The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 35 - 34 Retribution

Chapter 35: Chapter 34 Retribution

Chapter 35 -34 Retribution

Great General Residence of the Loyal and Brave in the Provincial Capital

A group of people dressed in lavish clothes huddled together in a grand and majestic large room.

Jiang Yu was in her mother’s arms, her little face pale with fear.

The most famous doctor from Jishi Hall finished bandaging Madame Zhou’s eyes and said, “You must keep the eyes dry for the coming days, avoid spicy foods, and you can eat more goji berries and pig’s liver.”

General Jiang Li said, “Thank you, Doctor. I will see you out.”

Doctor Qi hurriedly said, “There’s no need, Great General. Just have one of your servants show me the way.”

Madame Zhou, who sat on the bed unable to see anything, became anxious, “Doctor Qi, will I be able to see the light again in a few days?”

Doctor Qi looked towards the Great General.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and then nodded. It was a secret that couldn’t be kept forever; how could she see when her eyeballs were ruptured?

There was no harm in telling her the truth since she could still see with one eye, after all.

Doctor Qi carefully chose his words, “Madame’s right eye is too severely injured; my medical skills are not refined, and I do not specialize in eye diseases. I have done my best, but I cannot guarantee a full recovery. However, Madame must not lose heart. I’ve heard that Doctor Li has once cured a similar case. Perhaps your residence can find Doctor Li; then Madame’s eyes may regain sight.”

Upon hearing this, Madame Zhou’s heart went cold!

So, she was blind?

Ah! How could this happen?

Hadn’t her fate been changed? Wasn’t she supposed to live a long and healthy life?

The one who should be blind was Lei’s family!

Could it be that the Ruo Family’s fortune had actually turned around?

She urgently said to Jiang Li, “Old Master, quickly find Master Xuan Ji! Find the Master fast!”

Jiang Li frowned, immediately gripped her hand, and gave a subtle warning, “Madame need not panic! I will definitely find Doctor Li to cure your eyes, eldest, see Doctor Qi out!”

Doctor Qi bowed to everyone in the room and took his leave.

Jiang Qing responded and personally escorted Doctor Qi out, taking the opportunity to usher the other people out of the room as well.

Jiang Qing personally saw Doctor Qi out—Doctor Qi’s medical skills were the most exquisite in the entire Provincial Government Office. With life’s certainty of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and even more so for people like the Jiang Family who walked the knife’s edge and lived by the sword, they dared not disrespect a doctor of such skill.

When only two people remained in the room, Madame Zhou gripped Jiang Li’s hand tightly, “Old Master, the fortune of the Ruo Family might have returned; you must fetch Master Xuan Ji back here quickly!”

“Do not worry; Doctor Qi did say that Doctor Li could treat your eyes, didn’t he? How can you casually mention Master Xuan Ji?”

How could Madame Zhou not worry? As she aged, her eyesight had naturally started to diminish, and now if she went blind in one eye, wouldn’t she be completely blind?

She had only enjoyed a few years of prosperity!

How could she become blind?

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“Is Doctor Li that easy to find? It’s said that the Ninth Prince has been frail since childhood, and the Empress Dowager sent people everywhere to find Doctor Li’s whereabouts to no avail. Send a message to Master Xuan Ji now; I have a strong feeling that the Ruo Family’s fortunes might have changed!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll send a message to Master Xuan Ji tomorrow. But tell me what did you see when you went to the Ruo Family this time?”

Jiang Li was somewhat skeptical; Master Xuan Ji was so powerful, able to kill people without a trace. He said that no one could break the formation, which could take away two to three generations of the Ruo Family’s fortune, ensuring three generations of wealth for their Jiang Family.

Who in this world could compare to Master Xuan Ji? He could change fate against the heavens.

“The fool from the Ruo Family really can speak and walk now; moreover, it seems the Ruo Family might have formed an acquaintance with the County Magistrate’s family. There were some extremely delicate pastries in the house that you definitely can’t buy in shops outside; I’ve had them before in the Capital City. Lei said they were gifts from a benefactor, likely sent by Magistrate Zhang.”

“Magistrate Zhang is not a magistrate without connections. His father is the Minister of Public Works in the Capital City. If the Ruo Family has formed a good relationship with Magistrate Zhang, they might just turn their fortunes around.”

