Xu Tianchuan pushed the shopkeeper into the bottom of the kang and went out by himself. After a while, there was a sound of fighting outside. When the four of them were worried, Xu Tianchuan returned to the room, pulled out the shopkeeper from under the kang, slapped him to death, and said, "This person is really the person sent by the Queen Mother." Not long after we stayed in the hotel, they came into the store and tied up the shopkeeper and his wife and the shopkeeper, who even put on the clothes of the shopkeeper and brought us the tea with the ingredients. ”

Xiang Yan was terrified in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Third Master Xu, if we don't stay in the hotel, let's go overnight!" Xu Tianchuan said: "Okay." The tea was added, but the knife dishes were still clean. We ate first, and when we were full, we traveled overnight, and rested in the carriage tonight. ”

After the five of them had a hurried meal, they untied the ropes for the shopkeeper and his wife, got into the carriage with the gratitude of the shopkeeper and his wife, and continued on their way. Xu Tianchuan sat in the front of the carriage and continued to drive, while Wei Xiaobao, Xiang Yan, Fang Yi and the little county lord dozed off in the carriage. Originally, the space in the carriage was small, and the four of them felt quite crowded when they sat together, and it was not easy to doze in it, but it was also a pleasure to be able to squeeze together with Fang Yi.

Xiang Yanzheng was in a daze, and suddenly felt cold on his body, and when he woke up, he saw that the soybean-like raindrops in the sky were falling one after another. The carriage was rudimentary, and rain fell into the carriage. Xu Tianchuan said: "It's really strange that it rains for no reason in October." He added: "I'm afraid this rain is not small, we have to find a place to hide from the rain."

Xu Tianchuan drove the carriage to the west. The rain became heavier and heavier, but there was not even a house or a gazebo along the way. After a while, all four people in the carriage were soaking wet. Wei Xiaobao smiled: "Third Brother Xu, you don't have to worry. Walking fast is soup chicken, walking slow is soup duck, anyway, it's almost the same. ”

The carriage went on for a while, and when he heard the sound of water, he came to a river, and saw a hut half a mile up the river. When I got closer, I saw that the hut was a ruined temple, but it was finally a shelter from the rain, and although it was dilapidated, it was better than nothing. The temple gate has long been rotten, and when you get to the temple, your nose is full of mildew. Xu Tianchuan grabbed some broken tables and chairs, lit a fire, and let everyone dry their clothes. And he took out of the parcel the bread and bread, and gave it to the people.

The black clouds in the sky were gathering more and more densely, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no momentum to stop at all. The crowd sat around the fire, and the ruined temple was full of rain, and the ground was rarely dry. The rain kept going, and everyone threw everything that could be burned into the fire in the broken temple, but the fire was extinguished in the straight way, and the rain still did not stop, but fortunately, everyone's clothes were dried up.

After a long while, there was a sudden "click" sound, and a few tiles suddenly fell from the roof of the temple, followed by a number of tiles and bricks and mud falling one after another. Xu Tianchuan shouted: "It's not good, this temple is going to fall, everyone go out quickly." The five of them rushed out of the temple, and they didn't take a few steps, but they heard a loud "boom", and the roof of the temple collapsed, and then half of the wall fell.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and two horses galloped from the southeast, and in a moment galloped near. An old voice said, "Ah, there was originally a small temple here to hide from the rain, but it fell again." Another woman's voice said, "Hey, fellow, what are you doing here?" Xu Tianchuan said: "We were sheltering from the rain in the temple, and the temple collapsed temporarily, almost crushed to death."

The woman said again: "Zhao Laosan, in addition to this small temple nearby, there are no houses in the vicinity?" Or is it a cave or something? Zhao Laosan said: "Yes...... There is a walk, but it is not the same. The woman said, "Is there or not?" Zhao Laosan said: "Here to the northwest, there is a haunted house in the mountain col, there are evil ghosts, no one dares to go, isn't that almost the same as nothing?" The woman laughed and said, "Evil ghosts or something, it's all nonsense from the countryside." Even if there is a ghost, I am not afraid of him. Zhao Laosan said: "Girl, Lao Er didn't have a long life, but he didn't dare to go." I advise you not to go. Thirty miles north of here, there is a bazaar. ”

The woman said, "With such a heavy rain, where can it be for thirty miles?" Don't be verbose, lead the way! Zhao Laosan said: "Okay, girl, you go northwest, turn a corner, and enter the col along the mountain road, there is only one way, and it won't be wrong." Alas, I said before I waited for the rain to stop before I left, girl, you have to brave the rain to hurry. Now why are you in a hurry to go to a haunted house to take shelter from the rain? The woman said unhappily, "This girl has a point." The horses galloped northwest. Zhao Laosan hesitated slightly, pulled the horse's head, turned back and walked to the southeast.

Xu Tianchuan said: "What do you say we should do?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Xiaoyan, what do you say to do?" I don't have any ideas. Xiang Yan looked at Fang Yi, Fang Yi frowned, his teeth clenched, and he didn't know if it was painful or frozen. Looking at the little county lord again, the little county lord couldn't help trembling, and said, "If you don't take shelter from the rain, the little county lord is afraid that it will be difficult to support, and Miss Fang also needs to have a good rest." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, let's go to the haunted house." If you see evil spirits, be careful. ”

According to what Zhao Laosan said, the five people drove the carriage to the northwest and walked into a mountain col, but they couldn't find the road in the dark, but they saw that there was a small waterfall rushing down in the white woods. Wei Xiaobao said: "If you can't find a way, it's called 'ghost hitting the wall', this is the evil ghost charming." Xu Tianchuan said: "This waterfall is the road." Tie your horses to a tree and walk uphill along the waterfall. The rest of the people followed, climbing up the hill.