How about a bowl of Mengpo soup

In the underworld, the flames of the underworld flickered, shadows surrounded by smoke and shadows, with blurred outlines, and the river was always so thick that it could not be melted black.The boat sailed slowly from a distance, passed through the ancient archways standing in the water, and the long oars made a few traces on the water surface, swung away, and shattered the reflection of the blue lantern on the bow.The mansa beads on both sides of the strait are as red as blood, and the wind blows into waves, filled with the fragrance of ghosts and ghosts.

After a long time, the ferryman stopped rowing and landed on the shore.

In the distance, the hall is towering, with green tiles flying.The blue-black roof is covered with a layer of light smoke, and there are light yellow lanterns floating under the eaves. The bright light shines on the pale faces of the ghosts passing by, making it somewhat eerie.

This is the underworld of Shangqi, which manages the life and death of Shangqi and many small countries around it, and the six reincarnations.The ghosts come to Hades Hall to hear the sentence, and then either go to hell to repay the sins of the previous life, or are led by ghost soldiers to the door of life and reincarnated.Shengmen is on the opposite bank not far from the main hall. To get there, you have to pass the Naihe Bridge. Before crossing the Naihe Bridge, you have to drink Mengpo soup.

It is said to be Mengpo soup, but in fact, the soup cooker in this underworld is a young and beautiful woman. In her previous life, she was a famous chef in the imperial capital, named Meng Wanyan.As for how she was later taken captive to the underworld to take up the post of Meng Po, it's not clear and it's not important.Meng Wanyan didn't want to mention these anymore. In this dark and cold underworld, the only thing that supported her through the long time was being able to see that person when he was reincarnated.

There was already a long queue here, and most of the ghosts who came out of Hades Hall had a dull expression, neither sad nor happy, silently following the queue and occasionally moving a few steps forward.When a mortal comes to the underworld after death, he will soon forget his memory in the underworld. Except for those who are strong-willed and obsessed, most ghosts only remember their own names. Edge is broken.

The woman in white scooped out another bowl from the soup bucket and handed it to the quietly waiting ghost.The guards at the side looked sideways pretendingly, but they didn't dare to act presumptuously.After a few glances, he sighed a few times with satisfaction, and started a private chat as usual.

"Oh, what a beautiful woman, like a fairy, even more beautiful than our lord!" one of them whispered.

Another Ming soldier thought for a while, then shook his head: "Hmm... I think Junshang is better, Mr. Meng is a bit colder."

"No way, Mr. Meng is very kind to others on weekdays, but your majesty is scary, with a dark face all day long." The new soldier interrupted.Others gave him a blank look: "After a long time, you will understand that Mr. Meng is friendly on the surface, but it is difficult to get close to him. On the contrary, although the emperor is majestic on the surface, he actually treats people very well, especially in front of Mr. Meng. It's just a paper tiger, hehe."

"Hey, that's right, why does Lord Meng seem to be particularly reluctant to see your lord?" Xiao Bing suddenly became interested, but at this moment he heard a rough but charming voice from behind them: "—cough cough!"

Several people froze, and immediately shut up and stood up.The tall and handsome man in Tsing Yi came over, gave them a gouged look, and said angrily: "You're so leisurely and have nothing to do? It's so comfortable to chat."

"We were wrong, judge." Several people lowered their heads. "Okay, what to do, do what you want, keep your eyes on others all day long, be careful that the king will send you to the border of hell." After the judge in Tsing Yi finished speaking, he took out a fan from his waist, opened it with a snap, and shook it leisurely a few times. Down.Those dark soldiers hurriedly walked to the two sides of the team and stood still, without squinting.

The judge couldn't help smiling, looked up at the woman in white not far away, and then moved his gaze to the man at the back of the ghost line, a rather complicated look appeared on Jun's face. "Alas... pitiful." He said something unclear, then walked away waving his fan.

It seems that I have to send that guy a pot of tea tonight...

The team of ghosts moved forward slowly, and the number decreased one by one.After drinking a bowl of delicious soup, the originally dull ghost's expression became completely dull, forgetting the lingering thoughts in his heart, forgetting his name in the previous life, and followed the ghost messenger to the door of the afterlife at the other end.

