Chapter 181: Searching for Memories in the Forgotten River
Chu Ruanruan looked at the black-robed ghost general with a confused look on her face. After a long while, she said, "Are you heartbroken?"
Black-robed ghost general: "..."
Chu Ruanruan suddenly felt something was wrong: "You have never been in love at all!"
"What's wrong with you? Didn't Uncle Rotary King chase you? Did you two have an argument or a fight?"
Chu Runrun's head full of question marks made the black-robed ghost general even more annoyed.
"Alright! Little brat, why are you asking so many questions? Come drink with me!"
Chu Ruanruan looked at the Erguotou and shook her head repeatedly: "I can't drink!"
The black-robed ghost rolled his eyes at her and opened the bottle and placed it next to Chu Ruanruan's mouth:
"Open your mouth! Swallow it, and you'll be able to drink it!"
Chu Ruanruan held the wine bottle and frowned as she watched the black-robed ghost gulp down a bottle of Erguotou.
"Can ghosts get drunk when drinking?"
The black-robed ghost general suddenly gave a bitter laugh: "That's right! I'm a ghost, I can't get drunk!"
As he spoke, the black-robed ghost general took a few more gulps, then threw the bottle aside and said with a sarcastic laugh:
"It has no taste at all. It's strange that I can get drunk!"
"If you can't get drunk, then don't drink. Tell me what happened!" Chu Runrun threw the wine bottle aside.
The black-robed ghost general looked at Chu Ruanruan and chuckled, then took off the mask on his face.
Looking at the scar on the black-robed ghost general's face, Chu Ruanruan was shocked at first, then frowned and said:
"It must have been painful when you got hurt!"
The black-robed ghost general was slightly stunned, then suddenly smiled.
She had said the same thing when they first met, word for word.
"It hurts! Of course it hurts! But it's been over a thousand years, and I'm already a ghost. I've long forgotten the pain of the flesh. All I can remember is the pain here!"
The black-robed ghost general pointed to his heart and said.
"This injury is related to Uncle Lunzhuan Wang!" Chu Ruanruan guessed.
The black-robed ghost general smiled bitterly again: "Yes! It's related to him!"
Chu Runrun saw endless sadness through the eyes of the black-robed ghost general.
At this time, on the edge of the Forgotten River, the Wheel King slowly stepped into the icy water.
Before my eyes are the obsessions of countless undead souls, and in my ears are the painful roars of the undead souls.
The Forgotten River stores the past that the dead cannot let go of. Here, one can see the most extreme love in the world.
As the Wheel King entered, Meng Po's voice came from the shore behind him:
"Go further in and there might be something in your past that you don't want to recall. Do you still want to continue?"
"I am the King of Hell in the Ten Palaces of Hell, why should I be afraid of the past?"
The Wheel King's calm voice was filled with dominance and majesty.
As he went deeper, countless points of light rose from the Forgotten River. Those points of light gradually floated towards him and condensed before his eyes.
The Wheel King gently raised his hand, and the ball of light landed steadily on it, awakening his dusty memories...
"When you return from your tribulation, you will be the King of Hell in the Ten Palaces of Hell!"
King Yama opened the door of reincarnation, and King Chuanzhuan nodded slightly and walked in.
A white light flashed, and in the mortal world a thousand years ago, a wealthy family gave birth to an extremely intelligent young man.
This young man's name is Xiao Cen. He is proficient in both literature and martial arts, but he does not care about fame and fortune. Instead, he prefers the Taoist art of becoming an immortal.
The master and mistress of the Xiao family loved their son so much that they let him go.
One day, Xiao Cen passed by a brothel and stopped to look when he heard the lingering sound of a piano coming from upstairs.
Xiao Cen was not a lustful person. He thought of going to see for himself the sound of the piano, which could clear his ears and eyes and purify his mind, comparable to the Taoist meditation mantra.
After entering the brothel, Xiao Cen saw not a graceful woman, but a man in white.
The man had a cool and handsome face, a rare appearance, like an immortal who had strayed into the mortal world and was now detached from the world.
