jdhmnovel Chapter 262 The Qin Family's Methods
Chapter 262 The Qin Family's Methods
Fortunately, the fire did not last too long. Several people poured water on it, but it was not known whether it was the water that worked or some other reason.
Finally, with the joint efforts of several people, the dark blue flame was completely extinguished.
But Madam Shen's nice room was also turned into a mess.
Regardless of how severe the fire was, the water alone was enough to splash all over the place. Several people were coming in and out, and they knocked things in the house into a mess.
But fortunately, after a while, things finally calmed down.
Old Madam Shen just felt exhausted and dizzy. She was already weak in energy, and this became even worse now.
Qiulian tentatively stepped forward and picked up the birthday picture that Shen Shuyi had painted.
The painting had been burned to ashes, leaving only the scroll used to mount it, as well as burnt fragments and ashes.
"Madam, this painting..."
When Old Madam Shen saw the painting, the terrifying ghost appeared uncontrollably in front of her eyes.
"Take it away! Take it outside and burn it! Quick!"
Qiulian wanted to remind her of something, but seeing how frightened Madam Shen looked, she ended up saying nothing.
"Don't worry, old lady."
The maids hurriedly cleaned up the room. Qiulian handed the broken pieces of the painting to the maids to deal with, and then she helped Madam Shen onto the bed.
But having been frightened twice within that day, Madam Shen had no desire to sleep at all. Instead, as soon as she closed her eyes, she felt a sinister aura gathering around her.
The distorted face and the strange and terrifying eyes in the painting made Old Madam Shen unable to sleep at night.
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The next day, early in the morning.
Shen Shuyi was dressing up when she heard Jinzhu talking about this.
Although Aunt Wu sent her the news last night, she also wanted to see what other tricks Qin Xuerong was going to come up with.
"You mean, the problem lies with the painting I drew." Shen Shuyi paused.
"Yes, I heard that the old lady first saw a ghost in the painting, and then the painting caught fire on its own. The strangest thing is that the fire did not go out for a long time." Jinzhu spoke carefully.
Shen Shuyi sneered: "That's the Qin family's method."
She had also seen this play performed by Lou Yulan in her previous life, but it was somewhat different from what she saw in this life.
Lou Yulan pinned the blame for the death of another concubine of Xiao Tingshan on her, and staged such a ghost show while she and Xiao Tingshan were discussing state affairs.
However, her method might be even more horrifying than Shen Jingyu's. What Lou Yulan created was a headless female corpse, floating in the middle of the night, with a ball of ghost fire on its head.
He kept shouting, "Shen Shuyi... give me back my life... give me back my life!"
At that time, Xiao Tingshan turned hostile and had an argument with her, and directly concluded that she was jealous and did not distinguish the importance of the matter, so she killed his concubine, broke his arm, and ruined her plans.
She was very angry at the time. Although she had long lost her heart to Xiao Tingshan, she still felt that they were grasshoppers tied to the same rope. Although there was not much love between them, they had been through ups and downs together and were the most trustworthy people to each other.
But she didn't expect that everything was just her wishful thinking!
The person you have given everything for is not necessarily going to trust you, and the person who has given countless for you may have been pretending from the beginning to the end.
She had been in a cold war with Xiao Tingshan for a long time, until Emperor Qianwu gave him a difficult problem, and he finally gave in.
But she didn't believe in evil and was determined to catch this mysterious person.
After much investigation, they finally traced the cause to a maid, and also found the key to the will-o'-the-wisp fire - white phosphorus.
Back then, she looked up a lot of books for this and finally figured it out.
This thing, also called flint, will catch fire as long as the temperature is slightly higher. What's more important is that this fire is different from ordinary fire and is extremely difficult to extinguish, making it particularly strange.
Shen Shuyi lowered his eyes, and now thinking about it, the maid who was found back then was just someone pushed out by Lou Yulan to take the blame.
Just after breakfast, someone came to Jing'an Courtyard: "Second Miss, the master wants you to come to Jing'an Courtyard."
Shen Shuyi was not surprised that Old Madam Shen would send someone to invite him over. After all, this was not a trivial matter.
When Shen Shuyi arrived, Old Madam Shen was still sitting on the sickbed. Her complexion looked worse than in the previous few days, and her whole body exuded an indescribable feeling of weakness.
Shen Jingchuan sat on the edge of the bed with a frown on his face, his eyes full of anger.
"Grandma was frightened. Shuyi heard about the fire in Jing'an Courtyard last night, but Shuyi didn't know why the painting caught fire on its own." Shen Shuyi took the initiative to say.
Shen Jingchuan said in a deep voice: "I called you here because I wanted to ask you about this. Did you use any special things when you painted that picture, or did you find anything wrong at that time?"
What made Shen Jingchuan angry was not only the series of accidents in the mansion, but also the fact that the doctor had just examined Madam Shen and found signs of mild poisoning.
However, after checking the entire Jing'an Hospital several times, no problems were found.
"Shu Yi used ordinary brushes, ink and paper for that painting. Everything came from the mansion, and there was nothing wrong with it."
After Shen Shuyi's explanation, Shen Jingchuan's expression was still ugly.
Shen Shuyi took the initiative to ask: "Father, do you suspect that there is something wrong with the painting?"
Shen Jingchuan looked at her and said, "Your grandmother said she saw a ghost in that painting, and that was the first painting to catch fire for no reason."
Shen Shuyi said bluntly: "Father is right. It's just that my daughter spent several days painting, and my grandmother hung the painting up for several days. The painting was displayed for a long time at the birthday banquet. If someone tampered with it, there would be many opportunities to take advantage of it."
Madam Shen coughed a few times and said weakly, "It's my fault that I was possessed by a nightmare last night. I foolishly let Qiulian burn the painting. Not only did I fail Sister Yi'er's kindness, but I also had no way to verify it."
Shen Jingchuan quickly comforted her, "Mother, don't blame yourself. Even if you keep the painting, you may not be able to find any clues after burning it like this."
At this time, Shen Jingyu and the second room also got the news and came over together.
Zhang Jinping was obviously a little impatient: "I don't know which god has been offended in the mansion recently. What kind of thing is this?"
Shen Jingyu didn't mention these, but looked at Old Madam Shen with concern: "How is Grandmother's health? What did the doctor say?"
"It's okay, it just takes a while to recover." Old Madam Shen said slowly, her whole body seemed to be weak.
Zhang Jinping couldn't help but say, "If you ask me, why don't we go to the Buddhist temple and ask for a lucky charm, or ask a monk to see if there is any evil spirit causing trouble, so that we can have peace of mind."
Upon hearing this, Madam Shen remained silent. She was obviously tempted but still undecided.
Shen Jingyu said, "Grandma is just ill, it's not appropriate for her to travel by boat, not to mention that she has seen a ghost, it would be better to find a Taoist priest to come to the house to exorcise ghosts and exorcise evil spirits."