Chapter 174: Being alone in a temple is extraordinary
The lanterns under the eaves swayed in the wind, glowing with a strange red color.
The couple entered the front yard and were quickly welcomed in by the steward. The steward was a thin old man with a kind expression. However, in the eyes of the woman, she always felt that the steward's face was stiff and his limbs were a bit uncoordinated.
The gravel-paved path passed through the flower garden and extended to the front yard. Under the trees and eaves, stone lanterns were draped in red and colorful. It was so festive. Although the woman felt uncomfortable in her heart, she saw her husband talking and laughing with others from time to time, so she tolerated it.
In fact, the two of them didn't know much about the owner of the room, and they even only knew his surname was Li. They were introduced to him by a close friend, and talking about that friend was a bit mysterious.
Not long ago, he suddenly fell ill and died suddenly. When the couple heard the news, they were deeply saddened and even came to express their condolences. However, the next day, they heard that their friend was alive again and said that he had received help from gods and men in the underworld.
With money, people naturally worry about their longevity. Who wouldn’t be happy if they could get to know such a divine man? As expected, not long after, the friend mentioned the divine man’s banquet and told them the address and invitation. At this time, the two walked into the front hall.
, looking around for his friends.
In the main hall, there are seven tables, each table can basically seat six to seven people. More than ten beautiful maids in long skirts are carrying dishes and passing among the guests. In the somewhat weird light of the lanterns, each maid's face is full of smiles.
With a slight smile, but looking gloomy.
"Husband, have you seen Xu Cai?" The woman was a little worried and tightened her husband's robe. The guests in the hall were wearing different costumes, but there were always some people who seemed familiar to her, as if she had seen them before, but she couldn't think of them.
stand up.
"Husband, do you think the guests in this hall are a little strange..."
The husband over there, Yang Chengyi, was still answering his wife's previous sentence: "I just saw it, but it was blocked in the blink of an eye, and I didn't see it again." Then when he heard his wife's words that "the guests are a little weird," he smiled and said: "God
It is normal for human guests to be a little weird."
"Brother Yang~~"
When Yang Chengyi was comforting his wife not to worry, a deep and deep voice suddenly spoke next to him. He looked back and saw a fat oval face. It was his friend who died of a sudden illness and was miraculously resurrected. Standing on the lamppost over there,
The firelight reflected by the lampshade shone on his face, and he looked at him with a smile.
"Brother Xu, you are very easy to find." Yang Chengyi stepped forward and bowed his hands in greeting, "When did you come here? I went to look for you at home, but no one responded. I thought you weren't coming, but when I entered the hall, I saw
When I saw you, I wanted to call you, but I couldn't find you in the blink of an eye. You will have to punish yourself with two drinks later."
"Haha, I've always been here, but you didn't see it."
Xu Caiyou stood there motionless, looking at Yang Chengyi with a smile. His wife behind him also gave him a blessing. Although they usually interacted with each other, etiquette still had to be observed. The moment she was short, she lowered her head.
He looked at Xu Caiyou's figure dragged on the ground in the light next to him, twisting as if he was dazzled.
She quickly closed her eyes and looked again, but everything was as usual.
On the side, Yang Chengyi also asked at this time: "By the way, where is the Li Shenren you mentioned?"
"Isn't that right?!" Xu Caiyou looked a little unnatural, but still smiled and raised his face, indicating to his friend to look behind him. Yang Chengyi turned around and saw several maids walking out of the door of the side room of the hall in two rows, in the middle
A white-haired old woman was walking on crutches. She was senile, her skin was saggy, her eyes were so swollen that they were almost squeezed into slits, but her eyes were particularly bright, and she walked steadily to the first seat in the hall.
Looking at the invited guests in the hall, his voice was hoarse as if his nails were scratching the bark of a tree.
"I am getting married today. I am so happy that you can come..."
The surrounding guests came forward quietly, but no one congratulated them. Yang Chengyi originally wanted to offer congratulations, but when he saw that no one was talking around him, he swallowed back the words that were coming to his throat. Yang beside him subconsciously looked around,
Guests stood one by one among the lights, and the shadows cast by them covered half of their bodies.
But over there, Xu Caiyou was still standing there, with the light shining on half of his face, still grinning.
wrong.
The woman looked at Xu Caiyou carefully, and then her eyes fell on a few people who looked familiar. One of them was an old man wearing a square-hole copper wire robe. The more she looked at him, the more panicked she felt. Suddenly she remembered something. The woman's hands and feet were cold.
A chill ran straight through her scalp, and she quickly squeezed her husband's hand and pulled it back.
He said in a voice that only two people could hear:
"Husband... look at the third person over there, the one wearing a copper robe. Do you remember him?"
