Marriage in the Underworld: Volume 1

By Lin XiZhui

I have to start from the point of forming a relationship with her … Everything has to change from the time I formed my yin kinship …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Oct 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781646776795

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CHAPTER 1 - WHO HARMS ME (1)

My name is Liu Ding and I was born in a small mountain village in western Guangxi. My father died in a mine accident and my mother remarried to another village.

Granny Cat is a famous matchmaker in our village, the kind of matchmaker that is specially used to link dead person together.

The coal mining industry in western Guizhou was flourishing. Every year, a large number of young, able-bodied laborers died in the mines. The mining industry was relatively profitable, thus, many outsiders took the opportunity to take up the business in a flurry.

He didn't know that money was just money, but there were too many taboos. If he wasn't careful, he would end up like a corpse.

It was also because of this reason that the Granny Cat was very particular when touching the Yin Media. For many years, nothing had happened.

However, how could there be a place that did not wet his shoes when walking by a river? Although the Granny Cat was cautious, an accident had occurred …

One afternoon, when I returned from school, I coincidentally bumped into Village Head Liu Yuan. He was carrying a pile of things, and uncharacteristically came to find me, saying that he wanted to find a shady agent for his son who had died in the mines, and that the target was the daughter of Liu Chang Zai of the eastern side of the village.

Liu Changgui's daughter is called Liu Xia, which was what Liu Changgui picked up from the mountains when he was a forest ranger in the county forest. Recently, Liu Changgui was still thinking about how to make Liu Xia a son-in-law.

A few days ago, when it was raining heavily, when Liu Xia was bringing dinner to Liu Changgui, she fell into the water channel s at the east side of the village and drowned.

Granny Cat frowned when she heard about Liu Yuan's intentions for coming here, and said with a little difficulty: There is no problem to loot your child's Yin Medium, but we need to find another one. Old Man Liu's daughter was drowned, and I'm afraid there might be a problem!

Liu Yuan then said, Aunt Cat, I also don't want to make things difficult for you. My son really likes that daughter of Old Man Liu's when he was still alive, and now that he has the chance, I don't want to let that child of mine down!

The Granny Cat still had a difficult expression on her face. Liu Yuan then continued: That daughter of Old Man Liu has drowned and has no home to return to. If she and my baby were to become engaged, she wouldn't end up as a ghost. If you don't want to touch this vulture, I'm afraid no one in a radius of dozens of miles can take it."

Speaking to this point, Granny Cat did not say much. She just said the word birthright on the spot, and seeing that there were no problems, she agreed.

That night, the Granny Cat finished packing up. They followed Liu Yuan to his house and helped his son manage the matter regarding the Innates.

Normally, Granny Cat would come back in the middle of the night after she went out to find the Yin Media. But this time, Granny Cat actually didn't come back for an entire night until the next morning when I was woken up by a knock on the door.

I thought that Granny Cat had returned and hurriedly opened the door. When I opened the door, I saw that it was Village Chief Liu Yuan who was standing outside.

He was sweating profusely, and when he saw me, he immediately said, Liu Ding, something big happened. Quickly tell Granny Cat to come with me to take a look!

I was surprised. Granny Cat didn't come back last night. What happened?

What!? The Granny Cat did not come back, what should she do! Early this morning, I discovered that the coffin in the mourning hall had been opened, and my body was gone. " Liu Yuan said anxiously.

There's actually such a thing, but Granny Cat is not home! I said helplessly.

Liu Yuan was anxious as he turned around. He suddenly pulled me back and said: Liu Ding, you have followed Granny Cat for so long, you should know a little about the business here. Why don't you go take a look!

Although I have lived with Granny Cat for a long time, I have never asked about such things, so I do not know anything about it.

I was about to say no, but Liu Yuan didn't give me a chance, he pulled me and rushed back to his house.

Upon entering the door of the living room, he saw a coffin placed in the center. The coffin's lid was ajar, and he could vaguely feel a bit of Yin Qi.

I haven't even seen a dead person in my life, not to mention some weird things like touching the Yin media. My scalp goes numb when I see this situation, and I just stood there, not daring to move.

Seeing this, Liu Yuan pushed me back and said: What are you waiting for, quickly go over and see what's going on!

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and approach the coffin. When I reached it, I placed my trembling hands on the edge of the coffin and gingerly peeked inside.

However, the coffin was not empty like what Liu Yuan had said, but had a red groom's uniform inside.

