There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 54

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and tomorrow is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

Yang Jingxuan hadn't been here these days. Lin Jiao knew that a murder happened in a town below. He followed Li Guantao to investigate the case, and he might not be back until today.

Thinking that tomorrow is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, he will go to the ancestral hall to announce his affairs with her in public, and then accept the punishment of the family rules, Lin Jiao felt terrified.These nights are getting closer to the day, the more I can't sleep, and sometimes I even want to suffer with him.I only know that he will definitely not agree.But even if, as he said, the whip was just made of horse vine grass, and the person who executed the torture was just an ordinary villager, but after all, it was the whip that fell on the flesh and blood, and it was still two hundred times...

Just last night, probably because of day-to-day thoughts, she dreamed that he was flogged, bloody and dying, surrounded by villagers who kept spitting at him, and when she woke up, she found that there was something wrong on her face. tear stains.

At that moment, she suddenly felt that if he suddenly regretted it and gave up marrying her, she would probably not force him, let alone seduce him.

It was time for dinner, but Lin Jiao didn't feel hungry at all.It's been like this for a few days, and I don't want to eat anything.Seeing Mrs. Wang calling her to eat, she casually ate a few mouthfuls and then put down her chopsticks. Her whole body seemed to be filled with gas, and she just wanted to go back to the house and lie down.

Although the matter between her and Yang Jingxuan has not been made public, Sister-in-Law Wang and the others have probably figured it out, but they don't know the details.Although it is unavoidable to feel astonished, just looking at the beautiful face of the female shopkeeper, the two of them are about the same age, even if something really happens, they can figure it out, not to mention that the female shopkeeper is not mean to him, this matter does not hurt him, on the contrary, he has become concerned .Seeing that she didn't think about food and drink, and Yang Jingxuan didn't come these days, she thought it was a lovesickness, so Wang's sister-in-law tried to persuade her: "Lady shopkeeper, look at you, you haven't eaten a few meals these days. Your face is yellow from hunger, and you don’t feel sorry for the man when you come back? Hurry up and eat more, so that you can grow fat and white, and the man will only like it when he sees you!"

Lin Jiao listened to the persuasion and reluctantly ate another half a bowl. She was really panicked, so she got up and went back to the backyard. At night, Neng Wu settled down, and she hastily removed her make-up and climbed onto the couch to sleep.It's still turning back and forth like a pancake.He hoped that Yang Jingxuan would still be held up by business affairs and could not come back, so that he would not be able to go to Taohua Village tomorrow.It wasn't until nearly midnight that he finally felt sleepy.Turned over in a daze, suddenly felt as if there was a tall figure in front of the couch, his scalp felt numb in an instant, he opened his eyes and was about to open his mouth to scream, but his mouth was covered by a hand, and then he heard a voice Say, "It's me!"

Lin Jiao immediately recognized Yang Jingxuan, she didn't know whether it was joy or worry, her heart was still beating wildly.She remembered that she had bolted the two doors, he must have climbed over the wall when he came in, she was about to throw herself into his arms and blame him for sneaking in quietly to scare her, but suddenly she felt something was wrong.

The person in front of her was indeed Yang Jingxuan, but he didn't seem to be the man she was familiar with.Although it was just a blurred shadow, she could also feel his body tense, and his whole body exuded a trace of indifference, or rather... anger.

Yes, his body tensed up with anger.

Lin Jiao suddenly felt a strange panic, she couldn't make a sound for a while, she just slowly got up from the couch and sat up, silently facing him in the dark.

"Put on your clothes, I'll wait for you outside. I have something to ask you, I don't want to wake up Wu."

She heard the man say these indifferent words in a low voice, before she could react, she hurried away, and Lin Jiao's eyes suddenly left only a seemingly boundless emptiness and darkness.

