How did you get up? Are you not satisfied, tell me if there are any changes that need to be made, and I will tell them immediately. ”

Qiu Xuan blinked, and looked a little stiff when she turned to the matchmaker to dress up. "Where else...... Need a change? ”

The matchmaker hung her head condescendingly, and when she looked at it, the other party's white-painted face was furrowed, and the rat eyes that appeared smaller because the white was painted all over the eye socket stared at her. "Heh, just ask, do you really think you're still some starry lady holding the moon?"

She sneered as she spoke, not knowing what she was proud of.

Qiu Xuan sat by the coffin for a while, and after a few more minutes, a group of people dressed in coarse cloth clothes came in.

"Miss Zuo, the test has been completed, let's go back. Please take off your clothes, or it will be too bad. ”

Is the wedding dress unlucky?

Moreover, is this tomb at the foot built for this "Miss Zuo"?

Qiu Xuan sat next to the coffin and was silent for a few moments, and suddenly said, "How many days are left?" ”

She asked vaguely, which could be understood as "How many days are left for the catacombs to be completed?" Or "How many days are left until the day of marriage?" Either answer, you can get a glimpse of a certain amount of clues.

In front of him, the person dressed as a small guy was quite respectful. "There are seven days left before the coffin can be sealed."

So Qiu Xuan took the opportunity to continue, "I didn't ask this, I asked how many days there are before the marriage ceremony." ”

"I told you." The little guy tilted his head, as if he was a little puzzled. He lowered his eyelids and looked at Qiu Xuan, the corners of his mouth went up, and he pulled his face to show a smile.

"Seven days to go."

……

Qiu Xuan was locked up in a warehouse.

According to "tradition", the bride is not allowed to see any living person for seven days before her marriage, otherwise she will be targeted by "ghosts". Of course, this rumor may be false based on the conclusion of the blind man who played the violin that day, and the truth is that the living person who sees the bride will die in her place.

Qiu Xuan was still wondering why the bride had to die, but now it seems that this is the reason.

The wedding day and the funeral day are completed on the same day.

But why, if the "Miss Zuo" she is now substituting into her memory is for some special reason, then why does the bride called Jiang Lanjing in real time have to die?

The firewood-like room she was in now was essentially not much different from the ancestral hall where Jiang Lanjing was held. The walls of the doors were nailed to the ground, leaving only a locked window on the right. Once a day, the person who delivered the food would cover his ears with wax, blindfold his eyes with a cloth, put down the food, lock the window, turn around and leave, and would never say a word to Qiu Xuan.

Qiu Xuan originally thought that she was going to stay in this memory for seven days, but she didn't expect that this "person" who wanted to show her this memory would be very intimate and give her a long waiting time to fast forward directly.

So she opened her eyes again after she didn't know that a few days later, the locked window was suddenly slammed hard from the outside a few times, and a strange male voice was shouting "Ah Zuo".

Qiu Xuan walked to the window, not knowing who this person was at all, so she had to answer vaguely in her throat.

The man was completely agitated. "Ah Zuo, Ah Zuo! You're finally willing to talk to me, you're finally ...... Let's not talk about this, I don't have much time, I finally got in, I'm here to save you out! ”

Qiu Xuan raised her eyebrows, "People who meet the bride before the wedding will incur misfortune, aren't you afraid?" ”

"What nonsense, how could I be afraid of you!" The man said, "I'm not afraid, besides, no matter what terrible things happen, as long as the two of us stay together, there is nothing to worry about." ”

Qiu Xuan: "Please, the one who is being targeted by the ghost is the one who sees the bride, and I'll be fine, don't pull me." ”

“……”

"Ah Zuo...... "The man's voice sounded sad and desolate." You still haven't forgiven me, have you? As I said, I will take care of this matter, and then I will have a lifetime to atone for my sins and ask for your forgiveness...... But now, if you are obedient and follow me, there is no way I will let you marry that person! You know, you know he ......"

