When they arrived at Bozhou, several people couldn't help but feel that the road was much faster, in fact, the speed of the carriage was the same as usual, but now every step of the way, it was one step closer to Jianshan.

The time of separation from Luo Bei is also one step closer.

Now it is less than a hundred miles away from Jianshan Zhen, and it can be said that it can be reached in the blink of an eye.

This is the last few young swordsmen (rì) to serve as coachmen for everyone, and the next time they serve as coachmen will be many, many years later.

Today's weather is still exceptionally good, with the sun shining brightly and shining thousands of miles of land.

Luo Bei deliberately slowed down the carriage and cherished this last moment.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted to make it easier to speak, and Hei Qiu'er asked, "Isn't it hard to practice swords?"

Luo Bei, who was driving the horse, said with a smile: "It's not hard or hard, just like you eat, your mouth is not idle every day, but you still don't feel tired, my sword practice is similar to your eating, it's all fun." ”

Hei Qiu'er glanced at Luo Bei, "What kind of broken metaphor are you?" ”

Hua Wenxiang said: "When Ruluo and I return to Bozhou from Zhonghe in the future, if we stop by the way, we will go to Jianshan to see you." ”

Luo Bei was a little yearning, "There are not all kinds of people in that sword mountain, even the second uncle said that the sword masters inside are very powerful...... When will I, Luo Bei, be able to resound all over the world as a swordsman's (shēn)? ”

Tu Yuelian smiled: "There will be that day." ”

The road was not very smooth, and the carriage jolted from time to time.

Hua Wenxiang asked, "Yuelian, if your mother is really in the Agarwood Palace, will you stay in the Agarwood Palace in the future?"

Tu Yuelian thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "No, I still have to travel with you to the rivers and lakes, and I also have to go back to Watermelon Town, when Mother Mei is old, I have to take care of her." ”

Ruluo said: "Watermelon Town, I have lived in Nanzhou for so many years, and I have never heard of such a place. ”

Tu Yuelian said with a smile: "It's a small village, and it's very remote, it's normal not to hear of it, but although you haven't heard of it, you should have eaten the watermelon produced in our town, but you don't know it." ”

The watermelons in Watermelon Town can be found all over Nanzhou.

Luo Bei suddenly said: "The road ahead has narrowed. ”

A few people and a cat looked at it, and the wide dirt road turned into a forest path, and the path was just big enough for a carriage.

Ruluo said: "How do I feel the forest (yīn) on both sides? ”

Hua Wenxiang noticed the surroundings, and there was indeed a feeling of coolness (yīn) on the side of the path in the forest, which made people very uncomfortable.

Tu Yuelian suddenly exclaimed: "Look, what is that?"

Several people and a cat followed her line of sight, and Hei Qiu'er immediately jumped into Tu Yuelian's arms in fright.

Luo Bei stopped the carriage suddenly.

In the forest on the right, four ugly imps are walking slowly carrying a large bright red sedan chair.

The sedan chair is similar to the sedan chair used by a man to marry and welcome a woman, and the four imps are also wearing red clothes and red boots, which is particularly festive, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is more infiltrating.

The four imps also noticed Hua Wenxiang and them, but they didn't pay attention to them, but continued to carry the sedan chair into the distance.

Ruluo smiled: "It should be the marriage of the mountain ghost ghost." ”

Luo Bei snorted, "I didn't think that ghosts would also learn to carry a sedan chair to marry, it's really interesting." ”

Hei Qiu'er hid in Tu Yuelian's arms, trembling in fright, "What's interesting, let's leave quickly!"

Luo Bei glanced at the black ball that was hugging Tu Yuelian, laughed, and then spurred the horse and continued to hurry.

It's just that the group didn't walk long before they found a village,

There is something strange about the village, there is no smoke curling, people come and go, and it is lifeless.

Luo Bei tied the carriage to a crooked-neck tree at the entrance of the village, and then several people got out of the carriage.

