Doted By The Regent King
Chapter 250: Beating with Willows to Dispel Bad Luck

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: Beating with Willows to Dispel Bad Luck

Unlike those who have others attentively serving them a sip of soup, Wufu had to hustle and labor hard to earn the Reward of five hundred taels of Silver from the Flower-Picking Thief case, ending up parched and exhausted.

At the moment, she had once again arrived at the small tea stall in the impoverished area of West City.

"Ma’am, a pot of tea, and two meat buns, please." Wufu sat down and called out to the tea stall’s madam.

"Alright, coming right up."

The madam quickly served a pot of tea, saying, "The buns are a bit cold, need to steam them a little."

"Sure."

Wufu picked up the teapot, poured tea into the porcelain bowl, and gulped down two big mouthfuls, exhaling a long breath.

It was after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the scorching heat of high summer had passed, but the weather was still stifling hot—the autumn tiger lingered on.

"Hot buns are here." A basket of buns was placed in front of Wufu, and as the madam glanced at her, she said, "My, you’ve been to our tea stall these past few days too."

Wufu grabbed a bun and said with a smile, "Madam has a good memory, I was just here the day before yesterday." She had come today on purpose.

She took a couple of bites of her bun and feigned frustration, "Madam, I just got back from visiting relatives outside the city, guess who I ran into?"

Common folk are particularly fond of gossip, and since there weren’t many customers at the tea stall at this moment, the tea stall’s madam sat down and asked, "What happened? Who did you run into?"

"I ran into that Coffin Guy, going to pick up a dead body, seemed like someone was going to take it to the Mortuary." Wufu had a face full of ill luck, "Madam, how come I’m so unlucky?"

"Oh dear, this won’t do at all." The madam sprang up instantly, rushed to her own tea stall, took down two willow branches that were hanging on the wall, and hurried back to Wufu, hitting her head and body with them without asking.

Wufu was holding onto a bun with her mouth still full, and upon seeing this commotion, she froze.

"Begone, begone, begone, restless spirits and wandering ghosts, scatter, do not linger in this world, pah, pah, pah." The madam, holding the willow branches, swept Wufu from head to toe, took a breath of relief, and sat down again.

"Madam, what?" Wufu stared at her, baffled and wondering what it all meant.

"Oh you naive girl, don’t you know? That Coffin Guy spends all year round at the mortuary, always with the dead, he must be covered in yin energy, nothing is more unlucky than that. Now, not only did you run headfirst into him, but you also encountered a dead body, so of course, you have to be struck with willow branches to keep those lost spirits and wandering ghosts from approaching you, so you’ll have nothing to fear," the madam said with a self-satisfied look.

Dead bodies aren’t scary, I’ve even killed people, Wufu thought to herself cynically, but her face showed only gratitude as she replied, "Madam, thank you very much."

The madam chirped brightly, "You youngsters don’t understand these things, just be more cautious in general."

Wufu nodded and then asked, "Madam, does that Coffin Guy always live at the Mortuary? Didn’t you say you saw him the other day? What about it?"

The madam explained, "He lives in the Mortuary, but he also has a house in the city, over by Chicken Head Alley, maybe he was going home? But ever since his mother died, his wife also ran away, so it’s rare to see him return, he probably spends most of his time living in the Mortuary."

Before Wufu could speak up, she continued to grumble on her own, "For all it’s worth, he’s all alone now, he might as well move to the Mortuary for good, what’s the point of going back home? It makes Chicken Head Alley somewhat unlucky. Hmph, it even passes by my tea stall, bringing misfortune."

A glint flashed in Wufu’s eyes—his wife ran away?

"Madam, the Coffin Guy is so scary, someone actually married him?" Wufu asked with wide-eyed curiosity.

Another thread matched up with her analysis, could Coffin Guy be the breakthrough clue?