CHAPTER 2 - WHO HARMS ME (2)

Village Chief, this … Before I could even turn around, I felt my vision suddenly turn black. The back of my head was struck so hard that I immediately lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I was in a small space, surrounded by darkness, and a heavy pressure came over me. I was terrified.

But there were planks all around me, and no matter how much I struggled, it was useless. Just as I was about to give up, I felt a piece of silk clothing.

I was suddenly aware of my situation. This was probably the red groom's uniform in the coffin, and I was locked in it.

I panicked. A chill rose up my spine and I started to kick the lid of the coffin. The lid of the coffin shook violently, but it didn't move at all. It seemed that it was nailed to the ground.

Liu Yuan is the one who harmed me! In my heart, I cursed his eighteen generations of ancestors, swearing that when I went out, I would definitely get even with him.

At this moment, I noticed that there was water seeping in from the gaps between the planks. With a sound, my body quickly became soaked and seemed to continue sinking.

For a moment I didn't know what to do, and then the water was all over me, up to my neck, and there was a strong feeling of suffocation in my brain, and it seemed like it was going to swallow me whole. I closed my eyes and held my breath, almost giving up.

After a long time, I felt as if a light were shining through the cracks in the boards in my hazy consciousness, followed by a loud noise, followed by the sound of a plank being pried.

I was overjoyed. I opened my eyes fiercely and heard a pa sound. The lid of the coffin was opened. I was pulled out from the coffin.

Startled, I climbed out of the coffin and fell to the ground. I breathed in the fresh air for a long time before I recovered.

At this time, I looked around me and realised that I was at the water channel's shore, surrounded by a group of people. Several of them were completely drenched, probably having just scooped me out of the water.

Granny Cat carried a cloth bag on her back, and with a frown, her expression turned ugly. She looked like she was burdened with a heavy load of thoughts, I have never seen Granny Cat like this, so I couldn't help but ask: Nanny cat, what's going on?

What's going on? If not for the fact that the water channel's bridge builder found you in time, you would have died long ago! Granny Cat pointed at me after she finished speaking, Speak, who threw you into the coffin? What happened to your clothes?

I looked up at my chest and saw that I was wearing the bright red bridal gown that was in the coffin!

I was so scared that I couldn't help but shiver. I didn't dare to have any hesitation as I patted my head. I tried my best to calm myself down and then told her everything that had happened in detail.

Once he said that, the surrounding people started whispering to each other. Granny Cat's face became even more unsightly and he pulled me up: Hurry and follow me home.

From the look of Granny Cat, something big seemed to have happened. I didn't dare to ask too much, and even more so didn't dare to stay beside the water channel for long, as I followed Granny Cat back.

On the way, I couldn't resist the temptation of this mist. I pulled Granny Cat's hand and whispered, What happened? Why did the village head want to harm me?

The Granny Cat said, That is not the village chief. Ding Wazi, it's all my fault, we shouldn't have touched this pervert. This time, we're in big trouble."

After Granny Cat said this, I became even more afraid and anxiously said, If it isn't the village head, then who else could it be? What exactly is going on!?

Granny Cat sighed, then pulled me to change my direction, and started walking towards the east side of the village. As we walked, he said, Whether it's fortune or misfortune, whether it's doom or failure to avoid, go take a look!

Liu Yuan's home is at the east side of the village, Granny Cat is taking me to Liu Yuan's home!

When Liu Yuan just arrived at his house, there were already many neighbors outside his house, all of them discussing about him.

Some of the neighbors saw Granny Cat and immediately greeted him, Nanny Mao, you're finally here. The Village Chief went crazy early in the morning and bit anyone she saw, and she couldn't even stop them. She has already injured a lot of people.

Granny Cat asked: Where is he?

In the living room, I will lead you there. Yes! the neighbor responded, then he shouted at the villagers to make way.

The door of the living room to Liu Yuan's house was wide open, the spirit hall inside had not been removed, but the coffin was already gone, and Liu Yuan was lying like a dog under the altar, with his back facing us, as if he was eating something.

When our group entered the living room, Liu Yuan did not have any reaction. It was only then that I noticed the bloodstains and chicken feathers all over living room.

Liu Yuan is the only one! Without any warning, Granny Cat suddenly roared loudly. Liu Yuan's body suddenly shook and he turned around.

When he turned around, I was so scared that I screamed and fell back a few steps.

