Chapter Thirty-Three: The Female Ghost Duan Fuling
Su Zhenzhen was so angry that her blood boiled, and she almost went berserk as she plunged into the woods.
The hazy moonlight added to the ambiguity. Hensheng collapsed to the ground, stretching out his long neck and closing his eyes. A female ghost in green was lying on top of him, her arms wrapped around his neck, about to kiss him.
Su Zhenzhen rushed forward and grabbed the female ghost by the hair, pulling her down.
What a joke, not everyone can be a partner in the underworld.
Su Zhenzhen's birth chart indicates that she was born for this profession; even ordinary wandering spirits would have to avoid her.
The female ghost was like a little chick in Su Zhenzhen's hands, constantly begging for mercy, "Lord Underworld Officer, spare my life, this young man came here first."
Hensheng still craned his neck and kept his eyes tightly closed, so Su Zhenzhen stepped forward and slapped him twice, left and right.
Hensheng was jolted back to his senses by the beating, and the female ghost was also terrified. Sometimes, there are guides, or underworld officials, in the mortal realm, but don't they always ask questions first? This female underworld official is so fierce; she just came up and started hitting him.
Hensheng still had his previous memories, and the thought that he had almost been with a woman made him blush with shame.
Su Zhenzhen grabbed the female ghost's hair and pulled her back, causing her to burst into tears from the pain.
Where is my flashlight?
Hensheng stood up, the flashlight which he had been covering. "When I found it, I thought it was a bit too long to carry, so I tucked it back in. I saw you use it before and wanted to turn on the light to go back. But as I was thinking about it, I don't know why I just walked into the woods like I was possessed."
Su Zhenzhen looked at the female ghost, "Was it you who did this?"
The female ghost quickly shook her head, but her hair was still being held in someone's hand, and the slightest movement caused her even more pain.
"Waaah... It really has nothing to do with me. I've been dead for decades. I haven't seen a living person in this area in recent years. Most of the people who come here are wandering ghosts who want to have fun with me. How was I supposed to know that this person who suddenly came was a living person?"
Su Zhenzhen yanked at the female ghost's hair again, "Haven't you figured it out after all these years as a ghost? How can something with a shadow be a ghost?"
The moonlight was clear, and Hensheng's shadow was distinct, while the female ghost, even when standing on the ground, had bare feet.
This is why Su Zhenzhen recognized her as a ghost at a glance.
Some ghosts have good fortune in their birth charts. After wandering in the mortal world for a long time, they can accumulate some cultivation and walk in the world like a living person without any problem. However, they are afraid of sunlight and cannot stray too far from the place where they died.
The female ghost wished she could drown this cold-hearted woman with her tears. Over the decades, she had seen several ghost messengers, and after her tearful pleas, they had allowed her to roam freely in the woods.
"I was wrong. I was just too lonely. It's been a long time since a ghost came to talk to me. I finally saw a male one, so I wanted to get close to him."
Su Zhenzhen finally let go of her hand. "Now I'll give you two choices: either I send you to be reincarnated, or you disappear from this world."
If it weren't for the karma tied to this female ghost, there would have been no first choice at all.
The female ghost was unwilling to be reincarnated, and even less willing to have her soul scattered, so she could only nod with tears in her eyes.
Su Zhenzhen used her soul power to guide the female ghost, pulling Hensheng out of the woods and onto the empty city gate. The female ghost, who had been in a weak and delicate state, suddenly sprang up, her hair flying and her eyes turning blood red. She rushed towards General Huo without any regard for anything else.
General Huo had killed countless enemies in his lifetime and carried a fierce aura that made it difficult for ordinary people, ghosts, immortals, and demons to get close to him. Although the female ghost had decades of cultivation, she was still burned by the fierce aura.
Su Zhenzhen felt like she was about to explode. What's all this fuss about?
The flashlight beam was turned on and shone directly into the female ghost's eyes. Ghosts are most afraid of bright things, so the female ghost had no choice but to beg for mercy.
"I was wrong, I was wrong! Please spare my life, Your Majesty!"
"Can you please stop going crazy?" Su Zhenzhen said coldly. First it was the green-eyed man, then Jiang Sijin. How dare an old ghost hiding from the underworld be so arrogant?
"No, no, whatever you say, Lord Underworld Messenger."
Su Zhenzhen moved the flashlight beam aside. "Now tell me, what is it that makes you refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation?"
The female ghost glared resentfully at General Huo, and Su Zhenzhen suspected that she wanted to pounce on him again.
Just as they were about to put General Huo away, the female ghost changed her tone, her voice becoming cold and aloof.
“My surname is Duan, and my given name is Fuling. Twenty years ago, my parents died at the hands of the barbarians. I was dragged into the woods in front by barbarian soldiers, and they set up a red tent on the spot. In the end, I died from syphilis.”
It did sound quite tragic. Su Zhenzhen softened her voice, "Is it because you harbor resentment that you refuse to enter the cycle of reincarnation?"
"Of course I have grievances!" Duan Fuling stared intently at General Huo. "General Huo, the God of War of the Jiang Dynasty, a great hero in the hearts of the people. For twenty years, I have wanted to ask you this question in person. When you sent troops to defend Shanxian County for the safety of the capital, did you not think about the lives of the officials and people in the west?"
When General Huo saw Duan Fuling, he felt that she looked familiar, and now he finally recognized her in his mind.
"Are you Duan Duan'an's daughter?"
"It's kind of you to remember this, old man." Duan Fuling sneered. "My father, Duan Duan, was the governor of Xijun County, and you could be considered fellow disciples. When the western defense line was breached by the barbarians, my father asked you for help several times, but you refused to send troops. Later, when our whole family fled east, it was you who sent people to block the western gate of Shanxian County."
“I had no troops to send at the time. I had already told Brother Duan in a letter that for the long term, we did not need to defend to the death.”
Upon hearing this, Duan Fuling was about to lose her temper again, her eyes turning fiery red.
Su Zhenzhen waved her flashlight. "Let's talk things out calmly. Don't get agitated."
Duan Fuling gradually calmed down, but her eyes were still red. "Everyone says that you, General Huo, are loyal to the emperor and love your country, and that you love the people and your soldiers like your own children. But are you the only saint in this world? My father can take the whole family and go first, but what about the people of Xijun?"
"The defense line had already been breached. If their prefect had abandoned them, would these people have survived? We had been working day and night without rest, with the barbarians chasing us closely. We finally managed to escape to a mountain county where we could stay. It was you, General Huo, who, to prevent the barbarians from advancing eastward and threatening the capital, ordered that not even a fly be allowed to enter."
"What? The lives of the people in the capital are lives? The lives of the disaster victims in the southern prefecture are lives? But the lives of the people of Xijun are not lives? General Huo, your generals and soldiers just stood by and watched us, fellow Han people, being slaughtered and the women being violated. I thought that you, General, would surely be honored with a place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple for your hard work and great achievements, but I never expected that you would also die on the battlefield. Look at your appearance, no one has even come to collect your body yet."
Su Zhenzhen listened with great interest and, fearlessly, released the eight ghosts from the storage compartment.
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