Chapter 21: A Tragedy
Liang Miaomiao was about to go out to see what was going on outside, when the door was pushed open and a girl walked in. She was wearing an off-white dress, elegant and refined, and her face revealed a bit of innocence.
Liang Miaomiao greeted her, but she ignored her. It seems that they are not in the same time and space, maybe it is the intersection and overlap of a certain point that allows her to see the things of a hundred years ago.
The girl was dressing up in the mirror, and an elderly couple rushed in, and the man slapped her in the face: "Do you think you can pull the god down from the altar like this!?" Don't you know how many pounds and taels you have? β
"He didn't want to be this god at all! Because He is God, He cannot have any joys or sorrows. He can't laugh because everyone who sees him laugh will be sent to the sacrifice, and he can't cry because his crying is a sign of tribulation. The so-called protection of the elders is nothing more than imprisoning him in the dark underground palace, what is the difference between treating him like this and treating a prisoner! β
The old woman, who looked like her, began to cry and persuade, "Daughter, flee from the city." The elders can't marry you, so if you want to live, run away! β
"I'm not leaving, I promise to marry him, even if I go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I'm not afraid!"
"Where will they give you this chance to go into the sea of fire!"
Soon, several old men in white robes broke into the door with a few of their subordinates, and said to the girl, "Why haven't you put on the wedding dress yet!" The city lord is waiting impatiently! β
The girl asked, "Then will you really let me marry him?" β
"Since we agreed to the city lord to hold a wedding, we naturally won't break our promise."
The elders retreated with the girl's parents, and the girl showed a sweet smile, which was like a stream of cool water left in Liang Miaomiao's heart.
She happily changed into the wedding dress, put on the red hijab, and her heart was so happy that it could not contain the honey-like joy.
The sedan chair took her to a place slowly, wearing a red hijab, she couldn't see the outside scene, only felt that the surroundings were crowded with people, they were whispering about the wedding, and it was noisy.
The sedan chair stopped, and someone led her out of the sedan chair. While she was pondering where the bridegroom was, she heard the elders shout again: "Bow to heaven and earth!" β
The girl thought that the groom was in front, so she bent down. But Liang Miaomiao could see clearly that what was in front of her was a glimpse of the cold wall.
"Second worship high hall!"
"Three into the cave room!"
The bride tried to lift the corner of her hijab to sneak a peek at the groom, but she was violently pushed and crashed into the hard wall. The hijab fell to the ground during the bump, and the bride was surprised to find that her lover was not around at all!
Those men had already dug a hole in the wall to fill her in. The elder said fiercely, "Aren't you going to marry God? These divine stones are the essence of the gods, and we will fulfill your wishes! β
Everyone ignored her struggles and shouted, and those strong men sealed her in the city wall, alive, layer by layer.
None of the people of the city spoke for her, and this woman deserved to destroy their god!
The picture disappeared, and Liang Miaomiao returned to reality. At this moment, her tears had left her face, wetting her collar. She secretly said that it was a pity that a pair of lovers who loved each other so much were broken up alive, and a young girl in the flower season lost her life like this.
The city lord still had the same expression, but Liang Miaomiao felt that the atmosphere around her was even sadder.
"Why don't you save her?" Liang Miaomiao asked.
"It was then that I was forced to die, and the elders agreed to my marriage to her. I waited for her arrival in the palace with joy, waited for a night, and the next day heard the news that she had 'entered the cave room'...... Hehe, I was naΓ―ve enough to think that they would fulfill us. I can't save her, I can't keep her promises, and without her, my life will lose all meaning. Therefore, I poisoned the pool, and all the people in the city should bury her! β
"What's the point of you staying here for a thousand years and ten thousand, you are more miserable than when you were alive. As soon as I find the man's body, I'll take you out to find her and set you free. β
"Okay."
When the lord agreed, the skull on his skeleton crooked, fell from his neck, and rolled in the direction of the cistern
Liang Miaomiao trotted along his skull, and couldn't help but secretly cry bitterly, wondering if he should go to the pool to retrieve the corpse, but fortunately, the skull came to a storage cabinet outside the door of the cistern and stopped.
It turned out that after Ren Changyong went down to the underground palace, the exit was covered by sand dunes. When he ran out of food and water, he could only search around the underground palace, and when he was so thirsty that he smelled the water, he tried to open the stone door of the cistern. He entered the wrong password, triggering a trap, and a dense barrage of sharp arrows and poisonous needles shot at him, and he quickly fled, hiding in a nearby locker.
He felt his head groggy and wanted to sleep so much that he closed his eyes. The poison in his body made his body never wake up again, and he was extremely unwilling in his heart, coupled with the special environment here, which made him a resentful spirit.
He refused to admit that he was dead, and searched for water as he had done when he was alive. He easily walked through the stone door of the cistern to drink, and with each drink he felt like he was getting stronger and stronger. During his long time in the underground palace, he pondered the code of the stone gate as carefully as he had when he first arrived, repeating the days of searching for food and water day after day, and gradually, he really forgot that he was dead.
Maybe Brother Guo didn't provoke him, he would try to leave here with them and look for the so-called organization......
Liang Miaomiao shouted their names loudly: "Tang Haoββ, Brother Kangββ, Ah Fu-"
The empty underground palace was like a large megaphone, and Liang Miaomiao's voice was amplified dozens of times, penetrating the entire silent palace at once.
The three men who were scattered heard his voice and rushed in her direction, Liang Miaomiao said loudly: "I found his body, come quickly!" β
The three of them rushed to the locker one after another, Tang Hao checked the blackened bones again and again, and confirmed that he was Ren Changyong, and his satchel was also intact and lay there quietly with him.
Brother Kang excitedly picked up the satchel and rummaged through some carefully, and there were indeed drawings and other things inside. Ah Fu's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of tears: "We have finally completed the task......"