Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

The mention of a “dead body” made Fang Qichen tremble, instinctively opening his hands to shield the young disciple hiding behind him.

Fang Qichen scanned the surroundings but found nothing resembling a “corpse.” Suspecting his old eyes might be failing, he nervously asked, “Where is it?”

Jing Xingzhi, a bit dazed after hearing Fang Qichen’s voice, pointed at the flowers and explained, “In the flowers! There is something floating!”

While no corpses were visible, there were no indications of deceased individuals.

“Floating… floating?” Fang Qichen seemed momentarily stunned, recalling something. He suddenly grabbed Jing Xingzhi’s arm and asked eagerly, “Is it a woman wearing a blue dress?”

He gestured excitedly, “Very fair, almond-shaped eyes, large eyes!” Pointing at his left cheek, he added, “Is there a mole here?”

Jing Xingzhi, unaware of the deceased person’s appearance, answered in a manner to go along with Fang Qichen’s inquiry. If there was a mistaken identity, it might work in their favor once the truth came out.

Looking at the flowers, Jing Xingzhi nodded and claimed, “Yes, a blue dress, very fair, and she even smiled at us!”

Fang Qichen scrutinized the flowers multiple times but couldn’t see anything.

Momentarily confused, he couldn’t help but believe his young disciple’s words, as he couldn’t forget the recent tenth anniversary of his goddaughter’s death. In his dreams, he even mentioned having a little junior brother.

Observing Fang Qichen’s fearful expression, Jing Xingzhi played along, saying, “Teacher, I… I have been sensitive to these things since childhood. It’s easy for me to see such things.”

With his already pale complexion and deliberate stuttering, his credibility seemed convincing.

“Don’t be afraid!”

Fang Qichen decided to act and immediately shouted, drawing the attention of several people.

Fang Qichen’s servants and neighbors rushed out, and Zhang Mingyu was also alerted by the commotion.

Zhang Kaiwei, following his second uncle, saw Jing Xingzhi, the one who had recently displeased him made his face darkened.

Fang Qichen pointed at the flowers in front of Zhang Mingyu’s yard, asking sternly, “Zhang Mingyu, what have you buried under these flowers?”

The shout echoed, instantly arousing Zhang Mingyu’s suppressed memories of the rainy day.

On that rainy night ten years ago, he accidentally killed someone and tried his best to hide the news.

Zhang Mingyu lowered his eyes, glancing worriedly into the flowers.

This glance passed by, but he clearly saw nothing. The scene he remembered made Zhang Mingyu’s heart beat faster, and the walnuts in his hand made a clanking sound.

“Chief, what could be in beneath the flowers? Is there a trick that caught your eye?” Zhang Mingyu pretended to be calm.

Fang Qichen’s lips trembled, hesitating to speak. Finally, the face of the woman he hadn’t seen in ten years flashed back into his mind.

As soon as that face flashed by, Fang Qichen felt it was nothing to mess around with for a while, and at worst, he would be called an old fool by those people.

“It’s not the flower that caught my eye; there is something underneath the flower, I want to see it!” Fang Qichen’s face turned cold.

Zhang Mingyu looked grim and shouted, “This is Ah Lan’s favorite flower! I planted the flowers for her. Why do you want to see what is under the flowers today. My concierge used to be a flower farmer and know how to do it. Why do you want to turn it upside down so suddenly? I really love these flowers.”

Fang Qichen looked unreasonable, seemingly couldn’t wait to see the bottom of the flowers.

Zhang Mingyu had a sullen face, unable to understand why Fang Qichen, an old man, was eyeing his flowers.

He felt there was something very evil about the old man today. After Ah Lan’s festival, Ah Lan’s godfather, Fang Qichen was suspicious of him. It took a while for Fang Qichen to return civil and normal to him, but this year he actually had thoughts of killing his flowers!

But the academy was established by Fang Qichen single-handedly. Even though the other party didn’t show up much now, he had already accumulated a lot of power and was much more powerful than Zhang Mingyu in speaking.

Zhang Mingyu’s face turned red, almost purple. His eyes flashed, and he said with great annoyance, “Godfather, why do you torment me like this every year? The people are gone, so what? Am I not grieving too; that’s my wife!”

Jing Xingzhi stood behind Fang Qichen, watching the old man shaking with anger.

He helped Fang Qichen, who was extremely angry. Just as he was about to say a few words of help, he heard Fang Qichen angrily say, “Ah Lan asked me to dig it!”

Fang Qichen seemed to think that this was the reason, and he supported his young disciple to carry on the relay.

Standing firm, he gasped and said, “I was hit on the head by the wooden statue of a century-old immortal in the east room of the cottage just now.”

Jing Xingzhi’s eyes widened slightly, like a genuine young man, shocked by the lack of knowledge of this so-called hit by wooden statue.

Fang Qichen was thinking if nothing was dug out, it would be bad to say that his young disciple saw it, so it would be better to just say it was him, the an old man. Everyone could forgive his misunderstanding.

So, Fang Qichen continued to act out the foreplay according to the words he said. His old face wrinkled into a bitter melon, he covered his chest and said, “Ah Lan wants to dig your flowers; are you still unwilling?” Fang Qichen looked at him.

Zhang Mingyu had ‘I have no other choice, you forced me’ written all over his face.

Jing Xingzhi was amazed and encouraged the old man so that he could devote himself to the battle.

Zhang Mingyu could not imagine that Fang Qichen suddenly used the ‘see ghost’ move.

Zhang Mingyu didn’t believe it. If someone saw Qi Xinlan as a ghost, he would be the first one. Because it was him who accidentally killed Qi Xinlan!

Before Zhang Mingyu, who looked ugly, could think of a reason for rejection, Fang Qichen spoke again.

He looked at the flowers and shouted in panic, “Xinlan, wait! Even if your godfather dies here today, he will get these flowers for you!”