"Miss Mary looks like a Western aristocrat, and your name is Elizabeth, could it be ...... Miss Mary is a member of the British royal family, but she doesn't know why she came to the Far East to open such a bar?" Xiao Peng asked a question as if unintentionally. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ma Xiaoling, Wang Zhenzhen, and Tianyou, the three of them also subconsciously looked at Elizabeth.

"Hehe, in England, the name Elizabeth is very common, there are many people who call it this name, and there is nothing special about it! As for coming to the East to open a bar! Just like the name of this bar, wait, I'm waiting for someone, an Oriental. ”

Elizabeth smiled gracefully, avoiding Xiao Peng's question about her identity, and only answered the reason for opening the bar.

"Oh?

Elizabeth raised her head slightly, looking at the lights on the dome, with a look of reminiscence in her eyes, but only Xiao Peng noticed that in that memory, there was also a vicissitudes that penetrated time and space.

"My hometown is in a remote town, when I was eighteen years old, he was a handsome and dashing, elegant talker, and a bit of majesty Oriental ......"

"On that day, he suddenly appeared at my door, he said that he was thirsty and wanted to beg for water, I invited him into my house, and in the communication with him, I was deeply attracted to him, in your words, I fell in love with him at first sight......"

"I asked him to stay at my house, but I don't know why, he didn't want to tell me his name anyway, he said that he had a last resort, but when he lived in my house, I still did everything to make him happy, and gave him my pure body, five days later, he said goodbye, I was very sad, I wanted to see him again, I looked for him everywhere, but I couldn't find ......"

"So, I came to the East and opened this bar! I don't know if I can wait for him in this life, but if I can die in the East land, it will be at least closer to him than I am in my hometown, right?"

After listening to Elizabeth's words, Xiao Peng turned his head to Guo Tianyou and said: "So, I never believe in love at first sight, I only believe that love arises over time, without getting along and understanding each other for a long time, and without experiencing some things together, that kind of relationship is not reliable at all." ”

"It's like Mary, you don't even know what the other party's name is, who it is, so you fall in love with each other without hesitation, but in the end, it's just an endless wait, I don't think it's worth it at all, what do you think?"

Guo Tianyou nodded approvingly, but Ma Xiaoling said intentionally or unintentionally: "Moreover, maybe he didn't return to China at all, but stayed abroad all the time?

After listening to their words, the elegant smile on Elizabeth's face did not change in the slightest, and said to Ma Xiaoling with a smile: "But at least this is his hometown, isn't it?"

Wang Zhenzhen looked at Elizabeth sympathetically, what kind of person is such a bastard! He can't bear to hurt such a good woman, that is definitely a scum with no conscience, if you don't like people, just refuse it clearly!

Well, even a woman like Zhenzhen, who is gentle and kind, and never wants to think badly of people's hearts, thinks that person is a scumbag, then that person is really a scumbag.

"This person is too good, from his reluctance to tell you his name, you can see that he has no intention of being responsible for you at all, it's really bad, Mary, why do you bother waiting for such a man, there are many good men in this world, you should find a man who really loves you and live a happy life, so that you can be worthy of yourself!"

After listening to Wang Zhenzhen's words, Elizabeth only showed a slightly bitter smile and did not answer.

"Hey, Dapeng, what are you thinking?, why are you suddenly in a daze?" Ma Xiaoling saw that Xiao Peng seemed to be in a state of contemplation, and asked inexplicably.

Xiao Peng came back to his senses, smiled at her, and said, "It's nothing, I just listened to Elizabeth's story and thought of a legend." ”

"Oh, what legend?" Ma Xiaoling and the others looked at Xiao Peng with interest, and Elizabeth also looked at Xiao Peng with a pair of soul-stirring eyes.

Picking up the cup, taking a sip, looking at the cocktail in the cup that looked like blood and was mixed with vodka, tomato juice, lemon slices, and celery root, Xiao Peng's voice was a little distant, "The legend of Bloody Mary." ”

Hearing Xiao Peng's words, Elizabeth's eyes flashed, but her face did not show any abnormality.

"I've heard a little bit about this, it says that there was a witch in ancient Europe who liked to bathe in women's blood, because she thought that bathing in blood could keep her youth, but what does this have to do with Miss Mary? Is it because her name is Mary?" Ma Xiaoling looked at Xiao Peng inexplicably.

"But do you know the specific story?" Xiao Peng shook his head with a smile, and said slowly in a low voice: "Legend has it that in 15th century Europe, there was a glamorous countess, her name was Elisabeth Barrett, and some people called her Mary, and she had countless suitors, including the French Emperor Louis XIV. ”

In her lifetime, it is said that more than 100 young nobles died in duels for her, and even when she was 60 years old, two romantic young poets committed suicide with their swords because they could not get her favor. ”

Ma Xiaoling listened to Xiao Peng's words, and said with a face full of disbelief: "Cut, it's so exaggerated, I don't believe that there are really such beautiful women in this world, the so-called glamorous world, alluring and peerless, in fact, they are just praised by people, the most important thing is her identity, beauty and status, this is the reason why she is sought after!"

