The cold moon falls lonely in the mountains, and the end of the world is full of travelers.

When the sun was setting and the afterglow was gradually darkening, Chu Xunyu and his party also arrived in front of the thatched house. Looking at the withered yellow thatch, weakly placed on the eaves, the dilapidated wooden door, also silently put together, a cool autumn wind blew, lifting the two door god paintings pasted on the door, but it has been a long time, and the Qin Qiongwei Chi Gong painted on it is also blurred.

"Third son, look at the door of the house, see if there is any movement?" Zhou Dali is the leader of this team, and he should give orders.

"Okay. A lean man in the team, with the long sword behind his back, came to the door, slammed the door hard, and the heavy knocking echoed in the autumn wind for a long time, and there was no reaction in the house. At this time, Zhou Dali said happily: "It seems to be an uninhabited house." After a pause, he said to everyone: "Everyone scatter around to see what is going on." ”

The crowd scattered around, looked around, and came back with little movement. Zhou Dali nodded with satisfaction, came to the door, and pushed hard, only to find that the two broken wooden doors only flashed a crack, and it could be seen from the crack in the door, and there was a door lock in the middle.

Zhou Dali looked at it strangely and said: "It's really weird, there is no one in this house, how can it be locked behind it?" But he couldn't stop for this little thing, so he was ready to stomp open the door.

"Wait, let me try. Chu Xunyu suddenly interjected at this time, stepped forward, and looked at the door lock carefully. Originally, I didn't want everyone to go in, but after thinking about it, I couldn't just tell them that there was yin qi here. Presumably they will laugh, thinking that they are crazy, and then they think about it, even if they go, they will not shoot, Chu Xunyu cannot be said to be the top master in this group, but for the general ghost and evil, it is also solved casually, and it will not pose a threat. So after thinking about it again, let them go, and take care of it at night, and there shouldn't be any problems.

Chu Xunyu touched his sleeve and found an iron hook and a bent and deformed iron wire. Two hands, one in one hand, gently stretched in, groped for a while, and after a while, only heard a "click", and the door lock fell in response.

"Oh, I didn't expect that Brother Chu is not only good, but also ruthless. Zhou Dali looked at it and couldn't help but sigh.

The meaning of this "ruthless master" is a thief. This thief, since ancient times, has always existed, specializing in this business of picking locks and entering the house, but for thousands of years, there have always been some people like thieves and thieves, such as Dongfang Shuo, etc., are synonymous with robbing the rich and helping the poor, so the people on the rivers and lakes can accept them over time.

Because this line of work is not visible, there are many synonyms, such as calling them "Rongxing" in the north, and some places in the south are called "Fallen Lord" or "Buddha". Zhou Dali's side, the word "thief" also means "very", such as "thief is good", "thief is bright and thief is bright", and the pronunciation of "very" is "ruthless", so this line is called "ruthless"!

Chu Xunyu smiled awkwardly, then put away his things and returned to the team. Finding that Mu Yuan was also looking at him with a surprised face, Wangchen smiled and whispered: "I didn't expect Chu Xiaoyou to know a lot about this trick of breaking into the house and picking the lock. ”

"It's just a necessary means to walk the rivers and lakes. Chu Xunyu explained awkwardly.

At this time, Zhou Dali pushed the door with both hands, and with a "squeak", the door opened in response. Everyone looked inside, but a burst of damp mildew rushed towards them, and the smoked people hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, retreated, and let the opening be ventilated.

Everyone took advantage of the last rays of the sunset to see the situation in the house, a very ordinary room, because it was backdropping, so it was dark at this time, and they could barely know that there were some tables and chairs placed in the room.

After a while, I felt that the time was almost up, at this time, Zhou Dali took everyone into the door, just took a step, on the threshold, Zhou Dali felt that he had hit something on his head, subconsciously grabbed it, took it, everyone looked over, it turned out to be a dead crab, was hung on the door beam with a rope, but it has been a long time, and it has long been weathered. Zhou Dali said angrily: "Bad luck, where did the dead crab come from." ”

With that, he threw it away and went into the house. At this time, the sunset on the horizon also struggled a few times at the end, and finally fell unwillingly into the mountains. The room grew darker and darker.

