() Old lady Chen said: "Why didn't the government take care of it at that time? You must know that the missing old man was originally a high-ranking official and nobleman in Jinhua City, and he was also quite an official with a background in the officialdom. It's just that I don't know why no matter how many people went at that time, as long as they went in during the day, they would basically get lost in the woods outside Lanruo Temple, and then they couldn't come back. ”

The shopkeeper said in a daze: "Since it's easy to get lost in the woods during the day, won't they think of a way to wait until the evening to go?" ”

"Poof!" As soon as Chen Qiubai heard what the shopkeeper said, he couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, hey, hey......" Mrs. Chen Lai also laughed with Chen Qiubai, and after laughing, he couldn't help but pat the shopkeeper's head and said: "You stupid, you must know that even if you enter this Lanruo Temple during the day, it is dangerous, and there is a danger to your life, if you wait until the night to go in again, it will not be ten deaths." Is it impatience to live? ”

The shopkeeper suddenly realized: "So that's the case!" ”

Chen Qiubai thought about it for a while, but asked again: "Then in this case, this Lanruo Temple should be famous for its murder, which makes everyone frightened!" Why is it that now, basically no one in Jinhua City knows about the existence of this Lanruo Temple? ”

Old Mrs. Chen said, "Alas! No matter what happened to Lanruo Temple at that time, we people outside still have to live, and the government at that time was like this, after sending people over a few times to make a show. However, it was found that the whole matter could not be investigated at all, but the manpower was folded into a lot. Even the few people who ran back from Lanruo Temple were basically frightened, and the gods chattered, those people looked like they were crazy, and the government sent people to ask them questions, but they couldn't ask anything. ”

The shopkeeper listened more attentively, and hurriedly asked, "What about later?" ”

Old Lady Chen was obviously just to hang other people's appetites, and said: "Later, I don't know when a wandering Taoist priest came, and that Taoist priest seemed to have some real skills, and he actually fought with the thousand-year-old tree demon as soon as he came up, and he didn't fall behind at all, but even so, that Taoist priest was not strong enough in the end to destroy the thousand-year-old tree demon in one fell swoop." ”

The shopkeeper patted the table and said bitterly: "Alas! It's a pity, but he still hasn't eliminated the thousand-year-old tree demon, what about Mrs. Chen? ”

Old Lady Chen also said with an unwilling face: "Who says it's not, this thing can only be blamed on the tree demon's mana is too strong, and even the Taoist priest who has cultivated is not its opponent, but from then on, the tree demon began to rein, at least it didn't come out to harm people in broad daylight." ”

Chen Qiubai asked in a wit: "You said that this tree demon no longer dares to come out to harm people during the day, so I don't know if it is still so peaceful and self-conscious at night?" ”

Old Lady Chen said to Chen Qiubai with a bitter face: "I said this gentleman, who did you say that this big night was so desperate to go to Lanruo Temple to see if the tree demon was harmful." In the middle of the night, if someone really runs out, then even if the dryad doesn't come to harm you, those jackals, tigers and leopards will probably bite you. ”

The shopkeeper also said with a puzzled face: "Yes, at night, don't say it's outside the city, even if you are just hanging around in the city, you will run into a few robbers and gangsters if you can't say it." It's very possible that someone will cut off your head with a knife and kill you. ”

Chen Qiubai nodded and said, "There is some truth in what the two of you said, but I didn't think it through. ”

Mrs. Chen continued: "Since then, all the local people in Jinhua will basically not go out of the city at night, but there are often some foreign merchants, or scholars or something, because they are too anxious to hurry, and miss the inn. So without knowing it, he entered the legendary Lanruo Temple, of course, among these people, there was a ** into the stomach of the old tree spirit. Alas! I can't say, this is also their fate. ”

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Oh! I see, people in our Jinhua realm rarely go out at night, it turns out that this is the truth. ”

Old lady Chen said: "Yes, since then, this Lanruo Temple has gradually been abandoned, because there were too many people who died at the beginning, everyone is secretive about this matter, and basically few people mention it." Gradually, today's young people are very unfamiliar with the name Lanruo Temple. Today, I just heard this gentleman inquire about Lanruo Temple here, so I just came over to say a few words, I don't know why this gentleman is inquiring about such a dangerous place? ”

