When Hu Man'er opened his eyes again, there was no one else in the broken temple, and his shoulders were wrapped like a zongzi.

The bonfire next to it had long since been extinguished, and there was no temperature at all.

Hu Man'er got up and looked around, and there was no more white-clothed and white horses, Hu Man'er felt a little lost in his heart, and he couldn't say why.

Outside the door, the corpse of the big beeper was still lying quietly on the ground.

In fact, Hu Man'er's injury was not serious, with his physical fitness, this night's rest can be regarded as a good one, after all, he has suffered more serious injuries than this.

Hu Man'er hastily ripped off the bandages on his body, the bleeding had stopped, and the wound had scarred, but it was still a little painful.

Hu Man'er walked out of the broken temple, found some dead branches around, piled them up next to the corpse of the big snake, and burned the body of the big snake.

After all, such a behemoth, if a passing Orion saw it, he would not be scared half to death.

Watching the sky-high flames devour the big cockroach little by little, Hu Man'er couldn't help but mutter: "Auntie, I am also considered a virtuous person, and I will be reincarnated as a good demon in the next life." Don't eat people and drink blood at every turn. You have to believe in cause and effect, and know reincarnation, right? ”

A whirlwind blew, blowing up a little soot, which surrounded Hu Man'er for a long time.

Hu Man'er subconsciously took two steps back and exclaimed, "No, I can really hear ......"

After a simple tidying up, Hu Man'er took his horse and headed north, but he still glanced back at the ruined temple intentionally or unintentionally.

The next trip is quite smooth, this time Hu Man'er can learn smart, when he should go, he should rest when he should rest, otherwise it will be worth the loss if he runs and dies a horse.

A few days later, Hu Man'er stood alone outside the gate of an extremely large city, which was called Phoenix.

This should already belong to the boundary of Tianfu County. Although it has arrived, Hu Man'er has some difficulties.

How to find a few of them? When we were separated, we forgot to leave some ways to find people, and it may not be easy to find a few people in this huge Phoenix.

Hu Man'er led the horse into the city, and if he came, he would be safe, and if he couldn't find anyone, he couldn't eat or drink, so let's find a place to stay for the time being.

There is an inn called Tongfuju in the city, and there is a large pennant hanging at the door, on which are written golden wine characters.

Hu Man'er stepped forward and called the shopkeeper and asked the second child to lead his horse to the heir of the horse to take care of it.

The shopkeeper's attitude was quite diligent, his mouth was full of official words, and he shouted one by one, and Hu Man'er had to throw out a few copper plates to give a reward.

After Xiao Er led the horse away, Hu Man'er strode into the inn, but before he stepped into the door, he felt as if someone was following him.

Hu Man'er hurriedly turned his head to look, and found that it was an old beggar with gray hair and unkempt hair, and the beggar was really dirty and smelly. I guess I haven't freshened up for a long time.

Hu Man'er's sudden stop caught the old beggar off guard and bumped into Hu Man'er. Hu Man'er looked at the old beggar and smiled slightly, but did not speak, but turned sideways to let him go first.

The beggar nodded at this barbarian and staggered into the inn, but as soon as his front foot stepped over the threshold, he was blocked by the innkeeper.

The shopkeeper's face was full of disgust, and his mouth was scolding.

"Oops...... Why are you again? Really this is the Bodhisattva Temple. Is this what you can get into? Get out, beg for food, go to another house, don't stain my façade. As he spoke, he reached out and pushed the beggar.

The beggar himself looked relatively weak, how could he withstand his push, and one fell backwards, and happened to be caught by Hu Man'er.

Hu Man'er glanced at the beggar, and the beggar also glanced at Hu Man'er, rolled his eyes, got up and pointed at the shopkeeper and scolded: "Hey, you don't have long eyes, I came to your house to eat and drink today, it is to give you face." This is my brother, a rich man, eat more and eat less, my brother is a treat, you are blind, you don't make money if you have money. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, his face was full of disbelief, he turned his head to look at Hu Man'er, then at the old beggar, and laughed out loud.

"Old thing, you're stupid, you're almost the same age as his grandfather, and you're still a brother. What's the matter? I can't get a drink?"

Hu Man'er felt a little interesting, and she was not in a hurry, standing aside with her arms crossed and watching the two of them scold each other.

At this time, Xiao Er, who came back with a horse, happened to pass by and saw his shopkeeper arguing with others, and grabbed the old beggar by the collar to make a gesture to beat.

Hu Man'er, who was watching the excitement on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and blocked in front of the beggar.

