reconciliation
Even though she was clearly aware of the child's problems, she still couldn't control her liking for it. Like every mother, she had a strong possessiveness towards her child. She even began to think about these supernatural events and unconsciously suspected that they were her own problems.
Throughout her pregnancy, she was tortured physically and mentally. Many times, she felt that she was living a life worse than a dog, locked in this dim bridal chamber, looking at the room full of red silk, unable to escape.
On the day of giving birth, she resisted and secretly ignored the midwife's instructions. She pretended to push hard and wished she could die.
However, the baby in her belly seemed to know what she was thinking and tried hard to crawl out like a cricket cocoon. The severe tearing pain almost made her faint.
But she saw her chubby, fair child at a glance, with all arms and legs, just like a normal child.
Before she had time to think carefully, Old Man Chen rushed in and killed her child.
Before she fainted, she saw a man floating in the air, who told her he could help her. When she woke up again, he was gone, so she thought they were hallucinations.
After she woke up, she thought she would be beaten and scolded by her parents-in-law, but unexpectedly, the two elders seemed to have changed their ways and took great care of her during her confinement and helped her to nourish her body.
Chen Yuefeng knew their character too well, and racked her brains every day to plan her escape.
On the day she left confinement, Chen's mother heated water for her bath, combed her hair, and laid out new bedding. Having not left the house for over a year, the chains on her limbs were removed, leaving only the chain around her neck locked to the courtyard gate. She was then allowed to eat with them in the courtyard and breathe in the fresh air.
Chen Yuefeng was filled with anxiety, and sure enough, that night, Old Man Chen entered her room and took possession of her. With her neck chained, her meager strength was no match for an old butcher who could restrain a pig weighing hundreds of pounds.
The reason was that since she was bought, she had to leave a descendant for the Chen family.
After that, she lived another dark life. Chen Guihong's family was dead, the hatred was gone, and she had no desire to live.
When the Chen family discovered she was attempting suicide, they locked her arms and legs and neck as usual, stuffing cloth in her mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue. Old Man Chen even threatened her that if she dared to commit suicide, he would dig up her family members from their graves.
Not long after, when Old Man Chen was holding down a pig for slaughter, he was kicked in the vitals by the struggling pig and could no longer be treated humanely.
This incident made him the laughing stock of the villagers for a long time. He stopped going out and stayed at home all day, taking out his anger on her, saying that it was all her fault because of this unlucky girl.
Chen Yuefeng fought back angrily, venting all the pent-up resentment in her heart viciously. The next day, the furious Old Man Chen began to hang up flower cards in revenge.
The girls in the village are raised in the hope of marrying into the town in exchange for dowry. Most of the poor men in the village cannot afford the high money, so many of them are still single.
In revenge, Old Man Chen charged a low price, only three copper coins for a quarter of an hour of her sleep. That night, Old Man Chen earned more than thirty copper coins.
This made him see business opportunities again.
The affair was exposed on the third day, and the women in the village were not happy with it and started to make trouble. They felt that if they couldn't stop the man from cheating, they had to at least keep the money. They used the excuse that she had eaten at other people's houses as an excuse to force Old Man Chen to stop accepting money.
She also said that she was a widow who had sold herself and couldn't get married. Since the Chen family couldn't have children anyway, she had to give in and repay the villagers who had fed her for so many years. If she got pregnant with someone's child, that family would pay compensation to the Chen family.
Chen Yuefeng never thought that they, as women, could be so cruel and vicious.
The chains were removed, but the whole village viciously threatened her with her mother's corpse, making it impossible for her to die.
Soon, she met the strange man who said he could help her before he fainted due to childbirth. He said that he was an immortal sent by the Bodhisattva Boy to save her, and he could make her most desired wish come true overnight.
Her wish is to kill all the bad guys who bully her.
She agreed without hesitation.
As a price, she needs to die as they ask, become its fairy messenger, and serve it.
Preparing things required silver, but she did not use the money given to her by the immortal, but chose to empty the Chen family.
Every late night, she would go to the Chen family's door and knock on it tirelessly. Confident, she would stare at the old couple of the Chen family who opened the door and scolded her with fierce and sinister eyes.
She learned to use the magical power of the Turtle Hermit to play tricks, and the first punch that Old Man Chen threw, his arm went through her body.
