After walking on an inaccessible path and avoiding several groups of Praetorian Guards chasing him, Rong Zhan felt a little hungry, and then remembered that since he left the capital yesterday, he has been running for more than two days, and the dry food and water bought on the roadside have been eaten and drunk.

Looking into the distance against the sun, I could faintly see a little smoke rising from the willow shade. Where there is smoke, there must be food, Rong Zhan added a whip, and the horse galloped in the direction of the smoke.

A small two-story building with four old wooden tables and a small courtyard at the back. Rong Zhan tied the horse to the door and entered the store: "Shopkeeper, do you have anything to eat?"

The shopkeeper was a thin monkey, and his face was thin: "Guest officer, do you want a bowl of noodle broth? ”

"My daughter is red, I don't need to, I have a bowl of noodle soup, and then I want some steamed buns and water to take away. Rong Zhan put down the package and rubbed his tired shoulders.

"Okay, wait a minute. ”

The curtain in the backyard was lifted, revealing half of a woman's face, coated with a thin layer of fat powder, and it could be seen from the face that this was a very plump woman.

"Hua Niang, a bowl of noodle soup, you can do it quickly. The shopkeeper said and opened the cage drawer and wrapped the steamed buns with lotus leaves.

"Well, where did that man come from?" the woman named Hua Niang scooped a bowl of noodles from the noodle bag.

"I don't know, I listen to the accent as if I'm from the capital. The thin monkey didn't care, packed six steamed buns, and tied the lotus leaves tightly with thatch.

"Dressed fancy enough, like a rich lord, I'll just say that you lack roots in your brain, there are fat chickens and ducks in our store, why don't you know how to take it out?"

"People want to eat noodles, what can I do?" The shopkeeper found a wine gourd and filled it with a gourd full of water: "Come on." ”

Hua Niang smiled while rubbing her face: "Don't look at the dusty people, that little face is tender." ”

The thin monkey straightened his face: "Alas, I said, don't play any crooked brains, you can say okay, you will remarry me as soon as the dead ghost kicks his legs." ”

Hua Niang frowned, and complained angrily: "I know, that dead ghost is now paralyzed on the kang, and he has to serve when he eats and drinks, and I get angry when I think of him." What's wrong with marrying you? What's the good of marrying you? Opening such a shabby storefront, I can't even afford a decent piece of jewelry. You're going to let me marry you bareheaded?"

Hitting people doesn't slap his face, the shopkeeper is most afraid that Hua Niang will think he is poor, so he blew up his face: "Didn't you already buy two gold rings? Besides, haven't you had no guests these days?"

"Well, I think he's good, but you see he's full of money. You can see how slippery the silk he wears, like a mirror. Hua Niang slyly rubbed the dry noodles on her hands: "As the saying goes, no one is rich without a windfall, this is a God of Wealth, if you let him go, I will see what you will marry me." ”

The thin monkey scratched his head: "He's alone, there are too many dishes to eat, can people not scold?"

Hua Niang poked his fingers: "Fool, the rat medicine I bought yesterday, mix it in the soup for him, and discipline him to see the king of Hades." Won't the money in his bag be ours then?"

The thin monkey shuddered, and pulled Hua Niang: "I said Grandma Hua, why are you so bold, that's a human life!"

Hua Niang pinched her waist: "What's wrong, are you afraid? Then don't marry me." ”

Seeing that the thin monkey was in a dilemma, Hua Niang took the opportunity to add to the fire: "Our shop is already remote, and it is next to the ravine, let's throw him down, take the silver and strip his clothes, and throw him on the wild mountain in the middle of the night.

The thin monkey licked his lips: "It's also done, you cook noodles quickly." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Hua Niang kneaded her dough even harder. The shopkeeper looked at Rong Zhan in the store, but he still couldn't bear it, so he changed the mouse medicine without authorization. When he stole people from Hua Niang, he often used ecstasy to fascinate the dead ghost of Hua Niang's family first, and then it was easier to do things. The shopkeeper took a packet of ecstasy and put it in his sleeve, and at this time the flower girl had already cooked the noodles, steaming, thick oil and red sauce, which was enough for people's gluttony.

"Hurry up, pour it in. Hua Niang tugged at his ear and urged.

The shopkeeper couldn't help it, so he poured half a bag.

"Not enough, not enough! Hua Niang snatched the remaining half of the bag and poured it in. Some aged vinegar was added to cover up the sour taste of the medicine.

The shopkeeper's face was quietly brought to Xiao Rongzhan: "Guest officer, please use it." ”

Xiao Rongzhan was already hungry, and he didn't have any heart for a while, so he ate half a bowl of noodles. With food in his stomach, he felt that the noodles in his mouth were not a taste, and he couldn't tell what a strange taste it was, anyway, it was worse than the food in any restaurant he had eaten in the capital.

Seeing that Xiao Rongzhan didn't eat it, the flower girl demon came out provocatively: "What's the matter, guest officer, isn't this unappetizing?"

Hua Niang was dressed lightly, revealing half of her milky white breasts, Xiao Rongzhan was embarrassed to look at her, so she shook her head: "It's full." ”

The shopkeeper took the wrapped steamed buns and water: "Guest, this is what you want." ”

Hua Niang glanced at her and scolded: "Confused things, the guest officer has just finished eating noodles, and he has to rest for a while, what are you urging?"

