Mrs. Pei's words caught Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya off guard.
There were mountains of corpses outside the courtyard. No need to think too much, it must be Mrs. Pei's doing.
But at this time, she was like a kind old woman who prayed to gods and Buddhas every day. She looked at the baby ghosts around her with love on her face, as if... these babies were all her children.
This extreme contrast made Liang Jiunan confused about Mrs. Pei's intentions for a while.
After thinking for a moment, Liang Jiunan cupped his hands and said, "In this case, it is better for me to be respectful than obey my orders."
"Jiu Nan!" Yu Langya seemed to disagree, grabbing Liang Jiu Nan's sleeve and shaking her head.
Liang Jiunan's eyes were sharp and he said:
"Sister, don't worry."
"The old lady discovered us during the day. If she really wanted to kill, I'm afraid she would have done it long ago. There is no need to make a big fanfare and let the baby ghost lead us here."
"For now, let's listen to what the old lady has to say."
Seeing this, Yu Langya had no choice but to enter the room with Liang Jiunan.
The two looked around cautiously.
Most of these infant ghosts are still not in the first grade, there are dozens of them in the ninth grade, and there are about twenty in the eighth grade!
But as Mrs. Pei said, these baby ghosts were just flying in the air, like playful dolls, and did not show murderous intent towards Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya.
"Sit down." Mrs. Pei put down the string of beads that could increase her own cultivation.
Seeing this, Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya could only sit on the futon opposite Mrs. Pei.
There was confusion, surprise, and shock in their eyes.
The puzzling thing is that under Yulangya's Qi-gazing technique, Mrs. Pei can be said to be riddled with debts, but her own mood can still be so peaceful.
What's surprising is that even though his identity was exposed, why didn't he fight back desperately, but instead invited them to talk.
What was shocking was that those almost irrational baby ghosts actually showed a hint of intimacy when surrounding Mrs. Pei, and even made faces, making Mrs. Pei giggle.
Mrs. Pei poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them: "Drink some tea and warm yourself up."
As she said that, maybe she was worried that the two of them thought she had been poisoned, so she poured herself a glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"Old madam, why?" Liang Jiunan did not drink tea, but took the lead to ask.
"Why?" Mrs. Pei murmured: "After this investigation, you should also know some of the activities done by the Pei family."
Liang Jiunan's eyebrows moved:
"The old lady is talking about... the arrangement of the Immortal in the Urn."
“There are also children who are purchased from beggars and skinned to make offerings.”
"And... the treatment of daughters born from concubines within the family."
Mrs. Pei nodded, with some emotion in her words:
"I am the daughter of the Pei family."
"Women from the Pei family are miserable..."
"My mother is the head lady of my house, and I am the eldest daughter."
"So, I never ended up being sacrificed alive like those girls born from concubines."
"But even so, I have never received any care from my father since I was a child."
"Besides, I am not in good health and I almost grew up holding medicine jars."
"In the past, I have always wondered why my body was so weak."
"But every time I ask, my mother just has tears in her eyes and says nothing."
"Later, my mother died in childbirth."
"When I learned that the child I gave birth to was a boy, my father... did not shed a single tear for my dead mother, but happily held his son in his arms!"
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya's breathing was stagnant.
For a moment, the two of them felt that they felt an inexplicable sense of sadness from the old lady.
"Don't get me wrong, he is not doting on his concubines and killing his wives, he really... only cares about his son." The old lady's smile was very peaceful, as if she had taken everything lightly.
"From that time, I began to vaguely understand that the Pei family... is a man's Pei family and a woman's hell."
"Especially, when I was arranged to marry the husband of the clan, I thought that my husband would grow old with me, but I was taken to the ancestral hall and saw the Immortal in the Urn!"
"From then on, I suddenly realized. It turns out that my mother's pain is here!"
At this time, Mrs. Pei stared at Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya, and said word by word:
"I'm afraid you can't understand it."
