Forbidden City

Chapter 38 Past and Present
My second uncle and I approached the cabin slowly, the door was open, and we walked in unimpeded.

The wooden house seemed extremely empty, except for a bed, a lamp, and two people, there was nothing else, it could be described as a barren house.And those two were Yu Zhong and Ling Ziyao.Yu Zhong was lying on the bed, his severed arm was tied with white gauze, but it was already soaked in blood.His face was as pale as paper.Ling Ziyao sat aside and wept softly, looking sad and helpless.

"Ziyao, don't cry." Yu Zhong said with difficulty: "I bleed a lot, I'm afraid I will die soon, I don't regret it, the only thing I regret is that we didn't resolve the enmity between our Yu family and your Ling family, and, I can't protect you all my life, I didn't take you to find the legendary Peach Blossom Spring, and I didn't let you give me a child, I..."

"Don't talk about it." Ling Ziyao said with tears, "I promise you, I will have children for you, many, many children."

"No, not in this life." Yu Zhong said: "If there is an afterlife, I hope we can still be together."

"Yes, I will!" Ling Ziyao burst into tears: "In the next life, we will also be together, and I will definitely give birth to a child for you, for sure!"

"Okay, in the next life, you will give me a child..." Yu Zhong suddenly smiled when he said this, and slowly closed his eyes.

My heart sank, he died...

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind us, and my second uncle and I turned around at the same time, but just when we were about to see the person who walked in, our eyes suddenly went dark, everything disappeared, and we found that we had returned to reality , standing on a small flat ground not far from our door.

"Why did you come back?" I asked.I really want to know what happened to Yu Zhong and Ling Ziyao in the future, and I also want to know who that person came in from outside the door.The second uncle didn't answer me, but looked around, his face was extremely complicated and weird.I followed his gaze and looked at a person behind us—no, it should be said to be a ghost, it was Ling Ziyao.She burst into tears at this moment, very pitiful.

At this moment, the second uncle looked at her, and unexpectedly lost a trace of hostility.

I looked at Ling Ziyao and couldn't help asking: "The Ling Ziyao we saw just now is you?" Ling Ziyao nodded and said, "Yes, it's me."

"Then... what about Yu Zhong? Is he dead?" I asked hastily.

"Dead." Ling Ziyao said: "He broke his arm and bled profusely. Later, because of some things he experienced, he... died in that cabin."

My heart sank suddenly, and a layer of sadness and sadness welled up inexplicably.

"He... is really the ancestor of our Yu family?"

Ling Ziyao looked at me and said, "Yes, he belongs to your Yu family, and he is you."

"What?" I was taken aback, and looked at each other with my second uncle, unable to believe my ears for a moment.Ling Ziyao said again: "He is your past life, and you are his present life. I have been waiting for you for many years. All these years, I have been lying in an amber coffin. Because of too long, my soul has left my body , I can no longer be a person again, but I still abide by the promise we made back then, I said, in the next life, I will give birth to a child for you."

"This..." I was speechless for a long time.I turned out to be that Yu Zhong!I finally understood why Ling Ziyao came to me, and why he had an overnight relationship with me.I looked at her protruding belly, my thoughts were very confused, and I murmured after a long time, "Then... is our child about to be born?"

"Soon." Ling Ziyao said: "Because the child is a ghost, it needs to be born in an amber coffin, otherwise, even if it is born, it will not live for long."

I looked at my second uncle and asked anxiously, "Second uncle, where is the amber coffin?" The second uncle kept his eyes down and frowned, and didn't answer me, as if he was thinking about something.I urged him, "Say it quickly, second uncle!" The second uncle looked at Ling Ziyao and asked, "How can we believe that what you said is true?"I replied for Ling Ziyao: "We saw it with our own eyes. Could it be true? Didn't you see that Yu Zhong looks exactly like me?" The second uncle snorted coldly, "So what? She's a ghost. This style is child's play for her."

