Chapter 588: A Leaf Knows Autumn
When Ning Caichen came back, his soul was not kept, it was like losing his soul.
Wang Xu looked at him and wondered if Ximenqing had this expression when he saw Pan Jinlian who was splashing dirty water outside.
It's a pity that before he could speak, Ning Caichen locked himself in the room, Wang Xu looked in through the window, and found that Ning Caichen was painting the moon, and the painting was Nie Xiaoqian's appearance.
"I don't sleep at night, I paint, these people who read are really funny!" Wang Xu shook his head secretly, and in the next second, the smile stiffened on his face, and he looked down at his feet.
"What's that?"
Under Wang Xu's induction, on the first floor under his feet, no, it should be said that in the cellar below the first floor, something was climbing out.
Picking up the candle on the table, he walked down the stairs and saw a dozen dried corpses coming up from the entrance to the cellar, sniffing and nose as if looking for something.
As if smelling the smell of people, the dried corpses looked up one after another, and staggered towards Wang Xu.
These dried corpses are all foreigners who stayed in Lanruo Temple and were sucked away by Grandma Shu.
Even if these people are dead, their souls can't leave Lanruo Temple, so they can only turn into dry corpses and become the minions of Grandma Shu, attacking travelers who dare to stay in.
"Hah..."
The dry corpse moved slowly, his movements were stiff, and he walked towards Wang Xu with difficulty.
When the first dry corpse approached was about to touch Wang Xu with his hand, Wang Xu punched out with his backhand.
Click!!
The palm of the bone-turning palm is feminine and soft, hitting the dry corpse, and in an instant, the dry corpse will turn into thick water.
The dry corpse in the back looked at it, and retreated back in cringe, they were dry corpses, not zombies, because the relationship between the soul in the body was much smarter than the zombie with an incomplete soul.
Seeing that Wang Xu was not easy to mess with, he immediately made a bird and beast scatter, how did he climb up, and how did he climb back.
"Humph!"
Wang Xu snorted coldly and whispered, "Count you as acquaintances!" ”
Taking the candlestick back to the second floor, Wang Xu glanced at the sky, and with a flick of his hand, hundreds of small silver spiders were thrown by him in all directions.
"Go, help me find the tomb of King Yan." Wang Xu gave an order, and these biological robots were his second line of insurance to explore the tomb of King Yan.
In case, Xiao Qian doesn't know the whereabouts of King Yan's tomb, and the secret of King Yan's tomb will depend on these robots to find out.
After doing all this, Wang Xu sat cross-legged on the bed and began to kill time by meditating.
One night without words, the next day...
Before dawn the next day, Ning Caichen left in a hurry, because of the heavy rain yesterday that soaked his account book, he did not receive the account in Guobei County at all.
The boss who owed the debt told him that it was okay to give the money, either take the account book, or go to Lanruo Temple to stay overnight.
Now, he has stayed in Lanruo Temple for one night, and he happened to go to Guobei County to collect the debt, and at the same time buy some gifts for Xiaoqian.
"This time Jubao Zhai collects the accounts, a total of 70 taels will be charged, according to what was said before, 20 taels of which are my salary, and I don't know what Xiaoqian likes, if I buy rouge gouache for her directly, does it seem too abrupt."
Carrying the book basket on his back, Ning Caichen walked out with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Due to the overnight rain yesterday, the ground was very muddy, and the road three or five miles away from Guobei County forced him to walk for a morning.
"Ten copper plates into the city, what, no money, no money, you have a fart, get out of here!"
Outside the gate of the city, there are more than a dozen officials standing, who are setting up cards to collect fees.
Ning Caichen touched the wallet on his body, poured it out and looked: "It's gone, there are only three pennies left." ”
"Hey, you can't get in, don't get in the way if you don't go in!" The official in charge of guiding passers-by looked at Ning Caichen impatiently.
Ning Caichen grabbed the three pennies, leaned in with a flattering face, and whispered: "This big brother, didn't you have a fee yesterday, why did you put away the city gate fee today?" ”
"You also said that it was yesterday, yesterday had yesterday's rules, today has today's rules, can you get in?" Throughout the ages, there are few soft-hearted people who can be servants, not to mention that Ning Caichen is a young man, just an old man in his seventies and eighties, and don't want to enter this door if he has no money.
Ning Caichen had a sad look on his face, and pleaded: "My lord, I went to the city to collect debts, and I only have three cents in my hand, can you let me owe it first, and then give it to you after collecting the debt." ”
"Phew, I know who you are, get out of here immediately, don't feel uncomfortable!" The official pushed Ning Caichen out, and began to charge again.
Ning Caichen held the copper coin in his hand, looked at the crowd flocking to the city, and was helpless for a while.
If you can't enter the city, you won't be able to collect debts, let alone the cost of going back, and you won't even have the money to buy gifts for Xiaoqian.
Whether it was for himself or for his sweetheart, Ning Caichen knew that he had to go into the city.
Enter the city, enter the city, the gates are sealed on all sides, how can you get in?
Ning Caichen carried the book basket on his back and walked along the city wall until he saw a dog hole.
I don't know who left this dog hole, it's not big or small, just enough for a person to get into.
Ning Caichen stood in front of the dog hole and hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, pushed the book basket over first, and then lay on the ground and drilled in.
