Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 149 The Truth About Wife-Killing
Butler Jiu tried to close the door but couldn't. His heart skipped a beat. This fair-skinned, delicate fellow was actually a martial arts expert? He shrank behind the door and said, "I'm warning you, my master was the head constable of Fukang County when he was young. His swordsmanship was unmatched. If you dare to force your way in, I guarantee you'll leave this door lying down."

Upon hearing this, Chen Asi's anger flared up, and he cursed, "Are you deaf? My master said he wanted to visit, so go and inform him. What nonsense are you spouting here!"

The Ninth Butler, unaware of Li Xuan's strength, said with a grim expression, "Fine, you all wait here."

He told Lei and Feng to guard the door, then turned and walked towards the front hall, thinking to himself, "The master's stupid son just died yesterday, and he's in a bad mood right now. You want to mess with him? I can easily get him to go on a killing spree and wipe you all out with just a few words. You stinking coffin maker, you think you can ride on my head and shit on me? In your next life!"

He walked around the screen wall and strode towards the outer courtyard's reception hall, where Master Jiang usually sat in a daze.

As expected, Mr. Jiang, dressed in a Tang suit with auspicious and longevity symbols, sat in the main seat with a cane, looking melancholy and with a hint of uncertainty about the future in his eyes.

The Jiang family was originally a powerful clan, but something went wrong.

Male offspring are always passed down through the same lineage, leading to a dwindling population. Nowadays, there are very few people in the main lineage, and the rest are all from the collateral branches living in their ancestral home, Jiangjia Village.

Master Jiang picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and found that the tea had already gone cold.

He felt a lump in his throat, unable to swallow or spit it out. His son seemed to have a curse on his wives, having married two wives in succession, both of whom died mysteriously the next day.

This time, refusing to believe in superstition, he married a third party through a matchmaker; the woman was named Tang Shanshan.

He was prepared for the girl to die mysteriously the next day, but to his surprise, this time his son was bitten to death by a venomous snake from who-knows-where.

Damn!

Either the son is destined to bring misfortune to his wife, or he marries a girl who is destined to bring misfortune to her husband!

Master Jiang smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground, shattering it into pieces, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Once you enter the gates of the Jiang family, you are a member of the Jiang family in life and in death!"

The broken teacup and splashed tea startled the Ninth Butler who had just entered the room.

His face showed panic, but his heart was filled with joy. He said, "Sir, Chen Asi, who left two years ago from the county coffin shop, has returned!"

Master Jiang felt suffocated. This Ninth Steward was becoming more and more insensible, spreading all sorts of nonsense here. He said coldly, "When he comes back, do I have to go out to greet him?"

The ninth butler embellished the story, saying, "No, Chen Asi somehow found a fake foreigner to be his master. He just got back and started swaggering around, pointing his finger at me and cursing! Master, my reputation isn't important, but I am still the Jiang family's butler. If they curse me, it's the same as cursing you..."

Master Jiang listened quietly. The Ninth Steward had worked in the Jiang family for many years and had revealed some of his character. How could he not know what kind of person he was on a daily basis?

He said, "Where are they?"

The Ninth Butler said, "After I gave him a righteous scolding, he's standing at the door, saying he wants to see you, Master."

Master Jiang: "Bring him in."

Butler Nine: "They also said..."

Master Jiang snorted coldly: "I told you to bring me in!"

The Ninth Butler immediately felt a chill and hurriedly said "Yes, yes, yes!" before running backwards out. In a short while, he brought Li Xuan and Chen Asi back in...

Master Jiang sized Li Xuan up and down, secretly judging him to be a wealthy young master who had returned from studying abroad. He had fair skin and delicate features, seemed unaccustomed to manual labor, and appeared refined and gentle, not at all arrogant or domineering. He asked, "Did you just bully Butler Jiu?"

Chen Asi wanted to speak, but Li Xuan remained silent; he couldn't break the rules of etiquette.

Li Xuan said, "I don't know how this murderer, Butler Jiu, fabricated these stories about us, but he did bully my friend Chen Asi first. He looked down on us and spoke rudely, which really tarnished the reputation of the Jiang family."

friend?

Chen Asi trembled all over, stood behind and fell silent as he watched Li Xuan's figure. He secretly wiped the corner of his eye with his sleeve and straightened his back.
Butler Jiu's face turned pale, and he pointed a finger at her, yelling, "What nonsense are you spouting!"

Li Xuan said, "Butler Jiu seems to have a lot of power. He doesn't even care about your master's face in the Jiang family, shouting and yelling like this..."

Master Jiang said in a deep voice, "Ninth Steward, shut up. If he is wrong, I will naturally seek justice for you."

He looked at Li Xuan and continued, "You started by saying that I, the ninth steward who has been in the Jiang family for over ten years, am a murderer. You'd better give me an explanation, otherwise... my sword won't be so kind!"

Li Xuan didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "I accidentally learned some hidden information. The ninth steward of the Jiang family coveted Master Jiang's property. He poisoned the two newlywed wives of the young master of the Jiang family and then secretly colluded with the bandit leader Tang Long, marrying his sister Tang Shanshan as an informant to find the location of the property."

At this point in the conversation, Butler Jiu began to tremble.

Master Jiang's right hand was trembling, a sign of his increased heart rate and emotional fluctuations. He said, "Continue."

Li Xuan said, "The young master of the Jiang family married Tang Shanshan. The poisonous snake that the ninth butler hid in the room bit the young master to death. As a result, in the huge Jiang family, besides the old master Jiang, the second master is Tang Shanshan..."

The Ninth Butler immediately collapsed to the ground, tears and snot streaming down his face, crying out, "Master, don't listen to this fake foreigner's nonsense! I, A-Jiu, am utterly loyal to the Jiang family. How could I possibly dare to do such a thing?"

Master Jiang's face was ashen. He had just lost his beloved son, whom he had initially thought was an accident, but it turned out he had been murdered.

He summoned four new farmhands: Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning. Although the Ninth Steward gave them new names, such as "Congratulations on Getting Rich," it still sounded better to call them Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning.

The wind, rain, thunder, and lightning power station is at the entrance.

Master Jiang said, "Move the wax figures of the eldest and second young mistresses from the wax room. Also, have Tang Shanshan come to the reception hall."

Unaware of what was happening amidst the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, they had no choice but to go to the wax room to move the body.

They learned in the county that the Jiang family was famous for making waxed meat, but they had a strange custom: after a family member died, they were not put into a coffin but sealed in wax so that they could accompany the living as "people".

So it's not surprising that they moved the body.

They quickly brought the body over and placed it in the living room.

Li Xuan thought it was crude when he watched the movie, but seeing it in person now, it seemed even cruder. The so-called wax corpse was just wrapped in a layer of translucent yellow wax. They didn't even remove the internal organs; the body was simply wrapped in clothes. In this respect, it was even worse than the method of making a mummy.

He thought that there were more incorruptible wax corpses hidden in the dark room next to the Jiang family's kitchen, and he felt relieved. Perhaps the Jiang family had some kind of preservation technology.

Old Master Jiang stood up from his chair, slapped the two wax figures with his right hand, and the wax shattered, causing the corpses to fall to the ground, immediately emitting a strong stench. As if nothing had happened, he stepped forward to examine them carefully, eventually finding very fine snake bite marks on the ankle of one corpse and the neck of the other.

(End of this chapter)