Chapter Eighty-Five: Suspected to be an Old Man
It's Qingming season again, Bai Qiuyue and Shao Yifei before returning home, Bai Qiuyue proposed to go to see her former home, before she proposed to go when Shao Yifei was afraid that she would be sad, so he stopped her, she and Shao Yifei built a tomb for her dead father It can be regarded as filial piety, she said, she actually wants to go to her former home for a walk. She brought some paper money with her and planned to burn it for her father.
During the Qingming Festival, it rained continuously, Bai Qiuyue and Shao Yifei got into the carriage, and when they got off, Shao Yifei helped her, and the two took a walk nearby. Shao Yifei listened to Bai Qiuyue tell her stories from the past.
The reason why Bai Qiuyue went to her original home on the day of Qingming Festival was because his father gave her a dream the night before, in the dream, his father had a sad face, the clothes he was wearing were very ragged, and his expression was sad: "Even if I am a ghost, I am in pain, and I am indispensable to be oppressed by Ma Suqin, I have nothing now, I just hope that my daughter can burn some paper money for me, read it in my kindness to you!" Although Bai Qiuyue felt that her father did not have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, but she would not end up like this, she couldn't help but sigh.
She deliberately dressed in white today, and when she came to the mansion, she only felt the wind gusting, the original ruins were overgrown with weeds, a few small birds under the eaves were sheltering from the rain, and from time to time she used her beak to comb her feathers, and occasionally heard a few crows crying sadly, which frightened Bai Qiuyue so much, and the sound of wild cats screaming in her ears was in her ears, Bai Qiuyue just felt that this place was dilapidated. The White Mansion, which used to be large and spacious, is now only a ruined wall, and the two pillars are alone to support the house that feels like it is about to collapse. The wooden tables, chairs, vases, and vases in the house were all burned out, and the appearance was burned black, leaving only a little bit of a person who was barely breathing!
It is rumored that Baifu is a ghost house in the outside world, and people often hear the sound of someone talking here, and there seems to be a fire at night, the legend of Aunt Mei was frightening before, and now the fire is even more bizarre, and no one knows how the fire was caused!
Bai Qiuyue felt that things were wrong, and the Bai Mansion, which was prosperous in the past, was now in such a situation, at this time, Bai Qiuyue heard a cough in the house, how could there be a cough? She looked at Shao Yifei with some horror, Shao Yifei was a man, and he was naturally a little bold.
"Who is it?" He scolded, there was no sound in the house, the rain was still falling, and the ticking on the ground was like the sound of human footsteps, Shao Yifei comforted Bai Qiuyue, who was a little scared at the moment, he touched Bai Qiuyue's shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, there may be people inside, and it is possible that there are beggars living here!" ”
Shao Yifei pulled out his sword, pushed away the weeds on the ground that were almost as high as a man's waist, took Bai Qiuyue's hand, and went in to find out.
Shao Yifei and Bai Qiuyue searched around but didn't find anyone, Shao Yifei felt very cold, he also felt that there seemed to be a chill on his body, it was already April but he was still shivering, he didn't want to stay in this place any longer, so he said to Bai Qiuyue: "Let's go!" I may have misheard it just now! It should be a voice not far away! Shao Yifei comforted Bai Qiuyue and planned to take her away.
"Maybe." Bai Qiuyue also thought that she had heard it wrong, but she didn't expect it, "Ahem!" Coughing clearly twice, Bai Qiuyue felt cold at the moment, there could be no one in this kind of scene! The house is in ruins.
"Who is it?" Shao Yifei boldly asked. However, the "person" did not speak, and at this moment suddenly a big gust of wind blew, which blew dust in the house, and the paper money that had just been burned to her father was also swept into the air with the wind!
"Didn't my father come to see me?" Bai Qiuyue's question made the hearts of the two of them hang, "My father always liked to cough when he was alive!" He's been in poor health, maybe he's coming! ”
Thinking that it was her own relatives, Bai Qiuyue also let go of her hanging heart, and she said to the air, "Father! Do you have anything else on your mind? My daughter has come to see you! ”
Shao Yifei felt that someone was pretending to be a ghost, so he said viciously: "Who is pretending to be a ghost here!" In broad daylight! Don't let me find you! ”
However, I heard a giggle! This giggle is especially terrifying in the foggy weather at this moment!
Shao Yifei followed this smirk, he thought that someone was playing a prank, using his sword to pick open the ruins, rummaging, and finally smelled a strange smell in the corner, and then saw a broken mat, and the bedding that had worms on the broken mat, it seemed to be a person inside, he endured the disgust and picked the futon open! But I saw a man in rags! His hair was messy, and he knew he was a beggar at a glance! Under his broken mat, there were several rats eating the leftover rice in his bowl, and Bai Qiuyue was almost disgusted when she saw this kind of disgusting scene.
The man who looked like a beggar saw the sword light, and was so frightened that he curled up in a ball, trembling, looking very pitiful, Bai Qiuyue was afraid that Shao Yifei's sword would hurt him, so he said to Shao Yifei: "You put the sword away, it's not good to hurt him!" ”
Bai Qiuyue held back the nausea in her heart, approached this person, only felt that a strange smell was very pungent, and said to this person, "Are you okay?" ”
However, this person made a strange sound, laughing and crying, Bai Qiuyue pulled this person's body outward, she finally saw his appearance clearly, although his face was very dirty, and his hair covered his eyes, but even if he turned to ashes, she knew her, she was one of the people she hated the most! Ma Zihao! Although she hated that mother and son very much before! But once the young man who spent money like dirt and was outside the gold and jade became this virtuous, she was also a little sad! The circumstances of his life had become so miserable! It's sad!
She remembered that the day she left, she hit him on the head with a vase and made him stupid! Later, a fire in Baifu didn't burn him to death! This is very confusing!
Look at the bottom of his bed, there is a bowl containing rice, it should be someone who sends him food from time to time, just when Bai Qiuyue was thinking, at this time, he suddenly seemed to have regained consciousness, recognized the person in front of him, and he used his dirty hands to tear Bai Qiuyue's hair! Bai Qiuyue was in pain for a while! He didn't let go of his hand, and he seemed to be full of resentment towards her all the time! Even if you become stupid, you won't forget this person!
Shao Yifei hurriedly stopped his abnormal behavior, and kicked his body with his legs, how could a person who was already weak withstand this kick, and suddenly coughed violently! There was a strange smell in the air, a very smelly smell. His clothes haven't been changed for a long time, they haven't been washed, Bai Qiuyue and Shao Yifei covered their noses, and just as the two of them were about to leave this place, they suddenly heard Ma Zihao howling behind him: "I'm going to kill you!" I'm going to kill you! "His state of madness is chilling.
I saw that his hands were pitch black, and the nails on those hands were embedded with mud when he stretched out his hands, and the long nails looked like the ghost hands of a ghost in hell, but he looked like a ghost now! He actually rushed straight towards Bai Qiuyue! Shao Yifei hurriedly pulled out his sword, and after being cut by Shao Yifei's sword, he howled in pain on the ground! The blood on his hands was gushing, with a hint of blood.
Bai Qiuyue couldn't bear to look at him, although he was a person of bad character in the past, but at the beginning of a person, his nature was good, and he was also educated like this by his mother who did nothing evil!