It Turned Me Into a Ghost Chapter 4

"Young master is so smart. He can eat by himself even after being so small! Did you see the white peony root just now?" Song's mother immediately woke up from her resentment and laughed loudly.

"I saw it, I saw it!" Cassidy Bai was overjoyed and hurriedly wiped the milk from the corners of the eldest young master's mouth and praised, "The second young master is also six months old now. He can't turn over, sit up, or crawl. He can't stand up all the time. The nanny must hold her in her arms and not let go, otherwise she will burst into tears and cry to the point of losing her breath several times. That would make her look like a fool! "

"Girls need to be rich, and sons need to be poor. The young master of our Marquis Mansion can only have one wet nurse when he is born. He must be weaned when he is two years old, and must be independent at the age of three. He must never touch others when washing and dressing. He studied martial arts at the age of six. He has an upright family background and has produced many pillars of the country..." Maybe thinking of the current downturn of the Hou Mansion, Song's mother couldn't go on and sneered, "Look at that lowly maid. You're such a R@sc@l, you only have four nannies and dozens of servants and maids. You can't stand the cold, you can't get hungry, and you can't even lift your arms and legs. Even when you grow up, you'll be a useless person!"

The little girl nodded in agreement, took out three silver ingots and several hundred copper coins from the package, and said in a low voice, "Mom, this money is all we have for Penghao Courtyard. If we run out of it one day, the master will really give it to us." Master, throw him out?"

"What can't Wang Xiang do? Drive him out, I'm afraid it won't be that simple." Mother Song frowned while breastfeeding, her whole body aura was very gloomy.

"I heard Brother Dexter say," the little girl hesitated to speak.

"What did you say?" Song's mother raised her eyebrows.

"He said that once, he heard the master of Xuyun Temple tell the master that since the eldest young master is here to collect debts, once the forty taels of silver are used up, he will leave the body and be reincarnated, and ask the master to be a black-haired man and send a white-haired man. Preparation. The master also pretended to cry. "

"Master Xuyun Temple, Conrad Wang, they are just the same thing! One is pretending to be a ghost, and the other is a monster. Sooner or later, he will be punished!" Song's mother put her index finger on her lips and warned, "Don't say these words again in the future. Our eldest young master will definitely Live a long life. Although, although the young lady has had the same dream, as long as the soul-fixing mirror is here and used carefully, the young master will be fine for a long time. What is the young master's destiny? We can wait. Take your time and think of a solution. No matter what his origin is, since he was born in our lady's belly, he is our master. "

"Cassidy Bai understands that Cassidy Bai will take good care of the eldest young master. Let's use these forty taels of silver carefully. It can be used for a long time. My family can't spend five taels of silver in a year."

"Well, good boy, quickly put the money into the box and lock it. This is all our property." Mother Song touched the little girl's head.

Elias burped and thought to herself that her own mother was probably very concerned about that dream, otherwise she wouldn't have dared to show her face from birth to now. The mother was unable to protect herself, the father was ruthless, doting on Concub!nes and destroying wives, and there was a vicious ghost lingering around him. It was quite a difficult task to grow up smoothly. Fortunately, the two of them brought a few yin-yang mirrors, and they were able to temporarily restrain the evil spirits, and they were still somewhat loyal to themselves, which was a great blessing among misfortunes.

Thinking of this, Elias's eyes widened and she fell into meditation again, completely ignoring the words of Temple Master Xuyun that she would die young.

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After hanging up the Soul-Calming Mirror, Yin Feng no longer visited Penghao Courtyard for a long time. Instead, people in other courtyards began to suffer from symptoms such as body chills, dizziness, brain swelling, and mental depression. At first no one cared about it, but one day, even Aunt Lin was infected with this problem. Only then did Conrad Wang pay more attention to it and asked Master Xuyun Temple to investigate.

"It's the evil worship in the west that is causing trouble." Master Xuyun Temple pointed in the direction of Penghao Courtyard.

Conrad Wang's face turned dark and he hurriedly asked, "Is there a way to solve it?"

"First drive out the evil worshippers, and then we can do a religious ceremony, and then we will be fine." The master of Xuyun Temple shook his fly whisk, showing the image of a master.

Conrad Wang agreed repeatedly and asked the steward to pack a hundred taels of silver and hand it to the Taoist boy. Then he ordered people to send the debt collectors from Penghaoyuan far away to his hometown. They were not allowed to enter the ancestral home, but were randomly assigned to Zhuangzi in the countryside. inside. Conrad Wang's first wife, Mrs. Song, fainted after hearing the news. She woke up and cried for her son. However, she heard from the maid that the eldest young master had left long ago.

On a dilapidated carriage, Elias, who had just turned one year old, was holding a piece of walnut cake and slowly grinding her newly grown front teeth. Mother Song hugged him, looking very ugly. Cassidy Bai was holding the money box, her eyes were slightly red, showing that she had cried before.

"How can you be so cruel? What a beast!" Song's mother muttered to herself.

"More than that, they should be worse than animals!" Cassidy Bai added, and then said anxiously, "Mom, what should we do in the future?"

