This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 376 Romantic Encounters with Ghosts
Dark and damp.

A strange, fishy smell lingered in the air, like the stench of rotting, dead fish, making one want to vomit.

The two were imprisoned in an underground cell.

No one came to interrogate or torture them.

For seven consecutive days, no one paid any attention to them; only deathly silence and darkness accompanied them, as if they had been forgotten.

Fortunately, they still had their belongings.

They ate the dry rations they had taken out of their storage ring and waited quietly.

On the eighth day, someone finally appeared.

The girl in the pink and white floral dress emerged from the darkness, leisurely sized up the two outside the cell for a while, and said in a crisp voice, "We cannot kill these days, so I spared your lives. After tomorrow, it will be your death day."

Luo Zijun stood up from the corner and asked, "Why kill us? What crime did we commit?"

The girl snorted coldly and said, "Unauthorized entry into my Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons and unauthorized trespassing into my Snake Valley are both capital offenses."

Luo Zijun said, "You're talking about humans, but the two of us aren't human."

The girl was taken aback by his words, her slightly reddened eyes fixed on him as she asked, "Then what are you two?"

Luo Zijun said, "We are family members of the snake clan, so we also belong to the snake clan and are of the same clan as you."

The girl sneered, "A family member of the snake clan? Then tell me, how come you're a family member of the snake clan?"

Luo Zijun said slowly and deliberately, "My wife is a member of the snake clan. Her name is Bai Meixue. Since she is a member of the snake clan, so am I."

The snake-girl scoffed, her face full of mockery: "Don't you humans believe in male superiority and female inferiority, and that a woman follows her husband after marriage? Since she married you, shouldn't she follow your race and be considered a human family member?"

Luo Zijun calmly replied, "Miss, you may not know this, but actually, I am a son-in-law."

"Bring-in-law?"

The snake-girl was taken aback.

Luo Zijun explained, "In our human countries, when a man marries into a woman's family, it's equivalent to giving up his own surname, ethnicity, and all his identity. Where she is from, I am from. If she's not human, then I'm not human either. Even if she's a dog, I have to follow the dog."

"Pfft..."

The snake-girl couldn't help but laugh out loud, then looked him over with amusement for a few more moments before suddenly pointing behind him and saying, "Where's that human girl? She didn't marry a member of the snake clan."

"But she married me."

Luo Zijun said without blushing, "Since I've become a member of the snake clan, then naturally she is too."

The snake-girl's brow twitched, she stared at him a few more times, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Luo Zijun hurriedly called out, "Miss, when will you let us out? I want to go find my wife and contribute to the snake clan with her!"

The snake-girl paused, turned around, and asked, "What contribution?"

Luo Zijun said, "Having children? We can give birth to many, many snake babies for the snake clan, which will help strengthen our snake clan."

The snake-girl's lips twitched a few times, she gave him a strange look, and then quickly left.

After a while.

From inside a palace in the valley came the clear voice of a young girl.

"Sister! That guy is so shameless! Guess what he just said? He actually said..."

After the girl recounted the entire conversation vividly, the cold figure sitting cross-legged in the heart of the black lotus, dressed in a black dress and cultivating with his eyes closed, remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Indeed shameless."

After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "Little sister, go and tell her the same thing."

"what?"

"Go, without missing a single word."

"Oh fine."

The girl in the floral dress quickly left.

When she arrived at a certain room, she repeated her conversation with the human boy in the cell word for word. Standing by the window, gazing at the distant, lost-in-thought white figure, she remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "He's always been this shameless."

This night.

As Bai Meixue was cultivating in the lotus seat in the pond in the backyard, bathed in the pure moonlight, a girl dressed in a black dress, who looked almost exactly like her, silently arrived at the edge of the pond.

"I plan to execute him tomorrow."

After staring at the snow-white figure in the pool for a while, the girl in the black dress said with a cold expression.

Bai Meixue slowly opened her eyes, looked at her and said, "I've already promised you, haven't I?"

The girl in the black dress said, "But your heart is still with him."

Bai Meixue didn't say anything more.

After a moment of silence, the girl in the black dress looked at her and said, "You know, if we are to merge, you must be free of all distractions and emotions. It seems that you simply cannot do that."

Bai Meixue looked at her and said, "Even if you kill him, I can't do it. I am human, not a demon."

The girl in the black dress shrugged slightly and said, "You've already repaid your debt of gratitude, haven't you? You said before that you would come back after you repaid your debt of gratitude, but you've gone back on your word."

