Chapter 031
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How come a ghost bride suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
This style of painting is wrong!
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Cheng Hui’s forehead was full of question marks.
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How come a ghost bride suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
This style of painting is wrong!
"Who are you, monster!" Ye Qi slashed at the wedding dress with his sword, and the sharp blade cut the wedding dress into two pieces.
The wedding dress let out a shrill wail, and a sticky black liquid oozed out from the places where it was cut.
"Thank you, thank you...why did you betray me?"
The mournful female ghost howled shrilly, giving everyone a terrible headache.
"Evil beast!" Xuan Tan shouted, a golden light appeared in his palm, and a golden shuttle suddenly stabbed towards the wardrobe.
"Ah!" The female ghost screamed and her slender figure emerged. She had gorgeous makeup, tears of blood in her eyes, and a red and purple mark on her neck.
"Xie Lang! You lied to me! You lied to me! Ahhhhh!" The female ghost screamed and disappeared, leaving only a plain silver hairpin falling to the ground with a clang.
Cheng Hui: ...Is it so easy to deal with ghosts?
Master Xuan Tan looked stunned, as if he had not expected that he could get rid of the bride ghost with just a casual move.
"The strength of this ghost... is too weak." Aqiu was also surprised. It was obvious that the bride ghost was holding a grudge before her death. Such a resentful ghost should be very powerful, but the one in front of him was clearly a piece of trash.
"Aqiu also thinks this ghost is very weak?" Cheng Hui asked.
"Hmm... He has a lot of momentum, but it's just that level of momentum. I feel like his strength doesn't match the resentment she's showing."
Cheng Hui watched Ye Qi step forward, carefully picked up the silver hairpin, and after examining it, handed it to Master Xuan Tan.
Cheng Hui also went forward to take a look, but didn't see anything special.
However, Xin Erniang was a woman who knew a lot about clothes and jewelry. She took one look and sneered, "Young ladies nowadays are too easy to be fooled. Such a broken silver hairpin is worth at most two taels of silver, no more. Only an ignorant little girl would be fooled." As she said that, she glanced at Cheng Hui meaningfully.
Cheng Hui: ...
No, why are you looking at me? I didn't lie to the girl.
I'm still a pure boy!
“Puff…”
Cheng Hui's face suddenly turned red.
Oops, I was so excited just now that I forgot I was still connected with Aqiu, and accidentally revealed my true thoughts.
"So... Ah Hui, you don't have any exes? That's good. I know Ah Hui loves me the most."
Cheng Hui: ...
Forget it, as long as you are happy.
He finally discovered it, but he didn't know what kind of luck he had. Why did every girl he met always want to be his fiancé?
Could it be that he looks particularly attractive to men?
But... apart from that little brat and this Aqiu, it seems that there are no other men interested in me, right?
So...it seems like these two people are not normal...
"Two taels of silver is already a lot," Master Xuan Tan said with a smile. "Miss Xin, your family is quite wealthy, so naturally you wouldn't consider such a small thing desirable. But for a woman from an ordinary family, a hairpin worth two taels of silver is already a very sincere token of love."
Xin Erniang couldn't help but click her tongue. She didn't rank high in the family, but she had never lacked money. She was somewhat naive and ignorant of the world.
"Then the question is, who is this Xie Lang? And who is this bride ghost?" Cheng Hui asked.
Before coming here, Ye Qi and Xuan Tan had also used their own channels to inquire about the manor. Among them, it was naturally mentioned that the second director of the manor, the painter, was surnamed Xie.
Ye Qi frowned: "Could it be the manor's owner, Painter Xie?"
"No way?" Xin Erniang was stunned. "Isn't it said that Painter Xie and his wife have a deep relationship? He's even willing to give up his family lineage rather than take a concubine for her. How could he possibly be involved with other women?"
Ye Qi looked at her with an indescribable expression, probably thinking that only an unmarried girl like this would believe such a thing.
In his opinion, the fact that Painter Xie was only in love with his wife and was willing to leave no offspring for her was just something he could just listen to. It would be ridiculous if he took it seriously.
Xin Erniang obviously saw what Ye Qi meant, and she felt a little dissatisfied. "But didn't the old housekeeper also write in his diary that Painter Xie didn't want to take a concubine because of his wife? There's no need for the old housekeeper to write something in his diary to deceive himself."
Ye Qi frowned. That was true. The old butler must have lived with Xie Huashi and his family for a long time. If Xie Huashi was really just a superficial person but actually a filthy person, the old butler who managed the entire manor would definitely not be able to hide it.
So now the question is, where did this bride ghost come from? And who is the Xie Lang she is talking about?
Hey... Master Xuan Tan’s attack was too heavy-handed, killing the ghost in one blow.
Ye Qi looked at Xuan Tan, the old monk was in deep thought.
"Master, have you thought of something?" Cheng Hui couldn't help but ask.
