So since then, the habit of singing on the stage for the bride once every two years has been changed to once a year, because the number of brides has been increasing, and the biennial singing on the stage has been unable to suppress the resentment of the ghost brides.

Chapter 64

But even so, the atmosphere of marriage in Fengnian Village does not have any intention of restraint.

If the people of this village can't find a family without children in Fengnian Village who is willing to marry in the village, they will go to other places to buy corpses, in short, no matter what means are used, even if the family is bankrupt, they will marry a yin family.

The most ridiculous thing is that they do this so that there is no lonely grave in the clan and bless the family with wealth and wealth.

As a result, after the family got into this yin family, they couldn't get anything except to make the already not wealthy family even worse and stretched.

"Ghost brides tend to only appear on the eve of the underworld wedding, and then try their best to intimidate the villagers, and if none of this can stop the underworld, then ...... They will kill on the day of the wedding, so they need to set up a stage to sing and suppress evil spirits. Yang Ruowen told everyone, "I didn't sing well when I was six years old, and my father was the cook for the wedding banquet, so he died." ”

Yang Ruowen still remembers the day his father died, squatting under the round table in the kitchen of his in-house employer as usual to play, because his father would occasionally come over from the kitchen counter and secretly feed him a piece of chicken.

Father Yang didn't do much of this kind of thing before, because the Yang family was so poor, so poor that he couldn't eat meat a few times a year, but what should I do if the child wants to eat meat when he grows up?

Father Yang had to go to someone else's house to be a banquet cook, and then take him over and hide him in the kitchen, and secretly bring him meat to eat while people were not paying attention. However, the meat that Yang's father takes has always been the most firewood part, such as chicken, it must be chicken breast - this part of the meat is not loved by many people, but the portion is quite a lot, and no one will notice if you sneak a piece or two.

But for Yang Ruowen, that kind of meat is no different from a delicacy, and he even has to take the leftover chicken ribs in his mouth and touch them for a long time.

If he gets two pieces, he will hide one piece and give it to his sister Yang Ruolan to eat when he gets home. He always thinks that the "unpalatable meat" in the mouths of rich and noble people is so delicious, so if it is chicken legs and wings, what kind of peerless delicacy should it be?

Therefore, the young Yang Ruowen is most looking forward to the banquet held in the village, whether it is a wedding banquet or a funeral banquet, because as long as there is a banquet, he can eat meat, and he will not pay attention to listen to his father and mother chanting what to say, "This wedding banquet is prepared for the underworld marriage, I hope the opera and singing in the square will go smoothly" These words, he is full of concern, just after being led into the employer's yard by his father, seeing that this family is so rich, maybe he can eat one more piece of meat today in addition to the meat he brought home to Ruolan to eat.

Indeed, the chicken breast that his father handed him that day was unprecedentedly chicken skin, and you must know that the chicken skin in the past should be kept on the plate, because the chicken skin is oily, and the guests love to eat it, and his father will never dare to secretly hide it for him.

Yang Ruowen cherished half of the chicken skin, and wanted to leave half of it for Ruolan first as before, but Yang's father saw it and told him: This skin can be eaten with peace of mind, and he can get it for him later.

However, Yang Ruowen waited for a long time with anticipation and joy, but he still didn't wait for the new meat given by his father, and when he couldn't help but lift the tablecloth and wanted to sneak a few peeks outside, a hand that was as white as paper, even a little blue-green, and his fingertips were painted with blood-red danko, pinched a big chicken leg and stretched it into the bottom of the table.

Yang Ruowen recognized at a glance that it was not his father's hand, he didn't immediately take the chicken leg, but got out of the tablecloth and looked out, he saw a bride in an embroidered wedding dress squatting outside the table, because she was covered with a red hijab, so he couldn't see her face clearly.

When the bride saw him come out, she did not speak, but stretched her chicken leg out in front of him again.

In the kitchen, it is quiet because there is no voice; It can be said that it is not quiet or quiet, because the snoring sound of the soup boiling in the pot is still clear, Yang Ruowen is too greedy for the chicken leg, he said thank you and then held the chicken leg back to the bottom of the table, and thought while gnawing: That woman may be the bride of this family, she is really kind, this chicken leg is so delicious, he has already eaten a piece of meat, and the chicken leg needs to be left for Ruolan...... When will my father finish the meal? He took the chicken leg to Ruolan to taste......

It's just that Yang Ruowen waited for a long time, and when the rich and fragrant broth began to emit a burnt smell, he didn't wait for his father to lift the tablecloth and tell him that he could go.

