"You knew they were weird, why didn't you tell the villagers, and why did you let them do this kind of thing?"
"It's not that I haven't told others," Madam's dark eyes were covered with a faint mist, "When I was awake, I told Granny Huoyu about this matter."
"Have you told Grandma Huoyu?" Xiaolan asked, "Hasn't Grandma Huoyu... not been on good terms with the people in the village? Have you communicated with her?"
"My mother-in-law doesn't know any witchcraft. It's just a rumor spread by the villagers. Any special person who appears among ordinary people will be regarded as a stranger. Isn't it always like this?"
Jasmine suddenly thought of something, "The death of Grandma Huoyu..."
The lady was silent, the mist in her eyes filled with sadness.
"Then madam, what's going on with you?" Xiaolan asked quickly, "Why are there two of you, and your child...and..."
Hearing this, the lady lowered her eyes in silence, and no matter how much they asked, they always seemed to refuse to answer.
"But how are we going to save you?" Jasmine's patience ran out. "Tell us and we will find a way."
"Tonight." After a long time, the lady said in a low voice.
"tonight?"
"Tonight, I will come up with a solution," Madam raised her eyes to look at the two of them, her eyes a little more firm, "You protect yourselves, I will make this end."
Xiaolan pursed her lips.
"Last time, you were just going to solve it yourself." Jasmine hinted.
Solve it yourself, how many times have you tried.
Is there any result?
"Why don't you let us help you?" Jasmine added.
The lady's expression was full of kindness and love, especially the way she looked down at Xiaolan, as if she were looking at a child.
"It's too dangerous. This time... it can be done."
Jasmine blushed suddenly, "Don't look down on us, we just look weak because of our current status."
"I didn't mean that..." Madam smiled softly, "Don't get me wrong."
"Madam, let me ask another question," Xiaolan said seriously, "How can we tell you from her?"
They all knew what "she" meant.
The lady was stunned, tilted her head, and looked at Xiaolan with a smile, "You can tell the difference, I know you can."
Seeing Xiaolan nodding, the lady slowly suppressed her smile, straightened her back and said, "My time is coming, you should go quickly, it will be over after tonight."
Madam is still prepared to take the responsibility herself.
When the two of them walked outside the house, the lady suddenly trotted out and leaned out the door. She quickly shouted, "But Lao Liu is different," and then she closed the door hard and there was no sound.
The two looked at each other.
"What other secrets does Lao Liu have?"
"It makes sense," Xiaolan pinched her chin, "Lao Liu appears too many times, and his attitude towards Madam...either he likes Madam, or he has other things to hide from everyone."
Both of these points are worthy of further investigation.
After the two left the village chief's courtyard, they walked towards Lao Liu's home in their memory.
"What will they ask Madam to decide?" Xiaolan said to herself, "Decided before tonight?"
"My wife must have made a wrong decision last time, so she was killed," Jasmine said.
The lady from last time...
Did you do anything special besides crying?
"You don't understand...how it could become like this."
At that time, I thought my wife was accusing me of not finding out the murderer.
Now we know who the murderer is, it is Huo Simao and his gang who lost their minds late at night, and Madam also knows about it.
"She said that she knew it was us who asked for help last time, so she thought things would be different," Jasmine analyzed. "On the night of the ceremony, she cried so desperately. Was part of the reason... the discovery that even His soul has changed, and things cannot be stopped."
"So, it's possible that she didn't do anything in the last world," Xiao Lan followed Jasmine's thoughts closely. "She was doing an experiment to see whether it was her own decisions that affected the outcome more, or whether it was a coincidence that affected the outcome. Seek more identity from the source.”
No wonder her tears at that time contained disappointment and regret, but lacked a trace of sadness.
"This also explains why she insisted on solving it by herself, because after experiencing the last world, Madam thought that no one could help her."
An ending that cannot be changed even if the identity of the murderer is completely changed.
Could it be that he really couldn't help her?
"Was the flesh on Madam's body also forced to be cut off? Or some strange magic..." Xiaolan murmured.
"Hey -" Jasmine grabbed Xiaolan, "If she knew she would die at that time, she must have seen some kind of sign. There is a sign, and when it appears, it means she will be killed."
What signs did you see…
Xiaolan tried hard to remember the night of the last religious ceremony.
Every detail, every moment.
Madam, were you crying from the beginning?
Did you know the outcome of death from the beginning?
No, it's not.
Madam, like them, was watching, searching among the crowd.
Afterwards, tears rolled down his face.
Her eyes were still staring, and tears were falling.
staring……
In that direction, there were women gathering together and pointing.
A man came and the lady cried when she saw her.
That person is...
Everything that night was played out in Xiaolan's mind, what she saw and what she didn't see.
That person is...
The two also mentioned it that night.
A true sister-in-law.
The real sister-in-law arrived late, sweating profusely, and inserted herself into the chattering woman, completely unaware of the madam's gaze.
"My wife cried when she saw her real sister-in-law." Xiaolan said suddenly.
"Real sister-in-law?" Jasmine became even more confused, "What does this have to do with real sister-in-law?"
"When the real sister-in-law comes to consecrate the court, it means that the madam will die and fail." Xiaolan said seriously.
"Could it be...she killed him?"
This is a bit outrageous.
"Brother Huozhen is in a state that looks like he is escaping from some kind of control," Xiaolan guessed, "could it be that... he failed, and the one who killed the lady was..."
But there is no basis for this thing.
"How about we go and take a look separately," Xiaolan suggested. "We may not have enough time. You go to Lao Liu's place and ask, and I'll go to Huozhen's house."
Jasmine wanted to refuse, but she was afraid that Xiaolan would think she was timid, so she agreed without much thought.
The two parted ways, and after taking only a few steps, Jasmine suddenly remembered that Xiaolan was just a four-year-old kid now. With the temper of a real sister-in-law, she would probably be kicked out of the yard. After thinking of a reasonable reason to go together, Jasmine quickly turned back. Chase in Xiaolan's direction.
However, no one can be seen on the flat and spacious loess road.
They were separated for only a few seconds.
Fear and panic exploded in Jasmine's mind.
Where is Xiaolan?
Just a few seconds and then... disappeared?
The strange behavior last night, Xiaolan's dream, and the attempt to strangle herself all turned over in Jasmine's mind.
It's bad... it's bad...
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