Chapter 22 Teasing

Chapter 22 Teasing
Xie Lan was watching intently and didn't notice anything unusual about the other party.

She was concentrating all her attention on thinking about it, but she couldn't figure out Mr. Xiao's fate?
This was the first time she had encountered such a situation since she started learning the mysterious arts from her master.

Xie Lan did not give up. He looked at the face and made another divination.

But the result is still the same.

Mr. Xiao's fate seems to be shrouded in a thick fog.

Since it couldn't be calculated, Xie Lan didn't force it. Not everyone's fate in this world could be calculated.

She tried her best, but could only glimpse a little, "My lord, I'm afraid your journey will not be smooth, and there will be many dangers along the way."

A look of surprise flashed across Xiao Jin's usually calm face, "No more?"

Xie Lan glanced at him. She had read his fortune twice and looked at his palm and face. He only gave her five taels of silver, and she didn't think he was stingy.

Xie Lan said nothing, but raised his delicate chin towards the five taels of silver on the table.

Xiao Jin understood instantly.

This was the first person who dared to ask him for money openly. He was very brave.

"Snapped."

A ten-liang silver ingot was placed on the table, and Xiao Jin said coldly, "Go ahead."

Xie Lan was not frightened by his aura. He slowly took the two silver ingots and said with a smile, "Young Master, be careful of arrows, falling rocks, and tripwires along the way."

Ignoring his increasingly dark complexion, Xie Lan smiled and took out a piece of talisman paper and a small bronze mirror from his sleeve pocket.

"This is a peace amulet and a peace mirror. Carrying them with you can protect you. But... the price is different. Do you want them?"

Xiao Jin's eyes fell on the small mirror and he almost laughed out of anger.

This Kun Dao really loves money and will not miss any opportunity to make money.

Xie Lan glanced at his expression and not only did he not give up, he even spoke shamelessly.

"Don't look at my mirror as insignificant, it is a valuable item. And this amulet is only one hundred taels. These two items can protect you from all the way. It's a good deal."

She asked for money with confidence and without any embarrassment.

Although she absorbed spiritual energy from this Young Master Xiao, he fell into her bathtub, causing her to lose her innocence.

That was her first kiss.

Moreover, she used detoxification pills to protect his heart meridian, saved his life, and used her spiritual energy to help him devour the black air.

She only took this little money from him, so in the end she was at a loss.

The blue veins on Xiao Jin's forehead jumped and his eyes swept back and forth between the talisman paper and the peace mirror twice.

He secretly gritted his teeth, took out a hundred taels of silver, and took the talisman paper and the peace mirror. He wanted to throw them away, but after thinking about it, he put them in his arms.

Xie Lan picked up the banknote with a smile and praised, "Young Master is straightforward."

"The girl hasn't told me yet where I can find a miracle doctor and when the poison can be cured?"

Xiao Jin had already figured out that this was a money-grubber, so without waiting for her to say anything else, he took out all the banknotes he had and laid them out on the table.

"Is this enough?"

"That's enough, young master is really generous." Xie Lan glanced at the banknotes and praised him insincerely.

Then he reached out his hand... and took a silver note of the smallest denomination.

"Young Master will be able to find a miracle doctor on this trip, but the noble man who can help you detoxify... is in the capital."

There was a flash of surprise in Xiao Jin's eyes. He thought she would take all the banknotes.

This Kun Dao looks weak, but is actually quite courageous.

Relying on his abilities, he is greedy for money, but he knows how to control himself just right.

"As long as you tell me who can cure the poison in my body, all these banknotes will be yours."

Xie Lan only took what she was supposed to take, and didn't even look at the banknotes on the table. "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but you have a special fate, and I've said everything I can.

No matter how much... the secret cannot be revealed."

Xie Lan waved his feather fan casually and stood up to say goodbye. "It's getting late, young master, you should go to bed. We'll see each other again if we're lucky."

