The Hu family was pushed out of the Hu Mansion by a gust of cold wind, shivering in the cold night. Mr. Hu was chased and beaten by Mrs. Hu with a cane for a long time, and finally Mrs. Hu couldn't stand it anymore and suggested finding a place to stay first, otherwise they would freeze to death outside.
Mr. Hu had just escaped the caning, and he and his family were at a loss. All their belongings were in the box, and the box was taken away by the man surnamed Wen. They were not penniless, but the little money they had left, plus the gold and silver jewelry and silk and satin that Mrs. Hu wore, was worth a few dollars. If they pawned it at the pawnshop, it would be enough for ordinary people to live for a few years. But the Hu family was used to spending lavishly, and the little money they had was not enough for them to squander, and it was not even enough to pay for the servants to serve them.
He was kicked out of his home overnight and had to pawn his jewelry and clothes. He felt extremely miserable.
Even if he bought a house, the remaining money would not be enough to cover his expenses for a few days. Mr. Hu really didn't expect to fall into such a situation overnight. If he had known this, he would not have offended Wen Yichu! How could he be so horrible after his death when he was so gentle and polite in his life.
At this point, the Hu family finally began to regret that they should not have insisted on letting Wen Yichu be buried alive. However, this regret was not out of repentance for Wen Yichu, but fear of their own fate.
If they had known how terrifying Wen Yichu would be after he crawled out of the coffin, they would not have allowed anyone to be buried with him!
Mrs. Hu started to blame Mr. Hu again: "It's all your fault. If you hadn't insisted on letting that guy marry Xiaowei, he would have made our family live forever! You insisted on killing him alive. Now how can you resolve the resentment? I wasn't there that day, but now I have to suffer with you..."
Mr. Hu didn't expect that just after he calmed his mother down, his wife started to make a fuss again. He said impatiently: "It's useless to talk about it after the fact. You didn't see him buried in person. You were unconscious! When you woke up, you clapped your hands and said that he was dead. Wasn't it you who died? Why are you making excuses now?"
Seeing that the couple was about to quarrel again, Mrs. Hu, who had calmed down, spoke up to maintain order: "Enough! I have a house in Yuebei Town. We will stay there tonight. What's the point of quarreling?"
Let a group of maids and servants laugh at this.
When Mr. Hu heard that the housing problem had been solved, his expression immediately changed, and he said earnestly: "Mother, my dear mother, I knew that you are more reliable than a woman who only complains. Your son didn't even know that you have such a house..."
Mrs. Hu was about to get angry again after hearing this: "You!"
Mrs. Hu glanced at her calmly, and Mrs. Hu fell silent immediately. Her mother-in-law had accumulated power for a long time, and she could not control her.
Mrs. Hu was already disappointed tonight after hearing what Mr. Hu said behind her back, saying that she was too old and should have passed away long ago. But her son was her own, and no matter how disappointed she was, she couldn't just ignore him. She closed her eyes tiredly and said, "There's no time to lose, let's go to Yuebei Town."
Yuebei Town was not far away, and if they walked faster, they could arrive before midnight. Old Madam Hu was relatively calm, thinking that the predicament was only temporary, and that when they got to the town, they would ask a master to capture the ghost in the old house, and they would be able to get their property back.
No matter how much they planned, they never expected that they would not be able to leave Yuexi Town at all.
When they circled back to the original place for the fourth time, Mr. Hu said in fear: "Mom, this must be a ghost wall. The ghost doesn't want us to leave..."
Mrs. Hu's hand holding the cane trembled slightly: "No, let's go to the Jin family."
The four great landlords in Yuexi Town are Jin, Hu, Sun, and Wu. They are all landlords in the same town, and some of them are old friends. Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Jin are somewhat close friends, and the two families are even closer. Of course, if you really look into it, it is just a plastic friendship because they are from the same landlord class and have similar tastes, not a deep friendship.
The Hu family came to stay overnight, and the Jin family was also surprised, but when they thought about the ghosts they heard last night, they suddenly understood. Mr. Jin patted Mr. Hu on the shoulder and laughed: "Brother Hu, why are you so timid? A few ghosts have frightened you. Don't worry, the Jin family has many rooms, enough for you to stay."
Jin Yuanwai's seemingly hearty smile was mixed with ridicule, clearly thinking that Hu Yuanwai was making a big deal out of nothing. Hu Yuanwai also showed a thankful fake smile, secretly cursing in his heart that if you ran into that ghost, you would be scared to death.
