negotiation

I don’t know what the Zhuang family has on them. If they want to really open a store and make money, they have to fix up the Zhuang family, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.

"Hua Rong, have you heard that this banker has any treasures that can ward off evil spirits?"

She had vaguely guessed this aspect after listening to the words of the Black and White Impermanence last time, but after all, she had just come to this world and did not understand it very well.

"Treasure?" Hua Rong frowned and thought hard, "Probably not. If there really was a treasure, Mr. Zhuang would have paid off his gambling debts long ago."

That’s true, Ruan Yunsheng agreed. What else could be the reason?

Just as she was worrying herself to death, Hua Rong suddenly remembered something and said loudly, "I remember it!"

Hua Rong anxiously ran up to the young lady and said, "This is your amulet. It is said that it was left to you by the madam. I specially asked for it from Tianqing Temple."

"Mine?" Ruan Yunsheng was stunned. He searched his whole body, not even leaving a pocket, but found nothing.

Hua Rong added: "Miss, don't look for it anymore. The amulet was snatched away by Madam Zhuang as soon as we entered the house."

"Are you sure that the amulet can ward off evil spirits?" Ruan Yunsheng confirmed again.

"I'm sure." Hua Rong said sternly, "Although I hadn't entered the mansion at that time, I heard from the old man who served Madam that the young lady seemed to have been possessed by a ghost when she was three years old, and she kept talking nonsense all day. So Madam personally went to Tianqing Temple to ask for this amulet, and it really worked. The young lady's illness was cured immediately."

As she was speaking, Hua Rong suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "So, you can see ghosts now, isn't it the same as when you were a child? Could it be that..."

"Could it be that these eyes are natural?" Ruan Yunsheng continued.

Didn't I bring these eyes with me when I traveled through time? Ruan Yunsheng was puzzled. Could there really be such a coincidence in the world, the same appearance and the same eyes?

But now is not the time to think about this. To be sure that the treasure that can ward off evil spirits is really this amulet, and since it originally belongs to her, they have to spit it out themselves.

"Miss, why don't we go steal at night." Hua Rong now disliked them very much. How could these heartless people harm others and still be so arrogant and domineering? They must be punished sooner or later.

"No." She stopped her restless face and explained, "If the amulet is missing, Shen Ru will immediately suspect me. After all, such a small quarrel at home cannot be made public."

"So what?"

Ruan Yunsheng's eyes flickered, and a smile played at the corner of her mouth. The dim candlelight illuminated her face, revealing the demeanor of a seasoned veteran. "This banker handled An Yue's death so flawlessly. This is definitely not the first time. There must be more than one victim. Let's go to the mass grave and investigate."

"Mass grave." Hua Rong's face turned pale and she almost couldn't control her tears from flowing down.

"Just stay at home and help me keep an eye on the dealer. Tell me if anything happens." Ruan Yunsheng really couldn't bear to let her get upset again. She looked so pitiful.

"I'm going too."

A ghostly voice came, and An Yue suddenly appeared outside the window, obviously having heard the conversation just now.

So she hurried out with the two ghosts. Hua Rong, who was alone in the empty room, shouted worriedly from behind, "Miss, it's getting late. Be careful and come back early."

Ruan Yunsheng didn't even turn his head and waved goodbye gracefully.

The mass grave was located in a wasteland five miles west of the city. The night wind was howling, and the dead trees in the mass grave were twisted like ghost claws. Phosphorous flames were floating faintly. An Yue, as a practicing ghost, took the lead to stand in front and clear the way for them.

There were corpses everywhere, accompanied by a stench of corruption. The hoarse cries of crows could be heard in the distance. Several newly born ghosts were wandering around unconsciously, hesitating to move forward.

Ruan Yunsheng held a torch and followed An Yue to a ravine. White bones were vaguely visible in the damp and smelly soil, and flies were buzzing around.

"This is it." An Yue stopped and pointed at a place, "My bones."

