Chapter 99 The Disappearing Lover
When night falls, the surroundings are exceptionally quiet.
Several constables on duty in the yamen had nightmares last night. No one dared to sleep tonight. They all crowded in the classroom, waiting for any movement from Li Chu.
Li Chu was alone in the morgue, facing the intact corpse, meditating with his eyes closed.
Although others were in the morgue, the telepathy had already covered several nearby streets.
As long as there is a trace of evil spirit revealed, it will definitely not escape his supervision.
silence.
I don’t know how long it was before a faint sound broke the silence.
Tick. Tick.
It's the sound of water dripping onto the ground.
It seemed a little far away, but Li Chu had already moved.
He stood up, took a step, and disappeared from the spot. In a flash, there were two flashes.
Outside the courtyard wall.
In the dim moonlight, there was a vague wet shadow.
Obviously, this is a female ghost.
It looked like it had just crawled out of the water, its hair was wet and heavy, covering its entire face. Its clothes were tightly attached to its body, its arms were hanging down, and it was looking dimly in the direction of the morgue.
He seemed to want to get closer, but was hesitant.
Walking silently, indifferent, desolate and melancholy...
At this moment, a shadow flashed by, and suddenly a young Taoist priest in green appeared in front of her.
The ghost girl's shoulders trembled suddenly, obviously she was frightened.
Immediately, it turned and fled.
Under the moonlight, it floats very fast.
However, the little Taoist priest was faster.
He took only one step forward, and with a whoosh, he blocked its way like a ghost.
The female ghost paused and suddenly became dazed.
It seems like I can't figure it out all of a sudden.
Between the two of us, who is the ghost?
Li Chu stared at the small ghost in front of him, which was roughly equivalent to the eighteen lantern monsters, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm a good person."
The female ghost's heavy hair suddenly exploded and the whole ghost jumped up.
Good person?
That must be to kill the ghost!
Seeing her turning around and trying to escape again, Li Chu became a little impatient. He used the Blue Butterfly Step again and flashed in front of the female ghost to stop her.
Then, he soothed her again in a gentle voice: "This... girl, if you run again, I will draw my sword."
After hearing his comfort, the female ghost finally calmed down.
It stood there stiffly, not daring to move.
Li Chu finally had time to ask, "Is your body in the morgue?"
The female ghost nodded obediently.
"That's it." Li Chu looked at her and said slowly, "If you have any obsessions, you can tell me. I can help you resolve them without disturbing the people every day."
The female ghost showed one eye from behind her hair and glanced at him furtively, looking very frightened, but still dared not make a sound.
Li Chu felt helpless when he saw that its condition was too tense.
After thinking for a while, he forced a warm smile and said, "I really want to help you."
The female ghost looked at Li Chu's warm smile and was stunned for a moment. Somehow, an idea suddenly popped up in her mind.
This person must be very trustworthy.
…
In the morgue.
Next to her own corpse, the female ghost was silently melancholy for a while, and finally made a sound.
"My name is Chen Yujiao, and I'm from Yunhe County," it said.
"Master Xiao Li... I've heard of your name. In Liuhua River... As soon as I saw your face, I knew it was you."
"oh?"
Li Chu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his name had spread beyond Yuhang County.
"My family and the Ge family in Yuhang County are old friends. I heard Ge Cuihua mention you..."
The ghost girl lowered her head and whispered, "She said that you... not only have an extremely handsome appearance, but are also very good at exorcising evil spirits. No matter what kind of demon or ghost it is, you can always kill it with one sword... That's why... I'm afraid of you. I haven't... I haven't done anything bad, really."
Li Chu nodded in understanding. No wonder this female ghost appeared in other people’s dreams but always avoided him.
Maybe Miss Ge exaggerated it when she mentioned it to her.
At the same time, we can also know from these words that Miss Chen must come from a wealthy family.
"Miss Chen, although our practice emphasizes slaying demons and eliminating evil, you have not done anything evil, so naturally you are not included in this category. I came to you because I really want to help you eliminate your obsession so that you can enter the cycle of reincarnation peacefully as soon as possible." Li Chu said.
"Thank...thank you very much, Taoist Priest Li." Chen Yujiao nodded slightly.
Li Chu observed her for a while and felt that Miss Chen must have been a timid person when she was alive, so after she died and turned into a ghost, she would also be so timid.
With such a personality, it's hard for her to harm others.
"I was originally going on a boat trip with Master Dai..."
After that, Li Chu spent a long time listening to her intermittent narration of her experience.
It turned out that this Miss Chen was indeed from the Chen family, a wealthy family in Yunhe County.
She also had a childhood sweetheart, the son of the Dai family, another wealthy family in Yunhe County.
The two were betrothed to each other, were well-matched, and were both talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven.
Originally, the two families planned to choose an auspicious date this year for the two to get married.
A few days ago, Mr. Dai suddenly invited her to go on a boat trip.
Miss Chen gladly accepted her lover's invitation.
The two of them agreed to dismiss the maids and servants, chartered a passenger ship, and wanted to enjoy some time alone.
Unexpectedly, when the boat was sailing along the Liuhua River to the Xialiu Village section, the boatmen suddenly drew out sharp steel knives and turned into thieves.
After robbing them of all their belongings, they forced the couple to jump into the river.
The two were helpless and sad, hugging each other and jumped into the Liuhua River.
The story ends here, and it's just a crime.
But Miss Chen was unwilling to sleep forever under the water, so her spirit remained and she turned into a ghost.
This is why the villagers of Xialiu Village had nightmares later.
Originally, it would have been fine to just salvage her body and bury her.
but……
Miss Chen discovered that her lover was gone.
Master Dai and she jumped into the Liuhua River hugging each other. Even if they could not sleep in the same bed in life, they should be buried in the same coffin in death.
Now that she is dead and has turned into a ghost, the body of Master Dai... has disappeared.
How could she be willing to accept this?
That’s why I had the second dream last night.
What she meant by "there is someone underwater" was Master Dai.
But where that person was...she didn't know.
"I carefully searched the bottom of Liuhua River last night. Apart from your body, there is absolutely no other body." Li Chu looked at Miss Chen and said, "Are you sure that Master Dai is with you..."
He didn't finish his words.
Are you sure he died with you?
"Of course!" Miss Chen's voice became louder for the first time. "Mr. Dai and I... have already made a vow to each other and promised to be together forever. How could he... How could he abandon me and live alone?"
Judging from her tone, she seemed very sure about the relationship between the two.
"I'm sorry." Li Chu said, "The Liuhua River is long, and perhaps his body was washed away to another place. What is Mr. Dai's full name? Tomorrow I can ask the county yamen runners to see if I can find out any news about him."
"Mr. Dai..." Miss Chen's voice softened when she mentioned her lover. She said slowly, "His name is Dai E'ren."
There will be another chapter later. I will post three chapters at noon and two more in the evening.
(End of this chapter)
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