Chapter Ninety-Eight
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Cheng Yun was infected with the epidemic and there was no cure.
She was lying on the couch, hot and cold, her consciousness was drowsy, and she felt that her body and mind were uncomfortable like never before.
She fell asleep and woke up, looking at the peach blossoms blooming outside the window, she suddenly grew a little more energetic, her brain gradually cleared up, and she could also sit up and pour water for herself.
This is not a sign of healing, but a return to light.
Cheng Yun sighed slowly, thinking of the corpse of the deceased who died on the side of the road, she would be one of them, and thinking of her life, there was not much unwillingness and regret in her heart.
She was born in a poor and desolate village, her father and mother were farmers and peasant women, and she had all her brothers and sisters.
When she was seven years old, it didn't rain, there was no harvest, and a tragedy occurred in a poorer neighboring village.
Cheng Yun was afraid, on the day she heard the rumors, she took the initiative to find a tooth wife to sell herself, in exchange for silver to buy food for her father, and later worked as a girl in the Lin family in Jiangnan for nine years, and then married the young lady of the Lin family to Guo Mansion, lived for three years, and then took back the deed of sale and opened a small shop in the market to make a living.
If the war hadn't burned Liangcheng, maybe she wouldn't have left, but would have married Ji Tuhu, who secretly liked her, and would have been accompanied by old age, full of children and grandchildren, and would have died in the end......
It is said that this is called the consummation of a lifetime.
But the consummation that Cheng Yun wants is different from the consummation in the minds of the public.
She had heard of a man who had beaten his wife to death, wept bitterly at the funeral, turned around and took a bride like no one else, and a few years later the bride was buried in the cold earth, and the man went to church with his third wife;
She saw it with her own eyes, Miss Lin and the young master of Guo Mansion were in love, and they gave birth to two daughters soon after they got married, just because the old lady and her husband wanted their son to inherit the lineage, Miss Lin knew that she was not in good health, and went to worship the Bodhisattva to get pregnant quickly, but the mother and daughter died, and the old lady thought she was useless, and she didn't show up at all during the funeral;
She also saw a widow who worked hard to provide for her son's education, and when her son was lifted, she said that the widower Liu had helped her a lot in the past ten years, and had always wanted to marry her as a successor...... Later, the shopkeeper Liu died, and his son moved to distant Lingnan, and the woman committed suicide by hanging herself to prove her chastity......
Cheng Yun didn't know if Ji Tuhu liked to beat his wife, he didn't dare to say that he would definitely have a son, and he couldn't predict what kind of person her children would grow into...... She couldn't do it without being afraid.
Why do people always regard marriage and childbirth as the destiny and happiness of a woman's life?
Cheng Yun didn't know.
Like she still doesn't know what she's afraid of at the age of seven.
But now that he is dying, Cheng Yun doesn't feel afraid.
In the face of the terrible epidemic, the noble ones are not immune to disasters. She is a little woman in the world, she can't choose, except for death, she has survived; what she can choose, her choice may not be the best and most correct, but she tried her best, she has no shame and no regrets in her heart, why is she unwilling and regretful?
Cheng Yun felt tired and tired, and slowly closed his eyes.
The only bad thing in this life is that my life is short, and I haven't been able to see better and more beautiful scenery.
...... Cheng Yun died, and a flash of light floated out of her corpse and flew into the dim sky, just like all the people and animals who died from the epidemic.
There was a scarlet demon moon hanging in the sky, and the more spiritual light it devoured, the redder it became, like sticky blood.
There was a fresh breeze blowing slowly, and the strange red moon was like a shadow in the water, scattered into thousands of pieces in an instant, and it could never be stuck back.
Cheng Yun's aura was blown into the deserted wilderness, like inanimate dead wood and stones, watching the change of day and night between heaven and earth, watching the four seasons of the world, no sorrow, no joy, no awareness.
One day, an old Taoist came from afar with a bell, stopped for a while, and went away.
Another day, a black wind with a fishy smell blew, wandering in the field for a while, and swept away with Cheng Yun.
