Three years ago, Yangcheng was still a peaceful and tranquil place. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Yunxiu and Linxi also lived happily. Linxi worked in the government, while Yunxiu did some embroidery at home.
That day, Yunxiu delivered food to Lin Qing as usual. The government office on this day was different from the previous days. It was covered with yellow talismans everywhere, and one could even smell the scent of sandalwood.
Yunxiu thought it was just an ordinary Taoist priest who came to perform a ritual, so she didn't pay much attention to it. Just as she was walking towards the ear room, she was suddenly knocked unconscious by a stick, and the lunch box filled with hot food rolled to the ground.
After lunch, Lin Xi felt strange. He was an accountant in the government office. He was handsome and his skin was as delicate as a woman's. At this time, he walked out of the ear room slowly, but did not see the shadow of his wife. He only saw the lonely lunch box.
His heart skipped a beat, and he felt that something had happened to his wife.
His wife had been using this lunch box for several years, so he knew it well. In the past few days, the second concubine of the county magistrate had contracted some strange disease, so he asked the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple to perform some rituals in order to expel the evil spirits from the second concubine's body.
At this moment, Yuan Long, dressed in Taoist robes, passed by. Lin Xi hurriedly stopped in front of Yuan Long and said worriedly, "Master Yuan Long, my wife is missing."
Yuan Long kicked Lin Xi away, his face filled with anger, and said, "Don't disturb me while I'm performing a ritual!"
Lin Xi's eyes widened with hesitation. He rubbed his aching chest, quickly got up as if he had lost his soul, and rushed back home at the fastest speed in his life.
The dark and damp place was very noisy. When Yunxiu woke up from the knock, she found herself surrounded by women crying and covering their faces. Some of the women even had scars on their fair faces. Yunxiu struggled to sit up and asked the women, "Where is this place?"
The women looked at Yunxiu as if she were a monster, with a hint of triumph on their faces, almost like sarcasm. However, one woman reminded Yunxiu in a voice as cold as hell, "Once you come here, there's basically no way out."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tightly locked door was opened, and another naked woman was thrown in. The women who were originally sitting at the door hurriedly retreated behind them.
The space in this secret room was originally small. At this time, the crowd surged, and Yunxiu, who had just stood up, was pushed to the front again and fell straight to the ground. He happened to look at the naked woman. The woman's eyes contained a lot of unwillingness. Yunxiu clearly saw that there were black lines slowly moving under the woman's pale skin.
The woman stretched out her pale hands, clutching Yunxiu's clothes tightly, and uttered with great difficulty, "Help...Help me."
Yunxiu turned around bewilderedly, only to see the indifference on the faces of the women watching. They seemed to be accustomed to this kind of scene. No one was willing to lend a hand to help her. Some women even kindly reminded her, "Miss, that man won't live long. Don't waste your energy."
"But she's not dead yet!"
Yunxiu was a kind-hearted woman. Seeing the miserable state of the woman, she could not bear it. She immediately took off her outer robe and prepared to cover the woman with it. However, she did not see that a cold smile slowly appeared on the corner of the woman's mouth.
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