The hatred that had been pent up in her heart for so long allowed her to stand there calmly, watching her own corpse rot and stink in the mud.

"Go over and see if there's anything suspicious." Ruan Yunsheng pinched his nose and raised his chin to signal Song Tinghe.

"I'm not going." He stepped back suddenly without any hesitation, looking at the ravine with disgust, and from time to time he looked down at the hem of his clothes, fearing that they would be stained with dirt.

"You are a ghost!" Ruan Yunsheng was very disappointed with his friend.

"No! This place is too dirty."

"I'll count to three..." Ruan Yunsheng raised the yellow talisman in his hand and was about to take action.

“I’ll go!”

Before she finished speaking, Song Tinghe quickly agreed, quickly walked around inside, and came back in a flash.

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Ruan Yunsheng was puzzled: "What did you see?"

"A lot of skulls." He said quickly, "It's a bit scary."

Excuse, he was clearly not afraid at all in Ye Mansion before, it was clearly because of mysophobia that he didn't want to go.

"But I've discovered something." Seeing her face grow increasingly worse, Song Tinghe quickly added, "All the dead were women."

"Oh?" Ruan Yunsheng's expression brightened slightly after hearing the valuable information. "How did you get that?"

Song Tinghe pointed at the corpses and said, "The skeletons are thin, and the clothes are mostly made of silk."

It was somewhat useful. Ruan Yunsheng nodded: "If these bodies are really related to the banker, then this place can be said to be their exclusive dumping ground."

Just as they were chatting excitedly, Song Tinghe suddenly approached and whispered, "Someone is coming."

A cold wind suddenly arose, the dead trees swayed, and two figures stepped out of the darkness, one black and one white, with long tongues hanging down from their chests and cold iron chains.

Ruan Yunsheng's eyes lit up instantly, and he greeted loudly, "Long time no see, my lords."

The two figures who originally appeared with their own BGM paused, immediately changed direction, and accelerated their pace.

"Sir, it's me." Ruan Yunsheng quickly came up to them and kissed the two people who were walking quickly.

Is it the ghost that scares people or people that scares the ghost?

The Black and White Impermanence were in turmoil at this moment. Next time, they must ask their boss to change their work area, or find someone else to do it!

Ruan Yunsheng said that there was nothing he could do. It was rare to find such easy-to-fool ghost messengers like them, so he had to catch them tightly.

"It's Miss Ruan. We have important things to do today so we won't bother you any longer." Bai Wuchang said and prepared to leave.

"My Lord, I have something important to do."

Ruan Yunsheng grabbed their arms tightly and told them not to leave until the problem was resolved. Don't think she didn't notice their little tricks.

"I'm here to discuss cooperation." She looked sincere, but it made the Black and White Impermanence feel cold.

"Cooperation? What do you mean?"

The devil's words made the two of them a little confused, and this old lady started to say something they didn't understand.

"Well, see if you can get your boss over here and I'll talk to him."

Great! When Heibai Wuchang heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. Without saying a word, he took out a bell. Heiwuchang shook it gently, and the bell without a tongue made a sticky and dull sound, which was not as ethereal and crisp as an ordinary bell.

After a few breaths, a hoarse, mellow voice rang out from the bell: "What's up, number one, number two?"

"Boss, come and save me!" Hei Wuchang's face was horrified, and he screamed anxiously, "There's a big ghost here."

After saying that, he immediately removed the bell and returned to his previous cold and lifeless face. Such perfect and impeccable acting skills stunned the man and the two ghosts, who all said that they had really broadened their horizons.

Not long after, a ball of inky black ghost energy surged in, accompanied by a strong pressure.

Then it landed quickly, and the temperature around it dropped a few degrees. A man in a colorful robe came walking in the air. Twelve jade beads hung down, covering half of his face as pale as cold jade, revealing a jawline as sharp as a knife.

"Who dares to bully the people of the underworld?"

