Chapter 32: Substitute Ghost

  "Because the pregnant corpse gave birth to a blood baby, the blood baby ate its mother and then crawled out of the grave to eat its father! Hahaha... Crunchy crunchy, so delicious!" Xue Qiufeng laughed while forcefully biting into the food in his mouth.

  He was laughing terrifyingly, while we were helplessly sweating in the late wind.

  On the first night, everything was ready. I put on a white dress and tied a copper eight trigrams mirror outside, with the back facing inward. I headed to the 'flower' pond in the rear garden of the Qi Wang Fu. I walked very slowly, the night wind was cool, and my skirt fluttered in the wind, presenting a fleeting state.

  I gazed nervously at the pond, my fingers tightly clutching the Bagua mirror over my chest, the only thing that made me feel safe. My legs were trembling and my eyes were on high alert.

  But I walked two laps on the Shui Xin Liang Ting and Tong Lang, and there was no movement on the water surface. Is it that today's 'yin' energy is weak, and the female corpse doesn't want to come out?

  I glanced at the place where Xuan Yuan and Mu were hiding, then sat down in the pavilion to wait...

  Time passed bit by bit, the water surface was still calm, time passed bit by bit, I sat there, I felt that behind me in the water there were a pair of eyes staring at me, she didn't move, just stared at me like that, I wanted to turn my head back, but I feared my movement would startle her, so many people had been waiting for such a long time, it couldn't be ruined because of me.

  " Splash...... " A sound of water came from behind, I was still sitting there, not daring to move, only letting the 'female' corpse completely appear on the surface of the water, could Xuan Yuan and Mu see her.

  A chill ran down my ankle, I looked down and a strand of hair had already wrapped around my ankle. I swallowed hard, staring at it in terror as the strand of hair was still dripping with water, slowly wrapping itself around my body.

  I stood up, wanting to dodge, but thinking of our purpose, I stopped, tightly grasping the Bagua mirror in my hand. I had an impulse, now I wanted to use this mirror to take a look at the "female" corpse in the water, but my heart was telling myself countless times, no, not yet, the timing is not ripe, she has not come out yet.

  I saw a shadow in front of me moving towards me. Upon closer inspection, it was Xuan Yuan Mu. He seemed to have sensed my danger and was slowly approaching me.

  "Uggghhh..." Suddenly, a corpse wailed behind me. The female corpse's hair came at me, completely entwining me from top to bottom and left to right, even my face was wrapped in her damp hair. I became like a mummy-like monster wrapped in black cloth. Then, my body was pulled with a jerk and I fell into the water with a "splash".

  I can't breathe, Xue Qiufeng is a liar. The hair of the 'female' corpse was wrapped so tightly that I couldn't turn the Bagua mirror over at all. I heard her voice, with an icy laugh, right next to my ear.

  There is a voice in my heart saying: Thank you for coming to replace me, being the wronged spirit under the water, come on, come on...

  I wanted to struggle, I was very good at swimming, but I couldn't struggle up, the dead woman's hair was entwined around me like it had a life of its own.

  Slowly, my breathing weakened, I couldn't see anything, the fear in my heart also slowly disappeared, replaced by a surge of resentment. Why was I born with a 'yin' fate? Why didn't I have a mother? Why did all the pain have to be borne by me alone...

  All sorts of injustices have been growing and intensifying in my heart.

  I'll take her place now, this resentful grievance is what she gave me!

  I felt that the female corpse had attached itself to my body, embracing me from behind. Her crimson lips smiled so wantonly, slowly nibbling at my ear.

  Replace her, in this cold water, become a dead wronged spirit...

  "Lingxue, Lingxue, wake up! Xuan Yuanqi..."

  I heard the sound of fighting, and then I suddenly remembered that I should struggle, I want to live, I still have Xuan Yuan Mu, the one who calls me his wife.

  I struggled to open my eyes, but they wouldn't budge. I waved my arms around, trying to grasp something, but couldn't catch anything.

  Suddenly a chill ran through my palm, I grasped it tightly, then I was shaken awake, opened my eyes to see Xuan Yuan Mu tense beside the bed.

  "Snow!" He stretched out his hand and held me in his arms.

  "Cough...cough..." My throat hurts and itches.

  "Big Sister Xue?" Xue Qiufeng's face was a mess of bruises.

  Xuanyuan Qi's eyes also puffed up: "It's fine if nothing's wrong, you scared us to death!"

  "Have you guys been fighting?" My throat hurts and my voice is hoarse and unpleasant.

  "Your husband almost took our lives for you!" Xuan Yuan Qi rubbed his eyes, wincing in pain.

  "I've brought Ling Xue back to the Wang Fu, I won't let her take risks again." Xuan Yuan Wu hugged me and walked out.

  "Third Brother, Third Brother, maybe the one who killed Ruo Lan is the Crown Prince? As long as we have evidence, we're not afraid of not being able to bring down the Crown Prince. You've always wanted to return to the palace, haven't you? Want to know what secrets are hidden in the palace, why you died in the palace, don't you want to find out who the murderer is?" Xuan Yuan Qi shouted from behind him.

  "Even if it is, I will never use Ling Xue as a bargaining chip!" Xuan Yuan Mu replied loudly.

  "You're showing your weakness to your enemy, you care about her too much!" Xuan Yuan Chi shouted relentlessly.

  Xuanyuan stopped in his tracks, looking down at me in his arms. I shook my head, hoping he would put me down, but he just stood there for a moment before continuing to carry me outside.

  He returned to the Wang Fu, and first had someone attend to me to take a hot bath, and also had the kitchen cook ginger soup for me to drink. Afterwards, he also found a 'yin' yang ghost doctor to treat my illness.

  After messing around until dawn, he finally let me lie down on the 'bed'.

  "I won't let you take risks again, never!" Xuan Yuan Mu held me tightly.

  "You... jumped into the water?" he asked weakly.

  "Yes, I saw that the hair of the female corpse was tightly wrapped around you. When I went up, I pulled her hair off and really wanted to chop her into pieces. On behalf of my sister, I won't let her go."

  I looked up at him, smiling faintly at the corners of my mouth. "I heard that if an undead body undergoes rigor mortis, their fingernails will grow longer. Can you do that for me?"

  I picked up his hand and looked at it carefully.

  Xuanyuan Mu suddenly smiled, and his tense face relaxed a lot. "Good!" As he spoke, the tips of his fingers suddenly became thick and sharp, with a hint of cold light on them.

  I stared at his fingernails, my mouth agape in surprise, and to my astonishment, they really grew longer.

  Xuanyuan's fingers returned to normal, and then he stretched out his hand again to pull me closer into his arms.

  I'm walking on the empty street, a gust of wind blows by, scaring the night watchman at the corner to run away with his legs. I don't know where I'm going, just following my instincts forward, my mind is blank, no thoughts, no goals, staring straight ahead, keep walking, keep walking...

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