Sharing a room with a Vengeful Ghost in relative peace was, frankly, something Daoist Xue had never experienced before. Yet tonight, it had actually happened.
One was Guan Xinrui's current wife, another a county chief constable-a righteous man who had risked his life and traveled a thousand miles for justice-and the third an accomplished Daoist.
Then there was Zhang Shi, who had possessed Chai Wang.
The terrifying power of her resentment almost naturally bred and gathered yin energy. After hearing what the three had said, Zhang Shi's emotions had become so unstable that the temperature in the Official Residence's dining room seemed to keep falling.
"No, no! Impossible-you're lying to me-ahhh!"
Liu Huifang immediately covered her ears. Zhong Xingwen endured it with a frown, while Daoist Xue remained seated, his brows tightly knitted. Beneath the table, his hand had already slipped into his cloth bag, ready to act.
"Zhang Shi, I would never deceive you. Liu Shi comes from a distinguished family, and as Guan Xinrui's current wife, she would certainly never disgrace her own reputation. Nor should you doubt Chief Constable Zhong's righteousness. Why would the three of us lie to you?"
Liu Huifang, Zhong Xingwen, and Daoist Xue each sat along one side of the dining table, while Chai Wang sat alone on the other.
At that moment, bloody tears streamed from Chai Wang's eyes, and his body trembled incessantly.
"Impossible, impossible... My husband was always so good to me. He said that once he passed the examinations with honors, he would send a grand sedan chair with eight bearers to fetch me. He said he would bring me home in splendor..."
Did Zhang Shi truly not believe them? Everyone present could see that she simply did not want to believe.
As someone who had seen where Zhang