Yancheng, located in the north of Jinling City more than 100 miles, east of the sea, south of the Yangtze River, the north-south Grand Canal through the city, water and land transportation is very convenient, there are such unique conditions, the prosperity of Yancheng can be imagined. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yancheng county to the east more than 40 miles, there is a big mountain that spans north and south, the mountain is along the shore of the sea from north to south, stretches for nearly 100 miles, like a barrier to separate the land from the sea, so it is named Ping Mountain.

Pingshan is not magnificent, compared with the five famous mountains on the east soil, it is not worth mentioning, but there is a place on Pingshan that is well known to the world, that is, the highest peak of Pingshan, Shiren Peak, because there is a tall and majestic stone statue standing on the top of the mountain, the stone man is more than 20 zhang high, there are hundreds of people around the body, the stone statue is similar to the human shape, and lifelike, one finger to the sky, one hand clenched fist in the abdomen, facing the sea, magnificent, there is a kind of heroic spirit of the battlefield of the battlefield.

I don't know who carved it, when it was erected, the legend about this stone statue is strange, some people say that it is the incarnation of the gods in the world in the sky, and some people say that this is actually the Qin Shi Huang who ruled the world when he set up his own statue here, in order to show his supreme achievements, and some people say that there is a big devil in this screen mountain, and the stone man is the thing of the town charm, if the stone man falls, then the world will be in trouble, and so on.

All kinds of legends, thousands of years to attract countless celebrities and visitors to come, the stone statue is surrounded by a variety of poems and songs, most of them are sighing the magnificence of the stone man peak, among which there is a poem that does not leave the infinite imagination space for visitors.

The feet stand like a pine,

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and I am the peak.

Stay until the sunset shines on the stone people's eyes,

The demon king is in the world, and everything is empty.

This poem is not written on the stone statue, but engraved on a large bluestone not far from the stone statue, the handwriting is very blurred, it can be seen that the age is very old, it is very likely that the source of the legend of the devil in the mountain is from this poem.

However, some people say that this poem is actually someone deliberately scaring people, the demon king wants to come to the world, and the sunset shines on the eyes of the stone man, but the stone man faces east and west, how can the sunset fall on his eyes, maybe this is a joke made by the ancestors, and it can't be true.

I don't know from which day, this stone man was worshiped by the local people, especially the men who have just come of age, on the day of their coming-of-age ceremony, they climbed the towering stone statue, stood on the shoulders of the stone man, and shouted the strange poem to the sea, all this is done, it means that he has grown up, become a man who stands up to the sky, this custom, has been spread in the local area for thousands of years.

Lu Fei's master and servant walked on the streets of Yancheng, looking left and right, and couldn't help but wonder a little, they all said that Yancheng was prosperous, and the streets in the city were full of cars and horses all day long, and there was an endless stream of businessmen and wealthy households, but the scene in front of them was really unexpected.

Could it be that the people of Yancheng went to bed so early? The doors of the shops were closed, and there was not half a hawker in sight, and it was getting dark, and a foul smell was in the air, full of depression and gloomy.

Occasionally, a few passers-by walked past Lu Fei's body, and they all ran away quickly.

"Lao Jia, may I ask where there is a cheaper inn in this city, we ...... Hey, don't go", Lao Li Tou finally grabbed a passerby, but before he finished speaking, the man didn't say a word, and hurriedly broke free and ran away.

This place is so strange that you can't hear half a human voice, not even a dog barking, like a dead city roaming lonely ghosts, and there is something unusual everywhere.

"Know yin and yang, know the number of lives, be a pig in the past life and be a pig in the next life, why not make up for your life today"

Just as Lu Fei was wandering and didn't know where to go, an old and deep voice suddenly came, and in this strange empty street, this voice was like a ghost.

Lu Fei hurriedly searched around, and sure enough, in the corner nearly fifty steps away from the two of them, there was a person standing, dressed as a Taoist, with gray hair, one hand on his back, and one hand on his back, and one hand holding a banner, on which he wrote "Push Yin and Yang, Break Good and Evil", because he was far away, Lu Fei couldn't see his appearance clearly.

It turned out to be a stinky Taoist who walked the streets and alleys to tell fortunes, it was really strange, how could he always meet this kind of person today, Lu Fei wondered in his heart, but after thinking about it again, no, so far away, how could the voice be heard so really, as if it was close at hand.

