Chapter 122: Ghost Marriage

The maid ghost looked dazed, "Has my family changed?"

"I came back once, the year I died. By then, the outer bamboo fence had collapsed, and the roofs of the two adobe houses were leaking. They couldn't keep out the rain in the summer, nor the cold in the winter... That's why I'm so obsessed with earning money for them."

In the past, her soul could not leave the imperial city, but after being kept in Princess Zhaoning's soul bottle for a few days, it could wander around the city gate.

The maid glanced at Xiao Tangbao and floated towards the magnificent house.

The ghost spirit was hurtful, so she stopped at the door and was hesitating whether to go in. The door suddenly opened, and the person who opened it was her mother.

The woman in her early forties looked so healthy and cheerful. How could she look like she just lost her daughter?

She turned her head to look inside and saw a shed in the yard. In some places, red silk was hung and big red wedding characters were pasted on the wall... So, there was a happy event at home today?

But she, but she had only been dead for less than three months. In such a short time, how could they have the money to repair the house and find a wife for their brother?

She avoided her mother and floated in quietly. She saw that there were already quite a few people sitting in the shed. Several women were sitting around a brazier, cracking pumpkin seeds and pointing at her mother.

"The Xia couple are truly despicable. They had plenty of money in their early years, but they couldn't bear to let the little girl and her husband eat, so they sold their own daughter. And now... Sigh!"

"They're more than just reluctant to part with that coarse food. They happened to read Xia Ying's horoscope and discovered she was destined to be a widow. They thought it would be difficult for her to find a husband and wouldn't bring in a bride price, so they thought of selling her off to avoid the heartache of seeing her every day!"

"It's just that she's a girl. If she were a boy, do you think the Xia couple would sell her off?"

“…”

The maid ghost was a little dazed...

What's going on now? Why are they only talking halfway?

A few women were talking about something else when a cold wind blew over and someone immediately picked up the conversation.

"Eh? You were just saying half of what you were saying. What's going on now? What immoral things did the Xia couple do again?"

Seeing that so few people knew about this immoral thing, the woman cleared her throat, stretched her neck forward, and said disdainfully, "How do you think the Xia family built this courtyard?"

"And how did that mantis from his family, who's so young and has a huge belly, is so cunning, lazy, greedy, and can't do anything, and eats everything without leaving any residue, get married?"

After hearing this, everyone became curious. You know, the daughter-in-law who was about to marry into the Xia family was not only from a wealthy family, but her father was also a city gate guard, and he was paid by the emperor!

"How did it come about? Tell me now, don't keep me in suspense!"

The woman stretched her head to look outside, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she frowned in disgust and told everything she knew.

"That girl Xia Ying was quite beloved by Madam Wei. Back then, when someone from the noble family's residence came and asked them and their spouse to collect the body, not only did they refuse to go, they even cursed them behind closed doors."

"The implicit meaning of her words is to blame Xiao Xiaying for not knowing how to behave. Why didn't she just climb into the Third Prince's bed, but instead had an affair with a groom and was even killed by his wife..."

"It's a waste of all my feelings for her over the years. Now it comes to this, she can't help her brother at all."

Black air began to emerge from Xia Ying's body. It turned out that her death was covered up in this way.

Oh……

But it is understandable. She was just a slave who had sold her indentures. If Madam Wei had not been particularly fond of her, not to mention that they had made up a reason for her, Madam Wei could have beaten her to death or fed her to the dogs and would not have found any fault with her!

And she was lucky enough that her family could collect her body after her sudden death... Speaking of which, she should thank Mrs. Wei very much.

"Bah!" The neighboring woman said with disdain, "What corpse are they collecting? The Xia couple used Xia Ying's corpse to arrange a ghost marriage!"

ha? ? ?

Everyone was shocked and their eyes widened for a moment.

"Is this true?"

"Huh... is that true? I live in the yard next to them, how could I not know everything?!"

"The gatekeeper had a son and a daughter. The daughter was pretty, sensible, and a skilled needleworker. But the son was a jerk. Not only did he refuse to marry, but at the tender age of twenty, he died under a man while visiting the Elephant Girl Pavilion!"

"The guard's son died a truly awful death, never worthy of a ghost marriage. When the Xia couple learned of this, they used their daughter's body to exchange for some money and a wife for their son!"

"There's actually such a thing?" Everyone shook their heads, "Tsk tsk tsk! What a sin..."

The maid ghost was furious.

-`(◣◢)`

Her parents had once said they would let her be buried in the Xia family's ancestral tomb, but it turned out they were all lies! ?

For that loser Xia Tianlong, they even spared her corpse and paired her with a man like that?

Do they have any conscience at all? Do they treat her as their daughter?!