The current Liu Yuan was no longer a human, his face was sinister, his eyes were completely bloodshot, his eyeballs were wide open, as though they could explode at any time.

A pair of scrawny like firewood held onto a chicken that was being bitten to death and was feeding on it. The corners of its mouth and cheeks were filled with blood, and it was wailing while grimacing in pain.

They have never seen such a weird situation before, not just me, everyone was shocked, some of the more timid women even retreated out of living room.

Liu Yuan was originally thin, but at this time he looked like a pregnant woman who was ten months pregnant. His stomach was swollen to the point that he had lost count of how much food he had eaten, and he was even currently stuffing raw chicken into his mouth without any signs of stopping.

According to this method of eating, he would be bloated to death sooner or later!

CHAPTER 3 - HOW TO DO IT (1)

The Granny Cat did not waste time talking, she hurriedly called for the big guy to prepare a rope to tie Liu Yuan up, if not, his life would definitely be killed.

With the Granny Cat in the lead, everyone took a pill to calm their nerves and started to move. A few young and strong farmers took the initiative to come over to help.

Normally, Liu Yuan was extremely weak, even if it was anyone, they would be able to easily subdue him. However, today, his strength was exceptionally strong, and even with a huge stomach, he moved like a rabbit. These big men actually could not cure him, and were even almost bitten by him.

But there was strength in numbers after all. After going through so much, Liu Yuan was finally tied up.

Liu Yuan who had been tied up was still not being honest. Lying on the ground, he bared his fangs and brandished his claws as he rolled around, crawling towards the bloody raw chicken on the ground, wanting to continue chewing.

Granny Cat immediately took down her cloth bag and took out a purple talisman paper. She also took out a bowl of water and burned the talisman paper into ashes, placing it inside.

Immediately after, he took out an incense stick from the spirit hall, and imitated it on the gray water for a few times, and then used his finger to touch the grey water on Liu Yuan's forehead and flicked three times.

After doing all these, the Granny Cat took the chance while Liu Yuan was eating the raw chicken to fiercely pour the grey water into his mouth.

As soon as the Hui Jin water was poured in, Liu Yuan's body started to twitch non-stop, as if he was suffering from epilepsy. He rolled his eyes, and his bloated stomach started to emit gulp, gulp sounds. A sound.

A few minutes later, Liu Yuan finally opened his bloody mouth. Wa! He started to vomit violently.

What was shocking was that, other than raw chicken, what Liu Yuan just spat out were mostly scorpions, scorpions, rats and ants. These things had not been digested yet, and some strong life force beings were still squirming around, causing me to feel disgusted.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a man could eat so much raw, and not die.

Of course, while I was shocked, I was even more curious about why Liu Yuan suddenly became like that. Was he the same person who had called me this morning?

As soon as Liu Yuan finished vomiting, he regained his composure. Before he could even catch his breath, he fainted.

About an hour later, Liu Yuan woke up. After waking up, Liu Yuan was extremely weak. His face was sallow and he looked as if he had aged a few years.

The strange thing was that Liu Yuan didn't know anything about what had just happened. Seeing that there was a large group of people surrounding him and he was even tied up, he asked in surprise, Why are you guys surrounding me like this? Why did you tie me up?

Village Chief, do you really not remember anything? An old man asked Liu Yuan in a probing tone.

Liu Yuan shook his head, at a loss.

At the end of the narration, the old man said, Village Head, you must have met with some trouble recently. If not for Lady Cat's timely arrival, you would probably be dead by now!

When Liu Yuan heard the old man and saw the mess in the living room, as well as the puddle of dirt that was vomited on the ground, he was so scared that cold sweat broke out all over his body.

Granny Cat said with a serious face: Don't thank me yet, this matter is not over. I am asking you a question, you have to be honest with me, otherwise, your life will be in danger.

After going through such an experience, how could Liu Yuan dare to continue being vague? He immediately made a promise, Nanny Mao, just ask whatever you want, I definitely won't dare to lie in the slightest.

Granny Cat nodded and said, What's wrong with your daughter?

Hearing that, Liu Yuan's eyes turned cold, and he stuttered, unwilling to speak. This time, everyone could see that there was something wrong with this fellow's heart.

The Granny Cat sighed and said: "Since you are not willing to speak, then I cannot help you. However, do not blame me for not reminding you.

After saying that, the Granny Cat pretended to get up and walk out. Only then did Liu Yuan panic, and quickly pulled the Granny Cat and said: Don't go, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything.

