Heaven and earth float day and night

night, midnight.

A strange man appeared on the street. He was walking on the street carrying a lantern, but he was followed by a coffin-like thing.

No one lifted the coffin, so the coffin floated upright in the air out of thin air, following Wen Qi's footsteps and moving forward little by little, ordinary people couldn't help but look back at him when they saw it.

This street is very long, equivalent to walking from the east of the city all the way to the west of the city, and Huitianmen is at the end.

Wen Qi looked up and saw that the whale boat was still floating in the air. Yunjian City was too dark at night, and he could barely see a short distance with a lantern.

There is only light in the direction of returning to Tianmen. Lord Tianfu, or the floating whale in the sky, where the fish eyes are located, exudes a scarlet light in the darkness, just like a moon.

There are more and more people traveling together, and today people rushed to the gate of the inner city to celebrate Lord Tianfu's birthday.

Wen Qi's appearance was so strange that someone recognized him and sarcastically said, "Yo, I thought the Wen family didn't live long enough."

The Wen family is very famous, when Grandpa Wen Qi gave gifts back then, many people came to inquire about what they gave, but the grandpa didn't say a word, and then this group of people gradually stopped interacting.

No one from the Wen family attended the birthday banquet anymore. He had persuaded Wen Qi before that the family was too poor to let go, so why not go to the Tianfu birthday banquet to try their luck.

"None of your business." Wen Qi didn't bother to look at him.

"Yo, you have a big temper." The man and Wen Qi used to be neighbors, looked him over, and said, "He's celebrating his birthday, you send the coffin over there, do you know how to be polite?"

Wen Qi choked back: "What coffin? Can you see clearly, is the coffin standing upright?"

This is indeed a coffin. When the incident happened suddenly, they couldn't even find a gift box to put people in, so they had to go to the coffin shop to find it.

There was a circle of red silk wrapped around the coffin, and a flower was tied on it, so it was said to be a gift box, but this appearance was even more terrifying in the eyes of others.

The coffin seemed really infiltrating, the human said: "What kind of exercises did you use? How can it still float?"

Wen Qi smiled coldly: "Do I need to tell you?"

Wen Qi's gaze fell on the man's hand, and he was also carrying a gift box. Sensing Wen Qi's gaze retracted again, he said viciously, "What are you looking at?"

A group of people give gifts, and if you choose you, you will not be able to choose others. Men are instinctively hostile to Wen Qi.

"Cut," Wen Qi said, "Who cares about you?"

After Wen Qi finished speaking, he left. The man watched from behind, and he looked carefully. There were no legs under the coffin, and no one was lifting it. Wen Qi accelerated his pace and the coffin also accelerated.

No, he looked at it for a while and found something was wrong, it wasn't the coffin following Wen Qi, it was Wen Qi following the coffin.

Wen Qi carefully followed behind the coffin. If it floated too fast, Wen Qi would speed up his pace and follow behind like a servant.

"It's weird." The man was very puzzled. Firstly, why did Wen's family come to celebrate his birthday, and secondly, where did Wen Qi find such a good thing?

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Wen Qi walked to Huitian Gate.

He was terrified, afraid that if something went wrong somewhere, it would hurt a group of people.

He was sweating all this way, like a dream, and he didn't realize that he really came to the birthday banquet until he really arrived at Huitianmen.

Huitianmen is an extremely huge gate, 20 meters high, which can accommodate the largest Xuanfu army to pass through. Standing under the gate, Wen Qi is so small, as if he has strayed into the kingdom of giants.

The door is open, just like ordinary people celebrate their birthdays. The ceremony officer will greet you at the door, and people will say auspicious words like Furu Donghai Shoubi Nanshan, and then the ceremony officer will register your birthday gift in the register.

There is a small door next to the gate, and the ceremony officer is standing in front of the small door. Before registering, the ceremony officer will let the ceremony officer take a look at the birthday ceremony.

Master Tianfu celebrated his birthday for a while, and people gradually figured out some ways to win. In the past, they went to the banquet alone, but now they are the efforts of a team.

