Chapter 301: The Ghost Escapes

"He's heartbroken."

Yun Qingqing was straightforward and revealed the cause of Lu Hai's death in one sentence.

"……ah?"

Lu Guangzu opened his mouth, thinking he had misheard.

What does it mean to have a broken heart?

Didn’t you just say that Lu Hai didn’t die from being stabbed in the heart?

Could it be possible that his heart could break on its own?

The villagers also looked at each other with strange expressions.

"You can find a coroner to examine it and you'll know." Yun Qingqing said coldly.

Among these villagers there was actually a coroner who had returned to his hometown to retire. He was elected and performed an autopsy on Lu Hai on the spot.

After examining the body, the old coroner's expression changed from serious to shocked.

"His heart is truly broken!" he gasped. "It makes no difference whether the knife goes in or not. His heart would have been shattered into pieces long ago! It's like..."

The old coroner hesitated and said:

"The way his heart was broken was like it was crushed by a hand, but apart from the knife wound on his heart, there was no other external injury. How could this happen..."

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Lu Guangzu's face was not good. "Don't say that carelessly. According to you, this is something no human being would do..."

The old coroner said with a stern face:

"What do you mean by nonsense? I've been doing this my whole life, how could I be wrong? If you don't believe me, come and check it yourself!"

Lu Guangzu was speechless after being criticized.

Yun Qingqing said calmly:

"He was visited by a vengeful ghost, and he deserved to die."

"What...what, vengeful ghost..." Lu Guangzu took a breath.

The villagers also felt a chill on their backs. Even though they didn't quite believe it, the naked corpse and the words just spoken by the old coroner made them feel a little scared.

Yun Qingqing raised her hand and pinched her fingers, then walked towards the backyard:

"If you want to know the truth, just follow me."

She took two steps, looked at Luda who was hiding in the corner, and ordered Nanzheng:

"Take him with you."

Nan Zheng ordered his men to take Lu Da and follow without saying a word.

Xiao Changheng followed Yun Qingqing, and the others looked at each other for a moment, and then all followed and came to the backyard.

The backyard of this house is not very big, and there is no land cultivated to grow vegetables or raise chickens and ducks like other houses. It is just a small piece of wasteland.

There is a mud pit at the base of the north wall. It is obvious that a lot of water has accumulated due to the heavy rain in the past few days. Half of the mud in the pit has not dried up yet.

Yun Qingqing pointed to a place and ordered the guards to find tools and dig down.

The semi-wet soil was very soft, and soon the palace guards dug up something. When they pulled it out and took a look, they immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

“It’s a human!”

"How could there be a dead body buried in this yard?!"

"Hiss... This is obviously very old. Only bones are left..."

Some timid villagers have begun to retreat, while the braver ones have moved forward to get a clearer look.

The clothes on the corpse had already rotted away, but there were still some hair accessories left on the messy hair, indicating that it was a woman.

The old coroner sucked his teeth and said:

"The clothes have rotted away, but the hair is still there. So, he must have been dead for at least three to five years."

"Six years."

Yun Qingqing said coldly.

"Six years ago, this woman was murdered by Lu Hai and her body was buried in the backyard. She has become a wandering ghost, unable to reincarnate. However, because the original layout of the courtyard was in line with the Feng Shui of Yin, the resentful spirit has been suppressed underground and cannot escape."

"Until the recent continuous thunderstorms, the low-lying area became a pond. Not only did it disrupt the original Feng Shui, but it also gathered negative energy and turned into evil. The resentful spirits could no longer be suppressed, and naturally came to seek revenge on their murderers."

After hearing her words, the whole audience fell silent.

Everyone felt that it was broad daylight, but the temperature in the yard suddenly dropped a lot, giving people goosebumps.

Suddenly someone whispered:

"Six years ago... Hey, look at that hairpin. I think I saw Widow Sun wearing it..."

"Now that you put it that way..."

"Really? I've seen this hairpin before! Didn't Widow Sun pass away six years ago? Could it be that... she didn't go with a passing merchant, but died here in Lu Hai?"

"Back then, it was rumored that Widow Sun couldn't stand the loneliness and ran off with someone less than a year after her husband died. I never thought the truth would be this!"

"Hey? I remember the first person who said he saw her leaving the village with the merchants wasn't Lu Hai...it was..."

Everyone turned around and looked at Luda, who was being held aside with a pale face!

Yun Qingqing's eyes were cold and she said in a deep voice:

"Once a vengeful ghost escapes, the first thing he does is naturally seek revenge on his murderer. Next, it's the turn of the accomplice!"

Lu Da had been trembling with fear since he saw the corpse being dug out. When he heard her say that, his legs suddenly went weak and he knelt down.

"I, I didn't kill her. I just, I was tempted by her beauty and helped to drug her... Princess, please help me! Please take away the evil ghost! Otherwise, she will kill countless people in the future!"

He was so scared of death that he kowtowed so hard that he bled.

When he shouted like that, all the villagers were frightened and looked at Yun Qingqing in fear.

"Princess, you know so much, you must know how to exorcise evil spirits, right? Please help our village!"

"Princess, please save us!"

"If the evil spirits in this village are not eliminated, who knows how many people will be killed..."

Yun Qingqing raised her hand and pressed it down, and the villagers immediately shut up, waiting attentively for her to speak.

"Don't worry, folks. A vengeful ghost isn't necessarily an evil ghost. She simply refuses to go to the underworld because her grudge hasn't been avenged."

"As long as she gets her revenge and her resentment dissipates, she will go where she should go and will not harm any innocent people."

"If you are worried, please bury the body properly and each family can burn some paper money for her, which will also be considered as accumulating some good karma."

"Humans have their own laws, and ghosts have their own rules. The deceased was a kind person in life, and you have no grudges against her, so she naturally won't come after you. That's why there's a saying, 'If you don't do evil in the daytime, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking at night.'"

After she said this, everyone finally felt relieved and immediately began to arrange the burial of Widow Sun.

Although Luda cried, shouted and begged for mercy, he was still dragged away and sent to the authorities.

However, Yun Qingqing had already seen his death clearly, and she thought that he would not be able to survive the punishment by the government and would be taken away by the vengeful ghost.

The matter was resolved, and Yun Qingqing and others were ready to leave.

But before leaving, she glanced casually at the corner of the backyard.

Two figures, one in black and one in white, had been watching there since a while ago. When they met her gaze, they immediately bowed to her.

Bai Wuchang's ever-changing squinting smile seemed to show a hint of helplessness as he spoke:

"Miss Yun, don't worry. Now that you've spoken, we'll wait until the ghost has taken her revenge before taking her down. I'll be watching over her and won't let her lose control and hurt anyone."

Yun Qingqing nodded imperceptibly and turned to leave.

Almost no one noticed her movements, only Xiao Changheng followed her gaze and glanced at the corner of the wall, as if thinking about something.

The irrelevant people dispersed and they returned to Lu Sicong's house. Xiao Changheng put forward his purpose, and Lu Sicong was surprised but a little hesitant.

Now he just wanted to take his daughter to a place where no one knew them and live a stable life. He didn't want to go to Beijing, and he had no interest in an official position in the Ministry of Works.