Sitting in the taxi, Meng Xingyuan couldn't believe that such a thing had really happened if he hadn't seen a jar next to him and a stack of RMB stuffed in his pants pocket.

"Friend, what are you doing at Phoenix Mountain at night?" asked the taxi driver.

"Oh, I'll go, let's play. Meng Xingyuan casually made up a reason.

"Going to play?" The driver tilted his head and looked at Meng Xingyuan in the rearview mirror, "Why do you still have a strange jar?"

Meng Xingyuan continued to make up lies: "This, I picked this up, I don't know what to do with it." ”

Like most taxi drivers, this one is also very good: "Friend, you must be the first time you've come to us, right?"

"How do you know?"

"Haha," the driver smirked, "you can tell from your accent that you're an out-of-towner." You said you were going to Phoenix Mountain, and I knew that you were here for the first time, because Phoenix Mountain has no water, no temples, no trees and no flowers, and it belongs to poor mountains and bad waters, and almost no one goes there in our local area. You must have heard the name of this mountain and wanted to visit it. ”

"Big brother, then you must know Wutong Ridge, right?" Meng Xingyuan took the opportunity to ask.

The taxi driver looked at Meng Xingyuan puzzled: "I advise you not to go." Wutong Ridge is the most dangerous peak in the Phoenix Mountain, and there is no way to go up. ”

"But I have something very important to go there for. Saying this, Meng Xingyuan also secretly complained in his heart.

"You must go, I will definitely send you there. It's just that you can't get a taxi there, and when you want to go back, you can call me and I'll pick you up. After speaking, the driver didn't know where to find a business card and handed it to Meng Xingyuan.

It turned out that the driver was pulling business for himself. Meng Xingyuan took the business card and didn't believe what the driver said.

Finally, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, it was already the second half of the night. The driver stopped the car in a place where there was no village in front of him and no store in the back, and pointed to the mountain beam in front of him and said, "Friend, there is Phoenix Mountain in front." You see, the highest and steepest one is Wutong Ridge. ”

In the darkness of the night, only a vague outline of the mountain could be seen.

Meng Xingyuan didn't get out of the car, but handed the driver a cigarette: "Master, why does this mountain have such a nice name, but it is so desolate and dilapidated?"

"You're a foreigner, so naturally you won't know. The driver lit a cigarette and said as he smoked, "This Phoenix Mountain was originally very famous, the scenery is also beautiful, and there is a village in the mountain." About five or six years ago, the village suddenly encountered a catastrophe, everyone in the village died, and only a middle-aged man went crazy, running around naked every day, and shouting in a frightened voice, 'There are ghosts, there are ghosts, don't kill me, don't kill me.'" Since then, fewer and fewer people have come here, so much so that it has become such a situation now. “

After listening to the driver's words, Meng Xingyuan remembered that the jar he brought was also a demon, and he couldn't help sweating.

"Friend, are you sure you're really going?"

"I'm sure!" Meng Xingyuan said with great firmness, ignoring the driver's repeated persuasion, and walked into Phoenix Mountain.

Walking on the path almost covered with wild grass, there were not even small birds and small animals around, and there was still a jar in his arms that contained evil ghosts, Meng Xingyuan's heart trembled more and more the more he walked. But who said that he had promised the Taoist priests? Then he had to fulfill his promise tonight.

Meng Xingyuan touched the jade pendant on his chest—the only thing that could give him courage—turned on the flashlight of his phone, gritted his teeth, and walked forward.

Finally arrived at the foot of Wutong Ridge, and sure enough, there was no way to go up, not even a sheep intestine path. Meng Xingyuan had no choice but to break a section of the branch, brushed aside the weeds and branches under his feet, and walked up slowly and with difficulty.

The reason why Meng Xingyuan didn't wait for tomorrow, but rushed to Phoenix Mountain overnight was because he didn't dare to take the jar with him, let alone sleep with it. He held the jar in his left arm, his mobile phone in his hand to show the way, and the branch in his right hand to open the way. As his physical strength decreased, he walked more and more slowly.

Suddenly, Meng Xingyuan felt that his feet were empty, and it was too late to lift his legs. He suddenly fell from the ground into a pit more than three meters deep, and the jar in his left hand fell off his hand and fell on a hard stone, instantly becoming several pieces of broken pieces. And Meng Xingyuan himself was a little luckier and fell on the dirt.

Meng Xingyuan, who was dizzy and aching from the fall, had not had time to cry out in pain, but vaguely saw a puff of red smoke rising, slowly turning into a human shape in the light of the mobile phone.

"It's troublesome, the female ghost has escaped!" Thinking of this, Meng Xingyuan was nervous and scared, and fainted suddenly.