"What the hell are you doing!"

Suddenly, there was a noise from far and near, and the uninvited guest was spotted and patted the window panel again. "I'll come again, don't worry, I'll definitely get you out!"

As he spoke, he turned around and ran, Qiu Xuan didn't know much about the situation outside through the window, so he could only listen to the sound and judge that the person outside should have run out after the person just now.

After some time, the window panels were knocked again.

"Lan'er......" is an old female voice, which sounds like she is a little older. Don't blame your mother, if she hadn't been cornered, she wouldn't have chosen this path. ”

Qiu Xuan's ears were pressed against the window, and she didn't speak for a while.

Outside the window, the man who claimed to be his "mother" said again: "Lan'er, the medicine sent to you every day must be taken on time, although it is ...... But at least, Mother wants you to marry beautifully. ”

Is the scenery beautifully in the coffin.

Qiu Xuan clasped her fingers on the window, "Can you ask the groom to come and talk to me?" ”

There was a clang, as if the people outside had been frightened and regressed and crashed into the debris pile, and the man who claimed to be his mother gasped for a while before he spoke again with a crying voice. "Lan'er, are you still complaining about him, even if your mother begs you, let him go. There are only five days left, don't think so much about it, and get through the last time happily, right? ”

So this "mother" knew that Zuo Lan was going to die in seven days.

"I don't complain, I just want to talk to the groom, just take it as my last wish." Qiu Xuan said, "I won't run away, I only have this last wish, you can't fulfill me?" ”

No more talking outside.

When she spoke again, the woman's tone was a little harsh and tough. "Lan'er, you just stay inside, and your mother will come to see you in two days."

"I'm pregnant."

“…… What did you say? ”

"I have a baby in my belly." Qiu Xuan said this sentence without any emotion, and unexpectedly heard the footsteps of the woman outside the window going and returning. "I want to see the groom, please."

“…… When was this? ”

How do I know this. Qiu Xuan's belly slandered.

Regarding this sudden appearance of the "child", or the "chosen mother", her guess is that it should be the child of the "bride". No matter which bride it is, it is always someone who has appeared in time, either Zuo Lan's or Jiang Lanjing's.

Now the question is, who is the child?

The bride will die on the day of the wedding, and the relatives around him are silent about the rumored groom, and now with the man who appeared just now who is suspected of being an old lover, what is the relationship between them?

"I can't remember, probably in the temple." This was true, after all, the first time she saw the placenta embedded in the shrine was in the temple.

"You, you......" There was silence outside for a while, and his voice began to become sharp and terrifying. I told you, and you remember what I told you! You even took him to the temple, unexpectedly, unexpectedly...... Zuo Lan. ”

She said, "Until then, I don't care what you mess with that man, that's the end of it, and I'm in the coffin." Five days, Zuo Lan, there are five days left, and I want to make sure nothing goes wrong. ”

"You're doing it yourself."

The footsteps were completely far away, and this "mother" seemed to know a lot about the matter between Zuo Lan and the man who appeared before, and at the same time she was sure that the child belonged to that man.

Three days later, with the last two days left before the seventh, the man who had been there before reappeared.

"Ah Zuo, Ah Zuo, are you still there? You're alright, Ah Zuo, I'll take you out! ”

Qiu Xuan was now in a mess of clues in her mind, she sat on the thatched ground and thought about things for a while, and when she saw that the shouting outside was getting louder and louder, she brushed her hair and walked into the window with some irritation.

"Just tell me how, how can you get me out?"

"Huh? Yes...... That's right, Ah Zuo, I've brought two brothers with me, and I'll gesture to them later, and then they'll jump out of the shadows and get the attention of the family around, and take advantage of this opportunity......"

Qiu Xuan took two steps back, raised her calf, and kicked the entire welded window open with a sideways kick.

Man: "......"

