Tangning hurriedly adjusted her clothes and said to Ji Lianyun, whose face was covered in sweat for unknown reasons, "Just now I heard someone screaming outside. That person seemed to be..."
"It looks like Ji Ke." Tangning confirmed.
After hearing what Tang Ning said, Ji Lianyun struggled to stand up from the coffin. His whole body was shaky. Tang Ning hurriedly tried to support Ji Lianyun, but he didn't have much strength. Instead, he pulled Ji Lianyun, who had just stood up with great difficulty, back into the coffin.
Although Ji Lianyun was weak, he was tall. He pressed on Tang Ning, but Tang Ning completely pushed him away. His blood-stained thin lips touched Tang Ning's earlobe. Tang Ning whimpered and curled up in the coffin.
Ji Lianyun was stunned again, and the words "My arms are filled with warmth and beauty" popped up in his mind for no reason.
How can it be so soft
The warm breath sprayed on Tang Ning's earlobe. Tang Ning trembled slightly and tried to push Ji Lianyun away with her weak hands: "You, you get up quickly."
Tang Ning felt that Ji Lianyun's health seemed to be getting worse. He had gone to fetch water before, but now, let alone fetching water, how come it was so difficult for him to even climb up from his body
It's over. Judging from the deterioration of Ji Lianyun's health, she is going to lose her husband, right
Tang Ning looked at Ji Lianyun with concern. Seeing that Ji Lianyun's head was covered with sweat, Ji Lianyun did not look at him, but reached out to help the limp Tang Ning up.
Although Ji Lianyun looked seriously ill, it was undeniable that with Ji Lianyun by her side, Tang Ning felt a rare sense of security. Especially when she was with Ji Lianyun during his illness, she didn't have to worry about anything except that he would faint.
Tang Ning timidly hugged Ji Lianyun's arm. After the series of things that happened on the wedding bed, he felt very confident in doing this simple physical contact. In contrast, Ji Lianyun's body suddenly became stiff.
Tang Ning didn't notice anything unusual about Ji Lianyun. He was paying attention to his surroundings, fearing that some ghost would suddenly jump out. Finally, Tang Ning stared at the door nervously.
When Ji Lianyun reached out to open the door, Tang Ning hid behind Ji Lianyun, only daring to stick out half of his face.
A cold wind blew in.
Tang Ning smelled blood.
He lowered his head and saw Ji Ke lying in a pool of blood, blood flowing out of his left eye, as if a red flower had bloomed in his eye socket.
Tangning's face turned pale at that moment. Ji Lianyun covered her face with his hand and said softly, "Don't look."
The trembling eyelashes passed across Ji Lianyun's palm like a butterfly.
Ji Lianyun squatted down to check on Ji Ke's condition. Ji Ke's face and body were covered with a layer of grayish-white powder. Ji Lianyun reached out his hand and dipped some of the powder, first put it under his nose and smelled it, then stretched out his tongue and licked it.
"It's ashes." Ji Lianyun said softly.
Tang Ning dared to look at Ji Ke. He guessed that the ashes were Ji Ke's mission props, just like the talisman that Lin Yun would use.
"He's not dead." Ji Lianyun dragged Ji Ke up from the bed with great effort, "But at this rate of blood loss, he's a long way from death."
Tang Ning immediately stepped forward to help Ji Lianyun and drag Ji Ke. He didn't dare to look at Ji Ke's face and only dared to stare at his body.
Tang Ning and Ji Lianyun dragged Ji Ke into the house with great effort, and followed Ji Lianyun to the utility room next door to get some herbal medicine. Ji Lianyun applied the medicine on Ji Ke's left eye and gave Ji Ke a simple bandage.
After doing all this, Ji Lianyun started coughing weakly again.
"Will he be okay?" Tangning asked nervously.
Ji Lianyun looked very tired. He closed his eyes and whispered, "Let it be."
"Are you sleepy?" Tang Ning was afraid that Ji Lianyun would fall asleep. It was still late at night and he was afraid that sleeping Ji Lianyun would have no deterrent effect on ghosts.
As if sensing Tangning's concern, Ji Lianyun slowly opened her eyes and whispered, "If you want to sleep, I can stay with you."
Tangning was actually very tired, but he tried hard to open his eyes and whispered to Ji Lianyun, "I'm worried that cousin Lin Yun is not used to sleeping, so I want to go check on him."
The black hair in the well water ran out, and Ji Ke almost died in front of his door. The village seemed to be in chaos, and Tang Ning was worried that Lin Yun would get into an accident.
In addition to sharing hardships, Lin Yun is actually a very capable teammate. It was he who gave Uncle Wang the hemp rope on his legs, it was he who came up with the method to break the ghost wall, and it was Lin Yun who told him the lyrics of "Pay Attention to the Ghost Child".
"Okay." Ji Lianyun nodded in agreement.
Tang Ning looked at Ji Ke who had just woken up from his coma in the room. They had moved Ji Ke into the coffin and they knew that if Ji Ke suddenly opened his eyes and saw himself lying in the coffin, he would be frightened.
"By the way, why is there a coffin in your room?" Tang Ning asked.
"I'm in good health, so I prepared a coffin for myself early." Ji Lianyun opened the closet and took out casual clothes to change out of her wedding dress. Tang Ning knew it was better to watch others change clothes, but he became nervous when he saw Ji Lianyun.
