hold this little monk

At the beginning of April, the exuberant spring has broken through the freezing air-conditioning, and everything is re-emerging in a brand-new attitude. The traffic in the Central Plains, whether it is a big city or a small town, is full of warmth.

But this warmth is still an unattainable dream for the time being in places that are too far north. The cold wind invades its territory, forcing people to submit to him and put on warm clothes one after another.

"Is this place really for people?"

Xiaoxuan wrapped himself into a ball, and jumped out of the carriage while blowing his nose. He complained absently, his steps were unsteady when he turned around, and he almost staggered and fell.

Fortunately, the person who jumped down next had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed his hand: "Be careful."

After the two stood firm, they separated quickly with a little embarrassment.

Xiaoxuan looked around, suddenly remembered something, and changed his words: "However, here... here... the fields are very beautiful, and it is also a good place for leisure."

Bi Kong smiled and remained silent.

This place was the place where the former Yiwang and his wife were exiled, that is, the place where Bi Kong's parents were exiled. Xiaoxuan only blamed himself for his quick talk just now, and poked Bi Kong's heartache again.

The season of warm spring in April is still so cold, which shows that the environment of the town is harsh.

The groom who sent them to the post station was also used to their strangeness these days, he let out a breath of air, rubbed his hands together and said, "It wasn't so cold at this time in the past, you guys are out of luck, but it should get warmer in a few days. Did Mr. Shi come to Dafeng Town to play this time?"

He was talking to the man who was still dawdling in the carriage and holding a pile of luggage. The man ignored him for a while, and jumped down with a big bag in his arms. Looking at the groom, he smiled and said, "Come out with friends to see the world, otherwise the weather in this ghost place will change faster than my mother's face, so I don't want to come."

This seemingly coquettish guy is the only son of Xiaoxuan's mentor Shi Yang in the palace. His single name is Shi Xu.

With his back to the three of them, Shi Xu took out a purse from the baggage. The purse was still full when it was in the capital, but it was already half flat at the moment.

He familiarly picked out a string of money and put it in the groom's hand, and patted the groom's dusty shoulder affectionately: "Thank you, I will look for you next time!"

The groom's face was wrinkled with a smile, like a chrysanthemum blooming on the top of a mountain, and he drove away with joy. It was really the happiest time for Xiaoxuan to see him these days.They are all people who are running around for their lives. It is indeed rare to not be able to embarrass each other.

Xiaoxuan suddenly thought of something, picked up his almost flat money bag, and had a bad feeling.

He hesitated and asked, "Did we spend too much money?"

He has lived in the palace for more than ten years, and he is really not sure about the consumption level outside, but now that his wallet is almost empty, he should feel that something is wrong even if he doesn't know the market price.

Shi Xu is an old fritter, he said indifferently: "Use it when you use it up, my father said, just earn money after you use it up, it's all outside the body."

Xiaoxuan: "Why have I never heard Teacher Shi say such things?"

Shi Xu: "Huh? That may be what my mother said."

Xiaoxuan: "..."

Since the turmoil in the capital that night, after he and Bi Kong walked through the long and secret road, they ran into Bi Yin who was ordered to wait for them. The only son of human history.

This man is indeed an interesting person, and he has a clear mind. He doesn't care about 21, murderers or princes and monks. He only cares about the orders passed down by his father in the palace. The two hid in the car, and finally, relying on their years of walking in the rivers and lakes to take both black and white, they managed to leave Beijing at night.

Shi Xu is his and Bi Kong's savior, but... this savior is too serious and unreliable, and every time he talks about something serious, he can be speechless.

Bi Kongke said politely: "The journey is tiring, and the weather here is not very good. I feel wronged that Mr. Shi will go with us."

"My lord, you are very polite. My father has already explained, how dare I not guard you two," Shi Xu smiled dryly and waved his hands, "Besides, I am not used to doing business, and I like to run around the world. Even without you two, I will point out Maybe I was wandering in some wilderness, I can't say I was tired from running around."

