Chapter 79 Little stories that have nothing to do with the main line
Li Changan, who sneaked back to Di's store, unfortunately encountered an awakening monster. For some reason, he chose to take the risk and stay to observe it closely.
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It gets dark quickly.
The corridor is already filled with lanterns.
Dim red light, misty rain, mildew-stained walls and beams, beauties singing softly, banquets and drinks filled with wealthy guests, and a rich but hard-to-trace evil spirit that overflows the entire courtyard.
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Li Changan sat at the last table near the door, drank a glass of cold wine, and watched quietly.
Who is the monster about to awaken?
Is it the shopkeeper who walks between the banquets and greets customers with smiles and compliments familiarly? Is it a guest who is obsessed with a cup or quietly communicating with his companions; or is it the beauty with plain makeup on the stage?
Li Changan noticed that there were actually two people performing on the stage. In addition to the "Golden Bell", there was also an old man holding a string instrument to accompany him.
And at this time.
After the opening Xiao Ling was sung, it was replaced by a drama. Due to the limited stage conditions, there was no dancing, only white singing.
The content is an old-fashioned story about a talented man and a beautiful woman, which is most likely the imagination of a poor and down-and-out person. However, because Jin Ling'er's voice was really beautiful and full of emotions, the room gradually became quiet, and even Li Changan gradually fell in love with her.
attract.
The lyrics and music are probably about:
There was a scholar named Jin in Puzhou. He was good at poetry and prose, and had a noble character. However, he failed in many examinations. Until he was nearly thirty years old, he still had no fame. Since his family was too poor to make a living, he had to rely on others to support him.
In Yuxiang, I found a merchant named Lin to serve as a teacher.
A family named Lin had a daughter who was 28 years old and was naturally beautiful. Because she admired the scholar's talent, she had been close to him for a long time. After going back and forth, the two secretly had an affair.
It was another year of autumn, and Scholar Jin was already discouraged, but with Miss Lin's encouragement, he still took part in the provincial examination. Unexpectedly, he was named the top candidate. The two were overjoyed, and Miss Lin even sold out all her private property and quietly sold it.
Jewelry, to help the scholar go to Beijing to take the exam. Before parting, the two of them naturally made a vow to each other, and if they live up to it, they will do whatever they want.
The scholar seems to have had a change of luck.
After studying hard, he ranked among the best in the spring period, and was selected as the number one scholar in the new subject by the emperor in the palace examination. After that, he was appreciated by the important officials in the court and was recruited as his son-in-law. From then on, he rose to the top and shone brightly.
Unfortunately, a few years later, he offended the powerful people of the day and was demoted and returned to his hometown.
On the way, we passed by Yuxiang.
When you are frustrated in life, you will inevitably think of old stories from your adulthood. The scholar scolded his servants for inquiries and found out that Miss Lin had already married.
When he was feeling dejected, a wealthy servant came to his door with heavy gifts and invited him to a banquet. It was the Lin family.
He followed his servant and drove to the outskirts of the city, passing a hundred acres of peach groves, and then a hundred acres of mulberry groves, and finally arrived at a luxurious manor with dozens of luxurious houses, more than a hundred mansions, and countless pavilions and pavilions.
After sitting down at the table, delicacies from the mountains and seas were served. During this period, the master of the Lin family was attentive to drinking, talking about old friendships, and even summoned his family members to meet him. Miss Lin was also among them.
Ask Miss Lin to meet at night.
It's night, and Miss Lin came to the meeting
After the old love (Harmony) lingered, he never expected that Miss Lin actually told him: Everyone in this manor is a ghost! Let him run away!
It turned out that after the scholar rushed to take the exam, the affair between him and Miss Lin was exposed by some nefarious person. The reputation of the Lin family was completely ruined. In addition, since he never came back, the Lin family had to find an honest out-of-towner as a housekeeper.
son in law.
However.
This son-in-law was turned into a demon.
On the night of their wedding, he ate up the entire Lin family and turned their souls into ghosts, leaving only Miss Lin's soul. Because of her beauty, she stayed with him as a toy (harmony). And this luxurious manor
, all the wealth was plundered by demons using sorcery.
The scholar was frightened to the point of peeing, and under the guidance of Miss Lin, he escaped from the Lin family alone overnight.
He fled in the wilderness at night and bumped into an old Taoist priest on the way. When the Taoist priest saw him, he was first surprised and then overjoyed. It turned out that the Taoist priest had always wanted to eradicate the monster that occupied the Lin family, but the monster had advanced cultivation and the Taoist priest was incompetent.
But when he bumped into the scholar, the Taoist priest could tell at a glance that the scholar's face was extremely noble, his head was pure and clear, and he had the order of being a prime minister, so the evil spirits did not dare to harm him. If he relied on the noble spirit of the scholar, he would definitely be able to eradicate this evil spirit.
