Chapter 300 A child with eight feet
Sun Meiniang turned her head in horror, but something covered her face. She quickly ripped it away and shouted to the sky, “Somebody! Free me! I will reward you!”
But at the moment when she raised her face, another thing fell on her face. That was a piece of fabric with milky fragrance. She let out a short scream and rushed forward. Her face was constantly bumping into all kinds of stuff. She held her head and jumped up. However, something underneath was pulling her skirt from every direction. She struggled to get off but failed. Then, a baby’s voice sounded, “Mom, he tore your skirt!”
Another baby’s voice said, “No, it was him!”
“Waa—” A baby’s crying came from the left.
“Ahh—” Another baby’s scream came from the right.
A voice in the front said, “Your skirt is torn!”
A voice behind said, “Mom, your tummy is warm. I want to lie in there!”
Sun Meiniang almost passed out.
The scent lingering around her nose did not calm her at all. She was sweatier. They were the four little babies she had aborted before! This thought made her horrified and desperate. At the moment, the child in front of her said, “Mom, I am the eldest. Hug me!”
This one was He Jingxian’s son! Sun Meiniang felt resentful and kicked forward fiercely, but she only hit something immovable, like a stone. This move got her toe hurt. She screamed in pain. The child laughed and said, “Mom, dad is a master of Kung fu. I was born with a protecting skill. If I were alive, I would be eighteen years old now. I would be taller than you!” The child laughed sharply, “Mother, touch me! I have two heads and I am smarter than others!”
Sun Meiniang almost got crazy. Except for her, nobody else knew the secret that she was once with He Jingxian’s child! More shockingly, she really picked out a two head embryo in that mass of flesh and blood after aborticide in that year. She didn’t know if it was a freak or twins that had not separated. It turned out to be a true freak!
“Please!” Sun Meiniang cried, “Spare me. It was your father’s fault. You should go find him in the capital!”
That voice disappeared. However, the laughter of other babies echoed from other directions, “Mom. Touch me as well! My father is better! I have four heads!” “I have six legs, six!” “I have eight feet, eight!”
Sun Meiniang felt that she was surrounded by a group of monsters. She couldn’t do anything but lowered her head to scream. Suddenly, her face got itchy. She realized that the “peeling syndrome” caused by the poisonous stone powder had recurred. The only cure for it was water, and she had to immerse her face in the water. The scratching wouldn’t work at all. She vaguely remembered that a basin of water was placed at the entrance of the hall, so she rushed there. When she fumbled the basin, she quickly bent over and dipped her face in it.
When she touched the liquid in the basin, she realized that it was not water at all. It was sticky, slippery, and smelly. It was blood! Just at this moment, the children’s laughter rang behind her with pleasure.
Sun Meiniang screamed. She poured the basin of blood backward at those things. After that, the room had turned silent. Sun Meiniang laughed breathlessly, “Ha-ha!” Gradually, she laughed even more insanely, “Hahaha…” She had killed all those freaks. She was safe!
As she laughed, Sun Meiniang moved all the way to the incense table. The ancestral hall must have Huo Zhe Zi. As long as she lit the fire, those evil things would not dare to get close to her again! She would burn everything that touched her skirt! After a while, she really found a small Huo Zhe Zi. She held it in her hand as if she had found her life support. When she opened it, a bunch of yellow flames leaped in front of her.
However, the light brought her the horror of death instead of the hope of life!
The scene in front of her was like a real purgatory, engulfing her with bloody horror. This place was not the ancestral hall at all and nobody would bless her. Of course, how would the ancestors of Luo’s Family bless her? She had killed at least six unborn children of Luo Chuangu. She had even sterilized all his concubines. Those beautiful concubines must hate her very much.
This place was a small stone house with no windows nor doors. The small piece of Huo Zhe Zi illuminated the house. It was full of blood, intestines, flesh, broken limbs, and corpses! These things were scattered among the children’s clothing, shoes, and hats, and they were covered with smelly and black blood, which made people nauseous. When Sun Meiniang saw it, her hands couldn’t help but tremble, and most of Huo Zhe Zi fell to the ground. It was soaked in blood and couldn’t be used.
As a result, the rest in her hand was the last light source. Although what she saw was the scariest scene that she had ever seen, she still wanted more light. It was better to see those unknown fears. She turned around and walked to the table where she had just found the Huo Zhe Zi. She wanted to find more, but nothing was left there. When she turned around again, a broken palm on the ground seemed to move slightly, which might be her illusion.
Protecting the light tremblingly, Sun Meiniang illuminated there. The palm stood up and swayed to respond to her concern.
Sun Meiniang screamed, and her voice echoed in the room, which evoked Run Xiang’s crazy sound and various children’s calling. “Die…die…” “Mother… mother…” “Second Mistress…” “Murderer…” “Sun Meiniang…” “I will kill you…”
Sun Meiniang was terribly scared, and a trace of blood oozed from her mouth. Suddenly, he saw a thick human leg bone on the ground, which was from her yard. She let out a sharp laughter as spiting blood, “That Taoist priest told me that human bones could drive away ghosts and evil spirits. It is my amulet!” She rushed to pick it up and waved it as a weapon, “I will kill you all! I will kill you all! You died because you are weak! All of you!”
