Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 502: Can’t hold anymore ?

Liu Hui Ying did not pay attention to the ghosts as she was examining the empty box where no gold or silver taels were kept inside. Her eyes flickered slightly as she turned to look at the bandit ghost and asked," You are really the key to this array."

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She thought that he was exaggerating when he said that he was the key to the array, but it seemed to her that he was not lying. He was really the one who could break this array, if Liu Hui Ying were to do it, then she would alarm the person who drew this array when no one was paying attention to him.

When the bandit ghost saw that Liu Hui Ying had seemed to realize his importance, he grinned sinisterly and then said," That is right, I am the key to the array. Unless I draw the reverse array with my yin energy, the gold taels will not return. Haha, isn't that funny?"

The bandit ghost thought that he was surely going to dominate this celestial master who came out of nowhere. He arched his brows and then said," If you listen to me and help me out, then I might help you dismantle the array. I don't even need a lot of help actually, it's just that I have a daughter and I——"

He was still speaking when Liu Hui Ying stepped forward and then reached out her hand, with her fingers, she knotted the bandit ghost's hair in her hand and then said," You know, I really hate it when someone tries to threaten me. It pisses me off. How about this? I will let your sorry existence go if you break the array for me?"

The bandit ghost did not expect Liu Hui Ying to threaten him like this, he wanted to refuse, but under Liu Hui Ying's cold gaze that was filled with murderous intent, he knew that she was not lying when she said that she would make him vanish if he did not agree with her.

However, he was still stubborn, without him, there was no way Liu Hui Ying would be able to break the array.

Thus he confidently said, while ignoring the pain," If you want to exorcise me then do so, I have been entangled with enough mess as it is, I wanted to help my daughter and nothing else which is why I agreed to help that man, but he refused to help me now that I have done what he wanted every time I ask him when he is going to help me and my daughter, he makes an excuse!

I cannot even leave as my yin energy is now tied to that box."

When the bandit ghost thought about how he was fooled and made use of it, he could not help but get angry.

He knew that he was fooled but at the same time, he knew that if he did not follow the arrangement that was set by the man who captured him, he would never be freed, and maybe he would be tied to this box for all eternity which was something that he feared, and thus he acted along with the master.

However, now that he had another option, he was very much willing to place his bets on Liu Hui Ying.

Liu Hui Ying listened to the words of the bandit ghost, of course, if she wanted, she could have used another method to make this ghost do her bidding, but she could see that though this man was a bandit, he hadn't done much wrong in his life.

Even the blood on his hands was not that thick.

She crossed her arms and asked," Why should I help a bandit?"

The bandit ghost stiffened, as he had clearly not hoped that she would question him like this. He gritted his teeth and then said, "It is not that I was willing to become a bandit when I was alive.

It was the imperial rule who made a mess out of our village, they snatched our lands under the rule that we did not pay taxes on time and then sent us away while handing our fertile lands to the rich officials!"

Just remembering the things that happened to him in the past made the bandit ghost angry.

He pursed his lips and then added softly," After we were chased out of our village with no compensation or land, what were we supposed to do? We did what we could."

Liu Hui Ying knew that the bandit ghost was speaking the truth, as she could sense the fluctuations in his yin energy. She blinked her eyes and then let go of the hair strands that she was holding on to before crouching down and then cupping her cheek. She then questioned in a troubled voice," Is this when your daughter was lost or something?"

The bandit ghost shook his head and then stated," I do not remember… I only remember the incident that filled me with anger and resentment. Other than that, I do not remember much but … I do remember that someone tried to take my daughter away before I was killed —— as for who, I cannot remember it."

So he was killed by the man who snatched his daughter? Liu Hui Ying thought in her mind.

She twisted her lips before pouting slightly.

She would rather not trouble herself but at the same time, if she were to deal with this bandit ghost roughly, it would attract the attention of that celestial master who was behind this scheme. Rather than dealing with that man for now, she would rather deal with this ghost.

Liu Hui Ying's eyes flickered as she looked down at the ghost, who was staring at her warily while holding his head with his hands as if he were afraid that Liu Hui Ying would hurt him again.

" Fine, I will help you find your daughter. But before that, you need to re-write the array and make the gold taels appear."

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The bandit ghost did not have anything against Liu Hui Ying, he only knew that as long as he helped this woman he would be able to find out about his daughter who was the only person in his family left in this world.

He rewrote the array, and it did not take long for the golden taels to appear in the box. When Liu Hui Ying saw the shining gold taels her eyes shimmered with a different light, if not for the fact that this was the hard-earned money of the commoners who paid it all to the county magistrate. She would have taken a few taels, after all, she was already so poor.

She did not even have enough money to buy a talisman.

Once he was done, the bandit ghost turned to look at Liu Hui Ying and then asked," But how are you going to prove anything? Even if the golden taels appeared out of nowhere, it would prove nothing."

The bandit ghost was right, after all, without any evidence, the Ji family would simply say that the taels were placed inside the box by the Liu family who feared punishment.

Liu Hui Ying sneered upon hearing his question and then said, " They need to think carefully whether or not they can scheme against me once I get the noose around their necks."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Jia Li, who nodded and then turned her attention to the wooden box.

On the other hand, Ji Yang found out that the X that he had drawn on the port after a long, arduous work was gone. He looked at the black charred stones and knew that Liu Dong Ming had set his plan in motion as well, for that man to double-cross him so soon and even catch his tail before it could be exposed, Ji Yang knew that it was going to be troublesome.

He turned to his aides who were in the plan with him and then said, "We need to make a move. That man surnamed Liu has already started retaliating, if we do not make a move now, then it will not take long for him to turn the situation around."

The aides who were supporting the Ji family nodded. They needed to deal with this matter as soon as possible if not Liu Dong Ming would push one of their heads out in front of Zhai Tianyu!

" Master Liu, please forgive our offense but we have to bring you to the court," the next morning, the yamen officers arrived in front of the prison cell where Liu Yu Yan was locked up.

Though Liu Yu Yan was sitting in the corner of the prison and his clothes were dirty, he was the young master of the Liu family and thus, despite his poor condition, he looked full of vigour and his looks were righteous and dignified.

His eyes were filled with determination as he looked at the yamen officers and curled the side of his lips before stating, "What's wrong? Ji Yang cannot hold on anymore? I think there is still one day left before