I become a god in another world

Chapter 380: Midnight Engagement
Chapter 380
"Our Lu family has a good family tradition, and we have the old master's last words. This agreement should be fulfilled."

Chen Duozi cried and said:

"It would be fine if she just married far away, but I heard that Shangyang County..." She didn't say any more.

Zhao Fusheng and others had heard Ding Datong mention the situation in Shangyang County at the dinner table earlier. The "right of first night" issued by the general of the Demon Suppression Division made countless women panic and countless people suffered humiliation.

Hearing this, Zhao Fusheng narrowed his eyes:
"You are so honest?" she said:

"You have all heard about the customs of Shangyang County. Since they are reluctant to give up their daughter, and the other party is far away in Wenxing County, Shangyang County, it would take a whole month to travel by water. With such a long distance between them, how can they marry her just like that?"

Meng Po also nodded:
"At worst, we can tell others that we have already been engaged, and take advantage of this opportunity to get married. Once the matter is settled, how can the other party come across the county to kidnap me?"

"This..." Chen Duozi's face showed hesitation, mixed with a bit of shame.

Zhang Chuanshi had a dark heart. When he saw this scene, he made malicious speculations:
"Are you afraid that Lu Zhuer's marriage will fall through, and that this marriage will end up with your son?"

Chen Duozi was horrified when he heard this, and immediately waved his hands:
"No, no, no, old man, that's not the case."

She was a little embarrassed to say:
"I dare not hide it from you all. I am indeed not as virtuous as you. When I first heard the news, I was shocked. Afterwards, I thought it would be better to quickly marry Zhuer to someone else."

At this point, she changed the subject:
"but--"

The woman looked up suddenly and her eyes widened.

There was fear in her eyes, and her face quickly lost its color because of fear. She looked at Zhao Fusheng:

"That night, after my husband and I finished talking, we were about to turn off the lights and go to sleep when we suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside."

Liu Yizhen's expression changed and he asked:

"What happened?"

Chen Duozi said in horror:

"We didn't know at first, but then we heard someone knocking on the door and a woman yelling, 'It's a happy occasion.'"

"To bring good news?" Fan Bisi repeated with a frown and glanced at Zhao Fusheng.

At first, Lu Yuhe and his wife thought that these people had taken the wrong road, until the people outside kept shouting:

"Congratulations, Mr. Lu. Congratulations, Mr. Lu."

It was the middle of the night, "My master was a respectable man, and he was worried that the neighbors would be disturbed and no one would be able to sleep well, so he had to get dressed, get up, and light the lamp."

Strangely, as soon as the lights came on, the shouting stopped.

The couple thought it was someone's prank and wanted to blow out the lights and go to bed.

But as soon as the light was blown out, the sound of gongs and drums started again.

After going through this twice, no matter how dumb Lu Yuhe was, he knew that something was wrong.

When disaster strikes, you cannot escape it.

If it is a ghost case, you must report it to the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The couple was so frightened that they dared not turn off the lights. They pondered in the room for a long while and decided to go to the Demon Suppression Bureau to report the case at dawn the next day.

"You can go to the Demon Suppression Department to report the case, but you're also afraid, you're also afraid—"

Chen Duozi looked embarrassed when he said this.

As the saying goes, it is easy to see the King of Hell, but difficult to deal with little devils.

Ding Datong, the general of the Demon Suppression Division of Changping County, was still a capable person and not a very stupid person, but the Demon Suppression Division of Changping County had hundreds of people in total.

Ding Datong is mainly responsible for suppressing the ghost riders, under whom there are countless messengers serving.

Under the envoys were servants sent from various families and mansions. These people would ask for benefits before the Demon Suppression Division took action.

By the time the case finally reached Ding Datong's hands, it had already passed through several hands.

If the Lu family were in its heyday, they would not have to care about this little money - but now the Lu family has long fallen into poverty and can only afford to eat and drink. If they were to be involved in an inexplicable disaster and be brought to the attention of the Demon Suppression Division, they might even be stripped of their bones and have their blood drunk.

By then the whole family was displaced.

Thinking of this, the couple was so worried that they couldn't sleep.

At this moment, Lu Zhuer woke up.

She said she heard someone shouting at night, telling her to go out and receive the birth certificate.

When the couple heard this, they knew that the matter could not be delayed any longer.

At that time, Lu Zhu'er didn't know about the letter from Shangyang County proposing marriage. Chen Duozi and the other man were anxious as ants on the hot pan, but they secretly hoped that there was still room for improvement, so they didn't tell their daughter.

