pjbooks Chapter 56 Black Silkworm Absorbs Essence
Chapter 56 Black Silkworm Absorbs Essence
Zhao Taohua grabbed Zhao Ershu and reassured him, "Father, it's alright. Master Li's life is in my hands now, he wouldn't dare do anything to me."
Upon hearing that Zhao Taohua was a master who sold amulets for good luck, Aunt Sun's face immediately lit up with a fawning smile:
"Miss Zhao, please take a look at my husband. Do you have any ideas?"
As soon as Aunt Sun finished speaking, the other women chimed in, "Yes, Miss Zhao, please take a look at the master!"
They chattered amongst themselves, tears streaming down their faces.
Led by Aunt Sun, Zhao Taohua got closer and closer to Master Li. Just as she was about to reach him, she was suddenly stopped by the man.
Li Danqing threatened, "A girl who hasn't even grown a full beard dares to come out and swindle people?"
If my father dies at your hands, I will never let you go!
After saying that, he didn't forget to scold Wei Jianfeng: "Why aren't you taking him away right now?"
Li Danqing's imposing presence was terrifying. As soon as he spoke, the concubines who had been chattering and begging Zhao Taohua to save people fell silent.
"Let her come here."
Master Li lay on his bed, managing to speak with difficulty.
"Father, she's a liar, she'll ruin you!"
Li Danqing stood still, refusing to let Zhao Taohua pass.
Instead of being angry, Zhao Taohua wore a faint smile and softly said to Li Danqing:
"Once your hands are stained with blood, not only will you suffer, but your children will also be in trouble. Have you thought this through?"
A flicker of panic flashed in Li Danqing's pupils, and the fat on his face trembled slightly.
"I do not know what you're talking about……"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Taohua pushed him aside and walked directly toward Master Li.
Just as Li Danqing was about to stop her again, he suddenly remembered what Zhao Taohua had just said.
What did this little girl know?
The other concubines, including Aunt Sun, all crowded around and asked questions all at once:
"Miss Zhao, what's wrong with the master?"
“Master Li has been tainted by some evil spirits. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is not insurmountable.”
Zhao Taohua immediately noticed the evil aura emanating from Master Li, which was internal and accumulated from his own numerous evil deeds.
After saying that, Zhao Taohua looked up at the large bed where Master Li was sleeping.
Li Danqing turned around in surprise. Why hadn't she exposed him?
Did she really realize that he was the one who did it, or did she not realize it?
When Aunt Sun and the others heard Zhao Taohua's words, their faces stiffened. Was there still hope?
They were all forcibly taken into Li's household and had no choice but to become his concubines.
Later, after giving birth to the child, she accepted her fate.
He wasn't dead, so they dared not resist, much less stop pretending.
Upon hearing this, Master Li breathed a slight sigh of relief, and a faint smile appeared on his weak face:
"Master, what kind of filth is on me?"
"A black silkworm that specializes in sucking a person's vital essence. Once the vital essence is completely sucked out, lifespan also ends."
As Zhao Taohua spoke, she simultaneously made a hand seal and set up an array pattern.
In an instant, a huge black cocoon appeared before everyone. It was so large that it enveloped Li Yuanwai, along with his bed, and a faint light flickered on the black cocoon.
Upon seeing this, Master Li was terrified and hurriedly pleaded, "Master, please kill this black silkworm quickly!"
"It's natural."
As Zhao Taohua spoke, she reached out and used her spiritual energy to entangle the black silkworm wriggling in the center of the black cocoon. As the spiritual energy gradually tightened, Li Danqing, who was standing to the side, was extremely anxious.
The evil magic he had painstakingly summoned was about to kill his father when a female master suddenly appeared!
The moment the spiritual energy strangled the black silkworm, the enormous black cocoon vanished, and the feeling of impending death that Li Yuanwai was experiencing disappeared as well. He then laughed happily.
Everyone in the room except him had different expressions, with Li Danqing being the most unhappy.
"Old Wei, give the master fifty taels," Master Li ordered happily.
