King Yama and Han Ye walked twenty or thirty steps along the corridor on the second floor, and finally stopped in front of a door with the word "E" on it.

Han Ye looked at this room, there is a large window at the door, a round table and three round stools are placed in front of the window, on the left is a hanger table, a dressing table, a desk and an Arhat bed (1), and on the right is a wide bed enough to sleep three people.

"Please be seated, please be seated!" Xiao Er wiped the round table with a towel, and arranged for the demon and Han Ye to sit on the round stool, and after a while, the work was over, Xiao Er respectfully asked the devil: "Guest officer, is there anything else that needs to be done in a small way?" ”

The demon waved his hand and said, "If there is something, I will naturally call you, go out." ”

"Yes, yes." Xiao Er nodded and exited the door, and finally did not forget to throw down a sentence: "Guest officer, our hotel supplies hot water all day long, if you want to use it, go to the counter to inform you!" Then he closed the door and withdrew from it.

As soon as Xiao Er left, only the devil and Han Ye were left in the room. The devil didn't have anything to say, he picked up the teapot and teacup on the table, poured a cup of cold tea, and drank it by himself.

The black man had already seen Han Ye's actions, put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and pretended to say casually: "I haven't seen you talking since I was upstairs, it's not like your style, little ghost." ”

Han Ye was silent for a moment before finally speaking, and he cautiously said to the demon, "I'm sorry...... I just gave you trouble. ”

The demon was shocked when he heard this, and stretched his eyebrows and said, "It's good to know that you are in trouble, so that I don't have to scold you." ”

The demon said that, and was about to get up and hang the Longquan sword on the hanger table, but Han Ye said again: "There is still ...... My dad said that he wanted to repay his kindness...... Thank you for helping me. ”

The black man's body trembled slightly, frowned, and said, "No thanks, I haven't helped you anything, and I will be ...... in the future."

"However, you said you didn't help, but you kept helping me." Han Ye looked at the tall back of the devil, and said in a daze: "Actually, I'm not stupid, the thieves want to harm me, you are the first to protect me, today the shopkeeper wants to beat me, you scold him without saying a word, and ......!" ”

"Enough! It's annoying to listen to you! The devil slapped the table angrily and got up, opened the door and walked out quickly, leaving Han Ye alone in the room.

"Damn imp!" While walking down the corridor, the demon cursed in his heart: "! Teaching you kung fu is already your own person, and your own people say so much! So saying, the Adversary went downstairs.

It was fast into the night.

Han Ye was unfamiliar with the place and didn't dare to go out, lying on a spacious soft bed at night, but it was not at all more comfortable than the grass cave outside, and he couldn't sleep. After tossing and turning for a long time, he finally sat up and looked at the door. The door has been open all the time, and the people who should have come in have not come in, and the faint lights of the corridor have been cast into the door, which seems a little lonely.

Han Ye couldn't stand this inexplicable feeling of unease, he got out of bed and put on his boots and walked out of the room gently.

Out of the room, Han Ye glanced at the corridor on the left, where there was only a distant lamp and a passage leading to the darkness, and he looked to the right again, and this glance saw the man. It turned out that the black man was leaning on the guardrail not far away, drinking wine while looking downstairs, at this time the shop was closed, and the silence around was terrible.

Han Ye saw that the demon was not far away, and his heart was finally at peace, he approached the demon silently, and the demon seemed to have already noticed his existence, his gaze swept over and immediately retracted, and said, "Don't rest in the room, what are you doing running out?" Also, keep the door closed at all times when staying outside, do you think there will be no thieves in the restaurant? ”

Han Ye shook his head and said, "I—I can't sleep." ”

"It's weird...... the devil raised his head and took a sip of wine, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't you always shout to sleep on a soft couch before?" Why can't I sleep when I have a bed now? ”

Han Ye touched his head and said, "Maybe I'm not used to it......"

"Oh?" The adversary turned his head to look down at Han Ye and asked, "Not used to the water and soil here?" ”

"It's not." Han Ye shook his head and said slowly: "My father and mother have told me since I was a child that there are many poisonous snakes and beasts outside, and there are many bad people who are worse than poisonous snakes and beasts, so I have always been afraid of coming out too far......"

