Chapter 537 - Recommend Someone to Settle the Problem! (1/2)
“Reverend, what do you think of this?” The silver bracelets were placed in front of Puming Nun. The two old maids felt cold all over and regretted picking up the bracelets and showing them to the two Misses in order to earn credit. If they had known that the bracelets were so weird, they would not have done that.
The two old maids huddled together and leaned against each other, as if only in this way could they gain a little bit of strength.
“This… is indeed not good. This kind of thing has happened before… But…” Puming Nun said hesitantly, looking at the silver bracelets in front of her.
“You can speak your mind, reverend,” Shao Yanru said respectfully.
“There should be something wrong with this pair of bracelets. Instruct someone to check if these bracelets are made of something different from that of other bracelets. If they are made of the same material, instruct someone to check if there is anything strange on these bracelets. If there is nothing strange, maybe they really… contain evil spirits!” Puming Nun said slowly in a low voice.
This time, the two old maids not only felt cold all over but also felt their hearts froze and their faces turned pale.
Others might not know, but the old maids digging out the bracelets clearly knew that all the bracelets were the same. Old Madam bought them at the same time for the Young Masters and Misses in the mansion. It was impossible for them to be different, if only to show that Old Madam treated every Young Master and Miss equally.
Shao Wanru smiled slightly and sneered in her heart. Even if there was something on the bracelets, it had been washed away by the water. The bracelets had been thrown into the water before. After being washed by the water, coupled with the silt at the bottom of the pool, it was impossible to find anything on them. It was quite a set of interlocking stratagems!
She compressed her lips as she calmly watched them talk to each other.
“If they really contain evil spirits, can you hold another religious rite here?” Shao Yanru said anxiously, directly skipping the first two possibilities.
“I’m afraid… I’m afraid we can’t do that. First Miss Shao, you’ve seen the current situation in the Yuhui Nunnery. It’s inconvenient to do that. Besides, because of the religious rite held for Duke Xing’s Mansion, the hall… The Abbess means to stop holding religious rites for the time being,” Puming Nun said hesitantly and seemed to be reluctant to hold a religious rite to get rid of the evil spirits for Duke Xing’s Mansion.
“During these years, there has been lightning and thunder, but it has never caused a fire. This kind of thing… Even our Abbess thinks it appalling and is afraid that something terrible will happen… Recently, the Yuhui Nunnery has got into one and another trouble. Since god has given a warning, we’d better be careful!”
“Is this a warning from god?” On hearing Puming Nun’s words, Shao Yanru asked in panic, turned her head and looked at Shao Wanru. Blocked by the curtained hat, she could not see Shao Wanru’s face.
“You can put it that way,” Puming Nun said implicitly.
The two old maids, who huddled together, were almost desperate. Even the nuns had no way to deal with this evil stuff. It seemed that they were really going to lose their lives.
Flashing lightning and rumbling thunder, coupled with the hall struck by lightning and the condemnation of god, all these signs indicated that it was terrible rather than not good.
“Reverend, did god give such a warning because the pair of bracelets contain evil spirits? Are they also the reason why the hall was struck by lightning and burned down?” Perhaps thinking that she would definitely lose her life, an old maid suddenly gnashed her teeth in desperation, looked up at Puming Nun and asked regardless of her identity as Shao Wanru’s servant.
“That’s, that’s possible!” Puming answered resignedly with a wry smile.
“Well… Fifth Miss… Why do your bracelets contain so much evil spirits? Could it be possible that… you come with evil spirits?”
The other old maid said with an attempt at a smile which made her look like crying.
Under normal circumstances, neither of the two old maids would say something like this. However, scared out of their wits at the moment, they were in no mood to care about anything else. They only thought that if they lost their lives, it was Shao Wanru’s fault. So they looked at Shao Wanru with resentment in their eyes.
“How dare you! Who told you to talk such nonsense!” Yujie rebuked them loudly.
“Since the Fifth Miss came to the Yuhui Nunnery, the Yuhui Nunnery has got into one and another trouble. Even the hall, where the religious rite for the heir and the infanta was held, was struck by lightning. It can be seen that the Fifth Miss has really done something offensive to god. Fifth Miss, since you are possessed by evil spirits, why do you come out to do harm to others? Someone like you should be locked up forever or directly burned to death!”
An old maid inexplicably exerted herself to pounce on Shao Wanru suddenly, while shouting loudly with her eyes full of wildness.
At the explosive point, Yujie hurriedly picked up a book of Buddhist scriptures beside Puming Nun’s hand and smashed it hard on the old maid’s head, while saying in anger, “How dare you frame my master as a servant! Although this pair of bracelets belong to my master, they have always been in Duke Xing’s Mansion. Who knows what kind of harmful dirty things are on them!”