The heroine Bai Xianchen and four girlfriends

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Maybe 20 years ago, maybe longer—

She was named "Liu Hongyan" by "her", and her heart was full of unspeakable joy. Whenever she was in a daze, she would repeat the three words "Liu Hongyan" in her mouth, and every time she repeated it, she would think of it once. That playful and lovely woman with silver hair will have an indescribable sweetness in her heart.

But such a sweet feeling quickly passed through Liu Hongyan's heart, leaving only sadness and pain.

Liu Hongyan knew that she was just a brothel girl, no matter how charming she was, she was still just a "plaything" to be profaned by others, how could she compare with "her"?

"She" is the number one heroine in the world, she cares about the common people in the world, fights "hell evil spirits" through life and death, is admired and praised by people, how can she have any intersection with a brothel girl?

Every time Liu Hongyan thought of this moment, she couldn't help being depressed, and almost wanted to cry out loud.

For more than half a month, Liu Hongyan never received any guests, and later even locked herself in the room, not eating or drinking, no matter how much the "flowers and willows" girls tried to persuade her, it didn't work.

In the room, Liu Hongyan fainted from hunger. When she woke up, the door had already been pried open, and there were already many people standing in the room, including maids, servants, sisters from the same building, and invited guests. doctor.

Seeing that Liu Hongyan woke up with her eyes open and seemed to be fine, everyone couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and cheered.

Amidst the din, Liu Hongyan sat up, looked carefully at everyone one by one, but did not see "her", she couldn't help showing a look of disappointment in her eyes, and lowered her head again.

After the doctor was sent away, all the people in the room dispersed, but I saw a little maid who was about ten years old, but she still didn't leave.

Liu Hongyan recognized her, she was the little girl under Hua Haitang's hands, she was afraid Hua Haitang had some orders, let her tell her - sure enough, the maid looked around for a while, then moved towards Liu Hongyan mysteriously, He whispered: "Miss Xiaohong, the host asked me to tell you that if you don't receive guests anymore, you will starve to death in your room, and you will never see 'her' again in your life!"

Liu Hongyan shivered, then seemed to think of something suddenly, got up and went to the ground, and told the servant girl: "Prepare the food, tea, hot water and clothes, I will pick up the guests after I am full and take a bath."

The maid was overjoyed, hurriedly ran out of the room and started to make preparations.

Liu Hongyan did not break her promise, she really changed into a red dress that night, and received distinguished guests as before. It seemed that there was no difference from before, but no one noticed that Liu Hongyan's eyes were no longer the same as in the past Indifference, which is full of fanaticism and obsession, is really a young girl who is more beautiful than before.

After three days, and late one night, Liu Hongyan put on a thick dress and came to Hua Haitang's room alone with a lantern. She knocked on the door but did not enter. It's offending Hong to disturb you late at night... but there is something in my heart that I can't resolve, and I want to discuss it with you."

Hua Haitang replied sadly, she had already slept peacefully, but now she had to re-light the lamp.

For a moment, the firelight projected a woman's figure on the window paper, and a strange voice that looked like a young girl or an old woman was heard, asking indifferently: "Hong'er, why are you looking for me so late? What's important?"

Liu Hongyan replied ambiguously: "It's a very important thing, but it's also an extremely unimportant thing."

Hua Haitang gave a puzzled "Yeah", as if she was aroused a little interest, but she couldn't hold back her sleepiness and yawned, and said with a smile, "Tell me if you have anything to do, I'm tired."

Liu Hongyan seemed to have made up her mind and seemed to be afraid of something, her body trembled slightly, she clenched her fist with one hand, and gently supported the window rail with the other, and asked calmly: "Lord, is business still booming recently?" ?”

Hua Haitang hesitated for a moment, but for some reason, her tone suddenly became indifferent, and she said: "Thanks to you, I haven't received any customers for half a month, and the business has been reduced by half, and even the signboard has been covered with dust."