The woman in white looked at all this indifferently, with no expression on her beautiful face.

The last ghost with loose hair came slowly.Meng Wanyan skilfully scooped up a bowl of soup and handed it to him, thinking that today's work would be finished, and after tidying up later, she would go to Xinxue's teahouse for a sit down.However, at the next moment, the moment the man raised his head, the beauty suddenly stopped, her face no longer indifferent.

Looking at that face, an overwhelming sense of familiarity surged into her heart, and a huge wave suddenly caught up, forcing Meng Wanyan to take a step back, and her hand holding the blue and white soup bowl trembled.

That's right, it was him, the one she had been waiting here for a long time.Is it finally time to wait...

She looked at the skinny man with a vicissitudes in disbelief, covered her mouth, and couldn't help but get red eyes. Thirty years have passed, and now his hair is gray, his figure is already a bit hunched, his face has many wrinkles, and his eye sockets are sunken, but even so, she can still recognize him.It's just that she didn't expect to see him so soon, nor did she expect that he would look so miserable when he died in this life.

In the end, what happened in these 30 years!

"Ming Jin, is that you!" Meng Wanyan was caught off guard for a moment, holding back the sadness in her heart, and reached out to touch the male ghost's cheek.At this moment, the man's expression changed slightly, he stared blankly at her, and finally... shrank back full of fear and dodged.

"Mingjin..." Meng Wanyan's eyes widened in vain, and she rushed forward and grabbed his sleeve: "I, I'm Yan'er!"

The man was obviously frightened, struggling desperately, whimpering indistinctly.Meng Wanyan bit her lip tightly, tears rolled down her cheeks, after a long while, she finally dropped her hands powerlessly.By the way, he no longer remembered who she was.She often imagines the scene of meeting him in the underworld. Maybe the other party is confused, or dull, or is so frightened now, but... no matter which one, she has already forgotten her...

She hates it! !

However, this pain may continue indefinitely.

"After I disappeared, how did you live..." Meng Wanyan imagined the suffering her lover suffered in the world, her hands tightened, her nails sank into the flesh of her palms, and deep down in her heart, she felt sorry for the man named Yan You. The woman's hatred deepened.After a long time, she finally breathed slowly and steadily, pulled a wry smile on the corner of her mouth, and looked at the ghost in front of her softly, her eyes were haunted, but her heart was pierced with pain.

He was her lover in the previous life. If it wasn't for that woman, they should have been a loving and happy couple in this world.

"Master Meng, hurry up and tell him to drink Po Meng's soup, don't miss the time of reincarnation." Seeing the situation here, the new underworld soldier couldn't help but poked his head over and urged him in a low voice, but was patted by the squad leader Lowering his shoulders, motioned him to keep quiet.The other veterans didn't say anything, they looked at each other with understanding in their eyes, and only sighed heavily.Most of them had heard about the new lady Meng, and they also knew that the king had promised her to give them half a stick of incense when she saw her.

However, the time for half a stick of incense is short after all.

Meng Wanyan lowered her eyes, picked up the soup bowl again, and passed it over. At this moment, she suddenly felt that the soup bowl was so heavy, and the knuckles attached to the bowl wall turned white, and she almost couldn't hold it stably.She took a deep look at the ghost, finally turned her gaze away, tried her best to suppress the choking, and said in an infinitely astringent tone, "Drink it, the pain of the previous life will be forgotten."

You forgot about me, but I will still stay here, even if we only meet each other for a short time, it is enough.

With a light hand, the bowl was taken over by the other end.The smile on the lips of the woman in white was desolate and desolate.

The man gulped down the soup, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a strange brilliance.He licked his lips and sighed: "It's so delicious." The erratic voice was full of bright joy, like the excitement and satisfaction of a very hungry person after eating a peerless delicacy.Meng Wanyan's heart trembled, and various complex flavors similar to sadness and pain spread.Immediately afterwards, the man's expression immediately became sluggish, and his eyes lost the look just now, just like other ghosts who drank the soup.

Seeing this, the ghost soldiers came over and took the last ghost who was going to be reincarnated today onto the bridge of Naihe.The woman in white watched them walk away, and finally squatted down as if she had lost all strength, covered her mouth, and wept uncontrollably.

