980: Frightened

Frightened

As soon as Xie Qiao finished speaking, the maid immediately knelt down. "Master! I didn't mean to hide it. I-It was the young lady who didn't allow me to speak!" 1

She knelt down, but Xie Qiao did not pay much attention to her. Instead, she looked at the ghoul.

The words of a ghoul were sometimes more truthful than what a living person said.

That ghoul had not spoken to a living person for a long time, so she was quite excited at this moment. When she saw Xie Qiao looking at her, she immediately said, "I know! That young lady was a Commandery Princess. At that time, the servant called her that! They sat here for almost fifteen minutes before leaving. In between, they said a lot of things and even scolded someone!" 

"This humble servant accompanied the Commandery Princess to scold a village woman. She said that she was dying soon. She also said that the scholar would divorce her sooner or later! She even called her a slut. There were many terrible things like that!" 

"There's no need to elaborate on the scolding. Tell me something else that you know," Xie Qiao said. "I've troubled you this time. If you have any wishes, I can help you fulfill them." 

"Really?! I want you to talk to that person in the alley over there. Her name's Liu Gui. Every time she pretends to fetch water, she would spit a mouthful of phlegm into the well after she finishes. It really disgusts me. Please tell her not to do it again. It's not easy for me to find a well..." the ghoul said with some grievance.

Xie Qiao nodded with mixed feelings.

It was quite unhygienic.

The ghoul was even happier. "The young lady you mentioned said something before she left. She said that she was very angry that a village girl could step on her head. Then, this servant said that perhaps the village girl was lucky, so she might as well find an expert to look at her fate. This servant introduced a fraud and said that he was extremely spiritual." 

"Who is it?" Xie Qiao asked.

"It was said that it was a Taoist master named Liuming who could concoct many medicinal pills and read fortunes. It was very accurate. However, he's in the suburbs. After that, they left." The ghoul said everything she knew.

After she finished speaking, Xie Qiao looked at Huan'er.

Huan'er had never mentioned before that she had brought the Commandery Princess out of the city.

"You left the city? Who was the Taoist Master Liuming you were looking for?" Xie Qiao asked directly.

Hearing her words, Huan'er was so scared that her face turned pale. She looked at her in disbelief, then, she cried, "We were going to find the Taoist master. I heard from my good friend that there's a very powerful Taoist master outside the city. Under his guidance, he even made a small fortune. I wanted to comfort the young lady, but I didn't know what to do. I suddenly thought of the Taoist master...

"I think that even if the master couldn't change the fate of that village girl, as an expert, he must have a way to comfort her. Perhaps he could even tell the young lady's fortune in marriage..." 

"And then? Why was your young lady frightened and lost her soul?" Xie Qiao asked again.

She was probably frightened.

"W-We hired a carriage. First, we went to find my lover. His name is Bao Yi, but he didn't expect that we were going out of the city alone. The coachman was old and timid... It was quite late, and he actually had evil thoughts and robbed my young lady. At that time, he still wanted to do… that kind of thing. I was afraid that something would happen to the young lady, so I desperately used a rock to knock Bao Yi unconscious..." 

The coachman was old, so he did not dare to resist.

After Bao Yi fell, they took their belongings back, but there were some marks on the young lady's body.

Her clothes were also torn. Worried that others would find out, the young lady told her to keep her mouth shut.

Moreover, at that time, the young lady was very angry. After Bao Yi fell, she even lifted a rock and smashed him twice. At that time, she thought... Bao Yi was smashed to death.

Then, on the way back, the young lady kept trembling and said that she had killed someone.

However, she really did not dare to reveal that. At that time, she thought that Bao Yi was dead. Moreover, if the Princess found out that she was the one who instigated the Commandery Princess to leave the city, then... she would lose her life!

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