Liu Qinghuan was startled: "Dead? They still want me to marry him?"
The young man glanced at her contemptuously because of her ignorance: "Haven't you heard of ghost marriage?"
Liu Qinghuan stared blankly at him for a moment, then took a sharp breath, holding her face in horror: "Ming, Ming marriage?!"
She finally understood why the Hu family and his wife were unwilling to marry their daughter to the Ma family even after death!
The boy didn't speak any more, turned around and walked back into the night. Seeing that he was about to leave, Liu Qinghuan quickly jumped out of the wedding car and followed behind him.
The boy looked back at her impatiently: "What are you following me for?"
Liu Qing laughed happily and said, "Thank you for saving me."
The young man snorted coldly with disdain: "At the feet of my Seven Star Sect, I can't let them mess around."
Such an arrogant tone, but Liu Qinghuan endured it: "Young hero will save people to the end, you can't leave me a weak woman in this wilderness."
The boy stopped and looked at her a few times before asking, "You are afraid of ghosts, aren't you?"
Liu Qinghuan twitched the corners of her mouth and denied it: "How is it possible, I have never believed in these strange things."
The young man raised his lips and chuckled: "Then you were so scared when you heard about ghost marriage just now? You must have been scared to cry by ghost stories when you were young, right?"
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
all hit.
When she was young, Liu Qingli often told her ghost stories in order to scare her, which left an indelible shadow on her young heart.
Seeing that it was getting late now, the boy saw that it was really not safe to leave a girl's house in this mountain, so he sympathetically said: "Come on."
Liu Qinghuan hurriedly followed.
The young man was very silent all the way, Liu Qinghuan could only keep looking for words: "Where are we going?"
"On the mountain."
on the mountain? Liu Qinghuan blinked, and asked again: "Young Xia, what is the Seven Star Sect you mentioned just now?"
"A martial arts sect whose purpose is to act chivalrously and fight against injustice."
Liu Qinghuan nodded in admiration, and just about to speak, the young man said impatiently, "Can you be quiet?"
... But after it quieted down, the silence in the mountains was terrifying.
Liu Qinghuan took a deep breath and said with a dry smile: "The last question, why did the Ma County Magistrate hold a ghost marriage for his son?"
The young man glanced at her and said calmly, "Because this mountain is haunted."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
Why did she ask this question so much
However, the boy still explained the ins and outs of the matter.
There have been rumors about the mountain ghost in Xiwei Mountain more than ten years ago, saying that the mountain ghost is a monster with green face and fangs, with three heads and eight legs, and it likes to eat human flesh. Normally, the people at the bottom of the mountain would not come to the mountain except for necessary things like chopping firewood and collecting herbs, and at night, there were no people in the mountain, it was terribly gloomy.
Five years ago, Ma Yuanliang, the eldest son of the Ma family, got engaged to Miss Sun's family. Hearing that Miss Sun's family likes to drink mushroom soup, Mr. Ma took a few brothers to this Xiwei Mountain to pick mushrooms.
There are many wild mushrooms growing in Xiwei Mountain. I heard that there is also a king mushroom, which not only prolongs life, but also tastes delicious. Ma Yuanliang and his group searched in the mountains for a long time but failed to find the mushroom king. Seeing that it was getting dark, the brothers he brought went down the mountain one after another. In the end, he was the only one who stayed on the mountain to continue searching and did not return all night.
The next day, County Magistrate Ma led a large group of people up the mountain to look for Ma Yuanliang, only to find Ma Yuanliang's torn clothes and a few bones in a pool of blood.
Everyone said that he was eaten by a mountain ghost, even his own father, Ma County Magistrate, thought so. But the matter was not over yet. After Ma Yuanliang's death, many people said that they heard the sound of weeping people on the mountain. What's more, he directly said that he saw Ma Yuanliang's wronged soul on the mountain, saying that he turned into a ghost and wanted to eat people.
People in Liang County were panicked for a while, Ma County Magistrate was afraid that something might happen, so he immediately found a well-known Taoist priest in Liang County. The Taoist figured it out and said that Ma Yuanliang died unexpectedly before his wedding, and he was unwilling to do so, so he was wronged. Ma County Magistrate asked him how to solve it, and the Taoist said that it would be enough to hold a ghost marriage for him.
The Sun family disagreed with life and death at first, and Ms. Sun was even more crying, but on the one hand, the county magistrate pressed her every step of the way, and on the other hand, Ma Yuanliang died because of Ms. Sun. They were afraid that Ma Yuanliang's ghost would come to the house, and finally Still agreed.
Miss Sun sacrificed like this, and Ma Yuanliang's grievances really stopped after her death. The people dared to go up the mountain to chop firewood and pick mushrooms during the day, and the cloud over Liang County finally dissipated.
