Xiao Qi and Niu Hao were light and walked far ahead.

When he came to the Emperor's Shrine, Xiao Qi pulled Niu Hao into the ancestral hall and knelt down in front of the statue of the Emperor Goddess.

Niu Hao jokingly asked Xiao Qi:

"Are the two of us going to get married?"

Xiao Qi had a serious face and said to Niu Hao:

"I want you to swear to Emperor Zhiyang that you will love me for the rest of your life, love me, and never leave me. ”

Niu Hao put away the smile on his face, tidied up the collar of his shirt, bowed to the ground at the statue of the emperor and goddess, and said loudly:

"I, Niu Hao, swear in the name of the goddess of Zhiyang Mountain, I will love Xiao Qi for the rest of my life, love Xiao Qi, and never leave Xiao Qi. If you break your oath, you will be willing to be punished by the emperor and goddess, and your body will be broken and your soul will be broken ......forever."

Before Niu Hao finished his words, a voice suddenly came from the altar:

"I believe that you are a trustworthy man, and I am not afraid that you will swear by my name. ”

The voice sounded from the altar, startling Niu Hao.

Emperor Zhiyang, how can this still manifest itself.

His voice was cold and ethereal, and he continued:

"It's just that you came to my temple empty-handed, and you didn't have any sincerity at all. How can I vouch for your credit?"

Niu Hao didn't understand this sentence.

The manifestation of the Emperor Zhiyang is just to blame herself for not bringing incense and candles to pay tribute, and her hands are empty?

This Divine Monarch of Zhiyang Mountain is inevitably too powerful.

Niu Hao thought in his heart, turned his eyes and glanced at Xiao Qi beside him, but found that Xiao Qi was already gone.

Then, Niu Hao heard the sound of uncontrollable laughter on the altar.

Niu Hao raised his head and saw Xiao Qi, who couldn't hold back his laughter, and bent over with a laugh.

You are really so bold that you dare to play tricks on people in the name of the Divine Monarch of Zhiyang.

Xiao Qi turned around and looked at the statue of the emperor goddess, stretched out his hand to rub it on the stone statue, turned around and followed Niu Hao out of the emperor's shrine.

Leaving the Emperor's Temple and walking out of the mountain pass, it was already dark.

Fortunately, the road ahead is spacious, and after crossing the Lengshui River, it is Beitou Town.

Thinking of the inn in Beitou Town, thinking of the hot bath and the stable bed, Zhengguan and Zhengyan couldn't help but speed up their pace.

There was the sound of the cold water river rushing in front of me. By the river, there are people carrying lanterns and waiting there.

Niu Hao and Xiao Qi walked in front and walked to the person carrying the lantern, Niu Hao couldn't help laughing, and asked in a joking tone:

"Shopkeeper, are you here to pick us up?"

The one who carried the lantern was the shopkeeper of the Beitou Town Inn.

Niu Hao and the others entered the mountain, and left the big green horse and carriage in his inn.

Niu Hao's words were originally a joke. Unexpectedly, the innkeeper really nodded and agreed:

"The guest officer is right, I am just waiting for the guest officer to come back. ”

Niu Hao looked at the innkeeper, smiled, and couldn't help but ask again:

"How do you know we'll be back today?"

The innkeeper shook his head.

"I don't know, so I come here every day to wait. ”

When the innkeeper spoke, he looked serious, and he was not joking.

Niu Hao looked at the innkeeper, grinning and wanting to smile, but he couldn't laugh out loud.

When opening a store to do business, you must have a smiling face to greet guests.

But like the innkeeper, he waited by the river every day with a lantern, waiting for Niu Hao and his party to go out of the mountain, and he was too enthusiastic.

was so enthusiastic that Niu Hao felt uneasy.

The innkeeper raised the lantern in his hand, looked into the distance, and asked:

"I remember two more with you. ”

Xiao Qi followed Niu Hao's side, kept silently looking at the innkeeper, and when he saw him looking into the distance, he also looked back.

In the distance, you can see Zhengguan and Zhengyan dragging Beiming Hantie over, but the sixth and ninth degrees have disappeared.

Zhengguan and Zhengyan saw the person carrying the lantern, talking to Niu Hao Xiaoqi. It wasn't until I got closer that I saw that it was the shopkeeper of the inn in the town, and I was surprised. I also heard that the innkeeper was waiting here to greet them, and he had been waiting for several days, and Zhengguan and Zhengyan were even more moved to bow to the ground at the innkeeper.

The innkeeper carried a lantern, looked at the iron pillar dragged behind him according to Zhengguan Zhengyan, and asked:

"This is Beiming Cold Iron?"

Zhengyan couldn't suppress his excitement, nodded and said:

"Genuine. If you don't believe it, touch it and see how cool it is. ”

The innkeeper said with a smile:

"Beiming Cold Iron is a sacred object, I don't dare to touch it. But ......"

The innkeeper said and turned his head to look at the cold water river behind him.

"Beiming cold iron can freeze everything. If the two of you dragged this one were true, maybe you could freeze the river. ”

Zhengyan showed displeasure on his face and replied:

"What are you talking about, a few of us almost put our lives on the line for this piece of iron, can we still get a fake piece of cold iron? ”

As he spoke, he dragged the cold iron and walked towards the cold water river.

Zhengguan originally wanted to stop Zhengyan, but then he thought of something that wasn't very great, so he let Zhengyan push the cold iron into the river.

The innkeeper held the lantern high, followed behind Zhengyan, and watched with interest, watching Beiming Hantie being pushed into the river, and a cloud of white vapor instantly appeared. The white steam dissipated, and ice crystals had formed around the long iron pillar.

The innkeeper held the lantern high and saw it, but before he could exclaim, the ice crystals had turned into a thick layer of ice.

Zhengyan didn't dare to hesitate, dragging the rope to drag the cold iron out of the river.

If this thing really freezes the whole river, you'll have to find a way to smash the ice and dig it out.

dragged out the cold iron, and Zhengyan asked the innkeeper:

"Believe it now. ”

The innkeeper said with a smile:

"Congratulations to a few of you for getting this treasure. I have suffered a lot of hardships and sins along the way. ”

Zhengyan replied:

"It's just almost, and I can't come back. ”

The innkeeper held a lantern, looked at the cold iron dragged out of the river, raised his head and looked at Zhengguan, then looked at Niu Hao, and then said:

"What are you going through all the hardships to get this artifact?"

Niu Hao looked at the innkeeper and couldn't help frowning.

As the innkeeper, you are warm and thoughtful, and you are afraid that it will be inconvenient for us to walk when it is dark and the road is slippery, so you will go far outside the town to meet us, which is understandable.

It stands to reason that you should go back to town together when you receive our guests.

But you always ask what you want to do with the cold iron we brought back.

Niu Hao frowned and watched it.

Zhengyan heard the innkeeper's question, and was about to speak, when Zhengguan said unceremoniously:

"Speak, shut up!"

Zhengyan turned his head to look at the senior brother, followed the senior brother's gaze and saw Niu Hao again, and immediately stopped speaking.

Niu Hao asked the innkeeper:

"Shopkeeper, didn't you come out to pick us up? ”