Chapter 60
The Du family has been haunted since Du Jinyu's death.
Her body could not be buried and was kept in the side hall of the Du family. Over time, it naturally developed a strange smell.
The person in charge of the Du family now is Mr. Du’s eldest son, Du Jinyu’s uncle, Du □□.
But Du □□ didn't believe in ghosts and gods. If he couldn't just bury the broken body, why not just burn it to ashes?
Who would have thought that the very night after he had this idea, he was frightened by a nightmare and fell ill, and was bedridden.
Mr. Du has many children, but none of them dares to step forward at this time.
So there was no choice but for Mr. Du, who was already in his seventies, to step forward and handle the matter.
The first thing he did was not to look for a Taoist priest to exorcise the ghost, but to ask someone to keep an eye on his grandson-in-law.
Shao Feng was forced to stay in the Du family. He spent the past few days feeling like each day was a year long and was terrified.
He escaped several times but was caught by Mr. Du's men each time. The strange things happening in the house became more and more frequent, and what frightened him the most was that the Du family was preparing for a wedding.
"The Du family has 20 to 30 people. The eldest child is married and has children, and the youngest child can also help with cooking!"
Shao Feng's face was haggard and sallow, and it was obvious at first glance that it was caused by being frightened for a long time.
He grabbed Master Dong's hand, almost crying out in anxiety:
"Why would the Du family hold a wedding? There's no new bride coming into the house! Why are they holding a wedding?!"
"This morning, that bastard Du Lao Er had someone send me a wedding dress. What does he mean by that? What on earth do they want to do?"
"Du Jinyu died just a few days ago, and her ghost is still haunting me! What on earth are they trying to do?"
The more Shao Feng spoke, the more devastated he looked. He couldn't contact anyone from the Shao family at all, let alone leave the Du family.
At this point, he was regretting it so much that his intestines turned green. It was all because he was obsessed with lust and fell in love with Du Jinyu. She was beautiful and was a cousin who was fostered in the Du family. He thought that since she had no one to rely on, it would be a good thing to force her to marry him home and make him a concubine.
Who knew that not only did he not marry this beautiful girl, he almost lost his life.
"They just want to kill me! They want me to go to hell to accompany that bitch Du Jinyu!" Shao Feng grabbed Master Dong's hand tightly and refused to let go.
"Master Dong, please think of a solution. After all, you and my father still have some friendship. You can't just stand by and watch him die!"
A trace of pity flashed across Dong Qingshan's face, but he was powerless to do anything.
The Dong family can barely protect themselves, let alone take care of the Du family's affairs.
“Master Shao, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but my daughter also died, and the Dong family has long been unable to take care of others.”
Shao Feng was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that when he walked in, he saw festive red "囍" characters pasted on the doors and windows.
The whole person was shocked and stood there, his hands trembling as he pointed at Mr. Dong:
"You, you want to have a ghost marriage too?! Are you crazy?"
Shao Feng turned his head in disbelief, looked at the guests standing beside him, and shouted:
"Where's Chu Sichi? He definitely doesn't know about this yet. Are you all crazy?"
Yi Tu looked at Shao Feng, who was obviously not well, and was afraid that he had suffered a lot from Du Jinyu.
"Young Master Chu voluntarily entered into a ghost marriage with Miss Dong." He answered Shao Feng.
Shao Feng still couldn't accept this fact. Master Dong's voice came from behind him in a deep voice.
"Not only do the two families have to hold a wedding, but they have to hold it together as agreed from the beginning."
It was a done deal, and Shao Feng had no way to change it at all.
Not long after he made a fuss at the Dong family, Du Kangming, the second son of the Du family, came looking for someone.
He briefly greeted Mr. Dong, and the two of them talked about something in the room. When Du Kangming came out, he looked at the guests standing aside and actually kindly invited them to stay at the Du family's for one night.
Most likely, Mr. Dong felt that there was a talented person among them who was good at exorcising ghosts and catching monsters, so he mentioned it to Du Kangming.
And they just had no excuse to go to the Du family, so this saved them a lot of trouble.
Du Kangming led them into the Du family's residence. The Du family had more people than the Dong family and the situation was more complicated.
After entering the yard, Yitu discovered that the Du family's courtyard was divided into several independent small courtyards inside and outside, and it was obvious that several small courtyards were put together to form a whole.
