Chapter Eighty-Seven: Deception (The Self-Narrative of the Great Young Master)
Spring returns in March, and the pear blossoms are like snow.
Our appointed day has finally arrived.
I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, and my mind kept recalling the happy times when we were together, thinking of your sweet smiling face, thinking of your gentle voice......
What are you doing? Could it be that I am as excited as I am?
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Before dawn the next day, I quickly got up and got ready, and rushed to Cheongju without a moment's delay.
I can't wait, I can't wait to see you.
I secretly also let some of my subordinates mix in the team to welcome the relatives, for fear that the second brother or someone with bad intentions would come to sabotage, but he didn't show up in the end, and the journey went smoothly.
The gongs and drums are noisy, so lively.
I sent someone to ride a fast horse to inform in advance, and I also quickened the pace of the procession.
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Spring in Cheongju is the most beautiful of the four seasons of the year.
The pear blossoms, peach blossoms, and redbuds all over the city are in full bloom, and at a glance, pink, white, clusters and clusters, blooming lively, fluttering in the wind, as if they are also dancing and cheering for our great event.
I watched the matchmaker and the maid help you and walk out of the house.
I made a beautiful turn, quickly dismounted, and met him.
You are dressed in a bright red dress with moire and gold trim, which is tailor-made by a leading tailor who has spent a lot of money, and the embroidery on it is also carefully embroidered by the most ingenious embroidery girls, and I specially let them embroider your favorite Qionghua. His garments are adorned with pearls and precious stones that I have given you, and even the red hijab that temporarily obscures your beautiful face is beautifully embroidered and jeweled.
You say it's too extravagant, but I insist on doing it and want the best for you.
Your parents and your sisters came out to see you off, instructing you, and you hugged your sisters one by one, telling you that you were reluctant.
I stepped forward to salute everyone, personally helped you into the carriage, and planned to change into a prepared sedan chair in Suhuai Town, so that you would not have to work so hard all the way.
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With blessings and applause, we stepped into the happy hall, I took your hand directly, ten fingers interlocked, tightly, I don't think I will let go of your hand in my life.
There are beads of sweat of nervousness and joy in your palms, and I think your face must be red, right?
I can't seem to hear the bustle next to me, and I can't seem to see the crowd around me.
Because I have only you in my eyes, and I have you in my heart.
On this day, you are not the most beautiful, because in my heart, you are the most beautiful every day.
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After marriage, I will take care of you in every way in order to keep you from being bullied in my family.
I have sent you the most capable girl, and your knowledgeable has helped me a lot.
You never complain that I leave early and come home late, and sometimes you give me ideas for business matters.
When I'm with you, I feel like every day goes by so fast and I want to make time slower; When you're not around, it feels like time is too slow, and it's like years.
Every time I hear the discussion of my subordinates, saying that I envy our fairy couple, I snicker proudly in my heart.
I guess it's that simple, let's be happy like that.
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However, after that relentless fire, everything changed.
Everyone has changed, and it is possible that my feelings are wrong, and I always feel that there are many things that I don't remember.
At that time, Mrs. Hu disappeared for a while, saying that she was recuperating, and there is also a theory that she was working as an overseer in the place where the old house was repaired.
I was wounded for some reason, it looked like I was wounded by a dagger, and I almost got hurt to the core, but I wasn't burned. I had been recuperating in bed for a long time, so I didn't know much about the other people's conditions, and none of them seemed to be hurt.
You were rescued by Lei'er, who had gone all the way to find her sister, when you fell down a hill and remained unconscious.
Lei'er's sister Rui'er is missing, and most people say that they have been burned to ashes by the fire and cannot be found.
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We recalled all the family members, and life seemed to be back to the way it was, but I always felt that something was wrong, and I always felt that the elders of the family had something to hide from us.
It took you many days to slowly wake up, but your body is still very weak after a long time of cultivation.
It just so happened that the family had hired a warlock to exorcise evil spirits, so I secretly found him.
The warlock told me that you fell down the hill and lost your three souls and one soul, which is why your body has always been so weak.
I was very anxious and asked him if there was anything he could do to fix it.
He said that if you don't make up for it, your health will get worse and worse, and you won't live long.
I was so angry that he said that, and I grabbed him by the collar and asked him what he was going to do. Can I give you my life?
He said that your situation is more special, you can only collect yin to supplement yin, my physique is not suitable, you need a woman's soul to be suitable, and this kind of thing that violates the principles of heaven is difficult to complete. Before finding the right person, you should be given blood ginseng tea made from women's blood every day to maintain your vitality.
How easy is it to get a woman to voluntarily give her blood and soul?