Old Man Chen shouted that there was a ghost and was so scared that he hid back into the house.
She continued to knock on the door tirelessly, and thunder, lightning and heavy rain came at the right time. The Turtle Hermit cast a spell to teleport her into the house. She held the kitchen knife high and hovered over the head of Old Man Chen who was covered with a quilt.
There was no knocking on the door, so they thought she had left. They slowly pulled down the quilt to let in some air. Seeing her standing in front of the bed and the blade hovering above her head, Old Man Chen was so scared that he wet his pants.
Having achieved her intimidation purpose, Chen Yuefeng chopped the kitchen knife hard on their bed, stuck it in the bed, and turned back to the house.
The next day, she slept until she woke up naturally, then went to knock on Chen Lao Niang's door to ask for money to buy cloth and needles and thread.
Terrified, Old Lady Chen quickly took out the money box that Chen Abao had left her, only to find it was filled with paper money. Unable to believe it, Old Lady Chen explained for a long time that she hadn't opened the box since Chen Abao had resurrected and given her the money, fearing that her wealth would be exposed.
She looked displeased, so Old Lady Chen gave her all the money in the house.
After buying what she needed, she locked herself in the house and began to prepare. With the example of Old Man Chen who had suffered a stroke from fear as a warning to others, the villagers dared not come to her house again.
That night when the weight was made, she followed the instructions of the Turtle Hermit. She put on red clothes, tied her feet, and hung the weight between her feet. At midnight, the Turtle Hermit cast a spell to help her hang herself.
The stone statue of the boy Bodhisattva awakened her.
He also gave her the so-called "divine power", allowing her to take revenge as she pleased. She killed all those who had bullied her in the most cruel way she could think of. She felt very happy when she saw them begging for mercy in pain and banging their heads.
She set up the evil town according to its instructions.
From then on, she began to serve the master sincerely with gratitude, completing all the tasks it assigned her, even though her mother told her that the gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas would never do such things, and it was more like an evil spirit.
In the past few hundred years, it turned her into a resentful woman and made her kill countless people. In order to completely perfect the formation, it even instructed her to deceive Bai Yunru's feelings so that he would willingly use his Maoshan magic to facilitate this murder.
At this point, Chen Yuefeng whispered in her ear, "It often shatters, but it can quickly recover and its strength increases greatly. Perhaps because of my excessive loyalty, it has begun to not avoid me in recent years. I saw with my own eyes that after absorbing the contents stored in the sarcophagus, its body swelled and cracked. After seeing a mysterious monster, it would shatter. Then, it relied on the power of a beautiful jade hairpin to restore itself, absorbing the power of the hairpin bit by bit. The power in the hairpin seems inexhaustible, and it has been absorbing it even now, and it is still bright and powerful. This jade hairpin is in its body. If you can kill it, you can get it."
"Don't you claim to be loyal to it? Why are you willing to tell me all this and let me kill it?"
"I was born trapped in a world of greed and self-serving rescues, repeatedly deceived and exploited. It saved me, didn't it also need me? We've been friends for centuries, and I no longer owe it anything. No one can ever guarantee absolute loyalty. Self-interest has long been the primary principle I repeatedly warned myself against during those days and nights when I was stuck between life and death."
Chen Yuefeng faced her and sneered, "Kill it? Just you? Don't even think about it. I don't even have much hope that you can escape."
"Then why did you make a deal with me and tell me all this? Is it just to buy time?"
"Because once, when the jade hairpin was glowing, I saw a woman's face glimmering in the light reflected from the hairpin. You and she bear some resemblance. This is true, and so is the delay."
Chen Yuefeng stood in the center of the fire circle and laughed out loud.
"You killed all the descendants of those who did evil to you. We, six hundred years later, have no grudge against you. Why would you kill us?"
Chen Yuefeng teleported to the side of the person who said this, pinched his neck, controlled the strength, and made him almost suffocate to death, and then gave him a little air to bring him back to life, repeating this torture.
"Do you dare to say that there isn't a trace of their filthy blood in your veins? When they bullied me, did they ever think about why they treated me like this? And who among you is a good person who doesn't do evil? You deserve it. You deserve to die."
