How about a bowl of Mengpo soup

At the end of another new year, the New Year's Eve is approaching, and the streets and markets in the world are beginning to be lively.People were busy buying new year's goods and cleaning houses, and those who were away from home also set off for home one after another.Official government servants and residents together put on red and colorful colors in the streets and alleys, put on new lanterns, paint new paint, and wantonly decorate the festive atmosphere.

And the same is true in the underworld.

"Hey, the proprietress has changed a plaque." In a certain street in Mingcheng, there were many people walking around in broad daylight, and the old drunk who passed by smiled at the woman in yellow shirt by the door of the teahouse: "Looking so happy!" At this time Uncle Zhang, who came out of the porcelain shop opposite to clean it, also pointed to the dark red wooden plaque and praised carelessly: "Hey, this word is so beautiful!"

Xinxue smiled gently, and nodded towards the two men: "I asked Mr. Wen to mention it. It's time to prepare for the New Year's Eve, so it's natural to decorate it. It just so happens that the plaque is also worn out."

The two stood and exchanged a few words with her, and the old drunkard praised Anu's ability by the way, and then wandered towards the front restaurant with the flagon in hand.Xinxue looked up at the tall slender woman on the ladder, put her hands around her mouth, and softly called out: "Anu, go to the left."

"Oh." Anu, who was standing on the wooden ladder and fiddling with the plaque, raised his hands and moved a little to the left.She has great strength, but it's easy to do.But Xinxue looked at her movements from below, but she felt frightened: "Be careful, don't step on the air."

"Oh, it's all right. It will be done soon." Anu cast a bright smiling face down, picked up the hammer on his waist, and tapped the nails to fix it.Sure enough, it took only a short while to hang it up, so he slipped down from the ladder and put away the wooden ladder casually.

"Hee hee, it's really good, it feels like a new look, and you are full of energy." She patted the ashes on her hands and stood in front of the door, looked up carefully, and was very satisfied.Xinxue followed her to her side, looked at her face, then took out a towel, and said softly, "Come here, I'll wipe it for you."

Only then did Anu feel that his face was not very comfortable, and it was indeed a little dirty.But looking at his hands, they were covered with dust again, so he obediently moved closer, half bowed his body so that Xinxue could wipe it off easily.

"Pfft, look at you, it's all over your face, like a cat." Xinxue couldn't help laughing, but her hands were very gentle.Anu squinted his almond eyes in comfort, revealing two small canine teeth: "Miss Boss, do you feel that life goes by so quickly, another year has passed."

"Yes." Xinxue wiped it clean and withdrew her hand.

Anu straightened up, the smile on his face remained undiminished, and became more charming: "But I will still be here next year, celebrating the New Year with you."

Xinxue was slightly taken aback.Then he raised his lips and nodded: "Yeah."

"Madam Boss." The person in front of her shouted again, took her hand, and said seriously: "No matter how many years pass, Anu will always be by your side."

She smiled after hearing this, took a deep look at the delicate-looking woman in front of her, and then gently held her hand back.It was a very strange feeling, obviously she had always regarded the other party as a child, but when she clasped her hands, it seemed that there was a strong force coming from her, so warm, it made her feel extremely solid and stable.

"Now, it's a deal." She said softly.

This year, even Abyss Ghost Valley was filled with joy unlike before.

Chief Manager Yan Wei took all the beautiful male servants together to change all the floating lamps in the palace into crimson.The general also led a group of soldiers and guards, and hung colorful brocades in the city.In the Shanle Division, Da Si Le and the male dancers are busy teaching the new female dancers to rehearse new dances.The newly kidnapped chefs from the Imperial Dining Room didn't want to run away, so they just huddled together to study the dishes...

Rarely, everyone got busy happily.

In a certain backyard surrounded by high walls, it was quiet.The woman in red was leaning against the edge of the pool, stretching out her hand and paddling gently on the water.In the water, a snow-blue koi swims slowly around her fingertips.The eyes are round and round, and the caudal fin sways softly like blue tulle, which is very beautiful.

