However, it was said that after Sun Xu drove the cloud and left Liu's mansion, he soon arrived near the state city.

It's just that at this time, the sky is still dark, the city gate is closed, Sun Xu is afraid that driving the clouds into the city will cause a riot, so he pressed the cloud head in a mountain forest near the state city.

When I landed, I saw a temple standing in front of me. Although the temple is somewhat dilapidated, there are still candles lit inside, and it is clearly inhabited.

Sun Xu wanted to wait until dawn in this temple before going to the state city, so he stepped forward and knocked on the temple door.

When the door opened, a kind old monk slowly came out, glanced at Sun Xu, and Shi Li asked, "The night is dark, where do the laymen come from?"

Sun Xu arched his hand and said: "I am a passerby below, just because there is some urgency to get to the state city, so I hurried overnight, but I think that the state city is not open at this time, so I want to rest here for a while." ”

The old monk clasped his hands together and pronounced a Buddha cry and said: "Amitabha! The donor has come from afar, and the old monk should not refuse to be outside the mountain gate." It's just that in recent days, ghosts and monsters have repeatedly appeared in the temple, and there are many acts of interference and aggression. In case something happens to the donor, how can the old monk afford it? I hope that the donor Haihan, don't vote for it!"

Sun Xu glanced at this temple and said with a smile: "Master, since there are ghosts and monsters here, why doesn't the master abandon this temple and live elsewhere?"

When the old monk heard this, he thought that Sun Xu was suspicious of what he said, so he explained: "The donor doesn't know, the monks have no joy, no sorrow, no fear or fear, so how can there be ghosts and gods? And the old monk's cultivation is insufficient, it is okay to protect himself, but he has more than enough strength to protect others. ”

When Sun Xu heard this, he was interested in solving the situation here, so he pretended to be angry and scolded: "What an insincere old monk! I have been in all directions for a long time, and I have never seen any strange things, and I am afraid of any ghosts! I am a family member of a high-ranking official in the state, so don't make a mistake about yourself! If you go against my will, beware that I invite officers and soldiers to demolish your broken temple! Don't worry, I will never live in vain, and I will definitely give you enough money for accommodation at that time!"

When the old monk saw Sun Xu for the first time, he saw that he had an elegant temperament, and thought that he was a handsome son, so he persuaded him. I thought that if I didn't say a word, I would be vicious, and I couldn't help but secretly say in my heart: "It was a golden jade and an evil young man who was ruined on the outside." After all, those ghosts did not hurt anyone, so they let him live here, scare him, and sharpen his heart. Thinking about it, he opened the temple door and let Sun Xu in.

Although the old monk's cultivation is very low, his temperament is not bad, even though he was robbed by Sun Xu for no reason, he did not stumble Sun Xu at all.

He took Sun Xu into the temple, arranged Sun Xu in a clean room, and sent some tea. The whole process was humble and polite, and there was no discoloration on his face.

Sun Xu nodded secretly and glanced at the old monk.

After settling down, the old monk said to Sun Xu: "Layman, it's late at night, the old monk will go back to rest, if there is any abnormal movement at night, don't go out! ”

Since you have done the wicked, you will do it to the end. Sun Xu pretended to be impatient and said, "Don't think I don't know your plans. Old monk, how much money have you defrauded with this kind of trick?"

The old monk, who was robbed of white by this fellow and was not good at words, was speechless for a moment, just pronounced a Buddha horn and withdrew from Sun Xu's room.

Sun Xu was alone in the house, so he blew out the candle flame and sat quietly to nourish his energy.

I don't know how long it has been, but suddenly a gust of wind blows around me. Then there was a glimmer of light in the dark room, but the strange thing was that it was not a candle flame that was lit, and Sun Xu saw that the light source was actually outside the house.

At this time, the whole house suddenly brightened brightly, and the furnishings in the house could be seen very clearly, as bright as day.

Seeing this, Sun Xu snorted from his nose.

With this sound, the light gradually shifted to the outside of the room.

Sun Xu got up and looked out through the window paper, and found that the light was fixed on the steps in front of the temple's main hall.

Seeing this light, the stone bars that made up the steps of the Buddha hall all stood up like people.

A gust of wind blew, and it rolled up a lot of leaves, dust, and some of the paper on the broken windows, and flew down to the standing stone bars, as if they were glued, and even if there was still a gloomy wind blowing, it stopped moving at all.

Suddenly, the stone bars that were standing slowly began to deform, and vaguely appeared to be humanoids.

At the same time, the window paper slowly elongated, turning into clothing to cover the stone man's body, and the dust turned into their hair, and the leaves became the stone man's facial features.

In a short time, the people who turned into these stones really became completely humanoid. These stone figures, elegant and gentle, all show the appearance of literati and bachelors.

Sun Xu counted it, and there were seventeen people in this group.

As soon as they became better, they saluted each other in a proper manner. Then they walked to the middle of the courtyard, some stood against the wall, some sat on the ground, and talked in the courtyard, and the topics discussed were also rich and colorful, knowing astronomy and geography.

Everyone was talking, and suddenly one person looked in Sun Xu's direction, just in front of Sun Xu's face.

The rest of the people were attracted by his actions, and they all looked at Sun Xu.

Sun Xu was looked at by them, and he didn't want to answer, so he walked out of the door, stood solemnly, and said to everyone: "Where are you waiting for ghosts, how can you disturb people here?"

Everyone was said by Sun Xu, but it was quiet, and no one immediately replied.

After a while, two leading people came out, arched their hands with Sun Xu, and said, "Sir, if it wasn't for the deliberate stirring up of the lower brothers, it was really a good vassal and elegant in the lower class before death, and there was nowhere to live after death." I had to merge the ghost body with the stone in front of this Buddha hall. ”

They were all scholars and scribes during their lifetimes, and they did not do evil for many years after their deaths, but this temple has been abandoned in recent years, so they can blend with the stone with their ghost bodies.

Previously, when Sun Xu was in Liufu, in order to eliminate the scourge of Liufu, he wanted to lure out all the ghosts, but he was afraid of the ghosts, so he hid his strength. And now Sun Xu is just a wilderness, and there is no one to live, but he has no scruples.

Sun Xu asked, "Do you have any names, and when are they all characters?"

Everyone is not a ghost incarnation, and secondly, they all have a splendid article before their death, and they often talk about it after death, seeing Sun Xu as a talent, and his cultivation is also unfathomable, although he suddenly saw Sun Xu, but they are all respectful and abnormal.

The first two of them spoke out and said everyone's names one by one, most of them were compound surnames, such as Sima, Ouyang, Shangguan, etc., and so on. Some are from the former dynasty, and the first two are from the previous Wu dynasty.