In order to ease the awkwardness, Tangning continued to ask, "Why is the betrothal gift you gave me so expensive?"
"Dowry?" Ji Lianyun turned around and looked at Tang Ning with a frown.
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, then found the wooden box in the corner of the room. Although he had thrown away the pearl necklace, the gold bracelets, gold necklaces, agate gems and other items inside were still there.
"This is it." He showed it to Ji Lianyun.
Ji Lianyun's expression suddenly darkened. "Who gave it to you?"
Tangning's heart tightened, "Lin Yun said someone from your side gave it to me."
"Have you ever used this betrothal gift?" Ji Lianyun asked seriously.
"Yes." Tangning had already realized something was wrong, "I threw away a few pearl necklaces."
"Where did you throw it?"
"I remember that too. I threw it on the sedan chair. Did I do something wrong?"
Ji Lianyun said calmly: "It doesn't matter, we just need to pick it up and send it back."
"But, but," Tangning said in a trembling voice, "I broke the string and all the pearls fell out."
Ji Lianyun was silent for a long time after hearing this, "Then pick them up again one by one."
Tangning was flustered as she watched Ji Lianyun change his clothes. Ji Lianyun was wearing very thick clothes and seemed to be particularly afraid of the cold. After he changed his clothes, he also gave Tangning a set of clothes, "You wear mine first, they are a bit too big."
This wedding dress was a very useful prop, and Tang Ning wanted to take it off, but when he heard Ji Lianyun's next words, Tang Ning immediately took it off.
Because Ji Lianyun whispered: "This dress must be returned as well."
Ji Lianyun's clothes were a little too big for Tang Ning. The sleeves and trouser legs had to be rolled up several times, especially around the waist, which left a large space.
"Raise your hands." Ji Lianyun took out a leather belt and wrapped it around Tang Ning's waist. Although it was fastened to the innermost hole, it was still loose for Tang Ning's waist.
"Why are you so thin?" Ji Lianyun asked.
Of course, it’s to look good on camera.
But this answer was obviously to Ji Lianyun.
"There's not even any meat—" His eyes fell on the curve below her waist, "Eat some more."
Tangning bit his lower lip. He seemed to hear Ji Lianyun praising him in a hoarse voice, "Your waist is so thin."
The voice looks the same, the face looks the same, but they are two completely identical faces.
"Who should I return those things to?" Tangning shook off all those messy thoughts and turned to ask what he was most concerned about.
"A dead man."
Tang Ning's breathing was stagnant. Although he had vaguely expected this, he suddenly felt relieved after hearing the answer. Was he accepting a dead person's betrothal gift, wearing a dead person's wedding dress, and even sitting in a dead person's sedan chair
Ji Lianyun led Tang Ning out of the room. He picked up a red lantern hanging at the door and whispered to Tang Ning, "Perhaps you have heard that our village is a grave-keeping village. It is said that our ancestors were all grave-keepers."
Tang Ning knew everything. He listened blankly as Ji Lianyun talked about the village's secrets. "It's just that it's been so long that almost no one knows we are guarding the tomb. Even the people in the village know about it."
"Until a while ago, someone discovered the mausoleum."
Ji Lianyun lowered his voice, "The tomb is full of gold, silver and jewelry. The people in the village have never had such wealth. They took what they deserved from the tomb."
“Everyone was happy at first.”
"Until people started dying one after another. Those who took the most died the fastest."
A chill ran up Tang Ning's spine as Ji Lianyun spoke. Tang Ning looked down at the betrothal gift box in his hand. The glittering golden jewels emitted a brilliant glow.
"And then?" Tangning's voice trembled as if she was holding a hot potato.
"Then Ji Ke's grandfather came up with an idea. He said he would hold a temple fair to worship the ghosts and gods, the person in the tomb."
No wonder every household in this village hangs red lanterns. “Is it useful?”
Ji Lianyun nodded, "It was useful at first."
"Start?" Tangning looked at Ji Lianyun. Ji Lianyun was holding a red lantern, with a cold and sad look in his eyes. His voice was so soft that Tangning could hear it clearly: "When those people steal for the second time, it will be useless."
Second time?!
Tang Ning dared to believe what he heard.
"There are always people who are blinded by greed and think that after taking out the wealth they have squandered in their lifetime from the tomb, they can get the forgiveness of that existence by just holding a temple fair."
The cold evening wind blew through the silent village, making a whimpering sound.
Tangning asked with difficulty, "And then?"
"Then they went to Ji Ke's grandfather to find a solution." Ji Lianyun's voice was as calm as a bystander, and there seemed to be no warmth in his words. "Ji Ke's grandfather came up with another idea. He asked everyone to kill all the livestock in their homes and spill the blood throughout the village, so that the being would think that someone in the village had paid the price."
This method sounded very aggressive. Tangning asked quietly, "Will it work?"
"Yeah." Ji Lianyun said softly: "It was useful at the beginning."
It's starting to work again.
"Did someone steal for the third time?"
Ji Lianyun shook his head, "."
"It's just that everyone suddenly realized that once this method was started, it would never be allowed to stop."
He looked at Tangning and said softly, "Tell me, whose blood should be used to irrigate the village tonight?"