Chapter 8: The Night of the Wedding

Seeing that I didn't speak, Georgie continued to say: "The photo you see is my newlywed photo, and the woman in the photo is my wife."

"Your wife? However, you never told me that you had a wife" At this moment, even Zaba couldn't help but be moved.

Georgie smiled, with bitterness and helplessness in his smile, "How can I not have a wife?" Everybody has a wife, and I'm no exception, isn't it? Look at my wife, is she pretty? ”

Zaba and I glanced at the photograph and looked at Georgie again with a strange look on my face, but didn't make a sound. Qiao Ji said: "Isn't it convenient for you to say? I know, don't scruple, yes, the woman in the photo, which is my wife, she is not a person at all."

"Not alone? Could it be? I couldn't help but scream when I heard this.

Zaba said thoughtfully: "You mean to say: Secret marriage? ’

'Yes, it's a secret marriage,' said Georgie slowly.

I see, I don't think you still have this experience, why haven't I heard you mention it before? 'Zaba Road.

I don't want to mention it. This house was originally owned by a rich man, and when I worked as a long-term laborer in their house, she married his daughter to Huang Jun, and later, she fell ill and died, but her father had to force me to marry her.

'Marrying a dead man? This, how is this possible? I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life.

Zaba paused and said, "This matter is very common, and it was easy to see before the liberation. It's just that I think the woman in this picture is a bit evil.'

Georgie glanced at Zaba and said, "Yes, your eyesight is good, I don't want to mention this matter anymore, it was really terrible back then, but what happened to your friend today has let me know that there are some things that can't be escaped."

'What happened to me?' What happened to me? What Georgie said really baffled me, but today I saw too many inexplicable things, and I was numb.

Georgie glanced at me, didn't speak, just said to himself: 'Back then, after that woman died, I had already fled, but their family wealth was very powerful, and it didn't take long for me to be arrested, and that night, her father forced us to marry, and that kind of photo was taken by her father on the day of the wedding. Look, what's behind her in the picture? ’

Hearing what Qiao Ji said, Huang Jun once again took a closer look at the woman in the photo, and after a closer look, Huang Jun really found a problem, yes, it seems that there seems to be a wood-shaped bracket behind her. In the photo, there is a slight nod, but it is only a little, and if you don't look closely, you can't see it at all.

Qiao Ji said: "It seems that you have also discovered that our local people have a habit of underworld marriage, and after death, the body has no support, so that when worshipping heaven and earth, there is nothing to support. At that time, we invented a corpse frame in the countryside.

'Corpse frame? I cried out in unison with Zaba, it was the first time I'd heard of such a thing.

"Yes, the so-called corpse frame is to hang the corpse of the underworld marriage on it, so that they can worship heaven and earth with each other like living people, and enter the cave room," said Georgie.

'Is this too exaggerated, to go into the cave with the dead?' To be honest, I never imagined that there would be such a bad custom.

Georgie just gave me a faint look and said, "There's nothing strange about it, just get used to it." Generally speaking, the production of corpse frames is a complicated process, and it is not simple. The corpse frame should not only be painted with cinnabar, but also carved with a charm, smeared with chicken blood, and the corpse should be tightly fixed on the corpse frame with a red rope, and after all this is done, the underworld marriage ceremony can be carried out. Her voice was calm and undulating, as if she was talking about someone else's business, but the more she talked, the more frightened I became.

'I've seen this kind of ritual before, and I've experienced it a lot, but I didn't expect that the protagonist of that time was me, and I didn't think that when it was my turn, something would happen.'

Zaba Dao; 'Something's wrong?' What's wrong? We had guessed that it wasn't safe until now, but at the time, for some reason, curiosity overcame fear, and we were captivated by Georgie's story.

