"I didn't expect my rouge to work so well? Go back and go to the underworld to sell it, maybe it will be very popular!

"What did you say?" Chang Tai heard Xing Ruyi muttering, but he couldn't hear what she was talking about.

"Oh, I said this box of rouge was bought from my store, I didn't expect it to work so well."

"Wishful thinking is always good. Is it just this rouge flattering? Why is it called that! "Chang Tai is a straight person, and he has always said whatever comes to mind. The name Rouge Mei, he just simply felt a little strange.

Xing Ruyi tilted his head and thought about it, and replied very honestly: "Because this box of rouge, when a woman uses it, it will instantly become soft and charming, so I named it rouge mei." Actually, it's just too lazy to use your brain to think of a new name. But now it seems that this thing is quite suitable for men, so after I go back, I'm afraid I really have to rename, otherwise the audience will be lost by half. By the way, Brother Chang, guess what, what kind of flower did I use to prepare this box in Rouge's hand? ”

"What flowers?"

"The Flower of the Other Side from the Netherworld!" Xing Ruyi said word by word, but Chang Tai just smiled politely and didn't take it seriously.

Xing Ruyi quietly stuck out his tongue, and the voice of the old man of the Zuo family with joy was already coming from his side: "Husband and wife worship each other, salute it!" ”

Accompanied by the old man's voice, in the mourning hall, red and white lights were staggered, and in just an instant, a bunch of newcomers who were still worshipping in the hall, as well as the old man of the Zuo family, were no longer there. The mourning hall is still the same as just now, and the pair of red candles on the table are still burning.

Chang Tai searched everywhere, but Rouge was never found.

"Brother Chang, don't look for it, rouge she's here!" Xing Ruyi walked to the spiritual bed and pointed to Zuo Tianyou's right hand.

On Zuo Tianyou's right hand, he held something that Chang Tai was very familiar with, that is, Rouge's soul bell. It's just that the bell is a little different from the one I saw a few hours ago, it is red, and the smell it exudes is very similar to the smell of the box of rouge.

"This"

"Everything in this heaven and earth actually has aura, and some things have been poured into people's efforts, and they will be cultivated and formed over time. Rouge is the embodiment of this soul bell. It was originally a family heirloom of the Zuo family, and after the death of the old general Zuo, this soul bell was handed over to Zuo Tianyou, who was still young at the time, by the Holy Queen. One person and one bell, just like this for several years, in Zuo Tianyou's eyes, this soul bell is not only a magic weapon that can drive the dead corpse, but also a partner who gets along with him day and night, and it is also all the sustenance of emotions. Later, Zuo Tianyou was sent to fight by the Holy Queen, and this soul bell has always followed him, and as the caster's obsession becomes deeper and deeper, this bell also transforms into a human appearance. ”

"So, Ruyi, you mean, this soul bell has become a demon and has become rouge."

"Sort of! But nowadays, it's just an ordinary bell. Xing Ruyi took the soul bell in his hand and shook it lightly twice: "Zuo Tianyou was framed by design and died outside the gate, Rouge couldn't bear that he had no soul to rely on, so he turned into a corpse chaser and brought him back thousands of miles away." Now, the wish has been granted, the spell has been extinguished, and there is no more soul bell in this world. ”

"What about the old man of the Zuo family?"

"Whoa!" Xing Ruyi pointed to the pile of white bones under the eaves of the corridor: "He is the deputy general of General Zuo, and he is the only one who came back alive with General Zuo. In my own words, he was a traitor, a traitor who lived in secret. It's just that this traitor still has some conscience, although he was sent back to Zuo Tianyou's side by the Holy Queen, he has been doing his best, and he learned that Zuo Tianyou died at the border pass, and he also committed suicide in this general's mansion. ”

As soon as Xing Ruyi finished speaking, the soul bell in his hand was shattered, and then looking at the spirit bed, the body of Zuo Tianyou, who was originally good, also spontaneously combusted in an instant and turned into flying ashes.

"They're gone, and they're finally free!" Xing Ruyi said, walked to the pile of dry bones, picked up the bones one by one, found a corner in the courtyard, and buried them: "Okay, now you can rest assured, your little general and his beloved bell went where they want to go, what about you, although you have also done some things that are sorry for the Zuo family, but for so many years, the sins that should be atonement have also been atoned, I believe that they are in the spirit of heaven, and they will not complain about you." Dust to dust, earth to earth, let go of everything in the mortal world, reincarnated! ”

"Ruyi!" Chang Tai stood behind Xing Ruyi, looked at her chattering, and involuntarily asked, "How do you know about the Zuo family's affairs?" And Rouge, how do you know that she is the one that the Dementor Bell became? And you, aren't you?"

"And me, am I also a monster like Rouge?" Xing Ruyi got up and patted the soil on his hands: "As for me, I'm not a monster, I'm just a female ghost who borrows a corpse to resurrect her soul!" ”

Xing Ruyi said, opened his mouth, and made a look of wanting to eat people: "Actually, in this world, there are many things that you don't know, Brother Chang. For example, goblins and ghosts, these are also real, but people have human ways, demons have demon ways, ghosts have ghost ways, and everyone doesn't interfere with each other on weekdays. There are very few like rouge, and in general, they don't and don't want to mix with people. So, Brother Chang, don't worry, just go out of the door in front of you and forget about these things. ”

"So, Ruyi, you are not a female ghost, but a female mage who hunts ghosts and destroys demons?" Chang Tai asked softly.

