With a sword in hand, Huo Lingdong stepped steadily into the ruins of the Bai family residence. Although she did not look back, she knew that Qi Ci was not far behind her.

Once you enter the house, there are three bedrooms in total. The pillars and walls of the house have been scorched black by the fireworks, and the original appearance cannot be seen. However, it can be seen from the celadon water tank leaning on the ground and the half-collapsed carved screen wall.

The Bai family used to be such a noble and elegant family.

Huo Lingdong covered her nose with one hand. The poison that escaped from the house was like smoke. Although she was trapped by Qi Ci's formation, she still felt that her breath was not smooth.

Following the instructions, she first laid down yellow talismans in the four directions of the house, the southeast, northwest, and the golden light flashed on the talisman paper, with faint runes floating around. This meant that the ghost house was trapped and the ghosts could not escape.

After looking around for a while, before Huo Lingdong entered the inner room, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from behind, sending a cold chill straight into his neck.

Subconsciously she felt something was wrong, and when she turned around to look, she couldn't help but froze.

In the dilapidated main room, among the originally gray colors, there was a bright color, which made people's hair stand on end.

A red skirt embroidered with lotus flowers floats in front of her eyes.

The upper body of the bride in red is invisible from the ceiling, her hands hang flat on both sides of her body, her long sleeves are fluttering to cover her hands, and only a pair of red-soled embroidered shoes can be seen dangling under the skirt.

...It looks like it's hanging from the rafters.

Huo Rendong took half a step back and tightened his grip on the sword hilt.

She had heard the old people in the village tell her since she was a child that if someone died wearing red clothes, they would become a ghost after death and could not be extradited and reincarnated. They would definitely come back to take revenge.

Huo Lingdong held her sword in a stance, with spiritual energy surrounding the tip of her sword. The breeze blew away the dust and ash around her. Pieces of burned curtains swayed left and right, giving the abandoned house a ghostly look.

"Miss Bai, the past is over. Let go of your obsession and stop wandering around the world."

She was prepared and tried to persuade her, but when she saw the red shoes swaying in front of her, they swayed...

I thought of Cui'e's tragic life experience again, but I couldn't stab her with the sword in my hand.

Speaking of misery, this girl's life experience is only worse than hers.

Obsession... I'm afraid it's not that easy to eliminate.

At the moment when she was distracted by pity, she didn't even notice that the figure of the bride in red sank slightly, revealing her face hidden by her long hair.

Dark hair, bloody clothes, pale cheeks.

The lifeless pupils were exposed behind the long hair, staring at her without blinking.

The moment the two sides looked at each other, Huo Lingdong felt his eyes go dark and lost consciousness.

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The world is spinning.

When I woke up again, I could hear the noise and chattering of many people.

"Are you convinced? He's just a down-and-out scholar, but he really thinks of himself as a master of public education!"

"It's not like we haven't seen the current No. 1 scholar. He's just a scholar, but he has to kneel down to carry our adults' shoes!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Amidst the laughter, several young men wearing servants' clothes and holding sticks stood arrogantly on the wall, behind them was the smashed-down chaimen of the private school.

One side is strong and the other is weak. The weak side only has a family of three.

Mr. Bai was a weak scholar. He had never seen such a battle before. His face turned pale with anger: "My family has always been cautious in words and deeds and never crossed the line. It was your Liu family who bullied others too much..."

A member of the family stood up and yelled: "Shut up! Today we are here to teach you a lesson. Mr. Liu is the city lord personally appointed by the emperor and a high official from the imperial city. You should think carefully before speaking."

"That's right, it's your Bai family's good fortune that Mr. Liu likes your daughter. Don't be shameless!"

Hearing this, Huo Lingdong, who was originally dizzy, suddenly came to his senses.

She lowered her head and saw that she was wearing a blue Confucian skirt. She seemed a little shorter, her delicate fingers had not done any rough work, and the Sunset Sword was not with her. It was obvious that these were not her hands and feet.

Is she... becoming Bai Cui'e?

Huo Rendong was frightened and wanted to call Qi Ci, but the limbs that did not belong to her did not obey her commands at all, and she could not even move or speak freely.

——She seems to be just a bystander forced into this body.

In the chaotic scene, she heard "herself" say: "Thanks to Mr. Liu's great love, my daughter Pu Liu's appearance and background are poor and humble, so she is really not worthy of her."

The voice was elegant and pleasant, but Huo Lingdong was trapped in a dead body and could not move, and was forced to repeat Bai Cui'e's every move before she died, breaking out in a cold sweat for no reason.

The servants of the Liu family laughed and said, "Miss Bai is too modest. Don't toast or eat as a penalty. Brothers, what did the master give you before going out?"

"If you don't obey me, you'll be smashed!"

"Everything was smashed!"