More than a dozen people get together, everyone makes suggestions, and find someone to take the place of the dead ghost to the banquet, if it is really chosen by Lord Tianfu, make a wish that everyone will share the gold and silver mountains equally.

If he was not selected, the one who died was just an unlucky one.

The person in front of Wen Qi gave a skull, which was still covered with fresh granulation, and it was very exquisitely made. There was half a bowl of blood in the skull. It was blood-red and gave off a fishy smell, but it didn't look like blood at all. It won't overflow even with a slight shake, like a living thing.

The ceremony officer glanced at the gift giver, who had a greedy and determined face, as if he thought that Lord Tianfu would definitely like it.

"Virgin skull, inside is blood ganoderma." He flattered: "Drink it to prolong life."

Wen Qi's scalp tingled when he heard it, and sure enough, the birthday gifts were all weird and disgusting things.

"One skull." The ceremony officer was not surprised, and yelled at the top of his voice, which could be heard by everyone present.

When his words spread, the people behind were talking about it, and there were still people who gave away skulls and blood ganoderma, and they didn't know where to get them.

"How can this be compared?" Someone whispered.

Another person said: "Master Tianfu has a long life, so is it necessary for him to prolong his life?"

Wen Qi didn't say anything, but saw the small door at the back opened after the ceremony officer had registered in the register. After opening, there was a black mist, and the specific appearance could not be seen clearly at all.

The gloomy cold air oozes out, as if it can penetrate into the cracks in the bones, making people shiver uncontrollably.

Then a pitch-black tentacle protruded from it, twitched and flung it out, wrapped it around the birthday gift and pulled it in.

Click, the door closed, and the tentacle disappeared into the mist with the birthday gift.

Wen Qi was stunned, and the people behind were also stunned. Everyone came to give gifts, and no one had actually seen this process.

What is that?Wen Qi's back was soaked, and he felt cold when the wind blew. When he thought of Su Jiugui being swept away by this thing, his hands and feet became cold.

"Hi," the ceremony officer called him, "it's your turn."

It's Wen Qi's turn.

Wen Qi came back to his senses and took a step forward. His brain was not good enough at first, but now his mind is full of that little door.

"Registration." The ceremony officer handed the name book to Wen Qi.

Wen Qi's hands were trembling, and it was easy for him to register, because his family's ancestors had come to the banquet, and it was clearly written on the register, just change the name of Grandpa Wen Qi to Wen Qi.

The ceremony officer took another look at the registration, and then said to another person: "It's the second time."

People like Wen Qi are rare, and those who come to birthday banquets rarely come twice.

"Write it yourself." The ritual officer handed him the roster.

Wen Qi shook his hand, and dropped an ink dot on the roster. Wen Qi raised his head, and the ritual officer stared at him expressionlessly. The ritual officer obviously had a human face, but Wen Qi felt terrified, as if that It's not a person at all, but a mask put on by the demons.

"Forget it," said the ceremony officer, "I'll do it."

The ceremony officer took the name book and saw that one piece was wet. Wen Qi was so nervous that his hands were wet with sweat.

"Promise." The ceremony officer couldn't help laughing at him, "What did you give?"

Wen Qi froze and didn't move, his heels were nailed to the ground. Do you want to give Su Jiugui to this group of people?Is it too late to repent now?

"I'm asking you something!" The ceremony officer was a little impatient, there were people queuing up behind him, it was impossible for people to be blocked here, "I won't send you away."

Wen Qi remembered Su Jiugui's words, and said bravely, "I'll send it."

Trembling, he went to untie the red silk on the coffin, which was tied indecently, like a chain to lock the coffin to prevent the evil spirits inside.

The ceremonial officer has been doing this for 100 years. He has seen all kinds of novelties. This is the first time he saw someone bringing a coffin to give gifts, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

This thing was a bit big, Wen Qi seemed to move slowly, and the people behind were also looking around curiously.

The coffin board was moved away by Wen Qi, revealing the people inside, and even the ritual officer was stunned.