It was Haishi at this time, all the lanterns on the Naihe Bridge were extinguished, the night was dark, the evening breeze was cool, and square lights floated among the faint buildings in the distance.The people squatting by the bridge are hidden in the darkness, their black hair is messy.

Suddenly, a cold voice came: "——Ameng, do you seem to be in a bad mood?" I saw a handsome woman standing behind her at some point, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.The visitor was tall and tall, with slightly curly wavy hair fluttering in the wind, and the golden silk embroidery on the black phoenix robe glowed with a warm luster, majestic and flirtatious.

She folded her arms, her purple eyes were deep and bright, filled with unknown emotions.Just now she had been watching coldly here, watching the normally indifferent and gentle person lose his composure, and then cry until he was crying, revealing his fragile appearance.For some reason, I suddenly wanted to laugh.

So, His Highness Pluto really sneered, but the tone of his voice was more like a slightly sullen cold snort.

When Meng Wanyan heard her voice, her trembling shoulders stopped suddenly, as if they had been frozen, and the sobbing sound of Ren Yin disappeared immediately, but the face buried in her arms still did not lift up.

The person at the other end felt the woman in white's back suddenly stiffen, and the corners of her mouth became more and more playful: "I don't know why it hurts."

"Hmph, you asked knowingly." With his back to her, Meng Wanyan gritted his teeth, and his voice was slightly hoarse and nasal, but it was full of hatred, "He is an imperial chef with superb cooking skills and a bright future, how could he end up in such a miserable state?" You actually... Yan You, you promised me not to embarrass him!"

The majestic Pluto, being named by someone, still uses such a harsh tone, really... only this stupid and stubborn woman who is not afraid of death dares to do this.Yan You suppressed the displeasure in her heart, raised her eyebrows lightly, and said leisurely: "There are people who are more pitiful than him, not to mention his fortune-telling, and his own will." After a pause, a hint of sarcasm appeared on her handsome face , with a disdainful tone: "It's just seeing him cry like this after suffering a lot, is it necessary? I really don't know whether to say you are infatuated or stupid. Wouldn't it be better for him to die earlier? You two will meet again soon, right?"

"But he was a kind person in his previous life!" Meng Wanyan stood up abruptly, turned to stare at her with hatred, her tearful eyes were filled with contempt: "Oh, Your Highness Pluto, are you avenging yourself? Are you really despicable?" Shameless."

"Do you think this king will deliberately torture him because of jealousy?" His Highness Pluto narrowed his eyes, and his eyes became sharp.

"Isn't it?" Meng Wanyan raised her chin slightly and looked at her without fear.

"No one has ever dared to talk to me like this. Are you trying to annoy me?" Well, Meng Wanyan, so I have always been so unbearable in your heart!Yan You laughed back angrily, "Liu Mingjin credulously believed that the villain was framed and ruined his family property, so he ended up with this ending. Could it be that this king is also to blame? Oh, yes, this king likes you, but since he promised you , but secretly interfere with dealing with a mortal, this kind of thing I don't even bother to do."

After finishing speaking, His Royal Highness Pluto flicked his sleeves, turned around and left with a sullen face, the hem of the light yellow lining drew a sharp arc in the air, just like its owner, mean and cold.

The evening wind blows head-on, mixed with the scent of ambergris left by the man.Meng Wanyan looked at the slender and glamorous back who was walking away, a feeling of revenge arose in her heart, but she was faintly and inexplicably blocked.

Maybe it really had nothing to do with that person... But, even if it was a mistake, she wanted to take all her anger on that person and irritate her.

Because, she hates her.

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One day a long time ago, Lord Pluto walked into the hall from the outside with a bad expression on his face.After sitting in front of the case for a while, he finally threw the book in annoyance and cursed in a low voice: This stubborn and stupid dead woman!

Ghost Servant A: It must be that the new female official has offended the king again.

Ghost Attendant B: (bringing tea over) Your Majesty, this is the tea that His Majesty Judge asked someone to bring over.

Pluto: What kind of tea should I drink? No!

Ghost Attendant B: Your Excellency Judge said... This is the tea Mr. Meng often drinks in private...

Pluto: ... Pour, pour it into a bowl.