Chapter 51: Human Face Peach Blossom Reflecting Red (Four)

  "That fish did a good job, I think it hid in your house and made you send out a message saying it was dead, so that it could focus on serving you alone?" Longjing smiled.

  "I didn't want to reveal this matter, I just wanted to use his divine power to predict the price of grain and make a big profit. But he kept asking me to spread the word about the things that had happened after he died, and I was still hoping that he would listen to me and give me divination. The hot words circulating outside were all taught by him." Ma Ershao said dejectedly: "I'm not a greedy person, but this fish is like a pie falling from the sky..."

  "Was it Fourth Wife who was killed by it?" Longjing blinked: "This fish has already killed one of your wives, aren't you afraid?"

  "That old four won't die, how can I believe it!" Ma Ershao excitedly shook his tail and splashed out a big piece of green water, saying: "I didn't know that Old Four made me suffer for nothing, but instead prepared poison to murder my husband and elope with an actor!"

  "Did that person say that too?" Longjing smiled and said: "You must have been frightened out of your wits at the time, right?"

  “Don’t deceive the Dragon God...” Ma Ershao’s large face revealed a hint of embarrassment: “I’ve been afraid of these strange and supernatural things since I was young, and when I saw that monster, my crotch almost got wet. I regretted not being as decisive and fainting like Fourth Aunt, but that human-faced fish used some sort of magic, and I happened to be wide awake until the fish told me: This old lady wants to kill you!

  I couldn't think of anything else, so I had to ask: you, what did you mean by that?

  That man smiled with a mouthful of white teeth: What would happen if she ate that bag of powder in her arms, you can try it on her.

  I had no choice but to grope around Old Fourth's chest, and indeed found a package of powder. However, I was still half-believing and half-doubting. The fisherman blew a whistle, and suddenly a grass carp fell into the boat with a plop. The fisherman said: "If you don't believe me, try sprinkling that powder on this fish."

  I'm timid and didn't dare to disobey, so I followed the order. Who knew that the powder sprinkled on the fish would cause it to convulse and die in a short while? The human-faced fish said: "It's arsenic! Didn't your family hold a grand ceremony last year and invite a theater troupe called Chu Huiban?"

  I listened and indeed last year I celebrated my mother's birthday with this group, if the human-faced fish didn't have any special powers, how would it know about such things? My heart then believed in the human-faced fish a bit.

  The man-faced fish continued: The one who sang the small dan, from then on had an illicit relationship with Old Fourth. Old Fourth was just about to take this medicine and poison you to death, so they could elope!

  I didn't dare to believe that Lao Si was the one who loved to eat vinegar, fight for favor and play petty tricks, but she carried this poison with her, surely looking for an opportunity to harm me! Only then did I believe it, and the fish head said to me, "Lao Si is guilty of death, if you are willing to use Lao Si as a sacrifice, it can give me an opportunity to assist you with its identity as a messenger from the underworld, making you all-powerful."

  I didn't think much and agreed...

  "So that's how it is, the messenger of the underworld. It's not a vengeful spirit transformed from wandering in the River of Forgetfulness, knowing the three lives and three worlds of mortals! However, you're a bit too muddled." Longjing smiled and said: "Is that right, Huayu?"

  Only then did the white jade parrot appear, descending gently to the ground and transforming into a delicate young girl. She smiled and said, "Dragon God is indeed wise, you have grasped that thing." As she spoke, she pulled out a mirror from her bosom, and in the mirror was reflected a pale face, still shouting: "You dare to do such things, coming to capture the messenger of the Second Master? If the Second Master finds out, he will surely sink you to the bottom of the River of Forgetfulness, never to be reborn!"

  "This guy was chasing me that day, saw Ma Erxiao's boat, had a protective aura, and transformed into a human-faced fish to sneak in. Huayu is a demon, can't bear the talisman of driving demons, so he could only stare blankly as this thing flew away." Huayu smiled: "Fortunately, the heavenly net is loose but not leaky, managed to catch this guy after all."

  I became more and more confused, and couldn't help but ask Guapian: "On the day Hua Yu went to Longshen Temple, was it for this matter? Who is Hua Yu's messenger, and what's the point of catching this person?"

  Gua Pian glanced at Longjing with a sly smile and said: "Xiangpian's darling! Xiangpian's darling!"

  Hua Yu smiled and said: "Its prototype is not a human-faced fish, but a faint and thin face, it's the messenger of the underworld, in charge of the merits and virtues of mortals for three lifetimes. It's under the command of the second prince of the underworld. This time, when our master went missing, I received news that this guy is two-faced and has connections with both the second prince and the night witch. I suspected it knew the inside story of our master's disappearance, so I was waiting for an opportunity to catch it and ask it clearly. But just as I finally caught up with it when it swam from the underworld river to the rouge river to inform the night witch of something, I...”

  "But it was taken away by Ma Ershao, who possessed the Qing Song True Man's talisman." Longjing chuckled and said: "He had Ma Ershao spread the word just to let the people of the three realms know that he was dead, so as to avoid being feared by all parties for his betrayal, and thus be completely annihilated."

  "Dragon God said it's true." Huayu smiled and said: "He is indeed thoughtful, knowing all about Ma Erlang, also knowing that Ma Erlang's home is on the street of Purple Jade Hairpin, with many women, which is a good place to rest and absorb yin energy. Relying on Ma Erlang's effective talisman, I couldn't even chase him in, it's like killing two birds with one stone."

  I remembered Fifth Aunt saying that Second Master Ma was afraid of ghosts since he was young and carried talismans with him, who would have thought it would lead to so many things.

  Ma Ershao listened and swung his fins left and right, as if he was pounding his chest: "So that's how it is... the Ling symbol deceived me... the Ling symbol deceived me..."

  "Everything has its own destiny, you are destined to have this calamity." Longjing smiled and said: "However, that messenger from the underworld is quite skilled, almost even deceiving his own master."

  "Hua Yu hastily said: 'If it didn't have such sinister intentions, how could it be a spy for several parties! Fortunately, the Dragon God is wise and had me wait outside the Ma residence. As expected, it possessed Ma Ershao's body and transformed into a gecko using its transformation technique, trying to sneak past us by disguising itself as a living person and escape back to the underworld. Humph, I caught it red-handed!'"

  That man's face in the mirror was furious, but he had no way to vent his anger, so he used his own face to bump against the mirror and scolded: "You're meddling in other people's business, the old woman and Second Master won't let you off!"