There used to be a guest in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, but now there is no one. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji stepped inside, picked a table and sat down, and no one came to greet them for a long time. Wei Wuxian had to tap lightly on the table with his knuckles, and called, "Tired!"

That's when the guy came slowly. Maybe it's because I'm tired for a long time, and I can't keep up my spirits when I have a business. Wei Wuxian ordered a few dishes at the menu on the wall, but he still looked like he was ignoring them. Lan Wangji picked up the teacup and glanced at it, the bottom of the cup was not as clean as the small inn, and he put it down silently, no longer touching anything on the table.

After ordering the food, Wei Wuxian said, "May I ask what you are doing on the second floor?"

The guy drooped his eyelids and said, "It's written outside the door." Wine and food on the first floor, accommodation on the second floor. Are you illiterate?"

Wei Wuxian said casually: "You're right, I'm really illiterate. How did you lock it up?"

The guy said impatiently: "Love and live, love and love, why are you asking so much." ”

Lan Wangji said: "Stay." ”

As soon as he spoke, the guy seemed to have swallowed a block of ice, and he shuddered.

Lan Wangji pressed another ingot of silver on the table, and said coldly: "I want a room." ”

Wei Wuxian hurriedly said, "Don't, let's not live." Put it away!"

He said to press the silver, but accidentally pressed Lan Wangji's hand, and the two of them shrank at the same time. Lan Wangji lowered his hand, his sleeve covering his fingertips, seeing this, Wei Wuxian's heart slid down, and the silver fell to the ground, and the guy immediately picked it up, and said, "The room will not be retreated!"

He took the money, went upstairs to unlock the locks, and went to clean the hallways and rooms. Wei Wuxian adjusted his expression and said as if nothing happened, "Why bother?"

Lan Wangji said: "I always have to go up later." ”

Wei Wuxian said, "I'm going to go up." But we can walk through the window, through the eaves, and we don't have to go through the door. Save some flowers, if it's not my money, I feel sorry for you. ”

At this time, the ordered dishes also came up. Because there are only two of them, the guests are fast. Wei Wuxian picked up a green vegetable on his plate and sniffed it, and he really smelled a disgusting smell of burnt meat. He smiled at Lan Wangji, "I kind of know. It's already making trouble, the house can't live, the food can't smell, and the guy is like eating a cannonball. In this way, business can also be good, which is intolerable. What do you think?"

As soon as they talked about business, the two immediately got up naturally. Lan Wangji said: "Fire." ”

Wei Wuxian said, "And?"

Lan Wangji said: "The land of fireworks." ”

According to the proprietress lady, the vision experienced by the owner of the clothing store was that there were naked people everywhere in the house, and where could it be like this? Later, the people who stayed in the inn would have nightmares at night when the house was on fire and the charred corpses were tumbling, indicating that there was a fire in the place that burned many people.

Burning alive is an extremely painful way to die, so after many years, there are still some remnants of the dead affecting this place. The proprietress had moved to the city eight years earlier, and when she arrived, the owner of the jewelry shop had abandoned the shop and left, but she did not mention the fire. This fire started earlier, I am afraid that it was far before the opening of the jewelry store, at least more than ten years.

It's all obvious. Wei Wuxian said: "What you see is slightly the same. Also, it's not just a place for fireworks, it's also a place for elegant fireworks, and there are always people playing the piano in the hall on the first floor, and they play quite well. The second floor is used to, well, run errands, so the hugging figures seen by the owner's family are all on the upper floor. ”

Lan Wangji said: "Guess." Verification is still required. ”

Wei Wuxian said, "That's it." But who to verify? The proprietress came here eight years ago, and she didn't know about the fire, otherwise she would have said it all. It's definitely not okay to ask this guy. ”

Just then, a hunched figure walked into the inn. Seeing that it was the old man in the cloth shirt during the day, Wei Wuxian said in his heart: "This person is really holding this inn's field." ”

Unbeknownst to him, the fellow didn't appreciate it, and rolled his eyes when he saw him come in.

Lan Wangji said: "Him." ”

Wei Wuxian also immediately thought that this old man was old enough, if he was a local, he would definitely know a lot, and most of them would be able to ask something.

The old man in the cloth shirt sat down at a nearby table and said, "I want a pot of tea." ”

Because Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji asked for the room on the second floor, the guy had just unlocked the door and temporarily cleaned it in a hurry, and as soon as he finished his work, he was full of displeasure and pretended not to hear. The old man said, "I want a pot of tea." ”

The guy said, "No tea." ”

The old man was stunned: "Why not?"

The guy sneered, "No is nothing." Every time I have to sit and drink a pot of tea all day, our peanuts here are delicious for no money, right!"