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The years passed, I don't know how long it took, Cheng Yun opened her eyes and looked around with a yawn, she felt as if she had slept for a long time, had a long, long dream, and almost died at the beginning of the dream.
What she saw shocked her.
The moonlight poured down on the blood-thick scarlet pool, bright enough to illuminate human figures, ripples spreading layer by layer, and she stood in the midst of a group of translucent human figures, her body submerged in the pool under her neck, and she could smell rust as she inhaled.
The pool of blood was in an open-air cavern, with steep rock walls at the edge of the cave that were difficult to climb, and only one side could be brought ashore, and the shore was black, with withered trees faintly visible.
It's a real pool of blood!
She's really dead!
Cheng Yun was shocked, cold and temperatureless:
"What is this place?"
"How could I be here!"
She suddenly remembered something, I heard that people will go to the underworld after death, and the judge has evaluated the merits of her life, drinking a bowl of Meng Po soup to forget the past, and walking across the bridge is to die.
Now she is a ghost and not a human, this is the underworld, where are the judges, Meng Po and Nai He Bridge?
A strange thought popped up in Cheng Yun's heart: Ah Wan, Ah Wan!
This idea came directly and abruptly, but Ah Wan ...... Who is Ah Wan? There is no Ah Wan in her memory!
Cheng Yun felt cold, this chill came very fast and fiercely, if there was still blood flowing in her body, I was afraid that it had already solidified and frozen into ice.
Driven by the cold, Cheng Yun crawled to the shore, not noticing that the moonlight above her head was covered, and the more piercing cold hit in an instant, freezing her as if her whole body was stiff into an ice lump, and her limbs were numb, itchy and painful, and it seemed that she would crack into several pieces in the next moment.
"Whewβ"It's terrible!
The lesser of two evils, the threat of dying forced Cheng Yun back into the pool of blood, and she leaned on her back to let the warm moonlight fall more evenly on her body, feeling better than on the shore, but it was still very cold.
Cheng Yun suddenly saw a girl emerge from the darkness in the depths of the cave, the other party was richly dressed, with a bright red dress, bright flowers on her head, no jewelry on her body, her appearance was delicate and beautiful, and she smiled smartly. She stepped over more than ten zhang in one step, and came to the edge of the pool in a blink of an eye, looking down at Cheng Yun in the blood pool condescendingly, her eyes were like the hostess looking at the maid in the house, picky and harsh.
Cheng Yun blinked, trying to look docile and harmless.
She's tried, and now she can't pronounce it.
After a moment, the girl put away her gaze, squatted down to look at Cheng Yun, and said with a smile: "I'm Ah Hong, does my sister remember her name?"
Of course, Cheng Yun remembered the name, and she also remembered that her sister was not like Ah Hong.
didn't get a response from Cheng Yun, the smile on Ah Hong's lips was more pleasant, and she reached out and touched Cheng Yun's forehead, and her voice was like a murmur: "Grandma sent me over to pick up my sister home, but my sister didn't seem to be awake when she looked at it......"
No, I'm awake, but the look on your face tells me that you don't like to see me awake.
Cheng Yun tilted his head, pretending to be stupid.
Ah Hong said: "My sister is a lonely ghost who has no one to worship, wandering in the world and having no one to rely on, it was Grandma who picked you up, and you have to respect and love Grandma as a mother." β
Ah Hong said again: "Grandma likes my sister, so I personally picked out this comb for my sister." Sister, take it with you, don't worry about hurting your soul, come, take it!"
The current Cheng Yun doesn't understand the situation, and he can't help himself.
Hong handed her the comb, she held it in her hand, Hong pulled her ashore, and she complied.
Ah Hong is not a living person, but the palm holding her is warm, but Cheng Yun smelled Ah Hong's body fragrance mixed with the blood of a living person, and the heart that stopped beating under her chest suddenly trembled violently.
Ah Hong took Cheng Yun by the hand and walked to the depths of the cave where he couldn't see his five fingers.
