The sub-hour, also known as midnight and midnight, is the first hour of the twelve.

In the middle of the night, it is a phase rat!

At this time, nocturnal snakes, rats, insects and pigs are most active during the sub-hour! Of course, those yin demons and monsters who are yin and afraid of the sun also like to run out at this time to move, wander, cry or harm people's lives?

"Head! Wake up! ”

"Li Tou, Li Tou? Wake up!! ”

Lanruo Temple, in this relatively quiet hall where the Buddha Gate is still intact and has been occupied as a resting place by the arrestees, this large hall where a small bonfire is burning, and there are many catchers curled up on the thatched pile next to the fire and sleeping, suddenly there was a rush of pushing sounds.

It turned out that this was an old catcher who was shaking their leader Li Gongfu anxiously, and lowered his voice a little tremblingly, and finally woke up the other party after pushing several times.

Although he also knew that everyone was very sleepy now, and their Li Tou had only slept for less than an hour, but now the situation was special, and he had to wake up the other party in advance.

"Uh...... Not?? ”

Li Gongfu let out a tired sigh in his throat, and then slowly opened his somewhat swollen eyes.

"It's you......"

"It's ugly? Oh...... I guess it's my turn to keep vigil now, right?? ”

Although I still feel very sleepy, although I feel that my head is very swollen, it is difficult to open my eyes, and I don't seem to be able to sleep for long...... However, since his subordinates woke him up, Li Gongfu could only stretch out his hand to wipe his misty face indiscriminately, intending to reluctantly lift his spirits and prepare to go to the vigil on shift.

When going out, especially in this not very safe Lanruo Temple, all people have no privileges, and they need to be vigilant and take turns to keep vigil, including him Li Gongfu, and he himself is no exception!

Otherwise, once someone misses, it is impossible to say whether everyone will be able to go home alive for the New Year.

"Nope!"

"It's not ugly now, I guess, it's three minutes at most?!"

When Li Gongfu wiped his face in a daze, planning to find his waist knife and find the bucket to wash a handful of cold water to refresh his face, the old man quickly grabbed the other party.

Now there was something more important, and he didn't want this Li head of theirs to make too much noise, lest he disturb something.

“……”

"Three quarters?"

Some sleepy-eyed Li Gongfu didn't understand a little, if it was three minutes, it seemed that he could sleep for another hour, right? No wonder, no wonder he thought he would be so sleepy now, it turned out that he hadn't been able to sleep for a long time, and he was woken up by these bastards?

"Li Tou!"

"Go over there and take a look, there's something going on outside!!"

The old catcher pointed to the gate of the side hall, where there were already several catchers in charge of the night watch, peeking out through the crack in the door.

Look at their anxious appearance of scratching their heads and ears, and if it weren't for Li Gongfu's explanation before, if anyone couldn't open the door and go out tonight, I'm afraid they would have been unable to help but run out directly!

“……”

"There's a ...... out there Is there a situation?! ”

After finally hearing what the other party said, Li Gongfu's heart sank, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly picked up the Pu knife he put aside, got up from the thatched pile in numbness, and walked quickly in the direction of the door of the main hall, and the previous sleepiness was instantly dispelled.

"Head!"

"We just noticed that there seemed to be a group of women dancing outside, and I don't know where they came from....... the brothers were going to go out to see the excitement, but I stopped them."

Lao Zhukuai continued to briefly explain to Li Zhutou, who had a slightly unpleasant face, and this was also the reason why he took the initiative to wake up the other party.

Maybe he is old and doesn't have the energy of a young man, or maybe he has always remembered Li Gongfu's previous explanation, anyway, those women of unknown origin outside have not succeeded in seducing this old catcher, who is half the principal, and let him stop the young people who are going out to watch.

“……”

Li Gongfu, who had a stern face, didn't ask anything more, but walked quickly to the door, squinted through the rotten and rotten window paper on the doors and windows, and looked out of the door:

It turned out that outside the door at this time, there was a group of beautiful women with long sleeves and bare shoulders and legs dancing?

Although those young ladies looked as beautiful as fairies, they almost didn't dazzle Li Gongfu, but ...... He still came back to his senses quickly, and vaguely sensed that something was wrong and the reason why the old catcher was about to wake him up!

“……”

"In this dilapidated temple with high mountains and dangerous roads, or when the cold is the heaviest in the middle of the night, where does the little lady dare to wear so little to come to this kind of place to dance?"

"Humph! The ghosts must be doing the trick again! ”

After just two glances, Li Gongfu directly concluded: Those little ladies outside must be coming in the wrong way, and fools can see that the other party has a problem!

