It was a woman with a long face, middle-to-upper countenance, no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, and a sweet and crisp voice.

Xue Wan nodded: "That's right." ”

She asked a few more questions, each more difficult than the other, and the numbers were getting bigger and bigger, and the woman could answer them in one go.

Some Xue Wu hasn't figured it out yet.

It seems that this woman is a mental arithmetic genius.

"What's your name?"

"Yu Xiaoxiao."

"Okay, you'll take over the grocery store in the future."

The other two were very frustrated, Xue Yu comforted them a few words, sent them out, and then talked to Yu Xiaoxiao about the treatment.

"Two taels of money a month, there will be gifts and rewards during the New Year's holidays, if you do well, there will be bonuses every season, what do you think?"

Yu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, she didn't expect that the person in front of her would give her money to start work, after all, the whole cottage is now his, and they need to rely on him to live, even if he asks her to do coolies, she can't say anything.

But now, he was willing to treat her as an equal, and pay her to hire her, rather than treat her as a slave.

Her heart was warm, and she bowed deeply to Xue Wu, "Thank you, Childe, I will definitely take care of this grocery store!" ”

"Well, I'm optimistic about you."

Xue Wu also explained some matters to her, such as what goods can be received at the receiving office, some tips for making accounts, etc.

Then, the grocery store was officially opened.

That night, Xue Wu held a bonfire dinner, and a huge bonfire was lit in the open space in front of the village, surrounded by several smaller bonfires, on which were whole sheep, whole deer, pheasants, rabbits, etc., all of which were the prey that Xuan Xiao and the three of them went to the mountains to hunt.

On the long table in the room, there are drinks and food, which can be eaten and taken as you like.

Children frolic and chase each other through the campfires, and the women don their best clothes, holding hands and singing and dancing.

The firelight reflected the happy faces of the people, and the melodious singing floated over the village.

Xue Wu sat next to her and beat along with the song.

Wu Qi and Ah Man joined in, their cheeks flushed.

The three of Xuan Xiao were not used to participating in such a lively activity and hid.

*

Imperial capital, Prince's Mansion.

The prince was supposed to live in the East Palace, but after Pei Lin returned to Beijing, he was unwilling to live in the palace, so he took back the old mansion of the Huo family, which had been encroached upon, renovated it, and hung a plaque of "Prince's Mansion".

At this time, it was late at night, and Pei Lin was reading the folds in the outer study.

Now he needs to make decisions on all major and minor matters in the DPRK and China.

He is already a veritable prince regent, although he does not have the name of an emperor, but he has the reality of an emperor. The important ministers of the DPRK and the central government have all been subdued.

As for the genuine emperor -

After he drank the medicine prescribed by Fang Xing, his condition did improve, but it was only an improvement, and he couldn't be cured, let alone retract his power, and it was difficult to even walk.

It's not good, it's not going to die, the emperor belongs to such a state now.

There was a fluttering sound outside the window, Pei Lin looked relieved, got up and walked to the window, and after a while, a snow-white pigeon flew over and landed on the windowsill.

After Pei Lin read the letter, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, and he quickly replied to a letter, watched the spirit pigeon disappear into the sky, and strode out of the study.

He commanded: "Prepare the horses!" ”

He's going to pick up his sister-in-law himself!

Unexpectedly, the moment he stepped out of the hospital, he collapsed without warning.

The little eunuch who gave him the lantern was so frightened that he screamed: "Your Highness! ”

At the same time, the Ann Palace.

Backyard, Changchun Courtyard.

This is the residence of Pei Yu, the king of An.

Tonight, Pei Yu rested here, but the situation in the inner room was not a beautiful scene of red waves and neck-to-neck entanglement.

A large open space was cleaned up in the house, and in the center of the clearing, there were small palm-sized flags in all directions, a total of eight, and those flags were black at first glance, but if you looked closely, you would find that they were actually dark red, as if blood had coagulated.

Wisps of black smoke lingered on it, and there were hideous demons roaring in the smoke.

In the middle of the eight flags, there is a mirror, the surface of which is pitch black, and does not reflect any scene.

It looks weird.

An old woman was walking among the eight flags with a spirit bell in her hand, her mouth was chanting, and her body was moving so loudly that it looked like she was dancing an evil dance.

In the corner, Pei Yu hugged his favorite concubine and paid attention to the old woman's actions without blinking.

At a certain moment, the old woman's body trembled violently, and she held the soul bell high above her head, as if she had been struck by lightning.

Immediately, she knelt down towards the mirror, took out a small black porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and poured a few drops of blood from it. The blood had turned dark red, and it was clearly not fresh blood.

The blood fell on the mirror, but it was absorbed, and the blood-sucking mirror opened a circle of ripples like a lake, and the old woman held the soul bell, shaking more and more rapidly and violently.

But the ringing is not heard by the living.

The Soul Bell, the Soul Bell, the bell it emits can only be heard by wandering souls.

"Poof!" The old woman spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Pei Yu's concubine looked worried, and involuntarily stepped forward, but was pressed back by Pei Yu's waist tightly.

The old woman's eyes were fixed on the mirror, and she sped up her movements again, and the copper bell in her hand almost became a phantom.

Finally, a spirit rose from the mirror and appeared in the room.

The face of the soul is Pei Lian!

Seeing this, Pei Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile that he had finished.

He couldn't wait to say, "Miao Fei, quickly, scatter his soul!" ”

The old woman waved her sleeves, and the resentful ghosts on those flags swarmed up and gnawed towards Pei Lone.

At this moment, Pei Lian's soul opened his eyes, and at that moment, a vast sense of majesty emanated from him, although it was invisible, but if it was substantial, Mount Tai rumbled down on the three people in the room, and the bodies of the three people were forced to the ground, unable to move.

Pei Yu was horrified.

I wanted to struggle, but I heard the sound of my bones being crushed.

And those terrible ghosts are not much better, they haven't touched him yet, just like ice and snow meet the scorching sun, and in an instant, the ice melts and the soul flies.

Pei Lian's eyes were light and silent, and he threw himself at Pei Yu and the three of them, although he looked at them, the figures of the three did not enter his line of sight, as if the three of them were just insignificant ants.

He still has the same face, but his temperament is completely different.

He raised a hand and pointed his finger at the old woman, who didn't even have time to scream before the whole person evaporated and disappeared.

Only the black robe that fell to the ground proved that she once existed.

Seeing this scene, the concubine was directly frightened and fainted.

Although Pei Yu was not faint, he was not much better, and his face trembled.

Just when he thought he was going to die, the pressure on his body suddenly disappeared, and he was able to move again.