Chapter 155: The Devil's Contract
My eyes flashed slightly, I gritted my teeth and ran towards them, standing on the side and looking at the two people hugging each other, restraining the bitterness in my heart, "Bai Ming'an......"
Bai Ming'an let go of his hand, Ruan Lan in his arms was stunned for a moment, got up and looked back at me.
The people of the Ruan family also looked over.
"Hehe, you girl. As soon as I saw Ming'an, I cried my nose, so wipe it quickly and don't let people see jokes. Grandma Ruan joked, Ruan Lan bowed her head, her long black hair covering her cheeks, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.
Grandma Ruan turned to Bai Ming'an again, looked up and down a few times, and couldn't help but sigh: "Ming'an, this is Ruan Lan." The real Nguyen Blue. Grandma didn't tell me before, you won't blame me, right? β
Bai Ming'an's face was cold, and the dark color on his white jade-like face was faint, not warm, but he was not angry: "No." β
"That's good, hehe. Come, come in. Sit down and I'll talk to you. Grandma Ruan's shrewd eyes lit up, "Grandma knows that you want to know the secrets of the Ruan family for a long, long time. β
A group of people entered it one after another.
I followed behind, looking at Bai Ming'an in front of me and Ruan Lan who was holding his arm tightly, my feet suddenly felt heavy, and I was reluctant to go over in my heart.
Still, I followed.
Grandma Ruan sat on the main seat, and after everyone was seated, she put one hand on the table, one hand resting on her knees, and her gaze became far-reaching: "This started more than a hundred years ago. At that time, the ancestors of our Ruan family were just inconspicuous small traders, getting up early every day and being busy in and out of the dark. I can't rest all year round, but I can only earn food and clothing.
One day the sky was unusual. It was very dark during the day, and the surrounding darkness was gloomy. The ancestors were carrying the burden and hurrying, but unknowingly encountered a ghost hitting the wall, trapped in an alley and unable to get out.
There, he meets a strange man. The man was wrapped tightly and was crouching on the ground eating. In those days, there was a famine, and people often grabbed food on the road and hid in the corners to eat. The ancestors thought he was a homeless person, and when they walked up, they happened to meet him and turned around, and his mouth was bloody.
It turned out that he was not eating. He eats alive!
The ancestors were terrified. I didn't have time to pick up the burden, so I turned around and ran for my life. How can ordinary people fight the evil spirits from below? Soon, the ancestors found out how to escape, always returning to the same place, facing the man-eating demon.
The ancestors fled many times. All failed. At last. He gave up. Stared fiercely at the demon. scolded all the vicious words he had heard in his life, poured out all the unwillingness and fear in his heart, and vented it.
He thought he was dead. That's why there are no taboos.
Strangely, instead of getting angry, the demon laughed. The evil spirit said that he had eaten many people, some crying and crying and begging him to spare his life, and some were so hard that they died with dignity. The ancestors are different, the evil spirit said, he is a real villain.
In the end, the demons did not eat him. Instead, he gave him two great giftsβeternal life and endless money. The evil ghost let the two choose one, and the ancestors wanted both because of greed.
The demon smiled a second time, and he agreed.
As a result, the ancestor had unlimited life and abundant financial resources, and he used this money to quickly develop his net worth, and later we had our Ruan family. β
At this point, Grandma Ruan paused, her hands rested on the table, and they were tightly entangled: "At the beginning, the ancestors found all the relatives near and far through huge financial resources, and a big family lived together. At its peak, our Ruan family had more than 3,000 people. However, all happiness took a turn a hundred years later.
That year, when there was a bumper harvest of grain and everyone was rejoicing, there was a disease in the Ruan family. The people of the Ruan family fell ill overnight, and almost every day a family died. Later, only the ancestral family remained.
The ancestor sat down on the ground and muttered, "He said it, he said it...... I can have both life and money, but if I choose two, after a while, he will take it all away! No, no! β
The ancestor demon seemed to have to spend a lot of money to hire Taoist priests and monks, as long as he could help relieve the disaster of the Ruan family, he was willing to pay a sky-high price. After all, he has money to spend.
Most of the Taoist monks who are attracted by money are wine bags and rice bags, deceive money and talk nonsense, or pretend to do things to exorcise evil spirits. During those days, the Ruan family had a Dafa service almost every three or five days, and people in each room had to attend as long as they were not sick and couldn't get out of bed.
