Chapter 129 I can't explain it clearly
Lu Qiu raised his hand and wanted to take off his coat, but then he remembered that Xia Wange was now in soul state and would not be afraid of the cold at all. He put his hand down halfway, and his eyes were attracted by the handkerchief in her hand.
"This is?"
"It's probably some kind of long-cherished wish." Xia Wange looked at the handkerchief carefully. She frowned and looked over and over again, and found a place to open it. One layer, two layers, three layers...
Seeing what was fully unfolded, Xia Wange was speechless.
It looked like a handkerchief in the water, but I didn't expect it to be so thin. When I opened it, it turned out to be a folded silk scarf?! I thought it was just the size of a palm, but now I find it's a compressed package? And the content is written in classical Chinese, isn't that super compressed?
Xia Wange took a look at the thing in his hand, which required chest expansion exercises to see clearly, and sighed deeply, "How about I go back?"
Lu Qiu looked at her.
"Forget it, I've already accepted it. I'll just consider it as accumulating good karma for myself." Thinking of this, Xia Wange began to memorize the above contents. Worried that she might have missed something, she also asked Lu Qiu to memorize it with her. After all, things from the underworld cannot be brought back. She went to the underworld to get the Yin Bell, just to find its master. When she returned to the world of the living, she would be able to vaguely sense the location and dig easier.
When Lu Qiu and Xia Wange looked at the things on the scarf, they couldn't help but sigh.
The owner of this scarf is Sun Niang, who was adopted by a troupe. She had been doing odd jobs in the troupe since she was a child. She had no talent for singing and had always been doing the job of collecting money with a bell. But although Sun Niang had no talent, she was good-looking, and she fell in love with another good-looking actor named Sun in the troupe. From then on, she took his surname Sun and was called Sun Niang.
He taught Sun Niang how to write and how to sing in his spare time. Although Sun Niang had no talent, he still taught her.
The people in the troupe began to tease them, saying that when they got married they must hold a banquet and invite the people in the troupe to perform.
At the beginning, the owner of the troupe was a good person and the troupe made good profits. But as time went on, the owner started smoking opium and valued money more and more. He became addicted and dragged many people in the troupe into it as well. Everyone began to run out of money.
The world was in chaos, and people had no spare money to give rewards, so the troupe's income became less and less day by day.
The owner of the troupe began to force Sun Niang to collect a certain amount of money every day or recruit a certain number of people to watch the opera, otherwise he would not give her food. Sun Niang begged and pleaded every day to get enough people to watch the opera. Although she had enough people, she could not collect enough money. Her lover found that the "Lianhuanji" was sung very well in the new village. Every time he sang "Lianhuanji", many people came to listen. So her lover sang "Lianhuanji" desperately in order to collect enough money for her. However, his lover had to sing too many lyrics. After one or two performances a day, his throat could not bear it any longer. But he did not want to see Sun Niang being beaten, so he forced himself to keep singing.
In the end, she damaged her voice from singing, but fortunately, her lover saved enough money and wanted to ask the troupe owner to redeem their contract.
The troupe owner took the money and agreed to it at first. But when the two were planning their future life, the troupe owner brought his men to kill them and arrested them. The troupe owner said that the money was stolen by Sun Niang when she took the money. He also forged evidence, saying that the redemption money given to him by his lover contained a silver note unique to that customer.
The lover explained that it was the tip from the guests, but the troupe leader didn't listen and said that the money was originally intended to be distributed among the troupe members, but it was stolen by Sun Niang, so everyone's dividends were less. So, under the temptation of money, the troupe tied up both of them.
The troupe owner told Sun Niang that as long as she was willing to marry the local landlord who had always liked her as his sixth concubine, they would treat her lover well. They also said that her lover now needed money to maintain his voice, and only if the concubine gave them money would her lover get better.
For the sake of her lover, Sun Niang agreed to get married. On the night she was carried into the room, she suspected that she might be pregnant because of her dry heaving. She didn't know what to do. During the intense sex in the bridal chamber with the landlord, she got bleeding. So the landlord thought she was still a virgin and didn't think much about it. He even assigned a maid to take good care of her.
Sun Niang went to the opera troupe every day to give them money, and specifically asked for her lover's name. However, the troupe owner just kept telling her that her lover had gone out to treat his throat and did not let him see him.