It wasn't until Yang Ruowen fell asleep and woke up hungry that he couldn't do it, and the chicken leg in his pocket began to smell sour, that he finally couldn't help but get out of the bottom of the table. Then I saw my father, with wide eyes and a frightened face, lying beside the stove in a distorted and dead manner, his body already stiff, and the fire and charcoal still burning in the kitchen, although brightened the room, made the night darker outside.

The people outside originally wanted to come to report to the Yin family's family that the drama on the other side of the square was not going well, and hoped that their family would push back the date of the Yin family, and wait for the village to invite a new opera troupe to sing a good show before getting married.

Yang's mother also died because of this bad news, and after giving birth to Yang Ruoming, Yang Ruowen became a father and a mother again, and with the help of neighbors and a few kind-hearted relatives, Yang Ruoming and Yang Ruolan were brought up.

"All the people who stayed in the family of the Yin relatives that day died except me, and after my father died, I also realized that people can't live without a bottom line."

Yang Ruowen said all the past events in a heavy tone, everyone listened too attentively, and it was difficult to control Yang Ruowen's words to fall into that memory, almost forgetting that these people were just NPCs in the copy of "Lock the End of Life", and when they were nearing the end, they were recalled by Yang Ruowen's sigh.

Liao Xinyang still subconsciously asked: "Your village is already like this, can't you not end it?" ”

But after asking, he himself was silent, because the answer couldn't be clearer, otherwise how could they be here? The people of the Golden Ingot Troupe came to Fengnian Village to sing, just to help the marriage of Xue Sheng and Yang Ruolan tomorrow be successfully completed.

No wonder Yang Ruolan begged Xie Yinxue like that, begging the Golden Ingot Troupe to sing the three-day drama well, because only in this way can the marriage go smoothly.

Yang Ruowen also replied to him sadly: "This is the custom of Fengnian Village for generations, thousands of years, how can it be changed in one day?" But my Yang family is such a girl as Ruolan, she can't go to get married! ”

After speaking, Yang Ruowen was like Xue Sheng, knelt down in front of everyone with his knees bent, and pleaded sadly: "So I beg a few gentlemen, I hope that the gentlemen will be merciful, don't let my family Ruolan become that miserable person......"

Lu Ling, who was beaten by him, heard that he felt a pain in his forehead when he thought about it now, so he sneered: "Actually, we went to your house three times before, thinking that you and Yang Ruoming wanted to marry Yang Ruolan into the Xue family in exchange for money like Gao He, so we planned to save her, but who knew that you beat her out......"

Yang Ruowen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately apologized for not being at the beginning: "If I had known that a few gentlemen were going to save Ruolan, I wouldn't have done anything to them, and Ruoming and I would never have exchanged Ruolan's life for the Xue family's money." ”

Everyone believed these words, because the love of Yang Ruowen and Yang Ruoming for Yang Ruolan was not only Yang Ruowen's words, even Xue Sheng was speaking for him.

Yang Ruowen also hurriedly explained: "Before, Ruoming and I were very wary of several gentlemen, because it was ......"

Li Hong took his words and said, "We are from the Golden Ingot Troupe. ”

Yang Ruowen nodded apologetically.

"I'll just say there must be some misunderstanding here." Xue Sheng was relieved to see that both sides were talking.

Thinking about it, in the eyes of the two brothers, Yang Ruowen and Yang Ruoming, they are the murderers who helped complete this secret marriage and are about to kill Yang Ruolan, so how can they give them a good face?

And if they hadn't recruited ghosts again to find Xue Sheng to sing as a substitute, Yang Ruowen would not have come to the square to watch the play, then this misunderstanding would continue and be difficult to solve.

And without the understanding of Yang Ruowen and Yang Ruoming, it would be difficult for them to bring Yang Ruolan out of the Yang family, and it was rare that Xue Sheng, who was willing to listen to them and sing well, was willing to help them.

It can be said that if any of these links go wrong, they will continue to go around the dungeon link that has fallen into a dead end.

But now that the knot has been untied, it doesn't mean that they can already clear the level, because they still have other problems to solve, such as the simplest and most direct - how do they take Yang Ruolan away?

"If we want to take Yang Ruolan away, we have to have a boat." Xie Yinxue broke a basin of cold water for everyone in a low voice, "And the key to the fishing boat we sat on when we came is in Min Yuandan's hands." ”

Yang Ruowen immediately said: "I also have a boat that can be used by you." ”

So this night, everyone did not go back to the village house to sleep, but followed Yang Ruowen to the waterfront in the dark, and stepped on the boat in advance to check the boat Yang Ruowen said.

