“The old lady only gave me ten coins, which should only be enough to ask one question, but… since it involves a murder case, I’ll do a good deed to the end and answer everyone’s questions.” Ye Xianya said, looking at Shen Furong beside her: “Furong, remember what I’m about to say. When we get to the yamen, tell the constables everything.”

"Yes, Miss." Shen Furong nodded quickly.

"Isn't it a bit strange that your daughter-in-law, whom you sent out of the capital and back to her parents' home in an oxcart, died in the dry well in your backyard? You'll have to ask your good son about that," Ye Xianya said calmly.

The old woman turned pale after hearing her words: "What...what do you mean? What does this have to do with my son?"

"Your son is now working for a wealthy family, making tables and chairs for them. He and one of the maids in that family have taken a liking to each other and have been secretly seeing each other for quite some time. Your son wants to give her a proper status, but your daughter-in-law is blocking her way and refuses to divorce her. So your son found an excuse to send her back to her parents' home, and even asked you to personally escort her."

"Your daughter-in-law had only been out of the capital for a short time when he chased after her and brought her back, saying that you had accidentally broken your leg and needed someone to take care of you. Your daughter-in-law rushed back, but as soon as she entered the house, your son struck her hard on the back of the head with an axe three times, killing her and throwing her into the dry well in the backyard."

"As for the old lady saying you didn't smell any stench, think carefully. Didn't your son buy a lot of limestone ten days ago, saying he wanted to repaint your walls in a few days and asked you to help grind those stones into lime powder?"

After hearing Ye Xianya's words, the old woman's face turned pale instantly.

Because it's all true.

"Auntie, were you surprised at the time? After all... the limestone for plastering walls needs to be calcined first, but the limestone your son bought was uncalcined." Ye Xianya was getting thirsty as she spoke.

Seeing that Shen Furong had handed her a cup of water, she quickly took a sip before saying, "Your son mixed the lime powder with water and poured it into the dry well. He poured a thick layer of it, at least a foot thick, which is why you didn't smell the corpse. Auntie, remember to tell the people at the yamen later and have them send someone down into the well to dig it out."

Upon hearing this, the old woman could no longer sit still and got up to run outside.

Many of the people who were originally waiting in line for fortune telling followed the old lady, clearly wanting to join in the fun.

The team, which originally consisted of dozens of people, was reduced to just a few in an instant.

“Furong, tell the constables that the murder axe is buried in the vegetable garden in their backyard, near the wall. There’s a millstone-sized rock there. Dig three feet back from the rock and dig two feet deep, and you’ll find the bloodstained axe,” Ye Xianya said while drinking water.

Honestly, those ten coins were hard to earn.

However, she didn't set up her fortune-telling stall to make money off these ordinary people.

Consider it as accumulating merit for yourself, as it will help her recover her strength faster.

Ye Xianya has made up her mind that even if she doesn't cultivate immortality, she will still become the strongest person in the world.

Besides, fortune telling, as she keeps doing it, eventually catches a big fish, enough for her to support her family.

This ordinary person's life is carefree and comfortable, much more interesting than the decades of arduous cultivation in their previous life.

She is very satisfied!

After Ye Xianya finished drinking the water and looked up, she realized that the few remaining people had all run away.

It seems that these people in the capital prefer gossip to fortune-telling, or more accurately... they enjoy watching others' drama unfold.

Apart from her stall, the other dozen or so fortune-telling stalls were also empty.

They all ran off with that old woman.

To watch the spectacle, they weren't even afraid of the dead. Ye Xianya didn't know what to say.

Seeing that all the fortune tellers were looking at her, Ye Xianya thought they were going to cause her trouble. But after waiting for a while, she found that although the fortune tellers huddled together and whispered among themselves, glancing at her from time to time, none of them came over.

Ye Xianya didn't want these fortune tellers to go hungry, since everyone had to support their families, so... she closed up shop as soon as noon arrived.

When Shen Furong returned to the Ye family, it was already afternoon.

As soon as the little maid returned, she excitedly grabbed Ye Xianya's hand: "Miss...you are amazing! Those constables really dug out a woman who had been dead for many days from the dry well in the backyard. I was so scared at the time that I backed away and didn't dare to look. But I still smelled a bit of the smell and almost threw up."

"Also, as Miss instructed, I pointed out the place to them, and the constables actually dug up an axe with dried bloodstains on it. After the constables arrested Aunt Qian's son, he confessed everything, exactly as Miss had described."

"The onlookers all say that Miss is a fairy descended from heaven, she's simply amazing, and they even said they'd like to have their fortunes told by her tomorrow." Furong was overjoyed.

With so many people, if each one goes to a prostitute for a fortune telling, the total amount they could earn... doesn't seem like they could make that much money.

After all, a divination only costs ten coins.

That young master Pei had his fortune told by the young lady today and gave her ten taels of silver. If it costs ten coins per fortune telling, how many people would he have to tell fortunes to earn ten taels of silver?

Shen Furong counted on her fingers again and again, only to find that her mind was a complete mess and she couldn't figure it out at all.

Seeing her troubled expression, Ye Xianya couldn't help but laugh: "Ten coins for a fortune telling. I need to tell fortunes for a hundred people to earn one tael of silver. I need to tell fortunes for a thousand people to earn ten taels of silver."

“One…one thousand!” Furong’s eyes widened. “So…so many!”

Wouldn't that young lady be very, very tired?

"But... how did you know what I was thinking, Miss?" Furong swallowed hard and asked in a low voice.

She clearly didn't tell the young lady.

"I can figure out your little schemes with a simple calculation," Ye Xianya said with a smile, tapping Furong's forehead.

"Miss can even read my mind..." Furong's eyes widened suddenly: "That's...that's amazing!"

What she really meant was, "This is terrifying!"

It seems I must never have any wild thoughts in front of Miss in the future.

"I was just kidding. You were counting on your fingers, muttering to yourself. If I couldn't guess it, I'd be really stupid!" Ye Xianya couldn't help but laugh.

Furong breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

However, the young lady was too amazing; she always felt that the young lady could predict what she was thinking.

"Let's go to Taoyuanju while it's still early. I'll buy some potted plants and ornaments to take over and help Mother and the others with some simple feng shui arrangements, hoping to bring prosperity to our Taoyuanju." Ye Xianya said as she went to find her second brother, Ye Qinglin.

She needed help moving things and catching the bus, and Ye Qinglin, who was learning to draw talismans at home, became the perfect candidate.