Xiao Peng smiled, ignored her complaints, glanced at Elizabeth who smiled elegantly, and continued: "It's a pity that this countess has never fallen in love with any handsome gentleman who flatters her, because she has been waiting for the day when her lover appears. ”

"When the countess was eighteen years old, a young gentleman came to her castle, and the gentleman was alone in his splendid coat, and said that he was thirsty and wanted to ask for a glass of water when he was out hunting, and the countess not only gave him water, but also fell in love with the handsome, personable, and elegant man of conversation. ”

The Countess persuaded the gentleman to stay at the castle, but to the Countess's incomprehension, the young gentleman would not tell her his name, but the Countess did everything she could to make him happy during his days at the castle. ”

Five days later, in the morning, the gentleman went to the countess and told her that he was leaving, and the countess was very sad and confessed to the gentleman with tears, and when he heard the countess's true feelings, the gentleman still insisted on leaving, but before going out, the gentleman gave the countess an affectionate kiss, and told her that perhaps one day he would come back to her, and hoped that the countess would still be as beautiful as she is now. ”

When Xiao Peng said this, Ma Xiaoling, Wang Zhenzhen, and the three of them subconsciously glanced at Elizabeth, no wonder Xiao Peng thought of this legend, how similar Elizabeth's experience is to this legendary countess!

The only difference is that Elizabeth met an Oriental man, and the legendary countess met a Western gentleman, while Elizabeth met the man who said goodbye, and the countess was not, but coincidentally, the men stayed in the woman's house for five days.

Xiao Peng's narration continued, "The gentleman is gone, the countess is gradually depressed in a long thought, and the housekeeper, who has watched her grow up since childhood, does not want to see such a countess, so she takes her to meet the local priest, hoping to help her find the man, but even the priest has no choice, because this person cannot be found at all." ”

So the countess fell ill in her bed, and the housekeeper was very worried when she saw the countess's face becoming paler and paler, until one day she heard out of nowhere that the blood of a maiden could lift one's spirits and restore one's beauty. ”

So the housekeeper killed the youngest maid in the house, gave her blood to the countess, and used it to scrub the countess's body, and the countess's spirit grew better day by day, and the person became more and more beautiful. ”

Hearing Xiao Peng say this, Ma Xiaoling showed a sudden look, it turned out that this was the case, and Wang Zhenzhen's goosebumps all over her body rose, hugged her arms, and said weakly: "It's so terrifying! This housekeeper is really crazy." ”

Xiao Peng smiled at her and said, "Actually, I quite understand the housekeeper, the countess grew up with her, just like her child, you know, parents can do anything for their children." ”

Elizabeth's eyes flashed when she looked at Xiao Peng when she heard this, as if she didn't expect him to say this.

"What about later?" Guo Tianyou was also aroused by Xiao Peng's interest and asked.

"Later, the housekeeper found out that the countess had been infatuated with the smell of blood, and in order that she could wait for the man she loved to still be young and beautiful, she began to bathe in the blood of young maidens, and before each bath, she had to drink at least half a liter of blood, which she called 'inner washing'. ”

"She had to kill at least two maidens in a bath, and the housekeeper was constantly looking for young and beautiful maidens in order to supply the blood that the countess needed, in case the countess needed them. ”

After this, the countess often held balls in her castle, inviting gentlemen from various countries, in the hope that one day she would see her lover again, and because she was often bathed in blood, she always carried a strong bloody smell on her body. ”

But she never used any perfume to cover it up, and the combination of her beautiful appearance and the smell of blood produced an indescribable charm that made countless young nobles fall for it, and for a while, the Countess's fame spread far and wide across the continent, and even the French Emperor Louis XIV fell under his pomegranate skirt. ”

But it is a pity that the countess has waited for fifty years, and has always maintained her young and beautiful face, but she still has not waited for the man she has thought about and loved all her life. ”

"In fifty years, she had killed more than two thousand eight hundred maidens, and all the bodies were buried under her private bath, which was the idea of the housekeeper while she was alive, for she told the countess that the spirits of maidens could drive away old age and dullness. ”

Later, when the Revolution broke out, the angry crowd seized the young and beautiful countess, who was almost 70 years old, and burned her to death in her own bathroom, and sealed her castle. ”

"No one knows who the mysterious man really is, some say Satan, others say it's a wizard, and some speculate that he is already dead, or that there is no such person at all, it is simply the Countess's own imagination, who knows! ”

After talking about the legend of Bloody Mary, Xiao Peng sighed deeply and said lightly: "I don't know what the countess was thinking when she died, did she ever complain about that man." ”