As the sun sets, the sun is like a giant lantern, slowly falling from the top of the mountain, until the last touch of orange-yellow sunshine disappears without a trace with a lazy atmosphere.

  "Welcome guests to come here, this teahouse only needs to tell a story in public, and you can avoid the silver taels of a pot of tea."

  A very thick voice sounded in front of Runzhi and his party.

  Along the way, with Cheng Hanyun and Hao Ziwen geography and many interesting things, there was almost nothing to talk about, nothing to talk about, and they chatted very happily, which unconsciously became thirsty, and suddenly passed by such a teahouse, how could there be no reason not to get off the horse to eat tea.

  "Everyone, let's take a break in the teahouse, everyone drinks tea here casually, eats a few peanuts, fills our stomachs, and then we will rest at the post next door to this teahouse today, and tomorrow, we will continue on the road."

  Runzhi said this, and everyone was very happy after listening to it for a while, after all, they had walked on all the ancient roads with high mountains and mountains along the way, after all, the people and horses were very sleepy, and they needed a time to rest. So they all dismounted, and went first to the inn, and booked all the rooms, and gave the horses to the men of the post house to feed the fodder, and paid two taels of silver.

  "The teahouse next door is very lively, I don't know who the owner of this teahouse is."

  When Runzhi paid the post station two silver taels, he suddenly asked in a very indifferent tone.

  "Lao Pu of the teahouse next door to you, he is really a god man, since he has experienced more than a dozen imperial examinations, although he is talented, but because of this traitor, there are many people who cheat for personal gain, so that the old gentleman has been applying for the exam for decades and still has no reputation, you are not angry, many of the disciples of those old gentlemen have been admitted, but according to many of them are from luxurious families, they secretly have many private dealings with the examiner, this back and forth, the old gentleman completely saw through the imperial examination, so after participating in dozens of times, he gave up completely, using these talents to begin to secretly write books standing, but also quite popular, willing to spend money to fund their writing and writing books, a large number of people, this old gentleman every time he finishes writing a story will be circulated to everyone, clusters of many Confucian scholars, all to read the old gentleman's new article as a great blessing."

  The second shopkeeper seemed to feel that he was talking too much, so he said:

  "You see, this old Pu, people have to say a lot unconsciously, and I hope your forgiveness"

  "It's okay, it's okay, you keep coming", Runzhi seemed to have a lot to say, so let him continue, don't stop.

  "This Lao Pu has a unique secret, that is, to collect a lot of ghost stories from guests from all sides, and let the storyteller tell it in front of many guests, you can exempt this tea money, so there are many people who love to listen to stories, nothing on the surface of the teahouse seems to be to drink tea noodles is actually to tell stories to everyone or hear many strange stories told by others, if the adults like this ghost story very much, but you can also go to the other side to drink tea, quietly listen to this admiration, Or the passers-by tell many fresh stories from the north and south of the South China Sea."

  Runzhi took out a tael of silver from his bosom and handed it to Erdao;

  "You have a heart, the official will take a look later, this is a reward for you, take it and buy wine and drink"

  "Your Excellency is so deaf to people, that person is better to be respectful, thank you, my lord!"

  The second heart was very happy, after all, it was the first time to get these two pieces of silver, and it was almost enough to catch up with the salary of two years.

  In the interval between Runzhi and Erchat, Cheng Hanyun, Haozi and others had already placed their luggage at the post station.

  Runzhi asked many officials to have fun on their own, and took Cheng Hanyun and Haozi to this teahouse together, picked a relatively low-key position to sit, and then let the second serve tea.

  "Objective, I don't know if you want the big guy to tell a story, we are a teahouse, but anyone who tells a story to the big guy publicly, you can pay tea for free, and give a plate of peanuts for free, if you tell it well, let the audience be amazed, we can also fry a plate of wood for you for free"

  "Okay, I'll talk about it first", this Cheng Hanyun was also very positive, and after getting the consent of Runzhi's eyes, he immediately took the initiative to take the stage to tell the story to everyone.

  "Okay, guest officer, then your tea money is free, I wonder what is the name of the story you want to explain to us?"

  "This is a ghost story, called "A Hundred Snakes Save Beauty""

  "Okay, that sounds like a pretty good story, so please go on stage and tell your story after the old gentleman on stage finishes telling it."

  "I don't know what the name of the story being told on this stage is?" , Cheng Hanyun asked twice.

  "There's a reason for this, this story is called "A Chinese Ghost Story", it's a teenager who went to Beijing to take the exam, met a very beautiful fox demon, the two love each other, but finally missed the story, objectively wait a minute, it's almost over, the old gentleman is commenting on himself, please prepare a little, you can go on stage"

  "Okay, I'm ready, I can start the stage now" Seeing an old gentleman on the stage walking down with relish, Cheng Hanyun volunteered.

  "Okay, the old gentleman has finished speaking, you can play the court."

  "Okay, and listen to me", Cheng Hanyun said in his mouth, and after asking Runzhi, he put down the saber in his hand, and then walked onto the podium unhurriedly.

  This teahouse is full of people, there are thousands of people, all from all over China come to listen to the story, there are naturally countless old farmers, these old farmers are very busy in the spring and summer, often so busy that they don't even have time to eat, life is extremely monotonous, it is rare to suddenly have a place where you can listen to stories for free, so many farmers are lying nearby eavesdropping.

  I only heard Cheng Hanyun say this:

  "Friends, it's really fate for everyone to have the honor to meet again today, today Cheng told the big guy a very intriguing ghost story, the story is called "White Snake", I hope you like it a lot, and support it a lot"

  After Cheng Hanyun finished, he continued:

  "This story has to start from the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, opened up the territory, and built its thousands of miles of the Great Wall, but Rao's life span is very limited, as the so-called Hades wants you to die three watches, absolutely not live five watches, then this Qin Shi Huang on the way to the last southern tour, because he saw that many peasants lived extremely hard, and his heart was very uneasy, so that he became depressed and became ill, and finally drove the crane to the west."