Chapter 101: Demon's Den

Even Hong Yao, who didn't take human life seriously and could kill and cook people at will, was surprised: "So, you are going to make us blind?"

Doctor Wang opened his small wooden box on his own, took out a thin, long silver needle, and said: "Don't worry, my medical skills are superb, and my hands are very accurate. With this needle, it will only pierce into your eye acupoints, and will not damage the beauty of your eyes."

"Just pierce it once, and from then on, you won't be able to see any of the filth in this world, and you can be a blind person with peace of mind—out of sight, out of mind, isn't that good?"

"Who goes first? If you don't choose, I'll just point at one!"

Lin Qingyue whispered to Hong Yao: "Isn't your illusion very powerful? Is there any way to solve the crisis here without alarming the guards outside?"

"Naturally there is."

Hong Yao smiled slightly and suddenly shouted: "Hey, old man!"

"What did you call me?"

Doctor Wang turned around suddenly, his face showing displeasure.

"Calling you old man, is there something wrong with that?"

When Hong Yao was by Lin Qingyue's side, she was as well-behaved and low-key as a maid, but at this moment, her watery eyes blinked slightly, and her charm was natural.

Just one look, and Doctor Wang, who was angry a moment ago, had his eyes become blurred the next moment, and his tone became a bit gentler.

"Good, you come."

Hong Yao walked up smilingly and asked him: "Old man, is this okay?"

Doctor Wang nodded, then raised the needle and pierced the air twice, then took out a white bandage and wrapped it around messily.

Finally, his hand loosened, and the bandage drifted down, being caught by Hong Yao again just as it was about to hit the ground.

He said blankly: "Alright, next one."

"You remembered wrong." Hong Yao continued to bewitch, "We have both already finished the surgery."

Doctor Wang nodded obediently: "Right, you finished."

At this moment, there were still a few medicine boys and guards in the room helping to assist and control the women in the room.

Seeing that the situation was not right, they were about to take action.

Hong Yao's bewitching gaze suddenly swept over, and she smiled: "What did you see?"

Those people met her gaze, and instantly became blurred, shaking their heads together: "Didn't see anything."

Hong Yao said: "No, you saw with your own eyes that Doctor Wang finished the surgery."

Those people were stunned, repeating her words: "Doctor Wang finished the surgery, finished the surgery..."

Hong Yao tore the bandage into two strips and handed one to Lin Qingyue: "Wrap it up, just to make it look like something."

Lin Qingyue nodded in understanding.

After everything was almost done, Hong Yao said to the guards and others in the room: "Next, should we go to recuperate? Where is it?"

And so, the guards who were bewitched by her took them to the place for recuperation.

Lin Qingyue praised Hong Yao: "As expected of a vixen, truly powerful."

Hong Yao lowered her eyes, feeling a bit embarrassed: "These are just minor tricks to deal with ordinary people. If I encounter a capable demon-catcher, it can be easily broken."

However, the next moment, Hong Yao's face suddenly changed, and she vomited a large mouthful of blood.

Lin Qingyue hurriedly supported her and asked: "What's wrong?"

Hong Yao said: "I received a very strong backlash, I don't know if it has anything to do with using demon arts just now."

"Using demon arts will cause a backlash?" Lin Qingyue's face became serious, "Not good! It seems that there is a formation set up nearby that can counter demons."

Hong Yao said: "This is the same as when I infiltrated Miao Dong's mansion to take revenge. In a place like this, where the resentment is so heavy, it is reasonable for him to find someone to set up formations. After all, he is now a local official with huge energy."

Lin Qingyue said: "Since that's the case, then you shouldn't use demon arts casually."

Hong Yao nodded: "That's the only way."

Although she couldn't use demon arts for the time being, the bewitching power just now was still there, temporarily protecting them from harm.

The lounge was behind the operating room, and it could be reached by passing through a hall.

There was another woman inside, her eyes covered with white gauze, lying on a large communal bed. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she shrank back like a frightened bird.

Hong Yao walked over to look, and said regretfully to Lin Qingyue: "This girl's eyes are already blind."

That girl heard Hong Yao's tone and that it was different from the people here, and asked: "Are you also caught here? Escape, you must escape!"

Her emotions suddenly became agitated, and her hands waved around randomly: "This is a demon's den, a demon's den! Women who come here have to have their eyes pierced. My eyes..."

Her hands trembled as she touched the gauze outside her eyelids, her voice filled with despair: "I am already blind, I can never see again."

Lin Qingyue walked closer and asked: "What is your name? Where is your home? Maybe we can all be saved soon, and then I will send you home."

"Home?" The girl cried, her tears wetting the gauze, blood-red.

She said: "I have no home, my family was all killed by them!"

"Who harmed you?" Hong Yao asked.

"Miao Dong! Donglin Prefecture Changshi, that devil!"

After some questioning, Lin Qingyue and Hong Yao learned that this girl was named Sun Xi Er, from Donglin Prefecture, and her father was a carpenter.

Because his craftsmanship was good, the shop's business was good, and they were considered a relatively wealthy family.

However, more than ten days ago, when Sun Xi Er and her mother were on the street, they were spotted by the passing Miao Dong.

That same day, the Changshi Mansion sent someone to propose marriage, wanting to take her as a concubine.

The Sun family had only this one daughter, who had been held in the palm of their hands since childhood. The family's condition was acceptable, and her parents had always been reluctant to marry their daughter off, preparing to find a son-in-law to live in. How could they be willing to let their daughter be a concubine?

Others didn't know, but Sun Xi Er's father had been invited to the Changshi Mansion to do work several times because he was a carpenter. He heard that Lord Miao had taken more than a dozen concubines.

In the eyes of these nobles, concubines were private property. Sometimes they could even be used to entertain guests, accompanying them to drink, eat, and sleep.

Therefore, Sun the carpenter, who loved his daughter, flatly refused the marriage proposal.

Miao Dong's official reputation in the Donglin area was very good, especially since he set up food sheds on the first and fifteenth of every month to help the poor. Such a good official, shouldn't he make things difficult for them, these small commoners, right?

In the next few days, there was indeed no movement.

The Sun family thought the matter had passed, and even began to ask a matchmaker to find a suitable son-in-law.

Unfortunately, they were truly too naive.

That night, just after Sun Xi Er had fallen asleep, a group of people suddenly broke into the Sun family.

Sun the carpenter recognized the leader; it was the manager who had come to propose marriage for Lord Miao that day.

Sun the carpenter put on his clothes and came out: "Manager, why are you here so late..."

Before he could finish, he was kicked away by the manager, who then rushed into Sun Xi Er's boudoir and dragged her off the bed while she was still disheveled.

Sun Xi Er screamed in fear, and Sun the carpenter and his wife also hurriedly knelt down, begging for mercy one after another. ===== CHAPTER 102 =====