Xiao Jin did not stop her, staring at her back with a gloomy look. He had spent nearly two hundred taels to invite this Taoist Kun over, but he only exchanged a few words for her, and in the end, he did not find out who could cure his poison.

Although he didn't realize that she was lying, he still felt that she was hiding something.

He could feel that the detoxification pills she fed him could protect his heart meridians, but they could not suppress the strange internal force in his body.

I'm afraid she has some secrets.

Looking at that slim figure, for some reason, Xiao Jin couldn't help but have questions popping up in his mind.

Did he really not fall into her bathtub?
Xie Lan noticed the gazes from behind, but she didn't care.

I am quite satisfied with the money I earned on this trip.

The Xie family threw her to Sanqing Mountain and ignored her for more than ten years. It is unknown what their intention was to bring her back to Beijing this time. But one thing is certain, no one in the Xie family will treat her sincerely.

Even that biological father whom she had never met was probably not a good person, otherwise he would not have sent her a single word for more than ten years.

After going to the capital, she had to make plans for herself.

If she couldn't get along with the Xie family, she would buy a house and move out.

However, prices in Kyoto are high, and everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation costs money, so she has to find a way to earn more money.

Xie Lan thought about it and went back to his room. After washing up, he went to bed.

After all, I am young, and my energy is restored after one night.

The gifts brought by the pilgrims were all kinds of things, and in total there were so many that it took two horse-drawn carriages to load them all.

After Xie Lan finished his breakfast, Nanny Zhang and Tiechui packed up their things and loaded them onto the carriage.

Everybody is ready to set off.

When Xie Lan passed by Room No. 2, he heard some noise and looked over curiously, only to find that the waiter was cleaning.

Xiao Jin and his group left before dawn.

It was a chance meeting, so Xie Lan didn't take it to heart. He took Nanny Zhang and Tiechui into the carriage and left Yushi Town.

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After nearly a month of bumpy ride, we finally arrived in the capital.

Xie Ying was not feeling well, so after entering the city gate, Liu took her to see a doctor and let Xie Lan go home on her own.

Having eaten too much dry food on the way, Xie Lan did not go back to Xie's house directly, but went to a restaurant, intending to have his meal before returning to Xie's house.

Zuixianlou is indeed the most famous restaurant in Kyoto, with people coming and going and a bustling atmosphere.

As Xie Lan stepped into the lobby, a man in a gorgeous brocade robe, waving a folding fan, stood in front of her.

"Hey, little girl, meeting is fate. Come on, go have a drink with your brother."

The strong smell of alcohol hit her in the face. Seeing the man opposite her reaching out to hug her with a lecherous look, Xie Lan frowned and moved aside.

Xie Lan had just returned to Kyoto and was unfamiliar with the place, so he didn't want to cause any trouble.

They originally thought that the servants behind the man would take their master away, but unexpectedly, not only did they not stop them, they also joined in the fun.

"Little girl, why are you hiding? Our prince is willing to let you accompany him for drinking, which means he thinks highly of you. Why don't you help him up quickly?"

Yang Fen had just drunk a lot of yellow soup in the private room and was already feeling hot all over, so he prepared to go to the brothel to relieve the heat.

Seeing the beautiful girl in front of him, he felt even more itchy and stretched out his big hands to hug her slender waist.

"Girl, smile for me. Your little mouth is so pretty. Let me taste it and see if it's sweet."

Xie Lan stopped the angry hammer with one hand, used his wide sleeves to block it with his right hand, and quickly made hand gestures.

But with a smile on his face, he said, "Young Master is good at talking, so say more."

The beauty's smile made Yang Fen's tailbone numb. He opened his mouth and wanted to say "Let me kiss you," but what he said was, "Zhou Chengtao, you bastard, you dare to hit my hand. Sooner or later, I will make you pay."

The words just fell.

The once bustling Zuixianlou became deathly silent.

(End of this chapter)