The old man in the cloth shirt came because he was greedy for this cheapness, and his face was red and white, angry and embarrassed. Wei Wuxian hurriedly said: "Here here, old man, come here, we invite you to tea." ”

The fellow looked at them and didn't dare say anything more. The old man in the cloth shirt got a step, and immediately went down the ladder, sat down at this table, sighed, and thanked them. Wei Wuxian's ability to talk to each other was skillful, and after a few exchanges, he quickly became enthusiastic and asked the main point. The old man in the cloth shirt also picked up his chopsticks, not disgusted by the smell of charred corpses in the dish at all, and said while eating: "I, I, I have lived on this street for more than thirty years, who is more familiar with things here than me?"

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji glanced at each other, and their spirits came. He immediately said, "More than thirty years? That's a long time." This inn is not even more than 30 years old. I've heard that there have been jewelry shops and clothing stores here, so you've seen them all. ”

The old man in the cloth shirt said: "I have seen it in its most beautiful appearance." He lowered his voice and said, "Are you going to live here?" Did you see a lock on the second floor?"

Wei Wuxian also lowered his voice: "I saw it." So what the hell is going on?"

The old man said: "More than ten years ago, there was a fire in this place, which burned many people to death. I'm afraid they're all still here. ”

Exactly as they speculated.

Wei Wuxian said, "Where did the fire burn?"

The old man said, "Si Shixuan." ”

At first glance, I thought it was an elegant place where poetry was used against the moon and the clouds were sung. Wei Wuxian deliberately said, "Si Shixuan, Calligraphy and Painting Pavilion?"

The old man said, "No! It's a brothel." Originally, it wasn't called this name, but then two big red girls came out, so they used their names to get together and changed to a new name. One is called Sisi, and the other is called Meng Shi, which together is 'Sishi'. ”

Hearing this, Lan Wei and the others stared.

Wei Wuxian said, "Meng Shi, this name seems a little familiar. ”

The old man in the cloth shirt said, "Of course. Meng Shi was also popular in Yunmeng for a few years, playing the piano, writing and painting, and writing some poems, and there were many people who came to her reputation, and some called her a 'fireworks talented girl'. ”

Really!

Jin Guangyao is a native of Yunmeng, he only went north to Jin Guangshan after his mother's death, and he used to have his mother's surname and surname Meng. Although after Jin Guangyao's decades-long deliberate erasure of traces, most people don't know the full name of the fireworks talent, but as soon as they hear the surname Meng, they have some suspicions. I didn't expect it to be her!

After the old man in the cloth shirt finished speaking, he looked at Wei Wuxian, shook his head again, and said, "No, it's not like it." Meng Shihong was more than 20 years ago, and she was not so popular that she was dreaming of clouds, and now no one remembers her. You're not old, you shouldn't know her. ”

Wei Wuxian said nonsense, "I know. I have an uncle who admired Miss Meng Shi back then, and he was fascinated and told us about her every day. Later, when she got married, the uncle was very drunk, and it was a sad heart. ”

Lan Wangji glanced at him from the side, watching him make it up with a calm expression.

The old man in the cloth shirt really took the bait and said, "Who said she was married?"

Wei Wuxian said, "No, then how did I hear my uncle say that she even gave birth to a son?"

The old man in the cloth shirt said: "She wants to get married, she was in her twenties when she met that man, she was not young, and she would definitely not be popular in a few years, so she was scolded and had to have a son, didn't she just want to get out." But that also has to be the man's willingness. ”

Wei Wuxian said, "What, that man doesn't even want a son?"

The old man in the cloth shirt finished all the dishes and said, "I heard that the man is a big man from a family of immortal cultivators, and there must be many sons in the family. It's not uncommon to have too many things, how can you pay attention to this outside? Meng Shi couldn't wait for someone to pick him up, so he had to raise it himself. ”

It has the same idea and the same fate as Mo Xuanyu's mother, Mo Erniang. How many women in the world pin their hopes on their sons, counting on their mothers to be expensive with their sons, but instead of spending so much effort, it is better to pay more attention to themselves. Wei Wuxian couldn't figure it out, even though Jin Guangshan was unwilling to bring Meng Shi back to Jinlintai, it would be very easy for him to ransom a fireworks woman and give her a sum of money to raise her children. Why don't you even do it?

He said, "Well, that's right. Is this kid smart?"

The old man in the cloth shirt said, "Let's say so." I have lived for more than 50 years, and I have never seen a smarter and more clever child than Xiao Meng. Meng Shi also had the heart to teach him well, raising his son as the son of a rich and noble family, teaching him to read and write, what etiquette, sending him to school, and buying some sword books and secrets everywhere for him to see. Probably still don't give up. ”

In this way, the place where they are now is the place where Jin Guangyao grew up.

The old man in the cloth shirt continued: "When Xiao Meng was eleven or twelve years old, Meng Shi still wanted to follow an allusion and give him a different place to live and study hard. But her deed of sale was still in Sishixuan, so she only sent Xiao Meng to live in the library. But then Xiao Meng came back on his own, saying that he would not go again. ”