Chapter 14: Qingli

He looked at her sleeping soundly, and his heart was filled with warmth. He got up and walked to her bed, knowing that she was just a void soul, but he couldn't help but hug her inside. Then he tucked the corners of the quilt for her. I don't know when I became accustomed to doing this. has been in the underworld for more than a month, and every night when he wakes up, he will always subconsciously look at his side to see if there is her sleeping. Now I see it, even though she is only a soul now, and she is very satisfied.

He felt a little strange about her appearance this time, even if she feared for her safety, she would not come out of her body to see her. Suddenly, as if he had found something, he took her empty right hand and looked at it, although her right hand was translucent, but it could also be seen, the palm was smooth and clean, and there was nothing else.

He was overjoyed, could it be that the annoyance that had plagued her for many years had finally disappeared from her body? He thought about it and opened the water mirror. What is shown in the water mirror is the sky above Fengdu Castle. Although it was afternoon, it was almost dusk, and the stars could already be seen in the sky. Pluto, on the other hand, moves from the east to the south, and tends to dim. In the past, they lived on Langya Island in the East China Sea, so Pluto was in the east, but now Pluto has gone to the south, could it be that they have gone to Luojia Mountain of Master Guanyin? It's just that Master Guanyin may not be higher than his master's cultivation, so how can he suppress his annoyance? Xiu Yuan thought about it, and continued to look at the stars in the water mirror. The eastern star position is normal, and the northern star is also normal, but the star position of the western lord is strung to the south, and the star position of the subjective sound master in the south is strung to the west. It seems to be a two-star swap. Xiu Yuan looked at Xuan Che who was sleeping on the bed, and relieved her mind a little, it turned out that it was the Buddha who helped her watch her **, no wonder she could come to the underworld with confidence. After figuring out the doubts in his heart, Xiuyuan was also able to deal with official affairs with peace of mind, since she came, in order to accompany her, the official business was moved to this room to deal with, and after processing, he took it out and handed it over to the ghost attendant to read, if the king of Jizo knew, I was afraid that he would criticize him again, but now I can't care so much.

He picked up the next post and immediately had a headache. This is an excerpt of the joint book of the ghost servant of the underworld and the cow head and horse noodles, which describes how the Taoist priest named Qingming hindered the official affairs of the underworld, how to beat the Yin Si, and how to forcibly break into the underworld. He'd heard of this man, too, and the first time he broke in, he was interrogating a group of demons, and he called in, and when he came in, he called him by name.

He was also a little surprised by this daring mortal, but he listened carefully to his statement. After listening to this, he regretted it a little, what he said was quite complicated, involving the reputation of another Hades, he didn't seem to be able to care about it, and he didn't want to care about it. So he threw him out. But he didn't expect that this Taoist priest would not give up, shouting outside the underworld every day, and he didn't plan to take care of this matter, but later the attitude of the Wheel King of the Ten Palaces made him suspicious. When the Wheel King heard that the Taoist priest had come to the underworld to make a noise, he came to his first hall from the tenth hall and asked for someone to be sent to execute the Taoist priest and beat his soul into the beast path.

This Taoist priest offended the majesty of the underworld, and it was indeed hateful, but when he took office, the king of Jizo had said to him, but if you do good deeds, don't ask about the future. Therefore, although this Taoist priest acted excessively, he did not investigate it deeply. As for the death of the underworld, except for himself and the king of Jizo, the people around him do not have the right to execute anyone. And the king of the wheel came to him and said that he would put this Taoist priest to death, and beat him into the way of livestock, which was a bit too much.

He immediately thought about it, and asked Jiutian to quietly go to the palace of the Wheel King in the evening, wanting to investigate. I never thought that I would go for nine days and never come back. Xiu Yuan realized that something was wrong, so he quietly reported to the King of Jizo, and then went to the Wheel King's Mansion with Half Moon the next night. The wound on this body was caught by his favorite concubine Hu Ji, and he had the opportunity to cut her with a sword, but after hesitating for a moment, he let her go. He didn't do this to spare her life, but he felt that he had no evidence and went to the Wheel King's mansion at night and killed his favorite concubine, which seemed a little unreasonable. When he was about to retreat, he found that Half Moon was gone.

When he returned, he found that the matter was extremely difficult, and he sent a ghost servant to inform the king of Jizo to come back and tell him that the king of Jizo was not in the Netherworld, and that he seemed to have gone out to wander, and that he was injured again, and that he had disappeared for nine days and a half months. Now that he is alone, he is helpless, and if he goes to unite with other Hades, others may not believe him.

