Chapter 3: Sacrifice
In the middle of the sound, An Huiniang slowly stood up from the ground, looked at the pillar a few steps away, laughed and cried, "Ping'er, aunt is useless, aunt can't save you, Ping'er, don't be afraid, aunt will leave first...... Aunt didn't leave you...... My aunt just went down to explore your way first, and first went to ask your mother for her guilt...... Ping'er, don't be afraid, no matter where you go, your aunt will always be with you......"
As soon as the words fell, An Huiniang ran towards the pillar and hit her head on the pillar, making a loud "bang".
An Huiniang's body slowly went down the pillar, and the blood flowing out of An Huiniang's forehead also flowed down with the pillar, leaving a blood stain on the pillar, An Huiniang sat on the ground by the pillar, and didn't even have time to close her eyes, the blood on her forehead was still flowing out, and strands of blood meandered down An Huiniang's old face, gathered into a drop at the chin, fell off and hit the ground heavily, blooming a blood flower.
An Ping, who was lying on the stone slab, looked at the beam of light shining from a small hole above the top of the cave, and suddenly there was a huge pain in his heart, so painful that An Ping quickly covered his heart, almost out of breath, what was going on, An Ping began to feel uneasy in his heart.
The housekeeper outside the door, hearing the movement in the house, was afraid that something would go wrong, so he hurriedly pushed the door in, saw An Huiniang's appearance, and hurriedly ran over, one of the housekeepers reached out to probe An Huiniang's snort, and then turned his head to another and said, "Dead." โ
An Ping in the dark cave finally couldn't help his heartache, leaned over and spit out a mouthful of blood, and suddenly heard An Huiniang's shout in his ears, "Ping'er." โ
But when Anping looked up, there was nothing but black.
An Ping wiped the blood from his mouth, sat up from the stone slab, and began to worry about whether An Huiniang would do something stupid for herself, so she couldn't get out.
People will have a hunch, not to mention that An Huiniang and An Ping have been dependent on each other for so many years.
An Ping was uneasy in his heart, so he could only pray in his heart, aunt, you must not have an accident.
At this moment, An Ping really hoped that Duan Xin and they could come soon, she was really worried about her aunt.
It was already night, and Duan Xin was rushing from the back mountain with Jingci and Jingci's disciples, holding torches in their hands.
Duan Xin asked the servants guarding the entrance of the cave to open the stone door, and a group of people walked in with torches.
Anping heard the movement, stood up from the stone slab, only to see the black hole in the distance of the firelight, accompanied by scattered footsteps, the clusters of firelight are getting closer and closer, Anping finally saw the person clearly, the monk wearing the yellow robe must be the Taoist Jingci of the Jing'an Temple, and with a group of disciples, she Anping is really a big face.
However, in the crowd, what An Ping remembers most clearly is Duan Xin's face, eleven years have passed, this old man has not changed much, and he is still so high.
Duan Xin also looked at An Ping a few meters away, although the young woman was wearing simple coarse cloth clothes, she couldn't hide her innate dusty temperament at all, so cold that people didn't dare to blaspheme easily, her hands were like soft wattles, her skin was like clotted fat, her collar was like a grub, her teeth were like a rhinoceros, and her head was like a moth.
Duan Xin had a little surprise in his eyes, but in eleven years, this evil obstacle really looked more and more like Ling'er as it grew.
An Ping remembered An Huiniang in his heart, so he shouted at Duan Xin, "Duan Xin, where is my aunt?" โ
Hearing An Ping call his name by name, Duan Xin couldn't help but snort coldly, "What a wolf cub." โ
After Duan Xin cursed, he looked up at An Ping again, and said expressionlessly, "Your aunt is fine, if you die, your aunt will be better." โ
Listening to Duan Xin's words, An Ping breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as his aunt was fine.
The words that the man in front of him said to him have always been vicious, and Anping didn't expect to hear any good words from Duan Xin's mouth, after all, this man had been wishing for Anping to die since Anping was born.
Jingci nodded to the two disciples behind him, and the disciples received Jingci's signal, bent down and saluted Jingci, picked up the rope that had been prepared in his hand, and walked to Anping.
One monk pressed An Ping, and the other monk tied An Ping's hands behind him
During the whole process, Anping was very cooperative, Anping knew that struggling was just futile, so why should he do that futile thing.
An Ping was escorted out of the dark hole by Duan Xin's group, An Ping stood at the entrance of the cave and looked back at the stone door that had closed him for fifteen years by the moonlight, as if he remembered something, and suddenly smiled.
The monk behind him pushed An Ping and asked An Ping to continue walking, and An Ping was pushed to take a step forward.
After a hill, it didn't take long for Anping to be escorted into the Jing'an Temple.
An Ping stood under the Divine Pillar, and Jingci looked at the Divine Pillar from the side and spoke, "Divine Daughter, after fifteen years, I finally sent this evil girl to you to atone for your sins......"
An Ping listened to Jingci's words and didn't say anything, just looked at everyone coldly, it was really hypocritical.