Weird old roads, gloomy streets, pedestrians who don't say a word, desolate county seats, old Li Tou is drenched in cold sweat.

"Know yin and yang, know the number of lives, be a pig in the past life and be a pig in the next life, why not make up for your life today"

The old voice sounded again, and he walked towards Lu Fei while reading, his eyes were like candles, cold and sharp, which made people shudder when they looked at it.

Lu Fei looked at him quietly, he was very strange, this old way didn't seem to be soliciting business, but like deliberately accosting himself, what was the purpose? There won't be another liar, no, fortune tellers are liars, charlatans who go to the rivers and lakes to fool people.

Lu Fei tugged at the somewhat sluggish old Li, "Let's go"

But I didn't expect that the Taoist person would take the long flag horizontally, blocking Lu Fei's way, and changed his smiling face, "Childe is going to Jinling to catch the exam, the poor road can not only determine the good fortune and misfortune, but also deduce the future, why don't you count the previous hexagram and see if you can go to high school in one fell swoop"

Lu Fei didn't want to deal with this kind of person anymore, and the fortune tellers were full of nonsense.

"Thank you, you don't need it," Lu Fei picked up the flag with the flute in his hand.

"If it doesn't work, you won't take it, Childe, let's count it" The Taoist insisted, and seemed to want to make this business happen.

Lu Fei was a little impatient, waved his flute and said, "Are you annoyed, don't you say it, let others go."

Lu Fei left quickly, it was really a bad day, these charlatans who bewitched the public dared to stop people on the street to tell fortunes, and the court did not order rectification.

"Liu Gongzi, you lost your mother at the age of six, your father at the age of fifteen, your family is in the middle of the road, the day you got married, the whereabouts of your fiancée are unknown, in the past 20 years, you have achieved nothing, and you have caused disasters everywhere, yes or no?"

Lao Dao is like a treasure, and he shook out all the experiences of Lu Fei over the years, and he didn't know how he knew about it.

Lu Fei didn't feel anything strange, turned around and smiled disdainfully, "You really know me, who doesn't know these things in Qinghe County, and wants to run away from me."

Lao Dao looked up and smiled, "If you say another word about the poor road, you can't see it."

Lu Fei didn't care at all, and left directly, seeing that it was about to get dark, and he had to find a place to spend the night.

"The son is destined to be lonely for a lifetime, desolate and old, for the rest of his life, it is difficult to achieve a thing, this scientific examination must be a name for Sun Mountain, self-inflicted humiliation, however, the poor Taoist view of the son of the Tao is very deep, it is better to follow the poor Taoist practice into the Tao, to be a leisurely idle cloud and wild crane, wouldn't it be comfortable"

When Lu Fei heard this, he was really angry, turned around, and said angrily, "You really tell me, I really have a relationship with you Taoists today, one deceived my bun, and the other is talking nonsense here, and let me become a monk, you collude to say, what do you want to deceive from me?"

Lao Dao pressed his hand and said, "Childe is angry, you misunderstood Poor Dao, Poor Dao just wants to help you and help you get out of the sea of suffering"

"Thank you, thank you family, you don't need it"

Lu Fei brushed his sleeves and left.

"I know who you are! We'll see you later."

Under the cover of night, the white-bearded old man looked at Lu Fei's back, muttered to himself, a strange smile appeared on his face, and the ghostly eyes resurfaced, and a gust of evening breeze blew away, blowing away the banner blocking the head of the Taoist, only to see a seven-toothed golden basket pinned to his gray bun.

The master and servant searched the empty street with trepidation, the sky was completely dark, and the moonlight was hazy, which made the originally dead and silent street even more gloomy, and there was no trace of anger to hear.

Occasionally, a few faint lights flickered in the house in front of them, and the two of them ran over quickly to knock on the door, asking what was going on in the city, and by the way, they also spent the night, but as soon as they knocked on the door, the lights inside were immediately extinguished, and no one answered how Lao Li knocked on the door.

Lu Fei was confused, what the hell? What the hell is going on in Yancheng?

"Young master, you see, the old fortune teller has been following us" Lao Li pulled Lu Fei's clothes and reminded him quietly and nervously.

