Chapter 171: The Master Speaks English
After Li Qiaozhen was bound, she was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Xuan Xia, and said in an incredulous tone of being deceived: “Master, didn’t you promise to let me take revenge?”
Xuan Xia glanced at Shen Jiabing lying on the ground and replied to her: “I wanted you to vent your resentment, but I didn’t let you really take an eye for an eye and kill someone. If you kill him, you will only increase your own sins.”
Li Qiaozhen was silent for a moment, then stubbornly said: “But if I don’t take an eye for an eye, how can that count as revenge!”
“I know it’s been half a year since I died! No one knows what he did, everyone thinks I died suddenly.” As she spoke, Li Qiaozhen shed bloody tears again.
Xuan Xia said: “No one knew before, but now someone knows, right?”
She pointed to herself, then pointed to Yan Wentao and Auntie Feng.
Doesn’t that make three people who know?
Xuan Xia said again: “Since he committed the crime, he will definitely pay the price for what he did. You don’t need to worry about that.”
“How can I not worry?” Li Qiaozhen thought differently. “He has been free from the law for half a year, he has never shown any remorse, he eats and sleeps well, he is not afraid at all.”
Li Qiaozhen cried more and more fiercely, her appearance becoming even more eerie.
Xuan Xia saw several burn marks on her body, which should have been caused by her talismans.
Li Qiaozhen’s crying was distressing, but Xuan Xia could understand her feelings.
Xuan Xia said: “Then you must also believe in the law. Justice will come eventually. But you cannot take the place of the law.”
Li Qiaozhen wailed loudly.
Who hasn’t lived, who hasn’t heard the saying “Justice may be late, but it will never be absent.”
But is justice that arrives late still justice? What can it bring back, can it bring her back to life?
Li Qiaozhen’s crying also made Yan Wentao feel distressed. After thinking for a moment, Yan Wentao also tried to persuade her: “Even though you have become like this, you still harbor kind thoughts. That’s very rare. Don’t ruin yourself for him.”
“Right.” Xuan Xia chimed in, “For a man like this, you already made one wrong choice and hurt yourself. Do you want to make another wrong choice now?”
Seeing that Shen Jiabing was coming around, Xuan Xia said again: “Don’t worry. I think he will turn himself in. If he doesn’t, I won’t stop you from taking revenge.”
Yan Wentao: “…” Boss, you better be joking.
Li Qiaozhen looked at Xuan Xia suspiciously: “But you just said…”
Xuan Xia calmly said: “Girls help girls.”
Li Qiaozhen: “…”
The master speaking English was something even a ghost didn’t expect.
She thought the master only knew how to chant spells.
Xuan Xia walked to Shen Jiabing’s side, looked down at him from above, “Turn yourself in, or take an eye for an eye. Which do you choose?”
Shen Jiabing and Auntie Feng both looked up at Xuan Xia. Having just brushed with death, Shen Jiabing’s face still showed lingering fear.
After staring at each other for a few seconds.
“Turn himself in!” Auntie Feng answered for him. “He will definitely turn himself in. I will make him turn himself in!”
After saying this to Xuan Xia, Auntie Feng looked at her son leaning in her arms and said through tears: “A Bing, you must turn yourself in.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Auntie Feng also burst into loud sobs.
She really couldn’t accept that her son was actually a murderer, and the victim was his own wife.
Xuan Xia looked indifferently at Shen Jiabing, moved her lips, and finally cursed, “Scum.”
After cursing, Xuan Xia remembered something and turned back to ask Li Qiaozhen: “Do you need him to confess to you?”
Confess? Li Qiaozhen looked at Shen Jiabing, and after a moment, shook her head. “No need.”
She had looked at him for too long and already knew what kind of person he was.
He wouldn’t confess, even if he said it now, it would be fake.
Since that’s the case, better not.
“Mm, I also think his confession would be fake. No need for it.”
Xuan Xia gave Yan Wentao a look, signaling that he could wrap things up.
“Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on him. He definitely won’t escape the sanctions of the law.”
…
Xuan Xia and Yan Wentao stayed at Auntie Feng’s house until the afternoon before leaving. During that time, they didn’t forget to perform the ceremony for welcoming the house-protection divine beast.
With Xuan Xia watching Shen Jiabing, and Auntie Feng there too, he didn’t dare not turn himself in.
Besides, the evidence of his crime was buried under the orange tree in the backyard.
After the police accepted his confession, they quickly sent people to dig it up and took away all the evidence.
Auntie Feng cried her heart out.
She never imagined that a religious ceremony would uncover such a shocking matter.
While comforting her emotions, Xuan Xia and the others didn’t forget to perform the house-protection ceremony. Once her relatives arrived after hearing the news to take care of her, the two finally left her house.
They hadn’t walked far when Auntie Feng chased after them.
Auntie Feng grabbed Yan Wentao and asked through sobs: “Daoist Master Yan, Qiaozhen, what will happen to her?”
Yan Wentao said: “Next week is the Ghost Festival. The temple will hold a ceremony then, and I will deliver her at that time. I hope she can cleanse her resentment and reincarnate anew.”
Auntie Feng’s eyes were already swollen like walnuts, but that couldn’t stop her from shedding more tears upon hearing this. She nodded vigorously. “Good, good, good. Thank you, Daoist Master Yan. Later… later I will definitely go to the temple.”
After saying a few more words, they finally bid farewell to Auntie Feng.
Yan Wentao sighed emotionally: “I never expected it to end like this.”
Xuan Xia agreed, but in her heart, she still felt it was somewhat not worth it for Li Qiaozhen.
When encountering a wrong relationship, failing to cut it off decisively will only harm oneself by being soft-hearted.
Today, she was also grateful for foreseeing the future, allowing her to have a choice.
After a moment of silent thought, Yan Wentao suddenly called out: “Boss.”
“Mm.”
“We didn’t charge any money for this trip today.” Yan Wentao asked: “No problem, right? If Daoist Master Qin asks when we get back, will he mind?”
This…
It wasn’t easy to charge money in this situation either.
Xuan Xia sighed. “Forget it. Just consider it us going out to do a good deed.”
“Mm. So how do we get back?” Yan Wentao asked again.
They had already walked some distance, and he was afraid that if he didn’t ask, Xuan Xia would lead him all the way back to the temple on foot.
Xuan Xia looked around at the completely unfamiliar scenery: “…”
At this time, the temple should be busy too. It wasn’t realistic to call back and have Li Xinze pick them up, not to mention the round trip would take too long.
Xuan Xia said calmly: “Call a car.”
As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone and started booking a car.
Although it was a bit remote, calling a car wasn’t difficult. Soon, a driver accepted their order.
And the car was displayed as nearby.
Xuan Xia checked the vehicle information, reported the license plate number, and told Yan Wentao to watch for it. Just then, a message came in from Ji Ziyao, and she needed to handle it first.
Yan Wentao acknowledged and watched the traffic.
After a while, Yan Wentao suddenly hissed.
Xuan Xia had just replied to Ji Ziyao’s message and asked upon hearing: “What’s wrong?”
Yan Wentao muttered to himself: “It’s my first time seeing such heavy death energy on a living person. I can’t see through him. Too strange!”
“Ah?” Xuan Xia looked up in confusion, following Yan Wentao’s gaze.
Across the road, a man was looking around, and suddenly, the man looked toward Xuan Xia and the others.
Xuan Xia had good eyesight and immediately saw the man’s full appearance clearly.
She was instantly stunned.
The man looked at them for two or three seconds before turning away and walking forward along the road.
At that moment, a name flashed into Xuan Xia’s mind: Ren Yaozhe!
