Scroll of Seven Sorrows

Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, and tourists are only old in Jiangnan.The spring water is blue in the sky, drawing the boat and listening to the rain.

It was almost noon when the seventh and eighth masters got off the boat.The other courtyard of the Su Mansion is located in Jinling, which is considered to be the northern part of the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not as hazy as the misty and rainy water towns in the south, it is still located in the Jiangnan where there is plenty of water.As soon as Xie Bi'an got off the boat, it began to rain lightly.It is the end of spring now, the rain is not as wet as in early spring, but fortunately the boatman has already prepared a paper umbrella, but there is only one paper umbrella.Fan Wujiu took the umbrella dumbly, said "thank you" to the boatman, opened the paper umbrella, and hit Xie Bi'an on the head.

Xie Bi'an turned around and looked at Fan Wujiu, seemed to have thought of something, so he stretched out his slightly pale hand, put his finger on Fan Wujiu's, and pushed the umbrella between the two of them.

"Unexpectedly, Xie will still have the opportunity to share an umbrella with Ba Ye in this life. Today's accident happened, and it turned out to be obsession for many years."

Fan Wujiu lowered his eyes to look at Xie Bi'an, seeing that his eyes were slightly red when he spoke, he was really moved.

"Qiye, I didn't blame you back then, but me." Fan Wujiu's EQ was too low, and he didn't know how to say comforting words, "I got you in trouble, I was stupid."

"Ba Ye, there is something I have never dared to ask. Why didn't you wait for me on the bridge back then? You don't like the rain so much?" Xie Bi'an pursed his lips, not daring to look at Ba Ye's face.

Fan Wujiu: "Because I promised to wait for you under the bridge, I'm afraid you won't be able to find me when I get to the bridge."

At that time, the water in the river kept rising. I was afraid that if you went to look for me under the bridge and found that I was not there, you would run into danger if you looked for me along the river bank.I know water, I'm not afraid, but you can't.It's just that I didn't expect that the water rose so fast, I was washed away before you came back, Fan Wujiu said silently in his heart.These words are too hypocritical, Eighth Master can't open his mouth.

"Ba Ye, you are really... really a single-minded fool." Xie Bi'an didn't expect Fan Wujiu to answer him like this, and he was very angry, feeling dumbfounded.

Xie Bi'an naturally didn't know the real reason, he would believe whatever Ba Ye said.Even though the seventh master has a narrow heart, once he meets the eighth master, he will return to one, and he will lose his mind.

The other courtyard of the Su Mansion has been left unoccupied since Master Su passed away.Looking at the faded rich door and the rusted lock, the two knew that there was no need to knock on the door anymore, so they waited outside the door for the rain to stop before climbing over the wall to enter.

With the slanting wind and light rain, the magnolias planted in front of the Su Mansion were all in full bloom, and the jade-white flowers on the branches swayed with the wind and rain, like a snow-white bird fluttering its wings in the rain.Ba Ye and Qi Ye stood beside the tree holding a light yellow paper umbrella, Ba Ye looked up at the magnolia flower, and Qi Ye squinted at Ba Ye.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Bi'an suddenly said, "There is something I haven't really understood these days."

Fan Wujiu turned around and asked, "What's the matter? Seventh Master, please tell me."

"What happened when Qin Yu first met Su Wan'er, and why did he bury the saffron here? And, do you remember that in the Infernal Hell, Qin Yu once said that half of the reason he married Su Wan'er was to repay his kindness. He also said in Chunlou that Master Su and Su Wan'er are kind to him. Where does the kindness come from? What kindness does Su Waner have to him that can make him give up the one he loves and marry Su Waner?"

"Qiye is still careful, I never thought about these things." Fan Wujiu said, "I just don't know how we can find the answer to the question?"

"I have some guesses in my heart, but I don't dare to say anything. I'll go back first after getting the saffron. Eighth Master, you are here to find out if there are any insiders from back then. After delivering the medicine to Zhao Mingzheng, I will go back to Jinling to find you. "Xie Bi'an said.

The rain gradually stopped, and the ground was still as muddy as it was when it rained. The moss attached to the walls of the Su Mansion became even more slippery under the moisture of the rain. Fortunately, the seventh and eighth masters all know martial arts, so it didn't cost much to climb over the wall. effort.

The two went straight to the backyard, and they saw an osmanthus tree.There is a stone table under the tree, surrounded by stone benches.Because of the rain just now, there is still water in the depression of the stone table, and a few scattered osmanthus leaves float on the water, and the water drops on the leaves look bright under the refraction of the sun.