In the end, she gave birth to a baby prematurely, but after calculating the date, she found out that it was full-term. Seeing that the baby in her arms had the same birthmark as her lover's, she became more certain that the baby was her lover's.
After the confinement period, war broke out in the surrounding areas and the town was in complete chaos. Sun Niang tried to run back to the opera troupe to tell her lover the news. Finally, she met an acquaintance and asked around, and she found out that her lover had died a long time ago.
The troupe owner first lied to the lover, saying that Sun Niang had found a better man and no longer wanted him. He also asked the lover to secretly watch Sun Niang, who was a concubine and came to watch the show, several times. The lover was disheartened, but felt that Sun Niang was living a good life.
Later, the landlord heard that someone in the troupe was gossiping that Sun Niang and her lover were having an affair, so the landlord paid the troupe owner to get rid of the lover.
After receiving the money, the troupe owner took his men to drown the lover in the river.
Sun Niang, who knew the truth, almost went crazy. She thought about the past ten months, when every time she came to the opera troupe, someone would ask her for money openly or secretly, saying that if she gave her money, they would help take good care of her lover. Even when she was about to give birth, some people asked her for money, saying that they would help her treat him well.
She gave all the money! Even if she had nothing, even if it was just a new dress for herself, she gave it all! She asked those people to help her carry the letter! She thought he could see it all!
But by that time, the lover had already died! And maybe he was killed by the person who came to ask for the reward!
At this time, "Lianhuanji" was being sung on the stage again, but Sun Niang could no longer see the man who sang for her until his throat was broken, so in grief and anger she jumped into the river where her lover drowned.
Sun Niang, who jumped into the river, became a fierce ghost and dragged all the people in the troupe into the river one by one, drowning them in the mud. She only spared the person who gave her the news. The landlord was also going to die, but when he approached the river, he was holding Sun Niang's son in his arms, so he survived.
Seeing this, Xia Wange turned and looked at Lu Qiu.
Lu Qiu looked into Xia Wange's eyes and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. He wanted to say that if he was the lover in the opera troupe, he would never let such a thing happen. But when he replaced Sun Niang with Xia Wange, he knew that this thing would never happen.
With Xia Wange's personality, she would never put her life in the hands of others from beginning to end. If someone arrested her, she would definitely tear that person to pieces. If God wanted to deal with her, she would definitely tear a hole in the sky.
Thinking of this, Lu Qiu saw Xia Wange still staring at him, so he asked, "What do you want to say?"
Xia Wange opened her mouth and changed her words: "There's more on the other side."
Lu Qiu: “…”
So the two of them continued to look at the other side.
In fact, Xia Wange also wanted to slightly substitute Lu Qiu for her lover, but she found it impossible.
With Lu Qiu around, the troupe will only grow bigger and stronger and achieve greater success.
The front of the scarf seems to be telling about one's past, while the back is a request.
First, she hoped someone would bury her and her lover's bodies together. Sun Niang said the location of the body was right under her body, and Sun Niang's body was right where the bell was.
The second is to hope to find their descendants and sing "Lian Huan Ji" in front of their graves.
Seeing this, Xia Wange turned around and looked at Lu Qiu.
Seeing that Xia Wange was still staring at him, Lu Qiu asked, "Is the first thing difficult?"
Xia Wange shook her head and said, "I think the second thing is a bit difficult."
"Is it difficult to find someone?"
"No." Xia Wange sighed, "It's hard to sing opera. Who knows if Sun Niang has any standards? What if she wants to sing opera at the same level as her lover? Wouldn't that be the end of it?"
At this point, Xia Wange scratched his chin, "If we're looking for someone, I think it's probably the person I fished out of the river when I scattered the ashes last time. His name seems to be Sun Cheng. Usually, only blood relatives are easily possessed by souls. I didn't expect that after a hundred years, the child of Sun Niang and her lover still has the surname Sun. But then again, looking at Sun Niang's behavior, she shouldn't have too high expectations for her descendants, right?"
After saying that, Xia Wange dived back into the water and gently patted the other person's hand, indicating that she already knew what was said. When the hand opened, she stuffed the cloth back in. After taking the handkerchief, the hand retracted into the mud and sand.