"Brethren, nine times out there are ghosts! Quick, stay away from the gate, let's just sit by the fire, let them keep jumping, they won't freeze to death!! ”

In this winter, although this is the south, it doesn't snow much, but they dare to come to dance in this kind of wilderness when they wear so little, if they want to say that they are normal people, who will believe it?!

It's just this kind of trick, I'm afraid only those guys who are obsessed with lust will be fooled, right?!

"Li Tou, we have already seen it, otherwise if you don't wake up, everyone would have rushed out a long time ago!"

"That's right! I also feel that those little ladies outside are so beautiful, where are there so many beautiful little ladies in this wilderness? ”

“……”

"Maybe they're fairies?"

"Come on, brothers, it's definitely not the Seven Fairies, and we're not Dong Yong!"

"Hey! I heard that Dong Yong stole the fairy's clothes and deceived the other party without mana, and the overlord forced the bow to marry the fairy? ”

“？？”

"Really?"

“……”

"Shut up! You can bear it, and dare to arrange fairies, don't be listened to by the gods in the sky!! ”

"Let's go! There is nothing to see about a group of female ghosts dancing on the left and right, carefully you have been hooked and lost your lives in vain! ”

Seeing that these catchers were talking more and more in their mouths, Li Gongfu hurriedly stopped them by shouting, and then waved his hand to drive them, asking them to quickly stay away from the gate and those ghosts outside, so as not to accidentally have an accident?

Sincere! Sincere!

"Huh?!"

Qiang!!

"Who ?!!"

Just when the subordinates who were lowering their voices and driving away their whispers and coaxing had not yet taken a few steps away from the gate, Li Gongfu and the others heard two crisp knocks from behind them, and he was so frightened that he pulled out the Pu knife from his waist, turned around and asked in the direction of the gate vigilantly.

In fact, anyone can see that through the dilapidated doors and windows, the person who is knocking on the door at this time is the figure of a beautiful little lady wearing green veil, that is, the group of women who dance and want to seduce them, or one of the ....... female ghosts?

"Ladies and gentlemen......

"Our sisters and others passed by here, and danced a song on a whim, this night is lonely, and there is no joy, all the big officials, why don't you come out to take a look and evaluate the sisters?"

The woman's faint voice came from outside the door, and people couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in their hearts, which made the catchers want to move, and some people almost couldn't help but want to open the door and greet each other.

"Not necessarily!"

"I'm tired of hurrying, I have to go to Jinhua tomorrow for business, if you want to jump, please go farther to jump, don't come to disturb us!!"

Without waiting for others to make a sound, Li Gongfu vigilantly and categorically rejected the other party's invitation, in his opinion, this is completely a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken, and he must not have any good intentions!

These women of unknown origin, regardless of whether they are demons or monsters, as long as they ignore each other and wait for others, they will slowly suffer until dawn...... Whatever their intentions were, they just wouldn't open the door or go out to watch, so what could they do?

“……”

The little lady in Tsing Yi outside the door didn't speak again, as if she was brewing appropriate words?

"Hey......"

"It's late at night, and it's cold outside...... Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to ...... Are you okay, let's go in and rest? ”

After a while, the woman in Tsing Yi, who had been standing outside the door, seemed to have thought of some other good idea, so she said tentatively again.

"There is a fire outside the door, and there are many side halls next to it, you can find a place to make a fire and rest!"

Where would Li Gongfu let in those guys whose origins are unknown and who are obviously uneasy and kind?

Therefore, he simply refused the other party, and pointed a knife at the charcoal burning ash outside the door from a distance.

Now the other party has come to test them several times, so that Li Gongfu can basically be sure: those little ladies outside must be coming at them, just like the so-called courteous and courteous for nothing, either treachery or theft...... Those little ladies who don't know if they are people or ghosts must have evil intentions!

“……”

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me wait in...... Now that the moon is high outside, it is a beautiful day and the festival is approaching...... If you are willing to accept the little girl, we are willing to practice Yan Hao with you......"

Seeing that his previous temptation methods didn't work for a long time, and after pretending to be pitiful and not winning the sympathy of the other party, there was really no way, the woman in Tsing Yi simply didn't do anything, and directly used the naked seduction method, and promised: As long as the other party only lets himself and others in, he can do that wonderful thing with them?

Seriously, in the eyes of this woman in Tsing Yi, these men she met tonight were the most difficult to deal with in the past few years!

Usually, those poor scholars, merchants, or chivalrous hunters who passed by, which one was not stunned after they hooked their fingers, and then when they were in the clouds and rain with them, they were attacked and sucked dry by themselves or by their grandmothers, and turned into a dried corpse that died in Lanruo Temple and turned into ghosts?

