husband from hell

Chapter 121

Some smoke diffused from the sunlight slanting through the window panes, and it was very choking.

Cheng Ke took a breath, didn't say anything, let alone hide, just sat there, resting his chin, staring at his own shadow.

Because the sun was dim, the shadow was also faint. Even if he didn't open his mouth, I knew what he was thinking: "It's fine to die."

My heart was shocked, he was obviously just a child!

"Crackling..." The window panes were originally made of wood, and the weather was dry in autumn and winter, so the doorway was blackened by smoke, lit by fire, and burned!

A burst of flames rushed over, and Cheng Ke, who was shivering from the cold, finally warmed up. Those flames reflected his pretty face red, and his big eyes shone like stars.

I know that this has happened a long time ago, but my heart is still lifted fiercely. Cheng Ke's appearance is simply unlovable, so this fire...

The surrounding air was getting hotter and hotter, and finally, the panes collapsed, and the laughter of the two children just now came from the raging flames.

Those voices seemed to be dried by the fire, and they sounded illusory and distorted: "See what he will do now..."

"Isn't he quite capable? If you have the ability, use it quickly..."

The vision in front of him was blurred, and suddenly a clear voice sounded: "Cheng Ke, follow me!"

Among those noises, only that voice was very clear!
And... that was a young man's voice, not Calamus's!

"Lu Qiao!" Suddenly a pair of cold hands grabbed my hand, and I broke free from that illusion at once, opened my eyes, and Cheng Ke was in front of me.

It's Cheng Ke now.

He looked at me and said: "Those memories are painful, I don't want you to accompany me to feel them."

I nodded: "I know...but..."

"I'll try to remember it myself." Cheng Ke put my hands in his palms and said, "There's nothing to see here, let's go back."

I really wanted to ask about the two children, and also about what happened after the fire started, but Cheng Ke seemed unwilling to recall it anymore, and at the same time, the nostalgia on his face became indifferent.

It turned out that there was so much pain in his heart, no wonder he was always reluctant to recall the previous memories...

If he grew up like this, then no matter how indifferent he is to people, no matter how merciless he is, suddenly it makes sense.

"Cheng Ke..."

"Those things are over, and those people are all dead." Cheng Ke said: "Since it has nothing to do with longevity, there is no use thinking about it."

They were like old scars, and when I saw them, I could always think of the pain.

After passing through the Siguo room, I noticed that the wood on the doors and windows was completely different in color and texture from the interior wood. Sure enough, the outside had been burnt, which was added later.

Cheng Ke didn't even look at it.

"Are you hungry?" Cheng Ke led me to a small house, as if he remembered something: "Eat something."

I turned my head and saw that it was a kitchen with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in it.It seems that this place should still be the same as before, where a family eats together.

To be honest, I really don't have any appetite now, but I didn't eat anything today, I just felt sour in my stomach, so I nodded and said, "I'll do it first, call Luo Weilan, let's eat together."

"Luo Weilan will definitely not be able to eat it, and you probably don't know how to use this earthen stove. I'll come and treat it as..." Cheng Ke's thin lips hooked: "Let me do my best, the friendship of the landlord."

These few words were as sharp as a knife blade, and even I, who had nothing to do with it, felt a sharp pain.

I watched Cheng Ke familiarly pack up the firewood and light the stove in a daze. I just couldn't believe it. A person like him would do such a thing?
I always feel that he is as intimidating as a prince, but this is not the case.

I also went into the kitchen, sat on the old Eight Immortals table, and looked at him with my chin resting on my hands.

Even in the kitchen, his thin back is chic and unhurried, very... charming.

I used to watch TV with my parents, and the chicken essence ad in the TV said: "Men, they are the most charming when they are cooking!"

When it was broadcast here, my mother took a look at my father.

Seeing this, my dad hurriedly said: "Lu Qiao, don't believe that, it's pure fart, only a bitch cooks, and being a real old man, the responsibility is to open your mouth to eat, and be picky about the taste."