Hua Wenxiang wondered: "Why are the people in the village hiding in the house and not coming out." ”

Several of them could feel the breath of people, but these people seemed to be afraid of something, and they didn't dare to go out of the house.

Ruluo said: "Let's go, go in and have a look." ”

If there is any evil to do, then he, the little master, has to eliminate the harm for the people.

The group entered the village, knocked on several doors and no one opened them, and the most confusing thing was that the word "Xi" was posted on the door of each house.

"Knock knock. ”

"Anyone, our group passed by here and wanted to ask for a bowl of water. ”

Ruluo knocked lightly on the door, he knew that there were people in the house, but after a long time, the people inside not only did not open the door, but also did not even say a word in response.

Hua Wenxiang walked to a house in front of her, and knocked lightly, "Open the door, we are just passing by here, we are not bad people, why are you all hiding in the house and not coming out......"

He said many things, but the people in the house would not answer him, nor would they open the door.

Several people went door-to-door to inquire about the situation of the village (qíng), but none of them paid attention to them.

Just when Hua Wenxiang was about to knock on the door again, the dilapidated wooden door suddenly opened with a "squeak", and a white-haired old woman hurriedly pulled him into the courtyard, and then waved his hand to let Luo Bei and a few people hurry in.

Several people were at a loss, and they all entered the courtyard at the signal of the old woman.

The old woman held the door with her withered hands, then poked her head out of the door, looked left and right, and saw that there was no movement, and quickly closed the wooden door.

Hua Wenxiang asked, "Old woman, why are the people in our village hiding at home and not coming out?"

The old woman did not make a sound, but waved her hand and motioned for a few people to come into the room and talk.

When she came to the house, the old woman locked the door again, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "You outsiders are really bold, shouting outside one by one, thanks to the envoy sent by the mountain god has not yet arrived in the village, otherwise you will be disrespectful and will be killed." ”

As she spoke, the old woman looked into the courtyard through the crack in the door, "A few of you should stay here with me today, and then leave after the mountain god is married." ”

Ruluo asked, "I don't know what kind of person this mountain god is." ”

The old woman said: "I have never seen the mountain god, but I have heard that the mountain god's magic is all over the sky, and several villages around here are calling for wind and rain...... Hey, sins and sins, you can't talk about the mountain god behind your back, this is a big taboo, the mountain god is not strange, no wonder. ”

The old woman faced the roof, folded her hands and confessed.

Several people and cats all thought that this old woman was interesting, and it seemed that she believed in ghosts and gods to a certain extent.

Tu Yuelian asked, "Old woman, will this mountain god come to the village to marry today?"

The old woman nodded, "This time it was our village chief's daughter who was married, alas, ......"

The old woman sighed for some reason.

Hua Wenxiang said: "Shouldn't it be a good thing to be favored by that mountain god, why sigh." ”

Lao Yu (yù) stopped talking, but after all, she still didn't say what the reason was.

She asked a few people to sit on the kang at home and chat slowly, and then scooped a few bowls of water in the jar and handed them to everyone, "Where is the little master, a monk, and will he exorcise demons?"

Ruluo smiled and said: "Those who came from Nanzhou, if you want to exorcise demons, you should be able to do it a little bit." ”

The old woman nodded and did not speak.

Luo Bei asked, "You just said that you were married to the daughter of the village chief this time, why? This mountain god has also married someone else before?"

The old woman seemed to be very jealous of this mountain god, but she still didn't speak.

There was silence in the relatively simple house for a long time, and Ruluo suddenly said: "It turns out that the four little ghosts carrying the sedan chair came to the village to marry the bride." ”

When the old woman heard this, her face turned pale, "Little Master, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense." ”

Hua Wenxiang smiled lightly, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

The old woman was slow, and before she could stop Hua Wenxiang, he had already strode out of the house.

(End of chapter)