Chapter 152 Tianming Pavilion Incident - Reclining Buddha Opens His Eyes
Yun Qingqing took a sip of tea and spoke calmly:
"Once he is alone, he will immediately persuade Zhao Yuling to pack up all the valuables in the house and follow his family to a distant relative's house to hide out for a while."
"The Yang family tricked Zhao Yuling out of the city and coaxed her into giving birth to the child. They then relied on the valuables she brought with her to live a good life for a few days."
"But when the money is all gone, and the woman has already given birth but has not yet had a wedding ceremony, how do you think the Yang family will treat her in the future?"
Qing Jue was amazed:
"I thought that woman was sinister enough, but I didn't expect that the higher the virtue, the higher the evil. There is always another way to defeat something! She will definitely be squeezed to the bone by the Yang family!"
"That may not be the case. With her personality, she knows at most that she is outnumbered and pretends to be obedient. How could she really swallow her anger?" Yun Qingqing sneered.
"I've just seen that the marriage between these two people is already formed, but there are dark undercurrents. They are destined to torture each other in this life, and hard times are ahead."
"So that's how it is!" Qingjue finally calmed down.
The next half day was uneventful.
It was almost dusk when the copper bell at the door rang again.
This time the person who came was a noble lady.
"You...are the True Man Qingyun?"
The lady looked at the pretty girl in front of her who seemed to have just reached marriageable age, and she could not believe that she was the master with powerful magical powers who could call the wind and rain as rumored.
"That's right." Yun Qingqing nodded, not caring about her suspicion.
A clear light flashed through her eyes, and she frowned as she looked at the noble lady:
"You are infected with evil spirits, and the heaven is dark. Your family must have been in turmoil for some time."
The lady was shocked and nodded repeatedly:
"That's right! I came here today just to ask for the master's advice!"
When the problem was pointed out, her doubts were immediately swept away and her attitude immediately became respectful.
The lady's name was Liu Cui. She married a wealthy businessman named Chen in her early years and gave birth to a son named Chen Yuan.
Later, the rich businessman passed away, and neither of them had any elderly parents to take care of, leaving only her and her son to look after the rich family fortune, so their life was not difficult.
But now that his son has grown up and is of marriageable age, he has been haunted by an evil spirit.
Liu Cui said that her son Chen Yuan brought a girl home three months ago, saying that they were in love and wanted to marry her, so he brought her back specially to let his mother meet her, hoping that she would agree.
The girl's name was Qi Xiu. As her name suggested, she was pretty. Although she was not as elegant as the ladies from wealthy families, she was gentle and lovely.
Liu Cui did not have high expectations for her son. She only hoped that he would live a safe and smooth life and that his family would live in harmony. Therefore, she did not demand much from Qi Xiu's poor family background and agreed to the marriage.
He also prepared a generous betrothal gift and found the most prestigious matchmaker in the neighborhood to propose marriage.
This should have been a happy occasion for everyone, but the good times didn't last long. Less than a month after the marriage was arranged, Qi Xiu suddenly drowned.
Chen Yuan was devastated and fell seriously ill. After he recovered, he was still obsessed with his fiancée and became increasingly thinner.
Liu Cui felt sorry for her son and also sympathized with the old couple of the Qi family who were left alone without their only daughter, so she did not ask for the betrothal gifts back and instead went to their house to comfort them.
She felt that she had done her best and had a clear conscience, and she only hoped that her son would get out of the shadow as soon as possible so that she could find a good marriage for him.
But after another month, strange things started happening frequently at home.
First, a servant saw a figure in the courtyard at night, but found nothing when he chased after it. At that time, he thought he had seen it wrong and no one paid any attention to it.
But later, another maid heard crying in the middle of the night, and more than one person heard it, and she was so scared that she couldn't sleep all night.
At that time, Liu Cui thought that someone was playing tricks. After a thorough investigation without any results, she strengthened the guards in the mansion, and the nights became quiet, so she didn't think about it anymore.
However, the good times did not last long. A few days later, a servant reported that he heard noises in the Buddhist hall at night.
The Buddhist hall is a restricted place that can only be entered with the permission of the head of the household. Servants dare not enter without permission, nor do they dare to wake up the mistress in the middle of the night, so they can only wait to report in the next day.
Liu Cui immediately took people to check the Buddhist hall, but found nothing unusual.
But two days later, the servant who served Chen Yuan suddenly came in a panic to report that the eldest young master was missing.
Liu Cui anxiously led everyone in the mansion to search for a long time, and finally found Chen Yuan who was unconscious in the Buddhist temple.
When asked what happened, he had no idea what was going on.
He just felt that he didn't sleep well that night. After being woken up, his head hurt badly, as if someone in his dream had been calling his name, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Liu Cui asked a doctor to examine him, who said that his long-term depression caused headaches and might also have caused sleepwalking, which was why he unknowingly walked into the Buddhist temple while he fell asleep.
The doctor prescribed a tranquilizer for Chen Yuan.
However, two days later, Chen Yuan unknowingly ran to the Buddhist temple at night. Not only that, several of the servants who were on night duty in the mansion saw a woman in white in the courtyard slowly walking towards the pond, but when they chased after her, she was nowhere to be seen.
Liu Cui also began to suffer from nightmares for days on end and felt uneasy. She thought that it was caused by the recent troubles in the mansion and wanted to find out who was causing the trouble as soon as possible.
Until one night, Chen Yuan fell into the water. He desperately called for help and finally called the servants. When they rescued him to the shore, he coughed up a few mouthfuls of water, murmured "Xiu Xiu", and then fainted.
Liu Cui finally began to suspect that there was something unclean in the mansion.
And what she suspected was that Qi Xiu's ghost was lingering after his death, pestering her son and wanting to drag him down to the underworld to become his wife.
She asked someone to find someone who specialized in this area, hoping to subdue Qi Xiu's soul, but it was of no use.
Finally, she thought of the rumors she had heard recently about "Tianming Pavilion" and "Master Yunqing". It was said that the sensational murder of beauties to silence them was caused by Master Yunqing figuring out the murderer.
It is also said that Tianming Pavilion is on East Street, but not everyone can find it. Only those who really need help can find the door.
Liu Cui initially thought the rumors were unreliable, but she came anyway with the mentality of giving it a try.
"Master, this is what happened. I came here to ask you to come out and exorcise the ghosts in our house. The reward is negotiable."
Liu Cui pleaded after she finished telling the story.
Yun Qingqing lowered her eyes and calculated for a moment, then said:
"This evil spirit is indeed causing trouble in your house. I can go and deal with it. I don't want any money as a reward, but I just want one thing from your house."
"Also, I am going to your house to exorcise the evil spirits. I hope that you and everyone else in the house will follow my instructions and not get in the way."
Although Liu Cui didn't understand the meaning, she still nodded and agreed.
Yun Qingqing brought a girl from Tianming Pavilion with her and followed Liu Cui to Chen's Mansion. It was already completely dark.
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