A dozen tall and thick men rounded their arms and smashed the thatched cottage to pieces with hammers and sticks. The tables, chairs and benches in the private school were all made of bamboo. After a few hits, only a pile of rubble was left.

Mr. Bai wanted to go up and grab some books, calligraphy and paintings, but was pushed to the ground by the servants.

There were many private school students and townspeople watching around. Several young students couldn't bear it and wanted to come forward to help, but they were held back by their family members.

"Are you stupid? Master Liu has connections in the imperial city. You don't want to take the imperial examination next year?"

"Don't touch it, it will be bad."

No matter how much the Bai family begged, the townspeople remained silent, some looked away, and some even whispered to persuade them not to fight with the powerful, but rather to accept their fate and send their daughter away.

Seeing that the school was completely smashed and the servants pulled down the door plaque, Bai Cui'e's mother jumped up desperately: "That's what my father said, stop it!!"

There was a loud bang, and the wooden door plaque was smashed into two parts, with "Egret" written on one half and "Academy" written on the other half, with a deep gap in the middle.

Bai Mu was hit on the head by a wooden stick in someone's hand. Her eyes rolled back and she fell softly to the ground. She took in less air and more air came out.

"mother--!"

Amid the cries, laughter, and shouts, Huo Lingdong watched everything through Bai Cui'e's eyes.

Not far away are the powerful servants who are arrogant and trampling on the private school door plaque with their soles. On the ground are dirty books, broken pens and ink, and trampled hard work.

Next to her, her father was holding her mother in tears and she was surrounded by fellow villagers who were pointing and pointing. Their facial features and faces could not be seen clearly, only their mouths that were constantly opening and closing, overflowing with quarrels and indiscriminate words.

Their family of three became the target of public criticism.

Huo Lingdong felt Bai Cui'e's numbness. This feeling was very similar to when she was in Qiushui Town.

It is the isolation in the face of power;

It is the powerlessness and anger of the enemy being strong and we being weak, the enemy being numerous and being outnumbered;

It was a group of people who forced her to the edge of the cliff and wanted to see her jump down in despair.

In the next few days, the Bai family encountered a disaster. Bai's mother lost half her life and lay on the bed with soup. Bai's father took care of the aftermath of the private school, dismissed the teachers and students, sold the land, and started a family.

He is becoming more and more haggard day by day.

In addition, the Liu family came to the house from time to time to cause trouble.

When Bai Cui'e went out to buy groceries, she was followed by gangsters in the town and heard them talking openly behind her.

"I heard that Miss Bai met Mr. Liu by chance when she went out to offer incense. She willingly lowered herself and seduced him by chance, and it became a good thing on the Tukang in the temple. But she couldn't agree on the price and didn't want to be a concubine, so this happened.

As soon as it comes out.”

"I just said, how can a city lord marry a poor woman as a second wife?"

"Miss Bai's voice is like a song. I wonder if it sounds as good on the kang..."

Huo Lingdong glared angrily and even wanted to unsheath her sword, but she couldn't even move her hand.

The original owner of the current body is Bai Cui'e, a scholarly woman who has no ability to restrain a chicken. When the other gangsters saw her turning around, they smiled suggestively.

Bai Cui'e picked up the vegetable basket and ran away.

Facing her back, they were still shouting loudly: "You're just a broken shoe anyway, why are you so pretentious? What's wrong with taking a second look? Brothers haven't taken advantage of her!"

"You think no one in this town cares about you? Stop dreaming about being a talented girl!"

That night, Huo Lingdong found out that Bai Cui'e lay beside her mother's bed and cried all night.

Later, rumors spread around the town, and the Bai family became a topic of conversation for other people after dinner. At first, Bai's father went around arguing with people, trying to clear his daughter's innocence. Later, everyone just thought he had something wrong with his head and began to ridicule him, and no one believed him.

his words.

One day, the matchmaker and maidservants broke into the house without permission, and without saying a word, Bai Cui'e got up to look at her.

Some look at the teeth, some look at the arms, and some directly measure the body size.

"The butt is too small for fertility."

"The wedding is in a few days, and if things happen in a hurry, you are also anxious. There is no need for the girl to sew the wedding dress herself. We have a ready-made embroiderer in the house, and it can be completed in two days."

Looking at her haggard father and her dying mother, Bai Cui'e suddenly felt tired, and she chose to compromise.

——Compromise and marry a cruel and cruel old man over sixty years old.

But the matter was not over yet. The night before the wedding, Mr. Bai discovered that the etiquette of the wedding ceremony was wrong, and the promised wife turned into a concubine.

The sedan parked in the yard was pink. It was a sedan specially used by aristocratic families to carry concubines into the house. It was a huge humiliation for a woman from a good family.

"You, you have never thought about marrying seriously, you are all liars, trying to deceive my daughter!"

"My Cui'e will never be willing to be a cheap concubine - ah!"
To be continued...