On the day of the burial of the old lady of the Li family, Li Shen met a Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest stroked his gray beard, squinted his eyes and watched Mrs. Li's coffin go away, and when everyone returned to the city, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Shen: "Master, would you like to stop and listen to the poor man?" ”

Li Shen couldn't lift his spirits, so he only glanced at the Taoist priest lightly and said, "I don't want to." ”

The Taoist priest did not let go, and said again: "It is a matter of life and death for the master." ”

Li Shen smiled and ordered the servant to take out some silver and stuff it into the Taoist priest's hand.

"What Poor Dao said is true, not for the sake of wealth."

"I know that you are not seeking wealth, and those who cultivate the Tao are all about chance, right?" Li Shen looked into the eyes of the Taoist priest: "It's a pity, I'm not afraid of the so-called life and death in your mouth." It doesn't matter if you live or die. ”

"The lord is bent on death, but has the lord who is bent on death asked the opinion of the lady who is following him?"

"My wife doesn't care about that."

"The lord didn't even ask, but I know that this lady doesn't care." The Taoist priest pointed to Li Shen's side.

Li Shen turned his face sideways, and found that his new wife was left behind by the maid, and standing next to him was a little maid waiting in the house, whose name was Laifu.

"Is the Taoist kidding me? Today's occasion, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate. ”

"Poor Dao forgot, the master can't see this lady." The Taoist priest said, took out something and handed it to Li Shen: "This is my Taoist magic weapon, the master only needs to apply it to his eyelids to see the fate that ordinary people can't see." ”

"Ghosts?" Li Shen smiled bitterly: "If there are really ghosts in this world, I would be happy to see them and ask them to help me with a word." ”

"Maybe the lord can say this to others by himself." The Taoist priest smiled meaningfully.

"Really?" Li Shen said, unscrewing the lid and smearing all the liquid in the bottle on his eyelids.

The Taoist priest shook his head, talking about waste, and put away the silver that Li Shen had just given him.

A silver ingot for a bottle of cow tears is worth it.

Li Shen opened his eyes and saw his wife Wan'er standing in front of him.

Agitated?

No! He didn't! He just looked at her calmly and asked softly, "Why her?" Why my mother? ”

Wan'er shook her head.

"I know it's my mother's fault. If it weren't for my mother's blind criticism and mistreatment of you, you wouldn't have left me. But Wan'er, you shouldn't treat her like this. She is my mother after all, and everything she has done to you is nothing more than love for me. Wan'er, you should take me away. You know, I'm not afraid of death. Ever since you left, I have never feared death again. ”

Wan'er still shook her head.

The Taoist priest rubbed his nose on the side and said, "This lady was stuffed with a tongue depressor when she was buried, and there is no way to start speaking. ”

"Tongue depressor?" Li Shen looked at the Taoist priest: "What is that?" I don't remember when Wan'er was buried, there was something in her mouth. ”

"Did you watch the whole time? After all, it's still easy to stuff something in your mouth. The Taoist priest rubbed his nose again, "Judging from the dress of this lady, Xu was not very well treated by the lord before her death." As for this tongue depressor, it is not necessarily that the master stuffed it into the mouth of the lady, but someone in the house is worried that the lady will cry out for grievances when she arrives there. ”

Someone in the house? Is this Taoist priest alluding to his mother?

Li Shen thought, and his face became dark.

Mother killed Wan'er, Wan'er killed her mother, Li Shen didn't know who to complain about, because the two people he loved the most were gone. He looked at Zhen Wan'er standing in front of him, his mouth opened and opened, and finally spit out weakly: "Mother is dead, your revenge has been avenged, you can go!" ”

Zhen Wan'er opened her mouth anxiously, but she couldn't make any sound.

"Don't say it, I understand what you have to say." Li Shen turned around: "Wan'er, you and I have different paths, I ask you not to follow me anymore." ”

Zhen Wan'er looked at Li Shen, her eyes reddened.

