Ming Huazhang said lightly, “It was my negligence for letting you see this; I failed to protect you. Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?”

Ming Huashang shook her head. The moment she saw the corpse, she was definitely scared, but after the scare, she fell into a drifting state, as if she was no longer Ming Huashang, and the dead woman was looking at her intently in despair as if she was pleading for help, but also cursing her.

This feeling was very mysterious, and Ming Huashang didn’t know how to describe it. To outsiders, it only looked like she was petrified.

Ming Huazhang saw that Ming Huashang’s mood had calmed, and said, “Then you rest here first, and I’ll go in to have a look.”

Ming Huashang nodded numbly. After Ming Huazhang settled her down, with his ice-jade face as calm as always, he walked into the room without hesitation and squatted in front of the bed to inspect the dead body.

The bad news was that, once again, they recognized the deceased. She was the maid they questioned the day, the one who stayed in the same courtyard as Wei Zi.

Jiang Ling also followed inside. He leaned in close behind Ming Huazhang and asked, “Isn’t this the maid we questioned during the daytime? Did Wei Zi choose her to be the scapegoat this time? Then why did she appear in your yard?”

This was a good question. Ming Huazhang had some vague ideas in his mind, and before he could sort out his thoughts, a loud shout suddenly sounded from behind.

Ren Yao’s scream from before was too shrill and shocked many people causing people from other courtyards to come over to check on the situation. They saw that the door was wide open and walked in naturally, only to see a dead body whose eyes had been gouged out.

“This, this…” The young man who came up to the door looked at Ming Huazhang, and then at Ming Huashang and Ren Yao who were standing outside the door. He was terrified, “Why is there a dead person in your place? Are you the ones who killed her?”

He thought of another possibility, and his eyes became more frightened, “Or is the ghost among you?”

These words are so absurd, Ming Huashang couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Young master, you shouldn’t speak nonsense. You have been studying the books of sages since you were young, do you really believe in nonsense such as a serpentine ghost killing people?”

“Then how do you explain the corpse in your house!” He exclaimed in horror, “No one was walking around outside today, except for you guys!”

A circle of onlookers slowly gathered outside, and someone concurred, “That’s right, Lian Xin didn’t let anyone visit her today, only those people insisted on speaking to Lian Xin. Come to think of it, when Chi Lan died, second young Miss Ming and Miss Ren were at the scene, and Wei Zi also met second young Miss Ming before the accident! These three dead people were all connected to second young Miss Ming!”

It was an unpleasant coincidence that the three deceased had all seen Ming Huashang before their deaths. The young master backed away step by step, looking at Ming Huashang like he saw a monster, “What on earth are you, a human or a ghost? Could it be that the sentence ‘Those who see me, die’ doesn’t actually mean that whoever the dead person sees will die, but whoever sees you will die?”

This accusation was extremely absurd, Ming Huashang didn’t even know that she had such ability. Ren Yao had just escaped from the shock, and before she could gather her composure, she heard these words of nonsense.

She was angry and resentful, and cursed loudly, “F*ck your mother! Who would willingly bump into ghosts, so how is it our fault?”

Nobody was calm to begin with, so after being scolded by Ren Yao, fuel was added to the fire and the crowd became angrier. The crowd was controlled by fear; they only believed what they wanted to believe, and all their emotions were targeted at Ming Huashang, who was physically weak but good-looking.

“It must be her; it was her who brought the bad luck! She must have been possessed by a ghost long ago.”

“That’s right, otherwise, why didn’t she seem afraid when she kept running into ghosts?”

The crowd attacked Ming Huashang with one accusation after another, and the more they spoke, the more agitated they became until suddenly a person walked out of the room. He was tall, heroic in stature, and his noble face had a chilling expression, especially his eyes, which were as black as the deep cold abyss. Without needing to speak, his stern majestic presence came crashing down.

Everyone’s voices lowered unconsciously. Ming Huazhang glanced slowly across the crowd and said, “I was also there when the three died. Why don’t you doubt me?”

Ming Huazhang stood upright, with slender limbs, broad shoulders, and long legs. Even those who have never heard of the jade young master Ming could tell that he was powerful.

People liked to follow the examples of others, but they also bullied the weak and feared the strong. Under the absolute suppression of the powerful, those malicious intentions that had rushed out of the cage quickly calmed down. No one dared to answer. The young master who suspected Ming Huashang first felt a little sorry, but insisted, “I also have reasonable doubts. After all, she appeared at the scene immediately every time. That is too suspicious.”

Ming Huazhang stood in front of Ming Huashang. He didn’t make any extra movements, but those few simple steps were already the most obvious statement, “She is the one and only young miss of the Zhen Imperial Duke manor, and she is also my younger sister. As long as I’m still standing, no one will be allowed to bully her. If you want to do anything to her, then you’ll have to step over my body first.”