But recently, Ma Yuanliang's evil spirit came out to make trouble again. More and more people said that they saw ghosts on the mountain, and the low cry was even more frightening. Ma County Magistrate hurriedly found the Taoist priest from back then, and the Taoist priest calculated again, saying that all men in the world have three wives and four concubines, and Mr. Ma only has one main room, so he must be lonely, so I will take another room for him A concubine is fine.
The question of who to accept as a concubine stumped Ma County Magistrate. The reason why the Sun family didn't make a fuss back then was because the two of them already had a marriage contract, and on the other hand, his son died because of his daughter, but now he wants to grab a random girl for a ghost marriage. The official position will not be guaranteed.
The Taoist gave him a note. He calculated a horoscope that fit Ma Yuanliang very well, and asked Ma County Magistrate to look for it. Among the qualified people, he chose the family with the least money and power, so that even if they started a quarrel, He can hold it down too.
Magistrate Ma thought, this is a good way, so Hu Lingshan became this unlucky ghost.
Liu Qinghuan was silent for a while after hearing this, not because she was frightened by this story, but because the County Magistrate Ma is nothing at all, he listened to slander and disregarded human life, and thought that Miss Sun was really pitiful. And that Taoist priest must be caught and severely punished!
Seeing that he was not good, the young man raised his eyebrows and asked, "Scared? Yes, if I hadn't saved you today, you would have ended up the same as that Miss Sun."
Liu Qinghuan coughed violently, this time her throat had an obvious fishy-sweet smell, and when she let go of her hand, there was already a small ball of blood in her palm.
The boy's brows were frowned: "You don't vomit blood from fright, do you?"
Liu Qinghuan wiped the blood stains on his clothes, smiled at the boy and said, "I just have tuberculosis."
Boy: "..."
He subconsciously took a step back and looked at her suspiciously: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's just that the wound on my waist seems to be split." He coughed too hard just now, and accidentally pulled the wound.
The boy looked at her for a long time before saying, "Can you survive tonight?"
Liu Qinghuan pursed her lips, and gave him a shriveled smile: "If you come and help me, I think I can survive."
The boy hesitated for a moment, but walked over to help her right hand. After walking two steps, he felt that she was walking too slowly, so he hugged her directly.
Liu Qinghuan glanced at him in surprise, and then praised: "I didn't expect you to be small, but you have great strength."
The boy frowned slightly: "If you continue to quarrel, I will throw you off the mountain."
Liu Qinghuan shut her mouth obediently, and after a while, she couldn't help asking again: "Young hero, do you dare to ask your name? Lingshan will definitely repay you for saving your life today."
The young man glanced at her sideways: "What can you repay me? Even if you promise me with your body, I think you only have half a life left."
"... As a young hero, you can't discriminate against disabled people like this."
The boy turned his head away, and said in a neutral tone: "Gao Cheng."
"Foresight, great success, good name." Liu Qinghuan flattered.
Gao Cheng didn't speak, and carried her all the way back...to the cave.
Liu Qinghuan looked at the empty cave, was silent for a moment, and then said: "This...is the headquarters of your Seven Star Sect?"
"Yes." Gao Cheng replied with a blank expression.
Liu Qinghuan tilted her head, and said again: "Are you the leader?"
"Yeah." Still expressionless.
Liu Qinghuan took a breath: "Where's your congregation?"
"… have not Get it yet."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
This is too bad, Du Juan has two people anyway.
The boy put her on a thatched bunk, then turned and left the cave. Liu Qinghuan looked around. After laying down the pile of straw, he twitched the corners of his mouth.
Forget it, she was already grateful to Dade for not letting her sleep on a rock.
But having said that, there are mountain ghosts and wronged souls on this Xiwei Mountain. Isn't he afraid of living here alone
She blinked and lay down on the thatched bed.
Aunt Hu didn't sleep all night. Although the life of their family was hard, they didn't do anything wrong. This time, she sent the little girl directly to Ma's house, and she was always a little uneasy. But thinking that her daughter was only sixteen today, she forced herself to stop thinking about it again.
They saved the girl's life, didn't she say she would repay them
So comforting herself in her heart, Aunt Hu walked out of the house accompanied by the crowing of the cock. As soon as the water on the stove was boiled, there was a noise coming from outside.
Aunt Hu put down her work and ran to the yard to have a look, she was dumbfounded immediately. A large group of soldiers lined up neatly outside the courtyard of her house, not to mention the leading general, Fengshen Junlang, even the soldiers in the group were all dignified. From this look, it was obvious that they were regular soldiers from the capital, and they were completely different from those servants in their county government.
Aunt Hu froze in place, not even daring to take a breath. The leading general walked up to her and said to her, "Auntie, don't panic, we are here to find someone."