That's right, thirty or forty steps away from the two of them, in the faint moonlight, a figure always followed, holding a banner in his hand, it was clearly the old way, in fact, Lu Fei had already noticed it, but he didn't bother to pay attention to him, since he entered the Yancheng address realm, it seemed that everything had become mysterious.

First of all, the old way of cheating and eating that suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly, and the legendary prosperous Yancheng is not so prosperous at all, it is more like a ghost town, and this old way of fortune telling, why does he follow him, how does he know his family background, and what is the purpose?

"Let's go, go and have a look elsewhere", Lu Fei glanced at the old road that followed him step by step, and then looked for the lights in the distance.

In the middle of the month, Lu Fei and the two of them were exhausted and shuttled through the streets and alleys of Yancheng, but they still couldn't knock on the door of an inn, and no family was willing to take them in, the two couldn't, it seemed that the people of Yancheng were not very hospitable, so the two had to dispel the idea of spending the night in the city, and walked quickly along the street towards the outskirts of the city, maybe they could find a deserted house where no one could find it, they couldn't sleep on this street for one night, and they had to rush to Jinling tomorrow.

Sure enough, when the two of them were trying their luck on the edge of the city wall, they saw a door not far in front of them half-open and half-hidden, and the wooden door was gently opening and closing, making a slight 'squeak' sound, looking at the outline, it was a dwelling, and there was no light in it.

Lu Fei ate two buns a day, and after walking such a long way, he was already physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't think much about it.

So, the master and servant walked lightly towards the door of the black hole, Lu Fei subconsciously looked behind him as he walked, wondering why the old fortune teller didn't keep up.

Lao Li's palms were full of sweat, he lifted the luggage on his body up, stiffened his head and stepped in first, the room was dark, and he couldn't see his five fingers.

Lu Fei followed, and suddenly, Lu Fei saw Lao Li's head tilted, and he snorted in his nose, "Young ......"

Immediately, there was a lot of noise, and Lao Litou's body fell to the ground, kicking the ground.

Lu Fei secretly screamed, no, he turned around and wanted to quit, but it was too late, a few black shadows suddenly appeared in the darkness, hugged him tightly, and blocked his mouth, he couldn't make a sound at all.

"Shhhh Hush! Don't move, we're not bad people," an extremely small voice drilled into Lu Fei's ears.

Lu Fei didn't know what was going on, he struggled hard, but his body was pressed to the ground by several pairs of big hands, he couldn't move a bit, and said in his heart: It's over, it's over, it's a robbery.

Right here, a rush of footsteps came from the street outside the house, and Lu Fei, who was lying on the ground, looked out through the half-open wooden door and through the faint moonlight.

More than ten zhang away from the hut, I saw a group of five or six people walking briskly outside the house, faintly visible, it was like a team of officials, the officials who patrolled the night, carrying a lantern in their hands, hanging an official knife on their waists, in the middle of the officials, there was a person who was supported by two officials left and right, the person lowered his head, his toes were dragging on the stone slab, it seemed that he didn't know about the personnel.

Seeing this, Lu Fei was overjoyed, he was not afraid of a few little thieves in this house if he had an official errand, so he struggled harder, rubbing the floor, trying to let the sound reach the ears of the officials outside the house.

Sure enough, several officials seemed to hear the noise, and suddenly stopped, listening carefully, Lu Fei was overjoyed, but the power on him was getting bigger and bigger, and now he couldn't make any movement at all.

An official seemed to hear the source of the sound, raised the lantern, shook it towards the hut, and then walked over to Lu Fei and pulled out the official knife.

"Who?" The official who had come stopped outside the house, and was about to go inside, when another official spoke.

"Forget it, tonight's task has been completed, let's get some points, let's go"

Watching the official errand disappear into the night, Lu Fei secretly complained to himself, a group of people who eat dry rice, you come in and see if you die, why did the government raise you bastards.

"Brother, don't move, don't worry, we're not bad people"

In the darkness, a voice sounded in Lu Fei's ears, followed by the man again, "Then, let you go now, don't make a sound, we are really not bad people, you will shake your head when you understand it."

Lu Fei's whole body was crushed by these people, no matter who the other party was, he had to do it.

Sure enough, with Lu Fei's obedience, the hand pressing on him gradually relaxed.

