Chapter 1: Wedge: Dirty Woman

Wedge: Dirty woman

The flames, like a bright red tongue, licked the endless darkness in the dark sky of the night.

Crackling -

It was the sound of dry wood being burned by the fire, as if the fragile bone marrow had been broken by the action of the arm on this bleak night.

Quiet, quiet makes people a little scared.

Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the gallows not far away, silent, but what they saw in their eyes was fear.

Endless fear, or a kind of reverence.

"Mom, I'm ......" The immature child hid behind his mother, but as soon as he spoke, he was quickly covered by his mother's mouth, hesitated for a moment, looked at his mother's frightened eyes, and closed his mouth with interest.

There is no rain today, it is a rare good day in the villages between the mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

And this ancient village is closed enough to be frightening.

There was no electricity, no signal, no running water, no internet, and the fear of suffocation in isolation from the world, and in this twenty-first century, his existence has always made people feel scared.

Is it still a human being, or is it ......

It was sweltering, thunder on the ground, and lightning cut through the curtain of the sky, illuminating the figure on the gallows clearly.

It was a woman with bound limbs, her slightly squirming body indicating that her life was still panting, but her weak breathing seemed to indicate that the chains of the soul had trapped her neck.

As long as the god of death gently pulls, her soul will fly for nine days, and her life will be whimpered.

The long black hair covered the drooping face from the top of the head, I don't know if it was sweat or water, the hair was wet, the clothes did not cover the body, only a piece of linen wrapped the invisible part of the body, like snow, under the skin, the plump chest was about to come out.

What you see, what you can't see.

In the eyes of others, she is already a dirty woman.

In this closed and backward village, filthy women are to be burned alive on the gallows, a rule that this patriarchal village has followed for a hundred years, and no one resists, because they have become accustomed to it.

The footsteps came from far and near, slowly approaching, and an old hand dragged the woman's chin and lifted it violently, staring at each other.

Beneath the black hair is a beautiful face, although the color is pale, the lips are purple, but the charming contours and the skin that can be blown are unchangeable facts even if they have experienced the criminal law of degeneration.

The woman's eyes flickered, and the man holding his chin trembled, breaking out in a cold sweat.

This woman's eyes are magical, and they can make all men look at them with a heartbeat, and they can't control themselves.

"I ...... It's people. The woman's voice, small and trembling, looked at the old face in front of her pleadingly, "Burn me." ”

"If you admit that you are not human, maybe you can die a happy death. The old man moved his lips.

"I'm human. The voice was almost inaudible, but these three words were enough to leave a deep imprint on the old man's heart.

The old man leaned into the woman's ear, "You should know that in the village, a woman like you who has not married but has lost her virginity is destined to be burned alive, and if you say that you are not human, maybe you don't have to die so ......"

"Kill this witch!" A voice came from the silent crowd, and the woman's dark eyes turned in the direction of the voice, it was a young man, strong and strong, with black hair, holding a torch.

The woman snorted, just staring at each other, and the man, like a turtle, retracted himself and hid into the crowd.

Guilty.