Eating noodles and meat, Wang Qilin casually asked the proprietress "We are going to Zhending Mansion, are there any fears on this road?" For example, which road is haunted and which road has mountain bandits?"

The proprietress said with a smile: "How can there be mountain bandits in these years? ”

"But we had to travel at night. Xu Da snatched the chicken leg from Shen Yi's bowl and took a bite, and found that there was oil on his hand, so he went to Shen Yi with his backhand and wiped it.

Shen Yi kicked the small wooden stool under his ass one by one.

The wooden bench shattered, and Xu Da stood proudly:

He was prepared for this, so he took a deep step.

The proprietress who was about to speak was anxious when she saw this: "Don't fight, guest officer, my stool ......"

"I'll lose money later, twice as much!" Wang Qilin said.

The proprietress immediately smiled and handed Xu Da another stool, and quietly prepared several stools by her side.

She continued the topic just now, and said: "Ah, guest officer, do you want to travel at night? Are you in such a hurry? Our Jingchu land is very vast, there are mountains and water, in fact, there are still some mountain spirits and water monsters, so it is not safe at night." ”

Wang Qilin sighed: "No way, we have important things to do, and we have to travel overnight." ”

The merchants and travelers who ate on the wharf began to talk about it:

"There's nothing wrong with Ayu County, there has been a lot of trouble in the wilderness here for a while, but it was subdued by the monks from where. ”

"Linggu Temple, is the monk of Linggu Temple, I have seen him, the old master's eyebrows are hanging down to his cheeks, and his beard is hanging down to his belly, he is very old. ”

"There is also a monk of the precept temple is also very powerful, the year before last Yaojiang River Jiao, along the way a strong water, listen to the heavenly prison united the monk, they fought with that Jiao, forced Dajiao to go to the river honestly into the sea, did not dare to toss the people again. ”

"Now there is nothing in Awei County, you have to be careful of Niulang Ditch when you walk at night, and several groups of people have been thrown in Niulang Ditch for unknown reasons. ”

"Yes, Niulang Ditch is very sinister, don't go there, that place is very chaotic, it used to be a wild mountain, who knows what there is?"

When Wang Qilin heard this, he became interested, and he shouted to the proprietress: "Add a dish to each table and a bowl of wine to each friend, count it on my Xu Gongzi's head?" My Xu Gongzi came to pay. ”

The proprietress laughed, "Are you kidding?

Wang Qilin said: "It's my Xu Gongzi who treats you and gives everyone a bowl of wine money." ”

Xu Da took out a few silver baht and slapped them on the table, seeing this proprietress smiled? Pick up the vat and start serving the wine one by one? When he walked past Wang Qilin and their table, he also gave Xu Dafei a wink.

Shen Yi hit Xu Da with his elbow: "Amitabha? Second troll, your marriage is here. ”

Xu Da looked at the boss lady's waistline, which was about the same as his own, and her face was like earth.

Wang Qilin raised the wine bowl and asked, "Guests?" May I ask what is the saying of this Cowherd Gou?"

A local fisherman stood up and said, "Niulang Gou is a barren mountain? In the past, there were many trees and grasses, and people often went to herd cattle, so it was nicknamed Cowherd Ditch? Earlier, it was called Lao Longgou or something. ”

"I don't know what happened later? The trees in Cowherd Ditch are gradually dying, and the grass is withering? No one has gone for many years? It was desolate. ”

"But about half a year ago, right? The imperial court built a road? That road turns around the Cowherd Ditch, so sometimes pedestrians will cross the Cowherd Ditch in order to save time and effort, which is regarded as a small road. ”

The person next to him ate broad beans and said with a smile: "Accidents began to happen now, after the official road was repaired, some people disappeared intermittently, and no one died or a corpse?" Weird? In the end, the yamen came to check and didn't find out that it was ugly? It's guessing that they should have been lost in the cowherd ditch. ”

Wang Qilin nodded thoughtfully.

Xu Da asked, "Didn't Tianjian go to Niulanggou to see the situation?"

The fisherman smiled: "Go around? Then they said that there was a lonely grave in Niulang Ditch, which was not a good place, and they set up a sign on the side of the road? Say that the cowherd ditch is dangerous, don't go. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "How far is the Cowherd Ditch from here?"

