On the unfortunate days in the underworld

"Yunzhou City." Huiming read these three words on the city gate, knowing that he came to the right place this time.The outer city wall alone is five feet high, and the central tower soars into the sky, easily overlooking the people passing below. A suspension bridge is set up outside the city gate, which can accommodate dozens of people to pass together, and there is a group of soldiers on the side Guard, and check the passing merchants and pedestrians one by one.

In order to avoid trouble, Huiming took the initiative to hide his figure, and entered the city unimpeded all the way. As soon as he walked in, he was attracted by the lively scene in front of him. A wide street can be seen from south to north Both sides of the road are filled with all kinds of small stalls. From time to time, there are businessmen shouting from the distance with their baskets on their backs walking through the streets and alleys. You don't know where to go.

No, after just a few steps, Huiming felt that his saliva was dripping out. He took out a handkerchief and wiped it while concentrating on looking for delicious food that caught his eye.

"Almond Cheese Crisp." Taking advantage of the stall owner's inattention, Huiming took a piece and put it in his mouth, a satisfied expression immediately appeared on his face.

"Osmanthus candied lotus root cake", "jujube paste yam cake", "seed chestnut cake", "beggar's chicken", "small steamed buns", "pearl balls", after searching, Huiming felt that he had been sublimated, touching the round Stomach, after feeling the peace and prosperity for a while, the country is rich and the people are strong, I feel that there is nothing I can do today, and it is time to go back.

But when he took a few steps, he suddenly found a child in a corner staring at him. Huiming looked around him and made sure that the child was looking at him, but he had already hidden himself. How could it be possible to see it?

"Little friend, what are you squatting here to watch?" Huiming thought the kid was interesting, so he walked up to him and asked.

"Big brother, I just saw you took so many things from other people's stalls, why didn't you pay for it?" The little boy tilted his head and asked him curiously.

"Uh," Huiming looked a little embarrassed, but then he made up a very high-sounding reason for himself, "Big Brother has paid the money before, so there is no need to pay again, otherwise, why didn't they stop me? "

"It turned out to be like this," the little boy was deceived by his sincere words and completely believed him, "Then big brother, I can't find my way home here alone, can you take me home? ?”

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Huiming couldn't help feeling pity in his heart, took his hand and said, "Do you remember where home is? I'll take you back right away."

"I just remember that there is a big pawnshop next to my house, and my feet hurt a little, and I can't walk at all." The little boy touched his ankle with his hand. Although he gritted his teeth and pretended to be strong, the pain still flashed in his eyes. I shed some tears.

"What a good boy!" Although Huiming had never been a father in the mortal world, but this time he was suddenly aroused by his father's love. He hugged the little boy in his arms, thinking that the shop should be relatively secluded in Beishi I was going to go there to have a look at the piece first, and as he was walking forward, Huiming suddenly noticed that the little boy had been staring at the candied haws, and he couldn't help but smack his mouth, it seemed that he was too hungry.

"Do you want to eat?" Huiming asked him, the little boy nodded shyly, Huiming smiled, thinking that the boy really resembled him, so he quickly took a bunch of food while the stall owner was not paying attention Candied haws in the past.But at this moment, the voices of several stall owners discussing suddenly came over.

"Hey, old Wang, you don't know that my things are inexplicably missing today."

"Don't tell me, my beggar chicken is also missing a piece, and no one has seen it. This is really strange. Maybe it flew by itself."

"You must have been careless. You saw my candied haws. Hey, one of them is missing. What's going on?"

"Okay, we may have committed an offense today, and we will treat it as being carried away by a dog."

"It's definitely not a dog from a good family!"

These stall owners yelled all the year round, their voices were incomparably loud, and they fell into Huiming's ears verbatim, only to see that Huiming's face gradually turned red and hot, and his steps also moved quickly, for fear of being caught by this The child is heard.He glanced at the child cautiously, the little boy was still licking the candied haws with a happy face, it seemed that he didn't notice those words.

"Huitong's pawnshop. Looks like this is here," Huiming walked to the pawnshop and looked around for a house to live in. Just when he came to a small courtyard, the child suddenly called out: "Big brother, this is my home."

Just as Huiming was about to send him in, he saw the little boy moving around restlessly, so he let him down. Enduring the pain in his feet, the little boy walked to the door step by step, and waved at Huiming, "Thank you, Brother, I'm home."

Seeing the happy look of the little boy, Huiming also felt that he had done a great deed, so he told the little boy to come in quickly so as not to worry the adults.

"Big brother, goodbye!" The little boy finally smiled at him, opened the door and walked in.

The feeling of doing good deeds every day is really good, but after such a toss, I feel a little craving for food again. Huiming remembered the conversations of those stall owners, so he endured the idea of ​​eating free food again, and returned to the underworld early, just in case When Xiao Changlu found out that he had been playing outside for such a long time, he was inevitably scolded.

I thought no one would know when I went back, but as soon as I entered the gate of ghosts, I saw a ghost servant standing respectfully beside him. It seemed that I had been waiting for him for a long time.

"The one who should come will always come, but this trip is worth it." Huiming braved up and followed the ghost messenger to the residence where Xiao Changlu was staying.

"Brother Xiao, hello, I just stayed outside for a while, and I did something nice by the way, and I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. If it's okay, I won't disturb your rest, and I will retire first." Huiming looked at the sitting Xiao Changlu on the grand master's chair closed his eyes, held a mirror in his hand, and remained completely motionless, making it difficult for people to approach easily.

Huiming knew that the quieter he was, the faster the danger would come. Seeing that Xiao Changlu hadn't moved yet, he gently moved towards the outside.

"A good thing?" Xiao Changlu slowly opened his eyes at this time, turned his head to look at him, a cold air quickly enveloped Huiming's whole body.

Huiming shivered all over, and said with some reluctance: "I didn't do anything, I just ate something. Is there any regulation in the underworld that stipulates that I can't eat?"

"Hmph, kneel down." Xiao Changlu spit out two words.

Now Huiming was a little angry, and he asked loudly: "I kneel to the world, kneel to my parents, even if you control me, you can't insult me ​​like this, you..." He didn't finish his sentence , A wave of coercion hit him, Huiming knelt down involuntarily, but he still stood upright, still very unconvinced.

"You are hidden, why is that child able to see you, and you are holding him, why did others not notice the abnormality? Isn't a child floating in mid-air enough to arouse everyone's suspicion?" Xiao Changlu analyzed to Huiming .

Just as Huiming wanted to open his mouth, he swallowed it again, because after thinking about it carefully, he also thought of many things that were wrong.

"Aiding the wicked and destroying people's lives. As a ghost envoy, you can't do your part. Take a good look at yourself." Xiao Changlu threw the mirror under Huiming's feet. Huiming picked up the mirror and only glanced at it. It was pale.