This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 264: Haunted by a Female Ghost
afternoon.

After finishing her meal, Luo Zijun carried her medicine chest and went out with her master.

The two took a carriage and headed straight for the outer city.

"If it is indeed syphilis, there is nothing I can do but prescribe some medicine to alleviate his pain and prolong his life for a while."

Inside the carriage, Su Dafang explained beforehand.

Luo Zijun said, "I know. If it really is syphilis, then he brought it on himself."

Su Dafang looked at him and said, "How did you end up making a friend like this? Is it really true, as people say, that birds of a feather flock together? Are you two in cahoots, conspiring against each other?"

Luo Zijun sighed as she recalled why she had sought out Xu Xian in the first place.

The carriage quickly left the city and arrived at the outer city.

Before long, they stopped at the entrance of the alley leading to Xu Xian's house.

The two got out of the car and entered the alley.

Luo Zijun followed behind, carrying a medicine chest. He had changed into a scholar's robe, just like when he first came here with his master.

"Boom boom boom!"

Upon arriving at the door, Luo Zijun stepped forward and knocked.

At this moment, Su Dafang suddenly spoke up: "By the way, I remember that kid has a sister who's good with guns, and she's quite fierce. If we can't cure that kid's illness later, what if..."

"Squeak..."

Just then, the door opened.

Wearing a red dress, with a slender figure and pretty face, Xu Ziyin appeared at the door. When she saw the two of them, she still had a cold expression on her face.

Luo Zijun stepped forward and said, "Miss Xu, what a coincidence. At noon, someone came to our Bao'an Hall and asked my master to come and treat a patient. I didn't expect it to be your family. May I ask who is sick this time?"

Xu Ziyin gave him a cold look and said, "My brother."

As he spoke, he led the way.

Su Dafang grabbed Luo Zijun's arm and made him walk in front, while he followed timidly behind.

The three of them soon arrived at a room.

Xu Xian was lying weakly on the bed, wrapped in a quilt, his eyes open, staring blankly at the ceiling, looking somewhat dazed.

Luo Zijun placed the medicine box on the table, opened it, and took out a pair of disposable bamboo membrane gloves.

After carefully putting it on, Su Dafang went over to check on the patient's condition.

He first looked at Xu Xian's face and pupils, then reached out and lifted the blanket to check the skin on his neck, and then pulled open his clothes to look at his chest.

"They do look somewhat alike..."

Su Dafang's expression turned serious, and he reached out to pull down his pants to check.

Xu Xian finally came to his senses, trembled with fright, grabbed his hand tightly, and looked at him with terrified eyes.

At this moment, Xu Ziyin said coldly, "The doctor is here to examine you, so behave yourself!"

Xu Xian paused for a moment before slowly releasing his grip. But suddenly, his gaze fell on Su Dafang's back, and his eyes widened.

Luo Zijun then spoke up, "Brother Xu, this is my master. Let him take a look at you."

Xu Xian's eyes, which had been dim, lit up immediately upon seeing him, and he nodded hastily, saying, "Good, good."

Xu Ziyin, who was standing to the side, also secretly turned her head to glance at Luo Zijun.

Su Dafang ordered, "Take off your clothes and let this old man see your belly, then take off your pants."

Although Xu Xian was shy, he did not hesitate and immediately complied.

Luo Zijun followed her master's gaze and saw that the guy's stomach, between his legs, and even his feet were covered with patches of raised bumps, like rashes.

Does it itch?

After examining it for a while, Su Dafang asked a question.

Xu Xian shook his head: "No, it doesn't itch."

Su Dafang frowned and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Xu Xian shook his head again.

Su Dafang sighed and said, "I'm afraid it really is syphilis."

Xu Xian's face immediately turned pale.

He looked at Luo Zijun, opened his mouth as if to speak, but didn't dare to utter a word.

Su Dafang then asked, "Do you have any symptoms such as headache, fever, nausea, or bone pain?"

Xu Xian thought for a moment and said, "No."

"There's none?"

Su Dafang looked puzzled and asked, "Besides these symptoms, do you feel any other discomfort in your body?"

Xu Xian seemed a little embarrassed and glanced timidly at his younger sister beside him.

Xu Ziyin's eyes widened immediately, and she said, "Speak!"

Xu Xian's expression changed, and he quickly said, "I... both sides hurt..."

As he spoke, he pointed to both sides of the kidneys.

"Kidneys, and what else?"

Su Dafang continued to press for answers.

Xu Xian immediately covered his face with the blanket and said in shame, "I... I always have nightmares at night, I dream of women... and then there, something always flows out there, but... but I can't get it up..."

