A Chinese Ghost Story

Walking along the street, Hua Meiniang caught sight of Mojun dressed as a scholar among the crowd with sharp eyes.

His long eyebrows slanted into his temples, his eyes were black and deep, and his whole body exuded an inviolable demeanor. The plain book long robe was dyed with a layer of light from the setting sun, and the black turban covered his usual free and unrestrained attitude. With curly hair, he just sat upright among the vendors in the market, setting up a stall and fortune-telling.

His appearance reminded Hua Meiniang of the scene that happened near Lanruo Temple a few months ago. At that time, in order to help Xiaoqian save the stupid nerd , while she hid in the bushes beside her and secretly laughed. She never thought that one day he would do divination and fortune-telling for others in the suburbs of Beijing, but at this moment, she no longer had the intention to make fun of him. I feel that life is really impermanent.

In a flash of God's time, there was already a man and a woman in front of him who came to ask good or bad luck.

Qiye's eyes lingered on their faces for a moment, and asked: "Are you two planning to get married?"

They looked at each other in surprise, and then smiled shyly, "Yes, how do you know?"

Qiye smiled faintly: "Look at his face and know his heart. This is just a simple inquiry. But the two of you are worried. Is there any difficulty in the marriage? Why don't you let me do a fortune-telling to see if it goes well?"

The two nodded, looking a little nervous.

With a slight turn of his hand, water-colored rose petals spilled from his sleeves onto the table, spreading out irregularly. With a movement of his palm, he stretched out above the petals, feeling the subtlety of it.

"It's a sinister look."

The woman asked him anxiously: "Then what should we do?"

Qiye looked solemn, "Is it because the power to hinder you is very strong, and your parents are against it?"

They nodded vigorously.

Qiye then said: "Then, let's run away."

"escape?"

The man looked at the woman beside him, with some hesitation in his expression.

Seeing his hesitation, Qiye dialed and said: "It's destiny, and things in the world are hard to change. Since you can't change your destiny, it's better to find a place where no one will disturb you and live an ordinary life."

The man seemed to realize something, took out a few copper coins from his pocket and put them on the wooden table, thanked him and left with the woman.

After they left, Qiye held the copper plate in his hand and looked at it, with some emotion in his brows.

"Sorcerer, I want to petition!"

The crisp female voice made him raise his head, and when he saw the face of the person coming, he smiled.

"What are you laughing at! Maybe you can tell from my face what I'm going to ask?"

Seeing that her long eyebrows were slightly frowned, Qiye restrained her smile, and said seriously: "Look at Madam, your face is dispirited, it looks like you are looking for a husband."

"Be serious!"

He said frankly, "I'm serious."

Take a closer look at his face.

Well, very serious indeed.

Hua Mei Niang touched her face, she might be going to be a villain this time, "Actually, I want to ask you, if the two lovers who asked for divination just chose to escape, how long can they escape, and how long can they escape?" How far can you escape, can you really find a place where no one is disturbed and live a normal life as you said?"

He didn't answer right away, but was silent for a moment.

There was a bit of indifference in the deep eyes.

They looked at each other, neither of them dodged.

"Are you trying to be a lobbyist for the Demon Palace to persuade me to go back and let me return to being that lofty sage?"

"Yes, I have to."

"why?"

"If you don't become a sage, the Demon Palace will be leaderless and chaos will ensue, and there will be a war between the righteous way and the devil way, and the people will be ruined."

They were talking, but no one on the street could hear what they were saying, or even see them speak, only saw them looking at each other and not moving.

Qiye's eyes became more and more sad.

"When you were in the City of No Tears, you said that no matter who I am, you will only be my wife. If I am really the resentful couple of the seventh generation, you can live in seclusion with me in the mountains so that neither the righteous nor the evil can find us. .”

Hua Meiniang lowered her eyes.

"Sorry, I lied."

That day, he saw her hesitation, so it was not a lie, but he was asking too much.

"I can't promise you to return to the Demon Palace, let alone kill my mother with my own hands."

"……,I see."

Qiye stood up, started to pack her things, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go home, mother is still waiting for me to bring her dinner."

You can't push people too hard, Hua Mei Niang knows this well, she is not in a hurry, she quickly got up to help him, "Okay, I will clean up too, the two of you should be faster."

Just like ordinary couples in the world, Qiye and Hua Mei Niang walked side by side in the street. Hua Mei Niang looked at the sellers of steamed buns, pancakes, and Yangchun noodles next to them. She turned her head to look at Qiye and asked, "How much did you earn today?"

Hearing her question, Qiye lowered his head and took out the money from his sleeve, and spread it out in front of her eyes.

Hua Meiniang blinked, and there were more than a dozen copper coins lying alone in his hand...

She reached out and touched it, "That's all?"

Qiye nodded, thinking that he, a sage of the devil, is now reduced to fortune-telling in the world, and his income may not be as much as that of an ordinary person, so he feels a little ashamed to say it.

He thought for a while, then smiled brightly at Hua Mei Niang, and said, "In the future, I will think of other ways to make money, and it must be more than this."

Hua Mei Niang thought that if he lived by himself, how could he need to make money so complicated, not to mention that the sage of the devil practiced the art of cutting the sky and drawing the sword, and learned the art of the emperor's mind. How could he have thought that one day he would live the life of ordinary people in the world, wasting all his energy and energy on those daily necessities, this is really hard for him.

She rolled her eyes and said suddenly: "Actually, I have a good idea that can make a lot of money."

