The ghost girl had a long face and raised eyebrows. She was indeed very beautiful. Originally, she was beautiful and heroic, but now, she was filled with resentment, as if she had been confined to a small place for years and could not see the clear sky. She was kneeling on the ground, her wedding dress below the knees was tattered. No wonder someone said something at that time.

Xie Lian stared at her for a while before asking, “Xuan Ji?”

It seemed like no one had called her by this name for many years. After a long time, the resentment on the ghost girl's face gradually dissipated, and a bright light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

She said: "...Did he send you to find me?"

Xie Lian guessed that this "he" was naturally referring to General Pei.

Xuan Ji asked again: "What about him? Why didn't he come to see me?"

The eager look on her face and the expectant tone in her voice when she spoke made Xie Lian feel that it would be better not to say "no". Seeing that he did not answer for a long while, Xuan Ji suddenly fell to the ground.

She leaned against the handsome and tall statue of the God of War, her bright red wedding dress spread out on the ground like a huge blood flower, her hair was disheveled, her face was filled with pain, as if she was in great torment, and she said, "...Why didn't he come to see me?"

Xie Lian had no way of answering this question, so he could only remain silent. Xuan Ji looked up at the statue and said sadly, "Pei Lang, Pei Lang, I betrayed my country for you, abandoned everything I had, and became like this. Why don't you come to see me?"

She pulled her hair with both hands and asked, "Is your heart made of iron or stone?"

Xie Lian remained calm. Hearing these words, he thought to himself. Xuan Ji said that she betrayed her country for General Pei. Could it be that General Pei took advantage of their love and tricked her into giving her information, which led to Xuan Ji's country's defeat on the battlefield? She also said that it was General Pei who made her look like this. "This look" naturally refers to the miserable state of her broken leg. Xuan Ji was a female general. It was impossible for her to be disabled on the battlefield. So her leg could only have been broken later. Could this also be related to General Pei? Did General Pei abandon her after having an affair with her cause her to feel so resentful?

Although he felt that what he was thinking was very vulgar, Xuan Ji's hatred was so deep that she wanted to kill innocent people. Although it was vulgar, he had to bite the bullet and think about it. At this time, a woman's scream suddenly came from outside the temple: "Help! Help!"

Xie Lian and Xuan Ji looked out the window at the same time. They saw a man dragging the bandaged boy out of the white circle where Ruo Xie had fallen, while Xiao Ying was clinging to the man's legs tightly and wouldn't let go. The man started to curse, it was Xiao Pengtou: "Get out! You idiot, what if you call the female ghost over here!"

Xiaoying shouted, "Come over here if you want, you're scarier than a ghost! I...I'd rather see a female ghost!"

It turned out that the little Pengtou who had just been knocked unconscious by Xie Lian woke up. He was startled at first when he saw the brides groping around slowly, but soon realized that they couldn't see anyone. He was very brave and reckless, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one else dared to move and quickly drag the bandaged boy down the mountain to collect the reward alone. He didn't care whether the boy was a ghost groom or not. Anyway, everyone down the mountain said he was, so he must be the ghost groom. Unexpectedly, Xiaoying rushed over and yelled, alarming the brides wandering around and Xuan Ji in the Mingguang Temple. Xie Lian saw that it was him again, and thought to himself that he should have been beaten harder just now, so that he couldn't wake up for three days and three nights, and shouted: "Go back to the circle!"

When Xiao Pengtou saw a black mist coming towards him, he hurriedly retreated, but he was dragging a bandaged boy in his hand and holding Xiaoying on his legs, so he was a step too slow and was instantly caught in the black mist and sucked into Xuan Ji's hands. He looked back and saw that this woman with long flying hair and a sinister aura was the beautiful female corpse that he had touched just now lying in the bride's field.

Only at this point did he finally feel fear and screamed loudly, but Xuan Ji bent her five fingers and inserted them into the back of his head, instantly peeling his entire skull out from under the thick layer of cerebral cortex.

The skull was steaming hot, and it was still screaming, "Ah --!!!!"

The people in the white circle were so frightened that they opened their mouths and screamed, "Ah——!!!!"