"You broke your promise."

Bai Meixue looked at her calmly: "I haven't finished repaying my debt of gratitude. I was born as a human to repay that debt. My life isn't over yet. You forcibly severed my life for the sake of cultivation. Do you think I would willingly merge with you?"

The girl in the black dress had a burning rage in her crimson eyes, and her tone was cold: "I admit I was a bit hasty, but the snake clan is now at a critical moment of life and death. I must advance quickly, and you also have a responsibility to help me advance!"

Bai Meixue's tone remained calm: "She is responsible, not me."

The girl in the black dress said in a chilling tone, "I will swallow him tomorrow. That way, after you merge with me, you can be with him forever. What do you say?"

Bai Meixue said, "You can try it, but I can't guarantee whether it will truly merge with you."

"you……"

The girl in the black dress slowly clenched her fist, her scarlet pupils flashing with a sinister light. After staring at her for a while, she said in a cold voice, "I will make you give up."

Having said that, he quickly left.

the next morning.

While Luo Zijun and Shui Wu were sleeping, the cell door opened, and the girl in the floral dress stood in the doorway and said, "You can come out now. I've taken pity on you and spared your lives, but you have to work for us."

"Working?"

The two were stunned when they heard this.

Soon, the two were taken to a vast valley of medicinal herbs.

The valley is full of medicinal herb fields, densely planted with all kinds of medicinal herbs, stretching as far as the eye can see.

At this time, the medicinal flowers are in full bloom, displaying a riot of colors. In the field, many figures are carrying cradles, bending down to pick medicinal herbs.

"From now on, you'll work here, picking medicinal herbs. You must pick three baskets every day. If you don't complete the task, you'll be whipped!"

After the girl in the floral dress finished speaking, she waved to the medicinal herb field next to her and called out, "Auntie Vegetables!"

A woman who was at least two meters tall and had a waist as thick as a water vat walked out of the herb field, holding a leather whip, and said in a gruff voice, "Seventh Miss, are these the two humans?"

The girl in the floral dress said, "It's them. Make them work properly. If they slack off, give them a good beating."

After saying that, she left first.

Luo Zijun quickly said, "Hey, I need to go find my wife!"

The words had barely left his mouth when a whip lashed out fiercely.

Luo Zijun dodged aside and looked at the tall woman in front of her.

"What, you want to fight back?"

Aunt Cai had a face full of fleshy muscles, but her chin was extremely sharp. Her eyes were small and long, but the pupils were not scarlet, but green, making her look particularly fierce.

"Kid, don't you know whose territory this is? You mere human dare to act wildly here? You dare to make a move?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a long, thin, scarlet snake tongue suddenly shot out of her mouth, and her entire fat face quickly twisted into a terrifying snake face. Her aura also instantly became frightening.

Shui Wu's expression changed, and she quickly pulled Luo Zijun, saying, "Let's go gather herbs."

As she spoke, she immediately pulled him to the edge of the field, picked up two medicine baskets, and then went down into the field to collect herbs.

A thin woman nearby came over and explained, "For this medicinal herb, only the flower stamens are harvested. Only two stamens can be picked from each flower; you can't pick more than that. You need to pick flowers that are fully open..."

"For this type, only the leaves need to be picked, specifically the leaves near the flower buds, and only one leaf can be picked from each plant..."

Shuiwu listened attentively.

Luo Zijun turned around and saw that the tall woman was still staring at him fiercely from the edge of the field.

The woman who was explaining things to the two quickly whispered, "Don't look at her, hurry up and gather the herbs. If you don't complete the task, she'll beat you to death."

Shui Wu quickly whispered, "Let's get to work first. As long as they don't kick us out, we have a chance. There are so many people here, we can slowly inquire about things."

Luo Zijun didn't say anything more, took the medicine basket, and began to gather herbs.

He knew he couldn't fight here; trying to find Miss Bai by force would be suicide, so he could only endure it for the time being.

Just like Shuiwu said, if you can stay, you'll have a chance; you can just keep asking around.

The two quickly got into work mode.

By evening, the two had completed their task. Several others in the other medicinal fields had not yet finished their tasks and were being whipped by the vegetable auntie, their screams filled with agony.

They discovered that not all those doing this were members of the snake clan; there were other members of the demon clan as well. They even saw a little human girl.

They may have wandered in by mistake, or they may have been slaves specifically captured.

