The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1153 - 264: Nine Heavens’ Lady_2

"Master Duxu! Now we can make the identification!" Liang Bing called out.

"No need for further discernment, just one glance is enough to confirm," Master Duxu replied as he brought his hands together and chanted a Buddha’s name.

Liang Bing’s face changed, and he announced loudly, "Master Duxu has proclaimed that Pei Qin is indeed a demon that has ’Borrowed the Dead to Resurrect the Soul’!"

Pei Wenchen immediately shouted, "She is a demon who has ’Borrowed the Dead to Resurrect the Soul’, killing the innocent indiscriminately with cruel methods, bringing disaster to the nation and the people, causing chaos throughout the world! She has bewitched the Emperor and will lead to great unrest among all men and women in the world! She should be burned to death!"

"Right! Burn her to death! If we don’t burn her alive, this demon might possess someone else’s body! Burn this world-bewitching demon to death!" Lady Zhu also yelled.

Pei Zongli and Pei Houli both watched, filled with indignation and demanding that Pei Qin be burned to death.

Pei Qian cursed and charged forward, "You are the demons! All of you are the demons! You are all beasts ingratitude! Had it not been for my eldest sister, Wa Ci would have long occupied Great Chu and slaughtered all of you ungrateful wretches! My sister fought to protect you, and yet you seek to kill her and brand her with the crime of being a demon! You despicable, shameless wretches! All of you are demons, with corrupted morals and conscience!"

Chang Yonglin, with bloodshot eyes, grabbed Pei Wendong, "No need to argue with these shameless vermin!" He stared intently at Master Duxu, "You claim my sister is a demon who has ’Borrowed the Dead to Resurrect the Soul’, how can you prove it!? Are you condemning my sister as a demon, intent on killing a Deity General who has served her country and her people, based merely on the words of some degenerate, hedonistic villains?"

"Amitabha! Monks do not speak false words. Indeed, she was born through the ’Borrow the Dead to Resurrect the Soul’," Master Duxu chanted with his eyes closed.

"Bullshit! You Old Bald Donkey! You dare to judge my sister as a demon just by chanting a few scriptures? It’s a real demon! You are a devil monk! Without my sister, Great Chu would have been finished long ago! There would be no peaceful days for you! Turning against her will bring retribution upon you all! Heaven will not spare you!" Pei Qian struggled fiercely to break free from the Imperial Guards who were blocking her and charged forward, cursing.

Fang Liuming immediately took a couple of steps forward to pull her back.

Several Imperial Guards came at her, brandishing their spears.

"Stop!" Pei Qin shouted angrily.

The guards froze instantly, turning to look at her.

Pei Qin swept her gaze fiercely, causing the men to instinctively step back. Then she turned to Pei Qian and Fang Liuming, "Stand down."

"Elder sister! They are inhuman..." Pei Qian said, her eyes red with fury. freewebnøvel.coɱ

"Stand down!" Pei Qin frowned and ordered her to retreat.

Fang Liuming forcefully pulled her back.

Pei Wendong wiped away his tears, breaking free from Chang Yonglin, confronting Pei Wenchen and Pei Wenli. It had always been his elder and second sisters fighting against them, protecting him, ensuring he lacked for nothing, leading a life of affluence. Now it was time for him to step forward!

"You don’t need to glare at us with hatred. A demon is a demon! If she’s a demon, she must be burned to death!" Lady Zhu spat maliciously.

Pei Wendong looked at them, "On what evidence do you accuse my elder sister of being a demon?"

"What evidence? Based on the fact that she fell down a hillside, was presumed dead, then came back to life, and her personality drastically changed! She even dared to beat up her elders! The things she knows, no one else can do, nobody else even knows about! She’s a demon!" Lady Zhu said bitterly.

"My elder sister never died when she fell down the hillside. It was you so-called relatives and elders who were unwilling to spend money on medical treatment, leaving my sister to wait for death! It was my sister’s strong willpower, it was the medicine my mother beseeched for that saved my elder sister! Her personality changed, and she beat up elders! That’s because you wanted to sell her to an old widower, your greed for money unsuccessful, you tried to steal my sister’s undergarments to slander her reputation but got caught red-handed! The cooking skills my elder sister possesses are the result of her own research and hard work from a young age!" Pei Wendong recounted one grievance after another, refuting them point by point.

The commoners below, upon hearing this, looked at the people of Old Pei’s House with disdain. Although there were families poor enough to be unable to afford medical treatment, and there were those who sold their sons and daughters, to slander the reputation of a young girl was something relatives could do?

Seeing Lady Zhu at a loss for words, Grandma Zhang jumped in immediately, "That wench is a demon! She specializes in seducing men, confusing them! She seduced my son, the whole village knows it!"

Pei Wendong looked at her with even more hatred, grinding his teeth, "You heartless old devout woman! Your son tried to elope with my elder sister and got beaten. Seeing my sister and me flourish, you resented us for a rejected proposal, bearing a grudge against us. Has my elder sister ever harmed you, you malicious woman seeking to kill my elder sister!?"