"Li Mao, what is it?"

"Fireflies! Back to the shopkeeper, there were some fireflies, but these bugs seemed a little strange. Li Mao pinched the firefly and walked back to the carriage: "Look, shopkeeper, this little insect actually burned the small palm." ”

Maybe it was because Li Mao's words were so strange that even the little guy sent by the Hu Mansion to help drive the carriage couldn't help but glance at Li Mao's hand. I saw a small insect lying in the center of Li Mao's palm, and the insect was as if it was lit up, shining and very cute. This little guy also grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and catching fireflies was also one of his favorite entertainment activities when he was a child, but it was the first time he had such a beautiful firefly.

"Can I touch this firefly? The villain has grown so big, and he has never seen such a beautiful firefly. ”

The little guy said, and before he could make a sound with Li Mao, he reached out and pinched the worm. Then, a fire ignited from Li Mao's palm, Li Mao was taken aback, and hurriedly let go, but saw that the fire rose from the firefly, but it had already burned to the little girl. In the middle of the night, the painful wails of the little ones kept coming. Li Mao was eager to save him, and even did not hesitate to use witchcraft, but unfortunately, before his demonism could be displayed, the little guy was burned to only a cloud of flying ashes.

"Shopkeeper, this firefly can burn people alive, what kind of strange firefly is this?" Li Mao looked at the ash on the ground, and a piece of snow fell in front of him, and then the snow became bigger and denser, and soon it was overwhelming: "Strange, tonight's weather doesn't look like it's going to snow." ”

Xing Ruyi lifted the curtain on the carriage with one hand, and looked at his Ruyi rouge shop. In the heavy snow, those fireflies that were originally shining with golden light turned blue one by one, and from a distance, they looked like those netherworld fires that had burned on Xing Ruyi's fingertips.

"These bugs should not be ordinary fireflies, but have another, more bizarre name." Xing Ruyi stepped out of the carriage and stood in the snow: "I once read a book written by a tomb robber, and in the book there was a kind of insect called the fire ladybug. Looking at it, I only feel that it is extremely beautiful, and once it touches people, it can instantly burn people into powder, and even the bones will not leave you a single bit. The fire ladybug is more appropriate to the firefly in front of you. It's just that that bug shouldn't be here. ”

"Is there such a powerful bug in this world?" Li Mao raised his hand and looked at his palm through the light on the carriage. Although he was not burned to ashes in an instant, there was still a burn mark on his palm. Li Mao knew very well in his heart that this was not because his physique was different from the little guy just now, but that he was originally wary of these insects, and when he caught them, he also used his own demon methods. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the end won't be much better than that little guy.

Thinking of Yin Yuan, who was still at home, Li Mao became more and more anxious: "The shopkeeper, the little boy is still in the courtyard, but when the little one went to check, there was no movement at home. Little boy, he shouldn't have fallen for this worm, right? ”

At the mention of Yin Yuan, Xing Ruyi's heart also hung up, but a voice in her heart told her that Yin Yuan would not fall for this worm. If these insects that can burn people in front of you are really the fire ladybugs depicted in that book, they will never appear in their rouge shops for no reason, neither for no reason, but someone must have done it deliberately. There is no life in the courtyard, which does not mean that something must have happened to Yin Yuan, but ......

"Li Mao, let's go home and have a look!"

"Be careful!" Seeing Xing Ruyi walking away, Li Mao hurriedly reached out and pulled her, blocking her behind him. "Although the shopkeeper knows how to do ghosts, this bug is really weird, and the shopkeeper needs to be careful so as not to be hurt by this hateful little bug."

"Don't worry, if these bugs are really the kind of fire ladybugs described in the book, I think I'll be fine."

Xing Ruyi said, his eyes suddenly changed color, and his whole body also exuded a strong ghostly aura. Those fireflies were still flying around the rouge shop, but at this time, they all stopped in mid-air as if they were frozen.

"Shopkeeper, this worm ......"

"The so-called rotten grass is fireflies, which means that rotten grass can turn into fireflies, and rotting corpses are insects, these seemingly strange insects only grow in certain specific environments, and that specific environment refers to graves. Do you know why these insects live in the graves all year round, feeding on the living, but never setting the coffins or corpses on fire? ”

Li Mao shook his head: "The little one is a demon, and there is no place to learn these knowledge, what the shopkeeper just said, the little one is the first time I've heard of it, let alone why." ”

"That's because there's a fire inside the body." Xing Ruyi stopped, turned around and glanced at Li Mao: "This kind of fire, called phosphorus fire, is especially common in cemeteries. Take a closer look at the blue flames on these bugs to see if they resemble my Nether Fire? ”

Li Mao nodded.