I don't know how long it took, feeling that he was being shaken by others, Meng Xingyuan slowly woke up. He turned his neck slightly to look around, and when he saw that he was in a cave, he remembered that he had fallen.

Immediately remembering that the jar had been broken and the female ghost had escaped, Meng Xingyuan suddenly came to his senses. He sat up all at once, and his whole body ached from the exertion.

"Who are you?" Meng Xingyuan shouted towards the figure on the left. It's still dark, and he can't see the other party's appearance clearly,

The other party did not answer, and did not even move.

"Don't come, you...... You can't hurt me, I have a jade pendant, but it was given to me by a Taoist master!" Thinking of the jade pendant that the Taoist priest gave him, Meng Xingyuan felt a little more confident.

"Jade pendant? haha. The other party finally spoke, it was a woman's voice, in all fairness, the voice sounded quite good, "Do you think that the jade pendant that the stinky Taoist priest gave you can protect you?"

"The Taoist has already told me that you are an evil ghost. Meng Xingyuan's voice trembled slightly, "You really want to drink my blood......"

"I heard your conversation in that broken jar," the other party interrupted Meng Xingyuan's words, "You were deceived by him." ”

"Deceived me? I don't believe it. ”

The other party sneered and said, "You will believe it." However, don't worry, I won't hurt you, because I know you, to be exact, I know you in my previous life. ”

The more Meng Xingyuan listened, the more confused he became: "I can't even figure out what you're talking about." What do you mean by me in my previous life?"

"Your name in your previous life was Wei Lixing, a rice merchant in the Qing Dynasty, and he once gave me a bowl of rice, which is also considered a favor to me, so I won't hurt you. You were originally a benevolent person, but as your business grew bigger and bigger, and after you became a rich man, you became a drunkard who forgot his righteousness and messed with flowers and grass everywhere. One autumn, you fell in love with the eldest daughter of the neighbor's tenant Li Er's family and wanted to marry her home to be the fifth aunt's wife, but the Li family disagreed. You sent a large sum of money to the confused official of the county magistrate, put Li Er in prison, and forced the Li family to marry their daughter to you before releasing Li Er. The Li family reluctantly agreed to your request. The other party said a long paragraph without pause, which sounded very similar to the story of "The White-Haired Girl".

"Could it be that I really did such evil deeds in my previous life? So, in the future, I must do more good deeds and less evil thoughts. Although he hadn't distinguished the truth from the fake, Meng Xingyuan still blushed.

The other man continued, "According to your sins, you were supposed to go to hell, but the king of Hades, seeing that you had given food to the poor, punished you as an animal for ten lifetimes, so that you could be reincarnated as a human in this life, and you would have to have an ugly face." ”

"Don't say it, I don't believe you at all. Meng Xingyuan turned his head away.

The other party continued: "Your name is Meng Xingyuan, you are 22 years old this year, and you have no brothers and sisters. Your father's name is Meng Qihui, and your mother's surname is Cao. Am I right?"

Meng Xingyuan had to admit that the other party was right.

"You should believe it now, right? That stinky Taoist priest deceived you. The other party continued to hit Meng Xingyuan.

"That Taoist chief doesn't look like a bad person, and he also gave me a jade pendant and money. Meng Xingyuan still didn't believe the other party.

"Did the stinky Taoist priest really send you money? That's great. A little surprise could be heard in the other party's voice, "If you take out the money he gave you now, you will believe me." ”

Meng Xingyuan finally believed the other party, because the pink yuan in his pocket was no longer a stack of Zou Baba's Dao talismans. Puzzled and distressed, he asked, "Then why did he lie to me?"

The other party replied: "I don't know for the time being, I don't even know why he put me in the 'Yin Jar', I don't know why." ”

"You said you wouldn't hurt me, right?" Meng Xingyuan thought of another question.

The other party said disdainfully: "I will do what I say, you can rest assured." ”

"That would be great. Meng Xingyuan was overjoyed, "Anyway, you are free now." Let's just assume that nothing has happened, and when the day comes, we will find a way to go up and go our separate ways. ”

"No, I can't. The other man shook his head and said, "I want one more thing from you: send me home." ”

"Why did I send you home? I don't know anything about you now, not even what your name is. "Sending a female ghost home sounds so scary.

The other party snorted coldly: "If you want to know what my name is, just say hello, and you don't need to ask around the bush." ”

Seeing that his self-made cleverness was recognized, Meng Xingyuan had no choice but to smile awkwardly.

"My name is Ah Feng, and I was originally the maid in charge of dressing up and bathing the Queen Mother in the Heavenly Court......"

"Hahahaha," Meng Xingyuan laughed very impolitely, "I'm sorry, I really can't help laughing." To put it bluntly, you're just a little girl, do you know mana?"

