Flower Moon

Chapter 7 Ghosts!

After a long time, Tao Yue'er held up the candlestick tremblingly, looked around the girl from head to toe, and found that she was indeed just a dead body.She didn't wake up, she didn't breathe, she didn't sigh, and she didn't attack her with teeth and claws.

Tao Yueer breathed a sigh of relief.

She is actually not afraid of corpses.She lived in a slum since she was a child, and neighbors often starved to death. She took a straw mat and threw it to a mass grave.She can often see the two feet sticking out of those straw mats, with blue-black skin, exactly the same as the little girl of her son.The more you see it, the more you get used to it.

But she shouldn't have been dead for long.At this moment, Tao Yueer noticed a small detail. On her right hand, there was a black scorched pit, which was different from the black spots left by the epidemic on her body, as if... burnt by something.She reached out and touched it, and found that fine black slag could still be crushed out of the black pit, as if it had just been burned.

Tao Yue'er's heart was tense, although she knew that this was just a dream caused by her fear, she still felt a little shy.She stood up in a hurry, dragged her tired body and walked outside.

A ray of light penetrated through the crack of the door, Tao Yue'er put her hand on the door, the latch was not locked, it seemed that it could be opened with a light pull.

The sun shines in, and the outside world is bright and beautiful, but when I am in the house, I am scared to death by a dead child.

She thought, maybe deep down in her heart, she actually didn't want to die.However, she lives aimlessly and alone, and doesn't seem to know what to do...

"Hey……"

At this moment, there was another familiar sigh from behind her, and this time, the sigh seemed to be right next to her ears!

Tao Yue'er was startled suddenly, and jumped out of the door like a startled rabbit.Outside, the glare of the sun dazzled her so much that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

"Help, help... There are, there are ghosts!" In the world outside the door, Hua Ling was washing clothes by the well with her back to Tao Yue'er.When he heard the sound and turned his head, he saw Tao Yue'er running towards him with lightning speed.

Tao Yue'er crashed into a soft chest.With a faint grass aroma, lingering in the nasal cavity, lingering.

Tao Yue'er regained her composure, raised her head, and saw Hua Ling's brows and eyes as glamorous as moonlight, staring at herself.

At this moment, Tao Yue'er's heart skipped a beat. She didn't know whether it was the warm spring sunshine, or the fragrance from Hua Ling's body and his jade-like eyebrows, which made her suddenly feel that the world is so beautiful.

She suddenly didn't want to die.

"Finally came out! I thought I was going to die!" Tao Yue'er was terrified, and tightly gripped Hua Ling's neckline.Hua Ling was always uncomfortable being carried by her, but she didn't push her away and let her hold her chest.

"You just want to die." Hua Ling said lightly, "Why are you afraid of death now?"

Hearing this, Tao Yue'er suddenly stopped crying.

She remembered that her first meeting with Hua Ling was a determination she had never had in her life.

She has been at the mercy of others all her life, and the only thing she is determined to do is to die.She has never been so vicious to others, and it is not an exaggeration to describe her as 'browed and cold'.But now, she said that she regretted it again. Didn't she even do one resolute thing?
She doesn't want to be seen as a joke anymore...

Tao Yue'er stood up straight from Hua Ling's shoulders, looked at Hua Ling's indifferent expression close at hand, wiped her nose blankly, and said, "I, I want to die, but...but I don't want to die like this..."

Tao Yue'er was stubborn, trying to get back a little bit of dignity.But instead of appreciating her, Hua Ling hated her even more.

The playfulness in Hua Ling's eyes faded, his face darkened, he pushed Tao Yue'er away, and continued to wash clothes.He was so indifferent that he didn't even want to give her a glance from the corner of his eye.

Tao Yue'er fell down and sat by the well, dazed for a while, but didn't dare to disturb Hua Ling again.

She sat by the well, let the hot sun shine on her body, and breathed the air of the world.After a while, she always felt that her face was sticky, so she wanted to wash her face.She turned around and lay down by the well, about to take a handful of water, but suddenly her whole body froze, and she stayed there without speaking for a long time.

"Don't get in the way of my laundry." Hua Ling said lightly.

Tao Yue'er didn't seem to hear it, and murmured: "This...is this, is it true?"

Hua Ling couldn't understand what she was saying, her face was full of impatience, she just wanted to push Tao Yue'er away, but the moment she touched her body, she held her right hand tightly.

