I don't know what this demon leader is thinking. Maybe it's just as she said. She has been lonely for so long that she wants to spend a night with me to kill time. Although she is an evil spirit, she is also one of the creatures. She has emotions and feelings. Although I am afraid of her, I can understand her sorrow to some extent.
At this moment, her face was no longer the ugly face like a rat with a pointed face and monkey cheeks, but the face of a beautiful girl. It was dim in the night and the oil bowl lamp could not illuminate it completely, so it was not clear, but her beautiful outline could be vaguely seen. Like Hu Lingshang, she had a bit of ancient charm, but the two had completely different temperaments. Lingshang was like a fairy, while Mei Sanniang was evil and charming, and her beauty was captivating.
Meanwhile, she was taking a powder puff and tapping it gently on her face to spread it evenly. I didn't know where the powder came from, but there was a faint smell of rice. It should be the rice powder makeup that was popular in the Western Zhou Dynasty. That is, rice was finely ground into powder, and there were also some fermentation and screening steps. But I didn't know how there was rice on this island. But then I remembered that mice love rice, and those rat people live in secret corners. Maybe they are secretly growing rice somewhere for themselves to eat.
We have only developed a part of this island, so we don't know how big it is, and it would not be surprising if anything is there.
After patting it on, she applied some blush. The color smelled like a flower, as if it was made from roses. She never thought that Mei Sanniang was particularly particular about her makeup, and she took fiddling with these skin-related things more seriously than killing someone.
After she finished painting the mirror flowers and water moon, she felt a little satisfied, then she put on her clothes and came in front of me again. I looked at her, and her coquettish look immediately became more pronounced. I couldn't help swallowing my saliva. It would be a lie to say that she was not beautiful. It was just that this kind of beauty made me feel a little at a loss, as if my whole heart was held in her hands and I couldn't breathe.
"Am I beautiful, my husband?" Mei Sanniang winked at me intentionally.
My face was already red, but when I thought about the fact that she might steal Yunwen's heart at any time, I made my position clear and said immediately, "Don't ask these nonsense questions. I am only responsible for accompanying you for one night, but I am not responsible for praising you or talking to you. This is not a violation, right?"
She wasn't angry, she just smiled coquettishly, touched my face lightly with her hand, and said, "No, no, you don't have to say anything, it's not against the rules, although your blushing face has already answered my question."
I coughed, feeling a little embarrassed, but I was too lazy to talk nonsense with her, so I said, "I've made it clear in advance that we humans work during the day and rest at night, unlike you rats and beasts who act in the middle of the night. It's not my fault if I take a nap later."
These words were hurtful enough, but she just laughed it off and didn't care. She just took my arm and nodded and smiled at me.
She held up the Zhenming Umbrella, and the umbrella flew high into the sky. Suddenly, a force lifted us up. I vaguely knew that it was the remaining souls in the Zhenming Umbrella. They were now all gathered under our feet, and the two of us were like riding on clouds, flying high into the sky, hanging in the air, moving forward all the way, and flying in the air.
I seldom go out at night, because night is usually the time when wild animals and poisonous insects are active. Outside the wilderness, these are all deadly threats. But tonight, not only did I go out at night, but I also flew in this way of riding on the clouds. It was really a special experience, at least it was something I had never dared to think about before.
At this moment, the clouds have parted to reveal the moon, and the moonlight is as bright as a veil. The world under the night seems to be covered with a light veil. Looking down from such a height, it is really mysterious. It is completely different from what you see during the day. You can vaguely identify through certain features that there is a dangerous jungle, there is a monkey forest, there is the top of Taiqiong Mountain, and there is the Jade Emperor Temple. It's just that under the color of the night and the moon, there is a bit more mystery and beauty, which makes for a completely different viewing experience.
But after flying in the sky for so long, I quickly woke up from my trance and said, "Where are you going to take me? This is clearly the road to Xiying City. Do you want to put me under house arrest?"
