Yi Fan shook his head and flicked his sleeves: "I really don't know whether to live or die." ”

Nie Xiaoqian must have been in contact with this scholar, although for some reason, she spared her life, but the whereabouts of the demon girl, presumably the scholar will not know.

So he didn't entangle with him, walked out of the main hall, jumped on top of the main hall, chose a place, sat down, and the disgusting ghost also squatted beside him, only sniffing from time to time, scratching his head, and looking around suspiciously.

In the early morning of the next day, Yi Fan finished his homework and returned to the Taoist temple with disgusting ghosts.

And Ning Caichen was also woken up by hunger, touched his stomach, the dry food had been eaten, he could only take cold water to satisfy his hunger, packed up the book basket, and planned to go to Guobei County as soon as possible to see if he could ask for some food and come back.

It's easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, I fell a few times, I ate a lot of mud, standing at the foot of the mountain, I strangely found that the mountain and the mountain are like two worlds, one is full of vitality, and the other is full of desolation.

If you don't understand, you don't want to, all the way to Guobei County, on the way to see a lot of forest bones, scared to roll and climb, fortunately did not meet the bandits again, and arrived at the county seat safely.

He was going to thank the shopkeeper who pointed him out first, after all, he had a place to stay, so he wouldn't sleep on the street and face the danger of being eaten.

As soon as he entered the inn, the shopkeeper greeted him: "Guest officer, are you sharpening or staying in the hotel?"

Halfway through his words, he was stuck in his neck as if he was stuck by a fish bone, pointing at Ning Caichen, unable to speak for a long time.

Ning Caichen arched his hand: "Yesterday, I had to thank the little second brother for his guidance, so I had a place to live, and I came to thank you today." ”

"You, why aren't you dead?"

The shopkeeper couldn't speak roundly, and spit out a few words in a half-loud voice.

"Die, why die?"

Ning Caichen frowned, a little unhappy, how could this person speak? How could anyone curse people to die.

"Do you really live in Lanruo Temple for one night?" The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva and took a few steps back, looking at Ning Caichen as if he had seen a monster.

Lanruo Temple?

There were not many people in the shop, and there were rough men who were talking and laughing, and even drinking bravely, all looking at this side, so quiet that mosquitoes could be heard flying by.

Ning Caichen was uncomfortable, and coughed: "Yes, it's in Lanruo Temple." ”

The shopkeeper shouted: "Lanruo Temple is haunted, there are demons that harm people, you actually stayed for one night, are you fine?"

As soon as these words fell, the store, which was originally quiet, suddenly became noisy, one by one customers lost their silver, and ran out in a hurry, and even some panicked, almost hitting Ning Caichen, but he was so frightened that he screamed, fell to the ground, and then crawled out in embarrassment.

Ning Caichen's face turned blue and white for a while, and he snorted coldly: "Lang Lang Qiankun, where are there any demons? ”

After saying that, he arched his hand and walked out.

The shopkeeper wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't dare to stop him, he only looked at Ning Caichen's back with his eyes, and then he was kicked away by the rich old man: "You straw bag, tell me what's going on?"

The shopkeeper shrank his head, didn't dare to hide it, and told him all over the story of how he tricked Ning Caichen into going to Lanruo Temple yesterday.

......

Ning Caichen walked out of the inn, only felt that his chest was stuffy, and he wanted to vent it loudly, but he looked at the fierce and vicious passers-by around him, swallowed his saliva, and still gave up.

Passing by a painting stall, the shopkeeper was sleeping in it, and he didn't bother, just beside him to admire it carefully, shaking his head with contempt from time to time, and nodding and sighing from time to time.

Finally woke up the shopkeeper, saw that there were guests, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Childe, you really have a vision, this store is the only one in Guobei County, there is no other semicolon, there are rich people in the city, all buy calligraphy and paintings from me, if you like it, choose a few, the price is easy to say, absolutely fair." ”

Ning Caichen shook his head: "Shopkeeper, your calligraphy and paintings, except for these pictures of birds and flowers, are all unsightly, they are really rough." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and gave a thumbs up: "Childe has good eyesight, he is an expert, admire and admire." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and took out a painting from the store: "What do you think of this one?"

This is a picture of a lady, the woman in the painting is delicate and lovely, sitting in the gazebo, the jade feet are swaying, giving people a kind of innocent beauty, and there are a few lines of poetry next to it.

Ning Caichen's eyes lit up, then he shook his head again, and said: "This painter is quite skilled, and he paints this woman vividly and vividly, which is very expressive, but unfortunately this poem is a bit vulgar and destroys the elegance." ”

Seeing that Ning Caichen didn't like it, the shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said, "Wait a minute, Childe, I still have some good things here, you are absolutely satisfied." ”

As he spoke, he took out a few more albums, opened them and saw that it was actually a picture of the Spring Palace, on which men and women had different postures and indecent behaviors, which made people blush, and Ning Caichen's face was even more embarrassed, and he waved his hand and said: "The store is joking, Xiaosheng doesn't love these, you better take it back." ”

The shopkeeper closed the album and said, "That boy wants that painting, I'll take it down for you?"

"I won't hide it from you, Xiaosheng is penniless, he can't afford to buy these calligraphy and paintings, but he knows a little about Danqing, and when he saw that you were quite Yaxing, he stopped to appreciate it. Ning Caichen arched his hand.

The shopkeeper's face fell, put away the calligraphy and paintings, and said: "Low status, high taste is useful, let's go, don't delay my business." ”

Ning Caichen took a few steps back and said, "Shop, I can't afford to buy calligraphy and paintings, but I have some calligraphy and paintings, I don't know if you can accept them or not, you can give the price at will." ”

After finishing speaking, he put down the book basket and took out a stack of calligraphy and paintings: "This is some of the paintings I have painted on my daily travels in the landscape, you just need to look at it and be satisfied." ”

The shopkeeper stopped, thought for a while, took the calligraphy and painting, looked at it casually, and said, "You are pitiful, you are still a scholar, so let's do it, a copper coin, is it enough?"

"A copper coin?"

Ning Caichen hesitated, if it was exchanged for one or two pieces of silver, he would definitely agree without saying a word, but this hanging copper coin would be a little less, the world was chaotic, how could the copper coin have gold and silver value? In the past, you could buy a bun for a few pennies, but now you can't buy half a bun for dozens of copper coins.

A hanging copper coin can buy up to a dozen steamed buns.

"What, isn't enough?" the shopkeeper squinted his eyes, threatening to lose the painting.

Ning Caichen immediately said: "Enough is enough, one copper coin will be one copper coin." ”

Now he can't even eat, how can he have the heart to bargain, first solve the problem of his stomach, and then he can paint calligraphy and painting later, if people starve to death, then there will be nothing.

Suddenly, he saw that there was still a painting left in the bookbasket, took it out and opened it to look at it, and was surprised: "Miss Nie?"

The woman in the painting, like a fairy, is Nie Xiaoqian who met last night, but how can her portrait be in his book basket?

"Yo, this picture of a beautiful woman is good, so let's give it to me together, and I will add five hundred copper coins to you." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he was about to come up to get the painting, but Ning Caichen avoided him.

"I'm sorry, this painting is not for sale, you can give me a copper coin first. ”

"Phew, poor scholar, it's still exquisite. ”

......

(Chapter 2, Seeking Advancement)