The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

Lu Jing recalled what the farmer woman who cooked for them that afternoon had mentioned: the woman who married Cui Ergou was the daughter of a family of displaced people, fair-skinned and knowledgeable.

If nothing else went wrong, it should be the porcelain doll-like girl in front of him.

However, including Cui Ergou, no one in the village probably knew that this bride also had a hobby of raising pets.

Moreover, she wasn't just raising one pet, but a whole bunch.

He didn't know what means she used, but Lu Jing estimated that the rats within a ten-mile radius had probably been summoned to the village by her.

In the short time she had been outside, rats were still pouring in from all directions.

And these rats, having come from so far away, certainly didn't want to go back empty-handed.

So they all gathered around the porcelain doll girl, like a group of babies waiting to be fed by their mother.

The porcelain doll girl waved her hand, as if signaling them to be patient, and then she turned her head around.

Her gaze swept over the houses around her, and finally settled on a thatched hut on her right.

That was the lodging of an inspector from the Imperial City Division.

He saw the porcelain doll girl walk to the door, reach out, and gently knock on the door.

"Who is it?" The inspector inside was still very vigilant. After being awakened from his sleep, he didn't open the door immediately, but asked first.

"Officer, help!"

On the way over, the porcelain doll girl had messed up her hair, and also picked up a sharp stone from the ground, drawing several cuts on her arm, then said with a sob.

But Lu Jing could see clearly that when she shouted those words, there was no expression on her face, yet tears still flowed continuously from her eyes.

This scene was unspeakably strange.

After a moment, a crack opened in the door in front of her.

The inspector looked at the strange woman in front of him, who looked like a pear blossom in the rain, and asked doubtfully, "Who are you?"

"I was originally a young lady from an official family, but my residence was raided by bandits. I was separated from my family while fleeing. My current family is not my real family. They sold me to a well-known lazy man in this village for a meager field."

"However, that lazy man is not only gluttonous and lazy, but also chases me with a knife when he is drunk. I just escaped from the house after he fell asleep."

"Please, officer, save me! As long as you can take me away from this pit of fire, I am willing to dedicate myself to you and follow you back to the capital!"

The inspector couldn't help but swallow when he heard this.

The only thing the inspector was worried about now was that his superior, Yan Guangbo, wouldn't allow it. After all, strictly speaking, they were still on official duty, although the fugitive had already been captured.

Moreover, this matter shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of the Imperial City Division.

But on the other hand, he also knew in his heart that if he missed this village, he might not have this opportunity again.

With his status, it was almost impossible to find such a good wife next time.

The inspector was hesitating, and when he looked up again, he saw the pleading look on the woman's face. At this moment, even a person with a heart of stone couldn't say the word "no".

His head heated up, and he was about to open his mouth to agree, but then he heard a voice in his ear, "Don't agree!"

The inspector recognized that this was the voice of Young Hero Lu.

But the woman in front of him seemed to be oblivious to this voice, and was still looking at him with a hopeful expression.

The inspector was also an experienced person, and immediately realized that this sentence should have been transmitted to his ears by Lu Jing through a skill like secret room sound transmission.

This also made him feel horrified. He had to know that there was still a considerable distance between the small houses where the two lived, which had long exceeded the scope of the secret room. Lu Jing could send the sound from such a distance. This internal strength cultivation was really terrifying.

Then he heard Lu Jing continue to instruct, "Next, ask her to leave, remember to be polite."

Although the inspector was a little reluctant, he knew that Lu Jing would not aimlessly shoot an arrow, so he said, "I'm sorry, girl, I can't handle your matter. You can try to report to the authorities in the city."

"It's already so late, and I look like this, I can't run to the city. Can you let me stay in your house for one night first?" The porcelain doll girl continued to plead bitterly.

The inspector only felt a burst of confusion. He was intent on rejecting the other party as Lu Jing had said.

However, when his gaze fell on that smooth, fair face, especially when he met those deep pool-like eyes, he only felt that his whole person had fallen into them.

Other things became unimportant. As long as he could marry the woman in front of him, he was willing to pay any price.

So, the next moment, he finally said the words he had long wanted to say, "Okay, I am willing to marry you, let's go back to the capital together."

After saying these words, he reached out and opened the door, wanting to welcome the woman into the house.

But then a flying stone hit him on the head. In pain, he subconsciously looked in the direction the stone came from.

But he finally took his eyes off the woman's face.

His whole person suddenly woke up from a dream, pulled out the saber from his waist, and shouted, "Where did this妖女 come from!"

When Lu Jing saw him pull out his saber, he felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the next moment, he heard a chorus of squeaks in his ears, which made his scalp tingle.

Seeing that the porcelain doll girl was in trouble, the rats that had flocked to her earlier also seemed to be stimulated, and rushed out of every corner with red eyes.

Moreover, this time they no longer queued up waiting to eat, but actively drilled into each house.

The inspector probably guessed that these rats were related to the woman in front of him, so he thought about capturing the thief first, and swung his long saber at the porcelain doll girl.

But then he saw the woman lightly tap her toes backwards, and her whole person flew out.

Almost at the same time, countless rats ran out from the door frames, the ground, and the walls, rushing towards him.

The inspector had already swung his long saber so fast that it was flying, but he couldn't stand that there were too many rats.

He couldn't take care of them at all. These rodents that lived in the shadows, usually didn't dare to see people at all, but tonight, for some reason, they were all crazy.

Desperately tearing and biting, in a short moment, the inspector was bitten on his toes and calves. He stretched out one hand to drive away the rats on his legs, but he didn't expect that as soon as he pinched one, he was bitten on the hand by more rats.

In a short while, his body was covered with rats. Because of the pain, he couldn't help but slash at himself with the saber in his hand.

But even if their bodies were broken open, those rats still stubbornly held on with their mouths.

After a while, the seriously injured inspector fell to the ground and could no longer stand up.