A Chinese Ghost Story

Jin Guang was afraid that Qiye would be suspicious, so he only talked with Hua Meiniang for a short time in the secret room.

In the lobby, Hua Mei Niang came in with a pot of tea. She put the tea pot aside and refilled a cup of tea for her grandfather, "Grandpa, what are you talking about so happy?".

Taifu Hua pointed to Qiye's teacup and said with a smile: "Miniang, pour tea for Qiye quickly."

Hua Mei Niang nodded, a little confused, she took a new cup and poured a cup of hot tea for Qiye, handed it over, Qiye nodded slightly, took it, and took a sip.

Hua Mei Niang turned her head and asked again: "Grandpa, what were you talking about just now?"

Grand Tutor Hua quietly winked at Qiye, stroked his white beard, and said with a smile, "I'm talking about an interesting story about you when you were young."

Hua Meiniang felt that her grandfather hadn't told her the truth, but she didn't ask. Master Hua looked outside as the sun was setting, but there was no golden light in the lobby, "Meiniang, where is your master? Where did he go? "

Hua Mei Niang said very naturally: "Master, he was summoned into the palace by the emperor."

Taifu Hua asked strangely: "What will happen if you tell him to enter the palace at this time?" Seeing Meiniang shaking her head, she also understood in her heart that this holy will is so easy to figure out.

Hua Taifu thought that it was time for them to go back, so he prepared to go back to Taifu's mansion, hugged Hua Meiniang, and said with a smile: "My good granddaughter, you are finally getting married, grandpa is so happy, after getting married, let me marry you as soon as possible." It's better for grandpa to hug grandson!"

Hua Mei Niang twitched her lips, "Grandpa, it's getting late, we're going back, otherwise Mom and Dad should be worried."

Qiye just drank his tea with his head down, he was a little embarrassed, and the roots of his ears turned red.

Grand Tutor Hua, Qiye, and Meiniang left the National Teacher's Mansion together. Before leaving, he patted Qiye's shoulder and said: "Qiye, you have to think carefully about what the old man said!"

Hua Meiniang wanted to ask and knew that her grandpa would not say anything, so she held back saying goodbye to Grand Tutor Hua, and on the way back to Dongfeng Town, she asked, "Devil Lord, what did my grandpa tell you?"

Qiye paused, looking at the sunset, she was wearing a long lake-colored dress, standing in her shadow, "Actually, it's nothing, just let me take part in this year's imperial examination, and then work as an errand in Beijing, and live here in the future." He looked up Looking at the sunset in the west, he smiled brightly, "He doesn't want you to go too far, and he wants to see you when he has time."

Hua Mei Niang also knows that her grandfather loves her very much, but... let the emperor of the devil world take the imperial examination, right?She tilted her head and asked Qiye: "Are you going to take the exam?"

Qiye stroked her right shoulder with one hand, and asked, "What do you think?"

Hua Mei Niang pursed her lips and said, "No..."

Qiye didn't answer, looked at her and smiled, Hua Mei Niang followed him and continued to walk forward, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, and under the dim light, the hawkers on the street closed their stalls one after another, busy Pack your things and go home.

As they walked, it was already dark at night, and once they entered that street at night, it was a different scene.

The bright red lanterns of Qingfeng Pavilion and Rouge Building were hung high, almost burning the whole street red, and the road was full of the smell of powder and wine.

The street is very lively, and there are all kinds of people everywhere, but no matter whether it is a luxurious son or an ordinary man, they are all hugging left and right, drunk and drunk. This is the first time Qiye saw such a scene. Protecting Hua Mei Niang, separating her from those drunkards, he looked at the Qingfeng Pavilion a few steps ahead, and suddenly felt a little far away.

But even if those drunk people are separated, they will still greet Hua Mei Niang, such as the winkless one in front of him, he is wearing a fiery red robe, his hair is tied high with a white ribbon, and his face is very pale , and very handsome, in the eyes of Qiye, this man looks a bit charming, and he is not very pleasing to the eye at first glance.

This person is the current Uncle Guo, her uncle Cheng Yang, beauty Qin Si, he took advantage of the time when the emperor summoned Jin Guang to enter the palace for secret talks, and ran to the Rouge Building to have a good time, and saw a scholar standing beside Hua Mei Niang, He couldn't help but looked up and down, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a handsome face, he thought it was a newly abducted young lady, but he had seen such scenes too many times, so he wasn't curious at all.

