Becoming a fox fairy from Liaozhai

Chapter 162
Ning Caichen didn't dare to move, and the monster didn't move either.

It stayed like this until the rooster crowed at dawn, and there seemed to be a gust of breeze blowing, and the heavy breathing disappeared.

Ning Caichen slowly raised his eyelids, opened a slit, and when he looked again, the monster had disappeared.

Ning Caichen sat up abruptly, took out the incense pill from his pocket, held it in his hand, and gradually regained his composure.

Looking at the place where the monster was peeping, there was only a puddle of stinky saliva on the ground, which proved that Ning Caichen's fear this night was not an illusion.

Ning Caichen looked at Ma Junji, who was sleeping like a dead pig beside him, and was immediately angry and envious, "Brother Ma, brother Ma, everyone was almost eaten by monsters, yet you can still sleep?"

Ma Junji slept so soundly that he didn't even hear his words.

Ning Caichen also wanted to sleep, but he was scared by the monster, and now he has no sleepiness at all.And the sky was getting brighter, and it was time for him to get up and read every day.

Ning Caichen got up to tidy up, the movement was a little louder, and Ma Junji who was in a daze was woken up.

Seeing that Ning Caichen was packing up his things, Ma Junji couldn't help laughing, "Brother Ning woke up really early."

Ning Caichen said: "Brother Ma slept soundly."

Ma Junji said: "I've always been like this. I go to sleep when I get out of bed and get up at dawn."

Ning Caichen was really jealous now, "I really envy Brother Ma, like me, I will wake up at the slightest movement, I really can't appreciate your happiness."

Ma Junji said: "Brother Ning's heart is on the imperial examination, and he has worries from time to time, that's true."

Ning Caichen said: "A good sleep is rare. Get up quickly and go to the city early."

Ning Caichen didn't want to stay in this inn any longer.He didn't tell Ma Junji about the adventure last night, because he didn't want to add to his troubles.

The two packed their bags and walked out of the room, but both of them were stunned.

They looked around, but suddenly found that the whole guest house was like a long-abandoned house, with weeds overgrown, doors and windows damaged, and half of the walls collapsed.

The surrounding houses were dilapidated, and the rich shopkeeper and the beautiful landlady who solicitously lured them in last night had disappeared.

They turned to look at the hut they lived in, and it was the only building that was barely complete.

Ma Junji said in a daze, "How is this possible? It wasn't like this when we came last night."

Only then did Ning Caichen realize that they had been blinded and deceived last night.If it weren't for Xiangwan's protection, the two of them would have become a piece of meat in the mouth of monsters.

After staying in Huhupo for so long, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji also had a rough understanding of spells, and knew that they were bewitched by evil spells last night.

Ma Junji said with fear in his heart: "I was scared to death. We were blinded last night. Fortunately, nothing happened overnight."

Ma Junji had already found out, so Ning Caichen didn't have to carry everything alone, holding up the incense pill and said, "A monster actually entered the door last night, and this thing saved us."

Ning Caichen said: "The monster watched us all night in front of the bed, drooling all over the place. I really didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing him and getting hurt instead. Fortunately, it is afraid of this fragrant pill, and at dawn the rooster crows. Disappeared."

"Thank you, brother Mingfu!" Ma Junji expressed his gratitude to the fox fairy beyond words, and said: "I slept too hard, if it wasn't for brother Ning, I'm afraid my life would be in danger."

Ning Caichen managed to get a little comfort, and the two of them hurriedly left the ruined guest house as if they were running away.

When I left the guest house, I just saw an ox cart passing by the side of the road. The driver of the ox cart was an old man. When he saw the two of them coming out of the guest house, he immediately showed panic and said in a hurry: "Good cow! , run, run!"

The old scalper still walked in a leisurely manner, but Ning Caichen and Ma Junji shouted: "Old man, stay behind, old man!"

The old man pretended not to hear it, and ignored it, urging the scalper to run quickly.

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji had no choice but to trot to catch up, saying: "Old man, we are students who went to the city to catch the exam, not bad people, please ask the old man to give us a ride, we can pay for it."

When the old man heard that he was a scholar, his frightened expression improved. He looked at them carefully, and then looked at their shadows. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So you are scholars. Why are you so bold to run into this place?" A ghost... a dirty place to spend the night?"

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji smiled wryly, and said: "Last night, we missed the time to enter the city, so we had to stay in the inn. This place was not like this last night. Who knew that when we woke up overnight, it was... not clean."

The old man asked them to get in the car, and the old scalper walked even slower.

"You scholars are protected by Wenquxing, so it's no wonder you're fine."

Ning Caichen asked about the inn, and the old man said: "You are also a poor man. I heard that last year he was broken into by a strongman, robbed and killed someone, and he fell down. The inn invites guests, but I haven’t heard of anyone who went in and came out alive. The two of you are really blessed, and you have to worship God to get rid of the bad luck.”

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji sighed, they were pitiful, but they still had lingering fears.

When they arrived in Jinhua City in the old man's car, they looked for a place to stay.

"Guest room? No more. The college exam is coming soon, candidates from all over the city have already filled up the inns in the city, I don't have any vacancy here, you go to try your luck elsewhere."

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji went to other places to ask questions, but they all answered that they were all full, and there were no vacant rooms after a few rounds. Only then did they realize the seriousness of the matter.

"No way? We have come more than ten days in advance." Ma Junji muttered to himself.

"What should I do?" Ning Caichen was also at a loss.

At this time, a woman saw their frowning faces and asked, "The two gentlemen are scholars rushing for the exam? But they can't find a place to live?"

Ning Caichen said: "Exactly."

The woman laughed and said, "I happen to have a vacant yard that I can rent to you, and this is all I need."

She gestured with three fingers.

Ma Junji said: "Three taels of silver?"

The woman said: "It's 30 taels! I don't even ask about the price of the inn recently, three taels of silver, how do you export it?"

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji gasped, "30 taels? This is too expensive."

The woman immediately showed a disgusted expression, "It's too expensive? If you think it's too expensive, you can go to the temple to stay overnight. There are temples outside Beicheng, and they don't need money."

She turned her head and spat while walking: "Poor, wanting to go to high school without money? Bad luck."

Ma Junji's face was flushed with anger, and he was about to rush up to reason with her, but Ning Caichen grabbed him and said, "The exam is important, don't make any trouble."

Ma Junji gritted his teeth and said, "A dog sees people as inferior."

Ning Caichen was also short-tempered, but besides that, he was also depressed, worried about an unknown future.

Ning Caichen and Ma Junji searched around the city a few more times, and sure enough there were no vacant rooms to live in, and the few who were willing to rent a room were asking a very high price.

Although Gong Mengbi paid them quite a lot of salary, they were already poor and had families to support, so they didn't have such a lot of spare money.What's more, in addition to the rent, the expenses in Jinhua must also be included. This sum makes it impossible to live.

I went to the temple to inquire again, and it turned out that they were all full.

The two of them recalled the woman's evil words, saying that there was a temple outside Beicheng.

They had no choice but to look for it outside Beicheng.

There is only one beautiful mountain in the north of the city, and the scenery in the mountain is very good, which relieved the depression in the hearts of the two of them.

Looking for it along the mountain road, I saw a temple.

(End of this chapter)