And now, they have jointly signed a petition demanding that the Taoist priest be executed. Indeed, he is also too anxious, and now that he is like this, he will be punished for his crimes without the advice of others. He thought about it, his heart suddenly moved, he wrote a note on the paper, stuffed it next to Xuan Che's pillow, and hurried out.

When Xiu Yuan came back, the lights in the room were still on, but the person who was asleep on the bed was gone. He walked to the side of the bed and saw that the note on the pillow had been turned over, thinking that she should have woken up and gone out. At this sensitive time, she disappeared again. Although she knew that she went out by herself, and knew that with her cultivation, ordinary people couldn't help her at all, she still couldn't help but be a little worried.

But at this moment, it is obviously useless to worry, it is better to wait for her to come back in peace. He looked at the tall folds on the small table, sighed, and sat down to continue reading. At a glance, he saw the joint excerpt of the ghost servant and the yin cha placed on the top, and after a little thought, he wrote on the fold with a vermilion pen: The words "Ask and cut in three days", and stamped the seal of King Qin Guang, and then put it aside, and continued to review other excerpts.

Although there is no obvious division of time in the underworld, according to the hour of the world, it is also the second half of the night. Xiu Yuan became more and more anxious, couldn't it be her, what happened?

Just as he was worried, the sound of walking suddenly came from the door, and there were patrolling ghost attendants passing by in the Qin Guangwang Mansion every time of tea, and there were many people and the voice was easy to recognize. And the sound from outside the door, which had been quiet before, had no sound at all, and then suddenly there was such footsteps, which can only be said that the person who came was not good.

Xiu Yuan didn't understand the sound, he still pretended not to find it, and continued to look at the official document, but in his hand, he was secretly ready to defend and attack. The visitor did not break down the door or knock on the door, but directly reached out and pushed the door open. Then, Xiu Yuan heard footsteps coming in. He raised his head, wanting to see who it was, and after seeing it clearly, he couldn't help frowning. The woman in front of him turned out to be the orchid who hurt him that day. And this orchid entered the door casually, turned around and closed the door carefully, Xiu Yuan couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in her gourd for a while.

After she turned around, Xiu Yuan first looked her up and down, and then, as if he had found something, he looked at it carefully and called out, "Master?"

Xuan Che looked at him and frowned, "You are really boring, why did I possess this orchid's body, you still recognize it at a glance." ”

Xiu Yuan looked at her obsidian-like inky pupils, and the breathtaking beauty in his eyes was difficult to ignore. This orchid is also a beauty, and she is a beautiful beauty, but in the contrast of her eyes, this face is much more discolored, and it looks a little bland. She has such a ability, even if she was born a woman who is not good-looking, she can attract many people with these eyes.

Xuan Che saw that he was smiling and not speaking, and he didn't bother to ask. Immediately changed the topic, "I woke up and saw that you were not there, so I thought about looking for the Nine Heavens and Half Moon, but I didn't expect to find the Wheel King's Mansion after looking for it." I walked in his house, and then I came to the Netherworld Fertile Stone, and I saw two big lions squatting outside the Fertile Stone, and when I saw it closely, it turned out to be nine days and half a moon, and I didn't know which master turned into a stone lion squatting there. I was just about to go to find out, but suddenly I didn't know where to kill this wicked woman, and I was not in the mood to fight her, so I used the soul trick to capture her soul and possess her. Later, when I looked into her sense, I found out that she was the orchid who made you suffer. Xuan Che said and looked at him with interest, "I wanted to come back and scare you, but I didn't expect to be recognized by you." ”

Xiu Yuan ignored her teasing and asked, "Why didn't Master bring back the two uncles of Nine Heavens and Half Moons?"

Xuan Che said, "The spell that the two of them received has been unraveled by me, but it will take a little time to restore normalcy, and I haven't waited there for long, whether I can come back depends on their creation." ”

When Xiu Yuan heard her say this, he was relieved when he knew that it was okay. Looking at this woman again, she is actually a beauty, with a melon seed face and big eyes, but she is much smaller than her master, this woman's height is only a little more than six feet, and her master's height must be nearly seven feet, which is close to the height of a normal man. However, this orchid looks more feminine than the master, and this red dress can be regarded as pure and a little charming.