Qin Si let go of the beauty in his arms and walked up to Hua Mei Niang. Just as his hand was about to pat her on the shoulder, he was knocked down by a gust of palm wind. He blinked his eyes and looked up, talking to himself He said: "Eh? What's the matter, could it be that you are really drunk, and your hands become soft when the wind blows?"

Hua Mei Niang thought that you are not really drunk, if he is more ruthless you will be finished, she silently glanced at Qi Ye standing aside solemnly, he seemed to dislike Qin Si very much.

Hua Meiniang asked Qin Sidao: "What's the matter, Uncle Qin Guo has something to do?"

"Well, there is a good thing."

In order to prove that he still has strength, Qin Si hugged the beauty into his arms again, looked at Hua Mei Niang soberly and said: "A few days ago, foreign envoys came to court and sent me some rare flowers in private. Flower seeds, I kept flowers, but I really don’t know how to grow these flowers, and suddenly thought that you love these things, so I thought of giving them to you.” He bowed his head and took out a delicate purse from his arms and handed it to you. past.

Hua Meiniang was a little surprised why Qin Meiren suddenly wanted to give her flower seeds so nicely, but she liked the rare flower seeds, so she picked them up and sniffed them. Mother smiled and said, "Thank you!"

Qiye took her hand, her tone was a little dull, "Let's go, didn't you just say you were hungry."

Hua Meiniang nodded and smiled, and after talking to Qin Si, she followed Qiye into Qingfeng Pavilion.

He seemed to have misjudged him a little bit, the scholar who dared to hold Hua Mei Niang's hand just now, presumably it was not as simple as Xiao Guan.

Qin Si narrowed his eyes slightly, raised the chin of the beauty in his arms, and asked, "Who was that scholar just now?"

The one in Qin Si's arms was the top red-sleeve girl of Rouge House, and she giggled when he heard his question, "That's our young lady's wishful husband, he's going to get married in two days, and it's rumored everywhere in this town Yes, why didn't Uncle Guo hear about it?"

Qin Si lowered his head and pecked her, "Uncle Benguo has a lot of things to do every day, and you haven't been out recently, you don't know, it's alright, now the food is almost gone, go back to your room and get down to business~" He put his arms around his red sleeves and went to the Rouge Building There was a strange light in his eyes.

The first scene that Hua Mei Niang and Qiye saw when they walked into the Breeze Hall was that the black-robed young boy was happily sitting next to Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoxue. Plate the dishes, begging: "Sister Xiaoqian, I want to eat that braised lion head."

Nie Xiaoqian stretched out her chopsticks to pick it up for him, and said with a smile, "You can really eat."

There was also a smile on Xiaoxue's white face, she looked at the young boy in black robe and shook her head, then turned her head and looked at the door, "Shengjun, Mei Niang, you are back, Mrs. Hua cooked a lot of dishes and waited Come back and eat."

When the boys saw them coming back, they added two sets of bowls and chopsticks with great winking. Xiaoxue took it and waved it, but saw that Qiye's face was slightly unhappy. Xiaoxue looked at Xiaoqian, and Nie Xiaoqian thought of them consciously. Did something unpleasant happen before, she said: "Brother Qiye, try it, the steamed sea bass made by Mrs. Hua is delicious."

Heishan glared at Xiaoqian, "Sister Xiaoqian, I want to eat too."

Nie Xiaoqian was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "Okay, okay, I'll grab a piece for you too."

It was only then that Hua Mei Niang noticed Hei Shan, he seemed very happy tonight, she pulled up Hei Shan's collar and asked, "Xiao Hei, don't you need to work tonight?"

Heishan shook his head, "No, my aunt said I can play whatever I want tonight."

Hua Meiniang frowned, "Aunt?" When did her mother become his aunt? Isn't Master Heishan a thousand-year-old demon?

Nie Xiaoqian smiled and said: "Yes, Meiniang, your mother asked him to play with us. You little cousin is really interesting. Just now, Xiaoxue and I have been calling sister, so cute." She touched Heishan's Head, Heishan smiled evilly in his heart, the shopkeeper let go, he can "play" whatever he wants tonight.

Hua Mei Niang guessed what her mother said, and turned to look at the boy at the counter. The boy gave Hua Mei Niang a wink, and Hua Mei Niang turned his head to eat again, "Yeah, Xiao Hei, it's quite Lovely." She glanced at Heishan, and found a plate of braised pork on the table full of dishes, she stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a large piece, and lowered her head to eat.

Qiye also moved his chopsticks and began to eat. He ate a piece of sea bass that Nie Xiaoqian picked up. Just as he was about to pick up some vegetables, a large piece of braised pork with aroma came into his bowl.

