ng Chang’s face was full of evil spirit, and following behind, Lady ng and ng Chendao cried and chased after him.
"Stop right there! Xiangxiang is gone; do you also intend to commit murder and end up in prison? Are you trying to drive us, mother and son, to death?" Lady ng shouted fiercely while coughing violently, even coughing up blood due to the excessive strain.
"Father." ng Chendao and ng Chenxiang scread in fear.
Qin Liuxi also stopped ng Chang by pinching his arm, which caused ng Chang’s arm to feel sore instantly, and the woodcutting axe fell into Qin Liuxi’s hands.
"Give back the axe, I want to kill that beast," ng Chang’s eyes were bloodshot.
Qin Liuxi said, "Chenxiang has already returned; could he possibly escape Da Feng’s laws? The dead are gone, the living are like this, a daughter is already gone, do you really want to sacrifice yourself too, causing your wife and son worry and leaving your family in ruin? You might as well look back."
ng Chang turned around and saw the anxious eyes of his wife and son; the robust man instantly collapsed, squatting on the ground, burying his face in his hands and starting to sob painfully.
Lady ng and the others walked over, and the family hugged and cried together once again.
After a long while, their emotions finally cald down.
It was then that Qin Liuxi spoke, "Since Chenxiang’s soul has returned, you will also be able to truly bring her ho soon."
Upon hearing this, ng Chang and his family looked towards their young daughter, tears welling up again; they all understood what this ant.
Qin Liuxi continued, "Now that the crying is over, let’s discuss serious matters. Who else has been to this house? The feng shui here has been tampered with."
ng Chang was shocked, "Master, what do you an?"
Indeed, from what Qin Liuxi had shown and by sending Chenxiang back ho, ng Chang and his family instinctively addressed Qin Liuxi as ’Master’.
Now hearing her saying the feng shui at ho had been tampered with, they were imdiately frightened.
Qin Liuxi walked to the suspicious spots she had noticed earlier, moved aside so inconspicuous and unnecessary stones or wall sections, and used a stick to dig out hidden objects.
Lady ng exclaid in shock; what were those things? Dead cats, dead birds, and so yellow talismans.
"How could these things be here?" ng Chang’s face turned ashen.
Even as an outsider, he knew that these dead things brought misfortune and were buried in his house, which was obviously a bad sign.
"Master, what will these things cause to my family’s feng shui?"
"Naturally, it brings bad luck upon your house. At best, it causes misfortune and financial loss, illnesses afflict the body, and at worst, loss of life," Qin Liuxi unfolded the yellow talisman, which were just so dirty talismans for summoning pettiness, along with so cat and bird carcasses which would naturally bring bad luck.
It’s also because these items weren’t buried too long or in the precise optimal positions that the entire family wasn’t tornted.
But even so, it had already ford a bad aura of financial loss and persistent illness.
The faces of ng Chang and his family changed.
ng Chendao darkly said, "It was Scholar Zeng, half a year ago when he ca to our house to deliver books, I saw him standing on this stone position, and he had a small parcel in his hand then."
"This damned beast must be feeling guilty and afraid that we will discover sothing wrong, which is why he wants our entire family to suffer misfortune, making it impossible for us to find Xiangxiang. He is truly worse than a beast; my son even considered him as a benefactor, believing he was deeply affectionate and righteous, but he turned out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing." ng Chang gnashed his teeth and said, "Over this past year, since Xiangxiang disappeared, our family has been plagued with bad luck, our business has faltered, we have lost money, and my wife has been ill for a whole year without improvent. We thought it was rely bad luck because Xiangxiang was gone, but it turns out, this evildoer was at work."
Seeing his father trying to restrain himself, fearful that he would grab the axe to kill Scholar Zeng, ng Chendao said, "Master, what should we do for revenge?"
"To kill a person is to pay with one’s life," Qin Liuxi said. "But it shouldn’t be you who take justice into your own hands. I heard from Chenxiang that Scholar Zeng didn’t only harm her, there were others too. You should report it to the officials, the authorities will open a case. After all, this is murder, and not just of one person; he won’t survive, so why sully your own hands?"
But ng Chang felt uneasy inside, unable to personally execute the murderer of his daughter, his emotions were complex.
But in Da Feng, there is the law, and murder is treated as murder.
"Chenxiang, do you know where the cri took place?" Qin Liuxi looked at Chenxiang. "Would you dare to lead the way?"
ng Chenxiang, recalling her own suffering, was initially reluctant, but seeing her father’s bloodshot eyes, she nodded.
...
A major incident occurred in Sanyang Village, shocking the entire region of ten miles and eight villages.
A year ago, the ng family’s daughter was found, but what was found was a body that had already decayed, located in the mountains behind the residence where Scholar Zeng taught.
Besides the ng family’s daughter, there were also two young girls’ bodies discovered, both having suffered severe abuse, and the murderer was none other than the genteel yet beast-hearted Scholar Zeng. When asked for evidence, it naturally ca from the personal belongings of the young girls left in his residence.
This news completely shook Sanyang Village. ng Chang and the families of the other two girls beat Scholar Zeng to within an inch of his life. Had the constables not intervened, they might have killed him.
So speculators recalled Lady Zeng who had been lingering on her sick bed from postpartum complications half a year ago, and who had suddenly passed away from acute distress after losing her daughter. They suspected Lady Zeng had discovered the truth and was killed by her husband, so they reported it, and the County Magistrate ordered an exhumation. The forensic examination revealed severe poisoning in Lady Zeng’s stomach.
Thus, with several lives implicated, Scholar Zeng was sentenced to be executed imdiately. The Zeng Family was sared, and Mrs. Zeng, facing extre public outrage, did not dare to leave her house for days. Eventually, when people broke in, they found her having strangled herself, with a horrified expression and bulging eyes. The villagers all whispered that it was the vindictive souls seeking retribution.
The sentenced Scholar Zeng also died in prison before his execution. According to the inmates, Scholar Zeng suddenly went mad in the middle of the night, first kneeling and begging for rcy, then gruesoly tearing off his own genitals and choking to death on them, terrifying the other inmates.
The fate of the Zeng mother and son was rumored to be the revenge of the vindictive souls of ng Chenxiang and the others, leading to the discovery of the bodies and exposing Scholar Zeng’s true nature, but these were stories for another ti.
ng Chang and the others brought ng Chenxiang’s body back ho, purchased a small coffin for the burial, and burned countless clothes and money offerings, weeping as they sent her off.
Truthfully, having just gotten their daughter back, ng Chang and his family naturally did not want her to leave, ng Chenxiang felt the sa. But Qin Liuxi ntioned that humans and ghosts should follow different paths, and the longer she stayed in the mortal world, the weaker her soul body would beco, and they would be surrounded by yin energy, harmful to both parties.
ng Chenxiang then bid farewell to her parents and brother, reluctantly following Qin Liuxi as they left.
Qin Liuxi did not summon a Ghost ssenger to escort ng Chenxiang; instead, he personally intended to lead her through the Ghost Gate to the Yellow Spring.
She also had business to attend to in the Underworld.
ng Chenxiang: "?"
Are all Heavenly Masters as formidable as you, just storming into the Underworld?
ng Chenxiang personally witnessed the Gate Guard Ghost General’s terrified expression upon seeing Qin Liuxi, appearing as though he was rushing to report the news, and suddenly felt like saying sothing.
Well, it seems like they aren’t exactly welcoming you here!
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