Chapter 22: Becoming a Ghost

In this chaotic world, the power of good is growing, and so is the power of evil.

One night, a sixteen-year-old girl, beautiful and sweet, with a plump and beautiful figure. Because he went to his relatives, he came out of his relatives' house, and walked alone on the road, ready to go home.

At this time, the cool breeze swished and blew through in bursts, blowing the leaves of the trees to sway. The girl shuddered, as if she had a premonition of what was going to happen, and looked around nervously.

Suddenly, a black wind blew, gathered together, and changed into a man. Let's call it the devil for the time being. Dancing with teeth and claws, he stood there and blocked the girl's way. The girl was too frightened to move.

The devil circled around the girl, looked and looked, and licked his lips, laughed, and said, "Good girl, seeing you so beautiful, it really makes me happy, you are my mouth's delicacies." If I am hungry and will not eat you, who shall I eat? ”

When the girl heard this, not only did fear occupy her heart, she trembled with fear, but her body was thin and she had no power to restrain the chicken, so she had the strength to resist. Even if you resist, where is the demon opponent? Immediately fainted and fell to the ground, becoming the devil's prey.

Who is this man-eating devil? It is Zhou Hai. Zhou Hai has become a man-eating devil.

After Zhou Hai committed suicide to Zhou Yong, his whole mind was distorted. He tasted the joy of killing and was always looking for an opportunity to kill. The mind slowly degenerates, gradually becoming bad and evil. The soul of the wolf demon happened to be attached to Zhou Hai's body, which intensified Zhou Hai's bad steps. Zhou Hai has money, and he can kill people without any scruples. Zhou Hai has become a devil, his strength is strong, and he can eat people fearlessly, without any strength to compete with him.

How did you become a devil? One day, Zhou Hai had a strange dream, dreaming that a magician in the underground demon world, dressed in black, lit him with a cane in his hand, and a black gas was inhaled into his nostrils, and this black gas turned out to be the soul of the wolf demon, so Zhou Hai became a demon. It is caused by the right time and place for the wicked. And that magician also taught Zhou Hai magic and swordsmanship. Although the snake sister interfered painstakingly, Cui Yu did not teach Zhou Hai swordsmanship, but Zhou Hai learned swordsmanship more than Cui Yu in his dream. Although Zhou Hai has become a devil, he is still a person, but his heart is dirty, and he is no longer a person's kind heart, he is a wicked person in human skin.

It is inconvenient to move during the day, and Zhou Hai only turns out to eat people after falling asleep at night. Of course, he doesn't eat just everyone, Zhou Hai still has taste and is very picky eater. He has the conditions and principles of cannibalism. Specializing in finding single girls. Only eat virgins under the age of twenty, and they must be beautiful girls who make Zhou Hai tempted. In addition, for eating other people, Zhou Hai has no taste.

Since becoming a devil, Zhou Hai remembered the maid in Rongzhou, with a slightly chubby body and pink skin. If you can eat her, it will be a good meal as food in your mouth. With this kind of thought, it is even more urgent to go to Rongzhou. Zhou Hai now has magic, and Li Jue and other bandits are no longer a problem, and they are not opponents at all. The demon master was bold, Zhou Hai went to Rongzhou this time, and he disliked Meng Chao and others getting in the way, so he only took Zhang Xiong on the road alone.

Before going on the road, Zhang Xiong asked puzzledly: "Why don't you bring Meng Chao, Lin Ling, Guo Tong and other bodyguards, what if you meet Li Jue and other bandits again?" ”

Zhou Hai sneered and said, "Don't worry, as long as the thieves dare to come, I can handle it alone." ”

Zhang Xiong was suspicious, feeling that Zhou Dongjia was very different from before. As for the difference, Zhang Xiong can't say for a while.

This time the road was relatively smooth, Li Jue was quite sensible, and he didn't come out to ask for hardship. So all the way unhindered, the two arrived in Rongzhou and rested in the hotel first. After settling down, Zhou Hai asked Zhang Xiong to quickly inquire about the maid's family background. Why do you have to ask, why don't you just eat it? Because Zhou Hai was very curious, why such a beautiful woman came to the teahouse to be a maid. Wait for inquiries to be clear, and then eat according to the situation.