Cheng Yun, who recovered from fear, found that the path under his feet was winding upward, and the comb in his arms was as warm as a bonfire, dispelling the cold that eroded from all directions.
After a while, Cheng Yun followed Ah Hong out of the cave and into the abandoned garden overgrown with weeds.
Cheng Yun remembered the peach blossoms he saw before he died, one after another, just like the clouds on the horizon, beautiful and glamorous.
Walking through the dilapidated verandah, through the small door and into the backyard, Ah Hong led Cheng Yun to a courtyard.
The flowers and plants that grew in the courtyard were neatly kept, the stone floor was free of mud and fallen leaves, and the lanterns of new colors hung under the porch, but the house was pitch black.
Ah Hong was not in a hurry to knock on the door, took a self-portrait in the mirror to tidy up her appearance, and then combed it on Cheng Yun's long hair hanging down, stepped on the steps and pushed the door in, and said loudly: "Grandma, Ah Hong has brought my sister back!"
The lights were turned on, and the two maids suddenly appeared, they glanced at Cheng Yun, this one covered his mouth and smiled, the other leaned over and whispered, and unhurriedly took out a small stove to boil water and make tea.
Two more beautiful maidens, one on the left and one on the right, came out of the inner chamber with a short man dressed as a woman, and three maidservants dressed like the daughters of the family.
They don't have shadows, they're all ghosts.
The man who was surrounded was about the only one with a shadow, he looked to be in his early thirties and forties, dressed in gold and silver, his face was greased and powdered, and his steps and arm movements were the habit of women.
Cheng Yun took a closer look and found that he had a pair of black-brown horns on his head, the length of his fingers, and the arc was slightly curved.
She's a little silly.
Ah Hong threw down Cheng Yun and threw herself at the man with a smile: "Grandma! Ah Hong misses grandma so much!"
Grandma pushed Ah Hong away: "Don't make any noise!" her eyes glared at the ghost maid, "Hurry up and bring the lamp, I want to take a closer look at what this new girl looks like." β
His voice was shrill and hoarse, and it had nothing to do with the melodiousness.
Cheng Yun stared at her grandmother's open and closed mouth when she spoke, and could clearly see the blood-stained teeth and the bright red flesh between the teeth, and the tip of her nose smelled ten times the rich smell of human blood on Ah Hong's body.
This grandma is actually a man-eating demon!
Cheng Yun, who was shocked that he had fallen into the demon cave, did not dare to reveal his true emotions, and used all his courage to try his best to keep himself calm and rational, and continued to pretend to be stupid.
The ghost maids brought the lamp together, illuminating Cheng Yun's smooth face like jade, the scorching color was like the first bloom of peach and plum, so beautiful that it was aggressive, its eyebrows were picturesque, enchanting and wanton, and it really taught people to not even have jealous thoughts.
"Sister is so beautiful! better than Ah Huan!" the ghost maids praised one after another, and the corners of Ah Hong's mouth twitched, looking unhappy.
"It's beautiful enough, but I always feel like it's missing a little charm...... grandma said.
He looked at the puppet-like Cheng Yun, pinched her mouth and looked at her teeth, patted her shoulders and pinched her arms and legs, a series of actions like a bustard mother choosing a girl sent by human teeth.
After the inspection, Grandma took two steps back, asked the ghost maids to raise the lamp higher, carefully looked at Cheng Yun under the lamp for the second time, and said: "Okay, this girl is a good seedling, but she is a little stupid." Ah Hong, you take her to rest, teach her to cultivate, and tell me when she wakes up!"
Ah Hong should be, jealously glared at the pretty maid who followed her grandmother's left and right hands, and led Cheng Yun down.
The door closed behind him, the bright lights went out instantly, and the sound of laughter and conversation faded into obscurity.
In the night, the insects chirped, the wind blew slowly, and the chill was driven away by the comb, Cheng Yun pursed his lower lip slightly, feeling cold from head to toe. Mobile phone users should browse and read for a better reading experience.