Burial with Qing Yao

The third story He Shuting told was shorter than the first two stories.

"I went to Ningchuan and found out three strange things."

"First, when the ghost messengers in Ningchuan are harvesting souls recently, they have to hire some demon cultivators to protect them."

This made Jiang Ran puzzled, "Is the ghost messenger so insecure these days?"

He Shuting didn't know much about the inside story, "Anyway, the ghost messengers seem to be very afraid of something. After nightfall, they harvest souls, and they will never travel alone again. They either go together in groups or hire some powerful demon cultivators."

Yinjuan feels that things that can scare ghosts are probably not kind.

"Secondly, a strange disease has been prevalent in Ningchuan recently. Many people inexplicably grow an eye on the back of their hands, but the disease is not very harmful. On the contrary, many people feel that their vision has broadened after getting this strange disease. Many people see farther than before, so most people are willing to suffer from this strange disease."

The first two strange things that He Shuting said were all Ning Chuan's gossip, but the third one was about himself.

"Thirdly, I met a ghost messenger in Ningchuan. He was the one who disliked me for having thin leaves and not being able to shade me. I worked with the ghost messenger I met earlier. I asked him who His whereabouts, he said, he was reincarnated at Cangxi Chu’s family..."

In fact, Jiang Ran guessed it long before He Shuting said the answer.

Chu Yi and He Shuting's favorite ghost messenger are the same one.

He Shuting had always been slow, but now that he knew the answer, he regretted it on the spot, and hurried back to Cangxi Town.

The emotions stagnated in his heart were about to burst out, and he had nowhere to vent, unable to express.

He wanted to tell Chu Yi himself that he was the one he liked, and he was him from the beginning to the end, and he wanted to explain everything clearly.

"In order to say that I like it with my own mouth, I killed myself."

That's why he has only one head left now.

Jiang Ran was a little hard to understand He Shuting's persistence, "Just because you want to say that you like it, you kill yourself? It's not necessary. Although you don't die, it will take hundreds of years to regain human form. A mere human in Chuyi, How can there be such a long lifespan? It is better to continue to be a mute and stay with him for the rest of your life."

He Shuting smiled wryly, "It is impossible for me to stay with him forever, because when I go back, he is already dead."

He Shuting's tears couldn't stop flowing down, "The red lantern at the door of Chu's house has long been replaced with a white lantern. The Chu family said that Chu Yi committed suicide on the wedding night with the paper figurine, and I was determined to die. I just want to make up for my regrets. Please bury me where the Chuyi is, this is my last wish."

After the story was finished, He Shuting looked lonely.

He kept muttering: "He clearly promised me that he would never despise his own life again, why didn't he keep his promise..."

He Shuting repeated this sentence many times, probably because he missed Chuyi, and told the story of himself and Chuyi several times until dawn.

Jiang Ran fell asleep amidst He Shuting's mournful confession.

Yinjuan carried him to the bed and covered him with the quilt.As usual, I stood by the window until dawn without closing my eyes.

At five o'clock, Bai Wenxing sensed that there was a monster in the territory who had advanced to the Rakshasa state, and finally returned before dawn after the bloody battle.

Standing outside the window on the second floor, she volleyed and expressed the uneasiness in her heart to the Yinjuan who was watching the night.

"Recently, there are more and more demons trying to promote. I always feel that something is wrong."

She traveled all night, and the blood spots on her face hadn't had time to wipe off.

"Silver family, there are more and more voices of opposition. We can't suppress them anymore. You must be promoted as soon as possible. The two towns of Cangxi and Ningchuan are the best trials for you. If your life is not in danger, You and I try not to make a move."

Bai Wenxing's worries are not unreasonable, they don't have much time left.

No matter how much you can't bear it, when it's time to let go, you must let go.

The day after the wildly growing plants in Cangxi Town receded, many people got the news and returned home.

With the influx of people, this long-sleeping town is slowly recovering.

Jiang Ran wrapped He Shuting well and put it in the basket, and when he saw people along the way, he asked Chuyi where the cemetery was.

Speaking of this person, everyone in Cangxi Town is no stranger.

"Chu Yi, is that the only son of the Chu family? He was born to kill his wife, and took a paper doll home, but killed himself instead. It's really unlucky."

The old shopkeeper of the tea stall also just came back, cleaning the leaves-covered tables and chairs non-stop, and making a pot of tea for today's first table guests.

"What's even more outrageous is that within a few days after the Chuyi's death, all the members of the Chu family died overnight. Do you think it's bad luck or not?"

As soon as he came back, there were customers. It is certainly a happy thing to make money, so he said a few more words.

"Actually, I was there on the day when the only son of the Chu family got married. That night was very strange. First, the son of the Chu family wanted to marry a man. Unexpectedly, the man didn't agree to him, so he fell in love with that paper-bound man." The bride is married, and I don't know if she drank too much wine, but I seemed to see the head of the paper-tied bride move a bit during the church visit..."

