Folklore: Pre-emptive shelter begins with the stomach.

……

Chang'an County, Shiping Feng Family Residence.

Inside the four courtyards.

Finally, a reply was received regarding the matter of sending a letter to Jiangbai Village.

The servant carrying the letter was kneeling obsequiously beside the eldest son, Feng Zhihai.

"Young master, the letter has arrived."

"Speak, I'm listening." Feng Zhihai looked expectant; after waiting for so long, he finally received a reply.

"yes!"

The servant then read the contents of the reply aloud, word by word.

Feng Zhi was secretly delighted.

He even snatched the letter from the servant's hand and read it repeatedly.

The letter read:

"The third young master of the Feng family is weak-willed and cowardly."

He had become half-mad and half-stupid after being harassed by demons and monsters every day, and his symptoms were worse at night.

Unfortunately, the other party remained inside the temple.

The other two temple abbots, seeing his pitiful state, often took care of him.

The branch is incompetent and has never found an opportunity to make a move.

Now that the Third Young Master has returned home, he is overjoyed and is determined to go home.

Jiangbai Village is weak and lacks the ability to traverse the strange disaster, but we have made arrangements in accordance with the young master's orders.

Sending the Third Young Master along the way was fraught with difficulties and accidents were bound to happen.

We will definitely give the young master a satisfactory answer.

The letter clearly stated that his third brother had become a cripple.

These were just some ordinary strange occurrences, yet they frightened my third brother into this state.

He anticipated that his third brother would agree to attend the banquet, at which point a trap awaited him; he also considered that the other party would either die or simply refuse the matter.

But to my surprise, the other party went mad.

If he had known that his once well-educated and reasonable third brother was so weak-willed, he should have targeted the other heirs instead of starting with him.

His former air of brilliance was probably all an act!

The description in the letter now matches his disheveled appearance when he met his third brother in Jiangbai Village.

"Tsk—after all that, he's just a useless person!" Although Feng Zhihai found it boring, he was quite satisfied with the result.

I just hope that my other brothers and sisters are just as easy to deal with.

It's reasonable that it took so long to reply.

The Huang and Tang families have always had frequent trade relations and a good relationship with the Feng family.

It's normal for them to take good care of the temple master.

Although he had already established his authority, the Huang and Tang families were not small clans, so they naturally wouldn't listen to him.

Even this branch of the Feng family is considered loyal.

Even though the main family of Shiping had already abandoned them, they were still so loyal in serving them.

only……

He let out a long sigh.

Ever since he left Jiangbai Village, that beautiful figure had been constantly on his mind.

In that branch of the family, a woman of similar age to him was surprisingly beautiful.

Thinking back on it carefully, I still feel an irresistible urge.

So, I could no longer tolerate it:

"A reward is offered for any talented or extraordinary person to go to Jiangbai Village and bring someone back to me."

"Chang'an County has a great many talented people."

"It's not that I'm being nosy, it's just that I don't know the name of the person the young master is bringing along?"

name……

Yes, the name.

Speaking of which, I think her name is "Feng Xiunian..."

Upon hearing this,

The servants' noodles trembled.

"Young master, are you referring to the second son of that branch?"

This person may have a female appearance, but is actually a man with a male body...

You wouldn't...

The servant was only halfway through speaking.

Sensing the awkward atmosphere, he immediately shut up.

Indeed, even a servant like him knows this, how could the young master not know?

So this is what the young master likes!

"I will take care of things."

"Yes, it must be done perfectly."

"yes!"

Just as the servant turned to leave, Feng Zhihai called him back:

"Recently, the head of the family has been paying close attention to matters in the Huanjiang River basin, and has also sent people to investigate."

The servant seemed to be deep in thought:

"Jiangbai Village is located in the Huanjiang River basin. Could it be that the patriarch is also concerned about the Third Young Master's affairs?"

"No, he wouldn't," Feng Zhihai said definitively. "The people in the government have also been making moves recently, and I feel that the two are definitely related."

Anything that can attract the attention of the family head must be either beneficial or harmful to the Feng family. In any case, I need to know what exactly happened in the Huanjiang River basin.

"yes!"

"Wait..." Feng Zhihai called out to the servant again.

The servant turned around.

"Since everyone's gone, let's take this opportunity to check if the information in the letter is true."

"Yes... but what if it's fake?"

"Hehe... I, Feng Zhihai, dislike it most when people lie to me."

The servant understood immediately, bowed, and withdrew to prepare.

But after taking only two steps, he turned back again.

This time, Feng Zhihai looked at him suspiciously: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and go!"

"Yes!" The servant then left.

……

Jiangzhu Village is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Huanjiang River.

night.

A strange wind howled, piercing the nerves of everyone in Jiangzhu Village like a sharp knife.

Jiangzhu Village also began to suffer from strange disasters.

