Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Paper Man Greets His Wife
My heart was pounding, my legs were weak, and Huang Qin, who was standing next to me, was already crying in fright.
In the distance, the sound of festive drums was heard, as if someone's family was doing a happy event, and the ghosts on the street began to stir, and soon dragged Wang Gang's mutilated body towards the dark deep alley. I noticed that Wang Gang's head, which had rolled under a street lamp, was picked up by a man with a long figure wrapped in a black robe.
The drums were getting closer and closer, and I saw a group of people coming from the other side of the alley, led by a man in a black robe, he was riding on horseback with a tall figure, and behind him, there was a welcoming procession, a few gongs and drums, a few sedan chairs, and a pair of boys and girls, each holding a small bamboo basket, as they walked, grabbed a handful of petals from the bamboo basket and sprinkled them into the air.
The wind was gusting, blowing so that my eyes could not open, those petals flew in the air, a few of them flew in through the window, and fell on my hair, I reached out and took it, and instantly gasped, this is not petals, but paper money cut out!
The greeting procession stopped under our window, and the man sitting on the tall horse raised his head, looked at me, and smiled faintly, "Lady, I'm here to pick you up for my husband." β
The distance is so close, I can finally see his appearance clearly, he is so beautiful that he is Qi Wenxiu! And behind him, the group of gongs and drums, the sedan chairs, and even the pair of boys and girls were all made of paper figures, all of them with pale faces, red cheeks, and the same eerie expressions, which made my heart tremble.
Huang Qin grabbed my arm in fear and asked tremblingly, "Xiao Nan, what's going on?" Who is that man? β
When Qi Wenxiu smiled at me, the cute Meng who nestled in my arms trembled instinctively, I knew that it was not Qi Wenxiu's opponent, I thought, I couldn't escape tonight, I almost blew myself up, turned to Huang Qin and said, "Xiaoqin, next time you see Gu Qihan, help me tell him that I like him." β
As I spoke, my tears flowed, and then, I pushed her towards the door, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Go, go immediately, go to Wang Xiaoya's room!" β
Huang Qin was caught off guard, was pushed by me and staggered, crying and rushing towards me, "Xiaonan, don't be like this, what's the matter, let's all bear the ...... together"
Before the words fell, a cold hand reached in from the window, grabbed me by the collar, and dragged me out, when Huang Qin pounced, she only had time to hug my legs, she hugged her stubbornly, refusing to let go, "Don't take my friend, I don't allow you to take her!" β
"Hmph, it's not enough!"
Qi Wenxiu sneered, hugged me tightly from behind, put one hand on my shoulder, and raised the other, making a gesture to slap Huang Qin, I quickly grabbed his arm and begged, "Don't hurt my friend." β
He lowered his head, and a wicked smile appeared on his cold face, "It's okay if you want me to let her go, unless you promise me to go home with me obediently, and don't play tricks, otherwise, I'll kill all your friends, one by one!" β
My heart was cold all of a sudden, and I looked at Huang Qin, who was holding my legs, crying bitterly, and screaming, "Don't promise him, Xiao Nan, don't promise him......"
My tears welled up again, and I quickly turned my head away and said, "Okay, I promise you." β
"Throw this thing away."
He stretched out his hand, grabbed Mengmeng's long ears, and made a gesture to throw it away, I desperately hugged Mengmeng, begging him, "Don't throw it, Mengmeng is like my family, I can't do without it." β
He paused, and said helplessly, "Forget it, it's up to you." β
After saying that, he hugged me tightly, his body fell down, and he easily got rid of Huang Qin.
"Xiao Nanβ"
In my ears, Huang Qin's heartbroken cry sounded, and I closed my eyes sadly.
When I opened my eyes, I was firmly on the ground.
A paper figure dressed as a matchmaker walked up to me and said to me in an eerie voice, "Young lady, please get on the sedan chair." β
The palanquin was new, red, as if stained with the blood of a living person.
Seeing me standing still, Qi Wenxiu lifted my chin with one hand and said lightly, "Don't forget your agreement with me." β
I shook off his hand in disgust, hugged Meng Meng, and walked quickly to the sedan chair, the matchmaker followed me and helped me open the sedan door, I bent down and got in.
"Get up and go home!"
The festive drum music sounded again, I heard Huang Qin crying and calling my name, my eyes were sore, tears kept falling, and fell on Meng Meng, he twisted his body uneasily, and a pair of black eyes stared at me innocently.
I touched his little head and muttered, "Don't be afraid, I'll let you go if there's any danger later." β
He twisted his body again, and seemed to be very impatient, and I didn't know what he was trying to say, so I had to pat him on the head helplessly.
After a while, the despair in my heart dissipated somewhat, and I reached out to lift the curtains, and when I looked out, I saw a group of ghosts chasing two people.
The two people ran head-on, calling for help while running, the woman seemed to have broken her foot, so she could only let the man help her to walk, and by the dim candle fire on the street, I recognized the two of them, it was Cui Yan, Hou ** and his wife.
As they got closer, I saw that they were very embarrassed, the clothes on their bodies were all scratched by ghosts, and they were hung on their bodies one by one, seeing that the ghosts behind were about to catch up with them, Hou ** helped Cui Yan, stopped Qi Wenxiu's horse, and begged him to save their lives.
Dare to love those two, I haven't seen that Qi Wenxiu is a ghost!
I heard Qi Wenxiu sneer, "What a sheep, you're sure you want me to save you." β
I don't know what trick he played, anyway, in the next second, Cui Yan and Hou ** screamed in horror, and Hou ** even ran away and threw his wife away.
Cui Yan screamed in despair, "Husband, help me, don't leave me!" β
"I'm sorry, wife......" Hou ** cried bitterly, only looked back a few times, and then ran past the sedan chair I was sitting on.
"Husband, Hou **, you bastard, you dare to leave me...... Ah......h
From my point of view, I can't see what happened to her, but I can imagine that I don't know where I have the courage to rush out of the sedan chair with Mengmeng in my arms, and shout loudly, "Qi Wenxiu, please let her go!" β
I ran to the front, only to see clearly that it was not Qi Wenxiu who hurt Cui Yan, but dozens of powerful ghosts, they surrounded Cui Yan, countless pairs of rotten and dry hands, grabbing and tearing on her, blood splashing, wailing again and again.
Qi Wenxiu, still sitting on the back of the horse, looking at all this expressionlessly, I anxiously begged him, "Save her!" β
He looked at me coldly, "Here, whoever wanders the streets after twelve o'clock will be reduced to food in the mouths of evil spirits, and this is the rule, and I have to obey it." β
I was in a hurry, and rushed directly towards Cui Yan, wanting to save her, Qi Wenxiu landed in front of me in an instant, grabbed my arm tightly, blocked my way, and said in a low and stern voice, "Don't go, you rushed into him, even I can't save you!" β
He? Who is he?
Bang, bang, bang......
It was the sound of iron tools dragging on the stone pavement, louder and clearer, coming from the depths of the alley.
The evil ghosts who surrounded Cui Yan and gnawed at her body suddenly stopped their movements and made way to get out of the way, and even worse, they were already trembling.
Qi Wenxiu suddenly put his arm around my waist, carried me and flew onto the horse, let me sit in front of him, and whispered, "No matter what you see later, don't make a sound, otherwise your life will be gone!" β
The person who can make him feel like a great enemy is definitely not an idle man. I also became nervous, hugged Meng Meng tightly, and looked up in the direction where the sound came from.
A slender man wrapped in a black robe stepped out of the darkness, his right hand hanging at his side, dragging an axe, and walking towards this side step by step.
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