"Looking, looking for someone?" Aunt Hu looked at the handsome general in front of her, who couldn't even hear her voice, and wondered if a murderer really escaped from Chang'an City
Xue Mu waved to the people behind, and someone came up with a portrait. After the portrait unfolded in front of her, Aunt Hu stared at the beautiful girl on it in surprise—this, isn't this Miss Ji who Lao Hu rescued a few days ago!
Xue Mu looked at her, and his eyebrows moved slightly: "Did you meet this person?"
"No, no." Xue Mu's gaze was too sharp, and Aunt Hu subconsciously avoided his gaze.
The soldier next to him passed the portrait forward, and said in a firm tone: "Auntie, take a closer look, don't lie to our general!"
"I, I really haven't seen it!" Aunt Hu rubbed her hands unconsciously, and buried her head even lower.
Xue Mu stared at her and said in a calm voice, "Raise your head."
Aunt Hu raised her head subconsciously, and suddenly met Xue Mu's eyes. He stared at himself silently, but that look was like a sharp knife piercing into his heart.
She had never seen such eyes before, and her frightened face turned pale: "I, you... you can't be that tyrannical cousin..." Miss Ji never said that her cousin is a general!
The soldier next to him suddenly said angrily: "Bold! This is Lord Xue Hou of Yongning Houfu, General Pingxi!"
No matter how ignorant Aunt Hu is, she has heard of Xue Mu's name. She looked at the portrait in the soldier's hand in horror, and stammered: "Then, this, this is..."
"Of course Madam Hou!"
Plop!
Aunt Hu's legs went limp, and she knelt down on the ground.
Two or three soldiers also came to Ma County Magistrate's house. Ma County Magistrate looked at the barbarian boy in front of him, and said with righteous indignation: "The Fire Worship Sect is so rampant, it even dares to kidnap Mrs. Hou Ye!"
Pengpeng nodded in agreement, and handed the portrait in his hand to him: "This is the portrait of Madam, if County Magistrate Ma sees someone similar, please pass it on as soon as possible."
"Definitely." Hou Ye must hug this thigh well, he was thinking, while slowly opening the painting in his hand. After seeing the person in the painting clearly, Magistrate Ma almost knelt down on the ground: "This, this is Mrs. Hou Ye?!"
Pengpeng sized him up, took a step forward and said, "Have Ma County Magistrate seen it?"
"I, this..." Isn't this Hu Lingshan from the Hu family! When did you become Mrs. Hou Ye! He looked at the painting in his hand with a mournful face. This time, the official could not be kept for sure.
There was a series of pattering footsteps outside the door, and a large group of soldiers rushed in. It was a little strange for Pengpeng to see Xue Mu appearing suddenly, but what was even more strange was that as soon as Xue Mu entered the door, he lifted the collar of Magistrate Ma and shouted: "Where is the person?!"
"Lord Hou, calm down! Master Hou, calm down!" Ma County magistrate was almost frightened by him, and begged for mercy. Now Xue Mu can't wait to tear him apart, but he can't calm down: "I ask you, where are you?"
"People, people... people were robbed last night!" Ma County Magistrate shouted this sentence as if dying.
Pengpeng looked puzzled: "What's going on?"
A soldier next to him came up to him and said in a low voice, "The county magistrate uses Mrs. Hou to marry his son in the dark."
Pengpeng: "..."
What a tortuous and bizarre story. He only has three words in his mind now, it's over.
Xue Mu threw Magistrate Ma to the ground, put the knife on his neck: "Who robbed him? Where did he rob him?"
County Magistrate Ma looked at the tip of the knife in front of him, shrank his neck and said, "On Xi-Xi Wei Mountain, no, I don't know who it is..."
Xue Mu stared at him and squinted his eyes: "You better not lie to me."
"The lower officials dare not, the lower officials dare not!"
Xue Mu took back the knife, lifted Ma County Magistrate and threw it to Pengpeng: "Tie him up, search the mountain."
When Liu Qinghuan woke up, it was already dawn. She moved and found that there was an extra layer of thatched quilt on her body. She couldn't help but glanced at the entrance of the cave, but Gao Cheng was nowhere to be seen. She got up from the straw and shouted outside the cave: "Young man Gao?"
"What's the noise?" Gao Cheng's arrogant voice came from outside, Liu Qinghuan walked out of the cave and found him sitting outside cooking mushroom soup.
She walked to the fire and sat down, and took a look into the pot: "It's delicious, but you won't pick poisonous mushrooms, right?"
The corners of Gao Cheng's eyes twitched: "I have lived in this mountain for fifteen years, and poisonous mushrooms can be identified at a glance."
