Chapter 12: The Temptation of Duch

"I ...... It's ......" She admits it now, she doesn't admit it, if this person really comes to seek revenge, she can't get out, she looks at the village, and still doesn't see Song Ju'an.

"How do you prove you are?" The man in black said again.

"Are you here for revenge, then? If I were, would you kill me? If not, will you let me go? Du Ruo asked rhetorically.

The man in black was stunned for a moment, and then snorted: "If you tell the truth, I won't kill you!" ”

"I said, my father-in-law is Song Ju'an, everyone in the village calls my father-in-law Song Dad, and my mother-in-law Granny Cai, her mother's family is in Wanshan Village, my sister's name is Du Hongmei, my brother's name is Du Dacheng, and there is a younger brother, called Du Ercheng, what other questions do you have for me?"

"Did you and Hong Si'er secretly hook up?" When the man in black said this, it seemed a little unnatural, this sentence was his nonsense to her.

"It seems unreasonable for you to kill and kill, to hook up others at will, and to ruin my reputation, right?" Du Shi was dissatisfied.

She doesn't have the memory of Du Rulan and Hong Si'er colluding together at all, and on the edge of the Fairy River, didn't Hong Si'er still scold her for being a thief?

"None of this proves that you are the Du family!" Humane in black.

"Then you say that I am not Dushi, but is there any evidence? Since you doubt, come up with evidence! ”

"Humph! Du Rulan is as timid as a mouse, if it were her, she would have knelt on the ground and begged for mercy! ”

Du Ruo knelt on the ground with a thud, raised his head and said to him: "Please spare my life!" ”

Nothing is more important than life.

The man in black took a step back, visibly surprised.

He paused, as if he couldn't think of anything to ask, the two were silent for a moment, and Du Ruo even felt a trace of embarrassment.

The man in black withdrew his sword, turned around and tiptoed, and dived into the cornfield on the other side.

Looking at the direction of the man in black, Du Ruo's fingers picked at the cracked dry skin on the surface of the old locust tree, and his body trembled slightly.

There was a path at the other end of the cornfield, and on the path a man in a pale blue robe stood with his hands in his hands, his expression cold.

The man in black used his sword to pick open the corn leaves that were covering in front of him, got out of the ground, pulled down the cloth covering his face, and said to the man: "Master, I have tried, but she has not shown any horses' feet." ”

"What's her reaction?" Song Ju'an turned around.

Han Liang recalled: "When I suddenly appeared to assassinate, she didn't react at all, as if she didn't know any martial arts, fortunately, I stopped in time and asked her to speak, and there were no flaws, are you too worried?" ”

Song Ju'an frowned slightly, glanced around, and thought for a while: "If you get along with someone for a long time, if that person changes suddenly, you will feel it, maybe ...... It's she's hiding it too well! ”

Han Liang smiled, "Master, you know that I am a rough person, sister-in-law, I can't see anything wrong with her, but since you have suspicions, you must be cautious, if it is ......" He paused, raised the long sword in his hand, "Then I will kill her!" ”

Song Ju'an nodded, and a pair of black eyes also burst out with cold light.

"Do you want to test her again?" Han Liangdao, to be honest, he doesn't know much about the Du family, and it seems that he will have to check more about her mother's side in the future.

"Go back, I'll arrange it later." Song Ju'an said.

Han Liang nodded and quickly disappeared in front of him.

When Du Ruo was impatient, he saw Song Ju'an appear at the entrance of the village and came to this side unhurriedly. The heart she was carrying fell into her stomach, and she was really scared.

Song Ju'an walked up to her, "Let's go!" He took the umbrella that stood on the tree.

"Just now, a black-clothed masked man came to me and asked me some inexplicable questions, and asked me if I was Du Rulan, An Lang, I don't know if there is any enemy in the family?" Du Ruo stood up and asked.

Song Ju'an walked forward, walked a few steps before glancing at her coldly and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" How could anyone come and kill you? The Song family has no enemies, maybe it's because you offended someone with your words, the black-clothed masked man? He smiled coldly again, "Make up these lies for me?" Do you think you're a great character? Someone specifically came to assassinate you? ”

After experiencing that assassination just now, Du Ruo himself was in a trance for a long time and couldn't believe it. But such sarcastic words came out of Song Ju'an's mouth, which still made her feel pierced.

