[Old Nine Gates] Homecoming

"Ayingqingqing, seeing the words is like meeting:

Soon it will be the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and that day should be the day when the child is born, but unfortunately, I may not be able to see this little life born of our love.Maybe you have also noticed that I am different from ordinary people, I seem to know everything, I can always appear by your side at the first time when you are in danger, and I often disappear.You asked me why, I told you then, and you will know later.Now is probably the time to tell you.

I come from a mysterious family, our family can connect Yin and Yang, and see life and death.You once jokingly asked me if I believed in ghosts and gods, and I told you no, but you also said that my thoughts were red and expert, and that I was very qualified in the party class.In fact, that's just because there are not ghosts in this world, but souls.After death, a person turns into a soul, without a physical body, only a spirit.But if the mind is strong enough, even after death, it can exist without the body.It's just that yin and yang are always separated, and it is impossible for people and souls to exist in the same space at the same time.For the soul to live forever, it must exist in a spiritual world.And one of the entrances to this spiritual world is the black corpse coffin formation guarded by our family.

Unfortunately, according to the ancestral precepts, only the dead can become real guards. Once the next guard is born, this guard must immediately die in the coffin and commit suicide.So the day my child is born is the day I die.

When I found out that you were pregnant, I was really happy, but soon, the loyalty to the family, the persistence to the belief, and the love for you were like three carriages running in opposite directions, tearing my heart apart like a car.I thought for a long time, hesitated and contradicted, I really want to live with you forever, but in the end I chose to fulfill my mission - guard the black corpse coffin formation, guard the entrance of Yin and Yang, and never let outsiders disrupt the world order.So, I choose to die.But I love you and I can't keep you in the dark.After much deliberation, I decided to violate the precepts of my ancestors and tell you this thing that cannot be told to others.I believe that you will be proud of me for being such a responsible and responsible person, and you will love and understand such a me.

And our children will definitely be born on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and they will definitely be boys. Only boys in our family can become real guards.I wish he could be called Wang Yuying.The English word comes from the homonym of you, and I hope that he will be like his father in the future, wise and brave, not afraid of sacrifice.

Handwritten by husband Wang Qijun at the end of August 1976"

At that time, my grandmother understood why my grandfather had so many abnormalities, and also understood why my grandfather tossed and turned day and night since he found out that my grandmother was pregnant.As a mother, when she thinks that her child is born to die, it is natural to feel like a knife is piercing her heart.She knew that she could not convince my grandfather, so she quickly made up her mind and decided to take the child away, unwilling to let him go on an endless loop of death and murder in the future.

That night, after her grandfather fell asleep, she quietly hid in the dump truck in the countryside to pick up the educated youths back to the city.Later, when I returned to Beijing by car, I realized that my parents, whose whereabouts have not been heard for a long time, had been framed to death long ago.The grandmother, who was alone, was not knocked down because of this. She did not dare to contact other relatives, fearing that her grandfather would find her because of this. Finally, she went back to her mother's hometown, Guanzhong, after going through many twists and turns.

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On July 1997, [-], I was born in a small town on the northern Shaanxi plateau.My father, Wang Yuying, is a member of the local archaeological team. He is proficient in history and knowledgeable.My mother is a middle school teacher.They are all very reasonable and cultivated people.Because I was born on a special day, just in time for the handover of Hong Kong, which is a major national celebration, so my grandmother always said that my birth was a great blessing, with the word "happy" in my life.Most importantly, I am a girl.The whole family couldn't be happier that I was a girl.In a small town in northern Shaanxi where patriarchy is serious, almost no one understands the joy of my parents, especially my grandmother.Those little daughters-in-law who were looked down upon by their parents-in-law for giving birth to a daughter always said-how can I find a handle (grandmother), it is so expensive to have a baby without a handle, and this girl will live (comfortably) in the future.

I used to think that I was the happiest person in the world, with all the coincidence privileges that the world can enjoy.Except for one thing, I can often hear a voice teaching me all kinds of ancient books, and I can even clearly see him teaching me in my dreams.He kept telling me about the black coffins.He said that the Black Corpse Coffin Array connects Yin and Yang and is the entrance to the underworld. He also told me the location of the Black Corpse Coffin and described my mission.

I like to travel, and I like to travel all over the world.On the way, I got to know him and shared with him these relics and former sites that can hardly be found in books.We usually go on adventures together, but this time he wanted to give me a graduation gift, so he went ahead first.

I always thought that the voice in the hallucination was me dreaming and a coincidence, until I overheard the conversation between my grandmother and my father, I realized that what I heard was true, I was actually a guard, and anyone Anyone who trespasses on the coffin array will be killed by the guards.

I ran to the tea village like crazy, and ran to the entrance of the black corpse coffin, but for some reason, I went straight into the coffin formation.In the formation, I saw another guard, and I knew he was my grandfather.The blood on the guard was a sign of nature, and the first thing he saw I knew I was his granddaughter.The first thing he said was "How is Aying?"

I was scared and anxious, and at first I didn't understand what he was saying, but later I realized that he was asking about my grandma, so I answered "Grandma is fine" in a sly way.I asked him again, "Have you seen him? Where is he?" He looked at me with pity and disgust, but didn't speak.

Then no matter what I asked him, he didn't answer.He suddenly seemed to hate me very much, and threw me into a dark, bottomless coffin.I saw countless corpses under the coffin. They were all chopped up at the waist, but their eyes were wide open and they were staring at me.I was so scared that I almost jumped out of the coffin.But when I jumped out, I already had a pair of armor on my body.

He asked me to kneel, I don't know why, put on the armor like his soldiers, consciously kneeling in obedience to the order.Then he killed me and said: "Because I don't know if the girl can be a guard, so grandpa wants to watch you die first."

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"I'm scared. I don't want to be a guard at all, and I don't want to kill people after I die. For the first time, I know that my life experience is so cruel. My ancestors have blood on their hands. I was born to add more blood. What a wronged soul. At that time... If Manli hadn't suddenly barged in, I might really have turned into a murderous female ghost. Now, I have finished what I want to say. If there is karma in this world, I would probably be I have to pay the price for the sinful debts of my ancestors. But I really hate it, why is it just me, and I killed him. I really want to see my parents and grandmother again. I don't have any happy time, and I can't repay their kindness. It's really unfilial of me to let them send their white-haired people to black-haired people. But I know that as soon as I go out from here, my grandpa will catch me and let me go Be a guard. So I have to leave immediately. I only hope that you can bring these two things to my grandmother and parents, as well as this photo, please help me put it on his grave."

After the little girl finished speaking, the hatred in her eyes slowly faded, replaced by concern and nostalgia.

Thought is the thread that keeps the soul alive, and Yu Manli understands that it is hatred, unwillingness, and nostalgia that make her soul condense in the black corpse coffin formation.Only by abandoning all thoughts can we really leave.

Yu Manli came over, took the things the little girl gave her with some hesitation, and put them into the ancient wolfskin bag in script script that Qi Tiezui had given her before.

The little girl smiled, and finally even her worries disappeared little by little.A ray of light split in the middle of the bronze mirror, and the little girl took off her armor and wore pink casual clothes again, disappearing into the golden-rimmed light.