Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 171 Resentment

"The sky has its heavenly generals, the earth has its earthly gods, they are wise and upright, impartial and selfless, they eliminate evil and eliminate evil, and resolve difficulties and dangers. If the gods are angry, they will grind bones into ashes, and all ghosts, big and small, will come out to resolve the grievances and grudges in the world. There must be no mistakes. The Jade Emperor must act quickly and as ordered..." The old woman with a shrunken mouth held a wooden sword in her right hand and a talisman in her left hand, jumping back and forth in front of the main house of the old house from time to time, chanting spells and performing rituals.

After a while, the six people hanging in front of the main house of the old house automatically fell to the ground. After yawning, they looked around blankly and asked, "What happened?"

The person sent by the higher-ups to look after the old house walked over and carefully examined the six people. Seeing that they were intact, he asked, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay. Why don't you move the treasure?" one of the older ones among the six people replied.

The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house ignored the six people and waved to Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe, saying loudly, "Keep moving."

"Move." "Move quickly." Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe quickly called on the men from the Jianliu Sect whom they had recruited to move the treasures.

Zhu Hu was taken to a large car, which was used to pick up and drop off the old house caretakers to and from the county town. Now Zhu Hu was tied up in the back seat, along with her eight greyhounds and eight wild boars.

Logically, it was impossible for those security guards to catch the eight Greyhounds and eight Wild Hog Badgers. When they saw the Red Badgers being escorted onto the bus, they followed. No matter how the Red Badgers tried to persuade them or whistled, the eight Greyhounds and eight Wild Hog Badgers refused to leave.

"Why are you doing this? Be obedient and go down quickly. Wait for your brother Dan'er under the camphor tree in the West Hill. Tell him not to be impulsive and not to do anything stupid because of me." Zhu Hu felt heartbroken and tears streamed down her face as she looked at the eight greyhounds and eight wild boars tied at her feet.

Although the eight greyhounds and eight wild hogs were tied up, they remained vigilant and did not allow anyone to harm the red badgers. With their abilities, it would be easy for them to escape, but they stayed by the red badgers' side without regrets.

"Oh no, oh no, something big has happened in the old house again, something big has happened in the old house again." Someone was shouting under the big camphor tree. Zhu Hu did not respond while sitting in the car. Perhaps she did not hear it, or perhaps she did not care at all. Everything was within her expectations.

The two security guards standing at the door of the car guarding the red badger heard the shouting and curiously poked their heads out to look. The large car holding the red badger was parked at the main intersection, a certain distance away from the big camphor tree.

"Just go and watch the fun without worry. Maybe something big will really happen." Zhu Huan said with a smile when he saw the two security guards sticking their heads out to look under the big camphor tree.

The two security guards retracted their heads and scolded Zhu Hu: "Do you want to get rid of us and run away? Hu Baxian, I tell you, don't dream." "Want to escape while we are watching the fun? You wish, you will never be able to return to the old house in this life. If you can be a dog in the next life, maybe you can run to the old house to pick up shit like those beasts at your feet."

"My two brothers, I have no grudge against you. Why do you have to say such harsh words? I advise you to be more gentle with your words, or you will not die a good death." For the first time in her life, Zhu Hu was not angry. In the past, she could tolerate being scolded, but she would never allow anyone to scold her dog or badger.

When the two security guards heard Zhu Hao curse them to die a horrible death, they flew into a rage and rushed to Zhu Hao regardless of everything, raising their electric batons to hit it. The eight greyhounds and eight wild boars started barking and howling violently, jumping around and showing their teeth at them, scaring them so much that they quickly turned around and ran away, scrambling to jump out of the car, hurriedly locked the car doors, and went to the old house to watch the fun while cursing.

When the eight greyhounds and eight wild hogs saw the two security guards get off the car, they surrounded the red badger again and tried to bite off the ropes that bound the red badger. The red badger stopped them and said, "There's no need to do this. Let nature take its course. I'm tired, and you're tired too. It's better for us to be together."