"Are you ......" As soon as Lu Fei could speak, he couldn't wait to open his mouth and ask, but before he could finish speaking, his mouth was blocked again.

"Shhh

Lu Fei's heart tightened, it was so serious, it seemed that this house was full of heinous Jiang Yang thieves, otherwise he was a wanted criminal in the imperial court, otherwise he would not be so afraid of officials.

Lu Fei's hand slowly moved away again, and this time Lu Fei understood that if he fell into the hands of these people, he could only compromise first.

"Don't worry, we are really not bad people, we are all students who went to Jinling to take the exam, and there is no malice"

Lu Fei must have said this, and he understood immediately, he didn't get to a place where he could stay for half a night, and it seems that these people are the same, but why are they afraid of official errands, so what do they do?

In the dark, I don't know whose hand pressed hard under Lu Fei's step, and he might be able to squash his lifeline with a little more force.

Lu Fei twisted his ass and whispered, "Which brother's hand is this, is it in the wrong place, I don't want to be a eunuch yet"

The hand then rubbed under Lu Fei's crotch, as if to prove that Lu Fei didn't tell a lie, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's really insulting" After speaking, he took his hand away.

The hand that was pressing on Lu Fei's body gradually let go, and Lu Fei moved to the door with his hands on the ground, and the room was still dark.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Fei asked.

At this time, Lao Li Tou was also let go, he crawled on the ground, blocking his body in front of Lu Fei, with a look of protecting the master, "What do you want to do, who is it?" ”

There was a sound of snorting and trembling in the room, and intuitively, in addition to Lu Fei's master and servant, there were five or six people in this room, listening to the sound, they all left Lu Fei in the dark and went to the wall.

"Didn't you say it, we are candidates who went to Jinling, just now on the street, we saw your book basket from a distance, how about it, you can't find a place to spend the night", another voice said in the dark.

"Then why are you so afraid of officials?" Lu Fei asked.

"Brother Tai, don't ask so much, hurry up and rest, tomorrow at dawn, when the city gate opens, we will go out of the city, and we will tell you slowly on the way, remember, don't go out"

Lu Fei nodded suspiciously, listening to the tone of these people's voices did not look like bad people, at this time, the moon gradually shifted, and a touch of moonlight came in through the broken window, and the room was faintly recognizable, sure enough, these people were dressed as scholars, and there were stacks of the same book baskets as Lu Fei in the corner, it seemed that these people were not lying.

After walking for a day, Lu Fei and Lao Li were back to back and gradually fell asleep.

"Hehe, ah, haha"

Suddenly, a burst of laughter woke everyone in the room.

Everyone squeezed their heads in front of the hut and looked out.

The sky outside the house is gray, dawn is coming, I saw the empty street, a figure is swaying and walking, laughing while walking, the laughter is extremely weird, but also gives people a feeling of dementia, that is clearly a madman, it's just that the person is wearing an official uniform, yes, although I don't see it very clearly, but the official uniform is quite familiar to a group of readers, that's right, that is, the official uniform, the seven-grade official uniform, without an official hat, the hair is messy, and he is barefoot.

Lu Feiyi frowned and asked the people around him, "This, who is this?" ”

A young man shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "I saw him in the city during the day yesterday, and I heard that he was the county magistrate of Yancheng and a madman."

Lu Fei couldn't help but be stunned, and together with the other people who didn't know what to do, he turned his head to look at the young man, and asked suspiciously, "Huh? 'Sighed.

Just when everyone was puzzled, the crazy Zhixian seemed to hear someone talking, the stupid face suddenly changed, gritted his teeth and glared at the dim hut viciously, pointed his hands and ran over, and shouted in his mouth, "Demon, demon, ah, haha, hehe, hehe"

This sudden change startled everyone in the room, and everyone stepped back in unison.

But at this time, the crazy Zhixian stopped, turned around, and smirked and staggered away.

There were so many incredible days and nights, and as the day grew brighter, there were more and more pedestrians on the streets, and the shops and vendors along the streets were also active, as if the people of the city had become accustomed to all this intriguing everything.

Lu Fei and the others packed their luggage, and just as the city gate was opened, everyone left the hut, went out of the city, and headed for Jinling.

Time is flying, and in a blink of an eye, Lu Fei went to high school in one fell swoop in the government examination, and for another three years, he was named in the Jinluan Palace.