Xing Ruyi smiled happily and said, "Sort of, it's just that I'm a female mage who is nostalgic for mortals, likes to look at beautiful men, and is a bit nosy, and I'm still the kind of half-bucket of water." Therefore, I have to ask Brother Chang to help me keep it secret! ”

Chang Tai smiled in response, but when he turned his back, he exhaled lightly.

Fortunately, his wishful thinking is not a goblin or ghost!

Xing Ruyi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put away an old man's white bones and the fragment of the soul bell, wrapped it in a red cloth, and put it in his sleeve.

Because it was late at night, Chang Tai didn't worry about letting Xing Ruyi leave alone, so he insisted on sending her back to the Ruyi rouge shop. As he was leaving, he suddenly asked, "Why did the Dementor Bell name himself Rouge?" ”

Xing Ruyi thought about it, smiled, and said, "Probably the first store she entered after she transformed into an adult was my rouge shop, right?" With that, he pointed to the plaque above the shop.

Xing Ruyi, Zuo Rouge, thinking of the slight hesitation when she came to the store that day, Ruyi always felt that there seemed to be providence in the dark. Back in the store, she took out the old man's bones and the fragments of the soul bell, burned them into powder with ghost fire, and took another flower to make a new rouge. On the rouge box, there is only one word "魄"!

Chang Tai returned to the mansion and handed over the porcelain ** and the secret letter to the adult, and did not say a word about everything that happened in the rouge and the general's mansion, and the adult did not ask.

The next day, when I saw Xiao Shengzi, I learned that in the days when he was away, there were some changes in the capital, such as Li Hu, the youngest son of Master Li, the squire of the military department, who died of illness, and for example, the theft of a female corpse in Yujuan Village. As soon as the female corpse was mentioned, Chang Tai would think of Hui Niang, and after asking carefully, he knew that this corpse robbery case had nothing to do with Hui Niang's case.

The stolen female corpse is the niece of the Wang Laifu family of Yujiao Village. Wang Laifu had an older sister who married into a neighboring village in her early years, and when she gave birth to her youngest daughter, she died in childbirth. Within a few years, the brother-in-law remarried, and the stepmother couldn't tolerate these two children, so when the uncle saw that the niece was pitiful, he took the two girls back, one big and one young.

Wang Laifu is doing small business in the streets and alleys, selling everything all year round, his wife and son and two nieces are washing and doing farm work at home. Half a month ago, Wang Laifu's eldest niece Qiaoqiao went to the well to fetch water and wash clothes, but fell down carelessly. By the time they were fished up, they were out of gas.

According to the rules of the village, Qiaoqiao is not the daughter of the Wang family, let alone the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, so it cannot be buried in the ancestral grave of the Wang family. In addition, it was an accidental drowning, which was a vain death, so this spirit hall spirit card could not be left in the village, so Wang Laifu built a shed next to the land temple outside the village, planning to find a good place, and let his niece enter the soil for peace. Who knows, only one night later, the body was stolen.

"When the body was stolen, was there anyone else in that shed?"

"Nope! According to Mr. Wang, the body was stolen in the middle of the night, when he was alone in the shed. Because he was very tired from building a shed during the day, and his niece accidentally fell into a well, he felt sad, drank a lot of wine, and fell asleep in a daze. I slept until the next morning, when my wife found that her niece's body was missing, and pulled him by the ear to wake him up. ”

"But immediately reported to the official?" Chang Tai asked, always feeling that things were a little strange.

Xiao Shengzi shook his head: "No! By the time we received the news, it had been three or four days! I also asked Wang Laifu, saying that when I first found that my niece's body was missing, I didn't think much about it, thinking that it was some animal in the wild, so I sent people from the village to look around, and after looking for two days, there was no result, and after discussing with the village chief, I decided to report to our government. When we went to investigate the scene, there was nothing left, even the shed had collapsed, and we couldn't find any clues. ”

"There are no clues, why are you still pursuing this case, could it be that you have found something again?"

Xiao Shengzi shook his head: "Speaking of which, it's strange how this happened one after another in Wang Laifu's house." ”

"Huh?" Chang Tai raised his eyebrows, Xiao Shengzi changed his posture, pressed his body lower, leaned into Chang Tai's ear, and whispered: "Not long after the body of this eldest niece was lost, there was another accident at Wang Laifu's house." This time, it was the little niece who said that she had a sudden emergency after dinner and died. ”

"Sick and dead?"

"Well, it's sick and dead, Wang Laifu's wife said so. Wang Laifu's son can also testify, saying that during dinner, this sister was fine, but because of the death of the eldest sister, she was a little depressed. Later, after dinner, I went back to my room early to sleep. It was about the third watch, they suddenly heard a voice in the wing, lit the lamp and candle to see, only to see my sister rolling on the bed with her stomach covered, only a moment of effort, people are not good. ”

"And then? This sister's body was also stolen! ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)