Chapter 11: The Altar

"Hall Master Pei Yao, why are you here?" Shen Xiaoxun asked very politely.

Mu Chuyu looked at Shen Xiaoxun and Duan Liling thoughtfully, and had already guessed in his heart that eight or nine would not be far from ten: this man in white should be Shen Xiaoxun, the master of the White Sea Hall, and this woman in red should be Duan Liling, the master of the Red Begonia Hall!

"Hall Master Shen!" Pei Yao responded politely following his example, "Duan-hall master!" I'm just curious, follow him! Jade-faced sword god Mu Chuyu! She deliberately dragged out the end of the word "Duan", presumably because she was naturally hostile to "slutty sluts" like Duan Liling.

Pei Yao deliberately raised his palm and solemnly pushed out Mu Chuyu, and even brought his name, thinking that this should be considered not bad for him!

However, she didn't know that Mu Chuyu was thinking like this in her heart: In front of Duan Da Beauty, do I need your introduction? The wording is still so dry and unlevel!

"It turned out to be Mu Gongzi! I admire the daimyo in Shimohisa! Shen Xiaoxun shook his fist at Mu Chuyu and smiled lightly.

Mu Chuyu responded to Shen Xiaoxun in the same polite way: "Don't dare to be!" Today, I have to see Shen Shaoxia, the 'son of the soul', it is really better to meet than to be famous! But his eyes stared straight at the pin bone fan that Shen Xiaoxun was holding in his hand, according to legend, the fan bone of the pin bone fan was made of ancient divine wood, and the fan surface was paved with golden cicada silk, which was invulnerable, invulnerable, water and fire were not injured, and combined with the strong airflow, it could make the other party have a strong dizziness or even illusion......

"Jade-faced sword god Mu Chuyu! Sure enough, it is dignified and the jade tree is in the wind! Duan Liling looked Mu Chuyu's face and figure up and down, and the soft and delicate voice slipped out from behind Shen Xiaoxun.

"Where, where! I have long heard of the name of Miss Duan, the 'Gentle Fairy', and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation! Miss Duan is both talented and beautiful, and I admire it below! Mu Chuyu's sycophant made Duan Liling giggle and laugh, but Pei Yao almost vomited in her heart.

These three people are really a set of sycophants! In addition to Shen Xiaoxun's unsmiling words, it gives people a cold sense of distance. He is not only like a white lotus out of the mud but not stained, but also like a cold white moonlight...... Although his appearance was beautiful, there was not the slightest femininity, and his eyes looked smart and proud. On the contrary, Mu Chuyu and Duan Liling at this moment have a sense of déjà vu in Pei Yao's eyes.

Pei Yao, who lacked heart, still didn't know that she had already been watched by Duan Liling without a trace, who made her just stare at Shen Xiaoxun's side face and her thoughts flying...... Doesn't this have to force Duan Liling to skin her?

"Ahem!" Duan Liling coughed crisply, and walked around to Pei Yao from behind Shen Xiaoxun, a pair of fox eyes flew around her body, and her mouth was full of provocative tones: "Pei Yao Hall Master-"

"Just call me Pei Yao!" She always likes to choke back words that others haven't spoken.

Duan Liling, who was interrupted by Pei Yao, was even more breathless in his heart: "Pei Yao! How did you come to Desolate Village? It seems that you really have a crush on this mission and want a piece of the pie! ”

Pei Yao had long expected that Duan Liling would definitely tease her because of the task, and when she saw Duan Liling at the first sight of the main hall, she always felt that there was a turbid aura in her eyes, and it couldn't be hidden no matter how much rouge gouache was used, so she must be the kind of woman who is narcissistic, conceited, arrogant, and arrogant! No, she guessed right......

The atmosphere was slightly awkward, Pei Yao couldn't admit that her mission was Mu Chuyu, she came with Mu Chuyu...... But admitting that she is just for money doesn't hurt her self-esteem too much, which will make Shen Xiaoxun think what kind of person she is? In front of such an arrogant and upright beautiful man, do you really want to make yourself like a quagmire underneath? Good Tangled (????)

"That's right! Who can't get along with money! Pei Yao simply broke the jar and broke it.

Shen Xiaoxun and Mu Chuyu looked at her one after another, their eyes showed surprise, a serious girl said that she was so blatantly and beautiful about being greedy for money, it was the first time they had seen each other......

Duan Liling curled the corners of his mouth disdainfully and snorted coldly, turning his head away from looking at her.

In "Lao Tzu", it is said: "The good is like water, and the water is good for all things without fighting." is evil to everyone, so it is more than the way. Living in a good place, a good heart, a good heart, a good word, a good faith, a good will, Yin Shanneng, when the good moves, the husband is only indisputable, so there is no especially. ”

This is what Pei Yao's father taught her when she was a child, she didn't understand it very well, she only understood the fur, anyway, the gist she figured out was "If you don't fight, how can others love it!" ”

After saying this, there was a faint bitterness on the tip of her tongue, as if she had taken a sip of bitter tea, but her eyes were still smart, and the corners of her mouth tried her best to pull out a faint smile.

The village chief solemnly took the villagers out of the ancestral hall with the blessings, and he stood beside Shen Xiaoxun, because he was short, he only looked up and asked, "Shen Shaoxia, will we go to the altar now?" ”

"Hmm!" Shen Xiaoxun nodded to him, and then faced Mu Chuyu and Pei Yao's invitation, "Pei Yao Hall Master and Mu Gongzi are interested in going together?" ”

"Of course!" Mu Chuyu responded without hesitation.