“Lei also plans to send a few grandsons to the Academy after the New Year, proving that the Ruo Family has found a way to earn Silver. And my eye injury is too peculiar. Yu said she was intending to hit that fool, but the hand she swung out hit herself instead, like a backlash! Did that not strike you as odd? If the formation wasn’t broken, misfortune should have befallen the Ruo Family instead!”

Jiang Li listened and felt there was something odd. “You make sense,” he said.

If the Ruo Family were to rise, it would bring no good to the Jiang Family.

But sending someone to watch them was impractical. The Ruo brothers were not to be trifled with – martial artists are exceptionally sensitive.

The deaths, madness, and maimings within the Ruo Family were all accidents with no evidence left behind. Sending someone would only make it easier to leave evidence.

He pondered for a moment, “I’ll go write to Master Xuan Ji right now to ask if the formation still exists. Before we get the news from Xuan Ji, we’ll keep an eye on the Ruo Family.”

“How shall we watch them?” Mrs. Zhou was extremely anxious inside, as she had a foreboding feeling.

“Aren’t Yu’er and Jie preparing for their enlightenment? Isn’t Mrs. Lei planning to send a few grandsons to the academy? It’s the perfect time to bring the Ruo Family’s children to our family’s school as well. The Ruo Family dotes on their daughter. When it’s mentioned, remember to bring along the Ruo girl too. The Ruo Family couldn’t possibly afford to hire a Master to teach her zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, and the rites of poetry and literature. Even if they don’t send the grandsons, they will surely send that girl over!”

Jiang Li thought more about it and felt this idea was excellent. Children generally have no schemes, and with a little coaxing, they could reveal a lot.

Moreover, the old man from the Ruo Family had once saved his life, as well as many soldiers in the army. Many of those soldiers still remembered him fondly. If he brought the Ruo children over to study with his own grandchildren, it would show the soldiers how loyal and righteous a general he was, strengthening their loyalty to him.

“I’ll go write the letter right now!” Jiang Li hurried out of the room, only to have his vision suddenly darken. He tripped over the threshold and stumbled out, crashing into a red lacquered pillar in the corridor. The roof trembled, dislodging a sharp tile that embedded itself in his head.

Before he lost consciousness, only one thought crossed his mind: This is too sinister. Is this retribution?

“Master!” A maid screamed, and chaos ensued in the General Residence!

Dr. Qi had just mounted his carriage when he was urgently summoned back. As soon as he saw the wound on General Jiang Li’s head, his heart jolted. After taking his pulse, his legs went weak: things looked grim, and he might not survive the night!

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Ruo Family

After Mrs. Zhou and others hurriedly left, Granny Lei wrapped her arms around Ruo Xuan and felt her forehead, asking, “Did that scare you, Xuanbao?”

Ruo Shui was also scared, “Did you get hurt, Xuanbao?”

He was truly frightened by the plate incident but couldn’t help feeling relieved that it wasn’t his own daughter or mother who got hurt!

If every mischievous child’s actions only harmed their own elders, then those elders might think twice about properly raising their kids.

Ruo Xuan shook her head, “No, not at all!”

She had caused it; how could she possibly be scared?

“Do you know what just happened, Xuanbao? Why did Sister Yu’er suddenly go mad?” Granny Lei thought back to Jiang Yu’s crazed state and shivered with fear. Could it be that their house had something unclean?

She couldn’t help looking around.

Ruo Xuan: “That was retribution. Heaven is punishing them!”

Ruo Shui looked bewildered, “What do you mean?”

Ruo Xuan was about to share the matter of the Jiang Family stealing the Ruo Family’s fortune, and how Mrs. Zhou and the people from the Jiang Family were great villains.

Then she noticed her father’s facial features, with the disaster-sign looming faintly, appearing and vanishing intermittently, signifying that disaster hinged on a single thought.

She also glanced at the black mist above her father’s and grandmother’s heads. The black mist was dispersing, and purple energy was slowly gathering.

Their fortune was returning. The formation was beginning to backfire.

The people of the Jiang Family would not have an easy time.

So she couldn’t speak of it yet; knowing her father and uncles’ tempers, they would not hesitate to take up arms and stealthily chop down the Jiangs upon learning the truth!

In this world, both murder and causing harm were illegal, warranting arrest by the government. It wasn’t like she was dealing with a rabbit spirit, where a single lash of her Spirit Root could finish it.

It was alright to keep silent; she alone could make Heaven take them down!

Granny Lei had her suspicions and was about to ask about the retribution when an urgent voice called out from outside, “Mrs. Lei, something terrible has happened!”