Shenmei Office

"Prince Zhu Rong gave birth to Changqin, where he was located in Lishan Mountain, where he began to make music. There are three colorful birds, one is called Huangniao, one is called Luanniao, and the other is called Fengniao."

——"Shan Hai Jing Da Huang Xi Jing"

At the end of the rainy season, the office received a commission from the gods. After receiving the commission, Changqin casually recruited Fengniao and came to this countryside with that awkward ghost who was reluctant to drink with her.

Presumably this man's family has invited Mr. to come and see, looking at the walls of the house covered with talisman papers, Changqin sneered: "Tossing nonsense."

"What do you think is not tossing around?"

Bi An, who took off his black wide-sleeved robe, put on a well-proportioned black suit. He frowned slightly and looked at Changqin, who was wearing short-sleeved shorts, revealing a large expanse of white skin.

"I don't think you are messing around." Changqin turned around and looked at Bi An with his three-pointed smiling peach eyes, and tugged on the top button of Bi An's shirt in a funny way: " Are you hot?"

Bi An pulled away his erratic hand and snorted coldly: "Ridiculous!"

After hearing this, Changqin laughed a few times in a low voice, the laughter seemed to come out after rolling in her throat, with a little temptation, it immediately made Bi An's brows wrinkle even tighter .

"You...you are from Shenming Office?"

A girl with a pale face in a black dress saw these two handsome men standing there for a long time, and remembered the commission she had made a few days ago, so she plucked up the courage to come over and ask.

"Yes, you are Miss Chen Lu, right?"

"Call...just call me Chen Lu, I...I..."

Changqin was born with a good skin, and the tone of her speech has remained unchanged for thousands of years, with a somewhat frivolous feeling, but such a simple conversation made Chen Lu blush.

Changqin coughed twice helplessly, and pushed Bi An in front of her—of course, rubbing her hands on Bi An's waist in a very irregular manner.

If it is said that Changqin's eyes are like peach blossoms in the autumn water, even if she looks at you motionlessly, it can also make you feel a little affectionate; then Bi An's appearance, even if she is motionless, can also make you cringe. I dare not look up.

Bi An has sword eyebrows and star eyes, and is handsome and handsome.However, it may be because he has been working in the punishment hall, there are not many expressions on his face, and there is a majestic aura that makes people dare not look directly at him.

This made Chen Lu, who was blushing just now, take a few steps back abruptly, and stammered about the strange things these days.

If we want to talk about this, we have to talk about it after Chen Lu found out that her grandmother passed away that night.

I wanted to ask the people in the same company to help move the grandmother's body back, but there is a taboo in the countryside, and the body cannot be moved at night.At that time, Chen Lu only felt sad, and didn't notice any emotions like fear, so she stubbornly wanted to stay by her grandmother's side until dawn.

There was nothing to do all night, and at dawn the next day, Chen Lu called her parents and told her about her grandma.It's just that the transportation in the countryside here is inconvenient, even if you rush back as quickly as possible, it will take a day later.

Chen Lu is just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who doesn't know much about the funeral process. With the help of several elders who have a good relationship with her on weekdays, she put her body in an ice coffin for preservation .

In fact, Chen Lu was quite afraid of these gods and ghosts on weekdays, but when she thought that this was her grandmother, she couldn't be afraid at all, and even looked forward to it.She declined a few aunts' proposals to let her live temporarily, and still lived in this small house, thinking of spending a final ride with her grandma.

But a strange thing just happened.

That night, Chen Lu, who hadn't slept all night and ran all day the next day, fell asleep early. She seemed to hear noises coming from the main room at night, but she felt as if she was being haunted by a nightmare. I didn't open my eyes until the next morning when I broke free from the mess of dreams, I suddenly found that the ice coffin that had been staying in the main room was gone!

You must know that the ice coffin is not light, even a strong young man would need two or three to lift it!

It's just that at this moment, Chen Lu unexpectedly didn't feel scared. She walked into the small courtyard almost calmly, and then saw the ice coffin that was pushed away, the shrine door that was opened, and... grandma lying on the rattan chair .

Chen Lu fainted from the shock of this unimaginable scene, and when she woke up again, she heard the sound of chanting scriptures coming from outside the door.She walked out with unsteady steps, looking at her haggard parents, the ice coffin that was brought back again, and the talisman papers that exorcised ghosts all over the walls.