At this time, someone next to him blew up the fire fold in his hand, and the flame of broad beans jumped up. Under this lighting, everyone can see the furnishings in the room clearly. It seems that this is a hall with an incense case in the center, which enshrines this scroll, but the figure depicted in the painting is blurred, only a man dressed in gray, one hand stretched out and pointing down, as if pointing at something, the rest is unknown.

"Which immortal is this?" Gao Wei looked at the painting and asked strangely, "How can there be an immortal who is dedicated to guiding the way?"

Zhou Dali said with a big grin: "It is estimated that in this wilderness, worshipping such a god can not make people get lost." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and they put the guys in their hands around. There were also some simple wooden tables and chairs scattered around the room, but they were all thick with dust, and it seemed that no one had come for many years

Zhou Dali commanded a few men to go to the inner room to have a look, and Chu Xunyu and Wangchen went in together. The other two huts, which looked like bedrooms, had a simple bed in the room on the right, but it was still full of dust, and the old mosquito nets were full of holes and looked shabby. Not far away was a wooden table, on which there was a dilapidated oil lamp, and a man who came in with him picked up the oil lamp and blew off the dust, and it seemed that the wick was still usable.

The room on the left looks like a study, and obviously one of them is a bookshelf, but it has already been empty, and there is nothing left, only a few pages of paper are scattered. Gao Wei sighed with emotion: "It seems that there used to be a scholar here, I was really excited, I hid in this deep mountain to study, I don't know if I will win the champion in the future." Everyone couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

returned to the main hall and explained the situation clearly to Zhou Dali, Zhou Dali said happily: "Sure enough, it is a no-one house, it seems that there is no need to sleep in the open tonight, brothers, move the goods in, and rest here tonight." ”

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, this time they were transporting traditional Chinese medicine, and they couldn't get damp the most, so they hurriedly carried it inside.

At this time, on the side of the room, Chu Xunyu asked in a low voice, "Senior Wangchen, have you seen anything?"

Wangchen shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with it. ”

At this time, Mei Wan frowned and interjected: "It's just an uninhabited abandoned hut, what else can I do? Don't say no, even if there are some evil things, but it is something that can be solved with a raise of hands." ”

"Yes. Shang Qian also nodded approvingly, "Maybe not." ”

Chu Xunyu shook his head secretly and denied it softly: "There must be evil things here, have you noticed the crabs hanging at the door? ”

"Oh, please explain Brother Chu. "Although I believe that there is something wrong here, I am confused about that crab, so I can't help but interject even when I look at the moon.

"It's simple. Chu Xunyu looked at the surrounding environment: "As far as I know, there was such a record in "Mengxi Writings", 'There are no crabs in Guanzhong. Yuanfengzhong, to Shaanxi, Wen Qinchuan people, received a thousand crabs, scholars decorated its shape, thought to be a monster, each person's sick and abused people, then borrowed to hang the door, often sick. Not only do people not know it, but also ghosts don't know it. The meaning of this passage is that there was a kind of crab here, which had a strange and ugly appearance, so mortals hung it on the door of their houses to ward off evil spirits, which was very useful. Although I don't know the truth of this story, the people here in the past will not be good to paste the door god New Year painting, and hang a 'yin pattern ghost back crab', which must have a hidden secret. ”

When everyone heard this, it became clear for a while that the crab hanging on the door of the room had this meaning. But when I looked around, there was really no movement.

At this time, the sky outside the window was already dark, and the waning moon at night was officially lying in the sky, but the moonlight could not shine here. Everyone had piled all the goods into the back room, lit the oil lamps, and gathered in the hall with a group of more than 20 people.

"Second son, prepare some dry food to eat, we will have a meal in the evening, there are only three days, we will arrive in Taiyuan, and we will be able to eat a good meal then." Zhou vigorously shouted.

The second son answered, and went to the luggage to find food. At this time, Zhou Dali said again: "Arrange a vigil tonight, we still have the old rules, don't make any mistakes, and the others will rest." ”

Coincidentally, the first shift tonight happened to be Gao Wei, and Gao Wei took a few baked cakes and went out on patrol. Chu Xunyu said with a smile: "Brother Gao and I are old acquaintances, and I will accompany him tonight." ”

No matter what others said, he couldn't help but follow and walked out of the house. As soon as Chu Xunyu left, Mu Yuan Wangchen and the others couldn't sit still, and they had nothing to talk about with the mortals, so they said goodbye to Zhou Dali, and they all went out and followed.