"Jin'er..." She murmured softly, as if she was calling the fish, or talking to herself.But the fish didn't change at all, it was still swimming around her fingertips, the bright red like cinnabar on its forehead was very conspicuous.

"So you are here." Lord Shenjun appeared behind her, holding a bunch of amethyst grapes that came from nowhere in his hand: "I thought you were going to decorate the palace with those handsome men."

"Hey, let them do what they want, I don't bother to care about it. There has never been a New Year's Eve in this Abyss City before, but this year it is new, just like those mortals." Ji Lan glanced at her sideways, leaning lazily on the On the wall of the pool, they continued to paddle the water surface again and again, with a calm tone: "But... they are happy."

Qi Xiu chuckled lightly, meaning unknown.Then he walked over, leaned against the edge of the pool next to Ji Lan, rolled up his sleeves, crossed the waist-high stone wall, and reached into the water.

Gently skim.The transparent water passed through the gap between the fingers, and Ding Dong fell back to the surface of the pool, feeling cool to the touch.

"What a beautiful little koi." She suddenly saw the fish in the water wagging its tail and looking at her for a moment, her eyes lit up, and she said to the people beside her: "Hey, flower chicken, how about giving her to me? I will definitely Will take good care of it."

"No." The man in red pouted his chin and stared at him with his phoenix eyes.Seeing her looking fierce, Qi Xiu simply picked up a grape and stuffed it into the other's mouth, sighing: "It's a pity, such a beautiful fish."

The words meant something, and Ji Lan could hear it.So he said displeasedly, "What do you mean?"

Lord Shenjun ignored it, and ate the few grapes left in his hand leisurely, then turned his head and spit out a few grape seeds into the open space beside him.Holding hands and twisting the formula, three small seedlings slowly grew in that place, and the green and tender green colors were full of vitality, which did not match the tone of the surrounding area.

Then she continued: "This koi is different from ordinary things. Although the spiritual sense has not yet been developed, it has already established a foundation. It will not be difficult to practice inner alchemy in the future." She raised her lips and her tone became ambiguous: "If you use the spirit After raising her for a hundred years, when she takes shape, she must be a beauty."

Ji Lan raised her eyebrows.This person seems to have become monstrous since that time, his words are frivolous, and he really doesn't look like the dead face before.Sometimes she really wondered if the woman in front of her was disguised by some monster, or... She really hadn't seen the true face of this person, and had been deceived for so long?

But thinking of what happened in Shang Qi's Underworld, Ji Lan's face darkened at this moment.Did this damned woman confess to her at that time?Although she just didn't care at all, but...why there was no movement after that confession?Not only did he not pursue anything desperately, but he still hooked up everywhere, sneered, and became more annoying than ever.

She was suddenly angry, and the more she looked at the person beside her, the more she disliked her.Leng Leng snatched the last grape from the opponent, ignored the man's surprised expression, straightened up and walked away from the pool, leaving only a warning: "Be careful not to hit the koi."

"Heh." Qi Xiu looked at the cold back with a smile, threw away the branch in his hand, and followed.The two walked out of the garden one after the other, and headed west all the way to the border tower.

Go up to the top floor and come to the parapet.The wind whistled in my ears, my hair flew, and my sleeves fluttered.Looking up, you can see the wilderness on the left, the vast expanse of land surrounded by mist, filled with red sand.The distant sky was gray and dark, as if covered by thick dark clouds.On the right, the area around Huangyuan Wangcheng is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and there are many pavilions.

The contrast is strong, and the beauty is weird.

Ji Lan stared fixedly, her face was half covered by the disheveled black hair, her eyes were uncertain.

Qi Xiu stood by his side for a long time, and finally heaved a low sigh.The person next to him is not happy, and has always been the case these days.She can feel it. "I said I was going to let it go, so why does she still look so unhappy. Is the majestic Desolate Ghost King so unrestrained?" Her face was calm, but what she said hit people's pain: "In a few years, Yan You The children with Meng Wanyan are about to come out, and I have to call you aunt then."