The Adversary asked in a rare and serious manner, "What about now?" ”

"Now?" Han Yedun looked at the guardrail as high as him, and said: "I don't know if I'm afraid, I just know that if there is a little person to accompany me, I can't sleep a little......" As he spoke, he kicked the floor with his foot and said, "I have slept very comfortably in the wild for the past ten days, because I know that at least someone will accompany me, and if there are wild beasts and bad people, he will drive them all away...... Of course, you're not a good person, but with you, I still feel very down-to-earth. ”

The demon listened to Han Ye's words, his eyes darkened, and he muttered, "Is it ......?"

Han Ye's words changed and asked, "Hey, you suddenly walked out in a rage, did I make you angry again?" ”

The adversary shook his head, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Little ghost, do you want to hear me tell a story?" ”

Children like to listen to stories, and Han Ye is no exception, he nodded without the slightest hesitation: "Yes." ”

So the adversary turned his back to the railing, put his hands on it, and faced the lamp on the wall, and said: "There is such a man, his parents died violently when he was three years old, and there was no one to support him, so he had to go to the street to beg by himself, but because he was black and ugly, the people on the street disliked him, and some people who were very richly dressed even spat on him. In order to survive, he could only grab food with chickens and dogs, and could only rummage through the garbage heap to eat, while nibbling on the cold and rancid rice, while looking at the rich people coming and going on the street, he thought at that time, he must be rich when he grows up, and he must give these people color! As he spoke, a trace of resentment appeared on the dark face of the devil, and after a while, the resentment turned into gratitude, and he said: "Later, a man in a blue robe with his hair tied and a jade tree in the wind appeared in front of him, as if a fairy descended from the earth, and when he saw that this child was pitiful, he took him as an apprentice, took him to take a bath and change clothes, took him to eat a full meal, and taught him some martial arts, and finally gave him a lot of silver, and told him to learn martial arts and support himself, so that he could realize his dream in the future." ”

Han Ye was fascinated by what he heard and asked, "What happened later?" ”

The demon continued: "Later, that man left, and I heard that he was an immortal cultivator on Shu Mountain, and he lived for almost two hundred years. ”

"Two hundred?" Han Ye's mouth opened wide in shock, and said, "How long can I live, it's not an immortal or a goblin." ”

The devil smiled faintly, and continued: "Although this master is gone, the child has never forgotten the entrustment, and he has been practicing martial arts wholeheartedly, and he has achieved a little success at the age of sixteen or seventeen, so he came out to walk the rivers and lakes. One day he met a middle-aged man outside the city who was fighting with dozens of fierce martial arts people, he saw that he was uneven and drew his sword to help, he just wanted to beat those people away, but those people were too difficult, and the sword had no eyes, he still killed a few after all. Because the anger was too heavy, the rest of the martial arts people were scared away when they saw this, and he was also a little scared and worried, at this time, the middle-aged man slowly walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, 'Young man, you did the right thing, they all deserve to die'. It turned out that the middle-aged man was not an ordinary person, but a senior disciple of the Bagua Sect, named Chen Yaohai, who died of illness at that time, and he was chased and killed by another group of people in the door in order to compete for the position of the head of the sect. ”

Han Ye asked, "I don't feel like a good person when I hear him, does he thank you for saving your life?" ”

"I don't know if it's a thank you...... the devil said gloomily: "Chen Yaohai quickly wooed that person, that person is still young, I don't know the depth of right and wrong, as soon as I thought of being able to make a name for myself, I followed Chen Yaohai and helped him kill a lot of martial arts people, including Huiming Zen Master of Shenwu Temple." Later, Chen Yaohai finally got his wish and sat in the head of the house, married a wife and had children, so he didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore, so he found an opportunity to give him a few hundred taels of silver and sent him away, and then he knew that he was just a chess piece in the hands of others. The demon said that his eyes dimmed a little, he closed his eyes and said: "Later, some disciples in the Bagua Sect were indignant because Chen Yaohai killed his fellow disciples, so they entangled some martial arts people to force him to give way...... Little ghost, do you know what Chen Yaohai said? The adversary looked at Han Yedao.

Han Ye was ignorant and only shook his head.