Pei Yao formed a stark contrast beside her, she yawned lazily, and said apologetically: "I didn't sleep well last night, so I won't go with you today!" I'll find a place to catch up on my sleep! ”

Is she trying to reap the benefits of a fisherman? Duan Liling thought extremely sensitively.

Anyway, Mu Chuyu didn't want to take her as a drag oil bottle, although when the time came, it would be Haitang Pavilion's face that he would lose, and he didn't know what he was actively doing there: "Then you go to sleep!" Eh, let's just sleep in that big lady's house! He also pointed to one of the village women and recommended it to Pei Yao.

At this time, Pei Yao's eyes had already rolled to the back of her head, and after she said goodbye to Shen Xiaoxun and the others with a forced smile, she followed the village woman named Zhou Damiang pointed out by Mu Chuyu to her house.

When she was walking on the road, she felt very aggrieved in her heart, but in fact, she was tired because she didn't want to be with Duan Liling, so as not to be squeezed by her again.

Aunt Zhou walked to her small thatched hut and stopped, turned around to greet Pei Yao, but found that she was pouting and crying, and she was almost squeezed out of the water, which was completely different from her outside the ancestral hall.

"Miss Pei Yao, what's wrong with you? Why are you sad? Aunt Zhou stepped forward to comfort her distressedly, and said deliberately, "Could it be that I dislike that the place where my wife lives is rotten and dirty!" ”

Pei Yao looked up slightly and saw the small thatched hut behind Aunt Zhou, and immediately regained her bright smile: "No, I just saw you so kind, and I couldn't help but think of my deceased mother......

Pei Yao never blushes when she talks nonsense, this skill has been practiced by her since she was a child, and now she has reached a situation where she is superb, and she can come easily.

Aunt Zhou thought that she had touched someone's heart, and after saying a few more words of comfort, she quickly shut up.

Pei Yao lay on Aunt Zhou's hard couch, thinking that she would be tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep, so she asked Aunt Zhou to tell her a bedtime story: "Auntie, tell me about the curse!" ”

Aunt Zhou said in her heart: Is it so difficult for this little girl to sleep well? Maybe I really miss my mother!

So, she moved a small bench, sat on the side of Pei Yao's bed, and began to talk about the curse that the villagers had memorized...... Unexpectedly, after a while, Pei Yao actually slept like a dead pig without heart and lungs.

Shen Xiaoxun and his entourage were solemnly led by the village chief to the altar, which was about a kilometer away from the desolate village. The altar is simple but decent, made of masonry and covered with a silver sacrificial cloth, three white candles in a row, and a three-legged tripod and small dishes with salt and water......

Mu Chuyu pointed to the plate of sacrifices on the altar that had been gnawed to the point that only scattered bones and fruit cores remained, and asked with a full stomach: "What's going on with this?" Ghosts also eat meat? Still eating fruit? ”

The village chief was about to speak, but Duan Liling frowned again and asked him curiously: "There are no other living creatures in your village except people, where are the chickens, ducks, fish and meat to serve her?" ”

"Alas," the village chief solemnly sighed, shook his head and said helplessly, "You don't know, these chickens, ducks, and fish are not from our village, but brought back by the villagers after they left the Burial Moon Valley, so that they can live longer...... Those villagers who refuse to worship will turn into pus and blood within three months after walking out of the Burial Moon Valley, while the villagers who worship can live for three years, or more than a year...... It depends on whether the worshippers are diligent or not! ”

"Humph! Where is this God? It's clearly a starving ghost! Duan Liling listened, walked to the altar casually, wrapped his hand in a pink handkerchief embroidered with begonias and gently checked the bones, "Eat quite clean!" ”

She turned to look at Shen Xiaoxun, expecting him to have some ideas.

"What a pity for such a beautiful handkerchief!" Mu Chuyu came to Duan Liling's side coldly, and sighed in his ears.

A wisp of warm breath then passed into Duan Liling's ears, she turned her head and looked at the handkerchief that she had thrown on the plate, and immediately realized it, and the tails of her slender eyes turned up slightly, sending the gentle and charming autumn wave into Mu Chuyu's eyes.

"Ahem!" I don't know if Shen Xiaoxun coughed on purpose, anyway, Duan Liling instantly straightened his back after hearing this, met his eyes without squinting, and pursed his lips and smiled.

"I don't think I'm a starving ghost! It's someone pretending to be a ghost! Shen Xiaoxun shook the pin fan gracefully and said to everyone. His words were calm, and his tone was very calm, which made people want to respond to him.

"Brother Shen is right! That's what I mean! As soon as the words fell, Mu Chuyu couldn't wait to stand aside and echo.

Shen Xiaoxun glanced at him slightly, like this kind of "self-familiar" person, Mu Chuyu was the second one he met!

"But," villager Zhang Ling stood up to face Shen Xiaoxun, spread his hands and retorted, "If someone pretends to be a ghost, then what's the matter with the curse?" We have seen our relatives and friends turn into blood! ”

"That's it!" The rest of the villagers naturally responded, whispering and pointing at the three outsiders, as if they were a little skeptical that the three people were genuine.