After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 259 Birthday To

Yao Shouning woke up very early.

It was not yet bright outside, and there was a blue light by the window, but there were faint and noisy sounds.

She lay in bed without moving, the curtains of the bed were drawn down, tightly surrounding the surroundings, creating a small peaceful world for her, as if all troubles were isolated from it.

There were soft footsteps outside, and a Linglong figure approached, then reached into the tent with one hand, and gently pulled the bed curtain aside.

"elder sister--"

She called out, and Yao Wanning's face appeared above the bed.

Seeing that she was awake, Yao Wanning didn't seem surprised, so she sat on the side of the bed and touched her cheek:
"Shouning sixteen."

After finishing speaking, he said softly:

"May your life go smoothly and be free from worries."

When she spoke, the corners of her eyes were bright, as if she had swept away the melancholy on her brows recently.

But Yao Shouning always had a feeling that she couldn't grasp her sister. She subconsciously held Yao Wanning's hand that was touching her, feeling a little flustered for no reason.

The 'River God' stood quietly behind her, holding her in his arms, and the tall shadow enveloped Yao Wanning.

The red cinnabar mole on Yao Wanning's forehead became more and more eye-catching, she pursed her lips, feeling anxious again.

But she didn't want to say it to make Yao Wanning sad, she just suppressed her inner feelings and tried her best to show the same carefree smile as before:

"What can I worry about?"

But as soon as the words fell, the corners of her mouth seemed to droop. She was afraid that Yao Wanning would notice, so she quickly changed the subject:
"What's the noise outside, why is it so noisy?"

Sisters are united, Yao Wanning doesn't know the worry in her sister's heart.

She actually had a bad premonition.

Since "he" suddenly disappeared out of control a few days ago, he has never appeared in his dreams again, as if he had disappeared from his own world.

Recently, she couldn't sleep well at night, and the two sisters shared the same room. She heard Yao Shouning turning over at night, and knew that she was worried.

Thinking of this, Yao Wanning's eyes got wet, and she lowered her head.

She knew that Yao Shouning wanted to change the subject, but she was afraid that her younger sister would see that she was also worried, so she followed her topic and said:
"It's the Taoist priest from Qingfeng Temple."

While the two sisters were talking, Dong Kui had already heard the commotion here, knew that Yao Shouning had woken up, and brought her the clothes to wear.

"Miaozhen hasn't woken up, and her parents have invited Taoist priests to exorcise evil spirits for her," Yao Wanning said, shaking off her clothes:

"Don't you like watching the excitement the most? Get up, let's take a look."

The winter sunflower for the clothes had already been covered by Mrs. Tang in advance, and it was warm at this moment. She dressed Yao Shouning herself, not pretending to be someone else's hands.

"..." Yao Shouning squeezed out a smile. Originally, he wanted to say that he didn't want to watch such excitement, but he was afraid that Yao Wanning would think too much, so he didn't say anything in the end.

Mrs. Liu was very busy today, so the two sisters had their own breakfast in their room.

After breakfast, Yao Wanning took out a brocade bag and handed it to Yao Shouning:

"It's your birthday today, a gift from me."

Although Yao Shouning had told Lu Zhi two days ago that he would not accept presents for his birthday this year, he couldn't help smiling when he took the things from his sister.

She is not very old, but she has become calmer after encountering a lot of troubles recently, so she is naturally happy to receive the things now.

"What did my sister give me?" She first played with the bag, which was embroidered with words: long life without worries.

The word was obviously written by Yao Wanning himself and then embroidered on it. Yao Shouning touched it with his fingertips, vaguely felt that the handwriting was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

The two sisters have been together day and night for more than ten years. Even though Yao Wanning was weak in the past and didn't spend much time reading and writing, Yao Shouning can naturally recognize her handwriting.

It's just strange why such a word feels so familiar.

"Where did you read it?" She touched the bag, frowning and thinking.

"what happened?"

Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, Yao Wanning couldn't help but patted her hand lightly.

Yao Shouning woke up suddenly and came back to his senses:

"Nothing." She hesitated, expressing her feelings:

"I just think this word, as if I have seen it before."

When she said this, Yao Wanning immediately burst out laughing with a 'puchi':
"You still don't recognize my handwriting?"

In fact, apart from the fact that they are sisters, they are very familiar with and close to each other, Yao Wanning's handwriting is not difficult to recognize.