Georgie said lightly: "I remember that there were a lot of people who came that day, a lot. I've never seen so many people, and I've never expected so many people to be at my wedding, but I'm not excited at all, not only not excited, but very depressed'

'No one will be happy to marry the dead,' I said softly. When Zaba heard this, he hurriedly stopped me, but Georgie glanced at me and said indifferently: "It's okay, I've been through everything that day, and I won't be defeated so easily." Yes, that's what I thought about at the time, and then I don't know how long later, they carried her out. At this time, she has been dead for three days, I took a closer look at her face, her face was covered with rouge, white, but there was a beauty that she had never had in her life, but at this moment, this face did not have a trace of the expression of a living person, originally according to the normal procedure, as long as she waited until after worshipping heaven and earth, she would be buried, but that day, I don't know why, looking at her, I always felt a little cold, like, very evil'

Zaba frowned, 'Marrying a dead man, I think everyone will have ideas, and it's normal for you to think like this'

Georgie shook his head, "No, you don't understand, I have participated in the underworld marriage not five times, but also said six times, for this kind of scene is actually seen a lot, how to say, many things I am not as scared as most people think, but that day, I don't know why, looking at this face, I suddenly felt very scared, the expression at that time, you can see it in the photo'

"Perhaps, you were a bystander in the previous marriage, but this time, you are the protagonist, so you will inevitably have some thoughts in your heart."

Georgie laughed, "Maybe, I don't know how I could have thought that way at the time, but now it seems that the feeling I had at that time was a sign that confirmed that my fear was justified." How so? Later, when it was time to worship heaven and earth, her father sat on it, and we served a cup of tea, and we served a cup of tea on her behalf. Her father was happy, happy, very happy that day. I think that kind of happiness is a bit weird, even if it is a secret marriage, she doesn't have to be so happy, after all, her daughter is dead. But that day, the old man looked very unusual, and she looked at me, and smiled at the people: 'Distant guest, my daughter has gone into the city, and she will soon return, and if you meet her, tell her not to forget the lamp, and not to let it go out sooner or later.'

When I heard this, I was almost about to jump up, how did this sentence feel familiar? That old man, that weird old man, didn't that say that to me at the time? Damn, I'm going crazy."

Huang Juan said: "Yes, it seems that this secret marriage is a bit strange."

Shu Yao sneered: "The stranger is still to come." At that time, Qiao Ji saw that I reacted very much to this sentence, but he didn't react at all, as if he didn't ignore me at all, and just continued slowly: "The old man's words were very sudden, and it was also very strange, many people who attended the wedding couldn't figure out what this sentence meant, and I couldn't understand it, but the old man didn't seem to intend to explain, and after he finished speaking, he kept silent, but the expression on his face could be seen by anyone, it was really proud, hum, that old immortal, I didn't know what he was thinking in his heart at that time."

Zaba said: 'How can I say that he is also your father-in-law, do you hate him so much?' ’

Georgie smiled and said, "Old man? Do you think he had some kind intentions in bringing me in and marrying her daughter? You'll understand what happened below. At that time, um, I remember that when the husband and wife were worshipping each other, they pushed her head and bent it down, and also let me bend my head, and the moment I lowered my head, my face touched her face together, in fact, I was so strange at the time, I was absolutely unwilling to worship with a corpse couple, let alone physical contact, so when worshipping, I deliberately distanced a little, but I don't know why, just when we were bent down, her face was pasted, without warning, The people who supported her behind were also a little caught off guard, and they almost couldn't support it.

Hearing this, I only felt a chill in my back, what is this Georgie doing? In a dark house, it is definitely not a pleasant thing to hear such a story.

Georgie suddenly raised his head and glanced at Zaba and me, "What?" Are you scared? Hmph, the scared is still behind, when my face was attached to her, immediately, I stepped back and separated from her, at that moment, I raised my head, I couldn't help but look at her face, and as a result, I actually saw ......

When Georgie said this, he suddenly stopped talking, his face was sweating profusely, his face was distorted, as if he couldn't control himself anymore, I had no doubt that the next moment he would go crazy and die. Zaba looked at him as if worried and wanted to step forward to help, but at this time, she seemed to come to her senses, pushed Zaba's hand away, and said, "I'm fine. Okay, where did I just go? Yes, I talked about the damn woman, that woman, who was already dead, but I was going to marry her, and at that moment, I saw her smiling at me, yes, just laughing. On that miserable white face, on that cold and disgusting face coated with rouge, he suddenly smiled slightly, but a dead man, a woman who had been dead for three days, how could she laugh? How can you laugh? Is she still laughing at me when she's dead? I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled, but I'm scared, I don't know what to do'

'You're saying, well, that corpse tied to a corpse to marry you suddenly smiled at you? I jumped.