Forbidden City

Chapter 52

We took a lot of effort to move the bodies of my parents, my uncle and the other three ancestors back to my second uncle's house.By the time everything was settled, it was already dark.

Looking at the six corpses lying straight on the ground, I felt sad from the bottom of my heart, and tears flowed down again.

The second uncle patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad, the matter is not over yet, we still have to go down and get those six coffins up."

So, my second uncle, Uncle Zhou and others spent nearly half the night hanging up the six coffins under the sagittal tree, and put the six corpses of my parents, uncle, etc. into the coffins.

After all this work, we were almost exhausted.

In order to avoid Ling Zhi's idea of ​​making these six corpses again, the second uncle suggested that the six corpses should be cremated.

In our rural areas, burials have always been burials, and there is no precedent for cremation. Therefore, when my second uncle made this suggestion, not only did I disagree, but even Uncle Zhou and the others objected.But the second uncle insisted on going his own way, insisting on cremation, and cremated the six corpses collectively while I was asleep that night. When I woke up, the corpses and coffins were gone, only six urns were seen.

For this matter, I blame my second uncle. After all, my parents were among them. He did this without my consent. Anyone would be angry.However, I didn't say anything to my second uncle, nor did I get angry. Instead, I asked my second uncle solemnly if I knew where Ling Ziyao was.

"It's with the surname Ling." The second uncle said truthfully.

"What, at his place?" I exclaimed in surprise, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The second uncle smiled bitterly: "So what if I tell you? Could you snatch your ghost daughter-in-law back from him?"

"I know I can't, but you have to let me know the truth, and we can also ask Mu Yi for help." I was a little angry.The second uncle shook his head and said, "No, Ling wants us to exchange amber coffins."

So, I finally understood why Second Uncle wanted me and Mu Yi to leave in such a hurry. In the final analysis, he was still for the amber coffin.

The second uncle seemed to see through my thoughts, and said solemnly: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not for the amber coffin, but I don't want the surname Ling to use the amber coffin to continue to use the amber coffin to continue to use the amber coffin to continue to use the amber coffin. Once he gets the amber coffin , will kill you, or kill me, that's why I told you to go. Now, those six corpses have been burned by me, and he can't do it if he wants to, so I'm not afraid of him now. Now Just wait for him to come."

"Will he come?" I looked forward and saw Mu Yi and Uncle Zhou walking towards me. Mu Yi was holding the child, so I immediately stood up to meet him, and I heard my second uncle say, "He will definitely come." .”

At this moment, Muyi came to me, and I saw that the child had already fallen asleep, but to my surprise, the child seemed to have grown up a lot, and looked more than one year old at this time.

"How did you grow so big?" The second uncle also opened his eyes wide.

Uncle Zhou looked even weirder, and he said, "This kid is so weird, I startled Cuihua." So much, so it grows fast." Zhou Bo said: "It also grows too fast."

My second uncle and Mu Yi glanced at each other, but neither made a sound.

After a pause, Mu Yi reminded me: "The child's clothes look too small, go and change her clothes."

Yes, the baby has grown too fast, and the baby clothes she was wearing at the beginning are now very tight. Although the baby is asleep, she still pouts her mouth and looks unhappy.

I carried the child back home, and with the help of Mu Yi, I gave the child a hot bath and changed into bigger clothes. The child was woken up by us, and clamored for breastfeeding again, screaming loudly, I made a bottle of milk powder for her, and after she took it, she suddenly called out: "Dad—" I was stunned for a moment, and asked Mu Yi, "Did you hear her calling me Dad just now?" Mu Yi said, "It seems You are crying, how can you call me dad at one year old?" Unexpectedly, the child called out to Mu Yi again: "Mom—"

Mu Yi was stunned on the spot.

I couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Did you hear that, I'm calling your mother."

Mu Yi blushed, and said solemnly to the child: "I'm not your mother, don't call me mother from now on!"

