Chapter 221 Little Zombie's Black Moonlight Taoist Priest 19
Shen Xinran had just walked out of the gold shop when she suddenly heard someone calling her name.
Looking back, she saw He Jiang walking out of the pharmacy alone. As he walked, he said to her, "Master Mao, are you out shopping too? What a coincidence!"
Shen Xinran's eyes scanned He Jiang, as if searching for something. She smiled faintly and said, "Young Master, why are you coming out to see a doctor alone? This doesn't suit your status."
He Jiang stopped two meters away from Shen Xinran, clenched his fist, put it to his mouth, and coughed twice, "I believe you have heard that my father does not like me."
Shen Xinran nodded, her smile growing wider as she asked in a teasing tone, "So... is this the reason you planned to kill your own brother?"
He Jiang's expression changed slightly. "I don't understand what Taoist Master Mao said."
The corners of Shen Xinran's mouth curled up, and his tone was calm, "That formation was given to the housekeeper by you, right?"
A trace of panic flashed in He Jiang's eyes. "Master Mao, what right do you have to say that? I don't know anything about formations."
Chen Xinran smiled lightly, "How can someone who can recognize the eye of the formation at a glance and pick it up not understand the formation?"
He Jiang's face suddenly darkened. "Master Mao, I believe you know that disaster comes from the mouth."
Shen Xinran nodded, "Not only do I know that words can cause trouble, I also know that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor."
After she finished speaking, she patted He Jiang's shoulder and said with a faint smile: "Since we have known each other for a while, I will give you a gift!"
When he turned around, he saw a horrifying scene: bloodstained and unrecognizable faces. They were all the miners who had died, and now they appeared before him in the form of ghosts.
Among those faces, He Jiang had even talked to some of them, and their voices, smiles and appearances were still vivid in his mind.
He Jiang felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to his forehead, and his body temperature seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.
Chen Xinran said nonchalantly, "I felt sorry for them being trapped in the mine, so I brought them all out. I hope you like this gift."
After Shen Xinran finished speaking, he turned and left.
At this moment, the ghost of a miner stretched out a pale hand and said to He Jiang in a low and resentful voice: "Master, come and keep us company!"
He Jiang's face instantly turned pale as paper, and fear shot through his body like an electric current. He turned and ran, shouting for help in panic: "There's a ghost! Help!"
He Jiang was so panicked that he bumped into many passersby, causing them to complain, "Is the He family's eldest young master crazy?"
After returning to the inn, Yue Minglei asked Shen Xinran, "When are we leaving?"
Shen Xinran shook his head and smiled faintly: "No hurry, there is still a good show to watch."
Three days later in the morning, a deafening roar came from the direction of the mine, waking up every citizen in Jincheng.
Shen Xinran turned his gaze and smiled at Yue Minglei, "Let's go, it's time to enjoy this big show."
Yue Minglei was confused, but he didn't say much. He just followed Shen Xinran silently.
Shen Xinran chose a teahouse near He Mansion, sat down leisurely and started drinking tea.
The people were startled by the sudden loud noise and rushed out of their homes, talking about it: "What happened?"
At this moment, a man dressed in the uniform of a He family servant ran into the city panting, shouting as he ran: "Master, something terrible has happened! The mine has collapsed!"
Not long after, He Tianshi rushed out of He Mansion, and said as he walked, his voice trembling a little, but more of it was disbelief, "How could the mine collapse!"
The servant followed closely behind and replied, "I don't know either, but someone said they saw the housekeeper's shadow in the back hills."
He Tianshi's rage erupted like a volcano. He walked and cursed, "Isn't he in the cell? How could he escape? What are those constables doing?"
He Tianshi fell down in his haste. He clenched his fists and pounded them hard on the ground. "He actually dared to blow up my mine! I'm going to tear him to pieces!"
The servant hurried forward, helped He Tianshi up, and frowned, saying, "Master, they said that the housekeeper never came out after entering. He must have been... killed in the explosion."
He Tianshi's face was filled with despair, his eyes no longer holding the sharpness and confidence they once had. It was over, all over. The He family's legacy was destroyed in his generation.
Yue Minglei turned to look at Shen Xinran and asked, "Did you ask He Zhong to do this?"
Shen Xinran shrugged, "Don't talk nonsense, that's just his own high level of understanding."
The red-clothed ghost woman and the mine have become one. As long as the mine exists, she exists. But if the mine is destroyed, the formation will naturally fail, and she will be free.
He Zhong's choice to perish along with the mine was undoubtedly an extreme act of self-redemption, but after all, he had killed so many people, so this was his due.
So, harming others will eventually harm yourself.
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After leaving Jincheng, Shen Xinran originally wanted to find the extremely dark place, but she didn't know where it was.
She could only take Yue Minglei around with her, hoping that by chance she would find the extremely dark place.
The two of them walked and stopped, and unexpectedly encountered several black-eyed zombies along the way. They had no self-control at all and only knew how to bite people. Those bitten by them also turned into black-eyed zombies.
Shen Xinran knew that this was all Chonggu's fault. As an exorcist, she naturally couldn't just stand by and watch someone die. She could only kill each zombie she saw.
As she killed more and more zombies, Shen Xinran suddenly found that Yue Minglei became silent.
Just as they reached the edge of Tongli County, Shen Xinran lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked Yue Minglei, "The Cheng family is up ahead. Do you want to go see Xiao Chengzi?"
Yue Minglei shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No need."
Shen Xinran sighed and continued to ask: "Then do you have any place you want to go?"
Yue Minglei just opened his mouth and said, "I want to go to--" the Imperial City.
Shen Xinran spoke first: "Except the Imperial City."
Yue Minglei choked, then shook his head, "Then there's nowhere I want to go."
Shen Xinran nodded, "Then let's continue west."
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was at its hottest, when a young man in tattered clothes came towards us.
His eyes fell on Yue Minglei, his brows furrowed, and his voice was filled with unquestionable authority: "You are a zombie!"
Yue Minglei frowned, then shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, I am a businessman from Persia."
The young man snorted coldly, raised the peach wood sword in his hand, and stabbed it at Yue Minglei, "You are really showing off your skills in front of an expert. Do you know who I am? How dare you lie to me!"
Yue Minglei frowned, flew up, and kicked the young man's sword away with a clean and neat movement.
Shen Xinran felt that the young man's voice was somewhat familiar. She lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw that it was Mao Xianpeng. She quickly called out, "Brother."
When Mao Xianpeng saw Shen Xin, his expression became even darker, his face burning with anger. "How dare you kidnap my sister? Do you know who she is? She is—"
Yue Minglei answered first: "She is the most talented female exorcist in the Mao family."
Mao Xianpeng raised his chin, a mixture of pride and anger, "Then do you know who I am? I am——"
Yue Minglei once again answered first, his tone amused, "You are the most talented male exorcist in the Mao family."
Mao Xianpeng was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thick, and his voice was like thunder, "Since you knew this, how dare you kidnap my sister!"
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