Chapter 129: Ghost City Fengdu (2)
In the woods outside the city, Mu Xiyun quickly turned back into a human body, and the two of them held hands and walked towards Fengdu.
The guards at the gate were squinting and dozing off, ordinary soldiers would not come to the ghost town to serve, only some people with physical disabilities or who were born here would serve in Fengdu.
Seeing that they were drooling from sleep, Yu Mingche and Mu Xiyun cautiously walked through them and walked into Fengdu.
Everything in Fengdu is no different from ordinary towns, there are countless shops next to a straight and wide street, but it is early in the morning, and the doors are basically closed, but Mu Xiyun took a closer look, and all the shops did not have red lanterns hanging at the doors, they were all green lanterns.
"Yu Mingche, you see, they are all hanging green lanterns." Mu Xiyun said in surprise.
"Well, I heard that the green lanterns they hang are for ghosts to light the way, and this is approaching the Midyear Festival, so naturally there are more." Yu Mingche looked at the lanterns and said.
Halfway down the street, they saw an inn with its doors still open, so they walked in, and Xiao Er was dozing off on the table, and when he heard a movement, he immediately sat up.
"Oh, it turned out to be a human, I thought it was a passing ghost." Xiao Er rubbed his eyes and said.
"Little Er, why are you still unwilling to do the business of living people?" Yu Mingche walked over and said with a smile.
"As soon as the guest officer saw you, it was the first time to come to our Fengdu City, we are a famous ghost town here, naturally there are very few living businesses, this is close to the Midyear Festival, ordinary people dare not come here." Xiao Er said sleepily.
"And what do you do in the business of the dead? Ghosts don't need guest houses, do they? Mu Xiyun said jokingly.
"You lady speaks so strangely, we Fengdu has always been doing the business of the dead, you see that this street is to buy paper clothes, paper people and ingots candles, how can there be a business for the living, we open an inn naturally do not need to live for ghosts, but there are people who are obsessed with the people who leave, they all want to come to Fengdu to find an opportunity, to see if they can meet the ghosts of those people, and they have their wishes before death, then you say that we are not doing the business of dead people." Xiao Er said a little angrily.
Mu Xiyun wanted to say something, but Yu Mingche quickly grabbed her, then smiled and took out a piece of gold ingot, handed it to Xiao Er and said:
"Little second brother, my wife is a little anxious, don't be surprised when she speaks against you, we also miss our deceased mother, so we came to Fengdu, please give us a room first."
When Xiao Er saw the gold, he naturally stopped pulling his face, and quickly greeted them to the upper room on the second floor with a smile, and then brought them tea and some food.
"Yun'er, we are outside now, we need to be cautious in our words and deeds, especially this Fengdu, it looks very weird, the people who do business are all living people, but they are all selling things from the underworld, so we should be careful in our words and deeds." Yu Mingche gently patted Mu Xiyun's hair and said.
Mu Xiyun still wanted to say something, but looking at the candle flame and being extremely sleepy, she ran for a night, and now she was naturally tired, and soon her body began to shake, Yu Mingche smiled, gently hugged her to the bed in the room, and fell asleep by her side.
When I woke up, it was already evening, Yu Mingche quickly woke up Mu Xiyun beside me, both of them felt strange, it seemed that they felt uncomfortable when they came to this Fengdu, and they walked downstairs and saw many people, it seems that this Fengdu is still the same as usual during the day.
As soon as Xiao Er saw them coming down, he hurriedly made a color to the shopkeeper, who knew that it was the guest who gave the gold last night, and greeted them with a smile.
"Guest, oops, it was too late when you arrived last night, I didn't receive it in person, Xiao Er told me, I don't know how well to rest?" The shopkeeper's eyes were about to narrow.
"It's okay, I just feel that I came to your Fengdu, how can I feel tired." Yu Mingche took a bite of food and said.
"Guest officer, don't you know, we are all ghost towns, guarding the gate of the underworld behind, and the ghost gate will be opened in a few days. The shopkeeper quickly explained when he heard them say this.
"Then why are you all right?" Mu Xiyun hurriedly asked.
"We have lived here since we were children, and we are used to it, if we go out, the people of Fengdu will be harmed by the yang energy and can't stand it, so the people of Fengdu have rarely gone out." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"Shopkeeper, I still have one more question, that is, have you heard of Qingqiu?" Yu Mingche raised his head and asked.
As soon as the shopkeeper heard Qingqiu, his face was a little embarrassed, and he refused to speak, Yu Mingche took out another piece of gold ingot, and then he smiled and said:
"Guest officer, you said Qingqiu, that is not a place where mortals can go, Fengdu has a way to go, but you must wait until the night after the ghost door opens, pass through the ghost city, go to the Lechuan River, and then cross the river to reach the boundary of Qingqiu, but ordinary people can't go at all, the Lechuan River does not carry living people, only ghosts, mortals are yang, and they sink as soon as they get on the boat and can't get up again. I advise you, don't go. ”
There was a table next to him to greet the shopkeeper, and he left with a smile after speaking. Yu Mingche and Mu Xiyun glanced at each other, and Yu Mingche said:
"Listening to the shopkeeper say this, isn't it impossible to get by?"
"It's okay, I've heard the elder mention of Lechuan, although you can't carry a living person, but you can just make a little trick, the main thing is that your yang energy is too heavy, I still have to think of a way."
After eating, it was already evening, and I walked to the street to take a look, and the other shops were indeed selling some things from the underworld such as paper people and ingots and candles, and the two of them were ready to leave after a walk.
Suddenly, Mu Xiyun saw the river in the middle of Fengdu, and there were many people gathered next to her to put river lanterns, she hurriedly walked over, and Yu Mingche could only follow her.
"Hey, auntie, what are you putting on?" Mu Xiyun grabbed an aunt next to her and said.
"Lady, we're putting river lanterns." The aunt spoke.
"This river lantern is not an ordinary wish, it is usually released on the Qixi Festival, why is it put on the Midyear Festival?" Yu Mingche also asked.
"At first glance, you are outsiders, we are all ghost towns, and we are born by helping the mortal world and the underworld to deliver news, and we are also outside to pick up which family's thoughts about the dead, and collect their money to help them deliver the news, you see that the river lanterns are all white." Auntie said with a smile.
Yu Mingche and Mu Xiyun looked into the river, and sure enough, all the river lamps were white lotuses, not as colorful as usual.
The aunt was about to leave with the basket, Mu Xiyun saw that there were still many river lanterns in her basket, so she stretched out her hand to Yu Mingche, Yu Mingche laughed, handed her a piece of silver, and she bought all the river lanterns of the aunt.
Under the guidance of the eldest aunt, Mu Xiyun put river lanterns for Qinglian, Mama Chen, Yu Chiyan, Li Guifei and the little prince, and finally he handed it to Yu Mingche, Yu Mingche was stunned for a moment, and also took the pen and solemnly wrote down Yu Minghong's name.
When they had finished writing, they stood by the river and put all the lanterns into the river, sending infinite sorrow to those who had left them.