"Oops...... Don't do it, didn't you hear what my brother said? I'll have some wine today, please, hurry up and prepare some good food and drink. Find a good location. ”

Xiao Er looked at Hu Man'er and then at the old beggar.

"Childe...... You ......"

"What you do, let you go, you go, hurry. ”

Xiao Er naturally knew Hu Man'er, and just now he received two copper plates from others. Hurriedly loosened the collar of the old beggar, glanced at the shopkeeper, and went to the back kitchen to order.

Although the shopkeeper didn't know the inside story, he understood it and no longer blocked it.

Hu Man'er turned around and tidied up the placket of the old beggar and said a word of invitation.

The old beggar smiled and strode into the inn.

Downstairs by the corner of the wall, Hu Man'er and the old beggar were gobbling up the delicacies on the table, and the shopkeeper and Xiao Er in front of the counter looked at the two and muttered something in a low voice?

The beggar took the jar and filled his cup with all his might. Shouting, "Good wine." ”

Then he wiped the residue from his beard.

"Little brother, look at your kind face, you don't look like a local, right?"

Hu Man'er was stuffing an oily chicken leg into his mouth, feasting, listening to the beggar's questioning. glanced up at him, hurriedly spit out the bones in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Yes, I came from a foreign country and got lost with my partner." But if they're in the right direction, they'll probably stop in the city. ”

The old beggar nodded, poured a bowl of sake for Hu Man'er, touched him with his own care, and said boldly: "It's okay, it's just looking for someone, I'll help you find it after eating in a while." With that, he drained the bowl of wine.

Hu Man'er glanced at the old beggar and was a little speechless. This person is really not outside, and he is just kind to see him pitiful, but he didn't expect to be so bold.

However, Hu Man'er still drank the wine in the bowl. After all, Hu Man'er is not pretentious by nature, and he is quite in love with this beggar.

The two of them seemed to be hungry wolves for a long time, and swept away all the wine and food on the table, and the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were dumbfounded, for fear that they would not be able to pay the silver, until Hu Man'er threw a heavy ingot of silver on the counter and asked for a good guest room, and the shopkeeper's attitude changed.

Hu Man'er, who originally wanted to go upstairs to rest after eating, turned his head to see that the old beggar was still following him. Hurriedly turned to him and said, "Old man, is there anything else?"

"Nothing, nothing. Do good things to the end, send the Buddha to the west, let the old man go in to take a bath, and his body stinks to death. ”

The old beggar didn't care whether Hu Man'er agreed or not, and walked upstairs around Hu Man'er.

Hu Man'er was stunned in place, isn't this guy a scoundrel?

Fortunately, this time the beggar was a good talker, and he did not stay to sleep after taking a bath. It's just that when he was leaving, he saw Shankui on the table, lifted the sword and waved it a few times, and said "good sword" to Hu Man'er. He hurried away.

Hu Man'er was a little strange, on weekdays, this mountain kui was only touched by himself, how could he be so honest today? But he didn't think much about it. Maybe the girl fell asleep.

Early the next morning, there was a banging knock on the door to wake Hu Man'er, who got up impatiently and opened the door. A figure quickly slipped into the house, and Hu Man'er took a closer look, and it was the beggar again.

Now Hu Man'er was a little unhappy.

"I said old man, I invited you to eat and bathe yesterday, but it cost me a lot of money, I can't be a man without a conscience, although I still have some savings, but it's not the salvation Guanyin, how can I still rely on me not to leave?"

The old beggar smiled and stroked his messy white hair.

"Little brother, where are you talking about this, I promised to help you find someone yesterday. ”

How could Hu Man'er believe his nonsense, he shook his head helplessly, and it was not good to drive him away directly.

I could only invite him to a meal again, during which the old beggar also asked Zuo Liangqing about the situation of the four of them.

There are two whole jars of osmanthus brewed again, looking at the old beggar's drunken appearance, the corners of Hu Man'er's eyes are twitching. I secretly swore that I would never fill my head again.

This time, the old beggar staggered away after eating and drinking, and told Hu Man'er not to run around, and to reply to him in the afternoon.

Hu Man'er didn't care, just thought that this guy was talking drunk.

Unexpectedly, the old beggar really came in the afternoon and brought some news from Zuo Liangqing.

It turned out that Zuo Liangqing and the others did stay in Phoenix City a few days ago, but they only stayed for one night, and then continued to go north. However, there is a discrepancy in the fact that their group is not four, but five.

Hu Man'er folded his hands and counted and counted, where did the fifth person come from? Could it be that Brother Gong did not go home after separating from him, but quietly caught up with them?

Hu Man'er thinks that this must be the case, otherwise how to explain it.

I also scolded Gong Baojiu in my heart.