A bowl of hot noodles under the ears and stomach, the scholar still felt not full, picked up the bowl and raised his head to drink the noodle soup, licking his tongue and still unsatisfied.

The scholar looked at the twilight mark in embarrassment, and his eyes were saying, "Can I eat another bowl?"

"For the time being, it can only be one bowl per person. Twilight said and looked at the small shop behind him, and explained, "There is enough surplus food, and it will be better in a few days." ”

Having said that, seeing that the scholar didn't speak, Night Twilight took out half a baked cake and said, "Forget it, this is for you." ”

The scholar looked at the night twilight marks, and then looked at the half baked cake in his hand, pinching the corners of his clothes with both hands, and whether he wanted to take it.

Night Twilight thought that the scholar disliked only half of the baked cake, and said: "I haven't bitten it with my mouth, I broke it with my hand, if you don't want it, then there will be no more." ”

Where would the scholar dislike it, it's good to have something to eat, for fear that the twilight marks will be taken back, so he quickly snatched it. "I want it, how can I dislike it, but if I eat yours, do you still have it?"

"Take it. Lan Nuanyu said: "You don't have to worry about this, eat well and tell us about what happened five years ago." ”

After eating the noodles and ears, the scholar was not as hungry as before, and he was not so hungry when he ate the baked cakes, so he took a small bite, chewed a few times, and said: "The noodles and ears are delicious, and the baked cakes are also delicious, much better than the earthworms in the soil." ”

The scholar ate the baked cakes, it seemed that the baked cakes were a little dry, and although he ate a small bite, he swallowed for a long time and patted his chest vigorously. His eyes were fixed on the baked cake, deliberately avoiding the questions of the night twilight mark and Lan Nuanyu, and his eyes were also evasive.

Lan Nuanyu handed the bowl where the scholar ate noodles to the old man, and asked for a bowl of noodle soup to put on the table.

When the scholar saw the noodle soup, he thanked him and reached out to take it.

Lan Nuanyu's hand that didn't leave the bowl was retracted, and the scholar's hand fell into the air and stopped in mid-air awkwardly.

"Five years ago, an inn, five steamed buns, steamed buns, and a book. Lan Nuanyu looked at the scholar and said, "The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by springs." Readers, where have you read all your books? Not to mention that five years ago, we saved your golden house, look at the bowl of noodles now, today. ”

Behind her, she pointed to the shop surrounded by a large line of soldiers, and all the people who did not line up in order were pulled out by a spell and lined up again.

The scholar was still eating happily, and when he saw that he had eaten a big bowl of noodles in front of others, there were still some children, old people and women waiting behind the key, and he felt embarrassed for a while.

"I've eaten all this, and I can't throw it up. The scholar pinched the half of the baked cake, and Shicai still didn't dare to take it, but now he didn't dare to eat it.

"Don't scare him. Seeing that the scholar was already trembling, he said, "Eat quickly, we are not looking for you to scare you." ”

The scholar was very entangled, a bowl of noodles and ears had already made Lan Nuanyu say that he was red-faced, and he wanted to add half a baked cake, but he didn't know what she would say.

"Five years ago, when you rushed to take the exam, there was an unsolved case on the day of the imperial examination, and the officials in the palace and the scholars who were taking the exam at that time were determined that none of them survived, but the corpse was missing. The people in the palace dig the ground

I didn't find it, and it seemed to be gone. Later, the names and corpses were exchanged in the palace one by one, and the person who disappeared was not from Weicheng, and the address was not detailed, so the matter was settled, that person was you, right?"

Night Twilight saw that the scholar had become weird, the pupils in his eyes were changing, and his fingers pinched out a few finger prints on the baked cake.

Lan Nuanyu said: "You make it clear to us in 1510, it can be regarded as a merit, God looks at it, you do one more good deed, you have accumulated a source of blessing." If you think about how many people died without knowing it, how miserable they were, and how much damage their families had? If one person accumulates a little blessing, then most of the mountain must be high, right? ”

The scholar pondered Lan Nuanyu's words, looked at the cake for a while, and said, "What Miss Lan said is quite reasonable, but people really have the next life?"

"There is, there must be. Lan Nuanyu said firmly: "There is cause and effect in the world, and there is also reincarnation. ”

"Well, I'll tell you. The scholar replied.

Night Eyes glanced at Lan Nuanyu, Lan Nuanyu's face was full of suffocation, and he helplessly touched the cold sweat that did not exist on his forehead.

"On that day, after I parted with you, I found a small alley. The alley was very narrow, so I thought it would be better to take shelter from the wind. Later in the day, it was simply too cold. I saw a pile of things in the corner, covered with felt, and got in. The exam was coming up on the second day, and I didn't dare to sleep too deeply, even after all these years, I still woke up early every day, and I was still afraid of missing the time. ”

Lan Nuanyu saw that the scholar began to speak, and pushed the bowl of soup in front of the scholar.

The scholar nodded in thanks, took a sip of soup, and continued.

