On the other side of the official road in the distance, a team of chariots and horses that had passed by before camped here.

Some people are awakened by urine in the middle of the night, and between half dreaming and half waking up, sleepy-eyed people get up to find a place to relieve themselves.

Sometimes there is a kind of trance in the dream, as if the mind has gone to a distant place in the dream.

At this time, the eyes are often not open, and they can only see things through the gaps, but they can see a lot of strange things, and the body is half-asleep and half-awake and difficult to control.

And the person who unraveled his hand was still unconscious at the moment, and half of his soul was still in his sleep, and he still had a little bit of this feeling.

The man was holding on to the trunk of a tree to the back half of a large tree that was being released comfortably, and through the gap in his eyes, he suddenly saw in the distance on the other side of the official road, someone in the haze with a horse stepping into the air, looking back at the ground in the sky

"Huh?"

Confused and confused, the peeing man thought he was still in a dream, and the next moment, a man and a horse in the air ascended to the sky, as if gradually turning into a faint white light in the wind and disappearing.

At this time, the urine was to the end, and the man's body suddenly shook a few times, and he seemed to wake up all of a sudden.

The man shook his brother with one hand and rubbed his eyes with the other, and there was nothing in that direction just now, as if it was a complete illusion.

Did I not wake up?

Although he thought so, the man still had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, he shook his right hand, and then wiped the bark of the tree trunk, and then hurried to the side of the official road, wanting to take a look.

Everyone in the camp was sleeping soundly in the carriage, and the man hesitated and did not wake anyone up, but cautiously went alone.

After passing the official road and bypassing a bush, I found that there was a house a little farther away.

The man was clearly not a local, or at least didn't use the road often, and it wasn't clear that there were any such houses here.

With a hint of apprehension and expectation, the man hesitated to go over and take a look, and then took a closer look, and suddenly found that there were many animals in the courtyard.

Because there is a certain distance, some small ones are not clear, but larger ones such as deer and foxes are still more obvious in today's moonlight.

"Hiss"

The man took a breath, felt a little numb in his scalp and felt very new at the same time, and hurried back to the camp to wake up his companion.

It didn't take long for a group of people with knives, sticks, and ropes to trot from the camp on the other side of the official road to the direction of the dilapidated house.

The animals can no longer see the immortals, nor can they hear the Buddhist scriptures and the avenue of the immortals, but they have not yet left, but quietly crawl in the courtyard, as if lingering in the feeling just now, and their consciousness is immersed in it.

"See, it's still there" "Oh, it's a lot! ”

"Shhhh

"Wouldn't that be nice? I seem to have seen an immortal just now."

"You didn't wake up!" "Oh, that's the fairy dream to show you the way, it deserves us to get rich!"

"Yes, it's all fine meat and fur, and it's a fence!"

Five men armed with sticks, ropes and other objects, sneaked in the direction of the dilapidated house.

"Woo-"

A night owl screamed and flapped its wings and flew up.

"Up! Don't let them run! "Quick, catch that deer, that deer—"

Several people rushed out at once, and the sticks and ropes greeted together.

"Fox fox!"

"Hahahaha, caught and caught!"

The pheasant wings are messy, the fox deer runs away in a hurry, some people scream and some laugh, some people hit the small temple with a wooden stick, and the temple tiles collapse and the Buddha statue is broken.

"Woo-"

A tall figure suddenly roared in the courtyard, and the mountain ghost picked up the dead wood and got up, revealing his true face in the moonlight.

"Ahh

"Boom-"

The dead wood slammed into several people, so frightened that the two people who had just caught the pheasant and the deer dodged in a hurry, and the broken dead wood hurt people.

"Roar—"

The mountain ghost's sharp nails and terrifying appearance became more and more obvious in the moonlight, and his eyes showed a ghostly light, and he suddenly rushed towards several people, frightening the crowd to crawl and flee.

"Youkai, youkai!" "Run—"

The five men who had come to catch the prey fled, but the mountain ghosts did not chase them.

There were no more animals left in the courtyard, except for some chicken feathers ripped off by pheasants, and the small temple had collapsed.

"Uh-huh, roar."

The mountain ghost screamed two more times, and ran back to the mountain.

The few men who tried to catch the animals, though none of them were seriously injured, were frightened, hurried back to the camp, and fled with their horses and chariots all night.