Dinner was simple: a piece of meat the size of a palm and two pieces of fruit, and the meat was only half-cooked.

The key point is that there is only one meal a day.

"Damn, I never thought that being a beast of burden in my past life would lead to being a beast of burden again in this life."

Sleeping in a small stone house that night, Luo Zijun couldn't help but swear.

Shui Wu remained calm and deliberately said, "If you can't stand it, we'll find a way to escape, leave this place, and go home."

Luo Zijun paused for a moment, then hugged her and said, "Awu, I'm afraid you'll suffer."

Shui Wu looked at him with gentle, watery eyes and said, "With you by my side, I'm willing to endure any hardship."

"Awu..."

"Brother Zijun..."

"Um, you're probably not full yet?"

The next day.

The two got up, washed up quickly, and went to the herb field to continue their work.

Shuiwu began trying to strike up conversations with other people to gather information.

Soon, half a month had passed.

The two met many people, or rather, many members of the demon race, and also learned a lot of information.

However, no information about Miss Bai has been found yet.

They also met the human little girl named Xiaoduo. She had two twin sisters, one named Shiqing and the other named Huayi. Their mother was Wen Yun, a beautiful woman who looked very young.

It is said that the four were abducted from outside by a monster, specifically to gather medicinal herbs.

“My father was beaten to death by them, and a monster even ate his head… Another monster took a fancy to my mother and wanted to capture her to have children. My mother refused to yield and was rescued by the Seventh Princess. Then she was sent here to work…”

One day, the little girl finally trusted Shuiwu and told her about her family situation.

"Sister A-Wu, are you planning to work here for the rest of your life?"

One day, the little girl asked secretly.

Shuiwu told the truth: "Of course not, we will find a way to escape."

The little girl immediately pleaded quietly, "Sister A-Wu, can you take us with you when you run away? Those monsters want to bully my mother and sister. My mother said we have to run away quickly, but we don't know how to escape..."

That evening, Shui Wu returned to the stone house and talked to Luo Zijun about the matter.

Luo Zijun said helplessly, "We can barely take care of ourselves, how can we help them?"

Since arriving at Snake Valley, he has sent a message to Miss Bai every night, but she has never replied.

Judging from the Seventh Princess's previous reaction, the other party must have known about Miss Bai.

However, since the other party brought him and Shui Wu to the herb field last time, they have never appeared again.

As for the herb gatherers in the medicinal field, after this period of investigation, it is clear that none of them know anything about it.

We can only continue to wait patiently.

Noon the next day.

As the two were picking herbs in the medicinal field, a young woman dressed in coarse cloth came over carrying a medicine basket. She secretly slipped two steamed buns to Shuiwu and whispered, "You must not be full, right? These are from somewhere else. Eat them while they're hot."

The woman looked quite young. Although she was dressed in coarse cloth, it was hard to hide her pretty face and extraordinary temperament. She was Wen Yun, Xiao Duo's mother.

Shui Wu quickly thanked her, "Thank you, Aunt Wen."

Wen Yun smiled slightly, glanced at the two of them, and showed a somewhat unnatural expression on her face. She said in a low voice, "Don't take what Xiao Duo said to you yesterday to heart. Children like to talk nonsense. We... we are doing quite well here and have no intention of leaving."

Shui Wu nodded: "Children say the darndest things, we won't take it to heart."

Wen Yun was about to say something more when she saw a supervisor walking towards them, so she quickly said, "Then I'll go first. Eat the buns while they're hot."

After saying that, he lowered his head and left in a hurry.

After she walked away, Shui Wufang said to Luo Zijun beside her, "She's very cautious, probably because she's afraid we'll tell others."

In the afternoon, suddenly, the vegetable aunt's cursing, the sound of whipping, and the girl's screams came from the neighboring medicinal herb field.

The two looked up and saw that the tall and burly woman was wielding a whip, lashing Wen Yun hard while cursing her.

Wen Yun's three daughters stood by, crying and pleading.

"What are you looking at! Get to work! Want to get a beating too?"

As Luo Zijun and Shui Wu were watching, a supervisor appeared beside them, brandishing a leather whip and issuing a warning. The two continued working with their heads down.

The mission was completed by evening.

The two returned to the stone house, took a quick bath, ate a meal, and were talking when suddenly another burst of shouting and crying came from outside.

The two stepped out of the stone house and found that it was already crowded with people.

