How about a bowl of Mengpo soup

On July [-]th, the gate of hell is wide open.

Every year on this night, the underworld will send various lamp-bearers to lead those new ghosts back to their hometowns, and at the same time release a group of lonely ghosts who have no one to worship to enjoy people's sacrifices, which is what the folks call the Night of Hundred Ghosts. Then wait until the last day of July, before the ghost gate is closed again, these ghosts have to return to the underworld on time.

At this time, the application time has passed, and the Yin Qi is getting heavier.

On the Wangchuan River, a spiritual boat slowly passed by, and the calm and dark water rippled slightly.While punting the boat, the ferrymen hummed ancient songs, the eternal tunes floating on the misty water.Time seems to slow down here, and every movement of the scull is accompanied by a long sound, which maintains a leisurely rhythm like the swaying flowers on the shore.

The faint blue pilot light swayed slightly, flickering on and off.A few ghost officers on the boat silently scattered soul-suppressing talismans one after another to purify the river water, save the souls of the dead, and calm the restless grievances.The talisman hovered in the air for a while, and finally fell to the surface of the water. After a few floats, it sank to the bottom of the water with a bang, and was never seen again.

Afterwards, several larger spirit ships sailed over from a distance, heading towards the ghost gate leading to the underworld.Those on board are those ghosts who have been promised to return to the underworld before being reincarnated.

The gray-brown spirit boat sailed past the towering ancient archways in the river and arrived at the gate of ghosts.The ghost gate is the entrance and exit, connecting the two worlds of yin and yang.And there are actually many such entrances and exits, and the place that the spirit ship arrived at this time is only one of them.The Yin Division guarding the gate came up to meet them, confronted the female Shi Guicha one by one with the ghost cards, lit a three-foot-long incense stick in the copper tripod by the gate, and then sacrificed a blue talisman and pressed it on the ghost. On the disc with intricate decoration in the center of the door.

With the low chanting of the gatekeeper Yinsi and the dull friction sound of the gate, the gate of ghosts slowly opened.Immediately, Lady Lamplighter Shi and Ming Bing each led a group of ghosts into the gate and disappeared behind the gate.

They walked towards the sun.

In the next fifteen days, those ghosts regained their lost memories, saw their relatives and friends goodbye, and cried or laughed, sad or happy in the place where they once lived.After fifteen days, when the long incense in the cauldron was burned out and the moment they stepped back to the gate of hell, their vivid faces would become dull and stiff again.

From then on, the yin and yang are separated, the past is over, the mortal world is put aside, follow the six paths, and wait for reincarnation.

In Yangjian, every household has probably finished blowing firecrackers at this moment, and set up candles and offerings on the side of the road.On the night of Ghost Festival, there are no people in the streets and alleys, white paper money mixed with black ashes, flying all over the sky.

What mortals don't know is that these black and white flying all over the sky have formed a good relationship and turned into flowers in the underworld.

They float down from the deep sky of the underworld, and slowly grow into countless saplings, with small pink flowers blooming all over the branches, and the clothes are dyed with fragrance.These flowers and trees grow all over the fields, open spaces, roadsides, and even in the walls of some people's houses.

As a result, Mingcheng was full of highlights overnight, and the darkness was completely overwhelmed.Although these flowers have only one night's life.

This is the most beautiful time of the year in the underworld.

Yan You overlooked the long street and the outskirts from the city tower, and all he saw was a warm and light pink color, which was different from the gray-blue hue in the past.The distant bell rang at this time, and it slowly came from a distance, echoing in my ears.Everyone in the underworld, who were talking and laughing on the street, stopped their respective things, holding a floating lamp in their hands, and looked up at the tall tower.

There was a sudden silence all around, as if the sound was silenced all at once, only the lingering rhyme of the copper bell was still echoing.Consul Shi Deng lowered his eyebrows, walked slowly to Yan You's side, and handed over a lamp with golden runes printed on it.Yan You took it with both hands, with a solemn expression. After reading a sacrificial oration, she closed her eyes.Nu Shi immediately took out a piece of incense in the cauldron next to it, bowed and rolled up her sleeves, and lit the lamp. The next moment, a light yellow halo appeared from the heart of the lamp, and the gauze wall slightly bulged.

