Several people galloped wildly for an afternoon, until it was completely dark, did not stop, Ye Qiushui looked at the surrounding terrain, and took out a map from his arms, which was given to her by Zhu Youzhen yesterday, on this map, there is a route from Beijing to Dengzhou, Zhu Youzhen also carefully marked the location of each post station on the map.

After looking at the map for a while, Ye Qiushui sighed and said: "Patronizing and playing, we actually missed a post station, here is still more than two hundred miles away from the next post station, it is estimated that it will be dawn when we get there." ”

At this time, Wu Ran came over and said, "What are you afraid of, it's not that we haven't lived in the wild, it's a big deal to live here today." ”

Marco also said: "That is, it is camping, although the scenery here is average, but fortunately, it is natural, there is no exhaust pollution, you smell, how fresh the air is." ”

Ye Qiushui pointed to the sky without stars and moons, and said to the two of them, "You two plan to rain in this wilderness?" ”

At this time, everyone realized that everyone was patronizing and hurrying, and they didn't pay attention to the weather, and then Xiang Luyang said: "Everyone is walking forward for a while, see if there are any caves nearby, or villages and towns, or whatever, how can you find a place to shelter from the rain." ”

As soon as the words fell, a flash of lightning slashed across the eastern sky, followed by a rumbling thunder.

Everyone didn't have time to think about it, they all got on their horses and walked forward, and before they had gone far, Zhou Tiezhu said, "Look, there are lights ahead." ”

Following the direction of Zhou Tiezhu's finger, everyone really saw a few lights, and this discovery made everyone excited, and hurriedly urged the horses to run towards the lights.

Coming closer, Xiang Luyang found that this is a small courtyard, a tall gatehouse, although a little dilapidated, but can still see the glory of the past, the red paint is almost completely off the gate, at this time is ajar, from the half-open door crack looking in, there are still a few lanterns hanging in the courtyard, but the strange thing is that these lanterns are all white, and there are words on them, because they are far away, Xiang Luyang did not see what the words on it are.

Xiang Luyang knocked on the door lightly, waited for a while and saw that no one inside answered, Xiang Luyang pushed the door and walked in, after entering the courtyard, Xiang Luyang found that this courtyard was bigger than expected, in addition to the main house, there were many wings on the east and west sides, but the strange thing was that in the corridor connecting these houses, every short distance, there would be a white lantern.

After observing for a while, Xiang Luyang shouted loudly: "Is there anyone here?" ”

After asking a few times, a light was lit in one of the rooms in the main room, and it took a while to walk out an old man with a lantern, and when he saw someone coming out, Xiang Luyang took a closer look at the old man with the light from the lantern in the old man's hand.

I saw that the old man's eye sockets were deep-set, his cheekbones were high, his pale face was not bloody, his flat nose was flat, there were a few nose hairs, which came out of his nostrils, and a pair of cloudy eyes were looking at his group at this time, dressed in gray coarse cloth clothes, but they were clean and clean, and a pair of cloth shoes under his feet, although they were a little old, but they were not broken.

Seeing that this strange-looking old man was looking at himself and the others, Xiang Luyang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Old man, we are passers-by, because we are in a hurry, we missed the time to stay, and I want to stay here for a night, I don't know if it is convenient for you." ”

"Don't worry, we won't live for nothing."

With that, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom, although this piece of silver was not big, but at least about three taels.

The old man did not take Lu Yang's silver, but looked behind him, as if he was counting how many people, after looking at it for a while, the old man said: "You better go, go out from here, there is a town not far ahead, called Sanguan Town, there is an inn there, you can go there to stay, I can't live so many of you here." ”

Xiang Luyang said: "At this time, it is getting late, and it is about to rain, it is really inconvenient to hurry, and please ask the old man to make it convenient, if you think the money is less, I still have it here." ”

After all, I have to pay again.

The old man interrupted Xiang Luyang's words and said, "It's not that the old man is unwilling to make this convenient, it's really old and old here, and he really can't live with so many of you." ”

At this time, before Xiang Luyang could speak, Wu Ran preemptively said: "I see that you have such a house here, how can you not live in a few of us, I think it is your old man who is afraid of money and deliberately makes things difficult for us, do you know who we are?" ”

The old man said, "I don't care who you are, I said that if you can't live here, you can't live, so let's go." ”

Then turn around and go back.

Seeing that the old man was leaving, Xiang Luyang hurriedly said, "Old man, please stay, we are discussing how to discuss." ”

"We only need two rooms, one for the ladies and one for the rest of us."

The old man turned around, glanced at Xiang Luyang and said, "Young man, if it's not the old man who deliberately makes things difficult for you, although I have many rooms here, those are not houses for people to live in, so you should hurry up." ”

Wu Ran stepped forward and said, "It's not for people to live, is it for ghosts." ”

The old man glanced at the impulsive young man, and said word by word: "You are right, my house here is for ghosts, because I am here in Yizhuang." ”

After listening to the old man's words, Wu Ran was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Yizhuang was doing, took a step back, and looked at Xiang Luyang......

Then the old man spoke, "Do you still want to live here?" ”

Xiang Luyang smiled and said: "If the old man had said it earlier, this matter would not be so troublesome, since this is Yizhuang, then we will bother." ”

After that, he beckoned Luo Tianwu and the others to lead the horse in.

Looking at the actions of Xiang Luyang and several people, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then said to Xiang Luyang: "Young man, do you know what this Yizhuang is for?" It's a place where the dead are parked, and you dare to live in such a place? ”

Xiang Luyang glanced at the old man and said, "It's better to put the dead, no one disturbs, it's quiet." ”

The old man said, "Are you not afraid? ”

Xiang Luyang said: "What is there to be afraid of the dead, what is really terrible in this world is the living, not the dead." ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Then you can ask for more blessings, I will go back, and you can live in the room in this courtyard." ”

Looking at the back of the old man leaving, Xiang Luyang secretly said in his heart: "They are all masters who roll on the knife all day long, who doesn't have a few lives in their hands, let alone live in the place where the dead man lived, even if they really live in a room with the dead, it is estimated that they will not be afraid." ”