"Get out!!"

"A group of female ghosts, do you really think that I, Li Gongfu, am a fool? If you don't leave, you will have to wait for a good look!! ”

Wielding the scimitar in his hand, Li Gongfu strengthened himself to be emboldened, for fear that the other party would be annoyed and angry, and rush in.

“……”

In these years, where is there such a beautiful woman sent to the door to ask for good things?

Look at the posture of those little ladies outside, if you put it in the Qinglou shipyard, pick one out at random, don't even think about it if you don't have a few dozen taels of silver in one night! But now, they are still sending themselves to the door, and the object is still their own unruly catch, if they have no other plans, then he will not believe anything!

Therefore, combined with the moving corpses that he and the others encountered before, as well as the awakening that Yan Chixia reminded herself, Li Gongfu broke the identity of the other party in one mouth, and waved the Pu knife in his hand, pretending to be fierce and vicious, and warned the woman who was wandering outside the door and refused to leave.

“……”

"Humph!!"

Seeing that the other party was really not in the oil and salt, and seemed to know the true identity of herself and the others, the woman in Tsing Yi finally stopped pestering, just snorted coldly, and then waved her hand hatefully, and as soon as she turned around, she turned into a gust of breeze and disappeared in an instant.

It's not that they haven't thought about using strength, after all, those fast catchers inside will definitely not be able to beat their group of female ghosts!

But......

There is also the same powerful bull-nosed old Dao Yan Chixia next to her, who seems to be still a powerful sword cultivator, and she is very restrained by lonely ghosts like them...... Therefore, what to do next, they still need to go back to tell the tree demon grandma, waiting for the other party's decision.

“……”

"Ouch! My mother, is she really a female ghost?! ”

"Head...... Head! Look at her, they're all gone, none of them are gone!! ”

A catcher who was not afraid of death trotted to the window impatiently when the other party turned around, and after glancing out, he was so frightened that he ran back to Li Gongfu and the others at a faster speed.

"It's really a female ghost......

"That's it! Tell the brothers to get up, the weapons can be separated from each other, we must at least wait until sunrise, and then hurry away from the ghost place of Lanruo Temple!! ”

Li Gongfu also cautiously approached the broken doors and windows, and after glancing out as quickly as he could, his face was also a little uncomfortable.

So many people, at least a dozen or twenty little ladies, disappeared in the blink of an eye......

What is that not a demon or a monster?

And fortunately, he has always adhered to his heart before, and he also has basic vigilance, and he has not been tempted by the other party, otherwise, they may be really bad luck now.

"By the way, who carries the incense?"

"Hurry up, quickly take it out and put two sticks of incense on the Buddha to suppress the shock, maybe you can bless us later?!"

Although I usually don't use incense, it's not good to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, and I may be blamed by the gods and Buddhas...... However, now that the eyebrows are burning, those ghosts have already deceived the door, who knows if the other party will come again? So, they can't care so much about it.

Perhaps, the Buddha saw that they were 'pious' enough, and at a critical time, he could easily use a little bit of magic to help them survive tonight's difficulties?

As long as they can survive tonight and get out of this ghost-infested Lanruo Temple, when they return to Qiantang from Jinhua, they will say that they will not take this road!

“……”

"Head, does this work?"

At this time, there was really a catcher who took out a handful of incense, and after looking at it, he saw that the gold paint had already peeled off, and the entire sculpture had become tattered, and the Buddha statue was surrounded by cobwebs and asked.

If he is cramming for the time being, he thinks it is not impossible......

However, holding the feet of the Buddha statue in front of him, he always felt that it was a little unreliable!

"Don't ask me!"

"But it doesn't matter if it's useful or not, let's light the incense first, all of us, let's give the Buddha a stick of incense, and beg his old man to be kind, so that we can survive this night!!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Gongfu signaled his brothers and subordinates to hurry up and put new incense on the incense burner of the Buddha platform, which had not been incense for many years.

At the beginning, the treasury god they worshipped in the county treasury, although they also received their incense in vain....... but it didn't play a role, but anyway, the other party also had a little bit of a benefit? So, now they don't have any other good way than to pray for the Buddha statue in this side hall nearby.

"Bodhisattva bless ......"

"Buddha bless!"

“……”

Soon, a group of fast catchers, along with those who had been pushed awake, all held a few sticks of incense and respectfully knelt down in front of the dilapidated Buddha statue in this side hall.

"Sneer......"