Her handwriting is so-so, because she has been ill for many years, Liu Shi can't bear her to work hard, she doesn't have much time to write, and her handwriting is not as good as Yao Shouning's.

Coupled with her lack of wrist strength, she barely praised her, and she could only be called upright and small.

"Look at what's inside, do you like it?"

When she said this, Yao Shouning had no choice but to temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart, nodded obediently, untied the ribbon, and saw that there was a wooden comb inside.

The comb was only as long as a palm, and the words 'long life without worry' were engraved on it. Judging from the handwriting, it was also made by Yao Wanning.

"Half a month ago, I asked Qing Yuan to go out and find someone to make it for me."

She watched her sister take out the comb, play with it in her palm, and said with a smile:
"When you get married, you will comb your hair, and then..."

As soon as Yao Wanning said these words, Yao Shouning inexplicably felt an ominous premonition in his heart, interrupted the rest of her words, and said casually:
"I don't know how many years after I got married, it's still early."

After saying this, Yao Wanning was stunned:

"It's still early. It's the same when we get engaged and comb our hair."

"There's no sign of getting engaged." Yao Shouning recalled what Lu Zhi said two days ago, and said casually:

"My son does not allow me to be engaged."

She said it unintentionally, but when Yao Wanning heard the words, she pursed her lips and smiled.

It's a pity that Yao Shouning hadn't enlightened yet, and was studying the words engraved on the comb with his head tilted. He was thoughtful, as if he hadn't put his mind on the matter of 'the prince doesn't allow her to be married' at all.

She said a few more words, Yao Shouning was not on guard against her, so he told her everything about the past two days, and Yao Wanning knew it well.

"Forget it, it's your birthday today, and there are many things at home, anyway, you don't want to watch the excitement, why don't we go out to the street and have some fun."

Yao Wanning felt that the relationship between Lu Zhi and Yao Shouning was interesting.

These two have been getting along a lot recently, Shizi's young mind, maybe he hasn't noticed the difference, Yao Shouning is even more ignorant of innocence, and probably used 'like Shizi' as an excuse to fool Liu Shi.

But from what she said, since the prince does not allow her to get engaged, and specifically emphasizes that she is not allowed to get engaged with Wen Jingsui, it is obvious that he has developed an ignorant affection.

She pursed her lips and smiled without piercing the window paper, she was going to sit on the wall and watch the commotion.

When Yao Shouning heard that he was going out to play, he stopped playing with the comb, first nodded subconsciously, and then there seemed to be the sound of gongs and drums in his mind—an illusion appeared in front of him, as if a large number of people were rushing to the door of Yao's house, and a woman rang in his ears High-pitched shrill laughter: I wish Second Miss Yao a happy birthday.

As soon as this idea came up, she felt disgusted and frowned subconsciously:

"I'm afraid we won't be able to get out."

Seeing her sister's smile faltered, she showed doubts, and she took the initiative to explain:

"We may have visitors today."

"Visitor?" Yao Wanning was puzzled, and Yao Shouning also felt a little puzzled.

Before the evil incident happened in the Yao family, she didn't have much time to go out, had few friends, and only acquainted with a few people. The Liu family didn't plan to make a big deal about her birthday, so who would come to congratulate her?
But no matter who it was, Yao Shouning recalled that congratulatory voice, and felt displeased, even wary of this visitor he hadn't met yet.

She couldn't speak clearly, but Yao Wanning had a lot of trust in her foresight ability. Seeing her unhappy face, she also guessed the identity of the visitor.

No matter whether they go out or not, the two sisters always go to Liu's room to speak first.

The two left the courtyard and went straight to the main courtyard.

Today, everyone in the family looked nervous and excited, because the Taoist priest of Qingfeng Temple was coming to Yao's house to exorcise evil spirits.

The house is not big, and the only place where we can set up a dojo is Liu's main courtyard.

Due to Su Miaozhen's drowsiness these few days, Mrs. Liu was unwilling to move her, so she temporarily placed her in the main courtyard. Yao Hui had to avoid it temporarily, and moved to live in the yamen for these few days.

The courtyard had already been set up, and the incense table was set up. When the two sisters came over, there were fireworks, and two figures in Taoist robes were preparing in the courtyard at this time.

A large vat was placed in the courtyard, and the rooster and dog blood were all ready. Mrs. Liu was outside the courtyard. At this moment, Su Miaozhen, who was unconscious, was carried out and slept on the cool bed in the courtyard.

