The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 410 A Bold Idea, The Mastermind Behind the Switch

The bell tolls deep and long, the chanting of sutras is compassionate and peaceful, and the paper money turns to ashes and is swept away by the wind to every corner.

The wind howled, like the mournful cries of departed souls.

Old Master Cui stood quietly to the side, watching Lang Jiuchuan chant sutras, and a strange sadness welled up in his heart.

Huijun's biggest mistake and cruelty was letting her children grow up on the estate. She was too stubborn. Look at what kind of children they've become now.
This means you've entered the path!

A noble lady from a noble family should have been living a life of comfort and luxury, finding a suitable husband, getting married, having children, and living a happy life.

But Lang Jiuchuan's appearance is completely different from that of an ordinary woman; her path is one of spiritual cultivation!

Old Master Cui recalled the scene of Cui kneeling in front of him, begging him to take care of Lang Jiuchuan from now on, and became somewhat angry again. What kind of things has she done?

That's incredibly foolish!

When the chanting ended, he looked at the courtyard again and felt a sense of clarity and peace. The gloomy and resentful atmosphere had faded considerably.

Old Master Cui looked at Lang Jiuchuan again. The other man had the simple, antique bell hanging at his waist, and his eyes were clear and peaceful, as if washed by water.

He looked away, suppressing the bitterness in his heart, and rubbed his fingers inside his sleeve.

Lang Jiuchuan looked at the incense and candles that had already burned out on the ground and said, "Let's leave after the worship. The yin energy here is still heavy. It's not good to stay too long. Remember to go back and ask the imperial physician to check your pulse for peace."

"how about you?"

Lang Jiuchuan looked at him strangely and said, "We're not on the same path, and I also have things to do."

What could possibly happen to a little girl?

"You..." Old Master Cui thought to himself, but he only thought about it briefly and didn't say anything. This girl has a lot of ideas!
His gaze swept over the white cat that had somehow crouched on her shoulder, and his thoughts automatically shifted: "Your white cat is quite well-behaved."

Lang Jiuchuan: "?"

Is this how you use the phrase "making conversation when you have nothing to say"?
It straightened its legs, bared its teeth and claws, and waved them in the air: "You're the cat, your whole family are!"

Grandpa Cui looked dazed.

Even after leaving the Ren residence, he was still somewhat dazed. It wasn't until the side door slammed shut that he snapped back to reality, looked back at the small door, and then at Quan Shou, who was also staring blankly, and asked, "Quan Shou, can the cat talk?"

"No, that can't be!" Quan Shou stammered, "That would be like a spirit."

Just like the one on the cousin's shoulder.

Old Master Cui pursed his lips, stared at Quan Shou, and said, "We weren't here today, you didn't see anything, understand?"

"Oh, my lord, don't worry. This servant has been blind lately and really didn't see anything." The problem is, even if I had seen something, I wouldn't dare to say anything.

"Hmm." Old Master Cui nodded in satisfaction and said, "Go back and get my invitation to invite Physician Liang to the residence!" She had said this several times, so it was probably true.

He glanced back at the Ren residence and sighed deeply: "Let's go back."

Lang Jiuchuan rolled his eyes at Jiang Che with a hint of helplessness: "What are you showing off for? So what if you can speak human language?"

Jiang Che snorted: "I am the mighty White Tiger General, how could I be a mere fox? You old geezer, you deserve to be scolded."

"Then first hone your skills as a general!" Lang Jiuchuan scoffed and walked towards the back courtyard.

Jiang Che asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why did you come to this house?"

"Last time I entered this house in search of the Qiao family's daughter, I felt something was off. I was extremely resentful and a sense of malevolence arose within me. At the time, I didn't quite understand whether it was because of the many dead people in the house and the heavy vengeful spirits, or because of the house itself. Later, after finding this unknown bone fragment, I felt I had to come and take a look." Lang Jiuchuan stroked the bone bell, his expression cold. "And what did we hear? Someone in this house had some Cui family blood flowing through their veins, yet their entire family was wiped out. Do you think that's a coincidence?"

"What are you trying to say?" Jiang Che looked at the dilapidated houses that had begun to decay due to years of neglect and asked, "Do you think this Cui woman or that Ren Yao is related to you?"

"Perhaps it should be said that it's related to us." Lang Jiuchuan nodded, then tapped his head, and said, "I just hope I'm overthinking it, and that it's all just a coincidence. But think about it, if the original owner of this body is of the Rong family bloodline, then who was her birth mother? And who was the woman that Fourth Master Rong once loved?"

He glared at Che with his tiger-like eyes wide open and said, "Don't tell me you think you're the offspring of that Fourth Master Rong, and your birth mother is from the Ren family? Your imagination is running wild. Even storytellers can't write as much as you. It's too outrageous."

"Old Master Cui said that the woman named Ren Yao looks somewhat like Cui Shi. They are cousins. Since they look alike, what about their children?" Lang Jiuchuan asked Jiang Che to look at him: "Putting aside my soul possessing this body, does this body really not look much like Cui Shi? Granny Cheng and the others all say that it does look somewhat like her."

Jiang Che felt a chill run down his spine and said, "Let me sort this out. In other words, if your guess is true, this body of yours is the child of Fourth Master Rong and Ren Yao, while your original body is the child of Cui Shi and Lang Zhengfan. The person behind it switched you two? What nonsense! Why would they do that? There's no basis for it at all! Also, Young Master Rong is older than all of you. If you really think that way, then this body of yours is what humans call an illegitimate child!"

This idea is too outrageous and too audacious.

What kind of schemes and plots are going on in her head!
"So the truth needs to be uncovered, but don't you think this conjecture is very close to the truth? We were switched, we were both killed, and I just happened to be resurrected in this body. It fits so perfectly. Everything is due to blood ties and karma. That makes sense." Lang Jiuchuan looked at the courtyard in front of him that had been burned black, clutching his chest and frowning as he said, "I feel anger and a little bit of entanglement again."

Jiang Che exclaimed, "Of all the houses in this Ren residence, only this courtyard was burned down."

Lang Jiuchuan went inside, looked around, and said, "This is a woman's boudoir, two stories high."

More than a decade has passed, and the place has not only been burned down but also severely dilapidated, with even the floor tiles peeling up.

Lang Jiuchuan scanned the dilapidated house with his eyes, but after a long while, he was extremely disappointed because there was nothing there.

That makes sense. If the person behind this was so meticulous in wiping out the entire family, why would they leave any traces for anyone to investigate?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Jiang Che, and he said, "Your idea seems to make sense. Have you forgotten the formation under the water prison in the middle of this lake? Zheng Yangzi, who was imprisoned in the Little Nine Tower, said that it was the Rong family head who set up the altar first. Why did the Ren family set it up?"

Lang Jiuchuan gripped the Emperor Bell tightly. Yes, why?

“The Rong family head knew your background, which is why he didn’t hesitate to torture and kill you when Young Master Rong was in trouble, taking away your tendons and bones.” Jiang Che looked at Lang Jiuchuan and said, “He found you so easily, could he be the mastermind behind switching you with this body?”

But why go to such lengths? Wouldn't it have been better to just leave the original owner in the Ren family to be raised? Why switch the children of Cui and Lang Zhengfan?
What is so special about that child?
Just as Lang Jiuchuan was about to drag Zheng Yangzi out to ask if he had any clues, she heard a whooshing sound behind her. She turned around abruptly, and someone appeared out of thin air. When she saw the person's face, her anger surged instantly.

Another one to be killed!
　Is it confusing? Some Fowlesbucks have already uncovered the truth, but you can't spoil it without replying, hehe!
　　(End of this chapter)