Hearing this, Zhu You felt a little relieved. He turned around and floated to Zhu Jian's side, putting on a fierce expression: "I'm asking you, are you going to give me my money and shop or not?"
After watching for a while, Zhu Jian got used to it and was no longer so afraid of his younger brother. His thoughts were clear: if the other party couldn't do anything to him when he was alive, how could he possibly do anything to him when he was dead?
He gave a cold snort, not at all afraid of Zhu You floating around in front of him.
"What use is your money to them? You might as well give it to me for safekeeping. Your wife has no children and may remarry someday. Do you want her to use your money to support other men?"
"She's not that kind of person, you just don't want to give it to me, right? I knew you had such a despicable thought!" Zhu You was furious and tried to grab Zhu Jian's neck with a ferocious expression, but his ghostly power was limited and he couldn't hurt Zhu Jian at all.
Zhu You glanced at Yuan Qi. The young Taoist priest didn't seem to intend to stop him, and Li Fu and Qi Sheng were also watching the show, not wanting to get involved in the Zhu family's affairs.
He then gained some confidence. In the six months he had been a ghost, he had learned how to possess people, so he simply floated directly into Zhu Jian's body and entered through his mouth and nose.
Zhu Jian was terrified. He frantically patted the air around him and cried out, "Taoist Master, save me! Taoist Master, save me..."
Yuan Qi said slowly, "You seized other people's property, which is not a fair thing to do. I also think you shouldn't have done it."
Zhu Jian felt that Yuan Qi was unworthy of being a Taoist priest: "How can you be like this, a Taoist priest? He's a ghost, isn't your responsibility to protect the living? How can you just stand by and watch a ghost harm the living? I...I...I'm going to...report him to the authorities!"
Yuan Qi chuckled lightly: "Taoists are there to resolve disputes between the Yin and Yang realms, punishing whoever is in the wrong, not to protect the living."
At this moment, Zhu Jian realized that he was about to lose control. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face, the sound of the slaps echoing one after another.
He even started choking himself, and soon he couldn't breathe.
He then realized that Zhu You had taken over his body.
Zhu You manipulated this body to torment himself, grabbing the teacup beside him and smashing it hard against his forehead, then slamming it against a pillar in the room.
Zhu Jian couldn't control his body, and to others, he seemed to be contemplating suicide.
Zhu Quan Hai and his mother were terrified when they saw this, and they desperately held onto Zhu Jian to prevent him from harming himself.
Zhu Jian went berserk and started hitting himself with things, his strength so great that two people couldn't hold him back.
Li Fu frowned as he watched all this. During these days, Zhu You had been inside his body, and he knew some of Zhu You's thoughts—essentially, to provide security for his wife and daughter. Moreover, Zhu You had only used his body to visit Huang Ying and her daughter; he hadn't done anything excessive, such as having physical intimacy with Huang Ying.
Zhu You also knew that this body was not his own, so he did not harm Li Fu.
Li Fu felt it was necessary for him to step in.
"Lord Zhu, I ask you, are you willing to return Zhu You's property to his wife and daughters?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Jian indeed stopped harming himself. He was truly frightened at this moment and repeatedly said, "I am willing. I am willing to return my second brother's money to his wife and daughters, and I am also willing to take care of his wife and daughters. When his daughter gets married in the future, I will definitely make sure it is a grand and glorious occasion."
But as soon as he said that, Zhu You once again manipulated his body to harm himself. He scratched his face vigorously, and in just a few strokes, Zhu Jian's face was covered in several bloody marks.
Zhu You left his body, pointing at him angrily: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. As long as I leave, you'll continue to seize my property, and might even kick my wife and daughters out. I've known what kind of person you are all along..."
Madam Zhu quickly stepped forward and pulled her husband with heartache, saying, "Just give your second brother's things to him. Our family's wealth is enough for us to live comfortably for the rest of our lives."
Zhu Jian roared indignantly, "Why should I? Our parents died early, and I raised him. As the eldest brother, he's like a father to me. I've been so kind to him, so isn't it only right that he gives me money to repay me? Why are you siding with outsiders?"
After being reprimanded, Madam Zhu dared not say anything more. Her husband was usually the one who had the final say, and she was weak-willed and had little say in front of him, so she simply kept quiet.
Zhu You said viciously, "Then you should die!"
He tried to possess Zhu Jian's body and harm himself again. Zhu Jian was in pain all over and was really scared this time: "No, I promise you, okay?"
Compared to money, he still felt that life was more important. After Zhu You left, wouldn't the life and death of his wife and daughters still be in his hands?
Zhu Youpiao approached Yuan Qi and said, "Celestial Master, I want him to swear to Heaven that if he breaks his promise, he will be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."
Yuan Qi nodded slightly: "That's feasible."
In a short time, Yuan Qi knew that Zhu Jian was a scoundrel and a ruthless man. If it weren't for the constraints of Heaven, Zhu You's wife and daughters would not be protected.
She patted the small table beside her: "Carry this out to the yard, I want to ask the gods to bear witness."
Zhu Jian was somewhat dumbfounded. He used to disbelieve in supernatural phenomena, but ever since his son's bride was abducted by a ghost on their wedding day, he had come to believe.
But he had never seen a god, so he was somewhat skeptical and watched in bewilderment as Li Fu and Qi Sheng moved the small table into the courtyard.
Yuan Qi asked Zhu Quan Hai to find an incense burner and place it on a small table. He then took out incense sticks from a cloth bag, inserted them, and lit them.
Finally, holding a peach wood sword in one hand and a yellow talisman in the other, he began to walk in the courtyard, chanting: "I invite Heaven and Earth to bear witness, I invite the Jade Emperor and Laozi to be present, and the Duty Officer to supervise. Zhu Jian of the mortal realm swears an oath to the gods today, and I ask all the gods of the heavens to be my witness. If I break this oath in the future, I will suffer the consequences."
As she muttered those words, the clear sky suddenly became overcast, and a gust of wind picked up.
Yuan Qi looked at the golden light shining through the gaps in the dark clouds, then beckoned to Zhu Jian: "Come over here and swear to the heavens, the gods are watching from above."
Zhu Jian had already noticed the changes in the celestial phenomena. Although he couldn't see any deities, he knew that it wasn't just any Taoist priest who could change the weather.
He asked Yuan Qi, his body trembling, "Are there really gods?"
Yuan Qi nodded calmly: "Every word you say will be heard by the gods. If you disobey them in the future, you will be punished by heaven!"
Zhu You was a ghost, and he knew that gods truly existed, but he didn't know whether there were gods above these dark clouds.
Zhu Jian knelt down, clasped his hands together, and said, "I, Zhu Jian, hereby swear that today I will return all of my second brother's money to him, and for the rest of my life I will take care of my second brother's wife and daughters as my own, and will not mistreat them. If I break this oath, I will be covered in sores and die in agony."
"Boom!"
A muffled clap of thunder sounded from the sky, and Zhu Jian shuddered, almost wetting himself.
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