"No, it can't be! My grandfather is the ferryman appointed by the Soul Eclipse! For decades, day and night back and forth between the ground and the ghost market, there has not been a single incident! How could it be eaten by a cold crocodile! You lied to me! ”

The stall owner's face suddenly did not have a trace of blood, his eyes were violently open, and while shaking his head, he trembled and retreated a step, but his hind feet did not stand for a while, and he collapsed to the ground with a "bang".

Ah Fu touched the back of his head with one hand, and said in a deep voice: "Little ghost, it's all my fault, if it weren't for my roar, your grandfather would ...... too."

"No, it won't! You lied to me! Woo! The stall owner turned and lay down on the haystack, and suddenly burst into tears.

When the nearby stall owner heard the noise, he saw the huge size of Ah Fu, and mistakenly thought that he was bullying people, so several people hurriedly surrounded him and prevented him from continuing to do it.

If you are a different person and are wronged like this, you will have to theorize a few words and seek justice.

However, Ah Fu didn't feel that he was innocent, after all, the old man's fall into the river was all caused by him. Therefore, he didn't say a word, just nodded slightly with a dead face, walked to the edge of the West Market alone, found a corner where no one was and sat down on his knees, sighed with great sadness and regret, and closed himself.

At this time, Ouyang Yunyi's face was also full of gloom, thinking that if they knew that this little shop would be so sad, they must have sewed their mouths shut and swallowed what had just happened back into their stomachs.

However, paper can't contain fire after all, and no matter how you deceive yourself, people will have to face the facts one day.

"Alas, what a pitiful." Ouyang Yunyi sighed silently, turned to look at Qian Taishao beside him, and asked curiously, "Qian Taishao, what is the soul erosion that the little shopkeeper said just now?" ”

Qian Taishao raised his hand and pointed to the Moon Gazing Tower at the end of the main road, and whispered: "Soul Eclipse is the patron saint of this Red Boat Ghost City, it is said that the people of the Ghost City can live in this place where birds don't, and there is today's prosperous scene, all thanks to the blessing of Soul Eclipse, to block all disasters for them." But well, it comes at a price......"

"At what cost?"

"Hey! Soul Eclipse, of course it's their souls! Legend has it that anyone who worships the Soul Eclipse will be free from illness for the rest of their lives, but at the same time, they will never be able to leave this place. It's like signing a deed of sale, selling your soul to Soul Eclipse. I've also heard that the Soul Eclipse peeks into people's hearts, and whoever thinks of the earth will end up miserable! ”

"Can't live without this place?" Ouyang Yunyi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "Then where did they get these goods from?" ”

Qian Taishao couldn't help but smile bitterly, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "How do I know!" If I could figure out the ins and outs, this Red Boat Ghost Market would have disappeared a few years ago! ”

The two sighed continuously, silently watched the stall owners who heard the sound, carried the little stall owners who had been crying unconscious left and right, and followed them through the alleys of the East Market to the small stall owner's house.

Although a main road divides the ghost market into the west and east markets, there is not much difference between the two sides. Regardless of whether it is the West Market or the East Market, it is a row of simple bamboo houses, but the height of the bamboo houses is slightly different from the arrangement of the alleys.

However, the alleys on both sides have one thing in common, and that is that they are surprisingly uniform, and there are quite a few forks, almost one in ten steps.

Walking into it, Ouyang Yunyi suddenly realized that this Hongzhou ghost market was not the one she imagined

The commercial street was so small, on the contrary, it was surprisingly vast, and she roughly calculated that it was at least the size of half a copper ring.

At the same time, Ouyang Yunyi also deeply understands that the reason why the shops here are concentrated on the main road to set up stalls is to make it convenient and save a lot of time for visitors; The second is to prevent visitors from straying into the alleys, just because there is no one to lead the way, the alleys here are like a labyrinth with no exit, and no matter where you go, there is an unchanged scene all around, simple bamboo houses, monotonous alleys, as if they have fallen into a ghost hitting the wall, and have been spinning in place.

The only thing that can guide people in the direction is the Moon Gazing Tower on top of the stone steps. The people of the ghost market only need to look up at it to pinpoint their position. However, this method is not foolproof, and in some special circumstances, such as when they are drunk or unwell and dizzy, they often can't find their home and sleep in someone else's bamboo hut.

In the blink of an eye, everyone settled the stall owner, looking at her in a coma, out of guilt and sympathy, Ouyang Yunyi took out a bottle of water and two packets of food from the package and placed them lightly on the head of his bed.

Although the water and food did not bring him any substantial help, there was nothing else on them. At this moment, Ouyang Yunyi only begged him to feel a little comforted when he woke up when he saw these things.

But at the moment when she straightened up, she caught a glimpse of a picture frame on the low cabinet next to the bed, in which two people, an old man and a young man, were next to each other. The old man was dressed in a robe, wearing a hat, holding a cane in one hand, his head bowed slightly, and his face was unusually gloomy. But under this gray and terrifying temperament, he stretched out his other hand and gently grabbed the hand of the child standing beside him. The child jumped up in the air, grinning widely and smiling very cutely.

