HCB Chapter 139: Asking for forgiveness
Chapter 139: Asking for forgiveness
But she was cursing in her heart, thinking that they were indeed not from the same family, and no one would have an easy time. But she was the wife of a successful candidate in the imperial examination, so even if she was given less money, she could only suffer this loss in silence.
Since your Li family relies on your status as a juren to bully others, she must teach Li Chengcai a lesson.
Having made up her mind, the witch began to prepare the things for the ritual. The location was chosen to be Li Chengcai's bedroom. Yellow paper talismans were pasted all over every corner of Li Chengcai's room.
Li Chengcai watched the witch's performance nervously, not knowing whether it was really the witch's effect or just a psychological problem, but his emotions gradually stabilized.
The witch was muttering something while performing the ritual. She held the peach wood sword in her hand, which was stained with black dog blood, and slashed around the room.
She would run to Li Chengcai's bed from time to time and sprinkle black dog blood on his body and bed. Liu was watching her in the room. Seeing that her son was not as manic as before, she knew that the witch's magic was effective and she was very happy.
Wang the witch saw all of her expressions, and snorted coldly in her heart with disdain, “I will make you bleed heavily later.”
"Hurry up and obey the order. The Jade Emperor will show up and help me take down this monster." After saying this, Wang the witch took a big sip of wine and sprayed it all on the sword stained with black dog blood.
The moment the sword touched the wine, it suddenly burst into flames, scaring Li Chengcai and Liu in the room.
Witch Wang remained unmoved and continued her actions, swinging the sword quickly and then stabbing the tip of the sword straight into a corner behind the door.
"Little demon, you are not going to die yet. As long as you sincerely repent, I will save you and bring you back to life in reincarnation."
Just when Li Chengcai and Liu thought that the female ghost was about to be subdued by Wang the witch, Wang the witch suddenly staggered back a few steps and fell straight to the ground. The sword in her hand also fell to the ground with a clang.
After struggling for a long time, she couldn't get up. Seeing this, Liu rushed over to support her. "Witch Wang, what happened to you?"
With the help of Liu, the witch Wang managed to stand up, panting heavily and looking terrified. After a long while, she said, "This evildoer's magic is too profound. I can't subdue it even with pure black dog blood. I'm afraid your son will have to suffer more."
Liu was shocked. His son's condition had obviously improved a lot just now, so how come he failed at the last step? If this evil spirit could not be subdued, did it mean that his son would have to suffer from it for a long time?
"You are the most powerful witch in our Jiunu County. Is there any other way? If this evildoer is not eradicated, my son Chengcai will be tortured by him for a long time, and his body will collapse after a long time."
Liu said anxiously that she only had this one son and she would have to count on him in the future. Life at home was about to get better, so how could such a situation happen at the critical moment?
"This." Goddess Wang thought about it for a long time with difficulty, and finally said hesitantly: "It's not impossible to eradicate this evil, but it will cost a lot of money. I wonder if Madam Liu is willing to pay?"
When Liu heard the witch say that it was possible to eradicate it, her face lit up with joy and she hurriedly asked how to do it.
Li Chengcai, who was lying on the bed at this time, also heard their conversation. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully, afraid of missing a word.
"The reason why Mr. Li provoked the evil spirit is because he has done some bad things recently, so he is haunted by the evil spirit and cannot get rid of it." Witch Wang thought about it for a long time before she came up with this explanation.
Liu was confused as to what Chengcai had done and looked at Li Chengcai in confusion.
Li Chengcai felt guilty and turned his face away, not daring to look at her. What bad thing could there be? It was just that he and Zhang Wenbin conspired to slander Li Xiaoxiao, but he hadn't done it yet.
But how could he explain this to others?
Seeing her son's expression, Liu knew everything and felt a little bit of blame in her heart, but since there were outsiders around, she couldn't say much.
"Wang Shenpo, just tell me, what should we do?"
The witch saw the actions and expressions of the two and understood what was going on. She didn't expect that she had just made a casual guess and she actually got it right. It turned out that Li Chengcai had done something bad.
She was old and had seen everything, and as she thought about it, an idea came to her mind.
The witch pretended to be mysterious and said, "I have performed so many rituals and encountered demons of all shapes and sizes, but the one I encountered today is the most powerful one I have ever encountered in my life."
After a pause, he continued, "Luckily you invited me here today. If it were a few days later, Master Li's life would be in danger!"
Seeing how serious the witch's words were, Li Chengcai's face turned pale and his hands and feet were cold. He had been emotionally unstable in the past few days, and with her words, his nervousness instantly reached its peak.
He fell to his knees and kowtowed several times to the witch.
"Master Witch, you must save me. As long as you can save my life, I will do anything you ask me to do."
"Get up first." The witch bent down calmly and helped him up.
"You are not destined to die. It is not a big deal to make mistakes. As long as you sincerely change for the better, it will be fine."
"Please tell me, witch, what should I do?" Li Chengcai asked nervously.
"Since you had evil thoughts before, you should start doing good deeds from now on. As the saying goes, merits and demerits offset each other. If you do more good deeds, the female ghost will naturally not be able to get close to you. After a long time, it will disappear into thin air." The witch said seriously.
"What should we do specifically?" Liu asked anxiously. She didn't want her son to be haunted by evil spirits all the time.
"The so-called good deeds are to help those in need. If you see a beggar, give him a bun and a few coins. If there are lonely elderly people in the village, do something for them. Be filial to the elders at home. If you do more, the evil spirits will naturally leave you."
"There is another way to quickly keep the evil spirit away from you, but this method is a little difficult to do."
"What method?" Li Chengcai looked hopeful.
"Go to the person you hate and ask for forgiveness. The evil spirit following you will immediately disappear." The witch said calmly, with a hint of calculation in her eyes.
Liu, aren't you relying on the fact that your family has a juren scholar to arbitrarily deduct my money? If you make me unhappy, I will make your son unhappy.
Li Chengcai's expression was even uglier than eating shit when he was asked to apologize to someone he hated. How could he possibly apologize to Li Xiaoxiao? Li Xiaoxiao broke one of his arms and beat him once at her home. Later, because of her, her sister married Zhang Wenbin again.
Li Xiaoxiao had done so many things that disgusted him so much, how could he possibly apologize to her? However, on one side was the female ghost that harassed him day and night, and on the other side was Li Xiaoxiao who wished she would die. Li Chengcai was immediately conflicted.
He didn't know what to do. He hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth.