Chapter 268: The Ghost King
When the dancer changed to the second shift, I began to carefully examine the people in the temple.
I found that the nine great yin commanders are all here, and there are some of them, who should also be ghost officials in important positions in the underworld.
When my eyes moved to the side of the Night Wanderer, I was stunned.
"Gu Shaoting?" I looked at him, and even though he was wearing a half-black mask, I was pretty sure it was him.
His sad eyes, I have seen countless times in my dreams over and over the years.
Over the years, I have often wondered if he is doing well in the underworld.
Now, seeing him sitting diagonally across from me, I have an indescribable feeling.
Today, he wears a dark red robe and an official hat, and there are two red crows standing at his table.
He sat quietly, with a hint of exhaustion and sadness in his deep eyes.
It seems that there is no interest in the music of these dancing girls in front of him.
After another song, the king of Hades raised his glass and said: "Today, it is the period when the ghost king is overcome, everyone will give a cup to the ghost king." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone raised their glasses.
Gu Shaoting also picked up the cup, stood up, bowed slightly, didn't say much, raised his glass directly, brushed his sleeves to cover half of his face, and drank the wine in the cup.
"Ghost King? No wonder, Benjun never found out. Long Xuanling looked at Gu Shaoting on the other side, and he had already recognized that it was our "old acquaintance".
"Lord Impermanence, is that Shaoting?" I looked at Gu Shaoting, but still spoke, asking Bai Wuchang, who was closest to me.
"Eh, Lord Feng, you still call it below, Bai Wuchang." Bai Wuchang lowered his head slightly.
"Is he Shaoting?" I asked again.
Bai Wuchang glanced in the direction of the ghost king, and immediately said to me in an extremely light voice: "Lord Feng, I told you a long time ago, there is no Gu Shaoting in this underworld!" ”
"What about him?" I stared at Bai Wuchang, they, the people of the underworld, just like to go around in circles.
"This is our city lord of the capital of Xudu, the head of the ten yin handsomes, the ghost king Yan Mozong, we call him the ghost king or the city lord." Bai Wuchang looked at me and said.
"The Lord of the Imperial Capital? Oni-sama? I couldn't help but murmur the words of Bai Impermanence.
"Since this is the case, it should be relegated to the mortal world, right?" Long Xuanling looked sideways, and also looked at Bai Wuchang.
"Dragon Jun Wise, this ghost king, has made a big mistake, so he was relegated to the mortal world by the former king of Hades, and suffered from the seven sufferings of the world: birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, love and separation, and unbelievable." After Bai Wuchang finished speaking, he paused again: "After returning from suffering in the mortal world, I have been in the purgatory of the underworld for more than two hundred years, and now I have just been released. ”
I couldn't help but frown when I heard this, when I came back from the mortal world, he was still trapped in purgatory for more than two hundred years?
What did he do wrong? How could you be punished so severely? I asked.
Bai Wuchang shook his head decisively: "Lord Feng, this is the secret matter of the underworld, it has been included in the file, and now, the Lord of the Ghost King is free, and the Lord of the Phoenix no longer needs to worry about the Lord of the Ghost King." ”
I looked at Gu Shaoting, who was released today, but I didn't see half of the joy in his eyes.
This was a banquet that the king of Hades had organized for him, but he was like an outsider, and after drinking the wine that others had toasted him, he sat down and said nothing.
Simply those dancing girls and singers appeared on the stage again, otherwise I am afraid that this meeting will be cold.
After that, Gu Shaoting just sat quietly on the side, didn't drink wine, and didn't look at those bewitching women, just raised his hand from time to time and gently stroked the red crows at the table.
This red crow can swallow a soul in one bite, and is as big as a vulture, but in his hands it is as docile as a pet.
After an hour, the banquet was dispersed, and I think it should be that the king of Hades found out that Gu Shaoting was not interested, so he didn't embarrass him.
Those Yin handsomes came out of the hall one after another, and I looked at Gu Shaoting, and I really wanted to go over, even if I had a word with him, but I didn't have the courage.
While I was sitting still, Long Xuanling suddenly took me by the hand and the cup with the other, and pulled me towards Gu Shaoting's direction.
"Xuan Ling?" I looked sideways at Long Xuanling.
There was a smile on the corner of Long Xuanling's mouth: "Benjun hopes that you can say goodbye to him, he is your best friend, isn't he?" ”
"Hmm." When I heard Long Xuanling say this, suddenly, my eyes became hot.
"Lord Oni!" Long Xuanling walked in front of Gu Shaoting, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at Gu Shaoting, who was sitting behind the wine table.
Gu Shaoting finally raised his eyes and glanced at us.
On his other eye, there is a shallow scar, but this does not affect his handsome appearance, those deep eyes, as if they can seduce the soul.
It's just that the moment he raised his eyes, I felt that I should have "recognized the wrong person".
I didn't read a single trace of emotion in his eyes, his eyes were deep and cold, looking at us with the eyes of strangers.
"I've seen the Dragon Monarch below, Lord Feng!" He said it without humility or arrogance.
"Today, since our husband and wife have caught up with the Ghost King's feast, let's come over and toast the Ghost King." After Long Xuanling finished speaking, he handed me the cup in his hand: "Madam, what do you have to say, you want to talk to Lord Ghost King?" ”
I looked at the familiar and unfamiliar ghost king in front of me and said, "I hope that the ghost king will go well in the future." ”
Anyway, I'll do it first.
He looked at me, nodded slightly, and also picked up the cup: "Thank you!" ”
After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and drank the wine, and then leaned over slightly at me and Long Xuanling, and said goodbye to us.
He turned to leave, and two red crows flew forward to join him.
I looked at his back and said, "Gu Shaoting! Good bye! ”
Now, there is no Gu Shaoting in this world, only the ghost king Yan Mozong.
Long Xuanling stood beside me, raising his hand and gently hugging my shoulder.
"Yan Jun, just give me a netherworld token, didn't you say that you can give me this little friend? Why are you stingy with even a token now? ”
I just said goodbye to Gu Shaoting, and outside the door of the palace, Kang Ning actually entangled the king of Hades.
Listen to what she says, this is to be yin.
Long Xuanling's eyes sank, and he hurriedly led me out of the hall.
"Yan Jun, there is no way to teach the girl under him, he will disturb Yan Jun, and please don't blame Yan Jun." After Long Xuanling finished speaking, he looked at Kang Ning again: "Let's go!" Back to the demon capital. ”
"Father, Ning'er, Ning'er, I want to stay in this underworld for a few days." Kang Ning looked at Long Xuanling, and his tone was coquettish.
If it was before, her coquettishness would have been tried by Long Xuanling, but this time, Long Xuanling directly grabbed her wrist and prevented her from having such thoughts.
Hades looked at Kang Ning with a disappointed face, so he signaled to the yin beside him, took a Yin card, and handed it to Kang Ning: "Since, Princess Ning, you don't mind, then this Yin card will be given to you." ”
"Thank you, Yan Jun!" Corning was overjoyed.