Lucky Farmer Girl: I rely on metaphysics to support my family

Chapter 861 Chain
Hearing her grandmother say this, Miss Liu felt reassured. She calmed herself down and whispered to Tang Wan, "Sister Tang, let's go to Mother's courtyard now."

It's better to find the item sooner rather than later, so I can feel at ease.

Tang Wan nodded slightly, bowed to Madam Feng, and then left the warm pavilion with Miss Liu.

As she walked out, Tang Wan said to Zhu Xi, who was following her, "Go and tell my elder sister that I am going to visit the Second Madam, and let her go to enjoy the flowers or look for her mother on her own."

Zhu Xi glanced at her young mistress, worried that it might be inconvenient for her to be alone in case something happened, so she said, "Why don't you ask Miss Liu to have someone tell the eldest young mistress that I would like to stay by her side?"

Zhu Xi lowered his voice slightly, but the people nearby could still hear him.

Upon hearing this, Miss Liu quickly smiled and said, "It was my oversight. Qiuyue, please tell the eldest sister of the Tang family that the second sister of the Tang family and I will go to visit our mother."

Tang Wan didn't seem interested in this, and simply smiled and said thank you.

Afterwards, the group walked through the corridors and courtyards, heading towards the courtyard where the second wife lived.

Upon arriving at the Chen family's courtyard, they found only an old woman guarding the gate. When she saw Miss Liu and Tang Wan arrive, she silently bowed, opened the door, and then quickly closed it slightly.

At the entrance to the main house, guarded by Chen's two most capable head maids and the old nanny who had gone to deliver the message earlier, all three looked tense. Upon seeing Miss Liu, they hurriedly came forward to greet her.

"Miss, you're finally back. Madam was feeling unwell again and only managed to fall asleep with great difficulty." The old woman lowered her voice, her eyes reddening.

Miss Liu nodded, forcing herself to remain calm and lowering her voice, "Grandmother has instructed that Mother needs to rest in absolute quiet. Granny, go and give orders everywhere. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the courtyard without my permission. Chunxing and Xiahe, you two take Sister Tang to check the entire house inside and out, and also check Madam's personal belongings from the past three months to see if anything is missing or unusual."

Chunxing and Xiahe exchanged a glance, wondering if the lady had been poisoned.
After all, the young lady said there was something wrong.

However, seeing their young mistress's serious expression, they dared not ask any further questions and could only bow and acknowledge her.

Tang Wan first observed the bedroom, but on the surface, there was no medium she was looking for. Then she went to the outer room with her maid.

Upon entering the outer room, Tang Wan's gaze fell upon an inconspicuous gray ceramic flowerpot in the corner. Inside the flowerpot was a drooping, dark green plant. To an ordinary person, it would seem unremarkable, but Tang Wan noticed that the flowerpot was emanating a faint aura of yin energy.

Tang Wan turned to the head maidservant beside Madam Chen and asked, "What's the name of this potted plant? Where did you get it?"

Tang Wan asked questions while squatting down to look at the potted flower.

The leaves of the plant in the flowerpot are a little wilted, but there's nothing particularly wrong with them. However, there's something wrong with the soil.

Tang Wan reached out and grabbed a little soil, twisted it in her hand, and knew that the yin energy of this potted plant came from the soil.

Tang Wan's expression turned colder. If she wasn't mistaken, the soil in the flowerpot was indeed soil from a grave, the medium needed to cast the Three Talents Soul-Locking Curse.

At this moment, Chunxing, the maid behind her, said, "That pot is 'Longevity Grass'. It was brought by the lady's sister-in-law from her maternal family when she came to visit. She said it was brought from the south. It looks quite rare. The name of the grass is auspicious. The lady initially placed it indoors, but it has wilted a bit these past few days, so she put it in the corner of the outer room."

Tang Wan had already determined that there was something wrong with the potted plant, so she couldn't just leave it unattended. She stood up and said seriously, "Have someone move this potted plant to the west wing."

Chunxing paused for a moment, then quickly agreed. Without asking anyone else, she picked up the flowerpot and went outside herself.

Miss Liu was worried about her mother, so she stayed in the room with Madam Chen alone.

Suddenly hearing Tang Wan's voice from outside, she came out and asked, "Sister Tang, have you found it?"

Tang Wan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, we found a problematic plant. We just moved it to the west wing." "Thank you for your trouble, Sister Tang," Miss Liu said gratefully.

Just then, the old woman who had just gone out returned.

Miss Liu then said to the old woman, "Old woman, please have Chunxing guard the west wing and not let anyone else in. Also, when you go to the waterside pavilion to find Grandmother, tell her that Mother needs a strong old woman in her courtyard. Before you leave, have the old woman guarding the gate keep watch. Except for you, no one else should be allowed to enter or leave for the time being."

She feared there might be traitors in her mother's yard, and if she went out to inform them now, all her efforts would be in vain.

The old woman nodded solemnly: "This old servant understands, Miss, please rest assured."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Tang Wan saw that Miss Liu had made good arrangements, so she didn't say much. Instead, she said to her, "You can go and look after your aunt. There's nothing wrong with the house. I'll go check on the courtyard again."

After Tang Wan finished speaking, she gestured to the remaining maid, Xia He, to lead her to the courtyard to check.

The courtyard is small, planted with some seasonal flowers and two pomegranate trees, with several flower pots placed in the corner.

Tang Wan's gaze was immediately drawn to a gray-black ceramic basin in the shadows of the corner.

The flowerpot was slightly larger than usual, and the plant inside had an odd shape. Its stems were dark purple, its leaves were thick but had gray-green spots, and a few small, almost transparent flowers bloomed at the top, looking somewhat wilted.

Tang Wan walked over quickly and examined it carefully.

A faint yin aura surrounded the plant, and even the bright sunshine outside couldn't completely dissipate it, probably because it was placed in a shady spot.

Moreover, it was even more yin in nature than the "Longevity Grass" plant in the room.

Seeing this, Tang Wan pointed to the flowerpot and asked Xia He, "What is this pot?"

Xia He glanced at it and replied, "This pot is also 'Longevity Grass'."

After saying that, she paused for a moment, because she had just remembered that Miss Tang had asked the "longevity grass" in the house to be moved to the west wing.

Upon hearing this, Tang Wan looked at Xia He, who quickly continued, "This pot was delivered along with the one in the house. The old woman who delivered the flowers said that this variety is even rarer, as it is a 'mother plant,' and that it needs to be placed in a place close to the ground to grow vigorously and ensure a long and healthy life. She also said that this flower likes shade. So, Madam had it placed here."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wan frowned slightly and asked, "Sent together? The 'mother plant'?"

It seems the other party has malicious intentions and has even used a mother-child interlocking mechanism!

The pot indoors is the "child," directly close to the Chen family, absorbing their vitality and transmitting the curse power; the pot outdoors is the "mother," buried deeper, possibly also serving to gather yin and evil energy. The two echo each other, making the curse power even more stubborn and difficult to remove.

Thinking of this, Tang Wan pressed on, "How long has this pot been here?"

Xia He thought for a moment: "It was delivered about half a month ago, around the same time as the potted plant in the house. After it was delivered, the lady came to see it three more times, but later she became unwell and rarely came to the yard."

The timeline matches.

Tang Wan sneered inwardly. What an ingenious scheme, what a vicious mind.

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