Seeing the arrival of the two daughters, Liu quickly got up, first asked about Yao Wanning's health, and then asked the two if they had eaten.

The two sisters nodded, and Mrs. Liu glanced at Yao Shouning, with guilt in her eyes, and called Madam Cao to get the purse out:

"Forget about going out to play with your sister today."

The family couldn't do anything, so she exorcised Su Miaozhen, not only because she was worried about her niece's health and hoped to rely on Taoism to exorcise the evil, but she also wanted to show the general's house an attitude.

After all, Lu Zhi's madness that day was obviously related to Su Miaozhen. Liu felt guilty, and remembered that her daughter admired the prince, and was afraid that the eldest princess would be disgusted by it, so she tried to 'inform' the general's mansion in this way. So she did this because of the influence of evil spirits, not from her own heart. I hope that the princess and his wife will not hold grudges against the Yao family because of this.

"Is Miaozhen still awake?"

Yao Wanning asked, and Liu shook her head worriedly:
"No."

It's been two days.

Su Miaozhen hadn't woken up since she came back from the General's Mansion, her face became paler and paler, if she wasn't still angry, Liu Shi was worried that she would die.

Yao Shouning's mind was not on the conversation between his mother and his sister, but on Su Miaozhen's face.

The red hair on her face became more and more obvious.

If it was only on the cheeks and chin at the beginning, now the bridge of the nose and forehead are covered, but around the eyes and lips.

When I saw her the day before yesterday, her lips were dark and purple, but they were still normal, but looking at her now, her lips have changed their shape.

I saw a crack appearing under the tip of her nose, connecting her upper lip along the original midsection, almost dividing her mouth into three parts, and the two canine teeth are getting longer and longer——Su Miaozhen's bestiality is more obvious.

There should be a fire above the head of a normal person, but at this time there is no light above her head, and sparks can be seen faintly on both sides of her shoulders, but the sparks are emerald green, which looks like the rumored will-o'-the-wisp, and is extraordinarily dim .

But the two Taoist priests invited by the Liu family didn't seem to be aware of it, obviously they didn't have any real skills.

"mother!"

She interrupted the conversation between Liu Shi and Yao Wanning, and dragged her mother to a corner:
"How much did you pay for these two Taoists?"

Taoist priests have always been popular in Daqing, and now that evil spirits are present, they are even more sought after by people.

It's just that she has always been big-hearted, and she doesn't care much about the family's belongings. At this moment, she suddenly asked this question, and Liu Shi was a little curious, wondering if she was jealous.

"50 taels of silver..."

She thought of her daughter's birthday today, but she didn't do it herself, instead she gave money to do it for Su Miaozhen.

Ever since Su Miaozhen came into Yao's house, Yao Shouning didn't seem to like her, so when asked about this, I wonder if he felt uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Liu Shi was about to explain:
"Your cousin is in a special situation. This money has to be spent. Mother also takes your birthday into consideration. Next year will definitely..."

Before she finished speaking, Yao Shouning was about to say that the Taoist priest might just be bluffing, but before he could say anything, he heard someone shouting outside:

"Master, young master!"

It was Liu Bingzhou and Yao Ruoyun who came over.

Yao Shouning's eyes lit up when he heard his grandfather coming over, and then he became suspicious.

My grandfather practiced Confucianism and Taoism. Although he was not a Taoist priest who specialized in drawing talismans and catching ghosts, judging from his several methods, it was clear that he also had the method of exorcising evil spirits.

Su Miaozhen is also his granddaughter. Logically speaking, his cousin is not awake, so he has a way to wake her up.

But why didn't Liu Bingzhou stop her while seeing Liu's tossing and wasting money?
"Grandfather!"

Thinking of this, Yao Shouning hurried to meet Liu Bingzhou.

Today's Liu Bingzhou is wearing a snow-blue Confucian shirt, he is already very old, but he is still tall and tall, with a handsome appearance, his long hair is rolled up, and his long beard hangs down to his chest.

I don't know if it was Yao Shouning's illusion, but he always felt that his grandfather's beard and hair seemed to be whiter than when he was young.

"Shouning is sixteen years old, I hope you will grow up quickly!"

When Liu Bingzhou saw Yao Shouning approaching, his eyes lit up. Before she could speak, he stretched out his hand and rubbed her head. There was a hint of expectation in his words, as if he meant something:
"Come on, come on!"

After he finished speaking, he took out a small scroll from his cuff and handed it to Yao Shouning:

"This is something my grandfather gave you, you have to keep it!"