Who to inquire? Such a reckless. Zhang Xiong thought that since the woman was a maid in the teahouse, only the owner of the teahouse knew the situation best. So he made up his mind, and Meng Chao found the owner of the teahouse, named Huo Yin. A wide fat face, with tightly locked brows, but it is a Sichuan character pattern, which turns out to be a hard life.

Of course, Huo Yin didn't know Zhang Xiong, seeing that Zhang Xiong and a big man rashly came to inquire about a woman's situation, he thought that he was trying to do wrong, so he was on guard, how Zhang Xiong asked at first, asked a thousand questions and ten thousand, Huo Yin refused to say.

Zhang Xiong saw that his eyes were colorful, how smart he was, and understood what Huo Yin was thinking, so he gave Huo Yin five taels of silver. For some people, everything becomes insignificant in the face of money, even if there are people who are defensive in their hearts. Huo Yin is like this, seeing that Qian opened his eyes and saw that Zhang Xiong was so generous, he really loosened his tone and promised to tell him.

Huo Yin found a quiet and unmanned private room in the teahouse and sat down facing Meng Chao. And he brought tea to his fellow men. So while drinking tea, we chatted. A detailed introduction to the family background and background of this maid.

It turned out that this young maid, whose name was She Nuan, was only eighteen years old, her hometown was in Hezhou, and she was a fellow countryman with Zhou Hai, and she was born in a family of officials in the imperial court.

His father's name is She Ce, his mother's name is Cai Xin, and there is only one only daughter, She Nuan. She Ce is upright by nature, straightforward and fast-talking, short-tempered, straightforward, and does not shy away. Although he is sincere to people, he is the easiest to offend people. Often blamed for outspokenness.

He once served as the secretary of the ministry and held the power to appoint officials across the country. However, he inadvertently offended others in office and harmed the interests of other ministers, and was later falsely accused, and the emperor blamed him. He was relegated to the imperial tea room of the palace and became a petty official, specializing in tea ceremony affairs such as tea selection, tea purchase, tea appreciation, tea cooking, and tea blending. To put it bluntly, it is the five-grade attendant who waits for the emperor to drink tea. Because the emperor knew She Ce's specialty, he was able to mix good tea, and his tea art skills were also quite good. So make the best use of your talents.

Unfortunately, the roof leak happened to rain overnight. Ten years ago, She Nuan was still young, only eight years old, living in the capital with her parents. This winter, She Ce was framed for the second time. Someone took advantage of his inattention and secretly put the poison in the teacup and sent it to the emperor to drink.

Fortunately, after drinking less, the emperor was not poisoned, but had symptoms such as diarrhea and dizziness. According to the regulations, before the emperor drank tea, it should be drunk by a eunuch to test whether it was poisonous. It just so happened that he was trying to drink the poison released by the eunuch that day, so he couldn't prevent it at all. The emperor felt that something was wrong, so he asked people to check it out, and although he finally locked the poison in the tea, he ignored the eunuch who put the poison. The emperor was furious and did not find the murderer, blaming only the person in charge of managing the tea ceremony, so he ordered She Ce to be beheaded.

Minister Yuan Kuan and She Ce have a very good relationship. Knowing that She Ce was wronged, he couldn't bear to see She Ce being executed alive, so he pleaded hard in front of the emperor and vouched for the lives of his whole family. The emperor was soft-hearted, took into account the minister's feelings, and exempted She Ce from the death penalty, but the living crime was inescapable. Charged with attempted murder, he was exiled to the wilderness of Gansu.

It turned out that She Ce and Yuan Kuan were both from Hezhou, and they were both from Nanqiaoba Village. From childhood to adulthood, reading and endorsing books together, you smoke me, I smoke you back, promote each other, help each other; Playing together, playing hide and seek, skipping rope, and games, therefore, She Ce and Yuan Kuan have a good friendship and call them brothers. She Ce is two years older than Yuan Kuan, so he is a brother, and Yuan Kuan is a younger brother.

Both of them like to be good rangers, and both like to play pranks. One day, they saw a family in the village marrying a new daughter-in-law, so they devised a prank to steal the new daughter-in-law. Why? Because this family is not authentic, they are quite stingy, and they are always cunning at critical moments. The villagers hated it.