Xiao Rongzhan hurried away and gave a string of copper plates: "Thank you." ”

Hua Niang hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Oh, guest officer, you see the sun is shining outside, how hot it is to rush at this time, you wait for the sun to go down before leaving!"

Xiao Rongzhan shook his head and walked out. There was a heat wave at the door, and he also felt uncomfortable, as if he had eaten this meal, but he had no strength. He shook his head, could it be that he was sick? He reached for the lattice door, but he didn't hold on, and fell to the ground.

"Get him in quickly, don't let people see him!" Hua Niang and the thin monkey hurriedly dragged Xiao Rongzhan into the yard.

locked the storefront, Hua Niang had the opportunity to take a closer look at Xiao Rongzhan's appearance, handsome and elegant, with a fair face and extraordinary instruments. The flower lady sighed: "It's really a good look, but it's a pity that no matter how good the appearance is, it can't be used as a silver flower." ”

The flower girl opened the package and counted, nearly fifty taels of silver, and two sets of silk clothes, which were embroidered with gold and silver threads. Hua Niang grabbed the silver and was ecstatic: "Oh, what a living Bodhisattva." Don't worry, I will pray to the Bodhisattva every day to bless you with an early rebirth. ”

Hua Niang stood up and ordered the thin monkey: "Pick up this piece on him." ”

"This ...... Isn't this good? People are dead, and it's already miserable that they can't be buried, so let's still pick up people's clothes? This silver is enough, so don't you want this?" the thin monkey said and pushed the flower girl into the room: "You count the silver first, and I'll put this kid in a sack." ”

"There's a horse out there, right? Sell the horse and make some more money." ”

The shopkeeper was almost frightened: "You stupid girl, that horse is a rare breed, what should I do when the horse arrives in the market and is recognized?"

Hua Niang thought about it, it's okay, anyway, this silver is enough to squander for a while, so she doesn't care.

The thin monkey put Xiao Rongzhan into a sack, sat in the yard and waited for dark, holding a hard firewood stick in his hand, in case Xiao Rongzhan woke up, he would do it again according to his head. But until it was dark, Xiao Rongzhan didn't move, the thin monkey sighed, and the amount of medicine in Hua Niang's bag was really not small.

At nightfall, the thin monkey carried Xiao Rongzhan to the hillside. This mountain road is not easy to walk at night, and the thin monkey carried another person, and after walking for a mile or so, he had already broken his feet three or four times. He slammed the sack on the ground: "Boy, count yourself lucky, uncle, I am a vegetarian and don't kill." If you know each other, leave quickly, and if you come back, I'll really kill you with a kitchen knife. ”

He pushed the sack down the hillside, and Xiao Rongzhan rolled down the hillside until he hit the root of an old tree, and then he stopped. The thin monkey looked down, it was so dark that he couldn't see anything, and he muttered in his heart, should he fall to his death?

He shook his head, folded his hands, and bowed around: "It's none of my business, if you become a ghost, don't look for me." ”

After he finished worshipping the Buddha, he went back to the inn the same way. Xiao Rongzhan heard the footsteps above and gradually moved away, so he began to tear the sack, the sack made of hemp rope was quite strong, Xiao Rongzhan grinded on the ground for a long time, finally grinded a hole, and after a few more tears, he finally got out.

He had woken up long ago, just in a sack, trying to escape while they were throwing him away.

It's really ruthless, Xiao Rongzhan looked up and looked up, but he couldn't see the edge, rolling down from such a high place, it was really lucky that he didn't break his bones, and this little bruise on his body was a favor from God.

He wanted to go back to the inn and at least steal the wind out, but he couldn't find the direction in the night, and he didn't know the place well, and after walking for half an hour, he found that he was lost. It was a deserted col with the footprints of wild beasts on the ground, which looked like wolves. He broke a thick branch from a tree and used it as a weapon of self-defense.

After walking for a while, the sky began to lighten, and he could faintly make out a path on the ground that had been stepped on by human feet, and he followed the path all the way down, and when the sun rose in the east, he finally saw a village.

There is a well at the entrance of the village, and there is an old lady who is fetching water, and he ran a few steps quickly: "Auntie, may I ask what kind of place this is?"

The old lady looked him up and down: "Yo, how did you get in, there are few people in our village who can find it." ”

Xiao Rongzhan looked at the village, it was indeed a paradise, and it really felt like a good field and a beautiful pond. He smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, I got lost at night, so I came to your place, Auntie, can you do me a favor?" Give me some water to drink?"

The old lady not only scooped him up with a scoop of water, but also led him to the house to drink a bowl of hot porridge.

"Auntie, I want to go to Yuexi, do you know which direction to go?"

The eldest lady was stunned: "The more west you have to go south, that's far away, rely on your feet, and go to the Year of the Monkey." Seeing that you are dressed as a rich man, why don't you even ride a horse when you go out?"

Rong Zhan was a little embarrassed, but he still told Pan: "I originally came on horseback, but I was robbed halfway." Xiao Rongzhan looked around the place where the old lady lived: "Auntie, this one on my body is a silk dress, and it is embroidered with gold and silver thread, and you have sold it for at least fifty taels." Can I exchange it for five taels of silver and a set of old clothes?"