The proprietress seemed to have taken a fancy to him, and pointed to the west very enthusiastically and said: "You go to Da Hui County first, there is a road to the west in Da Hui County, and after walking out of the fourteen or fifteen miles, you will see the fork in the road, and about fifty miles to the southwest is the Cowherd Ditch." ”

Wang Qilin thanked her, and the proprietress gave him a wink: "What is polite to your sister?"

A fisherman joked: "It turns out that you are a family? But how did this little Langjun be so good-looking, and you were so ugly?"

The man next to him smiled: "This is my godsister." ”

The fisherman asked, "How?"

"Fuck your mother like that!" the proprietress said bitterly: "Teasing the old lady and still thinking that the old lady is ugly? Besides, if the old lady is not ugly, can she let you see it here?"

The fisherman said disdainfully: "I seem to be rare and seeming, it doesn't cost money to look at the girls, and there are good-looking girls in the city." ”

The proprietress waved her hand and said, "Then you go to the city to see, you have to be able to see it! You are not rare, but every time you come, you will only stare at the old lady's cheeks!"

The crowd laughed.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was being molested, the boss was not angry, he had confidence in his daughter-in-law's appearance and figure.

Xu Da's eyes lit up.

The agitation of the fishermen made him faintly happy to meet his old acquaintance in a foreign land.

Wang Qilin picked up the bowl and said, "Hurry up and eat quickly, if you don't eat again, you will lose your appetite later." ”

The witch looked up and asked, "Why?"

Wang Qilin said: "Xu Ye is going to complain, when the smell is so big, how can he eat?"

Eight Meow stretched his neck cooperatively: "Gross!"

The dock dishes are not delicate enough, but the ingredients are solid, especially the spices are sufficient, so Wang Qilin and his party are very enjoyable.

They checked out and walked in the direction of the county seat, and the proprietress specially told them: "If you want to go west, then you must be careful of Niulang Gou." ”

Wang Qilin nodded, I will definitely be careful and will never miss it.

The group walked into the county seat first, and wanted to buy horses in the county seat to travel, but there were only five horses that could be used for riding in the entire county, and they couldn't divide them at all, so they had to go to the Tianjian Post to borrow a few horses.

Guanfeng Wei is really majestic, and the local big seal was terrified when he saw the official seal, and his attitude towards them was even better than that of his own father.

A group of people formed a horse team and walked west, and slowly saw a tall archway.

There is a letter written on it, with a line of big characters: The front is directly in the cowherd ditch, the place of disaster, and pedestrians must not enter!

Wang Qilin flicked his horsewhip and shouted: "Go, kill it! No matter what ghosts are in it, sweep it up for me tonight!"

Ma Ming opened his shirt and was ready to undress and start drying!

The land of Jingchu is mountainous and watery, and a poet once served as an official here, and then left a sentence of 'Bashan Chushui is desolate'.

The surrounding area of the Cowherd ditch is the mountains, it is a winding ditch between the mountains, the mountains on both sides are not high but quite steep, the terrain is complicated, it is dark here in the evening and it is particularly early, the official road outside the mountain is still shining in the sunset, and the ravine is already dark.

The spring wind blows in the mountains, it is estimated that there is a big gap in the ravine, the wind is terrible, Wang Qilin looks around, there are lonely birds flying away lonely, and there are bare mountains and rocks all around.

It's a horror movie vibe.

The moon gradually rose, and the ravine was blocked by the mountain walls and cliffs, and the moonlight could not shine, and it was cold and black.

Eight Meow and Nine-Six wagged their little tails, and they had a hunch that they could watch the excitement again.

The ravines were so rough that they couldn't ride their horses here, so they had to lead them.

I don't know how long this ravine is, but they didn't go out after walking for a while anyway.

What made Wang Qilin depressed was that they didn't encounter demons and monsters either!

It was almost time to go, and Jiuliu suddenly shouted at a relatively gentle hillside: "Six!"

Wang Qilin looked excitedly and saw that there was a house on the hillside......

It was a dilapidated wooden house, and there was a faint red light swaying inside.

The fisherman at the wharf has long said that the Cowherd Ditch is desolate and there is no one in it, so what is living in this wooden house?