She raised her eyes and scanned everyone present. "You men, big dicks but no heart, have been controlled by lust since ancient times. The crime of raping and humiliating women is as common as eating and drinking. As if using the excuse of continuing the family line and procreating the clan makes it justifiable. You use this to brainwash women, and violently beat them when they disobey you, just to satisfy your egos, which are as tiny as your incompetent and inferior little dicks. I can't change these centuries-old feudal concepts, but I can at least make this filthy Yangmei Village disappear and start anew. There shouldn't be even a chance for this dregs to resurface."
Chen Yuefeng raised her hand and slapped him hard, causing his head to spin around and eventually break and die.
Without saying anything more, she controlled the cold wind to blow sparks onto every villager, and immediately, there were wailing and screaming.
Looking up at the sky illuminated by the flames, Chen Yuefeng began her skilled dance, shouting with joy, "Mother! In heaven, do you see this? I did it! I avenged myself without a single regret! I avenged all those who were bullied by them! You should be proud of me... Mother! I'm here!"
As she spoke, she approached the fire and swung out a white cloth that looked like a flowing sleeve. The cloth caught fire and burned her body, but the joy on her face was not affected in the slightest.
The flames soon engulfed her whole body, but she actually began to sing a cheerful opera with a beautiful and melodious voice.
It all happened too fast and the fire spread so rapidly that they had no way of putting it out. Any hesitation would have cost them their lives.
Yun Jinglu picked up Yun Qique and jumped onto the horse's back, then quickly rushed out of the circle of fire.
At the entrance of the village outside the circle, Lan Qu sat slumped on the ground, looking at the fire that engulfed the entire village in despair.
Her singing voice did not disappear, it was still singing.
Yun Jinglu called Lan Qu "cucucucucu" like calling a dog.
He ignored him and continued to talk to himself, "Isn't that the way to be infatuated? What? You don't want your wife anymore? You know that a resentful woman is not a demon. She wants to die but doesn't protect herself. When she is burned to ashes, she will be completely dead. You want her beauty and her singing talent, but you can't allow others to want your life's learning? You enjoy her kindness, but you can't accept her schemes. How hypocritical."
Lan Zhuochi said, "There's no need for you to be so harsh about this matter."
"I'm mean to him but not to you. You feel bad because you're so mean, right?"
Yun Jinglu leaned closer to her in his arms and gave Lan Zhuochi a provocative and boastful look.
"A Que, today I will teach you another lesson. All crows are black, and birds of a feather flock together. Don't expect him to be any different from Bai Yunru. Bai Yunru has taken countless lives, and he still protects him. It's clear that he can't distinguish right from wrong and is unworthy of being a teacher. It's better to end this relationship between master and disciple, A Que, what do you think?"
Lan Zhuochi hurriedly explained to her, "I absolutely have no intention of covering up for Lan Qu's mistakes or blurring the lines between right and wrong."
"Then what does Master want to say? Not to mention that A Lu is not mean, he did something wrong and he can't listen to a word?"
Yunqi Que took out all the talisman papers and threw them out, "Lan Zhuochi, the relationship between you and me as master and disciple is severed now."
After saying this, she tightened the reins and controlled the white horse to gallop away without listening to another word he said.
Lan Zhuochi did not catch up. Yunqi Que knew that he would stay behind to put out the fire first to prevent the fire from burning the mountain.
"Alu, I want that jade hairpin."
Controlling the white horse to change course and gallop towards the bayberry forest, Yun Jinglu responded without hesitation: "Okay."
"Alu is also looking for the hosta?"
"yes."
"Why?"
"Because I need to stay alive."
He kissed her hair and said, "Don't worry. At least, before you die in this life, you don't have to choose between Yuzhan and me."
Yunqi Que had a strange feeling in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
Entering the bayberry forest, Mimi came to lead the way and they arrived at the dilapidated cave unhindered. Qingshan had already captured the compassionate boy.
After just a short while, Bei Min Tong treated Yun Jinglu completely differently and was extremely respectful to him.
Yun Jinglu carried her off the horse, lifted her sleeve, and exposed her forearm to him. He said in a condescending tone, "Recover immediately."
The Compassion Child nodded and cast a spell to restore her arm.
"Qique, do you have any questions about the case that you would like to ask it? If so, please ask now."
At this moment, she had more questions about Yun Jinglu than about Bei Mintong.
"What was your purpose for doing all this in Yangmeilin?"
"They believe in me, so naturally I must show my spirit and fulfill their wishes. This isn't caused by me, but by the wishes of all the believers."
