Chapter 1: The Tied Bride
In the early autumn dusk, the twilight was like a flame, and when Xiaowan woke up, she found that she was tied up with five flowers, wearing a red wedding dress, and Xipa fell aside, her mouth was tightly gagged by the cloth, and she could only make a faint whimper.
Two lines of clear tears slowly slid down her cheeks, Mu Xiaowan never thought that one day, she would be tied up and married.
Half a month ago, the matchmaker came to the door, saying that in Baisha Town, there was a lack of an innkeeper, and people didn't pick anything, as long as they didn't lack arms or legs, the matchmaker said that the Mu family could be regarded as a good thing.
Xiaowan is seventeen years old this year, she was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a famous little beauty in Qingling Village, but unfortunately as soon as she was born, her mother died in childbirth, and her sister and grandmother were also gone the next year.
Stepmother Xu had long wanted to send her out, and without saying a word, she accepted the dowry, one hundred taels of silver, which was enough for her father to earn money for three years as a superintendent outside, and Xiaowan's father was not at home, Xu was the master, and the marriage was decided.
Marrying into an inn as a proprietress looks at what a beautiful thing it is, but everyone in ten miles and eight villages knows that this Lingxiao Inn is a black shop that sells human meat buns.
When the neighbors heard about this family business, they came to the door to say goodbye, and scared Xiaowan on the other, and even more, pulled Xu to stand under the window and said loudly: "That Ling shopkeeper, he is tall and big, how old is the work below, your Xiaowan's body, don't let him break through at night." ”
The women often laughed and continued to speak lewdly.
Xiaowan just didn't agree at first, but the more she listened, the more uneasy she became, and she was determined that she couldn't marry this family business, so she packed up her things and wanted to leave home to find her father to make the decision.
However, the wedding date is imminent, she is leaving, not only is one hundred taels of silver in the soup, but she is also charged with regretting her marriage, how can Xu agree, so she stuffed one or two pieces of silver, and tied her up with the aunt next door, until she got married.
This morning, in order to dress her in a wedding dress, the stepmother loosened the rope in her hand, Xiaowan scratched her face desperately, saying that she would not marry anything, and the family was in a lot of trouble.
At this moment, Xiaowan's heart was beating suddenly, the room was very quiet, there seemed to be no one outside, and I couldn't hear the laughter and laughter of the people who did the happy event, only the faint sound of grinding knives, as if I could see the long knife rubbing against the whetstone, again and again......
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, Xiao Wan closed her eyes in fear, and at that moment she vaguely saw a tall man. The man walked to the side of the bed, paused, touched his body lightly with his big palm a few times, and pulled out the cloth ball in her mouth, Xiaowan felt that the restraints of her body disappeared, and her hands and feet were naturally put down, but she didn't dare to open her eyes and dare not "wake up", she didn't want to be chopped into meat to make buns.
The man seemed to be about to do something again, but there was a rumbling like thunder outside, and it wasn't long before Xiaowan heard the door closed, and she opened her eyes timidly, and the room was empty.
Struggling to sit up, when she looked up, she saw the tea and snacks on the table, the stepmother was afraid that she would not be able to hold her urine, and she would not give water to drink or eat before getting married.
After gobbling up a piece of bread, and thinking about getting another one, he suddenly heard the ghost crying wolf howling outside, and a man begged in pain: "Shopkeeper Ling, please spare me, Shopkeeper Ling, let me go, let go of me......"