And now that it's getting late, isn't it a little strange to see the light in the wooden house? How can people in the mountains be willing to light lamps or candles in the middle of the night?

Wang Qilin was about to wave his hand, and the group was already carrying sticks and knives to fight towards the wooden house.

And screaming!

The horses were left unattended, frightened and running around.

Jiuliu rushed forward and looked back at him, shook his head at him and motioned to him: Dad, you hesitate to sprinkle onions!

Wang Qilin said angrily: "You guys run slowly, let me be in front - young people have no martial virtue!"

Finally met a ghost, a group of people were very excited to surround the wooden house, Chen Weiyue flew to the roof, fist clenching.

There was a sound in the room, and the door panel was pressed against something.

Xu Da picked up his trouser leg and prepared to kick it.

Wang Qilin stopped him and said, "Listen to the people in the house, you have been surrounded by us, surrender is your only way out, I don't care if you are ......"

When he said that, he quickly shut up, what if the demons and monsters inside really surrendered? Then he couldn't do anything when the time came? Not killing the prisoners was his excellent character.

So he changed it to knock on the door: "Is there anyone inside?" Someone said, the night was dark, and Xiaosheng came to stay. ”

There was no sound inside.

Eight Meow put his ear to the door and listened, and it quickly came back and stood up and nodded solemnly at Wang Qilin: Dad, there are people inside, I heard the voice!

Wang Qilin said: "Please open the door, I want to go in." Someone? Excuse me, don't make a sound, then I'll assume that you agree to our request to stay overnight? Come, get ready to kick the door......"

"Don't!" a timid, crisp voice sounded, looking very nervous, "My family is too small to accommodate so many of you." ”

Wang Qilin said with a smile: "Why are there so many people?

"No, there are a lot of people out there!" said the little girl nervously in the room.

Wang Qilin pretended to be frightened and said, "What? Many people? What do you mean? Isn't there just a little one here? Where else do you see anyone?"

The more he spoke, the more anxious he became: "Don't scare Xiaosheng, girl, Xiaosheng is going to the capital to catch the exam, this night walk is already scary, and now you are scaring me......"

The girl's voice rang out, with a cry: "I didn't scare you, I looked out through the crack in the window, there were really many people, woo, woo." ”

Crying.

As soon as Eight Meow heard her crying, she suddenly became energetic, and the person stood up, stretched out his little front paws, pointed at the door panel, and began to shout: "Ahh

If you don't open the door again, Meow Ye will break in, hehe.

Xu Da also laughed: "Seventh Master, you really have you, scare a female ghost into tears, this is the first in the history of our Xinhan, right?"

Wang Qilin said with a smile: "Okay girl, open the door, let's go in, you see it's cold, right, it's not easy for us to find a place to spend the night." ”

The girl said anxiously: "I don't have anyone at home ......"

Wang Qilin immediately continued: "Don't worry, there are people in your house, what are we going to do in there? What we are looking for is a ghost!"

The girl cried out, "I mean, I don't have a man in my house!" My brother went hunting and didn't come back, and he said he couldn't stay overnight when there were no men in the house. ”

Xu Da said: "If you let the uncle in, won't there be a man in the family?"

"Go in, where to go? haha. Wu Dasan said with a smile.

Xie Toad came up and said, "Seventh Master, it's not quite right, we don't look like we're listening to the performance of the Heavenly Prison." And I'm afraid there are no demons and monsters in the house, otherwise Eight Meow and Nine Six can't be unaware, right?"

Nine-six sniffed and nodded.

And Eight Meow stood in front of the door and rubbed his paws decently, which was a posture of preparing to rob the people's daughter.

Wang Qilin slapped it on the back of the head: "It's too long, if you let you bully people, you will be energetic! You hurry in and take a look, are there any demons and monsters in it?"

Eight Meow hung her head and slipped through the crack in the door.

After a while it came out again, shaking its head at him even more dejectedly.

Wang Qilin was depressed: "Wouldn't it? A wooden house suddenly appeared in such a wild ravine, and it wasn't a haunted house?"

He leaned against the door and shouted, "Hey, girl inside, listen, who are you, why do you live here?"

