"Zhu You?" Li Fu remembered.

Candidates participating in the imperial examinations would seek out a respected official to be their teacher and recommend them. Li Fu sought out Zhu Jian from the Zhu family, and Zhu You was Zhu Jian's younger brother.

Zhu You said, "You have received favors from my family, so it's not unreasonable for me to ask you to do something for me, is it?"

Li Fu acknowledged this point: "However, you shouldn't have possessed my body. If you have something to ask me, you can ask me in a dream and I'll take care of it for you. What you're doing is going too far."

Zhu You snorted: "I asked my father many times before I died to bring Huang Ying and her daughter into the mansion, but they all disagreed. How could you, an outsider, possibly accomplish this? I don't want to keep occupying your body forever. Once I find a way to bring Huang Ying and her daughter into the mansion so they will have someone to rely on in the future, I will leave."

"So you want to ask someone for a favor," Yuan Qi said softly, chuckling lightly before countering, "If you can't even do it yourself, how could we possibly do it?"

Zhu You snorted: "Of course he can. I died young from illness. Although I was married, I didn't leave behind any children. My elder brother, though he didn't like my wife and children, will definitely keep them due to social customs. Even if he's unwilling, he won't refuse in front of others. My elder brother is very concerned about his reputation. Celestial Master, once this is done, I'll go to the underworld immediately."

Yuan Qi shook his head slightly: "It's easy for people to stay, but how can you be sure that they won't be bullied if they go there? From what you're saying, your older brother isn't a good person either. Maybe they'll be mistreated if they go there."

Zhu You chuckled: "I already thought of that, so you still have to do one more thing for me, which is to help me take all my assets from my elder brother and hand them over to them, mother and daughter. That way, they can receive the protection of the family and won't be bullied by anyone, nor will they have to worry about living in poverty. How about that, am I smart?"

Yuan Qi raised an eyebrow slightly: "You've thought of everything, haven't you? Aren't you afraid that woman will run off with your money?"

Zhu You chuckled: "After all, she gave birth to a daughter for me, so it's not like I can't give her some money if she wants it."

Yuan Qi nodded: "Okay, we'll take care of everything for you. You can come along too. We'll take them with us. Your older brother might not admit that they're your children. He might kick us out as soon as he opens his mouth."

She had already decided that she would ask Zhu You for the money for the sesame oil this time.

She said it because she thought it was true.

Zhu You readily agreed.

Because ghosts cannot be exposed to sunlight during the day, unlike when he possessed Li Fu and was not afraid of sunlight.

Yuan Qi took out a soul-nourishing bottle and let Zhu You go inside.

Huang Ying was extremely grateful and felt ashamed of her earlier resistance to Zhu You. She said to Zhu You, "I just..."

Zhu You still maintained his nonchalant attitude: "Everyone is afraid of ghosts, I don't blame you. I died suddenly and didn't make proper arrangements for you, that's what I owe you."

Huang Ying packed some clothes and valuables and followed Yuan Qi to the Zhu residence.

Qi Sheng and Li Fu went to knock on the door, but unexpectedly, an acquaintance came out.

"Celestial Master?" Zhu Quan Hai saw Yuan Qi as soon as he came out. Although he had grown taller and more handsome than when he met him two years ago, he still recognized him at a glance.

Yuan Qi was also surprised to see him: "What are you doing here?"

Zhu Quan Hai smiled and invited everyone in, thinking that he couldn't refuse them entry for Yuan Qi's sake.

He explained, "This is my home, of course I'm here. What brings you here today, Celestial Master?"

Yuan Qi smiled sheepishly: "We came because of Zhu You's mistress."

Zhu Quan Hai's smile faded: "Zhu You was my second uncle. He passed away not long ago. When he was alive, he always wanted that mistress to come into the family, but my father disagreed."

He led everyone inside and instructed the servants to call the young mistress out.

Upon entering the front hall, Zhu Quan Hai politely had tea served and also advised Yuan Qi: "Master, it's not that I'm not giving you face, it's just that my father really doesn't agree to this matter."

Yuan Qi naturally knew this.

Li Fu and Qi Sheng immediately guessed the Zhu family's ulterior motives, but neither of them wanted to interfere in their private affairs.

Isn't it just that they want to seize the property that belongs to Zhu You?

They were somewhat angry when they saw that Zhu Quan Hai didn't look like a bad person, yet he was preventing them from seeing their father.

Li Fudao said, "We are here to handle this matter on behalf of your second uncle."

Zhu Quan Hai was shocked: "My second uncle has been dead for half a year, how could he have entrusted this to you?"

He turned to look at Yuan Qi and understood everything.

Yuan Qi is able to communicate with ghosts and spirits; she must have seen her second uncle's ghost, which is why she came to our door.

Yuan Qi could only briefly recount what had happened that day.

Zhu Quan Hai sighed helplessly, "I'll go and ask my father and mother to come out right away. Please wait a moment."

Yuan Qi hummed in agreement and released Zhu You from the Soul-Nourishing Bottle. Upon seeing this house, Zhu You's mood immediately soured. His parents had died early, and he had been raised by his older brother. Before his father passed away, he had said that half of the family property should be given to his second brother, but Zhu You's older brother did not want to give it to him and kept coaxing Zhu You to give up the property.

Zhu You even suspected that his death was orchestrated by his elder brother, but he had no evidence.

Before long, Zhu Quan Hai arrived with a middle-aged man, who was Zhu You's elder brother and Zhu Quan Hai's father, Zhu Jian.

Zhu Jian had already learned from his son why these people had come, so he didn't give them a friendly look.

As soon as he arrived, Yuan Qi opened the Zhu family's Yin Eye.

Zhu Youjun's handsome and dashing face was right in front of Zhu Jian.

Zhu Jian was startled and instinctively took two steps back: "Second Brother!"

Zhu Jian's face turned pale with fright: "You...you weren't dead?"

Zhu You wasn't very good with his elder brother: "I missed you, brother, so I came back to visit. Brother, it's been half a year since we last met. How have you been?"

Zhu Jian felt a chill run down his spine watching him float around. His legs went weak with fear, and he stumbled back a few steps and plopped down in a chair, panting heavily.

"I'm fine, what do you want?"

He desperately tried to back away, covering his face with his hands, terrified. When he saw Yuan Qi, he clung to him like a lifeline: "Daoist Master, how can you aid and abet evil? Helping a ghost harm people, you must take him away!"

Seeing his cowardly appearance, Yuan Qi knew that this person was feeling guilty.

A petite and slender woman had been hiding in the corner for some time. Tears welled in her eyes as she approached, choking out, "My husband..."

When Zhu You saw his wife, Wang, he put away his frivolous expression and floated over to her: "My lady, how are you? You've lost weight."

Wang nodded with tears in her eyes: "We have enough to eat and wear, and we can get by. It's my fault for not giving you a son or daughter."