The butler opened his eyes from the water.

He gripped the wooden shelves where the basin was placed with both hands, desperately trying to pull his face out of the water, but the more he struggled, the closer his face came to the bottom of the basin. His nose was already attached to the bottom of the basin, and he could even clearly feel the coolness of the metal.

A pair of hands, gently caressing his cheeks, he opened his eyes in vain, as if suddenly he had returned to the past.

"Who is she?"

"Master Wu's eyes are really poisonous, this is the new girl in our building. The surname is Liu, the name is Xiangling, and she is a good girl who came out of the scholarly family. ”

"Can a good girl get to you?"

The housekeeper's eyes were fixed on Xiangling, who was standing upstairs, a little cramped and uneasy. Xiangling stirred her hands uneasily, she actually wanted to escape, but there were two ghost slaves standing behind her, and she couldn't move at all. She knew that this was the Qinglou, she was the girl who was sold in, and the man downstairs who was looking at herself was a guest who came to this building to have fun.

Through those eyes, she saw the man's interest in her, and she became more and more flustered, and even bit her lip with her teeth uncontrollably.

"It's still a chick."

The housekeeper looked at Xiangling's appearance and had his own answer in his heart.

The old bustard, covering his mouth and laughing on the side, did not forget to continue to promote his new girl.

"Look at what you said, Master Wu, why can't I have a good girl in this building. To tell you the truth, the people who can enter my building are all good girls, but they have been ruined by you rough men. Take this Xiangling as an example, if it weren't for the offending people in the family, I wouldn't be able to fall into my place. She is a serious lady, who knows all about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Master Wu, you are also lucky, I, I originally planned to hide for a while. ”

"Then her!"

The housekeeper stretched out his finger and pointed at Xiangling.

The old bustard became more and more happy, she stretched out her hand and handed it to the housekeeper: "I, the new girl, have never seen a guest, if the martial master is in love, bring the silver first." ”

"Mom is so direct."

"What we're doing here is a direct sale. You look at people, and I look at silver. With silver, it's easy to say what kind of girl you want, and without silver, we can only call you a master verbally. ”

"Does my mother look at me like a man who lacks money?"

"Master Wu, you will not be short of silver, but we also have the rules of the building in this building. The first time the girl sees a guest, it must be cash. Master Wu, you are a frequent visitor, so you naturally know the truth here, and you won't be embarrassed to be a mother if you think about it. ”

"Well, who told me to take a fancy to this girl?"

As he spoke, the butler took out a bag of silver from his bosom and placed it on the bustard's hand. The old bustard weighed it and smiled more and more happily.

"Is it enough?"

"Enough is enough, this Xiangling girl is your person today. Xiangling, serve the martial master well! The old bustard turned around and shouted to Xiangling upstairs: "Count yourself lucky, you met the martial master for the first time." This master is different from other masters, he is a master who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, and knows how to love the girl. ”

"Mom." Xiangling watched the old bustard collect the money, and her face changed.

"Mom knows what you want to say, but girl, once you are here, you have to abide by the rules here and adapt to life here. You also saw this unruly person when you came here the day before yesterday, what kind of sin did you endure? Mom is not the kind of person who is ruthless, and I can't see you girls being wronged by me. To put it bluntly, hello, I'm good. If you're not good, I can only accompany you to make it even worse. Be good, go upstairs to freshen up, and serve the martial master well. ”

Xiangling bit her lip flap hard, and bit her lip out two blood marks. She glanced at the housekeeper and was escorted back to the room by the two ghost slaves.

"Master Wu, please go upstairs, I asked Xiangling to freshen up. If you're in a hurry, just wait outside the door for a while. If you're not in a hurry, just drink tea downstairs, and I'll let the other girls serve you first. ”

"No need, I'd better go upstairs."

"Master Wu is really anxious today."

"It's not that I'm in a hurry, I'm worried about the two Xiangling who scared me just now." The butler said, and lifted his robe and went upstairs. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard the two ghost slaves scolding Xiangling. He frowned and pushed the door in.

"Master Wu."

The two ghost slaves changed their faces in a second, and when they saw that it was the housekeeper standing at the door, they directly put on a smiling face.

"Let's all get out."

"But Miss Xiangling hasn't freshened up yet."

"I look good, I just like the way she looks unfamiliar."

"Come on, then Master Wu, stay here, we'll go out first."

The two ghost slaves nodded and retreated.

The butler closed the door and took a step forward. Xiangling hurriedly stood up from the dresser and took a step back.

