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Fengyuelou, as always, will never stop opening.

Zhu Ying had already restrained her emotions, and greeted the guests from the world with a soft smile.That delicate and enchanting face, the pair of autumn-like pupils, never seemed to reveal sadness.

Between the cups and cups, a ghost princess silently landed behind Zhu Ying, the voice was so low that it was hidden under the sound of cups clashing: "My lady..."

Zhu Ying gave her hands a slight pause, and said with a soft smile: "You guys have a few more drinks, I have something to do with me, I'll be back soon."

After all, Zisha stroked her, and she had already taken the ghost Ji far away, and she asked softly, "What happened?"

Gui Ji said: "An old man came outside the door... he was a mortal, he said he was looking for reunion, he stood in front of the door and remained motionless."

Returning... came to find the handsome young man next to the Venerable?

Who could it be?

Zhu Ying frowned slightly, no matter who it was, he couldn't be allowed to block the door.

"Go, invite people to the third floor, and say that return is already waiting."

"Yes." Ghost Ji Yingying responded and withdrew.

Zhu Ying raised her head and looked in the direction of the top floor. What is the origin of this mortal, wait for her to explore before telling the venerable.

It was indeed a weak and old mortal, very thin, and it seemed that his life span was not long.

When Zhu Ying entered the room, the old man didn't lift his eyes, and just snorted: "How can you do business like this? Didn't you say that you are back here? Where is he?"

Zhu Ying walked over slowly, sat across from the old man and made a cup of tea for him, and said softly, "Don't worry, I've already sent someone to call. I don't know... what can you do with him?"

The old man didn't seem to be listening to what she said at all, and he looked quite angry, "This boy, I think he has such a good bone, but he is also a lustful person, and he came to this kind of place."

Zhu Ying slightly paused her hand making tea, the corner of her mouth was still smiling, her voice was still soft: "This kind of place? This kind of place... what kind of place is it? What's wrong with coming to this kind of place?"

The old man cast her a glance and said, "Anyway, it's not where he should come."

"I don't think so." Zhu Ying slowly pushed the teacup in front of the old man, and said, "If he wants to come, that's his own business. You are not relatives, so how can you manage it?"

"How do you know that I'm not relatives?"

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Isn't it?"

The old man snorted coldly: "Of course not. He is my savior!"

Zhu Ying was taken aback for a moment, but then laughed.This old man is really interesting, return is his savior, but from the old man's mouth, it seems that he is the savior of return.

"Well... you can say what it is, I shouldn't say anything. But there are many places in the world like this, it's not judged by who should come or who shouldn't, let alone whoever comes. If you don’t come, it will be like that. Don’t you think so?”

When the food arrived, Zhu Ying had someone put it on the table.

"Are you hungry? You are welcome to have a taste of the food in our place."

The old man's eyes widened when he saw the food coming. He really hadn't eaten for a few days.

Return to that kid, and agree to take him away from Yaochuan as soon as the work is done, and let him find a place to lie.

But he waited and waited for a few days, but no one came to him, Yaochuan changed again, the fox clan collapsed, and even the many endings that had been set up for more than 200 years were withdrawn.Seeing that the situation was wrong, he quickly slipped out of Yaochuan by himself.

It can be considered that he still has some skills, so he came here.Whatever you say, you have to make it clear in front of the returning face.

But now he is really hungry, and he can't care about that much, the most important thing is to fill his stomach. The old man is so hungry that he doesn't even use chopsticks, he grabs the food and stuffs it into his mouth. She chuckled a few times, but Zhu Ying looked at her indifferently.

"Back off, it's becoming more and more unruly."

The ghost girls hurriedly responded and left the room.

The only sound left in the room was the old man's snoring while eating, and Zhu Ying just waited quietly.

After he finished eating, he handed over a white handkerchief. The old man waved his hand, only wiped on his clothes, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Then he smacked his mouth and said, "I can't eat your food for free."

Zhu Ying smiled and asked, "What do you want?"

The old man said, "Let me make a fortune for you."

Zhu Ying said, "Foretelling? Are you... a sorcerer? But I'm just a ghost. I don't have anything in this life or the afterlife. What do you want?"

The old man pondered for a moment, his eyes were vicissitudes and deep, looked at her and said: "Let's count it as the person you are waiting for?"

Zhu Ying's expression was blank, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was slowly withdrawn.

"What did you say?"