After two or three months of trouble, little was achieved.
Far from being controlled, the disease is spreading at a faster rate. By the third month, all the family members of my ancestors had died of illness, and that night the snow was heavy and the sky and the earth were white. This kind of whiteness can't cover the corpses lined up in the Ruan family's compound, and the white cloth on it is layer after layer, and they are all fresh lives not long ago!
The ancestor sat alone in the courtyard for a long, long time, and suddenly he realized that no amount of life and money was in vain, and if time was left alone, then what was the use of him asking for eternity and wealth?
After thinking about it, the ancestor resolutely decided to end his life, but he forgot - he could not die.
The ancestors were desperate, had no way out, and were decadent in the yard every day. The only way I went out was to buy drunk, and I came back with a carriage of wine, and collapsed at home to get drunk. One day, by chance, he met a monk.
The monk took pity on him and told him that there was no eternal life in this world, and that as long as he scattered all his possessions and lit a fire in the courtyard, and ran in when the fire was at its strongest, he could end the pain at this time.
This was the last glimmer of hope, and the ancestors did so. A fire was lit, and the yard was sprinkled with oil, and just as he was about to throw the torch down, the demon reappeared. β
At the critical point, Grandma Ruan stopped again.
Everyone in the room listened silently, and I noticed the expressions on the faces of the Nguyen family, as if even they did not know that their ancestors had such an unhonorable but unexpectedly wonderful experience.
Hearing her say this, I vaguely guessed a sign in my heart. Maybe the ancestors and the demons made some agreement. It is this agreement that has put the Ruan family in such a situation now, and it is also an important reason why our group of people will gather here.
Sure enough, under Ruan Lan's question, "What happened later?" Ancestors and demons...... What did they say? β
Grandma Ruan pondered, looking at the room of juniors for a long time. I don't know what she feels like when she looks at these few remaining Ruan family members.
Halfway through, she sighed and said, "The evil ghost appeared to tell the ancestor that he had a chance to repent. As long as a contract is made with him, all the relatives of the Ruan family can be resurrected. His own life remained eternal. There's just a convention. β
"What agreement?" Ruan Lan asked, her delicate eyebrows raised.
I looked at her and was a little surprised. Ruan Lan didn't know? Could it be that when she was sacrificed by the Ruan family's closest relatives six years ago, she didn't know at all? Eyes reached out to the pillar of the Ruan family, Grandma Ruan. I suddenly felt that this old woman was not simple.
I hid it from her for so long. Ruan Lan didn't know. Uncle Ruan, they probably only know a little bit about it. How ...... she had been guarding this huge secret alone for so long
I was still thinking there, and Grandma Ruan took it over there. This time. Her expression was more solemn, with a bit of caution and caution.
"The Yin Gate Death Deed, limited to a hundred years, once the contract expires, then-"
"Expiring? What happens when the contract expires? Ruan Lan was anxious, and couldn't help but walk up, bending down to look at Grandma Ruan, "I have also heard of that contract in the wilderness, does it mean that a hundred years is a time limit?" After a hundred years of contract, what will happen to our Ruan family? β
"The door is full of extinction, the soul is excluded from the Three Realms, and eternal life is eternal." Grandma Ruan's lips squirmed a few times, and she said this sentence in a suppressed voice.
For a while, the faces of the Ruan family changed.
Ruan Lan also trembled, took a step back, Bai Ming'an behind her supported her, she glanced back at him, her beautiful eyes flashed, the whole person was suddenly full of strength, turned her head and asked: "That's why you broke my bones to ashes six years ago, and sacrificed the other four elders!" Is it all for that contract? Tell me! β
"Yes, yes!"
Grandma Ruan's breath was also unstable, she couldn't sit still, she stood up directly from the chair, walked back and forth a little uneasily, and kept saying: "The family motto left by the ancestors clearly states that there will be a contractor among the children of the Ruan family in every generation, and he will take the Ruan family out of danger!" β
She grabbed Ruan Lan's hand: "Lan Lan, in this generation, you are the contractor, the hope of the Ruan family!" β
Ruan Lan's face turned pale, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Hope...... So you're killing me......" A tear glistened from the corner of her eye, she looked up at Grandma Ruan sadly, "Contract...... So you let me stay in that cold place for six whole years, against my will! β
Outside the door, a strong wind suddenly blew, and there was a sound of lighter furniture brushing.