Ah Feng said disdainfully: "Ignorant man! Of course I have it, in the heavenly court, everyone has mana. Don't forget, I'm still in charge of bathing the Queen Mother, and just using the Queen Mother's bath water can help me get more mana than anyone else. What's more, my origins are very unusual. When I was celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday, all the gods and immortals pierced their fingers and shed a drop of blood. In the end, it was the Buddha who used the Dharma to create me with that blood. ”

"Could it be that you rely on drinking the Queen Mother's bath water to increase your mana?" Meng Xingyuan forced a smile as he thought. However, Ah Feng's words later made him stunned.

"Besides, I comb the Queen Mother's hair often, and no matter how careful I am, a few strands of hair will still fall out. I collected the broken hair of the Queen Mother, and added the peach branches in the peach orchard as a grip to make a soft whip, which is also my weapon. I named it 'Phoenix Feather Whip'. Speaking of this, Ah Feng's accent was not without spirit.

Meng Xingyuan, who was an audience, was taken aback, and he said: "The weapon made by the queen mother's hair, I can't even think of it even if I break my head!

After thinking for a while, Ah Feng said, "I can't think of it either, it should be their own merits." ”

"Oh, well, you go on. ”

Ah Feng continued: "Once, when the Queen Mother saw that I was working hard, she allowed me to go down to the world to enjoy the mountains and rivers. One winter, I saw a man lying naked on the ice on a frozen river in Langya. It turned out that he wanted to use his body temperature to melt the ice to catch carp and take it home to his sick stepmother to eat. I used a little mana to crack the ice and tell him to catch the two big carp. ”

Meng Xingyuan couldn't help but say: "This should be the 'Lying Ice and Seeking Carp' in the Twenty-four Filial Piety, right? ”

"That's right, his name is Wang Xiang. Ah Feng fell into the longing for the past, and said faintly, "I fell in love with this great filial son, so I ignored the persuasion of the queen mother and the sisters, incarnated as a human being, and stayed in the world." “

"So, you're almost the same as the Seven Fairies?" After listening to Ah Feng's story, Meng Xingyuan was also deeply moved.

Ah Feng nodded: "So to speak, and I also took this senior as an example to stay in the world." ”

Fairies can give up the glory and immortality of heaven for love, but now some girls give up love and even their souls for material wealth - maybe this is the gap between the laity and the immortals. Thinking of this, Meng Xingyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"After spending a happy and happy life with Wang Lang, I also went to the underworld. On the Nai Ho Bridge, I refused to drink Meng Po soup because I was afraid that I would forget my Wang Lang.

"Seeing that I have a special identity, Meng Po thought of a compromise solution: I don't need to drink Meng Po soup for the time being, and when I figure it out, I can drink it whenever I want. I agreed, and I took the opportunity to wait for him.

"In this way, I waited for thousands of years, and I still didn't wait. It turned out that my Wang Lang was privileged by Heaven and Earth because of his filial piety and was directly ranked in the immortal class. I was disheartened and did not want to return to heaven, so I was reincarnated and became a human again. After decades of aging and dying in the world, I don't want to go to the underworld, so I have been wandering in the world. ”

Meng Xingyuan sighed: "In my previous life, I was punished for being an animal for doing evil in my previous life, and Wang Xiang became a god because of filial piety. 'Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil' and it is true!"

Ah Feng also agreed with his words: "Yes." You must remember that if you do more good, you will definitely be rewarded. At the very least, you can get a good night's sleep. ”

Meng Xingyuan nodded in agreement.

"I'm done. Ah Feng relaxed his tone, "You can send me home now, right?"

"You have mana, why do you have to send you home?" Meng Xingyuan didn't understand this.

Ah Feng replied: "First, I have been taken in by the 'Yin Fixing Jar', and my mana has not recovered for the time being, and second, I am afraid of the sun without mana, so I can move freely at night, but during the day, I need to stay under your clothes. ”

Meng Xingyuan asked again: "Why do you have to go home?" "Are you ......?" "Are you still finished?" Ah Feng finally became impatient and directly interrupted Meng Xingyuan's words. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Meng Xingyuan hurriedly apologized, "This is the last question." ”

Ah Feng calmed down and said, "In addition to going home to see my relatives in my previous life, I also want to get back my 'Phoenix Feather Whip'." At that time, when the Taoist priests went to arrest me, they fought me for several days until I was physically injured and exhausted. I hid my weapon in a hidden place before I was received the 'Jar of Tranquility'. ”

After a pause, Ah Feng said, "I'll ask you one last question now: Can you send me home? Although, my temporary loss of mana, but against a physical mortal, it is still no problem. ”

Meng Xingyuan hurriedly said, "Of course you can! I just said that I want to do more good deeds, right?"

Ah Feng smiled and nodded with satisfaction.