A master of metaphysics is farming.

Chapter 158 Both sons and daughters

In the backyard of the Vice Minister's residence, soldiers filed in.

The Vice Minister's wife sat on the ground, wearing an outer robe, her hair disheveled, muttering something listlessly.

Fang Shilang was detained to the side, while soldiers searched the mansion, and Shen Zhuoci arranged for his men to be present.

The old nanny beside the lady sniffled, "Madam..."

The most furious person was Fang Huashan. She only wanted to save her mother, but she never expected that her whole family would be dragged down with her.

Her eyes were filled with resentment as she clenched her fists and looked at He, "So this is what you wanted..."

"It could be considered a purpose; it was the yin energy and magic array here that caught my attention."

The woman's opening and closing of her mouth just now was telling her the location of the box. She had been trapped here and couldn't get out, and she knew everything that Minister Fang had done.

Xiang He only wanted to help the woman out of her predicament, so this was an unexpected surprise.

"Murder is a serious crime, especially when it involves the death of both mother and child. The unborn child is even more innocent. Just because I know you doesn't mean I can ignore the innocent person who died unjustly."

Fang Huashan choked. She couldn't disregard life, but she couldn't bear to see her own family members imprisoned.

Seeing her like this, Xiang He sighed softly, "I did use you, but let me tell you, your mother has been frail for many years because of worry and anxiety. She has a guilty conscience."

As Xiang He said this, he had already reached the lady. “It was just a crime of passion. Whether it was a crime of passion or premeditated, it is a sin you must bear.”

The words, though not comforting, pierced the lady's heart. She covered her face and sobbed, "I... I was provoked by her too... Why did she treat me like this? We're cousins..."

"lady!"

The woman shook her head, her lips trembling. "She slept with my husband and even bragged about it in front of me... How could I not be angry? I hate her!"

Xiang He looked at her quietly. "She's dead. Her body is destined to be a lonely soul. Would you be willing to let me send her and her child away?"

The sobs gradually subsided, and the lady nodded, leaning against the old nanny's chest. "Thank you for your trouble... Perhaps this is my sin, that I cannot bear children for the Fang family, leaving only Shan'er all alone..."

"Taoist priest, she's talking nonsense!" The female ghost's figure floated over. "It was clearly him who promised to take me as a concubine that I made love to him!"

Her voice was so loud that even those with low luck in the audience could hear it.

Just like this family, they all looked up in astonishment.

The woman glared at her fiercely, "If you hadn't climbed into my bed, why would I have hit you!"

She cursed angrily, and Fang Shilang, who was sitting dejectedly to the side, also looked up. His face, which he hadn't seen for a long time, was clear, and his bound hands were trembling.

The woman touched her belly and laughed, "Cousin, are you still being kept in the dark?"

Xiang He held out his large umbrella, while the woman rolled her eyes and looked away.

She looked down at the lady and said, "Madam, the Vice Minister is not virgin; he has both a son and a daughter."

"Varied……"

The lady looked at Xiang He in astonishment, her eyes indifferent. She took out a Taoist robe from her cloth bag and put it on. "I never speak falsely. You may ask him, Madam."

After speaking, Xiang He turned and walked towards the burial site, where the soldiers had already dug some graves.

"Stop, I'll take care of it."

The officers and soldiers looked at the general, who nodded, before the officers and soldiers picked up their shovels and walked to the side. "Sir, this young lady is so young..."

The older general glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Yes……"

The general stepped forward. "Young lady, do you need a helping hand?"

"Prepare the yellow cloth; I need to arrange the bones properly."

The general glanced at the soldier beside him, who immediately did as he was told and ran off.

As Xiang He carefully brushed away the dirt from the bones, the general squatted down to do the same, but Xiang He interrupted him with a shove, "You can't touch it. This person was filled with resentment when he died, not to mention that he was suppressed by the magic array for too long. The resentment over the years has corroded the bones. If you touch it, you will have bad luck."

These words startled the general, who frowned. "Is it really so?"

"I'd rather believe it."

This was a clever way of putting it; an ordinary sorcerer would have exaggerated, but she simply said it.

“Sir, you can’t keep an eye on me,” Xiang He said, pointing his thumb backward. “If they start fighting later, you’ll have to keep an eye on them.”

The general was stunned and was about to ask why when a crisp slap silenced all the noise.

After the Vice Minister's wife slapped him once, she was about to slap him again when the old nanny stopped her in time. The Vice Minister angrily stood up and slapped her back.

"Are you crazy?"

Her face burned with pain, her teeth chattered and her mouth bled. The woman covered her face, her eyes filled with rage. "Am I crazy? How many women have you been having affairs with?! You've been keeping a mistress behind my back! How could you do this to me?!"

Fang Shilang's eyes widened in surprise, then he glared angrily. "Who told you this nonsense again!" He glanced at Xiang He, pointed at her, and yelled, "It was you, you crazy girl, who said it again!"

Xiang He didn't even turn her head, carefully picking up the bones and placing them on the yellow cloth. "Leaving aside his appearance of having both a son and a daughter, just the fact that he came back from that family outside shows that he smells of breast milk on him."

Fang Huashan, supporting her mother, stared wide-eyed. "Didn't Father... go to the Dali Temple?"

Seeing this, Shen Zhuoci interjected, "Today, the Dali Temple is hearing another case."

A few simple words made Minister Fang's face darken. His wife's jaw tightened, and she turned away, swallowing her anger. "I've devoted myself to you, and yet you betray me like this..."

Fang, the Vice Minister, felt a jolt in his heart. His wife brushed the sticky strands of hair from her face, her eyes gradually calming down. "If you are unjust, I will be unjust too!"

"what are you up to……"

The lady stopped speaking, but reached out to the old nanny to help her, and slowly walked to Shen Zhuoci. "If I testify that Minister Fang has been embezzling for many years, will his punishment be lighter? My Shan'er..."

"Madam, rest assured, the embezzlement case has left our daughter unharmed, and you will not be implicated. As for the murder case, the Dali Temple will handle it separately."

"Ah Fang, you!"

The lady gave him one last look, completely devoid of affection, and said, "I'm only doing this to protect myself and Shan'er. You'd better take care of yourself."

Fang Huashan collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. The changes today were so drastic that she simply couldn't accept them.

How could there be a skeleton in the backyard where we used to play happily...?

The father was corrupt and lawless, and the evidence of his crimes was hidden next to the bones. Didn't he feel terrified every time he walked around the backyard?

The white bones that were trampled underfoot every day harbored resentment and a desire for revenge.

She only found out about this terrifying and horrifying thing now...

Tears blurred her vision, and a black figure squatted before her. She carefully picked up the bones and arranged them into a human shape on a yellow cloth.

Xiang He carefully lifted the head out with both hands. Right at the position of the forehead bone, there was a small hole, which was pierced through by a sharp blade.

She looked up at the woman. "Being stabbed through the forehead shouldn't kill you so quickly, right?"

The woman looked at her own skeleton and lamented, "Seeing that I wasn't breathing, he forcibly smothered me to death..."

"Him? Vice Minister Fang?"

Resentment gradually filled his eyes. "He used sweet words to lure me into bed, and when he found out I was pregnant, he wanted to give me away. How could I accept that? I told my cousin, and she was so angry that she tried to kill me with a hairpin. That heartless man saw this and, to save himself, smothered me from behind and buried me here..."

Xiang He looked at the mound of earth, reached out and dug around a few times, and indeed found a hairpin.

He twirled the hairpin in his hand a few times. "Who set up this formation?"

“Longguang Temple Xiangling”.