Since

 I knew the spirit’s identity, it would be easier to deal with it! 

Zhou Ehuang was a 

gentle

 woman. Perhaps she had become a resentful ghost because of the secret affair between her beloved husband and her younger sister. As long as I could solve this, her grudge would vanish. 

I searched online and collected the stories between Li Yu and 

Young

 Lady Zhou. However, what I found discouraged me. No matter whether it was the official or unofficial history records, the fact that Li Yu had an affair with 

Y

oung Lady Zhou

while his wife was on her deathbed

was an undeniable event in history. 

After r

eading the history records, I felt sorry for Queen Zhou. She was a beautiful and talented woman, which made her a heavenly match to Li Yu. 

It was true that she was his favorite concubine 

in 

the

 imperial harem

, but 

in the end, she was defeated by her younger sister, Lady Zhou 

Young

. 

Lady Zhou 

Young

 was fourteen years younger than her. Queen Zhou died when she was twenty-nine years old. How could she be compared 

to

 Lady Zhou 

Young

, who was a bud that was about to bloom at that time? 

I considered the option of beckoning the soul of 

Young

 Lady Zhou. From my dream last night, I could tell that Li Yu didn’t mean harm to me. He was the key 

to opening 

this case! 

Li Yu’s soul would appear when the scroll was near. As he had appeared in the hospital, the scroll 

had to

 be 

nearby

. However, 

looking for that scroll in this vast hospital

 was like looking for a needle in a haystack

.

 Moreover, we could alert people here. 

I didn’t know what to do, but then I suddenly remembered that Li Yu didn’t just want me to see Zhou Ehuang in his dream. He 

was

 leading 

the way

. There should be 

a

 hidden 

meaning somewhere

!

I closed my eyes and remembered the route he had taken me. Then. I followed that route in reality 

by 

using my memory. I was in the in-patient department. 

T

he left side of the first corridor was the place where people received drips. 

I walked

 through the infusion area and 

made another

 left 

turn. I was in a

 place where people took blood tests. 

After p

assing that area 

by

 a few steps, I stopped in front of an office. 

It seemed the scroll of the ancient painting was here. It was early in the morning, so I guessed there was no one in the office just yet. I 

pushed

 the door. It squeaked 

open. 

There was a desk 

inside with 

simple decorations. The scroll was placed

 on the 

desk. I wanted to 

go

 and pick up the painting, but I was surprised

 to see 

a white shadow sitting there. 

“You’re here.” When I entered, Li Yu 

was smiling and

 looking at me.

 It seemed he was waiting

 for me. 

For the time being, I didn’t know what to say. It wasn’t good to ask him about Zhou Ehuang’s weakness. 

Feeling h

elpless, I kept silent. 

He started to chat with me as though he was talking with a friend. He didn’t talk much. He was weary after one thousand years of torment. He hoped I could help him finish all of these grudges. Then, he handed me the scroll

 and said 

gently

, 

“Ehuang’s weakness is me.” 

Then, he turned into a beam of white light

 and entered 

the scroll. Immediately, the Ci on the painting emerged in three

dimensions. I knew that his spirit had attached to the poem in the painting. 

After dawn, everything resumed to normal. I held the scroll painting

 and

 continuously 

thought

 about what to do tonight. 

Zhou Ehuang’s weakness was Li Yu. In other words,

I needed to use Li Yu’s spirit t

onight 

to threaten her. But if I did that, Li Yu would be hur

t; he could

 even perish. 

I hesitated. I thought it was coincidental at first, but now it was clear to me that Li Yu had arranged everything from the time I had bought the painting to the moment I decided to bring it with me on this trip. 

Li Yu wanted to finish this one-thousand-year grudge, but 

did

 I have to destroy this ancient poet? 

Nothing

 unexpected happened during the day. Li Mazi 

woke

 up. When I saw him 

tease

 the nurse, I knew he was all right. Orange was still unconscious. The doctor checked her and explained that her vital signals were normal. Perhaps she didn’t want to 

wake

 up because she didn’t want to face reality. 

When Shen Haoran heard that, he knew what Orange didn’t want to face. The situation they had experienced that night was so terrifying. It was understandable that she didn’t want to 

wake

 up. 

I comforted Shen Haoran. “Don’t worry. After we 

solve

 the spirit, Orange will wake up.” 

Shen Haoran smiled

. I

t was the first time I saw a bright smile on his face. I ate something to fill my stomach then returned to the hospital. 

This small town wasn’t the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty in ancient 

times

. Li Yu was here because of the scroll. So, if Zhou Ehuang wanted to stay here, she 

needed

 an otherworldly item!

I took a walk around the hospital and 

didn’t find anything

 strange. I didn’t insist on continuing the search. Instead, I returned to Orange’s patient room to arrange the stuff. 

Since talismans and wormwood powder couldn’t affect the spirit, this time, I intentionally used a block of brick taken from the Great Wall

 and put 

it under Orange’s pillow. The bricks from the Great Wall represented the Chinese people’s will to resist the foreign invaders, which made 

them

carry

 intimidating power. At the same time, since Queen Zhou 

lived 

inside the palace for almost her whole life, when she saw the brick, she would think it was the city wall, which would keep her away. 

Then, I arranged a pair of mutually engendering and mutually restraining formations at the door and the window. 

I had created t

h

ese

 formations 

f

rom the information I’d read from my grandpa’s journal. I left the Death gate and the Life gate of each formation open. When the spirit entered the formation, she would 

get through

 the Life gate. At the same time,

the Death gate would activate. 

To 

prevent

 Zhou Ehuang 

from running through

 the Life gate, I deliberately arranged two small formations. This way, I could keep her in the formation and give her time to 

catch a breath

 while she was between the two formations. 

After I had arranged everything, the sky outside was dark. I let Shan Haoran dismiss his group of thug friends

 as t

hey 

were not in danger

. Li Yu had told me that Zhou Ehuang could sense his location. She wouldn’t go to ot

her places and cause trouble

. It also explained why the female ghost had appeared on our way to this village. She had sensed Li Yu’s energy in the painting I put in the car

.

Shen Haoran insisted that he wouldn’t leave. I didn’t shoo him away but asked him to take care of Li Mazi. 

Then, I opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella to protect both Li Mazi and Shen Haoran before 

going

into

 Orange’s room. I took out the scroll painting

 and unfolded 

it on a table. Then, I used a lighter

 and burned 

the rim of the painting. Of course, I had controlled the flame 

well enough not

 to hurt Li Yu

. It was

 enough to entice Zhou Ehuang. 

As soon as I started burning it, I heard the window rattl

e

. I grabbed the Sirius Whip tightly in my hand

 and looked at

 the 

glass-paned

 window. However, after a long time, I hadn’t seen the ghost yet. 

I was feeling skeptical and bewildered when suddenly, a pair of icy-cold hands grabbed my neck!