"The previous engagement?" Liu Haiyan was stunned: "I vaguely heard my father and mother mention it, but it was many years ago." ”

"Many years ago...... the bride's hand became tighter and tighter: "Just because it was many years ago, the son forgot about it." Didn't Childe ask, what happened to the girl who made the marriage with you back then? ”

"This ......" Liu Haiyan hesitated for a moment, and the delicate face flashed in his mind again. After a long time, he sighed lightly and asked, "Is it important?" ”

"Isn't it important?" The red hijab on the bride's head slowly slipped off, but Liu Haiyan turned his back.

"It's not too early, you should rest early!"

The bride stared at the back, not as handsome as she remembered, but slightly hunched, her hands slowly stretched towards the back of his neck, and her nails grew longer and darker little by little. Finally, the red hijab fell to the bottom, and the bride's face loomed in the flickering candlelight.

It was Dongzhu's face, Dongzhu's sad, resentful face. She was unwilling, unwilling to wait for him for so many years, did so many things for him, and even accompanied her mother's life, but he just asked her lightly: "Is it very important?" ”

The black nails are already close to Liu Haiyan's skin, as long as she uses a little force, the nails will penetrate his veins, and everything in the past can really be like smoke.

At this time, Liu Haiyan spoke up again.

"Actually, I don't know if that's true. I once saw a girl in a dream, her name was Dongzhu, she claimed to be my wife, and she waited for me for many, many years. After waking up, I secretly asked people to look for it, thinking that if there was really her in this world, I would not be able to agree to the marriage mentioned by my mother no matter what. The man who sent out came back, and he told me that I did have a fiancée, but she had been dead for a long time.

I guess I'll never find her in my life, right?

I also wondered, is it like she is waiting for me to guard her? But the thought only lingered in my mind for a moment. I am the only child of the Liu family, in addition to love, I also have the responsibility, the responsibility to let the Liu family continue. Therefore, what is owed to her is only repaid in the next life. ”

Liu Haiyan turned around slowly, but didn't open his eyes to look at his bride: "If you regret it, tell me, I can give you a letter of resignation." You don't have to be forcibly tied to me for the rest of your life, just like I will always be tied to her for the rest of my life. If you mind, don't force it! ”

Dongzhu burst into tears, she smiled at Liu Haiyan and said in a low voice: "Take care!" ”

The soul left the body, and in the room, only the bride was left, confused and sitting shyly.

However, by the bridge, Xing Ruyi watched Dongzhu pick up the bowl of Meng Po soup without hesitation.

"Ruyi girl, thank you!"

"The way back, I want you to go alone." Xing Ruyi pointed to the other side of the river: "If you still have any unfulfilled wishes, you can tell me, I will do my best!" ”

"No more! After drinking this bowl of soup, all the experiences in this life are forgotten. Dongzhu stared at Meng Po Tang in his hand: "In this life, the only thing I'm sorry for is my mother." If I had been more obedient, she wouldn't have ended up like that. ”

"That's fine." Xing Ruyi comforted Dongzhu: "How hard it is to be a man, look at you, after drinking this bowl of Meng Po soup, you will have to line up to enter reincarnation, and in the next life, you will still have to experience all kinds of ups and downs in life." You don't have to be bitter anymore. ”

Dongzhu smiled knowingly, raised his head and drank the bowl of Meng Po soup.

Liu Haiyan lived for another ten years in the world, leaving a son and a daughter for the Liu family. When he went, he left a letter to his wife, telling her that if he met the right person, he could remarry, and everything in the Liu family was his wife's dowry.

However, by the bridge, when he picked up the bowl of Meng Po soup, he couldn't help asking: "Is there once a girl named Dongzhu who also came here to drink Meng Po soup?" How is she? Will she be happy in her next life? ”

Receiving Meng Po's affirmative answer, he smiled heartily and raised his head to drink the bowl of Meng Po soup.

Now, let's rewind the time to the night when Xing Ruyi sent Dongzhu away.

When she came back from Yinsi, Xing Ruyi only felt that her body was colder, so she asked Aunt Lu to send the brazier in again, and then wrapped in a big quilt and nested next to the brazier.