The girl said timidly: "My name is Song Ling'er, my brother's name is Song Zhen'er, my family used to live in Xiangyang City, and there was a young master from a big family who wanted to marry me as a concubine, but I didn't want to, so my brother took me and fled to this place." He heard that no one was coming in the ravine, so we stayed here. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Then do you know that in the past six months, people have disappeared in this ravine from time to time?"

The girl said, "I have heard my brother say it, but I rarely go out, so I have not seen any stranger. ”

Ma Ming said in a low voice: "The missing person, could it be this girl's brother who did it?"

Xu Da said categorically: "No, when I bought horses in the county, my uncle inquired, and there was a small-scale caravan among the lost people, and the caravan was guarded, and it was impossible for an ordinary young man to deal with it." ”

"Amitabha, maybe her brother is unusual?" Shen Yi asked.

Xu Da squinted at him and said, "Otherwise, if you are a fool, if his brother is unusual, he can still be forced to escape into this ravine by the son of a big family in Xiangyang City?"

Shen Yi said: "Maybe the big family is more unusual?"

Xu Da said: "If the big family is very unusual, can you still find a pair of brothers and sisters hiding in the ravine?"

Shen Yi suddenly said: "I see, Amitabha, you are too wise." ”

Xu Da pressed down on his palm: "Basic operation, uncle is a showman, can he be admitted to Xiucai without ideas and wisdom?"

Wang Qilin watched the two rookies peck each other and then began to praise each other again, stunned.

The girl inside was terrified, and she said, "If you want to spend the night, then continue to walk, and when you get out of this Cowherd Ditch, you will see a big family, and he has many rooms in his house, and he may let you stay overnight." ”

The group looked at each other and had no choice but to walk down the hill.

Xing Chong wanted to kill the demon and eliminate the demon, but it turned out to be an oolong, and everyone felt embarrassed, and when they walked back, they were as depressed as eight meows.

Then Xu Da, who was walking at the forefront, suddenly stopped.

The white ape almost hit him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Xu, what are you doing when you stop?" Did you find something wrong with that girl?"

Speaking of the latter, he was happy again.

Xu Da muttered, "It's really wrong, what about the horses?

Wang Qilin flew up, he looked into the ravine, the dark ravine was quiet, and the horses that had just arrived for a few hours were all gone!

This scene almost collapsed him: the jungler couldn't succeed, and when he went home, he saw that the tower had been stolen!

Everyone changed color one after another, and Shen Yi roared: "Amitabha, what kind of demons and monsters, dare to ......"

Xie Toad waved his hand to stop him, and said calmly: "Be careful, the demons and monsters in the mountains are very powerful!"

It was so great that they had been halfway up the hill they had rushed up less than a hundred feet from the bottom of the ravine, and they could not have thought that someone could steal their horses without a word.

The demons and monsters in the mountains are not messy, they walked all night without meeting the main master, they were just attracted by the wooden house and stolen the horses, it seems that they came prepared.

Obviously, the demons and monsters in the mountains don't pay attention to the rules! Come, deceive, come, sneak attack, he is a young man who has just come out of the rivers and lakes.

Wang Qilin's face changed greatly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The local gang is really rude!"

At the moment of the strong enemy, everyone has issued a declaration of war:

"Amitabha, the monk is trying to have a fierce battle, okay, they are coming!"

"Third master, my stick, I already want to drink the blood of demons!"

"Hurry up and find them, it's tomorrow soon, Uncle's magic can only be used once a day, find them before the early morning, if Uncle comes to ask God across the day, then you can ask twice in a row." ”

"Huhu, fortunately I didn't leave to guard the horses just now, I was a little scared when I saw a wooden house suddenly appear in this barren mountain and wilderness, and if I wanted to stay, I was almost arrested!"

Swallowed a sigh of relief, and then found that everyone was staring at him together.

It hesitated for a moment, and suddenly shouted, "Whoever stole my horse, I'm going to fuck it!"

"What a. A group of people followed and yelled.

Chen Weiyue was also rarely furious, he said: "The most important thing is that the horseshoe prints on the ground are very scattered, is it a group of demons and monsters who came to steal or our horses have run away?"

Wang Qilin sneered: "It must be some kind of trick, what if the horseshoe prints are scattered? You can still run away from them? People have left famous geese and left their voices, they have left so many traces, then wait to be killed!"