The devil snorted coldly, quite helpless, and said: "This old guy said in a dignified manner, he was also forced, and he blamed the killer he raised, and he wantonly killed people in his name." After that, Chen Yaohai took the lead in leading his disciples to say that he wanted to kill his relatives in righteousness, and chased and killed the killer everywhere, but in fact, he was not a/Zili archway? The killer knows the secrets of many martial arts people, and the martial arts people have many selfish intentions, so they have joined this 'righteous act'. Seeing this, the killer was discouraged and self-defeating, and began to sink, thinking that he had already left a bad name anyway, and that he would die sooner or later, so he might as well collect some money to live this life. ”

"That's not right." Han Ye shook his head and said immaturely: "If I encounter this situation, I must find a way to make them all recognize me and expose Chen Yaohai's shamelessness!" ”

The demon smiled lightly and said: "In today's martial arts, the monks of Shenwu Temple are bright and bright, the chivalrous women of Bishui Palace are chivalrous and soft-hearted, and the disciples of Dalimen are heroic, but the three sects of Bagua Gate, Jukun Gang, and Snow Eagle Sect are clearly good to people, and secretly don't know how much they want to destroy each other, and they all put the crime on the killer when they kill someone. As he spoke, the demon suddenly sighed and said, "Until one day, a fairy-like woman found the killer who gave up on herself, she said that she was Cangyue, the elder of Shushan Yunyou, and the newlywed wife of Changkong. The killer was very excited when he heard this, and he asked him what was wrong with his master, but Cangyue said lightly, 'Cangyue is still there, and Changkong is dead'. Then the killer learned from Cang Yue's mouth that Cang Yue knew that the killer had done too much evil and had repeatedly eliminated the harm, but Changkong was kind-hearted, not only persuaded Cang Yue, but also asked her to pass the word before she died, saying, 'Those who are selfish and self-interested will not die well'. Cangyue finished saying what she had to say, and flew away without looking back, but she wouldn't understand that the killer would never be able to turn back......," the adversary said, letting out a long sigh, covering his face with his hands full of pain.

At this time, Han Ye said to him excitedly: "You are wrong! Even if you are heinous, as long as you are committed to good, you can turn back at any time! I don't like you very much, but I can help you. ”

The demon turned his head and looked at Han Ye in surprise, took a deep breath, and said slightly angrily: "Can I turn back like this?" ”

"Yes!" Han Ye said firmly: "Dad once said to me, sincerity, gold and stone are open, as long as there is sincerity, there is nothing in this world that cannot be done!" When I go back, I will definitely make it clear to my father and uncle so that they don't misunderstand you, and as for the mistakes you have made, I will help you make up for them, as long as you are not discouraged, you will definitely be able to turn back! ”

When the adversary heard this, he laughed and said, "Your father? And the beasts? It's no wonder they didn't skin me! ”

Han Ye didn't understand why the demon was laughing, but he remembered something, and hurriedly grabbed the demon's arm and asked, "Yes, you are not stupid, why did you come to our Ming Sword Hall for no reason and fall into my father's trap?" ”

"Hmph." The demon looked up and smiled, very painful, he said: "It's not my uncle, he said that he used to be called Changtian, and he committed a lot of sins outside like me, but now he has repented, converted to Taoism, changed his name to Yuquan, and he is my master's senior brother." ”

"Oh......" Han Ye asked with interest in his cheeks, "And then?" You must be very happy to see your uncle, right? ”

The adversary took a sip of wine and said, "Happy? Probably so. However, I didn't believe it at first, and it was impossible for me to come to me for no reason and say that I would believe it, but he was profound in Shushan Taoism, and he knew a lot of things about my master, so I believed him seven or eight points. Yuquan said to me, it's still too late to turn back, my master still left one thing before he died, which was left by Yuquan in the Mingjian Hall, if I want to sincerely repent, I need to go there to find him with twelve points of sincerity, and he handed it over to me with his own hands, but this evil obstacle is gone. ”

Han Ye slapped the table and exclaimed, "You also believe this!" If you don't go, just ask him to give it to you! ”

The demon sighed: "I only respect him as my uncle, how dare I disobey?" And he said that the three hall masters are not there, I only need to disguise myself to enter the Mingjian Hall to meet him without knowing it, I knew at that time that there must be something inside, but little ghost, there are some things that you know are dangerous but still have to do it, because you are burdened with responsibilities that you can't let go! As he spoke, the devil laughed at himself again: "Alas, I think I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, but I am still so naïve. ”

Han Ye seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and said in his heart that he might miss the sky too much, so he would make a mistake that he shouldn't make, after all, he is a righteous person.

