A Living Karmic Debt: the Beautiful Nun Suffers Great Calamity; A Deadly Feud: Concubine Zhao Departs for the Courts of the Underworld

It is said that Xifeng ordered the women on night watch to be bound and sent to the authorities for questioning. These women knelt on the ground and begged bitterly. Lin Zhixiao and Jia Yun said, “It is no use begging. The Master left us to watch the house. It was luck that nothing happened; now that a robbery has occurred, everyone high and low must bear blame. No one can save you. Since the dead man is Zhou Rui’s godson, from the ladies down, everyone inside and outside is implicated.” Xifeng said, panting, “This is a calamity brought by fate. There is no use saying more to them. Just take them away. As for the lost property, explain to the authorities that it was all Old Ancestor’s things. The details will be clear only when the masters return. When we report and the Master comes back, we will formally draw up a list of stolen goods, and say the same to the civil authorities.” Jia Yun and Lin Zhixiao assented and went out to attend to matters. Xichun could not say a word. She only wept and said, “I have never even heard of such a thing. Why has it fallen on us......