A black aura suddenly surged out from the maid ghost's body. Her eyes were red, and her pale face suddenly became more ferocious. She floated in the air, full of resentment.

At this moment, she has completely become a vengeful ghost.

But the people she resented were her biological parents, and as a daughter, she was unable to avenge her own pitiful and miserable life.

"Hehehehehehehe..."

Tears of blood flowed from her eyes. As she laughed, the maid ghost suddenly had an idea.

Ha, if she can’t touch her parents, she can touch that loser Xia Tianlong!

If you want to live a peaceful life by stepping on her blood and tears, and on her flesh and blood, don’t even think about it!!!

For a moment, a cold wind blew violently, and all the doors and windows of the Xia family were broken, swaying in the wind, and seemed to be about to collapse.

The red silk wedding characters everywhere were blown into pieces, and even the tents used to entertain guests at noon were blown away.

Seeing that today's weather was extremely unusual, with strong winds, flying sand and rocks, even the roof of Old Xia's house was blown off. The neighbors who came to help hurriedly ran out and returned to their respective homes.

Some people with good intentions and sharp eyes even went to the entrance of the alley on their own initiative, distributing wedding candies and urging those who went to the Xia family to congratulate them to go back quickly.

Pooh!

Even God couldn't stand seeing his daughter's corpse being sold!

…

Seeing that the thick fog seemed to have dissipated a little and the whistling cold wind seemed to have weakened a lot, Father and Mother Xia trotted into the yard.

All the borrowed tables, chairs and benches were broken.

All the cooked food and the food waiting to be processed were knocked over.

Looking at the mess in the yard, Mother Xia bent down and pounded her thighs, tears streaming down her face. "A happy occasion like this is ruined! Tianlong will be carrying his new bride back soon. What should I do? What should I do?!"

"Why are you howling? I'm not dead yet!" Father Xia was furious, his face red. "If you want to blame someone, blame that Wang Shi for being unlucky. She hasn't even entered our Xia family yet, and she's already brought all this trouble! She's a jinx!"

"All those wine jars of mine are wasted..." Father Xia muttered, "I'll definitely take them from her dowry later!"

He was blaming everything on his daughter-in-law who had not yet entered the house when Xia Ying used the psychic talisman she had obtained from Xiao Tangbao and appeared in front of the two of them.

"Dad, Mom..."

???

Father Xia looked stunned. When he met Xia Ying's empty ghost eyes, he fell straight down and hit the ground with the back of his head.

Xia Ying floated in front of her mother and held her mother's face in her hands: "Mom, why don't you smile when you see Ying'er? Don't you love to smile the most?"

"Ying, Ying'er?!!" Mother Xia was so scared that she almost fainted, but the gate of the courtyard was suddenly kicked open.

"Dad! Mom?"

"How did the news of Xia Ying arranging a ghost marriage for Wang's brother get out?"

"Damn it! The wedding sedan has reached the entrance of the alley, but it can't get in! While we were wasting time, the people from Wang's maternal grandfather's family heard about the ghost marriage and glared at her, saying they wouldn't marry anymore and even took away the couple and the dowry!"

"Go! Go quickly!!" Perhaps it was the effect of maternal love, Xia's mother became more and more clear-headed, and after falling to the ground, she did not forget to crawl towards Xia Tianlong.

Xia Ying didn't stop her.

She tilted her head and looked at her mother in confusion, with a bit of amusement and inquiry.

She wanted to see what her mother would do next.

Xia's mother rushed towards Xia Tianlong desperately, pushed her out, and quickly closed the door and bolted it.

Xia Ying: “…”

So being loved from the heart is like this...

Mother Xia: “…”

So weird!

Everything in front of me is so weird!

Tianlong must not come in!!

Mother Xia raised her head stiffly, her face pale with fear, and her whole body trembling uncontrollably: "You...are you a human or a ghost?!"

She shouted loudly to give herself courage and to remind Xia Tianlong to run away quickly.

"You...you know everything, right?" she asked tentatively. Looking at everything in front of her, she already hated Xia Ying in her heart.

But she had to comfort her kindly: "Mom and Dad, Mom and Dad are just worried that you'll be lonely. Mom and Dad are thinking about you, really!!"

Bang!

Xia Tianlong broke in through the door.

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

Xia Tianlong suddenly looked up and saw Xia Ying. He was so scared that he didn't know what to do. He slapped himself in the face, hoping that this was a dream and that he could wake up soon!

My face hurts.

But looking at the dilapidated yard and the dead woman in front of him, he knew very clearly that his house was not attacked by bandits, but was really haunted.

"So you're getting married today?"

Xia Ying flew in front of Xia Tianlong, her voice vague and sinister: "Hehehe, how can I bless you..."