The fox took Yin Yuan to forage, and as Yin Yuan grew up day by day, the energy required was increasing, but there were a number of little monsters around Luoyang, and those good ones couldn't be eaten, and there weren't many evil ones. So this time, the fox will take Yin Yuan to a slightly farther place, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return until tomorrow afternoon.

Thinking of Dongzhu's eyes and the smile when she was leaving, Xing Ruyi always felt a little panicked in her heart, and coupled with Yin Yuan's matter, she felt more and more that it was a good idea to go to Qingqiu.

Because there was something in his heart, he didn't feel sleepy, and he was about to call Li Mao over to tell a story, but this kid appeared as if he had telepathy.

"I really want Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here! Hurry up, tell me a story to the shopkeeper, I'm upset and can't sleep. ”

"The shopkeeper also has troubles?"

"Nonsense, I'm a human, you're a demon, you can have troubles, why can't I have them." Xing Ruyi pulled the quilt on his body: "My shopkeeper in your house, what are the things to worry about?" For example, what should I do if my business in this rouge shop is not good? Business is too good for me to keep busy, what should I do? What to do if the fox is too handsome? What should I do with Yin Yuan's child's rations? And you and Aunt Lu can't stay with me for the rest of your life, right? ”

"Yes, the shopkeeper has been talking for a long time, and the feelings are to drive me and Aunt Lu away." Li Mao smiled thiefly, rarely daring to provoke the punishment.

"It's normal to drive you away, after all, young men are not a job in short supply. Aunt Deer, I can't bear it, even if I am willing in my heart, I can't give up this mouth. Xing Ruyi yawned: "Hurry up, tell me a hypnotic bedtime story to the shopkeeper." ”

"I'm afraid the shopkeeper doesn't have time to listen to the little story?"

"What? There are customers in the store! Xing Ruyi glanced into the courtyard: "I remember that before sunset, we closed." Could it be that the business hours of this store have been changed, but I, the shopkeeper, don't know? ”

"It's the fourth mother of the Li family's wine shop!" Li Mao said, pouting: "If this is someone else, the small one will be in a hurry, but it is Siniang who came tonight, if the small one does not come to report, the shopkeeper will not be able to peel off my human skin." ”

"You're smart!" Xing Ruyi got up, threw the quilt on the bed, and pointed to the brazier on the ground: "Take this with me too, it's cold to death!" ”

"Not only that, Aunt Lu also put more braziers in the hall, and she can't freeze the shopkeeper." Li Mao said this, but he lifted the brazier in his hand.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw Siniang walking around there. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he hurriedly walked over, grabbed Xing Ruyi's hand, and said quickly: "Ruyi, you can save my nephew." ”

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! If you have something to say, speak slowly! Xing Ruyi rarely saw Siniang so anxious, and came late at night, there must have been something she couldn't deal with.

"Can't be slow, if it's slow, it's really going to die!"

Siniang cried anxiously, but the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't say it.

Xing Ruyi patted her hands and instructed Li Mao: "Go and prepare a carriage, it should be warmer." ”

Then, he said to Siniang: "Don't worry, let's talk while we are on the road." You calm yourself down and make things clear slowly. Otherwise, the way you look like this will make me feel uneasy. ”

"Oops!" Siniang beat herself twice anxiously, and took a few deep breaths, which slowly calmed down her emotions.

got into the carriage and told everything about it.

Siniang's mother has a brother, and he has treated Siniang very well since he was a child. Although they are not siblings, their feelings are no different from those of their compatriots. The elder brother lost his wife at an early age, leaving only a son and a daughter, and his son, Li An, just turned 14 this year. Now, it is this Ang Lee who has an accident.

"What can happen to a fourteen-year-old child?" As soon as Xing Ruyi finished speaking, he immediately realized that this was the Tang Dynasty, not his own era in later generations. If in his own time, fourteen years old is still only a half-old child, but he can be left here, and he is already equivalent to an adult. Some anxious people have even married wives for him. "Don't worry, let's talk about it first, what's wrong with your nephew Li An?"

"Speaking of which, it's all sin!" Siniang sighed and slapped her knees twice in annoyance: "My brother originally had high hopes for this child. In the early years, An'er was also angry, whether she was reading or writing articles, she was praised by her husband. When he was twelve years old, he passed the township examination, and if there was no accident now, he might be the next champion. ”

"The young genius boss died, maybe it was because you had too many high hopes that he got into trouble." There were also examples of this kind in the era when Xing Ruyi came. Many teenagers who are labeled as "geniuses" often grow up to be mediocre, and some even become "waste". The reason is that in the process of their growth, their parents attach too much importance to their achievements and ignore the development of character and other aspects.

