Transmigrated into a fat wife, farming, raising children, and picking up husbands

"You want me to dress up as a female ghost?!"

Chen Mingxuan's face turned green.

"Xiuer! You must be kidding me?! I'm a grown man! How could I dress up as a female ghost?!"

Lin Xiuer looked at him, her smile deepening: "Actually, we don't want you to dress up as a female ghost. What we want is that atmosphere of flowing white clothes and a beauty under the moon."

"The Black Fish Gang is only occupying that place because they have a lot of men and are therefore audacious. Think about it, what are people like them most afraid of?"

"Isn't it just because they've done too many bad things and are afraid of being haunted by vengeful spirits? If we could let them see with their own eyes those vengeful spirits coming to claim their lives..."

"If we scare them out of their wits and make them leave on their own, or at least not dare to make any more rash moves, then most of the problem will be solved."

Wu Liangcai recovered from his initial shock.

Seeing Chen Mingxuan's thunderstruck expression, and recalling his usual self-proclaimed dashing young master with his folding fan, she suddenly burst into laughter, clutching her stomach.

"Hahahaha, a female ghost! Brother Xuan! You're dressed as a female ghost! Hahahaha! It suits you perfectly. If your female confidantes knew, hahahaha!"

Enraged, Chen Mingxuan kicked Wu Liangcai, yelling, "Get lost! You can dress up if you want!"

"Me?" Wu Liangcai stopped laughing, puffed out his chubby chest, and patted his round belly.

"Look at my figure, do I look like a weak, wronged female ghost? At most, I'd be a vengeful spirit eaten by them, or... a fierce and menacing ghost messenger! Yes! A ghost messenger! That suits me!"

Ping An stood aside, quietly watching them make a fuss.

When he heard Lin Xiuer ask Chen Mingxuan to play the role of a female ghost, he raised an eyebrow slightly, and then the corners of his mouth curved up gently. The frost in his eyes melted a little as he looked at Chen Mingxuan.

"This first step is also the most crucial one. Young Master Chen, you are handsome, have a good figure, are tall, and have a slender frame."

"Just dress up a little, let your long hair down, wear a plain white gauze dress, and sit there quietly."

"If you could play a few notes on the piano or something, that would be even better!"

"Play the piano?" Chen Mingxuan repeated subconsciously.

"Yes!" Lin Xiuer nodded, gesturing with her hands as she thought of Xiaoqian's appearance.

"There's a dilapidated pavilion on the outskirts of that abandoned garden. You can sit there and, on a dark and windy night, play a few notes to make some noise and lure the people inside out."

"Several of them are seriously injured, so they definitely won't all come out. At most, they'll send one or two out to take a look."

"It's dark at night, who would dare to get close and look?" Lin Xiuer said, suppressing a laugh.

"Didn't they make a threat before, saying, 'If there really is a female ghost, we'll capture her and use her to warm our beds'?"

"The more convincing and captivating your performance, the better the effect! Drawing them out and scaring them half to death—isn't that more exciting than listening to a hundred different songs at a teahouse?"

As Chen Mingxuan listened, his tense nerves relaxed a little. Just sitting and playing the piano, it didn't seem so hard to accept...

But he still stubbornly insisted, "But...but I..."

"Clothes, makeup, and all that stuff—Leave it to me and Brother Hu. We'll make sure you look gorgeous, and nobody will be able to tell!"

Lin Xiuer patted her chest and assured her, "You just need to lure them out, maybe give them a little fling or a cold laugh, I've already thought of all the lines for you!"

Wu Liangcai also came over, put his arm around Chen Mingxuan's shoulder, and winked at him.

"Brother Xuan, give it a try! It'll be so much fun! Just imagine those bastards from the Black Fish Gang being attracted by your beauty first, then scared out of their wits, doesn't that sound awesome?"

Hu Yidao rubbed his hands together and chuckled, "Once you lure them out, Xiu'er and I will take the opportunity to sneak around to the back, grab the chains, and pretend to be the Black and White Impermanence who come to collect souls, then suddenly appear!"

Lin Xiuer picked up the conversation, her tone turning sinister: "We said they've done too many bad things, the underworld is overflowing with the wronged souls you've killed, and they've jointly filed a lawsuit against you!"

"King Yama is furious and in a rage. He has specially dispatched us to arrest the person and bring him to the underworld for interrogation! If the charges are verified—"

She paused deliberately, her gaze sweeping over the group of people who were listening intently: "They'd have to go through fire and water, be thrown into a vat of boiling oil for three to five hundred years to atone for their sins!"

Wu Liangcai gasped, rubbing his arms. "Ugh... just hearing that gives me the creeps!"

Chen Mingxuan also imagined the scene and thought... it seemed pretty exciting?

Lin Xiuer sighed, a hint of helplessness on her face, and counted on her fingers.

"In fact, a complete 'underworld trial' drama requires more than just Black and White Impermanence; it also needs Yama, judges, ghost messengers, wronged souls, and so on."

"The bigger the show, the more intimidating it is. It's a pity we don't have enough manpower, otherwise we wouldn't have dragged you two into this mess."

Her frank words dispelled the last lingering concerns in Wu Liangcai and Chen Mingxuan's minds. Yes, they had no other choice but to ask for their help.

Chen Mingxuan rubbed his hands together and paced back and forth a few times, his mind racing as he considered the scene Lin Xiuer had described.

The moonlight is like water, the desolate garden is quiet, the broken pavilion stands alone, and the sound of a zither is mournful.

It seems... kind of exciting?

Xiuer's plan sounds absurd, but it is intricately linked and specifically targets the weaknesses of people's hearts.

And it seems that her role as the beautiful woman is actually the easiest, safest, and most "artistic" part of the whole plan.

At least they don't have to rush in with chains and face people like Hu Yidao and his gang.

The thrill finally overcame the initial resistance.

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands sharply: "Xiuer! Speaking of beautiful women playing the zither... I've thought of an even more suitable candidate!"

"Who?" Lin Xiuer asked.

"Ruyan, my dear!" Chen Mingxuan exclaimed excitedly. "Didn't you say you wanted someone who could play the zither? She can also sing, not to mention her figure and looks."

"Playing a female ghost playing the zither under the moon? That's a piece of cake! It's much better than me dressing up as a woman. It sounds exciting, and she'd definitely be willing to help."

"Miss Ruyan?"

Lin Xiuer was taken aback; this was something she hadn't expected. Hiring outside help? And a girl who sang in a teahouse at that.

"Can she be trusted? Would she really come to something so dangerous?"

Chen Mingxuan was clearly in the zone.

"Leave it to me! There's no time to lose! I'll go to the teahouse right now to discuss it with her! If she's willing, we can start rehearsals tonight!"

He then started to walk down the mountain.

"etc!"

Hu Yidao called out to him, unable to contain himself any longer, "You all have things to do, I can't just sit around! I'm going to find Liu Sanzhen right now!"

"We need to get the hoods and chains for Black and White Impermanence, the robes for Yama, the judge, and the clothes for the ghost messengers done right away! He's so skilled; he'll definitely do a better job than us trying to make something ourselves!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about digging for wild vegetables anymore. He shoved the small hoe in his hand into Lin Xiuer's hands, turned around, grabbed Chen Mingxuan, and hurriedly ran down the mountain.

Seeing this, Wu Liangcai panicked: "You've all started moving, what am I supposed to do? I can't just sit here and wait!"

He scratched his head and thought for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Sister Lin, I've got it! I'll go back to find my father right now!"