"Qiu Niang has seen several big brothers. Qiu Niang was about to get up to give a salute, but was stopped by the scarlet-clothed official, "Why should Qiu Niang be restrained, you and I are originally ghosts, and the vulgar etiquette in the mortal world is also unreasonable." ”

"Brother Yuan is right, Qiu Niang, we have known each other for a few years, and you don't know the temper of the eldest brother. "Chang Yi Xiucai filled the pot of cold wine to everyone, "Come, our first cup of wine is to celebrate Qiu Niang's entry into the banana tail door, I have heard for a long time that she is the spiritual qin of the earth fairy Fuxi, and the mana is vast, and Qiu Niang will definitely be able to get out of the ghost road and cultivate into a ghost fairy in the future!"

The five raised their glasses, and the wine was everywhere, but it spilled on the ground.

"Hahaha, it's enjoyable!" The bearded soldier seemed to taste the taste of wine, and said with a smile: "I haven't drunk like this for a long time! I have always wanted to come to this Mingyue Tower to drink, but the eldest brother just won't let me." ”

Qiu Niang said carefully: "Brother Yuan is afraid that we will frighten the drinkers, firstly, it will be detrimental to the business of this Mingyue Building, and secondly, I am afraid of attracting the attention of ghost hunters. ”

"Where did Qiu Niang speak. The official in Tsing Yi said: "In addition to celebrating your happy event tonight, there is another thing to discuss, last time you asked us to look for a young man named Shi on the shore of Taihu Lake, we have asked friends for the past few days, and inquired around Taihu Lake, but we have never found this person. ”

"There is still Second Brother Lao. Qiu Niang raised her glass to thank her, the wine was everywhere, spilled on the ground, "I have also been looking for a few days nearby, and there are no clues, several big brothers are hard, Qiu Niang is ordered by the master to find him." ”

The scarlet-clothed official said: "Your business is our business, if you hadn't found the bald donkey on the Tiger Hill in advance, our four friends in Wuzhong would have already disappeared, and we will definitely help with this little favor." ”

Qiu Niang recalled, two years ago one night, she and a team of fox friends and dog friends separated, fluttering to Tiger Hill, hungry and cold, looking for food to fill the stomach, inadvertently broke into a woodland on the edge of Tiger Hill, the ghost fire flickered between the woodland, occasionally the fragrance of food wafted in, Qiu Niang was impatient, followed the fragrance to find, the woodland was overgrown with wild grass, tombs everywhere, there were collapsed tombs, broken tombstones, Qiu Niang saw a few tombstones still written, Yuan, Ma, Zhu, Jiang several names, and did not care.

While walking, I suddenly heard some movement behind me, out of fear, I hid behind a tombstone, after a while, a monk wearing a gray monk's robe probed into the woodland, searched around, walked to the tombstone where Qiu Niang was hiding, looked at the ground, looked at the sky, seemed to have chosen a location, dug a pit in the ground with his hands, buried a black lacquered dragon bowl mouth upwards, filled in the soil and smoothed it, and then quietly left.

After the monk left, Qiu Niang came out from behind the tombstone, and did not dare to walk through the place where the bowl was buried, bypassed, and walked through two graves, only to find the source of the fragrance, it turned out that someone was here to sacrifice the ancestors, the tribute was still very fresh, Qiu Niang saw that no one around was happy to eat, full of food and drink, Qiu Niang was about to leave, suddenly remembered the monk buried things, look at the monk's sneaky appearance, must not be a good person, is there any ghost thing like this place? Don't be poisoned by the monk.

Qiu Niang thought of this, then returned the same way, to see there, there was no movement, simply hid behind the tombstone and waited, until the moon in the sky, sprinkled a piece of clear light in the woodland, the place where the monk buried the bowl is the moonlight, Qiu Niang is suspicious, suddenly from the mass grave quietly out of the four people, two official uniforms, a soldier, a show, meet and salute, humble to each other, actually walked to the moonlight, sat cross-legged as if to breathe and breathe, ingested the emperor's slurry, Qiu Niang secretly thought, is the monk planning to use the bowl to plot these peopleSeeing that they are not ghosts but also spirits, it will be too late to save them!

Qiu Niang jumped out, "Several, get out of there quickly, there's a mechanism down there!" The four people were taken aback when they saw Qiu Niang coming, and when they heard Qiu Niang's words, they hurriedly got up and left, at this moment, there was a shaking in the ground, and a big hole was trapped, and there was a low roar in the hole, and a suction force came, and the branches and fallen leaves on the ground were inhaled, Qing Niang was almost unsteady on her feet, and was grabbed by the soldier with one hand, and the five people flew away from the big hole, looking back, the big hole disappeared, and a black bowl fell on the ground, and a monk jumped out from behind the grave and scolded: " Ignorant Nizi, ruined the good deeds of the monk!" picked up the bowl and fled to the outside of the forest, and several people did not chase after them.