"Woo, woo, woo..." The eight greyhounds and eight wild boars whimpered a few times, and lay quietly at the feet of the red badgers, closing their eyes and resting like the red badgers.

Over at the old house, people's shouting changed from noisy to terrified. Although Zhu Huan had his eyes closed, he was able to judge that the incident happened at the back door of the old house based on the distance and direction of the sound.

The back door of the old house was in chaos. Zhu Yunhe, who was always known for his calmness, was unable to keep calm. He yelled at Zhu Yunshan, who was also unable to keep calm: "What happened to you? Didn't you say that everything was arranged? How did it turn out like this? Have you been pretending to be handsome and elegant these years? I think you are just a scarecrow who can't even keep a sparrow in check."

"Shut up! What qualifications do you have to scold me? Aren't these treasures obtained by me with great efforts, hardships, and hard work? What about you? You have been hiding in the provincial capital and enjoying a good life, and now you want to split it equally. If it weren't for the fact that you returned the assets in the county to me, I would immediately make you a scarecrow." Zhu Yunshan was about to attack Zhu Yunhe.

The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house scolded Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe: "Can you two stop arguing? What's the use of arguing? Why don't you think of a way to open the door? We can't be trapped in here."

"Sir, I'm afraid we can't open this gate, and these treasures can't be transported out anyway." "If you want to open this gate, you have to call the Badger Fairy over. She will definitely be able to open it." Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe responded to the person sent by the higher-ups to be in charge of the old house.

The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house was still very arrogant and domineering. He scolded: "Ask the Badger Fairy? Are you crazy? Isn't it her fault? I don't believe that we can't open this door. Come on, bring me some explosives."

"Explosives? Where did we get the explosives? Even if we have them, we can't blow them up. The old house is a 'national treasure'. We will be in trouble if there is any damage." "That's right. Intentionally damaging a 'national treasure' is a crime, and it's not an ordinary crime." Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe fought back at the man sent by the higher-ups to be in charge of maintaining the old house.

The man assigned to take care of the old house stroked his shiny slicked-back hair and muttered, "Well, how could I have forgotten about this?"

"I think we should call her over." "Yes, only she can open this door." Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe were sure that the door could not be opened because of Zhu Huan.

After much difficulty, they moved the first batch of treasures out of the main house of the old house. However, just as they moved to the back door of the old house and wanted to leave, they found that the back door was tightly closed by someone and could not be opened from inside or outside.

The main door of the old house had been opened by Lan Yuliu before, but since the renovation of the old house officially began, Zhu Huan and the old craftsman discussed and decided to close it completely, saying that they would hold a ceremony to open it when the old house officially welcomes tourists.

The front door was blocked, the back door was blocked, and even the side door was tightly sealed. How could Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe not be anxious to move the treasure out? Of course, with their skills, climbing over the wall was a piece of cake, but the key was that there were so many treasures to be moved out and transported to the provincial capital and the county town. If they only relied on the two of them to climb over the wall to move them, when would they be able to move them? If they accidentally damaged the treasure, it would be a loss.

The person who was sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house was also anxious. He shouldn't be anxious, because he was sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house. He should have been here to take care of the old house, but for some reason, he was also anxious to move the treasures donated by Zhu Huan out of the old house, saying that there was an instruction from the higher-ups that the treasures must be transported to the provincial capital today.

Looking at the black nanmu copper-clad gate, the man who was sent to take care of the old house was so anxious that he turned around in circles. He turned and turned, and accidentally turned in front of the pouty-mouthed woman. The pouty-mouthed woman was so scared that she quickly backed away, fearing that he would vent his anger on her head.

"You, come out!" The woman with the shriveled mouth had just shrunk half of her body into the porch at the back door of the old house when the man sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house pointed a big hand at her. She asked tremblingly, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Come out and chant some incantations to open this gate." The man sent from above to take care of the old house pointed with his hand to the back door of the house.