"Humph! Now I know that the incense is late, what a bunch of fools!! ”

Not far away, Yan Chixia, who had been paying attention to the fast catchers in front of the window on the second floor of his guest room, shook his head a little crying and laughing when he saw the movements of the guys.

Alas......

They guys don't want to think about it, if the Buddha statue here works, where would the monks of this Lanruo Temple give up such a big temple and run for their lives?!

In Yan Chixia's view, those monks who only care about money and have been blinded by sesame oil money and other interests, in the case of only caring about making money and not practicing meditation, have already polluted this great temple with a filthy atmosphere, where can there be gods and Buddhas who will care about this place again?!

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"Humph!"

"No more playing!!"

o(?? ^')o hum!

After playing with the paulownia piano left by the young lady for a while, finally, knowing that she really didn't seem to have musical talent, little Anne had to push the table angrily, so that the lyre on it was far away from her.

Obviously, she played the tune correctly, but why didn't it sound like that at all?

Sure enough, if she didn't use magic to cheat, she would definitely not be able to play any instrument, even the long xylophone with seven strings in front of her!

"Tibbs, let's go home and sleep!"

（*｀0′*）??

Calculating the time, little Anne feels that she seems to have been out for a long time?

From having lunch during the day to most of the night, it is estimated that Aunt Li will definitely worry about herself, right? So, after standing up and patting the dust off her body, little Anne grabbed her little bear and decided to go back to bed early!

Although, it's already three o'clock, and it's not too early.......

（…… ）

(Little master, have you forgotten something?) ）

(‘?? `； )

(Didn't you come here to rescue that Li Gongfu this time?) If he walks like this now, he may be dead!! ）

╮（╯?? ╰）╭

"Huh?!"

!!! ∑(?? Д?? ノ)ノ

"Oh yes......"

"Like...... It seems that ....... maybe we really came here to help that useless Uncle Li......."

(⊙_⊙)

Just now, I just cared about listening to the spicy young lady singing and playing, and little Annie almost forgot about the business of coming here today!

But well......

Now that Uncle Li seems to be fine, maybe, the other party doesn't need her help? Perhaps, she can really go back to sleep first, and then wait until something happens here, and then it's not too late to run over?

(Report the little master!) There is a case! ）

(??????????)

(Tiebs, who is self-propelled radar in bear form, dutifully reminded his little master again!) Because it found that those individual tree people and banshee resentful spirits seemed to be ready to make a move on Li Gongfu's gang? ）

"Huh?"

"Okay, so let's do it for today......"

┐(???? ｀)┌

"Let's go over and see the situation first, and if we can, help out? Then, we can go back to bed early!! ”

(?????? `??)

Go to bed early and wake up early......

No, you should sleep until you wake up naturally to be healthy!

Now in the middle of the night, Queen Anne has to travel thousands of miles here to save the world, it is really too hard! So, she decided that after cleaning up the dryads and the undead, she would go back to sleep beautifully!

If the sun doesn't get to her ass tomorrow, then she will resolutely not get up, and it will be useless to persuade anyone!!

(??????)??

(Report to the little master, the little one found an acquaintance...... Familiar demons? ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

“？？”

"What acquaintance is familiar with the demon? Tibbs, what are you talking nonsense?! ”

(ー`?? ー)

（...... ）

(Nothing, you'll find out later...... ）

(??????????)

(Tibbs doesn't want to comment too much on a bad little master who likes to be lazy and never takes the initiative to perceive what's going on around him.) ）

“......”

∑(?? △｀)？！

"Tibbs ......"

"I found out that you guy has gone bad lately!!"

(???? ˇ?? ˇ????)

(How's that...... ）

(????????)

"If I say yes, I say!!"

(?? ｀△??)??

Crackling!

Thundered......

'Heaven and earth are infinite, and Qiankun borrows the law!! ’

Just as little Anne was about to wrestle with her bear, suddenly, a lightning bolt fell from the sky in the distance, and then a terrifying thunder exploded...... And I don't know where that lightning struck......

Immediately afterward, a rough voice came far away to Little Annie's small lakeside pavilion, and then the sound of some fighting faintly came.

"Oh ......"

"It looks like there's a fight!"

?? (???????? ω????????)??

Little Annie, who was only playing with her own bear, felt as if she had missed something, so she quickly grabbed her little bear, and then directly cast a teleportation spell, and disappeared in an instant.

Because Queen Anne finally remembered, the location where the noise came from over there seemed to be the temporary residence of Uncle Li who wondered about the group of people?

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Wish:

?? Happy New Year??

?? The Year of the Pig is auspicious??

?? In good shape??

?? Good luck??

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