The entire village is surrounded by eerie figures that can be seen everywhere, and even in places where they cannot be seen, one can hear the eerie cries of an old woman on her deathbed.

There were even sounds of babies crying.

Under the moonlight, if you look closely at the thin, eerie figure and the smiling figure...

Basically, there was a baby lying on the floor in each one.

Some were so frail and thin they looked like skeletons, while others had bulging, round bellies.

If it were merely an infant, it would inevitably evoke pity. But those clinging to the eerie creature were like parasites, constantly sucking at its life force.

Its teeth were barbed, and its face was ferocious, as if it were devouring these mindless creatures.

This is an unprecedented act of trickery.

The people of Jiangzhu Village felt horrified and their scalps tingled when they saw this scene.

If you look closely, those babies with round bellies are so swollen they are almost transparent.

It was filled with the flesh and blood of living people.

Within the village, one of the two temples has been destroyed, and the other is in imminent danger of collapse.

At this moment, Jiangzhu Village is experiencing the same fate as Jiangqing Village did back then.

It seems we are about to follow in their footsteps.

But at that moment, the strange creatures that had been attacking like a tidal wave suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, a theatrical voice drifted over.

"Once you pass the imperial examination and ascend to the highest rank... you can discard your wife and children by the roadside—"

"..."

"Don't laugh at the trapped dragon being mocked by shrimp... Once it gains power, it will surely soar to the clouds..."

The opera ended.

From the other side, a woman's voice came: "Actor Gui...you're not dead?"

"Dead...not dead..."

The dead are the past... the living are the present...

A play of rebirth, rarely repeated many times.

The actor's voice sang softly, though it was something obscure and difficult to understand.

Gradually, a woman in theatrical costume appeared, but upon closer inspection, her figure was almost transparent, indicating that she was in an extremely weak state.

At the same time, a woman with a large pregnant belly walked over from not far away.

Her belly was outrageously large, almost as big as her entire body.

If you listen carefully, you can even hear the baby's laughter and playful cries coming from inside the belly.

"Jiangbai Village suffered a calamity... People came here seeking refuge with a benefactor..."

"Oh?" The pregnant ghost clearly noticed the strange behavior of the female ghost. "Taking refuge is easy, but the water ghosts probably don't know, right?"

The young actress, with a pitiful expression, shook her head:

"When people woke up and saw that the noble person was close to me, they came looking for me."

Upon hearing this, the pregnant ghost nodded.

"That's great! If we're of one mind, we can take over Jiangzhu Village together."

"Then thank you very much, sir..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the pregnant woman slowly approached the female ghost.

Just as the two ghosts were only a few steps apart, her round belly suddenly began to writhe violently.

In an instant, her belly burst open like a blooming flower bud, splitting into several petals.

Show your teeth and show your claws!

Each infant is like a piece of flesh and blood.

In the midst of the mingling of flesh and blood, the opera singer was swallowed whole.

"Comfortable..." the pregnant woman murmured softly.

"It's good that you don't know."

They all think you're dead. How can you survive if you don't die?

Besides, with you and me working together, we can better capture Jiangzhu Village, right?

This is what it means by "unity of purpose".

At this moment, the baby inside her belly was constantly laughing and joking.

He seemed quite satisfied with his mother's feeding this time.

At the same time, the icy aura emanating from the pregnant woman became even more profound, and the surrounding air condensed into white frost.

It has become stronger.

But without it noticing, the noisy stomach suddenly quieted down.

Huh?

What's wrong?

Just as the pregnant woman was filled with doubt.

next moment.

A mournful murmur, like that of a tragic actor, suddenly came from inside her stomach.

"Beggars have no sense of righteousness or trustworthiness... It's absolutely unacceptable to marry into their family!"

"Short clothes make people laugh; long gowns make one look even more destitute."

"My clothes are torn, and dogs will bite me; my road is blocked, and I find a broken bridge—"

The pregnant woman tried to react, but no matter what she did, she could no longer control her belly.

It tried to plead, but when it opened its mouth, what came out was:

"When it's poor, I save its life...when it's rich, I kill it—"

Knowing that love is as fragile as paper, I regret keeping this handkerchief with my poem on it until now.

Gradually, the pregnant woman began to automatically put on theatrical costumes, and her face was also adorned with rouge and powder.

Even her figure has become exactly the same as that of the former Hua Dan Gui.

But her belly was still perfectly round:

"The cycle of reincarnation...a cycle within a cycle of reincarnation—"

"Well... what's dead is the past... what's alive is the present."

Then, just as Jiangzhu Village was about to be completely destroyed by the strange disaster, it involuntarily turned its head and looked in the direction of Jiangbai Village.

The eeriness of the surroundings seemed to have a hidden meaning.

They all stopped their impulse to rush towards the only temple in Jiangzhu Village, and instead turned towards Jiangbai Village.

"My lord... I will come to find you again in this life."