Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Chapter 5: An Era of Miracle Doctors

It had been eight days since the late-night ghost talk, and no one had heard or seen any kind of ghost since. However when Yun Jiao walked out of Zongzheng Mingzhu’s room that night, the swordsmen of Yu Palace noticed that she was wearing odd clothes and acting suspiciously, so by order of Yu Hongzhu, she was locked up immediately. Li Lianhua had heard that Yun Jiao hadn’t spoken a word even after being tortured, which made him feel regretful.

It had also been eight days since Yu Mulan had taken Li Lianhua’s six-flower medicine, yet his condition hadn’t improved. He was still unresponsive to his surroundings. Yu Hongzhu had the vague thought that maybe it wasn’t really a “miracle medicine” when she saw Li Lianhua gathering the plants, but since Li Lianhua said that Yu Mulan should take it, she still soaked the leaves and branches every day and brought a bowl to her husband for him to drink.

What was the effect of this six-flower medicine? Not only Yu Hongzhu but everyone was very puzzled by it. But finally, Yu Mulan’s condition subsided.

On the morning of the ninth day, the door of Yu Mulan’s room opened. The man, who had been all but a vegetable the day before, was now dressed in purple, radiant, and full of energy as he exited his room. It was truly as they say – when one’s spirit is revived, one is quite different than when one is sick.

Yu Mulan looked tall and fair, for he was quite the handsome middle-aged scholar, his eyes like the twinkling stars.

He was unaware of everything that happened after he went mad, neither did he know that he had set fire to Yu Palace, nor did he know that he ordered each of the fifty or sixty swordsmen who had escorted Qiushuang back to the city to commit suicide. After learning what he had done, he mourned with great remorse as he wept in front of the graves of the deceased.

Yu Hongzhu felt inner turmoil, not daring to let him see Yu Qiushuang’s horrific corpse. She only advised him to rest carefully and take care of himself. After Li Lianhua came to check Yu Mulan’s condition, he could only mutter to himself about why the medicine didn’t take effect until the ninth day. It really was strange and unbelievable.

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After breakfast ~

“After you arrested Yun Jiao, you still didn’t find out who ordered her to pretend to be a ghost and deceive everyone here in Yu City?” Yu Mulan asked after hearing about Yun Jiao’s imprisonment. “Could it really be that Yun Jiao is responsible for all of the horrors that have been happening? She and Qiushuang were best friends, how could she do such a thing?”

It all seemed near impossible in his mind.

“She’s as obsessed with Mingzhu as Qiushaung was. What better way to win Minghzu’s heart than to get rid of Qiushuang?” Yu Hongzhu said coldly. “Qiushuang’s death is no doubt the fault of that wretch. She killed my precious daughter, and yet still dared to pretend to be a ghost and make trouble here in Yu City! How brave of her!”

“Do you really think she killed Qiushuang?” Yu Mulan asked absently.

“She went to Physician Li’s room in the middle of the night and pretended to be a ghost, and when she came out, she was arrested by a swordsman. How could she not have?” Yu Hongzhu sneered. “I never thought that that wretch would dare to commit such a crime in Yu Palace. If I don’t bestow her a death like Qiushuang’s, then I don’t deserve to be a mother!”

There was resentment in Yu Mulan’s blue eyes, “If we must, why not deal with her at noon today? We will avenge our Qiushuang!”

Yu Hongzhu nodded, “That’s precisely what I believe. She wasn’t ordered by anyone, she must have planned it all on her own. And she attempted to murder Physician Li that night, but fortunately, he protected himself and drove her out.”