Early in the morning, everyone in the Red Makeup Hall gathered in the hall, and a few of them had just been woken up, wearing only a coat, and they had been reminded to put on their robes.

It's just that most of them came out in a hurry, and they didn't bother to dress up at all, and at this time, their attention was on the girl who had just committed suicide.

The first to be discovered was the evening scurry.

He has always had the habit of getting up early to practice swords, and it is the same today, even if he doesn't practice swords, he is used to getting up at this hour, but when he opened his eyes, his divine sense subconsciously swept through the red makeup hall, but found something strange in a certain room.

Liu Yue hanged herself in her room, and when she was found, she was already out of breath.

After Yuduan didn't find out, she didn't scream, she didn't panic, she just looked at Liu Yue hanging in the air with complicated eyes, at this time, Liu Yue didn't look good because she hanged herself, but it was a little scary, but Yuduan was not afraid, just sighed.

"Trouble help, let her rest in peace."

Wan Jian helped her take Liu Yue off, and then asked Wan Yin to leave, and when she opened her mouth to ask Wan Yin to come in, Liu Yue had already changed her clothes, and her face, which had become pale due to suffocation, was also a lot more rosy under the fat powder, her eyes were closed, and she didn't know that she was just asleep.

Yuduan asked Wan Yin to help move Liu Yue to the hall, Jin Qiu woke everyone up, and everyone hurried to the hall, not afraid of Liu Yue's corpse, just sad.

The evening looked at those women with different expressions, some showed sadness, some showed sympathy, and some, as if they saw their own future, their eyes were sad with the death of a rabbit and a fox.

There were no more words, Yuduan simply said a few words of remembrance, and then called the person who handled the burial, Liu Yue's body was quickly taken away, and the red makeup hall was restored to its original state, but it was a little quieter than yesterday.

It wasn't until noon, when Lian Ruyi and the others began to get busy, that there was some anger in the red makeup hall, and the evening asked Ning Xiaoye to go to Jinqiu to find out the news, and he mixed into the kitchen, ready to talk to Lian Ruyi.

Even Ruyi was not surprised to see him, but he had a premonition that he would come, after all, such a big thing happened in the morning, no matter who couldn't help but be curious.

Wan Yin didn't squirm, and walked up directly and asked, "How did Liu Yue die?" ”

Lian Ruyi's eyes swept to her side, and the two women who were originally beside her left with each other, and there were four or five busy people in the kitchen, but no one would approach this small corner at will.

Seeing that no one was disturbed, Lian Ruyi was satisfied.

She looked at Wan Yin and said, "If I told you to stop meddling, you probably won't listen." ”

Wan Yin's expression remained unchanged, and he naturally wouldn't give up easily if he didn't find out the truth.

Even Ruyi thought, "If you don't get an answer from me, are you going to look for Jinqiu?" Hehe, she is indeed a kind-hearted person. ”

Seeing that he was unmoved, Lian Ruyi pursed his lips and said, "Okay, I'll sell you this favor, but if you really want to meddle in this matter, go find Sister Yu, as long as she agrees, you can know all the truth." As for what I can tell you, that's only part of it. ”

Lian Ruyi said that it was at the beginning of the establishment of the Red Makeup Hall.

The establishment of the Red Makeup Hall was first decided by a powerful figure in the city, who told all the nearby villages under the protection of Yumiao Mountain that they were under the protection of the Earth Mother Niangniang, and naturally they also needed to make offerings.

The big man said that the maid who serves the mother of the earth must be a pure and beautiful maiden. So the villages sent the most beautiful unmarried girls in the village, and the big man also proudly bought the Red Makeup Hall as the residence of these sent girls.

However, the predecessor of the Red Makeup Hall was a famous place of smoke and willows in the city, and it was very difficult to figure out the idea of placing the girls again.

The girls thought that they were here to learn how to serve the Earth Mother, and as the followers of the Earth Mother, they were naturally very willing to dedicate themselves...

However, three years have passed, some people have been chosen to leave, some people are still here, some people have chosen to run away but there is no news, and some people have fallen into a frenzy and chose to kill themselves.

At first, there were still people sending them, but until half a year ago, no one came at all, and the materials that would have been sent regularly became less and less, as if... It's like it's been forgotten by the big man.

Until now, the Red Makeup Hall has maintained this kind of life for half a year, and no one will know what their fate is, if it weren't for Yuduan leading everyone in it, everyone would probably fall into panic and not be able to escape.

This is what Lian Ruyi said, and what she said seems to have explained why the woman named Liu Yue committed suicide, according to her, Liu Yue was the first group of people to come here, and she came in with Yuduan.

After listening to this, he had some understanding of the situation in the Red Makeup Hall, and he was silent for a moment before deciding to go to Yuduan again.

"Yuduan, why did you become the leader here?" Evening asked suddenly.

He discussed this question with Ning Xiaoye, but naturally he did not come up with an answer.

Lian Ruyi smiled, that smile had some strange meaning in it, and Wan Yin didn't understand it for a while.