In the sky, Yi Shuyuan seemed to go and return, and he vaguely felt it when the half-asleep person's gaze came just now, so he didn't really leave immediately.

"That's fine, you can't just have good thoughts and lose your defense!"

Gray Mian leaned on Yi Shuyuan's shoulder and wondered.

"Sir, the temple has also collapsed"

"If it collapses, it collapses."

After saying this, a wind that Yi Shuyuan had resisted made a bend in the sky and returned to the post station.

The other three did not know what had happened yesterday, but the coachman could clearly feel that his horse was walking at a particularly strong pace today.

——

On the afternoon of the fourth day, after passing through some villages and large areas of farmland, the carriage that had been traveling along the official road finally arrived at Changfeng Mansion City.

The time was a day earlier than expected, also because of the horse's strong pace.

After entering the city, Chu Hang suddenly became a little homesick, and kept urging the carriage to move forward quickly.

Compared with the prosperity of the capital, Changfeng Mansion is very calm, and the rhythm seems to be a lot slower all of a sudden, just like the former Yuanjiang County, but the scale is much larger.

The Chu Mansion was on a secluded street, the gate was closed, and when the carriage stopped in front of the Chu Mansion, the porter who heard the movement opened the small door and came out to check, and happened to see Chu Hang jumping out of the car impatiently.

The porter's eyes widened for a moment, and his face showed surprise.

"Young Master? Master, you're back! ”

The porter looked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, shouted excitedly, and hurriedly came down to help Chu Hang carry his suitcase.

"Young Master, you're back! Madame talks about you every day! ”

"I don't need your help, go and tell my father and mother, just say that I also brought my friends back!"

"Hey!"

The concierge boy hurriedly ran back to the courtyard, first opened the gate completely, and then shouted the good news of Chu Hang's return as he ran.

"The young master is back—the young master is back—"

Yi Shuyuan and Yang Bencai also got out of the car at this moment, watching the surrounding and the doors of the Chu Mansion move their hands and feet.

"Woo puff ~~~~~"

The old horse at the front of the car neighed, causing Yi Shuyuan to look back, the coachman was counting the money he had gotten, and the old horse was shaking his neck and looking restless.

Yi Shuyuan's lips moved slightly, and a voice reached Lao Ma's ears, and the latter also calmed down.

"Did you figure it out?"

"It's clear, it's not bad! Hehe, two sons, and sir, if there are still people who can use carriages and horses, just look for me in the future! Farewell, farewell! ”

"Why don't you stay for a meal?"

Hearing Chu Hang say this, the coachman was full of smiles, he had just eaten lunch on the way, and dinner was too early, so he wouldn't delay an afternoon here.

"No, no, there are relatives in Changfeng Mansion!"

After a few polite sentences, the coachman's brother led the horse to turn, and then drove the carriage away.

The old horse turned around in a few steps, and seemed to be extremely reluctant, but after all, he still did not resist the coachman, and Gray Mian showed a hairy face and kept looking.

Yi Shuyuan retracted his gaze, and Chu Hang and Yang Bencai had already lifted their bookcases and baggage.

"Mr. Yi, Brother Yang, please!"

Yi Shuyuan and Yang Bencai nodded, and entered the gate of Chu Mansion with Chu Hang, the latter was also a little excited in his heart, not really wanting to go home.

The Chu Mansion looks like a high-ranking family, but it is not very exaggerated, there are not too many subordinates in the mansion, except for the young man just now, he didn't see any domestic servants when he entered the front yard.

Twenty steps around the shadow wall is the living room with the door open, not the kind of open and elegant decoration, potted flowers hanging words and curtains, but a very kind of home exquisite style.

When Chu Hang arrived at his home, he greeted the guests completely as the host.

"Mr. Yi, Brother Yang, please sit down, put things casually first, my mother will definitely be here soon."

Chu Hang put down his things, directly lifted the teapot on the main table in the living room and shook it, opened the lid to take a look, and then opened the teacup to pour tea for others.

"Drink tea and drink tea! Quench your thirst first! ”

"Hmm!" "Brother Chu, is there any famous spot in this Changfeng Mansion?"

"Yes, I'll take you to see it the day after tomorrow!"

"It's my first time here, Mr. Yi?"

"I've never been here either."

A few people were chatting, when a small footstep quickly approached.