After receiving the money, Zhao Taohua thanked them respectfully and then left with Zhao Ershu.
Before leaving, as she passed Li Danqing, she whispered:
Although the black silkworm is dead, the essence it absorbed can never be returned.
Don't be hasty. Master Li won't live long. There's no need to get your hands dirty for his sake.
Li Danqing's pupils trembled slightly as she stared in disbelief at Zhao Taohua's departing figure.
Wei Jianfeng happily led Zhao Taohua away, saying, "Master Zhao, you are truly amazing."
With the master saved, he could finally buy two more peace charms from Zhao Taohua without worrying that the master would snatch them away.
Just as Zhao Taohua boarded the oxcart to leave, Li Danqing suddenly chased after her.
"Miss Zhao, I have something to ask you."
Li Danqing is slightly overweight and nearly forty years old.
"Young Master Li, please speak."
Zhao Taohua got off the oxcart and bowed to Li Danqing.
"How did you know it was me?" Li Danqing called Zhao Taohua aside and asked softly.
Zhao Taohua's eyes curved into a smile, and she said inscrutably:
"My eyes can see things that others can't, and also, the black silkworm has two threads on its body."
One branch absorbs spiritual energy from the person being silkwormed, while the other branch is bound to the person who invited the silkworm.
If other celestial masters came, they would be able to see it the same way.
After saying that, Zhao Taohua snapped off the black silk thread that was tied to his finger, and from then on, no one knew that he had ever hired a black silkworm.
"!!!"
Li Danqing's pupils dilated in shock. He clasped his hands in gratitude to Zhao Taohua and said, "Thank you, Master Zhao."
He looked at Zhao Taohua, and couldn't help but admire her. Although this young girl was not old and it was the first time they had met, she seemed very reliable.
"Master Zhao, please accept this. If you have any instructions in the future, please come to the Li residence to find me."
Li Danqing handed Zhao Taohua a letter and watched her oxcart leave.
Zhao Taohua held the envelope in her hand, feeling its thinness.
She tore open the envelope and peered inside. There were five ten-tael silver notes in total.
Is this the payment from Young Master Li?
Zhao Ershu glanced into the envelope, was startled, and then said:
"Peach Blossom, Master Li has already given you one payment, how could he give you another?"
Zhao Taohua smiled and said, "He gave me his share. I helped him today, so fifty taels isn't too much for him."
Otherwise, if someone gets a life on your hands, it won't be something that fifty taels can make up for.
Zhao Taohua continued, "That Master Li has a lot of evil energy about him; he must have done a lot of evil in the past."
“Indeed,” Zhao Ershu had a lot to say about this. “Master Li originally married into the Zhang family and took over all of the Zhang family’s businesses by virtue of his status as a son-in-law.”
When Master Zhang was alive, he was quite decent, but after Master Zhang died, he revealed his true colors.
The honest and upright character was nowhere to be seen. He frequented brothels, kept mistresses, and gambled away much of the Zhang family's fortune, even causing his first wife, Miss Zhang, to die of anger.
Without Miss Zhang, he openly took concubines, and he would bring back any respectable woman he fancied to be his concubine.
He also changed the Zhang residence to the Li residence, and his sons, who originally bore the surname Zhang, were required to change their surname to Li.
Master Li was a notorious bully in Qingshui Town. When he fell ill, many people secretly rejoiced.
Just now, Zhao Ershu realized that after entering the Li residence, his biggest worry was that Master Li would take advantage of Tao Hua. Fortunately, the other party still respected Tao Hua and treated her as a master.
Zhao Taohua suddenly remembered something and asked, "Father, is the Li Family Clinic in town owned by the Li family?"
"Yes, that's right. Master Li even wants to change the nameplates of all the Zhang family's properties to Li."
A faint smile appeared on Zhao Taohua's lips. Master Li wouldn't live much longer.
If she wasn't mistaken, the Li family would eventually be under the control of the eldest young master, and she did indeed have something she wanted his help with.