"It's written on your face, the appearance of the person you care about the most."

The old man smiled mysteriously when he said this: "Little girl, you are different from them."

The old man glanced outside the door, and he was talking about those ghost girls just now.

"They float lightly in the air, only looking at the present. What about you, your soul is too heavy, and your love is too heavy. A ghost like you can't talk about Fengyue."

The old man's straightforward words pierced Zhu Ying's disguise, and she stopped laughing.

There was no expression on his face.

"Red Lady... I've heard her name before." The old man said softly.

"The old man has seen too many monsters and ghosts in his life, but she is indeed a remarkable person."

"You think so too?" Zhu Ying looked up at the old man.

The red lady is not unknown in the world, but no one wants to mention it.

"It doesn't matter what I think, and she won't be changed by a few words from me, don't you think so, little girl?"

Zhu Ying seemed to feel something, and remained silent.

The old man chuckled: "Old man, I see that you know etiquette, and you are a person who values ​​love and righteousness. I think you don't want my hexagrams, but want to hear a story from me. Anyway, I will tell you what I know. But you have a wish."

"If you want to know the past of Hong Niangzi, you have to start talking about it many years ago."

"She used to be a princess in the world. After the country was destroyed and her family was destroyed, she became a military concubine of the enemy army. She was tortured and died miserably. Afterwards, she was taken to the underworld by Black and White Wuchang. When she crossed the Wangchuan River, the hatred in the seven emotions was too heavy. It was so overwhelming that the Wangchuan River kept rolling. She didn't want to enter reincarnation, so she turned into a ghost and wandered in the ghost world. When she found that there were many ghosts who were unwilling to enter reincarnation like her, she had an idea in her mind. Fengyue Tower, gave them a shelter."

"Later, Fengyue Tower became bigger and bigger. The status of Hong Niangzi also changed. She set her sights on Yaochuan."

"At that time, Yaochuan still had the custom of raising domestic prostitutes."

Zhu Ying showed some disgust when she heard this.

The old man wiped his beard and continued: "When the red lady saw those house prostitutes, she recalled her past, so she said a word, she wanted Yaochuan to abolish this custom."

"At that time, it happened that evil spirits were raging in the world. I was too busy to deal with it, and I didn't know the specific situation. I just heard that Hong Niangzi turned Yaochuan upside down. In the end, she really did it."

"All the domestic prostitutes in Yaochuan were taken away by her, and they were protected in the ghost city. Those who were willing to return to Fengyuelou, she took them back. For those who wanted to change their appearance, Hong Niangzi also did her best to find them other jobs in the ghost market. , and even found a place for them in the world."

"It's just that her actions made some people in Yaochuan feel ashamed, and together they wanted to suppress her. The red lady was driven out of her wits."

"It's a pity that they forced Hong Niangzi to death, but they failed to bring down Fengyue Tower. Later, when there was civil strife in Yaochuan, no one had the heart to take care of this matter. Fengyue Tower was thus preserved, and it has been in the ghost city for hundreds of years. fall."

"It's a pity...it's a pity that the red lady died."

These words hit the sore spot in Zhu Ying's heart, and she looked extremely sad.

It turns out that such a great person can be exhausted in just a few words.

It turns out...it can be summed up in two words.

pity.

What else can she say?What else can I do?

She is not a matchmaker, let alone her courage and ability.She worked hard to keep this Fengyue Tower.Let it continue to live in the ghost city, and let those sisters have a place to settle down.

It was the only thing she could do now, and it was the only thing she could do in the future.

She must persevere.

The old man seemed to see through her thoughts, and sighed a few times: "Idiot...Girl, listen to my advice, you shouldn't stay here. Go to reincarnation early, a bowl of Mengpo soup, what do you do?" I forgot, why bother to struggle here.”

"I'm not!" Tears flashed in Zhu Ying's eyes, her eyes were stubborn: "I know in my heart whether I should stay here or not, and it doesn't matter what you say. Don't I know that a bowl of Mengpo soup is enough for you?" Forget everything, don’t so many ghosts here know? It is precisely because they don’t want to forget that they are here.”

"I am very grateful to you for telling me this story. But you need not persuade me, I have my own way to go."

Zhu Ying slowly got up and bowed to the old man: "Returning is indeed here, but it's not a feast. He has other important matters, so you rest here, and you can call me anytime you need something."

After speaking, he turned around and went out the door.