Hong Kong variety show: Beauty and Bones

Chapter 491 The Vengeful Spirits of the Opera Troupe (8)

Fuxi Hall

At midnight, Mao Xiaofang chanted, "Auspicious day and time, heaven and earth open. I beseech the Three Realms and Four Palaces, all the gods and Buddhas, to open the path to the underworld for me!"

As he shook the magic bell in his hand, producing a crisp and rhythmic sound, Mao Xiaofang began to cast a spell, opening the Tai Chi Yin Yang Bagua formation on the ground.

A dazzling red light flashed along the yin-yang symbol on the ground, slowly revealing a deep passage—the road to the underworld.

Mao Xiaofang stared at Yi Xiaolong and slowly said, "Alright, I have opened the path to the underworld for you. From now on, you can be reincarnated and start anew."

His words seemed to contain a deeper meaning as he continued, "In fact, everyone makes mistakes and inevitably feels uneasy; this is the inner demon. If the inner demon is not eliminated, a person will be troubled by it and may even betray themselves."

Mao Xiaofang's voice was deep and solemn, as if he were proclaiming an eternal truth.

His gaze fell on Yi Xiaolong, as if hoping that he could understand the underlying principle.

Yi Xiaolong stood there quietly, his face expressionless, making it difficult to guess what he was thinking.

Did he truly understand Mao Xiaofang's words?

Ren Yinyin and the others stood aside, silently watching all of this.

They witnessed Mao Xiaofang's magic opening the path to the underworld, and they also heard what Mao Xiaofang said to Yi Xiaolong.

Yi Xiaolong's gaze slowly swept over everyone. He nodded slightly and said softly, "Thank you all!"

"Go on your journey in peace!" Mao Xiaofang urged.

The road to the underworld won't be open for long, after all, the yin and yang are different!

When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. They shouldn't linger in this world, but rather accept the arrangements of fate and go to another world.

Yi Xiaolong stepped into the Underworld Road, and with a flash of red light, the Underworld Road disappeared.

……

Aning wanted to write some articles about opera, so Achu followed her to the opera troupe and became familiar with everyone there.

Ying Jingtang was a very good person, and Achu quickly became sworn brothers with him.

However, Ying Jingtang was good in every way except that he was too chauvinistic and bossed his wife, Hua Yanhong, around.

Aning couldn't stand seeing Hua Yanhong working while heavily pregnant, so she always spoke up for her.

Hearing A Ning's complaints that Ying Jingtang was a "chauvinist" and didn't deserve a beautiful and gentle wife like Hua Yanhong, he was deeply moved.

Ah Chu also felt that Ying Jingtang was really tarnishing men's reputation, so she went to persuade him, but she didn't know what she said wrong, and he beat her up.

"Oh, you're so useless!" Aning complained that Achu couldn't do anything right.

Achu pointed to her nose and said aggrievedly, "I didn't want to either, I was drunk!"

"If I hadn't been drinking, I would have beaten him to a pulp!"

"Alright, alright," Ah Ning said impatiently, "We just want him to treat Aunt Tang better. What's the point of hitting him?"

"Something's not right!" Ren Yinyin felt increasingly uneasy. She finally understood what they had said, but she still found it strange. "Hua Yanhong is carrying Ying Jingtang's child. Logically speaking, he should be very caring towards Hua Yanhong. Why is his attitude so strange?"

Achu stroked her chin, thought for a moment, and then said, "If a man hates his pregnant wife, there's usually only one possibility: the child she's carrying isn't his!"

"Impossible!" Ah Ning quickly waved her hand and retorted, "Sister Tang always dotes on Jing Tang, how could she possibly betray him?"

Ren Yinyin did not respond immediately, but said thoughtfully, "Perhaps it's not betrayal?"

"When Yi Xiaolong went to be reincarnated, the person who was dead drunk was Ying Jingtang. Why was he so happy?"

“This is really strange…” Ah Ning muttered to herself.

Ah Chu analyzed, "Then Ying Jingtang deliberately made Tang Sao carry things up and down, wasn't it just to make Tang Sao suffer a miscarriage?"

