Hundred miles of bamboo lane, thousands of candles.

In the light white mist, the sight of buildings being connected can be faintly seen, but the buildings here are not as tall as copper and silver rings, they are just made of bamboo and mud, which looks very simple. Between the buildings, there are bursts of shouting from the intricate alleys, and emaciated shopkeepers sit in the doorways, shaking tattered bamboo fans in one hand and sweeping neatly arranged goods on the ground with the other. The pedestrians on the road, all dressed in black and covered their heads, laboriously pushed the heavily loaded double-decker carts, all of them bowed their heads and silently walked through the alleys.

The people of the ghost city, born here, are finally here, and it is impossible to see the sunshine in their lives. Even if the red boat came and went every day, they could only stand on the dock stupidly, always staring at it with longing.

The two "clicks" are the sounds of the red boat landing on the shore.

The people nearby stopped and turned their heads to look into the distance where the white mist lingered. Suddenly, the bamboo board "creaked", and three completely different footsteps were heard in the distance, and three gray figures gradually appeared in the ethereal white mist, one tall, one short and one well-proportioned, one strong, one thin and one slender.

The people of the ghost market have never seen such a strange figure, at first glance, the strong one in the middle looks like a tall and burly brown bear, the thin one on the left looks like a short and sturdy monkey, and the slender one on the right looks like a graceful fox demon. For a while, the crowd dispersed, and their mouths kept shouting: "There are monsters!" There are monsters! ”

In the blink of an eye, there was a dead silence near the dock, and the three "monsters" in the mouths of the people slowly walked through the white fog, their faces were all pale, panting and looking ahead, a bustling red boat ghost market.

Hongzhou ghost market, divided into the west market and the east market, the difference between the two ends is a main road that extends straight to the bottom from the wharf, at a glance to the end, a five-storey stone tower is located under the mouth of the three-way waterway, two stone statues with human faces and fish bodies stand on the left and right of the gate, the strange reliefs on the tower are innumerable, and with the increase of the number of layers, the appearance of the statue becomes more and more hideous and terrifying.

Even if you don't stand under the tower, your heart will be infected by the gloomy atmosphere, and gradually become restless and restless.

However, the stone tower has been lit up, and loud bells are frequently heard. On the two hundred stone steps in front of the door, hundreds of people folded their hands and whispered prayers in their mouths, kneeling down on each stone step, slowly spreading their hands outward, their palms gradually flipped upward, slowly bent down, and their heads hit the edge of the stone steps on the next level. After a few seconds, they slowly straightened up again, flipped their palms inward and folded them back together, got up and stepped up the steps, and repeated the movement again.

Thousands of candles illuminate and the devout worshippers step by step, which for a while makes this strange stone pagoda look very solemn. Not only that, but the shining stone tower is like the bright moon in the sky, as if the entire Hongzhou Ghost Market is immersed in the soft moonlight.

It doesn't take much thought to guess that the stone tower must be the most important building in the entire ghost market, and it is also the only stone building in the entire ghost market. Whether it is the West Market or the East Market, it is a simple bamboo house, and in comparison, the stone tower is even more brilliant.

The three of them couldn't help but stop and look into the distance, and their eyes were all reflecting a swaying light.

At this time, Qian Taishao took a long breath and sighed: "It's beautiful, isn't it." Ever since I left last time, I've dreamed about it from time to time, always thinking that I would be able to come back here one day. That stone tower is the spiritual sustenance of all those who live in the ghost market, and it has one

The touching name is Mochizuki Tower. ”

Ah was taken aback, frowned, and said, "Moon Tower? I...... I think I've heard the name......"

Qian Taishao suddenly looked thoughtful, and after a while, he shook his head solemnly, and suddenly laughed: "Hey! How could it be! Mr. Annoyance, you have only come back to Hongzhou Ghost Market for the first time, how could you have heard of Moon Tower! I think you're mistaken! ”

Ah Fu pursed his lips and pondered for a while, realizing that he was only familiar with the three words "Moon Tower", and there was no fragment of it in his mind.

Is it true that there isn't? If not, where does that familiarity come from?

No matter how hard he tried, he still didn't recall a clue, Ah Fu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, maybe I'm confused." ”

Ouyang Yunyi smiled lightly, stroked Ah Fu's arm with one hand, and said gently: "Ah Fu, it's none of your business, it's the name of the stone tower that is too ordinary." There are more towers called looking at the moon, looking at the sky, and looking at the stars, and it is normal to get confused. ”

Ah Fu's eyes rolled, his brows gradually relaxed, and he nodded with a smile.

Then the three of them walked into the main road. All the way down, both sides are crowded with stall owners sitting on the ground hawking, as if they have come to the market, but this is very different from the market, each stall owner does not have many goods in front of him for people to buy, in order to save trouble and land, they all list their goods on a half-person high wooden plank.

Nearly 100 wooden planks of different styles and contents are compactly arranged on both sides of the road, like two low walls that are graffitied, which is also a unique scenery.

