SCT-Novel #343 - Master Xu, do you want to help the evildoer?
#343 - Master Xu, do you want to help the evildoer?
"Meng'er, Master Xu?"
Bai Wenyu abruptly stood up, his expression a mix of shock and doubt.
She guessed it?
How did she guess it?
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And what else did she guess?
If she hadn't noticed any clues, where would she even begin to guess?
He was certain he hadn't mentioned to Ru Meng that another 'Pan Mengdie' had arrived at the Pan family.
He had also secretly tasked a trusted maid to follow his wife, confirming she was completely unaware of the matter.
Therefore, he was genuinely startled.
Moreover, his wife's reaction to this matter was very strange.
"Naturally, I guessed some things that are disadvantageous to me," Madam Bai said calmly. "Did someone seize my weakness? Or is someone plotting to take my position as the Bai family's matriarch?"
"Or perhaps… someone wants to replace my identity?"
"This…" Bai Wenyu couldn't help but step aside, retreating two steps in alarm.
Then, he called out uncertainly, "Meng'er?"
Madam Bai glanced at him, a slightly mocking smile on her face.
"Bai Wenyu, who are you calling Meng'er?!"
At this moment, a figure rushed in from outside the courtyard, shouting at Bai Wenyu with some hysteria.
"Indeed," Madam Bai chuckled. "Master, quickly tell this ugly woman, who are you calling by the name Meng'er?"
"This…"
"Bitch! Who are you calling an ugly woman?" The 'Pan Mengdie' who had rushed in pointed at her, her expression twisted and crazed.
"Of course, I'm talking about you. Tsk tsk, where did this hideous monster come from?" Madam Bai looked at her and laughed. "Oh dear! Why do I smell a stench of decay?"
As she spoke, she exaggeratedly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, frowning. "You wouldn't have crawled out of a grave, would you? Your face is rotting like this. I wonder if maggots are growing on your body."
"…Bitch! You deserve to die!"
‘Pan Mengdie’ pulled out a dagger from her waist, waving it as she lunged forward, shouting, “I’ll kill you!”
"Kill me?" Madam Bai suddenly burst into laughter. "Master, did you hear that? She wants to kill me, aren't you going to protect me?"
Laughing, she suddenly reached out.
"Ah!"
Bai Wenyu let out a miserable scream.
"…" Pan Anshou was dumbfounded.
He had just followed Xu Chengxian's instructions, personally bringing the 'Pan Mengdie' who had been locked in the room.
Hearing Bai Wenyu's voice, this woman actually broke free from the two sturdy women who were supporting her and rushed in.
He hurriedly followed, and as soon as he stood still, before he could catch his breath, he witnessed this scene.
He couldn't help but let out a scream as well.
"…Old Pan, you're joining in on the fun too?" Xu Chengxian couldn't help but glance at him and say.
What was even happening?
Your good friend was stabbed, and you're copying him?
"Master Xu! I'm not copying him!" Pan Anshou shouted.
"If you're not copying him, what are you shouting for?" Xu Chengxian flicked his horsetail whisk. "Didn't you see someone got stabbed? Hurry up and save him!"
"Ah?" Pan Anshou was stunned. "Me, save him?"
"If I could save him, would it be your turn?" Xu Chengxian said unhappily. "What did I have you arrange those sturdy women for? To have them dance or perform sumo wrestling?"
Of course, this was only half true.
Not being able to attack ordinary people didn't mean he couldn't stop them from hurting each other.
He just wanted to be lazy.
And set the bottom line for future interactions.
The struggles between mortals were to be handled by mortals themselves, and he would only help deal with forces beyond that scope.
"Smart people are all full of schemes, can't be careless." He thought to himself, "It's best if everyone has boundaries and takes what they need from each other."
Also to avoid feeling frightened afterward and causing him trouble.
Xu Chengxian leisurely held his horsetail whisk, watching Pan Anshou instruct the people around him to pull the entangled three people apart.
Fortunately, 'Pan Mengdie' was stunned in place because she had stabbed Bai Wenyu.
Madam Bai glanced at Xu Chengxian, clearly not expecting him to not stop her, and that she would succeed so easily, so she was also stunned.
As a result, neither of them immediately followed up with another blow.
This allowed Bai Wenyu, who had clutched his chest and abdomen and collapsed, to be successfully rescued.
The sturdy servant women, two pulled away 'Pan Mengdie', and two stood behind Madam Bai.
Two more went to lift Bai Wenyu up and lay him flat.
What a pity.
He looked like he was about to die.
In just a moment, his face turned pale and his lips turned blue.
And the wound didn't bleed much.
"Wenyu! Bai Wenyu!" Pan Anshou was shocked to see this.
Not bleeding, that's not necessarily a good thing!
"Quickly save him!" The 'Pan Mengdie' who had recovered shouted, "There's poison on this dagger!"
Without her saying so, everyone could see that the dagger was smeared with poison.
When she was pulled away, she held the dagger tightly, and it was also pulled out.
It glowed with a purple light.
The blood from the wound was also the wrong color.
"Give him one of these to eat." Madam Bai suddenly took out a small jade bottle from her waist and gave it to the servant woman beside her, "Inside are pills."
Whether it could save his life was unknown, but it should be able to keep him alive.
This man can't die yet.
Her son hasn't grown up yet.
Although her son wasn't that important, he was, after all, her own flesh and blood.
"Master Xu?" Pan Anshou didn't dare to directly feed it to Bai Wenyu, so he looked at Xu Chengxian.
"The pills are fine, let him eat them." Xu Chengxian said, "After he eats the pills, squeeze the blood out of the wound a bit."
"Should we find a doctor to come over?" Pan Anshou asked.
"Later, let's figure out what's going on first." Xu Chengxian waved his hand.
Bai Wenyu can't leave now.
He must be present to see this truth-revealing mystery play out.
"Bai Wenyu can't die, let's get straight to the point." Madam Bai said very simply, and then smiled and looked at 'Pan Mengdie', "Lin Ru Meng, you're really not dead."
"How do you know I'm not dead?" Lin Ru Meng was extremely surprised.
"When I harm people, I always want to see them alive or see their corpse." Madam Bai chuckled, "Back then, when I threw you into the well, the more I thought about it, the more I felt it was not safe, so I waited a few days and sent people back to salvage it."
They didn't find the body.
"Without a body, I tried to worship the City God."
The reply I got was that the person was not dead, and the soul was still in the human realm.
"Since you know I'm not dead, can you sleep at night?" Lin Ru Meng gritted her teeth.
"After dying once, why are you still so naive?" Madam Bai sneered, "I sleep well, have you seen? Fifteen years of pampered life, radiant. Still beautiful today."
"You!"
"Enough nonsense, did Bai Longwang send you here?" Before Lin Ru Meng could speak, Madam Bai asked again.
"No…" Lin Ru Meng wanted to deny.
"Most likely." Xu Chengxian said, "When she first appeared, she was exactly the same as you are now."
"Then that's it." Madam Bai said, "The only people who are so familiar with me fifteen years later are Bai Wenyu and Bai Longwang's people."
"Master Xu, are you going to help the wicked!" Lin Ru Meng's dagger suddenly pointed at Xu Chengxian.