When Feng Qing pulled out the dress in her hand, she was filled with joy.

Then she suddenly found that the surroundings had become quiet. It

was so quiet that it was a little scary.

What happened? Feng Qing looked around in confusion.

She saw Chu Xiaobai looking at this place with a very strange look, his big eyes were wide open, and this expression on a child looked like being scared.

Feng Qing hurriedly comforted him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this is just a costume."

- Real costume.

The kind for opera performances.

When Feng Qing was a child, she sometimes felt a little scared when she saw opera performances. She thought those people were flashy and looked like monsters, so she understood Chu Xiaobai very well.

Feng Qing specifically asked Boss Qiao to pack her a few second-hand costumes used by actors in a production crew. To be honest, these production crews often modify the costumes to make them look better on camera.

But they are inexpensive and of good quality.

Although Feng Qing couldn't figure out what kind of drama the costumes were used for, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a patch of red on the costumes that had not been washed off.

What is this? Feng Qing frowned. The costumes sent by Boss Qiao were a little dirty. She didn't know what drama they were used for. It

looked a little ugly, like blood.

How could there be such a thing?

Feng Qing quietly tried to rub it with her hands twice, and the color did not fade away. It was indeed stained. She was a little embarrassed.

Ah, this... Fortunately, the people over there are far away from here, so they probably can't see the red spot clearly.

It's quite normal to use some plasma dye when filming. It's not a common thing for the crew.

But overall, the quality of this dress is still good, which has far exceeded Feng Qing's original expectations. The reason why she felt that the package was heavy was purely because this dress and the headpiece were more authentic.

Especially the headpiece.

Although they are all industrial products if you look closely, and the big pearls and gems inlaid on them are all plastic, but you should not question the counterfeiting craftsmanship of cyberpunk humans. This thing looks like a glittering golden costume from a distance, and even the dark patterns of the clothes reflect the golden light.

Feng Qing took out the headpiece again, and then slowly smoothed out the flattened parts one by one. While she was doing these actions, she casually asked, "How is it? Is this dress okay?"

...

It seemed that a long time had passed before she heard the person on the other side speak slowly.

"Okay."

This voice seemed to contain a lot of things.

But Feng Qing...didn't hear it at all.

A happy smile appeared on her face instantly.

Feng Qing folded up the dress while talking, and then looked up at her colleagues, but at this time she suddenly found that Chu Xiaobai was startled and immediately picked up the abacus and ran away.

"He usually looks quite clever, how come he is so timid." Feng Qing said something sarcastic while looking at Chu Xiaobai's jumping back, then he realized that there were outsiders around, and smiled at Hua Chaodu a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, the child is too timid, I will definitely teach him well in the future."

"...It's okay." Hua Chaodu said with some difficulty.

He heard the implicit meaning in Feng Qing's words, and this meaning made him feel a little cold.

The clothes that Feng Qing took out were a real costume.

Just looking at this costume, it doesn't seem to have any special features except that it is particularly gorgeous and exquisite.

However...

it is covered with blood.

This blood-stained costume made countless people who were secretly observing the inn look at each other in bewilderment, wondering why the shopkeeper would take out such a piece of clothing.

But Hua Chaodu was different.

In his mind, he almost immediately remembered a rumor that had been circulating in the court.

And Hua Chaodu was almost certain.

- The dress in Feng Qing's hand was exactly the dress worn by the actor back then, otherwise Feng Qing would not have had to specially take out such a costume.

And, most importantly, the costume in front of him was extremely luxurious and wealthy. Hua Chaodu felt that except for the royal family, no one could afford so much good material to make such a costume.

And in the rumor back then... that costume was also made by the court with the best craftsmen in the country.

This dress only appeared in secrets, and even Hua Chaodu himself had never seen it, because when Hua Chaodu later became the supervisor of the East Factory, the costume had long disappeared.

But how is this possible? How could the person in front of him know this?

It can be regarded as a secret among secrets.

When Hua Chaodu thought of this, he suddenly felt his hands trembling.

He suddenly realized something.

This was another intimidation and temptation from the shopkeeper.

- Yes, it seemed that since they met, the shopkeeper had been intimidating him in various ways, although these threats had never come out of her mouth directly.

However, each of them hit Hua Chaodu's soft spot.

Why did she...

every time!

She had to do this every time!

There were so many clothes in the palace that could more clearly prove that Feng Qing had indeed been to the palace—the imperial concubine's, the empress's, and even the dragon robe, but there was not a single royal symbol on this costume, but why did she take this one out!

Hua Chao was filled with anger, but he couldn't do anything to the shopkeeper.

Because what the shopkeeper took out was just a costume, many people in the martial arts world haven't figured out what this costume represents, so their reaction now is not intense.