A glint flashed in Su Dafang's eyes as he asked, "What kind of woman did you dream about?"

Xu Xian said with a sob in his voice, "It's...it's the woman I met that day. She...she always appears in my dreams, and then...and then she suddenly turned into a terrifying ghost..."

"Ghosts? What do they look like?"

Su Dafang pressed for an answer.

Xu Xian said in a terrified voice, "His face was covered in cracks, he had a blue face and fangs, bloodshot eyes, and long, sharp teeth..."

Su Dafang's expression shifted for a moment before he asked, "Where does that woman live? Is she still there?"

At this moment, Xu Ziyin behind him said, "She's already run away. When I went to look for her... there was dust and cobwebs everywhere, it didn't look like anyone had ever lived there."

Su Dafang looked at her and asked, "Could you tell me the details of the whole incident?"

Xu Ziyin glared hatefully at the bed before recounting the whole story in detail.

It turned out that one evening, Xu Xian was strolling on the street when he encountered a very beautiful woman who asked him for directions.

Xu Xian became wary after being deceived multiple times, but the other party seemed a bit simple-minded and might have some mental issues. After leaving the house, he couldn't find his way back.

Xu Xian tested her several times and, finding her to be a decent person, escorted her home. "Xu Xian told me that the woman lived at No. 7, Baishao Lane, in the south of the city. When he followed her inside, he found it to be a very luxurious mansion with many maids and servants. Her parents came out to thank him profusely and warmly invited him to stay for dinner..."

"Xu Xian stayed for dinner, during which he drank two cups of wine. When he was about to take his leave, the woman's father suddenly said that he wanted to marry his daughter to him, hoping that they could hold the wedding ceremony that night and that all the family property would belong to him afterward..."

"So, that night, Xu Xian and the woman went through the wedding ceremony and entered the bridal chamber..."

Xu Ziyin paused at this point.

Luo Zijun couldn't help but ask, "And then?"

Xu Ziyin looked at him and said coldly, "Do you want to hear how they consummate their marriage?"

Luo Zijun coughed and said, "No, I mean, what happened after the wedding night? Did Brother Xu come back?"

Xu Ziyin glanced at him a few more times and said, "During the wedding night, Xu Xian said he felt like he was dreaming, floating on air, but he couldn't remember anything specific. The next day, he came back happily and told us about it. When we went to the house at No. 7 Baishao Lane with the betrothal gifts, we found it was a very dilapidated old house, overgrown with weeds, covered in dust and cobwebs, with holes in the walls, and no one lived there at all..."

At this moment, Xu Xian suddenly poked his head out from under the covers, crying, "I didn't lie to you, I really didn't lie to you... It was there, I really saw her father and mother that night, and many maids, and I really did marry her..."

Xu Ziyin ignored him and said in a flat tone, "Father and Mother thought Xu Xian was lying to us, so they beat him up and brought him back. Then he got sick after he came back..."

Xu Xian suddenly looked at Luo Zijun and cried, "Brother Luo, I swear, everything I said is true. I wasn't dreaming, and I didn't lie to them..."

Luo Zijun's gaze shifted, and she suddenly asked, "Do you remember whether her body was hot or cold during your wedding night? Or, when you entered that house, did you feel cold?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xian trembled and hurriedly said, "Yes, I remember when I first went in, I felt a cold wind and my body shivered a few times. It was also very cold during the meal, and in the bridal chamber... I remember, when I touched her, she was indeed ice-cold..."

Luo Zijun's expression changed.

Su Dafang looked at him and asked, "Disciple, what have you guessed?"

Luo Zijun said, "I've heard that some powerful ghosts can transform into human form in front of a weak human and tempt him to do things. In doing so, they devour the human's life essence, causing the human's soul to weaken, nightmares to plague him, and ultimately death."

Xu Xian, his face filled with fear, said, "Brother Luo, I...I've encountered a ghost?"

Luo Zijun did not answer. He walked to the bedside, and suddenly two green lights appeared in his pupils as he looked at the soul in his body.

The soul indeed became transparent, extremely weak, and looked as if it would disintegrate at any moment.

At the same time, wisps of black energy lingered between the brows of his soul. Upon closer inspection, a thin, hair-like black energy extended from the top of his soul and body, reaching all the way to the roof, where it slowly twisted and turned on the beam, as if it were a living thing.

Luo Zijun raised her head and looked at the roof.

Then, she turned her head and looked at the sunlight outside the window.

“Master, I don’t understand either, but I think we can prescribe some medicine to nourish his kidneys and yang, calm his mind and nourish his soul, and let him drink it for a few days to see the effect.”

