Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 125 The Destruction of the Situ Family
"Did the mountain god of Mudong Town take action?"

Liu Bai's first reaction was that place. After all, the mountain god was of some importance. It was reasonable that he would be retaliated after killing it forcefully.

"Probably not."

Master Ma bit his pipe and shook his head, "Based on my many years of experience, this curse is not aimed at you. You are just implicated because of your connection with the target of the curse."

"If not, this curse is not so easy to resolve."

After hearing this, Liu Bai was still in deep thought.

The little grass behind him said, "Sir, it might be the Situ family."

When Liu Bai heard this, his eyes lit up and he immediately thought of something.

"Let's go back to the city!"

"okay."

Master Ma shook his sleeves and waved the reins, and the horse went faster.

Originally, it would take until dark to reach the Blood Food City, but today, it is estimated that we have arrived at the city gate at 3 p.m.

Master Ma enlarged the paper carriage with the word "Situ" hung high on the shaft and rushed forward recklessly. The people all avoided him, and even the city commander who was guarding the gate did not dare to stop him. Instead, he helped to clear the road.

Master Ma was very familiar with the Blood Food City. After walking around a few streets, he arrived at the door of Situ's house.

Before the carriage even stopped, Liu Bai had already jumped off.

Seeing the empty door, Liu Bai knew that something must have happened, but before he could enter, a hurried woman came towards him.

"Master, you are finally back!"

Mr. Ma, who had just caught up, was stunned when he heard the name, and he didn't even have time to put down his cigarette.

What is this... called?
Master of the family?

This kid came to the Situ family and became the head of the family? Isn't the head of the Situ family the owner of the Red Lantern House?
Master Ma was still surprised, but Liu Bai had already asked, "What happened?"

Situ Hong hurriedly replied: "Someone used a curse to kill our Situ family, and many people were killed or injured. Now the ancestor has gone to hunt down the person who did it."

"Then there was trouble in the red-light houses in the city. There were incidents everywhere."

Liu Bai thought to himself, as expected.

"Do you know who is behind this?"

"I don't know. The ancestor didn't tell me. He hurriedly chased after the accident." Situ Hong said, "Now Aunt Yue and the others are still waiting for you, the head of the family. Why don't you go ask them first?"

"it is good."

Liu Bai led the silent Master Ma into Situ's house, and just when they were halfway there, they ran into Liuzi.

The master and the disciple were both fine, and they were of course happy. However, it was not the time to be happy in the Situ family.

Liu Bai walked all the way to the door of the hall, but before he could enter the house.

Then I saw an old lady with silver hair walking towards me.

Liu Bai tilted his head and looked for a long time before he recognized it clearly.

This person is actually... Situ Yue.

"..."

In the hall of the Situ family, Liu Bai listened to Situ Yue's intermittent words and finally understood the current situation.

If I had to describe it in one word.

That's... miserable.

Two words: very miserable.

Even the head of the family, Liu Bai, had no idea what to do after hearing this.

A great man once said, "If you save the people and lose the land, both the people and the land will be saved; if you save the land and lose the people, both the people and the land will be lost."

The current situation of the Situ family is that the land is still there, but the people are gone.

After the curse, most of the Situ family's ghosts were killed or maimed.

Among them, the eldest daughter Situ Rui is missing.

The eldest son Situ Cheng, and Situ Ruoyan, who was originally in charge of all matters in the Red Light House.

They all died in this unclear curse.

According to what Situ Yue said, the only ones who still have a say in the family are her and Situ Nvzi.

Moreover, she has become so old and frail. Although Situ looks fine on the outside, her body has been seriously injured by the curse, and it will be difficult for her to light a fire in the future.

Listening to Situ Yue's description, Liu Bai felt for the first time how this world works so profoundly.

No one is there, and I don’t even know who did it…

The Situ family, one of the three major families in Xueshi City, was destroyed just like that?
When Liu Bai first heard about this, he wondered if it was Wufutang who was behind it.

But now after listening to Situ Yue's description, it can be basically confirmed that it is not Wufutang.

Even the City Lord's Mansion doesn't have the means and strength to do so.

A curse can destroy the entire Situ family. If Wufutang has the ability to do so, why would they just make a small fuss here?

Therefore, the person behind this action... is definitely not a local force, and is most likely from a powerful background.

"Send someone to find the Short Knife Gang, and ask Sister Hong to help calm the situation down first."

"We'll talk about the rest after Situ Busheng comes back."

Liu Bai had no other choice... Mainly because of this curse, there were only a few members of the Situ family left.

If there were enough people, there might be some hope.

But now... judging from Sister Hong's attitude towards me, she should help.

"it is good."

Situ Yue stood up, leaning on a cane and tremblingly went out.

When the curse came, if she had not acted decisively and used her lifespan to resist the murderous intent, she would probably have ended up like Situ Liuyan.

But, after all, there isn't much difference.

Judging from the current situation, even if he is alive, he won’t live for many more years.

The Situ family encountered a great disaster, and the maids and servants were either killed or escaped, and disappeared without a trace.

Master Ma and Liuzi, who had been waiting at the door for a while, saw Situ Yue leaving and walked in.

As soon as they entered the door, they opened their mouths, but when they saw Liu Bai's current state, they didn't know what to say.

Finally, Master Ma said, "Young Liu, if you need any help and you think we can help, just tell me."