Let go of your hand, and the sky lantern began to rise slowly, melting into the vast and deep black sky above, getting farther and farther away, and finally condensed into a small light spot.Immediately, there were cheers from under the city tower.Following the turmoil, everyone raised their hands one after another. In an instant, countless sky lanterns with white gauze, holding a light yellow flame, rose from the city and gathered in the sky above their heads, just like the summer nights they had seen in the mortal world in their memories. Galaxy.

This is a unique ritual in the underworld during the Ghost Festival.People make a wish in the lamp, or write the name of the person they want to read on the lamp, and then attach a message in their hearts, and use their thoughts to send their sky lantern steadily into the air. If they are lucky, the wish they made It is possible to realize it, and the words sent may float into Yi Ren's dream and be conveyed to the other party's heart.

However, in fact, most of the residents of the underworld put up sky lanterns for nothing more than auspiciousness and excitement.They stayed safely in the underworld, and they didn't have too many longings or worries.After years of precipitation, I look down on many things, simple and easy to satisfy.

Now the sky is full of light, bright and dazzling.People walk in groups of twos and threes among the bustling shops, or stop occasionally, looking up, with happy smiles on their brows.

These smiles were reflected in a pair of star-like purple eyes.

On the tower, Yan You stood with his hands behind his back, his sleeves swaying slightly, and the hem of his skirt slapped the blue-gray stone bricks of the parapet faintly.Not far from her, a certain judge in green was chattering around the woman in black, with curved eyebrows and eyes, as if talking about something extremely happy, and on the other side, a tall and thin man who hadn't turned off the lamp The woman was excitedly pulling a few people along, looking for a satisfactory place.

Those were Anu and Xinxue, the bartender Ashi, and...Meng Wanyan.

His eyes shifted to the calm and cold woman among them, and the corners of his mouth curved into a shallow arc irresistibly.In the distance, Yiren stood sideways holding a lamp, quietly listening to the words of the people around him, and occasionally responded with a soft expression, but he never noticed the gaze from somewhere.

The wind blows over the battlements of the low walls, blowing the white clothes and light gauze.

His Highness Pluto let out a low laugh, waved his hand to send back a group of underworld servants, and walked slowly towards the other end.

"Ahem, Anu Jiuba, let's go somewhere else to put the lights on." The lady who was the first to spot a certain figure gave the people around her a wink, but then patted Meng Wanyan's plain shoulder, playfully She blinked gracefully, with a little deep meaning: "Wan Yan, it's better for you to stay here."

Anu, who was talking happily, frowned after hearing this: "Why do you want to go elsewhere? It's very good here?"

Immediately, the barmaid reacted and glared at her with a smile: "Kids have to be obedient, why are there so many problems." After speaking, she pulled a few people away together, leaving a very ambiguous smile before leaving.Seeing them like this, His Highness Pluto, who had already approached, couldn't help being amused, and shook his head with a smile - thinking that her people in the underworld are really becoming more and more caring and kind...

"Huh? You guys..." Meng Wanyan on the other end didn't understand what was going on with the sudden look of the matchmakers. Seeing them, she just walked away. Just as she was about to follow up and ask for clarification, she heard footsteps behind her. The sound came closer.Thinking about what happened just now, she immediately had a very bad premonition.

Just say that you don't have to come here if you put lights on the street... These people even left on purpose!really...

"Ameng's lamp hasn't been turned off yet?" A familiar voice sounded from behind, with a gentle tone, harmless to humans and animals.But the beauty in white who turned her back to the visitor already had the urge to roll her eyes.If she knew earlier, she shouldn't have allowed Xinxue and the others to come here. God knows how much she doesn't want to see that person now.But, why is it that the more I am afraid of something, the more something will come...

The beauty turned around with a pale face, and her voice was alienated: "As long as it's not over tonight, it's okay to put the lights on at any time."

The implication is: Can you control when to put the lights on?Hmph, meddling in your own business is not fun.

"Then... what wish did you make?" Yan You didn't think it was disobedient, and tilted his head to look at her again. For the first time, he looked a little childishly curious, and the brilliance flowed in his purple eyes, a little...um...cute?Meng Wanyan was startled, and turned her face away: "I don't need to tell you, Your Majesty."

Saying this, the next moment, a rare cunning flashed in the eyes of the beauty in white, she moved the lamp in her hand, and the handwriting written on the lamp wall was very dazzlingly revealed to someone, why? It makes people feel a little revenge.

