Under One: The Dragon's Wife

Chapter 1 Dreaming
Ten years ago, I was ten years old.

The small mountain village in my hometown was covered by a rare heavy snow, and I don't know how many people starved to death.My parents went up the mountain to look for food, but something happened. When they were found, the body was mutilated. In those days, not only people were so hungry that their eyes turned green, but so did the wild things on the mountain.

That winter my grandma almost cried and went blind, and I also got a strange disease, and I saw many doctors and witches to no avail.Seeing that there was no food at home, I couldn't be happier. My grandma and my grandfather made a plan, and after hearing what the village witch said, I couldn't die at home, so they threw me into the mountains and left me to fend for myself.

It stands to reason that I was doomed at the time, but I survived miraculously, and walked home energetically by myself. The village goddess Yao Xiangu saw me and exclaimed 'God'.

From the first night when I got home, I always dreamed that a snake with a snow-white body and long horns on its head drilled into my bed, and the cold scales scratched me in pain. Every time I woke up the next morning, I felt all over my body uncomfortable.

After telling my grandma, she told me not to tell, otherwise I would not be able to marry in the future.Fortunately, after a year, I never had another dream.

Later, I went to Binjiang City to go to school, and I went back once or twice a year, and gradually forgot about those bad things back then. Until recently, I started to have dreams again, and the feeling was not the same as before.

In my dream, the white snake turned into a man wearing a silver mask. The mask looked like half a grimace, which was horribly weird, but the lower half of the face that was exposed seemed to be pretty... But, the mask The hostile look in his eyes terrified me to the extreme.

When the winter vacation came, I took a crowded train and rushed to my hometown, Longyan Village in the middle of Shu.As soon as I entered the door, my grandma dragged me to the brazier, and said in the local dialect: "It's so cold, girl, you don't know how to wear more..."

My name is Tan Xiangling. After I came back from the mountains when I was ten years old, my grandma stopped calling me by my name. She kept calling me girl, as if there was some taboo.

After a brief silence, I mentioned my dream to my grandma, but I didn't have the nerve to say it bluntly, I just said that I always dreamed of a snake with horns on its head.

My grandma was stunned when she heard that, and rushed out of the house. I wanted to ask my grandpa and grandma what they were doing, but seeing my grandpa's face was terribly gloomy, I didn't dare to speak out.

It didn't take long for my grandma to come back with Yao Xiangu, that's right, she was the crappy kid who encouraged my grandma and my grandfather to throw me into the mountains.Yao Xiangu was wearing a big red embroidered jacket, paired with big cotton trousers, and her hair was glossy and shiny. She looked like a country woman, but she was a famous witch in all towns and villages. Everyone called her Xiangu. , It is said that her family has family immortals, and family immortals are actually spirits cultivated from animals. The wild immortals in the Northeast are collectively called family immortals.There are also people who offer these things here, and the names are similar, but there are more Taoists here.

Ordinary people offering celestial beings are mostly home-protecting celestial beings, purely to keep the whole family safe. A sorceress like Yao Xiangu, who is said to be able to communicate with spirits, can possess her own family's celestial beings, help people see yin and yang, and cure diseases and disasters. Do not know is not true.

Seeing me, Yao Xiangu was startled at first, then smiled and said: "This girl is really a girl who has changed a lot, the more she changes, the more beautiful she is."

I still remember the hatred back then, so naturally I ignored her, and she didn't mind, and then said: "Your grandma told me, this is not a trivial matter, you have to pay for the sins your great-grandfather committed, otherwise your whole family They're all going to die."

I got a little angry when I heard it, not to mention that my great-grandfather passed away when I was three years old. It's almost Chinese New Year, can she accumulate some morals?

"Xiang Yao, do you think that there are not enough dead people in my family? Even if my great-grandpa committed a crime, why is it my turn to pay it back?"

My grandma glared at me and signaled me not to speak in such a harsh tone as to offend others.Half of my anger disappeared immediately, I hung my head and didn't say a word.

Yao Xiangu stroked the hair on her sideburns: "Your great-grandfather was a disciple of immortal masters up to the top. He followed the Tao and offended many demons and ghosts. It's normal for one or two to come to seek revenge. Since you are entangled You are the only one who can solve it.”

I said angrily: "Isn't it just a dream? As for saying it so seriously? Others believe you, but I don't believe it."

She leaned forward and approached me, and said in a voice that only I could hear clearly: "Did that thing crawl on your bed? Ten years ago, your parents died strangely. Do you remember how you came home alive? Miss you If something goes wrong at home, come find me tonight."

I was so shocked that I didn't come back to my senses for a long time. I always thought that my parents were eaten by wild animals on the mountain... It is also a mystery why I was able to return home alive when I was so ill.

After sitting for a while, Xiangu Yao left, but my heart kept beating, and what she said kept echoing in my mind.

In order to see how she was pretending to be a ghost, I went to her house with a flashlight at night.The layout of her home is different from that of ordinary people. As soon as you enter the door, you can see a big red curtain in the main room. The curtain is half-opened, and you can vaguely see the altar table inside, with large and small memorial tablets. There is a strong smell in the air. scent of incense.

I called her twice, she came down the stairs slowly, said something, and I nodded.

She first went to the altar and put on a stick of incense, and then said: "I'll help you wrap that thing around your upper body, and you can discuss the solution yourself."

I think she is sick, and I don't believe it 100% in my heart, so I nodded out of politeness.

I saw her kneeling in front of the altar and muttering words, I couldn't hear what she said, suddenly, I don't know if I was delusional, the smoke from the incense in the air condensed into a puff and penetrated into her body!
Her body trembled violently, and she trembled like a seizure for a while before she stopped: "Tan Xiangling, your great-grandfather destroyed my Longchi and took my Dragon Pill to save your life. How should we settle this account?" ?!"

(End of this chapter)