The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 315 Spying on her will lead to dirty tricks.

I've seen arrogant people, but I've never seen anyone this arrogant. They even dare to steal business from other people's shops. This kind of person is either a bit dim-witted or truly arrogant. Otherwise, how could they dare to do this? Did the Heavenly Venerable give them the courage?
Lang Jiuchuan flung the curtain open and stepped out, where he saw a middle-aged servant and a slender, handsome man beside him.

The man was dressed in a gray robe with several patches on it. His hair was tied in a bun with a vine, and a strip of cloth was tied around his waist with a Taoist bell and a jade talisman hanging from it. He had a bundle slung across his back and a magic sword stuck behind his neck.

His clothes were worn out and made him look very poor.

Logically speaking, someone who receives offerings from the Xuan Clan shouldn't be this poor, but this guy is just stingy. Those few magical treasures are probably all his possessions, all displayed to show off, otherwise it wouldn't be convincing.

Although he was handsome, he had fox-like eyes. When he wasn't speaking, his eyes seemed to be darting around, making him appear somewhat cunning and untrustworthy.

Despite his poverty, this man possessed considerable merit, and a faint, pure golden light emanated from his mind.

Lang Jiuchuan was somewhat surprised to see this.

The Xuan clan isn't incapable of producing good bamboo shoots.

Oh, no, that's not right either. They come from the Maoshan Sect and joined the Xuan Clan. As for how they joined, I guess it was through recruitment, right?

Regardless of whether the other party has accumulated merit or not, it is wrong of him to steal business from someone's doorstep. As a member of the Taoist sect, doesn't he know that this is a major taboo?

The Taoist school has rules and emphasizes the order of arrival. For example, if someone invites a Feng Shui master to their home to assess the Feng Shui, and you shamelessly try to participate, that's considered blatant robbery. It shows a lack of understanding of Taoist rules, violates the taboos of fellow practitioners, and is seen as a provocation.

The immediate solution is to deal with the one who came to provoke us.

While Lang Jiuchuan was sizing up Yi Ce, the other party was also sizing her up. Seeing how frail she was, as if she could be blown away by the wind, and that the shopkeeper was following behind her, clearly treating her as his master, Lang Jiuchuan couldn't help but be surprised.

Could this girl actually be the one in charge?
So weak?
Yi Ce looked at her face again, and his gaze sharpened. He narrowed his fox-like eyes, staring intently at her face, trying to discern her destiny, but he could not find out.

Her entire face seemed shrouded in a mist, making it impossible to see clearly or understand.

Moreover, the moment he focused his gaze, he felt a sudden chill on the back of his neck. He immediately withdrew his probing gaze, but it was too late. A stinging sensation arose in his soul, causing his whole body to stiffen, cold sweat to pour down, and his face to turn pale.

Lang Jiuchuan snorted. Ever since Gong Qi had tested her background and subtly discovered that she had been resurrected, she belatedly realized that there were many capable people in the world. If they could see through her, they would inevitably try to calculate her destiny. So she used magic to cover up her destiny to prevent others from discovering anything about her from her appearance.

As she helped people solve a lot of troubles recently, and with the blessing of faith, vows and merits, her strength has recovered better and better. So she added a backlash spell to her destiny chart. If you want to predict her fate, you'll have to take a dirty trick from her first!
Unexpectedly, this unlucky person was the first to fall victim to this underhanded trick.

Should!
Is spying on her without paying a price?

Yi Ce looked at Lang Jiuchuan with some apprehension.

What? This girl is so short-lived, her face has been covered up. Who did this? How could they be so shameless?
Having suffered a setback upon their first meeting, Yi Ce harbored deep resentment. She silently recited a Maoshan martial arts technique while simultaneously exchanging glances with Lang Jiuchuan, secretly assessing the woman's abilities. Lang Jiuchuan sneered, "Are all the Feng family members of the Xuan Clan so shameless? Stealing business from someone else's shop—don't you abide by any Daoist rules?"

Yi Ce blushed and said, "This humble Taoist priest didn't rob anyone, it's just..."

"So what? Haven't you been constantly undermining my all-purpose shop, trying to get this manager to ask you to exorcise evil spirits?" Lang Jiuchuan looked him up and down and said, "You don't even abide by the rules of the Taoist sect anymore. The Feng family's behavior is so ugly."

Yi Ce retorted, sticking out his neck, "I met him outside, so it doesn't count as me robbing you."

The steward said helplessly, "Master, I've already said that I came here with a formal invitation from my master, and you've followed me in. If this were my own business, I might have been able to persuade you if you had said that outside, but this is my master's order. How could I, a servant, dare to make such a decision on my own?"

Yi Ce said sullenly, "I just wanted you to have more options and to have a discerning eye." Seeing Lang Jiuchuan staring at him, he said, "In that case, I'll wait at the door, okay?"

As he spoke, he quickly retreated to the doorway and squatted down, his eyes still fixed on the inside, his ears perked up. The servant's yin energy was considerable, and his master was likely in even more trouble. If this wasn't dealt with, he might die suddenly.

Lang Jiuchuan frowned, ignoring the Taoist priest, and looked at the steward instead.

The manager first introduced himself. His surname was Huang, and his master was Bai Maohang, a tea merchant from Jiangnan, known as Master Bai. Recently, his master had encountered some strange things. He had sought medical help to no avail, and even consulting shamans and Taoist priests could not solve the problem. Moreover, the situation was becoming more and more serious.

Fortunately, Madam Bai and Madam Shen were childhood friends. When Madam Shen learned about her situation, she introduced Lang Jiuchuan to her and even gave him a calling card.

"Madam Shen is not in Wujing these days. She only sent a name card, and since the head of the family can't even leave the house, she sent this old servant. Otherwise, I would have personally come to invite her," Steward Huang explained, and bowed to Lang Jiuchuan.

He had already learned from his master that the person who could solve the problem would be a young girl, but he didn't expect her to be so young. She had grown taller, but she looked even thinner.

I imagine the masters and the others would find it unbelievable if they saw it.

Lang Jiuchuan took the name card handed to him, glanced at it, and confirmed that it was indeed Madam Shen's name card. He then asked, "If they are tea merchants from Jiangnan, are they in Jiangnan?"

"That's not it. Because the lady's brother is an official in the capital, the master family has been living in Wujing for three years," said Steward Huang. "Our uncle is Liang Mifeng, the commander of the western city of the Five Cities Military Command. The master family is currently living in Shiliu Lane in Qianjinfang, western city."

Lang Jiuchuan indicated that he understood, and then asked, "What has happened to your esteemed master?"

She noticed that this person also had an aura of malevolence about him, so she was afraid that the Bai family's affairs were not ordinary and had already affected the people in the household, just like the young Zheng from the Cheng Le Earl's Mansion before.

Manager Huang's face paled, and he said in alarm, "There's a problem with the madam's unborn child."

Lang Jiuchuan frowned.

(End of this chapter)