The sun soon set, and as night rose, the occasional chirping of insects could be heard on the country road.

Wen Ran walked very slowly, because she still had a lot of things to figure out, she always felt that something was wrong with this village, but she couldn't say what was wrong, as Shen Bei said, these old people were indeed just ordinary old people.

It is precisely because of the ordinary that it seems strange at this time.

Behind her, Shen Bei followed like a small tail, he had a bitter face, holding a pastry in one hand and a piece of pastry in the other, and took a bite depressedly.

Just now, she said that she couldn't get used to him so much, so he had to do it himself if he wanted to eat, and no one fed him.

The moon came out and illuminated the way ahead, and they walked again to the place where there was a locust tree.

Wen Ran remembered something, "The village chief said that Gu Gongzi and his wife went around the village, but after so long, they don't seem to have come back. ”

She turned around, "Shen Jiaojiao......"

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and the shadows of the trees were swaying.

As if sensing an unusual sign, Shen Be's eyes widened a little, he walked forward quickly, and stretched out his hand towards Wen Ran, "Ran! ”

Suddenly, darkness swept in, swallowing up the moonlight and the sound of the wind, and everything was calm.

The rain was pouring down, the rain was rattling and rattling, and the smell of dampness filled the air.

"Girl...... Girl......"

A man's voice sounded in her ear, as if someone was gently pushing her shoulder, calling her back to her senses from the chaos.

Wen Ran slowly opened her eyes, still confused for a while.

"Girl, you're finally awake!" The person next to him breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you wouldn't wake up, and there is no doctor here, but I'm in a hurry." ”

Wen Ran's body finally regained consciousness, she sat up from the ground, looked at the person in front of her, and asked, "Are you?"

"In the next section of Feixue, he is a scholar."

The person who spoke was dressed in a blue Confucian shirt, with a delicate vine pattern gold crown tied with his hair, his face was delicate and handsome, his eyes were as clear as a clear spring, and he should be a talented man.

Wen Ran's head was still groggy, she raised her hand to press her forehead, and frowned, "Why am I here?" ”

"I don't know about this." Duan Feixue said gently and politely: "When I walked into this temple to take shelter from the rain, I found that the girl was lying here alone."

In the temple?

Alone?

Wen Ran came to her senses, she stood up, looked around, and didn't see the person who was often inseparable from her, and then looked at the environment she was in now, it was a little familiar......

She turned around and saw a stone statue enshrined on a high platform.

Duan Feixue also stood up, he also looked at the stone statue, and said strangely: "Ordinary temples are dedicated to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and the water gods enshrined in this temple are very different from the water gods in other temples."

In folklore, the god of Si Shui is Shui Bo, how to say that Shui Bo is also a human form, but the stone statue enshrined in this temple is a dragon-like thing hovering on it, grinning teeth, there is no sympathetic statue, but it is fierce and terrible.

Wen Ran suddenly ran to the door of this temple and saw a plaque hanging on it, which was written with the words "Water Temple".

These words were the same as the handwriting she had seen in the ruined temple before.

But this plaque is new, the temple is clean, and even the stone statue is intact.

There are incense, candles and fruits on the table under the stone statue, which shows that people often come to worship.

"Girl, it's still raining outside!" Duan Feixue saw Wen Ran, who suddenly rushed out to get drenched in the rain, and hurriedly ran over, wanting to pull her in, but because of the difference between men and women, he couldn't do anything, so he could only say anxiously: "Girl, hurry up and go in to avoid the rain, it's not good if you catch a cold."

Wen Ran walked into the temple in a trance, and after a while, she raised her hand, wiped the water on her face with her sleeve, and she smiled like a nobody: "Why did Duan Gongzi pass through here?"

Duan Feixue was just a scholar who didn't listen to things outside the window before, and only read sage books, how could he have dealt with a woman so closely?

What's more, it's still such a beautiful girl.

He was a little cramped, and he didn't dare to look at the girl in front of him, "Don't hide it from the girl, my scientific expedition is also known as Luosun Mountain, so I can only go back to my hometown. ”

When he talked about his name falling to Sun Shan, he was still a little embarrassed, but he has always been above board, since he didn't pass the imperial examination, he didn't pass the examination, so he didn't have to hide it.

"I see." Wen Ran also explained, "When I was also passing by here, my body suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and I wanted to rest here for a while, but I didn't expect to fall asleep." ”

Duan Feixue shook her head and said kindly: "The girl is out alone, so you should be careful."

He said in his heart, fortunately he saw this sleeping girl, if other people with ulterior motives found this girl first, I am afraid that her reputation will be damaged.

Seeing that he was also kind, Wen Ran didn't say anything, just nodded, "Well, I know." ”

Duan Feixue said again: "Dare to ask why the girl is here alone?"

It was a poor and remote place, but the girl in front of him didn't dress like a country woman, so he guessed that she was definitely not from here.

Wen Ran said, "I'm looking for someone."

"Looking for someone in the village?"

"Look in the village first."

Duan Feixue glanced outside, "This rain should be going to fall for a while, it just so happens that I am also going to the village, and when the rain stops, I can walk with the girl for a distance." ”

In fact, he felt that Wen Ran was a girl's family, and it was dangerous to walk outside alone, and he should take care of the place where he could take care of it, as a man, he should take it seriously.

Wen Ran thought about it, even if there was no her, he would go in that direction, so she said, "Okay."

The rain only stopped for a moment, and after being washed by the rain, the leaves on the trees showed a new green, and the occasional sound of dripping water echoed the green, which was refreshing.

Along the way, there was traffic, chickens and dogs smelled each other, and when it was still cool when it rained, many people went to the fields to do farm work.

There are old people mowing the grass, young people loosening the soil with hoes on their backs, and shepherd boys herding sheep.

The water was clear, and many women sat together on the steps of the riverbank to wash vegetables and chat, and a few laughs were heard from time to time.

This vibrant appearance is really like a paradise.

Wen Ran's footsteps paused slightly, and she asked, "Duan Gongzi, do you know what this village is called?"

Duan Feixue said uncertainly: "When I was on the road, I looked at the Eye Boundary Monument, it seems to be called Baishan Village."