Wen Yun was dragged out of the stone house by a burly snake-man. Wen Yun's three daughters screamed and rushed forward to hug her, but were slapped to the ground by the snake-man and couldn't get up.

Seven or eight other snake-clan men standing nearby laughed at the sight.

“You lowly human woman, it’s your good fortune that our eldest brother has taken a liking to you. If you serve our eldest brother well, you won’t have to do hard labor here anymore, and your three daughters can also enjoy the good life together.”

A lean, snake-like man grinned.

Wen Yun cried and struggled desperately.

The burly snake-like man with green patterns embroidered on his face grabbed her hair and continued dragging her outside, saying fiercely, "I've already given you a chance. Since you don't agree, I'll just do what I want to you first."

Wen Yun suddenly tilted her head back and bit his wrist.

The snake-man groaned in pain, then flew into a rage and slapped her to the ground. He then looked at his wrist, which was already bleeding.

"You bitch! You're asking for it!"

He grabbed Wen Yun by the neck, lifted her off the ground, and slammed her onto the stone table beside him, his face contorted with rage as he said, "You like biting, huh? Fine, I'll do it to you right here and now!"

With that, he tore her dress to shreds with a "rip," then turned to the other snake-men behind him and said, "I'll go first, you can all line up and play later!"

Upon hearing this, the snake-men behind him cheered and jeered.

The herb gatherers standing not far away looked fearful and saddened, not daring to utter a sound.

Some people went straight into the house, unable to bear the sight.

Wen Yun struggled desperately on the stone table, her face covered in tears and despair, but to no avail.

The snake-man grinned maliciously, about to tear off her bodice, when a sharp shout suddenly rang in his ear. A long whip then lashed out, instantly wrapping around his neck and flinging him away.

Shui Wu, holding a long whip, helped Wen Yun up from the stone table, glaring angrily at the snake-men.

"Oh, another human beauty has arrived!"

"Haha, you've got quite a temper."

The snake-clan men burst into laughter when they saw their leader being flung away by a whip.

The burly snake-man fell to the ground in a disheveled state, rolled a few times, then leaped to his feet, glaring angrily at the meddlesome human girl before him. With a clang, he drew a short knife and pounced on her without a word.

Luo Zijun flashed out from the side, protecting Shui Wu. Two balls of flame suddenly rose from his hands, illuminating his eyes, which were filled with murderous intent.

"stop!"

A sharp shout stopped the two men who were about to attack.

The tall woman, who was at least two meters tall and was known as Aunt Cai, walked over with several of her subordinates, her face grim.

"What are you doing? Making a scene here? Are you tired of living?"

Aunt Cai walked up to the burly snake-man and slapped him across the face, angrily saying, "You little bastard, coming to my territory to snatch someone, do you not respect me at all?"

The snake-clan man, known as Prisoner, covered his face, not daring to resist, and pointed angrily at Shui Wu, saying, "This human slut dared to lay a hand on me! Aunt Cai, how are you going to punish her?"

Aunt Cai sneered, "My people are my own to manage, it's none of your business to tell them what to do!"

After saying that, a leather whip suddenly appeared in his hand, and he lashed it out fiercely at Shui Wu.

"Snapped!"

This whip struck Luo Zijun.

"Aunt Cai, I'll take the punishment for her."

Luo Zijun took a lash, her clothes on her shoulder were torn to shreds, and a bloody welt appeared on her skin, but she didn't utter a sound.

Aunt Cai gave him a sinister look and said in a gruff voice, "Starting tonight, you two will live separately. This woman will be confined to the stone house for five days and is not allowed to go anywhere! From now on, you will also work separately and are not allowed to be together!"

Qiu Da protested, "Aunt Cai, this punishment..."

Aunt Cai turned to look at him, pointed at Wen Yun, whose clothes were disheveled and who was crying, and said, "Didn't you want this woman? Bring me a bottle of your Purple Gold Pill, and I can give her to you to play with for ten days."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yun hurriedly knelt down and cried as she begged.

Qiu Da's facial muscles twitched a few times as he said, "A bottle of Purple Gold Pills, only ten days?"

His gaze fell on the woman, whose face was streaked with tears and who looked even more delicate than before. His eyes gleamed with longing. He gritted his teeth and bargained, "Fifteen days, how about it?"

Aunt Cai sneered and said, "Fifteen days? Aren't you tired of this? If you pay two more bottles of Purple Gold Pills, you can choose any one of her three daughters to take with you."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Da's eyes lit up, and his gaze fell upon the three pretty and delicate sisters.

