The little ghost married, Feng Chao had heard the old people talk about this, but he always thought that this was a story made up by those old people to scare the children. But now, he saw it with his own eyes.

He shrunk his head and closed his eyes, but the red embroidered shoes were still dangling in front of him. Finally, when the sound of gongs and drums disappeared, he was already paralyzed beside the lonely grave, soaked all over.

He didn't dare to stay where he was, lest the little ghost who married him come back, got up from the ground with his hands and feet, and ran crookedly towards the official road.

He ran for a long time, but it seemed that he had been in the mass grave all the time, and he didn't even see the slightest shadow of the official road. At this time, Feng Chao began to panic. Just when he felt that he was about to go crazy, he saw several homes.

Without thinking too much about it, Feng Chao stumbled over and began to knock on the door of a house.

The door opened from the inside.

An old woman stood behind the door with a bright red lantern in her hand and dressed in navy blue. There seemed to be writing on the lantern, but Feng Chao didn't have the heart to look at it at all, he just wanted to hurry into the house and avoid the terrible things outside.

"Who are you looking for?" The old woman asked, raising the lantern in her hand a little higher.

"I ...... I'm passing. I'm lost and I want to spend the night at your house. Don't worry, I'm not a bad person, and I'll give you money too. ”

"I'm not welcome here."

The old woman's face was wrinkled, and her shriveled lips didn't seem to move when she spoke.

In the past, when he heard such words, Feng Chao would not hesitate to turn around and leave, but now, he hesitated. He looked left and right, and although there were houses, the only one in the house was lit up.

"Old man, I beg you, just take me in for a few hours. I promise, when I entered the house, I didn't move, I didn't do anything, I just stood. I'll leave when it's dawn, oh no, it's a little brighter. I'll give you all the money I have, as if I were staying overnight. ”

"It's not that my wife is difficult for you, but I can't keep people in this place."

Seeing that the old woman was about to close the door, Feng Chao didn't have time to think about it, so he slammed open the door and broke in.

Feng Chao forgot one thing, that is, an ordinary old woman couldn't withstand such a knock from him.

"I'm sorry! Old man, I really can't help it. There are ghosts in that mass grave, and I've been walking for a long time, but I can't get out. I have two underage children and an eighty-year-old mother at home, and I can't and don't want to die here. If I beg you, you will take me in for a few hours. I'll give you all the money I have with me. ”

Feng Chao grabbed a money bag and poured out all the contents of it, including copper coins and some scattered silver.

"In that case, you can stay. My wife can't spend this money, and I don't want it. I have only one request, and that is not to touch anything in this room. Once you move, you may never be able to walk again. ”

Feng Chao nodded hurriedly.

The old woman rested the lantern she was carrying on the wooden table, "Remember, this lamp must not be extinguished." ”

Feng Chao nodded. "Old man, you still have some food at home, I ran all the way, hungry and thirsty, and now my stomach is only screaming."

"Only noodles, do you eat them?"

"Eat, I can do anything."

"Okay, you wait, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles. Remember, don't move around, and don't touch the lamp. ”

Having just met a ghost marrying a relative, Feng Chao is now less daring than a mouse. The old woman had told him again and again, but he really stood at the table, and did not move much.

After a short while, the old woman came out with a black porcelain bowl and handed it to Feng Chao. The bowl was indeed filled with noodles, but there was no oil or water at all, and the noodles were very soft, and the mouth was sticky with an indescribable fishy smell. Thinking that the old woman lived alone in such a place, and the furnishings of the house did not look like that kind of wealth, this aspect was estimated to be not very new from previous years.

Once a person is hungry, he will not be too particular about eating. Feng Chao first took a sip, thinking that the taste was okay, not unpalatable, and it was wiped out after three times and five divided by two.

When the old woman came to fetch the bowl, she pointed to the door, and said that if he was sleepy, he could rest for a while against the door.

Feng Chao thought that the old lady was guarding herself, so he didn't say anything, gathered his clothes and walked to the door and sat down. Not long after lying down, his eyelids drooped.

In his dream, he saw the red embroidered shoes again. It's just that unlike what you see in a mass grave, the owner of the embroidered shoes is not sitting in a sedan chair. He looked up, followed the hem of his trousers, and first saw a few butterflies embroidered on the placket of his clothes, followed by a face with Hu blood.

There are many Hu people in Luoyang City, and compared with the women of the Tang Dynasty, the Hu women have bigger eyes, deeper eye sockets, and their hair is also the kind of curly, which is not as smooth as the girls of the Tang Dynasty. Although this Hu woman is not allowed to go on the big stage, there are also beautiful people who marry her home as a concubine, and the children born by this concubine are naturally contaminated with the blood of the Hu people, and they become neither like the Tang people nor the Hu people.

