HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
106 - Surprise (2)

The door of the room where Xiao Shuxiang was in began to creak open. The two little ghosts who had dressed her up in such a way began to hold her hand and lead her out.


A row of corpses also wearing bridal clothes like her were seen lined up neatly in the corridor, both men and women. Xiao Shuxiang really did not understand where the problem lay. He was only led to walk slowly forward.


On the other hand, Ling Qing Zhu was also wearing a bridal outfit. It's just that there is no cloth that covers his head like a bride in general. He saw there was only one row of corpses in this corridor, the other was across the courtyard on the other side. So it could be said he was too far away to see his friends.


Ling Qing Zhu walked slowly and followed the flow of this ghostly wedding. He noticed how the ceremonial leader on the stage was starting to marry one by one young couple. It's just that it seems like the contents of the old jackfruit's head may be a little shifted or not well developed.


The old-faced ghost grabbed the couple randomly to perform the wedding ceremony, not even caring if the couple was male and female, male and male, or female and female.


On the other hand, Xiao Shuxiang stepped back. These two little ghosts really treated him well. The queue in front of him was slowly getting shorter and shorter. He also began to hear the voice of the leader of this ghost marriage even though it was still a little vague.


Xiao Shuxiang stepped back, he did not just turn his head let alone turn to look back. He only wished that his White Cat was indeed behind him at this moment and the position they had lined up before remained the same as before.


"I can't smell the scent of White Cats, including Wang Zhao and Liu Wei Lin. But I guess this young man in front of me is Mo Huai even though I'm not too sure either." Xiao Shuxiang was breathing slowly, "It seems that my smell was disturbed due to the incense burner in the dressing room earlier,"


Xiao Shuxiang was too late in thinking to the point of jolting when his turn had arrived. The two little ghosts on his right and left side guided his steps to go up onto the stage, the place where the leader of the wedding ceremony was located.


The tension instantly enveloped Xiao Shuxiang. He again gulped and did not dare to look up. Although her face was covered by the bridal veil, she should not let her guard down.


"If this Old Bangka finds out I'm not one of those dead bodies-then I'll just jump right in and pull his ribs." Xiao Shuxiang gave a serious expression.


The faceless ceremonial leader began to stretch out his hands and exclaimed, "The sun in the east, the moon in the west...! The sky showed us his power..! Destiny has been opened, peace to old age..! Congratulations to Miss! Congratulations to you, sir!"


An officer walked over and said, "Please get through here,"


Xiao Shuxiang was again led and taken into the reception pavilion. His facial features were smooth despite being covered in a thin red hood. Anyone would be tempted to open that hood and see the beauty hidden within.


"............."


There was someone before Xiao Shuxiang who was also in bridal attire. His body features were very harmonious in wedding red clothes, but it was difficult for Xiao Shuxiang to see the figure of a corpse paired with him.


The atmosphere around Xiao Shuxiang began to change. Especially when he stood facing each other with this figure. He felt an unfamiliar, but also familiar feeling and despite trying to calm-honestly Xiao Shuxiang thumped and agitated.


The little ghosts who were escorting the two brides began to giggle and clap. They're singing.


"The new sky opens, connecting the time loop."


"Run since the first light, a new day opens."


"Together day and night, together in eternity."


"Ghosts and spirits welcome, carrying the buds of prayer."


"In this coffin, they're put together."


"Hope in life, revealed in death."


"Night is still the same, dark is still hiding."


"The legs are without the body and the base of the human skin."


"Both shall pass through the heavens, his soul shall not be alone."


Xiao Shuxiang felt that the two stanzas of these phantoms were still quite beautiful in his ears, but somehow the verses he heard grew more and more terrifying. He was a little scared.


Wait, maybe fear isn't the right word. Xiao Shuxiang only felt somewhat goosebumps. In her marriage to Ling Qing Zhu, there was nothing like this. So maybe what he experienced was real from the natural traditions of the non-living beings.


There was a pair of dolls made of paper. One is shaped like a man and the other is a woman. They have no face, but are full of charm. Most likely they were representatives of both parents of the ghostly bridal couple.


The old man who was the leader of this wedding ceremony started to say, "The sky has blessed us...! Groom and bride, perform a self-cleaning ritual."


A child ghost carries a porcelain container filled with clear water. The couple was asked to wash their hands and then wash their hands.


Xiao Shuxiang had no problem following the first command, but while going to wash the hands of the person he was married to -- he felt somewhat jolted.


"Is a corpse's hand like this?" Xiao Shuxiang frowned, he felt familiar with this hand and immediately gasped. He would think about it when it was his turn to wash his hands.