"There are many people in our family, most of them are women and children, so we can only let you live together in the back yard."
Du Kangming turned around and gave them an apologetic smile, then sighed and said:
"Tomorrow is the wedding day. I'm really worried that something might happen tonight."
Yi Tu felt something in her heart after hearing this. If Du Jinyu was not willing to marry Shao Feng, then she would definitely not be satisfied with Shao Feng as a groom.
Tomorrow's wedding...whether both grooms can be present has become a big problem.
Du Kangming led them to the side courtyard and gave them a brief introduction to the residence of the fifth branch of the Du family on the way.
When Du Kangming left, he didn't tell them anything else. He just told them that the Du family had been in a state of unrest recently and that it was best not to get up at night as they would be haunted by evil spirits.
After he said this, he left, and soon after, a servant brought clean bedding and pillows.
The Du family's side courtyard looked dilapidated, but it actually had quite a few rooms, exactly five, which was just enough for two people to stay in one room.
Although the room was small, it was our last night at the card room and no one complained.
Yi Tu shared a room with Jiang Hanyu as usual. After making the bed, the two planned to go out for a walk.
The other players also tacitly shared the same idea.
Because of the competitive relationship, it is impossible for players to walk together.
So after they each avoided each other, Yi Tu and Jiang Hanyu first went to the yard where Du Jinyu's mother was.
Du Jinyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, was originally Mr. Du's most beloved youngest daughter.
But after she married a man who was not of the same social status as her, she disappointed her father and was forced to sever ties with her family.
When Du Jinyu was six years old, her father died unexpectedly, and the lonely mother and daughter had to shamelessly return to the Du family.
But she had already fallen out with her father and brothers before, and it is not difficult to imagine how much humiliation Mrs. Wang suffered behind the scenes when she returned here.
But in order to survive, they had no other choice, and Du Jinyu even changed her surname.
Because of the Du family's gate, outsiders are not allowed to enter.
Life was very difficult for the mother and daughter. Being bullied was a common occurrence and all they could do was endure it.
Mrs. Wang's courtyard was in a remote corner of the Du family's house. Behind their courtyard were the wing rooms where the servants lived, which shows how low her status was.
On the way to Lady Wang's courtyard, Yi Tu happened to run into Hai Ling and his female companion.
"Where are you going?" Hai Ling walked forward and asked with a smile.
Yitu pointed behind him and Hailing nodded in understanding.
"Shao Feng's residence is just in front, don't you want to go and take a look?"
“It was wonderful.”
He had just come out of Shao Feng's room and probably knew something.
But Hai Ling didn't elaborate. She glanced at the stern man standing next to Yi Tu and left with his men.
"Shao Feng's room is haunted." Yi Tu looked at Jiang Hanyu and said.
Otherwise, Hai Ling would not describe it this way.
"Let's go and take a look." Jiang Hanyu thought for a moment and walked forward.
The two came to Shao Feng's room, and Taishu with a small mustache was also there.
He saw the two of them nod slightly, but did not initiate a conversation.
When Yi Tu saw the scene in Shao Feng's room clearly, he was stunned for a moment.
Lots of bloody handprints.
The white walls on all four sides were densely covered with tiny bloody handprints, which looked only the size of a baby.
The place where the bloody handprints were most concentrated was the head of Shao Feng's bed, as if the child was lying there staring at him quietly.
"Du Jinyu was pregnant before she gave birth?" Yi Tu asked in disbelief.
Taishu didn't respond but just sighed, "Shao Feng has changed several rooms, and this little thing has been following him."
"He said he was being tortured to the point of going insane and had anticipated his own death in his dreams."
After hearing this, Yi Tu was silent for a long time, and Tai Shu left quickly. He wanted to go and look after Shao Feng, lest he die before the wedding.
"Shao Feng will not survive tonight."
At this time, Jiang Hanyu suddenly spoke.
Yitu looked up and looked at him, but the man smiled faintly:
"Playing tricks on players is one of the favorite things to do in a card game."
Although they all knew that Shao Feng was going to die, everyone wanted to try that one possible chance.
What if one person can be saved?
"What if we can't save it?" Yitu asked.
Jiang Hanyu stared at him quietly for a while, and just raised his hand, but suddenly dropped it again as if he thought of something.
"Find another way out."
