The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 294 Evildoers deserve to die
The farce ended without causing any verbal sparring or waves. Well, that's not quite right. In A Piao's eyes, it didn't cause any waves, but in the entire Wujing, especially in the literary circles, it caused a huge uproar.

This is a major scandal in the literary world.

A man hailed as a wise and virtuous scholar turned out to be a fraud. His status as the top scholar was obtained through a mysterious means; his name was written by someone else. And this "someone else" was no ordinary ghostwriter; it involved a sorcery. Moreover, to facilitate this sorcery, Sheng Huai'an even fed his son to a tiger. How wicked a father he was!
Such scandals are not only shocking, but also make people even more wary of those sorcerers who know Taoist arts. If they all use their Taoist arts to harm people, ordinary people have no way to resist and are even unable to defend themselves!
The Special Inspection Department, which had been mentioned, once again became a hot topic. It was indeed necessary to establish such a department.

Ordinary mortals feel insecure, while Taoists who know magic curse and complain. One bad apple spoils the whole bunch. They, the righteous ones, are also wronged, okay?

Everywhere in Wujing, people were talking about Sheng Huai'an's evil deeds, and countless scholars were denouncing his crimes. The Sheng family members had become like rats crossing the street, hated by everyone. Fortunately, there were soldiers guarding their home, waiting for the emperor's judgment; otherwise, people would have probably broken in and vandalized it long ago.

Even so, the Sheng family was still splattered with a lot of excrement, making them stink.

Are the Sheng family members innocent? No, everything they enjoy today is brought about by Sheng Huai'an; so too is their glory and their misfortune.

The saying "one prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer" is never just an empty phrase.

Ah Piao was still lamenting, "I even cleared my throat, ready to have a verbal battle with that guy surnamed Sheng, but Lang Jiu, you just let Mr. Ning possess you and expose your evil deeds. Tsk, a hero with no place to use his skills!"

Ning Long's lips twitched slightly.

Lang Jiuchuan said irritably, "You're so free, you have time to have someone run errands for me."

Ah Piao glanced at Ning Long and said, "Sheng Huai'an is definitely dead. You are now free, sir. What are your plans for the future?"

Lang Jiuchuan sneered, "Go ahead and try to change the subject. You can't escape it no matter how you try."

Ning Long was momentarily confused after hearing A Piao's words. Yes, he was free. What would he do next?

Apiao looked at Lang Jiuchuan and said, "There is a general store in Langjiu, and now there is a General Wu as the manager. If you don't mind, why don't you work for her? Not to mention anything else, you'll definitely have plenty of soul incense."

Ning Long looked at Lang Jiuchuan upon hearing this, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Lang Jiuchuan's eyelids twitched, and he glared at A Piao, saying, "I haven't offended you, yet you want me dead!"

"What do you mean by that!" Ah Piao retorted. "Sir, you are truly talented. He's following you, and you're already complaining? When you have both a capable general and a strategist, how can your shop not flourish?"

Lang Jiuchuan said, "It's fine if my shop doesn't flourish, and I don't need any civil or military officials, because I have to put in a lot of effort myself to accumulate merit. As for him, have you forgotten why Sheng Huai'an's karmic backlash was so severe?"

The ghost froze.

"I won't seek death by competing with the people for good fortune." Lang Jiuchuan sighed, "It's not that I look down on you, sir, but with your talent, you shouldn't be content with a small shop like mine. It's not worth it. Your destination should be the place you set out for when you were studying."

Ning Long paused slightly, murmuring to himself, "To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to continue the lost learning of the past sages, and to usher in an era of peace for all generations." This was his original aspiration!
The ghost scratched its neck sheepishly and said, "So, it's going to be reincarnated?"

Lang Jiuchuan asked Ning Long for her birth date and time, did some calculations, and said with some helplessness, "Sir, your life is not completely over yet. Reincarnation will probably have to wait."

"No, even if it's a living soul, it's been so many years, it should have become a ghost who died unjustly long ago, how come it's not considered extinct yet?" A ghost frowned.

Lang Jiuchuan explained, “If a living soul leaves the body and does not return to its place after forty-nine days, it becomes a ghost who died unjustly. However, your living soul is imprisoned in the Linglong Pagoda. This Linglong Pagoda is made of your bones and blood, so it is not entirely separated from the body. This is one of the reasons why you have been able to promote your luck for so many years.”

"Your lifespan is still thirty years. You can either commit suicide, but if you do, you'll have to wait in line to be reincarnated in the underworld." She looked at Ninglong and said, "Although you have recovered somewhat, your soul has been suppressed and forced to share your life force over the years, resulting in a loss of soul essence. It's not good for you to enter the underworld now. Otherwise, even if you are reincarnated, you will be weak and sickly due to an unstable soul, which will do more harm than good. So you still need to nurture your soul."

Ning Long smiled and said, "It's alright, I'm not in a hurry."

Lang Jiuchuan nodded: "It's good to keep them healthy for now; there might be a turning point."

"What about Sheng Huai'an?" the ghost asked. "He also has blood relatives in this Linglong Tower. If the master doesn't die, wouldn't he also be clinging to life? Wouldn't that be letting him off easy?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "He suffered a backlash from karmic forces; this is the cause and effect of Heaven. How could his mere mortal soul possibly withstand it? Moreover, his crime of deceiving the emperor is certain, and he will surely be beheaded. If the Human Emperor kills him, what will he have left to breathe? Even his soul will be whipped in the underworld. Even if that's not the case, do you think it's a good thing that he's alive now? That's worse than death!"

She looked at the exquisite pagoda and said, "Sir, just wait. Once Sheng Huai'an dies, even if this pagoda contains his blood and flesh, your ties will be completely severed. At that time, your soul will be more stable and solid."

Everything was understood without words, and Ninglong bowed to her.

After agreeing on his destination, Ninglong returned to the Linglong Tower, which was still being maintained by the ghost, but the incense was now being produced by Lang Jiuchuan.

Seeing that she wasn't leaving, the ghost said, "This matter is over, is there anything else you need?"

"The Marquis of Zhenbei is my father's killer. He obtained a love potion. Help me investigate him." Lang Jiuchuan's face was cold.

The ghost was stunned. How did the murderer of her father suddenly appear again?
Lang Jiuchuan recounted the story of searching the soul of the spirit shaman, saying, "Regardless of whether he was my father in my past life, he is nominally the father of this body, and I cannot sever this karmic bond. Moreover, he died unjustly!"

His death in battle was merely a facade to cover up his wrongful death. Those who harmed him were enjoying the glory and wealth that should have been his, and even hypocritically held a funeral for him every year.
Is it a ritual to commemorate the deceased, or a way to find peace of mind at the execution ground?
She even had some doubts about whether Lang Zhengfan had been reincarnated. If not, would his soul be suppressed in some remote place like Ning Long's?
When Lang Jiuchuan thought of this, a sharp pain shot through his chest, and his anger, which he couldn't suppress, began to radiate outwards.

Ah Piao sighed: "We just avenged Mr. Ning Long, and now Lang Zhengfan has come along. He's doing the same insidious and despicable things. The evil in human nature is more terrifying than ghosts."

Lang Jiuchuan remained silent. It was indeed so. How was Lang Zhengfan's situation any different from Ning Long's?
"I can bring down Sheng Huai'an from the literary world, and I can also unseat that Marquis of Zhenbei." Lang Jiuchuan's voice was icy, his eyes even more ruthless, as he said, "Those who do evil deserve to die!"

(End of this chapter)