizhang said loudly, "Everyone, please calm down."
"I can't calm down... It's my cow that's dying, I can't calm down," Old Man Guo said, gripping the pitchfork and wishing he could stab them all to death one by one.
"His ox... "Old Man Guo burst into tears. The man, over sixty years old, squatted on the ground and cried like a child, leaving everyone around him in silence.
Monkey Treasure ran up to Meng Anzhi, tugged at her clothes, pointed at the haystack, and squeaked something. Meng Anzhi understood and quickly walked towards the cow.
She knelt on one knee beside the cow's neck, pressed the acupoint on the cow's neck with her thumb, and then took out a thick, triangular needle from her bag. She quickly and steadily inserted, twisted, and pulled it out at the tip of the cow's ear and the base of its tail.
Dark red blood gushed out, the cow's body twitched slightly, but it still didn't breathe. Meng Anzhi's sleeve trembled slightly, and a pill the size of a soybean slipped out from it.
She tried her best to pry open the cow's mouth, but couldn't get it open after a long time... Li Xiao quickly stepped forward, pried open the cow's mouth, and let Meng Anzhi throw the pill in.
Then she took out a thick needle and inserted it into an acupoint on the cow's chest.
Everyone stared at Meng Anzhi, not daring to utter a sound...
"Hah..." A sudden gasp came from the cow's nose, and its eyelids twitched as it opened its eyes.
"It's alive! It's alive! The ox is alive!" Liu Laogen shouted at Old Man Guo.
Old Man Guo suddenly turned his head and saw the dead ox panting heavily. He rushed over excitedly, hugged the ox's head, and cried and laughed at the same time.
"My cow... my cow... my cow is alive..."
Liu Laogen collapsed to the ground, as if he had just escaped death. It was too close... He almost ended up in jail.
Meng Anzhi was pushed aside, and as soon as she turned around, a round of applause broke out around her.
"Well done..."
"Girl, you're amazing..."
Meng Anzhi blushed slightly at the praise. She smiled shyly at Jin Shanyao, saying, "Actually, I'm not that great... I just read a lot of different books."