Chapter 22: Compromise
"Luo Hongxuan," I stretched out my hand, trying to pull him, "don't go, make things clear." ”
Then the outstretched hand only touched a piece of coldness, and could not grasp anything.
He ran away like that!
"The hour has come."
At this time, the shrine maiden opened her mouth to remind.
"Miko-sama, please be merciful and let me see him again! I don't believe he's left me like that. I cried and begged.
Luo Qiaoyu walked over and patted me gently on the back, comforting me silently.
With a meow, Xiao Hei jumped off the desk, walked to my feet, and rubbed my feet with his round body, as if to comfort me.
Seeing that I was crying miserably, the shrine maiden sat down behind the desk, sighed, and said, "Child, don't cry, if you want to avenge your husband's grievances, it's not impossible. ”
She paused, and then said, "It's just that with your strength, it's too weak." ”
The shrine maiden shook her head, unable to bear to say more.
"Mother-in-law, no matter what, the little girl can't bear Hongxuan's tragic death, please ask the mother-in-law to fulfill the little girl's hard work." As I spoke, I knelt down again and pleaded.
The witch raised her hand and motioned for Luo Qiaoyu to help me up.
"In this case, the old body will help people to the end, teach you a method of nourishing your soul, and let you get what you want in the future."
"The method of soul nourishment?" My eyes widened in amazement.
"It's a secret method of witchcraft," the shrine maiden explained slowly, "and it feeds the soul with the blood of a man." ”
"Mother-in-law, how do you feed this?" I asked eagerly.
"Child, you have to think about it, nourishing your soul with blood will not only consume your own essence, but also make you weaker and weaker, and over time, the ghost energy will be haunted, and the yin energy will become heavier and heavier, slowly consuming your yang energy until your longevity ends early. You are already a yin-gathering body, and if you raise your soul, it will exacerbate your body's weakness. I'm afraid it's ......"
"Mother-in-law, the little girl is not afraid, as long as she can avenge Hongxuan, even if I am allowed to die, it doesn't matter." I'm very determined.
"Well, why bother? You are still young, listening to Xuan'er's words, isn't it good to remarry? Why do you know you are going to die, but you have to be so unhesitating? The shrine maiden sighed.
"Mother-in-law, I was born as a member of the Luo family, and died as a ghost of the Luo family, and now I know that Hongxuan's death is unjust, but I don't want to avenge my grievances and stay alone in the world, what face will I face the ancestors of the Luo family in the future? What's more, in exchange for Hongxuan's company, the little girl is willing to be happy even if her life is short! ”
"Have you thought about it, once the ghost qi is haunted, the ghost qi will make you weaker and weaker, and there are few days to live, and after death, the soul will enter the eighteenth layer of hell, be tortured, and never be able to be reborn, in this way, are you willing to be a child?"
"Yes!"
I don't hesitate, I'm a determined person, and once I've made up my mind, I won't change.
"Seeing that you are so resolute, the old body will help you." The shrine maiden didn't insist anymore and compromised.
"Thank you, mother-in-law," I bowed again, "and ask my mother-in-law to tell her how to nourish her soul with blood." ”
"Go back, take a small bag of your husband's ashes, open the altar for him, and merge his soul and ashes into this jade box."
As she spoke, she took out a purple jade box. This purple jade box is three feet square, the color is fresh and moist, and there seems to be a bright light under the dim small oil lamp, and it looks like an ordinary product.
"This thing is called the purple jade box, which is passed down by the witches of the Luo family for generations, and this thing can nourish the soul and gather the soul, so that the soul body can live here. Xuan'er's wisp of remnant soul is now wandering in this mountain forest, and the others are missing, you can first put this remnant soul in the purple jade box, and then slowly collect his two souls and seven spirits in the future. ”
When the witch saw me, she explained to me: "After the soul is drawn, your husband's soul will fall into a deep sleep, so you can put this thing away close to you, and feed it with three pillars of fragrance and three drops of essence blood every day, and after 7749 days, the soul will awaken, remember not to let this thing leave the body, otherwise his soul will dissipate in the world because it cannot be condensed, and there will be no chance of reincarnation." ”
I nodded cautiously to make a note of it: "Little girl, go back and get the ashes." ”
"Don't worry, the old body still needs to prepare, you can come back tomorrow." The witch waved her hand and motioned for her to step back, "Xiaoyu, you send her out." ”
"Yes, mother-in-law."
Luo Qiaoyu answered the order and took me out of the bamboo house.
The moment the bamboo door closed, the little black cat jumped on the desk, and the witch stretched out her thin hand, touched the little black cat and said, "Since you care about her and want to go with her, go ahead!" ”
"Meow," the little black cat meowed, and nodded with a sly smile. The witch's cloudy eyes glowed, and she winked at it, and the little black cat leaped forward and disappeared into the bamboo house.
Outside the bamboo building, Luo Qiaoyu sent me out: "Sister Hua, go and prepare!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Shaowu!" I bowed to the little girl and stepped out of the fence.
"Meow", the little black cat jumped on my shoulder from behind, and I reached out to pull it off, "Little black, why did you come with me, you are the pet of the witch-sama, I didn't know before, I have always taken you with me, now you better go back to the shrine-sama!" ”
Xiao Hei refused to leave.
"Sister Hua, it doesn't matter, it likes to follow you, you just let it follow."
Luo Qiaoyu said with a smile behind him.
"Is that appropriate?" I turned, hesitantly.
"What's this, this little thing likes to run out very much, it can't stay idle in the woods, mother-in-law never cares about it, after a while, it will come back by itself." The little girl was very enthusiastic to comfort me.
I nodded, said goodbye to Luo Qiaoyu, and left with the little black cat.
I followed the way I had come, and returned to the village, this time without any obstacles, and out of the forest very smoothly.
I saw that at the door of her small courtyard, there was Aunt Gen of the family next door, and she was looking up.
I walked over quickly, "Auntie, why are you here?" ”
"It's getting dark, and I'm waiting for you here when I see that you've not come back for a long time. Where have you been? ”
Aunt Gen may have waited for a long time, and she was relieved to see me.
I led her into the courtyard, and the old woman sat down, and I went into the house, and took the tea, and poured out a cup for the old woman, and poured myself another cup, and drank it, and then sat down.
When she saw me sitting down, she stretched out her head to look out of the courtyard, and when she saw that no one was passing by, she asked, "Are you going to see the shrine maiden?" ”
I was stunned, and went to see the witch mother-in-law by myself, how did she know.
"Heh, I saw you walking towards the back mountain, don't worry that I won't tell anyone! You're going to ask about your man, right? ”
When I saw her say this, I nodded and acknowledged.
"Mikoma-sama is the guardian deity of our village, she will help you!" A relaxed expression appeared on Aunt Gen's face.
"Thank you Aunt Gen for your concern!" I didn't tell her about the meeting with the shrine maiden, but I thanked her with a grateful smile.
"It's nothing, our neighbors should take care of each other." As she spoke, she stood up, patted the dust off her body and said, "Then you can rest first, and I'll go back." ”
I got up to say goodbye.