It's just that the light listening to his heart saw that his expression was not just as simple as recalling the nostalgia of the past, as if this bowl of sweet soup reminded him of the sigh and pity of another thing.

The old bridesmaid was the most perceptive, and when she saw that his expression was not right, and he looked worried, she was a little panicked and said, "Why son, isn't this to your liking?" I'll get out of ...... right away."

The proprietress was about to take away the plate, but Mo Fan hurriedly raised her hand and said, "I misunderstood the proprietress and I just remembered some of the past." ”

The proprietress put her mind at ease, looked at the two of them carefully, and said: "I saw several guest officials with outstanding temperament, all of them are handsome in a hundred, and there are not many locals with such a bearing, but they are like those who come to cultivate immortals, and this time they came to Jiangnan to play." ”

Mo Fan continued to fall into a state of thoughtfulness, just drank in silence and was silent, slightly borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, and was a little surprised by his actions, so he casually said to the proprietress: "Boss, I don't know what fun you have here?" ”

The proprietress confirmed the identity of the two, and the attitude was even more courteous, and she reminded: "If this was changed before, there would be many fun places in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, but now it is different from the past." I saw that the girl was beautiful and beautiful, and she must not go out at night when she came here. Even if you are an immortal cultivator, you are afraid that it will not be safe at night. ”

Qian Ling was stunned and said, "Why do you say this? ”

The proprietress said mysteriously: "The night is not peaceful. ”

"Don't sell the boss, why isn't it too peaceful" Qian Lingxin casually glanced at the Sangluo wine that Mo Fan had drunk half of the wine on the table, so he was also curious to pour himself a glass, and sent it to his lips to taste a small sip, and the sweet fragrance on the tip of his tongue was not unpleasant. She raised her head, drank a full cup of tea, took two sips, and asked: "I see such a peaceful and prosperous world of peace and security, so there are no more demons and monsters to do it, right?" ”

The proprietress lowered her voice and said: "The girl doesn't know, this thing is weird, the government has invited several waves of immortal cultivators to come to rectify it, but to no avail, you say that evil is not evil." ”

Stunned, she immediately fell into a wave of doubt, and she absentmindedly turned the cup in her hand, wondering if it would be the Shuramen gang again.

Listening to her thoughts, she suddenly felt that she drank this mulberry wine tasted good, refreshing and mellow, sweet in the mouth, and couldn't help but taste on the tip of the tongue.

The wine brewed by the fragrant Daqu has a heavier sweetness, and the shallow listening heart smacked his tongue, so he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses.

Mo Fan glanced at her in surprise at this time, and then came out of his trance, moved the jar of wine away, and blamed: "When can you drink so much wine, when did you learn, you are not allowed to drink it." ”

Qian Lingxin reached out to grab it, but grabbed it empty, and said angrily: "Can you drink why can't I drink it?" ”

Mo Fan saw that her cheeks were covered with a touch of red, and seeing that she was not strong enough to drink, he shook his head, turned to the proprietress and said, "Boss, how much do you know about the things in this city?" ”

The proprietress said: "Childe asked me naturally to ask the right person, not to mention anything else, just the dignitaries and dignitaries who come and go in and out of our store every day, or the famous people of Xianmen, and there are countless gangsters in the market." The daily conversation is about the strange things in the city, but they are all first-hand news from all directions, depending on what you want to know. ”

Mo Fan said: "I want to inquire with you about the affairs in the palace, so I will tell you everything you know." ”

The proprietress was taken aback, looked at the two of them, and said, "I don't think the two guest officers are locals, how can they be so interested in the affairs of the royal family in Nanxiangcheng?" ”

Mo Fan smiled: "She's not, but I'm just a fake Jiangnan person, I just left home when I was a child to beg for a living, and I just want to know more about the recent situation in my hometown when I returned to the city today, you just say it." ”

The proprietress said: "I see, I said how can I not see it" said with a sigh, and said: "In fact, Nanxiang City has not been peaceful in recent years, and the lord of the country suddenly contracted a serious illness three years ago, and has been living in the palace without leaving home. Two years ago, there was an immortal master here, and the lord of the country respected this immortal master a lot, and later he became a high-ranking and powerful national teacher, so it is really unprecedented to canonize a cultivator. I heard that the national teacher was helping the lord of the country to refine what elixir that could bring people back to life, and the lord of the country was even more obsessed with it after that, and he had no intention of going to politics. Later, there were often strange things about the disappearance of some young girls in the city, because this matter had also been full of storms in the city, and people were panicked. ”

Mo Fan's face was solemn, and he frowned as if he was thoughtful. She woke up and waited for an opportunity to inquire: "I heard that there were Shuramin people who were making trouble here, could these strange things you said have anything to do with them?" ”

The proprietress changed her face, she looked out of the door cautiously in horror, and said in a low voice: "Little girl, you even know this?" No, maybe it really has something to do with them, and there are many rumors that they have resurrected and come back to seek revenge. Once they killed a family of cultivators stationed in this town, and no one in the whole clan was spared, it was simply too brutal! Don't you know, I heard that those immortals were hooked and turned into fierce ghosts, looking for people at the border and killing many local people. At that time, seeing that those demon soldiers were about to plague the city, the lord of the country was worried, and sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times, but they all returned with heavy casualties. After all, it is a group of demons who know the magic of demons, which can be fought against by mortals in the flesh. No, even the eldest prince personally led the troops to fight and came back with a broken leg, almost losing his life. ”

"What happened then?" ”

The proprietress said: "I heard that the family stationed in the town here is a disciple of the Henglang Immortal Sect, and this matter has attracted the attention of this great immortal cultivation sect, but fortunately, the Immortal Sect sent a lot of immortals to settle this matter." ”

He was slightly drunk when he drank alcohol, but he could still remember that when Tan Hengshu was revising and reviewing the file, he saw a case about the Shura Gate of Nanxiang Kingdom disturbing the local area. I think maybe Tan Hengshu assigned some disciples of the sect who are not weak in cultivation to come and help solve this problem.

