The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 427 No way, I'm going to cause trouble at the Rong family!

Back in the city, Ning Zhe took Ning Shaosi away first. He had already passed the imperial examination and was about to be appointed to an official post. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would take his son to be assigned to a post outside the city. Before that, he needed to adapt to this body, get along with his precocious son, and familiarize himself with him as soon as possible. He also needed to understand the experiences of this body and the people he knew.

His exquisite pagoda still had a special use. Lang Jiuchuan engraved a talisman on the pagoda for him, which could be used as a protective magic weapon, thus providing him with an extra life-saving charm in the treacherous officialdom.

Ning Zhe did not refuse; he knew in his heart how to repay him.

Both parties took their leave and went their separate ways.

Lang Jiuchuan followed the ghost back to Tongtian Pavilion. Along the way, he heard many rumors about her that had been circulating recently.

"You really don't seem to be in a hurry at all," the ghost said, glancing at her. "Aren't you afraid that people will really think you're a demon and burn you alive?"

"Getting anxious and agitated won't help me; it will only cloud my judgment. Besides, such a reputation won't affect a cultivator like me. It will only create bad karma for those who spread malicious rumors! Most importantly, let's not even talk about whether I'm a demon or not. Even if I am, can they burn me to death?" Lang Jiuchuan opened his palm, and lightning and fire flashed in his hand. The righteous lightning intent made even the ghost change its expression.

He moved a little further away, lest someone suddenly go crazy and he get caught in the crossfire.

"Look how scared you are. That's why strength is the only true measure of power. How can a demon like me possess the power of righteous thunder? I dare to withstand the heavenly lightning. What about them?"

"They want to get you, and they don't care what you have to do; they just need to pin a crime on you."

Lang Jiuchuan said coldly, "You're right, so what I am doesn't matter. They don't care if I'm being framed or not. All they want is a crime that's legitimate and without any fault. It's like an emperor wanting a subject's life, regardless of whether he's loyal or treacherous."

Because those people believe that they are the ones who set the rules!

Lang Jiuchuan played with the bone bell, feeling the moist spiritual energy flowing on it, and said, "In my world, the rule is strength. Only strength can determine how the game should be played."

The ghost said, "Let me remind you, you may not care about this stain, but what about the Lang family behind you? Even if you are just a nobody completely unrelated to the Lang family, once you possess this body, the cause and effect are there, and you can't truly remain unscathed. Moreover, you're not exactly unrelated to the Lang family; you are Lang Zhengfan's daughter, his own flesh and blood!"

Lang Jiuchuan said dejectedly, "Perhaps there's a 10% chance it's not?"

"So you can just ignore it?"

Lang Jiuchuan thought of some people from the Lang family, shook his head, and said somewhat irritably, "Since the Rong family has treated me like this, I have to kill one or two of them to vent my anger."

A ghost's heart skipped a beat: "You're not planning to trespass on the Rong family's territory, are you?"

"We've already dealt with two elders who were about to kill us, and now there's still Xi Yun left." Lang Jiuchuan pressed his chest and said, "After dealing with her, there's also Young Master Rong and the Patriarch. Only then can the resentment within these bodies be put to rest."

As I said before, only by resolving the grievances of this body can she truly be reborn.

"Before that, you have to break this deadlock, unless you can really protect yourself."

"Breaking this trap isn't actually that difficult. The abbot of Huguo Temple can clear my name, and there's also the Gong family. They know perfectly well what I did in the zombie incident," Lang Jiuchuan said. "But why should I follow the Rong family's scheme? If they say I'm a demon, then prove I am. Or, show me the power to deal with demons!" Why should she prove herself innocent?

She doesn't!
Go ahead and spread it, let's see if the heavens can strike this evil and strange plant to death!

Seeing her rebellious nature, the ghost sighed slightly and said, "It's not that no one is on your side. At least those you've helped aren't ungrateful. When they couldn't find you, they sent things to the Lang family. That's a way of showing respect to the outside world."

Lang Jiuchuan lowered his eyes and said, "If they have received my kindness but then turn around and become ungrateful, then they can only pray for their own good fortune!"

You don't have to help her, but if you stab her in the back, ha!
"By the way, I looked into the Ren family's affairs. You'd never guess, but there's someone in there who's related to you!"

"Ren Yao".

A ghost was taken aback. How did she know this person?
Lang Jiuchuan looked at the bone bell on his fingertip and said, "Before killing Elder Lingxu of the Rong family, I happened to see Old Master Cui at the Ren family paying respects to his deceased relatives. I learned from him that an aunt of the Cui family married into the Ren family and gave birth to a daughter named Ren Yao, who is also a cousin of Madam Cui. Moreover, the two are quite similar."

Apiao nodded and said, "That's right. What's interesting is that Ren Yao has never been heard of getting married, yet she returned to the Ren family quietly with a pregnant belly."

Lang Jiuchuan perked up, and it turned out that she had actually guessed a little bit correctly.

"Pregnancy before marriage is a huge scandal. The Ren family covered it up very well, but it wasn't unknown to everyone. Some rumors circulated, and even after the Ren family was wiped out, there were rumors that Ren Yao was pregnant with an illegitimate child, which brought disaster upon the family and was killed by the first wife. But this rumor didn't even get out before it disappeared. The more common rumors were that the family was wiped out because of the Mo family's heirloom." Apiao looked at Lang Jiuchuan and said, "It's worth mentioning that less than ten days after Ren Yao returned to the mansion, the Ren family was wiped out, and that day was less than two days after Madam Cui gave birth."

Lang Jiuchuan felt a chill in his heart, gripped the bone bell tightly, and met his gaze, which held no warmth whatsoever.

Coincidence? Or was it really not premeditated?
"No one knows the truth behind this massacre, right? So, no one knows whether Ren Yao's child was even born." Lang Jiuchuan's voice was chillingly cold: "Did you go to such lengths to cover up the child's life or whereabouts?"

The ghost said, "You think Ren Yao's child is...?"

Lang Jiuchuan recounted the analysis he and Jiang Che had conducted, saying, "So-called destiny is a predetermined path. It led me to the Ren family, to uncover the secrets of that mansion little by little. The more connections there are, the more we can uncover the truth. And most importantly, the sacrificial array that the Rong family set up in the Ren family was handled by the Rong family head himself. How could there be so many coincidences!"

"The Ren family was wiped out first, and Madam Cui's child was born later. It's impossible that she knew in advance and wiped out the entire family before switching the children..."

His words came out of nowhere, as if he had foreseen the future. This is difficult for others, but is it difficult for a sorcerer?

Didn't she also glimpse the future because of the zombie case?

Lang Jiuchuan tapped the bone bell with his fingertips, his gaze deep: "The Rong family head is definitely the key figure who knows everything!"

No way, I'm thinking of causing trouble at the Rong family's place!

(End of this chapter)