When Jiang Muxia arrived at the tavern, she didn't see Tang Zhongbai. Xu Ping told her that Tang San had already taken him home.

Jiang Muxia ran towards Tang's house. She was anxious to know his physical condition, so she ran very fast. After turning a corner and walking forward a dozen feet, she arrived home.

Just after turning the corner, she saw Lu Chaoyun standing at the door of his house looking at the intersection from afar.

Lu Chaoyun frowned, and when he saw her happy face, he frowned in an instant, walked forward to the door of Tang's house and stopped to wait for her. It was not until she ran up to him and saw her face full of sweat that Lu Chaoyun took out a handkerchief with distressed eyes to wipe the sweat off her face, and scolded: "I haven't seen you in the past two days, what's wrong with Tang Zhongbai? Are your second uncle and the others okay?"

Jiang Muxia was running so hard that her mouth was dry. She was also anxious to see Tang Zhongbai, so she said a few random words, "Fuzi is looking after my second uncle. You go home first, and I'll tell you in detail when we get home later."

She left Lu Chaoyun and ran towards the yard. Ji Feng was still lying on the wooden pole under the porch. Seeing someone coming, he flapped his wings, raised his head and looked over vigilantly.

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, it called out to her twice and then lay down to rest with its eyes closed. Jiang Muxia gave it two thumbs up and praised, "Good job, Jifeng."

The doors and windows of the main room were all open, and there were sounds of laughter and chatter inside, so it seemed there must be quite a few people there.

"He's awake?" Jiang Muxia's face lit up with joy, and he strode towards the main room.

As soon as she stepped into the house, she heard people teasing her.

"Miss Jiang, you are really busy. My Erlang is so badly injured, but you don't even show up. You don't care about him at all." The man raised his orchid finger, and his coquettish posture made people feel upset. With a 'swish' sound, he put away the paper fan in his hand, pointed at Tang Zhongbai with the fan and winked frivolously, "How about I find you someone who knows how to care for others? As for her, let's not keep her. She is a charlatan. Don't let her cheat on you."

He rolled his eyes and glared at Xu Da hatefully.

Xu Da's face immediately darkened, and he clenched his fists, angry that Cao Jun'an dared to slander her innocence. There were too many people in the room, and he didn't want to cause trouble for others, so he suppressed his anger and didn't swing his fist at him.

Tang Zhongbai understood the meaning of his words and followed Cao Jun'an's gaze in confusion. What surprised him was that Xu Da was no longer calm and steady as before, and was obviously angry. His heart skipped a beat. What happened in the past few days? Did Xu Da have other thoughts about her?

His eyes flashed, he pursed his lips and said nothing.

Jiang Muxia ignored their quarrel and looked past Cao Junan at Tang Zhongbai who was half sitting and half lying on the bed.

Tang Zhongbai looked at her with a smile on his face, and reached out his hand to push Cao Jun'an aside.

Jiang Muxia didn't even look at Cao Junan. In her heart, she felt uncomfortable from the first time she saw this person, and she had long since firmly realized that they were not of the same kind.

She didn't intend to save his face. She walked forward and said sullenly, "Whose spotted dog is this? Instead of guarding his own bitch, he let her out to bark everywhere. Get out of the way."

"Ouch." Cao Jun'an clapped his fan-holding hand against the palm of his other hand. Instead of getting angry, he laughed. "You have a hot temper. It suits my personality."

"Shut up! How can you tease my fiancée? Tang San, throw him out."

This person did not know the seriousness of the matter and his words became more and more extreme, which made Tang Zhongbai unhappy.

He wondered what was wrong with these people today. Their behaviors were all strange. Was it because the scorching heat disturbed their minds, or did they have other intentions?

"Alright, alright, I was just joking with you guys, why are you reacting so strongly?" Cao Jun'an opened his fan with a 'whoosh' sound, fanned it twice, pointed at Tang Zhongbai and said, "I've been away for so long, and I finally came back, and this is how you welcome me?"

Wei Dong, who had been silent for a long time, smiled and tried to smooth things over. "Brother Tang, you will surely have good fortune after surviving a disaster. We came to see you. We are glad to know that you are safe and sound. You two can chat slowly. We will not disturb you."

He gave a look to the people in the room and left with them.

Cao Jun'an winked at the two of them, then followed everyone out of the house with a grim smile on his face.

The crowd dispersed, and Jiang Muxia saw Yin Yusheng. After their eyes met, she nodded at him.

He and Xu Da walked side by side. When did these two get together?

"Yusheng has been staying in the tavern recently. He is helping Brother Xu prepare the prescription." Tang Zhongbai spoke in time to dispel her doubts.

"Oh." Jiang Muxia sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to touch the wound on his forehead. After a night, the purple-black lump was reduced to only a dark mark.

"It must hurt. If I had acted faster, I wouldn't have been able to bite you and you wouldn't have suffered so much. It's all my fault." She lowered her eyebrows and pouted, with tears in her eyes, and said with great self-blame.

"It's all over. I'm fine now. I heard from Tang Si that the maids who stopped you last night are all dead. Have you found out who the murderer is?"

Jiang Muxia looked around and made sure that no one was around. She lowered her voice and said, "It was Jiang Hongxin. She saved the two of us last night and helped us get rid of that person. Can you... can you let her go for once?"

She stared into Tang Zhongbai's eyes with a pleading look on her face.

Tang Zhongbai's eyes darkened as he looked at her and asked, "Why did she help us? Was it because of your friendship or some other purpose? She is a weak woman, but she killed twenty people in one breath and was able to escape unscathed despite injuring herself. Could she be a simple maid?"

"No." Jiang Muxia said firmly, "But I'm sure she's not an enemy either. She's told me twice that she won't go home until the Goddess dies. Her target is the Goddess, which is the same as ours."

"Okay, I believe you. But we can't let our guard down. Be alert when you're with her and be careful not to fall into her trap."

Although Tang Zhongbai's words were well-intentioned, she just felt that Jiang Hongxin would not do anything to hurt her.

"By the way, although we have destroyed the poisonous insect, the goddess will not let it go. You'd better be careful. I'm afraid she will come after you." Tang Zhongbai said.

"Don't worry, they are not as skilled as me and can't hurt me."

After confirming that he was fine, Jiang Muxia hurried back to Lu Village before dark.

Fuzi went up to her with a gossipy look on her face and told her that not long after she left, the goddess had 20 bodies burned. She actually stopped investigating the real murderer and let him go easily.

"She must be hiding something. Let's stay here safely and stay away from them." Jiang Muxia walked towards the well, holding the empty bowls and plates.

"It's so hot." Fuzi fetched a bucket of water, poured half into her basin, raised the other half of the bucket of water and poured it over her head. In an instant, his whole body was wet, and he shouted that he felt refreshed.

Jiang Muxia shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, he was in good physical condition, otherwise, his body would have collapsed long ago after being soaked by the well water every day.

In the west wing, the second aunt started a new round of crying and complaining, which gave her a headache.

After washing the dishes and taking a cold shower, she sat in the yard, propped up her chin, and looked up at the thin moonlight in the sky.

On the way back, passing the north of the city, she saw groups of people lying on the side of the street again. They were ragged and skinny, and she could smell the stench from three feet away.

The smell is pungent, like rotten meat.

She frowned slightly. She was in a hurry at the time and didn't feel anything unusual. But now that she had calmed down, she realized that something was wrong.

"Fuzi." She called Fuzi loudly, her pretty face tense and looking very bad.

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