There is a pool of blue lake water next to the divine pillar, and Anping knows that this is the witch pool, but the water of this witch pond is so beautiful, Anping really can't imagine that there is a man-eating beast sealed under this pool.
An Ping looked up at the bloodstain on the pillar, which was left by the goddess when she died.
Duan Xin said a few words to the Divine Pillar, and some ordered his disciples to tie An Ping to the Divine Pillar.
There is an incense burner on the altar, and the incense burner is lit with three pillars of incense, and there are many tributes next to the incense burner, I really don't know whether this tribute is for the goddess, or for the sacred beast that eats people in the witch pond and does not spit out bones. An Ping didn't speak the whole time, just quietly watched the smoke rising on the incense and quietly listened to the mantra in Jingci's mouth.
After reciting the incantation, Duan Xin and the others were about to leave, and An Ping shouted Duan Xin again, "Duan Xin, my aunt is innocent, if you abuse her, I will not let you go if I die, Duan Xin, you better remember what I said today, I Anping will do what he says." โ
Duan Xin didn't want to argue with An Ping about anything, so he cursed, and the "brute" left.
Anping was tied to the pillar, and after everyone left, Anping began to struggle, trying to break free from the rope.
But no matter how Anping struggled, he couldn't escape, and the rope was tied tighter the more he struggled.
In desperation, An Ping had to give up the struggle, smiled bitterly, leaned his head on the divine pillar and gasped, it seems that this Jingci really gave himself face, and also cast a spell on this rope, so as not to escape by himself, he was really thoughtful.
As soon as Duan Xin returned home after going down the mountain, he heard Steward Liu say that An Huiniang was dead.
Duan Xin turned his head and asked, "How did you die?" โ
Steward Liu stood aside respectfully, "Master, I was killed by myself, and when the next person heard the movement and went in to check, he ran out of breath." โ
Duan Xin paused, didn't speak, and after a while, he took off his coat and put it on the hanger, "You arrange to go down and bury her alive and next to Madame." "How to say, this An Huiniang is also a heartfelt slave, Qiao Linger respects her the most on weekdays, and regards An Huiniang as a relative, if it weren't for Anping, a wicked girl, why would Duan Mansion have such a twist and turn, but fortunately, after tonight, everything will return to normal.
Steward Liu answered, "Yes, master." With that, he went out.
It didn't take long for Duan Wanwan to run in with a piece of rice paper full of words, "Daddy, Daddy, Mr. handed in the new words of Wanwan today, Daddy ยทยทยทยทยทยท''
Duan Xin heard Duan Wanwan's immature voice, turned around and squatted down, opening his arms.
Duan Wanwan crashed into Duan Xin's arms.
Duan Xin smiled and picked Duan Wanwan up from the ground, and scratched Duan Wanwan's nose dotingly, "It's so late, why don't you sleep Wanwan?" โ
Immediately afterwards, the nurse also chased in from outside the door out of breath, "Miss, you run slowly, the old slave can't catch up, Miss ......"
The nurse ran into the house, only to see that Duan Xin was also inside, so frightened that she hurriedly saluted Duan Xin, "Master." โ
Duan Xin's heart was on Duan Wanwan, and he said "um" to the nurse, "Get up." โ
Duan Wanwan smiled and looked at the nurse and said, "Mama, Daddy is back." โ
Hearing the young lady call herself, because Master Duan was beside her, the nurse didn't dare to say anything, so she could only stand aside and laugh cautiously.
Duan Wanwan was born to an aunt in Duan Mansion, a few years after Qiao Ling'er passed away, Duan Xinxin married a woman and entered the door, but unfortunately this aunt was weak, not long after giving birth to this young lady, she was dipped in cold water and had a serious illness, no matter how many doctors came to cure it, it didn't take long for her to die, Xu is this little lady has no mother when she was a child, so Duan Xin is particularly fond of Duan Wanwan.
Duan Xin took the rice paper in Duan Wanwan's hand and said with a smile, "Come, let Daddy see what you have learned tonight." โ
Duan Wanwan pointed to the words on the rice paper and said proudly, "It's Qinzi, Daddy, Mr. Today also praised Wanwan's handwriting is beautiful." โ
Duan Xin looked at the words on the rice paper, "Yes, Wanwan is so powerful." โ
Hearing Duan Xin's praise, Duan Wanwan was even happier, and raised her little head proudly, "That's not it." โ
Listening to Duan Wanwan's playful children's words, Duan Xin was so amused that he couldn't help laughing.
It's already the end of the day, even the incense in this incense burner is about to burn out, and I haven't seen the divine beasts in this witch pool appear, An Ping has been in the middle of a long time, and An Ping even has some doubts that there are no divine beasts in this witch pool at all.
Just thinking about it, An Ping heard the sound of "cooing" water from the witch pool next to him, and Anping turned his head to stare at the bubbling witch pool.
At about the snap of a finger, a behemoth with a blue light jumped out of the pool.
The blue light that suddenly appeared in front of him was very dazzling, and Anping's eyes were stung by the blue light, so he quickly turned his head and closed his eyes.