The handwriting on the lamp is beautiful, and the words "Xu Zihan" are written on it.Liu Mingjin's name in this life.

His Highness Pluto gasped, anger appeared on his handsome and beautiful face, and he said angrily: "You just want to make me angry." Tsk!I really regret that for a moment I softened my heart and told her about that man's life... This stubborn woman who has never changed her nature...

"Oh, this has nothing to do with you, it's just something I'm concerned about." So, stop being too sentimental.The beauty's tone was inexplicably brisk.

"You..." A certain Highness choked hard, his eyes widened for a moment, he was speechless, and his expression became more and more unkind.Seeing the increasingly ugly face of the person opposite, Meng Wanyan suddenly felt in a good mood, curled her lips secretly, then turned to face outside the parapet, lightly lifted the lamp in her hand, and slowly let go.

Then, ignoring the strong grievances of others, he concentrated on watching the sky lantern go away.

At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the person beside him approaching him, and then covered his left hand with cool softness, and the fingertips of the person were still viciously scratching his palm.

It was as if a tingling electric current passed through the palm of his hand.Meng Wanyan's body trembled, her mind was in a state of confusion.And the sky lantern that was rising also trembled for a while, and then stopped in the sky above, no longer moving forward.She frowned, and suddenly shook off Yan You's hand, her beautiful eyes sullen: "You... naive!" The majestic Pluto would use this kind of trick to make trouble... Do you dare to be more annoying!

"Hey, you are so courageous." The scolded His Highness Pluto crossed his arms and looked down at her with displeasure on his face.How dare you call me childish... Would a dead woman dare to be more presumptuous...

The beauty in white raised her head and added without hesitation: "Childish and hateful!"

After finishing speaking, she flicked her sleeves, turned and walked away.Seeing this, Yan You hurriedly followed, and looked around for no one, only to realize that the place would be "cleared" at some time, but this is not the point right now.She took a few steps closer to Meng Wanyan, held up Yi Renrou Nie domineeringly, and said, "Here, if you want to hate this king, you can. It's better than never remembering."

Meng Wanyan glared at her angrily.

Facing that cold gaze, Yan You chuckled instead, and clasped his fingers arrogantly but tenderly: "It doesn't matter if you hate me, anyway, I just want to trap you so odiously by my side." She ignored Meng Wan Yan struggled, held it firmly, walked side by side with Yi Ren, raised the corners of her mouth: "Hey, hate and hate, the days just go by with each other like this... just like an old married couple."

"You're so shameless!" Meng Wanyan stopped struggling and scratched her with the eye knife resentfully.

"You can't have beauty and face at the same time, of course you have to give up face." His Royal Highness Pluto spoke righteously.

"you……"

Meng Wanyan looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, and suddenly sneered: "Oh, Your Majesty, you have fallen a lot."

"Yeah, falling in love with you is probably the most irrational, corrupt and morally depraved thing I've ever done in my life..."

"..."

Floating lights filled the sky in the night sky, and below was the hustle and bustle of the city.The pink petals were blown into the parapet above the city tower by the wind, and fell on the limestone bricks. At the end of the aisle, the two figures gradually walked away...

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——Okay, let’s talk about everyone’s wishes:

Sister (appears suddenly): My mother wants to dominate Yan You's harem!

Yan You (surprised): When did I have a harem!

A certain woman (crying): Your Majesty, you don’t want us anymore.

Yan You (surprised): Huh?Who is a certain woman? !

Xiaobo: (waving hands) All right, stop making trouble, be serious!Sister, go back to your wild abyss to play, and take a certain girl away by the way.Cough, let's reveal the wishes of everyone in the underworld.then:

Niutou - win every day!

Zhao Ming—the king will give you a monthly salary! !

Xinxue - open a branch, dominate Mingjie.

Anu - run a branch, dominate the proprietress! !

Chi Han—catch all the escaped ghosts, and then throw them all into the prison as coolies (sneering) hehehe.

Feng Wuya—that, (points to fingers) to take off a certain woman's mask...

Yan You—hmm... (seriously) Ah Meng, come to sleep with me tonight.

Meng Wanyan—Yan You, go to hell! ! ! ! (Xiao Bo: Wow, you are all so inspiring!!)

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