The night was quietly coming, and Li Zi and Xu Huaigu were a little scared, standing tightly on both sides of the Taoist priest, for fear that he would leave.

The surrounding jungle is quiet, and only the shrill chirping of insects characteristic of summer can be heard, one after another, never stopping, as if to encompass the whole summer night into this sound.

The vision swept over, and it was all darkness, and even the leaves on the trees could not be seen.

A white figure suddenly appeared not far in front of him, especially in the dark night.

Xu Huaigu and Li Zi were so frightened at the same time that they clung to the corners of the Taoist priest's clothes, and shouted in panic: "Ah! ”

Who knew that the taxi was even more frightened, and hurriedly staggered back a few steps, and then fell to the ground again, his face was pale, and he looked at the white figure, speechless.

Xu Huaigu and Li Zi both looked at him in shock, and their hearts were even more frightened.

This Taoist priest looks very powerful, is he pretending? Now when you are in danger, you are scared like this?

What should I do? Are you going to die here today?

The white figure slowly approached them until the outline of her face could be seen, a young woman.

The woman was dressed in a white dress, standing barefoot, without powder, and her face was pale and bloodless. Dai frowned slightly, looking at this group of people suspiciously, as if there was a little pity.

When she walked in front of the Taoist priest, she was stunned for a moment after seeing his face clearly, she had never seen such a beautiful man, it was simply flawless.

She chuckled and said, "Why did this boy fall suddenly?" Isn't it that the road surface is slippery and you can't see the ground clearly? ”

The Taoist priest said in horror, "Don't ...... Don't come here, I know you're a ghost, I'm ...... Tell you, my family sect has a spell that specializes in restraining ghosts, so don't come here. ”

The woman was still a little worried, but when she heard this, she was relieved. This is really a shallow person, he is obviously a white snake spirit, but he is said to be a ghost. His pitiful deeds were even more negligible, and he did not pose any threat to himself.

However, this little Taoist priest is really handsome, and even he is a little tempted.

She smiled even more, covered her mouth and said: "What nonsense is Childe talking about, the little woman just passed by here tonight and wanted to borrow the ancient temple on the mountain to stay for one night, and happened to see Childe and his party at the foot of this mountain, so she took the liberty to bother." If it causes trouble to the son, the little woman will ask for another one. ”

The woman is already good-looking, and her smile is even more touching. The Taoist priest seemed to be fascinated by her, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and pretended to be casual: "Where is the girl's presumptuousness? But he accidentally slipped and fell down, which made the girl worry, and he was not down. Under is the Xingqing people's family, passing by here on a study tour, the girl doesn't know who the person is? ”

Xu Huaigu and Li Zi were about to spurt out a mouthful of blood. In this wilderness, I met a strange woman at night who claimed to have met by chance, and he even had the kung fu to flirt with the woman, which is too unreliable!

Li Zi suspects that he has been deceived, what can he learn from worshipping this person as a master?

The woman replied: "I didn't expect that the son was a nobleman in the capital, and the little woman was just a reckless person, and she couldn't get into the eyes of the son." ”

The Taoist priest seemed to be in a hurry, grabbed the woman's arm and said, "Where is the girl?" My grandson has never looked down on the people of the rivers and lakes, and anyone who has seen disasters and famines in the past must take a hand. ”

The woman shyly tore away his hand and said softly, "But the prince is also going to spend the night in the ancient temple?" ”

"Exactly, this wilderness is very dangerous at night, so it's safer to go to the ancient temple."

"That son might as well go along, you and I will go to the ancient temple for a night?"

"That's good, girl, please."

The two of them took care of themselves and climbed the mountain, and Li Zi and Xu Huaigu were shocked in place.

Li Zi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: I really wronged the master when I said that I couldn't learn anything, this master's kung fu is simply amazing, and it will be really useful to learn it in the future.

Along the way, the two talked and laughed, leaving Xu Huaigu and Li Zi aside. Xu Huaigu is unhappy in his heart now, and he really wants a ghost to jump out quickly and scare them all away. But it didn't go according to people's wishes, and all the way to the gate of the ancient temple was safe.

The ancient temple is very small, there is no outer courtyard, only this small mud house stands in the lonely countryside, desolate and helpless.

One of the walls of the small temple had been smashed by a fallen tree, the adobe bricks were scattered all over the ground, and the small clay Buddha statue had fallen face down, but it was not broken. The weeds in the corner are extremely luxuriant, and there are rats walking around, and I don't know how many years the ancient temple has been abandoned.

The group walked into the ancient temple and couldn't help but sigh when they saw this dilapidated scene.

The Taoist priest stepped forward and lifted up the fallen Buddha statue, ignoring the dirtiness of the Buddha statue, wiped the dust off his face with his sleeves, and then respectfully put the Buddha statue on the altar, and made three deep bows.

