Chapter 7: The Ghost Marries the Prince and Gets on the Wedding Sedan

The bridal sedan was covered in bright red silk, with colorful threads embroidered with auspicious images of flowers, a full moon, dragons and phoenixes. Nanfeng and Fuyao stood on either side of the sedan, guarding it. Xie Lian sat in the sedan, swaying leisurely as the bearers walked.

The eight bearers of the eight-man sedan were all military officers with outstanding martial arts. In order to find bearers with strong martial arts skills to pretend to be a wedding procession, Nanfeng and Fuyao went directly to the official's house to show off their skills, saying that they were going to explore Yujun Mountain at night. Without saying a word, the official pulled out a row of tall and strong military officers. However, the reason for looking for those with outstanding martial arts skills was not to expect them to help, but to have enough strength to protect themselves and escape when the evil ghost attacked.

But in fact, the eight military officers didn't think much of them. They were the best fighters in the palace, and they were the leaders of the heroes everywhere. These two pretty boys actually took advantage of them right away and made them sedan bearers, which made them very unhappy. They had to obey the master's orders, and they suppressed their disdain, but they were angry and couldn't help but flare up. They deliberately tilted their feet and shook their hands from time to time, causing the sedan to shake. Outsiders couldn't see it, but if the person sitting in the sedan was a little delicate, he would probably vomit.

As the sedan was rocking, they heard Xie Lian sighing softly, and several military officers couldn't help but feel secretly proud.

Fuyao said coldly outside: "Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you crying tears of joy for getting married at an advanced age?"

Indeed, many brides would cry in the bridal sedan before they got married. Xie Lian was both amused and annoyed, but when he spoke, his voice was calm and relaxed, without a trace of discomfort from being tossed around, and he said, "No. It's just that I suddenly realized that there's something very important missing from this wedding procession."

Nan Feng said: "What's missing? We should have prepared everything we need."

Xie Lian smiled and said, “Two dowry maids.”

“…”

The two people outside glanced at each other at the same time, and they all felt a chill. Fuyao said, "Just think of it as your family being poor and having no money to buy a maid, so just make do with it."

Xie Lian said, “Okay.”


The sedan bearers and military officers could not help laughing as they listened to their jokes. As a result, their dissatisfaction dissipated a lot, and they became more friendly. The sedan also became more stable. Xie Lian then leaned back, sat upright, and closed his eyes to rest.

Unexpectedly, not long after, a string of children's laughter suddenly rang in his ears.

Hehehe, haha.

The laughter spread across the mountains like ripples, ethereal and strange. However, the sedan chair did not stop, and continued to move steadily. Even Nanfeng and Fuyao did not make a sound, as if they did not notice anything unusual.

Xie Lian opened his eyes and whispered, “Nanfeng, Fuyao.”

Nan Feng was on the left side of the sedan chair and asked, "What happened?"

Xie Lian said, “Something is coming.”

At this time, this "wedding escort team" had gradually entered the depths of Yujun Mountain.

The surroundings became increasingly quiet; even the creaking of the wooden sedan, the sound of broken branches and dead leaves being trampled, and the breathing of the sedan bearers seemed a little noisy in the silence.

The child's laughter had not yet disappeared. Sometimes it was far away, as if it was in the depths of the forest, and sometimes it was close, as if it was lying next to the sedan chair.

Nan Feng said solemnly: "I didn't hear any sound."

Fuyao also said coldly: "Neither do I."

It was even more impossible for the rest of the sedan bearers to have any.

Xie Lian said, “That means it was meant to be heard by only me.

The eight military officers were confident of their martial arts skills, and they also thought that the ghost bridegroom had no rules for marrying, so they would definitely return empty-handed tonight. They were not afraid, but somehow they suddenly thought of the forty military officers who had disappeared before, and some of them had cold sweat on their foreheads. Xie Lian noticed that some people had stopped walking, and said, "Don't stop. Pretend nothing happened."

Nan Feng waved his hand, signaling them to continue walking. Xie Lian said again, "He is singing."

Fuyao asked, "What are you singing?"

Listening carefully to the child's voice, Xie Lian said word by word, "The bride, the bride, the bride in the red sedan chair..."

In the silent night, his slightly slow voice was clearly audible, and it was evidently he who was reciting, but the eight military officers seemed to hear the voice of a child, singing this strange little ballad with him, and they felt creepy.

