Chapter 112 Corpse on Corpse

Everyone wasn't surprised to hear that Master Wu had returned. At first, they thought the servant was making a fuss, since Master Wu's corpse had been returning for more than just a day or two. But they realized something had changed when they heard the servant's last sentence.

On the way there, they could see the Wu mansion in complete chaos. A crowd of people surrounded a gate, many of them carrying large bags and luggage on their shoulders and backs.

Lai Fu stood blocking the gate, refusing to let them leave, amidst the cries and arguments.

"If you don't let us leave, are you going to make our Third Branch wait for death like your Second Branch!" a woman's voice rang out, piercing through the chaotic noise.

Lai Fu stood in front of the gate with his body. "Everyone, please calm down. The Second Young Master has invited several powerful masters. The masters have agreed to help, and Master's matter will be resolved soon."

"Bullshit!" A boy rushed forward and slapped Lai Fu hard across the face. The loud slap silenced the crowd.

As the Second Young Master's personal servant, Lai Fu's status in the Wu mansion was far from that of an ordinary servant. The boy, dressed in fine clothes, rolled up his sleeves and continued to curse, seemingly unwilling to let Lai Fu go. "I think the First Young Master is about to die, and your Second Young Master is barely breathing. What, do you want me, the Third Young Master, to stay in the mansion and wait for death, so that our Wu family will have no descendants?"

"You dog slave, I think you're waiting for us all to die so you can divide the Wu family's property, right?"

These words revealed the boy's identity: the never-before-seen Third Young Master of the Wu family.

In terms of bearing alone, this Third Young Master was worlds apart from the Second Young Master.

Lai Fu wasn't too angry about being slapped, but when he heard the Third Young Master cursing the Second Young Master, Lai Fu didn't know where he got the strength from. He rushed forward, knocked aside a servant who was protecting the Third Young Master, and tried to fight the Third Young Master with red eyes.

During the commotion, everyone also noticed something was wrong. This Third Young Master was unlike his two brothers, one on the verge of death, the other bedridden. This Third Young Master was very agile and kicked Lai Fu, who was pinned to the ground.

With the Second Young Master absent, Lai Fu had become an important link between them and the Wu family. They had to step in to save him.

After some pulling and shoving, Lai Fu was pulled up from the ground, looking very disheveled. Unexpectedly, the Second Young Master actually arrived, supported by others.

Seeing the Second Young Master, the Third Young Master and his people visibly weakened and retreated.

"You said that my eldest brother is about to die, and that I am barely breathing." The Second Young Master stared at the Third Young Master, his tone devoid of blame. Instead, it was very calm, but this calmness gave people a sense of impending doom.

Compared to the reckless Third Young Master, the steady Second Young Master was clearly more suitable to be the helmsman of the Wu family.

That is, if he could survive.

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, the Third Young Master felt guilty and didn't dare to argue anymore. After glaring fiercely at Lai Fu, he turned his attention to Jiang Cheng and the others, sneering, "Second Brother, it's not that I, as your younger brother, am being nosy, but you and I both know the current situation. You must not clutch at straws and be deceived by these swindlers."

No one paid any attention to him. After watching the Third Young Master and his group slink away, everyone looked at the Second Young Master with wariness. After all, the Second Young Master had been struggling to even stand up not long ago.

Just as everyone was thinking about how to confirm the Second Young Master's identity without arousing his suspicion, Lai Fu suddenly cried out, excitedly, "Young Master, your health has improved! Thank goodness!"

The Second Young Master gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "I took the old ginseng from home, but it's only a temporary solution. I know my body better than anyone."

When he said these words, the Second Young Master's previous momentum was gone, and he even seemed weak. Yuan Shanyuan took the initiative to step forward and take the Second Young Master's pulse, then subtly nodded to everyone.

Everyone understood: this Second Young Master was probably the real one.

Having wasted a lot of time, the Second Young Master, being unable to move freely, asked Lai Fu to take Jiang Cheng and the others to the front hall, where Master Wu's corpse was standing.

Even though they were mentally prepared, when they pushed open the door and saw the scene before them, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. Master Wu was standing there stiffly, just like last time, but there was a bloated corpse on his back.

The corpse was back-to-back with Master Wu, and their braids were tied together roughly. The corpse wasn't as tall as Master Wu, so its toes were pointed, making it look like it was hanging on Master Wu's back.

"It's Wang Bao..." Li Bai said softly.

Moonlight shone down, and because of the pull of the braids, Wang Bao's bluish-green face was twisted in a way that seemed like he was smiling. The strangeness of the scene defied description.

"Didn't they say the ghost only targets the Wu family? How... how do you explain this?" Ding Zhenzong looked at Wang Bao's half-exposed eyeballs, even suspecting that his eyeballs would turn in the next second and stare at them.

Yao Shunyu's voice came, "What's so hard to explain? When Wang Bao carried the sedan chair last night, he said the wrong thing, causing the sedan chair to fall to the ground. He broke a taboo, so he was targeted."

"A person carrying a corpse, a ghost crossing the river, an old corpse carrying a new corpse is already evil enough, but it just so happens that it's carrying a smiling corpse standing on tiptoes. What the hell did the Wu family do that was so heinous? Did they slaughter a city?" Staring at the scene before him, Luo Tianhe's voice changed with shock. It was obvious that he had lost his composure in the face of this scene.

Yuan Shanyuan suddenly looked at Luo Tianhe and said urgently, "Mr. Luo, Master Wu's corpse is still manageable, but if this smiling corpse standing on tiptoes isn't dealt with as soon as possible, something big will happen tonight!"

At this moment, Luo Tianhe also calmed down. "Old Mr. Yuan, I also know that a smiling corpse standing on tiptoes is prone to evil, but how do we solve the situation of an old corpse carrying a new corpse? I am confident in suppressing either of these two corpses, but these two corpses have already merged into one. As long as one is damaged, the other will definitely reanimate, and then even a celestial being wouldn't be able to help!"

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shanyuan seemed to have made up his mind and said firmly, "Mr. Luo, just deal with this smiling corpse, I have a way to deal with Master Wu!"

As soon as these words came out, Luo Tianhe seemed to have figured something out. His eyes inadvertently swept over Yuan Shanyuan and Bai Yu, then he nodded. "Okay, then I'll have to trouble Old Mr. Yuan and Miss Bai Yu."

"Time is of the essence, let's do it now. Everyone except the three of us should leave the front hall, no, at least leave this courtyard, otherwise, if something goes wrong, all of us will die here!" Yuan Shanyuan straightened his back, his tone carrying an unquestionable sense of oppression. Bai Yu, who had been silent all along, also silently raised her head, her empty right eye filled with a deathly silence.