On the eighth day of the seventh month, Maze.

Before dawn, the large and small restaurants and brothels in Majin were already full of customers.

In a small building on stilts by the sea, dozens of Eight Immortal Tables are almost full, some are sitting at a single table with four or five people, and some are two Eight Immortal Tables side by side, with more than a dozen people sitting around.

Rou Tie sat at an inconspicuous small table in the corner of this restaurant.

At the same table was an old man in Mai, a middle-aged scholar, a young man, a beard, and a man dressed as a Miao family named Yang Tianzeng.

Routie looked up for a moment.

A few people came early at the two tables by the window. The two people in the north are burly, both have big faces and white skin, one has a round face and one face is square, and the thin sheepskin jacket turned out on the body is from outside the Guan, although it is a little incompatible with the climate here, but it is not redundant in the early morning sea breeze. Nanshou is also two people, black and thin, both wearing green and white striped kudzu shirts, numb ears and clogs under their feet, one blows the fire, a pair of big yellow teeth are crooked, and the other has a flat face and a pair of small eyes that are shining. There were two women sitting at the east head, one with goosebumps and black hair, and the other with a good complexion, but her hair was all white, the black-haired woman had an angry face, and the white-haired woman had a sad face. Several people sat side by side opposite the two women, and their faces could not be seen because their backs were to the soft iron and against the light.

Rou Tiedao: "Why are there so many people going to sea today? ”

The old man said, "You don't know, yes, looking at your dress, you must be a foreigner." Rou Tie smiled: "The predecessor has good eyesight, and he came from Zhongzhou in the next place, and he just arrived in the treasure land a few days ago." ”

The old man nodded and said, "No wonder, today is the Christmas period of Halloween Doumu." ”

The young man said, "Halloween Doumu?"

The middle-aged man said: "Yes, every year today, it is the time when Our Lady sends a messenger to Maze to receive people who are destined. ”

Hu Zi said: "Are these people the destined people you are talking about? For example, these two women, it seems that they are both from the martial arts." As he spoke, he pointed to the other side.

The middle-aged scholar said: "Yes, these two women are mother and daughter, the husband's surname is Yan, the black-haired old woman is called Yan Po, and the daughter is called Yan Xiuying, known as the broom double, killing countless people, specializing in killing the affectionate men in the rivers and lakes." The color of the smell in the martial arts changed. I heard that in the early years, he recruited a son-in-law and gave birth to a pair of twin sons, and then the son-in-law abandoned in chaos, Yan Xiuying during the confinement period, without saying goodbye, ran away with other women, Yan Xiuying turned white overnight, and in a fit of anger, she fell a pair of biological sons off the cliff. and made a vow to look for this affectionate man with his mother everywhere, even at the end of the world, and to kill him for revenge, but the man seemed to evaporate from the world, without a trace. Ten years can't, so he was angry with the unfortunate man in the world, and killed one hundred and ten people in ten years. "Rou Tie thought to himself, if he met me, he was afraid that he would kill me. A wry smile appeared on his face when he thought of this.

Hu Zi said angrily: "This kind of human tragedy, you can still laugh." Rou Tie hurriedly said: "Brother, don't misunderstand, I don't mean that." The beard turned away from him, and looked no longer at him, as if in disbelief.

The young man said, "Who are the four children who sat opposite these two women?" ”

The old man in Mai laughed and said, "Child, you actually think these people are children." ”

Rou Tie raised his eyes and looked, at this time, the light had shifted, not like the backlight just now, he could see clearly, and sure enough, there were four people sitting side by side opposite Yan's mother and daughter, all dressed as children, and said, "What is that not a child." ”

The old man in sackcloth sighed: "If you treat them as children, maybe one day, you will die at their hands without knowing it." These four people are the four boys of Shudong Fengdu City. ”

The young man sighed, almost unable to sit still from the long board, and almost slipped down.

Yang Tianzeng nodded and said: "When you say so, Fengdu is not more than 100 miles away from my Miao Jiang, but there is indeed such a person." I also heard that these four people were not brothers, but on the same day, when they were still young, they saw their own grandmother being killed, and vowed to take revenge, but the enemy family had not heard from him for twenty years, but he always dressed as children, and only after avenging the murder of his father, he restored his original attire. ”

Rou Tiedao: "They came early in the morning, what happened?"

