Daoist Liyue, I live in the Hall of Rebirth!

"Alas..." Thinking of this, Shen Ming sighed softly.

"What's the matter? I cooked the dishes, isn't it delicious?" Hu Tao whispered, her cautious look really made people worry.

"It's delicious, why isn't it delicious." Shen Ming took another big mouthful and put it into his mouth.

Seeing this, the corners of Walnut's mouth curled up, and he started eating again on his own, "Well, that's good... I thought the food I cooked was not delicious."

"What does it taste like to you?" Shen Ming was slightly curious.

"Hmm...sweet and sour." Walnut closed her eyes and enjoyed it for a while, then said.

Shen Ming felt panicked with embarrassment on his face, so he quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice to suppress his shock.

"It's really sweet, and it's not greasy at all. It has a milky fragrance. Alas, it's strange, I didn't put milk..." As he said, Hu Tao poked into the dish with his chopsticks.

"Stop, stop, stop talking." Shen Ming raised his hand in surrender.

"Shen Ming, what's wrong with you? It's so strange." Hu Tao looked at Shen Ming suspiciously.

"It's nothing, I just lament why there are no lanterns in this Sea Lantern Festival." Shen Ming.

"No lanterns? No way, look, there are many." Hu Tao pointed to the night sky, and Shen Ming followed Hu Tao's fingers.

The night sky is bright, it is the lights of Wanjia decorated with Liyuexiao lanterns.

The sky lanterns carry people's good expectations for future life, as well as the most sincere wishes to fly high in the starry sky.

The dream will only detail the things that the dream owner is most concerned about, while the rest are all hazy, and this hazy color makes the night sky of the Sea Lantern Festival surpass the reality.

"Speaking of which, why not go shopping during the Sea Lantern Festival?" Hu Tao suddenly remembered, "Going shopping while the lanterns are rising is the most correct choice!"

Shen Ming just wanted to say that you don't want to go to the banquet at Shengsheng Hall?Seeing a sudden change in the environment, two people in casual clothes were walking on the snack street in Liyue Port.

"Let's go." Hu Tao took Shen Ming's hand and pulled Shen Ming to run.

"So pretty, so cute."

"This is delicious."

"Oh! This one is delicious too!"

Hu Tao mouth was full of oil, and she was still holding a bunch, and Shen Ming was also stuffed with a lot of things.

Shen Ming tried to taste it.

Mmm, sweet.

It's so sweet.

The two walked to the pier of the port, Hu Tao sat on the edge of the pier, and Shen Ming also sat down.

"I'm so happy today." Hu Tao looked at the night sky, her feet kept shaking.

"Sea Lantern Festival, as long as you are happy." Shen Ming said with a smile.

"This Sea Lantern Festival, although the plan to make the Pastoral Hall lively has failed, but it's strange that I don't feel depressed." Hu Tao sighed.

"Because you dragged me to go shopping halfway." Shen Ming complained.

"Hahaha... not bad!" Walnut raised her head.

Shen Ming looked at Hu Tao from the corner of his eye, his little face was flushed, his eyes were glowing, unusually lively.

Cute, energetic, it's easy for people to see through this girl's heart.

Rather, she never concealed it.

This is a walnut whose sensibility is greater than rationality, and which is temporarily out of the shackles of reality and reason. The only pity is that this is not a walnut in reality.

"I have been educated since I was a child, saying that the birth and death of a person is a very normal thing, and both life and death are sacred."

"The birth of life is sacred, the death of life is equally sacred, and the process from birth to death is the same, so many people have taught me to be serious at all times."

"That's what I thought when I was a child, so I kept a straight face until my grandpa left, he was so open-minded, so reckless, without regret."

"I just think I can do it too, so I don't want to be serious at other times except when sending people to die. I also want to have my own life."

"My own life... I thought I was living the way I wanted to be, but there was always something missing, and then I met someone."

Hu Tao's red face glanced at Shen Ming.

"Later I realized that I was missing something in my youth."

Whoosh—bang! ! ! !

The fireworks in the sky exploded, scattering stars all over the sky, illuminating the faces of the two of them.

"Shen Ming! I..."

The dream suddenly distorted, and Shen Ming was startled.

Too violent emotional fluctuations made the dream unstable, Shen Ming only had time to give Hu Taoluo's perception of the dream, and the dream shattered.

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"Um?!!"

Shen Ming suddenly woke up, and quickly looked around.

Familiar room, familiar cushion.

Shen Ming turned his gaze to Hu Tao's position, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Hu Tao wrapped herself in the quilt, motionless, like a silkworm chrysalis.

"Walnut?" Shen Ming tentatively pushed.

"Get out." From the bed, Hu Tao's muffled voice came.

"Ah?" Shen Ming.

"You, you go out for a while..." Hu Tao's voice was almost lower than that of a mosquito.

"Then I'm leaving?" Shen Ming continued to probe.

"Hmm." Walnut.

After hearing no sound for a long time, Hu Tao moved and unbuttoned the quilt, revealing a reddish face, unable to tell whether she was grateful or disappointed.

"It's really gone..."

As soon as he looked up, he saw Shen Ming holding the doorknob and about to lift his foot out, but his face was still facing him.

"Wow! You lied to me!" Hu Tao pointed at Shen Ming, "Don't tell me you're gone!"

"I just slowed down a bit, haven't I walked out yet." Shen Ming.