"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you." As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, he felt that this sentence was a little ridiculous. He's a pleasure seeker, and she's the girl in the building, and he's spent a lot of money to treat her. Thinking of this, he added: "I won't use strong ones." Why don't we have a casual chat first? ”

Xiangling nodded in a panic.

In retrospect, even the housekeeper felt that there was something unusual about that day. He really just sat and chatted with Xiangling, and talked until both of them were sleepy, and then they each fell asleep on the table. When he woke up the next day, Xiangling's attitude towards him eased a lot, but he only felt that he had lost in his heart. So, with all kinds of contradictory feelings, he chartered Xiangling's second night.

After that, it seems to be a matter of course. Compared with the experienced girls in the building, Xiangling is young, but it is her youth that makes him a little addicted. In particular, her youthfulness also carries some shyness that other girls don't have, and this shyness makes him want to stop.

I don't know when Xiangling has had an extra habit, she always likes to hold his face and look at his eyes seriously. When he wanted to ask something, she would shyly lower her eyes, then gently brush her fingers over his face and finally drop.

The housekeeper lied to Xing Ruyi. He actually thought about taking Xiangling out of the Qinglou. According to the influence of the martial arts family in Luoyang at that time, it was not difficult to hide a Qinglou woman. But later, he changed his mind, because he found that Xiangling had a greater use.

In Luoyang City, there are not many gentlemen with backgrounds like him, and in daily life, in addition to playing horses and walking birds, it is to find a girl to be happy, and a special Qinglou girl like Xiangling can easily attract the attention of these people. So, he began to bring those so-called friends to Xiangling constantly, and even persuaded Xiangling to accompany them. Each time the reason is made up, it is different.

From resistance, to resignation, to willingly helping him, Xiangling has struggled for a long time, but the final result makes the housekeeper very satisfied.

Xiangling did beg him to redeem herself, but she did not commit suicide, but was poisoned by her own hands. The reason is simple, because Xiangling knows a secret that she shouldn't have known, and that secret is leaked once it is revealed. He, and his entire family, will be unlucky. Although Xiangling is wholeheartedly devoted to him, the Qinglou woman's mind is worth a few dollars. In his opinion, only by keeping his mouth shut forever can he ensure that the secret is not leaked.

In order not to make Xiangling suffer, he spent a lot of silver to buy a strong poison that is said to seal his throat when he sees blood and pours it when he tastes it, but he didn't expect that the poison is not as red as ordinary Hedinghong. Xiangling died a very painful death, and before she died, she grabbed the hem of his clothes tightly with her hands, but she didn't ask anything. He thought, Xiangling probably knew in his heart why he killed her.

After Xiangling died, he carried her back to the bed, and carefully helped her fold the quilt, and when he turned around, he saw the girl who served Xiangling, that is, the one he later gave to the master of the Wang family as a new aunt.

She was also sold into the Qinglou, and Xiangling probably felt that their fates were similar, so she begged him to make peace and let the bustard agree that Xiangling would keep her by her side and be a girl who served tea and poured water, thus avoiding the fate of her being forced to pick up customers.

Then, on the day Xiangling was poisoned, he made a deal with the girl. He kept her by his side and promised to treat her as well as Xiangling, and she helped him hide the secret of poisoning Xiangling.

Xiangling was indeed buried by him at his expense, but not to let Xiangling be buried in the ground, but because after Xiangling died, he would have nightmares every day, and the dream was the scene before Xiangling was about to die. He found a Taoist priest and asked the Taoist priest to trap Xiangling's soul in his body and never come to him.

It's just that in the cycle of cause and effect, he finally got the retribution he deserved.

"Bang!" With a bang, the basin exploded.

The housekeeper took a few steps back and sat on the ground with water stains all over his body, his body was still shaking, and his originally pale face had become even more bloodless at this time.

He stared blankly at the cracked basin, his eyes widening wider. The water, meandering and flowing, gradually formed a strange pattern. Immediately after, he heard a "sizzle—sizzle—" sound. The water began to change rapidly, until it took the form of a transparent woman.

"Incense...... Xiangling ......"

He muttered the name, then stopped with wide eyes.

In the deserted cemetery on the outskirts of Luoyang City, Xing Ruyi bent down and pulled out the coffin nails nailed to the heart of the female corpse, and ripped off the rune papers with him.

A wisp of green smoke drifted away with the wind and finally drifted away without a trace.

"This is the last thing I promised her, and now, the matter of the Wang family is finally really over."

After speaking, Xing Ruyi's hand shook, and those paper talismans ignited, and then turned into flying ashes, which were also blown away by the wind.