The last flash was thrown out by her. It immediately extinguished in the blood. The next moment, a noose looped her neck from above and got tighter and tighter. Run Xiang’s voice sounded in Sun Meiniang’s ears, “Sun Meiniang, my child and I will stare at you forever until you die.”
Sun Meiniang cried, “Let me go, please! I will give you whatever you want! I will do everything for you! I will burn gold and silver for you!”
Run Xiang’s voice sounded near Sun Meiniang’s ear. The voice was sinister and slow, “Tongue. I want your tongue!”
Sun Meiniang clenched the noose around her neck with both hands. She cried and begged, “Please let me go! I am sorry! I will burn all my money for you. I will build you a temple and a sculpture!”
The noose tightened and rose higher and higher like a fishing line, and Sun Meiniang was like a fish. The smell of death was full of the room. Sun Meiniang screamed and her feet thrashed in the air. However, Run Xiang’s voice continued, “I want your tongue! Otherwise, you will die.”
Sun Meiniang was almost strangled by the noose to death. Her eyes, ears, and brains had almost lost their functions. Therefore, she finally bit off a small part of her tongue. Then, she laughed and vaguely said, “Let…me…ah…go…ha-ha!”
Run Xiang’s spirit was very trustworthy and immediately loosened the noose to drop her on the ground. After that, the lantern was lit up. Sun Meiniang was painful and had lost a lot of blood. Therefore, she passed out in a flash. The last scene she remembered was the sound of footsteps and a cyan skirt wafting in front of her.
Madam Luo outside the room was trembling with anger. She couldn’t even say a complete sentence, “Bitch… She… murdered Chuangu’s children… She was once with other people’s children…”
He Danggui comforted Madam Luo, “Madam, calm your anger please. Fortunately, we know her true nature now. Besides, those human bones in her yard were prepared by herself. She tried to frame me! Amitabha Buddha!”
Miss Ji delivered a “confession of guilt” with bloody handprints, stating that Sun Meiniang had committed three major crimes of Seven Reasons for Divorcing the Wife. She was unfilial, obscene and jealous. “Being obscene” was the most unforgivable crime among them. Sun Meiniang had illicit intercourse with other men and had induced abortions for more than four times! Moreover, He Danggui imitated the voice of the first child, and claimed that he was “eighteen years old”, but Sun Meiniang did not refute it at all. She had not married Eighteen years ago! How would she have a child!
Madam Luo was shaking and speechless because of anger. A man in white asked, “Miss He, how did you know that she had an abortion 18 years ago?”
He Danggui explained, “Back then, Sun Meiniang asked my mother for abortifacient. She also told my mother that it was her fourth abortion. She was afraid that she would not be able to take it. Therefore, she asked my mother to give her some supplements. When I learned these secrets, I was only a nine-year-old child. Nobody would believe me, so I kept that to myself.” Then He Danggui lowered her head and sighed.
Miss Ji helped Madam Luo smooth her chest. Then, Madam Luo said, “Third Uncle, Master Guan, both of you have witnessed the words and deeds of this bitch. Please sign your name on this certificate. In the future, I will send a copy to Sun’s Family. They gave me a good daughter!”
Luo Duheng, the master of West Yard of Luo’s Family, was the third younger brother of Luo Duzhong. He was 58 years old and had a thin figure and a thin face. He had just lost his wife, Madam Xiong, and was invited by Madam Luo to be a witness during the period of mourning. He nodded and said, “Don’t worry. After I sign it, I will also write a letter with everything I have seen today. I bet that they have no face to come to us!”
His voice was hoarse with a slight pant. He Danggui had only met him twice in her previous life. People said that he was in poor health and had lost the ability to have sex. He had a daughter, Luo Chuanjiao, and an adopted son Luo Chuanwu. However, regardless of his illness, he had over 30 beautiful concubines, more than his son. However, He Danggui could see righteousness and integrity from his eyes. He looked like a gentleman.
Guan Bai also nodded and said, “I will do the same. Madam, you should take care of your body.” He was a guest of West Yard and had a close relation with East Yard, so he came here as well. A man from another family would be more convincible.
Madam Luo shook her head and sighed, “Thank you. I really hate myself! I gave this bitch a high position for more than ten years!” After taking a few breaths, she told Guan Bai not to publicize the matter in case the family’s name would be damaged. Guan Bai solemnly assured that he would never reveal a word to others.
After Luo Duheng and Guan Bai left, Miss Ji asked, “Madam, what should we do with…Mrs. Sun?”
Before Madam Luo said something, He Danggui suddenly fell to the ground and was caught by a maid behind her. However, her eyes closed tightly and her forehead was covered by sweat. Miss Ji asked anxiously, “What should I do? She is sick. The Depositary of Buddhist Texts was so cold last night!”
Madam Luo answered, “Just follow the instructions in the letter! Move her to the ancestral hall!”
As she said, Madam Luo moved towards the hall. Suddenly, she turned around and added, “Bring that bitch with us.” She waved the letter, “A daughter-in-law of the Luo’s Family is an evil-minded woman. It’s a misfortune for the family. She should kowtow to me a thousand times at the ancestral hall and then be imprisoned in the Depositary of Buddhist Texts.” Madam Luo explained, “Move her to the door of the ancestral hall and let her kowtow a thousand times!”