"Those three are virgins, so it's worth the price, isn't it?"

Aunt Cai's plump face was full of the cunning look of someone doing business.

Qiu Da chuckled, glanced at the mother and her three daughters, and said in a low voice, "Let me go back and check first. You know, it takes a month to refine one bottle of Purple Gold Pill. If there are any left, I will definitely find a way to send them to you."

Aunt Cai snorted and didn't say anything more.

Just as Qiu Da was about to leave, his gaze suddenly fell on the tall girl behind Luo Zijun. He grinned maliciously and said, "Aunt Cai, that woman..."

"She is a martial artist, and therefore more valuable."

Qiu Da's eyes lit up: "We can discuss that too?"

Aunt Cai sneered, "Of course you can. You can take any of the slaves here, as long as you can afford the payment."

"hey-hey."

Qiu grinned, glared at Shui Wu, and left with his men.

By this time, the sun had set and night had fallen.

Aunt Cai glanced at Luo Zijun and the other woman again, and said coldly, "As humans, you should know the rules here. Even if you are martial artists, you still have to behave yourselves here. If there is a next time what happened tonight, it won't be as simple as a whipping and confinement. You'll be in for a world of hurt!"

She then ordered the two to be separated.

Shui Wu was locked in the stone house next door, the door was locked, and a snake woman guarded the outside.

Luo Zijun was then sent back to her stone house.

The others also returned to the stone house to rest.

Luo Zijun sat on the thatched ground, pondered for a while in the darkness, took out the bronze mirror, and sent another message to Miss Bai.

He needed to see Miss Bai as soon as possible and then find a way to leave.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no reply from the other party.

Luo Zijun sat cross-legged in the corner, then his soul left his body, passed through the roof, and arrived at the stone house where Shui Wu was imprisoned. After seeing that she was safe, he returned.

Just as I was thinking about something, there was a knock on the door.

The voice was soft, hesitant, and timid.

Luo Zijun went over and opened the door, only to find the woman named Wen Yun standing outside with red eyes.

"Young Master Luo, may I come in and have a word with you?"

Wen Yun said timidly.

Luo Zijun glanced outside, opened the door wide, and said, "Come in."

Wen Yun lowered her head and went into the house.

Luo Zijun closed the door, looked at her, and asked, "Are you alright?"

With tears welling up in her eyes, Wen Yun bowed her head and thanked them, "Young Master Luo, thank you for saving me... It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Miss A-Wu wouldn't have been locked up there."

Luo Zijun said, "It's nothing, just a few days of confinement. Is there anything you want to say?"

Wen Yun bit her lip, then suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Young Master Luo, if you can leave this place in the future, could you take Xiao Duo and her two older sisters with you? I... I could die here, but they are still so young..."

Luo Zijun said helplessly, "We don't know when we can leave."

Wen Yun looked up at him, her face streaked with tears, and said, "You are martial artists, you must have a way. Young Master Luo, only you can help these three sisters. You saw it today, we are like their merchandise here, to be bought and sold at will. I... I wanted to take these three sisters with me... to die together, so that all my troubles would be over, but they are still so young..."

Luo Zijun could only say, "If I have the chance, I will take them with me when I leave."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yun was moved to tears and immediately kowtowed.

Luo Zijun helped her up and said, "However, I can't guarantee it either, after all, this matter..."

Wen Yun quickly said, "As long as Young Master Luo agrees, I have hope..."

As she spoke, she wiped away her tears, a blush suddenly rising to her delicate cheeks. She bit her lip, lowered her head, and said, "Young Master Luo, I... I have no money, I don't know how to repay you, I... I only have..."

With a blush on her face, she raised her hand and took off her clothes, revealing her fair and delicate shoulders and skin, her breasts bulging high under her bodice.

"Xiao Duo and her two sisters will also be young masters in the future..."

Luo Zijun quickly refused, but just as she was about to speak, a sudden heat rose in her stomach, and she stared at her blankly, her mind beginning to wander.

"Young master, please...please have pity on me..."

The young, beautiful woman looked up at him with tear-streaked cheeks and captivating, watery eyes, biting her red lips shyly as she gently untied her bodice...

"It's no use. This place can only receive messages, but it can't send any."

In a palace, a girl in a black dress sat at a table, toying with a wine glass in one hand, her gaze mocking as she looked at the snow-white figure standing by the window.