It can't be denied that the woman in front of her is extremely good-looking.

Just when Feng Chao hesitated whether he had to step forward to say hello, he was awakened by a biting chill. When I woke up, I found myself sleeping on the floor, with a broken tombstone behind it, and behind it was an old grave bag, which looked like it was decades old.

Next to the grave bag, there was a black porcelain bowl with something white in it, and his consciousness told him that the bowl contained the "noodles" he was eating. He didn't have the courage to look at the things, but got up from the ground with a grunt.

The sky is getting brighter, and through the heavy rain and fog, the shadow of the official road can already be faintly seen.

When Feng Chao entered the city, he happened to encounter a carriage going out of the city.

Sitting in the carriage were Xing Ruyi and Yu An.

"That person has a lot of yin qi on his body, and he should have escaped from a mass grave."

Xing Ruyi lifted the curtain, originally looking at the scenery at random, but he didn't expect to see Feng Chao entering the city. Because of the rain, Feng Chao's clothes were all attached to his body, his hair was also messy, and there was a lot of mud on his back. His bun had fallen apart from running, and with his pale face and flustered expression, he looked like a madman who had lost his mind.

"How does the shopkeeper know?"

"There's a word on his back."

"There's a word on the back?" Yu An also poked his head over and followed Xing Ruyi's line of sight. The gates of the city were empty, and there was nothing: "Have you already entered the city?" So what's written on the back? ”

"The Tomb."

"The ......"

"The tomb of the tombstone, he should have slept all night against some broken tombstone." Xing Ruyi lowered the curtain: "It's a good thing that this person is courageous, but being bold doesn't mean that he won't be unlucky." Nine times out of ten, this person is going to be unlucky. ”

"The shopkeeper really knows how to look at it."

"It's not about looks, it's random guessing."

While talking, the carriage had already reached the official road, and when the light rain turned to heavy rain, the two also stood on the edge of the mass grave.

"Unexpectedly, even this place has changed." Yu An pointed to a few new graves: "Here, there are more unclaimed lonely graves. ”

"Hmm." Xing Ruyi nodded slightly.

Yu An saw the lonely grave, but what she saw was the people lying in the lonely grave. Those people, old and young, men and women, all wore prison uniforms without exception, and without exception they had no heads.

"It's a prisoner."

Xing Ruyi saw a baby, a baby who was still swaddling but had also had his head cut off. She didn't know what crime the family had committed, and they would end up in such a situation where they were beheaded all over the house. Especially the baby, who had just come into the world, and before he could see anything, his head was gone.

"Most of the people buried here are prisoners." Yu An took a step forward: "My father and my father's relatives should also be here." It's just that I don't recognize them, and they don't recognize me anymore. ”

"Do you remember where your mother fell?"

Yu An nodded first, and then shook it slightly: "I'm not sure, this place is a little different from what I saw when I was a child." ”

"Close your eyes, follow the feeling, and stop if you see your mother."

Yu An Yiyan closed her eyes, she groped, and walked forward. After walking a few steps, she suddenly noticed a beam of light appear in her dark vision, and that light seemed to guide her forward. Instead of being cautious like a blind man, she smiled and followed the light.

As the light grew brighter, she saw more and more.

First a house. The house is not big, built in a small forest by the water. The house was fenced all around. Behind are a few peach trees, the peach blossoms have fallen, leaving only a few broken petals. The front yard is still being tidied up. Vaguely, she seemed to hear a woman's gentle voice. She said, "Let's plant some nuts!"

Then, it was a man's voice, and he said: Okay, when our An'er grows up in the future, there will be fresh Hu Guo to eat.

She followed the voice, but she didn't see the man who spoke, only a door that was ajar. She walked up the wooden steps, pushed open the door, and saw a woman with Rokka, and the woman was also looking at her.

"Mother! Mother! ”

Yu An screamed, and his eyes opened.

In front of him, there was a collapsed tomb, and in front of the tomb was a broken, half-cut tombstone.

"Shopkeeper, I saw my mother, and I am still pregnant with my mother." Yu An said eagerly: "I remember, I remember." I remember what my mother told me. At that time, my mother didn't know that we were two sisters, so she only chose one name. My name is Yu An, and my father and mother hope that I will have a safe life, a worry-free life, and a smooth life. It's a pity that none of them can get their wish. ”

"Are you sure the one you just saw is your mother?" Xing Ruyi stared at the collapsed tomb, which was an open black wooden coffin, the lid of which had half a cat carved with a knife.