A Jiu was almost in tears:
"Haven't you ever thought that if your identity were exposed one day, you'd be taken away to be beheaded?"
This was what worried A Jiu.
"Whoever chops off my head will be unlucky. I think the blade itself will be unluckier."
As soon as Tuoba Yan said this.
A Jiu stared at him blankly.
Tuoba Yan immediately felt he had said the wrong thing. "Little Jiu, I remember both things you asked about. This one isn't within your requirements, and besides, I haven't killed anyone."
"Tuoba Yan, are you done? If the higher-ups ask, I'll expose you." Another voice came from over the wall.
Tuoba Yan chuckled, turned, and left, lowering his voice to say, "Little Jiu, I have to go on patrol."
As he spoke, he rubbed his index and middle fingers together, making a gesture of fingers walking.
"Little Yan Yan..."
When A Jiu chased after him, the fellow had already jumped over the wall and disappeared.
"Sigh..." A Jiu sighed. But then, he was a ghost, not from this world, and couldn't die anyway.
"A Jiu... Miss A Jiu."
The voice of the front hall attendant.
A Jiu quickly opened the back door and hurried to the front hall. "Did someone come to see a doctor?"
As soon as she said this, the attendant, Tong Zi, was standing at the door looking at A Jiu, and a yamen runner jumped down from a carriage.
"He said he was looking for you."
A Jiu recognized Yun Jie driving the carriage at a glance.
Carrying the hem of her large skirt, she ran out. Sure enough, two disheveled people jumped down from the carriage.
"Daughter."
"Father, Mother." A Jiu's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
"Miss Jiu, my elder brother asked me to personally escort your parents here. I've delivered them and must rush back now, using an official carriage."
"Thank you, Brother Yun Jie." A Jiu bit her lip, hesitating to speak. "I will definitely bring Shi Liu to thank you another day."
"Oh, alright."
Yun Jie turned the carriage around and quickly disappeared at the end of the alley.
"Daughter, I don't know how, but Lord Wang released me, and your mother too."
Meng Shaode's hair was a mess, and his beard was untrimmed. Yet, the scar on his head peeked through his hair, making him look like a complete ruffian.
"Father, Mother. Come in and talk. This medical clinic belongs to Big Sister's family."
Before closing the door, A Jiu glanced outside again, wondering when Grandma would return.
Cai Lihua, at this moment, didn't dare to utter a single unnecessary word. She kept looking left and right. Upon entering, she and Tong Zi stared at each other.
"Are these two the..." Tong Zi began, then stopped.
"They are my parents, my sister-in-law's in-laws. Tong Zi, don't worry, I won't have my parents eat and live here for nothing."
A Jiu explained with some embarrassment.
She wasn't sure if this counted as living under someone else's roof.
"So you are the Liu family's relatives. Then you're not outsiders."
Tong Zi's smile was a little awkward, but for the sake of the master, he still had to write a letter to Nanzhou County to inform the young lady.
In the room.
"Daughter, I see this is a medical clinic. Do you have any purgatives?"
The family of three had just reunited, and as soon as they sat down, Cai Lihua asked.
"Mother, what do you need purgatives for?" A Jiu looked at her mother in surprise, noticing how pale she looked.
"Heh, don't overthink it. I just want to eat some." As she spoke, Cai Lihua leaned her head in and whispered into A Jiu's ear.
"I've eaten all my savings."
"Ah?" A Jiu's face changed instantly.
"Daughter, I haven't been able to relieve myself for several days. Find me something, and I think I can even pass out silver shards and gold nuggets. Then I can wash them and still spend them."