Xiao Cen was stunned. He was surprised that there could be a man in this world with such clear eyes.
The man smiled at him. Xiao Cen was about to go forward when he heard a commotion downstairs.
"Tianxiang Tower's top courtesan, Young Master Bai Mu, will be performing music in the attic today. For just one hundred taels of silver, you can get a glimpse of Young Master Bai Mu's true appearance!"
A middle-aged woman dressed in gorgeous clothes was shouting hard, and both men and women were throwing money at the table.
Only then did Xiao Cen realize that the man in front of him was Bai Mu, the most popular male prostitute in Tianxiang Tower.
He had heard of Bai Mu's reputation before, but he didn't take it seriously.
He felt that no matter how handsome a man was, he could not be that handsome. This kind of popularity was just a gimmick created by Tianxianglou.
But now that he had seen Bai Mu's true face, he was willing to pay ten thousand taels of silver to hear him play one more song.
The middle-aged woman returned to the attic, only to see Xiao Cen coming up from nowhere. She immediately frowned and said angrily:
"Sir, have you paid? To go up to the attic, it will cost at least one thousand taels of silver!"
Before Xiao Cen could say anything, Bai Mu spoke up: "Master, he just wandered in by mistake, why are you being so aggressive!"
"Bai Mu, you have already sold yourself to Tianxiang Tower. I have the final say on who can see you. You have no right to speak!" the middle-aged woman said angrily.
Bai Mu lowered his eyes slightly and looked at Xiao Cen with an apologetic look.
Xiao Cen couldn't bear to see such a pure person being polluted by a place like a brothel, so he immediately took out all the money he had on him:
"These banknotes, buy him!"
The middle-aged woman looked at the several thousand taels in Xiao Cen's hand and said disdainfully, "You want to buy an Oiran with just this little money? Sir, why don't you even ask where Tianxiang Tower is?"
"How much silver does he want?" Xiao Cen asked.
"At least ten thousand taels... of gold!"
When Bai Mu heard the exorbitant price, he quickly looked at Xiao Cen and said:
"Sir, I'm not worth your money, go back quickly!"
Xiao Cen looked at Bai Mu's clear eyes and said with a hard heart:
"Give me three days, and I'll bring you back ten thousand taels of gold. During these three days, you're not allowed to let him receive any more guests!"
After saying that, Xiao Cen threw down the banknotes and left.
The Xiao family is wealthy and can afford ten thousand taels of gold.
However, when Xiao Cen's father heard that he was going to use ten thousand taels of gold to redeem a male courtesan, he was so angry that he fell ill.
Xiao Cen couldn't bear to see his parents worry about him anymore, so he had to find a solution himself.
I heard that the emperor's little princess was seriously ill and incurable. The emperor issued an edict that any conditions could be proposed as long as the little princess could be saved.
Xiao Cen figured out that the little princess was haunted by a ghost and that was why she was seriously ill, so he rushed to the capital overnight to use Taoist magic to drive away the ghost.
The little princess recovered from her serious illness, and Xiao Cen got ten thousand taels of gold as he wished to redeem Bai Mu.
Bai Mu was grateful for Xiao Cen's kindness and played music for him every day to help him purify his mind and practice Taoism.
Such peaceful days lasted only half a year.
After the little princess recovered from her illness, she asked the emperor to issue an edict to grant her and Xiao Cen a marriage.
At that time, Xiao Cen only had Bai Mu in his eyes and was not willing to marry the princess.
But the imperial decree was hard to disobey. Xiao Cen could give up his own life, but he could not give up the lives of his entire family. He could only obey the decree and marry the princess.
On the wedding day, Bai Mu played music in the bamboo forest to send Xiao Cen into the palace.
After becoming a prince consort, Xiao Cen did not forget Bai Mu. He would occasionally go back to enjoy flowers, drink wine, play music and listen to music with Bai Mu. His life was quite comfortable.
This matter soon reached the ears of the princess. She hated her husband for having an affair with such a man, so she captured Bai Mu while Xiao Cen was away.
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