I live on the 18th floor of Nether Community

"Old locust tree" does not refer to a tree, but the name of a street.

This place is located at the intersection of yin and yang, and it is actually an ordinary commercial antique street during the day.But on the night when the ghost market is open, with the pass printed with the anti-counterfeiting mark of the underworld, you can find the entrance here and arrive at the alien space where the ghost market is located.

Before leaving for the ghost market, Jiang Miao even took a shower and changed his clothes.It's not that he values ​​this trip very much, after all, he has been to the ghost market many times before, and he feels that it is just like the annual temple fair in the world, the things will always be those things, the same.

The main reason is that he has been in the yang world for a long time, and he inevitably has some "popularity" on him, which is like "coriander" to those infernal people. Those who like it can't wait to swallow you, and those who hate it can't wait to tear you apart up.He doesn't want to get in trouble.

Just as Jiang Miao came out of the bathroom, there was a knock on the door.Hearing the unhurried rhythm, one knew it was Qi Chi.

"Here we come." With a cigarette in his mouth, Jiang Miao casually grabbed a towel and wiped his hair carelessly, opened the door, and raised his eyebrows when he saw someone standing outside.

"Wow," he said.

Even though Qi Chi was used to being particular, Jiang Miao could still tell that the other party definitely dressed up on purpose today.

He wore a camel-colored slim-fit trench coat with beige trousers, and he wore a watch that was worth a lot of money at first sight.

Jiang Miao whistled loudly: "I said Brother Xiao Hua, are you going to the ghost market to buy books, or are you planning to take this opportunity to seduce some zombie sister Gui Gege or the vixen sister back?"

Xi Chi smiled faintly: "I don't need it."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Miao's slicked-up hair and the clean white shirt, paused, and said, "You don't want it either."

Ha, do you care if I want it or not?Jiang Miao originally wanted to tease him a few more words, but looking at the deep eyes of the other party suddenly lost the intention of continuing to be poor for some reason.

With a cigarette in his hand, he turned around and randomly picked two mints from the candy box on the coffee table and put them into his pocket, pretending to be casual, "Where is Ajiao? Is he ready? How about we take a taxi? If you two, I can't even sit on my motorcycle."

"Ajiao left first."

"Ah?" Jiang Miao looked curious, "Didn't you tell him not to run around alone?"

"You sir came to pick him up." Xichi said, shaking out two passports out of nowhere, "He asked us to figure it out."

"..." You Ji, the bastard who forgets his friends when he sees sex, has done it too obviously!

Jiang Miao threw down the motorcycle keys and snorted coldly: "Grandson."

……

Probably because it is neither a holiday nor a weekend in the world at this time, the streets and alleys of the old pagoda tree at night seem clear and cold.There are only a few closed shops with a few red lanterns hanging miserably outside, swaying with the night wind, and it looks weird.

Jiang Miao parked his motorcycle at the end of the alley, Chong Qichi stretched out his hand and said, "Where is the certificate?"

Qichi took out the pass from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Miao, who found a leeward corner, took out a lighter and lit the pass.

With the glowing fire, the smoke from the pass did not rise slowly but went straight into the ground.

After a while, thick fog began to gather in the alley, and a figure in a cheongsam floated slowly towards Jiang Miao and the others from the depths of the thick fog.

"Here we come." Jiang Xiao squinted his eyes at the figure in the dense fog and said, "That's the guide from the ghost market, who took us to the entrance."

"Excuse me... Is the pass you just received belong to you two?" An ethereal female voice came from the dense fog.

"Yes." Jiang Xiao smiled, "Miss Xiong is leading the way."

The figure in the thick fog was stunned for a moment, and then his voice rose an octave in an instant: "Brother Xiao?! Is it you, Brother Xiao?!"

"?"

Before Jiang Miao could react, the man ran up to him with a "babble".Jiang Miao was startled, and quickly took a step back.

Jiang Miao: "You are..."

"Brother Xiao, why did you forget again! I'm Xiaoqin!" The girl in the cheongsam widened her eyes and said excitedly, "The last time you called Sir You, we chatted! You still said You want to give me lipstick, remember?"

"Oh—" Jiang Miao suddenly realized, "Slaying male sex, right!"