Xuan Che saw him staring straight at him, and said in his heart that he liked this orchid, and looked at him and smiled lightly, "Don't worry, this great beauty is going to sleep with you tonight." ”

Xiu Yuan lowered his head and smiled, "It's the hardest thing to accept the grace of a beauty." ”

Xuan Che looked at him with interest, "I didn't expect you to become so sharp and sharp just after coming to the underworld for more than a month." ”

Xiu Yuan still smiled calmly, "It's also the master who teaches well." ”

Xuan Che didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he said, "You take care of your official business, Master, I'll sleep first." After saying that, he climbed into bed, took off his coat haphazardly, and fell asleep. Xiu Yuan looked at her back helplessly, shook his head, and continued to deal with the affairs of the underworld, but now, his heart is much calmer, and he is not as chaotic and uneasy as just now, maybe she is back.

He read under the lamp for more than an hour, and saw that it was almost the second day, thinking that he would continue to deal with this never-ending business, it was better to sleep first, and recuperate himself to see tomorrow. Thinking of this, he also got up slowly, took off his coat, hung it on the wooden hanger, and looked back at Xuanche, who was sleeping in Zhengxiang, frowned, and took the messy coat for her to hang up. Then he hugged her inside, and lay down on the edge of the bed as usual. As soon as he lay down, he looked at Xuan Che, who was sleeping with his back to him, and felt a little bad, so he hugged her again, carefully turned her body over to himself, and then hugged her to sleep.

Xuan Che was already extremely tired, and it stands to reason that she should have fallen asleep, but she lay down for a while, feeling that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, but her mind was getting clearer and clearer. She knew that it was the owner of this body who wanted to take advantage of her exhaustion to regain consciousness, but she wasn't particularly worried, after all, if she could snatch it, she wouldn't let people take it back so lightly. After meditating for a long time with her eyes closed, she finally felt a little sleepy, and she fell asleep with great difficulty. This sleep was also extremely difficult, she dreamed of Orchid smiling at her with a foxy face, and dreamed of Qing Ming, yes, it was the little Taoist, Qing Ming. She snapped open her eyes and felt that something was wrong. It stands to reason that this orchid should never have seen Qing Ming, so how could there be this Taoist priest in her dream. She had always been one to get to the bottom when she had doubts, and at this time the drowsiness seemed to be less intense, so she closed her eyes and went directly to look at the orchid's senses. There is a memory of Orchid in this consciousness, and if you want to check anything, your mouth can deceive people, but memory can't deceive people. After she entered, it seemed that there was only the figure of the Wheel King, and all kinds of things that she had instructed her, such as taking care of the two stone statues outside the Netherworld Rock, and watching the entrance of Huangquan Road, not letting others get in, all of which were inconsequential. Xuan Che was a little impatient, and skipped the front directly, to the deepest part of her memory, which was the place that could best reflect people's emotions. In the depths of her memory, she found that it was a little different from before, the Wheel King had always called her Orchid, but the further she went, the more different she experienced. She was once a mortal. Suddenly, she found a familiar figure, Qing Ming. This seems to be more than ten years ago, when Qing Ming was still a teenager, his facial features were extremely young, but his appearance was not much different from now, Qing Ming looked at her and said to her, "Senior Sister Qingli, I am your senior brother Qing Ming, you will follow me in the future, if someone bullies you, you can tell me, I will teach them a lesson for you." Seeing this, Xuan Che probably had some eyebrows, and if she continued to look at it, her identity became clearer and clearer. No wonder that Qing Ming desperately wants to enter this underworld, it turns out that this orchid is his favorite little sister Qingli.

Xuan Che felt that this matter was a bit complicated, and subconsciously wanted to discuss it with Xiu Yuan, but when he turned his head, he was already asleep. He looked very asleep, one arm still around his shoulder, and the other arm pressed the corner of the quilt for her. Xuan Che smelled the faint fragrance of plum blossoms emanating from his body, and suddenly remembered that when he was young, he often made plum blossom soup for him to eat. At that time, the freshly budding plum blossoms were plucked, pickled with honey, and then put into a jar and placed in the soil for a few months. After taking it out, the plum blossom is still the same as new, and the fragrance has not been lost, but the whole flower has become sweet. In fact, she also made lotus soup a few times, and then felt that it took too long to make lotus soup, so she kept feeding Xiuyuan to eat plum blossom soup, and after eating it for many years, he actually had some fragrance of plum blossoms. Xuan Che leaned his head closer to sniff again, and then lay down in his arms and looked at him. Suddenly, with a thought, he brought his lips up, only to stop again just as he was about to touch his full lips. Xuan Che frowned, pulled the distance between the two of them a little, and went back to sleep.