Li Zi and Xu Huaigu saw the Taoist priest doing this, and although they didn't understand why, they also followed him and did it. The woman also got up, reverently, and looked at the Taoist priest with a different kind of emotion in her eyes.

After the salute, the woman thanked the Taoist priest and said: "The son is really a good person, and when he sees the mud Buddha, he also has to pay tribute to each other, and the little woman has thanked him here." ”

The Taoist priest replied, "What are you thanking me for?" Wouldn't it be a bodhisattva's merit to have a small temple in this wilderness where we can rest without worrying about wild beasts? We should thank the Buddha statue. ”

The woman let out an "um" and said no more.

The Taoist priest felt that the atmosphere was too heavy, so he teased her: "The girl hasn't told me her name yet, teach me to itch in my heart." ”

The woman smiled: "The surname is Bai, and the name is Xiaoyu." ”

"White girl, I don't know where you're going when you pass by here, maybe I can show the girl the way."

"The little girl is duckweed, she has no origin, and she doesn't know where to go, so I'm afraid my son won't be able to show me the way."

"Since the white girl doesn't want to say it, then I'll ......"

Suddenly, a trembling voice from outside reciting the words aloud interrupted him: "Zi Bu Silent Strange Force, Zi Bu Strange Force, Strange Force......"

A man dressed as a down-and-out scholar shouted and looked back behind him, hurriedly crossed the temple steps, and almost tripped and fell to the ground.

He entered the temple, took a long breath, and turned forward, but saw several dark shadows sitting cross-legged in the temple, and was immediately shocked, and was so frightened that he was paralyzed and did not dare to move.

He begged: "Please let the villain go, the villain is just passing by by by chance, and he has no intention of disturbing your chat." ”

The Taoist priest laughed and said to him, "Why do you want to be so daring, a few of us are just passing by here and resting here, but we are not some demons and monsters." ”

The woman smiled: "Childe is embarrassed to say that others are timid, who was scared by me before?" ”

The Taoist priest said embarrassedly: "It's just that the road is slippery, hehe......"

The scholar saw that they didn't do anything to him, and that the Taoist priest and the woman were quite good-looking, presumably not robbers and demons, so he let down his vigilance, but still didn't dare to approach.

Xu Huaigu asked him curiously, "Hey, coward, what's your name?" ”

He glanced at Xu Huaigu, who was a child, and taught earnestly: "Children should be polite to their elders, not to call others cowards, and to treat others with courtesy." ”

Xu Huaigu ignored him completely and asked, "Then what's your name?" ”

The scholar sat upright, looked straight at Xu Huaigu, and said, "The parents of those with surnames and names should be treated seriously. Xiaosheng's surname is Wang, his name is Haocheng, and he is seventeen years old, and he has no words. ”

Xu Huaigu scratched his hair and said, "So you said such a big bunch, are you called Wang Haocheng?" ”

"It's Xiaosheng."

Xu Huaigu thought about it for a long time, and found that he really didn't have anything to say to him, so he had to ask him, "Then where are you going?" ”

"Xiaosheng is preparing to go to Binxi City to participate in the autumn imperial examination, but he is too shy to rent a carriage, so he can only get to Binxi on time by making a short trip in this mountain forest."

The Taoist priest looked at Wang Haocheng and said with a smile: "That's really a coincidence, our group is also preparing to go to Binxi, why don't we go with Brother Wang?" You can also take care of each other. ”

Wang Haocheng said happily: "That's the best!" Xiaosheng is worried that there is no one to chat, the journey is boring, and it is an honor for Xiaosheng to be accompanied by the Taoist. ”

The Taoist priest smiled slightly and nodded.

When Wang Haocheng saw the Taoist priest's eyes, his heart palpitated inexplicably, as if he had fallen into a sea of stars, which seemed to be very familiar, but he didn't think much about it, so he let go of this little feeling.

He noticed that the woman was also staring at him, blushing a little, and pretending to look at the ground. After a long while, he raised his head and peeked in that direction, and found that the woman had fallen asleep against a pillar with her eyes closed, so he took a good look at the woman.

To be honest, he had never seen such a beautiful woman when he was so big.

He has lived in Wuliang since he was a child, and it is also a small city in the south of Dayu Kingdom, everyone depends on farming to survive, and girls are married early.

He is one of the few reading seeds in Wuliang, and there are a lot of people who come to get married, but he quit because he delayed his studies, in fact, he didn't like anyone at all. When he saw this woman today, he felt a little liked.

The woman naturally knew that this person was staring at her, and she couldn't help but think: he was also a superficial and vulgar man with good skin and flesh, no different from those rogues and robbers.

She was unhappy with him in her heart, but she still pretended to dream of something beautiful, and a smile that was not easy to detect rose at the corner of her mouth, which made Wang Haocheng stunned.

On the overhanging beams of the temple, a pair of eyes silently watched everything that happened tonight. Decades of memories flooded back into my mind, and the eyes crouched down, tears flowing, but there was no sound of water dripping to the ground.

The moonlight is still good.