This monk is no one else, it is the Yuetang monk of Linggu Temple, this black bowl is not his magic weapon, it is a wandering monk he met on the road, named the Buddha monk, the two talked very happily, traveled together, the monk of the moon hall soon learned that the Buddha monk has a strong foundation for practice, and there is a magic weapon to protect the body, called the bottomless bowl, as long as the mantra is recited, no matter the fairy ghost can be inhaled into the bowl, it is the magic weapon that the Buddha monk has practiced for many years, the monk of the Moon Hall heard that there are many wandering spirits and wild ghosts in Tiger Hill, and I heard that there are spirits often haunted here, so he stole the bottomless bowl to come to Tiger Hill to act, originally wanted to absorb the spirit of the inner Dan to increase the Tao, but unexpectedly was broken by Qiu Niang, so he did not succeed。

The four sword spirits of the catastrophe are grateful to Qiu Niang, and invite the young lady to live in the Tiger Hill mass grave, after being familiar, the young lady knows that these four are Yuan Zan, Ma Qichang, Zhu Zhenheng, Jiang Kui, they don't know what dynasty and what dynasty died in the Tiger Hill, the soul is immortal after death, wandering near Suzhou, and then the tomb under the Tiger Hill collapsed, and the underground river came out of the four swords, the dark night shines, and they see it, so they attach it to the four famous swords, and cultivate into the Sun Spirit, these four swords are named Seven Stars, Long Yuan, Chunjun, Chengying, each with aura, is the sword of the Panying sword, was buried in the Tiger Hill by the King of Wu, and later lost accidentally, Princess Shengyu did not look for it, because of fate, after the four brothers were owned, cultivated into the soul of the sword unity, and because the four people acted in Wuzhong all the year round, the sword helped people, played the sword and sang, heroic and elegant, so he called himself the four friends of Wuzhong, and later the four famous swords had to meet the Panying sword, and the Lord and bent, it is also regarded as the return of the original owner, this is the later words, put it down for the time being.

Xiucai Jiang Kui saw that the wine had been drunk, and the four cold dishes were almost exhausted, and asked Xiao Er to add wine and vegetables, Xiao Er trembled and took the wine upstairs, but he still didn't dare to speak, he didn't dare to stay longer, and several people inevitably laughed.

"In other words, now in the Taihu Lake area, I'm afraid something is going to happen?" Ma Qichang in Tsing Yi leaned against the window and picked up the screen window, "In the past few days, every fifth watch day under the moon, there is black gas pouring from all directions around Taihu Lake, I'm afraid that there are ghosts gathering, and I heard that this Taihu Lake Zhenze Emperor, that crab Bu Nanbei Ke issued a gluttonous order, have you heard of the gluttonous order?"

Scarlet Yuanzan frowned and said: "The ghosts gather in Taihu Lake, and the Suzhou prefect is going to hold an ice and snow festival in Taihu Lake in a few days, so that the people of the whole city will contribute money and efforts, build color sheds, hang lights, and then walk in the snow to visit the lake, are these two things just a coincidence?"

Jiang Kui took a breath of cold air, "This gluttonous order, I heard that it can attract hungry ghosts and fierce spirits from all directions, if you get blood food, you can scatter it, if you don't have blood food, the hungry ghosts will gather people to do evil, if it is to harm the people during the Taihu Lake Ice and Snow Festival, it will be terrible!"

Soldier Zhu Zhenheng was drinking wine with one hand, grabbing the food and sending it to his mouth, " Yesterday you asked me how this hand was broken, I didn't tell you, today in front of Qiu Niang I said, I yesterday on the shore of Taihu Lake to enjoy the snow, met a self-proclaimed wet groom of the Yaksha, said that from the Valley of Flowers to find his lady blue butterfly, I don't see him like a good thing, so I want to teach him a lesson, his ability is also mediocre, was defeated by my three swords, but he has a group of minions, all rushed up, so difficult to deal with, I suffered a loss, I also heard him say, the Wasp of the Valley of Flowers and the wet groom's mother-in-law also came to Taihu Lake, this Taihu Lake is becoming more and more lively！”

The three brothers whispered to blame him for being too reckless, Zhu Zhenheng didn't care, a few people drank a few rounds, and they were still unsatisfied, and talked about some old things, the atmosphere on the wine table was warm and cheerful, but outside the window was the cold and dark Taihu Lake, Qiu Niang's mind They didn't understand, she was happy and worried about when she would find a stone to complete the master's request? She turned her head and saw a family outside the window returning from a night tour, the husband and wife were about fifty years old, the eldest son was carrying the burden of the food box, and the two younger daughters were five or six years old, like a pink jade carving, the five people walked happily, Qiu Niang's heart ached, if the old man was not killed, the little son Zhao Ziqing would also be eighteen years old, if he is still in the world, I don't know if he is studying hard to gain fame, or has he learned a martial art to repay this blood feud?