I thought this would end like this, but the next day, Grandma's ice coffin disappeared again...

This time, the whole village was alarmed.

After Chen Lu watched grandma's coffin being carried back with a dull expression, she suddenly heard a mean-looking woman say that grandma was actually a crazy woman who had been going to that yard often since a long time ago. When it was a ghost, she walked towards the man with a gloomy expression.

"You fart! You only raise ghosts! Grandma said that the dragon god lives next to that well, how can you slander people like this!"

The woman who was violently pushed to the ground by Chen Lu stood up and yelled at Chen Lu in a sharp voice: "Ah, do you still do it? You are still a high school student, and you are still a dragon god. You don't even ask anyone in the village if you don't like it." Knowing that your grandma is all right, she went to the well? Sanwazi, you don’t care about your children, how old are you, and you still do something to the elders?"

"My grandma is not a crazy woman! Shut up!"

Chen Lu rushed to the woman like crazy and tried to beat her, but how could such a pampered child be a match for someone who was used to farm work.

Pulled away by a group of people, she turned her head in disappointment to look at her silent parents standing in front of the crowd, and knelt down on the ground.

Why, why don't you even believe me, Grandma said... said that there is a dragon god in it...

Granny is not... not some crazy woman...

I thought of the unnatural expression on my father's face and the obvious resistance on my mother's face every time I said I wanted to go home.At first, she thought it was because her parents were reluctant to bear her, but she didn't expect...

Thinking of this, Chen Lu suddenly turned around and ran out.

When she came to that courtyard again, Chen Lu knelt in front of the shrine, crying and saying, "Tell me, grandma... Grandma has believed in you for so long, so you must exist, right? You...you are It's not that I don't want to miss Grandma, Grandma is not a crazy woman, right? Talk to me..."

But the only answer to her was a vague sigh and a cool breeze blowing across her cheeks.

"So what are you looking for us to do?"

Looking at Chen Lu with red eyes, Changqin turned her head quietly, not knowing what she was thinking.

"They...they said that there was actually a ghost in that shrine, and they wanted to tear him down, but...but..." Chen Lu was so choked up that she could hardly speak: "Grandma..."

"Because grandma believes that he is a little dragon god?"

"Um……"

"Then do you believe it?"

Qu An, who always speaks with a icy edge, rarely softened his tone this time, but the emotions in that tone were too complicated, and it seemed a little heavy.

"I..." Chen Lu bit her lower lip tightly, and after a while, she nodded firmly: "I believe in grandma."

As soon as Chen Lu finished speaking, some warm yellow light spots gathered around Changqin and Bi An. She looked at these light spots gradually seeping into their bodies in disbelief, and her whole body trembled slightly.

"Go and see that little dragon god."

Changqin gently rubbed Chen Lu's head, motioning for her to lead the way.Walk towards the small yard in the field.

The small courtyard, which had been well preserved when grandma was alive, had been smashed and the door was smashed, and the inside was in a mess. Someone even moved a big stone to block the mouth of the well.

Changqin squatted halfway beside the shrine, a golden light flowed from his fingertips, hitting the small stone statue inside, and then, a translucent little dragon god with dragon horns walked out of the stone statue.

"I have seen you adults."

The little dragon god was a little afraid of the two people in front of him, and kept moving his hands behind his back, as if he wanted to run but didn't dare.

"What are you afraid of, we won't eat you again."

Perhaps comforted by Changqin's voice, Little Dragon God looked up at Chen Lu, nodded apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry."

"Why did you steal Grandma's body? Grandma... Grandma trusts you so much..."

Looking at the little guy in front of him, Chen Lu couldn't say what he had prepared, so Chen Lu could only stammer and ask.

"Because I'm already very weak, Ah Ying is dead, and I may disappear soon... I just thought, I just wanted to let her accompany me in the end..."

"But if you do this, you will, others will think that grandma..."

"Lulu, don't blame him."

A weak voice came from the corner, Chen Lu turned her head and looked at the young girl in the floral dress sitting in the corner in disbelief, and asked incredulously, "You...are you grandma?"

"Yes."