Yitu couldn't help but frown, but his shoulder was suddenly pinched by a big hand.
He was startled, and just as he looked up, the man quickly let go of his hand.
Jiang Hanyu looked at him with a calm gaze and no emotion could be heard in his voice.
"Your breath is weakening."
Yitu subconsciously covered the place he touched, and her cold body finally felt a hint of unexpected warmth.
"Is it already so obvious?" Yitu said helplessly.
Jiang Hanyu was not Hai Ling, but he could still sense the vitality in him dissipating.
In fact, Yitu had no choice but to hold on.
The two of them left Shao Feng's room and walked towards Mrs. Wang's yard.
Along the way, every door frame in the Du residence was pasted with talismans to ward off evil spirits.
If you have done bad things in your life, you will naturally be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door after you die.
The door to Mrs. Wang's yard was not closed, and there was no talisman to ward off evil spirits on the door.
But the yard was particularly shabby and deserted. When the two of them entered, the house was quiet, like an empty room.
Yitu knocked on the door and called out, and only then did Mrs. Wang hear the sound and come out.
She was wearing a plain white cheongsam and had a typical oval face. Du Jinyu looked exactly like her mother.
Mrs. Wang had just cried in the room, and now her eyes were still tearful and her face was haggard.
When she saw two strangers coming in, she wiped her tears and asked hesitantly:
"Who are you and what do you want from me?"
"Are you Du Jinyu's mother? We are friends of Miss Dong."
When Mrs. Wang heard the words "Miss Dong", her expression changed slightly.
Yi Tu's heart moved, thinking that Mrs. Wang must know something.
"They are all dead. What do you want by coming here?" She bit her pale lips and spoke reluctantly.
"We are here to find out something about Miss Du," Yitu said.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Wang covered her chest.
"Why did Miss Du commit suicide before her death? And what happened to her engagement with Shao Feng?" Yi Tu asked directly.
"If you had told me everything, perhaps Master Shao wouldn't have died tonight."
When mentioning Shao Feng, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but burst into tears again.
She choked up and said:
“It’s useless… It’s useless…”
"Ayu will never let Shao Feng go. It's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
Du Jinyu did not marry Shao Feng voluntarily. She almost hated Shao Feng to the extreme, but she had no choice.
Because she was tricked by her own mother and became pregnant with Shao Feng's child.
The situation of Mrs. Wang and her daughter in the Du family can be said to be almost no different from that of servants.
Du Jinyu was often ordered around by the young ladies and masters in various rooms. It was even common for those people to slap her in the face when she was becoming more and more depressed when she was in a bad mood.
Mrs. Wang once went to Mr. Du's door and cried, but it was of no use.
Mr. Du didn't care about their affairs, he just said, Caiyin, it's already good enough that I can provide you and your daughter with a place to stay.
Mrs. Wang felt as if she was split apart. It was at that moment that she truly understood that once resentment arose between a father and daughter, it would become a knot that could never be untied.
Unable to find a way out, the mother and daughter could only survive in misery, and they were struggling to survive.
As Mrs. Wang looked at her increasingly beautiful daughter, her desire for liberation and freedom grew stronger.
As long as Du Jinyu marries a good family, they can leave the Du family at any time.
And Du Jinyu is so beautiful, how could there be no rich family interested in her?
Before Shao Feng came to Yong'an Street, Mrs. Wang placed her hopes on the young master of the Chu family.
Even though she knew that Chu Sichi and Dong Haoyue were the childhood sweethearts who were well-matched.
But her daughter is not bad either, and it is still uncertain who will win.
Mrs. Wang had beautiful thoughts, and things did develop as she hoped.
Dong Haoyue and Chu Sichi both like Du Jinyu very much, and there have even been several times when they saw Chu Sichi alone with Du Jinyu.
"I thought Ah Yu liked Chu Si Chi, but when I saw..."
Mrs. Wang's lips were trembling, and she couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke of this.
Du Jinyu spent most of her time with Dong Haoyue, and they could spend an entire afternoon in the study.
Dong Haoyue teaches Du Jinyu how to read and draw, while Du Jinyu teaches her fortune telling by touching bones. The two of them hide in a place hand in hand and can talk about strange stories for half a day.
This was taught to her by Du Jinyu's father.
"My husband was a Taoist priest. I don't know if his abilities were real or not, but he certainly added a lot to our family through his skills."