Qiye turned around and asked, "What method?"

She answered with a serious face: "With your qualifications, you can definitely make a lot of money by going to the Qingfeng Pavilion to hang a sign."

The head was knocked without warning, Hua Mei Niang rubbed her head in a daze.

He frowned at her slightly, "Nonsense!"

Hua Mei Niang then looked at him pitifully, pointed to her belly and said, "I'm hungry!"

Qiye should have been very angry, but seeing her aggrieved appearance, she couldn't get angry at all, finally sighed, reached out and rubbed her head, "Let's go, buy some food and go back, mother and Xiaoxue must be anxiously waiting too, don't talk about those nonsense in the future."

Hua Mei Niang raised her eyebrows, and dragged him to a steamed stuffed bun shop. The big steaming steamed stuffed buns lay temptingly in the cage. She pointed at the stuffed stuffed buns and said, "Boss, come here!"

The biscuits next to Qiye and the bun seller have a lot of people buying them. They are delicious, so I will buy them next time.

A biscuit in the biscuit oven was smothered by the fire in the oven, crying silently in my heart, the devil should have bought me!

Along the way, they all had faint smiles on their faces, as if they were very satisfied with such a sunset day.

Yinyue and Xiaoxue have been sitting in the room doing some needlework. Apart from these, they have nothing else to do, and they are still not quite used to life in the world.

I heard the wooden door creak.

Yinyue raised her eyes from her needlework, and said softly, "Qiye, Meiniang, you are back."

Hua Mei Niang was panicked for a moment. Is this the dark and charming Queen Mother in the Demon Palace? With such an expression and face, such a kind mother really makes people lust after her. If this is her mother, she will definitely not be able to marry her. to hand.However, she couldn't believe that the Moon Demon, who was able to turn the Demon Palace upside down back then, would really leave her body as easily as she said.

Hua Mei Niang pointed at the buns and said, "Mother, we bought buns, Xiaoxue, come and eat with us."

Qiye smiled and took the buns and put them on the wooden table.

Yinyue looked very interested, "Really, are the buns delicious?"

Hua Mei Niang thought that it might be that steamed stuffed buns had never appeared in the Demon Palace, otherwise she looked as if she had never eaten it. Compared with Xiaoxue who lived in the world for a while, it was not surprising .

Xiaoxue first took a bun for Yinyue and handed it to her hand, then she sat back and said, "I'm not hungry, let's eat first, the Holy King and the Holy Queen."

Qiye glanced at her and said, "Xiaoxue, I said that this is the world, and we are no longer saints and queens, just call us by our names."

Hua Mei Niang had already started eating the buns, and hearing what he said, she also said, "Yes, just call me Mei Niang."

Xiaoxue shook her head, her brows were full of persistence, "Then Xiaoxue should call the Holy King Young Master, and the Holy Queen Young Madam."

Seeing her insistence, Qiye couldn't say anything more, "Well, it's up to you."

Xiaoxue's cold brows and eyes slightly curved, "Master Xie."

Hua Mei Niang finished eating two buns, the Queen Mother Yinyue also ate two, and there was only one left, but Qi Ye and Xiao Xue hadn't eaten yet.

Hua Mei Niang pointed to the last bun, "There's only one bun left, who wants to eat it?"

Yinyue actually thinks the taste of this steamed bun is not bad, much better than the steamed buns that Qiye bought a few days ago, but seeing how Hua Mei Niang protects the food, she decides not to eat it, and grabs something from the younger generation , she still couldn't do it.

Yinyue shook her head and said, "I'm already full, where are Qiye and Xiaoxue?"

Both Qiye and Xiaoxue shook their heads.

Hua Mei Niang smiled and took the buns in her hand, "Then I'll eat it, don't regret it, the buns are delicious!"

Sitting next to her, Qiye saw how happy she was eating, and unconsciously added a smile to her eyes. Seeing how big she was eating, she couldn't help saying in a warm voice: "Eat slowly, you should be choking soon."

Hua Mei Niang shook her head, "It's fine." There is still business to do at night, so how can I do it if I don't gather strength.

The suburbs of Beijing are not as lively as the city, and at night it is so quiet that only the chirping of insects can be heard.

The cold moonlight shines through the slightly worn-out paper windows.

But the people around her made her feel very warm.

Apart from grandpa, parents, and master, he should be the one who holds a lot of weight in her heart. If she can really ignore worldly affairs like she is now, no matter what righteous way or evil way, no matter what seven generations of marriage, and no matter what heavenly demons, It's good to live in peace like this, even if you are a little poor, right?What's more, she still has two brothels, and she will never die of hunger.

"What are you thinking?"

Hua Mei Niang sat by the bed and watched Qi Ye walk over.

"It's nothing, are mother and Xiaoxue both asleep?"

Qiye nodded, "The bed is a bit small, I may have to wrong you."

Hua Mei Niang took his hand to let him sit beside her, hugged his waist, put her head on his chest, and said with a smile: "Actually, you can sleep like this, or you can just hug me and sleep like this. "

Qiye gently brushed her black hair that was loose to the waist, looking at the bright and clear moon outside the window, never felt that life could be as peaceful and peaceful as it is now.

He lowered his head to look at her, with some tenderness in his deep eyes, and said in a clear and gentle voice, "Okay, as long as you like."

The author has something to say: I want to keep updating ahh~ I must finish it these few days~~~ I will open a new article after I finish it, and I will start a new article after I finish it~~~ Dear friends, give me motivation~~