Xia Xin's face revealed grief and anger, so Mr. Zhao and I didn't speak up. We didn't press her. We just waited. When she has calmed down, she will tell us about her past.
Xia Xin gasped for breath as she picked up the wine from the table and gulped it down. Then he let out a long breath, as if he was about to spit out all the anger in his heart.
Then she said to us, "I stayed with my mother for twenty years. On my twentieth birthday, my mother picked me up from the fields. Someone knocked on our door that night and said he wanted to give me a birthday present. "
"What is the birthday of a poor family? Not to mention a gift. Curious, we opened the door, but there was no one outside, just a wreath and a coffin. "
Mr. Zhao and I sucked in a breath of cold air. At the same time, he deeply despised the person who gave the coffin to him. If he gave it to him on his birthday, wouldn't that just be adding fuel to the fire?
Xia Xin said, "We were also very angry, so we threw away the coffin and the wreath."
"But when I went to bed at night, I had a dream. I dreamt that a big yellow dog came to our house, and this dog bit our chicken to death and then charged into the house to bite me. "
"But my mother stopped the big yellow dog. The dog was fierce and wanted her with its mouth wide open. I cried, but my body just couldn't muster the strength to watch my mother get bitten to death. "
As Xia Xin said that, she sat on the chair and started to cry.
The Mr. Zhao was silent, playing with the wine cup in his hand, thinking about something. I patted Xia Xin's shoulder.
Xia Xin waved at me to leave her alone.
She looked up, wiped her eyes, and said to us, "The next morning, the nightmare finally woke up. After I woke up. He found his hands and feet were numb, and his pillow was wet with tears. I called my mother and she ignored me. "
"I panicked and jumped off the bed in an attempt to find her, but my legs were so weak that I fell to the ground and couldn't even stand up. I crawled on the floor until I reached her bed, and I saw that she was sleeping soundly, with no wounds on her body. "Only then did I heave a sigh of relief."
"But I soon realized that she had long since stopped breathing. She was dead, just like that. I turned and looked into the yard. There were a few scattered chickens. They're dead too. "
"What I saw that night wasn't a dream, it was true. I don't know who sent the big yellow dog, but I do know that its target is me. Because in the dream, it kept calling out to me. "
"I cried all day. In the evening, I ate some cold steamed buns and then lay down on the bed beside my mother. I waited until midnight, but the big yellow dog didn't come. It suddenly occurred to me that it might only appear in my dreams. "
"So, I closed my eyes. I wanted to kill the big yellow dog after it came and also kill its owner. But I couldn't sleep. I'm holding a pair of scissors in my hand and my body is shaking. "
"My mother's body is beside me, but I'm not afraid. I want to give my life in exchange for hers and bring her back to life. "
Mr. Zhao scratched his head and poured Xia Xin a cup of wine.
Xia Xin drank it all in one gulp, then let out a long breath and said to us, "That night, I didn't sleep, but someone came. I don't know what this person looks like, I just saw him wearing a black cloak. "
"He walked into the house step by step, and I was so nervous that my hands were covered in sweat. Because I'm going to kill him. I've never killed anyone before, so I'm scared. My arms are stiff. "
"This man came to my bedside. I gritted my teeth and was about to jump up and stab the scissors into his throat, but my body suddenly stopped moving. Then I saw the man's face. It was very pale, not like the face of a living person. He had an eerie smile. and reached out and took my scissors. "
"So he already knew that I was hiding here, preparing to kill him. I was scared. I didn't know what he was going to do to me. And the man raised the scissors and stuck them in me and dug my heart out. "
Mr. Zhao and I looked at Xia Xin in shock and sympathy.
Xia Xin explained, "The person hiding in the cloak is actually someone from the Underworld. Maybe the people from the Underworld have set their eyes on me because my background is a little strange, so they want to dig out my heart and turn me into a living corpse to work for them. "
I stammered, "But... But I heard that the Underworld is not a place to enforce justice on behalf of the Heavens? "
Xia Xin shook his head, "Acting on behalf of the heavens is just a pretense. Hades always have their own reasons for doing things, but I am not clear about their motives. "
Xia Xin sighed and said, "After this man dug out my heart, he left. Afterwards, a few other dead people walked in, lifted me up and put me inside the coffin. I didn't know where they were taking me. I was scared. "
"I was carried by them for a long time. Suddenly, I felt that there was an extra person inside the coffin. The man touched my forehead and said, "Don't be afraid, son."
