Chapter 164

语毕,阿白对准摇曳的烛火轻轻一吹，昏暗的室内瞬间一片漆黑。
阴冷的气息以肉眼可见的速度朝中间聚拢。
"Huh…" Kyle looked up at the elderly professor, it seemed like he had just heard his teacher's laughter. "Is everything alright, professor?" 木门晃动,“吱呀吱呀”地作响，空气中传来隐隐地轻叹。
A Bai asked, "Did you hear anything?"
Xue Yan frowned and hesitated, "A woman's voice."
"Huh…" Kyle looked up at the elderly professor, it seemed like he had just heard his teacher's laughter. "Is everything alright, professor?"
Then, there was a light sigh, as if it was far away yet near at hand.
阿白手指微动，符纸猛地燃烧起来。
入眼处是两个漆黑的窟窿,再是森然的白骨,白骨套着红色喜服，摇摇欲坠。
美貌的容颜,细腻的皮肤,纤细的腰肢消失得无影无踪,取而代之的，是死气沉沉的尸体。
"Huh…" Kyle looked up at the elderly professor, it seemed like he had just heard his teacher's laughter. "Is everything alright, professor?" 声音听着不像是从嘴里发出,而是阴风涌进了白骨的空隙处造成的。
阿白捏了捏薛琰的手心,问：“难受吗？”
见薛琰摇头,没有任何不适，便上前一步，问道：“你就是河神？”
白骨睁着黑洞洞的眼眶，鬓角的流苏轻轻晃动，没有回答。
A Bai hesitated for a moment, then blew out the flame on the paper talisman, and the surroundings once again plunged into darkness, with no visibility for hands or feet.
"Can we talk now?"
The white bone let out a light sigh and finally replied, "I'm not a river god. I was originally just a stone by the creek, but I've lived for a long time and received people's worship, gradually gaining consciousness."
A Bai asked, "Are you a spirit? If you are a spirit, why have you been staying here for so long?"
"As you said, I have been trapped by the flames of the candles in this room," the skeleton replied. "Although my movements are restricted by the constant burning of the candles, it does not mean that I am dead. Your arrival has set me free. Thank you."
阿白不领她的情：“伍贾万虽是主使者，你也是杀死我姐姐的人，不需要你感谢我。”
白骨扭动着脖子，黑暗中看不见她的动作，只能靠“咯吱咯吱”的声响来判断：“你要我除去伍贾万？”
阿白颔首。
白骨淡淡道：“这件事，你不说我也会做，他本就是我的仇人。”
阿白压低了声音：“你报完仇，也该离开了。”
"Leave?"
“That's correct.”
"Where should I go after leaving?"
"Disappear from this world." Ah Bai paused and continued, "In other words, die."
Bai Gu remained silent. Having lived for over a hundred years and witnessed all the ups and downs of life, death seemed distant and foreign to her.
"You don't want to?"
阿白还想再说些什么，耳边便传来悉悉索索的脚步声。
"The guards are coming," whispered Xue Yan.
"I know..." said A Bai anxiously. Although he suspected that the River God had lost the will to live and did not want to stay in this world for much longer, he couldn't be sure. If things turned out differently, he wasn't sure if his talismans would be enough to deal with her.
“好。”清冷的声音在空气中徘徊，白骨轻轻道：“我答应你。”
“It's a deal.”
阿白猛地直起身，把周遭的蜡烛砸碎，与此同时，怨气冲天。
If the candle had extinguished just now and restored the consciousness of the river god, the destroyed candle now caused her to completely break free from her bondage.
"Ah--" She hung halfway in the air, emitting a long and mournful cry.
“你们在做什么？”护卫匆匆赶来，却被四起的怨气震得呼吸困难，他们惊恐地看着眼前的一幕，身穿红色喜袍的白骨漂浮在高空，狰狞扭曲得仿佛要将他们吞噬。
“放走河神。”阿白勾起一抹浅笑：“让她做该做的事。”
护卫们再次抬头，发现高空的白骨，在眨眼间，已经消失得无影无踪。
……
伍贾万年轻的时候，还常常梦见从前的事。
只不过那天的三人，单独剩下了他。
伍贾万后悔了，镇上漂亮的女人何其多，为什么当初自己要猪油蒙了心，□□河神。
他知道自己瞒不住，便把此事偷偷告诉了当时的老母亲，余夫人。
余夫人狠狠骂他一通，心里虽气得咬碎一口银牙，但到底也是自己的种，不能见死不救，她花了半个月的时间，回了老家一趟。
她的一个远房表舅，精通一些玄学类的东西，平时也不太接触，这次是赶鸭子上架，没有办法，带了十两黄金，把姿态放得极低。
My uncle, who is quite capable and took the money, told her that there is no river god in this world. Even if there is, it is not a fairy. Since it is not a fairy, it will not have any good intentions. If you offend it, you will have to pay the price. You can't expect to get rid of it easily.
Mrs. Yu was shocked and at a loss, and hurriedly asked how to solve it.
Her cousin-in-law told her that this situation was mostly caused by a spirit being worshipped and thanked by people. If you kill her, she can still come back to life. The key is to destroy the body completely. The decapitated body parts of the spirit being were scattered all over the place, which would anger her. Therefore, finding and bringing back the body parts is crucial.
Mrs. Yu was in distress, "The corpse pieces have long since disappeared. How can I find them again?"
After speaking, she stuffed a bag of silver into her cousin's hand.
Her cousin weighed the silver in his hand and came up with a bad idea. If the body of the river god was gone, how about finding a few people and replacing their hands, feet, and legs with those of the river god?
"But this method is vicious and will harm your lifespan. If you really want to do it, you should carefully consider the consequences."
Madame Yu thought to herself, "As long as I can protect Wu Jia Wan, what does it matter if I sacrifice a few years of my own lifespan?"
He quickly took the prescription and hurried back home.
Sure enough, within a year of using Wu Jiawan's method, Mrs. Yu passed away due to illness. Apart from Mrs. Yu herself, only her distant cousin knew about it. Wu Jiawan thought that his mother had died from overwork and did not think much about other possibilities.
Over time, the River God stayed at the outer residence and had a few people watch over him, but nothing problematic happened and he gradually became forgotten.
As he grew older, he wanted to leave a legacy and married many wives, but none of them were able to bear him a child. He consulted doctors but they found nothing wrong. Wu Jia Wan thought this was perhaps the karma he had incurred from his past misdeeds.
一次次的失望让他不敢奢想，河神的脸颊在脑海中逐渐远去，但她给自己造成的恐惧，却从来没有消散。
It's late at night.
伍贾万自梦中惊醒，满头大汗地睁开眼睛。
不知为什么，那种藏在心底的恐惧又浓郁起来，上次离恐惧这么近，还是和他一起□□河神的同伴被祭奠进湖的时候——
His occiput was against the pillow, and he shivered as he looked into the dense darkness.
Soon, Wu Jiawan saw a woman approaching him. She had willow leaf eyebrows, a lotus waist, and beautiful features, but her expression was cold and frosty as she walked towards him.
Familiar... too familiar...
This face, Wu Jiawan will never forget it for his entire life.
"Don't come over!" He screamed in horror.
The woman's mouth split open, and it was filled with blood. The crimson stain flowed down her mouth, and she let out a gentle sigh.
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