Chapter Eighty-Four: Rumors of Haunting
Changxing Street is a prosperous area in the capital, where there are many shops and restaurants, and the old man of the rich family often likes to come to stroll around, have a meal, drink a small wine, and enhance the friendship. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Louwailou is one of the well-known restaurants, which is often crowded and hard to find. It's even more difficult to mix a private seat.
No, a third-floor private seat located near the window on the street was bustling at this time, and several young men present were all well-dressed, obviously not from ordinary people's homes.
However, they chatted and chatted, and faintly one of them was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old man wearing a pink peach blossom cloud brocade dress.
The man was born with oily hair and flour, and he was wearing cloth specially for the girl's family, which was a little ridiculous. But none of the other people present dared to laugh, but they all complimented him between their conversations.
"Little Hou Ye, the only person in Beijing who can wear pink with such an extraordinary demeanor is you!" A young man with beautiful eyebrows praised him, and his expression was eager to shine his shoes for Wu Xiaohou.
It turned out that the guy in the vulgar pink peach blossom dress was the little marquis of Wu Guohou's mansion, a famous flower in Beijing, although he was not very old, he was proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and fortunately he was happy and loved to listen to flattery.
Therefore, the words of the handsome young man were praised to his heart, and Wu Xiaohou raised his eyebrows proudly, and raised his head at everyone: "Don't talk about these things all day long, this is already an established fact, and I am tired of listening to it!" Who's ...... Is there anything new to hear? ”
With a casual gesture of his hand, he pointed to a man with hanging eyes who was in a daze.
Oops, the other people are secretly annoyed in their hearts, why is it him again?! This guy is chosen by the little marquis every time, and he is really lucky!
You know, if you say that the little marquis is interested, happy, happy, there are a lot of benefits! However, after thinking about it, everyone felt that his topic should be finished, so An An sat down separately and waited for him to make a fool of himself.
Sure enough, the man with hanging eyes was stunned for a long time with his mouth open, but he still didn't spit out a word.
"Ah, Brother Zinan, don't you claim to be well-informed? Don't talk about the new things in the capital, even if they are foreign, I'm afraid it won't be difficult for you! Don't sell it, you can't eat it! You say, don't you? ”
"yes, yes, let's hear it." The crowd echoed and coaxed over there, and the scene was a bit chaotic. Duwu Xiaohou didn't speak, but looking at his boring yawn, I'm afraid he didn't have much patience.
At this moment, the door of the private room creaked open, and the shopkeeper came in with an ice basin, bypassing the hollow screen carved in mahogany, and placing the copper basin in the corner of the room for the guests to cool off, and at the same time replacing the one that had been melted.
Such a little episode didn't disturb everyone's hearts to watch the excitement, they all stopped their eyes on Xiao Er, and then turned back and continued to urge the hanging eyes.
"How many masters want to hear the latest news?" Xiao Er looked at this formation, guessed something, and asked bravely.
What we said, what are you talking about! One of them rolled his eyes and was about to scold him, but was stopped by Wu Xiaohou Ye raising his hand: "Let's hear it, what is new about you?" ”
The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly, he looked left and right, covered his mouth with his hand, a pair of small eyes flashed, and said in a low voice: "Do you believe that there are ghosts?" ”
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"Sister Yilin, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?" After Xie Xianglin inserted the last flower into the vase, she suddenly looked up and asked.
"Ghosts? Probably yes. I don't know why she asked this, but thinking of her own example, as well as the strange records she had seen in the library, Xie Zhaolin did not deny it although her tone was flat.
"Oh? Have you ever seen a ghost, sister? Looking up at Xie Zhaolin's graceful jaw, the little girl asked again.
