Chapter 65

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Chapter 65: Great Cause

Changyi wanted to rebel against the heavens and change Ji Yunhe's destiny.

The monk was reluctant to do so, saying it would be difficult. Ji Yunhe was also reluctant and felt it would be too much of a hassle. She just wanted to enjoy her "old age" in peace.

But Changyi was very stubborn about it.

He forced Kongming to come doctor her, and forced Ji Yunhe to accept his doctoring.

In order to avoid a lazy doctor and patient relationship lacking sincerity, Changyi stood by their side during each session and watched over them.

When he was too busy with official business and people came reporting late at night, Changyi would just set up a screen in the room. He would sit in the front to work while Ji Yunhe and Kongming did diagnostics in the back.

Usually at that time, a seal would be added to the screen to block out sound. It prevented the two parties from interfering with each other.

And although Ji Yunhe's body was now feeble, her brain was perfectly fine. Once she got out from under Changyi's watch, she attempted to turn his people.

She flashed a bright smile at Kongming. "Master Kongming, you are not willing to help me and I don't want this suffering to drag on, so why are we wasting our time here?"

"Whether you want to stay alive or not has nothing to do with me. I promised that fish to try my best, so I will keep my promise."

"Why do you have to be so rigid?" Ji Yunhe kept trying. "That fish is clueless about medicine, you can just sneak some poison into my daily herbal tonic and send me off, he would have no idea. Treating the sick is risky business anyway, patients can get better or worse, he can't blame you over it."

"Master Warden, first off, I am not a rigid person, but Buddhism preaches against deceit..."

Ji Yunhe laughed out loud and interrupted him, "Master Kongming, you have a hundred and eight bone beads around your neck, yet you talk about the preachings of Buddha? Are you kidding me?"

"I eat meat and I kill, but it does not keep me from abiding by the other rules."

"What about marriage?" Ji Yunhe smiled and asked for Luo Jinsang. Although she had not seen Luo Jinsang for years, Ji Yunhe knew the girl inside out.

Kongming was caught off guard. He looked at the smiling Ji Yunhe and frowned. "That's none of your business."

Ji Yunhe nodded in regret and murmured to herself, "My poor girl Jinsang, so innocent and sweet, fell for a heartless monk."

Her words seemed to have agitated the monk. He tightened his fingers on her pulse and said, "Secondly, who said the fish doesn't know medicine?" The monk stared into Ji Yunhe's eyes, as if to return her blow. "Lingering ailments make doctors. After he crawled back from the gates of hell, he was under medication for a very long time."

The corner of her lips twitched, but she maintained her smile and appeared to not care.

But Kongming felt her pulse and was satisfied by its reaction.

"Master Warden, I am very curious. Exactly how did you get him to submit his heart six years ago, that your betrayal would affect him this deeply? He pretty much survived on his hatred of you, even to this day."

"What heart? He simply took everything too seriously, that's all. Only children believe everything you tell them." Ji Yunhe smiled. "Such fools."

"The heart of an innocent child is rare and precious. How could you do that to him?"

"When facing life, death, power and manipulation, the heart of a child is worthless." Ji Yunhe now looked even more detached. "He is naive. As his advisor, can you also be naive?" Ji Yunhe sneered and withdrew her wrist.

The monk pressed on, "Over the past six years, did you not feel any guilt or regret for what you did?"

"What I did had already been done. It's only human nature to fight for one's own benefits, what do I need to feel guilty and regretful about?" Ji Yunhe made a sinister face.

"You don't regret hurting him?"

"No regrets."

"Did you know that he planned and fought for six years just to save you from the Grand Master's house?"

"I know, he wanted vengeance."

"Did you know the day before yesterday when you sought death, he was at his own inauguration to be crowned? When he sensed you were in danger, he left immediately, leaving ten thousand people hanging?"

The day she sought death... Her mind quickly flashed through Changyi's clothing and hair that day, and the jade hairpin she pulled off of his crown. Changyi never wore crowns and jade hairpins before...

Turned out... he had rushed over from his own inauguration...

But Ji Yunhe looked unmoved and responded with no hesitation, "I didn't know, but so what?"

"So what?" Kongming narrowed his eyes slightly. "Master Warden of the Demon Valley, the woman who can play with people's hearts in the palm of her hand, now cannot see into his mind?"

At this point, Ji Yunhe finally fell silent.

The monk did not let her off the hook. "You claim you are all about benefits, but right now, instead of charming him and winning back his trust to your advantage, you do your best to annoy him, even seeking death… Master Warden, that fish is simple minded and direct, and cannot comprehend the twists and turns of a human heart, but I am not like him."

Ji Yunhe's lips started to turn pale, but her back was still straight. She glanced at Changyi sitting on the other side of the screen. He seemed to be discussing something troubling and did not pay attention to the development happening between Ji Yunhe and Kongming.

She relaxed a little.

"Master," she smiled at Kongming, "you are understanding, so you should know telling him the truth will not be good for him or for me. I am dying..."

"I am a monk. I do not lie, and naturally I do not gossip," the monk said. "I don't care about your thoughts and intentions back then, but this fish is now my friend. As long as you don't do anything to hurt him from now on, I can ignore your past."

"Very good. Very good that he now has friends." Ji Yunhe smiled, then cleared her throat. "But..."

Her smile faded and she glared at him. "You better keep your word. Otherwise, I will let you know how bad I can be."

"Don't worry, I will keep quiet. Not because of you, but because I think the same as you. Telling him the truth will affect his mental stability, it won't be beneficial to our war against Dacheng. My goal in life to slay evil and abolish injustice can only be achieved with his help, I will not allow anything to mess with our great cause."

Ji Yunhe lowered her head and looked at the back of her pale hand. "It is good that you are clear."

Kongming stood up and said, "Although I know now that you had reasons back then, I still don't like you."

Ji Yunhe smiled and looked up at him. "Coincidentally, I don't like you either."

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