Fu Mingrui put the painting away, frowned, looked at Lu, and said in a low voice: "Lu, why did you hide the body here?!"
Mrs. Lu raised the cane in her hand and pointed at Huang Ye's skeleton: "That is my husband Huang Ye, and that is my younger brother, Lu Xuan." Mrs. Lu pointed at another skeleton, her finger was clear and her words were articulate, showing that she knew very well what she was doing.
Mrs. Lu put down her cane, and hatred and unbearableness appeared in her eyes. She leaned on her cane with both hands, turned her face away, and was sulking for a while. Then she turned to look at all her family members and said, "What I said here today, you are not allowed to spread it! Otherwise, Taoist Huangshan's paintings will become worthless!"
Everyone came back to their senses from the panic and stared at their ancestor. Suddenly, they felt that this amiable old lady who had always been vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures had become a stranger. Her last words made them even more uneasy. If their grandfather's paintings were worthless, how would their entire family survive? !
Mrs. Lu glanced at them with a gloomy face, then turned around and looked at the two skeletons on the ground with disgust: "The reason why my husband's painting style changed drastically in his later years is because my younger brother Lu Xuan painted them." Mrs. Lu turned away in embarrassment, "Huang Ye is deceiving the world and stealing his reputation!"
Immediately, everyone was surprised. They never expected that Huang Ye's later paintings were all painted by a boy under 18 years old.
Yi Jixuan chuckled and whispered to Fu Mingsu: "It's a pity that this old woman didn't go into business when she was young. With her ruthlessness and calmness, she could have made a name for herself. Now, what she is worried about is not that she will be imprisoned, but that the value of Huang Ye's paintings will drop."
Fu Mingsu shook his head and sighed: "I am ashamed of myself..."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Mrs. Lu turned back and continued, "My younger brother was young and easy to deceive at first, so my husband kept coaxing him, promising him fame and fortune in the future. But as my younger brother grew up, he began to see through Huang Ye's tricks, and he became more and more eager for his paintings to be known by everyone, and he was no longer willing to be Huang Ye's ghostwriter (gunman). So, the two of them had a conflict. While pulling in the house, my husband bumped into the "Ao Mei Tu" and injured his head. In anger, he also killed my younger brother. Not long after, he himself died of his injuries. This is a scandal in my Huang family. If it gets out, no one will be interested in Huangshan Taoist's paintings. At that time, I was the only widow with a family. If no one came to buy his paintings, how could I, a woman, support the entire family?!" Mrs. Lu excitedly knocked on the ground with her crutches. Speaking of sad things, she was also in tears, which made people sigh and sigh that it was not easy for her to be a woman back then. The Huang family standing outside also felt sad and forgave their ancestor for hiding the body in order to protect their grandfather's reputation and preserve the value of the Huangshan Taoist's paintings.
Although the Huang family believed it, Fu Mingrui did not. He knew that Lu's confession was half true and half false.
"Did you just hide?" Yun Yao suddenly raised her face and crossed her feet. As soon as she opened her mouth, Fu Minghui's gaze immediately turned to her and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face. He felt that Yun Yao was cute and interesting.
Yun Yao curled her lips, rolled her eyes, and looked up: "Sister Youyou asked me to bring you a message. She said, Bodhisattva let you live so long, do you really think it's because you are a vegetarian and chant Buddhist scriptures?" Yun Yao glanced back and looked at Lu proudly.
Mrs. Lu also looked at the little girl with a cold gaze. This little girl is so troublesome! And the sister Youyou she mentioned. What kind of a bitch is this? She is so mysterious and dares not show up. She is doing all the tricks behind the scenes!
Yun Yao curled her lips and said, "The Bodhisattva wants to give you a chance to repent today, so that you will suffer less from now on!"
Mrs. Lu was stunned. What did Yun Yao mean by "after today"
Yun Yao pointed at the Buddhist beads on the ground and said, "Break the beads and the sins will be cleared!" Yun Yao glared and shouted, and her murderous look startled everyone in the hall.
Mrs. Lu sat in her chair in a daze, looking at the Buddhist beads scattered all over the floor.
Yun Yao stood up and shook her head. "My sister Youyou also said that the reason why the wicked live for a thousand years is not because God is blind, but because God wants to keep them alive to redress the injustice and give justice to the wronged souls. You can't die if you don't pay your debt, so the Bodhisattva lets you live so long. Today is the day for you to pay your debt. Whether you confess or not, you will not live to see the emperor."
Lu's brain suddenly went blank. How could this little girl know that she wanted to see the emperor? The sister Youyou mentioned by this little girl seemed to have entered her mind and could see all her thoughts!
Moreover, that painting! Surprisingly, was restored!
Her body began to tremble slightly. The events of that year were still vivid in her mind. The final scene kept lingering in her dreams, haunting her with nightmares for fifty years.
"Who is the sister Youyou you are talking about?" Finally, Fu Minghui couldn't help asking. He didn't actually care who the sister Youyou Yun Yao was talking about, but he finally found an opportunity to talk to Yun Yao.
Yun Yao heard someone asking and looked over, and saw a handsome young man she didn't recognize.
She looked at him twice, proudly put her hands on her hips, and looked up at the sky: "My sister Youyou knows everything. She is a fairy who came from the ninth heaven. The painting was restored by my sister Youyou!" Yun Yao pointed at the painting proudly, "And the resentful soul in it was taken away by her." Yun Yao said proudly, "What did this old woman do..." Yun Yao waved her finger and pointed at Lu, who was already terrified, "My sister Youyou also knows everything. Hey, you drew Lu Jingting in the secret room..."
When Yun Yao said this, Mrs. Lu's face was already pale and her eyes were empty.
"Meow——" Suddenly, a ferocious cat's meow came from above. The meow was almost a roar, with a bit of hoarseness.
Yun Yao was stunned and her face suddenly turned red. She jumped anxiously: "Oh my, I said too much! I leaked the secret! It's terrible, I won't say anything more, I won't say anything more." Yun Yao quickly sat back in her original position and covered her mouth.
Fu Minghui on the opposite side was watching and laughing. He didn't hear what Yun Yao said because he was only looking at Yun Yao.
However, Fu Mingrui, Fu Mingsu, Yi Jixuan and the others heard everything clearly, including what Yun Yao said about the vengeful spirit in the painting being taken away by Lian Youyou...
Fu Mingsu's heart skipped a beat. This was Gongzi Hong's trap that failed. Lian Youyou was indeed not an ordinary person. This first indirect fight had made Fu Mingsu feel that Lian Youyou was a hidden talent, someone he, Fu Mingsu, could not afford to offend. Therefore, it also proved that what Gongzi Hong said was all true. If their Fu family wanted to compete with the Nine Sects, it seemed that they really needed Gongzi Hong's strength.
The people outside were confused, but when Yun Yao mentioned the secret room and the words "Lu Jingting", Lu's mind went completely blank. It was a secret that had been kept for more than 50 years. Those who knew the secrets were all dead. If the other party was not a god, how could he know it? ! (To be continued)