"I always feel that something is missing." Fan Wujiu frowned.

After listening to Ba Ye's words, Xie Bi'an also noticed something was wrong, and looked around the yard: "In such a big house, why is there no earth-bound spirit? If there is an earth-bound spirit, maybe the answer to the question I just asked may be known .”

"Maybe Master Su invited Taoist monks to do the magic trick, all the ghosts in the house have gone to be reincarnated." Fan Wujiu squatted on the ground, picked up a stone at random, and said while digging the soil under the osmanthus tree.

Xie Bi'an saw that the two people were racking their brains here but couldn't figure out why, so he temporarily gave up the miscellaneous problems in his mind, picked up a stone, squatted on the other side of the tree and started digging.The two of them were lucky enough to find the wooden box that Qin Yu had buried after trying three or four places.

Xie Bi'an wiped off the dirt on the box, and then carefully opened the box, there was indeed a bouquet of dried flowers inside, but this flower was not in the shape of an ordinary saffron.The whole body of ordinary saffron is bright red, but the place near the stem end of this flower is lavender, which has an indescribable strange feeling.

"I thought the box was full of flowers, but I didn't expect that there was less than one-third of it, and it seemed to be leftover."

After listening to Fan Wujiu's words, Xie Bian faintly felt that he had grasped something, he had a flash of inspiration, and asked, "Baye, what is the effect of this saffron?"

"I only remember one function is to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and I'm not sure about the others." Fan Wujiu took out his handkerchief, dipped it in the water from the pond, wiped his muddy hands, and then put it on again. Handed the handkerchief to Xie Bi'an, "Qi Ye wipes his hands too."

Xie Bi'an did not take the handkerchief, but said to Fan Wujiu very excitedly: "Baye, I seem to understand. Women often use saffron as medicine for miscarriage. Su Wan'er was afraid that she might be pregnant. Because of Qin Yu's miscarriage, Her lover may have had an accident, or it may be because she had no children and abandoned her, so Qin Yu felt guilty and had to marry her. This half box of saffron is left over from the year. I will go back to Yuchun Tower To deliver the medicine, you take advantage of these few days to inquire about the man who has a close relationship with Su Wan'er."

After speaking, Xie Bi'an turned around to leave, but Fan Wujiu grabbed his sleeve.Fan Wujiu frowned slightly, grabbed Xie Bian's hand that wasn't holding the box, and gently wiped off the mud with a handkerchief: "What's the matter, Zhao Mingzheng can't die, wipe your hand clean first and then It's not too late to go."

Xie Bi'an's face flushed slightly, and he said in his heart, this straight man is really terrible when he picks up people.But he didn't refute, instead he asked Fan Wujiu to wipe his hands with great enjoyment.

Xie Bi'an looked up at the sky, the sun was dazzling, and the magpies could be faintly heard from the branches, it was another beautiful spring day.

On the way back, there was no delay from the Eighth Master, and the Seventh Master hurried on, plus he really missed the Eighth Master in his heart. He traveled day and night, and it took only four days to go back and forth.Qin Yu took the medicine and thanked Qiye for a long time. Qiye smiled at him and said that there are still some personal matters to deal with, and we will have a drink together in a few days.Before leaving, Qi Ye took a look at Zhao Mingzheng. Zhao Mingzheng was sitting on a reclining chair on the porch basking in the sun. Qi Ye saw his ruddy complexion, and he thought that the past few days were quite nourishing.But at this moment, he couldn't hear or see, Qi Ye couldn't tease him, he could only keep the words in his stomach, and make a good joke when he recovered completely.

During Xie Bi'an's absence, Fan Wujiu has been living in the Su Mansion. Anyway, there is no one else, and Ba Ye is not afraid of ghosts. There are ready-made beds in the east and west rooms. There is nothing wrong with it except that there are too many weeds and it is easy to attract mosquitoes. .Because Qin Yu was in a hurry when he married Su Wan'er, the wedding was not very big, and Yu Chun Lou was a half-black existence, so not many people knew that Su Wan'er was married.So during the day, Fan Wujiu wandered around, claiming to be Su Waner's cousin, and everyone he met said that Miss Su had eloped with someone a few years ago, and he was ordered by his elders to inquire about her cousin's lover, to see if she could find her whereabouts .At night, Fan Wujiu used thousands of miles of sound transmission to chat with Qi Ye, chatting about the harvest of the day, it was not boring.