As soon as A-Chu spoke, everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and A-Ning angrily cursed, "He's so vicious!"

"Ah Ning, don't be angry, let's go protect Sister Tang together!" When Ah Chu saw that Shu Ning was so angry, she quickly stepped forward to comfort her and said that she would go together to protect Hua Yan Hong.

"Okay!" Shu Ning was full of a sense of justice. She clenched her fists tightly and was determined to make Hua Yanhong see Ying Jingtang's true colors.

……

Because of Ying Jingtang's unusual behavior, the members of Fuxi Hall, who knew that Liang Shaohui was not the real culprit in Yi Xiaolong's murder, turned their suspicious gazes towards him.

Yi Xiaolong is taller than Ying Jingtang, so strangling him would be quite difficult under normal circumstances.

Mao Xiaofang used Xiao Hai as a test subject and discovered that by turning their backs to each other, they could easily strangle Xiao Hai.

"So that's the truth!" Ren Yinyin finally understood. "That's why Yi Xiaolong stabbed the murderer not in the chest, but in the back!"

“Yes, we can determine whether Ying Jingtang is the murderer simply by checking his back for any wounds!” Mao Xiaofang nodded and said.

Xiao Hai touched his neck, still shaken. His master had really hit him!

"Then, Uncle-Master, shall we go find Ying Jingtang now?" Ah Xiu asked.

Before Mao Xiaofang could answer, Achu and Aning returned.

"I really don't understand!" Aning paced back and forth angrily with her hands on her hips. "Ying Jingtang is clearly going to harm Tang Sao, so why are you still protecting him?"

"What happened?" Ah Xiu asked curiously.

"Sister-in-law Tang had a miscarriage after arguing with Ying Jingtang!" Achu briefly explained the process.

Ying Jingtang drugged Hua Yanhong's tea, but after A Chu discovered the trick, the chandelier fell and almost hit Hua Yanhong again.

Aning believes that Ying Jingtang wanted to poison Tang Sao, but failed, so he wanted to kill Hua Yanhong by smashing her with a chandelier!

She immediately said she was going to call the police, but Hua Yanhong stopped her, saying that it had nothing to do with Ying Jingtang and that he didn't want it to happen.

Ah Ning is so angry!

She no longer felt that Hua Yanhong was gentle; she saw her as weak, submissive, and someone who made people angry at her for not standing up for herself, yet there was nothing they could do about it!

"Ah Ning, don't be angry. It's their business as husband and wife. We're outsiders, so we shouldn't get involved. Otherwise, we'll just make ourselves look bad to everyone!" Ah Chu said, pouring Ah Ning a cup of tea as she spoke.

Ah Ning took the tea and drank it all in one gulp, but she still couldn't calm down.

Even if they're a married couple, they can't be completely brainless, right?

"Let's go find Ying Jingtang!" Mao Xiaofang sighed; things were becoming clearer and clearer.

……

Lai Lai Hotel

Hua Yanhong was resting alone in the room. When she heard the purpose of Mao Xiaofang and the others' visit, she knelt on the ground and begged them not to arrest Ying Jingtang.

"Brother Tang didn't mean it, it's my fault. I shouldn't have told him that Yi Xiaolong bullied me..." Hua Yanhong cried miserably, "Brother Tang couldn't swallow this, that's why..."

As expected, everyone sighed in astonishment.

Aning stepped forward to help Hua Yanhong up, unsure of what to say.

It's not Hua Yanhong's fault, nor is it Ying Jingtang's fault; it's all Yi Xiaolong's fault!

If it weren't for him, Ying Jingtang and Yan Hong wouldn't have ended up in this state!

Just then, Ren Yinyin, who was standing at the door, heard a noise outside. She turned her head and saw a figure running away quickly.

"It's Ying Jingtang!"

"Come on!"

Upon hearing their words, Hua Yanhong, disregarding her extremely weak body after her miscarriage, rushed over to stop the crowd.

"No, don't arrest Brother Tang! It's all my fault, arrest me instead!"

Mao Xiaofang said earnestly, "We're not police officers, we don't have the right to arrest people, we can only arrest ghosts!"

"That……"