Chapter 82: Bitter Life
Seeing that the day was about to dawn, we came to the old lady Liu's room, the dozen or so maids were already leaning on each other and sleeping on the ground, there seemed to be faint tears on their faces, I am afraid that she had a very restless night with them.
Presumably they didn't know that Qiu'er would never come back.
Uncle Xu used a spell to move them out, then pushed the door open, and suddenly smelled a rotten smell, I hurriedly pinched my nose, but there were still a lot of smells into my nose, stirring my internal organs are churning.
Then I saw the small insects on the ground, which was exactly the same as what I saw on the mountain, and Mrs. Liu was lying in the coffin in the middle, her body became a lot more deflated, as if it was hollowed out by those small insects, but there were still insects crawling in, as if they were going to eat her up, but so, I still saw that Mrs. Liu's breathing was not dead, but the appearance was extremely painful.
"Who are you?"
A faint voice came to my ears, it seemed that Mrs. Liu was talking to us, and Uncle Xu and I walked in front of him, but we saw that she raised her arm slightly, as if to greet us.
Half of her bones were exposed, and she looked like flesh and blood, carrying a slight smell of decay that seemed to come from her.
"Are you the ghost slayer invited by Tong'er?" Seeing that we didn't answer, Mrs. Liu asked.
I nodded and asked, "Old lady, what do you have to say to us?" ”
"Then you can see Xiao Zhao?"
I shook my head and asked, "Who is Xiao Zhao?" ”
"Xiao Zhao, it's my former maid, this child has a hard life, and his father and mother don't want to see him, he was sold into the kiln and ransomed by my husband." Mrs. Liu said breathlessly, "This child has two double buns and a pair of small dimples on his cheeks, which is really likable, but his life is hard." ”
Listening to her description, it seemed to be the female ghost, and then Mrs. Liu told us Xiao Zhao's life experience.
When she died, she was only 16 years old, and she was born and lovely, but when she was only ten years old, she was sold into the kiln by her biological father, and when she got to the kiln, it was also a sin to be beautiful, and when she was only ten years old, there were many people who beat her idea, but she struggled desperately, and the old bustard was angry, so he had to keep him innocent for a few years.
But in the end, he couldn't resist the temptation of money, and was finally bought a bed by a wealthy businessman at a price of 10,000 taels, and this rich businessman was none other than Liu Futong's father, Mrs. Liu.
At that time, Mrs. Xu was also more than 60 years old, but she ruined a young girl, Xiao Zhao cried bitterly, but Mrs. Liu couldn't stop beating him, because he was not satisfied, he spent so much silver, but he bought a donkey who did not obey his fate.
tied her hands and held the rope on her body and continued to whip her, but the small trick was out of breath but not breathing, and when she was about to die, the old lady Liu did not treat her as a person, but committed violence again, until Xiao Zhao was already drenched in blood and passed out, he let go.
Seeing this, the old bustard was afraid of losing the cash cow, so he immediately invited Lang Zhong, but he told Xiao Zhao that he was afraid that he would not live long, and the old bustard was resentful, and he scolded when he found the old lady Liu.
Although Mrs. Liu is arrogant and domineering, but in the end he is a person who wants to be faced, he went to the brothel, and everyone in the house knows about it, if the old bustard talks nonsense, let others count his reputation, but it is going to stink home, in desperation, Mr. Liu spent 10,000 taels to buy Xiao Zhao into the house.
Xiao Zhao's more painful days came, Master Liu felt that he had bought Xiao Zhao and made her a sleeping girl, but he didn't think that Xiao Zhao was just a child and naturally broke free, at this time Master Liu was already old, and he was unable to do it after a few times, and finally threw her in a warehouse, regardless of it, but some kind people sent her some, and the food came over, and she didn't die, and lived to be fifteen years old.
Although Mrs. Liu knew the ups and downs of Mrs. Liu, she couldn't control him at all, so she let him go, there were many concubines in the family, as long as he didn't play out of line, and one day, Mrs. Liu suddenly saw Xiao Zhao, squatting in the warehouse like a puppy, kneeling and eating, thin and small, it looked really distressing.
This old lady Liu is a kind-hearted person, she burns incense and worships the Buddha on weekdays, seeing this situation is naturally heartbroken, never expected her husband to do such a despicable thing, immediately took this Xiao Zhao with her, at this time Xiao Zhao's days are called days, her face is often smiling, her personality is extremely good, and she speaks to be considered, so many people like her very much.
But when Mrs. Liu saw that Xiao Zhao looked better than before, and wanted to call Xiao Zhao from this Mrs. Liu, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Mrs. Liu and begged for mercy, begging her not to give herself to Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu naturally promised to help Xiao Zhao up, although the old lady did not obey, but still gave Mrs. some face, Xiao Zhao was relieved, but the partial birth of Liu Futong is not a good stubble, it is Master Liu is ruthless on the surface, this Liu Futong is a hypocrite.