On the adjacent wall, a huge crystal ball is suspended.

Inside the crystal ball, a dark scene appeared. The location seemed to be a stone house, and on the thatched ground, a woman with snow-white skin and a graceful figure was entangled with a young man.

"Does it look good?"

"I told you long ago, men are all ungrateful and lustful creatures, whether they are human or demon."

"He did travel great distances to find you, but there are always different women around him. In his heart, there's more than just you."

"He just hasn't won you over yet, so he wants to come find you..."

"Once he gets you and gets tired of you, just like those women who made vows of eternal love to Da Liang, he will abandon you without hesitation for a new woman."

The girl in the black dress smiled coldly, put down her wine glass, slowly stood up, walked to the crystal ball, looked at the intense scene inside, and said, "Look, this is the ugliest form of a man, controlled by desire, imprisoned by women. What right does he have to deserve this from you?"

The figure by the window turned his head to look at the scene in the crystal ball, and after a long silence, said, "He really doesn't deserve it."

The girl in the black dress looked at her and asked, "So, are you still worried about him?"

Bai Meixue calmly looked at the figure in the crystal ball and said, "I said, I need to spend this lifetime with him. No matter what the future holds, no matter what the outcome, this is the promise and destiny I made when we parted. If I cannot fulfill it, even if I am willing, I'm afraid we will not be able to merge together."

The cold smile on the girl in the black dress disappeared. After a long silence, she looked back at the crystal ball, nodded slightly, and said, "You're right. I was too hasty. I just didn't expect you to be so persistent, and that you would actually have feelings for me."

"I am a human being, aren't I?"

Bai Meixue seemed to be asking herself a question.

The girl in the black dress remained silent for a while, then put away the crystal ball and said, "Alright, I can let you leave, but only after the snake clan has survived this crisis."

Bai Meixue looked at her and asked, "What danger?"

A rare bitter expression appeared on the girl in the black dress, her eyes deep and unfathomable, as if recalling something distant: "The fox clan has returned... Those clans that were loyal to them back then have all risen from the ashes and begun to act again. The Fire Wolf King, who tried to seize their throne, failed his tribulation and is beyond saving. As for our snake clan, we betrayed the fox clan back then. If they regain the throne this time, it will be a catastrophe for our snake clan."

Bai Meixue said, "Then come with me. At least there are still survivors."

The girl in the black dress gave a sorrowful smile: "We are princesses. Anyone can leave here, but we cannot."

Bai Meixue said, "But I am not a princess, I am a human."

The girl in the black dress looked at her, said nothing more, and after a moment of silence, turned and left.

As they reached the room door, Bai Meixue suddenly said, "Leave that crystal ball behind."

The girl in the black dress paused, turned around, and looked at her.

Bai Meixue's cheeks flushed slightly, but her expression remained calm: "I want to see his ugly appearance a little longer."

The next day.

When Luo Zijun woke up, it was already noon.

No one called him or disturbed him. His surroundings were empty, with only a faint fragrance and other scents remaining.

Recalling what happened last night, he suddenly sat up.

I've been infected again!

When he went out and arrived at the herb field, he found that others were already busy gathering herbs.

He searched the entire medicinal herb field but could not find the charming, gentle woman from the previous night, nor her three daughters.

He walked down from the medicinal herb field and asked a woman he knew.

The woman looked bewildered: "Wen Yun? Xiao Duo? I don't know them, and I don't know where they went."

"do not know?"

Luo Zijun's heart skipped a beat: "Weren't you gathering herbs with them all along?"

The woman paused, then shook her head blankly: "No, I've always been alone. I really don't know them."

Luo Zijun stared at her for a while, then immediately went to ask the others.

"Wen Yun, poetic sentiment? Artistic charm? I've never seen anything like it."

"Xiao Duo? What Xiao Duo? I don't know her."

Luo Zijun asked around and strangely discovered that everyone in the medicinal field who knew the mother and her three daughters now said they had never seen them before and did not know them.

"Could it be that I spent the night with a ghost?"

He stood on the edge of the field for a while, and just as he was about to go to work in the herb field, Aunt Cai came over with her people and said in a gruff voice, "You don't need to pick herbs anymore. The Seventh Princess said you are handsome and a martial artist. She is planning to send you to the palace to be a eunuch. Go back and clean that thing and wait."

Luo Zijun: "???"

(End of this chapter)