After finishing her business, Xia Wange swam up and climbed onto the edge of the boat. Lu Qiu pulled her up and asked in a low voice, "So what should we do now..."
Before he finished his words, he suddenly fell silent, lowered his eyes and looked at the person he had just pulled up and who suddenly threw herself into his arms. Lu Qiu's whole body suddenly became stiff, his limbs could not move, and his heart seemed to be out of control and almost jumped out of his throat.
He opened his mouth, only to feel his throat tighten and uncomfortable, unable to make any sound. Before he could recover, Lu Qiu felt the person in his arms exert force and carry him from the other side of the boat into the water. As she leaned back, he saw her raise her face, slightly close one eye, and wink at him with a sly look.
The next moment, Lu Qiu took a deep breath and woke up in the car.
He looked around the scene in the car, touched his chest, and after calming down a little, he looked at Xia Wange, who was still standing beside him with her eyes covered with a red cloth. He pursed his lips slightly, and quickly lit the red thread between them.
Before waking up, he heard the other person's thoughts.
[Falling into water is also a way to wake someone up. Once you wake up, get down to business and lead the way for me.]
But Lu Qiu clearly felt that his heart rate almost went off the charts right before he touched the water.
In fact, he had woken up before falling into the water.
Realizing this, Lu Qiu found it a little funny again. He tried his best to maintain his heart rate for the whole night, and he didn't even break down when he saw the group of ghosts chasing him. However, Xia Wange ended it with a hug that was not really a hug.
Really...
well.
The incense gradually burned out, and not long after, Xia Wange stood up. She first stretched, then took off the red cloth from her eyes.
Without saying a word, she climbed in front of the car while the connection with the bell was still strong, and drove quickly to the river beach where the bell was. On the way, she told Lu Qiu that she was going to dig up the bell later.
After arriving at the location, Xia Wange left Lu Qiu in the car and took out her equipment from the trunk and put it on. Soon, she put on a searchlight, a raincoat with a shovel, and walked step by step to the middle of the river beach in rain boots.
In the car, Lu Qiu slowly lowered the window and watched Xia Wange walking towards the river step by step. He then looked down at his legs and thought of himself in the dream who was running and jumping with Xia Wange. He felt mixed emotions.
If only my legs could get better.
Now is the time to help her...
On the other side, Xia Wange had already recognized Yin Ling as her master in the underworld. When she arrived at the location, she quickly found the location of the bell by following her senses. After digging a few times with a shovel, she saw the bell and of course, she also saw the white bones that were holding the bell tightly.
Xia Wange lit incense and said a lot of nice things, and repeatedly promised to give her the bell and that she would come back during the day to help her fulfill her wish. But she had been dead for too long, and as time passed, she had almost gotten rid of her enemies, and their consciousness had long been dispersed to the point where only those two obsessions remained.
No matter what, the skeleton holding the bell would not let go.
There was no other choice, Xia Wange could only wear a searchlight, dig down the soil, dig out Sun Niang's bones and the bell, wrap them in a tarpaulin, and then carry them out.
Although it is incomplete, at least it still has a skull and limbs, a few ribs, and a pelvis, so it can barely be considered a human being.
She ran out holding the bone, shouting, "Boss, boss! Hurry up and open the door! I found something good! If you take this home and put it under your bed, I promise your legs will get better and better!"
But as soon as she stepped onto the cement road, Xia Wange looked at the car in front of her and vaguely felt that something was wrong. She had an inexplicable bad premonition in her heart, so she ran away.
But at this moment, several policemen rushed out from the other end of the car and blocked her way...
"Don't move!"
“What do you do?!”
"What's your purpose here in the middle of the night?! Put your hands up!"
"Someone reported that you were sneakily parking on the roadside during the Ghost Festival, and then suddenly drove here. The person who called the police said that you seemed to have killed someone and hidden the body! Please take out the things in your hands so that we can check!"
Xia Wan Ge: “…”
At this time, the car door opened, revealing Lu Qiu, who was having his ID checked by the police and had a look of despair on his face.
The two looked at each other, and Lu Qiu looked at the few white things sticking out from the raincoat in the other's hand.
Lu Qiu: “…”
Boy, that's hard to explain.
In fact, it is hard to explain clearly. After all, which good person would hang around outside during the Ghost Festival?
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