The reason why Aunt Wang was able to get along with her after she had been stolen by a man from the Madam Xu, was not because of past friendships, but because she had set her eyes on Master Mu, the eldest daughter of the Master Mu family.
She was even more greedy than the Madam Xu, hoping to obtain the benefits of the Ling Xiao Inn. To her, the Madam Xu was merely a tool used to earn money.
On this day, Yue Huaiyin invited her to the shop for tea, and Yue Huaiyin also casually said: "It's been a long time since we last met, aunty's complexion isn't very good."
Aunt Wang snorted with laughter: "Being poked in the spine every day, can she be well?"
She purposely brought up that matter again, but Madam Xu was unable to refute her even if she bit off a mouthful of silver teeth. Now that she was grabbed by Aunt Wang, she really couldn't lift her head anymore.
Unexpectedly, Yue Huaiyin advised: "The seven emotions and six desires can make people dizzy, I'm afraid that at that time, they would be struck by evil spirits and be called the possession of perverts and monsters, and do things that they are unable to do."
Madam Xu looked at Yue Huaiyin as if she was looking at a buddha, and said gratefully: "Miss Yue, thank you. I've been through these past few days, I'm neither human nor ghost. "I'm a proper and proper person, why would I steal a man?"
Yue Huaiyin said: "Or perhaps it is someone who secretly asked the immortals to do something to you and curse you. In the past, I have often heard of this sort of thing, the people who were cursed were all delirious and unconscious. The better ones, will be able to survive.
It was as if Madam Xu had finally met someone who stood up for her. She said to Aunt Wang: "Listen, listen. Good sister, how can I let you down." She trembled with fear as she asked Yue Huaiyin, "Miss Yue, tell me, am I being cursed?"
Aunt Wang was startled, although she did not believe it, but she had heard it before. She glanced at Madam Xu and said: "Even if you were to be cursed, could it be that I will treat it as if nothing happened?"
The Madam Xu was aggrieved and indignant as she muttered to herself, "Which Heavenly Demon cursed me?! I …."
His eyes suddenly lit up, he remembered someone. The day after the incident, Ling Chaofeng had come, no matter what reason he had for coming that day? Could it be to see a joke?
"It's Mu Xiaowan. That slut must have cursed me." Madam Xu was furious to the extreme and immediately started cursing.
"How could that be? You're her mother." Yue Huaiyin intentionally added oil to the fire, she reckoned that Madam Xu and the rest did not know, so she said: "Xiaowan is pregnant, no matter what, we should at least give her some blessings."
"She has it in her stomach?" The Madam Xu was surprised and said, "You are really smart. You don't say anything, but you do? How old are you? When was he born.
Yue Huaiyin acted as if she did not know: "I heard from a person who passed by the inn, I saw the owner of the Ling Xiao Inn revealing his waist, it seems to be there. I don't know if it's true that I haven't seen her in town since the summer. "
Madam Xu said, "Then there must be. It can't be wrong."
This matter had been lingering in Madam Xu's mind the entire way home. With Yue Huaiyin's words, she insisted that she had gone insane due to a curse and could not remember what she did at that time.
The Aunt Wang coldly said: "Then why don't we try it out? If the curse is really effective, I will believe you."
Madam Xu's eyes were sinister as she said fiercely: "Curse the child in Mu Xiaowan's stomach?"
He was quickly stopped by the Aunt Wang and asked: "Are you crazy? If one corpse and two lives, it would mean that you no longer have anything to do with Ling Xiao Inn. Where are you going to earn enough money for Wen Bao to get married and build a house?"
Madam Xu hurriedly came to her senses and spat: "Let her off this little life of hers first."
The Aunt Wang said: "This is the end of the year. If we leave it in someone else's home, then our daughter should send some form of filial piety to her parents' home. Why don't we find a goddess-like woman to recuperate and see if the Xiaowan can give you a hundred silver taels to compensate me?"
Thus, the two of them made up their minds. They went to the neighboring village to find a Goddess, read "Xiaowan's Birthday" and said that they needed something close to their body. Madam Xu was at home rummaging through her clothes, finding the Xiaowan he had worn before.
They made the Goddess Curse Xiaowan's mind was muddled and sent a hundred taels of silver to her house. The Goddess's eyes lit up and she said that if the Goddess was not efficient and did not take responsibility afterwards, she had spent two days and two nights reciting the curse for them and had earned two taels of silver.
But on the third day, when Xiaowan was supposed to deliver the silver back home, she woke up early and was shocked.
She rummaged through the boxes and found the silver she had hidden. She took out a hundred taels and tied them heavily into the bag.
Furthermore, when they stole the engagement gift from Xiaowan, Yue Huaiyin gave her a large amount of money, so even if she was scammed by Aunt Wang a little, she still had a lot of secrets.
The Master Mu watched on helplessly as he carried a bag of silver towards the Wang family next door. When he saw the man who was riding on top of her that day, he wanted to give him the money.
came over to scold his wife, but Madam Xu did not respond. She only chased after his wife and let the man keep the silver.
Madam Xu's eyes turned black and she fainted for the whole morning.
Master Mu turned around and stared blankly at the person in front of her. He completely could not remember what he had done.