Xiaoying was also frightened, and she dragged the bandaged boy into the circle while yelling. Xuanji pointed five fingers at them again, and Xie Lian dodged in front of her and said, "General, please don't commit murder again."

He called her General, intending to remind her that she was once a heroine who charged into battle and defended her country. However, Xuan Ji crushed the screaming skull in her hand, and her beautiful face was distorted. She sneered, "Is he afraid to see me?"

Xie Lian had no choice but to pretend to be sent by General Pei to negotiate. However, Xuan Ji did not need his answer. She laughed a few times, turned around abruptly, pointed at the statue and said, "I burned your temple and made trouble on your territory! Just for you to come and see me, I have waited for you for so many years!"

She stared at the statue of the God of War for a long time, then suddenly jumped up, grabbed its neck and shook it madly, saying, "You still don't want to come to see me. Don't you know that you are sorry for me? Look at my legs! Look at what I am like now! I did this all for you, for you! Is your heart made of iron or stone?"

Although as an outsider, Xie Lian did not want to comment on who was right or wrong, but according to his personal feelings, he could not help but think: "If you want to see him, can you try a more normal way? If someone wants to see me in this way, I will not want to come anyway."

Xiaoying on the other side finally returned to the circle with the bandaged boy. Looking over here, she whispered worriedly, "Young Master..." Upon hearing this, Xie Lian smiled at her, signaling that she didn't need to worry. Unexpectedly, as soon as he smiled, Xuan Ji's face twisted instantly, and she suddenly jumped over from the statue, saying, "Since you don't look at me, but prefer to look at those women who love to laugh, I'll let you look at them as much as you want!"

Although she was pinching Xie Lian, her words were directed to General Pei. Xie Lian originally thought that Xuan Ji herself could not marry the man she loved, and seeing the bride smiling happily in the sedan chair, he felt jealous. But he did not expect that it was because General Pei liked women who loved to laugh, so he insanely thought that this was the bride who was going to marry her lover. No wonder she burned down the Minguang Temple at the foot of the mountain. It seemed that she could not stand the fact that there was a woman coming in and out of General Pei’s temple all day long, sharing the same statue with her. This female ghost was indeed "ferocious". Even though her legs were broken, her movements were extremely ghostly and swift. After being hit by Ruo Xie, she was still so powerful that she pinched Xie Lian and she were in a stalemate. He was about to summon Ruo Xie, but he heard a loud shout: "Ahhhhhhhhh——"

Seeing that he and the ghost were in a stalemate, the girl Xiaoying picked up a branch from the ground and rushed over, shouting as if to give herself courage. Xuan Ji didn't need to do anything, she just looked back, and she flew away before she got close, flying several feet away, head down, body up, and fell heavily to the ground!

The bandaged boy screamed hoarsely "Ahhh" and ran over. Xie Lian was also startled and sat up, but the back of his head suddenly felt cold. Xuan Ji had already put five fingers on him, as if she was going to peel his skull out of his scalp like before. In a hurry, Xie Lian grabbed her wrist with his right hand and shouted, "Bind it!"

There was a sound of "swishing" breaking through the air, and a white silk came in response to the call, wrapped around Xuan Ji in nine twists and turns, and tied her up. Xuan Ji's legs were broken, and she couldn't dodge in time. She fell to her knees with a "bang" and rolled on the ground, trying to break free from the white silk, but it got tighter and tighter. As soon as Xie Lian got out of it, he didn't even have time to breathe, and immediately stood up and ran towards where Xiaoying fell.

Ruo Xie had been put away, but no one dared to move. However, a few bold villagers, who were used to brides being touched, gathered around. The bandaged boy knelt beside her prone body, at a loss, anxious as a bug on a hot pot. No one dared to move her, for they were afraid that she had broken something important, and moving around would only make it worse. Xie Lian quickly checked her out, knowing that it was useless to be careful. She was in such a state that she was not going to survive.

Although he had not been with this girl Xiaoying for a long time, and even did not talk much, he knew that although she was ugly, she had good intentions. Such an ending was really heavy in his heart. Xuan Ji would not be able to break away from Ruo Xie for a while, so Xie Lian thought: "Even if it is useless, she can't be left in this posture before she dies." So he carefully turned her over.