For a while, Ouyang Yunyi's heart was like being scraped by a knife, and blood was dripping painfully. She never imagined that they would step into the Red Boat Ghost Market in such a mood, and what was even more unexpected was that their appearance would kill a person and completely destroy a home.

"What else can I do for him?" She suddenly felt that no matter what she did, it seemed ridiculous, "Comfort? The pain of losing a loved one can neither be comforted, nor forgotten or let go...... Whatever we do, whatever we make up for, we will not be able to give him half a soothing......"

Just when Ouyang Yunyi fell into deep self-blame, the stall owners who came with her saw the bottle of water in her hand, and suddenly they were all so frightened that their hairs stood on end, and their faces suddenly turned pale. Hearing only a deep gasp of "hiss", their expressions became extremely frightened, as if they had seen a life talisman, and they screamed one after another.

"This, this! This is! ”

"No, no! No way! ”

"Emma! It's over, it's over! ”

“……”

Being so noisy by them, Ouyang Yunyi suddenly came back to his senses, swept his gaze, picked up the bottle of water placed at the head of the bed in confusion, stretched out his hand, handed it to them, and asked, "Is there a problem with this water?" Or these two bags of bread? ”

Before the words were finished, a strange scene happened: the stall owners suddenly screamed, the figures flashed and disappeared, and when they reacted, they were already standing side by side outside the bamboo house, looking at Ouyang Yunyi with a panicked expression.

"You ...... this"

"You, you, you......" The stall owner on the far left pointed at her and shouted, "Where did you steal that bottle of water?!" ”

"Steal?" Ouyang Yunyi was stunned, put his hands on his waist, and shouted angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!" I, Ouyang Yunyi, never do those things like stealing chickens and touching dogs! ”

The stall owner standing in the middle was so anxious that he stomped his feet, stared at the bottle of water with his eyes, and said sharply: "It can't be wrong! That's his water! So saying, he turned his head to the side again, whispered something in the ear of the stall owner on the far right, and the man turned and ran away with a bare face.

At this time, Qian Taishao frowned, and only then did he take a serious look at the bottle of water, and this time he saw that there was really something wrong.

"Miss Ouyang, can you show me ......" Qian Taishao pointed to the bottle of water.

"Yes." Ouyang Yun handed over the water in response, without thinking on the surface, but he was still a little puzzled in his heart, thinking, is there really something wrong with this water?

Qian Taishao grabbed the head and tail of the water bottle with both hands, looked around carefully, and his face gradually became solemn. After a while, he slowly raised his head, stared at Ouyang Yunyi with an extremely serious expression, as if examining her, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Ouyang, this bottle of water is not on our list of tradable commodities in Greedy Town, and besides, I have never seen this kind of packaged water. I would venture to ask, where did you get it from? ”

Ouyang Yunyi was stunned, and said weakly: "What?" Isn't it all the same water? It doesn't matter where it got it from. ”

Qian Taishao took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and shook his head: "Of course it's different." Water in different places will vary in terms of water quality, elements, acidity and alkalinity, etc. If there is a difference, there is a good and inferior price, the price of good water is naturally high, and the price of inferior water is naturally low. But this bottle of water, there is neither any test mark on it, nor is there a barcode for the management committee to allow transactions, and there is no pricing permission symbol, which is a textbook-level three-no product. Miss Ouyang, it is a very dangerous thing to let such things circulate in the market. So, please think about where you got it from. ”

In desperation, Ouyang Yunyi had no choice but to take the water bottle, look at its packaging left and right, and recall it carefully.

"This is a good bottle of water, but there are so many problems!" She thought to herself, "Before going out, when I was packing the package with Ah Fu, I was in a hurry, so I put it in without seeing it clearly." But logically speaking, the things in the inn have been purchased through formal procedures, how can you buy this kind of three-no product? Moreover, in the past three months, we have not had any money to buy water! How can it be more ......"

Suddenly, Ouyang Yunyi's mind appeared one by one a messy restaurant, Ah Fu who fainted on the ground, Ah Nu who was angry, Mr. Xu who hid in the corner, and Miss Xu who wielded a long sword and leaked domineeringly. Suddenly, her heart tightened, and she gasped in shock, and finally remembered where the bottle of water in her hand came from.

Isn't this bottle of water the beginning of everything?

"Miss Ouyang, remember?" Qian Taishao frowned and asked.

Ouyang Yunyi couldn't help choking, nodded with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and said softly: "This is a guest from Lazy Town some time ago, Mr. Xu and Miss Xu gave it to me and Ah Fu. ”

Qian Taishao frowned, the corners of his mouth twitched three times unconsciously, and he hesitated: "Lazy, lazy, calm ......" Then, he slowly walked to the door of the bamboo house, and his eyes swept around coldly.

Finally, he stared at the towering Mochizuki Tower, two flames of vengeance burning in his eyes, gradually swallowing up the flickering light.