boyutpedia Chapter 154 A Demon Appears
Chapter 154 A Demon Appears
In a secluded courtyard, there lived an old woman who was nearing the end of her life. Her eyesight was failing, but she still trudged to the vegetable garden.
At this moment, a young man came out of the house. Although he was not wearing any makeup, his face was clean and handsome, like a clear spring in the mountain forest, refreshing and pleasant.
Nakata brought the dagger closer and asked, "Are they the ones?"
"Yes, no one knows anything about Ye Qing's past. She suddenly appeared five years ago, dressed in tattered clothes, and came to Yulin Town. She was adopted by Granny Zhao, and the three of them depended on each other for survival. That man is Granny Zhao's grandson!"
"Alright!" Nakata nodded. "Get lost!"
Zhongtian walked into the courtyard, and Granny Zhao took a few steps back.
She was extremely wary of Nakata and his group of strangers, but made no move. She was so old that she was almost dead, and even if Nakata and his group wanted to do something, she would have no way to resist.
"Yu'er, go back quickly!"
Yu'er's gaze pierced Zhong Tian like an arrow.
"Grandma Zhao, don't be nervous. We've come to ask you some questions about Ye Qing!"
Mentioning Ye Qing, Granny Zhao's expression suddenly became listless, and large tears began to fall from her cloudy eyes. She bent over, crying so hard that she couldn't straighten up, and Zhao Yu's eyes were also red.
"We are the ones who have wronged Qing'er."
Grandma Zhao began to recount her story in fits and starts.
"I remember I was chopping wood on the mountain the day Qing'er appeared. My husband had died, and the children had all moved to the capital, leaving me, an old woman who was about to die, and an unloved grandson here."
"Qing'er appeared, dressed in tattered clothes, and asked with a somewhat bewildered expression, 'Where is this place?'"
Even though Qing'er later told us that her clothes were the latest designer styles, we initially thought she was a pitiful, abandoned girl.
"I took pity on her and took this poor little girl in. Qing'er is like a child, curious about everything here!"
"She told me that her parents were in a very, very far place, and she might never see them again in this lifetime. However, even so, she was extremely cheerful and optimistic, and she smiled very kindly at everyone in town. Therefore, everyone in town treated her very well!"
Zhongtian listened slowly. In his memory, Ye Qing was gloomy and silent like a deep sea, but in other people's stories, she was as happy as a happy sparrow.
Granny Zhao continued, "Qing'er has all sorts of strange ideas in her mind. She seems to have special abilities and can do anything. She can make exquisite and transparent glass, and she can make soap that can wash clothes clean and make skin smoother! She can also make paper that is smoother than the paper used by nobles in the capital."
"These things quickly became popular in Yulin Town and were taken to other places by those with excellent business acumen, becoming a continuous stream of wealth flowing into Yulin!"
"The people of Yulin gradually escaped the predicament of not having enough to eat, and slowly began to take off their coarse linen clothes and put on fine silk and satin."
However, this good fortune didn't last long!
The matter here quickly caught the attention of Prime Minister Jiang. Knowing that Ye Qing was responsible for bringing such a huge fortune, he was overjoyed, as if he had found a priceless treasure.
She tried to catch Ye Qing, but Ye Qing was like a slippery earthworm, always managing to escape!
She captured Granny Zhao and threatened her with her life, but Ye Qing appeared, and everyone in the town appeared as well. They stood in front of Ye Qing and worked together to protect him.
Ye Qing was deeply moved!
However, the people could only protect Ye Qing once. Ye Qing was just a little girl without martial arts skills, and she was still captured and imprisoned in Prime Minister Jiang's mansion for a whole year.
A year later, when Ye Qing came out, she was already a little confused. She was afraid of sunlight, and even seeing the flames of a fire for cooking would make her tremble with fear!
Granny Zhao cried and said, "They locked Qing'er in a dark and sunless cell, forcing her to write down her thoughts every day. If she didn't write them down, they would burn them! They only threw her out like a dog when she was exhausted, on the verge of death."
The grief in Zhongtian's heart was about to overflow. What kind of torment had Ye Qing, a rich girl born in modern times, gone through to cause such a drastic change in her personality?
Zhongtian coldly stared at Granny Zhao in front of him. The old woman was crying very pitifully, but words are extremely deceptive. Based on the woman's initial reaction, Zhongtian knew that she was deliberately hiding something.
"You're lying!" Zhongtian said firmly. "Ye Qing is dead. You can make up whatever you want about a dead man!"
Zhao Yu'er stepped forward and said coldly, "Let me speak!"
Yu'er began to tell her story with red eyes.
"When Sister Ye came out, she was already suffering from a nervous breakdown. She tried her best to return to Yulin, hoping to find comfort, but everyone in the town avoided her like the plague!"
"why?"
"Because Prime Minister Jiang sent Taoist priests everywhere to spread rumors that Ye Qing had an ominous origin, an improper background, and so many strange ideas in her mind. She was even unorthodox and a demon sent from heaven!"
"The people of Yulin Town not only did not protect her, but knowing that she was afraid of fire, they even wanted to burn her to death."
When Zhao Yu'er recalled that day, he clutched his chest, feeling so distressed he could hardly breathe.
"It was pouring rain that day, the raindrops hitting the ground with a pattering sound, but it couldn't stop Ye Qing's desperate banging on the door."
"She pounded so hard, but Granny Zhao inside pretended not to hear and desperately grabbed Zhao Yu'er, who was trying to open the door. The knocking stopped late at night, and Zhao Yu'er, who was struggling desperately, saw Ye Qing leave. She left crying!"
"Later, she met me!"
Suddenly, Shan Fuping, who was standing nearby, spoke. The pain had prevented him from concentrating, yet for some reason, he spoke, a hint of sorrow in his eyes—perhaps a dying man's words are kind. His tone was tinged with sadness.
“You treated her so badly and cruelly, so she met this trash, this liar, who flattered her with a few insincere words and she lowered her guard and believed me. She was so good to me, so good that it was almost unreal. If Ye Qing were alive, I would want to spend the rest of my life with Ye Qing.”
He was like a drifting duckweed, and he once longed to settle down.
"Nakata, believe it or not, I have absolutely no connection with that woman!"
Zhao Yu'er suddenly drew a long sword from her waist and swiftly stabbed it into Shan Fuping's heart. Shan Fuping coughed up blood and looked up in disbelief.
"Since you've put it that way, I'll send you to keep her company!"