The middle-aged scholar said: "They are going to make a pilgrimage to Wansheng Island to see Wansheng Doumu, but they have a wish in life." ”

The young man said, "All Saints Doumu, who is she?"

The old man in Mai said solemnly: "This Ten Thousand Saints Doumu is the most powerful person in all the countries of the four seas, and no matter how difficult it is in the eyes of the world, there is nothing that cannot be done in her hands." It's just that not everyone can see her, there are only about 100 people who cross every year, one is to pay a lot of money to pay for the ferry, and the other is to the island of all saints, after her old man helps you achieve your wish, you need to help her do a entrusted thing when you return to the Central Plains, if it is done, both sides will be clear. And all your experiences on the island, you must not confide in them when you come back, otherwise you will die. If you can't do it, you need to thank you with death. Moreover, the same person can only go to Halloween once in their lifetime. ”（001）

The young man said: "Old man, you know so clearly, you have been to the Isle of All Saints. ”

The old man smiled silently, as if unfathomable.

The middle-aged scholar smiled and said: "You guy, didn't the old man say it just now, that is, he has been there, and after returning to the land, you can't reveal any experience, even if the old man has been there, he can't reveal it to us." ”

Yang Tianzeng said: "Exactly. ”

Rou Tieqi said: "These people are paying such a large amount of money, just to go to the sea to see the Holy Mother of the Holy Mother once? Besides, all these people here are going to All Saints' Island, I think there are more than a hundred people. ”

The old man put his hand to the corner of his mouth, and looked around, seeing that there was no one on the side, Fang said softly: "Don't talk nonsense, how can you be so disrespectful to Wansheng Island." Beware of inviting trouble. ”

The young man said: "Even if you don't recognize it at first, as long as you find a sailor who is familiar with navigation, sail with the messenger of Wansheng Island once, and write down the sea routes along the way, why is it difficult to find Wansheng Island?"

The old man sneered: "What you can think of, the Holy Mother and her old man have no last resort, how can they not imagine it." Let me tell you, all the guests who go to the island, before they get on the boat, they must first drink a bowl of ecstasy soup, and after drinking, they will not wake up on the ship, do not eat or drink, and can only wake up until they reach the island. As he spoke, he pointed to the stove and said, "Look, there are three cauldrons over there, and the one that is boiling is the ecstasy soup." ”

Yang Tianzeng said with a smile: "I only heard that there is a ghost town of Fengzhi, and there is Meng Po soup on Huangquan Road that can be ecstatic, but that is just a legend, I can't imagine that there is really such a soup in this world." ”

The young man said, "Then how do you wake up when you get to the island?" But the old man did not answer. He seemed to remember what the old man said that he should not reveal his experience on the island, and he knew that he was speechless, and his face was purple and red, which was quite embarrassing. But he said to himself: "In this way, I am going to drink the soup before I come back." ”

The old man continued: "However, when you return to the land, you can drink the soul wine after you go ashore, and the ecstasy soup will naturally be dissolved. ”

Yang Tianzeng, the bearded young man of Routie, said in unison: "Soul wine?"

The old man in sackcloth said softly: "Exactly! Today evening is the annual season to receive extraditions. Later, you will see the people who landed drinking and returning to their souls. ”

He looked at Rou Tiedao again: "As you just said, there are indeed more than 100 people here, except for the people who are going to the island, most of the rest of the people are here to pick up their fellow disciples or relatives who have returned from Wansheng Island." ”

Yang Tianzeng said: "Could it be that the people who go to the island are all for revenge?"

The old man smiled: "Of course not, some people take revenge, some people repay their kindness, some people seek peerless martial arts, and some people seek rare goods." It's really a hundred hearts and a hundred hearts, and they all respond to their needs. Hehe. ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, the twilight was getting thicker, and they didn't realize that it was almost dusk.

Suddenly, the old man pointed out the window and said in a trembling voice: "Look, the ship of the messenger of the Virgin is coming!"