"Are you Mr. Xi? Master Jiu asked me to serve you." The girl was wearing a simple flowery dress, but she looked very pure and pleasing to the eye no matter how you looked at her.
I was even more confused. You come to serve me? It seems that serving means having sex? Oh my god, this village has been closed for nearly a hundred years, and it should still follow the feudal tradition. Is this girl a village prostitute? I was at a loss for a moment, and quickly closed the door and said, "You can go back. I don't need anyone to serve me."
The girl suddenly cried outside the door: "Please let me serve you. If Master Jiu finds out tomorrow that I don't live in your house, he will kill me..."
I got angry when I heard this, opened the door and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll go find him right away."
"He hasn't come back yet, you can't find him." The girl said with her head down.
I tried to persuade her a few more times, but the girl refused to leave. Finally, she knelt on the ground and begged me. I was completely defeated and let her in. The girl closed the door and bolted it. She lowered her head and walked to the edge of the kang. She sat on it, looking very shy like a bride who had just bowed to heaven and earth, except for the red veil.
"Mr. Xi, it's getting late, we should go to bed." The girl said in a low voice with a blushing face.
I coughed dryly and said, "It's only a little after eight o'clock, not too late."
The girl suddenly burst into tears and said, "There are people watching outside. If Mr. Xi doesn't want me, I will be beaten to death tomorrow!"
The more anxious she was, the more alert I became. I scratched my nose and thought, once we roll on the bed, I won't care about anything else. I'm afraid I won't even have my underwear on. Thinking of this, I sat down on the chair, crossed my legs and said, "Don't cry. I don't like girls crying. It's not pretty. What's your name?"
The girl wiped her tears and smiled at me, but it was very forced. She replied, "My name is Ruhua..."
When I heard the name, I almost fell off my chair. It's not because the name is disgusting, but how come it has the same name as my friend's Liu Lingnu? Is it a coincidence
"Mr. Xi, you..."
"Uh, nothing. Are the people in this village afraid of Master Jiu?" I asked her.
Ruhua bit her lip and said nothing. She looked out the window, lowered her head and shook it. I understood that she didn't dare to say anything, so I winked at her, blew out the oil lamp and said, "Let's go to bed."
I walked to the kang in the dark and sat beside her. I could hear her rapid breathing, which sounded a little scared. I deliberately said loudly, "Take off your clothes."
Immediately, there was a rustling sound coming from her body, as if she was really starting to take off her clothes. I hurriedly grabbed her hand, felt it tremble, and shrank back. I was sure that this girl was forced to do this, and she was definitely a good girl. I had thought that the other party would use a fox demon or a willow spirit to confuse me, but then I thought, if they used demons, they would definitely not be able to hide it from my eyes, and the Jiuye bastard would not be so stupid.
I put my mouth close to her ear and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you. Just tell me the truth about how you were forced, and what's going on in this village."
Ruhua remained silent for a long while, and finally whispered in my ear: "You won't tell Master Jiu, will you?"
"Don't worry, Master Jiu and I are enemies, and I will never betray you."
I gave her this reassurance, and she lowered her voice and told me the truth. Since Duanlong Village was sealed in the valley and no one could enter or leave, it has completely become a hell ruled by the Cao family. Since Cao Zhenglun, all the women in the village who are slightly pretty have become tools for him to vent his lust. Until the current Third Master and Ninth Master, there are only a handful of women in the village who can escape their beastly behavior.
Why do we say that not many people escaped? Because those who escaped were old, and the young girls were all very beautiful. Cao knew Feng Shui and put a lot of effort into it, making almost all the women in the village look very pretty. The men in the village were just tools for passing on the family line. Once they helped the women give birth to a few children, they were castrated. Those who dared to resist were killed and thrown into the well.
As for the eunuchs, for some reason, they would die of illness in their forties at most. Today, I saw old men basking in the sun in the village. They were all from the Cao clan. Only the men with the surname Cao were free from the scourge. However, even though they had been blessed with the Nineth Master, they were still not free from the evil. The two bastards, Fatty and Thin, were from the Cao clan and were the cousins of the Nineth Master. Only the Cao clan had the opportunity to leave Duanlong Village and see the outside world.
"Ruhua"'s real name is Xu Ziqin. Her father Xu Tieshan saved the life of the Third Master, so their family was spared from being tortured. But after the death of the Third Master Cao Feiran, the Ninth Master took control of the village and began to have evil thoughts about this beautiful girl. But Xu Tieshan brought out the "amulet" given by Cao Feiran, which made the Ninth Master rejected several times and returned home in anger. So the Ninth Master held a grudge against their family and always thought of ways to make things difficult for them.
This morning, they called the father and daughter over and told Xu Ziqin to sleep with a guest from outside for one night, and steal the guest's belongings while he was asleep, and then send the father and daughter out of Duanlong Village to live a comfortable life. If they refused to obey, Jiu Ye threatened that they would be dealt with according to the village rules, and San Ye's amulet would not work. The village rules were to beat them up and send them to the well. Everyone knew that no one who went down the well, except for the Cao family, would come back alive.
Xu Ziqin has two younger sisters and a younger brother. The lives of the six people in the family depend on her. How dare she not agree? She didn't dare to tell me the truth, but before she came at night, her father told her that Jiu Ye used the beauty trap to steal people's things, which means he was afraid of this person. Let her find the opportunity and tell me the truth. Maybe I can save everyone from the water and fire. Don't say that this old man Xu is quite smart and bet on the right treasure.
After listening to Xu Ziqin's story, I was furious. Duanlong Village was even more terrifying than hell. The corpses in the Soul-Reflecting Well were probably the villagers who had been tortured to death over the past hundred years, including those from Longtou and Longwei Village. What am I waiting for? Waiting to rescue Shen Bing? Jiu Ye, this bastard, trapped me here with no good intentions. I'm afraid he didn't want to give me a chance to save Shen Bing. If Xu Ziqin couldn't steal anything tonight, not only would her whole family die, but Jiu Ye would also use other means to deal with me.
We can't wait any longer, we must wipe out the Cao family tonight. It just so happens that Master Jiu is not in the village, isn't this a good opportunity
But Xu Ziqin told me that Jiu Ye might not have left the village and had been hiding in the ancestral hall. I immediately figured out what was going on. This bastard seemed very powerful, but he was actually quite afraid of death. He was afraid that I would do something to him, so he secretly hid in the ancestral hall and waited for news. The Cao Clan Ancestral Hall must have been carefully arranged with Feng Shui, and would not allow outsiders to break in and destroy it.
Thinking of this, I lifted the quilt to cover both of us.
"Mr. Xi, do you really... want me?" Xu Ziqin asked in a trembling voice.