Chapter 84 Your Son is Dying
Chapter 84 Your Son is Dying
Xie Lan didn't care about the fate of the Fan family. Anyway, with Censor Chen and the Supreme Court Minister around, they would not suffer any less.
As for the dozen bodies fished out of the lotus pond, the Dali Temple wanted to send a coroner to perform an autopsy, but she didn't care. She just collected the ghosts of the dozen girls and planned to arrange for them to go to the underworld on the Zhongyuan Festival to wait for reincarnation.
Knowing that it was Xie Lan who exposed Fan Mingju, their murder was exposed and the entire Fan family was arrested and tried.
The girls' gratitude to Xie Lan could be said to be greater than that to their biological parents. It was a pity that they had become ghosts and could not repay her, so they could only kowtow to express their gratitude.
Xie Lan didn't despise it either. She saved these girls, and the merit she gained was the best reward for her.
After leaving Fan Mansion, Xie Lan took the hammer and went to Zuixian Tower.
Ever since she took away 10,000 taels from the public treasury, life has become difficult for the Xie family.
In order to save money, the three meals a day in the mansion are all bland soup, which looks unappetizing.
Xie Lan didn't have much affection for the Xie family. He could share the good times with them, but not the bad times.
If Mr. Xie had enough money, she would be happy to share the wealth with them.
As for now, she was not willing to suffer with them.
Now that she has no shortage of money, she naturally wants to eat and drink the best.
Xie Lan went to Zuixianlou, ordered a large table of dishes, and had a delicious meal with Tiechui before going to Dou Mansion.
Xie Lan came to the house, and although he didn't bring a visiting card, he was not turned away.
Perhaps Commander Dou had given instructions, so after she gave her name, the gatekeeper respectfully welcomed her in.
As soon as I entered the Chuihua Gate, Dou Qian hurried out to greet me.
As the commander of the Bingmasi, his men often had to patrol the streets, and Dou Qian was well-informed.
Someone has already reported to him what happened to the Fan family.
Originally, Dou Qian thought that Xie Lan was just a little girl with some abilities, but since he decided to leave his son's problem to her, he secretly inquired about her and found out that she was not simple.
But I didn't take it too seriously.
But he didn't expect that Xie Lan went to the Fan Mansion and actually sent Fan Sicheng and his wife, son, and all the concubines to the Dali Temple prison.
When he saw Xie Lan, Commander Dou's attitude was a little more respectful than last time.
"Thank you, Miss. I'm glad to see you. The weather is hot, please follow me to the flower hall to have some tea and rest for a while."
Xie Lan had just finished eating and drinking at Zuixianlou and was not hungry. He waved his hand and refused, "No need. Go see your son first and solve his problem as soon as possible so that I can go back and rest earlier."
Seeing that Xie Lan did not put on airs and took the initiative to mention that he wanted to solve his son's problem, Dou Qian naturally responded, "Then I'll trouble you."
Several people went straight to the main courtyard.
After Dou Qian married his wife, they had a son and a daughter.
For easier care, the two children lived with Dou Qian and his wife in the main courtyard.
The family originally lived a happy life, but unexpectedly half a year ago, Dou Qian's son suddenly fell into a coma.
All the doctors in Kyoto, big and small, were invited to treat the patient, even the imperial physician was invited to treat the patient, but no one could find the cause of the coma.
Now he can only take medicine to keep himself alive.
Even if an adult was in a coma for a month, the situation would not be much better, let alone a child.
After lying in bed for so long, the child has become skin and bones, and the condition is even showing signs of getting worse. The couple has even prepared themselves mentally for the death of the child.
When Mrs. Dou heard that her husband had hired a girl who was not yet of age to treat her son's illness, she didn't hold out much hope.
After all, even the imperial physician couldn’t cure her son’s illness.
The last time Dou Qian took back the amulet that Xie Lan gave her, she didn’t take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, after putting the talisman on her son's body, the situation actually improved a little, and even the dead look on his face faded a lot.
Dou Qian and his wife were very happy, and they hoped day and night that Xie Lan could come and rescue the child. When she heard that Xie Lan had come to visit, Mrs. Dou came out of the inner room with a look of excitement.
"Thank you, Miss..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Mrs. Dou opened her mouth, Xie Lan's face changed.
"Where is the child?"
Mrs. Dou was frightened by her fierce look and was unable to answer for a moment.
Dou Qian's heart tightened, and he pointed towards the inner room, "The child is in there, is there something wrong?"
"Your son is dying." Before Dou Qian could finish his words, Xie Lan had already reached out and pushed Mrs. Dou, who was blocking his way, aside, and rushed to the inner room in three or two steps.
Mrs. Dou staggered, and Dou Qian quickly reached out to support her.
Mrs. Dou was originally angry, but after hearing Xie Lan's words, she no longer cared about being angry and hurriedly followed him in.
As soon as Xie Lan entered the inner room, he took out the talisman paper and began to cast a spell.
When Mrs. Dou heard Xie Lan say that her son was dying, she didn't believe it. But when she came in, she saw the child's face was full of death.
Madam Dou's face was pale. When she went out to greet Miss Xie just now, the child was still fine. How come in just a short while, the disappeared deathly aura came back again and was even worse than before?
Dou Qian also looked confused, but seeing that Xie Lan was casting a spell, he didn't dare to disturb him.
The couple waited for half a minute with anxiety, and when they saw Xie Lan finally finished the spell, they couldn't wait to speak.
"Miss Xie, how is the child now?"
"I have used talismans and magic to keep him safe for now, but if this isn't resolved quickly, he will die anyway."
Mrs. Dou's eyes went dark.
Dou Qian's expression also changed. "Miss Xie, you said last time that my son was not sick, and the imperial physician also said that he was not poisoned. What is going on?"
Xie Lan did not answer Dou Qian's words, but asked coldly, "Where is the amulet I gave you last time? I asked you to wear it close to your child and never take it off. Didn't you do as I asked?"
"Yes, as soon as I got the talisman paper back, I put it inside the child's clothes."
"Impossible. If your son had my talisman with him, nothing would have happened to him."
Dou Qian did not doubt Xie Lan's words. After he brought the amulet back, the child's condition did improve. He didn't know how the condition suddenly worsened again.
"I did put the amulet on the child with my own hands." Dou Qian said as he reached out to touch the child's clothes.
Unexpectedly, I touched nothing.
Dou Qian was a little bit unbelieving and quickly searched the child's body but still couldn't find it.
"Madam, where is Jing'er's amulet? Did you take it? Didn't I tell you not to leave it with you? Did you lose it?"
Mrs. Dou has been taking care of the children day and night and is extremely tired. She almost fainted out of anxiety just now.
Just as he recovered, he hurriedly shook his head when he heard Dou Qian's words, "It's not lost. The talisman paper was placed on the child. I was worried that I would forget to take it off and wash it when I changed his clothes, so I placed it under his pillow."
Xie Lan looked at her calmly, "The talisman paper is not there at all."
Madam Dou was stunned. "Impossible, I put it under the pillow myself."
Mrs. Dou stepped forward quickly, first carefully moved the child aside, and then took away the pillow.
There was a blank space below.
Dou Fu's face changed and he turned the bed over in panic, but he didn't see any trace of the talisman paper.
Xie Lan glanced around the room, and suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the brocade bag on the gauze curtain, "What's in it?"
(End of this chapter)