"I've never heard of the stories Ayu told, and my husband doesn't tell me about them, as if he's trying to avoid something."
Mrs. Wang forced a smile, which was extremely bitter:
"But Ah Yu knew. Not only did she know, she also taught herself her father's theories about ghosts and gods."
"Now that I think about it, I was so stupid that I realized it was just a trick to fool people..."
Mrs. Wang was deceived by her husband in this way, because her husband could always calculate where she was and what kind of people she would meet and what interesting things would happen the next day.
This was extremely novel for a lady from a wealthy family. After several coaxings, she became pregnant with Du Jinyu.
Being pregnant before marriage was undoubtedly a huge scandal for the Du family.
She was kicked out of her home and had no contact with him for several years.
It was not until Du Jinyu's father died that she was forced to return.
"Ayu tells Dong Haoyue everything, and they are even closer than me, their mother!" Mrs. Wang said hatefully.
Even if she realized something was wrong at that time, it was too late.
That afternoon, she went to call the two young ladies who were tired from playing to have dinner.
Pushing open the door of the study, she caught a glimpse of Du Jinyu lying on Dong Haoyue's legs with a satisfied and happy smile on her face.
Mrs. Wang was stunned on the spot. She had also experienced love affairs, so how could she not know what kind of love Du Jinyu had for Dong Haoyue.
Mrs. Wang could not accept this fact. She once thought that she was too suspicious or overthinking.
Until Du Jinyu personally admitted that she didn't like Chu Sichi, she hated Chu Sichi following them all day long, and was even more annoyed by Chu Sichi being alone with Dong Haoyue.
"She said she liked Dong Haoyue, with that deliberate yet smug smile on her face..."
Mrs. Wang covered her chest tightly with her hands. The look of boasting on her face made her furious.
She hit Du Jinyu for the first time, not knowing whether it was for herself or for her daughter.
She carried this heavy secret in her heart, and it was bound to rot in her stomach for the rest of her life.
Du Jinyu is still young, what does she know? What future can two girls have? What kind of dignity can they have?
Mrs. Wang would not tell anyone, but her eyes looked at Du Jinyu becoming increasingly cold.
The relationship between mother and daughter had reached the point where they could not stay in the same room together, until Shao Feng appeared and she saw a glimmer of hope.
At this time, news of the marriage between the Dong family and the Chu family came out. Mrs. Wang was ecstatic, thinking that Du Jinyu should be able to give up this inappropriate idea.
But who would have thought that she still refused to repent and even secretly ran out to see Dong Haoyue several times.
Forced into a corner, Mrs. Wang began to restrict Du Jinyu's travel. She did not allow Du Jinyu to go to the Dong family again. Even when Dong Haoyue came to the house several times, she was rejected coldly by Mrs. Wang.
Du Jinyu's mouth was covered behind the door. Dong Haoyue couldn't hear her crying, so he left in sorrow.
"Dong Haoyue always thought Du Jinyu ignored her because she stole Chu Sichi away." Madam Wang smiled bitterly, "But the truth is ridiculous."
"I was the one who let Shao Feng into the courtyard. It's all my fault that Ah Yu got pregnant." Mrs. Wang's tears were almost dry. "I just wanted to do good for her..."
"She has clearly compromised and even said she wants to hold a wedding with Dong Haoyue, asking me to agree to her request..." Madam Wang murmured.
"But why, why did she choose to commit suicide again!"
"How could she be so cruel and abandon me like this!"
Mrs. Wang slumped down in her chair in a daze, closing her eyes deeply.
Yitu looked at her pale face and said calmly:
"You made a mistake."
"What?" Mrs. Wang opened her eyes.
"The wedding Du Jinyu promised you was always a ghost marriage." Yi Tu looked into her eyes calmly. "She is your daughter. Don't you understand her?"
Mrs. Wang froze in place. Yes, Du Jinyu was such a good person. How could she change her mind so easily?
"It turns out I was wrong...it was me..."
Mrs. Wang cried and then laughed. It turned out that from the moment her daughter did something wrong, she never thought of turning back.
She wanted the Du family to hold a grand wedding on the same day as Dong Haoyue's.
Red is festive and white is eye-catching.
You are on this side of the human world, and I am on the other side of the underworld.
Bow to heaven and earth.
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