Several members of the Ruan family looked at each other, all startled by this sudden movement.
I felt a significant movement in the airflow around me on the side, is it Ruan Lan? I turned my head to look in astonishment, and saw Bai Ming'an stretching out his hand on Ruan Lan's shoulder, his voice was faint, but it had a calming strength.
He said, "Calm down, Lanlan. β
Four words, one sentence, let Ruan Lan's surging emotions easily dissolve.
Ruan Lan looked at him with moist eyes, quieted down, and stood next to him next to his arm, which actually had a bit of Ruan Lan's well-behaved shadow.
"The contract you said should be able to be cracked." Bai Ming'an was very calm, and his tone was as cold as usual, "I think this is also what the Ruan family has been keeping me." β
Grandma Ruan's eyes flashed quickly, but she smiled kindly: "Ming'an, you are the person Lan Lan likes, grandma won't harm you-"
"I know." Her words were interrupted by Bai Ming'an mercilessly, and she said bluntly: "Six years ago, you should have known that I don't like to beat around the bush. What do you want me to do, say it. β
"Good. Lan Lan really didn't see the wrong person. β
Grandma Ruan nodded with satisfaction, went over to take Ruan Lan's hand, put her hand on Bai Ming'an's palm, and said with a firm gaze: "Ming'an, your master is a high-ranking monk in Lingyun Mountain Temple, and Grandma believes that you will definitely find a way to break the contract." β
"Grandma!" Ruan Lan looked up in surprise, a little incredulous.
"Good boy. Don't worry, come in and talk to grandma in detail. β
Seeing that Bai Ming'an and the old woman of the Ruan family were about to be alone, I subconsciously wanted to follow, but I was stopped by Ruan Yuzi's fat woman, with her nose facing the sky, and snorted at me.
"What are you going to go? You treat me honestly! Little slut ......"
The last few words were said very lightly, almost biting my ear, and I was angry when I heard it, but I was afraid that the Ruan family was powerful, so I could only suppress my anger.
This secret agent went on for an afternoon, and no one else could enter except Ruan Lan.
I followed the Ruan family to wait outside, and that Ruan Yuzi mocked me with all kinds of eyes, and I didn't know if it was because my ass was fat and I couldn't sit still, so I stood up several times and deliberately passed by me, and every time I had to touch me inadvertently.
The elbow pressed heavily on my arm, or the tea suddenly spit on me, if I hadn't reacted quickly to dodge, I guess I would have been lying down.
It was already dark outside, and the normal darkness covered the land.
After another half an hour, Bai Ming'an came out, everyone in the house was stupid, several men from the Ruan family, led by the uncle, stepped forward to ask him what was going on, and Ruan Yuzi and several women also chattered around him.
I sat in the corner, gritting my teeth, I had been slapped several times in the face before, and my face was throbbing and hurting, and I was so angry that I gritted my teeth even more.
Hmph, see the guy who forgets his friends-
Not long after the belly slander, a very relieving incident happened over there. Bai Ming'an ignored the Ruan family's questions. Walking straight towards me, I was happy in my heart and calm on my face: "Finished talking? β
Cut, talk about what to talk about. Is this talking to the old woman about secrets, or using her as a shield to fall in love with Ruan Lan.
Bai Ming'an raised his cold eyebrows and said lightly: "Let's go out and talk." β
"Huh?" I was stunned, Yu Guang noticed Ruan Yuzi's flushed face with anger, and it was so cool in my heart, I didn't ask too much and stood up directly, slapped his chest with my palm, and said arrogantly: "Okay!" You name a place, let's go! β
The voice was a little rough, and the play was a little deep, Bai Ming'an frowned slightly, glanced at me, and walked forward without saying a word.
I was a little staggering, touched my nose, and followed.
Before leaving, Ruan Yuzi tried to chase me out, but I tripped at the threshold and fell on all fours, but I was so happy that my mouth was torn apart, and she was angry and wanted to get up but was stopped by Uncle Ruan.
I glanced at them coldly, lingered no longer, and followed in Bai Ming'an's footsteps.
This is the courtyard of the Ruan family, and even the air inside and outside belongs to the Ruan family, Bai Ming'an didn't bother to hide, just found a relatively secluded place to stop, and turned his head sideways to talk to me: "Aren't you and Song Li leaving, what about others." β
Song Li. I chuckled in my heart. I almost forgot about this stubble, do you want to tell him directly? (To be continued.) )