My mother said: "Don't listen to your father's nonsense. Of course, a man is the most attractive when he is taking care of a woman. When he chased me, he made dumplings, chopped stuffing, and that touched your mother's heart. Look now, hum .”

"What's the matter with me now?" My dad stared with tiger eyes: "By the way, Lu Qiao, speaking of it, has no one chased you lately? It doesn't matter if he cooks or not, as long as he has..."

"Mom and Dad, let's move on to the next topic..."

Thinking of this, I laughed inexplicably. The two of them are back from traveling now, and they can’t find me anywhere. They must ask grandpa, but... thinking of this, I feel awkward again. To a dead son-in-law...

I put my hand on the old blackened tabletop, and saw that my shadow could be vaguely reflected on the tabletop that had been used for many years.

The tentacles touched the slippery desktop, and suddenly, as if a door had been opened, Cheng Ke's memory could be seen again.

He, has also eaten at this Eight Immortals table?
That's right... He was covered in soot all over his head and face. Even though he was hungry, he still insisted not to gobble up the porridge in front of him in a regular manner, and his back was still straight, as if he must Let yourself be an educated look.

"There is no one else here, why are you eating so elegantly?" Opposite Cheng Ke was a young man who was seven or eight years older than Cheng Ke. That young man did not look like Cheng Ke at all, but he was also very upright. His eyes are high and his nose is high, with a look of "this is a good person": "Just like the old men, stutter!"

"Brother Cheng Shou." Cheng Ke swallowed a mouthful of porridge, put down the steamed bun in his hand, and said in a low voice: "I can't implicate you. Uncle said that no one is allowed to give me food. When he asks, Just say I stole it."

"I'm too busy to take care of myself, so let me take care of me." The man called Brother Cheng Shou smiled slightly: "Let me tell you, a child who is too strong will not be loved by others."

"I'm... used to it." Cheng Ke stood up with his hands on the table, looked at the big brother Cheng Shou, and said, "The matter of Huoshaosi passing through the room..."

"You don't need to worry about it." That brother Cheng Shou waved his hand: "I'll help you tell my father, don't take those little ones who are ignorant, we are all brothers, you feel a little wronged, in fact It’s not easy to figure it out.”

"I know." Cheng Ke's thin body was still shivering in the cold wind, but he tried his best to calm down his immature voice: "Thank you, brother."

With that said, he turned around and went back.

"Wait a minute." The brother Cheng Shou suddenly took off his gorgeous fox fur coat and threw it on Cheng Ke's thin body: "The cotton jacket you fell into the pool is not dry yet? Put it on first."

I also know that Cheng Ke's padded jacket must have become a victim of some prank again.

I also felt it, the fox fur coat is very warm, with a slight smell of tobacco, very, very sense of security.

Cheng Ke didn't say anything, turned around and walked into Night Breeze, thinking that the outside of the room had been burnt to tatters and was still slowly smoking.

But now Cheng Ke is not cold anymore.

There was actually a satisfied smile on his lips.

"Maybe, as long as you live, something good will happen..."

"Lu Qiao?" I woke up from that illusion with a clang, and the real Cheng Ke put a big plate in front of me: "Eat."

Inside the big plate is bacon cooking rice, which looks very good, the bacon is oily, the garlic sprouts on it are green and fragrant.

"Oh, good workmanship!"

"You like it, I will often do it for you in the future." As he said, his cold hand brushed my bangs.

It's just an ordinary sentence, but it sounds very nice.

"Really delicious!"

He looked at me, and the ice in Taohua's big eyes seemed to have finally melted, and he said in a low voice, "That's good."

As I was eating, I remembered, that big brother, Luo Chengshou, wasn’t he the one who wrote Cheng Ke’s life after Cheng Ke died?
"Solitary and gloomy, dislikes socializing, bloodthirsty, many old friends don't want to go, with fierce bones, it should be ignored." This is his evaluation of Cheng Ke.

I also want to know that in the future, some major reversal must happen.

Inexplicably, I began to feel sorry for Cheng Ke, a young man whom I had never met before.