Luo Zijun withdrew her soul power and said calmly.

Su Dafang nodded and said, "That's the only way."

Luo Zijun walked to the table, took out a brush, ink, paper and inkstone, began to grind the ink and write the prescription, and then handed it to Xu Ziyin, saying, "Three times a day for three consecutive days, and see the effect."

Xu Ziyin glanced at the prescription, then looked at him and asked, "Will it work?"

Luo Zijun said, "Maybe."

Xu Ziyin glanced at him again, but didn't say anything more.

Luo Zijun packed up her medicine box and prepared to take her leave.

At this moment, Xu Xian cried out, "Brother Luo, save me..."

Luo Zijun looked at him and said, "There is no one in this world who can save someone like you except yourself. Brother Xu, lust is a bone-scraping steel knife, a marrow-sucking demon. If you don't abstain from lust, even a god can't save you."

After saying that, he left the room with his master without lingering.

Xu Ziyin followed behind the two in silence, escorting them all the way to the gate.

Su Dafang couldn't help but whisper, "Disciple, the consultation fee..."

Luo Zijun turned around and said, "Miss Xu, we came from the inner city to see a doctor this time, so you need to give us one tael of silver."

Xu Ziyin took out her purse from her waist, rummaged inside, and then looked at him and said, "I don't have any money. Can I pay you back?"

Luo Zijun: "..."

Su Dafang coughed and said, "Miss, we run a small business, and it's not easy for us to come all this way..."

Xu Ziyin ignored him, her gaze still fixed on Luo Zijun, and said calmly, "How about I sleep with you for one night?"

Luo Zijun: "???"

Su Dafang was startled and hesitated for a moment before grabbing his arm and saying, "Disciple, let's go! Don't take her money! Let's go!"

As they spoke, they dragged him away.

It's one thing to not get paid for seeing a doctor, but to let this kid ruin his body too, his granddaughter will kill him with a stick when he gets back.

Su Dafang hurriedly pulled Luo Zijun out of the alley, then stomped his foot and said, "What bad luck! What bad luck! What kind of lousy friends did you make? Even this lousy friend's sister is no good. It's one thing that she won't pay for your medical treatment, but she even wants your body! That's too much!"

Luo Zijun's expression turned serious. She looked back again and whispered, "Master, you go back first. I won't go back. I'll secretly go to Xu Xian's room tonight and lie in ambush. There's a ghost in that room. Only by killing that ghost can Xu Xian's illness be cured."

Is there a ghost in the house?

Upon hearing this, Su Dafang was immediately horrified and his eyes widened: "Really? You just saw it?"

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "I can see it."

Su Dafang stared at him in disbelief: "You...you can see ghosts?"

He then looked at him warily and said, "You little rascal, you're probably not seeing a ghost, but rather you've taken a fancy to that little girl who wants to sleep with you, aren't you?"

Luo Zijun was speechless and said, "Master, I'm not that despicable, and besides, I don't lack women. I really did see a ghost just now. Although Xu Xian is not related to me, I have to save him."

Su Dafang stared at him for a while longer, then asked, "You can kill ghosts?"

Luo Zijun thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine. Even if we can't kill it, we can scare it away. Xu Xian's condition isn't good. If we don't save him soon, that ghost will probably drain his yang energy tonight and cause his soul to be scattered."

Su Dafang's expression shifted for a moment, but he was still somewhat worried: "Are you really confident? If something happens to you, your senior sister will definitely not let me off the hook."

Luo Zijun said, "Master, don't worry. I am a sixth-realm martial artist. Even if I can't defeat that ghost, with my powerful blood energy, it can't harm me. At most, a ghost will only dare to attack a sick person, a seriously ill person, or a person whose soul and body are extremely weak."

Su Dafang looked at him with a blank expression: "Disciple, why do I find myself increasingly unable to understand you? When did you become so knowledgeable about ghosts?"

Luo Zijun glanced at the sky and urged, "Alright, Master, let's go back quickly. The inner city gates close early these days, so you should get into the city soon."

Seeing his confidence, Su Dafang could only say, "Then you must be careful on your own, and don't lose your life. If you die, your master will definitely die with you."

Luo Zijun was immediately moved and said, "Master is so good to me."

Su Dafang glared and said, "What a load of rubbish! What I mean is, if you die, your senior sister will definitely beat me to death too, so that I can be buried with you!"

"Oh……"

"Hmph, your master is leaving!"

Su Dafang waved his hand and turned to leave.

Luo Zijun turned her head again and looked at the alley.

He planned to sneak in after dark.

(End of this chapter)