Chapter 267: Ning Caichen
"So that the prince knows that Nalanruo Temple is in the mountains more than ten miles outside the town. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The fat man served tea and said respectfully:
"It's just that since the monk inside disappeared without a trace overnight, it has been abandoned for more than 100 years."
"More than ten years ago, a group of grass thieves came nearby and occupied Lanruo Temple, which made the former former magistrate really nervous for a long time."
"But those thieves seem to have evaporated from the world, and have never gone down the mountain to plunder."
"At that time, two bold hunters went up the mountain to investigate, but only one of them came back, and the man became crazy, a man of five years and three thick, scared like a girl, and spoke sharply."
"So it began to be said that there was a female ghost who ate people living in the temple, specializing in digging people's hearts and livers." The fat man shook his fat and seemed to be a little afraid, "Over time, no one will dare to go to Nalanruo Temple anymore." ”
Xiao Yu nodded slightly.
I've roughly confirmed in my mind where this world is.
As long as you find Ning Caichen again, then it is a Chinese ghost story.
Needless to say, the story of a Chinese ghost story must be clear to everyone, it tells the story of a scholar named Ning Caichen, who went to collect accounts in other places, but because of the heavy rain, he wet the account books and did not receive the accounts, so that he did not stay in the accommodation, and finally had to stay in Lanruo Temple, and then met the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian in the temple, and started a drama of unfinished love between people and ghosts.
Hmm, as for whether Yan Chixia's product is a third party, then the benevolent will see the benevolent, and the wise will see the wise.
At the same time, the friends in the live broadcast room were also excited-
", Lanruo Temple? I heard you right. ”
"This baby bets on a pack of spicy strips, and the cliff is undoubtedly a Chinese ghost story!"
"I have admired four men in my life, Dong Yong, Xu Xian, anchor and Ning Caichen, the awesome character who soaked the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian!"
"Anyway, the tree demon grandma is actually a woman's image, maybe the anchor can teach her to appreciate the bliss of the world and surrender without a fight?"
"Your sister, can you please stop being so dirty."
"I was so scared that I hurriedly drank a sip of eighty-two years of mineral water to suppress the shock."
“……”
Xiao Yu has naturally watched this classic film, but as he appreciates more and more scenery, he slowly loses his curiosity about these characters, but the most beautiful ghost, Nie Xiaoqian, still has to see it, it's a pity to miss it.
But it would be a bit unwise to waste all your time here at Lanruo Temple.
Not to mention anything else, the national teacher is a centipede essence that has been cultivated for thousands of years, and most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have been eaten.
Looking at the exquisite version of the lock demon tower in his hand, Xiao Yu felt that he needed to do something.
While thinking, Xiao Yu also chatted with this fat man nicknamed Zhou Papi.
It turns out that this fat man seems to be greedy enough, but he is not a mediocre and incompetent person, he was admitted to Tongsheng by his own ability, and then Jiang Lang's wealth was exhausted, and he couldn't go any further anyway.
Therefore, after taking office, he looted a lot, and within two years, he ate such a fat appearance.
In his words, it was-
Nowadays, hundreds of officials are mediocre, the people are not happy, from the Son of Heaven to Zaifu, they don't care, what kind of leisure do I have with a nine-grade sesame official?
It's better to be greedy, be greedy, and earn back all the hardships that you studied hard in your youth!
Well, it can't be said that his ideas are extreme, only that poor people must have something to hate.
Even if it is a different person, it may not be much better than him, so Xiao Yu just told him to restrain himself-
"If you want to slaughter the big fish, what do you mean by bullying the poor people?"
So at noon that day, the fat county magistrate searched out the private silver money from the house of the gangster Awen, and then released Zhang San and let him return to his hometown, but the local people were stunned for a while, and he only thought he had changed his character.
In addition, there was a deed of Zhang Catcher's head being pulled out of a mouthful of teeth in front of him, and the atmosphere in Guo Beizhen was much better for a while.
Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was two days later.
Xiao Yu stood in front of the window, looked at the sky that finally cleared, and walked out.
Walking down the street, it didn't take long for a young man with drenched clothes to come out of the inn.
This young man was in his twenties, with red lips and white teeth, and a handsome face, but at the moment he had a sad face, carrying a book basket and sighing.
"Brother, why are you sighing?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.
The white-clothed scholar smiled bitterly:
"Ning Caichen in Xia Zhejiang County, came out to collect accounts to make a living, but the mountain road is difficult to walk, I wanted to take a shortcut, who knew that it was raining heavily, and there was nowhere to hide, so that the account books were wet with rain, and now the shopkeeper does not admit the account, I can only complain about me."
“…… Sure enough, it's Ning Caichen! ”
At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, but the air was quite cold and damp, and a cold wind blew, and Ning Caichen, who was drenched, couldn't help but shiver a little.
Xiao Yu looked at him and said with a smile:
"Brother, you can't do this, it's raining at night, I'm afraid you're going to get sick?"
Ning Caichen smiled bitterly:
"When I went out the day before yesterday, I watched the sunset, thinking that today would be a good weather for travel, but I didn't expect a sudden rainstorm today."