The young woman smiled and waved to Chen Lu, motioning for her to sit beside her.

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This well existed as long as Grandma could remember. At that time, there was someone dedicated to serving the little dragon god next to the well.

Because everyone said that this little dragon god is very spiritual, so the incense is also very prosperous.

At that time, the grandmother didn't know the difference between these gods. One day, she actually came here and blushed to express her thoughts to the little dragon god.

Surprisingly, no one came over that day. After she finished speaking, she realized that it was already evening. She looked at the fiery red sunset in the distance, and whispered: "Why is it so late?"

But just when she packed up her things and was about to leave, she heard a faint voice from behind: "Be careful."

She turned her head in surprise and looked at the tightly guarded door of the shrine. For the first time, she had the idea of ​​wanting to open the door and take a look at the little god.

But this door can only be opened by a waiter...

Grandma hesitated for a long time, but still only bowed to the shrine, then turned and ran back home.

Not long after the peaceful days, the war broke out. Groups of people in yellow uniforms entered the village, beating, smashing, looting and burning.

Grandma's mother desperately sent her out of the village. Seeing her parents lying in a pool of blood one after another, Grandma was terrified. She knew what would be waiting for her if she stayed here.

But in those days, how far could an unmarried girl go without leaving home?Do you know where to run?

The terrified grandma hid in the small courtyard and squatted nervously beside the shrine.

——The footsteps outside gradually approached, mixed with the chatter and laughter of the group of people...

——Grandma heard the sound of the courtyard door being opened, and saw the military boots of the group of people gradually approaching...

——But those people just glanced around and left.

It felt like a gate of hell had been closed. The sweaty grandma turned her head to look at the shrine that suddenly opened beside her, and cried loudly.

"thanks, thanks……"

In a daze, she felt a pair of big hands on her head, stroking herself comfortingly...

The well and the small shrine were accidentally preserved during the war, and the grandmother who returned to her hometown voluntarily became the waiter of the shrine.

After Grandma said this, she smiled and looked at the little dragon god with a complicated expression in the distance, and said softly: "Don't blame yourself, I don't blame you. If it weren't for you, I might have died at that time."

"The first seven... are almost over."

Xiaolongshen's voice was weak, he didn't know whether he had lost strength or was unwilling to tell the truth.

"Yes."

After the simple conversation, only Chen Lu's occasional uncontrollable sobs could be heard in the quiet courtyard.

As if everything coincided with the previous day, the setting sun in the sky once again radiated blood-like rays of light, and the little dragon god looked at the grandmother who gradually dissipated into a spot of light, and sighed.

"What’s wrong with you!"

Noticing that the body of the little dragon god gradually turned into golden spots of light, Chen Lu knelt down in front of the little dragon god in surprise.

"We exist because you believe in us... Ah Ying is dead, no one needs me anymore."

Xiaolong God's words were so weak that she could hardly hear them. Chen Lu broke down in tears and found the Buddha incense that had been smashed by those people from the incense tube on one side, and while frantically looking for a lighter, she cried and said, "Don't... Please, I, I believe in you, I believe in you...don't, don't disappear!"

Bi An, who really couldn't stand it anymore, flicked his fingers to help Chen Lu light the incense stick, but when Chen Lu turned her head happily, she only saw a light spot transformed into the little dragon god.

Changqin and Bi An quietly accompanied Chen Lu, and when she finally calmed down and stopped crying, Changqin asked softly, "Do you want them to know?"

"No." I thought that such a big girl might say something like 'let them regret it', but Chen Lu just shook her head lightly: "Such a good little dragon god, such a good grandma, I don't mind Let... keep them from knowing."

When Changqin and Bi An left that day, for the first time in history, Changqin did not attract Fengniao, who was known to the entire God Realm when he went out.

He looked at Bi An, who was walking in front of him in an even manner, and stood there like a fool, and called him.

"What kind of demon again?"

"I can't walk anymore."

Looking at Changqin's cheeks that turned red in the sunlight, Bi An looked at him for a moment, then squatted down with his back to him.

"Qi An."

"Ok?"

"Do you think I will..."

"will not."

Hearing the rare trace of panic in Qu An's words, Changqin buried her face in Qu An's neck, and secretly raised the corners of her mouth.