The sickly boss always wants to get close to her

"Don't faint yet."

Chu Bai Niao called her and said, "I took the vase with the locust tree branch in it."

After hearing this, the concubine almost couldn't breathe again, "Then, then, then... then what about them?"

"It's okay for now."

Chu Bainiao pulled a stool in the room and sat down, and Shen Tanqing sat silently behind her.

"What's your relationship with her?"

When the concubine heard that they were temporarily safe, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that since the masked woman in front of her took the locust tree branch, she must be a capable person.

Not harming them means not being like those people from the immortal sect who are only focused on catching and exterminating ghosts.

Why not just tell them what happened?

After she figured it out, the concubine knelt on the ground and said piteously, "Please help them, two immortals. They are also suffering. Please don't kill them."

It seemed a bit strange to use the word "kill" to describe ghosts, as ghosts were already dead, but she couldn't think of any other way to describe it.

Chu Bai Niao placed one hand on the table and used his other hand to help the concubine up with his spiritual energy. "You speak first."

Shen Tanqing sat behind her, his eyes fixed on the black hair hanging down to her waist.

My fingertips were itchy again, clamoring to be touched.

I want to wrap that strand of black hair around my palm and twist it.

He restrained himself and paid some attention to the concubine who was speaking.

"The deceased sister, the one who was living in the branches of the locust tree, was the wife of the master of this mansion."

"I heard from outsiders that the Xu Mansion is not actually named Xu, but Yan. It was the house of my sister's father, and the master married into the family. Unfortunately, Master Yan and Madam Yan passed away one after another, and my sister also passed away, so the master changed the name of the house."

"The previous servants have also been replaced."

"My elder sister helped me when I was young, so I remember her. Unfortunately, she had passed away when the master bought me into the mansion. I would secretly visit her grave in my spare time."

"Not long ago, strange things started happening in the mansion, and the servants were saying that my sister had returned. I... I heard that locust trees gather shade, so I broke off a locust branch and went to my sister's grave, begging her to come up with a branch. I didn't expect that she would really come up with a branch!"

The concubine looked very young, probably just coming of age, and she seemed a little excited when she said this.

"Then I took her back home. When my sister was awake, she told me everything. She was very pitiful. Don't kill her. If you want to kill someone, kill the master instead."

Chu Bainiao observed her aura and found that she was not lying. "Aren't you afraid? Your sister has become a ghost after all."

The concubine shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid. Even if my sister turns into a ghost, she's a good ghost. Besides, even if my sister kills me when she's not conscious, it's okay. I don't want to live anyway."

"What do you mean?"

The concubine said, "There is no point in living. The master is a bad man. He will give us to other people. If I didn't have my parents at home, I would have committed suicide long ago."

Chu Bainiao didn't ask any further.

She had guessed what the other party meant. "Do you know who the man surnamed Xu usually interacts with? Where do he usually hide his letters?"

The girl shook her head, "I don't know. When we are sent away, we are blindfolded. The master usually stays in the study."

Shen Tanqing ordered the girl to keep silent, and the two of them fled to the study.

Thanks to staying up all night, the guards and followers were all drowsy, so they slipped in effortlessly.

Chu Bainiao projected his soul out and discovered a secret room underground. After trying the mechanism, the two of them entered the secret room.

After exploring the study, Xu's death was a foregone conclusion.

Shen Tanqing knocked the man named Xu unconscious, put him in a sack and ran away.

Before leaving, Chu Bainiao asked the girl to pack up her gold and silver items and prepare to leave.

Then he took the evidence to the largest restaurant in the city and scattered a thick stack of letters as evidence inside like snowflakes.

The emperor of this world is really rubbish, and so are the corrupt officials under him. Chu Bainiao thought about it and went to the county magistrate's house.

The county magistrate's crimes are too numerous to list, but should he be killed?

After killing him, who will the court send?

Will the newly appointed county magistrate be better than this one?

Chu Bainiao sat cross-legged with a sword in front of the county magistrate, who was so scared that he peed his pants, for half a cup of tea, and finally decided to hypnotize him.

When the county magistrate said, "I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person," she climbed out the window and left.

Following Shen Tanqing's breath, they arrived at a dark cave.

Chu Bainiao crawled into the barrier through the gap, and found that the man named Xu had already woken up.

When Shen Tanqing saw her coming, he lifted the gag order.

The man surnamed Xu shouted wildly, "Master! Immortal! I wonder how I have offended you two?"

"Are you two immortals in need of money or something? Just tell me! As long as I can do it, I will do my best to get it done for you two!"

Chu Bainiao didn't even bother to speak. He directly took out the Soul Locking Tower and quickly and neatly unlocked the seal.

A wisp of black smoke first tentatively floated out along the tower gate, and then quickly rushed out after sensing a certain breath present.

The darkness filled the entire cave.

The ghost mother's withered and miserable face emerged from the black fog, and the waves of ghost howling sounded like steel bars hitting one's temple, causing one to feel nauseous and uncomfortable.

Chu Bainiao and Shen Tanqing didn't feel anything. They were too lazy to look at the frightened Chu, so they left the barrier and stood in front of the cave.

The sun outside is quite bright.

Chu Bainiao asked: "What about Zhu Xiayan and the others?"

"Don't worry about it," Shen Tanqing opened an umbrella to block the sun for her, "The Xu family will naturally return to the mountains after they disperse."

Chu Bainiao looked up at the oil-paper umbrella that was blocking the sunlight. The black bamboo on the umbrella was strong and powerful, with its own style.

Noticing the human presence in the cave dissipating, the two walked into the barrier.

When the ghost saw Shen Tanqing, he wanted to run away. He wanted to tear open the ghost mother's belly, but the ghost mother's figure became more and more illusory, and his hand went straight through the mother's body.

The Japs looked up blankly.

The cave was filled with the smell of blood, and Chu Bainiao blocked his sense of smell and taste.

The ghost mother fell to the ground and sobbed, "Immortal, I want to disperse. My son has absorbed too much resentment and his mind has been destroyed. He doesn't understand anything..."

The ghost mother wanted to touch the child who was not much bigger than a palm, but she could no longer touch him as before.

"He has never killed anyone. I was the only one who killed Xu. I ate his soul after he died."

"My breath is going to fade away."

"Immortal...can you help me look after my child? Just lock him up in that tower. He's very well behaved."

"Don't cry or make a fuss. Be good. Please... Otherwise he will go astray and get killed..."

Although the devil didn't open his eyes, he seemed to see his mother's figure becoming increasingly faint, and he began to cry.

The ghost mother kowtowed miserably. Chu Bai Niao saw that the little meat ball was so cute and ugly, and sighed, "Okay, I'll help you watch him."

"Thank you, thank you..."

The ghost mother's figure disappeared like the wind.

The Japanese soldier sat there in confusion and cried loudly.