Yi Qing went back to freshen up. While dressing her hair in front of the mirror, she saw Baozi come in with Xiaoran. Yunyang Academy was now closed, and all the students were at home.
"Come here. I want to discuss something with you," Yi Qing called to Baozi.
Baozi walked over to Yi Qing, and Xiaoran trotted after.
"I plan to have you live at home from now on," Yi Qing said straightforwardly.
"Okay," Xiao Duo didn't really care about this. "Will you still go out often?"
In fact, during the year they were away, Xiao Duo had been staying at home all the time. After they came back, he didn't want to delay them from having a daughter, so he went to the academy. Who would have thought they were so unproductive and there was still no sign of it.
"It's hard to say," Yi Qing couldn't guarantee.
Xiao Duo knew it. The older he got, the more he found that his mother was unreliable.
Yi Qing wondered if her son was disliking her. "Adults have their own business."
"Okay," Xiao Duo was too lazy to talk to her.
Yi Qing felt even more disliked by her son.
"Madam, there are a lot of people outside. They're asking the General's Mansion to hand over the person who controlled the bats to kill people," Xue Miao'er rushed in.
Yi Qing turned to look at Xue Miao'er. "Go and call Lu Tianxun. Let him handle it."
It was already good enough that she had rescued Wu Min. She wasn't going to deal with this kind of thing.
"Okay," Xue Miao'er was relieved when she heard it was someone else's business.
Lu Tianxun had been extremely exhausted these days from looking for Wu Min. Just when Yunyang Academy had an incident, he was still busy tidying up the affairs there. He had squeezed out some time to visit Wu Min yesterday.
He had slept for less than two hours last night and got up early to continue dealing with the affairs of the academy. Originally, the academy was in the process of rectification, and now there were even more things to do.
When he heard that some people were surrounding the General's Mansion, asking them to hand over Wu Min, he immediately rode his horse over.
When he stepped off the stairs in the General's Mansion, he almost missed a step and staggered. Fortunately, a guard beside him supported him.
"Dean Lu, are you okay?" the guard asked worriedly.
The usually calm and composed Dean Lu now looked haggard and absent-minded.
"I'm fine," Lu Tianxun smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes by the way.
He used to like wearing moon-white and light-blue clothes, but today he was wearing a raven-blue long robe, looking rather heavy.
Yi Qing originally intended to tease Lu Tianxun, but seeing his state, she gave up. It had only been one night since they last met, but he seemed so vicissitudinous.
"How are you going to solve Wu Min's problem?" Yi Qing asked directly.
"You just brought Wu Min back yesterday, and today there are people surrounding the General's Mansion. The families of the dead children are united in hatred, but it's quite unexpected that they gathered so quickly," Lu Tianxun analyzed calmly.
"You mean someone is controlling this behind the scenes?" Yi Qing thought it was just that this incident was so sensational that it was normal for these people to react so strongly.
"We can't rule out this possibility," Lu Tianxun felt that this incident was getting more and more mysterious. "Are you sure it's not targeted at your General's Mansion?"
"What do you mean?" Yi Qing had been so busy for so long. Who was it for? Yet she was still being questioned.
"I'm not saying it's the problem of the General's Mansion. It's just that all these things seem to revolve around the General's Mansion," Lu Tianxun said.
Yi Qing sneered. "Maybe other things are related to the General's Mansion, but the matter between Wu Min and her second uncle has nothing to do with the General's Mansion."
"How is Wu Min now?"
"She woke up after you left. She went crazy and bit a maid. After being bitten, the maid also went crazy and became delirious. Wu Min's body is full of deadly poison. She can't have contact with others. As long as she bites or scratches someone, that person will go crazy and bite others."
Lu Tianxun crossed his fingers and propped them on his chest, thinking for a while. "I'll go and see her."
"Okay," Yi Qing saw Lu Tianxun's action. It seemed that he was analyzing the pros and cons.
Wu Min had woken up, but she was locked in a metal cage. She threw out all the food that was sent to her and stared warily at the people outside.
When she saw Lu Tianxun come in, there was a momentary focus in Wu Min's eyes, but then they turned cold again.
"Don't you recognize me?" Lu Tianxun looked at Wu Min in the cage. "I'm Lu Tianxun."
Wu Min stared straight at Lu Tianxun, as if trying to recall something.
"When we were in Wu Gorge, I taught you how to write. You were afraid of thunder, and I accompanied you..." Lu Tianxun said slowly.
Wu Min grabbed her own head. The skin on her scalp was scratched, and the blood that flowed out was a very light color.
"Don't hurt yourself. No matter what happens, I'll be with you," Lu Tianxun held onto the cage.
Wu Min suddenly reached out to grab Lu Tianxun's hand, but at the moment her hand touched his, her fingernails curled up.
"Be careful," Yi Qing didn't expect Wu Min to be so aggressive. "If you're scratched by her, you'll get poisoned."
Lu Tianxun looked at his hand. "She still remembers me. She won't hurt me."
"You guys go. Hurry up and leave," Wu Min grabbed her hair painfully.
"Wu Min, what on earth did Lin Mo do to you? How can we save you?" Yi Qing saw that Wu Min was a little more sober.
Hearing Lin Mo's name, Wu Min was struck as if by lightning. Then she raised her hand and bit her own wrist, sucking her own blood. After swallowing her blood, Wu Min calmed down a little.
"Wu Min?" Lu Tianxun called out tentatively.
There was blood on the corner of Wu Min's mouth. She turned her back to Lu Tianxun. "You go. Hurry up and leave. Don't see me like this."
"No matter what you look like, you're the most beautiful in my eyes," Lu Tianxun said seriously. Since he was with Wu Min, he had to be responsible for her.
Only then did Wu Min turn to look at them.
"Wu Min, you don't have much time to be sober. What exactly happened?" Yi Qing thought they were really going too far. At this time, they were still being lovey-dovey.
"Let him stay away from the cage," Wu Min also knew that her time of sobriety was limited.
Lu Tianxun then moved a little further away from the cage.
"It's the human gu," Wu Min said directly. "Lin Mo used vampire bats to refine honey bats. The honey bats suck human blood and then brew celestial marrow liquid. As long as there's enough celestial marrow liquid, I'll become a human gu and live forever with the help of the honey bats. But the celestial marrow liquid is brewed by the honey bats. After I take it, I'll become bloodthirsty and afraid of light."
"Afraid of light?" Yi Qing was startled. "Can only the human gu use the celestial marrow liquid?"
"No. Ordinary people can use it to quickly repair their bodies and even change their meridians. If they haven't been refined as a human gu before and can control the dosage, they won't be like me," Wu Min trembled all over and slapped her forehead with one palm.
"Min'er!" Lu Tianxun was shocked.
Wu Min didn't die. Just as she said, the celestial marrow liquid could quickly repair the body. That slap only made her unconscious.
Lu Tianxun went to see the maid who had been bitten by Wu Min. The maid also had a strong urge to be bloodthirsty.
"You mean if such a person is let out, maybe the whole capital will be filled with such people," Lu Tianxun felt a chill down his spine.
"This is just my guess," Yi Qing didn't want it to be true.
"I see," Lu Tianxun said and then fell silent.