Xie Lian continued, “My eyes are filled with tears. I am crossing the hills. Don’t… smile under the veil… ghost bridegroom? Or what?”

After a pause, he said, "No. It keeps laughing, and I can't hear it clearly."

Nan Feng frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xie Lian said, “It means literally. It means that the bride sitting in the sedan chair should only cry and not laugh.”

Nan Feng said: "I mean, what does it mean for this thing to come and remind you?"

Fuyao always disagrees, saying: "It may not be a reminder, it may be deliberately doing the opposite. In fact, only by laughing can you be safe, but its purpose is to trick people into crying. Who can guarantee that brides in the past have not been fooled in this way."

Xie Lian said, “Fuyao, an ordinary bride would be so frightened to death if she heard such a voice on the street, how could she laugh? Besides, no matter if I cry or laugh, what is the worst outcome?”

Fuyao said: "He was kidnapped."

Xie Lian asked, “Isn’t this the purpose of our trip tonight?”

Fuyao snorted, but didn’t continue to refute. Xie Lian said, “Also, there is one thing I feel I must tell you.”

Nan Feng asked, "What's the matter?"

Xie Lian said, “I’ve been smiling since I got into the bridal sedan.”

“…”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sedan chair sank suddenly!

The eight military officers outside suddenly became agitated, and the bridal sedan came to a complete stop. Nan Feng shouted, "Don't panic!"

Xie Lian raised his head slightly and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Fuyao said calmly: "Nothing. Just ran into a bunch of beasts."

As soon as he finished answering, Xie Lian heard a sharp wolf howl piercing the night sky.

Wolves block the road!

No matter how Xie Lian thought about it, he felt that this was not normal, so he asked, “Let me ask you, are there often wolves in Yujun Mountain?”

A military officer's sedan bearer outside replied, "Never heard of it! How can this be Yujun Mountain!"

Xie Lian raised an eyebrow and said, “Well, then we have come to the right place.”

It was just a pack of wolves in the wild mountain. They could not do anything to Nanfeng and Fuyao, nor to the military officers who had been living on the edge of a knife for years. It was just that they were thinking about the ghostly ballad just now, so they were caught off guard. In the wild forest at night, pairs of green wolf eyes lit up, and one hungry wolf after another slowly walked out of the forest and surrounded them. But compared with the inaudible and intangible things, the beasts that can be seen and hit are much stronger, so everyone was ready to fight and kill. However, the best show is yet to come. Following their steps, a rustling and a strange sound that sounded like a beast but not a beast, and a human but not a human was heard.


A military officer exclaimed: "What...what is this! What is this thing!!!"

Nan Feng also cursed. Xie Lian knew something was wrong and wanted to stand up, asking, "What happened again?"

Nan Feng immediately said, "Don't come out!"

As soon as Xie Lianfang raised his hand, the sedan chair shook violently, as if something was clinging to the door. He did not lower his head, but lowered his eyes slightly, and through the gap under the veil, he saw the back of a black head.

It actually climbed into the sedan chair!

The thing crashed into the sedan door, but was suddenly dragged out by someone outside. Nan Feng cursed in front of the sedan, "Damn it, it's a despicable slave!"

As soon as he heard the name “Biniu”, Xie Lian knew that he was in trouble.

In the judgment of the Lingwen Palace, this slave is something that doesn't even deserve a "bad" comment.

It is said that this slave was originally a human, but now it seems that even if it is a human, it is a deformed one. It has a head and a face, but they are not clear; it has hands and feet, but it is unable to walk straight; it has a mouth and teeth, but it cannot bite people to death. However, if everyone is asked to choose, everyone would rather encounter the more terrible "evil" or "severe" than encounter this.

Because the slave often appears with other demons and monsters. When the prey is fighting with the enemy, it suddenly appears, and uses its entangled hands and feet, sticky body fluids, and its companions to entangle the prey like sticky candy. Although its combat effectiveness is low, because it has extremely strong vitality and often appears in groups, you can't get rid of it no matter how hard you try, and it's also difficult to kill them all quickly. Gradually, it will drain your strength and trip you up, and there will always be a moment of carelessness, and the enemy who is waiting for an opportunity will succeed.

When the prey was killed by other monsters and demons, I would pick up some of the remaining limbs and arms, and eat them with relish, leaving pits and holes in them.