"You..." I didn't know what to say to the second uncle for a while, and wanted to refute him, but I couldn't find the words to refute him for a while, so I just kept staring at the second uncle in a hurry.

Ling Ziyao said: "I didn't lie to you. What you saw just now is indeed the real thing that happened that year. Although I am a ghost, I can't change the facts, and I don't have any tricks."

The second uncle said coldly: "But this is too coincidental. In the last life, this bastard belonged to our Yu family, and in this life he belongs to our Yu family? From this point of view, wouldn't he want to call himself an old ancestor? What a coincidence Outrageous!"

"Yes, it's a coincidence, so when I saw him, I was also very surprised." Ling Ziyao looked at me, and there was more tenderness in her eyes at this time, she slowly came to me, looked into my eyes, faintly Said: "Maybe, this is a gift from God to us. Maybe you have completely forgotten me, but in my heart, I still have a deep imprint of your appearance, and your heart, your wish. Maybe , you are no longer the loyal brother you were back then, but I will abide by the promise between us and give birth to a child for you, even if I die in ashes, I am willing."

My heart felt a dull pain, I looked closely at Ling Ziyao, and slowly, another Ling Ziyao appeared in front of my eyes, she was facing me like this, we all looked at each other affectionately, my heart was full of liking for her , love, I want to be with her forever, go to a paradise that is not disturbed by the world, we build a small pavilion near the mountains and rivers, men farm and women weave, have many children, live a happy, happy life ...

"Ziyao." I couldn't help hugging Ling Ziyao.

But when she was hugged in his arms, she was unusually cold.I returned to reality, let go of her gently, and held her face, feeling sore in my heart.

"Zi Yao, I remembered, I remembered..."

"Brother Zhong, you finally think of me." A crystal tear fell from Ling Ziyao's eyes, and she smiled, smiling through the tears.

"I will definitely let our child be born!" I said vowedly.

"En." Ling Ziyao replied heavily.

"Ahem..." Second Uncle coughed heavily, and asked in extreme displeasure, "You two—have you finished showing your affection?"

I let go of Ling Ziyao, looked at my second uncle and said, "Second uncle, I remember, my previous life was indeed that Yu Zhong..." The second uncle snorted coldly, "I want to fool you, second uncle, you bastard!" It’s a bit tender.” I knew that Second Uncle wouldn’t believe it, so I simply said, “Second Uncle, in fact, our house belonged to the Ling family back then, and our Yu family forcibly snatched it from the Ling family.”

"So what?" The second uncle said nonchalantly.

"This shows that the coffin under our house also belongs to the Ling family."

"No, boy, you don't understand, that coffin belongs to our Yu family!" The second uncle said solemnly: "Besides, the corpse in the coffin also belongs to our Yu family... I will tell you about this later, by the way ——" The second uncle looked at Ling Ziyao and asked, "Where did Ling get those six corpses in the coffin? You have to tell me."

Ling Ziyao shook her head and said, "I don't know, he never told me."

"Look, they really are together!" The second uncle said seriously, "You're not pretending." He looked at me proudly and said, "You son of a bitch, should you believe it now?"

Ling Ziyao admitted sincerely: "Yes, Ling Zhi is indeed a descendant of our Ling family, and my father is his great-grandfather."

I was taken aback. The second uncle suspected this before, and I was too suspicious when I was the second uncle, so I didn't expect it to be true.I hurriedly asked: "Then why did Lexus come here? Is it for the amber coffin?" Ling Ziyao said: "I don't know, he didn't tell me, but trust me, he won't hurt you."

"No wonder!" Second Uncle said coldly, "If I believed your nonsense, I would not be Yu Erqiao!"

I sighed softly, and said angrily to my second uncle: "Second uncle, no matter what, you have to lend me the amber coffin. The child in Ziyao's belly is my flesh and blood, and also a descendant of our Yu family. We He has to be born."

(End of this chapter)