In Fengnian Village, walking at night is very scary, because you don't know when you will be followed by a ghost bride in a red wedding dress, but after knowing the reason for their appearance, everyone gradually does not think they are scary.

Besides, this night may be Yang Ruowen leading the way, the ghost bride knows that they want to help him destroy the secret marriage, even if the night road is still so dark, everyone can't feel the weird and inexplicable cold of the past, let alone someone will come to pat you on the shoulder.

Except for Chao Qinghe.

He always felt that someone was following him, although he didn't directly reach out and pat him on the shoulder, he could feel the cold aura coming from that person's body, if the little ghost Ah Hong was still there, Chao Qinghe could ask it to help see what was going on.

But even if Ah Hong is gone, Chao Qinghe has nothing to fear, after all, he has dealt with these evil people since he was a child, not to mention that Li Hong and Li Luming are still walking behind him, if there is really something, they will definitely be able to see it.

Therefore, Chao Qinghe looked at his nose and nose, and silently followed everyone to the water's edge.

As a result, when they saw the back of the ship, everyone was stunned.

Because it was a small wooden open-air fishing boat, there was not even a shed to protect it from the rain, and it was hard to say whether the boat would sink if more than a dozen of them were all on it, even if it would not sink, but so many people were on it, it was impossible to row the boat very quickly, and there was a vast water surface with a view of the infinite under the moonlight in front of them, and they could not see the figure on the opposite shore, how long did they have to row, and in which direction to row to reach the opposite shore?

"This boat can seat fourteen people." Yang Ruowen quickly answered these questions for everyone, "After you get on the boat, you will row along the current to the north, and you will be able to reach the opposite shore in about two hours, Ruoming and I can't go, otherwise the Xue family will soon be gone, and we have to stay behind and drag them back." There may not be enough oars, so I'll find a few more to prepare, and gentlemen, please wait for me for a moment. ”

Xie Yinxue lowered her eyes and thought when she heard this: Fourteen people, just thirteen participants plus the number of Yang Ruolan, so it can also be proved from the side, this is one of the customs clearance methods.

"Two hours, four hours?" Ying Yishui is a girl, and she thinks more carefully than men, so she widens her eyes and worries: "This kind of small boat rowed purely by hand, there is no engine to speed up, even if we can row in relays, it will take so long to row, will there be other changes during the period?" What if the villagers find out and we run away and catch up with us? ”

Xu Lu's eyes swept over the shore and found that the fishing boat they were on when they came was also docked nearby, although Min Yuandan's boat was also dilapidated, it had an engine, and its speed must be faster than Yang Ruowen's small fishing boat.

She thought for a moment and proposed, "Why don't we go and steal the key to Min Yuandan's fishing boat?" ”

Bu Jiuzhao, who almost never expressed his opinion, sneered when he heard this, and said rarely: "I can't steal it." ”

Chao Qinghe asked him: "I haven't tried it yet, how do you know that you can't steal it?" ”

Xie Yinxue raised her eyes and looked at Chao Qinghe, walked in front of Bu Jiuzhao, and helped explain as if she was defending him: "If this trick works, then the participants can steal the key and leave Fengnian Village on the first day, not to mention that the customs clearance conditions given by Min Yuandan at that time are very clear - after singing, when the marriage is completed, he will take us away by boat, so we can guess without trying, we will definitely not be able to get the key from Min Yuandan." ”

As the old saying goes: It is better to demolish a temple than to destroy a marriage.

The underworld marriage is also marriage, if the participants finish singing the play requested by the villagers of Fengnianzhai and help the Xue family complete this underworld marriage, it is a kind of "saving marriage"; But if they obey Yang Ruowen, Xue Sheng and others, and take Yang Ruolan away from Fengnian Village to escape this secret marriage, it is also a "marriage rescue" in another sense.

"I think Mr. Xie is right." Lu Ling nodded in agreement with Xie Yinxuedao, "Instead of making useless attempts, it's better to leave quickly before dawn is conducive to running away." ”

Ying Yishui thought about it carefully for a moment, and felt that what Lu Ling said made sense: "That's okay, when Yang Ruowen finds the oars back, let's go to Yang's house with him to help Yang Ruolan escape from Fengnian Village." ”

"Calm down, the story told by Yang Ruowen and Xue Sheng is very touching." Chao Qinghe saw that the rest of the people seemed to echo Ying Yishui's words, and came out to dissuade him, "But you forgot? This is just a copy of the game, why should we take risks for them, and honestly sing the drama to complete the underworld marriage and wait for the customs clearance? ”

His words stunned everyone for a moment.