"Xincheng is Conrad Wang's hometown. Now the Wang family has made a fortune thanks to him. We are a local tyrant in Xincheng. We are weak and we are in a den of tigers and wolves. Mrs. Lin is ruthless. If she tells the people in Zhuangzi, "The young master is in danger. Wait for me to think about it, wait for me to think about it."

"Why don't we take the eldest young master and escape!" Cassidy Bai suggested in a low voice as he covered the money box tightly.

Mother Song thought for a long time and finally made up her mind, "Okay, let's run away! Fortunately, before coming to Penghaoyuan, the lady has canceled our slave status. As long as we escape the capture of the Wang family, we will be clean in the future. Let's take the eldest young master first. Raise him up safely, and then go back and get to know the lady when he is successful. "

Elias gritted her teeth with a dull expression, but she was secretly weighing the pros and cons in her heart. Judging from the current situation, escaping has a better chance of survival than heading to the new city. After going to Xincheng, he was meat on the chopping board. The so-called Aunt Lin could slaughter him however she wanted, and she could also use herself to control her mother. If she leaves by herself, it will be a relief for her mother.

Then let’s go! Thinking of this, he babbled twice and punched the soft pillow next to him with his small fist.

When Song's mother saw this, she smiled and sighed, "Look, the eldest young master also agreed. Then let's sum it up." After that, Cassidy Bai came over and whispered for a while.

The two decided to let the coachman stop when they passed a certain town so they could have a rest for the night. Fortunately, the Wang family didn't care about the eldest young master's life and death, and only sent a steward and a coachman to follow. Song's mother spent hundreds of money to buy a table of good wine and food for the two of them to enjoy. During the dinner, they frequently offered wine and good words. , got the two of them very drunk, then took their luggage and left with Cassidy Bai overnight.

Song's mother grew up in the countryside, and driving a car was not a problem for her at all. She had traveled thousands of miles in one night. When the steward and the coachman woke up, all their money had been plundered, and all the people and cars were missing. They wanted to send a message to their master, but they were worried that they would be beaten to death if they told the truth, so they simply ran away.

The Wang family had not received news that several people had arrived safely in the new city for a long time, so they had to send people to look for them. After finding the inn where several people had stayed, I found out that they had escaped separately. Conrad Wang didn't like this son at all, so he naturally didn't worry about his life and death, so he pretended to look for him for a few days and then gave up. Aunt Lin was even more happy to see the result, and after several nights of blowing the pillow wind, she asked Conrad Wang to directly erase his legitimate son from the family tree and tell the public that he died of a sudden illness.

The only person in the Wang family who was heartbroken was the Song family. However, when people thought about it carefully in the dead of night, they understood the painstaking efforts of Song's mother. She knew that her son would die sooner or later if he stayed in the Wang family, so it was better to leave. From then on, she thanked guests behind closed doors, ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name, hoping to accumulate some merit for her son so that he could grow up safely.

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As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Mother Song did not hide far away, but came to Liangzhou, the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty. Liangzhou is only three days away from Beijing. It covers a small area but is very prosperous. Most of the top families of the Ming Dynasty made their fortunes in Liangzhou. They built their ancestral residences here and sent people to take good care of them. Therefore, Liangzhou's defense was very tight, and there were officers and soldiers patrolling the streets all day long. It was expected that the Wang family did not have the courage, let alone the face, to send servants to look for people in the city.

Mother Song's guess was correct. The Wang family really did not dare to send anyone to search for Liangzhou, a place where powerful people gathered and the layout was complex. Instead, they announced the news that their legitimate son had died of a sudden illness. Several people then settled down in Liangzhou peacefully.

Song's mother did not dare to easily use the silver left by the young lady, so she pawned her and Cassidy Bai's valuable jewelry, rented a small farmhouse in a place called Yushui Village on the outskirts of the city, and lived by doing embroidery work.

Unknowingly, Elias grew to be five years old. Since Mother Song had the intention of training the eldest young master to be a talented person so that he could meet the young lady later and make her feel proud, she did not dare to use the forty taels of silver. Although living in the country does not cost much money, when the eldest young master reaches the age of six or seven and can go to school, it will cost five or six taels of silver to study the beam for a year, not to mention the various expenses for the imperial examination in the future. If it is just to train a boy or scholar, forty taels of silver is enough, but to train a top scholar, it will cost at least 4 taels of silver.

No matter how talented Mother Song is, she can only earn one or two taels of silver a year at most, so she has to live frugally and cut down on income and expenses. Therefore, life at home is very tight. We wear coarse clothes and eat whole grains. Only at the end of the year can we taste a little bit of meat. Fortunately, Elias has lived through the apocalypse, and instead of feeling bitter about her current life, she is very satisfied with it. For him, having enough to eat is the greatest happiness, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else.

However, there are always a few things in the world that are not satisfactory. Life now is indeed much better than staying in the Wang family, but the debt collector has also followed. When Song's mother left, she did not forget to take away several yin-yang mirrors and hang them one by one in the small courtyard where she rented. It did work for the first two years, but the debt collector absorbed too much yang energy and slowly condensed into a physical form. He was no longer afraid of the reflection in the mirror, and would harm Elias from time to time.