Chapter 21: The Woman in Red in the Night
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It is somewhat unacceptable to the debts that we young people have to repay.
The old Taoist priest brought us here to repay the debt, and the debt must be repaid, but the specific amount to be repaid is subject to discussion.
After we discussed in the courtyard, the old Taoist priest led us into the main hall, and when the Ghost Emperor saw us coming back, he asked, "You have made a decision, who will pay it back first?" ”
The old Taoist priest took a step forward and said frankly: "As their guide, I have some doubts about the debts they want to repay, since they can all come to repay the debts in person, can the creditors give them a discount?" ”
The Ghost Emperor showed a puzzled look, and the female ghost cha also showed an incredible expression.
The bookkeeper immediately reprimanded: "The debt you owe to Your Highness must be repaid, and the IOU made by the person who borrowed the debt is clearly written, and it is Your Highness's magnanimity to discount it, and it is your duty to repay it in full!" ”
The old Taoist priest hurriedly said: "We don't want to repay the debt, but ask His Royal Highness the Ghost Emperor to raise his noble hand to these young people and reduce the amount of debts they have repaid." ”
The Ghost Emperor asked rhetorically, "Then how are you going to repay the remaining debts?" ”
He pointed to the pony and asked, "Say it first!" ”
Pony squeaks and doesn't know how to answer?
The old Taoist priest hurriedly said: "Your Highness, let's talk about the debt owed by the leader Xue Changsong, twenty years, how about one tael of gold a year?" ”
After hearing this, Mr. Tent couldn't help laughing, but he was glared at by the Ghost Emperor, and he hurriedly put on a black face and scolded: "Who do you think you are? Dare to bargain with Your Highness, believe it or not, Your Highness will increase your interest! ”
The old Taoist priest said: "But they are all young and strong, and the most precious era of their lives, if they repay the debts of His Highness, is it a little too cruel?" ”
"Cruel?" The Ghost Emperor asked in a cold voice, "How did your father promise when he borrowed money from the deity?" ”
The bookkeeper added: "You have only exchanged your humble lives and worthless time for the glory and wealth of your children and grandchildren, and even the magnates, but who has profited more, but you are not satisfied, and you have to bargain with our Highness!" ”
I was also moved by what he said, and wanted to express my position, but was stopped by the old Taoist priest with his eyes.
The old Taoist priest said loudly: "We absolutely have no intention of not paying off our debts, but I envy these young people, and I can't bear to bury their good years, I don't know if there is any other way to repay the debt?" ”
The Ghost Emperor had already seen that this old Taoist priest was our leader, so he asked rhetorically, "Then what do you want?" ”
The old Taoist priest then asked, "Your Highness, can we discuss it alone?" These young people listen to me! ”
The other party agreed, and motioned for the female ghost to take us down to wait.
The woman in red stretched out her hand to us and invited: "Three of you will go down with the slave family and wait for good news!" ”
The old Taoist priest also signaled us to retreat first and wait for the news, and I followed the woman in red out of the main hall, through the corridor, and came to the wing, the house is antique, and the layout inside is simple but simple.
In front of a screen of "Ladies and Gentlemen", we sat on the ground, and in front of us was a long mahogany table with a white tea set on it.
"Are the three visitors drinking tea or wine?"
The woman in red had a soft and pleasant voice, with a hint of Jiangsu Jinling accent.
Pony and Brother Zhenmin are both long-term sports cars, they don't drink much, and I don't like to drink, and I don't want to show the vice of alcoholism in front of this beauty, so they unanimously said that they drank tea.
The other party nodded in response, stretched out his hand, pushed three bone china teacups in front of us, and took out a celadon potbelly teapot like a trick, took three spoonfuls of tea leaves in the mahogany tea pot with a copper spoon, placed them in the teapot, and then stretched out his hand, took a copper pot of hot soup, and poured it into the pot.
The first brew was sprinkled on the ground, and the brown was as red as blood.
The second brew is poured into a white teacup, which is the best Yunnan black tea with a strong aroma.
I gently pinched the teacup and brought it to my lips to taste it slowly, usually I am not used to drinking tea, but I have seen the director and Dr. Min drinking tea together, so I did it according to their method.
The pony picks up the teacup and gulps it down, only to spit it out when it gets hot.
The woman in red frowned, and Brother Zhenmin signaled us to take our time, not in a hurry.
I said, "Drinking black tea in winter warms the spleen and stomach, and can also beautify and nourish the skin." ”
The woman in red looked at me with a questioning look.
I continued: "Black tea also has the effect of nourishing blood and nourishing the heart, activating blood vessels, dredging tendons and veins, and refreshing the mind. "This is what I learned in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
When we drank the black tea to the yellow tea, and then changed from pale yellow to colorless and tasteless, Xiaoma and Brother Zhenmin couldn't help but want to go out conveniently, so they motioned to me, but I refused.
The two of them asked the woman in red to go out, and the pony asked where the hut was.
The woman in red frowned, showed a disdainful look, and motioned for the two of them to go outside the room to solve the problem.
When the two of them left the room, I hurriedly invited the woman in red to sit down.
She knelt beside the long desk, opposite me, and said, "You are different from the two of them, what do you call Gongzi?" ”
The woman in red opened the lid of the teapot, poured out the tea residue inside, went back to the tea leaves to the pot, brewed it with hot soup, and poured me a full cup again, this time she poured a full cup for herself, and put it on her lips and took a sip.
I replied: "My name is Yuan Chenghua, Xue Changsong's grandson, I don't know what to call the girl?" ”
"The slave's original surname is Yang, his name is Lu Ji, also known as Yu Niang, and he is now a ghost messenger under His Royal Highness the Ghost Emperor, specializing in debt collection." The woman in red told me that I knew that the other party was not human, but I couldn't believe that such a beautiful woman in front of me was not of the same kind.
I was very curious about this green queen, so I asked, "Why did Miss Yang act as a ghost under the Ghost Emperor?" ”
The other party didn't understand, so I explained: "Qingben Beauty, why is it a ghost?" ”
After hearing this, Lu Ji's delicate body was shocked, and she immediately put down the teacup and sighed: "Since ancient times, the slave family was originally born in the Guanlong Yang royal family, but unfortunately the slave family was shallow and thin, and the father and mother were persecuted by the strongman, and the slave family was also forced to attach to the enemy, and they failed to avenge their father and mother until death. ”
Although she said it in semi-literal Chinese, I still understood it, and sighed: "What a fate the girl is! ”
The woman in red lowered her head and gently sipped the black tea in her cup.
I continued: "I don't know if the girl has heard of what happened to Nie Xiaoqian! "As soon as the words came out, I regretted it, Nie Xiaoqian is from the Ming Dynasty, and this woman in red should be a person from the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, how could she know about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and Nie Xiaoqian herself is a fictional character.
However, what I wanted to express was not so, so I continued to introduce: "Nie Xiaoqian was originally a child of an official eunuch, she had a good family education since she was a child, and she herself was even more versatile, but it is a pity that her family is in the middle of the road, and she was also killed by traitors, and she was still enslaved by the old tree demon as a ghost, and later fortunately she was rescued by the scholar Ning Caichen and the old Taoist Yan Chixia to be reincarnated." ”
I elaborated on the story of A Chinese Ghost Story, which I watched several times when I was in college, and I am familiar with the plot in it.
Don't look at me now that I am comfortable talking and laughing at strange women, but in my college days, I became a stammerer when I saw a beautiful woman, and if I was alone with a beautiful woman, I became mute.
I was secretly proud of my eloquence, but I saw the red and green Ji secretly weeping, and a clear tear dripped into the bright red black tea.