"I've heard of the method that Siniang mentioned before." Meng Qingyao said: "It is said that it was first spread from Qinglongmen. The people call it 'ghost fishing'. It is a method of fishing for corpses using a special medium. Later, it was improved by the Qinglong Eight Masters from the same sect in the sect, and it turned into the reverse fighting method it is today."
"I didn't expect that there is such a magic in the world." The grim-faced Taoist shook his head: "I have heard a little bit about it before, but I just thought it was folk talk. In the end, I still underestimated the ideas of the Mushroom Gate."
"The Taoist master is mainly a beginner. If he is as qualified as your father and I, when it comes to the Mushroom Gate thaumaturgy, he will be unable to stop him for three days and three nights. A mere copy of "Shaling Tomb Book" may not even be able to stop him." It’s all too much to say.”
"Indeed, Pindao has a deep understanding now. However, after the analysis by Brother Meng and Siniang just now, Pindao has a vague feeling that something big is going to happen in Gaoping Town. Let's sit quietly and take a closer look. When Miss Hongyu comes out later, we will probably be able to tell. Some clues.”
The girl Xiangling on the flower viewing platform was quickly taken away by the prostitute. Du Niang then began to introduce other girls, while the mood of the drinkers in the audience was still high. It can be seen from the prices that were raised again and again. The quality of the girls in Jiachunmanlou is definitely of the highest quality.
The Taoist priest with a grimace discovered that after Miss Xiangling, the girls on stage no longer wore veils and showed their true faces. He guessed that this was because Miss Xiangling was a young girl - the appearance of a yellow-flowered girl in the flower house was comparable to It is unusual for an upright official to appear in the imperial court today, and it is not surprising even for some special treatment.
The beautiful figures on the flower viewing platform were changing. Unknowingly, the flower party was already halfway through. At this time, the word "red jade" suddenly appeared in the mouth of Madam Du Niang. The three people in the box were perked up after hearing this, and they all straightened up and looked at the flower viewing platform. .
The red jade girl looks thin and thin. She doesn't seem to have any powder on her face, but her complexion is frighteningly white. The white dress she wears further highlights her cold temperament. The overall impression is that she is both sick and immortal, like the flying Chang'e. What I am holding is not the Jade Rabbit, but the feeling of a medicine box.
Madam Du Niang said that the Hongyu girl was in her prime, with a gentle temperament, a soft-spoken voice, and she was good at playing the zheng. She was the best choice for those guests with artistic talents who wanted to indulge in the gentle country.
The Taoist priest with a grimace chuckled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "What the hell is art? Going to a brothel to do art is as outrageous as the seventh child sitting in the academy studying."
"Brother Luo is recuperating thousands of miles away. Doesn't this count as being shot while lying down..."
"You two, please stop arguing." He Siniang suddenly interrupted the two of them: "This ruby girl... I seem to recognize her!"
"Ah? Si Niang recognizes it?!"
"Well, she...she seems to be an urgent girl!"
"People from Jinyuefu?!" The grim-faced Taoist priest said in surprise: "Then why did she come to the flower house?"
"I don't know. I've only had a few impressions of her. I vaguely remember that she was a girl who just entered the house when I was about to escape from Jinyue Mansion... But she doesn't seem to be named Hongyu, either?"
"This is normal. 'Hongyu' may be the nickname she took after entering Shuiyang Gate."
"That should be the case. I remember that she was called 'Bai Xuanyuan' at that time, and she was a timid little girl. Later, I escaped from Jinyuefu and I have never seen her again."
"Hey, do you think this Hongyu girl, like Si Niang, escaped halfway from Jin Yuefu?"
"Qingyao, you mean that Mrs. Qi is here to seek revenge?"
"yes."
"Escaped from Jinyuefu to Hualou?" The Taoist priest with a grimace frowned and said, "Isn't this jumping from one pit into another?"
"this…"
"I understand!" He Siniang slapped her thigh and almost stood up from the stool.
Upon seeing this, the Taoist priest with a grimace hurriedly said: "Hey, Si Niang, don't get excited and provoke the old witch next door. Please tell me what you understand."
"This white...red jade girl is the medium to avoid evil spirits!" He Siniang calmed herself down and lowered her voice: "When she first arrived at the house, Mrs. Qi accidentally mentioned that she had found a four-pillar tomb. Guite, now it seems, isn’t it Miss Hongyu you are talking about?”
"What is a ghost fetus?" Meng Qingyao asked curiously.
"It is the eight-character birth chart of pure Yin." The Taoist priest with a grimace explained: "There are ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches among the eight characters, of which the odd numbers are Yang; the even numbers are Yin, and the year, month, day, and hour of a person's birth are determined by It is called the 'Four Pillars'. If all four pillars are even numbers, it means that the person's horoscope is pure Yin, which is what the people often call a 'ghost fetus'."
"I see, I always thought that fetuses born on the Ghost Festival are called ghost fetuses."
"There is also a saying, but the name is different in different places. In fact, the fetuses born on the Hungry Ghost Festival are half-open-eyed heavenly fetuses in numerology. Their destiny is very hard, while the destiny of Yin to Yang is very weak. , and it is very harmful to family members, so it is easy to end up with a broken family and a dead family in your life."
"So people with four pillars of extreme Yin are the lower class." Meng Qingyao glanced at the red jade girl on the flower viewing platform, and continued: "You can also see it from the girl's experience, and If it is true, as Siniang said, that Mrs. Qi and Mr. Xue came here with the intention of catching ghosts, then the fate of Miss Hongyu would be too miserable."
"Brother Meng, could it be that he felt compassion?"
"I just feel a little pitiful, but I'm very curious. The old lady Qi in the next room is bidding aggressively at the moment, but even if she really takes the picture, can someone kidnap her in the middle of the night?"
"Why not? Brother Meng, do you think we, the people of Mushroom Sect, have any bottom line?"
Meng Qingyao sighed after hearing this, and said: "When I was doing the Golden Code business, I often dealt with fishermen, and I had some understanding of their methods of obtaining bright weapons. But today it was my turn to see it with my own eyes, but I still couldn't help but feel... Disgusted and frightened.
"Just get used to it. People in the world only think that people eat ghosts in the tomb robbing business. Little do they know that in the end people eat people. There are only so many tombs in the field. How many mouths can you eat just by pointing at fish and touching corpses? "
"Hey! My little brother is so naive. No wonder my old man always yells at me to leave the Mushroom Gate."
"It's good to leave. Pindao has also thought about it. If this poison poisoning thing can have a good outcome and we can save our lives, then we can wash our hands in a golden basin and find a place to live a peaceful life."
"That's great! I'm just hoping that you guys can settle down. We can work together to do some business, so we don't have to lick the blood of a knife to earn a living."
"Well, let's talk about these things later. Now we have to consider a very important issue."
"what is the problem?"
"Brother Meng, didn't you realize that Si Niang hasn't spoken to you for a long time?"