"Looking at the human skins of babies being used as offerings, what they are asking for is to give birth to a son in their belly."
"That feeling is terrifying!"
"Also, I finally understand why I am so frail and sick!"
Liang Jiunan was silent for a moment and then said:
"Although the baby was not killed by you, it died because of you."
"So, this debt will naturally be placed on your head."
"Strictly speaking, the method of the Immortal in the Urn is a kind of witchcraft, which will naturally cause damage to the human body."
"Your mother has been worshiping you for many years, so you were born weak and sickly because you had to bear the evil obstacles and curses."
"And you will continue to bear this evil spell until... you give birth to a son!"
"It seems that the death of the mistress Pei Ji, the mistress of Lord Pei Ji, is really not the fault of the second wife Yang Yun."
"Old madam, you hate the person who killed the child. If Yang Yun is really such a snake-hearted person, you will just kill him."
"So...Pei's child is also because of the Immortal in the Urn!"
Mrs. Pei nodded:
"I gave birth to three daughters in a row, and all of them died young because they knelt down to worship the Immortal in the Urn."
"After all, the secret technique of the Immortal in the Urn is not 100% guaranteed to be successful, or maybe... the offerings are not enough."
"My husband's love for me also completely disappeared, and he gave birth to a son with his concubine, who was adopted in my name, that is, Pei Ji."
"I taught you carefully, hoping to prevent Pei Ji from growing up like that!"
"I even asked Pei Ji to separate the family and take care of things when he comes to Yangzhou City to take up an official position. This is so that... my nominal son will not have to treat his daughter as harshly as his father."
"It's just...I failed!"
Mrs. Pei showed a sad smile:
"I was very satisfied with Yang Lian's daughter-in-law. At that time, it was because of her bastard parents that I thought this matter had nothing to do with Pei Ji."
"It wasn't until... Pei Ji's expression when Pei's child died that I finally understood that all of this... was wishful thinking on my part."
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya fell silent.
Therefore, from the very beginning, it was Mrs. Pei who was making arrangements.
She hated the Pei family, her own incompetence, and her equally cold-blooded son.
Therefore, she contacted Pei and the second wife Yang Yun at the same time.
Pei's side used the technique of washing women in the eldest room to make the children into infant ghosts, so that they would not suffer the pain of being wiped out in ashes.
This also left Pei Ji speechless and turned a blind eye to what Pei did.
After all, for Pei Ji, a baby girl is nothing more than a commodity that can be bought with a few coins.
On Yang Yun's side, she simultaneously began to make plans to transform into the Devil's Mother Goddess.
Of course, from the current point of view, it is not the devil's mother goddess, but a part of the Cansheng Empress!
Naturally, Yang Yun and Yang Lian tried their best to attract the entire army of the Demon Subduing Division!
Because the large army was contained in the Yang Family Villa, Mrs. Pei was able to let her hands and feet go even more freely.
Today's ritual ceremony, on the surface, is to pray for Pei Ji, but in fact... it is just the last link of Mrs. Pei's plan for her own plan.
All of this started with the jade plaque of Empress Cansheng, and also started with the Pei family’s debt to their women and the deceased baby girls!
"Old madam, I understand your pain. But why do you want to kill the maid and servant? Why do you want to die if you have a common concubine?" Liang Jiunan couldn't help but ask.
The old lady subconsciously squeezed the tea cup:
"I have two concubines who are willing to give away my daughter because of their status. Damn it!"
"You servant girl, you just watched all this happen and did nothing, damn it!"
"So, everyone in the Pei family, except Pei and Yang Yun, should die!"
"However, these two girls are willing to sacrifice their lives in order to make my plan succeed."
"I appreciate them."
"We, the poor women who lost our daughters and were tortured by the Immortal in the Urn, will finally... be able to do something to make up for it today!"
After saying that, the old lady smiled slightly, and the moment she raised her head, her eyes were sharp and firm:
"From the beginning, turning humans into gods was not for us!"
"But to...bring these children back to life!"