But once they know what this dress represents...

then the current situation may not be as peaceful as it is now.

Hua Chaodu knew this very well, so he dared not attack the shopkeeper. He felt that the shopkeeper had already known his mind thoroughly. The origin of this costume was related to the old emperor who was crazy about listening to operas. The

old emperor liked many opera singers in his life, and his romantic affairs were countless.

But few people knew that his favorite opera singer was always only one.

...

A long time ago, the old emperor did not seem to be so stupid. He was still a very wise and resourceful emperor.

He had a favorite opera singer, and he was extremely kind to that opera singer, and seemed willing to give her everything in the world.

In order to please the opera singer, the old emperor, who was still very wise and honest at the time, spent a huge amount of money and manpower to make such a costume.

Hua Chaodu had heard about the luxury of this costume.

It had to be unique in the world, with the best craftsmanship, the best silk threads and jewelry.

This costume might be the most gorgeous costume in the world.

The actor was favored by the emperor, with great wealth and glory. She should have spent her life in the envy of the people, but the emperor's favor was not so easy to bear.

So not long after, the actor suddenly disappeared one day, and no one saw her again.

At that time, Hua Chaodu was just a child who had just entered the palace. He didn't know what happened behind this incident until he became the governor of the East Factory.

After the death of the actor, the old emperor changed a lot.

He began to no longer care about state affairs, and spent every day having fun in the opera house, as if he wanted to numb himself.

He seemed to... want to find the shadow of the person he used to be in the group of actors around him.

The clothes in front of him seemed to be telling the people around him about the past, and Hua Chaodu swallowed slightly.

He suddenly asked, "Why did you take this one..."

Feng Qing turned around after hearing the voice, glanced at the costume, and then thought about it in her mind.

She didn't have any special reason, if she had to give a reason...

"Because you are very beautiful, I deliberately took the best things, because only the best things can match you."

Hua Chaodu was stunned for a moment.

The best...thing?

Indeed.

If you really say it, there will be no other costume in the world that is more valuable than this one.

However, Hua Chaodu racked his brains and couldn't imagine that there would be such a reason.

This reason made Hua Chao stunned.

It was just like this?

Feng Qing sighed. When she told Boss Qiao about it, he specially asked her to buy some bulk goods.

This dress cost her a full 150 yuan! It was definitely the best in that second-hand store, right? In that store where most clothes are priced in two digits, how difficult it is to sell a three-digit piece?

Hua Chao looked at the shopkeeper in front of her. There was pure admiration on her face. When she looked at him, there was no other emotion in her eyes.

For example, fear, flattery, or... disgust.

There was only pure admiration in her eyes.

And such a look.

Hua Chao didn't know how long she hadn't seen it.

"Come to our store and sing often in the future. You don't have to come every day. Just be like the storyteller across the street. I will pay you every time you sing." Hua Chao heard the shopkeeper say, "I won't ask you to do anything bad. You just come here to sing."

Hua Chao was still in a daze.

Just let him, the supervisor of Dongchang, to sing?

You won't ask him to do... bad things?

Feng Qing was really sincere when he said this.

Wasn't the beauty in front of him robbed by a common man?

Then why did she follow suit! As if no one would spend money! No matter

how rich he was in ancient times, could he beat the time-traveling human being from the 21st century?

At this time, Feng Qing heard his mobile phone ring.

Ah, it was Boss Qiao who replied.

"Hey." Li Qi quietly walked to Chu Changzui who had slipped away in advance, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you leave so suddenly?"

"How should I put it?" Xiaobai said with a puzzled expression.

"I always feel that there is a strong resentment on that piece of clothing, as if there are wronged souls wandering on it."

"You can also calculate such things?" Li Qi's face showed a suspicious look.

"What are you looking at?" Xiaobai was unhappy, "I really don't feel that strong resentment in general, but this piece of clothing is different. The resentment on it is so strong that it affects me. I have to hide here."

After saying that, he shook his head and sighed.

"I can feel such obvious resentment even without fortune-telling, so how strong was the resentment of the owner of this piece of clothing before he died..."

[Boss Qiao. Feng Qing just found time to send a message to Boss Qiao, [There is red blood on your clothes, and it is not clean.]

[Ah? It is not clean? Sorry, sorry, it will go away after a few more washes.] Boss Qiao said, [This costume was received from a movie crew. The movie has recently become a little popular. If you are interested, you can go and watch it.]

[Really?] Feng Qing was inexplicably excited. It was the first time for her to receive a prop from a well-known crew. [What kind of movie is that?]

[A horror movie. 】Boss Qiao said as a matter of course, [Oh, that actor died tragically in the movie... Let's put it this way, they prepared five or six costumes for this one alone, all stained with blood and torn, and this is the only one left that doesn't look too badly damaged, how is it? Not bad, right? 】