Chapter 1.Abyss Bridge

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept by, and the girl's galloping legs seemed to be poured with hot lead, and she froze in place, repeating a silent sentence in her mouth.

"Forgive me... Unclean ..."

The slender calves, like two bamboo poles, twitched uncontrollably under the ragged, sweat-soaked coarse cloth skirt, and she became more and more frightened.

"Forgive me... Forgive me for being unclean..."

But at this moment, the girl seemed to have completely lost the perception of her body, and the half-day journey of death was completely forgotten by her at this moment, and she seemed to have become a stone sculpture like a lookout stone, staring desperately at the strange scene in front of her.

In the middle of nowhere, under the cover of a dark branch and dark stone, the pond shone with a mysterious blue glow—it was the little pond where the song often appeared in the nightmares of girls.

Under the dazzling light, you can vaguely see lotus leaves and hibiscus intertwined, like a huge and intricate embroidered carpet, floating on the clear water.

And the girl who wandered in the mountains in the middle of the night for some reason was as abnormal as this unprovoked light, but she seemed to be moved by fate to come here to meet with this strange light.

"Forgive the unclean... Forgive me... is unclean..."

The girl raised her hand for some reason, and the surprise in her words was replaced by calm and determination, and she took the initiative to walk towards the radiant pond.

The closer she got, the more her vision was occupied by light, and the world around her seemed to be swallowed up by the light, and the sounds, temperatures, smells, and even the touch sensations on the soles of her feet were all gone in an instant.

Her eyes were filled with tears for some reason, because she felt herself being embraced by invisible arms, the warmest embrace she had ever felt in her life, much warmer than the mother's embrace she had dreamed of countless times.

In the bright light of the sky, she let her tired wooden body fall heavily into the unknown abyss...

In the south-facing night sky, behind a certain cloud, there is a figure dressed in plain white clothes floating steadily, behind her is facing a bright moon, outlining her sacred outline, she holds a net bottle in her left hand, and holds the sun in her right hand.

The two kids who gradually appeared behind her had equally solemn expressions, and the three of them did not speak, looking at the pool that shone with strange light from afar, but they disappeared together at the moment when the light dimmed.

...

In the blink of an eye, the girl was already in a hazy realm, she vaguely heard the bustling voices, looked around but there was still a white mist, but just walked forward for a while, her toes kicked a stone step, the slight pain made her sober a little, she seemed to see the scene ahead-

In the hazy mist, a column of women lined up on the extremely steep bluestone staircase, and she herself was in this procession, she gradually could not move, she did not have time to see the faces of the women in front and behind, let alone communicate with them, she could only stand there with the same regularity as them, occasionally moving slowly.

"Oh... Naihe(means helpless and disappointed )..."

She heard someone in the queue muttering "Naihe."

She realizes that she is about to die, and the stone steps lead to the legendary "Nai He Bridge".

Under the bridge, there is a turbulent current, which is a river called "Lethe River", which originates in the prefecture and flows to the southwest.

On the river stood a strange-shaped boulder, the Sansheng Stone, which was printed with colorful light, and the girl looked at it intently, and saw a glimpse of her short and miserable life on the stone face of the Sansheng Stone, which was only fifteen years, but full of thousands of pains.

When she weakly followed the crowd across the bridge, she saw a dirt platform with a tattered wooden plaque engraved with the words "Wangxiangtai"(Means a platform for reviewing hometown)

On the Wangxiang platform, all the women turned around and looked at the water that suddenly became clear in Lethe, and through the water, they saw pavilions, pavilions, and salient houses, and all living beings in the market, which was the last chance for the deceased to look back at the world.

This bridge is the boundary, forgetting the reluctance of the previous life and starting a new reincarnation.

"Shu'er, are you Shu'er?" an old woman's voice sounded in her ears, it was Meng Po.

The girl's afterglow noticed that the strange elderly woman suddenly appeared beside her, but she couldn't turn her head to look at Meng Po at all, and she was silent for a long time, and finally nodded hesitantly.

She's almost forgotten the name. That is the name given to her by her father, who has studied private school for several years, and the word "Shu" is taken from "Shushui Zhihuan", which means to serve her relatives and do her filial piety.

But her father and mother never gave her the opportunity to fulfill her filial piety. She was married by her parents to a tea house in East Village when she was eleven years old, and they got half an acre of land, but Shu'er became a child daughter-in-law at a young age. Her mother-in-law's name for her is nothing more than "little bitch" and "cheap bones".

"There is a way that is the disaster of the red face, the quality of the willow, and the life of the eternal. "

Meng Po let out a long sigh, as if she was writing something in the book in her hand.

Shu'er didn't understand what she meant, but she was shocked to find that she was already holding a bowl of thick soup in her hands.

"The past is difficult to trace, and the will of heaven is difficult to violate, but how can those countless grievances and tears, a few melancholy, fall into reincarnation again and again. "

The rich aroma mixed with dense human voices broke into Shu'er's mouth, nose and brain, the soup seemed to shine with golden light, and the extremely delicious smell aroused endless cravings, tickled Shu'er's heart, and lured her to drink it all.

"Would you like to make a bet with this world?" a wrinkled finger suddenly pressed against the rim of Shu'er's bowl of soup.

Shu'er was suddenly shocked, even though she couldn't understand the meaning of Meng Po's words.

What did she gamble with? She was just a woman, even the meaningless role in the world, in this Qing Dynasty where the imperial power was monstrous, she had no possession and no power, but always suffered from poverty and discrimination.

But there is always a voice in her heart telling her that those noble royal families in high positions are essentially the same people as her, who can also eat, drink, and lazar, be born, old, sick and die,even though their life is wrapped in gold and jade, which is a luxury that Shu'er can't imagine at all.

She is a woman, a woman just like those concubines and princesses.

She is also a person, the same person as the emperor and officer.

Just thinking about it, the thick soup in her hand suddenly fell to the ground heavily, making the sound of jade cracking, followed by the deafening sound of landslides and ground cracks, water and sky overturning, and phoenix crying.

The huge wind was whistling on the surface of the water against the current, and the rouge butterflies and lotus petals were flying all over the sky, and the ears remembered the thousands of women who were sometimes resentful, sometimes sad, and sometimes hearty.

The stone pier on the west side of the bridge was struck by the fierce river water, and a glowing spring poured out, and Shu'er knew that it must have originated from the lotus pond in the mountains.

The clear spring was swallowed by the river in an instant, settled, and submerged, and in the depths of the riverbed, the faint fluorescence gathered in one place, and it condensed into a piece of jadeite jade, which went down with the current...

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"Gege... Gege ..."

A soft female voice woke Shu'er up, she first smelled a pleasant warm fragrance, and then slowly opened her eyes, and saw the delicate-looking girl in front of her, about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Gege! My good Gege! You're scared me to death!" the girl was instantly surprised when she opened her eyes, "Bodhisattva bless! You can be regarded as awake! The old lady was in a hurry, and went to Baylor's Mansion early in the morning to ask for a doctor!Maybe they are coming back soon! I will go and tell the whole house the good news now!"

"Wait!" Shu'er called her hoarsely, "Fetch the scissors." "

Han'er was at a loss: "Gege, you... What are you going to do?"

"Just fetch it!"

Han'er trembled and took out the scissors in the dressing drawer and wanted to hand them to Shu'er.

Shu'er quickly snatched the scissors and stabbed herself in the heart...