Afterwards, he vowed to slaughter Luo's family...

Cheng Ke turned his head sideways and looked at the sycamore tree in the yard. A large number of leaves had fallen, and autumn was here.

Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely, is that the case?

I finished eating, and held Cheng Ke's hand: "The wind outside is comfortable, let's go out."

Cheng Ke nodded and squeezed my hand tightly.

The sky outside was very blue, and it looked even more beautiful under the cover of yellow, yellow, green and green leaves. A few unknown waterfowl passed by here lowly and called a few times.

"Let's take a look inside the ancestral hall!" I knew that Cheng Ke still had memories of the ancestral hall.

"This place is too gloomy." Cheng Ke said, "Although I'm dead, I can still feel the cold."

"I'm with you!" I held Cheng Ke's hand backhand: "I'll always be warm!"

Cheng Ke's expression was finally a little moved.

When I came in just now, I didn't peek at Cheng Ke's memory, but now, after seeing things and thinking about others just now, Cheng Ke is obviously relieved a lot. It seems that he can remember more and more things up!

After entering the ancestral hall, I waited for the smell of traveling through the early years to hit my face. I squeezed Cheng Ke's hand and tried my best to sense it.

The illusion slowly emerged, and in that illusion, Cheng Ke had become the age I usually see.

That is... his age, the time when he will stop forever.

The ancestral hall is full of young people.

And I saw him right away.

His thin and thin back is almost exactly the same as now, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, even if he is just silent and silent, he still shows his sharpness.

He sat alone in a corner of the ancestral hall, and the brothers next to him all hid far away, and no one wanted to be by his side, as if he was carrying the plague all over his body.

"That fox's private child, Cheng Ke, was quite famous a while ago." Several young people who were similar to Cheng Ke's age chattered: "Brother seems to take him very seriously, and some uncles also said that he is raising ghosts. Great technique."

"Brother just sees that he has some talent, so he just takes it and uses it casually, and he is not a real blood relative."

"Even if he is from our Luo family, but he is so cold, who can get close to him?"

These people don't feel pain in their backs when they stand and talk. He became like this, isn't it because of this group of people who forced him out!

"Now he is not easy to mess with." A young man said: "I heard from my uncle last time that he is now the best ghost raiser among the young generation. Maybe he will be the patriarch in the future."

"However, he is a bastard after all, how can he represent our Luo family?" A clumsy young man said disdainfully: "Our descendants have not died, so why should he lose face to the Luo family!"

Is it... the kid with the rough voice who set the fire back then?
"The third brother is right!" A slender young man said with a smile on his face, "He stayed here, and the few of us who were born in the first place don't even have a bright future. Why don't you think of a way, let him……"

The thin young man made a gesture to wipe his neck: "If he dies, no one will cry for him."

"Fourth, do you have a solution?" The stupid young man showed great interest: "How?"

"It's easy to say..." The thin young man's voice was suppressed with a grin.

Cheng Ke can hear everything clearly, but, just like what he said before, he has been used to it since he was a child.

He didn't say anything, just pretended not to hear.

However, when a hale and hearty old man came out from the ancestral hall, and was about to speak, that stupid young man suddenly rolled down on the ground and cried out, "It hurts...it hurts! Patriarch, grandpa, save me... ..."

"Cheng Tian?" The old man walked down immediately, and put his hand on the hand of the stupid young man called Cheng Tian: "Heart-eating Gu..."

"What, Heart-eating Gu?" The skinny young man immediately changed color: "How could this kind of thing be on the third brother's body? We...we don't even know how to use it! By the way..."

The thin young man's eyes fell on Cheng Ke all of a sudden: "He... none of us here can learn the Heart-biting Gu except him!"

"Oh, the third brother pissed on Cheng Ke's bed last time..." The remaining young people talked a lot: "Could it be Cheng Ke holding grudges?"

"But, it's just a piss, so it's not worth using such a cruel method? After all... they are all blood relatives!"

