MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 36 The Curse of the Reincarnated Person

 “What’s taking so long?”

At this time, outside the cave, next to the old locust tree, the shopkeeper of Cao Xintang from the city was walking slowly with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that Hu Ma and the second master had not come back after such a while, he vaguely guessed something. Taking care of human nature, he would not rush over now to urge him, but he still felt dissatisfied in his heart. He looked up at the sky. Sighing: "It's getting dark again..."

“Whether it’s gathering the bones or delivering last words, it always takes time, doesn’t it?”

On the other hand, the man in the sedan next to him seemed to be very patient. He waited for a long time and then just said a few words.

"Yes, the young lady is kind-hearted, otherwise he might not even be able to find the elder's body."

 The old shopkeeper hurriedly kept Smiley by his side.

He was anxious because he was worried about missing someone in the sedan chair. Now if people are not in a hurry, then a fool would be...

 “Shopkeeper Xu…”

At this moment, the man in the sedan suddenly said: "Look at the two people who are fighting, what are they doing?"

"Um?"

The old shopkeeper was startled for a moment, then looked again at the traces he had just observed, frowned, and said with a smile: "It's nothing more than the same old trick of driving away evil spirits and attracting ghosts."

"This mother-in-law is able to attract thunder, which shows that she has opened the door of the house, but such an old locust tree is forced to have no way out. It shows that there is a way, but it is just like that. How can the young lady let it go? What about in your eyes?"

 “Yeah, that’s the same thing...”

The people in the sedan were silent for a while, as if there were eyes inside, looking at the vast and deep mountains through the curtain of the sedan.

In the distance, there seems to be a group of dark clouds, heavy and misty, hanging low in the sky and slowly rolling in.

It was misty inside, and there seemed to be people in colorful clothes playing and playing, jumping around, raising flags, and holding sticks to drive away spirits, which seemed real and illusory.

Even she couldn't help but feel a little frightened. She lowered her head in a hurry and didn't dare to look. However, the old housekeeper and others next to her didn't even notice it at all.

　　　…”

　　　…”

 “Second Master…”

The second master stood outside the cave, waiting anxiously for a long time before he suddenly heard Hu Ma's cry.

 He turned around hurriedly, looked at Hu Ma who looked disappointed, and hesitated to speak.

Hu Ma just stood silently for a while and then said: "My mother-in-law said... let me take her back to Laohutangzi."

"ah?"

The second master was shocked when he heard this. He rushed into the cave in a few steps and saw that the mother-in-law had closed her eyes.

 But, she had a smile on her lips, a look of relief on her face, and seemed very peaceful.

“Old sister who has suffered all her life...”

In the cave, the trembling and sad voice of the second master rang out. Huma stood silently for a long time, thinking about what had just happened.

After her mother-in-law gave her the things, she took the trouble to tell her a lot. It seemed that she was still worried and had a lot to say to herself. However, after the candles in front of her burned out, she finally Still slowly stopped.

He glanced at himself reluctantly, then slowly sat up straight, looked forward, and suddenly cursed in a deep voice:

 “What are you urging me to do? Doesn’t my old lady know the time?”

　　　…”

Hu Ma's heart sank slightly, and she immediately looked at her mother-in-law worriedly, but saw that she also sighed slowly and waved her hand.

He whispered to Hu Ma in a low voice: "Incense has been burned over there. If I don't go there, people will be suspicious."

“It’s just that my departure will cause you a lot of trouble, grandson…”

　　　…”

At this point, Hu Ma didn’t know what to say, but her mother-in-law seemed to have finally made up her mind and said:

“No problem, my grandson has grown up, and there are still people in the Hu family…”

　　　…”

The voice gradually became lower and lower, and Hu Ma couldn't help it for a moment, and her heart twitched tightly.

I don't know how long it took, but he vaguely heard a sigh, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be a certain figure. He stood up slowly and looked beside him for a long time. Then he walked to Xiao Hongtang at the entrance of the cave and touched her head. .

At this time, outside the entrance of the cave, the sky and the earth seemed to change color, and a black wind blew. Indistinctly visible, a sedan chair, which was better than the one the nobles in the city were sitting on, stopped at the entrance of the cave.

As soon as the mother-in-law got on the sedan chair, there was a vague and long shout, accompanied by waves of gongs and drums, and she slowly walked away.

It was only then that Hu Ma raised her head and saw that her mother-in-law had closed her eyes.

The last bit of the two candles she lit turned into candle tears, and a little flame was slowly submerged in them.

“My mother-in-law went to the ancestral temple. Where is this ancestral temple?”

Hu Ma looked at the extinguished candles and thought silently: "She said she would call me back, but when?"

The last conversation, although it was dangerous, finally made him feel relieved.

“My mother-in-law approved of me, there will be no danger.”