The pouty-mouthed woman hurriedly shook her head and hands, hastily replying, but could only say: "No, no, no, no, no..."

"No what? If you don't, I'll make sure you never speak again." The man sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house came over and stretched out his big hand to drag the pouting woman to the back door of the old house.

The woman with the shriveled mouth had no choice but to tremble and take out the wooden sword and talisman from her shoulder bag, and began to perform a ritual facing the back door of the old house. Perhaps because of the wooden sword and talisman in her hands, the woman with the shriveled mouth had gained confidence, or perhaps it was a habit, a conditioned reflex, she turned around and asked the person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house: "How much is the reward for this service?"

"Benefits and money? If you can open this door, you can pick any treasure you want." The man who was sent by the higher-ups to look after the old house wanted to get angry and slap the old woman in the face, but he held back and didn't do anything.

The flat-mouthed woman was greedy and thought that she could make some money. She held up three fingers and said to the person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house, "Three."

"Three is three, recite them quickly. If you keep dragging your feet, I'll send you back to the mountain gate." The man who was sent from above to be in charge of the old house had a ferocious look on his face.

The pouty-mouthed woman shrank her neck, pouted her lips, and began to chant: "There are three wonders in the sky, six instruments on earth, a jade maiden guards the door, evil spirits stay away, happiness and wealth come, good luck, a house full of gold and jade, long life and wealth, hurry up and obey the command..."

After reciting it more than ten times, the person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house ordered two security guards to push the gate, but it still wouldn't open. The flat-mouthed woman had to continue reciting: "Today, we installed a gate to block ghosts but not gods. Ghosts, get out of the way, and don't dare to go up the steps..." After reciting it dozens of times, the gate was still closed. The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house ordered four or five security guards to push it, but the gate didn't move at all. The flat-mouthed woman poured out half a bamboo joint of water from a bamboo joint hole she carried with her to moisten her throat and continued to recite: "Don't make the east gate in spring, don't make the south gate in summer, don't make the west gate in autumn, and don't make the north gate in winter. Don't open the north gate too many times, don't divert water, don't let doors face each other, and don't let water flow out of the middle. Regardless of the solar term, avoid the Gengyin day, which is the day when the doctor of the gate dies. Don't use auspiciousness..."

"Whose death date is it? Who said it doesn't have to be auspicious?" The man who was sent from above to be in charge of the old house saw that the old woman with a pouty mouth couldn't open the door after chanting for a long time, so he got angry and kicked the old woman with a pouty mouth in the buttocks. The old woman with a pouty mouth cried out "Ouch" and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

It was already noon, and according to the plan, the baby should be loaded into the car and set off for the county and provincial capital. Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe were anxious, and the person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house was even more anxious. He whispered in Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe's ears: "Why don't we just wait until the evening?"

"The door can't be opened. Is it the same at night?" "It's dark at night and I'm afraid the treasure will be damaged." Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe were in a dilemma.

The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house said, "At night, we will do it once and for all and just smash the gate or break the wall. As for the worry of damaging the treasures at night, there is no need to worry about that. When have we robbed tombs before, we have always done so at night?"

"Who are you?!" Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe were shocked.

The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. It's decided. We'll act at night. Now go back to sleep and conserve your energy."

Zhu Yunshan and Zhu Yunhe couldn't think of any other solution, so they had to go back to the main house. Just as they walked to the front of Zhu Shanzi's house, a woman's voice came from outside: "What's going on?"

"Yes, yes, it's like this..." Upon hearing the woman's voice, the man sent by the superiors to be in charge of the old house rushed to the gate to answer, stammering to explain the whole story to the woman outside.

The woman outside asked, "Where is Zhu Huan? Where is she?"

"She, she, she..." The person sent by the higher-ups to take care of the old house was unable to answer for a long time.