Liao Xinyang was also a little hesitant, mainly because they had to drift on the sea for too long, but they had no choice: "But if we don't take Yang Ruolan away, Xue Sheng won't help us sing, so it's impossible to recruit new ghosts, right?" The new ghost can't be as obedient as him, and if he can't sing well with the trick, the villagers will kill us like him. ”

Chao Qinghe choked suddenly, and once again secretly regretted that he had killed Xu Chen too early.

As a result, Chao Qinghe didn't expect that just when he had nothing to say, Xie Yinxue spoke for him for the first time: "That's right." The journey out by boat will be very difficult, and you will have to ask yourself which path you want to take. ”

This made the others even more wavering.

Li Hong asked him, "Mr. Xie, which one do you choose?" ”

Xie Yinxue raised her head slightly, her eyes were calm, and she said in a solemn voice: "I chose to save Yang Ruolan." ”

"She's just an NPC." The person who poured cold water this time was Bu Jiuzhao, he stood aside with his arms crossed, both his expression and his body were full of the word "indifference", and he once again emphasized to Xie Yinxue the hardships of choosing this road, "The waterway to leave will be very difficult." ”

However, perhaps it was Xie Yinxue's firmness that infected others, and before Bu Jiuzhao's voice fell, Li Luming took a deep breath and stood up and said, "I also chose to save Yang Ruolan." ”

"So do we."

After Li Luming expressed her position, Duan Ying and Yu Qinwen also made a unanimous choice.

Even Ying Yishui, who was cautious just now, said: "Follow your heart, I don't want Yang Ruolan to become a victim in the bad customs of underworld marriage, not to mention that judging from the current situation, if we summon a ghost as obedient as Xue Sheng, it is as likely as if we escaped smoothly by boat, both horizontally and vertically, why do you want to go against my heart?" ”

In other words, no one else has any objections.

Chao Qinghe still wanted to refute, but this copy obviously couldn't be cleared by his own strength, so he could only obey everyone's decision.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else, after everyone made up their minds, Yang Ruowen jumped out of nowhere, put seven or eight oars on the boat, and then said to everyone: "Gentlemen, please follow me to Yang's house." ”

Everyone followed him to Yang's house.

When he arrived at Yang's house, Lu Ling took the lead in relaying all what Xue Sheng had said to Yang Ruolan.

"Did he really say that......" Yang Ruolan burst into tears halfway through hearing this, and asked everyone silently, "Where is he?" Can I take another look at him? ”

"No way!" Yang Ruowen vetoed in a strong tone, "It's almost dawn, Ruolan, you have to go quickly!" ”

"Sister, let's go!" Yang Ruoming also stuffed the prepared coiling and luggage into Yang Ruolan's arms, "Don't come back, my eldest brother and I will leave here when we save enough money, this is a place to eat people, you must leave here!" ”

Then the two of them went to the door of Yang's house to take a look, and after finding that there was no trace of anyone, they pushed Yang Ruolan out of the gate, knelt down and kowtowed, and begged Xie Yinxue and others: "A few gentlemen, please be sure to leave here with Ruolan, Ruoming and I can meet with a few gentlemen in the future, even if you are a cow and a horse, you will repay your kindness." ”

Xie Yinxue didn't say much, but just responded in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the two brothers of the Yang family leaned over again to thank everyone, their eyes were full of tears of reluctance, but they did not hesitate or hesitate when they closed the door of the Yang family.

Others may not have paid attention to this detail, but Xie Yinxue, who saw this scene, never stretched his slightly frowning eyebrows on the way to the waterfront - the relationship between Xue Sheng, Yang Ruolan and the Yang brothers in this copy is too real, so real that even if he is like him, he can't see anything wrong.

However, the absence of a problem is the biggest problem.

Chao Qinghe is not wrong, they are just NPCs - they should be just NPCs.

But NPCs ...... Is there really such an abundance of real feelings?

Xie Yinxue lowered her head and pondered, and Bu Jiuzhao's voice suddenly came from above him: "What are you thinking?" ”

He lifted his eyes and looked at the man beside him.

Under the dim moonlight, the face of the person in front of him was so strange to him, but Xie Yinxue had an inexplicable affirmation in his heart: Bu Jiuzhao's face may have never changed, at most the color of his pupils, eyes and hair has changed slightly, and what has really changed is his memory.

The most important thing is that Bu Jiuzhao, a ferryman NPC who has never looked like an NPC, Xie Yinxue still doesn't understand the meaning of his existence, and in this copy, he even implemented the words "useless" to the end, and now he wants to save Yang Ruolan, and he also has some other plans in it.