“It’s just that my mother-in-law can no longer do it for me when I should do it myself…”

　　　…”

After thinking about this for a while, he adjusted his mood, and with a sad look on his face, he came over and invited the second master in. Only Xiao Hongtang beside the entrance of the cave was stunned and a little aggrieved: "My mother-in-law really doesn't want me anymore, she doesn't even take me on the sedan chair."

"Child…"

Just as I was thinking about it, a voice sounded not far away, but it was the shopkeeper who slowly walked over.

He looked at Hu Ma and seemed to see something. He sighed softly and said, "Your Excellency, have you found it?"

"Um."

Hu Ma nodded silently and said, "Mother-in-law has gone."

"poor child."

Hearing this, the old shopkeeper also sighed softly and said: "Although we don't know your mother-in-law, we can go into the forest to get rid of evil spirits, and even if we get hurt, we have to leave a ray of hope for the old locust tree that does good deeds." Vitality must also be respectable.”

“Our young lady said that people like this are very admirable. Take this piece of cloth and collect it for your mother-in-law’s body..."

As he said that, someone from the guard behind him was already walking up holding a piece of black cloth.

Hu Ma thanked the other party and couldn't help but look up at the sedan.

Now that the matter on my side is settled, according to the agreement, it is time to tell her about the Tomb of Corpses.

It’s just that, despite all the warnings and instructions in her dream, she couldn’t mention them in reality. It seemed like she could only wait until night.

That day, because it was getting late, everyone settled down nearby. Those who came from the city gave Hu Ma some candles and paper money, and stayed with her mother-in-law all night. It was not until nightfall that Hu Ma fell asleep in a daze, and then she met her mother-in-law. The reincarnated people were connected.

 “Thank you very much.”

He was a little moody and just said to the other party: "My mother-in-law has found her, so she should give you the information."

“The place you are looking for is called the Tomb of Corpses, right?”

"I do know this place. It is at the Fox Coffin in Laoyin Mountain, under the East Bridge. What I need to tell you is that as early as a month ago, a reincarnated person codenamed Erguotou was looking for it."

"But you also need to be careful. There seems to be some danger there. When I connected with him, he was at the end of his strength. He used some kind of magic to seal himself, and he could still hold on for another month."

“If you go over now, it will be a good time to rescue him. As for how to divide the things, it’s up to the two of you!”

　　　…”

"oh?"

The reincarnated person codenamed White Wine sounded a little surprised and said softly: "Aren't you going?"

“According to the unwritten rules among reincarnations, if you really go, even if your conduct is worse, you will still have a share.”

　　　…”

 “Do reincarnated people still have such rules?”

Hu Ma felt slightly weird, but after thinking about it for a moment, she still refused with a wry smile: "Let's forget it."

“I don’t know what’s there, but since you are so interested, it must be something very powerful, right?”

“It’s a pity that I have more important things to do now.”

"After dawn, I will set off to see my mother-in-law back to the village."

　　　…”

It’s not that you don’t feel moved, it’s not that you don’t feel closer to and trust those people who come from the same world as you. But, do you really want to share the things that others have worked hard for?

Hu Ma didn’t quite agree with this in her heart. Besides, her mother-in-law had already given her instructions, so it would be outrageous to turn around and put her words aside.

There was a long silence at the other end of the incense line, as if Hu Ma's words had touched her.

 “You are a smart guy…”

After a long time, she suddenly sighed, her voice suddenly became hoarse, and she smiled: "Maybe I can live a long time."

 “I now believe that we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future…”

　　　…”

"Um?"

Hu Ma was slightly surprised when she suddenly changed back to her hoarse voice. He had heard this woman say before that she deliberately changed her voice to such a hoarse tone in order to be more careful.

Now, the sudden change in this voice gave me another feeling, as if this person's voice was originally so hoarse and weird, but it was just changed to be so clear and beautiful.

“We reincarnated people are born to keep our own secrets, and we can’t always trust the people around us.”

Her voice was still hoarse, as if it was not a human voice, but something else, forcibly imitating human speech:

"In addition, as soon as I opened my eyes, I entered a strange world, faced with strange men and women, maybe even men and women younger than me, and there weren't that many people licking their faces and asking for their parents, so I was always lonely. I would rather find some warmth among similar people..."

"But there are no restrictions among the same kind. How to believe it and how much to believe it is up to you to judge..."

"You are so kind to people in this world. From now on, you will be considered a trustworthy person with me and we can cooperate again if there is a chance."

　　　…”

Hearing what she said, Hu Ma felt a little moved in her heart: "What about you? You don't have a good relationship with your relatives in this world?"

"good?"

The voice was low and hoarse, not like a human voice, and said grimly: "They are almost all killed..."

“Most of us reincarnated people were born as orphans, but they were not so at first, and then they became the same later. Do you think why?”

 (End of this chapter)