However, they all looked happy and were chatting and laughing.
But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.
That night, the Jin family was haunted.
Rong Yu's plan to fight the locals and divide the land was certainly not just a slogan. If he was only seeking revenge for his original crime, the matter would have ended after the Hu family was dealt with. But it was obvious that Wen Yichu was not concerned about the Hu family, but the locals' oppression of the peasants, so none of the Four Heavenly Kings of Yuexi Town could escape.
To expand on this, it is not enough to overthrow the landlords of Yuexi Town. There are only a few towns like Yuexi Town in the world, with a large number of exploiting landlords and exploited people. What Wen Yichu wants to challenge and overthrow is the entire landlord class. And to overthrow it, he must lead a peasant revolutionary uprising, serve as an official in the court, and carry out reforms from top to bottom.
Fortunately, Wen Yichu wanted to serve the court rather than overthrow it. He had never considered leading an uprising, and he was not capable of doing that. Rong Yu was very fortunate that Wen Yichu was an ancient man. Although he had the rudiments of equality in his mind, he was not so ambitious as to overthrow the entire feudal society. He just came here to fall in love and save the son of destiny, and he did not intend to change the world. That was too much work, and he was too lazy to move after thinking about it.
The Demon King can indeed change the world by himself, but that is destruction. Wen Yichu wants to create a new world.
Rong Yu admired him, but she had no intention of becoming him. People who save the world have always been worshipped as gods, but he is a demon, so it is rare for him not to destroy the world.
On the other hand, to overthrow the entire landlord class, one must become a high-ranking official before one can start to implement it. In the current small piece of land, Rong Yu only needs to defeat the four landlords in Yuexi Town one by one.
He didn't even need to go and fight the landlords himself. The landlords of the four families ate human flesh and drank human blood. After generations of exploitation, the graves were filled with wronged souls and resentful ghosts. At Yan Zhao's command, he led a group of ghosts to charge forward and vent their resentment.
Those who commit evil will not survive.
On the same desolate night, ghosts were rampant. After the Hu family's trouble, it was the Jin family's turn. What remained unchanged was that Rong Yu was nestled in the arms of the most powerful ghost king, sleeping very peacefully.
The next day, the Jin family members, all with big black circles on their heads, drove the Hu family out. When Jin Yuanwai came to the door, he shouted excitedly: "Our temple is too small to accommodate your big Buddha!"
Plastic friendship is vulnerable to ghosts. If it does not involve their own interests and safety, the Jin family does not mind giving the Hu family a place to stay. But now it is clear that the Hu family has brought bad luck to them, otherwise how can they explain that everything was fine before, but as soon as the Hu family moved in, the Jin Mansion also became haunted
For the sake of their own safety, they no longer dared to let the Hu family stay.
When Mr. Jin thought of the ghost face he saw last night, he felt frightened and quickly asked his servant to go to the city to ask a wizard to perform a magic trick. However, the servant returned after a short while.
"Why are you back so soon? Where's the wizard?" Mr. Jin stared, looking left and right but couldn't see the wizard.
The servant's face turned pale, and he was about to cry: "Master, this is a small town, I can't leave..."
Yan Zhao set up a square-shaped maze on the road connecting Yuexi Town with the outside world. Ordinary people can enter and exit freely, but anyone who has anything to do with the four families will encounter a ghost wall and be trapped in the small town.
Mr. Jin's body swayed, and he gradually realized the seriousness of the matter.
An hour later, the four major families gathered together.
"Brother Jin, Brother Hu, why are you in such a hurry to find us?" Mr. Sun said dissatisfiedly, "I just got up from the land of comfort..."
Wu Yuanwai also said, "That's right."
The two families had never encountered any supernatural events, so they couldn't understand why Mr. Jin and Mr. Hu looked like they had seen a ghost. Oh, yes, I heard that they were haunted the night before yesterday... They didn't care about it, so they just stood aside and watched the fun.
Mr. Jin told them seriously about the situation they were in and how everyone was trapped in the town. Sun and Hu laughed so hard that they almost cried.
"No way, Brother Jin, you are telling stories from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio..."
However, the servant they had casually sent out to verify the matter came back with a pale face and reported, so they could no longer laugh.
The two of them refused to believe in the evil and tried it themselves. When they found that they really couldn’t get out, they looked like they were about to cry.
"What's going on?"
Mr. Hu couldn't keep silent any longer and told everyone about Wen Yichu.
