A Dream of Transmigration - Chapter 76
Lin Feifei's eyes widened.
Unbelievable! He's never been one for talking, but now he's actually offering to tell a story! She immediately nodded, not wanting to dampen his enthusiasm.
"Twenty-six years ago, in the Su family of Lanling, there was a third daughter who loved orchids very much."
He was talking about Su Xinlan from back then!
Didn't Madam Zhan already say that? Lin Feifei wondered to herself.
"One day, while out for a stroll, she accidentally discovered a white-hearted orchid among the rocks. She loved it dearly and brought it home, cherishing it like a treasure. But on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, she woke up from a dream and was surprised to find a young man in her boudoir reading a poem she had written. It was a poem about orchids, but the maids seemed to be fast asleep and could not be woken up no matter what she did."
"He claimed his surname was Lan. Later, Miss Su learned that he was the incarnation of the Pure Heart Orchid. As the two gradually developed feelings for each other, Young Master Lan told her that they were not of the same kind and could not be husband and wife, otherwise divine punishment would befall them. So the two agreed to remain only close friends."
"Who knew that the following year, Master Su wanted to choose a husband for his daughter and forcibly arranged the marriage. In her anxiety, Miss Su decided that very night to give up her physical body and travel the world with Young Master Lan forever."
"Sure enough, the two became husband and wife, but divine retribution struck, and Miss Su fell seriously ill. Master Su sought medical help and medicine, but to no avail. One day, a monk came and said that Miss Su was bewitched by an orchid spirit and that he would perform a ritual to exorcise the demon. Young Master Lan had no choice but to get rid of him. In this way, dozens of monks and Taoists came and went. Finally, one day, the monk Pujue from Longquan Temple passed by."
He said coldly, "That monk Pujue was very powerful. He destroyed Young Master Lan's soul, causing him to vanish into thin air. The couple was separated, and his wife, in her grief and anger, finally committed suicide on the Mid-Autumn Festival to follow her husband in death."
silence.
The clattering and creaking of the carriage rang out, exceptionally clear.
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His face remained as indifferent as ever.
Lin Feifei's face was pale, and she remained silent.
He looked at her: "Do you still want to exorcise demons and monsters?"
moment.
She lowered her head: "That depends. Young Master Lan didn't intend to harm anyone. Miss Su was willing to go with him, so it's not his fault."
"People only know that all monsters should be eliminated."
“If you’ve read Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio,” she shook her head, “you’ll know that monsters are just like people, there are good and bad ones. The bad ones should naturally be eliminated, but the good ones shouldn’t be treated that way.”
"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio?"
Mentioning the book, Lin Feifei's eyes lit up, and she became interested: "It was written by a man named Pu Songling. It's a book about monsters, and there are many good monsters in it. Let me tell you about one?"
Before he could even nod, she launched into a long, detailed account of the story of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen. Seeing that he was completely mesmerized, she then went on to tell him the folk tale of the White Snake.
“Nie Xiaoqian and Bai Suzhen aren’t bad, are they? Look at Bai Suzhen, she’s gentle and kind, even better than a human. Fahai still wants to take her in, that’s inhumane. Ghosts and monsters should be classified and treated differently.”
His icy eyes gazed at her silently, a strange light gleaming within them. He slowly fiddled with the folding fan in his hand: "May I have this fan?"
Lin Feifei was stunned.
After a long pause, she lowered her head and said, "Okay."
He rarely asked for anything, so it was really hard to refuse. Besides, the fan was originally bought for him, so there was no point in keeping it for himself now.
Seeing that she agreed, he did not thank her, but simply looked at the orchid on the fan in silence.
silence.
He suddenly said, "There's something you've forgotten."
"Huh?" Lin Feifei was puzzled. "What?"
"Who set up the Five Elements Yin Yang Sha?"
“Isn’t it Fourth Sister?” Lin Feifei thought for a moment in confusion, then suddenly exclaimed, “No, she’s been dead for ten years. She wouldn’t even dare to leave the well if the formation wasn’t set up. How could she have arranged these things?”
He remained silent.
After a long pause, she shook her head again: "It might be Fifth Sister. She sympathized with them, so she helped them set up the formation. Then she added Fourth Sister's ashes to the food of the Zhan family men to make her possess them. But now she probably knows she was wrong."
He looked at her: "Who was the first to die?"
"The earliest?" Lin Feifei recalled Zhan Qiuyu's words, "It was the second young master, Madam Zhan's biological son."
“No one would easily forgive someone who killed their own son, but she let Fifth Sister go,” he said slowly. “You should be able to tell that she is well-versed in the principles of the I Ching.”
“No wonder I always felt something was off about her room,” Lin Feifei suddenly realized, and murmured, “Although I’ve never studied feng shui, the furnishings in Madam Zhan’s room are just too orderly. It’s clearly the work of someone who is an expert in yin and yang feng shui.”
At this point, her expression suddenly changed drastically: "No wonder Fourth Sister said she hated her own son and killed the second one. Then why was the first one Madam Zhan's son? Could it be..."
Dangerous autumn rains!
She immediately jumped up and yelled out of the car—
"Hurry back to the Zhan family!"
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Outside the door, several servants looked on with surprise when they saw them return.
She didn't care about anything else and hurriedly asked, "Where is your sixth young master?"
One of the servants laughed.
"He's probably having lunch with his wife now."
"Oh no!" She rushed inside in a flash.