Xuan Tan woke up with a start and waved his hands: "I was just thinking about how I killed that ghost so easily just now. With the momentum she displayed, there's no reason why she could be killed so easily."
"She gives me the feeling...how should I put it, a feeling of being superficial."
"Aqiu, Aqiu, listen, Master Xuantan feels the same as you."
"Hmm... There's something wrong with this bride ghost. It feels like... Wait, something's wrong out there."
Cheng Hui reacted very quickly, rushed to the door in one step, looked outside and was stunned.
The others were also quick to react. Xin Erniang had initially lost her composure and appeared somewhat unbearable, but after a while, she had recovered considerably. After all, she was from the Hedong Xin Clan, so her ability to withstand pressure was quite good.
"How could this happen?" Xin Erniang murmured.
Outside the courtyard, the originally dilapidated courtyard had disappeared. The courtyard was now cleaned up, and there were even many servants busy decorating the courtyard, as if some festival was about to be celebrated.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hang the curtain over there higher for me."
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu, where did that little bastard go? Someone hurry up and tell Aunt Liu in the kitchen so she can start preparing."
"Xiyue, Xiyue, where have you been lazing around again, you damn girl? Come here quickly!"
"Hey, here I come."
Cheng Hui and the others stood at the door of the bedroom, but no one noticed their presence.
"What is this?" Xin Erniang looked at the translucent figures of the servants and felt a little uneasy.
She had seen many ghosts, but she had never seen such a human-like shadow.
"Amitabha, this is a memory."
"Memory? Whose?" Cheng Hui was curious.
Master Xuan Tan shook his head. Some inanimate objects would activate a memory by chance. He once encountered a big tree that would reflect the figures of young men and women who had dated there.
Because the big tree was in the backyard of a wealthy businessman. He was invited to solve the problem at that time. It was not a big deal, but who knew that the big tree actually reflected the scene of the wealthy businessman's wife having an affair with his cousin, which resulted in a series of troubles. Master Xuan Tan was so troubled that he could only say goodbye to the wealthy businessman in a hurry and leave. It is not known whether the big tree was dealt with later.
He felt that it should be dealt with. Otherwise, he would have to watch a video of his wife having an affair with someone else from time to time. Who could stand it?
This proves that memory is not only possessed by living people, but also by inanimate objects. Therefore, it is difficult to determine to whom this memory belongs.
"Ahui, pay attention to the girl named Xiyue." Aqiu suddenly reminded.
Cheng Hui quickly looked towards Xiyue. She was wearing a water-green long dress, with her jet-black hair tied up in a simple bun. A faint smile hung on her unpainted face. She was a beautiful and elegant lady.
The most important thing is that he had seen this beauty before. Just a few minutes ago, he saw this girl with a gentle smile with a purple face and two lines of blood and tears.
That’s right! This Xiyue is the ghost bride they just saw!
"Follow that Xiyue."
Seeing that Xiyue was about to walk out of the yard, Cheng Hui hurriedly followed.
The others followed, and then they discovered that Xiyue was the evil ghost from before.
Several people followed Xiyue to the west courtyard. Someone had just asked Xiyue to come here to invite guests to a banquet in the backyard. Xiyue walked along and greeted others along the way.
Judging from the tone of those people's greetings, Xiyue should have some status in the Xie family. Xin Erniang felt that Xiyue might be the lady's personal maid.
Xiyue entered the west courtyard and went straight to a room. Before knocking on the door, she unconsciously tidied her hair and then started knocking.
"Xiyue likes the person living in this room." Xin Erniang said decisively.
The other three were stunned. How did you know?
Xin Erniang saw the confusion in their eyes and said with some pride, "You don't understand women. When a woman is in front of the person she likes, she will unconsciously show her best side. That's why she will fix her hair before knocking on the door because she wants the person she likes to see her most beautiful side."
Ye Qi/Xuan Tan/Cheng Hui: ... =_,=
Straight men have learned a lesson... I don't really understand you women.
Xin Erniang glared at them with disdain: "I can tell at a glance that you're all single. Could it be that you're all so sloppy in front of the girls you like?"
Three men: ...were...despised, yet unable to refute.
Not to mention the monk, Ye Qi and Cheng Hui are both single and don’t even have anyone they like.
"This girl is quite interesting." Ah Qiu chuckled. Although she existed only in Cheng Hui's sea of consciousness, she still couldn't help but transform into a mirror to look at herself. Well, today is also a beautiful day. She is sure that she will be beautiful without any dead angle whenever Cheng Hui sees her!
Soon, the door opened and a handsome young scholar walked out.
"Miss Xiyue, is there anything I can help you with?" The young scholar asked politely.
Xiyue maintained a decent smile, and if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice that her ears had turned red.
"The banquet is about to begin. Madam, please invite the young master over."
"Thank you, Miss Xiyue." The young scholar smiled sweetly. He had a pretty face, but for some reason, his eyes were full of temptation. When he looked at Xiyue, it was as if there was a hook hidden in his eyes, which made Xiyue feel itchy.
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