The four major families all knew that Wen Yichu was buried alive for a ghost marriage, but at that time none of the other three families stopped it and did not take Wen Yichu's life seriously. But now, when they heard about the strange situation and Wen Yichu's death, they immediately joined hands and scolded Mr. Hu angrily.
"Mr. Hu, how could you do such an immoral thing? You did it, and it has nothing to do with our three families. Please don't implicate us!"
Mr. Hu cursed in his heart, "You three families have done no less immoral things than me. It's just that Wen Yichu is particularly difficult to deal with. How dare you blame me?"
At the moment, he could only apologize, and then ask everyone if they were willing to negotiate a settlement with Wen Yichu who was currently at the Hu Mansion - he really didn't dare to do it alone.
But the other families were unwilling to do so. They believed that the injustice was too much, and Wen Yichu was looking for revenge on the Hu family, and the Jin family was angered last night. Wen Yichu was able to trap everyone in the town with such great power that no one knew what kind of ghost he had turned into. Who would be willing to die for an outsider
Sun and Wu even left the table early, anxious to distance themselves from Hu Yuanwai, so as to avoid being blamed. Didn't they see that the Jin family, which took in the Hu family, was also haunted
The talks failed and it was impossible for the four parties to unite.
Rong Yu, who is regarded as a scourge by the four major families, is now playing games with the children.
The exterior of the mansion was magnificent, splendid and built in a very impressive style. The plaque with the words "Hu Mansion" was removed and replaced with four large characters in flying dragons and phoenixes - Wendaoyuan.
The children stood outside at first and didn't dare to come in: "Brother Wen, this is Mr. Hu's mansion, we can't go in."
They would usually look at the Hu family's grand house with envy, but after looking at it for too long, the gatekeepers would drive them away with fierce looks. They never had the chance to see what was inside.
"What is Mr. Hu's residence? Did you see the words on the plaque? Wendao Courtyard." Rong Yu showed the children the title deed. "It turned out that the courtyard was too shabby. We need a better environment for studying here, so we upgraded it for you."
The children opened their mouths wide: "Wow!"
has been upgraded to a very high level!
At first, they hesitated and dared not go in. After entering, the little kids were immediately shocked by the magnificent scene in the mansion. They ran around happily and looked around curiously. It was not until the class that the restlessness subsided.
Exquisite tables and chairs, high-end writing brushes, inkstones, and a quiet reading environment... The children seemed to have arrived in a fairyland overnight, and they could also eat delicious snacks.
"Brother Wen," a little girl asked, "Where did Mr. Hu and the others go?"
Wen Yichu is the only girl in the school. Wen Yichu has advanced ideas and believes that everyone, rich or poor, male or female, should go to school. The villagers in the town of Nanai all believe that boys who go to school can at least become high officials, and girls only need to get married. It is unnecessary to learn to read and write, and it is a waste of effort to learn. Wen Yichu is a talkative person and the only girl in the class.
Rong Yu: "They went to starve to death."
The girl seemed to understand but not quite.
After changing to a new learning environment, the children were very enthusiastic about studying, but Rong Yu was not very enthusiastic. He really had no interest in educating people. Even if he was actually Yan Zhao's teacher, he was only responsible for passing on messages, which became boring after a while.
They had been thinking about chatting too much the whole day and had to balance work and rest, so Rongyu decided to teach the children to play games during the break - in fact, the big devil himself wanted to play too.
There were not many ways to entertain in ancient times, so Rong Yu tried the simplest one. He cut out a deck of playing cards, taught the rules, and then played cards with the children.
The children are extremely excited about new things. Perhaps they haven't had fun for a long time, so they forget the time once they start playing and play again and again.
The flame of Wen Yichu's eternal candle began to jump wildly again, and Blood Jade Bracelet suspected that he was furious.
Wen Yichu: You are wasting your time on playing with things, not learning any skills!
Rong Yu was having fun when he saw Wen Yichu's candle flame flickering. He frowned and said: Why are you meddling in other people's business
He couldn't hear Wen Yichu's thoughts, but he could guess what she was thinking.
Wen Yichu: Knowledge is power. If they don't seize every minute to acquire knowledge, how can they take part in the imperial examinations, how can they plead for the people, and how can they overthrow the underground class!
Rong Yu: What I play with them is Landlord. As long as any one of them finishes playing all his cards before me, he can defeat me.
Wen Yichu: …
Blood Jade Bracelet: Big devil, please stop talking, the Son of Luck is about to get angry to the point of extinguishing himself again!