Xiaoying's face was covered in blood, and everyone around her sighed. However, she was still breathing, and whispered: "... Sir, am I doing more harm than good..."

Although she didn't make matters worse, she didn't really help. Xie Lian was about to summon Ruo Xie at that time, so he didn't need anyone's help. And her branch wouldn't have any effect even if it hit Xuan Ji, not to mention that she couldn't get close to the female ghost. In this way, it can be said that she was sending herself to die without any value.

Xie Lian said, “No. You helped a lot. You see, once you came here, you distracted the female ghost’s attention, so I was able to find time to subdue her. Thank you so much. However, you can’t do this again next time. You must tell me before you help me, otherwise it will be bad if I don’t respond.”

Xiaoying smiled and said, "Hey, Master, you don't need to coax me. I know I didn't help, and there won't be a next time."

She spoke unclearly and spat out a mouthful of blood, which was mixed with several broken front teeth. The bandaged boy was so anxious that he was shaking and whimpering, and no one knew what he wanted to say. Xiaoying said to him, "Don't go down the mountain to steal food again. If you are found, you will be beaten to death."

Xie Lian said, “If he’s hungry, he can ask me for something to eat.”

Hearing this, Xiaoying's eyes lit up and she said, "...Really? Well, thank you so much..."

As she laughed, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from those little eyes.

She whispered, "I feel like I have only had a few happy days in this world."

Xie Lian didn't know what to say, so he patted her hand gently. Xiao Ying sighed again, "Oh, forget it, maybe I'm just... born unlucky."

This actually sounded a bit funny. Moreover, because she had a crooked nose and slanted eyes, she was comically ugly, and it actually looked funny when her face was covered in blood and tears.

She shed tears and said: "But, even so, I still... I still..."

When she said this, she died. When the bandaged boy saw her dead, he hugged her body and sobbed quietly, burying his head in her belly, as if he had lost this support and dared not lift it up.

Xie Lian reached out to help her close her eyes, thinking, “You are better than me.”

At this moment, a strange bell sounded.

“Dang!” “Dang!” “Dang!” Three loud noises were heard. Xie Lian felt dizzy and asked, “What’s going on?”

Looking around again, the brides were stumbling all over the ground, with only their arms raised straight forward to the sky. A group of villagers also fell to the ground, as if they were all knocked unconscious by the deafening bell sound. Xie Lian was also a little drowsy. He put one hand on his forehead and tried to stand up. His feet went weak and he half-knelt on the ground. Fortunately, someone helped him up. When he looked up, it was Nanfeng. It turned out that the seven brides had immediately scattered after entering the forest. Nanfeng had almost run all over Yujun Mountain to catch them all, and he had just returned. Seeing that he was very calm, Xie Lian immediately asked, "What's going on with the bell sound?"

Nan Feng said: "Don't worry, these are reinforcements."

Following his gaze, Xie Lian discovered that a line of soldiers had appeared in front of the Mingguang Temple at some point.

The soldiers in this row were all wearing armor, looking energetic and majestic, and all of them were shrouded in a faint aura. In front of the soldiers stood a tall and handsome young general, who was clearly not an ordinary man. The general walked in front of Xie Lian with his hands behind his back, bowed slightly to him, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Before Xie Lian could ask, Nan Feng whispered, “This is General Pei.”

Xie Lian immediately glanced at Xuan Ji lying on the ground and asked, “General Pei?”

This General Pei was quite different from what he had imagined, and also very different from the statue. The statue was full of vigor and arrogance, and was handsome with an aggressive look. This young general was also handsome, but his face was white, and his eyebrows and eyes were as calm as a piece of cold jade. He had no murderous aura, but only a calmness that was not disturbed. He could be called a general, or a prime minister.

General Pei saw Xuan Ji lying on the ground and said, "Lingwen Palace informed us that the incident with Junshan might have something to do with our Mingguang Palace, so I came here. I didn't expect that it really has something to do with us. Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Lian thought to himself that he was thanking Ling Wen, and wondered how the efficiency of Ling Wen Palace could be so low, so he said, “Thank you, General Pei.”

