The Curse on the Bronze Sword Chapter 6

  "What kind of curse is this?" I asked in puzzlement.

  Tang Guangze replied in a low voice: "When the bronze sword chooses a person, the walls of that person's home will appear with blood characters. The content on the blood characters is the task you need to complete. There are three tasks in total. You must think of all ways to complete these three tasks. Otherwise, you will die without a doubt. If you're lucky enough to complete the three tasks, the bronze sword will continue to let you find the next person."

  He paused, and then Tang Guangze continued: "Two years ago I bought that bronze sword and was cursed. That night, just like you, the blood characters appeared on the wall of my bedroom, and later, I ended up like this."

  "Two years? Haven't you found a way to crack it in these two years?" I asked with some trepidation.

  Just from Tang Guangze's words, I have already heard a general idea. The curse of the bronze sword, after being chosen by the bronze sword, will be cursed and must complete three tasks afterwards. What if it is not completed?

  But why did the bronze sword choose me?

  "This uncracked method, I've been searching for two whole years and still haven't found it, but what I discovered is just the tip of the iceberg of a curse. What I understand is still too little."

  Two years is neither long nor short.

  "I know you're confused, but we can't let it disrupt our lives and drive us into a mental hospital. The curse, the blood letter, and all those things we don't know about... I've had enough of living in fear every day, so we have to get away from the curse brought by the Bronze Sword. Now, only you can help me." Tang Guangze said frankly.

  I don't know how he feels, but I just feel that I couldn't live a life like that, waking up every day to find flowing blood words on the wall, it's as bloody and terrifying as a murder scene.

  If I continue like this, I will eventually collapse and it's only a matter of time before I end up in a mental hospital.

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but imagine the scene where I was given a tranquilizer by someone else, and my heart suddenly skipped a beat.

  "How can I help?" I asked him.

  "Let's find out where this sword came from and then we'll be able to solve the problem easily later." Tang Guangze said with a smile.

  I nodded and thought to myself, where did this sword come from? It was forged by King Goujian of Yue himself, that's a matter of several thousand years ago, how can we solve such a problem now?

  There is little information about this bronze sword in historical documents and unofficial histories, nor does it provide that the sword has a curse. What's going on with the curse?

  "But..."

  "Take a rest first." Tang Guangze suddenly interrupted me, instructed me, and left the room without saying anything else. He seemed to be in a hurry, probably because of some urgent matter.

  I tried to get out of bed, but the pain all over my body made me think it was better to stay in bed.

  Before long, a nurse named Xiaohua walked in quietly. She closed the door and sat down gently beside my bed.

  She was beautiful, a beauty that was not of this world, almost as if she were not an ordinary 'girl'. She stretched out her hand and gently placed it on my forehead, with a pair of sparkling eyes looking at me, which made me feel a little shy, and I dodged her gaze.

  She said gently: "You've really recovered quickly."

  Under the gaze of such a beauty, I felt my face flush and my heart skip a beat as her breath seemed to stop just above my face. I stole a glance at her, and she said, "When we found you, your heart had already stopped."

  My heart stopped beating? Isn't that death?

  I only remember a nurse in the hospital holding a long needle and injecting it into my hand, after that I don't remember anything else.

  What exactly happened? Why did I have a cardiac arrest?

  I swallowed hard and asked in a pale face, "Am I seriously injured? What happened?"

  I'm so stiff that even turning over in bed is a full-body strain, like I've been hit by a big truck, and the pain leaves me unable to move.

  "The doctor fought to save you, and the injuries on your body are very serious. However, you recovered quite quickly, and it's estimated that you'll be able to get out of bed and move around soon." Xiaohua frowned and said.

  I stretched out my hand with difficulty and found that this hand and arm were all wrapped in thick bandages, so much so that I couldn't lift it up at all.

  Little Lotus saw me and asked what was wrong.

  "I want to drink water." My face turned red for a moment.

  Xiao He poured a cup of warm water and wanted to feed me when I opened my mouth to stop him, saying "I'll do it myself."

  "Let me come instead." She insisted.

  Seeing her persistence, I didn't insist on drinking myself. She skillfully took the habit and drank it like a beverage. After I gulped down several mouthfuls, gurgling sounds followed, before telling her it was okay.

  "Do you want to rest now?" Xiaoh asked me with a smile.

  I replied, "It's okay."

  Xiao He came over and tidied up my quilt, saying: "If you need anything, just call me. If I'm not here, press the button by your hand." After that, she put a button with a string on it beside my hand.

  "Okay." I still blushed.

  I fell asleep again, and the next day, the bandages and splints on my arm were removed, some places were also replaced with 'medicine', changed to a relatively light gauze wrapping, and my body felt energized too. I myself feel that I recovered really quickly, although my ribs still hurt a bit and I couldn't twist my body violently.

  After about a week, my body had fully recovered. Such severe injuries were almost healed in just a few days, which was also a miracle for me and for them.

  Today, Tang Guangze came to see me. He looked tired and seemed like he hadn't rested for a long time. As soon as he saw me, he said, "I've been busy these past few days, no time to come visit you."

  This is the second time I've seen Tang Guangze since I woke up, he seems to be very busy, Xiaohua said he's a Ph.D., usually can't even squeeze out time to see me, but this week has been pretty good for me.

  Of course, I knew that once Tang Guangze came to see me, it meant the end of my peaceful life, and what would follow would be endless curses.

  "This time, it happened too suddenly. I originally thought that bronze sword would not choose another person again. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here." Tang Guangze's tone was somewhat reproachful, as if he had never expected such a thing to happen.

  "Just like you said, no one wants to live in fear, let's work together to break the curse, I don't want to live that kind of life." I've made my stance clear, I want to live like a normal person, not waking up every day to be scared by blood all over the house.

  That kind of thing, happening once or twice is already deeply impressive, if it continues to follow me, I will collapse.

  "Very good, having a psychological preparation is very good." Tang Guangze nodded and continued to say: "The next thing will be even more absurd, I believe you will also accept it."

  I thought to myself, what's more absurd than suddenly appearing at home with moving blood characters? I took a deep breath and opened my mouth: "Go ahead."

  "You also see your mission carved on the wall, of course the first mission is one that I prompted you to complete, kill a person, and that beggar is dead..."

  "I didn't kill him, he came crashing in by himself." My face suddenly sank, and I opened my mouth to explain forcefully.

  "I knew he went to you was also arranged by me, you absolutely can't kill people, so I gave a push, anyway, the task is completed." Tang Guangze said with satisfaction.

  "What have you planned? I still have a question, how did you make that old beggar come to me voluntarily and ask me to kill him? How could he not be afraid of death?" I asked in terror.

  Things have come to the point where they can't be salvaged, and even if I say something more outrageous, I can accept it. At that time, I was very curious why the old beggar wasn't afraid of death and asked me to kill him, there must be some reason for it.

  "How could he not be afraid of death, it's just that I hypnotized him, and until now he doesn't even know how he died." Tang Guangze's words were extremely calm, as if the life and death of a person seemed to be viewed very lightly by him, giving me the feeling that killing people is no different from slaughtering pigs and dogs.

  "Hypnosis? Does it really exist?" I was shocked, my jaw almost dropped.

  Tang Guangze smiled slightly and said, "There are many things you don't know yet, such as how the Yue Wang Goujian sword on your hand came out of the museum, and where we're going may be the origin of the Yue Wang Goujian sword."