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In other words, the Soul Eater Lotus is a thing that gathers all the evil spirits in the world.

When it was released and it was still in bud, the "Luoshen Picture" hanging above the middle hall reacted instantly.

The two forces of extreme cleanliness and extreme evil collided with each other, and the spring crabapple outside the hall was shaken off by the wind, and the petals were swept into the air.

"Jiang Miao!" You Ji exclaimed suddenly.

Following his voice, the Luoshen in the original painting flew out of the scroll and danced in the air, just like the beautiful and sacred flying apsaras in the Dunhuang murals.

With a wave of the streamer, Luoshen shook out a Ten Thousand Flower Sword from his cuff, and flew towards the Soul Eater lotus released by Qichi.

Qichi's eyes turned red, and he curled his lips into a smile, and a red storm blew up in the self-eating soul lotus in an instant, trapping Luoshen in it.

There was a stalemate between red and white for several rounds, and finally Luoshen gradually lost the upper hand.Just when Qichi was about to drive the Soul Eater Lotus to devour Luoshen, Jiang Miao jumped in front of Qichi, grabbed his collar and kissed him.

"?!!!"

You Ji on the side was caught off guard and witnessed this scene, and was frightened silly.

"Swallow it..." Jiang Miao let go of Qichi's lips and said something in a low voice.But the other party didn't intend to give him a chance to speak at all, so he kissed him again, stretched out a hand around Jiang Miao's back, and pressed the back of his head.

Feeling the opponent's actions gradually change from strong and fierce to gentle, Jiang Xiao knew that this guy had probably recovered.

He leaned forward against Xichi's heart, pulled some distance away from him, panted slightly, "Just pretend and you will."

There was a trace of embarrassment in Qichi's dark pupils, and he turned his gaze away as if his small thoughts were seen through.At this time, Jiang Miao had no time to take care of these, he looked up to the sky, and saw that a huge white vortex had gradually formed in the position where Luoshen was just now.

"The entrance to the painting is open." Qi Chi looked at the whirlpool and said in a deep voice, "Listen to my password, after three counts, we will rush towards the center of the whirlpool together."

Jiang Xiao and You Ji nodded quickly.

"Three, two, one... let's go!"

Following Xichi's order, the three of them rushed towards the center of the vortex in unison.The bright white light in front of them engulfed everything in an instant, and a powerful attraction pulled the bodies of the three of them down desperately.

In a daze, Jiang Miao overlooked that the original Sui Town was gradually reduced to lines, and the original three-dimensional Tang family's ancestral house became flat, and everything became a line drawing in a traditional Chinese painting.

The dazzling white light gradually dimmed and dissipated. When their feet touched the ground again, the first thing they heard was the sound of gongs and drums——

"Liu Zhongkan, a talented scholar in Luocheng, studied hard for decades in the cold window, and once dreamed of a bright yellow beam, he never wanted to see the blue sky..."

"This is..." Jiang Miao looked at the bustling scene in front of him, frowned and said, "Is it a fantasy?"

"Yes and no." Qichi said, "To be precise, this is the world in the painting, another space formed by the medium of the picture of the beauty, rather than an ordinary illusory image."

As he said that, Xichi's gaze once again turned to the stage built outside the house of Tang Jiazu.Following his line of sight, he saw actors on the stage dressed like shadow puppets, babbling and singing.

But the audience was full of guests at this time, and the faces of men, women and children were filled with cheerful smiles, uniform, and even the arc of the grin was similar.

In fact, it's quite magical on closer inspection.

"Oh brother Guo, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing these days?"

"Hahaha, Brother Lao Wang is thinking about it, everything is fine."

"Brother Guo is also here to celebrate Master Tang's birthday today?"

"Exactly, why don't we go in together, I happen to want to have a good chat with you, Brother Wang, about some business matters."

"Very good, please!"

"Please!"

Seeing the two men in top hats and suits greeting each other, Jiang Miao completely realized that something was wrong.

This is not the era they lived in at all, but... the Republic of China? !

"What is this? Wearing books? Wearing paintings?" You Ji watched a few girls in the school uniforms of the Republic of China pass by him, swallowed his saliva and said with emotion, "Damn, I finally got a little bit of trouble now." Hot elements!"