Xuan Ji heard the words "General Pei" while struggling. She suddenly looked up and said eagerly, "Pei Lang, Pei Lang! Is that you? Are you here? Are you finally here?"

She was tied up by Ruo Xie, so no matter how excited she was, she could only kneel and stand up. Unexpectedly, when she looked at the general, his face turned pale and he asked, "Who are you?!"

Xie Lian had already explained to Nan Feng the story of the ghost bridegroom. When he heard her ask, he said, “Isn’t this General Pei? Could it be that she has waited too long and doesn’t recognize him?”

Nan Feng said: "It's General Pei. But he's not the one she's waiting for."

Xie Lian was puzzled: "Could it be that there are two more General Pei?"

Nan Feng said, "Yes, there are two of them!"

It turns out that the General Pei that the ghost Xuan Ji was waiting for was the main god of the Mingguang Temple, and the one in front of them was the auxiliary god of the Mingguang Temple, the descendant of General Pei. In order to distinguish them, they all called him "Little General Pei". In the orthodox Mingguang Temple, they should be worshipped one in front and one in the back. General Pei is the main god of the main temple, and his statue faces the temple door, while the statue of Little General Pei is placed behind him. Although they are the ancestors and the descendants, they look like brothers. Two people ascended to heaven from the same family, which is also a strange story.

Xuan Ji looked around but didn't see the person she wanted to see among the soldiers. She said sadly, "Where's Pei Ming? Why didn't he come? Why didn't he come to see me?"

General Pei nodded slightly and said, "General Pei has important matters to attend to."

Xuan Ji murmured, "Important matters?"

Under her long hair, she shed tears as she said, "I have waited for him for hundreds of years. What important business does he have? Back then, he could cross half of the country in one night just to see me. What important business does he have now? So important that he won't even come down to see me? Is there any? There is none at all, right?"

General Xiao Pei said, "General Xuanji, please get on your way."

Two soldiers from the Mingguang Palace walked over. Ruo Xie suddenly jumped off Xuan Ji and lingered on Xie Lian's wrist. Xie Lian patted it twice to comfort it. Xuan Ji let the two soldiers hold her. After a while, she suddenly struggled and cursed at the sky: "Pei Ming! I curse you!"

Her roar was so sharp that Xie Lian was startled. He thought to himself, “Isn’t this just cursing our ancestors in front of future generations?”

General Pei remained calm and said, "Excuse me."

Xuan Ji shouted at the top of her lungs: "I curse you. You'd better never fall in love with anyone. Otherwise, if there comes a day, I curse you to be like me, forever and ever, all the time, endlessly, burned by the fire of love! Burned by the fire of love, burning your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys!"

At this time, General Pei said to Xie Lian and the others, "Excuse me. Please wait a moment." He raised his index and middle fingers and lightly touched his temples. This was the secret to opening the psychic spell. He must be communicating with someone. After a moment, he said "hmm", put down his hands, put them behind his back again, turned to Xuan Ji, and said, "General Pei asked me to tell you - 'That's impossible.'"

Xuan Ji screamed, "I curse you--!!!"

General Pei raised his hand slightly and said, "Take him away."

Two soldiers dragged the frantically struggling Xuan Ji away. Xie Lian asked, "General Pei, may I ask, how will Xuan Ji be dealt with?"

General Pei said: "Stay at the foot of the mountain."

Finding a mountain to suppress it, this is indeed a common method used by the heavens to deal with demons and monsters. After pondering for a moment, Xie Lian said, "This General Xuanji is quite resentful, and she is obsessed with the hatred of having her leg broken because of General Pei's treason. I'm afraid suppressing her is not a long-term solution."

General Pei tilted his head slightly and said, "She said that she broke her leg because of her treason against the country?"

Xie Lian said, “She did say that it was because of General Pei that she became like this, but I don’t know the truth.”

General Pei said, "If you must say so, then it's fine. It's true that she betrayed the country for General Pei. However, the details may be different from what others think. After General Pei and her parted ways, General Xuan Ji offered military intelligence in order to keep her. General Pei didn't want to win unfairly, so he didn't take it."