He wouldn't believe what she said, and suspected that she had made it up to get his attention.

Du Ruo followed him and stopped talking.

Jingle Bell –

Jingle Bell –

Jingle Bell –

The goddess held her hands high, shook the bell in her hand, and circled around them, jumping up and down, chanting words in her mouth. Her wide black robe was painted with some intricate symbols, a white skeleton with a wide open mouth, runes on her face, and her arms stretched out, like a black moth that suddenly burst out of her body.

Spooky, weird.

Du Ruo knelt on the broken futon, folded his hands, and quietly squinted his eyes, not knowing what gods were enshrined on the table, and he had never seen it.

Song Ju'an knelt on the futon next to her, like her, closed his eyes and contemplated, accepting the baptism and exorcism of the goddess.

Du Ruo thought it was very funny, if it weren't for the fact that she had been too depressed and sad recently, and was assassinated by the man in black on the way, she might have laughed out loud by now. This scene is so silly, she never believes in any gods, Buddhas and ghosts, only in her own brain and hands.

After about half a pillar of incense, the goddess suddenly closed the bell, and the bell stopped abruptly, so that Du Ruo was also relieved from the magic sound.

The goddess sat down on the futon in front of the two of them, lying cross-legged with a very solemn and solemn expression.

"The two children have a thin relationship, they must have done something to offend the immortals, fortunately they came to me, the old man prayed for the two, sincerely worshiped the immortals, and respected them with great respect, and in time, they will be able to give birth to children."

"I don't know how long this will take? My mother-in-law is still waiting to hold her grandson! Du Ruo looked at the goddess with a smile and asked.

The goddess looked at her like a torch, "Within three years." ”

Du Ruo nodded thoughtfully and asked, "How much does Madame charge?" ”

"Thirty cents."

Du Ruo sighed, "If you can't conceive a child within three years, can you get back the thirty yuan after three years?" ”

Most of the people who came here to ask for children were in a good mood, but it was the first one like Du Shi who was so careful to calculate, and the goddess glanced at her dissatisfiedly, and said to Song Ju'an: "Your mother-in-law is not sincere, I want to charge an extra ten cents, and pray and worship the two of you every day, you need to worry more." ”

Du Ruo: "......"

"Xianggong, she said that I was insincere." Du Ruo looked at Song Ju and said aggrievedly.

Whose heart is insincere, who is pretending to be a ghost, can Song Juan know?

Song Ju'an glanced at her in annoyance, took out the money from his arms, counted it and handed it to the goddess.

The goddess was overjoyed, took the money in her pocket, took out a thin booklet from the box on the table, and walked over and handed it to the two of them.

Song Ju'an lowered his head and flipped it open, and Du Ruo also stretched out his head to take a look, but he didn't expect that as soon as he opened it, it would be a picture of the Spring Palace.

There is a pavilion painted on it, a man and a woman are handed over on the bed~ on the bed, the woman is on her back, her arms are supported behind her, and the man is waist forward, bold and unrestrained.

Song Ju'an slammed it shut again.

Du Ruo also calmly retracted his gaze.

With a compassionate smile on her face, the goddess earnestly taught: "This matter of sexual intercourse ~ between men and women, it is necessary to pay attention to the right time and place, and the same as the four seasons, do not be eager to ask for a child, according to the teachings in this book, you will be able to be harmonious, and your wishes will come true." ”

"Are there any other teachings?" Song Ju'an asked.

Du Ruo lowered her head, a sarcastic smile flashed at the corner of her mouth, at this time she really admired Song Ju'an, she had to act in a full set, and she was not ashamed to ask.

"I'll grab some medicine for your mother-in-law, boil the medicine and drink it before having sex, paste these few charms in the house, and then hang the baby puppet on the bed tent to ensure that the two of you will enjoy the blessings of your children in the future." After speaking, the goddess motioned to her subordinates to take out a bag of medicinal materials from the ebony box next to the table, and handed it over to a puppet the size of a palm, with a red rope tied around her waist.