"Brother, you really know how to focus." Jiang Miao twitched the corner of his mouth, looked towards the stage and asked Qichi, "Is that the Zhuolu opera?"

"It should be." Xi Chi nodded and said, "I just listened to a few sentences, which seem to be adapted from a story called "The Empress Zhen" in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio."

Jiang Xiao: "Tell me?"

"There was a poor scholar named Liu Zhongkan in Luoyang. One day he suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then fell into a dream. In the dream, he met a stunning beauty. The whole night. Afterwards, the beauty told Liu Zhongkan that she was actually Empress Zhen, and that Liu Zhongkan was the reincarnation of Liu Zhen. When Liu Zhen was expelled from office by Cao Cao because of Concubine Zhen, Concubine Zhen always felt deeply guilty about this, so she went down to earth I came to meet him in my dream. Since then, Liu Zhongkan's literary talents have become exceptionally outstanding, but in order to meet Concubine Zhen again, he only wishes to sleep forever and never wake up. For this reason, he is getting thinner and depressed... And about This concubine Zhen has been passed down from ancient times to the present."

Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows, motioning for Xichi to continue.

Qichi: "Concubine Zhen, that's Luoshen."

"Heh, Master Tang's obsession with Luoshen is really deep." Jiang Xiao shook his head and laughed, "I just heard those two people say that Master Tang is having a birthday today? It seems that we came at the right time. Let’s also go in and wish his old man a birthday.”

After Jiang Miao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to go to the Tang residence, but was stopped by Xi Chi.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Xiao asked.

"Do as the Romans do, I'm afraid we'll have to change our outfits first."

Following Qichi's words, Jiang Xiao looked down at his clothes.Well, a denim jacket and jeans, with two holes on the knees for hanging fringes.No wonder there were always people secretly looking at him just now.

Jiang Miao: "You're right, then go buy a set of clothes and change."

After a pause, he said to Qichi with some dumbfounding: "Brother Xiao Hua, you have money with you, ah, no, do you have a bank note?"

"How could it be possible." Qi Chi smiled and said, "Let's go, find a pawn shop on the street."

……

In the end, Xichi put the watch in his hand into the pawn shop without hesitation, and successfully continued to be his rich man in the world in the painting.

He was sitting on a leather sofa covered with velvet in a high-end suit shop, drinking coffee and waiting for Jiang Miao to come out of the fitting room.

"I almost never wear a suit, the last time it seemed to be the annual meeting of the underworld..." Jiang Xiao muttered to himself while bowing his head to button up his buttons, then raised his eyes and asked Qi Chi with a smile, "Does it look strange? "

The moment Qi Chi looked at Jiang Miao, he was slightly stunned.

I saw that the other party was wearing a gray suit, which changed from the decadent temperament of the past, and looked very luxurious.Jiang Miao's figure is already good, usually because he wants to be comfortable, he always wears some loose casual clothes, but now wearing this slim suit, he looks taller and taller than usual.

"It's not surprising." Xichi's voice seemed a little hoarse at the moment, and he added in a deep voice, "It's beautiful."

Jiang Miao asked the clerk for a rubber band, tied up the long hair at the back, and pushed up the broken hair on the front of the forehead, revealing the crooked eyes that were always half-open.He looked in the mirror and said, "Does this make you look more energetic?"

"Hey, you look like a dog." You Ji on the side also changed his clothes, looked at Jiang Xiao and joked, "It's true that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles."

"To each other." Seeing that You Ji was wearing a moon-white robe, which made his already fair and gentle face more elegant and handsome, Jiang Miao couldn't help but sighed, "It would be great if you were a mute, maybe you would be more popular."

"Damn it, get off!" You Ji reappeared as soon as he spoke.

Xichi stood up, flattened the folds of his trousers, and said slowly, "Let's go."

The three left the clothing store fully dressed, and walked towards the old house of the Tang family again...

……

At this time, it was lunch time, and the butler who was guarding outside the Tang family's mansion suddenly saw three well-dressed people coming to the door, so he hurriedly greeted them with perspicacity.