"In this way, that Yuquan is really not a good person, I will tell my father and Uncle Situ when I go back, tell them to be careful." As if remembering something important, Han Ye hurriedly asked again, "By the way, I still don't know what your real name is." ”

The adversary said indifferently: "My name is Zhang Kuo." ”

Han Ye nodded, keeping Zhang Kuo's name in mind, and Zhang Kuo let out a sigh of relief, looked at the wall, and said, "Little ghost, if I tell you that the wine I drank for you that time was actually not poisoned, everything is just because I want to keep you by my side, will you still stay?" ”

Han Ye said calmly: "Don't say it, I already knew." You gave me that wine, and the wine in the wine bag hasn't been changed, and if it's really poisonous, even if you can detoxify, there's no need to keep drinking poison bars? I'm not a big fool, I know that! ”

Zhang Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "As thoughtful as your father, hmph, since you know I'm lying to you, why don't you find a chance to slip away?" I remember you had a lot of chances to escape. ”

Han Ye frowned and said: "At that time, I was so far away from home, I was easy to get lost in the wilderness alone, I didn't have the ability to deal with bandits and beasts, I couldn't cook, and I didn't have ...... money" Han Ye said, he lowered his head and said: "Moreover, I still feel more relieved to follow you, you always bully me on the surface, but you actually care about me very much......"

The black man's heart was warm, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to pick up the wine jar and drink it, but when he drank freely, Han Ye asked again: "By the way, you promised me not to kill people again in the future, does that still count?" ”

Zhang Kuo put down the wine jar and said solemnly: "There are few things I promised that don't count, don't worry!" ”

This night, Zhang Kuo and Han Ye talked a lot, and Han Ye slept peacefully, because he kept looking at the black man lying on Luohan's bed before going to bed, and his anxiety and anxiety gradually dissipated.

"Father, mother, sister, Yunmeng, I'm sorry, I think I may have to come back later, don't be too anxious......" Han Ye thought like this, and finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

……

In the morning, the noise outside the window finally woke Han Ye from his deep sleep.

"Heh~!" Han Ye stretched his waist and sat up, looked at the Luohan bed, and found that Zhang Kuo was no longer on it, and then looked at the round table, and found that there was a basin with half a basin of water and a towel on the edge of the basin.

"I obviously prepared something to wash my face, but I didn't prepare something to rinse my mouth, this guy has such bad habits!" Han Ye complained while wiping his face with a wet towel, in fact, he understood that he was no longer the little young master who opened his mouth for food and stretched out his hands for clothes, and it was impossible for someone to prepare everything for him.

After washing his face, Han Ye decided to go to Zhang Kuo and wanted Zhang Kuo to help him get some breakfast. So he pushed open the door and walked down the corridor to the first floor, and just after the next floor, he saw Zhang Kuo standing in front of the counter talking to the shopkeeper.

Zhang Kuo took out a silver ingot in his right hand and slapped it in front of the shopkeeper, then took out the wine bag on his waist with his left hand, shook it at the shopkeeper, and said, "Shopkeeper, it's full." ”

Exchanging a small bag of wine for a large ingot of silver, who wouldn't do such a good deal? The shopkeeper immediately smiled and accepted the silver, then took the wine bag from Zhang Kuo's hand, beckoned to the shopkeeper not far away, handed him the wine bag, and said, "Xiao Wu, fill it with high-quality wine, don't slack off!" ”

The shopkeeper naturally knew what the shopkeeper meant, and hurriedly carried the candle dragon wine bag to the inner hall, and the other guests didn't greet him.

