I am cultivating immortality in the Red Mansion

Chapter 59
"This is Master Zhiwu." Grandma Zhang said, "When I came to pay my respects, this was his Buddhist name."

Jia He: "Who is in charge of Anlin Temple? Master Zhiwu is the abbot?"

"It seems to be the abbot. The master of the family didn't trust him very much. He never talked to him in the past. Only my wife talked to him." Nanny Zhang said uncertainly and looked at Poria: "Later, my wife became ill, and Zhiwu only talked to him. He would say a few words to his wife by the bedside, but even if he came, he would not speak much to his master."

Fu Ling then said: "I heard that Master Zhiwu had a chat with his wife before. He is the abbot. He said that there are two junior disciples, Zhikong and Zhijie, but I don't know the rest. Recently I occasionally heard him mention Zhikong when talking to his wife. , but Zhijie didn’t mention it again.”

Jia He nodded secretly.

Obviously, this Poria cocos has a very good relationship with Madam Liu, and is closer than an ordinary master and servant. Therefore, when Madam Liu can only talk to Eunuch Anlin, she is also waiting at her side.Although Nanny Zhang is in charge here and has a good relationship with Mrs. Liu, she is not as close as Poria. She is probably that gentleman's confidant.

No wonder the man asked Fuling to accompany him later, presumably because he thought Jia He was reliable and was willing to let her know more about Mrs. Liu.

But from what Fuling said, Zhijie was probably the person who made Hong Shuren sick and then killed by Jia Huan.Zhi Kong is the other one who is still alive.

The door here is wide open and no one is guarding it. Only the brocade curtain with the four seasons' wishful pattern hanging down blocks the inside and outside.

Fuling stepped forward and lifted the curtain to invite the five girls in.A maid in a green gown came from the side to say hello to the fifth girl.

When Jia He entered the room and turned around, he glanced outside and quickly saw seven or eight people guarding the entrance to the courtyard, preventing anyone from entering.Half of those people were servants and half were maids and women, and Fuling was among them just now.

There is a sweet warm fragrance in the house and the air is pleasant.It is only two or three times as big as an ordinary house. There is an Eight Immortals table and a chair, and landscapes, flowers and birds are hung on both sides.Walking further inside, passing through the second room to the ear room, you will see a huge nanmu hanging flower column style bed where hundreds of children play and step on.

Jia He raised his head and looked at the bed.

Aunt Zhang said: "There is a heated kang in the other room. Back then, my wife traveled around with the master, and she liked the Babu bed when she saw it, so the master installed this Babu bed in the house. The wife started to become weak during the New Year period. , I was still sleeping on the heated kang, and I could get out of bed and walk around at will. Later, the weather got warmer and my wife couldn't get up, so the master moved my wife to the Babu bed to rest."

After hearing this, Jia He paused slightly, then quickened his pace and walked inside.

The woman on the bed had a skinny face, her eyes were closed tightly, and her face was an abnormal bluish-white color.His whole body was as motionless as a wooden sculpture, and he couldn't even see the rise and fall of his chest while breathing.If he hadn't reached out and tried to detect his breathing, it would be an exaggeration to say that he was dead just by looking at the current situation.

Jia He felt his heart sinking.Only then did I realize that when Mrs. Jinxiang Hou talked about Mrs. Liu's symptoms, she had deliberately covered up and downplayed the matter.

"How long has she been like this?" Jia He asked, reaching out to feel her pulse.

The reason why I didn't use Gu to explore is because I don't know exactly what kind of Gu is in Mrs. Liu's body.It would be bad if she rashly used too powerful Gu to test and disturbed the weak Gu in her body, and the evil person controlling the Gu over there would notice.

"My health has been gradually getting worse for more than half a year." Grandma Zhang said, "I have been unable to get up for a month or two."

Fu Ling added from the side: "Originally, I didn't want my wife to live here. Later, I saw that my wife was gradually becoming like this. I thought she would be better if she moved, so I moved to this place. Who knows? ..." His tone faded and he choked out.

Jia He couldn't help but think of Li Sha.

If Li Sha didn't have those little sneaky thoughts, if Li Sha had followed the instructions of the master behind him, would a certain female family member of Ning Guo Mansion have suffered such a vicious attack?It may be Qin Keqing, more likely it is Youshi.Even though Qin Keqing is now taking care of the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, Youshi is the real head wife of Ningguo Mansion.

Although Rongguo Mansion now looks more grand than Ningguo Mansion, Ningguo Mansion is the main residence of the Jia family.Jia Zhen is the eldest son of the eldest son, and his wife You is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family. This status is extraordinary.

It's just that Eunuch Anlin asked Li Sha to find the Gu used by Youshi, and it might have died as Li Sha's body exploded.Otherwise, after Li Sha's death, Jia He should be able to detect an unusual worm that can be transplanted into the human body.

It's obvious that these villains want to control the back house of the Honorable Lord's family, and they don't know what purpose they want to use this to achieve.

Judging from their behavior, it is very likely that one evil person is responsible for controlling one person, and they are all the mistresses in the noble family.

Zhijie is Hong Shuren, and Zhiwu is Mrs. Liu in front of her.Then Zhikong is probably the master who arranged for Li Sha to go to Ningguo Mansion and was responsible for controlling the female members of the Jia family.

This Zhikong was very thoughtful. When he asked Li Sha to take Jia Jing to Anlin Temple, he did not even meet Jia Jing in person, but asked the "Abbot" Zhi Wu to see Jia Jing.

I don’t know why this is the case?

Jia He was secretly puzzled, took back his hand to check for pulse, and said in a deep voice: "Has any doctor come to see Madam?"

"Of course there is." Nanny Zhang said sadly: "I don't know how many famous doctors and even quacks were invited, and..." She considered it and said: "I also asked the imperial doctor, but they couldn't do it."

"Have you ever invited a monk or a Taoist priest?"

"Of course not." Mammy Zhang quickly replied: "My master has never believed in those who pretend to be gods, but my wife did, so I turned a blind eye. In addition, the monk from Anlin Temple wanted to talk to my wife, and my wife went away. There is a problem, and the master doesn't believe it even more. It's just that the madam can't communicate with anyone now. Only when the monk Zhiwu comes can she speak a little, otherwise the master won't even let Zhiwu enter the house."

Jia He nodded slightly.This last point was also mentioned by Mrs. Jinxiang Hou.

Mrs. Liu's pulse is very weak, but judging from the pulse condition alone, she is just a little weak, with no other abnormality.The situation is similar to that of Hong Shuren.

But when he checked his pulse, Jia He discovered something strange.She stretched out her hand and pinched Mrs. Liu's arm, and found that it was as stiff as iron. If it weren't for the lukewarm warmth of the human body, the skin and flesh on her body would have turned into a rigid object.

Jia He thought for a moment, then reached out to open Mrs. Liu's eyelids.But only the whites of his eyes could be seen, not the black pupils at all.

Just when she was about to close Mrs. Liu's eyes again, something suddenly changed in the next moment. The eyeballs began to turn around, and the whites of the red bloodshot eyes swayed from side to side.

Suddenly it stopped moving.

After an instant, his eyes flashed with light, and insect-like compound eyes appeared!

(End of this chapter)