Wanbao Lady

Chapter 223: Birth of a Child in a Coffin

A quarter of an hour later.

in the hall.

Qu Mao bowed to Chong Fan and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to me in detail."

From Qu Mao's narration, Chong Fan also learned the whole story.

It turned out that Qu Mao had been traveling around since he ran away from home.

Until I traveled to a dark and desolate mountain, I suddenly heard the sound of a baby crying somewhere.

But the sound was not loud, but rather a bit dull.

It's like the sound of being covered in a quilt or locked in a small, enclosed space.

If he wasn't a monk with sharp ears and eyes, I'm afraid no one would have heard it.

He was immediately shocked.

I'm afraid someone is abusing their baby!

So he hurriedly flew towards the direction where the sound came from.

After searching for a long time, they found that the sound actually came from a grave!

There was only one tombstone on the grave, but there was not a single word on it.

Judging from the surrounding soil conditions, it is a new grave that was built not long ago.

But the sound clearly came from this tomb!

"Oh, whoever got the plague buried their child alive!"

He didn't care about anything else and immediately used his magic power to dig up the soil on the grave.

But I saw a coffin buried in the pit below, and at the same time, the crying of the baby became more obvious.

The coffin was nailed tightly, and he used his magic power to move the coffin lid away, but he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

There was a woman who looked like a village woman lying quietly inside, her lower body covered in blood and her eyes open.

Between her legs, a baby lay, with a bloody umbilical cord connecting the mother and child.

He quickly cut the umbilical cord, took the baby out, used the cleansing technique to wash away the filth on the baby's body, and then used magic power to nourish his body.

As if the baby felt the warmth, he stopped crying, or perhaps he was tired of crying and fell into a deep sleep.

He looked at the woman in the coffin again, and this time he discovered more details.

The woman's fingernails were turned outward, bloody and her bones were visible.

However, bloody scratches were clearly visible on the inside of the coffin.

Qu Mao's heart suddenly trembled.

Based on the scene, he immediately reconstructed the course of events.

Perhaps the woman had difficulty giving birth and fell into a state of suspended animation.

But her family members thought she was dead, and without saying a word, they nailed her into the coffin and buried her under the earth.

After she woke up from the coffin, she tried her best to give birth to the baby, but the coffin lid was pressed tightly against the mother and child.

She could only scratch the coffin lid desperately, until her nails were bloody, until she died in despair.

Although he was a cultivator, Qu Mao felt bitter in his heart.

He smeared the woman's eyes, which were still open, cleansed the filth off her body with a cleansing technique, and then buried the woman again.

He looked at the baby in his arms and was troubled.

He had never even held a girl's hand. How could this bachelor have ever hugged such a soft and tender thing? He was afraid that he would hurt the baby if he used too much force, let alone raise the baby by himself?

"You should look for your relatives at home!"

He sighed.

So he started searching around the barren mountain, and soon he actually found a village.

He went straight to the house with white flowers in the village and asked, "Excuse me, is your daughter in that newly dug grave without words on the barren mountain to the west?"

The two old men in the room neither nodded nor shook their heads. Instead, their faces were alert and slightly frightened.

Qu Mao frowned suddenly and released a little of his own cultivator's pressure.

The two elders' legs immediately weakened and they nodded repeatedly, indicating that their daughter was inside.

At the same time, the two of them looked even more terrified.

Qu Mao didn't care about the other party's attitude and told him what he had experienced.

At last, she handed the baby in her hand forward and said dissatisfiedly: "You parents are too careless. You killed your daughter. This is the child your daughter gave birth to at the cost of her life. I hope you can treat him well in the future."

Unexpectedly, instead of taking the child in, the two elders treated him like a plague and kept avoiding him.

Now even if Qu Mao was a very calm person, he could tell something was wrong.

It was only after he asked that he found out the reason.

Ten years ago, an evil ghost with horns came to the village.

Every year the evil ghost asked them to offer a pure girl as his wife.

Otherwise, he will destroy the entire village!

He even used his magical powers to prevent the villagers from escaping the village.

As a last resort, the villagers had to do as they were told.

But, which girl should I send to?

So they started drawing lots, and every year the daughter of the family whose daughter was drawn would be offered as a sacrifice.

Until this year, the daughter of the two elders was drawn.

It is said that all the women who were offered as sacrifices were eaten one by one. Some people have seen with their own eyes that there are piles of corpses under the cave where the evil ghost lives.

The two old people have only this one daughter, who has been smart and clever since childhood and is the apple of their eyes.

How can I bear to do that!

Although she was unwilling, the girl was forced to put on her wedding dress and was carried into the mountains under the pressure of the whole village.

It was not until a few months later that the girl came back alone with a big belly.

It was said that a group of people wearing strange official uniforms were fighting with the evil ghost, and she took advantage of the chaos to run back home.

Everyone was worried for a while.

It would be fine if that group of people could subdue the evil spirits, but if they can't...

They all looked at the girl.

I'm afraid we may have to send her back!

Everyone waited and waited, but the evil ghost never came back.

Until some brave young men sneaked into the mountains.

Perhaps due to the war, the whole mountain was burned bare and it was so hot that people had to return.

After a few days, the temperature on the mountain was not so high, so the young and strong men went in again.

This time I brought back great news: the evil ghosts in the evil ghost cave have disappeared!

The villagers were immediately delighted.

But the two elders were worried when they looked at their daughter's bulging belly.

Some villagers threatened that the baby must be a ghost and asked the girl to abort it.

But she was already eight months pregnant at that time. It was impossible to beat her up just like that. I was afraid that there would be two deaths!

After the two elders had a debate with the villagers, they finally decided that if a normal child was born, it would be fine, but if it was a ghost fetus, the baby would be executed immediately!

Two months later, while everyone was paying close attention, the girl fell into labor difficulties.

He even fainted.

"I'm out of breath!"

The midwife said.

Ignoring the two elders' objections, the villagers carried the girl's "corpse" into the coffin, sealed it completely, and buried it in the ground.

The tombstone was later erected by the two elders.

The two elders were illiterate and originally wanted to ask someone to write an inscription for the tombstone, but no one dared to respond.

Helplessly, they could only erect a monument without any words on it.

After hearing this story, Qu Mao could only sigh deeply.

He looked at the two elders' eyes that were filled with fear, disgust and hatred when they looked at the child, and he suddenly understood.

All the hatred for the evil spirit and the resentment for his daughter's tragic death were grafted onto this baby.

How can we expect such people to raise their children well?

He looked at the meat ball in his arms that looked just like a human being, and clearly did not sense any unusual smell.

"How can you, little guy, look like a demon?"

Seeing his miserable life story, perhaps it was fate ordained by God that he met this little fellow.

"Forget it. I'm alone anyway. From now on, you will be my apprentice!"

"What's a good name?" He looked at the little baby, then looked out at the world, "I got it, the four seasons are beautiful, so I'll call you Qu Chong!"