"Master, I believe you now. Might you have time to accompany us to the County Magistrate's Residence?"
Liu Daniu asked.
Jiang Nuan glanced at Jiang Yunsheng. After he gave a slight nod, she said:
"Sure. Let's go."
Then, with the men leading the way, Jiang Nuan and her father set off for the County Magistrate's Residence.
"Master, here's what happened..."
Liu Daniu intended to explain why they had invited Jiang Nuan over while they were on the road.
"No need. Have you forgotten who I am? How could I not know about something this trivial?"
Maintaining her persona as a master fortune-teller, Jiang Nuan declined his explanation.
In truth, his explanation would never be as detailed or comprehensive as what she could hear from Guagua, and she couldn't be bothered to listen to it twice.
"Oh, right! Look at my memory."
Liu Daniu patted his head and chuckled.
Just then, Guagua arrived with some fresh, piping-hot gossip.
[Host, host! This time, the County Magistrate's Residence has invited a master to catch a ghost!]
[Huh? Catch a ghost? That's beyond the syllabus. I don't know how!]
Hearing that she was supposed to catch a ghost, Jiang Nuan felt rather helpless. Weren't they asking the impossible of her? But she soon remembered what Guagua had said before.
[No, wait. Guagua, didn't you say there are no ghosts or monsters in this world? So this must be a false alarm?]
[Yep! Actually, the haunting at the County Magistrate's Residence is the handiwork of Magistrate Pan's youngest son. His youngest son is twelve now, hates studying, and spends all day amusing himself. Magistrate Pan got so angry that he punished him.
Then his son refused to accept it. He thought he simply disliked studying and hadn't done anything wrong, so why should he be