They had originally cursed Xiaowan to come and give them money, but she didn't come when they had to, so they were the first to be shocked.
When she heard what Aunt Wang had to say, Madam Xu did not believe it at all. After that, her man scolded her in such a manner, and others outside said the same thing as well. She really believed it, and pulled Aunt Wang along on the farmland, muttering about whether or not she should go to the neighboring village and find the Goddess to destroy the signboard.
Aunt Wang felt that it was strange, so she encouraged her: "Let's go ask Miss Yue, she is experienced and knowledgeable."
Yue Huaiyin originally wanted to make the Madam Xu curse the child in her stomach, since the crime wasn't committed by her, but she didn't expect them to be greedy and didn't wish for the Xiaowan to die so quickly. After messing around for a bit, the strange thought in her heart was confirmed once again.
Why did the curse on the Xiaowan rebound onto its own body? Could Ling Xiao Inn really be the place where gods and ghosts lived?
On a certain night, the magistrate came looking for him through the Siyun Pavilion. After he was in a state of ecstasy, he played with a pair of snowballs in his hands and angrily said: "It's almost the new year, the big case was solved last time, the imperial court still has not presented him with a reward, but I don't know if that bastard Prefect Liang stopped me, trying to stop me, the lord, from rising to the rank of an official, making a fortune."
Yue Huaiyin was so uncomfortable with him that she did not have the heart to worry about him, but then she heard the county magistrate say: "Speaking of which, this case is really strange, even the teacher told me that there must be something strange inside, after all, it is impossible to do."
Only then did she gain her interest and did she try her best to please the man. She asked, "Does sire think that it's strange?"
The county magistrate said: "Master has something strange to tell you. Last time, Ling Chaofeng was suspected of trafficking in human beings, so I took him into the prison overnight. That night, I rushed into the prison as if I had lost my mind and let him go. I even locked myself in there.
"Really?"
"Everyone says so. It's for the yamen, it's for me at home." The county magistrate was infuriated as he retorted, "Old master, have I really lost my mind?"
Yue Huaiyin's eyes turned slightly as she acted cowardly, "I really can't afford to offend that Ling Xiao Inn, could it be that some demon or god is suppressing them?"
The magistrate said: "The words of the ghosts are all superstitious. As an official of the imperial government, I cannot just trust them. However, that inn must not be a proper business, when I have the chance to carefully investigate it, I will turn it upside down."
Yue Huaiyin was worried that Yue Yang would do something rash and actually anger Ling Chaofeng, which was not even worth it. It was with great difficulty that she managed to coax this disgraceful thing to help him gain a foothold in the Baisha Town.
He hurriedly tried to coax him, using his true abilities to make him happy. That was why he had temporarily forgotten about it.
Xiaowan had long since fallen asleep, but she had been dreaming lately, and it was the same tonight.
In the late autumn and early winter, everything was depressed. The cold wind wailed, but the Xiaowan dreamt that everything would come back to life in the spring.
There was a petite girl washing her hair by the stream. Her hair was as black as jade and her skin as white as snow, but her back was facing Xiaowan, which couldn't really see her face.
In the distance, there were people riding their horses. As they approached, they saw that the man on the horse had an extraordinary stature and demeanor. However, the sunlight was too glaring, blurring his features.
The woman by the stream was embarrassed when she saw someone coming. She immediately packed up her things and was about to leave, not wanting to step on the slippery moss.
Xiaowan suddenly felt cold all over her body. She wanted to go and support him, but she felt her feet slip. Crap, she still had a child in her stomach.
Ling Chaofeng, who was beside her, also woke up and sat up to cover her with a blanket. He chided: "Why did you start kicking the blanket now?
Xiaowan looked at him in a daze, thinking back to how her husband had told her that he had met her before their marriage.
In this dream, it was unknown what she thought of, or whether she was talking about the scene that she created, but she felt that the girl who washed her hair was definitely her, and the handsome man on horseback was definitely Ling Chaofeng.
"Master, I saw you in my dreams." Xiaowan smiled and said sweetly, "Hubby, before we got married, we must have seen each other before."
Ling Chaofeng laughed: "It's because you don't believe me, I have indeed seen you before by the river outside the Qingling Village. You fell into the water and I helped you up, you really don't remember?"
Xiaowan said, "Is it a stream or a river? However, the river outside the Qingling Village is shallow and narrow, so it can't be considered any river, only a river like the Baisha River can be considered. "
This was not something worth rebutting, whatever the Xiaowan said was fine, it was not important, now that they were together, even the children were about to be born.
Ling Chaofeng laid his body lightly on the Xiaowan's stomach. A person who had always been strict smiled and said: "He seems to have woken up as well.
Xiaowan said: "Looks like he's a mischievous little guy. It's going to be hard on you from now on. He has to take care of the children and me."
Ling Chaofeng leaned against the headboard, hugged Xiaowan to his chest, and retorted: "Be more obedient, I don't care what you do, don't tell me you're like a child."
Xiaowan found a comfortable position and closed his eyes. "Let me try again to see if I can see you in my dreams. I can even see you with my eyes open and closed this way."
Ling Chaofeng did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Xiaowan happily and satisfyingly said, "Why would I hate it? I like my master the most."