"Excuse me, the three bosses are..." the butler asked politely.

Qi Chi smiled faintly: "We are from the Beijing Pharmacy Bureau, and we want to come to discuss business with Mr. Tang. It just so happens that today is his birthday, so these are greeting gifts."

With that said, Xichi handed the gift prepared in advance to the housekeeper.

The butler took the gift and picked it up in his hand, and knew that the gift was definitely not thin, so he hurriedly said with more enthusiasm: "Oh, it turns out that it is a distinguished guest from the capital! The three bosses are here to invite—"

The three followed the butler into the Tang residence and were ushered into the banquet.Jiang Xiao glanced at the guests present, and from the attire and the content of the conversation, he could find that most of them were either rich or expensive.

A red-faced man sitting on the main seat stood up with a wine glass at this time, and said with a loud smile to the guests present: "Thank you for giving Tang a face, Tang is very happy today! Come, let's have another drink!" A cup!"

Upon hearing the words, the guests also raised their wine glasses and saluted the person in the main seat.

You Ji leaned close to Jiang Xiao's ear and whispered, "That's Tang Deyong, right?"

"It should be." Jiang Xiao nodded.

The banquet lasted until the sun was about to set. During the period, relying on Jiang Xiao's talent for talking nonsense, the three of them did not show their flaws. Many people even took the initiative to curry favor with them and wanted to do business with them.

During this period, there was an episode that successfully caught Jiang Xiao's attention.A servant brought some food to Tang Deyong. Tang Deyong took a look and didn't eat it. He just brought out some of the dishes, and let the servants take away the rest.

Who are those meals for? ... Jiang Miao narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.

In the evening, the banquet began to disperse.At the same time, a few muffled thunders suddenly sounded from the sky, as if a rainstorm was about to come.

Most of the people present at the birthday banquet were locals, only Jiang Xiao and the other three were from the "capital", watching Dou Da's raindrops turn from a few drops to pouring in a blink of an eye.Jiang Yuxin said, good rain, good rain, it happened to give them a chance to stay here!

But he still showed an annoyed look on the surface.

"I'm afraid the rain won't stop tonight..."

A deep voice came from behind Jiang Miao, he turned his head in response, and saw Tang Deyong, whose face was flushed from drinking.

He smiled and said: "I heard from the housekeeper that the three of them are all from the capital. Tang has a lot of business today, and he hasn't formally greeted everyone. I hope you don't blame him."

"Master Tang was joking." Jiang Miao also rolled his eyes and smiled back.

"It's better to stay in the humble house today, and we can talk about the business you want." After Tang Deyong finished speaking, he beckoned to the housekeeper, "Go and clean up the guest room. Don't neglect these three bosses."

"Yes, sir." The housekeeper nodded respectfully.

After arranging all this, Tang Deyong looked back at Jiang Miao and the others again, and said with embarrassment: "There is one more thing I need to explain to you in advance. Recently, for some reason, many cats suddenly jumped into my house. They are very fierce. A few of the servants were scratched. Those cats only come out at night, so if you hear something at night, it’s better not to come out..."

Jiang Miao nodded, "Okay, we got it."

After that, the three drank tea with Tang Deyong, chatted about the "Schrödinger's business", and then went back to their rooms.

The rain outside was still falling, showing no signs of slowing down.You Ji lit a candle, sat at the table and wiped the gun he carried with him by the candlelight.A red rope was tied to the handle of the gun, and there was a small copper bell on it.

With You Ji's movements, the bell made a slight and crisp sound.

You Ji's expression seemed a little hesitant, and he called out in a low voice, "Ajiao."

The red rope was tied by Ajiao himself. Although it was bought from a street vendor in a ghost market, You Ji really treasured it.

At this time, the candle shadow suddenly shook.

You Ji's eyes froze for a moment, and he whispered, "Who!"

Only a faint sound was heard, and a red dress flashed past from outside the house in an instant.

You Ji's breathing stopped suddenly, and he said in surprise, "Ajiao?!"

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The author has something to say: This chapter quotes an allusion about "Empress Zhen" in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio"~