After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Fang Yun was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly, exclaiming in terror, "You, how dare you!"

Wu Ren sneered, grabbed Fang Yun by the back of the neck, and threw him in front of the divine doctor.

Fang Yun kept shrinking into the corner, "It's forbidden to use Gu on ordinary people in Wuling County. This is an order personally given by Atuna Qian Yuan, the current head of the Atuna family. Aren't you afraid of the head of the family's wrath...?"

The divine physician covered his lips and chuckled, a blooming balsam flower outlined with rouge on the upturned corner of his eye.

His gaze toward Fang Yun was as if it were something filthy, haughty and utterly disdainful.

"I am Atuna Qianyuan."

Fang Yun's eyes widened.

Qian Yuan touched Fang Yun's lips with her fingertip, and a tiny white dot entered Fang Yun's mouth.

Fang Yun covered his throat, only able to make a "hoarse" sound.

Qian Yuan blew on her fingertips and said, "Alright, now tell me, where did you hide the child?"

Despite Fang Yun's desperate attempts to cover his throat, his voice kept escaping uncontrollably.

"I threw him down into the valley of Hatoyama, and he...died."

Yan Qingzhu's eyes widened suddenly.

His thin body suddenly sprang to attention, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"Fang Yun, even tigers don't eat their cubs, Ah Xun was your own flesh and blood, how could you be so heartless as to kill him!"

"How dare you kill my Ah Xun!"

Yan Qingzhu's questioning was almost hoarse, and she gripped Fang Yun's neck tightly, her thin fingers seemingly possessing boundless strength at that moment.

He wasn't thinking about anything right now; only one thought occupied his mind: to perish together with Fang Yun.

Fang Yun struggled to breathe, and his face turned a purplish-red.

Even so, he still managed to utter two words with difficulty: "Bitch."

"Fang Yun, let's die together! On the road to the underworld, A Xun won't be alone!"

Qian Yuan frowned and knocked Yan Qingzhu unconscious with a karate chop.

He helped the weak boy up and carried him back to the bed.

"His body is too weak, and he's suffered a stroke from the stress; he might really die," Qian Yuan said. "Wu Ren, go and drive the carriage; take Qing Zhu back first."

He glanced at the man sprawled on the ground like a lump of mud. "Letting you die like this would be too easy on you. I've just finished refining a new Gu, so you can test it on me."

Several small insects burrowed into Fang Yun's flesh at the same time. The rows of sharp teeth in their mouthparts made Lin Ling's scalp tingle.

He stepped forward to help Yan Qingzhu and quickly led her outside.

It seems like it will take a very long time for me to forget what just happened.

When he passed by Wu Ren, Wu Ren pinched his cheeks several times.

He was still feeling lingering fear and didn't notice the white-haired people making unwanted advances.

Lin Ling had originally planned to go to the Princess's residence this morning to find a physician to accompany her, but she unexpectedly ran into Qian Yuan on the way.

When Qian Yuan heard that Lin Ling wanted to see the palace doctor, she thought he was sick. She held his hand and looked him up and down several times, asking him with concern what was wrong.

Lin Ling found it particularly difficult to talk about, after all, she had been deceived emotionally and financially by a scumbag.

How could I possibly tell my elders this?

But Uren has no shame.

When Qian Yuan asked, Wu Ren gave an answer.

He told Qian Yuan everything he heard and saw, including things like, "That silly boy is stupid. He was fooled for two years and only recently discovered that the other person is not only of bad character but also has a family."

Lin Ling was so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into the ground; she wished she could rush over and cover the mouth of this stinky man.

He was still thinking resentfully to himself, "If he's so good at talking, why doesn't he go to the execution ground to do it? The stage there is bigger and brighter!"

Of course, he only dared to think about it secretly in his heart.

Because men are bad guys, they'll pinch his cheeks.

When Qian Yuan learned that her good boy had actually met a scumbag, she was furious and immediately decided to travel with the two of them.

On the carriage ride back to the city, Lin Ling asked softly, "Uncle, will Fang Yun die?"

Qian Yuan felt uncertain. "It shouldn't be..."

They're just a few Gu worms, they shouldn't... die that quickly, right?

It should last for three to five months no matter what... right?

Lin Ling was immediately relieved. "That's good."

Wu Ren's voice came from the front of the carriage, "What, you still can't bear to part with him?"

"I'm not!" Lin Ling retorted. Who cares whether he lives or dies!

He was worried that the clan elders would find out that Uncle Qianyuan had used a Gu poison on Fang Yun, and then they would definitely come out again, leaning on their canes, and accuse Uncle Qianyuan, the head of the family, of doing something wrong.

Wu Ren said, "You'd better not be."

Lin Ling pulled the curtain of the carriage to make sure she couldn't see Wu Ren, that annoying guy, at all.

Qian Yuan raised an eyebrow, as if she had noticed something, and her expression towards Lin Ling became mischievous.

Lin Ling was completely oblivious to Qian Yuan's expression. She was holding her face in her hands and said with great worry, "What should we do about Qingzhu... If his child dies, he definitely won't want to live anymore."

"I'll send someone to search the valley in Jiushan later. Maybe she's not dead." With that, Qian Yuan took out a silver needle and stuck it into Yan Qingzhu's head.

Lin Ling opened her eyes wide, completely bewildered as to what Uncle Qian Yuan was doing.

Qian Yuan explained, "Let him sleep a little longer. We'll send someone to the neighboring county to invite his father over later. Hopefully, having family around will ease some of his pain."

Lin Ling nodded. Elders are elders; they always consider things more thoroughly.

After returning to Wuling County, Yan Qingzhu stayed at the Commander's Mansion and was taken care of by Qian Yuan.

Wu Ren was tasked with finding Yan Qingzhu's parents in a neighboring county.

Although Yan Qingzhu didn't say what her father's name was, a schoolteacher surnamed Yan, who was teaching in a village school, wouldn't be hard to find if you just looked through the files of current teachers in a neighboring county.

Lin Ling was very worried about Wu Ren's speaking skills, so she volunteered to go with the man.

Wu Ren asked, "Little fool, can you ride a horse? I'd like to come along."

Lin Ling snorted. "I can ride a bicycle, and I'm not slow."

Wu Ren said, "I really don't know what's so good about that iron lump. It's not as fast as a horse, and you have to exert your own strength."

Lin Ling looked at him as if he were a country bumpkin, "This is called diversifying your travel options."

As expected of someone from a small place in the Kingdom of Tengshe, they don't even know this.

Uren rolled his eyes. "I'm not waiting for you."

Lin Ling ignored him, went home to change into some comfortable clothes, informed her uncle, and then set off on her bicycle.

Su Han was worried about Lin Ling going to the neighboring county alone, so he sent two guards to accompany her.

Wu Ren said he wouldn't wait, but in reality, he would pull the reins every few miles. Even a Ferghana horse had to obey its master and walk with small steps.

Before nightfall, the four of them arrived in the county town before the city gates closed.

Lin Ling took Pearl's princess token and went to the yamen first. She and several civil officials spent the night going through the files and finally found all the teachers surnamed Yan in the subordinate village schools.

After eliminating others based on age, only one person remained who best met the criteria.