Chapter Seventy-Seven: Puppetry
The Red Dancer continued: "After the people of the Western Regions were killed, Hu Yinshan seemed to have some problems, there would often be some skin on his body, oozing blood, growing bedsores, and large pieces of skin falling off like flour, and people were extremely haggard. Suddenly one day, he disappeared, and I was surprised and scared, surprised that this demon had finally disappeared, and I was afraid that one day he would reappear and become my lingering nightmare. Mrs. Hu, who had never seen his dark side, of course, was uneasy about the inexplicable disappearance of her husband, who loved her very much, and sent servants to search everywhere, and even reported to the government, but there has been no news. ”
"A month later, he reappeared, I thought my nightmare would come again, however, Hu Yinshan seemed to be a different person, completely different from the cruelty of the past, and even a little more tenderness, that tender gaze not only looked at Mrs. Hu, but also looked at me, so I don't understand whether it was the disguise in front of people or whether he really got better. Mrs. Hu was the happiest, her beloved husband returned, and the two of them began their sweet days like glue again, during that time, he was very good to me, never cruelly beat me again, most of the time, and I respected each other like a guest, I thought in my heart that it was a short dream, and I only wished that I would never wake up. ”
"But dreams are short-lived, but nightmares are always there. A year later, you were born, it was a winter, I remember that you were born with snow-like skin, but there was a cyan birthmark on your face, which was extremely ugly, which made Mrs. Hu very sad, she remembered that you would grow up to be a girl and have low self-esteem for the rest of her life because of this birthmark, so she couldn't stop crying, Hu Yinshan didn't care, and kept comforting Mrs. Hu. At that time, I was very concerned about the status of Mrs. Hu's main room, and I was often jealous in my heart, so I felt a kind of schadenfreude when I saw her sad, and now I think about the hearts of some villains, after all, she is very good to me. ”
"Another year passed, and the nightmare finally came. There was a sloppy beggar in the house, his hair was scattered to cover his face, the family wanted to drive him away, but Hu Yinshan respectfully invited him into the living room, I heard the maid whispering, asked this gossip, curious, strange why Hu Yinshan regarded a broken beggar as a guest in the court, so he hid behind the screen and peeked at the conversation between the two. What I never expected was that the sloppy beggar lifted the long unkempt hair hanging in front of him, and his face was exactly the same as Hu Yinshan!
"The two chatted for a long time, and I figured out the reason for the incident. It turned out that Hu Yinshan had practiced for a period of time according to the methods of the people of the Western Regions, but he found that he had practiced the way of the people of the Western Regions, and he practiced so much that he went crazy, and the puppet technique did not advance but retreated, and finally reacted on himself, so his skin and flesh fell off and his life was dying. So Hu Yinshan came to the dungeon, and spent a month refining an identical self, and inherited all his memories, and lived in Hu's mansion instead of him as a Hu member. As for himself, he came to the empty tomb in the back mountain, devoted himself to cultivation, and practiced for two years before he recovered his strength. ”
"The real Hu Yinshan is back, so naturally the fake puppet will take the initiative to commit suicide, and only one will be left alive in the world from then on. But your father refused, begging him to spare his life, and he was willing to go to the Western Regions and never return to the Central Plains. Hu Yinshan is a person like this, how can he allow others to snore on the side of the couch, where can he allow another self to live in the world? At the last moment, Mrs. Hu came to the hall and wanted to persuade her, but she was surprised to see two identical husbands. ”
"Hu Yinshan was at a disadvantage at this time, and when he saw that your father even helped him give birth to a child, he was angry and hateful, and a sense of betrayal arose, so he grabbed Mrs. Hu and you, and threatened to kill these two people to your father. Your father is Hu Yinshan himself in his memory, Mrs. Hu is his beloved wife, and you are his favorite daughter, how can he let the two of you lose a single hair? So your father didn't dare to move, and begged Hu Yinshan to spare your mother's and daughter's lives. Hu Yinshan laughed wildly, threw your father a sword, and made your father commit suicide. ”
Your father hesitated, but picked up the sword. I hid behind the screen at this time, thinking that as soon as your father died, the terrifying and hateful Hu Yinshan was coming back again, my heart was full of fear, I took out the golden hairpin, trembled my hands, followed the screen, and inserted it into Hu Yinshan's body in front of the screen, Hu Yinshan screamed in pain, pinched Mrs. Hu's neck, Mrs. Hu threw you out, and I subconsciously rushed over to catch you. Your father was shocked, rushed over with a sword, stabbed Hu Yinshan all over his body, bleeding profusely, and finally killed this demon. The hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, he still held Mrs. Hu's neck until your father cut off his finger and saved Mrs. Hu, and his neck had been out of breath for a long time. ”
"After that, your father wanted to use puppetry to recreate Mrs. Hu, but unfortunately he tried seven or eight times in a row, but none of them succeeded, it turned out that Hu Yinshan had expected that the puppet might not be obedient, and many memories were erased when it was passed on to your father, leaving only a few words of puppetry, but your father failed repeatedly and couldn't touch the puppet technique. The death of Mrs. Hu has hurt your father very much, and it is simply painful. And I took the opportunity to say goodbye to your father, left Hufu, and since then I have been in the rivers and lakes, and later joined the Gu Sect. I remember when I left, you were too young, just a toddler, thinking that I was your mother, holding my clothes, reluctant to let me leave, my shadow of Hu Yinshan is too big, only by leaving Hu Mansion can I start a new life, so I shed tears and said goodbye, when your nurse took you away, howling and crying. ”
"It's a pity that the second time, your father took you to Gumen, and when you worshipped me as a teacher, you didn't remember me at all, and you grew up a lot at that time, and you saw a beautiful embryo for the first time. Your father was already proficient in puppetry, but unfortunately your mother had already settled in the ground, and her body was corrupted, and she couldn't reshape another one. From Jingnan to Gumen, thousands of miles away, your father had something to do at the time, and made a puppet to send you, I killed the puppet Hu Yinshan in front of you, I'm afraid you hated me at that time, I didn't expect your father to be fine when I went home three years later. ”。
"Actually, I am a well-known ** slut in the rivers and lakes, and I wonder why your father entrusted you to me, and later I realized that I used to be as close to you as a mother and daughter, and I will not treat you badly. It's just that I saw that you were too young at the time, and I never told you about these things that only adults understand, which caused you to take a detour, and now that I think about it, I feel quite guilty. ”
Hu Shao hugged her, her face turned into tears, and she couldn't cry: "I...... I don't blame you, it's just, I'm ...... I miss my mother so much. ”