At three quarters past midnight, a shrill bell suddenly rang outside the general's storeroom. Liu, wrapped in a dark cloak, crouched behind the crowd, her nails practically digging into Lu'e's arm. "Here she comes! The witch is finally here!"
Chun Tao supported Shen Weiwan and stood under the corridor. Looking at the noisy scene in the front yard, she couldn't help but mutter, "Miss, is Liu determined to throw money into the water?"
Chen Weiwan was playing with a silver coin in her sleeve. It was the deposit she had given to the witch this morning: "If she doesn't throw money, how can I get any benefits?" She looked towards the second door and saw an old woman in a scarlet robe walking in, shaking her head. The pheasant feathers in her hair brushed against the door frame, taking off a few pieces of wall.
"Everyone, get out of the way!" The witch slammed her peach wood sword to the ground, the clanging of the copper bells making people's eardrums ache. "I am the Qingxu Fairy from Mount Wutai, specializing in slaying all the evil spirits in the world!"
Liu immediately went over to him with a smile, the red gold headband on her head dazzling in the lantern light. "Fairy, please save me! The evil spirit in the storehouse cries every night, and I'm almost scared to death!"
Shen Weiwan took the opportunity to move forward, deliberately letting the witch see her, and then hurriedly hid behind Chuntao, pretending to be scared: "Auntie... Fairy, is that ghost... wearing white clothes?"
The witch glanced at her and, seeing her elegant attire, knew it was the real owner. She cleared her throat and said, "That's right!" She suddenly raised her voice and pointed the peach wood sword at the storeroom. "That wronged soul is dressed in white and spitting blood. It must have died with its eyes open!"
Liu screamed in fear and nearly collapsed to the ground. Shen Weiwan secretly winked at the servant hiding behind the tree, and the servant immediately imitated the cry of a night owl. The "meow--" sound was so shrill that it sent chills down everyone's spine.
"Did you hear that?" The witch turned abruptly, pointing her peach wood sword at Liu. "That's the wronged soul crying!"
Liu's face turned pale and she grabbed the witch's sleeve and refused to let go: "Fairy, save me! Think of a way quickly!"
"There is a way," the witch said in a long voice, her eyes glancing at the jade bracelet on Liu's wrist, "but the evil spirit is too resentful. I need to use something that belongs to you, my noble, to suppress it."
Shen Weiwan sneered in her heart. Sure enough, she came. She took a step forward and asked innocently, "Fairy, what is the best way to suppress evil? Will the red gold hairpin left by my mother work?"
The witch looked at Shen Weiwan's empty wrist, then at Liu's body covered in jewels, and shook her head deliberately: "Although the hairpin is nice, it is not as good as..." She suddenly pointed in the direction of Liu's dressing table, "Not as good as the box of ancestral jewelry in Madam Liu's room!"
Liu's face changed. That box of jewelry was her treasure trove, worth at least a thousand taels of silver. But when she thought of the "evil spirit" in the storeroom, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay... okay! As long as it can drive away the ghost, anything is fine!"
Chen Weiwan secretly winked at Chuntao, who immediately covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Ah! Fairy, look! There's a white shadow on the roof of the warehouse!"
Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a white ball of something floating on the roof of the warehouse, swaying in the night wind. The witch took the opportunity to brandish her peach wood sword, muttering to herself: "Heaven and earth, please help the Taishang Laojun to appear..."
Liu was so frightened that she no longer cared about the jewelry and quickly asked Lu'e to move the jewelry box. Shen Weiwan quietly walked around to the side of the storeroom and took out a brown paper bag from her bosom. Inside was pig blood that had been prepared long ago - of course, it was pig blood balls from the kitchen, crushed and sprinkled at the door of the storeroom.
"Blood! It's blood!" Someone shouted. Everyone looked down and saw dark red "bloodstains" at the door of the warehouse. Seeing this, the witch suddenly grabbed Liu's wrist and shouted, "It's you! It's you!"
Liu was so frightened that she almost lost her soul: "Me? What happened to me?"
"You coveted the general's property and embezzled the money, angering the general's spirit!" The witch's voice suddenly rose, making people's ears buzz. "He said he would take you down to keep him company!"
"Ah!" Liu screamed, fell to her knees, and kowtowed towards the warehouse. "General, spare my life! I was wrong! I won't do it again!"
Shen Weiwan hid behind the rockery and almost laughed out loud. She gestured to the servant behind the tree, and the servant immediately pulled the rope tied to the eaves in advance. The white shadow suddenly floated over Liu's head, frightening her so much that she almost fainted.
"Fairy, save me!" Liu hugged the witch's thigh. "The jewelry box is in my room. Please take it all! I only ask you to ask the general's ghost to let me go!"
Seeing this, the witch knew the show was almost over, so she pretended to draw a talisman and stuck it on Liu's forehead: "Forget it! In view of your sincere repentance, I, an old woman, will go to the underworld for you!" As she spoke, she signaled her apprentice to carry the jewelry box, "Remember, do more good deeds in the future, otherwise..."
Before the witch finished her words, a sudden gust of wind blew over, extinguishing all the lanterns. In the darkness, only the clang of a jewelry box could be heard, followed by the hurried footsteps of the witch and her apprentice.
Liu was so frightened that she huddled on the ground, not daring to move for a long time. Shen Weiwan asked Chuntao to light a lantern, and saw that the jewelry box was open and empty inside - the witch had already run away with the jewelry!
"My jewelry!" Liu finally reacted and threw herself in front of the empty box, crying heartbreakingly, "Damn witch! You stole my jewelry!"
Shen Weiwan walked forward and pretended to be surprised: "Aunt, are you okay? Where is the witch?"
Liu raised her head, her face covered in tears and ashes, and pointed in the direction of the warehouse: "Ghost...the ghost also took the witch away!"
"Ah?" Shen Weiwan covered her mouth, "No way? I just saw the witch master and apprentice carrying the box and running away..."
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