Seeing the tide of the river in front of the door rising and falling, it was July 14 in a blink of an eye.

Ye Dingxi said that it was summer in the world at this time, the sun was shining, and it was a season of vests, pants and popsicles.

But in the underworld, looking up is chaos, looking down is black soil, dark all year round, the yin wind has never blown in one direction for a whole year, and I can't even think of the four seasons scenery that Ye Dingxi often mentions.

"Little East, but are you ready?"

Behind him, the orange cat approached with a soft step.

I looked back and smiled, "Okay, what about you?"

These days, in addition to helping the old king prepare for the Midyear Festival celebration, I am messing with Ye Dingxi, and I have some spare time, and I have to go to the Lechuan River to talk to Seventeen, so that his fragile fish heart will not shatter into glass slag.

By the way, there is one more thing, which can be regarded as the sincerity that I can handle.

The orange cat squatted at my feet, looked at the catnip that bore small green fruits, and asked with a little disgust, "Do you really want me to go?"

"With one more person to cover, I don't have so much psychological pressure. ”

I leaned over to pick the fruit, pinched it and put it to its mouth and coaxed, "Eat, this is the ghost fruit I improved from the charms in the book, and if you mix in the procession, you will definitely not be discovered by the ghosts." ”

In fact, if I don't take on a human form, the orange cat will not be noticed by the ghost when it acts with me, but I am a ghost with evil tastes.

Ye Dingxi's expression was struggling and solemn, and he hesitated for a long time before slowly opening his mouth and swallowing the fruit.

"Meow ......"

With a depressed and weird cat meow, the orange cat, which was still squatting, suddenly changed, and his body was good, but in the blink of an eye, it became Ye Dingxi's appearance.

It's just a little different from his usual human form.

At this moment, Ye Dingxi exuded the aura of a yin soul, and his face was pale, which seemed to be past the human shelf life.

"How?"

He asked with a slight squint.

I smiled, "It's very good." ”

Ye Dingxi evoked a light smile, and his slender fingers gently touched my cheek, which was not as soft as before, cold and cold, just like me.

Afterwards, I went with him to the Lethe River.

"Seventeen!"

I called.

Gollum......

A small bubble of water bubbled up in the middle of the river, and then a demon queen appeared out of the water.

"Auntie, you're here!"

Seventeen was so happy every time he saw me, but I didn't quite understand what I meant to him, but he was very dependent on me these days.

"Come ashore. I beckoned.

Seventeen was very obedient, and after going ashore, the golden light flashed all over his body, and the bamboo blue robe was worn on his body, and his black hair danced lightly in the wind, which was incredibly beautiful.

In the underworld, up and down for thousands of years, there is no one who can wear this color so brightly and movingly.

"Auntie, who is this?" Seventeen's eyes condensed slightly, looking at Ye Dingxi, who was expressionless on my side.

"This is the ghost in charge of the mid-year festival parade, and if something comes to me today, I will take him to the temple fair. ”

"That's right......"

Seventeen nodded, and his eyes quickly glanced at Ye Dingxi again, as if he was curious, and as if he was exploring.

I stopped between the pair of cats and fish quietly, and said with a smile: "Let's go, the temple fair has begun, we have to rush over as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, Auntie!"

Seventeen smiled coquettishly.

The temple fair was held in a vacant lot on the east bank of the Lechuan River.

The bustling ghosts and ghosts are shoulder to shoulder, hundreds of stalls are divided into opposite directions, and there is a flagpole erected in front of each stall, and the lanterns of different shapes flicker with orange and yellow ghost fires, and the halo is reflected on the surface of the Lechuan River, which actually sets off the slightest warmth in this place.

"Auntie, it's so lively here!" Seventeen walked happily, passing by every stall and couldn't help but glance at it a few times.

This year's Zhongyuan celebration is different from previous years, perhaps because the two pillars of the underworld are not there, and the ghost idea of the old Hades has been fully utilized.

I looked around and found that many ghosts imitated the style of the present world, and simply dressed up for themselves, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, all walks of life, everything, and everyone's faces were filled with rare smiles.

"Whether it's a human or a ghost, they all like to be lively. ”

On the side, Ye Dingxi was in the noise and sighed softly.

I agreed: "The underworld is not as many as the Yang Festival, and the annual Zhongyuan Festival is the day that the ghosts and ghosts are most looking forward to, so it is naturally more cheerful." ”

"Auntie, is this interesting to you?"

Seventeen ran back out of nowhere, wearing a mask with blue fangs on his face.

I sneered, "Seventeen, you were born to be extremely beautiful, why do you have to wear an exorcism mask?"

"Seventeen doesn't want the other ghosts to stare at him, and Seventeen only wants his aunt to enjoy this beauty alone. ”

The voice from under the mask was willful and squeamish.

Only then did I react, and since I entered the celebration venue, the ghosts and ghosts in various stalls have focused their eyes on Ye Dingxi and Seventeen, especially Seventeen, whose demonic face is indistinguishable from male and female, is simply a killing of both men and women, but because my aunt leads the two of them, no one dares to come forward to talk.

"Well, you can wear it, and it will be less troublesome. ”

On the side, Ye Dingxi rarely agreed with his head.

With this mask, Seventeen really paid a lot less attention, and I took him all the way to booth 899, and stopped: "You stay here and take charge of this barbecue stand." ”

"What is a barbecue?"

Seventeen looked at the blackened barbecue grill and the mountains of food.

I walked over and picked a dried fish and put it on a charcoal grill, brushed it with some sauce, and the aroma wafted out in a short time.

"Do you see? In this way, if anyone comes to patronize, you will sell it to him at your own price. ”

Seventeen hung his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, but his eyes stopped at the half-burnt dried fish for a long time, and then he slowly looked at me and said aggrievedly: "Auntie...... It's my cousin......"

“......”

“......”

Ye Dingxi and I are petrified.

After reassuring Seventeen for a while, he reluctantly stayed at the barbecue stall, at first he wanted to be close to me, but then I couldn't care about him.

"Auntie......"

Seventeen reluctantly.

I leaned close to him and whispered a few words, and then tiptoed and patted him on the head and said, "Seventeen must be good, if you see the code, you must do what your aunt tells me, okay?"

"Seventeen is written. ”

Although his mind is like that of a child, Seventeen is very sensible. I am very relieved.

After Ye Dingxi and I walked away, I heard him seem to be casually saying: "You arranged Seventeen at the barbecue stall, but you want to create chaos when the Hundred Ghost Stick Holder rotates?"

"I can't hide anything from you. ”

I snickered: "There are so many wooden sticks in the holder, and I want to find Hu Ran's one like looking for a needle in a haystack, so I need to create some small troubles to buy time." ”

Oh?

Ye Dingxi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he asked with a smile: "What about me, what role did you arrange for me?"

"Well...... this"

I smiled slyly, pointed to the flamboyant parade in the distance, and said, "Well, I've signed you up." ”