The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1158 - 265: Obedient Dog

Pei Yuan looked at Pei Qin on the high platform, in pain, collapsing to the ground without a breath, eyes wide in death, her lips parting slightly. With a world going dark, she fainted.

Pei Wendong instinctively supported her, his eyes bloodshot with tears springing forth as he screamed, "Heaven defies justice, Heaven defies justice!" His elder sister was such a good person, why did Heaven treat her this way? She had sacrificed so much, unable to bear children, and with her life hanging by a thread, why did they still harm her? Why?

"I’ll kill you, Old Bald Donkey! You killed my elder sister! I’ll kill you!" Pei Qian, driven mad, attempted to charge forward and kill Master Duxu.

Fang Liuming embraced her tightly, also unable to stop his tears.

Shen Songming stared blankly at the collapsed Pei Qin, slowly shifting his gaze, searching. Pei Qin had been expelled from the body; she must still be here!

Ji Bingchu, in a panic, grabbed him, "Songming!?"

Shen Songming stared dazedly at one spot, muttering, "Pei Qin..." as if he saw the figure he alone was so intimately familiar with. If she had left her body, didn’t that mean she could now return to the modern era? They could be together in the modern world, without anyone or anything to interfere or obstruct!

Master Duxu continued his chanting.

Shen Songming took a step toward where Pei Qin was.

"What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?" Ji Bingchu held him back fiercely, preventing him from going. He wanted to follow Pei Qin, to return to his world, so what about him?

Shen Songming turned to look at him, "Your Chu Nation; it’s destined to fall!" He didn’t know what his purpose was in traveling through time, and he was even less inclined to accept Pei Qin’s purpose. After all she gave, was traveling through time only to save Great Chu and then be framed and killed in such a manner? He didn’t accept it! Whether Chu remembered or who became Emperor had nothing to do with them. They could have lived well in modern times!

Ji Bingchu’s eyes reddened, "Pei Qin won’t die! She can’t die! Mo Heng won’t let her die!" he reminded and warned.

"Chu Nation which frames and kills its loyal and valiant officers, will inevitably perish!" Shen Songming shouted in rage.

Liang Bing shouted at him to stop talking nonsense and stirring up trouble, "Pei Qin is nothing but a demon resurrecting through Borrowing the Dead to Resurrect the Soul, the truth is right before our eyes!"

"Burn her! She’s a demon! Burn her! Burn her!" Lady Zhu and Grandma Zhang, among others, shouted wildly and with exhilaration.

The commoners below were stupefied. General Pei... was she framed and killed, or was she really a demon resurrecting through Borrowing the Dead to Resurrect the Soul?

Some believed without doubt, "General Pei had many extraordinary qualities, but she did not bring calamity upon the nation; she saved Great Chu, saved the people! You have killed General Pei! You will face retribution!"

Some couldn’t help but kneel and cry, "General Pei, as the Spirit of Heaven, will never forgive you!"

Those who knelt were in great numbers, making it especially conspicuous those who stood and doubted. As they saw others falling to their knees and weeping, it was as if they felt that they were the ones being ungrateful and had killed a loyal and valiant officer.

Fang Hui, along with Feng Shouxing and Feng Bo, squeezed to the front. Looking at the fallen Pei Qin, Fang Hui clenched her teeth, "No wonder that little wench could do everything, knew so much; she was a demon through Borrowing the Dead to Resurrect the Soul! She deserves to be burned to death!" Before Pei Qin was fourteen, they did not know her; from the time they met, Pei Qin had the same temperament. Previously, Fang Hui had wondered if the location chosen by Lady Fang for burial had been too auspicious, causing a supernatural occurrence.

Feng Bo looked at the crazed Pei Wendong and Pei Qian, a flash of rage and satisfaction in his eyes. Whether Pei Qin was a demon or some Nine Heavens’ Lady, she was certainly dead now! And in the future, Pei Wendong and her siblings would be finished! The family of a demon, if not treated like rats in the street, would come to no good end!

Fang Fu, hidden in the crowd, eyes red, came forward with a seven or eight-year-old boy in his arms.

Liang Bing now had full faith in Master Duxu, "Master! Now that this demon’s evil spirit has been expelled, should we carry out the sentence by fire to prevent the demon’s spirit from possessing others and continuing to wreak havoc on the world?"

Master Duxu opened his eyes, glanced far off at the little boy in Fang Fu’s arms, just a glance, then withdrew it. His expression was one of compassionate sadness as he looked at the spot where Pei Qin’s soul stood.

Pei Qin was currently drifting in an iron cage with talismans attached, trapped within it. Seeing Master Duxu looking at her, she jumped up and cursed, "Old Bald Donkey! Even if I end up in the hell of the underworld, I’ll still be able to stir up a storm! When I become Yama Raja, I’ll grind you to dog poop, Old Bald Donkey!"

"All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew and like lightning, and should be viewed as such. Amitabha, well said, well said!" Master Duxu remained composed, almost relieved, giving Pei Qin a long look before closing his eyes and sitting down.