That's what he said, but Shen Ming's outstretched foot retracted again.

Chapter 87 To the Tricks of Winterland

"Friendship."

"...What?" Shen Ming asked.

"I mean, the things I said in my dream are basically about friendship, you know, don't think about it." Hu Tao.

"We have always been very, very, very good friends! Friends who can talk to each other and share each other's secrets, that's all I want to say."

"Okay, if you say friendship, it's friendship." Shen Ming.

"Really!" Walnut's voice raised a little.

"I didn't say I don't believe it." Shen Ming laughed happily.

"Okay, okay, if that's the case, let's get ready in a while." Hu Tao carefully observed Shen Ming's expression, and couldn't detect any abnormalities, so she muttered, then lifted the quilt and went to the ground, "Don't forget Well, we still have work to do."

"How could you forget?" Shen Ming stretched.

Hu Tao didn't want to say more, so Shen Ming happily accompanied him to change the subject.

Even the slightly hot temperature on Hu Tao's ears and face still hasn't dropped much.

The two opened the door of the room. Since both of them took a nap, they were both in good spirits. Shen Ming was steady, and Hu Tao fell behind Shen Ming, padding his feet, for fear that Shen Ming would notice her.

Shen Ming walked silently not to disturb Hu Tao.

Hu Tao watched Shen Ming very carefully and seriously from behind, seeing that his expression was really normal, he was slightly relieved, and slowly returned to his normal pace.

As I walked, my steps gradually became brisk.

"Huh? Is there a guest?" Hu Tao suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a strange person in the living room, and he was not an employee of the store anyway.

"Is it Mr. Zhongli?" Shen Ming looked over.

"It can't be Mr. Zhongli, he's still in the study." Hu Tao said, then thought for a while, "Could it be... a client? ! "

Hu Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Oh, if it's really a client..." Hu Tao pondered tangledly, "Should I go to the bottom of my dream, or receive clients?"

"The people who come here are not necessarily customers." Shen Ming complained.

"We don't usually come to Xiangsheng Hall, and those who come are basically on business, so what else can it be except business?" Hu Tao retorted.

"...What you said makes sense." Shen Ming.

But when the two came to the living room, they were both startled.

"Both of you, but let me wait a long time." Ning Guang smiled and took a sip of tea.

"Lightning?!" Shen Ming and Hu Tao.

"What? I am here to surprise you?" Ning Guang glanced at the two of them and said.

"Sister Ningguang, don't you usually receive guests in the Qunyu Pavilion? You rarely visit the door in person, right?" Shen Ming.

"I don't talk about things in Qunyu Pavilion all the time." Ningguang said, turning a gemstone in his hand, "Sometimes I will visit the door in person like now, but few people are worthy of me. "

"Where is Sister Ningguang going to and from Shengtang?" Shen Ming asked.

"Sit first." Ning Guang spread her hands.

This action made Hu Tao a little dissatisfied. She was the guest of her own hall of death, but the aura made her look like the owner.

The two found a place to sit down.

"I came here today, firstly to give you the information I got from Beiguo Bank." Ningguang poured tea for Shen Ming and Hu Tao, "Secondly, I also wanted to communicate with you about the Yinyuan Hall."

Speaking of this, both Hu Tao and Shen Ming lifted their spirits.

"What does Beiguo Bank say?"

"The furthest I've found so far can be traced back to three months ago. During these three months, Beiguo Bank granted a large amount of low-quality loans to the people of Liyue." Ning Guang.

"How bad?" Walnut.

"How bad..." Ning Guang smiled before saying, "Probably because they don't check your financial situation and repayment ability at all, as long as you dare to go, they will let you go."

"So unlimited? How much did you release? Thousands, tens of thousands?" Shen Ming was a little puzzled.

"At least three thousand." Ning Guang said.

"Will it be a little less? If it is really unlimited." Hu Tao also frowned.

"If it's really unlimited, it's really less. If you really want to lend unlimitedly, even I will go bankrupt, but have you noticed one thing." Ning Guang leaned over and said, "Their lending activities are done in private. ongoing."

"They didn't do any publicity, and even made some tricks when keeping the accounts. When lending money, even the bank's staff took the initiative to go out and sign the contract."

"Ordinary people take the initiative to ask for it. It doesn't work at all. Go directly to the bank and ask. People deny the existence of this kind of loan activity from the beginning. I have arranged spies to try this, but it doesn't work."

"If it weren't for this kind of covert form, I wouldn't have discovered the tricks of their bank recently." Ning Guang said.

"That is to say, at least three thousand rituals of that kind have been activated in Liyue?" Shen Ming frowned.

"Not necessarily." Hu Tao said, "Not everyone can perfectly complete the content of the contract, and maybe they will forget it because they don't take it seriously."

"If you forget it, it is equivalent to breaking the contract, and the price for breaking the contract is..."

"Salt punishment!" Shen Ming and Hu Tao said in unison.

Hearing what Shen Ming and Hu Tao said, Ning Guang also compared Tong San'er's experience and confirmed it, "If many of the more than 3000 people have already been punished with salt, they should report the case. "

"No, no, this contract of fools is very punishing. It looks more like a contract for punishment. As long as you say something about breaking the contract, no matter whether you think so in your heart or not, it will trigger the punishment of salt."

"And if the contract is not renewed within a certain period of time, the process of salinization will be irreversible. During the process of salinization, those who are salinized will suffer great pain."