Hearing Liu Yuan's words, he realised that things were not as simple as he thought, the problem was not Liu Yuan's fault at all.

Liu Yuan's son did indeed die in a mine accident, but Liu Yuan was not the one who wanted to help his son find a way to do so. The one who truly wanted to help him was Liu Changgui.

CHAPTER 4 - HOW TO DO IT (2)

On the night that Liu Yuan's son suffered a mine accident, Liu Changgui came to their door and asked to touch Liu Xia's body. Only then did Liu Yuan know that Liu Xia had drowned himself, and did not agree to it at first.

But when Liu Changgui used money to seduce her, Liu Yuan couldn't stay calm anymore. Marrying his own son as a wife for no reason and making a profit, why not?

After understanding the situation, the Granny Cat was so angry that she stomped her feet, Village head, village head, why are you so silly? You are courting death!

Liu Yuan had been scared witless long ago, and what was more unbelievable was what the Granny Cat said. With that, he kneeled on the ground and begged Granny Cat to save him.

Granny Cat frowned, her expression ashen as she said: This Liu Changgui obviously did this on purpose, he did not investigate the reason clearly. Let alone saving you, even Ding Wa and I will be implicated.

What!? We will also be implicated, and all of us say that each debt has its own master, this has nothing to do with us! " When I heard that we would be implicated, I didn't react.

The Granny Cat sighed and said: That is true, but I was the one who touched the Yin Medium, so naturally I am infected by the karma.

When I heard this situation, I panicked. If this matter can't be resolved, then I will suffer as well. Thus, he kept asking the Granny Cat if there were any ways to solve this problem.

Granny Cat was silent for a while, before saying that if she wanted to solve the problem, she had to first figure out the whole situation. I immediately suggested asking Liu Changgui to clarify things.

Liu Yuan expressed his support for my idea, but Granny Cat said that since Liu Changgui took the opportunity to learn about the Yin Method, he must have some ulterior motives, so he decided to head up the mountain first.

I thought about it and immediately packed up my things. Granny Cat and I prepared to go up the mountain. Because it is related to his own life, even if Liu Yuan's body is extremely weak, he can only come with us.

Last night, he had personally sent them to the West Mountain to be buried, so the location of the grave was very clear. However, the mountain road was hard to walk on, so by the time they arrived at the cemetery at the back of the mountain, it was already dusk.

The West Mountain was a famous cemetery in a radius of a few miles, and many people were buried there, so there were many graves, but the most eye-catching one was still the new grave in the southwest corner, where there were no gravestones.

Because it was a burial site, the new grave was very big, and was at least twice the size of the surrounding ones. A piece of stone was placed on top of the red cloth covering the grave, and the stone had already been split open.

Seeing this, Granny Cat frowned, and muttered to herself: How could the wall of scum split, the two sides are similar, no matter what, this should not happen!

After pondering for a while, Granny Cat turned her head towards Liu Yuan and said, There's something wrong with the word 'birthday' for this girl, why didn't you say so earlier?

Liu Yuan then said with a trembling voice, It was given to me by Liu Changgui, I don't know either!

When Liu Yuan returned the gesture, I couldn't help but yell out in anger, You didn't know that you were giving the word 'birthday' to a cat or woman. If you want to die, why don't you just go jump in water channel s?

Liu Yuan said with an innocent and bitter face as he repented, Liu Ding, I was really not clear about the situation then. It's all my fault for covering my heart with lard and seeing the money come in handy, I didn't consider so much.

Granny Cat stopped us and said, Alright, now is not the time to make a ruckus. Let's not bother with the word 'birthday' first, let's settle this matter first.

I rolled my eyes at Liu Yuan, and ignored him.

Granny Cat took off the cloth bag she was carrying on her back, and then took out a canvas flag. After raising the flag, she instructed me to place the flag in the southeast corner of the grave.

I took the banner and saw that on one side of the banner was carved the word To, while the other side was filled with strange runes. I didn't understand it, so I placed it down according to Granny Cat's instructions.

Then, Granny Cat took out a piece of Stone Ash from her cloth bag and sprinkled it around the grave. After that, she lit up three incense sticks worth of time and chanted an incantation before inserting the incense onto the grave.

After doing all this, the Granny Cat pointed at the graves, Now you will kowtow and repent to the graves, and apologize to this girl.

Liu Yuan started to kowtow three times without saying a word, crying and shouting, Forgive me, I was wrong, I really did look like that.

