"They actually left?" Bai Zhi’er pouted discontentedly, "Lucky them for running fast!"
Old Man Gao found it unbelievable.
"That couple, parading around the village all day, actually had a day where they chose to leave."
Bai Zhi’er’s watery, jet-black eyes shimred with clear brilliance, highlighting the little one’s cleverness and cunning.
She thought for a mont, then suddenly asked, "Grandpa Gao, do you still have the land deed for that plot of field?"
Old Man Gao nodded.
"Their son always cos to my place rummaging through things. Ostensibly he’s causing trouble, but his real objective is probably to find my land deed."
"However, I’ve hidden it away, they’ll never find it."
Old Man Gao also wished to keep that plot of land left to him by his father.
Otherwise, if pushed, he would just sell the land deed directly, and soone else would co to claim the land!
Bai Zhi’er instantly grinned gleefully, "Then I have an idea!"
According to the laws of Great Chu, the ownership of the land should be decided by the na on the land deed.
It’s not about who can cultivate the land; the land isn’t theirs just because of that.
The little one whispered a few words in Old Man Gao’s ear.
Old Man Gao widened his eyes: "Can this really work?"
"It will, of course, it will! Grandpa Gao, just wait and see, I will surely make them regret bullying others like this!"
Bai Zhi’er said, humming a few tunes.
Nightti.
The Black and White Impermanence passed through the village while capturing souls.
The village dogs, initially sensing the presence of humans, barked incessantly.
So of the owners, annoyed by the noise, opened their doors and shouted, "Stop barking, how can we sleep like this?"
Yet the watchdogs continued to howl frantically in one direction.
Until Black and White Impermanence drifted closer, passing by each dog.
They just glanced askance, and those dogs tucked their tails, retreating with a whimper of fear as if they had been struck.
This frightened so villagers who ca out to investigate.
In their eyes, they couldn’t see Black and White Impermanence, only the silent, empty night around them.
Distant mountains looked like beasts lurking in the night.
The usually bustling village now exuded a peculiar and eerie quiet.
All the village dogs seed to have seen sothing, shrinking back into their dens in fear.
This was certainly unusual!
Frightened, they quickly returned to their houses, tightly locking their doors.
As the doors closed one by one, Black and White Impermanence exchanged glances.
Black Impermanence: "Ordinary dogs shouldn’t see us, but just now, those dogs had eyes glowing with green light."
White Impermanence: "They must have eaten sothing."
The two fell silent simultaneously.
On Black Impermanence’s black and red face, there was a hint of helplessness.
He sighed, "It’s likely that the little ancestor Emperor gave these dogs so dried evil ghost at."
After eating dried evil ghost at, ordinary animals can see unclean things.
White Impermanence’s long tongue hung out, his narrow eyes seed both smiling and helpless.
"What else can we do? Lord Yama just laughed when he heard she took the General’s soul. Even Lord Yama is like this, so we can only indulge her."
Black and White Impermanence, having finished their discussion, floated through the village.
The next morning, the entire village was in an uproar.
"Did you hear? Last night, there was a haunting!"
"Yes! I heard it too, at first all the dogs were barking, then all the dogs were whimpering, sothing powerful and dirty passed through!"
Mole, carrying a hoe, passed by from the fields, quickly joining in their discussion.
He raised his eyebrows with a mysterious air, "Have you heard? Early this morning, Old Man Gao went to the graves!"
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