"Ninety-six, up!"

The tengu was ready to attack, and it threw its head back and sniffed, and ran forward with its four paws.

The group followed.

They ran a long way, and as they ran, they found that the hills on either side of the ravine were getting lower and gentler, until at last they saw a large mansion at the junction of the ravine, and in the distance they could see a road leading into the endless distance.

This is running out of the Cowherd Ditch, Wang Qilin said: "Just now the little girl said that we can see a big family when we walk out of the ravine, and I won't say that this is here, right?"

The house is quite big, backed by the hill at the end of the Cowherd ditch, surrounded by blue brick walls, green willows hang around, there is a gatehouse in front, a side door is opened on the east side to accommodate the entry and exit of the people, a secret door is opened on the west side, and there is a stone beast in front of the gate.

Wang Qilin led people to walk over, there is a series of lanterns hanging on the gatehouse, the main gate is vermilion, there are nine door nails on the façade, there are turtles, snakes and beasts head door knockers, and the plaque is hung on the plaque that says: Baifu.

The rules of the big gate are strict, the night is deep, and there is a gatehouse dozing off at the gate of the vermilion lacquer.

Hearing the footsteps, the porter opened his eyes in a daze, and then subconsciously shouted: "There is a distinguished guest here!"

Footsteps also sounded inside the gate, and a middle-aged man dressed in Ayara came out with a smile and asked, "Where are you from?

Wang Qilin looked at this huge mansion and the kind middle-aged man and smiled, he said: "We came from the Imperial City of Middle-earth, to find something that was stolen by someone, passing through here, and wanted to find a place to spend the night by the way. ”

The middle-aged man asked, "Ah, have you stolen something, and the villain still thinks that you are a guest of our White Mansion dinner!"

"What kind of banquet do you have in Baifu tonight?" Xie Toad asked playfully.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "That's the case, it's the first time that our uncle of the Bai family has come to the door, so my lord held a banquet to entertain my uncle's family and invited relatives and friends to celebrate their arrival." ”

He said again: "Meeting is fate, if it is late today, you happen to be looking for a place to stay, why don't you come to our Baifu to stay overnight?"

Shen Yi was about to speak, Wang Qilin raised his hand and said, "Okay, then bother one or two!"

The middle-aged man said: "You are polite, you rely on your parents at home, and you rely on your friends when you go out, so why bother? You come with me, and the little one will lead you to meet my master first." ”

The splendid atmosphere of the Baifu building, the courtyard and the Yong road are connected, and the road under the feet is embellished with mountains and stones.

Its courtyards are spacious and magnificent, and the houses are richly decorated, which at first glance is graceful and luxurious.

In the garden, there are many flowers, large and small pools, clear and exquisite.

Bypassing the shadow wall, through the garden, through the courtyard, and entering the brightly lit lobby, there is a lot of laughter and laughter inside.

The middle-aged man was the housekeeper, and he led everyone into the door, and many people who were eating and drinking turned their heads to look.

The host's family is an old man with a big belly and a blessed face, and he came to entertain everyone, calling himself 'Bai Daqing'.

Master Bai first welcomed everyone's overnight stay, and then asked with concern: "I heard that the housekeeper said that you were stolen, I don't know what your distinguished guests have been stolen?"

Wang Qilin said: "Our horses were stolen. ”

Bai Daqing said: "I see, but your distinguished guests are outsiders, and now the night is so dark, how can you find the lost horses if you are not familiar with the place?"

He enthusiastically gave an idea: "Why don't you stay overnight in my Baifu tonight, and I will arrange for some people to go out to find your lost horses, how about it?"

Hearing this, Wang Qilin directly slashed out.

Suddenly, five divine swords flew out one after another.

His face changed violently with his sword in his hand, and he said, "Okay, since Master Bai has made a promise to the official, saying that he will accept the official to stay overnight and retrieve the stolen horses for the official, then the official will believe you." ”

"Now this official doesn't care what kind of demon your Bai family is, and no matter what kind of ghosts you are here! Since you have conjured up this house for us to spend the night, then we will maintain this house for this official before we are well rested!"

"Since you promised to help the official recover the stolen horses, then bring them back before the official wakes up tomorrow!"

"Otherwise, Hugh blames the official for killing!"