Song Ju'an took the things, thanked him, and left with Du Ruo.

When he returned home, Song Ju'an told Cai's about what he had heard and heard from the goddess one by one, and Cai's happy eyebrows smiled and secretly wrote it down.

Since then, Du Ruo's dislike for Song Ju'an has deepened again.

Before going to bed, Du Ruo boiled the decoction, took it to the hall and shook it, let Cai smell the medicine, and then entered the West House, poured the decoction into a pottery urn in front of Song Ju'an, and stood at the door to fan the curtain a few times to disperse the strong smell of medicine.

Song Ju'an was speechless, and seemed to acquiesce in her approach.

Several houses in the Song family are very small, especially the West House where she and Song Ju'an live, Du Rulan doesn't clean up diligently, but Song Ju'an tidies up the room.

A house is separated from it, with a bed and clothes on one side, a bookshelf on the other, a table, and a chair, and Song Ju'an will sit for a while and read a few pages of a book when he comes back from farm work or before going to bed at night.

There is a saying: Righteousness is mostly dog slaughter, and negative heart is mostly readers. Du Rong said in his heart, although it can't be generalized, but people like Song Ju'an are cold and ruthless.

In the past few days, rumors about Qingyang Temple have been spreading, and everyone is talking about it, with excitement and sighs in their tones. Mrs. Wang always mentioned it when she came to talk to Cai's family at home, and Du Ruo also knew a lot of news.

Song Yinhua was urged by Cai's to make embroidered shoes, counting on Song Ju'an to take them to the city and sell them to subsidize the family, and Du Ruo also sat at the door of the house to cut and cut.

Song Ju'an was invited to the village school after eating, saying that he asked him to help sort out the students' study materials, count the student personnel, formulate some school rules and other miscellaneous matters, and Liang Xiucai in the village was also there.

After not sitting on the threshold for a while, Du Ruo saw the village chief Pang Shanye and his daughter-in-law Zhou from a distance, bypassing a few piles of haystacks not far away, and walking towards the Song family.

"Village chief, auntie, are you here?" When the two of them arrived, Du Ruo hurriedly got up and let in.

Pang Shanye nodded with his hands behind his back, while Zhou reached out and pulled a few times in the basket she was doing needlework, and glanced at Du Ruo unexpectedly.

Let the two enter the house, Cai learned that the village chief was coming, and quickly sat up from the bed, Song Yinhua stood aside with her hands and feet tied, and she didn't know what to say.

"This leg is better, isn't it?" Village Chief Pang Shanye sat down and asked Cai.

Cai nodded hurriedly, and said to Du Ruo, who was standing aside, "Why don't you go and pour tea for the village chief!" No eyes! ”

Du Ruo went out of the hall and scooped two bowls of tea in the pot with a bowl and brought them over.

Pang Shanye had a cigarette pouch pinned to his waist, took out two puffs and fiddled with his hands, glanced at his daughter-in-law Zhou, and seemed to signal her to come.

As soon as Zhou came in, he had already looked at the situation in the house, smiled and said to Cai: "Her aunt, according to the villagers, I shouldn't come, but every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, we have lent you a bag of grain before and after, and everyone has to live......

Cai's face seemed to have been slapped by someone, and he was embarrassed and laughed, and there was nowhere to put his hands.

Song Yinhua wiped her tears and turned into the back room.

"Ju'an mother, who in our village has a problem, as the village head, I can help, who has no problem, right?" Pang Shanye said.

"Yes! That's what the village chief said! The village chief has also helped us so many times, and it stands to reason that we should have come to thank us a long time ago, but the village chief, you see that in this house, the home does not look like home, and there will be no tomorrow after today......" Cai wiped his tears and choked up and cried.

Du Ruo stood at the door, looked at them, and saw the sense of powerlessness that the Cai family, who was usually domineering and vulgar, was born from head to toe at this time, and only then did he deeply feel how poor the Song family was.

Zhou and Pang Shanye glanced at each other and sighed separately, they didn't want to be embarrassed.