Chapter 91: Haunted Grandson's House
If he doesn't finalize this matter quickly, within two days, the vivid and juicy love affair between the two sons of the Sun family and their cousin's daughter will spread throughout Changhe County.
Do you really think that Lu Mingchao was just saying casually when he said that he would rather give up his two shops than let his cousin suffer any injustice?
Lu Mingchao was very vindictive.
But Qu Ying was so naive that her heart was easily moved.
Perhaps, to be precise, Lu Mingchao had figured out Qu Ying's thoughts.
Qu Ying looked sullen and suppressed her reluctance deep in her heart, agreeing hesitantly.
Sun Zhiye sneered silently, closed his eyes again, and no longer looked at Qu Ying.
Two flowers bloom.
First it was the maid sent by the county magistrate's wife, and then it was the eldest son of the Sun family. Yunniang finally found out that Lu Mingchao was pushed into the icy lake at the plum blossom viewing banquet.
Yunniang was filled with rage and ran straight to the Xie family at the foot of the mountain without caring about Lu Xiaoxin who ran out after her.
Lu Mingchao: ...
"Mom." Lu Mingchao smiled cautiously.
Yunniang stroked Lu Mingchao's head with a distressed look on her face, while scolding him, "You are still laughing, little girl? How can you still laugh at this moment?"
"What the Sun family did was completely heartless and worse than pigs and dogs. They should be punished."
"Starting tomorrow, I have to go to the temple in town to worship the Bodhisattva and curse them to die a miserable death."
"It's such a big deal, why don't you say a word? It really makes me anxious."
Taking into consideration that Lu Mingchao grew up in the Marquis's Mansion, Yunniang was restrained and reserved when she got angry and scolded people.
After a pause, Yunniang's eyes turned red and she pulled Lu Mingchao into her arms, "My dear Chaochao, what should I do in the future?"
Having children was already difficult, and now they were pushed into an icy lake in the middle of winter, making the weather even colder.
“What a hard life.”
Lu Mingchao stammered, "Mother, I also dragged the cousin of the Sun family into the icy lake, so it was not a loss. I also bribed the eldest son of the Sun family to buy two shops, so it was not hard at all."
Can silver be bitter?
It has to be sweet, sweeter than honey.
Yunniang raised her voice in a low voice, "Is this a question of whether it is unfair or not? He who killed someone deserves to be drowned."
"Also, whether you can speak or not, no one says they are lying."
"From today on, I will make you soup every day to dispel the cold, dampness and warm your body. I don't believe you can't be healed."
"Sister." Lu Xiaoxin ran in breathlessly, her clear eyes filled with panic that was about to overflow. "In the water, the water is scary, the water is cold."
Lu Mingchao left Yunniang's arms and looked at the trembling Lu Xiaoxin. He remembered that when Lu Xiaoxin was a child, he was tricked by Lu Miao and fell into a river that was not frozen solid.
Because of her falling into the water, Lu Xiaoxin recalled the time when he almost drowned in the glacier.
"Xiaoxin, sister is fine." Lu Mingchao gently wiped the sweat from Lu Xiaoxin's forehead with a handkerchief.
Lu Xiaoxin held Lu Mingchao's clothes tightly with her hands, and big tears fell, and she choked with sobs, "I don't want my sister to be drowned."
"No, no." Lu Mingchao comforted Lu Xiaoxin according to his words.
Yunniang turned her face away, raised her head, blinked her eyes, and forced back tears. "Maybe I was born to have a conflict with water. From now on, I will avoid water when I see it."
"Where is the big water tank in the yard?"
"What about the puddles after the rain?"
"You are still poor!" Yunniang slapped Lu Mingchao on the neck.
Yunniang began to wonder if she had given Lu Miao a bad name, which brought all the disasters to the family.
"Xiao Xin, don't cry. Sister is very strong and will protect Xiao Xin well." Lu Mingchao coaxed her in a soft voice.
"The water was so cold and dark. I couldn't open my eyes or breathe, and I kept sinking."
Lu Xiaoxin muttered softly.
"Sister, can I stay here?"
Lu Mingchao smiled and said, "Of course I can. My sister promised Xiaoxin before she got married."
Lu Xiaoxin was overjoyed, tears still hanging on his long eyelashes, but he smiled purely and brilliantly, and his whole temperament suddenly became youthful and bold.
Yunniang rolled her eyes at Lu Xiaoxin and said, "You are such a heartless person."
"Chao Chao, mom will think about making some soup for you."
"No matter how cold it is, mother will raise you."
Lu Mingchao looked at Yunniang's hurried back and his smile became more intense.
The sun in the sky moves slowly to the west.
Sun Zhiye thought of returning home first and then arranging for his servants to find Xie Yan for the contract.
The carriage had to stop as soon as it reached the entrance of the alley and could not go any further. The chaotic noise passed through the carriage and drifted into his ears.
Sun Zhiye had a bad feeling in his heart. He opened the door of the carriage, looked at the movements in the alley from afar, and his body couldn't help but sway.
Outside Sun's mansion, a high altar was built, on which was placed an incense table with burning candles.
A group of Taoist priests dressed in yellow robes and scary masks, holding peach wood swords, shaking bronze bells, or holding bowls filled with unknown blood, chanting obscure spells. They twisted their bodies in an almost crazy posture, as if performing an ancient and mysterious ceremony.
After the bronze bell rang, the blood in the bowl was slowly poured onto the stone steps that stretched out outside the mansion. Then, the Taoist holding the peach wood sword raised his head to the sky, swung the sword decisively, and shouted: "All evil spirits retreat!"
Some of the onlookers who were curious also shouted, "All evildoers, please go away!"
Sun Zhiye clenched his teeth, his face was pale, and the blue veins under his skin were faintly visible, making it difficult to tell whether this upright gentleman was furious or in poor health.
In Qu Ying's eyes, this cousin looked like a crystal clear and fragile jade statue.
"Ridiculous!" Sun Zhiye's finger joints creaked, and his eyes caught sight of Qu Ying's inappropriate expression, which made him even angrier.
Is the stupidity of the Qu family inherited from generation to generation?
He was still racking his brains to cover up the strange things that happened in Sun's mansion at night, trying every means to silence the servants, and only wanted to calm people's hearts after he had some clues.
He never thought that he just took Qu Ying to Changxi Village, and then an incense table was set up outside the Sun Mansion for a shamanic performance.
Are they afraid that the people of Changhe County don't know that the Sun family is haunted by ghosts?
By then, after dinner, people would talk about how the Sun family had done too many bad things and that ghosts came to their house in the middle of the night.
As for matters concerning gods and ghosts, even scholars are advised to stay away from them, let alone businessmen who believe in feng shui and fortune.
Businessmen fear bad luck the most.
Sun Zhiye witnessed with his own eyes his mother taking a deep red bronze mirror from the yellow-robed Taoist priest with great care.
That bronze mirror looked as if it had been soaked in blood.
The whispers of the onlookers were like blunt knives cutting the string of reason in his brain.
"How many evil things did the Sun family do to deserve ghosts coming to their house every night?"
"Is this a bluff?"
"I heard from the servants of the Sun Mansion when they asked the Taoist priest for talismans to exorcise evil spirits that every night, evil spirits would knock on the door. When they opened the door, there was nothing inside. There was also the sound of an old man coughing in the yard. At dawn, there were dead and unlucky things outside the door."
"If this isn't a ghost, then what is this?"
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