Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 63 Kicked out

Drawing conclusions from conditions may not be accurate, but inferring the causes from the conclusions, isn't that just random talk?

Even if the conditions for inference are not sufficient, it can only be said that one's character is upright.

Gu Zhao gave himself a thumbs up.

The woman's expression softened slightly, but she still didn't give them a good look. "Doing evil... demons and monsters... Can only demons and monsters do evil?"

Without waiting for Gu Zhao to respond, the woman waved her sleeves and said, "If you want to be chivalrous, do it yourself. Don't bother me. I don't know anything."

The embroiderer couldn't help but ask, "Can you bear to watch ordinary people being harmed by demons?"

The woman glanced at the embroiderer and said calmly, "Heaven and earth are cruel, and human nature is not what it used to be. Are ordinary people only harmed by demons?"

"Ah?" The embroiderer was puzzled.

"Life is full of suffering. There are many things that even the imperial court doesn't care about. Why should I meddle in other people's business?" The woman waved her sleeves again and turned to leave. "Please do as you please. I can't accommodate guests here. If you insist on staying, don't blame me for turning you away."

As he spoke, he turned into the back hall and disappeared.

As the woman disappeared, the yin energy in the entire house became increasingly dense. It was obvious that the woman was not joking and really did not welcome them.

"Young Master?" The embroiderer looked at Gu Zhao.

"Let's leave first." Gu Zhao nodded.

Since the woman's spirit was pure, they naturally could not attack her, so they left the hall one by one and soon left the house.

Just as they walked out of the mansion, there was a "bang" and the two doors closed automatically. Then there was a slight sound from behind the door, and even the door bolts were automatically closed.

Standing at the gate of the mansion, the embroiderer was puzzled. "If this female ghost is not a bad person, why didn't she tell us anything?"

Gu Zhao and Taoist Master Yansong exchanged a glance. Taoist Master Yansong stroked his beard and said, "It seems this female ghost has a story!"

"What's the story?" the embroiderer asked curiously.

Gu Zhao spread his hands, "She has already explained it very clearly just now. She must have died unjustly because of being wronged, so she doesn't want to meddle in other people's affairs."

Bai Ke wagged her tail, equally curious, "I really want to know what her story is!"

Just then, they heard footsteps behind them. When they turned around, they saw an old woman sticking her head out from the door of the yard two houses across the street. She was startled to see them standing at the door of the haunted house.

"You can't go to that house!" The old woman waved to them repeatedly, walked hurriedly for a distance and then stopped, as if she wanted to get closer but didn't dare to.

"Hmm?" Taoist Master Yansong's eyes flashed. "Excuse me, old man, why can't we go to this house?"

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw several people turning around to ask. She looked everyone up and down and asked, "Who are you?"

Taoist Master Yansong answered skillfully, "We are from out of town. We were robbed on the way and our money was taken away. We have no money to stay in a hotel. We saw an abandoned house here and thought we would stay here for one night."

"If you have nowhere to go, you can stay in my house for one night. If you don't mind, you can get some leftovers. But you really can't go to this house. It's... it's... haunted!" When the old woman said the last few words, she couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Gu Zhao looked back at the deep courtyard still emitting a chill, then looked at the yard where the old woman had come out. He then took a step forward and said with a smile, "This place is haunted, how dare you live so close?"

Since Gu Zhao had taken the lead, Taoist Master Yansong followed up, "Is there any story behind this?"

The old woman's expression changed, and she didn't reply. Instead, she sighed, turned around, and walked back. As she walked, she said to the others, "If you have nowhere else to go, you can stay here for the night. But you absolutely cannot go to this mansion. If you get scared at night, don't blame me for not warning you."

After watching the old woman go back, Bai Ke said excitedly, "It seems that she knows the details of the female ghost in the courtyard."

The embroiderer was a little excited but also a little embarrassed. "But this old woman doesn't seem willing to talk."

"Hmm..." Several people couldn't help but smile at each other.

Although the old woman obviously didn't want to say it, it was by no means difficult to get information from a woman in her sixties or seventies.

So the three of them walked into the courtyard where the old woman was.

The yard was not small, but they were the only family in the yard. At this time, the old woman's son and daughter-in-law had returned from work and were lighting a fire to cook.

"You're here!" Seeing Gu Zhao and the other two come in, the old woman asked her son to take out a few more cakes. "It's not easy to be away from home. The food is simple, so don't be disgusted."

"Thank you, mother-in-law!" The embroiderer stepped forward to take the cake, said thank you sweetly, then turned around and gave it to Gu Zhao and Taoist Yansong.

Seeing the children's supplies around the courtyard, the old woman and her son and daughter-in-law did not look sad. Taoist Master Yansong then asked about the old woman's grandchildren's gossip and learned that they were learning to work in a county restaurant and were quite appreciated.

They talked from the children to the restaurant, from the restaurant to the diners, from the diners to the environment, and finally from the environment to the residence, and then returned to the deep courtyard diagonally opposite.

"Since everyone knows that the house opposite is haunted, why didn't anyone report it to the police?" asked the embroiderer.

"The government doesn't care about this," the old woman's son complained. "Not to mention that ghosts don't harm people, even if Mojia Town outside the county is robbed by bandits, they don't care!"

The old woman's daughter-in-law shook her head. "We're still relatively well off here. I heard there's an abandoned house in the western suburbs. Every night there's lights and music. Lost travelers often stray into it, and the next morning there's only a pile of bones left."

Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows, looked at Taoist Yansong, and found another monster spawning spot.

"It's so scary!" The embroiderer pretended to be frightened, and then asked the old woman, "If that's the case, why do you still dare to live here?"

"If we don't live here, where else can we live?" The woman said while eating a pancake. "Because the house not far away is haunted, no one lives in the surrounding courtyards, so we can live here."

The man said, "Mother knows that female ghost. She won't harm us."

The embroiderer's eyes lit up, and she asked the old woman, "Grandma, can you tell us the story of that female ghost?"

The woman saw that the embroiderer was cute and asked with a smile, "Why do you like to listen to ghost stories, little girl?"

The embroiderer smiled and said, "I usually follow the young master to listen to stories in the teahouse, and gradually I like listening to stories."

The woman shook her head. "The stories told in teahouses are all good, but this story is not."

"Why?" asked the embroiderer.

The man continued, "Because the good guys in this story don't get rewarded."

The old woman's son and daughter-in-law already knew this story. Gu Zhao asked, "But is it the female ghost in the house opposite?"

"That's her," the woman said. "If you want to hear it, I'll tell you."

Upon hearing this, the old woman hesitated to speak, then sighed and did not stop him.

(End of this chapter)