Liu Bai, a small man, sat on a big chair, and the tea on the table was cold when he touched it.

He gave a very adult bitter smile, then shook his head and sighed, "There's nothing I can do. I have no choice."

Although he said this, he already had a plan in mind.

There are two possibilities for the person behind this.

One of them is the funeral temple. Judging from the information Liu Bai knows now, there seems to be a thread behind it that can connect all these complicated things.

And this line is most likely a funeral temple.

Whether it is cursing the Situ family or planning to do something big in the Blood Food City.

These funeral temples have this capability, and it is more than enough.

Coincidentally, the people in funeral temples all like to stir up trouble... But this can only be regarded as a guess, and there is no substantial clue.

Not to mention that apart from the two funeral temple members he accidentally killed in the goat trail, he had never seen the other funeral temple members again.

The second person is... the man who sells knives on credit.

In this world, people who sell knives on credit have a nickname, called "troublesome ghost", because once you are targeted by one, you will be forced to buy knives on credit.

That would be like being possessed by a troublesome ghost, and it would be a big trouble.

Like the case of the Situ family, the knife seller predicted that the Situ family would fall into poverty, but what if the opposite happened and the family did not fall into poverty?
For example, if Situ Busheng borrowed the Liu family's luck to impact his own family's luck, did he succeed in changing his luck?
Doesn’t that mean the person who sold the knife on credit is wrong?

No, if the Situ family had not fallen into poverty, then the knife seller would have come to help... to help the Situ family fall into poverty.

In this way, the knife seller's predictions are always right...

So, if you ask for a knife on credit, even a god would find it difficult to keep it.

Now that the Situ family has encountered a major change, we cannot rule out the possibility that the knife seller was behind it.

All I can say is that anything is possible.

Thinking of this, Liu Bai couldn't help but think of the few people who survived in the Situ family...the ghost fetus Situ Rui was missing.

I don’t know if the ghost baby’s identity was known and he was captured.

Or did she take this opportunity to run away?

Liu Bai felt that the latter possibility was more likely.

Secondly, Situ Hong... Maybe she was also feeling lucky? She was feeling lucky that she didn't help her get angry earlier.

If the fire had been lit long ago, then she, as a ghost walker, would definitely be the first to bear the brunt of this curse.

Maybe he will not be able to escape death.

But now it seems that, if nothing else, at least the person is alive.

As long as this person survives, there is still hope.

They endured such a difficult day. During this day, someone in the Situ family turned into a ghost, but they were just wandering evil spirits. Liu Bai didn't even need to do anything, because Master Ma helped to deal with it.

There were also some stalkers in the city who wanted to take the opportunity to break into Situ's house to see if they could get something.

But Sister Hong showed up once, killed two ghost walkers who had gathered five kinds of energy with one knife, and then chopped off their heads and placed them at the door of Situ's house.

No one would be so blind as to dare to come here and have fun.

It was on this night that Liu Bai discussed with Situ Yue and Situ Nvzi and finally came to a conclusion.

We have to wait for Situ Busheng to come back, only he will come back.

Only then will the Situ family have a chance to continue to hold on, otherwise... the consequences will be disastrous.

Liu Bai knew that Situ Liang, the former head of the Situ family, also raised a Yin spirit, but he could not contact him and did not know when he would come back.

So it doesn’t matter whether you know it or not.

Inside the red-light houses, the Meng family was ready to make a move, but in the end they were still concerned about Situ Busheng's threat and had not yet taken any action against the red-light houses in the city.

Outside the Red Lantern House, the Short Knife Gang stood firmly on the side of the Situ family.

As for the Zhou family... This morning, the head of the Zhou family came over and said some useless words.

Anyway, no matter what, the Zhou family will not do the job.

The Wufu Hall, on the other hand, stopped its activities and surprisingly did not take advantage of the situation. This surprised Liu Bai.

The City Lord's Mansion seemed to be completely unaware of the matter and did not make any statement.

So the first day of the Situ family's misfortune passed just like that.

However, those who survived waited for a whole night but did not see Situ Busheng’s return.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in the Situ family’s ancestral hall, Situ Busheng’s “eternal lamp” is still lit.

This so-called ever-burning lamp can only be lit by a ghost who has raised a ghost spirit.

If the eternal lamp is lit, it means that the ghost is still alive and the life fire in his body is still bright.

But if all the eternal lamps are extinguished, it means that the ghost is gone.

So Situ Yue and the others stayed in the Situ family's ancestral hall, keeping Situ Busheng's lamp burning all night.

……

That is until the next day.

The entire Situ family was still dead silent, and Liu Bai was a little dazed after getting up.

I thought that after entering the city and becoming the head of a family, I could enjoy myself for a while, but who would have thought that only a month had passed.

The head of the family has become a commander without any troops? ?
It is true that "everything is determined by fate and we have no control over it."

The tragedy of the Situ family is still going on. Although Liu Bai is the "noble" head of the family, he has no way to deal with this situation.

Situ Yue and Situ Nv'er were still guarding the ancestral hall, burning batches of paper money and incense.

In this situation, apart from praying to gods and Buddhas, we can only ask for blessings from our ancestors.

Liu Bai took a few glances and found that the two of them seemed to be discussing the follow-up matters.

Liu Bai didn't know what to say, so he just called Master Ma and Liuzi.

He planned to go to the City God Temple to see what happened to the City God.

(End of this chapter)