Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 64 Zhuo Qingyan, do you still remember my old friend?
Gu Zhao brought a small stool and took out a lot of melon seeds from his pocket, sharing them with the three old ladies. "These are the roasted nuts we bought on the road. Just treat them as snacks."

The old woman's son took one and his eyes lit up, "It smells so good!"

The woman took two popsicles and put the rest away. She then said, "This alley was actually very lively thirty years ago. The people who lived here were either rich or noble. The Zhuo family is a family of scholars. My father was the chief clerk of the county government and a teacher at the county school. His status was even more noble.

Mr. Zhuo has only one daughter in his family. She has been smart and well-educated since she was a child. She is treated as the apple of his eye. He has politely declined many marriage proposals from families. He only wants to find a son-in-law with good character for his daughter.

Later, it was said that a distant relative of the county magistrate came to seek education under Mr. Zhuo. This person was handsome, elegant, knowledgeable, and eloquent, which made Mr. Zhuo very satisfied, so he wanted to match the two of them.

"But I didn't expect Mr. Zhuo's daughter to be unwilling!" The woman pretended to be surprised and asked the embroiderer, "Do you know why?"

The embroiderer immediately gave the standard answer, "Because she has already secretly married someone else!"

"No way!" The woman shook her head repeatedly. "Ms. Zhuo is a lady from a wealthy family. She doesn't usually go where there are many men. How could she have secretly agreed to marry someone?"

"Why is that?" asked the embroiderer.

"Because Miss Zhuo said that this person has evil intentions!" the woman gave the answer.

"How could she tell?" the embroiderer was puzzled.

"I don't know, but I can only say that Miss Zhuo was born with a keen eye. Unfortunately, although this pair of eyes can allow her to see through people's good and evil, she can't predict how sinister people are!" The old woman sighed.

The woman also sighed. "Miss Zhuo resolutely refused to comply, and Mr. Zhuo naturally wouldn't force his daughter. But unexpectedly, that man held a grudge against him and even colluded with the county magistrate to frame Mr. Zhuo, saying that he had embezzled 30,000 taels of silver that the county was using for disaster relief."

The embroiderer was surprised, "Ah!?"

"With the county magistrate investigating and students testifying, the people around him all believed the story to be true. Mr. Zhuo, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide to prove his resolve, and Mrs. Zhuo followed suit."

The woman said quietly, "After burying her parents, Miss Zhuo hated the man for his cruelty and also hated herself for bringing trouble to her parents. She was so overwhelmed that she jumped into a well and committed suicide."

"Then it turned into a ghost?" Gu Zhao asked.

"Yes." The old woman nodded. "From then on, faint singing could be heard from time to time at night in the Zhuo family mansion. Everyone said that Miss Zhuo missed her parents and was reluctant to leave."

"Later, everyone who lived in the mansion would be woken up by the singing at night. Who dared to stay there?" the woman said. "Later, even the surrounding residents moved out."

"Where is that bad guy?" asked the embroiderer indignantly.

"Because of his meritorious service in investigating the case, the county magistrate was promoted to the position of Changping Prefecture, and that man left with him and never returned." The old woman was afraid that the others would not believe her, so she added, "I used to be a kitchen helper in the Zhuo family, so I know all this. Unfortunately, I can't help them."

Taoist Master Yansong shook his head and said, "It's true that good people don't get rewarded."

The embroiderer also said with pity, "What a poor sister..."

No wonder Miss Zhuo was so cold. It turned out that the family was framed, and the murderer not only got away with it, but also benefited from it.

Of course, they believed what the old woman said, because there was no evil spirit on the Miss Zhuo. In fact, she was forced to death, but after turning into a ghost, she did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. She just missed her parents in her own yard. She could be considered kind.

The story ends here.

The courtyard became quiet, and everyone just ate in silence. When they finished their meal, it was already dark. Gu Zhao and the others were just about to find an excuse to leave when their expressions changed.

Several auras suddenly came from far away and quickly approached the haunted house next door. They did not conceal themselves at all and seemed unscrupulous along the way.

The next moment, a pure chill rose from the haunted house, a breath of anger and perhaps a protest. "What's going on?" Bai Ke's tail stood up, as she sensed the leader's aura was incredibly powerful, even comparable to that of Taoist Master Yansong.

"Let the old lady and the others rest first." Gu Zhao winked at Taoist Yansong.

Although they didn't know what the situation was with the female ghost and the visitor, they might be involved, so they couldn't let the old woman's family be affected. So the two of them didn't use any magic power, but just took the opportunity to lightly press the back of the three people's necks with a light hand, and the three people immediately fell asleep.

After moving the family into the house, Gu Zhao took out a silver ingot from his arms and put it in the old woman's arms. Then the three of them and the fox left the yard, and found that the auras just now had already swept into the haunted house.

"Is that female ghost having a visitor?" Bai Ke said.

"But according to what the old woman said, Miss Zhuo has been here for decades. She probably hasn't made any friends, right?" said the embroiderer.

Taoist Master Yansong stroked his beard and said in a deep voice, "I guess he is here with bad intentions."

It was rare to see a good ghost. Gu Zhao rubbed his hands and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

So the three of them restrained their breathing, passed over the wall, quietly entered the mansion, and took cover under the trees as they moved towards the hall in front.

……

"This must be Sister Qingyan. You are truly a beauty. No wonder the king fell in love with you at first sight and wants to take you into the harem to be the third concubine." A charming voice said with a smile.

"When old Jinfeng left, he said he would give me a month!" The cold voice seemed to be suppressing his anger.

Gu Zhao and his companions had already circled to the side of the hall. They held their breath, restrained their aura, and looked forward.

There was a red sedan chair in the courtyard of the front hall, with four sedan bearers standing at the four corners of the sedan chair, and two women dressed as maids standing in front of the sedan chair, one holding a fan and the other holding incense.

In front of the maid, there was another woman standing.

She has slanted eyes, fiery red lips, and a scarlet brocade skirt with flowing colors and dark patterns that fits tightly against her body, revealing her enchanting figure. The tassels of the red gold filigree willow-leaf hairpin make her skin look like snow.

Standing opposite the woman in red was the woman in white whom Gu Zhao and the others had just met.

The conversation just now came from the mouths of these two people.

"Yes, my king did give my sister a month, but who made the accident happen?" The woman in red raised her sleeves to cover her red lips, and looked at the woman in white with a meaningful look.

"What accident?" asked the woman in white.

"Come to think of it, my king has never been to Xiuyue County before. The last time he came to inspect for something, he unexpectedly discovered that such a beauty as my sister was still wandering in the countryside. It was such a pity."

The woman in red said quietly, "The king had originally planned to marry my sister in a month, but after talking about this in the palace, another man was surprised and delighted, and begged the king to give his sister to him.

The king originally didn't want to agree, but this person was also his friend and very important to the Divine Religion, so the king had no choice but to reluctantly give up and give up his sister.

Seeing the pale face of the woman in white, the woman in red laughed, "Sister, do you know who that person is?"

The woman in white didn't answer, but the woman in red took out a jade flute from her sleeve and asked, "Zhuo Qingyan, do you still remember our old friend?"

(End of this chapter)