"It's okay, meeting is fate, you better change into dry clothes first." Xiao Yu nodded, "I happen to have a change of clothes here, you can use it." ”
"So...... Thank you so much. Ning Caichen hesitated for a moment, thanked him, and walked to the side to change clothes.
At this time, it is still quite cold, wearing a wet suit without changing, there is a great possibility of getting sick, and once you get sick, with the medical level of this era, a cold can be cured of fever, a fever can be cured of pneumonia, and pneumonia can become tuberculosis......
After changing his clothes, Xiao Yu handed over another bottle of wine.
"It's cold, this bottle of hot wine will warm you up."
Ning Caichen took it with thanks, although he didn't know where Xiao Yu got the hot wine, he was also chilled and drank it directly.
Most of the feelings between men are spelled out on the wine table, and after a few glasses of wine, Ning Caichen's words increased.
Listening to his words, Xiao Yu knew that Ning Caichen was originally a scholarly family, only because of the traitorous government, corrupt officials, landlords and gentry forcibly seized and plundered, only forced his family to fall into the middle, in order to take care of the second elder and his wife, he had to be the bookkeeper of Jibao Zhai, while collecting the accounts, while studying hard, just to enter Beijing to catch the exam, so as to find a way out.
The friends in the live broadcast room are not happy-
"Damn, Ning Caichen has actually married a wife!"
"This is normal, the average life expectancy of the ancients was short, the premature mortality rate was high, and it was necessary to have six or seven children to prevent the population from decreasing, so the rulers all advocated early marriage, if you don't get married, you are an outlier, and when you are old, you will be forced to get married."
"Since Tang Xuanzong, the marriage of the ancients has basically formed the rule of sixteen men and fourteen women."
"Ning Caichen is a scholar again, and his appearance is not a hunchbacked cripple cross-eyed, he belongs to a proper sought-after potential stock, and it is not surprising that he got married earlier."
"Having said that, I'm still quite unhappy with my meow!"
“……”
Looking at it this way, Ning Caichen really can't say anything bad.
There are old and young, and there is a wife in the middle, do you say he is miserable?
Miserable your sister.
Ning Caichen's fate is better than most people in this era, at least he still has a few acres of thin fields at home, he can still study, and he can still have a relationship with a female ghost, as for those who are displaced, uprooted from their homes, and live like ants are really miserable...... It's better to wash and sleep early, it's better to vote for a decent person early.
Xiao Yu looked up at the sky and said:
"Looking at this weather, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain at night, what does Brother Ning want to do?"
Ning Caichen smiled bitterly:
"I came to collect the bills this time, and I planned to return in five or seven days, so I didn't have much food with me...... Ignorance? ”
The implication is that he wants to spend the night.
Can Xiao Yu agree?
Naturally, I can't.
If there is no Ning Caichen in Lanruo Temple, what does it mean.
So Xiao Yu coughed and said:
"To tell you the truth, I've run out of money...... I heard that there is a Lanruo Temple on the mountain, why don't we go and stay for a while? ”
Ning Caichen was still a little disappointed, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was immediately overjoyed: "This is the best, the monks are merciful, and it must not be difficult to take me in and wait for the night." ”
"Ahem, that's actually a ruined temple." Xiao Yu blinked his eyes and lowered his voice, "Don't hide it, I heard that the temple is haunted......"
Ning Caichen said awe-inspiringly:
"The son is silent, and the strange power is confused!"
"Scholars raise a heroic spirit and keep a clear heart, as long as they have a clear conscience, how can they be afraid of ghosts?"
Tsk, this is true, but it is righteous and awe-inspiring, no wonder Ning Caichen can be promoted to the Jinshi later, this bearing is indeed extraordinary.
When it came to this, Xiao Yu naturally had no opinion, and immediately said:
"That's the best, let's go."
At that moment, the two walked together, left the town, and walked towards the Lanruo Temple on the mountain.
The mountain road is rugged, and it is even more muddy after the rain, which is quite difficult to walk, but fortunately, although Ning Caichen is a scholar who has no power to tie the chicken, he also needs to collect accounts everywhere often, and his physical strength is still good.
Half an hour later, a dilapidated ancient temple soon appeared in front of the two of them.
At this time, the sky is about to darken, under the afterglow of falling, an old temple stands quietly, there is a dilapidated stone tablet standing in front of the temple, the original golden "Lanruo Temple" three big characters have been worn away by the years, the majestic Buddha has long been blurred by the wind and rain, making people feel that the years are ruthless, time flies, and has wiped out the glory of not knowing how much.
Gradually approaching the Lanruo Temple, the sky is getting more and more dim, the mountains and forests are silent, wisps of black gas are faintly visible, as if the whole Lanruo Temple is demonic, the inside is white and bone, and the horror is incomparable......
Well, it's not that exaggerated.
It's just a dilapidated temple, lonely and lonely in the afterglow of the sunset, in the cold evening breeze, under the swaying shadows of the trees, it looks lonely and lonely.
(ps: I'm really sorry for writing a slow and scummy little street like me~~ Please move, don't add me to scold me, okay?) (To be continued.) )