Han Ye saw the little two passing by like a gust of wind, and couldn't help but look at it twice, then he walked over and tugged at the corner of Zhang Kuo's clothes, looked up and asked, "Hey, I'm hungry, when will I have breakfast?" ”

"Breakfast?" Zhang Kuo glanced at Han Ye and said with some amusement: "You go outside to see for yourself, it's almost noon, and it's time for lunch!" Seeing the little boy's stunned expression, Zhang Kuo continued: "I want you to have a good rest today, so I didn't wake you up so early, did you wash your face?" ”

"Washed." Han Ye touched his head and said, "But I haven't rinsed my mouth yet......"

Zhang Kuo said disdainfully: "Won't you rinse with tea casually?" ”

"No, no, no!" Han Ye hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My mother said that you should rinse your mouth with water soaked in chrysanthemums, so that you won't have bad breath and it's not easy to get angry." ”

Zhang Kuo was impatient when he heard this, and said, "Hmph, pampered little ghost." ”

Han Ye said unhappily: "You still say that I, you don't rinse your mouth every day, bad breath!" ”

Zhang Kuo laughed, his thick eyebrows stretched, and he said to Han Ye: "Where didn't I rinse my mouth?" Don't you see me rinse my mouth with wine every day? I don't have bad breath. ”

"And say no!" Han Ye pinched his nose and pretended to be disgusted: "You smell it yourself, it smells like wine when you open your mouth, and you still say that it doesn't stink!" ”

"It's the smell of wine, what do you little boy know?" Zhang Kuo reluctantly looked away, not planning to pay attention to Han Ye anymore.

"You're so thick-skinned, it's useless for me to understand anything, hum!" Han Ye tilted his head as he spoke, turning his back to Zhang Kuo's back.

The big and small sides stopped arguing, but the shopkeeper was in a hurry, he gritted his teeth and thought, "This damn Xiao Wu!" I can't do anything, it's just a small bag of wine, and I haven't packed it for so long! There are so many guests to greet outside! ”

After waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper finally came out of the inner hall with the wine bag while wiping his sweat and panting, he handed the wine bag in his hand to Zhang Kuo's hand, and said breathlessly: "Huh, huh, guest officer, you, your wine is ready." ”

Zhang Kuo took the wine bag and shook it in his ear, and said lightly: "It's not full yet, but I won't embarrass you." As he spoke, Zhang Kuo pinned the wine bag to his waist, then patted Han Ye's shoulder and said, "Let's go, little ghost." ”

"Let's go?" Han Ye asked puzzledly, "Aren't we going to have lunch here?" ”

Zhang Kuo didn't speak, only glanced at the counter, and Han Ye also looked over when he saw this. I saw that the shopkeeper was grabbing the shopkeeper and scolding him!

"Rubbish! You shit! How long does it take to pack a small bag of wine? The shopkeeper scolded the head of the finger shopkeeper.

"No!" Xiao Er lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "I don't know what the wine bag is made of, I filled two large tanks into it, and it is not full, I don't believe you go to the inner hall to see ......!" ”

"!" The shopkeeper squirted and scolded: "If you are lazy, you are lazy, you still make excuses!" Is a wine bag so small that it can hold two jars of wine? You must have stolen the wine from our store and sold it again! I tell you, don't expect me to give you this year's salary! ”

Han Ye glanced at it a few times before retracting his gaze, shrugging at Zhang Kuo and saying, "Let's go." ”

"Okay." Zhang Kuo took Han Ye's hand and asked, "What do you want to eat this time?" ”

"Hmm......" Han Ye thought for a while and said, "I want to eat mutton this time." ”

"Okay, I'll take you there." Zhang Kuo said and raised his finger at Han Ye again, and said, "But make it clear in advance, don't call me a bad breath ghost in the future." ”

Han Ye thought for a while, and said proudly to the demon: "You want to buy me with a meal?" No way! Bad breath ghost! ”

Zhang Kuo laughed heartily, and the two of them, one big and one young, went out of the guest building like this, and the shopkeeper behind them was still scolding his buddy desperately......

Exegesis:

(1) "Luohan bed" - an ancient furniture with a large body and a three-sided fence or railing on the couch, which can be sat or lying, and is mostly used for entertaining guests. Since the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", through the paintings of the past dynasties, you can frequently see the ancients with the couch or arhat bed as the center of the scene of hospitality.