Seeing Ye Wanmian standing calmly in the midst of a pack of barking dogs as if they were non - existent, Yuan Zheng's eyes widened in shock.
These dogs didn't hurt her at all?!
"Miss, Miss, please save me. Could you help me drive these dogs away?" he flattered Ye Wanmian with a forced smile.
Ye Wanmian looked around at the dogs and smiled, "Reverend, you're so astute. Didn't you divinate for yourself before going out today to tell yourself that it's not a good day to go out?"
Yuan Zheng frowned and said with a bitter face, "Miss, stop teasing me. Our sect has a rule that we can't divinate for ourselves."
Ye Wanmian took two steps forward and asked curiously, "Reverend, was what you said just now true? Is the shoemaker's youngest son really not his own flesh and blood?"
Yuan Zheng's eyes widened even more. He then realized that these dogs had deliberately chased him and driven him here!
After holding on for so long, Yuan Zheng's arms ached badly. Unconsciously, he loosened his grip a little. But the next moment, the dogs under the tree jumped up and tried to bite him. They almost bit his buttocks, scaring him into climbing higher up the tree.
"Miss, what on earth do you want?" Yuan Zheng cried with a long face, "I have no grudge against you. I just divined your fate for you, and I didn't even take your silver. Why do you keep setting dogs on me?"
Ye Wanmian laughed, "Reverend, you still remember the divination for me last time? You really have a good memory."
Yuan Zheng said anxiously, "Miss, you have a blessed appearance. You're destined for great wealth and honor. How could I forget?"
Ye Wanmian whistled, and a familiar yellow dog ran over from behind and squatted at her feet.
"Then please help me take a look, Reverend. Is my Dahuang still the reincarnation of the Celestial Dog?" Ye Wanmian tilted her head and asked.
Yuan Zheng followed her finger and looked at the yellow dog. His eyes scanned the dog.
It was still the same dog. Although it tried to hold its head high and look majestic, its eyes were as innocent as a child's, completely different from before.
He said straightforwardly, "It's just an ordinary yellow dog now. But..."
"But what?" Ye Wanmian asked.
"But compared to ordinary dogs, it also has a blessed and prosperous fate."
A few days ago, it was the reincarnation of the Celestial Dog, but now it was just an ordinary yellow dog. If it were someone else, they would surely think he was just a swindler. But Ye Wanmian, who clearly felt the change in the yellow dog, was lost in thought.
He could tell something was wrong with Dahuang at a glance. It seemed that this Taoist priest really had some skills.
"Then take a look at me. Am I still fated to meet the nobleman from the east?" Ye Wanmian asked with a smile.
Yuan Zheng looked at Ye Wanmian's face. He was about to tell the truth instinctively, but when his eyes fell on the barking dogs below, he shivered all over.
People in this world don't like to hear the truth. If he spoke as straightforwardly as before, this miss might set the dogs on him again. He let out a "heh heh" laugh and said,
"Miss, you do have a deep connection with the nobleman from the east. But I see that you have a peach - blossom aura around your eyes. You should have a peach - blossom fate coming from the west soon. Although it's not as good as the previous one, with two blossoms in different places, each will bear fruit. If you can seize this opportunity, it will also be a good relationship."
A peach - blossom fate from the west?
Ye Wanmian immediately thought of the beggar - like man in the medical clinic. She immediately spat twice in her heart. That man was old enough to be her father. How could he be the one surnamed Li?
But this also showed that a person's fate was not fixed. She might meet other peach - blossom fates and might not end up in a "good relationship" with that person.
She finally felt relieved.
She saved the dog prince not to get involved with him but to clear her name and put an end to what happened two years ago.
Ye Wanmian clapped her hands and said to the barking dogs, "Okay, this reverend is my friend. Don't hurt him."
In Yuan Zheng's shocked eyes, the dogs that had been barking at him just now immediately stopped their aggressive postures and wagged their tails around Ye Wanmian, looking very submissive.
Yuan Zheng's face turned green when he saw this.
It was really this miss who was behind all this!
"Reverend, you're safe now. Come down quickly."
Looking at the dogs still surrounding them, Yuan Zheng's legs were shaking. He slowly slid down the tree and deliberately kept a distance from Ye Wanmian.
"Miss, what on earth do you want?"
Ye Wanmian said with a smile, "Reverend, don't be afraid. I came to you today because I do have something to ask you for help."
Someone actually asked him for help!
Yuan Zheng immediately perked up. He deliberately said, "Miss, didn't you say before that I was a swindling Taoist priest? Why have you changed your mind now?"
"Times change. As long as you can really solve my problem, I won't treat you badly."
Yuan Zheng stroked his short beard, "Well, I'll do my best. Shall we go now?"
But Ye Wanmian shook her head, "Not in a hurry. You haven't answered my question yet."
What question?
Yuan Zheng thought for a while and then remembered what she had asked. He coughed twice, "I didn't expect that the miss also likes to watch the fun."
He took two steps forward and leaned his head close to Ye Wanmian's. He whispered, "Actually, the shoemaker's face shows that he's destined to be childless. I've been in that market for quite a while, and I've seen his wife and his father flirting with each other several times."
"After the child fell, the old man was more anxious than anyone else. Hey, there must be something wrong here."
Ye Wanmian's eyes widened. She didn't expect there to be so many hidden secrets. Tsk tsk tsk. It seemed that the shoemaker had been raising a half - brother for himself. The world was really going downhill.
After getting the answer she wanted, Ye Wanmian didn't make things difficult for Reverend Yuan Zheng anymore. She took out a money bag and handed it to him, "Here are twenty taels of silver. At six quarters past the ugly hour tonight, please follow this dog to the back door of Huichuntang Medical Clinic in Shunfeng Alley. After you get there, knock on the door three times, two short and one long. Then I'll come and open the door for you. If you can help me solve the problem smoothly, I'll give you another thirty taels."
Goodness, this job would earn him a reward of fifty taels!
Yuan Zheng said seriously, "Miss, don't worry. I'll surely arrive on time tonight."
Ye Wanmian whistled. The dogs that had blocked Yuan Zheng in the alley just now disappeared in a blink of an eye, not even leaving a single dog hair. This made Yuan Zheng angry. He blew his beard.
However, after watching Ye Wanmian leave, he tossed the money bag in his hand and walked away humming a tune.
"The swallows return from Nanshan, bringing good fortune with the wind. Wonderful, wonderful~"