"Where is the turtle demon?"
Compassionate Child glanced at Qingsan and said, "She beat him to death."
No matter what questions Yunqi Que asked next, Beimin Tong refused to say a word and even threatened to die rather than obey.
When she was at her wit's end, Yun Jinglu asked Mimi to turn back into a green umbrella to cover her, blocking out the sounds and sights outside the umbrella, and making it impossible for her to lift the tiny gap in the tassels to look outside.
After waiting for a long time, he finally walked into the umbrella.
In her hand, she held the jade hairpin she was looking for.
"Yun Jinglu, what kind of existence are you?"
He did not answer. He took her hand, pricked his fingertip, and dripped a drop of blood into the hairpin, but the hairpin did not react.
Judging from his expression, he seemed both happy and disappointed.
"You can't keep this jade hairpin, so I'll keep it for you, okay? I'll give it to you when we return to the Western Regions."
Hearing this, countless voices in her head rejected his proposal and persuaded her to take it in her own hands.
At the same time, she felt the jade hairpin hidden under her lapel disappear silently, and a warm feeling surged into her heart.
"I want to hold it myself."
"Qi Que doesn't believe me?"
"No, I want it right away."
Yun Jinglu cast a small spell on the jade hairpin, wrapped it thickly with layers of talisman paper, and then gave it to her.
"Remember, when I'm not with you, don't take it out casually, especially outside the house. This jade hairpin is not only sought by me, but if it is exposed, it will only put your life in danger. I'm serious, I'm not joking."
"good."
She took the jade hairpin and stuffed it into the interlayer of her clothes, pressing it lightly through her clothes. Yunqi Que could clearly feel it blending into her body.
As the hairpin disappeared, the same warmth surged into her heart again.
"Qi Que, your brother risked his life to get the jade hairpin for you. Shouldn't you give him a little reward?"
"What reward does A-Lu want?"
"I want you to tell me the whole story of how you thought I was going to kill you."
Her eyes were red. "I can't tell you... If I tell you... A-Lu will..."
"Yunqi Que, I guarantee you with my life that I won't."
He pressed his sword into her hand and asked her to put it on his neck. Pressing against his skin, a little blood oozed out, leaving a noticeable bloodstain.
She wanted to move the sword away, but she couldn't resist his strength. Instead, the more she tried to move it away, the more he used force, and the deeper the sword's blade touched her.
"Brother, let go! It's bleeding!"
"Look, you took my life so easily. If you're still afraid I'll kill you when I find out, then you can kill me first."
"I say! I say! Ease up a little."
"No, if you relax a little, your sense of security will decrease. If you care about me and love me, please speak up quickly."
Yunqi Que quickened his speech and told the whole process without any concealment.
"If I say that the me you saw trying to kill you wasn't me, and that I never had the thought of killing you, would you believe me?"
Yun Jinglu smiled bitterly and loosened the hand that was forcing her to hold the sword. She didn't hold the sword hard at all, and the sword fell to the ground and hit the instep of his foot.
"I want to believe you..."
But I saw it with my own eyes, and I couldn't convince my eyes.
His eyes were filled with disappointment.
"Want to? So, just because you believed what you said you saw with your own eyes, you abandoned me once again, both physically and emotionally, and fell in love with him?"
"again?"
"You have already investigated the demon case you wanted to investigate."
Yun Jinglu snapped his fingers in her ear, and she fell asleep uncontrollably.
When she woke up again, she was lying on her bed, the same bed she had shared with Yun Jinglu in their home in the Western Regions. Her clothes had been changed, and judging by the fragrance of her skin and hair, she must have washed them.
Recalling Yun Jinglu's sad and disappointed look, Yun Qique immediately wanted to see him.
But as soon as she sat up and lifted the quilt, she found that she could not move below her thighs.
After completely lifting the quilt, the frightened girl finally breathed a sigh of relief to find that her legs were still there.
"Someone come!"
Xia Chan quickly came to her side, "Girl."
She asked anxiously, "Why can't I move my legs?"
"I will go and invite my master immediately!"
Just as Xia Chan hurriedly ran out, the closed door was pushed open again, and Yun Jinglu came in.
Yun Jinglu calmly walked over to her bed and sat down, holding her ankle with his big hand. "Isn't this better? Ah Que will never be able to leave my side again."
