At midnight, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya hurriedly left the Demon Subduing Division, dressed in black, and rushed towards the Pei family.
The huge Pei Mansion had countless people visiting it every day because of Pei Ji.
But now, maybe everyone has heard the news and knows about Pei Ji's death. They also know that the turmoil in Pei's house is not caused by ordinary strange forces and chaos.
Therefore, the door was deserted, and very few people came to visit to express condolences.
A gust of cold wind blows out some paper money and ashes from Pei's house from time to time, which also makes the pale lanterns on the two doors rattle, making it look even more eerie.
Looking around, even the servants and maids guarding the door were nowhere to be seen.
They didn't know it was because of the turmoil in the past few days that they were exhausted.
Or maybe I saw that my master had passed away, so I was a little lazy.
"Although the tree fell and the hozens scattered, it is really sad that the Pei Mansion withered overnight." Yu Langya couldn't help but sigh.
Liang Jiunan said, "Sister, don't sigh here. It's better if there are fewer people. It won't take much effort for us to sneak in."
The two people who kept climbing over the eaves soon reached the inner courtyard.
But in the huge inner courtyard, not even a single person could be seen.
Not to mention servants, even concubines and concubines, there was no trace at all.
As for the coffins of Pei and Pei Ji, I saw them at a glance. They were left alone in the yard. Although there was a copper basin with paper money and ashes, there was no one guarding the coffins.
It was so weird that it inevitably made the two of them wary.
Yu Langya's eyes were slightly uneasy:
"What's going on? No matter how depressed the Pei Mansion is, there won't even be anyone keeping vigil."
"Is it possible that with the Yang Family Villa..."
Liang Jiunan's pupils shrank: "Let's go down and have a look!"
The two of them fell down lightly, but there was no one in the surrounding houses.
Yu Langya took out the Feng Shui hexagram plate and combined it with the Qi-gazing technique, and suddenly pointed at the room of the mistress Pei: "There is a ray of resentment in there!"
Liang Jiunan was stunned, quickly opened the door, and rushed in with Yu Langya one after the other.
Taking a closer look, the house was already starting to look dusty, and it was obvious that no one had cleaned it.
Everything around seemed the same as the last time I came here.
Yu Langya used the Qi-gazing technique to explore again, and finally locked his sights on the location of the altar table.
"Speaking of which, the last time I rushed into Mr. Pei's room, I didn't see clearly."
Liang Jiunan stepped forward quickly and saw that on the tablet, it was clearly written - the position of my eldest daughter.
Liang Jiunan understood clearly when he thought of Pei's memory of her holding a child covered in bruises.
When I looked at the shrine again, what was enshrined there... turned out to be a dying empress.
Yu Langya suddenly said: "Nine Difficulties, there seems to be something wrong with that statue. Why do I feel... that it is much wider than ordinary statues and shrines?"
Liang Jiunan's eyebrows moved, he cupped his hands, and after saying he was offended, he took out the statue from the shrine.
In front of him was the image of a woman holding a baby, no different from Empress Cansheng.
But...it's different from ordinary statues, but it has an additional flip side!
On the reverse side, there is a goddess with two heads and four arms, a black face and a red robe!
When Yu Langya saw this, she couldn't help but be shocked: "This is... the devil's mother goddess? Isn't it right?"
Liang Jiunan frowned:
"If you think about it carefully, it seems that we have never asked Taoist Master Yunhe about what kind of posture and incarnation Empress Cansheng is."
"If we look at this statue, the black body, red robe, and four arms and hands on the back, aren't they what Yang Yun and Yang Lian looked like when they were united?"
"As for the statues, I remember the boss once said that many Buddhist and Taoist gods have already merged with the gods."
"The Ghost Mother Goddess is originally a deity from Tianzhu, but if you think about it carefully, its functions are almost the same as some of the folk gods of our Tang Dynasty."
Yulangya couldn't help but said:
"You mean... the lady who gives birth to children, the mother-in-law on the bedside, and the like?"
"So, you think... merging the appearance of a certain god to gain faith is just a cover-up."
"In fact, as long as the core parts are consistent, no matter what the gesture is, it can gather the power of faith."
Liang Jiunan nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Obviously, whether it is the Devil Mother Goddess, the Child-Giving Lady, the Bedside Mother-in-Law, or the Cansheng Lady in Yangzhou City, they are all gods born to protect babies!"
"If we extrapolate from this direction, Yang Yun and Yang Lian correspond to the back of the statue, with ferocious faces. They should be to punish those who treat babies badly."
"But the Cansheng Empress on the front should have a relatively kind face and an honor that focuses on protecting her!"
Subconsciously, the two of them said in unison: "Mrs. Pei!"
Suddenly, a burst of children's laughter penetrated my ears.
Taking a closer look, a baby ghost suddenly appeared on the tablet enshrined by Pei. The baby ghost did not fight with them, but turned into a gust of wind and flew towards the back of the house!
"Are you deliberately leading us there?" Liang Jiunan frowned: "Sister Langya, let's go!"
When the two of them chased Yinggui and arrived at the back of Pei's house, they just pushed open the wooden door, and a strong smell of blood hit their nostrils!
In front of me, blood-red lanterns were hung high, but the ground was covered with paper money with scriptures written on it!
And...the corpses that lay in silence!
Both of them changed their expressions.
Among these corpses were Pei Ji's concubines, his wife, and the maids and servants in the mansion.
Liang Jiunan even saw a familiar figure among them, the little maid whom he had ridiculed many times!
At this time, the girl was bleeding from all seven holes and fell in a pool of blood with her eyes open!
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya subconsciously wanted to take action, but they saw the wooden door of the small house in front of them open on its own with a "bang".
In front of me, a huge statue of the Cansheng Empress stood there.
The surrounding walls have grooves dug out one after another, housing densely packed tablets!
Mrs. Pei sat on the futon, with her back to the two of them, and her old voice had a strange calmness:
"Young man, come in."
"You think it's well hidden?"
"Actually, I noticed you when I was doing things during the day."
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya looked at each other. Both of them tensed their bodies and walked over cautiously step by step.
Mrs. Pei slowly turned her head. Under her old face, a pair of eyes revealed a kind look: "Don't be afraid, these tablets are all offered by me to the poor children in Yangzhou City."
While he was talking, a faint chuckle came to his ears.
Immediately afterwards, several baby ghosts emerged from each tablet.
These baby ghosts were babbling and gathering in front of the old lady, showing their intimacy.
Then, those pairs of dark eyes slowly stared at Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya.
Liang Jiunan took a look and saw that in Mrs. Pei's hand, she was playing with a string of beads that were exactly the same as those in Mrs. Pei's hand.
Mrs. Pei smiled and stretched out her withered hand and waved:
"Come in and sit down. I don't want to fight with you, I just want to... have a good talk with you."
"Speaking of which, Yang Yun and Yang Lian have done a really good job."
"They delayed me long enough, old lady."
"It's just... I really didn't expect that you would actually want to look for clues through the material of the Cansheng Empress's jade tablet and Liuzhu."
"This makes me a little confused."
"But fortunately, I finally... got it in time!"