After knocking his head, Granny Cat moved the pot he had prepared a long time ago to the grave, took out a handful of paper money from his cloth bag and handed it over to Liu Yuan: Release the paper money, burn the paper over to this girl.

Liu Yuan hurriedly got up and took the paper money. After he loosened his grip, he started burning the paper money, but he could not light the lighter in his hand at all. All he saw was a spark, but no flames.

I threw my lighter to Liu Yuan, but the situation was still the same. Liu Yuan was so anxious that he started to sweat profusely and his body was trembling uncontrollably.

The Granny Cat seemed to be prepared as she threw a box of matches towards Yue Yang. Liu Yuan had only drawn a few sticks in a row, but he had finally found a flame. However, he couldn't light the flame on the paper money.

This was really strange. Previously, it could be said that the lighter was broken, but now, it was sufficient to prove that it had nothing to do with all of this. Even though it was not yet night, my back felt cold.

Seeing this situation, Granny Cat sighed and said, Seems like this girl does not plan on forgiving you.

AHH! Then what should we do? Nanny Mao, save me, you must save me! Liu Yuan was panicking, a man actually had tears and snot flowing down his face.

Granny Cat frowned and revealed a troubled face. She didn't say anything and just signaled me with her eyes, telling me to go try.

I followed the steps that Liu Yuan took before I knelt down to kowtow three times. Then I picked up the paper money and picked up the lighter on the ground to light it up.

CHAPTER 5 - BACKREST COFFIN (1)

I was especially nervous when I started the fire. My hands were trembling, afraid that I would be the same as Liu Yuan, so I felt that the lighter was useless. I threw away the lighter and picked up the match beside it.

I struck down the match with a nervous heart. Chi! With a clink, a flame lit up on the match, and I was relieved to see it.

Then I began to burn the paper money with ease, paper money on fire, there were no problems, I could not help but rejoice. When the paper money in my hands has burned enough, I then followed Granny Cat's instructions and threw it into the pot.

However, at that moment, a strange scene occurred.

As soon as the burning paper money was thrown into the pot, a cold wind blew and a cloud of dust rose up, causing me to be unable to open my eyes.

When the chilly wind blew past, the scene before me stunned me even more. I was so scared that I started to sweat profusely.

He saw that the pot used to heat the paper money had been completely turned over, and the position of the pot had not moved at all. Even weirder was that when I turned the pot over again, a handful of paper money was still intact under the pot, and it didn't burn at all.

The three incense sticks Granny Cat had lit up earlier were also completely burnt, turning into two short and one long incense sticks.

Granny Cat picked up the three incense sticks, and was stunned, her face turning ugly. Everyone was very clear that two short and one long was an ominous sign.

At this time, the degree of panic I had was not one bit inferior to Liu Yuan, I was so frightened that my entire body was covered in cold sweat, and I did not even dare breathe loudly.

Granny Cat was startled for a moment. She looked at the Spirit Flag in the southeast corner and said: There is no other way now! Since the Spirit Flag was fine, there was still a chance. Ding Wazi, go down the mountain and call for someone. We have to dig up the grave and burn the corpse before it's too late.

Digging graves and burning corpses? Hearing this, Liu Yuan and I were shocked.

I said worriedly, This person has already buried himself in the ground. Digging a grave and burning his corpse is taboo. If that happens, the matter will become even more serious.

Granny Cat looked determined: Since things have come to this, we can only try to save him. This girl's anger is too great. She can only destroy the body, so perhaps there is still a way for her to survive.

After hearing Granny Cat say that there was still a chance of survival, digging out the grave and burning it to corpses was already a solution that I could do nothing about. I didn't say anything further and immediately turned around to leave the mountain.

Just then, Liu Yuan acted as if he had been possessed, and pulled me back: Don't dig the grave! My son is also buried there. Digging a grave will ruin my family's bloodline."

I rolled my eyes at Liu Yuan: At this time, why do you care about the Wind and Water of the Ancestral Veins? Is your family's bloodline more important, or is your own life more important?

Hearing what I said, Liu Yuan became quiet, it was obvious that he was more concerned about his own life.

But who would have thought that after Liu Yuan hesitated for a while, he said with a resolute face: Anyway, we cannot dig graves, once we have destroyed the Feng Shui veins, our family will be done for, at that time, how will I have the face to meet the ancestors?

Seeing that Liu Yuan was still insisting,