"Cheng Ke's attack has always been to the death." The thin young man took the opportunity to fan the flames and said: "Grandfather of the patriarch, the Luo family's family training, those who hurt their own family members, peel the skin and crack the bones!"

"Cheng Ke..." The patriarch looked at Cheng Ke with a pair of sharp eyes: "Did you put this heart-eating Gu on Cheng Tian's body?"

Cheng Ke raised his chin slightly, his voice was emotionless: "Grandpa Hui Patriarch, I didn't do it."

"He will definitely not admit it!" The thin young man hurriedly said: "But the third brother has always been very popular. Except for a little bit of trouble with Cheng Ke, who would have any deep hatred with him? And... Look, the heart-biting Gu , was it raised by Cheng Ke?"

The patriarch was dubious, and slapped the stupid young man on the heart, and the stupid young man immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. The patriarch quickly held it in his hand, and saw a golden bug in his palm.

Probably there is some evidence on Chongzi, the patriarch frowned and glared at Cheng Ke: "Said it wasn't you!"

Cheng Ke remained calm: "This kind of thing can be stolen."

"He is in front of you, and there are all personal and material evidence, how dare you deny it!" The thin young man hurriedly said: "Grandpa patriarch, this is disrespectful to you!"

"Come on!" The patriarch was angry: "Put Cheng Ke in the Siguo room for me, and peel the flesh from the Lingtai acupoint!"

By the way, Cheng Ke said that he was once hung upside down on the beam, and the blood flowed downside down...

The image of Cheng Ke's memory flashed back like a movie shot. Cheng Ke's body was hung upside down on a beam, ticking, and the blood was dazzlingly red, flowing in front of Cheng Ke's eyes. The pain was almost beyond words. indescribable!

But he clenched his teeth and remained silent.

A low voice still came from outside: "Grandpa Patriarch, you are just too used to Cheng Tian..."

Although the voice was low, but because the impression was so deep, Cheng Ke immediately recognized that it was said by the brother Cheng Shou who gave him a little warmth...

The patriarch's voice sounded: "Next time, tell Cheng Tian to restrain himself a little bit. It's a big deal for a 'murdering fellow'. If you don't arrest Cheng Ke, you have to arrest Cheng Tian. No matter how willful he is, I don't care about him either."

Sure enough, it was a very simple matter to be framed. The patriarch can achieve this position of patriarch, it is impossible not to see it!

In order to protect the stupid young man from the punishment of "framing his fellow disciples", he simply sacrificed Cheng Ke!

Moreover, his voice was still unconcerned: "I was not very happy when my second son insisted on bringing him back, and he was not up to date. He was cold and an eyesore, but he did have talent , if he is here, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the few of your descendants to succeed. I can't let the Luo family fall into the hands of an unknown person..."

Unexpectedly, it was because of Cheng Ke's extraordinary talent that it overwhelmed those few descendants...

"Grandpa patriarch has taken care of us." Brother Cheng Shou's voice was very respectful: "We will definitely not disappoint your trust..."

Cheng Ke clenched his teeth tightly and remained silent.

I was so anxious that my mouth was parched, I wished I could rush in and rescue Cheng Ke!However, this incident has happened long ago, and now, it is too late...

"Lu Qiao?" My hand was tightly grasped by cold hands, and his voice was deep: "I said, don't think about things that have nothing to do with longevity."

When I came back to my senses, I realized that cold sweat had flowed all over my head, and even my back was wet...

Before Cheng Ke was alive, had he always been so alone in the malice around him?

"No matter what happened before, I have survived." Cheng Ke said lightly: "I don't want you to worry too much."

He said he didn't care...

But who can really not care!
"You hate the people of Luojia Village, I can fully understand." After waking up from the horrible memory just now, I was a little trembling when I spoke: "Who changed..."

"After all, I don't have a home. Here is my home." Cheng Ke raised his head, stared at the rows of black and yellow spiritual seats surrounded by cigarette smoke, and said, "No matter what, without here, there would be no home." I."