Hua Mei Niang poked it twice with her chopsticks, "Try it, my mother's braised pork is also delicious, although it's not as good as mine, but I can make it for you in the future."

After listening to her words, Qiye felt a little more comfortable, and he asked, "You know how to cook?"

Hua Mei Niang nodded proudly, she looks like a monster, she can be so surprised by cooking and so on, even Xiaoqian and Xiaoxue looked at her in surprise, with a little envy in their eyes, she caught a few more Put a piece of braised pork into Qiye's bowl, "What's so difficult about cooking, is there any girl here who can't cook..."

"Meiniang, you are so amazing!" Nie Xiaoqian laughed, "You will teach me how to cook in the Demon Palace from now on."

Xiaoxue also said: "And me."

Hua Mei Niang responded one by one, "No problem, I'm afraid you won't learn when the time comes."

Nie Xiaoqian said: "No, Xiaoxue and I will definitely study hard."

The Montenegrin old demon told a few jokes that he had just learned in the restaurant, and they joked with each other for a while before Hua Mei Niang began to eat, and Qi Ye also lowered his head to eat the braised pork in the bowl. From time to time, Hua Mei Niang picked up some more Give him green vegetables, "It's not good to eat too much meat, you have to eat some green vegetables." He looked up, and found that there was only one piece of braised pork left, and she put it in his own bowl, and started to eat it, Qiye secretly laughed, heartbroken It turns out that she likes to eat braised pork...

Su Qingchen finished counting the gift list and came out of the warehouse. She was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear. Seeing that Qiye looked more and more like a mother, it was getting late after they had dinner. There were people coming and going in the restaurant, storytellers, piano players, Those who flirt with each other... There is a faint fragrance everywhere, this smell will make people feel a little hot, but people who have been in the museum for a long time are used to it.

Qiye didn't feel it when he came here in the morning, but now that he is here, he suddenly feels that the place is full of sex. Now he feels that it will be too late to marry Hua Mei Niang in two days. Meiniang was taken away, I can't imagine how Hua Meiniang spent these 18 years here.

When it was time to take a rest, Su Qingchen said, "Oh no, there are not enough rooms in the hotel, where can you rest?"

Hua Mei Niang also knew that there were a few newcomers in the museum recently, she said: "There are still rooms in the Rouge Building."

Su Qingchen glanced at her quietly, and said, "The Rouge Building is already full, so there are no rooms left."

Hua Mei Niang fell silent.

The Black Mountain old demon tugged on Su Qingchen's sleeve, and said obediently: "Auntie, I want to sleep with sister Xiaoqian."

Qiye gave him a cold look, and he stared back not to be outdone, Su Qingchen touched his head and said with a smile: "You are so old, so you are not shy, so you can make room to squeeze with Yayin, he No guests tonight. Meiniang, you can go to sleep in your room, and I will help him arrange it for seven nights."

The Black Mountain old demon was disappointed for a moment, but recovered quickly, took Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoxue to his room, thinking that he could sneak in tonight.

Su Qingchen called Qiye out alone, and said that she took the key to that room first, and when she came out, she took a book with a cover with exquisite patterns in it. She handed the book to him and said, "Qiye, help me first. I took this book to Meiniang and asked her to put it under the dowry box, I forgot to put it in the afternoon."

Qiye picked up the book and was about to flip through it, but Su Qingchen stopped him, "Go and deliver it first, and read it when I have time in Mei Niang's room."

Qiye didn't know why, so he smiled and didn't look at it again. He walked through the corridor, and the rooms on both sides of the corridor were panting one after another, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his chest.

Hua Mei Niang's room arrived in a while, and he knocked on the door.

Hua Mei Niang opened the door from the inside when she heard the sound, "What's wrong?"

She had already washed and washed her hair, her eyelashes were still stained with drops of water, and Qiye handed over the book, "Your mother asked me to give you a book, and told you to put this book under the dowry box. "

Hua Mei Niang took it hesitantly, turned two pages, her face was already blushing involuntarily, seeing her like this, Qi Ye couldn't help taking the book from her hand, "What's wrong?" He lowered his head and turned a page, I saw a pair of naked men and women painted on it. The woman sat on the man with a blushing face, showing a shameful expression.

He threw the book away as if he was holding some hot yam, and it was fine if he didn't throw it away. The book seemed to fall apart when he threw it away, and was blown by the wind. A piece of paper shows the different ways of loving each other...

He stood there helplessly, not knowing what to do.