…I never expected that the so-called “I betrayed my country for you” would be like this. Xie Lian asked, “Then she said that her legs were broken because of General Pei. Is this…?”

General Xiao Pei said: "She broke her legs herself."

...Break it yourself?

General Pei said calmly, "General Pei doesn't like strong women, and General Xuanji is strong-willed by nature, which is why they couldn't last long. General Xuanji was unwilling to give in, and told General Pei that she was willing to sacrifice and change for him, so she gave up her martial arts and broke her legs. In this way, she cut off her own wings and tied herself to General Pei. General Pei did not abandon her, but took her in and took care of her, but he was never willing to marry her. General Xuanji's long-cherished wish was not fulfilled, and she committed suicide in hatred, not to say goodbye to him, but just to make General Pei sad. But, forgive me for being frank."

He spoke in a very polite and overly calm manner, saying, "No."

Xie Lian rubbed his brows and said nothing, thinking, “Who are these people?”

General Xiao Pei added: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong. I only know that if General Xuan Ji was willing to let go, it wouldn't have been like this. Your Highness, I'm leaving now."

Xie Lian also bowed and sent them off. Nan Feng commented, "Strange."

Xie Lian thought, he himself is also a laughing stock in the Three Realms, a famous weirdo, so let’s not talk about others. The matter between General Pei and Xuan Ji was not a matter of fact, so let’s not discuss who was right or wrong. It’s just a pity for the 17 innocent brides, as well as the military officers and sedan bearers who escorted them, who were caught in an unprovoked disaster.

When he mentioned the bride, he immediately turned around and saw that the 17 bodies of the brides on the ground had all undergone changes to varying degrees. Some had turned into skeletons, while others had begun to rot and emit a foul odor. The stench woke up the people on the ground, and when they woke up slowly, they were shocked again when they saw this scene.

Taking this opportunity, Xie Lian spread a theory of karma for good and evil to them in a mysterious way, and warned them that they must pray for the brides after they go down the mountain, find a way to notify the brides' families to claim the bodies, and never engage in corpse trafficking or do anything that would go against their conscience. After such a thrilling night, and without the leader of the trouble, everyone dared not say anything else when they heard him speak. They responded one by one with trembling fear, and they all felt as if they had a nightmare. Only then did they realize that they seemed to be possessed last night? With so many dead people, how could they still think about making money? Thinking back, I feel terrified. Everyone was doing it last night. Relying on the fact that there were so many people and someone taking the lead, they followed suit without knowing what was going on. Now they are scared, and they all sincerely repent and pray for blessings.

It was still dark, and there were still wolves in the mountain causing trouble. Nan Feng had just finished running around the mountain, and now he had to lead such a large group of people down the mountain. He did not complain, and agreed with Xie Lian to discuss the upside-down corpse forest and other follow-up matters together later.

After the bandaged boy woke up, he sat down next to Xiaoying's body again, hugged her and said nothing. Xie Lian also sat down next to him, thinking for a long time, and was about to say something to comfort him when he suddenly noticed that the boy's head was bleeding.

If it was the blood from the forest of corpses, it should have dried up by now, but this blood was still flowing, so he must have been injured. At that moment, Xie Lian said to him, "You have a wound on your head. Take off the bandage and I'll take a look at it for you."

The young man slowly raised his head, and looked at him with two bloodshot eyes, as if he was timid and hesitant. Xie Lian smiled slightly and said, "Don't be afraid. If you are injured, you must bandage it. I promise I won't be scared by you."

The young man hesitated for a moment, turned around, and slowly untied the bandage on his head. He moved very slowly, and Xie Lian waited patiently for him, thinking about the next question in his mind: "This young man definitely can't stay in Yujun Mountain anymore, so where can he go? He can't go back to the heaven with me. I have no food to eat, so I have to think of a safe way to place him. And, Qing Gui, Qi Rong..."

At this time, the boy took off the bandage and turned around.

When Xie Lian saw that face clearly, he felt as if all the blood in his body had drained away in an instant.