"Wow!"

"Wow!!"

"Wow!!"

Ah Fu and Yun Yi exclaimed repeatedly, just because the goods written on the wooden board were becoming more and more exaggerated.

Some serious violations that you don't have a chance to see on the market at all, and whoever sells them will go to jail, in this red boat ghost market, it is actually an ordinary thing.

"Annoying, why don't we buy some amethyst ore and go back! The electricity bill of the inn is also quite expensive! With the raw mine, we can generate our own electricity! Ouyang Yunyi said ecstatically.

Ah Fu touched his head with a puzzled face, and said slowly: "Yunyi, now that there is no one in the copper ring to collect electricity bills, it is useless to buy this thing and go back." ”

"Oh, you don't understand that! Now that you're here, of course you have to buy something you can't usually buy! Although no one cares about us now, what about the future? If the central district suddenly sends someone down to manage the copper ring, won't we have to make up for the electricity bill for the past three months? They all gave up the copper ring, no matter what we do, why should they give them a chance to make money! ”

In the blink of an eye, Ouyang Yunyi stood in front of the wooden board and asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this amethyst raw ore?" ”

The stall owner was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy dressed in quails, his hair was messy like a bird's nest, there was no place on his body that was not covered with black ash, and his facial features had just grown, and he was still immature. He was napping, he heard a voice, his eyes were not fully opened, his ass seemed to be loaded with a spring, and he stood up in an instant. I saw him shake his head for a few seconds, and then he came to his senses completely, bowed down slightly, and said timidly: "Sister, what are you asking?" ”

Ouyang Yunyi was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, this ghost market is worthy of being a ghost market, and these shops all look like lazy ghosts

, whether it is the quality of service or the attitude is too poor, compared with the service staff in the copper ring and silver ring commodity fair, it is simply a day and a place. These shops are obviously untrained, and if the service staff at the trade fair are as unclever as they are, I am afraid that Greedy Town will not have the glory it has today.

Don't they know how much Greed values "service experience"?

Ouyang Yunyi rolled her eyes, took Ah Fu's hand, and without replying a word, she turned her head and left the stall. This made Ah Fu a little stunned, grabbed her, and asked softly, "Yunyi, why didn't you buy it?" He hasn't said how much it is......"

Qian Taishao crossed his hands and said jokingly: "Hey! Mr. Annoyance, you don't understand this. In this world, who doesn't want the puppy to be excited or directly grateful when feeding a dog. ”

Ouyang Yunyi was shocked in his heart, his eyes widened in fear, and only then did he realize that what he had just done was exactly the same as those high-spirited people in the upper echelons of the silver ring. In their eyes, people who are inferior to them are not even as good as dogs.

It was because she and Ah Fu didn't want to suffer this kind of anger anymore that they chose to give up their good jobs and "escape" to the copper ring. However, the sense of class is really pervasive in Greedy Town, and even deep underground, it is still alive in people's hearts. What's even more terrifying is that you think your mind is clean, but in fact, it is only hidden deep and not to the point of seizure.

Seeing Ouyang Yunyi's face becoming darker and darker, Qian Taishao couldn't help but feel strange and said with a smile: "Hey! Miss Ouyang, what's wrong with you? You don't care about their feelings, do you? They ......"

Before he could say anything, Ouyang Yunyi turned around suddenly, pressed his chest with one hand, looked very uncomfortable, and said angrily: "What's wrong with them? Just because they are not doing as well as you, do you have to treat them with such an attitude and way? ”

"Uh......" Qian Taishao moved back half a step slightly, a little more frightened between his eyebrows, and smiled reluctantly, "I didn't think about it, did I......"

Ouyang Yunyi clenched her fists to her thighs, closed her eyes tightly, and took a big breath, and then she hurried back to the stall, bowed apologetically to the stall owner, changed her expression to that standard smile, and said very politely: "I'm sorry, I ...... just now."

Unexpectedly, the stall owner waved his hand and interrupted: "Sister, you don't have to apologize to me, it was all my fault just now, I was ignorant, and I didn't hear anyone coming, so you had emotional fluctuations." Sister, you are an earthly person, and your status is noble. And to be selected here, it is also fate to be in the ghost market, and we can't be grateful. Therefore, sister, you don't have to apologize, as long as you are happy and satisfied, it is a great gift to us ghost city people. We...... Know where you are, what you need, and we can be satisfied......"

"This ......" Ouyang Yunyi was speechless for a while, thinking to himself, how could it be completely different from what he expected! He is obviously just a little brother, although he is not sensible, but his tone is obviously much more mature than he actually is! But listening to his words, the people of their ghost city consider themselves humble, and they are even less dignified than the Tonghuan people!

I don't know if it's a trick or fate, the stall owner's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked very simply: "Sister, have you seen my grandfather?" Why didn't he come with you? ”

"Your grandfather?"

"Yes, he's the ferryman of the Red Boat!"