Zhou Dali was also helpless, but there was no way, so he had to let them go, and said to everyone: "Everyone, hurry up and eat, sleep well after eating, don't forget the successor, you will continue to rush tomorrow." ”

Everyone ate and drank in the room, and after seeing Chu Xunyu follow Gao Wei out of the door, he sat under the tree not far away, and Wangchen and them were scattered in all directions, searching carefully. Looking at the moonlight in the sky, Gao Weihan smiled and said, "Little brother of the Chu family, why don't you stay inside?"

Chu Xunyu shook his head: "I don't worry about you alone." ”

"Haha. Gao Wei shook his hand freely: "I'm not a big girl, this person who travels from south to north has encountered many accidents, isn't it just a night shift." ”

Chu Xunyu couldn't explain anything, so he simply held the long sword in his arms and looked at the sky. Taking advantage of the dark night, Gao Wei suddenly asked, "Brother of the Chu family, have you found my Xiao Xiao sister?"

"No ......" Chu Xunyu was gloomy for a while.

"Don't be discouraged, you are a god, such a skill, you can find it one day. ”

"Do you know who I am?"

"Well, I already knew. Gao Wei said indifferently: "I'm a layman, but I'm not a stupid person, I already knew your identity, and when I was in the army, everyone knew your reputation." ”

"Yes, you're not afraid of me?" Chu Xunyu asked suspiciously.

"Don't be afraid. Gao Wei smiled innocently, "I have already seen it all the way, you are an emotional person, what do you say, by the way, it is called a temperamental person." ”

Looking at this honest face, Chu Xunyu felt a burst of emotion in his heart, it has not been like this for a long time, over the years, in the cultivation realm, his head is full of traitors and traitors, few people can believe him, I didn't expect this Gao Wei layman to be able to trust himself.

Gao Wei sighed, looked at the starry sky and asked, "Brother Chu family, people say that it is rare to live to seventy years, you immortals, you should have a long lifespan." ”

"Yes. I guess so. ”

"How long do you live?"

"It's a long, long way. Chu Xunyu calmed down, and also looked up at the starry sky and said.

Gao Wei smiled innocently: "It's good." ”

"Is it good?"

"Back in the army, others said that the immortals accepted apprentices to see the talent, and if you took a fancy to you, you can also be a fairy, I was not favored by the gods in the army back then, except for the ability to play with knives and work hard, there is nothing, now I don't fight, I have to run the rivers and lakes every day to make money, unlike you, there is no shortage of anything, what do you want. ”

Chu Xunyu listened, sighed, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Everyone says that immortals are good, but they don't know that immortals themselves will also have troubles." ”

"That's right. Gao Wei lowered his head and asked seriously, "Do you think there is something about this house?"

"How do you know?" Chu Xunyu asked strangely.

"I can already see that your face is wrong, just like when I talked about the eagle owl in the town, tell me, don't hide it from me, what's wrong?"

Chu Xunyu shook his head, "To be honest, I don't know what's going on, I feel that there is a problem here, but I can't say it, so I will keep vigil with you, look here, don't have an accident." ”

Gao Wei sighed and said, "You are different from those immortals. ”

"How is it different?"

"When there was a war back then, those immortals flying around in the sky never cared about the life and death of mortals, but you cared about us. ”

Chu Xunyu touched the long sword and smiled heartily: "Brother Xu Da was right back then, no matter whether a mortal is an immortal or an immortal, can it still be regarded as an immortal?"

The two were talking, at this time, a noise came out of the house, and there was a clang, and when they heard it, they knew that something was wrong, and the two of them quickly jumped up and ran back.

At this time, Wangchen and the others had already greeted them, and Mu Yuan hurriedly said: "Something happened, go back and take a look." ”

The moon and stars are scarce, August 15 has already passed, although the moon is not so round, but it still sprinkles a piece of brilliance, but it can't shine in this corner......