"It's because the fire on the bug comes from the same place as my nether fire. My Nether Fire can also burn a large living person into powder in an instant, and the initial energy of the Nether Fire comes from those phosphorus fires, which are often called ghost fires by the common people. ”

Speaking of this, Xing Ruyi's eyes darkened. At that time, she and the fox were brought to the Tang Dynasty by a strange energy, she was an orphan, without a father or mother, without care, and with a fox by her side, it didn't matter where she went. It's just that that place made her feel a little familiar in a trance. Later, the fox relayed the conversation between him and Mo Xuyou, and Xing Ruyi realized that when she and the fox had just crossed over to the Tang Dynasty, the place where she settled was the place that would later be known as the Heavenly Ming Hall.

She is a native of Luoyang, born in Luoyang since she was a child, and grew up in Luoyang. Thousands of years later, Luoyang, of course, is incomparable with the current Tang Dynasty, and even the entire city can not find a trace of the style of the Tang Dynasty today, only those scattered antique buildings are still telling the world that this place was the ancient capital.

Heaven Mingtang, she has also visited it, although it is an imitation, but in appearance, there will always be a trace of similarity, so she will feel familiar, but she can't recognize it.

She clearly remembered that when she just woke up, the uncomfortable feeling around her body was like being scorched by the two heavens of ice and fire. The fox told her that she had a powerful chill at that time, and even her eyes were blue. After that, when the uncomfortable feeling wore off, she noticed that her fingers could ignite a fire, a small, eerie blue flame. Or the fox, tell him that this fire is the folk commonly known as ghost fire, that is, phosphorus fire. It's just that the fire burning in her fingertips is not an ordinary phosphorus fire, but a hellish karmic fire, which comes from the most mysterious power of the underworld.

That's how the word ghost magic came about. As for why she has such magical powers, the fox can't explain it clearly, so in the days of the Tang Dynasty, he has been secretly investigating, and even took her to the underworld to ask the Hades and even the Dizo Bodhisattva, but unfortunately, he didn't get a complete answer.

This powerful force did not mean to hurt her at first, and even became her capital to some extent in the Tang Dynasty, and gradually, she didn't bother to investigate the source of these powers, and lived her own little life with the fox day after day, and occasionally went to the underworld to wander around, drink tea with the underworld, and chat with the cold handsome guy of Cui Fujun.

Thinking of the Immortal Monarch, the corners of Xing Ruyi's mouth couldn't help but pull upward. For this king who has lived in the underworld for a long time, Xing Ruyi was afraid at first, after all, in various paintings and various legends, this guy looks very terrifying. Seeing the Immortal Monarch, she only felt amazing, it was just a weak and slender handsome boy, in the dark underworld, but he liked to wear white clothes all year round. Later, I found out that this handsome boy with weak and slender qualities was actually a hidden comic. In the words of the Immortal Monarch himself, he has lived under this ground for thousands of years, and he can't occasionally go to the ground to breathe like ordinary ghosts, and if he doesn't let himself relax and have fun, I'm afraid I'll go crazy. It is precisely because this Hades King is so unreliable and even easy to talk to that he will casually give her a ghost card, and even envelop her into the Hades Mansion and become a ghost with a tag.

Thinking of the appearance of the Immortal Monarch, Xing Ruyi's mood rarely became happy. She sorted out her thoughts and took Li Mao into the courtyard. The fireflies in the courtyard, like those outside, were stagnant in mid-air. Xing Ruyi stared at it, and then walked straight towards Yin Yuan's bedroom.

"Yin Yuan, answer your mother, are you okay?"

It was pitch black in the bedroom, and no sound was heard.

"Yin Yuan!" Xing Ruyi pushed open the door, and Yin Yuan's bedroom suddenly lit up, and there were many fireflies entrenched in the room. These fireflies are obviously not as eyesighty as those outside, and before they can see who is coming, they pounce on them.

"Li Mao, be careful!"

Xing Ruyi pulled back Li Mao, who was about to go to the bed to check, and then waved his right hand, and a dark blue flame drew a graceful arc in mid-air, and dozens of fireflies fell to the ground one after another. On the bluestone floor, many black marks were left in an instant.

The rest of the bugs began to flutter their wings violently, and with them made that strange buzzing sound.

"Shopkeeper, are these bugs crazy?"

"It's not crazy, it's calling your partner, or your own master."

Xing Ruyi said, and shot again, the flames were even bigger than just now, and where the palm wind hit, most of those insects fell again. Although the remaining insects were still flapping their wings frantically, the insects outside the yard kept a wait-and-see attitude and rushed into the bedroom without recklessness.

"It's weird!" Li Mao was protected by the punishment Ruyi, so naturally he didn't have to worry about being burned to death by insects, so he turned his head and looked out the window very easily. Then, he asked curiously: "Since they are companions, why don't those insects in the yard come in, is it possible that these insects also see that the shopkeeper is not easy to mess with, and they are all afraid of death?" ”

"The fact that they didn't fly in only shows that their owners are nearby. Without the master's instructions, he naturally did not dare to act rashly. Xing Ruyi extinguished the last firefly in the room, walked to the bed, and lifted the slightly bulging bedding.

(Education 123 Literature Network)