The ritual of self-cleaning is finally complete. Next is the ritual in which both the bride and groom share a piece of meat as a symbol of new life. Then the bride and groom each drink half of the cup containing their wine which will be exchanged.


The next ritual is to bow down to heaven and earth. Xiao Shuxiang and the corpse that was his partner started to prostrate first. It feels really creepy right now.


"Brother Liu, the disguise you proposed went perfectly. But if until this marriage ritual is complete and I have to be trapped in this world full of annoying evil spirits, then I will make sure the entire clan 'Liu: will be wiped out from this world."


Xiao Shuxiang could barely hold it anymore. Moreover, the leader of the ceremony began to call for him and his partner to kneel to both parents. That meant they had to kneel before a faceless paper puppet.


Xiao Shuxiang closed his eyes for a moment, "Alright. Iwill. Just kneel to the paper puppet that was considered an old man. It's still tolerable,"


The last kneeling ritual is kneeling between husband and wife. Here, Xiao Shuxiang's brows started twitching. His heart was pounding for nothing.


Perhaps perhaps Xiao Shuxiang felt that if this wedding ritual was made as real as possible, he would continue to be confined in this place.


Although thinking of the possibilities that could have happened, but Xiao Shuxiang's body spontaneously followed every ritual that existed and even he was shocked himself when he finished performing the ritual kneeling between married couples.


After that the next one is the ritual of tying the hair of a married couple where it has the meaning that love between the couple will never be doubted. A little ghost came with scissors.


The little ghost gave it to the bride-to-be Xiao Shuxiang first. She cut a small bundle of her hair and then handed it to the ghost.


"............"


Now it was Xiao Shuxiang's turn to hold the scissors. He thought that it should be the groom who wears these scissors first, which means it is him. However he did not think about it any further, Xiao Shuxiang preferred to go along with the situation and see what would happen later.


The hair of the two ghostly brides began to be tied up and put in a brocade bag. The child's ghost gave the pouch to Xiao Shuxiang to keep.


!!


Xiao Shuxiang was clearly shocked. He remembered when he married his White Cat first, this kind of ritual they also run. But the one who keeps the brocade bag is the bride, but why....


Xiao Shuxiang blinked, "Is this indeed happening because I am performing a ghost wedding ritual? Ha ha's... That must be so, because there's no way they're wrong to think that I'm a bride, right?. Don't they have eyes--!!"


Xiao Shuxiang blinked when he realized that most of the ghosts here did not have faces, let alone eyes to see. But if that is true, then the corpse that is in front and has undergone a ritual with it this is ....


"It is definitely impossible," Xiao Shuxiang shook his head slowly. "In that line of corpses I saw many women with fairly sturdy bodies, so where could I possibly be married to a male corpse?! My luck couldn't have been so bad to the point that..."


"Complete Ceremony..!!" The cry from the elder-faced Bangka made Xiao Shuxiang's remark suddenly stop.


The old ghost said, "The new bride who is without words, glances gently from under the eyelashes, shading with a soft smiling face. May the Husband accept and please remove the veil!"


!!


Like being doused in cold water, that was what Xiao Shuxiang was feeling right now. She did not expect that it turned out that during each ritual - she was the one who played the bride.


He really wanted to scream now, both ends of his ears even turning red. From the beginning he had been suspicious because he was given a red hood as a head covering by the two little ghosts, but it was unexpected that his suspicions really happened.


!!


Xiao Shuxiang became tense as a hand began to stretch out and touch his hood. He even subconsciously held his breath.


Seen however, the hand that slowly raised its hood was indeed not the hand of a corpse. But when he washed his hands, it was not warm at all, it was so cold. The hand he knew very well.


"............"


The cloth that was blocking Xiao Shuxiang's gaze from earlier had finally lifted. He could now see who the corpse that became his ghostly bride pair.


!!


Xiao Shuxiang was stupefied, he had already predicted but had absolutely no idea that this figure actually looked extremely admirable in any dressing. He could not even feel his heart beating.


He saw a figure with a character, an ordinary wild face Beautiful and soulless. A sharp nose and graceful lips, a shady eye gaze that can even make men and women pound.


The height of this figure is not much different from him, but it has an undeniable charm. He even recalled the words of someone who said that even 'The Phoenix Bird would forget how to fly when it saw this beauty.'


Xiao Shuxiang could barely say anything. She was fascinated, on the other hand she was completely embarrassed by the fact that she was in a position to be an unworthy bride. The subject in front of him was not a corpse, but a human being and it was truly unexpected that the subject was a person he recognized.


"White Cat..."


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