Mei Sanniang shook her head and smiled, saying, "I'll give you a reassurance, husband. Actually, if I want to kill all of you, it's easy. I can flatten your city in an instant. I don't even care about a place like Chaoge, let alone your little broken city. So, husband, do you think I need to go to great lengths to do these useless things?"
I was speechless for a moment, but I had heard Yunwen say the same thing, so from this point of view, what this woman said was credible.
She then took me through the canyon, and soon passed the territory of Xiying City, and kept flying forward until we passed the Four Seasons Mountains. I couldn't recognize any of the places ahead because I had never seen the mountain roads there before. But they were all ordinary mountain roads. Some places had many trees, and some places had few trees. Until I saw a place of ruins right in the middle of the mountain, I didn't know if I was dazzled, but I seemed to see a lot of green eyes looking up there.
Mei Sanniang also behaved abnormally at this time. She covered my eyes with her hands and said, "Don't look at them. Even I don't dare to provoke those things easily. If they recognize you, they will track you down. Then you will never have a day of rest on the island."
After she finished speaking, the remnant spiritual cloud under her feet seemed to be urged by Mei Sanniang's consciousness and also accelerated the process. I couldn't help but feel chilled. There were already too many bizarre things on this island. I thought Mei Sanniang had already reached her limit, but I didn't know if there was something she couldn't afford to provoke. What kind of terrible thing would that be?
But soon we passed that area and continued to fly forward, all the way to a mountain and landed on the edge of a high mountain. She let the remnant spirit mist cloud take us down. When we reached the top of the mountain, there was no one around. I took a special look and found that there was nothing on this mountain except flowers.
It is now a bleak autumn, but the flowers here still attract bees and butterflies, with no signs of withering, as if it is a fairyland.
"Come." Mei Sanniang pulled me forward, and I saw vines tied to two strange branches, and under the vines there was a wooden board, which was a swing.
She sat on it and motioned to me with her hands, wanting me to help her push the swing. I wanted to refuse, but she saw through it and said, "The umbrella is beside me, so I can't fly. If you push too hard, I might roll off the cliff and die. Do you want to try?"
After that, she threw a dagger at me. What she said made sense. Behind this tree was a cliff. If I could calculate the position accurately and cut the rope at the critical moment, she would not be able to rely on the umbrella and might really die. Wouldn't that be my wish? So I went forward and pushed her hard. She looked at me with a smile, as if she had seen through my thoughts.
In just a moment, I helped push the swing, holding the dagger in my hand, intending to cut the vines as soon as the swing was far enough away from the cliff, so that she would fall off the cliff and put an end to it once and for all.
Just when I felt the time had come, I heard her say, "I forgot how long ago, that unfaithful man had made a swing for me and pushed me like this, but after that he had already found a bad way to ambush me. When I was happiest, he cut the rope, and those guys rushed over, and I was captured. He was afraid that I would take revenge, so he thought of a way to trap me in that dark cave for so long."
Do you think I will pity her? I continued to cut the vines, but she continued calmly: "Husband, do you want to go back to the civilized world?"
I was stunned, and the dagger fell with a bang. The faces of my parents appeared in front of my eyes. Of course I wanted to go back, to visit them, and to reunite with them.
"I, Mei Sanniang, am not a bad person. It's just that the unfaithful man and other so-called descendants of famous families spread bad words about me, making it difficult for me to defend myself. I feel very wronged for being labeled with a bad name. My husband, I hate that guy in my heart now, but I also long for his love and care. Seeing how much love you have for your wife, I have already taken a fancy to you. I will give you a chance. If you agree to be my, Mei Sanniang's, husband, I will spare all the lives, take you away from the island, and return to the Central Plains. You and I will be husband and wife for life. What do you think?" Mei Sanniang asked seriously.
I was confused for a moment, and my mind kept thinking about my family, thinking about them who were far away on the other side, thinking about how they were doing now, whether they were thinking about me, and so on. However, at this time, my reason also reminded me of an important thing!