This is really a disgusting thing. If it is a priest from the Upper Heaven, a spiritual light and a weapon can naturally scare them away, but for the small priests of the Middle Heaven, this thing is very difficult to deal with. Fuyao said with disgust from a distance: "I hate this thing the most! Didn't Lingwen Hall say there is this?"

Xie Lian said, “No.”

Fuyao said: "What's the use of him!"

Xie Lian asked, “How many are here?”

Nan Feng said, "More than a hundred, maybe even more! Don't come out!"

The more of these slaves there are, the stronger they are. It would be very difficult to deal with more than ten of them. More than a hundred? It would be more than enough to drag them to death. They usually like to live in places with a large population. I never expected that there would be so many of them in Yujun Mountain. Xie Lian thought for a moment, then raised his arm slightly, revealing a small part of his bandaged wrist.

He said, "Go ahead."

As soon as these two words came out, the white silk suddenly slid down from his wrist automatically, and flew out from the curtain of the sedan chair as if it had life.

Xie Lian sat upright in the sedan chair and said in a gentle voice, “Strangle.”

In the darkness, a white shadow suddenly swam out like a poisonous snake.

When the white silk pretending to be a bandage was wrapped around Xie Lian's hand, it looked like no more than a few feet long. However, when it flew among the people fighting, it seemed endless. There was only a series of crisp sounds of "crackling" and "cracking". Dozens of wild wolves and slaves were strangled by it in an instant!

The six slaves that were entangled with Nan Feng fell to the ground in an instant. He chopped a wild wolf away with one palm, but he did not feel relieved at all. He looked at the sedan chair in disbelief and said, "What is that thing? Don't you have no magic power and can't drive the magic weapon?!"

Xie Lian said, “There are always exceptions to everything…”

Nan Feng was extremely angry and slammed the door of the sedan chair with his palm: "Xie Lian! Please tell me clearly, what exactly is that thing?! Is it..."

His palm almost broke the sedan chair apart. Xie Lian had to raise his hand to hold the door. He was slightly startled. Nan Feng's tone of voice reminded him of Feng Xin's angry look in the past. Before Nan Feng could say anything else, he heard the screams of military officers in the distance. Fu Yao said coldly, "If you have anything to say, fight this wave off first!"

Nanfeng had no choice but to go to the rescue. Xie Lian quickly came to his senses and said, "Nanfeng Fuyao, you go first."

Nan Feng turned around: "What?"

Xie Lian said, “If you surround the sedan chair, there will always be things coming. You can’t finish them all. Take the people away first. I will stay and meet the groom.”

Nan Feng was about to scold again: "You are alone..." Fu Yao said coldly: "He can drive Ling anyway, nothing will happen for a while. You have time to pull and tug, why not settle this group first and come back to help. I'm leaving first."

He was very cool and straightforward, leaving without delay. Nan Feng gritted his teeth, knowing that what he said was true, and said to the remaining military officers: "Follow me first!"

Sure enough, after leaving the bridal sedan, the wolves and slaves continued to entangle, but no new wave joined the siege. The two of them each protected four military officers, and on the way they beat Fuyao while saying in hatred: "How can this be justified, if it weren't for me..."

Having said this, the two looked at each other with strange eyes. Fuyao swallowed his words and turned his head away. The two stopped talking for the time being and continued to move forward in a hurry.

There were corpses all around the sedan chair.

Ruo Xie Ling had strangled all the wolves and slaves that had pounced on him, and flew back, automatically and flexibly wrapping around his wrist. Xie Lian sat quietly in the sedan chair, surrounded by endless darkness and rustling trees.

Suddenly, everything was quiet.

The sound of the wind, the sound of the forest, and the roar of monsters all fell into dead silence in an instant, as if they were afraid of something.

Then he heard two light laughs.

Like a young man, but also like a teenager.

Xie Lian sat still and said nothing.

The Ruo Xie Ling was quietly wrapped around his hand, ready to strike. As long as the person showed a hint of murderous intent, it would immediately strike back with ten times the force.

Unexpectedly, he did not wait for the sudden attack and murderous intent, but waited for something else.

The curtain of the bridal sedan was lifted slightly, and through the gap under the bright red veil, Xie Lian saw that the person reached out a hand to him.

The knuckles were clear, and the third finger was tied with a red string, which looked like a bright knot of fate on the slender and pale hand.


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