She withdrew her foot and looked up, and saw a strange man with constricted pupils standing outside the window, and the moment the two eyes met each other, the man suddenly cried and screamed and slapped at herself.

Qiu Xuan saw that he was lying down in a crazy way, because of the perspective of the situation, she couldn't see the situation under the window clearly, and just as she wanted to step out of the window, she heard a terrified voice coming from under the window.

"Didn't you say it was impossible to be on it, ah! What now, I see the bride, I see the bride! I'm going to be targeted, it's all over, it's all over! I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to ......."

"Shut up!" The response was another male voice, which sounded exactly the same as the one that had spoken to Qiu Xuan by the window before.

She sneered.

"Yo, don't some people say that they are not afraid, it doesn't mean that they don't care at all, as long as they are with me, they can face anything."

The person under the window paused, "Ah Zuo, listen to me, I didn't do this because I was afraid, but for your good." Azuo, you believe me, everything I do is for a brighter future between us. ”

Qiu Xuan raised her feet and stepped out of the cracked window frame, and at the distance of these few steps, she could clearly see the people around her, whether they were passing by or hearing the sound, they all saw her with a frightened look on their faces. Then they turned their heads in horror and didn't look at him for a second before they met their eyes, for fear that they would be the one who replaced the bride.

Under the window frame, the unlucky man who was pushed out was still wailing in despair, and the other father of the child, who was most likely to be in the sense, was just blocked under the window frame.

Qiu Xuan's footsteps slowly approached, and from a high position, he could see the creepy faces of the two people who were blocked inside. She inexplicably has the pleasure of a horror game boss when faced with no power to fight back and can only let the leeks be slaughtered, and she happily crouches down little by little, filling up the fear value.

“……”

She paused.

Beneath the window frame, in the dark corner, next to the frightened back of the unlucky person who was pushed out, a pair of "eyes" stared at her in dead silence and coldness.

It was a gas mask.

The masked man's jaw moved, as if he were smiling at her, or maybe not. He said, "Ah Zuo, we will go down together", and the obsidian-like appearance of unknown material at the eye socket hollowed out by the mask reflected the light in his eyes in a flash.

……

Day 7.

The "seven days" here may be seven hellish days for the former Zuo Lan, and for Qiu Xuan, it is just a concept that rolls through his mind.

She still couldn't leave that day, and not only that, but the crowd that came after her was wrapped in that kind of black and opaque cloth bag, ensuring that no one could see the "bride" again. And since she could not starve to death without food for two days, she was then tied to a cloth bag and thrown into another, more solid wood room, until she was released on the seventh day.

As for the unlucky man who was pushed up and saw her face, I don't know what the situation is now, at least there has not been anything to die in place of the bride.

Early in the morning of the seventh day, the door of the firewood room was vigorously pushed open.

Instead of being afraid to avoid it, the crowd of people who stepped into this room was almost innumerable, and strange voices could be heard everywhere saying congratulations, congratulations, and other congratulatory words, as if they didn't know what kind of wedding it was.

The black cloth bag wrapped around Qiu Xuan's body was finally removed, she squinted her eyes not to let the fragile eyeballs that had not seen the light for too long face the light source, and with a turn of sight, several women dressed as strong matchmakers picked her up from the ground and brought her into a room.

In the center of the room, on the erected full-size grand hanger, a dress with a long hem and mopping the floor was firmly placed. The color is scarlet as blood, the golden phoenix seems to fly out through the cloth, and the dense heavy industry stitches all show the intentions of the embroiderers.

It's a pity that wearing such a wedding dress has to lie in a coffin.

Qiu Xuan stared at the dress, and then did not resist much, and let the women busy putting on a full set for her, dressing up her hair accessories, and applying makeup.

I can finally meet the groom today.

She thought. And since that day, the man who is suspected to be the father of the old lover's child has not appeared again, even the current "Zuo Lan" has been escorted to the flower path, and she has never seen the shadow of that person again in the lively crowd.

The marriage ceremony began.