Xie Zhaolin smiled when she heard this, handed her a flower and said, "I've seen it!" ”
This is terrible, Xie Xianglin's pink little face changed color in an instant, she took a few steps back, leaned her back against the corner, looked at Xie Zhaolin with a ghostly look, and asked in a trembling voice: "Then you...... Are you okay now? ”
Realizing that she had overdone her joke, Xie Zhaolin was a little amused, and hurriedly remedied: "My sister lied to you!" If you really see the hell, then why don't you hurry up and ask a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits! ”
Seeing that Xie Xianglin was still standing in place and not moving, and her sleeves were tightly grasped, she showed a piece of jade hanging around her neck again, and said nonsense: "And you see, I have this piece of jade, which can suppress evil spirits, and ordinary ghosts can't help me!" ”
Children are always easy to deceive, Xie Xianglin is even more so, hearing her cousin say this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and patted her chest with her little hand, looking quite cute.
After moving the letter back a few steps suspiciously, she tiptoed on her little feet and asked Xie Zhaolin to see the jade pendant. This jade pendant is not a big object, so Xie Zhaolin happily took it off and handed it to her.
Unexpectedly, this little girl touched the jade pendant that was moist and shiny and had Xie Zhaolin's body temperature and looked at it over and over for a long time, and suddenly her mouth turned up, and she said loudly: "Sister, you lie to me, where is this treasure jade that drives away evil spirits?!" ”
Yes? Xie Zhaolin was surprised, in terms of the function of exorcising evil spirits, she did make it up, but in terms of material, this jade pendant is indeed worthy of the name of Baoyu!
How so? My sister will be angry! Xie Zhaolin straightened his face and pretended to be unhappy.
But Xie Xianglin didn't care, she held up the jade pendant and said: "This is obviously bought in the Crystal Jade Pavilion, last year's sister's birthday, my father gave such a piece to my sister as a gift, I was envious at the time!" ”
Jade Pavilion? In this way, it seems that this is indeed a thing of the Crystal Jade Pavilion, and it is a gift brought by the second uncle from Beijing when they were still living in San'in at the time.
"My aunt said that everything that can ward off evil spirits has to go to the temple to open the light, and my sister's jade pendant must not have been opened!" Xie Xianglin said with a determined face.
Ha, this little cousin is really interesting, she may not know what Kaiguang means, but she is right.
However, no matter how young she is, she is still young after all, how can she be bluffed by her as a sister? Xie Zhaolin took the jade pendant and pursed her lips and smiled: "Xiao Xianglin, you are wrong this time!" My sister's jade pendant has been worn for many years, and it has long been opened in a famous temple in her hometown. So ah, you don't have to worry at all, it's definitely useful! ”
"Famous temples? Where? ”
"In San'in, it's called Longhua Temple, and it's as powerful as Fahua Temple." Xie Zhaolin explained.
Longhua Temple...... Xie Xianglin held her cheeks and fell into deep thought, looking as if she was comparing who was powerful in the two temples, but this was definitely not the case.
She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Xie Zhaolin, and found that she had gone to serve herself fruit, so she took the time to peek out the window, and at the corner of the door in front of her, a slender figure loomed.
Then a fluttering red came into his eyes, making Xie Xianglin feel quite irritable.
Oops, got it, she'll tell! I just don't know if my cousin will be taken aback.
After a while, Xie Zhaolin came back with a plate of fruit and asked her to eat it enthusiastically, Xie Xianglin ate a piece meaningfully, and suddenly said: "Sister, it's useless to go to the temple to open the light!" ”
Yes? The corners of Xie Zhaolin's mouth twitched, a little speechless. Why did she hold on to it?
Forget it, as long as I don't say more, I guess the little girl won't ask again, right? So Xie Zhaolin made up her mind to divert the topic.
However, it was useless, Xie Xianglin was obviously ready to talk about this matter to the end: "Because the Bangyan Mansion in the west of the city has been haunted recently, and the abbot of Fahua Temple has been invited, and it is useless, so the jade pendant that he has opened must be even more useless!" ”
Bangyan Mansion in the west of the city! Isn't that the mansion given by the emperor to the eldest brother?!