Chen Qiubai hurriedly thought about it and said, "Oh! I also heard my father say that there is a Lanruo Temple in Jinhua City, and my father told me that there is a very famous Lanruo Temple in Jinhua City, which is full of incense, and it is special to come here to make a wish to burn incense, so that I have the opportunity to pass by Jinhua and must come to have a look. I finally came to Jinhua today, and I wanted to have a good tour of Lanruo Temple, but I didn't expect it...... Alas......? ”

Old Lady Chen also immediately sighed: "Who said it wasn't! You said that this Lanruo Temple is a good temple, how could it be such a stall, and in the end it was made like this. ”

Chen Qiubai then asked, "Old lady, I don't know which direction this Lanruo Temple is in Jinhua City?" ”

Old Lady Chen looked at Chen Qiubai in surprise and said, "I said, young man, why do you want to inquire about the direction of Lanruo Temple?" You don't want to go to Lanruo Temple. I'm telling you, you can't go here, and if you do, you won't know how you'll die! ”

"Alas!" Chen Qiubai said with a smile: "I'm not a fool, how could I go to that kind of place for no reason, I just want to inquire about the location of this Lanruo Temple in advance, I have to stay in Jinhua City for a few days, first inquire about the location of Lanruo Temple, so as not to break into Lanruo Temple by mistake, then I really can't cry when the time comes." ”

Old Lady Chen nodded and said: "Yes, that's true, then I'll tell you where this Lanruo Temple is, there is a very dense forest in the northeast of Jinhua City, this large forest looks black, even in the daytime, it will make people feel quite dark and obscure, so cold that people can't help but have to straighten their hairs, and it is said that Lanruo Temple is in the depths of that black forest." I don't know exactly where it is, after all, I don't have the guts to go into the Black Forest and find out. ”

Chen Qiubai smiled and said, "Well, this is also true, so thank you to the old man." O old man! I have a piece of silver here, you see, you have also accompanied me to talk so much, it is very difficult for you, why don't you take it to tea. Saying that, Chen Qiubai was about to talk about a piece of silver and handed it to the old gentleman.

The old gentleman hurriedly excused himself and said, "Alas! No, how can this be? I'm just chatting with you for a while, and you're going to give me the money, this ...... This...... No, no, it's not going to work. ”

It stands to reason that the old gentleman said these messages to Chen Qiubai, even if he asked Chen Qiubai to exchange all the silver in his hand, Chen Qiubai would not hesitate to exchange his original intentions, but he didn't expect that now Chen Qiubai just wanted to give the old gentleman a piece of silver, but he didn't expect this old gentleman to be unwilling to accept it. In this way, it really made Chen Qiubai's face a little unbearable.

Then Chen Qiubai looked next to the old gentleman, but found that the old gentleman was a woodcutter, and at this time he was carrying a load of firewood to sell.

So Chen Qiubai had an idea and said to the old gentleman: "Old gentleman, don't you think it's better to be like this, anyway, you also want to carry this load of firewood to the street to sell, in my opinion, this load of firewood might as well be sold to me." It also saves you from tiredness, and you have to pick it up to sell it in the market. ”

Old lady Chen smiled and said to Chen Qiubai: "This gentleman, you want to buy me this firewood, although I don't know what you want this firewood for." But in any case, this is a good thing, so I'll sell you this firewood. ”

Chen Qiubai said: "That's right, the old gentleman is called refreshing." After speaking, Chen Qiubai took out nearly half of his silver and handed it to the old gentleman.

The old lady was frightened by Chen Qiubai, and hurriedly said incoherently: "This is ...... This ......"

Chen Qiubai said impatiently: "Oh, what is this?" Old gentleman, take the silver quickly, I originally wanted to give you all my silver, but after thinking about it carefully, I still have to live in this Jinhua City, so I can only give you so much. Aren't you too little? ”

The old lady hurriedly said: "Not too little, not too little!" ……”

Chen Qiubai interjected impatiently: "That's it, since it's not too little, you can just take it." Then he took the money and raced against the old man.

Then Chen Qiubai immediately grabbed the load of firewood beside the old man, and ran away without a trace.

Old Mrs. Chen was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Young man, I'm not too little, I just want to say that you give too much money!" Alas! …… My axe for chopping wood is still in the load of firewood! ”