"The answer to this question, everyone here knows, you ask anyone and you will get the same answer."

"Do you know what Sister Yu's identity is?"

Seeing Wan Jian shaking his head, Lian Ruyi said: "Sister Yu is the biological daughter of that big man, if nothing else, she should have enjoyed happiness at home as a daughter, instead of following us here to drink coarse tea and eat coarse food." ”

This was out of the imagination of the night, he was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Who is that big man?" ”

Lian Ruyi said: "His name is Yu Qintian, and he is the first person to start worshiping the Earth Mother Niangniang, and he is also the most faithful believer of the Earth Mother Niangniang." ”

"There was once a famous incident in this neighborhood, Yu Qintian sacrificed the one-year-old child in the family alive in order to thank the Earth Mother for saving his life. The child was only at the age when he was just beginning to babble, and he was still crying when he was thrown into the fire, but everyone saw that the Earth Mother appeared and took the child, so everyone believed in the Earth Mother even more, and also believed that the sacrifice would be protected by the Earth Mother. ”

The women of the Red Makeup Hall are nicely said to be the maids of the Earth Mother, but in fact they are just sacrifices to allow each village to be sheltered.

On the other side, Ning Xiaoye and Jinqiu are here.

It wasn't Jinqiu who was in charge of chores today, so after dealing with Liu Yue, she stayed in her room, and when Ning Xiaoye came to knock on the door, she was still a little surprised, but she still opened the door and let her in.

Jinqiu's room is very simple, if there is anything different, it is probably the basic medical books on the table.

Ning Xiaoye glanced at it, it was a basic medical book, but it had been turned too many times, and it was a little curled.

Jin Qiu found that Ning Xiaoye was reading a medical book, smiled slightly, walked to the table and poured her a cup of tea, and said as she poured it: "I got it by accident before, and I haven't been sent here yet, I want to learn some medical skills to cure diseases and save people." It's just that the doctors in the city don't accept female apprentices, and I learn them all by myself. ”

"It's amazing, Sister Jinqiu must have watched it many times." Ning Xiaoye couldn't help but praise that the basic medical book was turned so well, but it was not damaged, and it could be seen that the master cared for it.

Jinqiu brought the tea to her, sat on the other side of the table, put away all the books, and said casually, "What's the matter, is there anything to find me?" ”

"Hmmm..." Ning Xiaoye was entangled for a moment, she wanted to inquire about the morning, but she always felt that those twists and turns of inquiry were not suitable for her.

And she got along with Jinqiu a few times, and found that Jinqiu was cold and hot-hearted, and unexpectedly easy to speak, maybe it would be more appropriate to ask directly.

Thinking of this, she didn't bother and asked directly: "Sister Jinqiu, can you tell me about the morning." ”

As soon as she asked, the smile in Jin Qiu's eyes suddenly faded a lot, and she looked at Ning Xiaoye, as if she was thinking about why Ning Xiaoye wanted to ask about this.

Ning Xiaoye's heart suddenly lifted, and he began to think about whether he was too direct, this matter may be a taboo that cannot be said for the people of the Red Makeup Hall.

But Jinqiu only sighed softly, she took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Liu Yue, she... It's just that someone killed him. ”

"Hurt?" Ning Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Is it someone from the Red Makeup Hall?" Who is it? Why? ”

Jinqiu held the cup, Ning Xiaoye's question seemed to arouse some of her thoughts, she was silent for a moment, and finally spoke.

"No, it's not so much a human being as something very evil... It's not human, it's just a monster. ”

Her tone was heavy, and the meaning in her words made people feel cold under her feet, Ning Xiaoye shivered for no reason, she heard the "monster" in Jinqiu's mouth, and immediately took pity on the goal of this mission.

Yumiao Mountain.

Mother Earth.

But her face didn't show anything abnormal, instead showed a hint of fear and obvious curiosity, "Monster? ”

"Hmm, monster." Jin Qiu said quietly: "Every few months, someone dies in the Red Makeup Hall, they seem to be committing suicide, but in fact they are just pretending to be like this, it is the monster that really kills them, but Sister Yu doesn't want to cause panic, she hides it, just saying that everyone can't stand it and chooses to commit suicide." ”

I see, no wonder Yuduan was so calm in the morning, and there was such a secret behind his back.

It's just...

Ning Xiaoye couldn't help but ask, "If that's the case, then why don't you run away?" So many people have been killed so far, why are they staying here? ”

"To leave is to die." Jinqiu shook his head and said, "We also tried to leave, but the next day we all died mysteriously, and the death was very cruel. Sister Yuduan said that the monster had left its mark on us, and we were already its prey. ”

"In this case, Sister Yuduan thought of a lot of ways, which minimized the casualties."

This thing is too ridiculous for mortals, but for cultivators, they can understand that there are demons and evil spirits, and even so, Ning Xiaoye also feels sympathy and admiration for these women.

Especially Yuduan, the girl who looked gentle and gentle, could still think of so much information in the face of this situation, and did her best to protect everyone.