Chapter 536

The name... is also not the same.

Yingying, a beauty of Chu.

It seems this Secret Realm and the movie Xiong Hanzi watched are completely different things.

The era, the characters, the features—none of them match.

Zhang Tie muttered a couple of sentences, then crossed his arms and glared fiercely at the man:

Good fellow, that means the woman you picked up is a ghost, right?

Damn it, you could even get a ghost pregnant?

The heavy atmosphere was directly broken by Xiong Hanzi.

Lin An looked at the man trembling like a sieve before him with a strange expression, feeling somewhat speechless.

No wonder they didn't say; the relationship is indeed not glorious.

Regardless of whether the man's words are true or false, he is more concerned about what comes next.

Then what?

Who went crazy?

Seeing Lin An unwilling to stop there, Madam Huang had no choice but to continue speaking with an unpleasant expression:

Replying, my lord...

It's me... I went crazy...

At that time I saw the true face of that female ghost, and for a moment I was dazed and bewildered.

Later, after my son was born, things happened as if possessed by a ghost...

Madam Huang, while speaking, suddenly covered her face and wept.

Huang Dawei saw his daughter-in-law in some pain, then heaved a deep sigh and spoke sadly in her place:

My lord.

Madam Huang brought the newborn baby and worked together with the villagers; the baby learned to speak amid everyone's teasing.

But who knew, when the baby said 'mother', being so young, his words sounded like the character for 'wolf'.

As a result, Madam Huang was frightened and directly threw the baby to his death.

While speaking, Madam Huang's crying grew louder.

Seeing this, the village elder hurriedly lowered his voice to comfort:

Don't blame you... don't blame you...

It seems, the incident of throwing the child to death dealt her a heavy blow.

However, Lin An frowned after hearing that.

The village elder's attitude is not right.

For people of this era, the status of a male infant is above all.

A woman going mad and throwing her child to death, whether or not it was because she was frightened by a ghost, could not be brushed off so lightly, let alone have the village elder speak comforting words.

You must know, this couple currently has no child beside them.

The couple are both not young.

This means that the male infant who was thrown to death might be the sole descendant of their Huang family.

Therefore, Lin An continued his questioning without missing a beat:

What about the Daoist you mentioned?

How did Madam Huang's madness get cured? Don't tell me it just naturally got better after she threw the child to death.

Also, regarding Madam Huang throwing the male infant to death, don't you feel sad? Instead you breathed a sigh of relief.

The village elder, upon hearing this, was not surprised; he merely gave a bitter smile and hurriedly replied:

My lord, are you suspecting why we aren't too upset?

Actually, it's like this.

I initially blamed Madam Huang as well, but to cure her madness I invited a Daoist from the town.

Later the Daoist told us, that child is not human at all!

He is also a ghost! Or rather, the female ghost Yingying reincarnated into him!

Huh?

Lin An was somewhat surprised, not expecting the other party to actually give this explanation.

What do you mean?

Madam Huang wiped away tears, lowered her head, and replied in a trembling voice:

'My lord, that day I actually not only heard the baby call the wrong person, but I also heard him singing that little tune.'

I was terrified, but after all he is my child.

Who knew that when I picked up the baby, he stared straight at me, and the corner of his mouth suddenly stiffened into a seductive smile.

Then he said to me, 'She has come back!'

At that time I was frightened to the point of madness upon madness, and I accidentally dropped and killed the child.

His gaze was heavy with sorrow.

It does not seem feigned.

The little old man beside also simply added:

My lord, actually it's also my son's fault! That little brat deceived everyone at first!

Actually, we initially didn't know the woman she brought back was a ghost!

Even during the period when Madam Huang was acting crazy, we also thought she was just talking nonsense.

Even many people in the village thought it was the Huang Clan that killed Yan Ying.

Because that day, the Huang Clan and Yan Ying went to fetch water, but only she came back.

It was later, when a Daoist Priest was invited to cure the Huang Clan's madness, that he exposed my family's brat and revealed the truth!

Old Man Huang glared angrily at his own son, and the villagers behind him also stared at him with some dissatisfaction.

Back when Yan Ying fell into the well, it made everyone afraid to drink the water.

Later we invited a Daoist Priest, first to cure the Huang Clan's madness, and second, just in case something supernatural was going on, so we could also perform a rites for Yan Ying. After all, many villagers at the time suspected the Huang Clan had killed Yan Ying, so we thought we might as well fish the body out and get to the bottom of it.

A life for a life, debts must be repaid!

But who would have thought that when the Daoist Priest came that day, he found no corpse in the well at all.

After discovering this, the Daoist Master hurriedly found my family's brat and forced him to speak the truth.

Only then did we realize that what the Huang Clan said was true—Yan Ying was indeed a ghost.

The middle-aged man restrained by Lin An, feeling guilty, simply continued speaking himself:

Yan Ying is indeed a ghost.

I saw her beauty back then and was bewitched by a ghost.

So I brought her back.

Later the Daoist Master told me...

This Yan Ying was originally a baby girl from a nearby village who was killed by silver needles and became a vicious ghost.

In order to be reborn as a human, she transformed into a beautiful woman to seduce married men.

After being brought home by a man, she secretly caused trouble, pretended to be pregnant, and then frightened the man's wife into madness.

Once the man's wife was driven mad, she could then be reborn through her womb! Half-human, half-ghost!

Fortunately, the Daoist Master we invited was highly powerful; after discovering this, he had us build a Buddhist pagoda, toss the corpse of a baby boy who died from a fall together into the well where Yan Ying was, and suppress it to eliminate future trouble.

The story is bizarre.

The villagers' eyes were full of lingering fear, and they all voiced their agreement.

After the village head finished speaking, he sincerely clasped his hands toward Lin An.

If you don't believe me, sir, you can go look behind the village to see if there's a Buddhist pagoda there!

This matter has indeed been resolved.

I just feel it's not right to say this out loud, after all it's all because my son was bewitched by a ghost, almost causing a great disaster!

After hearing this, Lin An remained silent, while Zhang Tie standing beside him scratched his head.

Team chat:

Captain Lin, it seems to be like this.

So, have these people already settled this matter?

I've actually heard that people in the past liked to drown baby girls, and the more ruthless would even seal the baby girls' mouths and noses with thread.

The purpose was to frighten the baby girls so they wouldn't be reborn into their own bellies.

Otherwise, they would never be able to be reborn.