Chapter 65: Entangled
Su Tan frowned. Old Madam Chen's current situation was indeed dangerous. She did not hide it and told her everything she had seen.
"I won't hide it from you, Madam. The old lady was born with a face of longevity. She suddenly became like this, but she wasn't really sick."
"The old lady has indeed been entangled in something she shouldn't have been entangled in."
Chen's heart skipped a beat.
No wonder.
No wonder no matter how many people came to the Marquis' Mansion before, they all turned around and left after seeing his mother-in-law.
Only the director of the Imperial Observatory politely reminded that Su Tan could be invited to take a look.
Originally, he didn't mention it, but the Jian'an Marquis Mansion was also going to send an invitation to the Su family.
But after he mentioned it, the Jian'an Marquis Mansion began to pay more attention to it.
Chen was feeling uneasy.
She looked up at Su Tan, clutching the handkerchief tightly in her hand, "Could you please explain it in more detail, Princess Jiayi?"
"We in the Jian'an Marquisate have always disliked causing trouble, and the members of our clan are kind to others. I wonder if this thing got here by accident, or if someone cast a spell on it intentionally."
Su Tan shook his head.
"I see it has a lot of resentment. I'll have to wait and see why it's entangled with the old lady."
People in the world believe in avenging grievances and taking revenge.
This ghost won't haunt everyone.
Putting aside those who attack people indiscriminately, most of the time it is because of unresolved karma.
But to know what kind of karma Old Madam Chen was involved in, one would have to look at all the masters in the Jian'an Marquis Mansion to find out.
As she said this, Chen became more and more anxious.
After arriving at the flower hall, almost all the other masters of the marquisate had arrived, including Li Cen, Marquis of Jian'an, and Li Shuhui, the eldest granddaughter of Old Lady Chen.
The eldest daughter of the Jian'an Marquis's Mansion had her marriage arranged half a month ago.
The eldest daughter's fiancé is the newly crowned top scholar Lin Xiu.
Lin Xiu was both talented and handsome, and Emperor Qinglong also praised him highly.
Miss Li Shuhui couldn't hide her anxiety when she saw Su Tan. She hurried forward and asked with a frown, "County Lady Jiayi, what happened to my grandmother?"
Su Tan's brows, which had originally relaxed, became even more furrowed after seeing Miss Li.
No wonder!
No wonder Old Lady Chen, who had done good deeds all her life, was still haunted by such a vicious ghost.
It turns out that all the reasons are here.
Su Tan frowned, his eyes fixed on Li Shuhui, and he asked, "Miss Li, do you know a girl named Jin?"
Li Shuhui shook her head, her brows furrowed, her face showing some confusion and even a bit of bewilderment.
"The girl named Jin?"
She thought about it for a long time, but couldn't remember where she met the girl named Jin.
“I haven’t met him.”
"Why does the county lady ask this?"
She was not stupid. The Jian'an Marquis Mansion invited Su Tan to come today, obviously to diagnose her grandmother's illness, but when Su Tan saw her, he asked her if she knew the girl named Jin. There must be a reason for this.
She took a deep breath, clutching the handkerchief tightly in her hand. Seeing Su Tan's reaction, she was afraid that this might still be related to her. "Did the county lady see anything? If it's convenient, can we talk for a moment?"
Su Tan's eyes swept over everyone one by one.
She shook her head and sighed.
"This is a terrible injustice. The first one to be punished is the old lady, but from now on, no one can escape."
It can be said that before long, the entire Jian'anhe Prefecture will be flooded with blood.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat, especially Marquis Jian'an, whose expression looked very unhappy.
He took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Su Tan, and he couldn't help asking.
"Why does the county lady say that?"
The people of Jian'an Marquis Mansion have always been kind to others.
How could such a huge debt of injustice be incurred in such a short period of time?
No one would believe that there is no reason behind this.
Su Tan's gaze fell on Li Shuhui.
Li Shuhui looked frank, and her reaction when she lifted up Miss Jin just confirmed that she was completely unaware of this at the moment.
Li Shuhui really didn't know Jin Tao.
She took a deep breath, counted on her fingers, and then said, "I'm just talking nonsense. Perhaps you won't believe what I say. Why don't you ask Miss Jin Tao to talk to you in person?"
As she spoke, she made a hand gesture and chanted a string of spells, and then everyone felt that the flower hall was shrouded in a thick black fog.
The dark clouds were so thick that they almost blocked everyone's gaze.
Li Shuhui was choked and coughed violently several times.
She frowned and asked, "County Master Jiayi, what are you doing?"
Su Tan did not answer her.
Instead, one shrill cry after another was heard.
“Damn it!”
"You bunch of bastards deserve to die!"
“It’s all your fault!”
"You are the ones who harmed me!"
The shrill cry makes one's scalp tingle.
Someone shuddered, and when everyone's vision gradually became clear, a bloody figure appeared in front of them.
It turned out to be a woman.
He was wearing a coarse linen shirt and had no decent jewelry. His face was not fair, and even looked harsh and gray due to the weathering of the weather.
To be honest, the most ordinary maid in the Jian'an Marquis Mansion is dressed more elegantly than her.
The ghost girl's face twisted, and she stretched out her bloody claws, grabbing directly at Li Shuhui, "Bitch!"
Miss Li was shocked and her face turned pale with fright.
Seeing that the hand was about to strangle his neck, Su Tan stabbed it with a sword. The sword tip deflected the ghost woman's attack. The ghost woman withdrew her hand in pain and stared at Su Tan.
"Mind your own business!"
A gnashing warning sounded, filled with resentment and murderous intent.
"Right now, I just want to wipe out the entire Li family. If you don't want to die, get out of here!"
Miss Li shuddered, bit her lip, and looked at the angry female ghost with fear.
"This... this sister, our Li family has no grudge against you, why are you..."
"Why are you killing them all?"
"No grudges or hatred?" The female ghost chewed on these words, her eyes fierce, the resentment that surged to the sky almost penetrated the entire Jian'an Marquis Mansion, "How dare you say there are no grudges or hatred!"
"You, the Jian'an Marquis Mansion, are full of talk about benevolence and morality, but in reality, you are killing and burning people without exception!"
"If it weren't for you...if it weren't for you..."
Her voice was shrill, and as she spoke, thick blood gushed out of her body. The hatred in her voice and the tragic situation at the moment were both horrifying.
"Miss Jin..." Chen said, a look of pity on her face. Looking at Miss Jin's current appearance, she must have been wronged. "Why don't you tell me what injustice you have suffered? There may be a misunderstanding. If we can resolve the misunderstanding, everything will be fine."
"If it is really someone from our Li family who has committed evil, we will not tolerate it."
"Ha!" The ghost girl sneered, her eyes fixed on Chen's face, "What a high-sounding statement!"
"If I hadn't been buried alive by your orders, I'm afraid I would have been fooled by your hypocritical behavior!"
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