The Cunning Ghost's Death
The more they refused to answer, the more curious Susie became.
She asked, "Why can't I ask?"
Flirty Ghost replied, "Children can't ask."
Susie asked, "Why can't children ask? Can only adults ask? Will you tell me when I grow up?"
Flirty Ghost coughed awkwardly.
Weak Ghost quickly changed the subject and asked, "And then what happened?"
The Cunning Ghost suddenly stopped and seemed to have thought of something unpleasant, looking very upset.
Flirty Ghost asked curiously, "What? Did the Qing dynasty end right after you took the photo?"
The Cunning Ghost remained silent.
Weak Ghost said helplessly, "Could you please shut up? You have no filter in front of children."
Flirty Ghost chuckled and then stopped talking.
The Cunning Ghost felt frustrated for a while before saying, "No, I was lucky enough to enter the palace smoothly and even got into a concubine's palace."
It was not as difficult to enter the concubine's palace as the palace of a regular imperial concubine, and there was not as much competition. All he needed to do was to take care of the concubine.
The concubine was the deceased emperor's concubine, and she had no personal freedom.
She had to spend her entire life in the palace, so some of the concubines were not very obedient.
"Taking care of the concubine's sleeping quarters and staying by her side, my status became different..." The Cunning Ghost said.
Initially, all he wanted was to have food and clothing, but he gradually became dissatisfied and used means to become the person who "took care of" the concubine by her side.
"There were many eunuchs who wanted to squeeze me out and become the person by the concubine's side. So I lied to the concubine and told her that I had regrown what was cut off."
The Cunning Ghost explained.
Flirty Ghost asked, "The concubine believed such a lie?"
Weak Ghost was also very surprised. Can what be cut off really regrow?
Susie asked with confusion, "Huh?"
Zion also looked very puzzled and confused.
The Cunning Ghost said, "Many people in the washing room have had the same thing happen and had to go back and get it recut..."
Flirty Ghost and Cunning Ghost had learned something new!
The first few days were fine, and he asked for complete darkness so the concubine could not see him.
But after a while, the concubine became suspicious again.
Flirty Ghost really wanted to ask what made the concubine suspicious, was it the size or the texture... but he looked at Susie and held back.
The Cunning Ghost continued, "I was afraid that the concubine would discover and kill me...
In the concubine's palace, no one would ask about the dead eunuchs and palace maids."
So, in order to conceal the truth, he came up with a plan to kill a sheep and use its skin to stuff the shredded tobacco, which he then wore on his body.
Flirty Ghost and Weak Ghost felt chills as they heard this as ghosts themselves.
The Cunning Ghost said, "In this way, I make up a lie and have to create more lies to cover up the previous ones..."
He was small and thin, shorter than others, so he became increasingly fond of compensating in certain areas.
"My power become greater and greater, from killing sheep to killing people in the end."
All for that piece of skin, to make up for his lies.
He went to the washing room to select suitable candidates and killed them directly. After all, many people died in the washing room.
"I was good at sweet talk, and the concubine loved me, but as more and more eunuchs died in the washing room, the emperor became suspicious."
The Cunning Ghost became panicked and quickly filled the well where he buried the bodies.
But he was still suspected, so in order to hide, he cut off the faces of the people he killed and used them to disguise himself.
When the face skins started to rot and smell, he burned them and claimed that he was allergic to pollen.
After hiding for seven days like this, the emperor still couldn't find him, but the well was eventually uncovered...
"The emperor is furious and summon all the eunuchs to find me."
"My face skin can no longer be used, so I disguise myself as a palace maid in a certain consort's palace."
"But even after disguising myself as a palace maid, I am still suspected. So, I cruelly scratch my own face with a cat's claws..."
Even after scratching his face, he couldn't escape from the palace, and the circle of arrests grew tighter and tighter.
"Finally, they manage to find me in that consort's palace. In desperation, I lit an oil lamp and started a big fire, and cruelly burned my own face and body."
Flirty Ghost and Weak Ghost were speechless.
This was a ruthless person, no, even more ruthless. Who else could be so heartless as to burn their own face and body?
After setting himself on fire, the Cunning Ghost eventually died due to a severe infection - medical technology was limited in that era.
He escaped several times by being cunning, but in the end, he couldn't escape and gained nothing but misery.
The Cunning Ghost gritted his teeth and said, "If I had known this, I would have died cleanly. Perhaps the concubine would have given me a quick death out of affection..."
Otherwise, he wouldn't have to suffer the fear, agony, and pain of constantly repeating his cunning and escapes for more than ten years after his death.
Susie shook her head and said, "Who can we blame for this?"
The Cunning Ghost remained silent.
Susie thought for a moment and asked, "How did you find me?"
The crafty ghost, scared by the red thread, didn't hesitate this time and said directly, "You've collected several evil ghosts, and I always hear rumors about you."
Other evil ghosts who have heard of Susie's fearsome reputation try to avoid her, but he was different.
He believed that Susie must have some kind of magical treasure on her because of how powerful she is.
He had lived from the Qing Dynasty until now, for nearly two hundred years.
"A hundred years ago, I accidentally obtain a black jade. The black jade is very powerful and can hide my evil aura, making it impossible for Taoist priests to find me..."
This allowed him to survive for so many years and become increasingly powerful.
But just like the mistakes he made in life, the crafty ghost became increasingly dissatisfied with his current level of power and set his sights on Susie, coveting the magical treasure on her.
Little did he know that he had picked a fight with not just any ordinary Taoist priest, but with the Yama...
"Okay, I've said it all. It's up to you whether you want to kill or torture me. Just don't torture me."
The crafty ghost closed his eyes.
Susie was at a loss, he didn't attack her on his own, and the red thread wouldn't attack him on its own either.
But she couldn't collect the crafty ghost either!
Susie pinched Soul Calabash and muttered to herself, "Soul Calabash, Soul Calabash, can't you collect the ghost on your own?"
Soul Calabash remained silent.
Susie sighed, "You're such a useless Soul Calabash, all you do is eat."
Soul Calabash said, "?"
Was it being bullied because it couldn't speak?
Susie pinched the black jade for a while but couldn't see anything different about it.
She had to temporarily put aside the crafty ghost and looked at Petra, the girl who had jumped off the building and was standing quietly nearby.
"Sister, how did you die?" Susie asked softly.
Zion also looked over...
The crafty ghost's eyes flickered. He suddenly remembered that whenever he was hit by the red thread, it was always because he had collided with it on his own initiative...
Could it be that this little brat wasn't as powerful as he had thought?
The crafty ghost secretly tried to resist the Binding Spirit Net.
As long as he broke free, he would immediately flee far away.
Before escaping, he wanted to attack Susie again and throw the jumping girl at her...to see if he had guessed correctly!
However, he didn't notice that the black jade that Susie was holding was being devoured and absorbed by Soul Calabash...