Tao Yue'er grasped Hua Ling's palm with both hands, the warmth from her palm made her feel a little relieved suddenly.But the whole person was still trembling uncontrollably.

She exclaimed undecided: "I, I seem to have seen a ghost!"

Hua Ling: "There are no ghosts in this world."

Tao Yueer: "I really saw it!"

Hua Ling ignored his fear and said again: "There are no ghosts in this world."

"That, that, that... Tell me, what is this?" Tao Yueer pointed to the bloodstain on her head from hitting the wall, and said, "I dreamed that a ghost grabbed my head and hit it against the wall, and my head was broken. Bleeding, I almost died! When I woke up, it seemed like nothing happened. I thought I was dreaming at first, but this was the evidence! Could this injury be caused by me hitting the wall myself?"

"..."

Hua Ling didn't speak, but there were obvious doubts in her eyes.Tao Yueer was about to speak, but saw a white shadow flash past the door of the black house.Although it was short, Tao Yue'er recognized her as the dead body lying in the middle!
She was just a child up to his waist, but the cruelty in her eyes made him shudder!

Tao Yue'er suddenly opened her eyes wide, pointed at Hua Ling's back and said, "Here she is again! She is here again!"

"Who's here?"

"She she he...she is behind you!"

When Hua Ling turned her head back, the child turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared, leaving only the wooden door creaking.

Tao Yue'er was even more panicked, and said anxiously: "There really are ghosts!!!"

Hua Ling looked at the wooden door blown by the wind, shook her head, and said flatly, "That's not a ghost. It's a demon."

"……magic?"

"Heart demon."

"Demon?" Tao Yue'er was puzzled.

Hua Ling nodded: "These are just some obsessions left by Asheng in the world. Everyone has more or less, but hers are particularly strong."

"Did you see her?" Tao Yue'er was puzzled.Obviously when he turned around, the little girl had disappeared, so how did he know what he was talking about?
Hua Ling replied calmly: "I have seen it. Not just one, but many."

"This is too scary!" Tao Yue'er was shocked.

"Heart demons are not scary." Hua Ling paused, and continued: "The really scary things are not here."

"She...is already dead, right?" Tao Yue'er asked again.

Hua Ling nodded.

"How long have you been dead?"

Hua Ling raised four fingers.

Tao Yueer frowned: "Four days?"

Hua Ling shook her head: "Four months."

"It's been four months!" Tao Yue'er was shocked: "The body hasn't rotted in four months, why didn't you bury her?"

Hua Ling: "The demons in the heart cannot be buried until they are eliminated."

"why?"

Because... Among the four states, Qingcangzhou and Jizhou are the most filthy.Every time people have a demon in their hearts, a new demon race will be born in the wild over time.The demons broke free from the seal, frequently appeared in floods, and tried to cross Yinghai to bring disaster to the world, causing frequent wars.

Hua Ling knew these reasons, but Tao Yue'er might not understand.

"If her inner demon can be eliminated in the world, then there will be one less monster in the wild." Hua Ling said lightly, without explaining in detail.Because Tao Yue'er's life is a problem with food and clothing, if she can't get married, she can be forced to death. How can she know the way of the world and the vicissitudes of life?It is not easy for her to live well.

Tao Yue'er was taken aback for a moment, she really didn't expect this reason.

In her free time, she listened to a lot of books written by storytellers, and heard a lot about people's livelihood in four states and nine countries, but she had never heard of such a subtle principle.Surprised, Tao Yue'er couldn't help asking curiously: "How do you know this?"

"Everyone in the world knows, don't you know?" Hua Ling was no less surprised than Tao Yue'er when she heard this.

"Do I... need to know?" Tao Yue'er was puzzled.

"Haven't you seen Jiufangliao in Jingcheng?" Hua Ling said indifferently: "Among the nine countries, no matter what the war is, there is an organization that always overrides the national enmity. The nine countries also set up Jiufangliao to gather Strange people and strange men from the people, resisting the prehistoric demons."

"Jiufangliao actually makes this! I thought they were selling mooncakes just like Jiufangzhai!"

"..."

Hua Ling was speechless, looking at her as if she was looking at a mentally retarded person.

Tao Yueer said again: "Then you plan to let her go like this?"

Hua Ling shook her head and said, "Soon."

Tao Yue'er: "What's coming soon?"

Hua Ling: "The time to get rid of her demons is coming soon."

(End of this chapter)