Inside lay a man in a wedding dress, with red on the top and black on the bottom, with a descendant bag hanging around his waist. His face was so pale that it was transparent, his eyes were closed tightly, and a thick black shadow fell from his eyelashes. He lay quietly. Inside the coffin, it's like a gift waiting to be unwrapped.

His appearance is extremely perfect, without any mistakes or omissions, it is difficult for people to look away at a glance, not only his appearance, but also his whole body exudes an aura.

A finely crafted plaything.

The ceremony officer asked uncertainly, "Did you send someone?"

No one is given away, Lord Tianfu does not accept living people, even those who give away their wives and daughters are killed for their heart and blood, Yunjian City is full of people, how much is a person worth?

Wen Qidao: "It's not a person, it's a puppet."

The ceremonial officer looked again, put two fingers on the tip of Su Jiugui's nose, and found that he was not breathing at all, and his chest did not rise and fall at all. He went to feel for the pulse, but he did not feel a pulse.

This is a dead person, and it's not considered a dead person, only a trace of vitality is left to ensure that the body does not rot.

The etiquette officer touched Su Jiugui's face, the cheeks still retained the warmth of a person, and the skin could feel the texture of a person.

"It's weird." The ritual officer muttered, and he didn't know how to do it. The finely carved figure seemed to be sleeping alone, and he didn't even think that it was just an object.

The ceremonial officer looked again, there was a fox tail on Su Jiugui's back, he should be a fox demon himself, he probably could have guessed that this was a specially made plaything for man-made, and thought, Master Tianfu wouldn't need this thing either.

Wen Qi's heart was pounding, Luo Qiaoqiao's kung fu was really amazing, he spent three years carving the original body of the little fox, just to give it to Lord Tianfu.

Now that the little fox's soul is gone, Su Jiugui repeats his fate with his shell-exorcism.

It seemed that he, a puppet, was destined to meet Lord Tianfu to settle accounts.

Wen Qi didn't violate the rules either, the ceremonial officer had no choice but to register him, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Puppet puppet."

Wen Qi stopped breathing, and just as the ceremony officer finished shouting, a tentacle stretched out from the small door and rolled up Su Jiugui's coffin. The thing didn't take Su Jiugui away directly, but swam over him.

The ugly tentacles formed an extreme contrast with Su Jiugui's face, and ordinary people would be afraid. Su Jiugui still closed his eyes tightly, motionless, as if he was really a puppet.

The tentacles wandered greedily over him, and retracted after confirming that the man was not breathing. He closed the lid again, and gently lifted the coffin off the ground. The tentacles gently pulled in, engulfing Su Jiugui in a black mist .

thump, thump, thump

It took Wen Qi a long time to realize that it was his heartbeat. His heart was beating wildly, and he had completed the first task Su Jiugui gave him.

He really gave Master to Lord Tianfu.

He didn't even know if he would have a chance to see Su Jiugui again.

"What are you doing in a daze?" The ritual officer scolded, "Go quickly."

Wen Qi was pushed by someone, and someone behind him continued to give gifts. He was led into the gate by a servant. The gate was resplendent and resplendent. Wen Qi had never seen such a luxurious place in his life, but his legs looked like He was like a lead, he didn't want to go to the banquet at all, and his whole body was clamoring for him to run.

This is the ancestral precept of the Wen family, telling him never to attend the Tianfu birthday banquet.

He stepped into the gate, stepped into the vestibule, and saw countless gold and silver treasures, surrounded by beauties, and the delicacies on the table were piled up like a mountain.

There was a clang as the door closed behind him, and that's when he finally realized what he had done.

He went against the wishes of his ancestors.

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After Wen Qi entered, the people queuing up behind him frowned. He was hidden in the crowd and was inconspicuous at all. If you looked closely at him, he didn't look like he was queuing. ahead of him.

After queuing for so long, his position has actually not changed, and he has always been at the end of the line.

With his sleeves in his arms, his face finally changed when he heard the word puppet.

The only family in Yunjian City who can make puppets is Luo Qiaoqiao's Qiqiaozhai.

found it.

Starting from the case of the Qiqiaozhai fire, the missing things finally showed up.

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