Chapter 52: Going too far!

Lu Zhenting was just about to continue asking when Lin Jiaojiao, already disguised as Bai Zhi, walked out of the cell wearing a veil hat. Lu Zhenting knew they couldn't linger any longer; if the people at the Dali Temple became suspicious, it wouldn't end well.

He said to the prison guard, "My cook has finished her check-up. I'll take her back to the mansion first and come back to visit the divine doctor another day."

The prison guard had no doubts and respectfully sent them off from behind, "General Lu, take care."

After coming out of the Dali Temple, Lin Jiaojiao was still afraid of being discovered and kept her veil hat down the whole time.

It wasn't until the two reached the main street that she asked Lu Zhenting, her words full of tension and concern, "Bai Zhi said the child has been crying? Does he have a fever? How has he been drinking milk these past few days? Is his stool alright?"

"No fever, and he's not sick; the house physician has checked him." Lu Zhenting pulled Lin Jiaojiao into the carriage and sat opposite her, "I reckon the child misses his mother."

Lin Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the child was fine, "Then I'll go back and check on the child, and by the way, check Song Shijie's injuries. If he's recovering well, the stitches should be ready to be removed."

"Why are you so concerned about Song Shijie's injuries every time?" Lu Zhenting felt a bit jealous; he really wished he were Song Shijie so he could be cared for by her a bit more.

"He is my patient," Lin Jiaojiao said without blushing or skipping a beat. To cover up her guilt, she added, "Your mother is also my patient, how is she?"

"My mother's foot is a bit better, she can barely get out of bed, she still needs you to go over and take a look." After Lu Zhenting finished speaking, he told her that the Dali Temple Minister planned to perform the autopsy in two days.

"Two days! The corpse will stink by then! What else can be found out! He is trying to destroy the witness!" Lin Jiaojiao was immediately dissatisfied, "Going too far!"

"Is there any way to make him perform the autopsy sooner? Preferably tomorrow!"

"Song Shijie already wrote a letter to the Dali Temple Minister yesterday asking about the autopsy, but Minister Xu didn't reply." Lu Zhenting frowned slightly, "He is just stalling."

"Corrupt official!" Lin Jiaojiao cursed through gritted teeth.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at General Lu's mansion. After entering, Lin Jiaojiao hurriedly changed into clean clothes and went to hold and soothe the crying Zhu Geer.

As soon as Lin Jiaojiao took the child and felt his round little belly, she realized the child had intestinal gas.

Zhu Geer was also strange; after getting into Lin Jiaojiao's arms, he quickly stopped crying, and the discomfort from his bloated belly dissipated.

Especially when Lin Jiaojiao rubbed his belly, he laughed happily, and finally let out a few little stinky farts, which almost choked her to tears.

Then she called the wet nurse and told Guo Shi to drink a pot of dried tangerine peel water every day to prevent the child from having intestinal gas, and to rub the child's belly more often. Not long after she finished speaking, Zhu Geer was already fast asleep in her arms.

Lin Jiaojiao reluctantly pressed her face against the child's, kissed his chubby little cheek, and whispered a goodbye in his ear before handing the child to the wet nurse to go treat Lu Mu's leg ailment, massaging for another stick of incense's time until her hands were sore.

"Good girl, you massaged me so well," Lu Mu was very happy, but Jiang Mianmian muttered sourly, "What's so great about it? I can do it too!"

Liu Zhongyi, who was carefully recording the technique on the side, heard this and spoke up for Lin Jiaojiao: "Lin Guniang's technique is extraordinary. I've been massaging the Old Madam for half a day these past few days, and it's not even half as effective as hers."

"Indeed, Lin Guniang's massage technique is comfortable. I feel much lighter today, help me get out of bed and try a few steps." Lu Mu was very appreciative.

She wanted to get out of bed with a smile, but Lin Jiaojiao held her down, "Mother Lu, haste makes waste. This still needs moxibustion for a quarter of an hour before you can get out of bed."

After saying that, she signaled Liu Zhongyi to perform moxibustion on the Old Madam.

