Chapter 344 It is rare to encounter a soul with so many merits
Li Niang stood blankly in the corner of the land temple, her eyes empty and confused, as if she was still trapped in endless painful memories and unable to extricate herself.
Her voice was weak and trembling, and she said slowly with endless sorrow: "I was beaten to death by my man..."
Xu Ruyan stood quietly by the side. Hearing these words, memories of the past came flooding back like a tide. Her eyes were filled with pity and sympathy.
She vaguely remembered that Li Niang had a pretty face at that time, and her eyes showed a simple expectation for life.
But fate played a trick on her. Li Niang's husband died prematurely, leaving her alone and helpless.
However, her parents at home ignored her wishes and were determined to make her remarry.
"She didn't want to remarry, but her parents tricked her into marrying," Xu Ruyan's voice was slightly choked with sobs, and her expression was full of reluctance. "They tied her up with a rope and sent her to that man's house mercilessly, like a piece of cargo."
When Li Niang was sent to her new home, her heart was full of resistance and despair. In that strange and cold environment, out of extreme fear and anger, she panicked and injured the man who was about to become her "new husband".
However, this act of resistance was like lighting a powder keg, instantly leading to a catastrophic disaster.
"She got anxious and beat the man," Xu Ruyan continued, her voice getting deeper and deeper. "After being enraged, the man beat her up like a mad beast, showing no mercy."
Li Niang was completely powerless to resist and could only cry miserably under the violent beating, suffering both physically and mentally.
In the end, Li Niang fell in a pool of blood, and her life was quietly extinguished like a candle in the wind.
She could not escape the ruthless manipulation of fate until her death, and left the world with a heart full of resentment and hatred.
Meng Po paused while cooking the soup and said, "What about you? How did you die?"
Xu Ruyan was stunned for a long time before she slowly spoke, her voice trembling with difficulty: "I... I can't remember."
Meng Po sighed softly when she heard this.
"Don't be afraid," she said, scooping a spoonful of soup from the pot and handing it to Xu Ruyan, "You will know after drinking the soup."
The hot steam from the soup rose up, creating a mysterious atmosphere in the dim underworld.
Xu Ruyan looked at the spoonful of soup, her eyes full of hesitation, but she finally reached out her hand slowly, took the spoon, and drank the bitter liquid in one gulp.
However, as time passed, Xu Ruyan's face did not show any realization after learning the truth, but was still confused. There was even a hint of loss and helplessness in her eyes, "I still don't know."
She muttered, confusion thick in her voice.
Meng Po looked at her quietly, her eyes full of understanding.
She put down the spoon in her hand: "Since you can't remember, forget it, it's not a big deal. Just wander around the underworld when you have nothing to do. When the judge and others come, you won't have time to wander around..."
In this underworld, she has seen too many dead souls. Some of them have truly forgotten, while others have memories that are so painful that they resist recalling them deep in their souls.
In this case, Meng Po no longer forced it.
She waved her hand, indicating that Xu Ruyan could leave.
Beside the Naihe Bridge, the river water gurgles, and the sound seems to whisper the stories of countless dead souls.
Xu Ruyan walked slowly to the bridge, sat on a cold stone, and stared at the quiet river in a daze.
Occasionally, a few dead souls hurried by around.
When the land god sent the dead souls over again, he happened to meet her and was surprised to find that Xu Ruyan's soul had a faint golden light.
When he turned to ask Meng Po, Meng Po shook her head and said, "She doesn't want to think about the past, and there's nothing I can do about it... I originally thought that she must have done a lot of good deeds when she was alive, so I could report it to the mountain god and see if she could be made a ghost messenger."
"It's rare to meet a soul with so many merits. How about this, I'm going to visit the mountain god tomorrow, so I'll mention it while I'm at it."
"Thank you for your help, Lord Landlord!"
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When Yang Xiangwei heard the land god say that a golden soul had come to the underworld, her heart moved. She decided that she had to go and see this strange thing with her own eyes.
The system of the underworld is not yet complete. If there are really talented people available, they must be properly arranged.
When she stepped into the underworld and her eyes fell on the soul emitting a faint golden light - Xu Ruyan, in an instant, the memories of Ruyan's previous life flooded into her perception like a tide.
Yang Xiangwei frowned slightly, her eyes full of pity. She instantly understood why Xu Ruyan didn't want to think about the past, because that experience was too painful!
Liu Ruyan was originally the daughter of a wealthy family. Her family had been upholding a good tradition of charity for generations.
Since childhood, Liu Ruyan has been influenced by this kind of environment, and a kind heart has taken root in her since childhood.
She often followed her parents to help poor people. Her face was always filled with a warm smile, and her every move showed the gentleness and kindness of a lady from a noble family.
But the course of fate suddenly changed, and her father once again saved a down-and-out man.
The man appeared to be grateful, but secretly he had evil intentions. He collaborated with people with ulterior motives and launched a brutal conspiracy against the Liu family.
Overnight, the Liu family's mansion collapsed and all the property accumulated over the years was looted. Liu Ruyan, who originally lived in the clouds, fell into an endless abyss in an instant.
Young and beautiful, she became someone else's spoils and was brutally dragged into that dark world.
Liu Ruyan's tears never stopped from the beginning.
She hid in that dark and damp corner, hugged her knees, and cried bitterly, her voice full of resentment and despair at her fate.
The former brightness in her eyes quickly disappeared, replaced by endless fear and sadness.
But as the days passed, her tears gradually dried up, and her heart gradually became numb in the cruel reality.
She stopped crying, and her eyes became empty and cold, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with her.
She mechanically obeyed the orders of those people, allowing them to manipulate her fate at will, and her body and mind suffered unspeakable torture.
The once kind and gentle daughter of a wealthy family was ruthlessly crushed by fate, leaving only this numb body struggling in the darkness.
Until one day, in that dark, cage-like world, Liu Ruyan accidentally met a woman.
The woman had a graceful figure, but her eyes showed a different kind of determination.
Liu Ruyan noticed that she seemed to be chatting and laughing among the group of villains, but in fact she was hiding something mysterious.
The woman cleverly played along with this group of people and passed on the message without making any noise.
Liu Ruyan's heart moved. Looking at this group of evil people who had completely destroyed her life, she wished them bad luck, so she naturally did not expose the woman's actions.
The woman seemed to sense Liu Ruyan's kindness. At a moment when no one was paying attention, she quietly approached her and said softly, "Miss, thank you for not exposing me."
Although the voice was soft, it was like a ray of light shining into Liu Ruyan's dark world.
Liu Ruyan nodded slightly, with a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.
Seeing this, the woman sighed slightly and slowly told her her story.
It turned out that the woman came from a family that was also persecuted by this group of evil forces. She carried the mission of revenge and saving more people and went deep into the tiger's blood.
Liu Ruyan listened quietly, her heart filled with waves. The kind-hearted and passionate self from the past seemed to gradually awaken in her heart.
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