The child looked at Mu Yi with a pair of dark eyes, looking extremely innocent.I hurriedly said: "Your voice is soft, don't scare the child." Mu Yi smiled slightly, took the child in his arms and said, "I have to give the child a name." I said she called your mother , you mother come and fetch it for her.Mu Yi said: "Let her real mother take it." I secretly sighed, Ling Ziyao was arrested by Ling Zhi, I don't know what Ling Zhi will do to her.

"It's up to you," I said, "If it weren't for you, the child would not have come into this world smoothly. As a benefactor, you have to give him a good name."

Mu Yi didn't refuse anymore, he thought for a while and said, "Call me Xinxin, Xin who appreciates you."

"Well, okay, let's call it Xinxin." I like this name very much.

Mu Yi said cheerfully to the child: "I originally planned to give this name to my future child, but now I give it to you, you should be good."

All of a sudden, Mu Yi felt like a different person, the previous aloof look was gone forever, and what was replaced was a kindness and tenderness unique to a girl or a mother.

I looked at her, and a strange feeling surged in my heart inexplicably.Mu Yi noticed that I was staring at her, and immediately asked with a stern face pretending to be angry: "Why, isn't the name bad?" I hurriedly agreed.Mu Yi said: "This child is growing too fast, we can't let her stay in the village, so as not to scare everyone." I think what she said is reasonable, but Ling Ziyao hasn't been rescued yet, how can I ignore her? She left selfishly?

"Let's go after we find Ziyao," I said.

Mu Yi looked at me and asked, "Is there any news about her yet?"

I said yes, at Ling Zhi's place, she wanted to exchange Ziyao for the amber coffin.

At this moment, the second uncle shouted angrily from across the room: "Ling, you bastard is finally here!"

Mu Yi and I looked at each other, walked out together, and saw Ling Zhi really came, standing at the door of the second uncle's house, holding a one-meter-long wooden stick and confronting the second uncle.I grabbed an ax by the door and rushed over. Mu Yi shouted at me from behind: "Yu Feng, don't be impulsive!"

Lexus looked at me without the slightest fear, and still stood there and looked at me coldly.This kid may have been living on the mountain for the past few days. His clothes were covered with dirt, his hair was disheveled, and he had a long beard. He looked sloppy like a beggar.I rushed to him and pointed an ax at him and shouted, "Ling, hand over Ziyao immediately!"

"Huh!" Ling Zhi snorted coldly: "If you want me to hand her over, you first give me the amber coffin."

"Dream!" I said sternly, "If you don't hand over Ziyao, you will never leave our village alive." I glanced at Uncle Zhou, who understood, turned around and walked towards his house.He went to the village to call someone.People in our village have always been very united. If one family has problems, the other families will help.

Ling Zhi dismissed it, with a look of no scruples, and still said eccentrically: "Without the amber coffin, you would never want to see Ling Ziyao."

This beast dared to call Ling Ziyao's name directly, not afraid of being struck by lightning.

Mu Yi walked over and said, "You killed Wu Banxian, and the law will punish you. So what if you got the amber coffin?"

"Do you still want to use an amber coffin to store your own corpse?" The second uncle also came over with a hatchet in hand, and said unhurriedly: "You want an amber coffin to store your body, I will grant you, but, You have to hand over Ling Ziyao first."

Ling Zhi still held his head high, and said word by word: "The same sentence, hand over the amber coffin first, and tell you that time is running out. Maybe in another hour, Ling Ziyao will be wiped out."

"You—" My heart tightened, and I was about to rush towards Ling Zhi, but my second uncle stopped him. He winked at me, signaling me not to act rashly, and then said to Ling Zhi: "I'll give you the amber coffin, I'll take you there now, but first tell me where Ling Ziyao is."

Ling Zhi asked back: "Where is the amber coffin?"

The second uncle said: "In my secret room, I will take you in."

Ling Zhi naturally wouldn't trust the second uncle, and said with a sneer, "How can I get in your secret room? You open the door first." The second uncle pointed at Ling Zhi, turned and walked into the room.Ling Zhi followed in without hesitation.Mu Yi and I also hurriedly followed.

After entering the grocery room, the second uncle opened the door of the secret room and said to Ling Zhi: "The door is open, you should tell me where Ling Ziyao is."

(End of this chapter)