Jiang Mianmian was unhappy, but everyone in the room protected Lin Jiaojiao, and even Lu Zhenting wished he could enshrine her, fearing she would get tired. She stomped her foot helplessly, and simply out of sight, out of mind, walked straight out of the Anshou Hall.

Lin Jiaojiao didn't want to rest. Her time out was tight, and she couldn't let Bai Zhi replace her in the prison for too long, so she hurried to check on Song Shijie's injuries.

Lu Zhenting hurriedly followed, fearing that Lin Jiaojiao and Song Shijie would have any intimate actions behind his back.

"The stitches can be removed. Give me the scissors, and also high-proof white liquor. By the way, call the house physician Liu Zhongyi over." While busy, Lin Jiaojiao didn't forget to "bring a disciple."

While removing Song Shijie's stitches, Lin Jiaojiao suddenly slapped her forehead and remembered something, "By the way, I've been idle in the Dali Temple these past few days, and after thinking about it, I've found a good way to lure the enemy!"

"Lure what enemy? What good method could you have?" Song Shijie looked indifferent; he had seen Lin Jiaojiao's "seduction technique."

That didn't seem like a good method, and besides, one look and you could tell she was a novice.

"It's for catching those Japanese pirates!" Lin Jiaojiao's almond eyes were bright, "Next time you run into those Japanese pirate ronin, just say a few words, and they will come knocking on your door one by one."

Song Shijie was just about to mock her, but Lu Zhenting interrupted him, "Let's hear what Lin Guniang has to say."

"Cough cough, remember this well: the first sentence is, the cherry blossoms in my hometown have bloomed."

"The second sentence is, yakusoku (promise)."

"The third sentence is, sodesune (indeed so)."

"The fourth sentence is, sayonara (goodbye)."

"How do you know Japanese pirate language?" Song Shijie's face was as dark as ink. He knew Lin Jiaojiao wasn't a spy from the Southern Border, but he had heard those few sentences of Japanese pirate language!

How could she speak Japanese pirate language? Could she be a Japanese pirate spy?

"I... I also heard it from watching anime before," Lin Jiaojiao said vaguely, "In any case, if you use these few sentences, maybe they will think you are an accomplice, and maybe they will come looking for you themselves. Then you can break them one by one."

"Let's try Lin Guniang's method." Without waiting for Song Shijie to question her further, Lu Zhenting nodded and accepted her suggestion.

"That's more like it!" Lin Jiaojiao nodded with satisfaction and patted Lu Zhenting on the shoulder, "You are teachable!"

When Lin Jiaojiao finally finished her work, Lu Zhenting hurriedly took her to the back kitchen and served the freshly cooked meat and vegetables for her to eat.

The moment she saw the pork knuckle, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to start eating.

"Eat slowly, there's plenty of food in our mansion." Lu Zhenting saw her cheeks bulging, and the way she ate was as interesting as a squirrel. He couldn't help but smile and urge her to eat slowly, there was more in the pot.

But as she ate, she suddenly slumped on the table and didn't move. Lu Zhenting was worried and hurriedly stepped forward to turn her over to check. It turned out that she had fallen asleep while eating! There was still half a piece of meat in her mouth that she hadn't had time to swallow!

How tired must she be to fall asleep while eating!

Even when Lu Zhenting carried her to the room and put her on the bed, she didn't wake up.

Guo Shi looked at him with a disgusted expression, "General Lu, when do you plan to marry her?"

"I..." Lu Zhenting blushed to the tips of his ears and almost fled, "I'll go find Song Shijie and tell him to cancel the engagement first."

Guo Shi cut at his back with dissatisfaction, "Why do both of them run away as soon as they encounter the word 'love'? Really cowardly."

On the Dali Temple side, a carrier pigeon landed in Xu Xiao's hand in the night. He opened the letter tied to the pigeon's leg, read it quickly, and then entered the room and threw the letter into the fire.

Xu Xiao stared at the flames licking the letter paper and was lost in thought, muttering to himself, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, she's actually still alive..." ===== CHAPTER 53 =====