The proprietress sighed again: "The lord of the country is old, and he also has many heirs under his knees, all of whom are superior, and they are superior in civil and military affairs, but they have always refused to establish a prince, and the position of the prince is vacant. It is rumored that he is waiting for his second prince to come back, and it is rumored that he is located in him, but these two princes have been killed since they were young and heard that they have been killed outside a long time ago - that Hui Immortal Sect sent immortals to eradicate the plague of demons, and the people survived. Now here, anyone who has some ability to cultivate immortals will be worshiped as gods, but they are loved. ”

Mo Fan's face was solemn and silent for a long time, and he asked, "What do you say the country lord is ordering the national master to refine what kind of elixir to revive the dead?" ”

The proprietress said: "If you want to say that this lord is also an infatuated person, I heard that there was a concubine who was loved by the lord of the country before, and it seemed to be a princess who came from a foreign country and relatives." It seems to be called Concubine Lan Niangniang, it is rumored that this Niangniang died of illness a long time ago, and the lord of the country was very sad, and later built a huge underground ice palace in the imperial mausoleum, where the body of Niangniang can not rot for a hundred years. The lord of the country asked the national teacher to refine the elixir, maybe he was still looking forward to the day when Concubine Lan Niangniang would be able to come back to life, you said that this person has been dead for almost thirty years, how can it still be ......"

At this point, the proprietress saw Mo Fan looking behind her with a surprised gaze, so she followed his gaze to the door.

"Childe!"

Qian Lingxin was also listening attentively, and naturally understood that the lady mentioned by the proprietress might be Tan Hengshu's late mother, and then when she heard Mo Fan exclaim, she suddenly raised her head and looked out of the door.

At this time, the person dressed in white clothes fluttered without wind, and the belt was light. Qingjun's face was as cold as frost, and there seemed to be a layer of moonlight on his body flickering slightly, standing with a long body, and his posture was majestic, as if he was like a fairy quietly falling into the world, standing impressively in front of the door.

Tan Hengshu's eyes were heavy, and he seemed to walk in with an awe-inspiring aura of ice, and he looked calm and couldn't see a trace of mood swings. As soon as I entered the room, I sat down in the position facing the door, and the air was frozen in a layer of frost.

Mo Fan stood up and looked at the sitting Qianlingxin with a bad look, and Qianlingxin's face was flushed and couldn't understand why he had this expression.

The innkeeper seemed to be a little red, her heart was beating wildly, she looked at the man in white sitting by the desk intently, and was about to ask something, Tan Hengshu said, "Go on." ”

The proprietress stared at the face for a while, then came back to her senses and suddenly continued: "Oh, me, where did I just go?" ”

Mo Fan cautiously glanced at the handsome and cold person beside him, and then deliberately jumped to the head of the conversation and reminded: "Tell me about that national teacher, what sect and sect he is, and what is his origin." ”

Mo Fan continued to sit down, sitting on pins and needles, staring cautiously at the faces of the people beside him.

The proprietress was actually a little restrained, and she was afraid for a long time before she said: "It is rumored that the national teacher will only be a few crooked charlatans, and the lord of the country must have been deceived by this magic stick." Since he came, a large number of show girls have to be elected to enter the palace every once in a while, and the requirements are not high, as long as they are good-looking, and they are at least eighteen years old, regardless of whether they are poor or poor. After entering the palace, they were all taken to the underground ice palace by this national teacher to guard the imperial tomb for Concubine Lan, and then there was no news of them. Since then, there has been a strange and terrifying thing in the city, as long as the bloody handprint falls into someone's house, whose daughter will disappear inexplicably the next day. Later, they will be found in the suburbs of the city, all dead, miserable, they are ruined, they are all some yellow flower girls who have not come out of the pavilion, it is really a loss of conscience. ”

Mo Fan said: "Has the government found out who did these strange things, could it be a flower thief?" ”

The proprietress said: "I only heard those monks say that these women were raped before they died, and then they were sucked dry of their essence, and they died by breaking the tendons and veins of their limbs and bleeding dry. ”

Mo Fan thought that all this might be related to the national teacher, so he said, "Where is the national teacher now?" ”

The proprietress said: "The lord of the country also specially built a Taoist temple in the south of the city extravagantly and extravagantly for him, he should be there." couldn't help but continue to add: "Since the accident, many people have hidden their daughters in the family and dare not send them to the palace again. threatened to point out that it was these Diao people who disobeyed the spirit of Concubine Lan, so they were taught a lesson by the curse of the bloody handprint. A lot of people who disobeyed the order were arrested and sent to prison and tortured. ”

The proprietress was still talking, and the shallow Lingxin who was lying on the table came up with the strength of drinking, and at this time her head was heavy and dizzy, and she only felt that her scalp was numb and her limbs were weak. She had a dry mouth and wanted to find water to drink, so she saw a teacup in front of Mo Fan in a daze, so she half-got up and crossed the Tan Hengshu on the right to reach for it.

Unexpectedly, when he got up, his body shook uncontrollably, and the sky spun in front of him, and he slipped down a bowl and plate on the side of the table.

For the sudden sound of the broken bowl, the voice of the proprietress who was still talking stopped abruptly, and Mo Fan looked over with a shocked face.

Qian Lingxin threw herself on the side and sat in the arms of Tan Hengshu, who was also quick to help her steady at the moment she fell.

Tan Hengshu looked at the drunken man with flushed cheeks in his arms, frowned slightly, and raised his eyes to look at Mo Fan on the side, as if there was reproach in his eyes. ”