I see, he only said his name is Cheng Ke, obviously, because he no longer wants to be named Luo!
At this time, Luo Weilan came back, his face was full of fatigue, dirt was hanging on his trousers, his expression was very ugly, without saying a word, he knelt alone in front of those spiritual tablets, and bowed his head deeply.

There really shouldn't be any questions about him right now.

For a moment, everything was silent, except for the sound of leaves being blown by the wind outside.

Luojia Village has finally become an empty city, just as Cheng Ke swore before.

When he left Luojia Village, would it be tragic, lonely, or joyful?

I can't figure it out.Maybe the lotus pond that was once filled with blood can still know a thing or two.

What is more terrifying than ghosts and gods is the human heart.

"Finally found you!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded from the door: "Lu Qiao."

I turned around and saw Li Minglang standing at the door full of dust and dust. I couldn't help but widen my eyes: "Second grandpa said you are in the Taiqing Palace...why are you here?"

"Things have changed, the second grandpa asked me to come and look for you," Li Minglang said with an unrepressed smile on his face, "Long time no see..."

Cheng Ke glanced at Li Minglang, apparently not taking him seriously at all.Anyway, Li Minglang was already used to his attitude, he didn't even look at him, he just walked towards me warmly, squinted his eyes and smiled.

That smile, like spring water, is so clean...

I nodded, remembering what happened in Yuning, and said embarrassedly: "I left without saying goodbye in the hospital last time, I'm really sorry."

"You have your own business, so of course you can get busy first!" Li Minglang pursed his lips and said, "I just thought that this time the matter of the ghost master is so big, I hope I can do something for you, but Your cell phone has been... I can't find you..."

As if he mustered up his courage, he blushed and said, "I miss you so much!"

Cheng Ke's peach blossoms glanced wide, but still couldn't help saying: "You should take care of yourself."

"I'll return this to you as it is," Li Minglang said in his youthful and vigorous manner, "I will sooner or later..." Your big eyes were inadvertently It was reflected on my arm and froze immediately.

I knew what he saw, so I hurriedly said: "A while ago, my grandfather messed up the mandarin ducks, did it bother you? I'm really sorry, Cheng Ke and I have already..."

"I know!" Li Minglang immediately put on a bright smile that was just like his name: "I understand, you don't need to say it, since...you have your choice, I..."

He seemed to be unable to speak any more, he just looked at me embarrassingly and forced a smile.

I couldn't tell why, but I felt a little embarrassed, so I continued, "You came here in such a hurry this time, there must be something wrong?"

"Ah, yes," Li Minglang came back to his senses and said, "You must also know about the matter between the ghost raiser and Wei Changsheng, and now all the ghost raisers here in Xichuan have been notified.

One of the Luo family's ghost raisers said that he had found Wei Changsheng's old lair at Biluomen. What the second grandpa and grandpa meant was that Xichuan is also in danger now, and I want you to return to Xuanyin as soon as possible. , it's safer to be with everyone..."

"The Luo Family's Ghost Raising Master..." Luo Weilan, who was kneeling in front of the spirit seat, seemed unshakable, suddenly got up, looked at Li Minglang and said, "What's your name?"

Only now did Li Minglang realize that there was another person here, but he was a bit surprised, and replied, "It's called Luo Bai."

"Brother Luo Bai, you really didn't betray Biluomen!" Luo Weilan wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, "Finally, there is still a little hope..."

He hurried over and looked at Li Minglang eagerly: "Excuse me, where is Brother Luo Bai now?"

Li Minglang said: "It's in Xuanyin Land. He should be with the other ghost raisers, and he was thinking of defeating Wei Changsheng with the ghost raisers who rushed over from Xichuan."

Things have come to this point now... But the real culprit who killed the ghost cultivator, we have no clue until now!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I found Luo Bai, and it would be good to ask him to understand, but Cheng Ke's memory only found a little bit of damage...

Cheng Ke seemed to see what I was thinking, and only said: "It's not bad to find out my origin. Maybe, after finding Wei Changsheng, I can think of more things."

