Chapter 327: No Peace

What really frightened him was that his eldest grandson's five-year-old son suddenly developed a high fever and started talking nonsense.

After several famous doctors in the capital failed to cure the disease, the eldest grandson's wife asked someone to find a half-immortal to take a look. However, the half-immortal immediately said that something had come to collect a debt from the family and he could not do anything about it.

Originally the Zhuang family was skeptical, but before leaving, Banxian said, "This debt is not light. There must be more than one child in your family who has had trouble these days."

As soon as these words came out, the Zhuang family members were panicked because he was exactly saying this.

The half-immortal thought that his Taoism was not enough and refused to take care of the matter no matter what. The people in the bank had no choice but to ask for help from others and found some people with Taoism to take a look.

But later on, these masters either said they couldn't do anything, just like the half-immortals, or pretended to perform "rituals" and took the money, but it had no effect.

The clan was in chaos, but Zhuang Qinghong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, with a buzzing in his head. The childhood dream that had long been forgotten finally came to his mind.

He suddenly remembered that the scholar had been muttering that he could help him collect good fortune from his future descendants.

Anyway, as descendants, it is our duty to respect our elders. By collecting a little luck from each generation, we can help them get out of the mountains and become successful. The whole family will benefit from it. It is definitely a profitable business.

The scholar also said that as long as he was alive, the contract would last for one day, and it would guarantee him a long life without illness or disaster...

Zhuang Qinghong finally realized that his smooth sailing and good health over the years were all due to that dream!

He himself is the real culprit who has brought unrest to his descendants and family!

And it wasn't just the current events, he suddenly remembered many things that happened in the past.

His eldest son broke his leg at the age of fifteen and became disabled, thus ruining his dream of joining the army.

The second son was obviously talented, but he took the imperial examinations several times. Every time, he either fell ill the day before or had an accident. He never passed the exam smoothly and finally became discouraged and gave up hope.

The younger daughter was gentle and kind, but she met the wrong man. After being enslaved by her unfaithful husband's family and then exploited and oppressed for over a decade, she finally couldn't stand it anymore and told her family everything. With their support, she finally divorced her husband, but she never wanted to marry again...

That night, after thinking through all the causes and consequences, Zhuang Qinghong had thoughts of committing suicide.

The old man said this and sighed deeply.

Yun Qingqing understood and said:

"Remember what the scholar in your dream said? The contract lasts as long as you're alive. So if you die, the contract ends, and he can no longer collect the debt from your descendants."

"But you find that when you try to commit suicide, all sorts of accidents always happen, and you end up not being able to die, right?"

Zhuang Qinghong nodded and sighed:

"But after I looked for the dead several times, my great-grandson's fever did subside, and after some nursing he finally recovered."

"In the years since then, nothing happened to the younger generation. I gradually came to believe that the immortal had spared my family because I saw I was trying to commit suicide. I finally felt relieved."

"But just six months ago, one of my grandchildren was walking down the street when a horse got startled and kicked him. The child fainted on the spot and has not woken up since then... I realized that as long as I'm alive, I will..."

The old man's eyes turned red, and he choked for a moment before continuing:

"I tried many methods, but the rope kept breaking when I was hanging myself. I failed to drink the poison myself, and it almost caused my family to accidentally eat it. I even..."

"One time, I used the excuse of going out for a walk to find a cliff and jump off. When I woke up, I was hanging on a branch only two or three feet from the bottom of the cliff, with quite a few people watching below."

He paused, remembering that when a group of people rescued him, they inevitably asked him why he fell off the cliff. He could only say awkwardly that he slipped.

After all, it would be embarrassing for him to commit suicide at such an old age. If the news got back home, he would definitely be questioned by them.

But how could he have the nerve to say that all these years, his highly respected status was gained at the expense of the blessings and luck of his entire family?

"I am a sinner... Master, please help me!"

"They're all good kids, each with their own talents! But because of me, the scourge of the family, everything they do backfires!"

"Only when I'm gone can they escape the fate of having their fortunes taken away by that immortal in their dreams, and live a peaceful and happy life!"

Zhuang Qinghong prayed earnestly with every word.

Yun Qingqing took a pen and paper and wrote a few words, then pushed it in front of him:

"This is your birth date."

Zhuang Qinghong glanced at the paper, his face filled with surprise. He nodded repeatedly, his expression showing hope:

"That's right! This is exactly my birth date, absolutely correct! Master, as the rumors say, is a true master! You must be able to help me, right?"

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"I can indeed help you, but I won't help you commit suicide."

"This..." the old man hesitated, "But that contract..."

Yun Qingqing pointed at his eight characters:

"I'm showing you my eight characters because I want to tell you that you have a strong body and wealth, and you have a Huagai Fate. You are born with good fortune, and you are also born with a strong literary talent. You are a scholar."

"Hiss..." Zhuang Qinghong was full of knowledge and immediately understood what she meant, but he became even more confused.

"If you put it that way, wouldn't it be..."

"That's right." Yun Qingqing's eyes were slightly cold. "Even if that so-called immortal in your dream hadn't made a contract with you, you could still leave that village and achieve something with your academic ability. It wouldn't necessarily be worse than it is now."

"And your descendants would have been blessed by you and wouldn't have had to go through those hardships."

Zhuang Qinghong was stunned, his expression changing again and again, as if he could not bear the blow of these words.

If he hadn't casually agreed to the contract in his dream when he was a child...

Yun Qingqing saw what he was thinking and said softly:

"But you don't have to blame yourself too much. That spirit was cunning by nature. You were only a five-year-old child at the time, and it's not your fault that you signed the contract under its trickery."

"A spirit?" Zhuang Qinghong murmured, "So he really isn't some immortal. He came to me simply to defraud my family's luck."

Yun Qingqing nodded:

"I think it has been practicing near that village for a long time and is used to seeing ordinary people with no great luck in their lives. Suddenly it encountered someone as lucky as you, so it became greedy."

"That thing has actually been following your family all these years. Every time you tried to commit suicide, you would end up with an accident, and it was also secretly preventing you from doing so."

Zhuang Qinghong closed his eyes and said with gritted teeth:

"It still dares to continue to rob my descendants of their good fortune!"

"Master, please help me! As long as I'm alive, the descendants of the Zhuang family will never have peace!"