Someone's glamorous reserve was shattered in an instant: "You will die if you don't speak!"

"Oh... I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it." Qi Xiu shook his head.

"Hmph, stop talking sarcasticly. Didn't you like her back then?"

"It's true that I like it." She spread her hands, "But it's just like between friends, it has nothing to do with love."

Who are you kidding? !Ji Lan gave her a blank look with disbelief on her face: "You were always pestering her back then."

"Hey, why do you think I'm always pestering her?" Qi Xiu raised his eyebrows, looking very innocent.And the woman in front of her was already gnashing her teeth: "You will show up every time I am with her." It was a hindrance to death.

"Didn't you tell me everything, you were there too."

"What?" Gillan paused.

Qi Xiu smiled faintly, and his eyes darkened: "I'm not pestering Yan You, idiot." I'm just pestering you.

The person in front of her was stunned for a while, then suddenly turned around: "I don't even know what you're talking about!" "Do you want me to speak more clearly?" She moved closer to the other person's ear, but was pushed away.

Ji Lan slammed her eyes hard, but the suspicious blush on her cheek brought out a feeling of anger from embarrassment.So he kept his composure, and changed the subject with a cold face: "Speaking of which, why don't you leave, how long are you going to stay with me?"

"You want me to go?" Qi Xiu put away his joke and asked seriously.However, after a long time without an answer, he shook his head.The sleeves were lightly gathered, and the appearance of standing in the wind with hands behind their backs was handsome and desolate: "Forget it, since you don't want to see me so much, then I'll go."

"Hmph." Ji Lan still turned her back and did not look at her.

"Exactly, I haven't visited those old friends for a long time." Lord Shenjun said softly, but there was a little cunning in his eyes: "I really miss it a little."

"Go to them now, they will be very happy..." She then sighed.

The red-clothed woman in front of her finally couldn't help turning around, with a cold face: "What old friend, it's clearly a confidante, a little goblin! Go find them, and you'd better never come here to bother me again." Angrily added: "Dead face with poor taste."

"Bad taste?" Qi Xiu was a little dumbfounded.

"Isn't it?" Ji Lan replied without thinking, "How are they better than me?!"

As soon as these words came out, both of them were stunned at the same time.Only then did she realize what she had just said, and even she couldn't believe it.But Qi Xiu recovered from the surprise, and looked at Ji Lan with more complex and deep eyes, with playfulness in the surprise, but he was not sure: "You...what did you say?"

Ji Lan turned around and left.

Qi Xiu quickly grabbed her: "Wait."

"Damn it!" She tried to shake it off with all her strength, but she couldn't shake it off for a long time, so she just dragged her own weight and continued to walk forward.And this appearance of not looking back after death made Lord Shenjun laugh out loud.

Hehe~~ You don't need to think about it, you know, this person must be blushing at this time and dare not let her see him~~ So Qi Xiu was in a good mood, and he grabbed the opponent's hand and naturally changed his fingers to intertwined, his eyebrows and eyes curved Followed behind, said with a smile: "Hey, it's come to this point, you, a female devil who has always been as thick-skinned as a city wall, dare not admit it."

The person walking in front stopped, turned around suddenly, blushed and angrily shouted: "Get out!"

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Yan You: New Year's benefits!Come and get it! !

Feng Wuya: What benefits? !

Yan You: Here, this is the marriage certificate that this king used his private power to issue for you and Chi Han.

Qixiu: What about me? ! !

Yan You: Here, this is the marriage certificate issued by the king for you and Xiao Ji using his private power.

Anu: What about me? ! ! !

Yan You: Here, this is the marriage certificate that this king used his private power to issue for you and Xinxue.

A certain Po: (star-eyed) What about me? ! ! ! ! !

Yan You: You... (lowering head) Uh...

Moubo: (angry) What does such a heavy sigh mean? ! !

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