"Girl, you're right, yes, this is Taihu Lake, but I haven't seen such a heavy snow for many years!" On the edge of Taihu Lake, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer answered Dou Qiongying's inquiry, at this time it was the sunset, the shore of Taihu Lake was covered with snow, a piece of silver, looking at the white vast clean world from a distance, there were three skeletons of broken fishing boats on the deserted wharf nearby, submerged in the heavy snow, under the sunset, the lake surface became more and more boundless empty, mysterious, there was a faint circle of gray mist above the lake, it seemed to be virtual, occasionally there was a gust of north wind, wrapped in a ball of snowflakes falling, adding a bit of chill, the lake was also frozen with several feet of ice, there were many ruts of carriages on the snow, it seemed that the snow scene in the lake was beautiful, attracting countless tourists to brave the cold to stay and frolic, but only on the shore a little closer, not daring to go deeper.

The middle-aged farmer spoke an unstandard official dialect, and spewed hot air when he spoke, "Look at your appearance, you must be from other places, if you want to have fun, you should go to Suzhou on the other side, go to Suzhou to make a haunting Tiger Hill, Suzhou City is going to hold an ice and snow conference, taking advantage of the wax moon, there are lights and colors, and there is a night market, which is very lively than here! But you have to bypass the official road in the northwest, there are evil spirits in this lake, but you can't go too deep! I was fascinated by ghosts, and I froze to death in the lake." ”

"Oh, thank you, uncle. Dou Qiongying thanked the farmer, walked to his partner's side, after they left Dongting Lake, they did not stop too much on the road, they came all the way along the official road, the lone butterfly fairy and the little flying magpie flight skills are quite high, Dou Qiongying can also volley in the air, only the stone is a little clumsy, not good at this technique, they had to take turns by two people with the stone, and it didn't take a few days to come to the Yishui Wharf on the west shore of Taihu Lake, this wharf has been abandoned for some reason, broken boats and rocks are piled up, and there is a long stone road that stretches into the lake, a group of tourists watch and linger near the stone road。

The stone's feet were in the knee-high snow, and he was pulling his legs out, and the lone butterfly fairy and the little flying magpie were pulling his hands one by one to help him exert his strength.

Qiong Ying lowered her voice, "There is no doubt that this is Taihu Lake, but I think this heavy snow is strange, it is not like the weather in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lake is full of ghosts, so we still have to be careful." ”

"It doesn't matter what weather he is, even if it's a ghost nest here, I'll break in, otherwise how can I rescue Sister Fuxue. The words of the lone butterfly fairy were like a piece of ice stuck in the snow.

The feet of the stone were frozen and almost numb, he had never seen such a big snow, and all around him were white, which made him a little curious, a little scared, and he couldn't care about the cold, "We, we have to go to the lake to save people." ”

Xiao Feique put on an indifferent look, and he said faintly: "This snow is far worse than the snow peaks of Kunlun Mountain. ”

"Well, let's start from here and go to the center of the lake, the people nearby say that there are often evil spirits in the lake, so there must be ghosts, let's go and meet them for a while. Dou Qiongying stepped on the snow and walked forward, the lone butterfly fairy and the little flying magpie followed closely, and the stone was not far behind, but the feet were a little slower than them, and the four figures entered the ice and snow world of Taihu Lake.

In this white world, the figure of several people trekking is as small as a few grains of fine sand in the snow, leaving only a few strings of crooked footprints, the north wind is like a crazy old woman, whimpering with indescribable crazy words, rushing towards people again and again, snowflakes chasing pedestrians, covering footprints, walking straight for two hours, the surroundings have long been unable to distinguish the southeast and northwest, the wind and snow cover the surface, the hands and feet are cold, except for the little flying magpie among the four people is really not afraid of the cold, the other three do not say it, and secretly complain in their hearts.

The stone gritted his teeth and chased after the three backs in front of him, when he suddenly heard a voice in the wind:

"Silly stone, why did you bravery the cold to come here?"

"Who, who's talking to me?" the stone stopped and looked around, the three people in front of him were still walking with their heads buried in their heads, and the snow around them was empty.

"Don't look for it, I'm in your arm, I'm Feng Tianhuan. ”

"Oh, it's you, what, can you talk to me now?" the stone was slightly relieved, and began to walk with difficulty again, trying to tread the footprints they had stepped on before.

"Thank you for taking me in, I've started to recover now, I said it's so cold here, what the hell are you for?"

Shi rubbed his cold palms and said firmly: "Sister Jinhua is kind to me, I, although I am a cultivator, the master said that I can't take revenge, but, that Bu Nanbei caught Sister Fuxue, and I also want to help the Lonely Butterfly Fairy save her." ”

"Although you have some strange power in your body, but you can't use it at all, according to your current path, let alone Taihu Lake, you can't even get out of Dongting Lake alive, you have to be careful, don't let me take refuge without your arm, it will kill me." ”