"What you said may be true, but An'er's current misfortune has nothing to do with his knowledge." Siniang said, brushing her hair: "Look at me, I have misled you." An'er He actually experienced an unbelievably strange experience, I estimate that his current situation is also related to that incident, eighty percent of them are evil! ”

"Evil?"

"Hmmm! When An'er was in the academy before, she met a girl. As a result, the girl's family strongly opposed it. That girl's family, a high-ranking official for generations, don't say that my brother is just an ordinary family, even an ordinary rich family, and he can't climb it. Because of this incident, my brother also put some pressure on An'er. Who would have thought that these two children would make an appointment to die together. ”

"Martyrdom?"

Xing Ruyi's eyes widened, and he muttered in his heart: Good girl, such a lofty plot.

"The result?"

"The girl died, and An'er temporarily retreated, and fled because he was afraid."

"So, that girl became a resentful ghost, pestering Ang Lee every day, making him keep his original promise and martyrdom with him, right?"

"Ruyi, how do you know?"

"Guess, I've seen a lot of this plot before."

"I knew that this matter must be done by you Ruyi." Li Siniang said and sighed, probably knowing about it, Li An's performance was really a bit embarrassing.

"And now? Li An sees unjust ghosts asking for his life every day! ”

"Yes, not really!" Li Siniang first nodded, and then shook her head: "An'er watched the girl he liked die in front of him, but he didn't have the courage to follow without hesitation, and when he returned home, he fell seriously ill." ”

"Death also requires courage, and I can only say that Ang Lee loves himself more." Xing Ruyi shook her head: "That girl, she is a stupid girl, she really can't afford to die for Li An." ”

"To be honest, I also look down on An'er, and I have reprimanded him fiercely for this matter. But what can be done? He is my brother's only son, and my relationship with my brother, no matter how good, is never his own aunt. Even if it's an aunt, it's not easy to talk about this kind of thing. ”

"In that case, why did you come to me in such a hurry, or such a big night?"

"I don't care if I say it, can't I just take it seriously? Besides, it was my brother who came to look for me himself. Ay! Li Siniang sighed heavily: "After An'er fell seriously ill, her spirit was not good. The reason is that no matter where he goes, he always sees that girl. The girl kept calling him and told him to go down there with her. The girl's pale face and terrible smile turned the original guilt and love in An'er's heart into fear little by little.

Later, he barely dared to go out of the door, but only curled up in his room every day, because as soon as he went out, he could see the girl. I heard my brother say that An'er is now haggard and has no human form, if he doesn't save him, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive these two days. ”

"I thought it was something that would kill someone, but it turned out to be this." Xing Ruyi yawned: "I wouldn't have taken care of something like this, because if there is a cause, there will be an effect, and if Li An owes a debt, he should pay it back by himself." But for the sake of Siniang's face, I will still help him. It's just that this ugly thing is said in front of me, although my method can help him save his life, but it is not without a little omission. Siniang, you know, there is a price to pay for everything. ”

"I know! At the moment, I don't ask for anything else, I just want to help him save his life, so that he can spend his life safely, at least don't let the white-haired person send the black-haired person. ”

"It's simple, after you go back later, you tell your brother and ask him to prepare a paper figure, just do it like Ang Lee, and then prick his index finger, and the blood is printed on the paper man's forehead. Then put on Ang Lee's clothes for the paper man, and let the paper man die in the same way they were martyred before. ”

"You mean, let the paper man replace An'er?"

"Hmm!" Xing Ruyi nodded and motioned for Li Mao to stop: "I'll stop here, right?" Let Li Mao accompany you back, if there is any accident, he can also deal with it. By the way, the method I just talked about, although it can help Li Bao'an save his life, but it will make him lose his soul and soul, and there is no hope for him to take the top exam in this life. ”

"I understand!" Siniang nodded slightly: "This can be regarded as God's punishment for An'er!" ”

Xing Ruyi didn't say anything, just signaled that Li Mao could catch the car.

(Education 123 Literature Network)