Chapter 60: Masquerading as a Ghost

Lady Lv Shiyán had been waiting for the General's mansion's funeral bell. However, from evening till late at night, no good news arrived. Jin Mama grew anxious, continuously going out to check. Whether alive or deceased, there should be some news at least. Just as Jin Mama couldn't resist going out to take another look, a distinctively bony hand suddenly grabbed her neck. Jin Mama wanted to scream, but the hand around her neck suddenly exerted force, preventing her from making any sound. At the same time, a voice came from inside the room. "Madam, the funeral bell of the General's mansion has tolled." Jin Mama was startled because the voice inside was identical to her own. In reality, it was Tuling mimicking Jin Mama, hiding in the rafters. Tuling's disguise skills were unparalleled in the world, naturally excelling in mimicry. So, no matter whom she impersonated, it was uncannily lifelike. Soon after, there was the delighted voice of Lv Shiyán, "Is it true?" Jin Mama wanted to alert her, but the hand strangling her neck made it difficult for her to breathe, let alone make a sound. "So, you were waiting for the General's mansion's funeral bell. No wonder you're not asleep at such a late hour," Lv Shiyán was originally looking outwards, but suddenly, from behind her, she heard a woman's voice. "Who?" Lv Shiyán abruptly turned around, only to see Su Yuxin sitting nonchalantly on the chair behind her. "You, sneaking into the Minister's mansion in the dead of night, is this proper?" Lv Shiyán was initially startled but then made a preemptive move. "Does Stepmother think I have the ability to sneak into the Minister's mansion?" Su Yuxin raised her eyes, staring straight at Lv Shiyán. "Otherwise, how did you get in?" Lv Shiyán felt a shiver from Su Yuxin's gaze. "Does Stepmother not know that a person's ghost can scale walls and cross houses?" Su Yuxin raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "What do you mean?" Lv Shiyán's face immediately turned pale. "Just the literal meaning," Su Yuxin's smile made it even more chilling. "Are you a person or a ghost?" Lv Shiyán couldn't help but step back. "Didn't Stepmother just hear from Jin Mama that the funeral bell of the General's mansion has tolled? Do you think I'm a person or a ghost?" Su Yuxin asked, while giving Lv Shiyán an eerie look. "Ah..." Lv Shiyán screamed loudly, trying to run outside but couldn't open the door. "Help, someone, help..." Lv Shiyán pounded on the door forcefully. "It's useless," Su Yuxin smiled, her voice close by. Lv Shiyán turned around, only to find Su Yuxin, who was just in the other room, had silently appeared behind her. Moreover, a piercing chill was blowing towards her. It felt like penetrating bones. Lv Shiyán involuntarily shivered, her face turning paler. "Even if Stepmother screams her lungs out, no one can hear you," Su Yuxin squinted, coldly smiling. "Please, don't, otherwise, otherwise..." "I'm already a dead person. Can Stepmother still have something to kill a ghost?" Su Yuxin extended her hand, with ten-inch-long sharp black nails. "No, don't come closer, don't come closer," Lv Shiyán collapsed, sweat beading on her forehead. "When Stepmother killed someone, she wasn't afraid, why so scared now?" Su Yuxin raised an eyebrow. "No, I didn't kill anyone," Lv Shiyán hugged herself, her lips tightly sealed. "I'm not a judge, not here to question you. Even if you deny it, it won't help," Su Yuxin leaned forward, "I came to take Stepmother with me. Since Stepmother doted on me the most, how could you bear to let me walk the lonely road to the underworld?" "No, please don't come any closer," Lv Shiyán desperately waved her hands, but they seemed to be trapped in quicksand, moving sluggishly, freezing cold. Lv Shiyán was already fearful, now more convinced that Su Yuxin was here to claim her life. "I need a companion, otherwise, how would I present my case to King Yama?" Su Yuxin looked coldly at Lv Shiyán. "Then go find Li Gui. Those golden thread ants are his. It's his ants that poisoned you, nothing to do with me," Lv Shiyán was terrified, screaming. "Is that so?" Su Yuxin smirked inwardly; Su Yuxin's innate ruthlessness had been with her since birth. "Yes, I won't lie to you," Lv Shiyán's voice trembled, tinged with a hint of crying. "Then I'll go visit him. If Stepmother deceived me, I will return," Su Yuxin said, and Lv Shiyán felt a cold wind blow by, then, opening her eyes, found the room completely empty. "Ah..." Lv Shiyán screamed again, then her eyes rolled back, and she passed out. Su Yuxin, peeking through the open tile, looked down and, seeing Lv Shiyán unconscious, couldn't help but sneer, "Turns out she's just a paper tiger." In her previous life, her stepmother was fierce and ruthless. Unexpectedly, she was so easily frightened. It seems it wasn't her stepmother's fierceness but her own incompetence. "You..." Feng Yao wrapped Su Yuxin in his embrace, playfully poking her nose, indulgingly saying, "You mischievous little spirit." If the little girl was usually as cute and lovely as a fairy, just now she was undoubtedly a little demon from hell. Nevertheless, he liked it. Whether soft and cute or willful and defiant, she was his little girl. Actually, after hearing Dr. Li's words, he deduced that Lv Shiyán was behind this and wanted to solve it straightforwardly. Having crawled and fought on the battlefield, his way of handling adversaries was always straightforward. However, Su Yuxin intervened and came up with this set of tricks. After all, she was the Minister's wife. If she was assassinated, the Ministry of Justice would surely investigate. If any clues were found, it would cause trouble for the General. Moreover, he hadn't yet repaid everything they'd burdened her with in their previous life. He needed them to witness it firsthand. Su Yuxin's instantaneous movement in the room just now was attributed to Feng Yao's ghostly agility. And that freezing air was his chilling internal energy. During the day, she used his freezing internal energy to strike Su Yuxuan, which bewildered the servant boy, thinking that truth pills indeed existed. It was just flour balls. Su Yuxin truly envied this; martial arts were excellent, but she didn't know if she could learn it now. "Let's

 go. Let's find this Li Gui," Su Yuxin tugged at Feng Yao's sleeve and said. The sudden appearance of these venomous golden thread ants in Shengjing indicated trouble ahead. "Let her off like this?" Feng Yao was somewhat displeased. Even if they didn't kill her now, they should teach her a lesson. "How could we? But the good show needs to be savored; watching it all at once isn't fun," Su Yuxin said, grinning.