Lin Jiao had an ominous premonition.But she thought it was unlikely.But if it wasn't for this, why did Yang Jingxuan seem to be a different person?
When Lin Jiao touched the bed and lit the lamp, her legs seemed to be stepping on the pile of cotton, and her chest seemed to be tightly pinched by waves of panic and anxiety, and it was difficult to even breathe.While getting dressed, she unexpectedly found that her hands were trembling slightly.He couldn't help but take a long breath and close his eyes. After he stabilized his emotions, he finally blew out the lamp.

If it really happened so quickly at this juncture, then I really can only blame myself for being unlucky, and he is probably not her man by fate.

When she arrived in the courtyard, she saw him standing with his back facing her, his back was majestic under the moonlight, but the shadow cast on her feet was alienated.I felt a little sad suddenly.But not as panicked as before.

He probably heard her footsteps, and without turning his head, he opened the door and went out.Lin Jiao patted Tiger King who was squatting at the corner of the door guarding the door, and followed him silently.Out of the alley, he saw a healthy horse parked, but it was not his old horse.He turned over and went up quickly, Lin Jiao stopped.

She suddenly didn't dare approach Yang Jingxuan like this.

He waited for a while, and when he saw that she was not approaching, he seemed a little impatient. He drove the horse a few steps to her, leaned over and hugged her waist, and then put her on the horse and put her on the back of the horse in front of him. Sit still, the horse under you will raise its hooves and gallop, and the horses hooves will step on the stone pavement. If the clear and swift sound of the horses hoofs stepping on the stone reaches the ears of the dreamer, Tianming will be nothing but a dream.

Lin Jiao was wrapped around her waist with one arm, and when she felt that she was almost spinning, she finally stopped and was carried off the horse.

He didn't let her go, he still hugged her tightly as if angry, kicked open a door and walked in, in the darkness, she felt that she was carried into a room by him, and then thrown on a couch The place.Fortunately, the force was not strong when I threw it, so although my body was hard, I didn't feel any pain from the fall.The lights came on quickly, and she saw clearly that it was indeed a bedroom, but the furnishings in the room were simple, except for tables, chairs and sofas, she could not find a single impractical decoration.

"Where I live!"

Seeing her looking around, he threw the whip on the table with a snap, turned around and stood in front of the couch, looking down at her and said coldly.

Such eyes are too cold, almost disgusting.

It must be that the light on the table was swaying too much by the wind brought by his throwing the whip. At this moment, Lin Jiao felt that she didn't know this man anymore.She shrank slightly, watching him bit her lips slightly and remained silent.It's a pity that such an expression did not arouse his love and pity, he just continued: "Do you know why I brought you out to talk?" Before Lin Jiao could answer, he said to himself, "I'd better tell you about my past. The case that I worked on in a few days was very interesting."

"A few days ago, there was a murder case in a foot shop in Qingping Town, which is also a foot shop." He raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of teasing, "The shopkeeper of the foot shop was stabbed with a knife by an old guest who stayed at midnight Death. Do you know why? The reason is very simple, because the shopkeeper knows that every time this old customer comes over, he must bring no less than a hundred taels of goods with him. When he delivered the meal to this old customer, he put drug in the drink, trying to steal his bag in the middle of the night. I didn’t want the guest to accidentally knock over the wine jug when he poured himself, and the wine spilled. Every time before going out, the mother-in-law told her to drink less, and she had to get up early tomorrow morning, so she gave up the idea of ​​ordering more wine and just ate the food. The shopkeeper didn't know it, thinking that the guest was fascinated. In the middle of the night, he groped into the house At that time, the guest was awakened, and the two began to wrestle, the cavalry guest who had been out all the year round naturally hid a knife by his side, during the scuffle, the guest pulled out the knife and killed the shopkeeper."

Lin Jiao had vaguely guessed the reason before, but now hearing him talk about the case in an indifferent voice, her heart is even clearer.I didn't expect the canopy to be pressed down to such an extent that my teeth trembled slightly.

