"If you run away, you'll lose your life!" Ku Lamei's back head seemed to have eyes, he didn't even turn around, yet he knew I was trying to escape.My cheeks reddened, and I argued, "I wasn't running, I... I just wanted to find a place to pee..."Ku Lamei cold

ly said, "Don't pee randomly, beware of flooding the Dragon King Temple!"After walking a few steps, Ku Lamei stopped in front of another grave mound.He leaned over to look at the tombstone and muttered to himself, "This one should do!"Ku Lamei waved at me, I walked over, without saying a word, and knelt down directly.Ku Lamei glanced at me somewhat unexpectedly and chuckled, "You're quite insightful!"Ku Lamei took out red candles and incense, just like before, lit the red candles in front of the grave, and then inserted three sticks of incense.As the incense burned, I finally saw the characters on the tombstone. I couldn't help but take a cold breath. The owner of this tombstone turned out to be a girl from the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period. Due to the age of the tomb, weeds had grown densely around it, at least a person's height, almost enveloping the entire tomb. When the wind blew, the weeds danced wildly, appearing exceptionally desolate.Ku Lamei took out a yellow paper with my birth characters written on it, lit it in front of the tombstone, and then took out the pair of golden earrings. With a serious expression, he said to the tombstone, "Yin has a way, Yang has a path. Today, I, along with this lad Yang Cheng, specially come to propose to Miss Cuihua. If Miss Cuihua agrees to this engagement, she shall accept these earrings as a betrothal gift! As long as Yang Cheng can safely pass through this ordeal today, he will definitely repair the tomb and build a grave to repay Miss Cuihua's kindness!"I furrowed my brows. This Qing Dynasty woman's name sounds so rustic, Cuihua? Could her family be selling pickled vegetables or something?Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of my mouth."Be serious!"Ku Lamei slapped my head hard, causing me to grimace in pain, then he made me kowtow to the tombstone.Ku Lamei's slap was quite heavy, and it hurt so much that I gritted my teeth and quickly kowtowed to the tombstone three times.While kowtowing, I observed the incense out of the corner of my eye. This time, the three sticks of incense didn't extinguish, but burned quietly. I couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that this time, it worked, and Miss Cuihua had agreed to the engagement.Before I could even feel happy for three seconds, a gust of wind suddenly blew from the grave, blowing all the red candles and incense to the ground. The fallen candles ignited the weeds in front of the grave. With the wind blowing, the sparks brightened up, burning the weeds cracklingly, even singeing a lock of my hair in front of my forehead.I panicked and scrambled to my feet, "Old deity... quickly extinguish the fire... quickly extinguish the fire..."Ku Lamei's face was grim, and he said sternly, "Fire in front of the grave, grudges from the past life. This woman had heavy grievances during her lifetime, and she might have suffered emotional trauma, harboring strong resentment towards men!"I broke out in a cold sweat, silently cursing Ku Lamei in my heart. This old man not only had a lame leg but also had blind eyes. How could he propose to a resentful woman like this? Isn't this asking for trouble?Ku Lamei and I scrambled around, finally managing to extinguish the flames at the grave mound. Both of us were covered in sweat and grime, with blackened faces, looking comical like Indian sadhus.I said with a bitter face, "Old deity, it seems like no one wants to be my wife!"Ku Lamei sighed, "Ah, it's because you're so ugly!""..." I looked at Ku Lamei, suddenly speechless.Ku Lamei took me and continued to search through several grave mounds, but without exception, no one agreed to the engagement.Ku Lamei frowned, "It's not that they don't want to agree to you, but that Yinhongyi is too fierce, so they dare not agree to you!"I bit my lip, "Old deity, can I ask you for a favor?"Ku Lamei stood with his hands behind his back, "What is it?""If I die, can you please protect my family well and not let Yinhongyi harm them?" I earnestly pleaded."Oh!" Ku Lamei stumbled and almost fell.I touched my head, "Old deity, no need to be so surprised, right?"Ku Lamei turned around and glared at me, "Surprised my ass, come and help me, my foot is stuck!"I looked down and saw that Ku Lamei's foot had crushed a white skeleton head, and his ankle was stuck inside it, looking like his foot was trapped in a broken ball.I quickly squatted down and helped Ku Lamei remove the skull, throwing it away.Ku Lamei said, "Kid, I'm still trying hard, and you're giving up already? It's still two hours before dawn. We still have time. As long as we can find you a wife before dawn, you can pass this ordeal!"I looked up at the pitch-black night sky. The crescent moon, blood-red in color, disappeared behind the clouds, and a faint blood color flowed out, making the mountains and forests appear even more mysterious.The night seemed fleeting. I watched as the distant horizon gradually turned pale. I followed Ku Lamei dejectedly, thinking

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that perhaps this was fate.Ku Lamei also looked somewhat exhausted. Suddenly, he stopped in front of a grave mound.It was called a grave mound, but it was actually a small dirt pile with no tombstone, just a broken wooden sign stuck in the dirt, indicating that the owner of the grave was from a poor family.Ku Lamei looked up at the sky and said sternly, "Kid, this is the last one. If she still doesn't agree, then it's your fate. Don't blame others!"I nodded, feeling very calm in my heart, as if I had already accepted my fate.Lighting candles, burning incense, offering paper money, and kowtowing, we had repeated the same actions dozens of times. I mechanically kowtowed, when suddenly, I heard Ku Lamei exclaiming softly, "It's done!"Done?!For a moment, I hadn't reacted. I had failed all night, and now it suddenly worked?!I quickly looked up and saw that the pair of golden earrings, as if drawn by some mysterious force, were suddenly sucked into the soil.Ku Lamei's bark-like face finally showed a smile, "She has accepted your betrothal gift, which means she has agreed to be your bride. Hurry up and thank the young lady!"The characters on the broken wooden sign were already blurred, making it impossible to discern the name of the tomb owner.I asked Ku Lamei suspiciously, "Old deity, are you sure the tomb owner is a woman? What if it's a man..."Ku Lamei raised an eyebrow and pointed at the wooden sign, "Isn't there a 'woman' character on it? It's good enough that someone agreed to you. Hurry up and kowtow to thank her!"By this time, the sky had already begun to brighten, and crisp bird calls came from Guicou Gully.Where could I dare to delay? I immediately kowtowed to thank the broken wooden sign, muttering lines I had learned from TV dramas, "Miss's great kindness... I, Yang Cheng, will never forget..."Just as I was kowtowing, the soil in front suddenly stirred, as if something wanted to crawl out from the grave mound.