Chapter 3465: A-Biao's Madness

old me."He said."Come, have a cup of tea first and then tell me slowly.""Hmm!">After accepting the hot tea and taking a few sips, I sweated even more.She then took out her handkerchief to wipe his for...“If you need anything, just let me know.” Yang Ruoqing reminded Chen’er again, wanting Chen’er to understand that he wasn't someone who was struggling.

She is his biggest supporter.

Chen'er smiled and nodded, asking the guards to prepare a carriage. The three of them left the tavern together.

Chen'er was riding her horse alongside the carriage, with a rain hat still on her head.

In the carriage sat Yang Ruqing and Xiaoyu. Yang Ruqing instructed Xiaoyu a few more times.

Then, at the crossroads ahead, she told the carriage to stop and got out, heading towards Washi Market.

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Chen'er and Xiaoyu first went to the yamen and met Huang Da Ren there.

Then, he accompanied the county magistrate, Huang, to visit the homes of several deceased.

Because the cause of death was suspicious, the authorities intervened and did not allow the deceased's family to follow the traditional burial procedures. Instead, the body was frozen.

The scene of the crime was temporarily cordoned off, and soldiers were stationed there to guard it.

While Chen'er and Xiaoyu were busy investigating the situation at each household, Yang Ruqing also found many fresh and satisfactory ingredients in the 瓦市 (Wa Market).

There are plump sea bass, tender beef, small lobsters, and eggs...

As I was leaving, I saw an old woman by the side of the road buying scallions. There were also a few bundles of purple-red young shoots tied with hemp rope next to the scallions.

Yang Ruqing's eyes lit up. Wasn't that the tender shoots of a Chinese toon tree

There are many houses in Changping Village with fragrant toon trees planted in their yards, but they have never been able to eat them.

When Yang Ruoheng hesitated, several women gathered in front of the old woman's stall, all picking through the tender shoots of the Chinese toon tree.

Yang Ruoqing decided to give it a try and hurried over. Upon asking, she learned that it cost five copper coins for a small bundle.

The price is still not low!

"How do you eat these fresh shoots of the Chinese toon tree"

Having just bought a bouquet and put it in a basket, Yang Ruqing asked the old woman.

The old woman said: “We all scald it with boiling water, eat it cold, and it’s good to cook with porridge overnight.”

A well-dressed woman on the side said, “Stir-fried toon buds with eggs are incredibly delicious. My husband and children all love it.”

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Stir-fried eggs with toon

Okay, I'll try to stir-fry some for Chen'er to taste when we get back. If it's good, then when we return to the village, I'll pick some more to stir-fry for the baby and Da Zhi to eat too.

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Then it was promoted to restaurants, adding a new dish.

Just as Yang Ruoheng was thinking and preparing to leave, several unfamiliar men suddenly ran over in a hurry.

“Auntie, you still have the heart to sell vegetables here Go home quickly, your son, A-Biao, has started going crazy again. He’s got a knife in the yard and is chopping down trees.”

“The old fragrant tea tree in your yard is about to be chopped down, and no one dares to step forward to stop it. Anyone who tries to stop the chopping will be chopped down!”

The old woman's face turned pale when she heard what the visitor had said.

The wine and dishes in the basket, along with the remaining sprigs of toon, were forgotten. He ran towards Wa Market, kicking his legs short as he went.

A circle of people were pointing in the direction the old woman had left, whispering amongst themselves.

Yang Ruqing listened to a few sentences casually and figured out the relationship between the characters.

It turns out that this old woman is the same man who had a big argument with his wife and her two brothers-in-law at the 瓦市 yesterday.

That man, according to people around him, had become strange and eccentric after believing in some sort of doctrine.

The son is sick with a high fever that won't go down. He won't let anyone see a doctor, won't take medicine, only gives the son water with talismans and the like.

The wife advised, so he beat and scolded the wife. The wife couldn't bear it anymore, so she took her son back to her parents' house.

The brothers-in-law came to demand justice, this man fought back with his tongue and remained fearless...

Yang Ruoqing suspected that this man should also have believed in the Black Lotus Sect, which is why he was bewitched like this.

Because Xiaoyu said that within the Black Lotus Sect, it was popular to regularly and punctually provide holy water to the believers below.

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Those holy waters were blessed by her, the saint, but to be honest, Xiaoyu herself wasn't quite sure what those holy waters actually were.

Because every time the elders brought it to her, she only needed to pick up a willow branch and stir it gently in that jar of water a few times, then recite a few passages from the Black Lotus teachings, and the blessing ceremony was complete.

She had never tasted the holy water herself, but according to the believers below who passed it around from person to person,

To say that holy water can cure all diseases is like saying it's divine water...

Thoughts turning, Yang Ruqing decided to follow and see what was going on. Maybe she could help Chen'er and Xiao Yu solve the case!

Yang Ruqing followed the old woman and they arrived at the back gate of the Wa Market and entered an alley.

This alleyway must be the poor people's lane in Jianye City. It's long and narrow. The bluestone slabs on the ground, the moss on the walls, and those large chunks of peeling red paint...

Everything here proclaims to the world that this is a really old alley.

There was a yard not far ahead with its gate wide open. It was in such a prime location, visible from the street, yet no one dared to step past the threshold.

All the onlookers hid in front, behind, on the walls, and peered into the courtyard, but none dared to go inside.

And in the courtyard, came the sound of a man's fierce curses, as well as the sound of chopping trees.

Bang bang bang!

Knock, knock, knock!

A thick and ancient-looking Chinese toon tree swayed in the courtyard, its branches creaking under the weight of the wind.

When the neighbors saw the old woman coming, they all shouted to her: "Old lady, go in and have a look quickly! Your son, A-Biao, has been going crazy, and he's about to chop down that old tree!"

The old woman rushed into the yard and saw her son shirtless, holding a kitchen knife and chopping at the old Chinese pepper tree.

He hacked and cursed at the same time, as if arguing with someone, doing it desperately.

The trunk of the fragrant toon tree was scarred with cuts, wood chips flying.

The son was covered head to toe in blood, but he remained unmoved. He kept hacking away with red eyes.

"Ah-biao, stop! Don't chop!"

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The old woman beat her thighs with both hands, knelt down, and cried out to her son under the tree.

Abe, however, acted as if he hadn't heard a thing and kept on chopping.

“Ah Biao, our family doesn't have a penny left now. Your wife took your son back to her parents' home.” The old woman continued, crying loudly.

"Mother only relies on selling these fragrant toon buds for a few pennies to support both of us. Stop it, the vegetable knife has even rolled its edge, how will mother use it to chop vegetables in the future"

A-bi remained unmoved.

The old woman was helpless and cried out for help from the neighbors behind her.

Neighbors all retreated, decades of friendship couldn't compare to life or death.

Ah-Biao is clearly insane, possessed! If a kitchen knife were to chop him down, he wouldn't even have an excuse when he meets the King of Hell!

Seeing that no one was willing to lend a hand, the old woman became both angry and anxious.

He bent down and picked up a stone from the ground, throwing it toward Ah-Biao.

"Ah-Biao, you silly fool! Wake up!"

This stone, straight up hit A-Biao's shoulder.

Perhaps this pain pulled him back to his senses.

A genius in a second: m.t a glance, Da Zhi was seen sitting behind his desk. The surface of the desk before him was clear, with the brush pen lying directly on the table and ink splashed onto it.Let me know if you have any...