Ruyi tried to change her state of mind, but she still couldn't be as relieved as she was. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The state of a person who always accompanies the Buddha with the ancient book of Qingdeng is indeed not something ordinary people can achieve.
Yizhuang was not a big place to begin with. There were only three rooms as soon as you entered the courtyard. From a political point of view, it was taboo to build the courtyard in this shape. The three rooms formed the character "death", which meant great evil.
Fortunately, Yizhuang only serves as a place for dead people and does not live in people. Otherwise, it would have harmed future generations.
Bodies were thrown not only in the three houses, but also in the courtyard and even on the roofs of the tiled houses.
The corpse parked in the house was still intact and encased in a coffin, but the corpses outside were more carelessly dumped there without even a straw mat to wrap themselves around, which was very pitiful.
Ruyi followed Master Shi Xin as he walked inside. The corpses were placed so densely that there was no place to put his feet. Ruyi was cautious all the way, but accidentally stepped on the silk and satin covering a corpse. The sliding of the silk and satin also brought the corpse with it.
, the corpse's hand dropped and hit Ruyi's calf.
Ruyi lowered her head and took a look, only to see that the fine silk and satin covered it was her late grandma. However, she had dedicated her whole life to the Chu family, and she didn't even have a coffin when she died.
Ruyi understood that Lao Liu and Lao Qi were not to blame for this. Grandma went there at the wrong time. There were no merchants in the city, and coffins and other items had been sold out early. Silk was the best thing they could think of to bury the body.
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Her legs and feet were so heavy that she couldn't move forward. She looked at her grandma's ashen face and twisted and weird expression. Her grandma's face no longer had the calmness and tranquility, but was filled with horror.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
"As one wishes."
"Hahaha, what a wish. You passed the test. From today on, you are the maid of my Chu family."
The scene when I first met my grandma seemed like it happened yesterday, so clear.
Rest in peace, grandma. Ruyi said in her heart, she grabbed a corner of the silk and satin and gently covered her grandma.
Seeing her being so emotional, Shi Xin asked, "Is she someone you know?"
Ruyi nodded.
The two of them searched the entire Yizhuang, but found nothing special except these dead people with cunning smiles.
What surprised Ruyi even more was that there were countless corpses piled up in such a large Yi Zhuang, but not a single soul. A strange disease should be regarded as a violent death, not to mention that the death situation was so horrific, these people must have been tortured before death, why?
No injustice...
Shi Xin turned to Ruyi and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. It's best for us to leave as soon as possible."
Ruyi agreed very much, but when she walked to the door, Ruyi suddenly remembered something and said to Shi Xin: "We can't just leave like this. We have to burn down the Yizhuang."
"Burn it? What do you mean, girl?"
"It's early spring now, and the weather will get warm soon. Regardless of this strange disease, if the weather gets hot and there are so many dead bodies, a spring rain will set off a plague, and then we will really be in trouble. Strange
You may be able to survive if you stay away from the disease, but the mosquitoes that breed here are hard to prevent! These corpses must be burned. Although it is disrespectful to the deceased, there is no solution within a solution." Ruyi said.
Shi Xin put a set of rosary beads on her hand, nodded and said, "The girl is right, but I was negligent."
The two worked together to dig out a circle of soil around Yizhuang, so that if the fire spread, it would not affect the surrounding areas. Shi Xin stood at the door of Yizhuang again, holding his breath and listening to the wind, feeling the direction of the wind.