Li Changan, who sneaked back to Di's store, unfortunately encountered a monster awakening. 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. .
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 tables and greets the guests 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. It is most likely the imagination of someone who was in poverty. 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 roughly sung:
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 twenty-eight 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 persuasion, he still took part in the provincial examination. Unexpectedly, he was named the Chief Economic Officer of China. The two of them were overjoyed, and Miss Lin even spent all her money secretly selling jewelry to help the scholars go to Beijing to take the exams. On the occasion of parting, the two of them naturally made a vow to each other, and if they failed to live up to it, they would do whatever they wanted.
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 by the emperor as the number one scholar in the new subject in the imperial examination. After that, he was appreciated by the important officials in the court and 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 dynasty 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 memories of your adulthood. The scholar scolded his servants for inquiries and found out that Miss Lin had already been married.
When he was feeling sad, 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.
As they sat 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 lingered (harmony), 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, and 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 their wedding night, he ate up the entire Lin family and turned their souls into ghosts, leaving only a wisp of Miss Lin's soul. Because of her beauty, she stayed with him as a toy (harmony). And this luxurious manor and wealth were all plundered by demons using sorcery.
The scholar was frightened to death, 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 full of pure Qi, and he had the order of being a prime minister, so evil spirits did not dare to harm him. If we rely on the noble spirit of the scholar, we will definitely be able to eradicate this demon.
So the two sneaked back to the manor, invited Miss Lin for a secret discussion, and finally planned to eradicate the monster.
When the monster dies, the ghosts also disappear. In this huge manor, Miss Lin has nowhere to turn.
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. Big difference. The scholar also remembered that when he was tender with Miss Lin, her skin was cold but smoother than that of a human woman, so he took the initiative to take in Miss Lin 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. The whole family was supported by Miss Lin, and the neighbors said that the scholar's family had a good wife.
One day, an old friend whom I hadn't seen for many years came to visit me.
The two 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, but the scholar never mentioned it to outsiders. But secrets buried in the heart are like seeds buried in the soil, sooner or later they will 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 there is 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 rumors. Miss Lin insisted at first, but after the Spring Festival, the scholar never came back and there was news that he was about to get married to an important minister.
Miss Lin couldn't bear it any longer and committed suicide by throwing herself into the river with her soon-to-be-born child. After her death, her parents also died in depression, and the Lin family disappeared. As for the peach groves, mulberry forests and manors that the scholar had seen, my old friend said frankly that there were only thatches, thorns and mass graves on the outskirts of Yu Township.
The scholar returned home in despair and asked his family members. He learned that Miss Lin had dismissed the servants and was taking her son to his father's yard. He sneaked into the courtyard, but did not dare to enter the ward. He 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 stretched out her hands to pull it off. It was like taking off his clothes, "taking off" his skin. Under the skin, there was not bright red flesh, but black gelatinous pus and blood and brown rotten flesh.
Miss Lin put her hand into her son's abdomen again and took out a lump of flesh dripping with pus and blood. She turned to the scholar's father's bedside and used scissors to cut open his abdomen. The scholar's father was just an ordinary old man. Under the blade, his eyes bulged out in pain, his hands and feet trembled, and there was a "hoohoo" sound in his throat, but he could not let out 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.
Miss 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.
The son has turned back into the handsome young man.
The child pointed to his heart and asked Miss Lin with his head held high:
"Mom, grandpa's heart seems to be broken too."
"The organs of a living person will eventually rot in a dead person's body."
"Mom, someone is peeking outside."
"Don't be afraid, it's your daddy."
"Will Daddy be angry?"
"Don't worry, your grandpa's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys have all been used up."
…………
wrong.
Li Changan frowned unconsciously.
This story is totally wrong!
Not too fake, but too true.
Where in the world can there be so many talented people and beautiful women, and the deep love between people and ghosts? Most of them are motivated by sexual desire, start chaos and end up giving up, are evil ghosts seeking revenge or demons cannibalizing 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 listen to the lyrics, "Tear out the intestines and tie the red rope, gouge out the chest and belly, 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...
"Taoist priest, wake up!"