When the voice fell, all the wandering souls in the mass grave knelt on the ground in unison. The sound of bones hitting the ground was like a sudden hailstorm.

There was dead silence all around, and no one dared to speak.

Yan Jun looked at the few people who showed no signs of fighting, and looked at the Black and White Impermanence with a sharp look in his eyes, his tone full of threats: "You better explain it to me clearly."

"Ahem." Ruan Yunsheng cleared his throat, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere. "I told them to do this."

"Oh? Is that so?" Yan Jun asked with a questioning look.

At this time, the Black and White Impermanence nodded frantically like quails, hiding in a corner in an attempt to avoid the boss's questioning.

"I have a deal I'd like to discuss with you in detail." Ruan Yunsheng responded calmly without changing his expression.

"Deal." Yan Jun glanced at the two souls behind her, and parted his thin lips with a hint of contempt. "Just you? And those two who slipped through the net?"

Ruan Yunsheng stood among the thousands of kneeling wandering souls, looking up into the fierce eyes of Lord Yama, a smile on his lips. "This female ghost has been wrongfully killed for many years, yet no underworld messenger has ever brought her back. I wonder if this is a dereliction of duty on your part?"

"And this living soul has been out of the body for many days, and it still carries your Soul Chasing Order. Not only is it bizarre and strange, but your efficiency is really poor. Is it because you don't have enough manpower? I can help you. You should have investigated me and know what I did."

The King of Hell pondered, "What do you want?"

"I want a list of all the women the Zhuang family has killed over the years," she said word by word, "including their causes of death and where their bodies were buried."

The tassels on Lord Yama's crown swayed slightly, and the sound of the jade beads colliding was like the ringing of bone bells. Bai Wuchang gasped, and Hei Wuchang's chains snapped straight. For thousands of years, no one had dared to look Lord Yama in the face and bargain like this.

"Arrogant."

The voice of Lord Yama seemed to come from the depths of the underworld. The bronze beast head on his waist suddenly grew longer, and his fangs dripping with smelly soul fluid pounced towards Ruan Yunsheng's face!

Song Tinghe and An Yue stepped forward to block it for her, but were bounced away by an invisible barrier.

In a flash, Ruan Yunsheng showed off her unique skill, a bamboo flute. She had asked Hua Rong to make it as soon as she came here, and now she finally had the chance to show it off.

"I can pray for their salvation." Ruan Yunsheng's fingertips stroked the bamboo flute. "I can sing the afterlife song, as long as Lord Yama allows me to consult the supplementary volume of the Book of Life and Death."

This is all thanks to the earnest teachings of the Black and White Impermanence of that world. Ruan Yunsheng has been hanging out with them since he was a child and has learned a lot of good things from them, including this Song of Rebirth.

The Song of Rebirth can make the souls of those who died unjustly eliminate their hatred, no longer linger in the human world, and voluntarily fall into reincarnation. However, anyone working in the underworld, including the King of Hell, is essentially a ghost, so they cannot use it. Ruan Yunsheng happened to take advantage of it and used it to help them manage the wronged souls in the human world.

Hei Wuchang suddenly knelt on one knee and said, "Boss, if these resentful souls don't enter reincarnation, this year's Zhongyuan Festival may be filled with hundreds of ghosts roaming the night..."

"Hmph." Yan Jun snorted coldly, but did not do anything else to her.

A pale hand stretched out from the sleeve, with a scroll of bamboo slips dangling from the fingertips. Each slip was engraved with the woman's name, and the back was stained with dark red blood.

"Here's the list." Yan Jun's voice suddenly came close to Ruan Yunsheng's ear. The jade pendant on the crown brushed against her neck, feeling as cold as a venomous snake's tongue. "You'd better keep your word."

Ruan Yunsheng smiled. The moment he reached out and grasped the bamboo scroll, a charred mark appeared on his palm. "Don't worry, Lord Yan. I'm quite professional."