Without Old Madam Li, the Li Mansion suddenly became quiet. Li Shen lay on the bed, unable to sleep. On the third watch, he heard the sound of someone walking, and the sound was somewhat familiar, like his mother's. He rolled over from the bed and sat up, walked quickly to the door, and was about to open the door, but suddenly remembered that his mother had died, and that she was buried today.

Tears flowed unconsciously.

Mother, from now on he will never have a mother again.

There was a sound of "knock, knock, knock" outside the door, Li Shen wiped his eyes and asked, "Who?" ”

Outside the door, no one answered.

In the silence of the night, the knock on the door was strange and clear, louder and louder.

The "squeak" door was opened by Li Shen, but there was no one outside the door.

"Who? Who exactly? Li Shen's right foot stepped out of the door: "It's a human or a ghost, please come out!" ”

Li Shen waited for a while, but the person who made the knocking sound still did not appear, and he was a little annoyed and took back half of his foot that had stepped out, and closed the door heavily. When he turned around, he subconsciously glanced towards the window, and saw a human face.

Even Li Shen, who was accustomed to seeing dead people and had already seen Zhen Wan'er's ghost, was very frightened at this time, and he pretended to be calm, so he didn't let himself let out a terrifying cry. That face was embedded in the window, and his eyes were staring at Li Shen.

It's Xiaohui! Li Shen recognized the face embedded in the window as Xiaohui's.

"Xiaohui!" Li Shen let out a long breath: "Are you also coming back to take revenge?" It's late, and the mother she has already gone. ”

"Hee-hee!" Xiaohui opened her mouth and let out a mocking laugh.

Li Shen lowered his head: "I know the grievances of your death, but whatever I can do for you, I will do it for you." If you still can't let go, take my life. ”

"Do you think I don't dare?" As she spoke, Xiao Hui's entire body came out of the window and moved to Li Shen at a very fast speed: "You are very smart, but you also like to be self-righteous like those clumsy men. You think the old witch was killed by the lady, but she is not. I killed the old witch. I attached myself to her while she was sleeping, and then drove her to the firewood room in the backyard. You know, Dongmei is still there. Hee-hee, is that pot of broth fragrant, does it smell like a mother? It was the old witch who personally took the meat of Dongmei and boiled it. Unfortunately, she died before she could take a few sips. ”

"What did you say?" Li Shen was shocked.

"Surprised? You are a husband, but you have never believed in your wife. You think you know Madame well, but when Madame appears to you, you convict her without even asking. You think that the old witch was killed by the lady, but in fact, it is me who comes back to take revenge. ”

"How...... How so? ”

"Why not? You know better than anyone who Madame is, don't you? Li Shen, do you still remember the year you entered Beijing to take the exam, the old witch was seriously ill, and she wanted to drink a bowl of fresh fish soup. But at that time, your Li family was poor, and all the belongings worth a little money were sold by the old witch to you to make a coil for the exam. In desperation, Madame had to hide from you and the old witch to cut the bones and flesh for the old witch to stew and drink.

What did the old witch do? After recovering from her illness, not only did she not thank her for taking care of her, but she found all kinds of reasons to make it difficult and punish her. Poor lady, the wound of the cutting was still there, and the pain of deboning was not gone, so she was driven into the firewood room by the old witch, and was tortured for a few days.

As a husband, you pretended to be dumb and deaf, and even when you saw the wounds on your wife's body, you did not ask a word considerately. After you were in high school, the old witch became even more proud, and she looked at her more and more unpleasantly. As for you, you still know, but you still don't say a word to your lady as before. You call yourself infatuated and think you are affectionate, but you are also like your old witch's mother, who looks down on your lady from the bottom of your bones. ”

"Nope! I didn't! ”

"You have! It's just that you've been deceiving yourself all the time, and you don't dare to face yourself who is so unkind or even a little mean. Xiaohui approached Li Shen and pressed it almost face-to-face on his face: "There is always such a type of person in this world who has forgotten his original appearance after wearing a mask for a long time. Now, it's time to remove your mask. ”