"What? The young master is sick again?" The housekeeper was surprised.
The servant looked anxious: "Well, he was already in a coma when he was discovered and the doctors were helpless to do anything!"
Hearing this, everyone around looked at Su Ruotang.
"Girl, please save Mr. Cheng."
"Master Cheng is a good man. He often helps beggars outside the city. Please save him."
"Girl, please save Mr. Cheng."
The housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion looked at Su Ruotang in surprise, following everyone's gaze: "Girl, are you a doctor?"
Su Ruotang said softly.
The butler's face became even more joyful: "Girl, can you please come to my house?"
Su Ruotang looked at Mo Ronyan, who rubbed the white jade with his fingertips and nodded lightly.
"good."
Jingzhou City Lord's Mansion.
When Su Ruotang and Mo Rongyan arrived with the housekeeper, the atmosphere in the house was extremely depressing.
Cheng Zhou stood in his son Cheng Qingshu's courtyard with his hands behind his hands, his eyes fixed on the half-open door.
The servants around me didn't dare to breathe.
The maid who came out with water had slightly red eyes.
When he saw Cheng Zhou, he was so excited that he almost knocked over the basin in his hand, "The city... the city lord..."
"How's Shu'er doing?"
The maid bent her knees, her forehead covered with cold sweat, "Young Master has been coughing up blood, and the government doctor can't find the cause."
After saying that, her body trembled even more.
The city lord only had one wife, and the wife died young. The city lord valued the young master more than his eyes.
Now that the young master is seriously ill, I am afraid that the whole government will suffer.
The year she first came to the house, the young master contracted a cold and fell into a coma.
The city lord was furious and almost killed all the servants serving the young master with sticks.
Fortunately, an old man came and saved the young master.
Over the years, the city lord's temper has become gentler and gentler because of the young master's admonishment.
As the words fell, a deathly silence appeared on the faces of the servants who came to play in the courtyard.
Cheng Zhou's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was as calm as usual, "If the young master makes any mistakes, you should stay with him."
Yun Danfeng's gentle tone seemed to say that the weather was very good today, but it made everyone in the courtyard suddenly change their expressions.
"Bang -" the sound of the water basin falling to the ground came, and a boy's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing:
"I beg the Lord of the City to have mercy on me. My parents are very old. I beg the Lord of the City to have mercy on me!"
Cheng Zhou rolled his eyes numbly, looked at him, and said in a gentle tone, "You want to adopt parents?"
The boy's forehead was red and swollen and bleeding: "Back to the city lord, my servant's parents are sick and bedridden, and my sister is serving them at home. She relies on the monthly money from the city lord to support them."
"I beg the city lord to spare this slave's life. The city lord is so kind to me. I will be willing to work as a cow or a horse in the next life to repay you!"
Cheng Zhou stared at him for a moment, seeming to ask him but also mumbling to himself, "Do you want to fulfill your filial piety at the knees of your parents?"
His tone was calm, but the boy felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say yes.
But I couldn't say that word no matter what.
"It's really unfair to let your parents stay with you until now." Cheng Zhou suddenly laughed, and the laughter made people shudder:
"My Shu'er has lost his mother since he was a child. God doesn't even want to give him a healthy body."
"He has been suffering from diseases since he was a child, and I can't keep him anymore."
Cheng Zhou slowly knelt down and raised his hand to hold the boy's chin. His tone became calmer and gentler, "Why can you enjoy maternal love and still be filial to your parents?"
When the boy met Cheng Zhou's dark and profound gaze, the chill in his heart went straight to the top of his head.
He was trembling and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
There was a weird smile on Cheng Zhou's lips: "Shu'er has suffered enough in this life. You are all the ones who usually serve him, so just stay with him."
After saying this, he stood up straight, glanced at the servants kneeling all over the courtyard, and spread his palms.
A black insect flew out from his palm and landed on the tip of the young man's brow.
"City Lord, please forgive me!"
The boy's eyes were filled with fear and his face was as white as paper.
Cheng Zhou looked at him calmly: "Shu'er is not familiar with the road. You go and help him explore the road first."
As his words fell, the boy suddenly pinched his neck, his blood-red eyes almost bulging out of his sockets.
He collapsed to the ground, veins popped out on his forehead and neck, and he screamed "ho ho" from his throat.
After three breaths, he turned into a piece of human skin under the horrified eyes of many servants.
Flesh, bones, and internal organs were all sucked by the poisonous insects.
The bodies of many servants were shaking uncontrollably, their eyes full of fear.
Cheng Zhou's voice was gentle: "Does any of you want to be filial before your parents?"
Everyone's faces were as pale as paper and they shook their heads.
Cheng Zhou lowered his eyes and fiddled with the well-fed Gu worms with his fingertips, "Go and serve the young master well."
"City Lord, the young master has..." Saved!
Just as everyone dispersed in fear, the butler's voice of surprise came.
The next moment, when he saw the human skin on the ground, he swallowed the rest of his words unconsciously.
Su Ruotang and Mo Ronyan stopped and stared at the human skin with expressionless faces.
The housekeeper stood sideways to block the sight of the two of them, his face a little pale, "City Lord, this girl has superb medical skills, maybe he can save the young master."
Cheng Zhou turned around and his emotionless eyes fell on the two of them.
Immediately, he felt the sudden movement of the Gu insect in his hand, and his dull pupils shrank slightly, almost imperceptibly.
He blinked his eyelashes slowly and looked at Su Ruotang, elegant and gentle, "Girl, are you a doctor?"
Su Ruotang hummed lightly, with a subtle expression, "Master Cheng is very good at Gu insects."
Cheng Zhou glanced at the human skin beside him and said, "The servant is disobedient."
The housekeeper quickly interjected: "Girl, this housekeeper has always liked to bully others. He always steals the young master's belongings and sells them for money because of his kindness."
"Your Excellency has given him many opportunities, but he has refused to change despite repeated admonitions. You have no choice but to do this."
Su Ruotang pursed her lips and said calmly, "Whether it can be cured or not, I have to see the person first."
The housekeeper glanced at Cheng Zhou.
Cheng Zhou's expression remained gentle: "Girl, Shu'er is in the house, please."
Su Ruotang followed the housekeeper into the house.
The moment she entered the room, her eyebrows moved slightly.