Seeing their daughter puzzled, the two men gritted their teeth and after some discussion, decided that Lu Yuhe would go to open the front door, while Chen Duozi would sneak away through the back door.

"We thought that the master had entangled 'people'. I left from the back door to report to the authorities and let them investigate the matter first."

If it wasn't a ghost case, even if it alerted the government, he would still be punished, but it would be much better than being involved in the Demon Suppression Division.

The couple told Lu Zhuer to hide in the room and not to move, and they acted separately.

Having said this, the fear on Chen Duozi's face became even more intense.

"What happened next?"

Seeing that she was suffering from aphasia due to extreme fear, Zhao Fusheng couldn't help but give her a reminder in a gentle voice.

When she asked the question, Chen Duozi swayed and answered mechanically:
"As soon as I opened the door, I met a group of people asking for good luck and delivering betrothal gifts."

Liu Yizhen and Fan Bisi turned their heads and looked at each other at the same time.

Wu Shaochun asked doubtfully:

"It's a little strange to see a team asking for good luck and delivering betrothal gifts in the middle of the night, but what's there to be afraid of?"

Meng Po was thoughtful and said softly:
"Unless there is something strange about this team."

It was winter at the time, and the wind was strong on the river. Chen Duozi didn't know whether it was because of the cold or because he thought about the scene that night, but his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"I didn't think too much about it at the time. Just like what this gentleman said, I just felt it was a little strange—"

When I thought about it carefully later, there were too many strange things.

The Lu family had fallen into poverty and had sold their ancestral home, buying another place to live.

Although the house where Lu Yuhe and his wife currently live is not as big as the original mansion, it also has two courtyards, and the wing room where the couple lives is in the deep and quiet courtyard.

Even though the sound would be louder in the middle of the night, it shouldn't be able to reach deep into the mansion, and it was still very clear.

"My husband and I were like possessed by a demon at the time. We thought the visitor must be knocking at the front door, so we decided that one of us would go and deal with the matter while the other reported the crime—"

But when Chen Duozi went out through the side door, he happened to meet a group of people delivering gifts.

The leader was a woman in her forties. When she spoke of this, Chen Duozi's body trembled. She was very scared and held her son tightly in her arms as if he were a life-saving duckweed.

Seeing this, Zhao Fusheng and others also realized something was wrong - perhaps there was something wrong with the gift-giving team that night.

Seeing that Chen Duozi was extremely frightened, she did not rush to ask, but instead gave the frightened woman a moment to calm down.

After a while, Chen Duozi calmed down a little and continued:
"That woman is a bit plump, not very tall, and about as tall as my eyebrows." She raised her hand as if she wanted to make a gesture, but as soon as her hand was raised, she seemed to think of something and immediately put it down again.

"She was wearing a purple and red dress and had heavy makeup on, with her cheeks and lips painted very red."

She shuddered involuntarily:

"As soon as he saw me open the door, he shouted 'Congratulations' and said that he was sent by Mr. Zang from Wenxing County, Shangyang County, to present gifts and propose marriage to our Zhu'er."

After saying this, she was absent-minded for a moment.

After a while, she came to her senses again and explained:
"Master Zang is the family that my Lu family's grandfather knew. Their surname is Zang."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

"Alas." Chen Duozi shrank his neck, shrugged his shoulders, and bit his lower lip tightly, with such force that his lip was about to break.
"The side door behind our house is narrow, and it leads to a back street. Opposite the door is the wall of our neighbor's house. There are so many people that the alley is almost blocked. I can't get out—"

As soon as the door opened, the woman in purple stuffed the gift list into her hands, then stretched out her hand and waved, asking everyone to carry the gifts into the house.

"There are a lot of gifts, about a dozen or so in total, and the two people holding lanterns next to them are also very-"

When Chen Duozi said this, fear appeared in his eyes again:

"They stepped aside, and we saw the people carrying the gifts enter behind us one by one."

It’s strange to say, the gifts that were sent were all boxes and cabinets, which looked very exquisite. Logically speaking, the cabinets alone would be heavy enough, and if there were some things inside, it would be even heavier.

But these cabinets, when carried by the recipients as gifts, felt so light that they seemed like they would be blown away by the wind.

Chen Duozi originally planned for her husband to stop the people while she would report to the police, but plans did not change quickly. She thought she had chosen the wrong direction and was now entangled by the gift-giving team. Her husband would probably be in vain if he opened the door.

