Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 81: The Second Sister's Trial and Demon Slaying
"...So, did Sixth Aunt's daughter really end her relationship with her to the point of severing her relationship?"

In the sunshine, Ran Qing asked Xiaomianhua and muttered to himself.

Little Mianhua lay at Ran Qing's feet and shook her head: "I don't know, it's just that Auntie and Mo Li were always arguing. Then Mo Li left and never came back."

"I went to ask my aunt, and she scolded me fiercely, saying that Mo Li was dead and the one who was alive now was a ghost, and that I was not allowed to call her when I saw her in the future."

"Aunt also said that if she saw me talking to Mo Li, she would break my legs."

At this point, Little Mianhua timidly looked at the girl who was moving things at the gate of the courtyard and whispered, "Ran Qing, what should I do when Mo Li moves in? Auntie doesn't allow me to talk to her..."

Silly little cotton, sometimes his IQ is terribly low.

Ran Qing was speechless for a moment, then touched her dog's head and said, "It's okay, Sixth Aunt is dead, and she can't break your dog's legs. You can talk to Mo Li from now on."

The past events that Xiao Mianhua recounted were similar to Ran Qing's guess.

It really fits Sixth Aunt's bad temper.

The mother and daughter had a quarrel, and the daughter ran away from home and did not return for two years, and even severed their mother-daughter relationship.

Every time Aunt Liu mentioned her daughter, she said that she was dead, and she even forbade Xiao Mianhua to talk to her daughter.

It was not until he mentioned his daughter in a daze at the end of his life that he could not help but burst into tears...

Now that Sixth Aunt has passed away, Mo Li has returned, but he still sneers and says that she is dead, and he still ridicules her mother, without any sign of submission in his words.

But she still came back and started moving things into the house, as if she was going to move in.

This clearly shows regret.

It's really hard to describe this mother and daughter...

Do we have to wait until someone dies before we change?
Even after death, he was still stubborn and refused to give in.

Ran Qing sighed and sat on the edge of the yard with Xiao Mianhua, watching the girl move things into her house without going over to help.

He knew Aunt Six's temper and personality too well, so he had a rough guess about the character of the girl in front of him.

Going up to help at this time would definitely be boring. Once her anger subsides, she will come over and talk to her on her own.

The things that Ran Qing had placed in her room had been moved by Ran Qing to Aunt Liu's room next door.

Now the empty room of Aunt Liu has completely become Ran Qing's bedroom.

Just looking at the suitcases and colorful accessories that the girl was carrying into the house...Ran Qing was a little curious.

Isn't Sixth Aunt's daughter a student? She should be in the same grade as Ran Qing this year, right? Why isn't she seen moving books?

Also, she hadn't been home for the past two years, but now she suddenly comes back... Did she know about her mother's death?
This girl was not surprised by the ghost walker thing, perhaps she inherited the skill from her Sixth Aunt?

Ran Qing was very curious about the girl.

But considering that the other party had the same bad temper as Aunt Six, Ran Qing didn't want to cause trouble for the time being.

He moved a small stool and sat at the door, flipping through the book "The Trial of the Second Sister and the Demon Slayer" in his hand.

Among the three books left by Sixth Aunt's Master, "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic" is a collection of secret manuals of ghost walkers from past dynasties.

But the other two books, "Shen Erjie Zhuyao Zhuan" and "Zhiguai Lu", were written by Shen Erjie herself. "Zhiguai Lu" records the evil spirits, monsters, and other strange people and events that Shen Erjie encountered and heard about during her youth.

"The Story of Sister Shen Er and the Demon Slayer" is a diary written by Sister Shen Er, or it can be said to be a novel.

In this book, Miss Shen Er uses the first-person perspective and diary writing to write about her experiences traveling around the country when she was young.

He encountered a bloody corpse in western Hunan, saw a mountain of coffins when entering Sichuan and Shu, encountered horse thieves when visiting Dongting Lake, and made friends with a tomb raider when crossing the Xunyang River... Although it is full of vernacular of the Qianghe dialect, it has no literary style and the story is written very roughly and briefly.

But those thrilling, mysterious and strange stories are enough to shock people just by writing them down.

When Ran Qing got tired of reciting "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic", he would open this novel and read for a while. It would not only relax his brain, but also allow him to understand from the story of Miss Shen Er how she used her ghost-walking skills to deal with evil spirits.

The story's bizarre scenes and methods for dealing with evil spirits also helped him quickly understand the skills of the ghost walker. It was a kind of text-based teaching outline, a practical teaching method.

However, the story begins with the story of Shen Erjie adopting a baby girl she found on the roadside who was nearly starving to death, and raising her from childhood to adulthood.

"...It turns out that Aunt Six was so scary when she was a child," Ran Qing muttered to himself as he looked at the sharp-tongued little girl in the book.

After watching for a while, Ran Qing seemed to understand why Aunt Liu disliked the master and always called him a bad old woman.

Aunt Shen Er and Aunt Liu are completely different types.

She is vulgar but honest. Although she is a ghost walker, she is kind-hearted and likes to meddle in other people's affairs. Unfortunately, she is not very capable and likes to be lazy in doing things.

Ran Qing had only read three stories, but Miss Shen Er had already brought out the tablets of past masters twice.

"...No wonder his life span was sucked dry at the age of forty," Ran Qing was speechless as he looked at the wonderful stories in the book.

Aunt Liu never dared to use the tablets of the ancestors in her life, perhaps because she was traumatized by her master in her childhood.

This thing is clearly the last trump card and should not be used casually. "Witchcraft and Demonic Arts" puts the method of using the tablets of the ancestors of the ghost walkers at the end, and also carefully warns against abuse.

But whenever Miss Shen Er encountered a problem, she would bring out the tablets of the ancestors and didn't want to suffer any hardship.

The ghost walkers can enter and exit the underworld and communicate with ghosts and gods. They also have many special methods to deal with evil spirits, such as paper people and summoning ghosts. These methods are quite powerful, but require time-consuming and laborious preparation.

But Miss Shen Er would rather bring out the tablets of the ancestors to deal with the evil spirits than use her brain to prepare in advance.

Every time he rushed in with a loud noise, he was almost killed by evil spirits, and finally had to bring out the tablets of the ancestors to save the situation.

He didn't care every time his life span was sucked away by the tablets of his predecessors. He would take his disciples out for a feast as soon as he got the reward money, and go to the market to watch plays and listen to music. When he was happy, he would just give money as a reward. He spent money lavishly, highlighting his pleasure in settling scores.

After the money was all spent, he had to take his apprentice with him, starving, and look everywhere for evil spirits that needed to be driven away.

It seems that the reasons for many of Aunt Liu’s bad habits can be found in this book.

Since childhood, she has been working as a nanny for her lazy master, doing laundry, cooking, and serving tea and water.

Following the lavish master, I often lived a hard life, spending lavishly for three to five days a month and starving for more than twenty days. Sometimes I had to kneel on the street begging for food. Whenever I tried to persuade the master to save some money, he would scold me...

No wonder Sixth Aunt is stingy, has a bad temper, and likes to make sarcastic remarks.

It would be strange if he had a good temper after living such a life since childhood.

(End of this chapter)