However, at this moment, An Rugu suddenly walked in from the front door; she was carrying a living creature in her hand. The living creature was covered with feathers, made clucking sounds, and kept fluttering.

The woman asked curiously, “What is this?”

“A hen, I bought it from someone next door,” An Rugu said in her usual cold tone.

The family next door was an old couple. During the Hungry Ghost Festival, they didn’t dare to walk outside at all. Even if they ever hear some noise, they wouldn’t dare to go out. An Rugu had heard a chicken crow at that house, so she knocked on the door and bought a hen.

Woman: “???”

Other ghosts: “???”

The wedding team was coming soon. An Rugu knew that the situation was urgent and did not intend to explain any more.

She tied the hen’s feet together and tied up its beak. Now the hen couldn’t make a sound at all.

Under everyone’s shocked eyes, the hen was placed on top of the golden nanmu urn, and the hen and the urn were now very close to each other.

The woman in the urn: “…”

Other ghosts :”……”

Before anyone could ask why, there was a gust of wind, and the door was suddenly opened by an invisible hand.

The wedding procession appeared at the door. The red sedan in the middle was swaying, and the musicians and bearers all had empty eyes.

An Rugu held the hen that was full of feminine scent in her hand, walked into the middle of the paper figures, approached the red sedan, opened the sedan curtain, and put the hen inside.

The paper people sensed that they had picked up the bride and reacted accordingly.

The musicians played their music, and the bearers lifted up the sedan. These people’s feet did not touch the ground, and they floated away in the air along with the cold wind.

The red wedding procession gradually faded away, leaving only their faint silhouettes.

Woman in the urn: “???”

Other ghosts: “???”

She got rid of the wedding party so easily?

The woman was curious: “You, how did you deceive them?”

An Rugu said calmly, “In ancient times, when the bridegroom was seriously ill and the bride’s family wanted to wash their hands of the affair, a big rooster would be used to replace the groom. Later on, some wealthy families who had their brides die or killed were afraid that they would take revenge, so they used roosters to complete the ghost marriage with the ghost bride.

“The paper man has no IQ at all and can only perform in mechanical ways. The musician can only play music and the bearer can only lift the sedan chair, but they cannot speak. They sensed your breath and thought they had received a bride.

“I just wanted to try it on a whim to see if it could work with hens, but I didn’t expect it to work this well”

Woman in the urn: “!!!”

Other ghosts:”!!!”

“How awesome!”

“You can actually do this.”

“That’s awesome, you must be a real master!”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Everyone was overjoyed that they had deceived the wedding procession. The woman did not have to marry the person who killed her, and they did not have to die.

This was indeed a double happiness! No more confusion about it!

Everyone was happy, but An Rugu shook her head gently. “This is just a way to delay the wedding procession. When the time comes for the actual ceremony, the flaws of the matter will still be exposed.”

The source of power for the paper procession came from the one who created them.

Being able to drive such a huge procession of people to fetch his bride, Bai Wei’s power should not be underestimated. Naturally, it was impossible for him to be deceived by the little hen when the procession reached the wedding hall.

When everyone heard this, they became scared again and didn’t know what to do. Some who were more cowardly than others threw the wedding baskets away and turned around to try and escape.

They were timid people before when they were alive, and they were not very courageous after their death. They just wanted to have some fun during the Hungry Ghost Festival, but they didn’t expect to be threatened by evil spirits.

This was terrible, they wanted to go back to the Underworld!

An Rugu turned to look at the old woman, “Do you know where your grandson is getting married?”

The old woman immediately replied, “In our village ancestral hall. It was built with a lot of money. It is the most luxurious place in our village. Master, before my grandson finds out, you should run away quickly!”

Woman in the urn: “What about you?”

“He is my grandson. He should not harm me. I will hold him back.”

Although the old lady said this, she was not sure at all. She died early and had no fate with this grandson. And she didn’t know when he turned into a crazed murderer who even killed his beloved wife. How important was his long-dead grandmother in his heart?

The woman in the urn realized that it would not be good for the old woman to stay here but she was unwilling to abandon her: “Then we will go together, and we will never leave each other alone!”

“Oh, silly child.”

Everyone began to plan what to do next, as if they were about to escape.

An Rugu was calm as usual. She lifted her hand and grabbed the urn. The reason why she had to delay was because she wanted to take action on the seal on the urn.

The woman thought An Rugu was going to escape with her, so she quickly thanked her: “Master, thank you for your life-saving grace. Please tell my sister about this, and my sister will definitely come to save me, and then our family will send a grand reward.”

An Rugu was confident in her heart, so she asked deliberately, “Is your sister very powerful?”

The woman said excitedly: “Do you know the Luban sutra? She is proficient in Luban technique and is very powerful. I think Bai Wei is no match for her, that’s why he locked me up: to prevent my sister from finding me.”

Her words were full of trust and longing for her sister, and she clearly wished that she could see her now.

“What are your and your sister’s names?”

“My name is Fang Shangshan, and her name is Fang Ruoshui.”

“Shangshan Ruoshui? ‘The ideal is to be like water’.”¹

“That’s right.”

An Rugu’s eyes fell on the golden nanmu urn. After looking at the seal over and over again, there was a trace of calculation in her brows, but there was no sign of it on her face. “You mean… if you could be freed, your sister will be able to find you. And if she finds you, she would come to rescue you immediately?”

Fang Shangshan’s voice was full of affection, “Yes, I almost got lost once when I was a child, but she found me through our connection as twins. As long as you can let me out, my sister will definitely come to save us.”

An Rugu’s lips raised, and she suddenly realized something.

No wonder the glimmer of hope given to her by the hidden mystery of fate was in this village.

If she could release Fang Ruoshui’s sister, the sister she said she was very close to would come to her immediately. In this case, Fang Ruoshui would have no time or chance to destroy the guardian artifact.

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I remember reading a c-novel before set in ancient times where the FL was made to marry a pig in place of the unwilling husband, so I guess this hen trick is not that obscure. Super funny tho 😂😅🤣

1. Shangshan Ruoshui. ‘The ideal is to be like water’. Water benefits all living things and does not struggle against them. It’s a quotation from the Book of Dao and is where the twin sisters’ names came from. ↩︎