By the way, if what Cheng Hua said is correct, after Cheng Ke, he also entered Biluomen and became Wei Changsheng's subordinate, but for some reason, he had many entanglements with Calamus.

Inside, there must be a lot of good luck.

"Since we have found you," Li Minglang said, "follow me, the car is still waiting for us!"

Luo Weilan was in a hurry to find Luo Bai, so of course she followed in a hurry, but I hesitated: "Cheng Ke, let's..."

"It's still a long time, and of course we have to go to more important places now." Cheng Ke said, "Let's go back to Yuning first."

Here, it seems that there are still many things that have not been completed...

Maybe, given the chance, should come back again.

I followed Li Minglang into the car, already in a twilight state, I suddenly realized that this car was nothing else, it was the paper car I sat in Xuanyin last time!
It was still the mysterious driver, he just said indifferently: "Welcome to come again."

Maybe, this kind of car that walks yin and yang is good for walking at night?

Cheng Ke pressed my head into his arms: "Go to sleep first, and when you wake up, we will be there."

I put my head on Cheng Ke's chest, and unconsciously, I was really sleepy.

The sandalwood smell on him is really nice...

In a trance, I fell into a dream.

"You know, the thing about longevity is very important." Luo Chengshou came out after the smoke was swirling around. Now, he looks like he is in his thirties.

"I know." Cheng Ke replied with a face as pale as paper.

Ah, by the way, Cheng Ke, he suffered that torture!I'm back in that illusion again!

"Wei Changsheng is not a good person, and the people in Tanshen Town are incompetent and can't protect Changsheng at all, so..." That Luo Chengshou narrowed his eyes: "Our Luo family will be in charge of Changsheng in the future, what do you think? "

Luo Chengshou stared at Cheng Ke's eyes, just like Luo Bai stared at Ah Jiu's eyes, full of greed!

My heart suddenly became aroused. It turned out that Changsheng was the eldest brother who asked Cheng Ke to find him!

Cheng Ke looked up at Luo Chengshou without any hesitation: "Okay."

Why... why did he agree?My heart skipped a beat, that big brother is obviously in the same group as the patriarch!
Luo Chengshou was the same as me, as if he didn't expect Cheng Ke to agree so happily, he was taken aback, then came back to his senses, and said with satisfaction: "However, Wei Changsheng may not believe you if you go like this."

Cheng Ke looked at Luo Chengshou: "Brother, what do you mean?"

"Wei Changsheng is not stupid. Of course he knows how a Luo family who came out of nowhere could join Biluomen, so you can bring a gift." Luo Chengshou took out a wooden box and opened it.

A strong bloody smell came out, Cheng Ke's pupils shrank suddenly, it was the head of the patriarch!

"How is it?" Luo Chengshou seemed very satisfied with Cheng Ke's reaction, and said, "He, he is too small-minded to make a big deal, I see, with this accompanying gift, Wei Changsheng will not miss it." I promised...he knows that you have no way out."

I understand that the phrase "there is no retreat" was meant for Cheng Ke. If Cheng Ke refused to go, then the matter of killing the patriarch would definitely fall on Cheng Ke. Cheng Ke seemed to be on a cliff. The same as on the edge of the broken wall, there is only one way to go.

"Lu Qiao!" At this moment, Cheng Ke shook me lightly: "It's here."

Yuning went to Xichuan, it was obviously very far away, but he only had a dream, why did he come back?

"Welcome to visit next time." The driver of the paper cart didn't even look back, and only made such a non-salty voice.

He opened his eyes and raised his head, the sky was already white.

Looking to the left and right, I realized that I have now reached the bank of the Yanzhi River, and there is a small circle of people around the bank of the Yanzhi River. It is conceivable that they are facing the water, but those people, All like divers, with their backs to the water.

It looks very strange.

Before I could react, the second grandpa suddenly fell from the sky, opened the door of the paper car, and dragged me down to grab it: "You are here, your mother, something happened!"

(End of this chapter)