"You...you made my legs like this?"
"Um."
He reached out to touch her face, but she subconsciously moved away.
Retracting his hand, he suppressed his displeasure and resentment and asked, "Why do you want to disobey me? I don't want to. We can live a loving and sweet life like before."
The Yun Jinglu in front of her seemed like a different person, making her feel unfamiliar and scared.
In order not to become a cripple, she suppressed her anger and fear, knowing the situation and pretending to be pitiful and weak. Tears welled up in her eyes, she clutched his sleeve, and begged him flatteringly, "Alu, I promise I will never leave you again. I will be obedient. Can you make my leg healthy again?"
"You're always like this. You slap me, then give me a sweet treat, and you'll coax me into obeying you. But this time, I don't want to fall into your obvious trap willingly."
"Alu, are you angry because I didn't believe you?"
"I'm angry. Very angry."
"When I first left you, I was a mortal who knew nothing. Naturally, I believed what I saw with my own eyes. Brother, you've changed. You crippled me without any explanation and even scared me with words I couldn't understand. I hate you! I really, really hate you!"
Yunqi Que suddenly pulled up the quilt to cover her head, tears streaming down her face out of grievance and anger.
Tears fell "patter", and her blocked nose was filled with clear mucus, forcing her to breathe through her mouth, but breathing through her mouth and sucking her nose inevitably made noises.
"I feel wronged too..." Yun Jinglu sighed.
I wanted to scare her and teach her a lesson, but all the harsh words I said to myself before meeting her were defeated by her crying.
He removed the spell that had made her legs numb.
"I didn't do anything. I searched desperately for you, and finally found you. But you stubbornly believed I wanted to kill you. I had no way of defending myself, but you accused me of a crime and drove me away without any explanation. It was you who made me sign the indenture that required me to marry you, it was you who cried and asked my brother to be your future husband, and it was you who said you liked me first... You plundered and occupied my heart like a bandit, and in the end, I fell in love with you, but you turned around and abandoned me, canceled our contract, and fell in love with another man, the offspring of my enemy. I didn't even say I hated you, and you hated me? Shouldn't I be the one crying?"
"In the final analysis, you simply didn't trust me wholeheartedly. Aren't mouths made for talking? Why didn't you lose your temper and explain things to your brother? I had to threaten you with my life and ask you countless times. I was so desperate that I had to ask that ridiculous boy Bodhisattva to appear and bring you back to me."
Yunqi Que knew that he was in the wrong.
She felt even more embarrassed to face him when she felt him restore her legs and feet to normal.
When she opened her mouth, she surprised herself by saying, "You scared me because of me, that's why I said I hate you!"
She was a little annoyed after she finished speaking so quickly.
From beginning to end, he never said anything harsh to her. She was the only one who lost her temper because she knew in her heart that she was the one who was always unconditionally indulged and pampered, so she was always fearless.
"I went too far. I'm going to admit my mistake. Please don't hate me... okay?"
He held her in his arms through the quilt and patted her back gently. With his comfort, she couldn't hold back her tears any more, and could only respond with a sobbing voice: "Hmm..."
"A Que, what should I do to make you truly believe me that I really didn't do those things."
"etc!"
Yun Qique lifted the quilt, and without even wiping away her tears and snot, she questioned him, "Didn't you lose your memory? You lied to me?"
"Every time I meet you to explain, it's likely to be my last chance, and I can't afford to lose. I've had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure, seeking a way out. In short, I've schemed against you in this matter, and I'm willing to take any beatings or scolding you want."
"Yun Jinglu, let's just write off all the mistakes we made against each other in the past, okay? From now on, we will never make each other sad again."
"good."
They hugged each other tightly, and her tears were mostly tears of joy that they were reconciled.
"Qi Que, don't you have anything you want to ask about my brother's hidden past?"
"I do have many questions for you, but I don't want you to answer them now. If you're willing, take me into your world and get to know you completely."
Letting go of him, Yun Qique wiped the tears from her face and gathered her composure. "You promised to give me a new name. We've all returned to the Western Regions. I can't still be your sister, Yun Qique."
"Jia Yue floats in the air in a jade-like figure, and He Si is secretly attached to this immortal ritual. How about the name Jia He?"
"Jia He... Although I don't understand the meaning of the poem you recited, A Lu, I like it as long as it's written by A Lu."
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