From that day on, I got a little out of control and started looking for all sorts of ways and I started to become less like myself, and I told myself that I couldn't give up any hope for you.
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One day, a dusty woman in the business kept urging her to drink, and said that if anyone could finish the wine on the table, she would do anything.
I gritted my teeth and drank and poured as hard as I could, like crazy. Others think I'm desperate for beauty, but what I want is her soul, her soul, and her blood.
When I had drunk it all, she was very happy and offered to kiss her, but I pushed her away in disgust, saying that I only wanted her blood, and she was very surprised, but she was willing to lose the bet, so she cut her hand and let me take a bottle. I asked the warlock for a bloody ginseng tea that I could take for three days.
There was really no other way, I did several days of ideological struggle, looked at you weak, and made up my mind. I began to make contact with all kinds of women, trying to get their blood as much as I could, and looking for the souls that the warlocks said were suitable for you.
I'm not going to take their lives, if there's a suitable one, I'll take just one, and if not, I'll only take their blood. For a year, I didn't find the right person, so I had to keep taking their blood to make blood ginseng tea, and give it to you in the name of Old Lady Hu.
I'm guilty, and I've taken advantage of them. Some of these women are forced to threaten, some are bent to welcome, some are for profit, and of course some are truly in love with me. I was perfunctory with them, I was really tired, very tired, but I didn't stop.
I don't know what's wrong with me, once I start, it gets out of hand. I don't know why in such an extreme way. Maybe the Hu family is born with this kind of extreme cell in their blood, I force myself, hold on, I will definitely find it.
I know, I'm so sorry for you, I broke our oath by doing this, I don't care about gossip, I just don't want to see your sad lost soul, my heart hurts, it hurts so much that I can't breathe.
I won't go to you at all. At first, he deliberately went to a far away place to do business, and later he numbed himself with alcohol.
I deliberately treated you very badly and badly, yelling at you and threatening you. At first, you would come to me, say believe me, and beg me to tell you what was going on, but then I would shut the door to you, and deliberately let you see me and the maids tugging and hugging, although as soon as you left, I pushed them away.
I thought maybe if you hated me, you wouldn't be so sad.
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How happy I am when I say that you are pregnant with our child, this is something I dare not ask for, it is a gift from God.
I sent Leil to take care of you, she has always been very careful, and I have sent you a lot of things, food and clothing, but I never show up, I am afraid that I will see you shake my determination, I am afraid that I will be soft-hearted.
I can't help but go to see you, but I only dare to sneak there while you're asleep.
I'd love to give our kids a name, but I don't deserve it.
I really don't deserve it.
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I found out that Wan'er next to you, she has a very gentle personality, and she would secretly look at me before, and I couldn't pass up any opportunity, so I mistakenly started to hint at her. During your pregnancy, I deliberately put her next to me to serve me, I took her blood to make blood ginseng tea, she didn't ask the reason like other people, she trusted me completely.
She, like you, is very innocent and knows that she is sorry for you, but she still follows me with all her heart. Her body was weaker and unfit for soul retrieval, and after her blood was taken, her physique became worse and worse. And after you gave birth to a child, your body became even weaker, and it was not enough to let you drink blood ginseng tea every day, and her use value was almost over.
Actually, I know that I will be punished for doing this, but I really don't regret it, if you can get better, complete, healthy, I will be satisfied, and let all the blame fall on my head!
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On the one hand, I am trying to save you, and on the other hand, I am still investigating the secrets of my elders.
I don't know why, we don't remember the situation of the fire, I've talked to a lot of people, and the people who were recalled don't talk about it, I don't know if it's coercion or temptation, or maybe they don't remember either.
I knew that there were strange things in the lotus pond, so I raised some fish, and I marked them to distinguish the fish that might have in the pond, and the number of fish gradually increased each time, and sure enough, these fish were always gone all night, and it seems that the underwater guys have a lot of appetite.
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Our child, when I was born, a lot of strange things happened, I was very worried, so I rushed back, in fact, I live in a nearby town for the past few days, but I pretend to go to Yangzhou to talk about business, so that you can't see me.
I don't show up, but my heart is always on you.
According to them, the child kept crying, not dripping, and the tears were still red.
After you know the child's condition, you have not thought about tea and dinner, and you are also very haggard and weak.
I pretended not to care on the surface, but in fact, I was already heartbroken and in pain. I hate myself for not bringing you happiness and making you suffer so much.
I don't know, is my behavior damned?
But I'm going to persevere, and if I fall and can't collect more blood, what will you do?
I can only kneel and beg God, let me bear the sins I have created, let me bear everything......