"Ugh……"

In the basket placed by his feet, there was a sudden, moderate sigh.

The old shopkeeper glanced at the basket, thinking he heard it wrong, and continued: "Later, the young master of the Chu family and the paper-tied bride were sent to the bridal chamber, and not long after, I heard a scream from the servant girl. It's Young Master Chu's corpse, his face is pale, as if his energy has been sucked dry by something..."

"Wait, Master Chu didn't commit suicide by himself?" Jiang Ran grasped the key point.

"Of course not! This matter was full of evil from the beginning to the end. The Chu family just wanted to send this unlucky person away as soon as possible, so they casually made nonsense, saying that he committed suicide. Anyway, this person often committed suicide during his lifetime, not once or twice. gone."

Hearing this, He Shuting couldn't bear it any longer, "I said he didn't kill himself! He promised me that he would cherish life, there must be something that hurt him!"

A voice suddenly came from the low back basket, and the old shopkeeper felt his back trembling, his hands shaking the pot, and the tea overflowed the cup.

"What...what's the sound? Who's talking here?"

He Shuting didn't know to stop for a while, he was still muttering inside, "There must be something hidden about Chu Yi's death, if I don't investigate this matter clearly, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest in peace..."

Small whispers like this kept coming from the back basket.

The old shopkeeper took a few steps back, the back basket was only so small, it definitely couldn't hold an adult.

And the whisper didn't sound like a child's, "This..."

The old shopkeeper looked in through the slit on the top of the basket, and the things inside suddenly moved. The old shopkeeper was so frightened that he left the shop and ran away.

Jiang Ran was a little helpless, "He Shuting, it's already a scary thing for me to walk around the street with a head, can you keep your voice down?"

In the end, Yinjuan had a way. He wrapped He Shuting's head in three layers and put it back in the back basket. Although the guy was still talking, his voice sounded much softer.

Whether Chu Yi committed suicide or not, this matter will naturally be known when his tomb is found.

After many inquiries, Jiang Ran finally found the place where the Chuyi was buried.

It was a new tomb, and the sacrifices placed on the tomb had rotted away. Chu Yi and his family were not buried together. Maybe Chu's family thought he was unlucky and buried him outside the family tomb alone.

Yin Juan was reluctant to let him do such strenuous work as digging a grave, so he consciously took the shovel and quickly dug a deep hole.

Jiang Ran stood on the edge of the pit holding He Shuting's head, and kept looking in.

He Shuting's long hair was tied up, showing a clean and neat head.

He thought about burying himself with the Chuyi, so that he could be buried with his beloved one as he wished, and in the next hundred years, it would grow into a tree that could shelter him from wind and rain, and protect this place forever lonely grave.

But now that Chu Yi's death is unusual, Jiang Ran needs to help him investigate everything.

Bai Wenxing was also poking around, clamoring for help.

She was born with great strength, and when she went down with a shovel, she directly pierced Chu Yi's coffin board.

"Sir!" Bai Wenxing looked into the coffin for a while, "Come and see, there is no one in the coffin, this is an empty tomb."

"How could it be empty? Could it be that Chu Yi is not dead?" He Shuting raised his voice, a little excited.

Yinjuan stepped forward to check the condition of the coffin, "The nails of this coffin were removed later, and this grave has already been dug."

When the coffin panels were fully opened, the midday sun shone into the empty coffin.

Jiang Ran found something red at the bottom of the coffin.

"Look, sir, there are flowers in the coffin!"

Jiang Ran jumped into the coffin, squatted down to check carefully, it turned out to be Bianhua.

"What's going on?" He Shuting couldn't help asking him.

Jiang Ran picked a Bianhua flower and put it in his hand. Now he was standing in the bright place, the flower in his hand disappeared on the spot when it was exposed to the sun.

"Chu Yi is dead, there is no doubt about it." As soon as the coffin was opened just now, the breath of death in the coffin could not deceive anyone.

"But the good news is that Chuyi was selected by Bianhua and became a ghost again."

The Bana flower growing on the road to the underworld is currently blooming in Chuyi's coffin. This flower can't see the sun, and neither can ghosts.

As for the coffin, it was probably dug out by another ghost messenger who came to pick up Chuyi.

But not everyone can be a ghost!

He Shuting was happy to see Chuyi again, but he couldn't figure out what crime Chuyi had committed in his life, so that he became a ghost messenger for the second time.

Is it...

A terrifying thought suddenly appeared in He Shuting's mind.

Could it be that the lives of those brides who died strangely before their weddings were all sins committed by Chu Yi?

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感谢在2022-05-1716:25:44~2022-05-1817:56:33期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: Taotao 1;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!