Ning Xiaoye and Wan Yin were like ordinary people, and they stayed at the inn after eating, and in view of the difference between men and women, Wan Yin also let the shopkeeper open two rooms.

It was still early in the evening, and after the two looked at the room, they said that they would go out for a walk and find out the news, this town was not less affected by Yumiao Mountain, and even in such an inn, there was a clay statue enshrined in the hall.

When he booked a room, he unintentionally asked, "Which god is this enshrined?" ”

The middle-aged man with the abacus behind the counter raised his head when he heard this, his round face could be seen to be a person with a good life, and the little two who came and went called him "Boss Zhang".

Boss Zhang glanced at Wan Yin and Ning Xiaoye, straightened his waist, and said, "The two of you... Did you just come here? ”

Wan Yin nodded, pretending to be very natural, so that Boss Zhang didn't see anything strange.

This matter is not a secret, Boss Zhang also said to the two: "This is our most spiritual mother of the earth, don't look at us using mud to make this sculpture is out of taste, in fact, this is the mother of the earth herself, made of mud from the Yumiao Mountain, with the spiritual power of the mother of the earth, can bless us safe." ”

This is a bit interesting, not a golden body, just a clay body, it is very strange.

And this mud is still taken from the Jade Temple Mountain, which is even more interesting, isn't this Jade Temple Mountain the hometown of the Earth Mother, and she personally asked to use the mud there to make sculptures for people to worship, what is this for?

Wan Jian smiled and catered twice, at this moment he was like a real teenager, there was no gap between talking to Boss Zhang, Wan Yin chatted a few words about the mother of the earth, and then turned the topic to whether there was a place nearby to watch.

When Boss Zhang heard that the two of them were going sightseeing, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Come to us, you must go to the Red Makeup Hall to have a look." ”

"Red Makeup?" Ning Xiaoye said curiously, "This name, could it be that it is a place where rouge gouache is sold?" ”

Boss Zhang smiled happily and explained: "No, no, this red makeup hall is a place opened to select maids for the earth mother, and there are some talented women in it, those women are fifteen or sixteen years old, red makeup and noodles, and over time, some people will call it red makeup hall." ”

"Maid?"

"Yes, the mother of the earth has a noble status, and naturally needs someone to serve her, these women are the most beautiful women sent by various villages, and they will be sent to the mother of the earth after careful training."

This...

Ning Xiaoye wanted to say something, but Wan Yin interrupted her first, he took Ning Xiaoye's hand, said goodbye to Boss Zhang, and left.

Walking out of the inn, the two turned into an alley, and after making sure that there was no one in the alley, Wan Yin let go of Ning Xiaoye's hand.

The imprisonment spell was unlocked, and Ning Xiaoye was angry and puzzled: "Why didn't you let me speak, and imprisoned me." ”

Wan Yin was very indifferent, of course he knew what Ning Xiaoye wanted to ask, but this question was really not suitable to be asked.

"I know you want to ask why you sent the woman to Jade Temple Mountain, right?"

Ning Xiaoye opened her mouth, and finally showed an angry expression, not happy: "That earth mother doesn't know what kind of demon it is, she actually sent an innocent woman to serve?!" It's such, how could there be such a stupid thing. ”

Mortals have a shallow knowledge, and many things they don't know will be handed over to the cow ghost and snake god to explain, Ning Xiaoye heard the senior sister say that the ignorant mortals will say that the widow stole people just because of the strange noise in the widow's house, and a group of people came to the door to accuse, but it turned out to be because of the sound of the wall leaking.

But they did not pay for their mistakes, but rather the widow who was sophistry, threw the innocent widow into a pig coop and immersed herself in the cold water, and the widow was so weak that she soon lost her life, leaving a seven-year-old child crying.

All this is only because the widow once rejected the courtship of those people, and the beautiful widow did not want to betray her deceased husband, and the people who failed to succeed in their treachery became angry and did such unconscionable deeds!

Now that he heard this ridiculous thing with his own ears, Ning Xiaoye was shocked and angry, and he couldn't wait to jump out and ask what those people thought.

"Don't think about it so much." Wan Yin sighed, he knew that Ning Xiaoye's jealous and hateful temper was like hatred, so he stopped her just now, otherwise he wouldn't know what tricks to make.

"We are here for this, and if we find out the truth, those women will be saved. Anyway, let's go to the red makeup hall first, maybe we can gather some information. ”

Ning Xiaoye thought to herself, she was persuaded by the evening and calmed down.

The two of them asked for directions, I don't know if it was an illusion, those people heard that they were going to the Red Makeup Hall, they all showed inexplicable smiles, and actively pointed out the direction for them.

After walking for a cup of tea, the two of them also saw the red makeup hall in the transmission.

The wooden sign is written with the words "Red Makeup Hall", this building is not gorgeous, but it also has some style, and before you enter, you can smell the fragrance of fat powder and flowers in the air, just smell it makes people think about it.

But the evening found that something was wrong, this architectural style, this fragrance...