It was already midnight when Xie Bi'an returned to Jinling, and he always went to work in the middle of the night, Xie Bi'an liked walking at night very much.In the cool breeze at night, without the heat of the day, Xie Bi'an walked on the country road, surrounded by some fireflies with green light dangling around him, which made him feel very comfortable, and he was not in a hurry to get to Suzhou soon. Seeing Fan Wujiu, he unconsciously slowed down and hummed a little tune.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, the dead to rest in peace, the living to be liberated—" Xie Bi'an hummed the tune he learned when he went to the west to exchange, very comfortable.A man dressed as a farmer with a hoe appeared on the opposite side. This man probably fell asleep while plowing in the field, and when he woke up in the middle of the night, he hurried back home.

The man saw Xie Bi'an dressed in white from afar, squinting his eyes, humming a strange song, and there were will-o'-the-wisps shining around him, so he was very frightened, threw his hoe and knelt down in the middle of the road.

"Master Wuchang spare my life, Master Wuchang spare my life." The farmer kowtowed to Xie Bi'an non-stop.

Xie Bian said at ease, can this also recognize me?Then he looked down at his snow-white sleeves and glanced at the fireflies flying beside him, only to realize that this person had misunderstood, but he was the real Bai Wuchang who hit him by mistake.It's a pity that I don't have much mana now, otherwise I will definitely make him rich.

Seeing that this man kowtowed piously, and that this place is not too far from the other courtyard of the Su Mansion, Xie Bian's heart moved, and he said: "I came up today to collect the soul of a person, I will ask you a question, as long as you tell me what you know Tell me honestly, I will not make things difficult for you."

When the farmer saw Xie Bi'an open his mouth, he was frightened and froze, and he agreed.

"The Su family used to set up another courtyard here. There is a young lady named Su Wan'er, have you heard of it?" Xie Bi'an asked.

"I've heard of it, I've heard of it."

Xie Bi'an said again: "She has a concubine, do you know who this person is?"

"My concubine? No, I don't know... No, I remember a person who got very close to her. But I really don't know what it is called, I only know that it is a Taoist priest."

"Taoist? Where is the Taoist?"

"It's the Taoist priest from Xuanqingguan on Zijin Mountain not far away. I heard that Mr. Su had encountered evil spirits, so he invited the Taoist priest to perform the ritual, and it will be fine in a few days. Since then, the Taoist priest has been honored by the Su family as a guest of honor. The Taoist priest was traveling together, and the relationship between the two seems to be very close. However, I haven’t seen the Taoist priest for many years, and I heard that he died, of course I can’t say for sure, maybe he went to roam around.”

Saying goodbye to the farmer, Xie Bi'an felt even more at ease, he thought that it was really easy to find nowhere to go, so he immediately made a trick and asked Fan Wujiu: "Ba Ye, how is your inquiry?"

Hearing that Xie Bi'an's tone was so embarrassing, Fan Wujiu guessed that he probably got some news, so he said: "What? Master Qi also found out about Taoist priests?"

"..." Xie Bi'an, "Eighth Master, you... well, forget it. Then Eighth Master, have you guessed who the Taoist priest is?"

"I don't know. Could it be that he is still an acquaintance of Master Qi?"

"Acquaintances are not counted. You come to the yard, and Qi Ye will review the seven bitter books for you."

Fan Wujiu pushed open the door of the wing room, the moonlight was like water, a person dressed in white was standing in the courtyard holding a dark blue book, time seemed to stop, the two just looked at each other, neither of them spoke first peaceful.

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Meng Po's Internet celebrity milk tea shop in Fengdu Small Theater

On a certain day of a certain year, when a female ghost was queuing for soup, she said to Meng Jiangnv: "I waited in line for several years before I had a sip of your soup. When I was alive, I thought those online celebrity milk tea shops were difficult enough to get in line, but Unexpectedly, Mengpo soup is the really difficult thing to prepare."

Meng Jiangnv slapped her head, thinking, isn't my Mengpo soup much better than the current Internet celebrity milk tea, I have to find a way to make the ghosts line up to drink the soup willingly.

Early the next morning, a signboard was hung at the entrances of the three Naihe Bridges, namely "Mourning Tea", "Nothing" and "A lot". I took a cup of Mengpo soup packaged in the shape of milk tea.Xishi was pretending to be drinking milk tea while taking crazy selfies. Xie Bian leaned over and took a look, and found that she had written in the ghost circle, "Mengpo soup, the soup made by Meng Jiangnv, whoever drinks it will agree" (with picture Nine continuous shooting)

On the third day, Lord Yan personally ordered Meng Jiangnu's store to be rectified, citing "false propaganda".Because apart from Meng Jiangnv's own ghost, no ghost knows whether Meng Po's soup is good or not.

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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust from the Bible