"When I questioned the clerk of the foot shop, the clerk confessed that the shopkeeper had done such a thing before. The drug was bought privately from Xu Shun from Fenglin Medical Center in the county town. Just now I asked Xu Shun for questioning and asked him to Give me the list of the guests who bought the drugs, here comes something interesting..." His voice became stiffer, "The last person who bought drugs from him was you, Chunjiao! It's the first day of this month! And this day , What am I doing? I was invited by you to drink, and after drinking, I passed out drunk. Then I woke up, and I was lying naked with you!"

In the end, he almost reached the point of gnashing his teeth.

Lin Jiao's teeth were not only chattering now, but even her hands and feet began to tremble slightly involuntarily.He saw it, but he showed no pity at all, but still stared at her coldly and disgustedly.

Lin Jiao finally summoned up her courage and looked up at him.But he was pierced by his eyes.After struggling for a while, I finally squeezed out a voice with difficulty: "I..."

"You don't have to say it! I know what you're going to say!"

Yang Jingxuan interrupted her, and said coldly: "I know you have been interested in me for a long time. I also had thoughts about you that I shouldn't move. So you deliberately asked me to go that night, saying that you wanted to say goodbye to me, Taking advantage of my unpreparedness, you put medicine in the drink to fascinate me. When I wake up the next day and see that situation, I will marry you naturally, right? Chunjiao, you have a very good plan, I am indeed attracted by you Playing around. If such a thing hadn't just happened to lead you out, I probably would never have thought that you would do such a thing to me!"

It was still known to him.The only thing I didn't expect was that he would find out so quickly... Counting the days, it seems that it is only eight days... It really looks like a play...

Lin Jiao let out a long breath, and finally suppressed the previous panic and anxiety, looked up at him and said: "You are right. It was indeed me who gave the medicine first that night. But the only reason I did it was because I like you , want to marry you, I know you like me too, but you dare not marry me. If I don't, you probably will never take this step..."

"shut up!"

He roared almost violently in a low voice, even the shadow of the lamp shook a few times.Lin Jiao was frightened again, so she shut up and looked at him with a little horror.Seeing him staring at him, his expression was ferocious and painful.Lin Jiao was terrified, and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Jingxuan, what's wrong with you..."

Yang Jingxuan closed his eyes, as if suppressing himself to take a long breath.After a long while, in the unbearable silence, the expression that seemed to be devouring people just now finally receded a little.

"Chunjiao, let me tell you another story, and you will know how I feel now."

"Eight years ago, I went to the battlefield. After killing countless people and almost being killed countless times, I was finally promoted to a low-level officer. Once in a fierce battle, I killed more than a dozen enemies who were close to me. After he died, he fell to the ground with an arrow in his leg. An enemy soldier came forward to kill me, but when the point of the knife was about to enter my heart, he was shot into the throat by a sharp arrow and died. It was Li who shot the arrow and saved me. General Yuan, the highest general in the army except the governor. I have been by his side since then. He is a very respected general. He knows everything about civil and military strategy. I have learned a lot from him. Sometimes I even think, If he was my father, it would be so nice. If I had to die for him, I would never frown. But it is such a man I respect very much, he was killed on the eve of the end of the war Now, it was not the enemy soldiers who killed him, but my Xia Dynasty people! I was supposed to be by his side at that time, but I fell asleep drunk. Do you know why?"

He stopped, met Lin Jiao's wide-open eyes, and said slowly: "Because I was drugged, and the person who drugged me was none other than my sworn brother who has fought side by side with me for many years!"

Lin Jiao was stunned.

She only knew that he had been on the battlefield before, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen to him.A kind of thick sadness and deep regret slowly diffused in her heart.

If she had known that such a thing had happened to him earlier, she would never be so stupid as to use such means to get his people.But now, it's too late...

"Do you know why I didn't want to drink at first that night? Because at that time, I swore to God that I, Yang Jingxuan, would never drink a drop in my life, or I would be hit by five thunders!" He stared at her, his eyes full of rage The loneliness and sadness after receding, "I broke the oath for you. But it was you, the woman I like, who did the same thing to me... You know the day when I heard your name from Xu Shun's mouth For a moment, what am I thinking about?"