"The host is joking. What I mean is not the business in the building, but 'another job'." Liu Hongyan forced herself to smile, her expression seemed calm, but the heart in her chest couldn't help but frightened. bounce.

"Another job" refers to the business of "reselling information"——"Flowers, Willows and Greens" When Liu Hongyan was the landlord, she mainly used this "job" as the main "business" in the building. He is a heroic person, and never hides the "business" in the building, but it was different when Hua Haitang was in office!

Hua Haitang is considered a powerful person, but her temperament is more cautious and conservative. "Information business" has been a secret job since her ancestors, and Hua Haitang followed it, so at that time this business was often carried out in secret, and few people knew about it. It was the girl who was a "flower red and willow green" who heard some rumors about this matter, and never even dared to talk about it in private, let alone in front of Hua Haitang.

Immediately, Hua Haitang's voice became ghastly, and she said, "I don't know how you found out about 'this', but you should know that I hate people who pretend to be smart!"

Now that the words have come to this point, I am afraid that Hua Haitang has murderous intentions to kill Liu Hongyan, but before Hua Haitang makes a move, Liu Hongyan smiles disdainfully: "There is no impenetrable wall in the world, the more The more you cover it up, the more suspicious you will be, the host may not know about it, and some sisters in the building also know about it..."

Speaking of this, Liu Hongyan's words stopped abruptly, and then she sighed heavily, shaking her head as if regretting something.

Hua Haitang asked suspiciously: "Why are you sighing?"

This question fell right into Liu Hongyan's arms, and she said respectfully: "Reporting to the landlord, I'm sighing that 'the business in the building' is superficial work, which doesn't make much money but has a lot of ostentation." 'It is obviously the main way to make money in the building, but it is a waste to cover it up and dare not make it big!"

Hua Haitang couldn't help laughing when she heard the words - although Liu Hongyan's remarks violated the ancestral precepts, they were true and hit Hua Haitang's mind - and Hua Haitang's voice was no longer as indifferent as before, Rao He asked with interest: "Then what should I do in your opinion?"

Liu Hongyan replied: "The landlord should focus all his energy on the 'information business', increase the manpower to expand the business!"

Hua Haitang snorted coldly, and said, "It's all nonsense! You said it lightly, but let me ask you how to 'make your business bigger'?"

These questions were all within Liu Hongyan's expectations, and Liu Hongyan answered fluently: "Nowadays, the 'ghosts of hell' have reappeared in the world, trying to slaughter the human race, and various factions from all over the world have already dispatched master knights to fight against them, but Su Cheng There are no powerful sects or martial arts, so no one has rushed to the north to participate in the war. Sioux City is far away from the north, and it is still relatively peaceful. It will be too late to expand the influence of our forces to Su City—whether it is for ourselves or for the world, we can go to 'aid the battle'..."

"'Aid War'? Hong'er's illness has caused her mind to go bad?" At this point, Hua Haitang couldn't help interrupting Liu Hongyan's words, and said with a mocking smile, "I don't care about 'evil ghosts' or ' In war, no one dies in life? It is not in vain to come to the world to have fun! Hong’er forgot, we are not knights, but businessmen, how can we do such unprofitable things? What about the picture?"

Only after Hua Haitang finished speaking, Liu Hongyan explained respectfully: "What the host said is true, but what Xiaohong said next is about 'profit'."

Hua Haitang gave a slightly surprised "Oh", only to hear Liu Hongyan continue to say: "The most profitable thing is not the money bags of some people in the quack, but the first-hand military situation on the battlefield right now—we can continue to Selling battlefield intelligence in the name of 'aiding the war' can help people repel 'evil spirits', and at the same time make a fortune in war, why not gain fame and fortune?"

Hua Haitang let out a chuckle when she heard the words, and the beautiful figure projected on the window paper stood up, holding a candle in her hand, walked to the tea table, poured a cup of tea calmly and took a sip, as if she had been thinking for a long time , then slowly said: "You are just a yellow-haired girl, how do you know that 'information' is hard to come by, inquiring about 'evil ghosts' is no different from death, completely different from inquiring about people's information, it is rumored that evil ghosts only need to use their noses You can detect where people are by smelling them, and if you are in the territory of evil spirits, you may not even try to save your life, so where can you get any good information?"

