Chapter 40: Fate
When Gong Mengbi saw her nod in confirmation, he immediately pulled her brother into the dream.
The middle-aged man was sleeping when suddenly a voice came from outside the door.
"elder brother."
He put on his clothes and opened the door, and saw a girl in goose yellow clothes standing in front of the door. She had a beautiful face and a graceful figure.
"Aying..." His voice trembled, "Why are you back?"
Jiaying looked at him, her eyes misty. "Brother, where did you put my body? Why are you keeping me from resting in peace after death?"
The man shuddered and said guiltily, "I buried you in the cemetery. What happened? Why can't you rest in peace?"
Jiaying shook her head: "My body is not in the tomb. Someone stole my body."
The man's face immediately turned red and he became angry: "Who is it that wouldn't even let go of a corpse?"
Jiaying sighed and said, "Since my brother doesn't know, then it doesn't matter."
Jiaying turned around and was about to leave, her figure seemed to float and gradually disappeared into the distance.
The man caught up with her and said, "Aying, Aying, I will find your body. Aying——"
The man suddenly sat up from the bed, not only waking himself up, but also scaring the woman next to him.
"What's wrong with you? Are you having a nightmare?" The woman patted his back gently, hoping to soothe him.
Tears welled up in the man's eyes: "I dreamed of Ah Ying."
The woman's hand suddenly stopped, and her voice was full of guilt: "Why did you dream about her?"
"Aying's body was stolen, and she can't rest in peace even after death," the man said bitterly, "Let me find who it is, and I will kill him."
The woman was not surprised to hear him say this. She just sighed softly, "We are the ones who have let Ah Ying down. Head of the family, you must investigate. You can't let her suffer even after her death."
Outside the door, Jiaying landed on the white fox's tail and said, "He doesn't know."
Gong Mengbi said, "That would be troublesome."
Jiaying forced a smile and said, "If you really can't find it, then forget it. Living with my sisters in Meiren Ridge after my death is already infinitely happier than it was on earth. Even if my afterlife isn't eternal, at least I've been myself for once."
Gong Mengbi said, "It's best that you think it through, but we can still investigate further. With your brother's help, we should be able to investigate faster."
"There are some things I didn't want to ask you before, fearing they might hurt you. But now that I want to help you recover your remains, I have no choice but to ask."
"Why did you die?"
Jiaying said with tears in her eyes, "This is a long and boring story."
The daughter of the Chen family was beautiful and famous. After she came of age, countless people came to her house hoping to find a husband for her.
But Chen Jiaying always refused to marry this or that.
Chen's parents died early, leaving her with only one brother to head the family. The brother and sister depended on each other for survival, and her brother loved her very much.
In fact, it wasn't that she didn't want to get married, but she was a sentimental girl and had already fallen in love with him.
My brother has a friend who was his childhood playmate, and they still keep in touch after growing up.
That man was a playboy, a libertine who was very good at pleasing girls.
On one side is his friend, on the other side is his sister. They are both willing, and the brother wants to stop them, but it is difficult to keep the girl because she is too old.
So the wedding was accomplished and a date was set.
The playboy often boasted about his beautiful wife, which caught the attention of some people and attracted the attention of Mr. Wang, a wealthy man from the neighboring county.
Mr. Wang is a wealthy local family with tens of millions of property and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.
After seeing Jiaying, Mr. Wang was indeed very lustful and was willing to pay a huge sum of money to buy Jiaying as his concubine.
The playboy was greedy, but because Jiaying was not a prostitute and could not be bought and sold at will, the playboy tried every means to persuade Jiaying to agree.
What a bad fate! Jiaying was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to divorce him, but the playboy was not willing to let her go. Instead, he used Mr. Wang's power to force Jiaying's brother to speak out.
Jiaying asked to go to her parents' home, but her brother didn't dare to see her and asked his sister-in-law to persuade her to go back.
With no way to go up to heaven and no door to enter the earth, Jiaying hanged herself on the plum tree.
Jiaying was dead, so Mr. Wang naturally didn't want to pay anything for a dead person he hadn't gotten.
The playboy was afraid of revenge from Jiaying's brother, so he fled Wuning County overnight. In the end, even his body was collected by Jiaying's brother.
Jiaying said this with tears in her eyes.
Gong Mengbi handed her a handkerchief and said, "Wipe it off."
Jiaying wiped her tears and said, "I wanted revenge, but the ghost officer was holding my soul, so I had no choice but to flee to Longpan Mountain. My soul can't stay there for long, so I could only take possession of a peach tree. As a result, I stayed in Longpan Mountain for more than ten years."
Gong Mengbi said, "If we want to investigate something that happened over ten years ago, we have to start with the people who were involved. Your brother handled your funeral, and since he wants to investigate, you might as well follow him and see what he's up to."
Jiaying hesitated and said, "I can't see the sunlight, I'm afraid I'll turn to ashes."
Gong Mengbi said: "Cling to the bird, it is easy to hide when the bird is flying."
Seeing Jiaying's confusion, Gong Mengbi said, "Didn't Qiongfang teach you? Birds are messengers of the gods. Even the Yin spirit can possess a bird."
Jiaying said, "Eldest Sister rarely teaches us these things. She only occasionally teaches us to absorb Yin energy and maintain our physical form."
Gong Mengbi said, "She probably has her reasons for not teaching you. Just go ahead and try, so you don't have to hide during the day. Tomorrow I'll go to the neighboring county and see if Mr. Wang has your remains."
Gong Mengbi cut a lock of Jiaying's hair and wrapped it in a handkerchief so that she would not be able to recognize the corpse. Jiaying looked around and found a blackbird perched on a tree, and she placed her hopes on the blackbird.
Gong Mengbi looked at the blackbird with black feathers and yellow beak, and flew back to the county town on the white fox.
When we arrived at the Shen family, the white fox had become extremely faint and was almost invisible.
This is about what the smoke from three incense sticks looks like.
Gong Mengbi drilled into the red fox's body and then turned into a human form.
At dawn, Gong Mengbi went to Yongkang County.
Wuning County belonged to Dongyang County, which also included eight counties: Changshan, Wushang, Yongkang, Feng'an, Taimo, Xin'an, Dingyang, and Pingchang.
The Mr. Wang that Jiaying mentioned is in Yongkang County.
The Wang family in Yongkang County is very interesting to inquire about. They are a wealthy family in the county and are extremely lustful.
Gong Mengbi didn't spend much effort to find the Wang family.
The wealthy family has red walls, green tiles and a deep courtyard, which is enough to show its wealth.
There were two door gods painted on the gate of the Wang family. Gong Mengbi took a look and thought that they were somewhat spiritual, so it was not convenient to break in without permission.
Just waiting for Mr. Wang to go out on his own.
Everyone knows that this old pervert has four or five concubines and often visits brothels.
Gong Mengbi didn't have to wait long before Mr. Wang really went out.
Mr. Wang was over forty years old, of a healthy stature, dressed in royal blue and adorned with Hetian jade pendants. Although he was a sex-crazed man, his vital energy was not depleted, but rather his qi and blood were abundant.
"Strange." Gong Mengbi took a look and followed Master Wang from a distance.
Mr. Wang was accompanied by two handsome servants. One of them asked, "Master, where are you going today?"
Mr. Wang thought for a moment and said, "I haven't seen Dian Cui for a while. Let's go to her house today."
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