"I cried at the sound, because it was my mother. After being killed, she did not leave. Her soul had been hiding nearby, and she had been secretly following me until now, when she finally had the chance to sneak into the coffin. "
"She said a lot to me at the time, but I think her voice was so far away and so close that I couldn't hear her clearly. Then she bit her finger and dripped a drop of blood into my chest. "
"Later, the coffin was put down. My mother escaped. I was pulled out of the coffin and found on a mountain. This mountain is the Dark Prison Mountain. "
"They turned me into a living corpse. Logically speaking, living corpses should have neither emotions nor memories. But because of my mother's drop of blood, I was not like other living corpses. I kept my memories. Therefore, I am not really loyal to the Hades, I just want to escape. "
Xia Xin said a lot in one breath, and then she sat down. She seemed very tired and rested against the chair for a while. Then she said, "I stayed in Hades for many years. Until one day, they gave me a mission to kill a person. This person is you, Hu Chujiu. "
I jumped in fright as I looked worriedly at Xia Xin. I didn't know if her mission was still effective, but if it was, then I might be in danger.
Xia Xin smiled, "Don't worry, I didn't intend to carry out this mission from the beginning."
"I found your house by the address they gave me, and I found out it was a ship. But there were only adults and no children. I waited for four hours, and one of the pregnant women gave birth to a child, and that child was you. "
I shot up from my chair. "You've met my real parents?"
Xia Xin nodded.
I anxiously asked, "Who are my biological parents?"
Xia Xin helplessly said, "I only glanced at them once, how do I know who they are?"
I asked, "Where did they go?"
Xia Xin said, "They're on a boat. Going down the river, who knows where the boat went?"
I scratched my head. "Did they have any marks on their boat? Did you mark it? "
Xia Xin saw how concerned I was and apologetically said, "All I know is that one day, a boat will pass by a pier and you will be born on that boat. Nothing else is known."
I sighed and sat back in my chair.
The Mr. Zhao comforted me, "You don't have to worry. "Since the order was issued by the people of the Underworld, we can go back to the Underworld to look for it. We might be able to find some information."
Xia Xin looked like she wanted to say something, but hesitated. It seems like she thinks it's unrealistic for us to barge into the Underworld to search for something. Actually, I don't think it's realistic, but it's still better than not having any clues at all.
Seeing that my mood had calmed down, Xia Xin continued, "I was going to kill you and complete my mission back to Hades. Who knew that I would suddenly notice that there was a woman on board? The woman flashed past me and disappeared. When I went back to look for you, I couldn't find you anymore. And your parents are panicking and asking people if they've seen their children. "
I helplessly said, "I was kidnapped?"
Xia Xin said, "It was stolen. I was rushing ashore when I saw a woman carrying a child onto a palanquin. I hurried to catch up. "
"Who would have thought that the palanquin would move so fast that I wouldn't be able to catch up? You have to know that I am a live corpse, and have learned many skills in Hades. Even if you drive a car, I am not afraid of losing it, but am I still unable to catch up with such a palanquin? And then I realized that it wasn't a real person who was carrying the palanquin, it was a paper man. "
The palanquin was lifted to the foot of a mountain. The person in the palanquin came out with you and hurriedly went up the mountain. I asked the bearer who had just left. The paper man carrying the palanquin said, "It's Madam Guan."
I weakly leaned back in my chair. "It's Madame Guan again. She really is a busy person."
Mr. Zhao nodded his head: "They are opening a hotel and are using it as a postman. Now they are trafficking in human beings again. This lady is quite interesting."
Xia Xin said, "Madam Lin has carried you to Hu Village. She didn't just hand you over to someone else. He hid behind a big tree. I saw an old man coming out of his house with a basket on his back, looking like he was going to pick up dung. The lady left you on the ground and pinched you.
I asked Xia Xin, "Is this old man my foster-grandpa?"
Xia Xin nodded, "That's right, your foster-grandpa. I know that your foster-grandpa is an ordinary person and I will find him sooner or later. So leave you to follow the Lady. Without the sedan chair, I caught her quickly and asked her why she stole you. "
I nervously looked at Xia Xin.
Xia Xin said faintly, "Madam Lin said that someone entrusted her with this matter. Who that person is, she doesn't know either."