"The landlord doesn't have to worry about this, Xiaohong already has countermeasures."

Hua Haitang let out a "huh" and seemed extremely surprised, as if she didn't believe it, only to hear Liu Hongyan continue to say: "The 'voodoo tribe' has a 'skin-changing' technique, which can cut off human skin and put it on themselves. Just imagine, if what is cut off is not human skin but the "skin bag" of evil spirits, put it on the human body, remove the human smell, and finally make our spies learn the language of "evil spirits" - in this way, how can they still Can you see it?"

Such a bold idea by Liu Hongyan really made Hua Haitang speechless in astonishment. While thinking silently, the porcelain cup in Hua Haitang's hand slipped to the ground for a moment without being able to hold it firmly, and made a sound of broken porcelain. After a sound, Hua Haitang recovered from the shock and murmured, "This...isn't that easy?"

Liu Hongyan said rationally: "If it is easy, others have already done it, why should we do it? It is because it is not easy that we can get rich rewards!"

Hearing this, Hua Haitang couldn't hide her excitement any longer, and said with a smile, "Interesting... really interesting! 'Seeking wealth and wealth' has been like this since ancient times, but Hong'er woke me up! Haha! I thought Hong'er didn't care These 'nosy things', why did you give me advice today?"

Hearing what Hua Haitang said, Liu Hongyan seemed to have accepted her proposal, she was overjoyed, she immediately fell to her knees with a "plop", and said earnestly: "If the landlord is willing to believe in Xiaohong, Xiaohong is willing to go to the north first, and do the work." No.1 among the 'ghosts'!"

Hearing Liu Hongyan said "I want to go to the north", Hua Haitang shuddered, remembering that "she" was fighting the "evil ghost" in the north at the moment, suddenly realized, finally understood Liu Hongyan's intentions, couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said: "It turns out that you have made such a big circle, and you just want to find 'that person'! You don't even want your life, but it's just for a woman!?"

Liu Hongyan was startled, although she had thought that Hua Haitang would see through her mind and had already prepared herself, but when it really happened, she still couldn't help being afraid.

Liu Hongyan knelt with her head buried, not daring to look up at the projection on the window paper, but Hua Haitang was laughing and pacing back and forth in the room, saying in her mouth: "Interesting... Really interesting! You are so beautiful, How many men are crazy about you, but you just fell in love with a woman, and you chose one for yourself and signed the lottery! —— Hong'er, Hong'er, it's useless for you to be so smart but you can't escape "love robbery". Why? Did you fall in love with her martial arts skills? Or her beauty? Or her temperament pleases you?"

"Yes, but not all of them." Liu Hongyan bit her lip, and her answer was so ambiguous again. After thinking for a moment, she said, "She...she gave me a name called 'Liu Hongyan'... ..."

"'Liu... Hongyan'? 'Liu Hongyan'!?" Hua Haitang muttered the name, and her pace of pacing back and forth became faster and faster. When she stopped, she laughed helplessly and sighed. , "Stupid! What a foolish fool!—but you're young, and there's going to be a hurdle—you go if you want to! But you'll figure it out eventually, and whether you 'She' is a woman, so she said you are a girl from 'brothel', do you think she can accept you? It is impossible for you to be together, and it is impossible to have any good results!"

"I know..." Liu Hongyan answered softly, her voice was so soft that only she could hear it, she murmured, "But if it was easy, others would have done it long ago... No matter how difficult it is for me to be with 'her' Going to have a try!"

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Hongyan packed lightly, rode a fast horse, and rushed to the north alone, full of apprehension and joy in her heart, but when she was approaching the northern gate, she heard the news that "she" was about to get married, and the groom It is the young hero Wang Yuancai who is about to take charge of the Wudang sect.

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