The small scroll was about as long as a palm, and was tied with a thin silk thread in the middle. She stretched out her hand to untie it, and saw that it was written in regular script: the years are safe, and the future can be expected——May Shou Ning always be blessed, and there will be no disasters Life without difficulty.

The writing is: In the 28th year of Daqing Shenqi, Liu Bingzhou wished his granddaughter Yao Shouning her [-]th birthday.

At first glance, it seemed that Liu Bingzhou's piece of paper only contained words of blessing to Yao Shouning, but for some reason, Yao Shouning always felt that the words of his grandfather's piece of paper seemed to have a deep meaning.

"The 28th Anniversary of the Daqing Divine Enlightenment..."

She looked at her grandfather, slightly lost in thought.

Liu Bingzhou was also looking at her with a smile, as if with some expectation.

"Shouning, I also have something for you."

Yao Ruoyun interrupted her younger sister's contemplation, and took out something from the purse in her cuff.

It was a piece of white jade, carved into the shape of a book, it was actually similar to the piece of jade that Liu Bingzhou gave Yao Ruoyun that day, but much smaller.

"I asked someone to engrave it. When your eldest brother studies more and realizes the supernatural powers like your grandfather in the future, I will be able to protect you."

Because Liu Bingzhou was still by his side, Yao Ruoyun was a little shy when he said this, and his ears were red.

A small hole was drilled at both the head and the tail of the jade book, and silk threads were woven separately, which can be used as waist ornaments and hung by the side.

"Thank you bro."

Yao Shouning was a little overjoyed. Seeing that the jade book was small and cute, he couldn't help caressing it a few times, and then hung it on his waist.

"Where's Dad?"

She hung up the jade book, fiddled with it a few more times, and asked a casual question.

"Father went to the yamen and said that he would come back in the evening. After seeing off the two Taoist priests, he will buy some wine and meat. Our family will celebrate your birthday."

Seeing that she liked the gift he gave, Yao Ruoyun was also very happy, so she agreed.

Mentioning the two Taoist priests, Yao Shouning fiddled with the jade ornaments, frowned, and turned his head to glance at the two Taoist priests behind him.

They were one old and one young, the older one was about sixty years old, the younger one maybe twenty, seemed to notice her gaze, the older one squinted his eyes, and the younger one showed a flattering smile.

"I think these two Taoist priests look like liars."

She reminded vaguely:

"Grandfather, do you want to remind my mother to see if there is any way to save my cousin?"

Yao Ruojun who was at the side heard clearly, was first taken aback, and then subconsciously looked at Liu Bingzhou.

Hearing her words, Liu Bingzhou's eyes showed a bit of regret, and he seemed to be a little bit lost and uncomfortable. His eyes passed Yao Shouning, and fell on Su Miaozhen who was lying on the bamboo bed not far away, and sighed:

"Time, fate, luck."

His expression was gloomy: "Character determines destiny, Miaozhen's choice is the cause, and now it's just receiving the effect."

"..." Liu Bingzhou seemed to have a secret in his words, Yao Ruoyun didn't understand, but he still kept his grandfather's words in his heart.

Yao Shouning half-understood. He felt that his grandfather's words seemed to be casually said out of emotion, but also felt that he seemed to be implying himself.

choose?

What did Su Miaozhen choose?She frowned and thought hard, and for some reason, she remembered the time when her grandfather came home, after she exposed the demon on her cousin, and when her cousin pretended to be dizzy, she talked with the fox demon.

At that time, the fox demon asked her: Would she be willing to pay the price in exchange for her being connected with the Gu curse on Lu Zhi's body and controlling Lu Zhi's fate of "life and death".

What did my cousin say at the time?

Su Miaozhen said: She is willing!She is willing to pay any price, as long as Lu Zhi does not fall in love with Yao Shouning.

And the price is a ray of spirit!
Thinking of this, Yao Shouning almost jumped up, feeling both uneasy and regretful.

She finally understood where the mutation in her cousin's body came from, and it was probably because the demon fox took away a wisp of her soul.

That demon fox was beheaded by the Taizu back then, and he cut off his tail to save his life, and hid everywhere.

It bewitched Su Miaozhen and placed it in her body, and now it used the curse to deceive Su Miaozhen's ray of spirit, and maybe use it to occupy her body.

It's a pity that Su Miao really didn't know the true face of the monster, so she agreed in her ignorance.

But how did she know that there is no love between herself and the son?

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