"I'm worried about the gossips of many people. First, I'm afraid of disturbing the neighbors and causing complaints. Second, I'm also afraid that someone will criticize me and it will be bad for Zhu'er's reputation. Besides, since many people have come -"

In fact, she really couldn't stop it.

There were so many people that they crowded together a long street. She stood at the door and looked out - the narrow and dark alley at the middle of the night was now illuminated by the red light of lanterns.

Where the red light illuminated, a gift-giving team dressed in black and red wedding clothes filled the entire long street, with no end in sight.

Chen Duozi was just a woman, and a weak one at that. When the Zang family's gift-giving team tried to force their way in, her weak resistance was gradually drowned out by the woman's loud voice.

……

But as she narrated, Zhao Fusheng also realized something strange.

According to what Chen Duozi said, if there were so many people going to the Lu family to give gifts that day, the neighbors would have been alarmed and would have gone out to watch the fun.

Besides, although the Lu family's financial situation is not as good as before, they still have servants.

The Lu family also brought three servants with them on this wedding trip, and there were also servants serving in the Lu residence.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng asked:
"With such a big scene that day, why did you two go to open the door instead of sending a servant?"

Chen Duozi's face turned pale:
"Your Excellency is right. It would have been nice if we had thought of that on that day."

Ever since Zhao Fusheng met her, she spoke in a soft voice and her temperament was obviously cowardly. Whether it was her aunt from her mother's family who scolded her or her mother, they could control her.

She seemed to have no temper, but at this moment she rarely showed any regret, which showed that she really regretted it.

"It was like I was possessed by evil spirits at that time—" She moved her buttocks uneasily again and hugged her son tightly:

"The servants seemed to be fast asleep, and they heard no sound. Only the master, Pearl, and I were all at a loss, so we decided to split up and act separately."

After she finished speaking, she began to regret it again, tears welling up in her eyes: "I was wrong, I was wrong, why did I get so obsessed at that time——"

After hearing what she said, everyone already knew what had happened to the Lu family.

Zhao Fusheng sighed:
"Don't blame yourself. Some things will eventually come to pass."

"What do you mean--" Chen Duozi stared at Zhao Fusheng blankly, tears still hanging on her eyelashes.

"People have no intention to harm ghosts, but ghosts harm people's hearts." Zhao Fusheng curled the corners of his mouth.

Upon hearing the word "ghost", Chen Duozi shuddered again.

Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"What happened next?"

Chen Duozi said:
"After the gifts were delivered, the woman who delivered them smiled and said, 'My mission is also completed. It's time to go.'"

As soon as she finished speaking, those who had given gifts seemed to have unloaded a huge burden, and they filed out one after another.

These people came quickly and left even faster. While Chen Duozi was stunned, he saw that their retreat speed seemed to have increased several times. Their figures turned into afterimages and almost merged with the darkness.

The bright red lanterns, the dark night, and the old and eerie dark red bricks and tiles, the three colors complement each other, forming a weird, depressing and creepy color.

"..."

Chen Duozi shrugged again and unconsciously wanted to reach out and hug herself, but because she was holding her son in her arms, she could only stroke her forearm and unconsciously smoothed out the goose bumps on her arm.

"I can't really explain how it felt, but in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared."

Chen Duozi was panicked and scared at the time, his heart rate accelerated, pounding wildly as if it was about to jump out of his throat.

She slammed the door shut with such force that her hands were shaking so much that she could barely get the latch into the slot.

The sound of the door closing was particularly harsh in the dark night. At this moment, the servant of the Lu family seemed to be awakened by someone and suddenly shouted:
"Who?!"

This shout seemed to break the curse of the dark night. The chill in the night was swept away, and the almost stagnant blood in Chen Duozi's body began to revive.

She looked at the piles of gifts in the yard, and stumbled towards the wing room with the gift list in her hand, at a loss as to what to do.

"I originally thought that the master must have left the house—"

The couple agreed that one of them would open the door and the other would call the police.

Chen Duozi originally thought that since he had encountered a gift-giving team, Lu Yuhe would certainly be able to pass through unimpeded.

When she said this, she closed her eyes tightly.

Chen Duozi's face was pale, his lips had lost their color, and his teeth had bitten deeply into the flesh, blood was already oozing out.

The woman's eyelashes kept trembling. Upon closer inspection, goose bumps appeared on her cheeks and her hair stood on end.

"But when I went back, I found out—"

Because of extreme fear, she could hardly utter a complete sentence.

But even if she didn't say the following words, Zhao Fusheng and others could already guess what happened next from her expression and what she said before.