Two women, dressed in red and blue, walked up, followed by two maids, as well as the young porter and an old servant, all with joy on their faces.

"Mother, Young Mother"

Chu Hang got up and whispered twice, and Yi Shuyuan and Yang Bencai also stood up.

The woman in red at the front looked very temperamental, and she looked more like his sister than Chu Hang's mother.

With tears in her eyes, the woman hurriedly walked to Chu Hang and grabbed his hand, looked at Chu Hang's up and down and face, shook her head.

"Do you know how to come back? Do you want to die as a mother?"

"Mother."

The other woman had a smile on her face, and after looking at Chu Hang, she looked at Yi Shuyuan and Yang Bencai, and walked to Chu Hang's side.

"Miss, what about the guests, young boy, why don't you introduce them?"

"Oooh!"

Chu Hang was a little embarrassed to break free of his mother's hand and hurriedly introduced it.

"Mother, young mother, this is the Mr. Yi I mentioned, a friend of my uncle, and a calligrapher he admires and admires!"

This name was obviously said by Chu Hang on purpose, and Yi Shuyuan didn't mind, and bowed with a smile.

"I've seen two ladies!"

The person in front of him had long hair and gray eyes and was calm, just standing there showed a bit of extraordinary bearing, and the two women did not dare to slack off, and bowed in return.

"I've seen Mr. Yi! Ming Gao often mentions Mr. in his letters, saying that you are a strange person in the world! ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Yi is just an idle person!"

Chu Hang hurriedly introduced Yang Bencai.

"And this Brother Yang, who is also a person who rushed to take the exam, met me in the capital and became friends!"

The two women looked at Yang Bencai carefully, and this one was obviously an ordinary scholar, and they didn't even dare to meet their eyes.

Yang Bencai was a little embarrassed, and didn't dare to look directly at the mother of these two friends who looked too young, and hurriedly bowed his head and saluted.

"Yang Bencai, a native of Donglu, has seen two ladies! Brother Chu takes good care of him in the capital, and he is grateful! ”

Chu Hang looked at Yang Bencai's embarrassed appearance and felt funny.

The old and young servants on one side packed their bags for a few people with a smile, and took their things away and took them to the back room.

Master Chu will not come back until later, and after the initial embarrassment and restraint, several people also opened the conversation box in the living room, constantly telling about what they saw and heard during the journey and the events during the imperial examination.

Chu Hang even talked more about some novel experiences, and also talked about the collapse of the temple on the Grand Canal.

As for the results of the imperial examination, neither of the two women asked.

"I heard that there is a storyteller in the capital, that skill is simply amazing, "River God Falling" was said to be alive, but unfortunately when I found out, he had already left!"

"Alas, yes, what a pity! A friend of the cold window said that the rest of them are all fake reputations, what Mr. Li, Mr. Ji, and Mr. Liu, they just copied the "River God Falling" and said it, but they didn't have that ability! ”

Chu Hang's mother looked surprised.

"Are all the statues in the temple falling?"

"That's true!"

Yi Shuyuan listened to tea on the side, while the gray man on his shoulder muttered disdainfully.

"These two guys aren't lingering on the thirteenth floor yet!"

After chatting for a while, the two women got up to say goodbye, and they were ready to cook some dishes themselves, but they also sent their servants to Wanghu Tower to order a few signature dishes.

As soon as the two women left, Chu Hang couldn't help but look at Yi Shuyuan.

"Mr. Yi, is there a demonic aura here?"

Although Chu Hang lowered his voice, the slightly excited words were still heard by Yang Bencai.

"Demonic spirit?"

Yang Bencai was surprised, looked at Chu Hang and then looked at Yi Shuyuan.

"What do you say?"

Yi Shuyuan explained with a smile.

"Yi is also familiar with some warlock methods, and he knows a little about the way of observing qi, but I haven't seen any demonic aura!"

"Huh? Can't you see it either? ”

After experiencing the chase that morning, Yi Shuyuan had already risen to many levels in Chu Hang's mind, and he didn't see it when he heard this, and he was suddenly a little anxious.

"Brother Chu, don't be impatient, I can only say that the demon who is looking for you in the dream may not be the demon, and you will know by exploring the truth tonight."

Yi Shuyuan said and looked out of the hall, in fact, after he entered the Chu Mansion, he had already observed everything in the mansion very carefully, and he didn't notice anything special at all.

(End of chapter)