"Insult Sven, insult Sven..." While drilling, Ning Caichen muttered, but as soon as he passed, there was a strong force on the collar, and he was dragged up from the ground.
"This brother, who are you?"
Ning Caichen looked up and found that it was a young man in his twenties, wearing leather armor.
"Brother, hehe, who's your brother!"
The young man grabbed Ning Caichen, with a smug smile on his face, and said with a smile: "My name is Ye Zhiqiu, and I am nicknamed Zhiqiu Yiye, I specially opened a dog hole here, just waiting for a cheap person like you." Don't say anything, give money, go my dog hole, five cents, and climb back for me if you don't want to give. ”
"Ah, there's still a charge for the dog hole!" As soon as he heard that he wanted to collect the money, Ning Caichen's face suddenly changed.
"Of course!"
Ye Zhiqiu took it for granted, and said loudly: "It's easy for you and me to open a dog hole in the city wall, the city gate charges ten wen, and I charge five wen here, so if you don't want to give it, go to the city gate." ”
Ning Caichen looked back and found that there was really a sign hanging at the door of the dog cave, which said that everyone who passed from now on would be charged five wen.
"Is Sanwen okay?" Ning Caichen's face was unwilling, and he took out the three pennies.
"Sanwen, what about you sending Hanako?"
Ye Zhiqiu snatched the money and put it in his arms first, and then said, "What about the remaining two articles?" ”
"I only have three cents, if I don't have a shy pocket, who will come to climb the dog hole?"
Ning Caichen said this, and said: "I went into the city to collect the debt, if you can trust me, I will collect the account and then come to make up two documents for you, do you think it will work?" ”
"I owe it!"
Ye Zhiqiu scratched his head, looked Ning Caichen up and down, and sighed: "Okay, for the sake of you as a scholar, I'll let you owe two Wenwen first." ”
"Thank you, thank you." Ning Caichen hurriedly left with the book basket on his back, for fear that Ye Zhiqiu would regret it again.
"Hey!" Ye Zhiqiu stood at the door of the dog cave and said loudly: "No one can owe me money, scholar, you should be eye-catching, come and pay when you receive the account, don't think that you can get by!" ”
Ning Caichen didn't think about it in his heart, and said perfunctorily: "I know, I know, I won't forget it." ”
Looking at Ning Caichen's distant back, Ye Zhiqiu sniffed his nose twice and muttered: "This scholar has such a big ghost smell, it's so strong at noon, I guess he must have seen a ghost last night." ”
Ye Zhiqiu's words Ning Caichen didn't know, at this moment he was carrying the book basket on his back and went straight to the inn in the east of the city.
"Boss, boss, I'm here to collect rent!"
Entering the door with a loud voice, unlike last night's cringe, Ning Caichen today seemed very confident.
The innkeeper saw that it was Jubaozhai who collected rent, and his face suddenly showed impatience, and he waved his hand: "Didn't I tell you yesterday to go back and get the account book, how can you collect the account without the account book?" ”
"No, boss, didn't you tell me that as long as I stay in Lanruo Temple for one night, you will give money without an account book?"
As soon as Ning Caichen's words came out, the innkeeper's face changed instantly, and he exclaimed: "Lan, Lanruo Temple!" Have you stayed at Lanruo Temple? ”
Quiet, the noisy inn was instantly quiet.
Whether it was a charlatan who drank wine and ate meat, a vendor who sat down to rest, or a busy guy, it was as if someone had performed a fixing technique, and suddenly all of them fell silent.
Ning Caichen glanced at everyone inexplicably, then took out the account book and said with a smile: "Of course, didn't you tell me that as long as I stay in Lanruo Temple for one night, you will also owe me a debt if I don't want the account book?" ”
"Give, give it to you, a total of 70 taels, I have a lot of yours." The innkeeper was so frightened that he could come back alive after staying overnight in Lanruo Temple, how could such a person afford to be provoked.
Ning Caichen happily accepted the money, ignoring the ghostly expressions of the people around him, and whispered: "Boss, is there a shop near here that sells rouge gouache or girls' gadgets, I met a girl in Lanruo Temple, and I plan to go back and bring her some gifts." ”
"The girl in Lanruo Temple?" The boss was so frightened that he was about to cry, and his face was even uglier than that of the dead old lady.
Ning Caichen looked up and down and said softly, "Boss, are you sick?" ”
"No, no, go out and go south, there is a gouache shop at the intersection, you hurry up, don't let the girl wait for a long time." The boss's face was blue and pale, and he had already been frightened.
Ning Caichen was very puzzled, he didn't know what the boss was afraid of, so he turned around and walked out step by step.
It wasn't until his figure disappeared from sight that the innkeeper cautiously came up and whispered, "Boss, did you really give him the money?" ”
"Do I dare not give it? He met a girl in Lanruo Temple, Lanruo Temple, girl! As if he was afraid that the guy wouldn't understand, the boss gritted his teeth in the last two sentences.
As soon as he heard this, the innkeeper swallowed and foamed, and the following was hot...... Pee.
Lanruo Temple is a ghost temple, how can there be any girl, if you have to say that there is, it is also a group of female ghosts.
Staying overnight in Lanruo Temple, not only did he come back alive, but he also got along with the girl inside, this kind of person didn't dare to provoke, he couldn't afford to provoke it.