"Yes, yes!" The girl nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, aren't you working as an operator for the inner line of the underworld? Why did you come to the ghost market again?" Jiang Xiao asked.

"Oh, it's not that there's not enough manpower in the staff recently! I was temporarily transferred here." Xiaoqin said while excitedly pulling Jiang Miao's arm and shaking it vigorously, "Brother Jiang Miao, I miss you so much! Don't you I know how boring the place has become since you left! I was still telling my sister in personnel affairs that day that we should recruit more people like Brother Xiao, so as to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the girls in the underworld!"

Jiang Xiao loved to hear these words, and his eyes instantly turned into crescents.Just as he was about to chat with the girl for a few more words, he suddenly noticed a dark gaze behind him that could not be ignored. "Cough sister, let me introduce you." Jiang Miao said, "This is Qichi, my friend."

"Hello." Qi Chi nodded politely at Xiaoqin.

"h...hello?" Xiaoqin blushed immediately after meeting Shang Qichi's gaze.

She leaned close to Jiang Xiao's ear and whispered, "Brother Xiao, don't good-looking people generally play with good-looking people?"

Jiang Miao was amused when he heard the words, and lowered his voice and said to Xiaoqin: "This is the lotus flower demon itself, is it strong enough?"

"Hiss——" Xiaoqin wiped her saliva with bright eyes, "It's so good!"

"Jiang Miao." Qi Chi looked at Jiang Miao and curled his lower lip, "It's getting late."

There was no smile in his eyes.

"Yes!" Xiaoqin slapped her head, "Look at me, I'm so happy to see Brother Xiao! Come with me!"

Jiang Miao nodded, and followed Xiaoqin with his hands in his pockets, walking side by side with Qichi.

"You seem to be very popular?" Qi Chi asked in a deep voice.

"Of course." Jiang Miao smiled smugly, "My lord is a little celebrity in the underworld."

"Oh, is it?"

"..."

Jiang Miao licked his cheeks, feeling a little uncomfortable from Qichi's "heh".

……

Led by Xiaoqin, the two walked forward in the dense fog for about ten minutes.

There was a faint noise coming from the depths of the mist, Jiang Miao looked at the faint light ahead, turned his head to Qi Chi and said, "We're here."

Following his words, the thick fog gradually dispersed.When the line of sight became clear again, they were already in a busy city.

"Candy-flavored candied haws—! Candles."

"Candy-flavored candied haws—! Candles."

The short peddler walked around the streets shouting with straw sticks made of reeds, which were filled with ingot candles in the shape of candied haws.

A group of children in bellybands surrounded the peddler and yelled. The peddler smiled and took Zhang Mingbi from a fat man, pulled out a candle and handed it to him.He suddenly changed his face again, and kicked the little beggar among the children in his bellyband to the ground, cursing angrily: "Poor ghost! Ask your family to burn the money before you come back!"

The little beggar didn't mind the pain, he patted his buttocks and stood up, squinted and spat at the vendor, turned around and squeezed into the raging crowd of ghosts, disappeared...

Jiang Miao dodged to avoid the two gossiping women who were tugging at each other's hair, leaned over to Qi Chi's side and bumped him with the shoulder and asked, "How's it going, is it lively?"

Qi Chi smiled: "Very good."

Following his gaze, he saw the red walls and blue tiles on both sides of the road were brightly lit, and one of the restaurants with a "famous and time-honored brand" was full of transparent shadows.

There are rich dishes in front of them, and they are inhaling the aroma of the food with satisfaction.A pair of chopsticks were inserted vertically on the white rice in front of him.

"I see that there are a lot of ghost customers there. Let's go in and ask where the biggest bookstore in Ghost City is." Qi Chi said to Jiang Xiao, "By the way, have something to eat."

Jiang Miao quickly waved his hand: "It's okay to ask for directions, but it's better not to eat. I feel disgusted when I look at those cold dishes."

"Okay." Qi Chi smiled, "Then I'll make you a midnight snack when I get home."

"Okay, okay, more Yangjian stuff, Bingtang elbow twice-cooked pork or something."

"Ah."

Seeing Jiang Miao glance at those cold dishes with disgust, Qi Chi's eyes showed a hint of doting.

It's true, his mouth is so tricky.

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The author has something to say: My dears, a tricky job suddenly came up and I have to deal with it first qwq will update tomorrow!