Offering my divine power to break my karma

Chapter 246 Yue Niang and Liu Lao 31

After arriving in hell, Ling also learned from Zhusha the story between Zhusha's sister and Liu Laosan.

This story is simple and complex at the same time.

The sister who was killed was named Yue Niang. She was a poor girl who had been wandering in the mortal world.

Yue Niang struggled to survive in a brothel, a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones. Even though she was careful and cautious and always considered people's expressions, she was eventually beaten to death because she offended the powerful and was thrown into a mass grave with her clothes on.

Liu Laosan, whose real name was Liu Ping'an, was a student who had taken the imperial examination several times but still failed to pass the examination to become a scholar. He happened to pass by this mass grave in order to collect a medicinal herb.

Seeing the half-naked body of the woman, Liu Laosan felt heartless, so he found a decent place to dig a hole, and buried Yue Niang's body properly so that Yue Niang could rest in peace.

Yue Niang looked at the strange man in front of her and was naturally grateful to him for handling her funeral affairs.

But she is a ghost now, and no matter how grateful she is, she can't repay him.

Just when Yue Niang was feeling lost, she accidentally got into the herb that Liu Laosan picked, and then followed Liu Laosan back home.

Yue Niang in the herb was confused as to why she could be so far away from the corpse? Why was she not caught by the ghost and taken back to the underworld?

Liu Laosan, who was completely unaware of the situation, had no idea that he had just buried a corpse and actually brought back a ghost.

Although Yue Niang was a little confused, since she had come to her benefactor's home, she naturally could not cause trouble for him, and she could not let the benefactor's family get hurt because of the evil spirit in her body.

So, Yue Niang stayed away from her benefactor's family during the day, and at night she used the ghost power she had finally mastered to chop wood, fetch water, and clean the yard for her benefactor.

Every morning the firewood was chopped, the water was fetched, and the yard was cleaned. After a long time, Liu Laosan naturally discovered something was wrong.

He was the son of a farmer. There were no servants in his family, just himself and his mother. His two sisters had already been married, so he usually did all the work such as chopping wood and fetching water by himself.

Once or twice I could say that I remembered it wrongly. In fact, I had completed those tasks long ago, but I just forgot about them.

But if it happens three or four times, then there is a problem.

Have you asked your mother if she secretly chopped wood and fetched water?

As a result, I looked at Liu Laosan with a confused face and gave him a look that said he was expecting something.

I have been busy for most of my life, and my son has finally grown up. How could I possibly do the hard work of chopping wood and fetching water myself?

I have done all the work, what use is there for my tall and strong son? Is he just eating?

The son was confused, the mother was disgusted, and the mother and son looked at each other in bewilderment.

When they finally realized what was horrible, the mother and son froze and broke out in cold sweats.

Thinking back carefully, it seemed that every morning when I woke up, the firewood had been chopped, the water had been fetched, and the yard had been swept clean.

That is to say, if it wasn't done by the mother and son, then it was done by a third party, and the third party must have done it late at night.

But chopping wood makes a sound, fetching water makes a sound, and sweeping the yard also makes a sound.

But here comes the crux of the matter. My mother, who always sleeps lightly, didn't hear the sound, and Liu Laosan, who is always vigilant, didn't hear the sound either.

So, I would like to ask, what can help them chop wood, fetch water, and clean the yard silently?

Apart from the legendary immortal cultivators, there are only monsters and ghosts.

Before the mother and son could figure out, was the person helping them with the work a cultivator, a demon, or a ghost?

Liu Laosan's classmate and friend brought him an important news.

The imperial court discovered a major imperial examination fraud case, and many people who passed the imperial examinations and even became Jinshi were implicated.

The lighter ones will be stripped of their titles, while the more serious ones will be directly forced to play a game of Nine Clans Elimination Chamber.

Now the mother and son no longer cared about what was helping them with the work, because Liu Laosan had a bad guess in his mind.

The fact that he has failed the exam over the years may not be a problem with his ability, but it is very likely that his place has been taken by someone else.

Liu Laosan made such a guess not because he was arrogant, but because he always felt that his answers were very good after every exam.

After telling the teacher my answers, the teacher also thought that I could pass the exam, but in the end, I failed every time.

Not only him, but also several other classmates who were usually very knowledgeable were like him. They thought they had done well in the exams, but still failed every time.

However, those children of the powerful and wealthy, who were not as good as them in their daily lives and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, miraculously, all passed the examinations to become scholars, or even juren.

They had suspected before whether their grades had been replaced by someone else.

But the doubts of a group of poor and powerless students were meaningless and no one paid attention to them.

Because of the doubts in his heart, Liu Laosan did not participate in the imperial examinations in recent years, but he did not give up studying.

Now that he knew about the imperial examination cheating case, and heard that several of the children of powerful and wealthy who were not as good as them had their titles revoked, Liu Laosan was naturally very excited. He wanted to find out the details of the situation, and also wanted an explanation for his efforts and persistence over the years.

So, with the support of his mother, Liu Laosan went to the provincial capital.

What Liu Laosan didn't expect was that the imperial examination cheating case would directly involve the rebellion of the third prince, causing chaos in the capital.

A general under the Third Prince wanted to occupy the city and massacre the entire city.

Upon hearing the news, the top official in the city, the prefect, took the money and ran away with his family without saying a word.

Fortunately, the Tongzhi was a reliable person. He stayed to organize the officers, soldiers and civilians in the city to resist the enemy together.

Although Liu Laosan was worried about his mother, there were enemy troops outside the city and he could not leave the city or return home.

Now the only way I can go back to see my mother as soon as possible is to follow the Tongzhi and repel the enemy.

So Liu Laosan, who was tall and strong, put down the book in his hand, picked up his weapon, and joined the team to resist the enemy.

While Liu Laosan was fighting hard against the enemy, Yue Niang saw a ferocious-looking soldier who was about to break into the village to massacre the villagers and steal their food and women.

Yue Niang did not care that it was broad daylight and quickly showed up, scaring off the soldiers and officers and protecting the villagers.

After making sure that the soldiers would not come back and seeing that the villagers had fled to the mountains together and would not be in danger for the time being, Yue Niang rushed to the city in a hurry, regardless of the wounds on her body caused by the sun, wanting to see how her benefactor was doing.

Then Yue Niang rushed to the city and saw Liu Laosan who was almost shot to death by an enemy arrow in order to defend the city.

Yue Niang still ignored her injuries and rushed over to save Liu Laosan's life.

But because he was seriously injured, he could only temporarily rely on the big knife in Liu Laosan's hand.

Liu Laosan also discovered that his life seemed to have been saved by something, and that thing might now be attached to his knife.

Although he was filled with gratitude and curiosity, facing a powerful enemy, he could not care about anything else and could only continue to kill the enemy.

Fortunately, the city was finally defended and the rebellion of the third prince was suppressed.

When the Tongzhi asked Liu Laosan, who had made many contributions, what he wanted, Liu Laosan did not mention his imperial examination results or the possibility that someone might replace him. He also did not ask whether the imperial examination could be held smoothly this year.

Liu Laosan only made one request, which was to get the big knife in his hand.

Although the Tongzhi was a little surprised, he still agreed to Liu Laosan's request.

So Liu Laosan took the big sword he exchanged for his military merits and returned home.