Flower Moon

Tao Yueer also found out.

Yesterday was like the twelfth lunar month of winter, and today, it is the sweltering heat of March and September.

Tao Yue'er was so hot that she had no choice but to take off her cloak.A snow-white gauze dress inside, with gorgeous gold ornaments, not only did not become low-key, but even more eye-catching.

The two walked all the way down the mountain, and soon, people gradually became populated.

In the village, every household is wearing heavy cotton clothes, apparently still in the winter.Tao Yue'er and Hua Ling were walking outside the courtyard, but the people inside seemed to be unable to see them, and they were still immersed in their work, never giving them a second look.

"What's going on?" Tao Yue'er asked.

Hua Ling pondered for a while and said, "I'll go in and have a look.

After finishing speaking, he pushed open a door, and the people inside the door remained silent, but Hualing, who was halfway through the wooden door, completely disappeared in the next instant.He didn't enter the yard, but he wasn't beside Tao Yue'er either.

Tao Yue'er reached out to fish, but as the wooden door closed, she didn't catch anything.

"Hua Ling... Hua Ling!" Tao Yue'er shouted anxiously, but no one answered her.

This village is like performing a shadow puppet show, each family is busy in their own courtyard, turning a deaf ear to everything outside.Tao Yue'er was in a hurry, and in desperation, she simply opened the wooden door that made Hua Ling disappear again, and walked in.

Tao Yue'er appeared at the door of a tall and ancient house.The sky darkened in an instant, and the huge gate was taller than many she had seen in the past, indicating that the owner of this house must be a wealthy or noble family.A row of red lanterns hung in front of the door, which did not add much visibility to the yard.Because this house is really too big.

There is no shadow of Hualing around, and there is no way to retreat, so Tao Yue'er can only walk forward.

After entering the gate, there is a screen wall.The patterns on the screen wall are exquisitely carved, and the auspicious meaning is beyond words.But maybe because the sky is too dark, the only thing that can illuminate the road ahead is the five-step red lantern, which makes the whole house full of dark and bloody tone.This auspicious screen wall looks a little eerie.

Tao Yue'er is not afraid of these things.Except for the strange atmosphere, there is no other life here, not even the slightest ghost.

There is nothing around her.Then what is she afraid of?

Tao Yue'er's eyes hurt from being dazzled by these red lanterns, so she took out a white lantern from the makeup box, urged the flame in her palm to light it, and then continued to move forward.

"Madam is about to give birth, hurry up, this is the only seedling of our Wen family." Suddenly, an old nanny's voice came from behind Tao Yue'er.

Tao Yue'er was startled, turned her head in a hurry, and saw an old woman with a group of maids, a medicine boy and a doctor running from behind with a medicine box.

When they passed by Tao Yue'er, they didn't notice her.Even, the medicine box carried by the medicine boy passed directly through her body.

Only then did Tao Yue'er realize that she might have entered someone else's dream.And this Wen family—which Wen family is it?

The only person with the surname Wen that she knew was Wen Buyi.Could it be that this was his dream?

Tao Yue'er followed the group of people around and around, and finally came to what they called the 'delivery room'.In the room, there was a group of people guarding Wuyangyang.There are no less than ten of them dressed as Doctor Guang.Everyone's expression is very serious.Outside, a woman who looks like the head of the family guards the hall, playing with Buddhist beads in her hands, closing her eyes, and muttering words.

Tao Yue'er thought she was praying for a smooth childbirth, but she didn't want to. She kept saying, "This baby must be a boy."

A cry pierced the night sky, and finally, the woman with dystocia gave birth to a baby.But soon, before she had time to take a look at the child, her body bled profusely and fell into a coma.

When the mistress heard the crying, she immediately stood up and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

The midwife smiled, walked over with the baby in her arms, and said, "Congratulations to the old lady, it's a boy!"

The mistress was full of joy and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, my Wen family has a queen."

Everyone is surrounding the child, and it doesn't matter whether the child's mother can be saved or not.From their conversation, Tao Yue'er knew that the child was a posthumous child, the only remaining blood of the Wen family.And the death of a woman after giving birth is not a major loss to the whole family, and it is even a good thing.

No one cared about the woman's life or death. She was in a pool of blood, and her body gradually became cold and stiff...

The child grew up with the love of the whole family.But he had no father or mother since he was a child, and he always felt that he was carrying a heavy burden, so that every night he dreamed of a woman lying in a pool of blood, and she especially wanted to take a look at him.But no one told him what it was.So much so that until he was six years old, he always had a hunchback, and he always looked weak when walking with his peers.

And the old lady gave him a family heirloom sword at this time, and said: "This sword can kill all evil spirits in the world. You have a family mission to complete, as for other...you don't need to care about it."

Seeing this, Tao Yueer was sure.He is unwavering.

This is a warm childhood.

And the night he got the sword, he beheaded the ghost that had been entangled with him in his dream.He didn't know what it was at the time, and it wasn't until many years later, after the old lady passed away, that his biological mother's maid dared to tell him the truth—the person he killed with his own hands was the mother who guarded him day and night.And those ghosts entwining around him are not other people, but the unjust souls in the tomb of Concubine Jing, which has been guarded by the Wen family for generations.

Concubine Jing's resentment persisted and was difficult to relieve, so she would use Wen's family to dispel it.The Wen family was supported by Taoist masters, and they had a contract to guard Concubine Jing's grave for generations.They were not allowed to leave Concubine Jing's Tomb until the day when the grievances in Concubine Jing's Tomb dissipated.

And because the Wen family was cursed by the resentment in Concubine Jing's grave for generations, in Wen Buyi's generation, he was the only one left.

"You all go, get out of here. Here, it is enough for me to guard it alone."

When Wen Buyi said this, he was actually not sure that he would be able to hold onto the grave of grievances.The resentment in Concubine Jing's tomb persisted from generation to generation, killing them with the Wen family curse.

His father died unexpectedly, his mother died of dystocia, and now his grandmother is gone, he is alone, and this house does not need to exist anymore.

And he also felt that there was no need to guard Concubine Jing's grave.He has read so many books about Concubine Jing since he was a child, so he naturally knows that she is just a poor woman who died of injustice. Like his mother, she cannot sleep peacefully.

He sent his mother away with his own hands. Although it was cruel, and even though he hadn't been able to see her until he died, he didn't regret it at all.

At least in the future, his mother doesn't need to try every means to protect him from Concubine Jing's resentment day and night... He should face his own fate.