So the two sneaked back to the manor, invited Miss Lin for a secret discussion, and finally planned to eradicate the monster.
After the monster died, the ghosts also disappeared. In this huge manor, only Miss Lin's lonely soul had nowhere to live.
The Taoist priest also told the scholar that although Miss Lin was controlled by demons, she had never harmed anyone. Instead, she often helped innocent people who fell into the hands of demons. She had countless merits and deeds. Although she had not practiced spiritual practice, she had the qualities of a ghost and an immortal, unlike ordinary living people.
What a huge difference. The scholar remembered that when he was tender with Miss Lin, her skin was cold but smoother than any other human woman, so he took the initiative to take Miss Lin in and returned to his hometown with his beautiful "person" and his wealth.
After returning to her hometown, Miss Lin respected her parents-in-law and was extremely courteous to the scholar's wife. Soon, she gave birth to a son for the scholar.
A few years later, the scholar's first wife died, his mother died of illness, and his father was paralyzed in bed. Miss Lin worked hard to support the whole family. Neighbors said that the scholar's family had a good wife.
One day, an old friend whom I had not seen for many years came to visit me.
The two of them were having a banquet in a restaurant in the city. While the wine was intoxicating, they talked about old things. An old friend joked that the scholar's current wife was very similar to the original Miss Lin. Could it be that he had lingering feelings for Miss Lin.
It turned out that this old friend was the one who introduced the scholar to the Lin family as a teacher.
After all, Miss Lin was not a living person, so it would inevitably attract gossip. The scholar never mentioned it to outsiders. But the secret was buried in his heart, like a seed buried in the soil, sooner or later it would emerge.
Coincidentally, the old friend was also half-informed (harmony), so the scholar took advantage of this to tell the story of that year.
Unexpectedly, my old friend was so frightened that he spilled the wine in his glass and the chopsticks in his hand.
It turns out that an old friend has another version of the story about the Lin family.
After the scholar went to Beijing to take the exam, Miss Lin's belly grew bigger day by day. Even if she didn't leave home, she couldn't escape the gossip. At first, Miss Lin persisted, but after spring, the scholar never came back, and there were still rumors.
News that he is about to marry an important minister.
Miss Lin couldn't bear it any longer and committed suicide by drowning herself in the river while pregnant with her soon-to-be-born child. After her death, her parents died in depression, and the Lin family disappeared. As for the peach groves, mulberry groves and manors that the scholar had seen, an old friend said frankly
, on the outskirts of Yu Township, there is only thatch, thorns and mass graves.
The scholar returned home in despair, asked his family, and learned that Miss Lin dismissed the servants and took her son to his father's yard. He sneaked into the yard secretly, but did not dare to enter the ward and only peeked out of the window.
Just one glance.
Instantly.
Blood clotting.
In the room, Ms. Lin used scissors to cut open her son's skin, and then reached out to pull at it. She "taken off" her son's skin as if taking off his clothes. Under the skin, there was not bright red flesh and blood, but black gelatin.
Pus, blood and brown rotten flesh.
Ms. Lin put her hand into her son's abdomen again, took out a lump of flesh dripping with pus and blood, turned to the scholar's father's bedside, and cut open his stomach with scissors. The scholar's father was just an ordinary old man, and on the edge of the knife
The pain caused his eyes to bulge, his hands and feet to tremble, and there was a "hoo-hoo" sound in his throat, but he could not utter a scream.
It wasn't until Miss Lin dug out his kidneys alive and stuffed them with the rotten flesh in her hands that the torture of the old man finally ended, but the light in his eyes had faded and there was no sound anymore.
Ms. Lin's expression remained unchanged as she expertly replaced the fresh kidney into her son's body, put on the skin for her son, and sewed up the opening.
Not long after.
My son has turned back into the handsome young man.
The child pointed to his heart, held his head high and asked Miss Lin:
"Mom, grandpa's heart seems to be broken too."
"The organs of a living person will eventually rot in the body of a dead person."
"Mom, someone is peeking outside."
"Don't be afraid, it's your daddy."
"Will Daddy be angry?"
"Don't worry, it just so happens that your grandfather has used up his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys."
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wrong.
Li Changan frowned unconsciously.
This story is totally wrong!
Not too fake, but too true.
Where in the world are there so many talented people and beautiful women, who are deeply in love with ghosts? Most of them are motivated by lust, start chaos and end up giving up, are evil ghosts seeking revenge, and demons cannibalize people?
However, the operas in Fangzhong are all about being pleasing to the ears. No matter how twists and turns the beginning is, the ending must be happy. However, the ending of the story told by Jin Ling'er is too dark and scary.
Just listening to the lyrics, "Tear out the intestines and tie the red string, gouge out the chest and abdomen, and never change, dig out the heart and lungs, and the love is deep." Listening to the ears, it seems that the nose can smell blood foam...