A security guard standing outside watching the excitement replied, "Sir, the Badger Immortals have been arrested and are now tied to a large car."

"Nonsense, go let her go and ask her to come over." The woman outside scolded the security guard.

The security guard did not dare to delay, and a gust of wind blew towards the large car parked at the intersection.

Zhu Hao was not impatient when he was tied to the big car, nor was he angry or furious. Instead, he simply closed his eyes and rested.

Since he hadn’t slept well in the past few nights, Zhu Hao fell asleep quickly.

"Jiuxian, it's hard for you."

"Goddess of Mercy? I, Zhu Huan, pay my respects to Goddess of Mercy."

When Zhu Huan saw Goddess of Mercy standing in front of him, he quickly fell to the ground and bowed to her.

"Jiuxian, get up. There is no need for such clichés between you and me. I came here today to ask you, are you willing to stay in the mortal world to guard the old house or return to heaven to accompany your parents in heaven?"

"In reply to Goddess Guanyin, Jiuxian's greatest wish in life is to be able to protect the old house, but now the old house has been donated and Jiuxian is no longer needed. Of course, Jiuxian will not return to heaven. My father and mother in heaven do not need me to accompany them. They are the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. One more person to accompany them is not too much, and I have eight sisters."

"So what do you think?"

"Goddess Guanyin, if possible, I would like to be an ordinary village girl in Donkey Village, earning my own living and living on my own."

"Have you thought about it?"

"To answer your Majesty, Jiuxian has always thought this way. It is enough for me to be able to accompany you and grow old together."

"Never regret it?"

"My Lady, you should know the heart and intention of the Nine Immortals."

"Well, I will help you."

"Thank you, Goddess Guanyin. I wonder if you can agree to the two requests of Jiuxian?"

"Which two requests? You tell me."

"One is to beg the goddess Guanyin to help my dogs and badgers. They have always been with me and loyal to me. I regard them as my relatives, and they are the only ones I have. But their lifespan in the mortal world is limited, especially the badgers, who are already in their twilight years. The nine immortals beg the goddess to help them go to heaven."

"Well, dogs and badgers only have a lifespan of more than ten years in the mortal world, especially badgers, which will not live more than ten years. Jiuxian, it is rare that you have such a kind heart. I agree to your request and will fulfill their wishes."

"Thank you, Goddess Guanyin. The Nine Immortals are grateful."

"And your second request?"

"Empress Guanyin, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chou Yu have been trapped in the Netherworld. Can you show mercy and release them so that they can be reborn? If possible, can you help them become gods and immortals?"

"Nine Immortals, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chou Yu are both your enemies. If it weren't for Chou Yu's mischief and Zhu Yuanzhang's disregard for human life, you would have returned to heaven long ago. You don't bear their hatred or resentment, but instead beg me to let them reincarnate and become gods and immortals. What do you mean by this?"

"Goddess Guanyin, when will the hatred end? Moreover, it is because my blood splashed on the dragon on Zhu Yuanzhang's red robe that they cannot be reincarnated. The nine immortals feel guilty, so I beg Goddess Guanyin to help them."

"Your blood splattered on the dragon on Zhu Yuanzhang's red robe. That's his own fault. It's not your fault at all. So, you can let them out of the Netherworld, but whether they can be reborn depends on their own luck. As for helping them become gods or immortals, that's impossible."

"Thank you, Goddess Guanyin, for your great mercy. The nine immortals kowtow to you on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chou Yu."

"No thanks. You can take care of yourself in the mortal world. Red Boy, Little Dragon Girl, go help Zhang Guolao and He Xiangu drive away Lü Dongbin, Cao Guojiu and Lan Caihe."

Zhu Huan was about to thank Guanyin when she was awakened by a violent knocking sound. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw two security guards knocking on the door of a large car. Zhu Huan ignored them and continued to close his eyes and rest.