"I didn't squint for a moment when I heard someone talking. I didn't hear them very clearly, they were talking very quietly, and the wind was so loud that I hid under the felt and didn't dare to come closer. ”

"You know, I'm just a defenseless thin scholar, and if someone finds out, even a small thief can beat me half to death. ”

Lan Nuanyu said: "You really didn't hear it at all, not even a few words?"

The scholar thought for a while and said, "It's just a few words, but I can't hear it clearly, as if it means 'tomorrow' and 'corpse'." You said that I was a weak scholar, and I was bullied everywhere I went, and when I heard the 'corpse', I had already fallen to the ground with courage, and I dared to continue listening, just hoping that they would leave quickly, and not to find me. ”

"And then?" Lan Nuanyu said: "You really took shit luck, they are probably all people who know magic, and they really didn't even notice your existence." ”

"Yes, if I find out that I have returned it, I am afraid that I would have helped my mother explore Huangquan Road a long time ago. The scholar paused, thought for a while, and then said slowly: "That whole night, I didn't dare to close my eyes later. The next day, I picked up a piece of yellow paper in a small alley with some strange sigils drawn on it. Isn't it all yellow paper and red letters to ward off evil spirits? This is different, although it is folded into a triangle, but the pattern painted on it is black lines. ”

Nighttwilight's brows twisted together, this was by far the most noticeable place for him, he

Confirm it again and ask, "Are you sure it's yellow paper and black lines?"

"That's right, it's yellow paper and black lines, don't you say it's strange? It is precisely because of the strangeness that I remember it deeply. I could have shown it to you, but I couldn't find anything to eat, so I ate it two years ago. The scholar said weakly: "I am not afraid of your trouble with me, if you eat, you will eat." ”

"Do you remember what the pattern on the paper looks like?" Lan Nuanyu said: "Do you remember? I have a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and you can help us draw?"

The scholar shook his head: "No, I can write, and I am not good at drawing." I'm not a Taoist, but the symbol is very complicated. ”

He dipped his chopsticks in some noodle soup and tried to draw on the table. But after only two strokes, he really didn't know where to start, so he put the chopsticks on the table and said, "I really can't remember." ”

Lan Nuanyu leaned over and looked at the two brushstrokes drawn by the scholar and said, "Look at the first two strokes, there is no difference between the same peace charm." ”

Night Twilight looked at the scholar as if he was lying, and he said, "Go on." ”

"Yes, yes, girl, I think it's a peace charm. Picking up the peace charm is a good sign. I picked up the talisman and put it on my body, and went to the imperial examination happily, thinking that I could go to high school and bring my mother to Weicheng. I never thought about that imperial examination......"

There was a clear change in the scholar's face, he was scared, very scared.

"Don't be afraid, we are here, and the demons and monsters dare not come near. Lan Nuanyu said majestically, and put the dagger that Night Twilight had given her before on the table. "Do you know what this is? Evil Suppression Sword! You feel powerful when you hear the name, right, he's as powerful as you think, and this one. ”

Lan Nuanyu stepped on the stool with one foot, palms facing up, and said with her fingertips to the night twilight: "This one is even more powerful than Zhong Kui, so you just have to say it with confidence and say it boldly." ”

Twilight Marks held his forehead: 'I'm bragging again.' But he said so in his heart, in order to make the scholar speak boldly, he had to cooperate with Lan Nuanyu to act. Decisively pulled up and raised his arm, deliberately pulled up the sleeves at his arm, and clenched his fists, looking like 'I can fight a hundred demons with one hand'.

The scholar swallowed his saliva and said: "I don't know much about the exam questions that day, I have been preparing for a long time, but I want to come back next year, my mother insists that I come to see it this year." The first to die in the scientific examination hall was an old scholar, the old scholar was about the age of sixtieth, he sat behind me, it seemed that he had participated in the scientific examination for many years, and his writing was very smooth, but for some reason, he suddenly knocked on the table and hit the bench, making a loud noise in the hall. ”

Nightmark listened intently and asked, "What happened later?"

Later, the examiner went to see him, and he didn't restrain at all, but still made a lot of noise. The scholar said very carefully, for five years, he had dreamed of this situation for a long time, and the experience of that day had trapped him in it like a nightmare.

The examiner told him to get up and go out, and he was ...... And he died. The scholar put the baked cake in his hand on the table, and licked the residue off his hand with his mouth. "This is what the old scholar looked like at that time

kind. ”

The scholar sat up straight, lowered his head, his entire neck lost its strength to support, and his chin rested against his collarbone.

"What's so special about this?" Lan Nuanyu asked, "What happened later?"

"Yes, the examiner thinks so too, nothing special, but I sit diagonally in front of the old scholar. I'm so curious that I can't help but look back. I saw that in the old scholar's drooping hair, there was a pale face, which was ...... That face was still smiling at me. After speaking, the scholar moved closer to the twilight mark, "Can you give me a charm to ward off evil spirits or something?"

(End of chapter)