"Admiration." Liu Qinghuan clasped her fists in a decent manner, "Are you fifteen years old?"
Gao Cheng scooped up a bowl of soup and handed it to her: "Drink it."
Liu Qinghuan pouted, picked up the soup and drank it. After she was full, she glanced at Gao Cheng, stood up and said, "Thank you, Young Master Gao, for taking care of me, my little girl, please don't bother me any more."
She had just taken two steps when Gao Chenggong stopped her: "The one who went down the mountain is not over there."
Liu Qinghuan paused, turned around and said with a smile: "Gao Shaoxia doesn't know something, the little girl's mother is not in good health, I heard that there is a king mushroom on the West Wei Mountain, so I want to pick it back to nourish my mother."
Gao Cheng glanced at her, and said calmly: "There are mountain ghosts on Xiwei Mountain, who want to eat people, aren't you afraid?"
Liu Qinghuan blinked and said: "You just said that you have lived on this mountain for fifteen years, and you are still alive and kicking. I think this mountain ghost is probably spreading falsehoods when he says it."
Gao Cheng was silent for a while, then pursed his lips and said, "Just because I survived, doesn't mean you can survive too."
Liu Qinghuan nodded seriously: "It seems to make sense, could it be that... you have friendship with that mountain ghost?"
Gao Cheng's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Liu Qinghuan again. Although according to the information he inquired, Ma County Magistrate found a peasant girl to marry his son, but the person in front of him did not look like a peasant daughter in terms of appearance or temperament.
He looked at Liu Qinghuan who was about to speak, but frowned suddenly: "Someone is here, and there are many more."
Liu Qinghuan's brows also twitched, Gao Cheng stood up from the ground, and said to her, "You go in first."
Liu Qinghuan thought about it, but obediently entered the cave.
Xue Mu led a group of people and quickly found the cave. A young man stood in front of the cave, looking at him non-stop.
The boy looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, but he had a domineering demeanor, like a master. Xue Mu sized him up and asked, "Did you meet a woman last night?"
Gao Chengdao: "Never met."
Xue Mu's eyes moved slightly, and he took a step forward, Gao Cheng suddenly attacked. Xue Mumeifeng turned sideways to avoid this powerful blow, and the long knife at his waist was also unsheathed at the same time.
Seeing that the young man started fighting with their general, the soldiers anxiously wanted to surround him, but they were stopped by Peng Peng: "What's the hurry, if the general can't even beat a kid, how can he be in the army?" mix?"
The soldiers swallowed their saliva, but really stood still.
Gao Cheng had just received Xue Mu's move, and he knew that he was not his opponent. But these people seem to be hostile, how can he, the majestic leader of the Seven Stars Sect, tolerate their misbehavior at the gate of the Seven Stars Sect!
The sound of weapons being handed over continued to enter Liu Qinghuan's ears. She hesitated for a moment, but ran to the entrance of the cave to have a look.
It really was Xue Mu.
She did not expect Xue Mu to come so quickly, but the current situation did not allow her to think too much. She called out in Xue Mu's direction: "Master Hou!"
Xue Mu suddenly stopped the knife in his hand, and glanced in her direction: "Qingqing?"
Gao Cheng's sword flew into the air the moment it fell, Xue Mu's body flickered, and he had already arrived in front of Liu Qinghuan: "Qingqing..."
He looked at her with too many emotions in his eyes, and finally just hugged her tightly.
The wound on Liu Qinghuan's waist hurt a little from his embrace. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, he coughed violently again. Xue Mu let go and looked at her nervously: "What's wrong with you?"
Liu Qinghuan covered her mouth and coughed up a big mouthful of blood.
Xue Mu's expression changed suddenly, and he grabbed her wrist: "Qingqing, what's wrong with you?!"
Gao Cheng put his sword back into the scabbard, and said flatly: "She said she was consumptive."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
Xue Mu's expression didn't relax because of his teasing, he frowned, and hugged him up: "Go back to Chang'an."
"Wait!" Liu Qinghuan leaned against his chest, looking anxious, "I have something to tell you."
Xue Mu said without hesitation: "We'll talk about it when we go back to Chang'an."
"No! It's too late to go back to Chang'an!" Liu Qinghuan argued hard.
Xue Mu looked at her with a sullen face for a while, then turned around and hugged her tightly to the cave. Gao Cheng looked at them and wanted to say that it was the territory of their Seven Star Sect, but the corner of his mouth twitched and he held back.
In the cave, Xue Mu put Liu Qinghuan on the thatched bed, and sat down beside her: "Go back to Chang'an immediately after speaking."
Looking at his gloomy face, Liu Qinghuan pulled "Blue Lotus Summer" out of his sleeve: "I found the remaining half of the treasure."