Chapter 14 Part 3

“Alright now.” An elegant voice came from behind the door, and Xie Jichuan walked out as he lifted his robes. He smiled at the clearly divided and subtly confronting crowd, and said, “No matter whether it is a person committing a crime or a ghost murderer, a new deceased has appeared. Then that means the transmission of death is still ongoing. What are we doing by instigating internal strife instead of being in a hurry to catch the mastermind? It’s late at night, I’m afraid it’s not safe outside, everyone, go back. If there are any problems, it won’t be too late to continue this argument after we see the Gongzhu and Wei Wang tomorrow.”

No one dared to fall out with Ming Huazhang in the first place, and now that Xie Jichuan mediated the situation, they walked down the steps and dispersed in no time.

Ming Huashang finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the people at the gate of the courtyard gradually dispersed.

Fortunately, there was Ming Huazhang. If she had attended the banquet alone, she was afraid this night wouldn’t have ended well. For the sake of Duke Zhen’s face, these people wouldn’t dare to use corporal punishment, but even so, locking her up to “cooperate with the investigation” for one night or freeze for a night was enough to end Ming Huashang.

What was more, in this mountain villa, being isolated was more dreadful than starving and freezing.

Ming Huashang slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously to Ming Huazhang who was in front of her, “Thank you, Brother.”

Ming Huazhang glanced coldly outside the courtyard, took off his cloak, and covered Ming Huashang with it. Even though Ming Huazhang was tall and thin, his clothes were too big for Ming Huashang, and it enveloped Ming Huashang’s whole body in an instant.

Ming Huashang stretched out her hands from under the wide sleeves, silently clutching the waist straps tightly.

Ren Yao was not afraid of those idiots who bullied the weak, feared the strong, and believed their own lies. She didn’t need to wait for her father or brother to come to her rescue. She had a spear in her hand and in the worst case, she can carry a fistfight. However, after seeing the silent warmth of the Ming Huazhang and Ming Huashang brother and sister pair at this moment, she suddenly felt a little lonely.

Is this what it’s like to have a family?

Xie Jichuan silently watched Ming Huazhang tie Ming Huashang’s clothes, and when he was done, he coughed lightly, turned everyone’s attention to him, and said, “It doesn’t matter whether there are people or ghosts behind the scenes. What’s obvious is that he is now eyeing us. The one in the room, what are we going to do about her?”

Ming Huazhang pondered for a moment, and said, “It’s dark outside now, so it’s probably useless to go find Taiping Gongzhu again. We’ll let the dead be. The most urgent thing now is to find a safe place for them.”

There was a dead body in Ming Huashang and Ren Yao’s room, so there was no way to stay, but even if they were siblings, men and women were still different, so Ming Huashang couldn’t live with them. Xie Jichuan thought for a while, and suggested, “Why don’t we let the two of them move back to our previous courtyard?”

At this banquet, two people were assigned per courtyard; Ming Huazhang and Xie Jichuan originally had their own place and only moved over because Ming Huazhang was worried about Ming Huashang. Ming Huazhang still frowned after hearing this, “That won’t work. Since the other party can make us leave and put a dead person in the room without anyone noticing, we can infer that he knows the villa layout well. It may not be safe for the two of them to stay out there.”

Jiang Ling was still inside the room “catching ghosts”. Hearing this, he poked his head out and said, “There are several rooms in my courtyard, which are spacious enough, and at night we have Baobao patrolling. How about you guys move to my place?”

If it was in the past, Ming Huazhang would definitely veto this suggestion without a second thought, but this time he hesitated. Ming Huashang stretched out her fingers from under her clothes, and quietly tugged Ming Huazhang’s robes, “Second elder brother, I think it’ll work.”

Jiang Ling’s father was Taiping Gongzhu’s right-hand man making his status superior to all the others at Feihong Garden, so his courtyard would absolutely be magnificent. Of course, Ming Huashang was not coveting the luxury, she mainly yearned for the lynx.

There was a mole inside Feihong Garden, so Ming Huashang no longer trusted the so-called “guards” of the villa. Humans can fool them, but animals can’t.

The moon was obscure, the wind was strong, and the mountain was closed off by heavy snow. What could put them at more ease than a big cat who was alert and cunning by nature and was good at ambushing and hunting?

Ming Huazhang also thought of this, which was why he hesitated. But Ming Huazhang was still worried. Jiang Ling didn’t have a close friendship with them, so why did he kindly invite them to stay for no reason?

Ming Huazhang’s eyes were still sharp and cold, and he asked, “Thank you, Jiang shizi for your kindness. But we are unrelated, so how could we trouble the shizi?”

“No problem.” Jiang Ling didn’t catch onto Ming Huazhang’s probing. He waved his hand chivalrously, revealing his original intention, “I’ve waited expectantly all-night last night, but that ghost didn’t come to me. The guards said that my Yang Qi1 is too heavy. I gave it a thought and I think so too. Second young miss Ming bumped into the ghosts in three places all in a row, she must have a heavy Yin Qi2. If you move to my yard, maybe you’ll attract the ghost. I haven’t seen a live ghost yet, you know!”