Feeling his wife's words trembling, Yang Chengyi followed her gaze and saw the old man frowning slightly, and he felt familiar.
"Husband... that is the old owner of Kang's Cloth Shop in the west of the city. Didn't he pass away six years ago?"
After Yang Chengyi was reminded like this, he suddenly thought about it, his heart tightened, and goosebumps appeared all over his body.
"And that little girl over there... She seems to be shopkeeper Fu's youngest daughter. She fell into a well and drowned three years ago."
"...the six sons of Lao Wang's family who were caught, raped and beaten to death."
As his wife said the names of the familiar people one by one, the couple's feet were shaking a little. Looking at the motionless figures in the room, they were extremely scared. Yang Chengyi looked at his friends over there.
Then the other party smiled and turned around, his expression getting weirder and weirder.
At this time, from the side door, the bride came out wearing a red hijab, holding a red silk in her hand. The groom was connected to the other side of the silk, but when the couple saw the groom, they stopped breathing.
They saw the groom somewhere. He was clearly a man made of paper. He was wearing the groom's official robe and was walking on the ground. When he took a closer look, Yang was so frightened that he covered his mouth and tried not to scream out. The paper man's
He looked clearly like her husband.
"Walk……"
Yang Chengyi whispered to his wife, shook her hand and slowly backed away, moving towards the hall door. Just as he crossed the threshold, the headdress on the woman's bun suddenly shook.
The hall where there was originally sound suddenly fell into silence.
The couple gritted their teeth and stopped stiffly. They turned around subconsciously and saw all the guests in the hall, as well as their friend Xu Caiyou over there. Their necks were slowly twisting, and their heads were tilted to their backs little by little, with faces on their faces.
A layer of green appeared.
"Run!"
Yang Chengyi roared, dragged his wife and turned around and ran away. The two nursing staff who were originally staying outside were nowhere to be seen. Yang Chengyi couldn't care about it anymore. He pulled his wife and rushed to the courtyard door and opened the door.
For a moment, a delicate laughter came from behind.
"Husband, where are you going to take this concubine?"
Yang Chengyi trembled. He turned around and felt the hairs on his hair stand on end. He was holding a bride in a wedding robe. Under the red headband, the lower half of her face was frighteningly pale. Her big red lips were smiling.
.
The man immediately let go and ran away, rushing outside to where the carriage was parked. The coachman was still taking a nap in the car, and the other two nursing staff didn't know where they were. He couldn't wake the coachman up, so he simply pushed the coachman into the carriage and waved.
The whip whipped the horses away.
"Let's go quickly!"
After two more clicks, the two horses took off their hooves. They seemed to sense the danger and galloped towards the distance.
Hehehe...
The night wind blew through the woods, and among the leaves swaying, the delicate chuckle came. I could vaguely see the bride wearing a red hijab standing behind her. No matter how fast the carriage ran, the figure always stayed about ten feet behind.
How to do how to do……
Yang Chengyi, who was driving the carriage, was breathing disorderly. He was completely panicked. His wife was nowhere to be seen, and the nursing home was nowhere to be seen. His head was like a paste, and he couldn't calm down. He whipped his whip crazily to make the horse run faster.
The light mist blew against his face with the wind, and Yang Chengyi's mind seemed to recall the words of the young man in front of the dilapidated house in the afternoon.
'Brother, if something strange happens to you recently, don't hesitate, leave and run south along this road.'
He gritted his teeth and saw the road ahead gradually appearing in the mist. He pulled the reins and drove the carriage to turn towards the south road and speed along.
Behind her, the bride in red dress was flying in the air, and her laughter like silver bells was getting closer and closer.
In the distance, there were dilapidated buildings standing on the side of the road ahead in the darkness, and there was a faint firelight shining from the temple door. Yang Chengyi waved his whip a few more times and rushed towards that direction.
Subconsciously he shouted: "Expert!"
A horse that was pulling the cart stepped off the road.
The law——
The horses whined, and the galloping horses missed their front hooves and pounced forward. Under the huge inertia, the carriage flew past and collided with the horses.
There was a bang.
The axle broke and the carriage slid on the ground. Yang Chengyi was thrown straight away and rolled heavily on the ground. When he felt the cold wind blowing at him, he crawled and staggered towards the ruined temple. He accidentally fell to the ground again and turned around.
In his sight, the figure in the red dress was hanging on the ground with its toes, flying straight towards him.
In the temple, Chen Yuan, who was flipping through a book, raised his eyes and waved his sleeves violently, causing the burning bonfire to collapse with a roar.
"presumptuous!"
Zhongzheng's majesty came from the temple and exploded in Yang Chengyi's ears. The 'bride' rushing toward him suddenly screamed miserably, and flew back with a burst of black smoke curling around her body.