When he saw that Xiao Zhao was white and beautiful, with a smile and a delicate smile, he had evil thoughts in his heart.
One night, he asked Xiao Zhao to send some pastries to his room, Xiao Zhao is subordinate, and he sent it over because of his heart, but he saw Liu Futong close the door, speaking of this, Mrs. Liu sighed, I naturally understand what is behind this, presumably Xiao Zhao has been given by this beast......
"After Xiao Zhao came back, he kept crying with me about all this." Old Madam Liu spoke tremblingly, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let Xiao Zhao marry Tong'er ......"
It turned out that after Xiao Zhao was forced to bow by Liu Futong's overlord, Mrs. Liu was furious, called Liu Futong over, and asked him to kneel for Xiao Zhou.
asked his subordinates to bring a stick and deal with Liu Futong's family law, Liu Futong was so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy, saying that he had liked Xiao Zhao for a long time, but he didn't dare to say it, and he was willing to marry Xiao Zhao, so that he could give her a home.
Mrs. Liu thought that Xiao Zhao's life was hard, and it was a good thing to sum it up, if she married her husband's family, she would not cherish her if she was not clean, if she married Tong'er, he was her own son, if he did anything bad, he could do justice for Xiao Zhao.
At this point, no matter how much she comforted Xiao Zhao, she couldn't fill the gap in her heart, so she might as well ask her if she was willing to marry Liu Futong, Xiao Zhao was very reluctant at first, but Mrs. Liu tried her best to enlighten her, and said: "In the future, you can take care of yourself, Liu Futong naturally dare not bully her." ”
Listening to Mrs. Liu's words, I speculated to myself that Xiao Zhao could marry Liu Futong, which is also a blessing in misfortune, after all, she is a subordinate, and she will still be matched with a subordinate in the future, and it is estimated that she will still be disliked in the future.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Zhao also agreed.
Mrs. Liu said that although Xiao Zhao was admitted as Liu Futong's concubine, the Liu family was a big family, and Xiao Zhao was happy that day, but more than that, she was a little apprehensive, and kept holding Mrs. Liu's hand, saying that she was a little flustered, afraid that something was going to happen.
Mrs. Liu didn't care, she just said: "I will feel like this for the first time when I marry a woman, and the same is true on my mother's day, I am nervous and scared." ”
After comforting Xiao Zhao, he sent someone to send Xiao Zhao to Liu Futong's room, that day, she walked in in a bright red wedding dress, but she didn't want to never get out again, but was carried out by her subordinates.
Yes, Xiao Zhao has become a corpse, but what happened this night? No one knows, but I heard Liu Futong say that Xiao Zhao was unwilling to marry him, so he committed suicide.
"But if he commits suicide, how can anyone poke his eyes blind? Cut off your own tongue and ears? Mrs. Liu said, a line of tears flowed from her cloudy eyes, "It's all Tong'er's sin, although I don't know the specific things, but after just one look, I was so scared that I ran back, and since then I have been closed, chanting scriptures for Xiao Zhao, surpassing his undead, so that she will suffer less in the next life, don't ......be like this life."
Old Madam Liu took a deep breath: "Since then, there have been more and more haunted things in the Liu Mansion, and there are fewer and fewer people, in the past, there were at least three or four hundred people in the Liu Mansion, but now they are ......."
She stopped talking and closed her eyes, but we waited for a long time, and we didn't see her open her eyes......
Those little insects suddenly got into her body again, seeing that Mrs. Liu's belly was getting bigger and bigger, presumably the same was true of Mr. Liu that day, and a noisy footstep suddenly sounded outside the door, and then, a voice shouted: "Mother, how are you?" ”
Old Madam Liu would not answer, Liu Futong outside the house seemed to be talking to a maidservant: "You go in and have a look!" ”
The maid squeaked and whined, so naturally she didn't dare to come in, so I pushed open the door and said, "Lord Liu, the old lady has left, and the mourning is changing." ”
Seeing that Liu Futong's face was getting worse and worse, he suddenly knelt on the ground, grabbed the ground with both hands, buried his head, and his choked voice came: "Mother, it's a child, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Seeing the death of Mrs. Liu, those servants and maids actually knelt down together and cried bitterly, obviously, Mrs. Liu is a good person, and she is gone, which these people can't bear.
Liu Futong wiped his tears, looked at me and asked a little strangely, "These insects can't get into you?" ”
I didn't know how to answer his words, and he didn't ask deeply, after all, the death of Mrs. Liu at the moment gave him a big blow, and he was not in the mood to think about it so much, so he waved his hand and said to the welfare family: "Carry the old lady out." ”