Chapter 14: Making Wedding Clothes for Others (4)

  "What?" I was like being hit on the head, buzzing: "You said Mrs. Wei? How could Mrs. Wei become a monster?"

  "I've told you, this isn't a monster. This book is from Baidu search, grabbed from a few bookstores." Longjing Gongzi watched with interest the white human-like figure that resembled a mud doll: "This half-dead thing without its own consciousness is called a Blockhead. It's a living person transformed, having lost their own soul and freedom, turned into a zombie by demonic arts."

  "What's going on here?" I stared at the humanoid figure in disbelief: "This doesn't look like a person at all, didn't Lady Wei jump into the river? How could she turn into this?"

  Outside, the crowd was in an uproar, seemingly all rushing to put out a fire. Longjing Gongzi tilted his head and listened for a moment, then raised his finger to his lips and whispered, "It's chaotic here, let's go back to the Dragon God Temple instead."

  He then rolled up the white human figure with ease, just like rolling up a scroll, and took me with him as he made his escape from the Smoke Rain Pavilion and into the Dragon God Temple.

  I was still in shock and felt more and more that Longjing Gongzi was out of the ordinary.

  Longjing Gongzi sat on the altar with ease, just like he was in his own home. He crossed his legs and started popping the pine nuts and osmanthus sugar into his mouth one by one. "I knew you'd be interested, so I'll tell you everything, but where do I even start...?" Longjing Gongzi rolled his eyes: "Let's talk about Madame Wei first! It all began with her contract with a demon to fulfill her wish of keeping Wei Gongzi from ever leaving the house again. As a result, she was taken in by the demon and became like a puppet on strings, manipulated into doing its bidding without realizing it."

  "Is this monster you're talking about a Yāo Pó?" I suddenly remembered what Wei Gongzi had said.

  Longjing Gongzi nodded: "It was indeed done by Xia Po."

  "I hastily asked: 'The legend of the old woman on Zi Yu Jie Street is well-known, but what's her origin? How can she turn people who buy wine from her into this state?'"

  Longjing Gongzi casually threw another piece of almond cake into his mouth, but the almond cake was too big and got stuck in his throat. Longjing Gongzi couldn't find any tea to help him swallow it down, so he made a great effort to roll the cake around in his throat and finally managed to get it down with a loud gulp. Only then did he reply: "Do you think that wine she sells is ordinary wine? One cup of wine, one contract - once you drink it, it's a deal. That's her trick, luring ordinary people into giving up their souls and bodies in exchange for fulfilling their desires, just to increase her own power. That's the business of that old witch."

  "It turns out to be like this......" I couldn't help but feel a chill all over my body: "In that case, it's also a kind of deception...... Wei Furen's transaction was so messed up that she was divorced and sent back to her parents' home, not to mention that she ended up in such a state, which is really too miserable."

  In the past, Madame Wei was always a straightforward and decisive woman, although she had a big temper, it didn't deserve to cost her life, it must be that old witch who played tricks and deceived Madame Wei.

  "It's only a deal when both parties are willing, but ordinary people are timid and greedy, which is why they nurture these monsters that take away their own freedom." Longjing sighed: "A pitiful person must have a hateful side."

  "But Mrs. Wei is also not worth it... So, Mrs. Wei jumped into the water, could it be related to that old woman?" I asked hurriedly.

  Longjing Gongzi nodded: "That's natural, when a person is half alive and half dead, their soul has not yet entered the cycle of reincarnation. At this time, applying the spell is most timely. Letting someone be half alive and half dead, Granny Ye has plenty of methods."