Chapter 972: The Art of Witchcraft
Over the past few years, her aunt had used all kinds of excuses to take away all her dowry, and all the money at the bottom of the box was used to supplement the family's daily expenses. Now, she can't even get out a hundred taels of silver. Even her usual There are not even a few pieces of jewelry left.
In the past, when the old lady lived in Prince Anjun's mansion, she came here often, and she could beat the autumn breeze and abduct a few pieces of jewelry from the old lady. However, after more than a year, after the old lady lived in her eldest brother and sister-in-law's house, she didn't do anything about it. There is no benefit to be gained.
Without the benefit, the Min family's daily expenses would be gone. The family could not make ends meet. Within a few months, the few clothes she could wear for going out were all pawned by the Min family's aunt.
What's even more annoying is that after the Min family's aunt's daughter, Aunt Min, got married, she didn't have children for several years and was divorced by her husband's family.
The Min family's food rations were already tight, but after adding the Min family's eldest aunt and her two maids, the family was even more unable to meet their needs.
Not to mention, the eldest aunt of the Min family was still clamoring to give her a monthly salary, asking her for fifty taels of silver a month.
Oh my God, fifty taels of silver. A month's worth of food for the Min family is only twenty or thirty taels of silver. She only needs fifty taels of silver for a month. She won't give anything.
Later, the Min family's aunt said that she was unkind and abused her sister-in-law who was divorced and also abused her aunt. For so many years, she didn't give her a penny to spend on her expenses.
She became angry and defended herself, saying that her dowry had been taken away by her aunt. However, these words completely angered her aunt, and the mother and daughter teamed up to scold her.
She was so angry that she returned to Chu's house.
After only three days of staying at Chu's house, Min Sibo came to pick her up and said that she was the family's wife and the family could not survive without her.
Huh, what's not working is that the family can't make ends meet. The mother and daughter don't want to take care of the housework and want to leave it to her alone.
She was in charge of housework, so she had to take care of the food and drink for the twenty or so people in the house. If there was no food or drink, everyone would have to ask her for it.
She didn’t have it, so who could she ask for it?
Min Sibo's monthly salary is not enough to pay for the maids and servants at home, not to mention that there are more than 20 people to eat.
In the past, the silver came from her dowry, or was used as jewelry and clothing for her, or she came to Anjun Prince's Mansion to ask for some from her grandmother.
However, my grandmother is also a stingy person, always giving her a little bit, like winking at her, and not giving her too much money.
But this money is enough for the Min family's daily needs.
For more than a year now, my grandmother has been living with her eldest brother and sister-in-law, so she has lost her monthly allowance of fifty taels, and she has not been able to benefit from her grandmother. In the past few months, the Min family has become increasingly stretched and unable to make ends meet.
As a last resort, her aunt forced her to pawn a few of her good clothes for several months. In these few months, the Min family was almost out of trouble.
Under such circumstances, the eldest aunt of the Min family was still clamoring for her to give her a monthly routine.
Haha...
Give them a color, and they actually open a dyeing shop.
This time, she just stayed at her parents' house and didn't go back. She didn't believe it. Without her, the more than 20 people in Min's family would have starved to death.
"What are you doing standing still? Give me a rub here. Ouch, it's so stiff. There's no good place on this old bone. My whole body aches. Ouch..."
Mrs. Chu's voice restored Chu Jingxiu's consciousness.
She hurriedly followed Mrs. Chu's instructions and increased her strength, but her eyes couldn't help but drift towards the jewelry box on Mrs. Chu's dressing table.
The box was filled with valuable jewelry, which Madam Chu had accumulated over the years, and this was only a small part. The maid next to the old lady quietly told her that there were two more items in the old lady’s warehouse. Each piece of box jewelry is extremely precious and worth a fortune.
When Mrs. Chu was young, she was in charge of the Chu family's middle-aged family. She often enriched her own pockets and secretly bought several shops and farms for herself. She made a lot of income every month, but she couldn't handle these things to death. No one will give it to anyone who dies. Seeing that she was about to die, she didn't even say who she wanted to give these things to.
She endured her nausea and served the old lady every step of the way for so long, just because she wanted the old lady to remember her as a good person and leave her what she had on hand.
However, it has been several months, and this old guy is still holding on to his property.
Chu Jingxiu reluctantly looked away and focused on the old lady.
After Xia Zihan returned to Yuqiong Garden, Sanba had been waiting there for a long time.
With a sad face, he followed Xia Zihan tremblingly into the house, and then reported with a horrified face, "Dead, that little maid is dead. She suddenly fell ill, but my subordinates know that the maid did not die of a sudden illness. But... his life was taken away by an evil spirit."
Thinking of the existence of that evil spirit, Sanba was frightened and shuddered.
"That's so evil, princess, tell me, are there evil spirits and ghosts at work?" Sanba was very frightened and wanted to get an answer.
Xia Zihan's expression was also very solemn.
She didn't think about ghosts and ghosts, she thought about witchcraft.
In this world, if someone can kill a person silently, or take away a person's yin and yang energy, blessing energy, etc., then only witchcraft can do it.
Witchcraft is the existence of evil things.
I think back then, the Miao people used witchcraft to almost occupy the entire Dasheng and became the masters of a country.
Now, such a strange thing happened in Prince Rong's palace, and the first thing she thought of was the art of witchcraft.
"Get ready, I'm going to visit the Chu family." Xia Zihan ordered the maid.
For such a big thing, she couldn't be sure whether witchcraft was at work. She had to go to the Chu family and ask her master.
The master traveled extensively when he was young, and he had more experience and knowledge than she did. Perhaps the master could see through the strangeness of Prince Rong's palace.
An hour later, Xia Zihan got off the carriage at the gate of the Chu family and went straight to the courtyard where Dr. Bai Shen lived.
Before entering the yard, Doctor Bai happened to walk out of the yard carrying a few medicine bags. He was stunned and said, "Chu Yu, you are here, just in time. This is medicine for your grandmother. You give it to her." Past.”
"Let the maid deliver this. Master, let's go into the house. I have something to say to the master." Xia Zihan took the medicine bag, handed it to Chu Qing behind him, and ordered, "Send it to Mother Su. ”
"Yes, Princess." Chu Qing bowed and bowed out, then took the medicine bag and left.
Doctor He Bai entered the house, Xia Zihan ordered Chu Meng to guard outside the door, and then she hurriedly told everything Sanba had discovered.
"Master, the book you gave me introduced the art of witchcraft and Gu in Miao territory. I always feel that this incident is related to the art of witchcraft and Gu, but I don't dare to make a conclusion, so I came here to ask Master for his opinion." Zi Han said.
Doctor Bai frowned, his face serious.
(End of chapter)