"I thought it would be nice if I never knew you!"

When these words came out of his mouth slowly but clearly, a burst of tide quickly flooded into Lin Jiao's eyes.But she tried her best to hold back and just stared at him without blinking.

"Jingxuan... I was indeed wrong." Lin Jiao said slowly, "If you regret it, you can cancel our agreement. You probably know that you didn't do anything to me at all. The blood is fake Yes, I just took off your clothes and slept with you. You don't owe me anything, really."

Yang Jingxuan frowned and looked at her in surprise, his expression quickly returned to his original indifference, and said: "You seduced me, and I was also seduced by you, and I am entangled with you. A mistake is a mistake. Fifty steps and a hundred steps What's the difference? Since you've worked so hard to get me, and you've even resorted to such tricks, and I fell into your trap, and woke up to sleep with you naked, what is your innocence? The promise will not be changed. I will still marry you. Tomorrow's punishment is what I deserve. After the punishment, you just wait for me to marry you. I've finished what I want to say, and I'll send you back!" After saying that, she turned around and strode away .

Lin Jiao looked at his back and left without mercy, her eyes became hot, and a tear fell from her eyes.Hastily wiped off and climbed off the bed, when his knees softened when he stepped on the ground, he fell to the ground, he didn't know the pain, he got up and gritted his teeth and went out, and saw that he was already waiting on the horse, and when he arrived, he was just like when he came She was swept onto the horse's back and sent back to the alley of his house in a gust of wind. He hugged her off the horse without any affection.

The tiger king seemed to hear the movement, and ran out roaringly. Seeing the two of them, he happily jumped over and grabbed Yang Jingxuan's sleeve.Lin Jiao saw him stroking Tiger King's head, without raising her eyes, she said, "You go in. You don't have to go back to the village tomorrow. Just wait at home for news from me."

Lin Jiao headed towards the back door of her house, and the moment she turned around, the tears that she had endured for a long time rushed to fall, but she didn't dare to stop, and her steps were even faster.Hearing the wheezing and wheezing sound of Tiger King chasing after him, he almost choked up.

Such Yang Jingxuan is the real him.I can only laugh at myself for being blind to who he is in the past, and even more hateful and obsessed with my mind, in order to get him to do whatever it takes to incur such humiliation today.He kept saying that he would marry her.Under such circumstances, what kind of wife can he get, and what kind of husband will she get?

She is Lin Jiao, not Lin Chunjiao from Peach Blossom Village.She will definitely think clearly about what she wants after she has been here for so long.

Taohua Village is almost as lively as Chinese New Year today. After the flood, the ancestral hall has been rebuilt, and next to it is a newly completed school. Adults and children gathered in the big field, waiting for the firecrackers to sacrifice, and then offering the remade ancestral tablets one by one. Enter the spiritual position.After a while of busy work, the ceremony was finally over.Seeing that the third uncle and the patriarch Yang Jingxuan hadn't left, they seemed to have something to say, so they didn't leave and waited.Only the third uncle had been gloomy all the time, and the patriarch Yang Jingxuan also had a serious expression. It didn't seem like a good thing, so they whispered to each other.

"Big River!"

The third uncle didn't give up, and wanted to stop him one last time, but seeing that Yang Jingxuan had already arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, he raised his hand to signal the people below to be quiet, and he felt desperate. not enough.

"I have one more thing to say today..."

Yang Jingxuan just raised his head, suddenly saw a commotion below, looked up, extremely surprised.Seeing Lin Jiao approaching slowly with a smile on her face, she immediately forgot to speak, thinking in her heart: "Why didn't she listen to me and I got here?" She frowned slightly, but she saw her eyes flickering from beginning to end. Instead of sweeping at himself, he went straight to the third uncle, smiled and said: "Third uncle, what you said to me last time, I thought about it these days, and I think it makes sense. So I have something to talk to Uncle Jingxuan, it's ten It's urgent. I need to talk now. Can you lend me someone?"

(End of this chapter)