On this day, it was lively and lively, blowing and beating, according to the order of the wedding, worshipping heaven and earth parents, and after the husband and wife worshipped each other, the newlyweds entered the cave room. At night, some relatives and friends stayed to make trouble in the cave room. Taking advantage of this lively time, when no one was paying attention, the two quietly sneaked into the courtyard.

The two of them suddenly shouted a few times in the courtyard, "There are thieves!" There are thieves, come out and catch the thieves! The noise was so loud that all the people in the cave heard it, and believed it, and all but the bride ran out to catch the thief.

The two took the opportunity to quietly enter the cave room, and the bride was so surprised when she saw that she wanted to scream. She Ce hurriedly pressed the bride's mouth, forced her with a knife, and said, "Don't speak, or I will kill you with a knife." Come with me. Yuan Kuan tied the bride's hand. The two robbed the bride, one after the other, and slipped out the back door.

Unexpectedly, I just walked a few steps out of the back door, because I didn't plan well in advance, and I didn't know where to go. So we had to discuss as we went. Yuan Kuan walked with the bride in his arms, and without paying attention to the road, he fell into the thorn bush and was pricked with thorns. Yuan Kuan was a big fat man, tall, and afraid of, so he stayed there and didn't want to move.

At this time, the groom had already found out that the bride was not in the cave room, and led relatives and friends, with lanterns and torches, to chase her out of the back door. Seeing that he was about to catch up, She Ce was anxious, and with an idea, he shouted again: "The thief is here!" Yuan Kuan was shocked, and at this time, he was not afraid of the thorn, and suddenly jumped out.

The two laughed out of breath, leaning back and forth with laughter, laughing until their stomachs cramped. He returned the bride and apologized to the groom. The groom asks if the bride is hurt? The bride said, no. So the bridegroom thought there was no malice and forgave them.

Later, She Ce and Yuan Kuan passed the imperial examination and became officials in the same dynasty. She Ce is upright, and the garden is wide and sleek. Yuan Kuan rose faster than She Ce's official position.

Since She Ce was exiled, his mother Cai Xin took her young daughter She Nuan from the capital to Rongzhou to make a living. Because Cai Xin's hometown is in Rongzhou, there are many relatives and friends, which is convenient for life, and Rongzhou is comfortable to live in, so he returned to Rongzhou.

She Nuan grew up slowly, and felt that it was not easy for her mother to pull her, so she wanted to come out and find something to do, and also have a little salary income to subsidize the family and reduce her mother's burden. Just not far from home, there is a luxurious and high-end teahouse that recruits waiters. She Nuan came to apply, but she didn't expect to be successful. Because of the influence of his father and the influence of the family environment, he has been exposed to tea since he was a child, and she is also quite good at tea ceremonies such as tea tasting, tea tasting, tea blending, and tea art.

The boss Huo Yin saw that She Nuan understood the tea ceremony, made tea with superb skills, and talked and behaved well, so he asked her to be a tea master, specializing in making tea, pouring tea, and making tea for guests. The tea master's income is higher than that of the waiter, which is the boss's special care for her.

She Nuan also knows a thing or two about business strategy. Seeing that the teahouse business was in a slump, She Nuan gave Huo Yin an idea, and the business content of the teahouse was not only to drink tea, but also to operate the tea trade. Taking advantage of the provincial capital Rongzhou, the unique geographical advantages and business scope, it is not only limited to Rongzhou, but also takes a long-term view. In addition to the states and counties of Rongzhou, the teahouse has been changed into a gathering place for foreign merchants to come here to taste tea.

Huo Yin adopted his suggestion, and this teahouse became a tea trading and distribution center. Every day, people come and go, drink tea, buy tea, and talk about business here, not only the locals of Rongzhou, but also the people, who come from other states and counties, and there is also an endless stream.

It turned out that the front door was deserted, and after such a commercial operation, it became lively and lively. As a result, the profit of the tea business has increased several times compared with the original.

Zhang Xiong saw that Huo Yin was talking endlessly, and it seemed that he praised She Nuan. Zhang Xiong listened quietly and did not interrupt. He also felt that this woman was really not simple.