Master, Come Save Me!

These things are extremely poisonous. The Daoist priest, trembling, sat in the corner and said, "What... what should I do now? Oh right, I still have realgar powder and snake repellent powder."

He simply opened the bag and spilled the contents all over the ground!

Old Madam Zhou and her family all gathered around, asking, "What do we do now?"

The Daoist priest, on the verge of tears, said, "I have no choice, unless... unless I summon my master."

He took out a talisman, wrote words on it, and then lit it.

Old Madam Zhou trembled and asked, "Master, will it work?"

"It works, it works! As long as my master comes, we'll be safe and sound."

There are probably tens of thousands of snakes here, and they keep crawling in.

As the poisonous creatures drew closer, they heard a knock at the door.

"Knock knock knock... Disciple, where are you?"

The young Daoist priest's eyes lit up. "Master, come quickly and save me! If you're any later, you won't see your disciple anymore!"

The old Daoist priest rushed into the room and was startled to see so many poisonous creatures.

The poisonous creatures all stared at him coldly.

The old Daoist priest frowned and said, "You damned thing, I sent you down the mountain to gain some experience, and you've gotten yourself into such serious trouble. You're really something else."

The young Daoist priest said aggrievedly, "I didn't do anything! They paid me to do things, so I came."

The old Daoist priest kept chanting incantations, and soon the poison slowly faded away.

Old Madam Zhou looked at the old Daoist priest and said:

"Thank you so much, Master Daoist! Your skills are truly amazing. Would you be interested in taking some orders?"

"Can we call those poisonous creatures back and send them next door?"

The old Daoist priest looked at them coldly and said, "What do you intend for me to do next door? Try to harm someone?"

Old Madam Zhou waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "We didn't mean to harm anyone. It's just that our granddaughter is too disobedient, and we just wanted to teach her a lesson."

The old Daoist priest finally understood. He slapped the young Daoist priest across the face and said, "You'll do anything for money. This time you were probably trying to harm someone, but you got caught. Now come with me next door to apologize."

The young Daoist priest covered his face and said, "Master, I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize?"

The old Daoist priest scoffed and said, "Give back the money you took, and come with me now to apologize, or it will be too late."

The young Daoist priest, feeling wronged and extremely unwilling, still returned the silver to Old Madam Zhou.

Old Madam Zhou looked at them and said:

What do you mean by this? Are you not taking this order?

"No, we've already accepted the call. What are we supposed to do if you don't?"

The old Daoist priest sneered, "Do whatever you want, but we won't take on jobs that harm people. Farewell!"

He took his young apprentice next door.

Zhou Wanwan sipped her fruit tea and looked at the people in front of her, asking, "What are you doing at my house?"

The old Daoist priest walked around the courtyard briefly, and looking at the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor, he was quite frightened.

Old Man Zhou and his Old Madam Zhou, along with a group of others, followed.

Old Madam Zhou looked at Liu Su'e and said, "We'll have lunch here today. Tell your cook to prepare a few more dishes, understand?"

Liu Su'e said calmly, "I have no say in the family members. Whether they want to prepare meals for you or not is not my decision."

Old Madam Zhou was furious. "What can you do? You useless piece of trash, you can't even take care of a child! Get out! Just looking at you annoys me!"

The old Daoist priest pulled the young Daoist priest down to his knees.

The young Daoist priest was stunned, and so were everyone else.

Old Madam Zhou looked at the old Daoist priest and said, "Master, what are you doing? Why are you kneeling before such a young girl?"

The old Daoist priest looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Young lady, it was my disciple who was ignorant and offended you. Please forgive him."

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and said, "It's okay, get up!"

The old Daoist priest slowly got up, glanced at the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor, and said, "Then this humble Daoist will take my young apprentice and leave."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and didn't stop her.

As soon as the old Daoist priest stepped outside, his legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.

The young Daoist priest looked at him and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

The old Daoist priest struck his head hard and said:

"You wicked child, you beast, you rebellious disciple, how dare you provoke them? Are you insane?!"

If that girl hadn't shown mercy, we'd all be dead today.

The young Daoist priest scratched his head and said, "She's just a little girl, isn't she? I didn't think she was that powerful!"

The old Daoist priest angrily retorted, "That's because you're stupid. You don't understand the intricacies of this at all. Go away, go away, I'll deal with you when we get back."

Old Madam Zhou and Yang Hongmei looked at each other in bewilderment. Just as Feng Wancai was about to sit down, his stool was taken away.

Zhou Wanwan said, "Feng Wancai, your pants are all wet. Don't you think you should go change them?"

Feng Wancai then remembered that he had just wet himself in fear, so he ran back immediately.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "As for you, stay in your own courtyards."

Old Madam Zhou looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Wanwan! We don't need to be so formal, after all, we're all family."

We're planning to stay for lunch..."

Zhou Wanwan nodded, and Old Madam Zhou was happy:

"Then let's get some seafood for lunch, and a roast chicken too. Your roast chicken is especially delicious. And how about some sweet soup?"

No, no, no sweet soup, sweet soup is too awful, let's make bird's nest instead!

Yang Hongmei exclaimed excitedly from the side, "Bird's nest? I've never had bird's nest before!"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Alright, pay 500 taels!"

Old Madam Zhou yelled, "500 taels! 500 taels for a meal? Is this robbery?"

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said:

"You come to our house asking for food and drink, don't you think you can just walk in without paying?"

"Isn't 500 taels a small matter to you? You're now the Empress Dowager's person."

Old Madam Zhou looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Knowing I'm the Empress Dowager's person, you still dare to speak to me like that?"

No money, hurry up and bring the food, I'm still waiting here!

If you serve me well, next time I go to the palace, I'll put in a good word for you with the Empress Dowager.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "A few kind words will suffice, but if you want to eat, you have to pay. There's nothing I can do; my family is poor and short of money."

Old Madam Zhou sneered, "Poor? I heard you made tens of millions of taels of silver last night. Who are you trying to fool?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "Rumor, absolutely a rumor."

Old Madam Zhou was so angry her chest ached. She sneered, "Fine, fine, you've all grown wings now. It's so hard for me to have a meal at your house? Fine, I'll leave!"

Old Madam Zhou turned and left, then went straight into the palace.

Liu Su'e said, "She went straight to the palace. Do you think something might happen?"

Zhou Wanwan sighed helplessly, noting that Old Madam Zhou and the Empress Dowager were getting along better and better.

No one knows what the Empress Dowager will do.

These two are in cahoots; they're bound to make her suffer.