He remembered that in the past at the outer gate, there was a senior brother who liked to secretly go down the mountain, he often came back in the early morning, with a smell on his body, and the evening did not care where he went, even if he bumped into him, he did not ask or say, perhaps, that senior brother had a good impression of him.

Once, the senior brother found him and said that he would take him to a good place, but the senior brother said a lot and made it clear that he would not let him refuse.

The evening was unable to do so, so he followed, but the senior brother took him and went to Flower Street with him.

By the way, this building is very similar to the buildings on Flower Street I saw at the time, and this smell... It is the fat powder flavor commonly used by the women of Qinglou.

Wan Yin immediately thought that the predecessor of this red makeup hall might be the Qinglou!

looked at Ning Xiaoye beside her again, she was so smoked by the thick smell that she covered her mouth and nose, frowning and looking serious, but she didn't notice anything wrong at all.

Forget it... Don't tell her.

Thinking so, the night grub hid the discovery.

There was no one in front of the Red Makeup Hall, it was a little remote here, there was no one for a while, there was no sound in the Red Makeup Hall, and there was no gatekeeper or anything like that.

But the door is open, and you can see the garden pool inside, and you can enter the hall by walking through a small stone path, and you can't see it even deeper.

Wan Yin hesitated for a moment, but still took Ning Xiaoye in. The attitude of the people along the way was a little strange, and he felt that there must be something strange here.

Walking through the small stone road, I came to the hall, and I didn't see anyone in the hall, and when I looked up, there was no one in the four- or five-story building.

"No one?" Ning Xiaoye covered her mouth and nose, she looked left and right, but she still didn't see anyone.

After looking at the layout, Wan Jian was even more sure that this was the Qinglou, but why did he use this place as a residence for women? If you are dedicated to the earth mother as a maid, doesn't it mean that it should be the kind of pure and flawless girl who is the best?

And the attitude of those people...

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, he went up one floor, there were seven or eight rooms on the first floor, but they were all locked and closed, as if the owner was not here. He walked to the end of the hallway and suddenly heard a movement through the half-open window.

The sound was so small that he would probably have ignored it if it weren't for the astonishment of the evening, and he pushed open the window and looked out, suddenly seeing a lake.

He was stunned, this red makeup hall was actually built with its back to the lake! No wonder it's so remote.

Looking at this lake, I only saw a few painting boats, because it was too far away, I could only faintly see a crowd of people running, and the evening squinted and looked at it, it was a few women.

He went downstairs and said to Ning Xiaoye, who was still looking around, "I found someone, outside." ”

Ning Xiaoye was a little puzzled, and it wasn't until he followed the evening to the lake that he suddenly realized.

Half of this red makeup hall is built on the lake, and there is a road that leads to the place where the painting boat is, and it is not beautiful to swim in the lake to admire the moon through the painting boat.

There was no boat on the pier, and the two stood on the pier and waited for a while, and the people over there also noticed that there were two people on this side, rocking the boat and swimming over.

The three painting boats slowly approached, and Wan Jian and Ning Xiaoye also saw clearly that the people on the boat were all young women, and indeed as Boss Zhang said, all of them were extremely beautiful.

Ning Xiaoye looked around, and suddenly looked up at Wan Xun, at this time Wan Yin was just an ordinary teenager's face, she looked at it for a long time, and finally lowered her head.

She thought that if she was a woman, she would be more beautiful than these people.

There were more than a dozen women who got off the boat, and they looked at the two of them and were a little curious, but they still took them back to the hall hospitablely, and the originally quiet hall suddenly became lively, but most of the women returned to their rooms after they returned, and the evening noticed that the place they went in was naturally those locked rooms.

Is it just to go out to visit the lake, or even to go out, to lock the door?

He suppressed this doubt, and at this time there were only three women left in the hall, and the evening noticed that these three were the best-looking three of the dozen or so.

The woman at the head has long hair like a waterfall, a pair of willow eyebrows, amorous peach blossom eyes, and her pitiful temperament makes people feel heartbroken when they see it, and they can't help but take care of it carefully.

The woman on the left, with eyebrows like jade and waist like a bundle, just looked a little indifferent with an expressionless face, but when she looked at her that night, she nodded slightly to the two of them, which was regarded as a greeting.

The woman on the right, wearing a lilac dress, looked at the two of them with a smile at this time, smiling and smiling, as bright as a peach and plum, Ning Xiaoye was a little embarrassed.

The three of them introduced themselves in turn, and the three of them were named "Yuduan", "Jinqiu" and "Lian Ruyi".

Yuduan stood in front of the two of them, faintly had the demeanor of a leader, she had a gentle temperament, and she was gentle and polite to others, at this time she invited the two to sit down, and then brought hot tea to pour tea for the two.

I saw that she pressed the teapot lid with one hand, and lifted the teapot with the other, and the tea was slowly poured out, filling the air with a fresh fragrance.

Because Jiuxiao Daojun understands tea very well, he even understands some of it with the night, but as soon as he smells it, he knows that this tea is not a good tea, it can only be regarded as ordinary.

Yuduan also knew this, she gently put down the teapot and handed the teacup to the two of them, and a hint of shame appeared on her fair face.

"I'm sorry, but there's only this coarse tea here.