Every time Shi Xu faced Bi Kong, he didn't play around like he did when he faced Xiao Xuan. He couldn't let go of his hands and feet, and looked like a Teddy dog ​​whose hands and feet were tied up.

"Okay," Xiaoxuan knew that the two of them got along cautiously, and poked Shi Xu's arm and joked, "Aren't you tired, stop pretending to be gentle. Quickly take us to find a place to live?"

Shi Xu patted his chest: "Alright, come with me!"

Dafeng is a little-known town, and the folk customs are naturally not as generous as the capital. When the locals see this line of well-dressed young masters, their eyes reveal nothing but curiosity and suspicion. The people here are very xenophobic.

Fortunately, it was not the first time Shi Xu came here. He took the two of them through alleys, several streets, and many inns without stopping.

He explained as he walked: "You see, this kind of medium-sized inn is the best inn in Dafeng. This kind of inn will not want outsiders like us who seem to be mentally ill. Okay, but the inn that no one wants to live in will take us in."

"Maybe there is something wrong with the inn?" Bi Kong asked.

"This is nature," Shi Xu lowered his voice and said word by word, "it, haunt, ghost."

Xiaoxuan: "..."

Shi Xu: "But don't be afraid, I didn't see a single ghost when I lived there for four days last time. I went here just because of the reputation, and the ghost didn't show any face."

Xiaoxuan: "I thought you were a ghost, but in the end, even a ghost hates you?"

"...It's their regret that they can't see me!" Shi Xu rolled his eyes.

According to Shi Xu himself, he began to visit the great rivers and mountains of his motherland when he was 17 years old, and it has been nine years since he traveled all over the world and the wilderness.Although the great men and sages said that "reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles" and other catchy words for three-year-old children, Shi Xu himself felt that he had nothing but being an older man and remembering roads fast. I have grown up.

It's hard to decide whether this is a modest statement.

Shi Xu's favorite inn really looks the same as himself, with gold and jade on the outside, "in it".The huge two-storey building looks majestic, but when you walk in, there are only two young men dozing off, and the owner's family is still playing mahjong in the backyard, as if they don't care whether the business is sluggish or not.

Xiao Er impatiently shouted to the backyard: "There is a guest!"

There was no sound of people in the backyard for a long time, but the sound of mahjong collision was quite loud.Angry, Xiaoer rushed over and raised the curtain that isolated the backyard, and shouted again: "There are guests, I say you want to do business!"

Xiaoxuan, who had grown up in the feudal society for 20 years, stared at the scene before him with wide eyes.This is not to mention in ancient times, but in modern times. If any employee dared to do this, he would have been fired a long time ago.

I only heard the person inside say leisurely: "You can lie to ghosts."

Shi Xu couldn't hold back his belly laugh for a moment, left Xiaoxuan and Bi Kong behind, passed Xiaoer and walked straight inside: "Brother Wang, I'm here to you, I'm afraid the ghost will run away!"

"Huh? Ouch, Ouch, Mr. Shi!"

"It's the poor man hahaha—hey, Brother Wang, why did you circle around twice? My sister-in-law has taken care of you so well! Also, why is my sister-in-law looking younger than two years ago? How did you take care of it? Go back I also teach my younger sister who doesn’t know how to take care of herself.”

The sound in the backyard became smaller and smaller, and Bikong turned his head and asked, "Didn't he tell the groom on the road that his sister fell off the cliff when she was seven years old?"

Xiaoxuan smiled: "I really admire you. You have been fooled by me since you were a child, and you can still have a heart that can believe what others say."

"...so his sister?"

"He has no sister."

Shi Shutao's approaching voice came out, he spoke in a different way, and it was more fun than singing and changing his face on the stage, which made people amazed.

Xiaoxuan suppressed his laughter, and whispered to Bi Kong: "I think we'd better save some money, otherwise this guy will be desperate, and maybe we don't even know that his slick tongue has sold us out."

"rational."

The two of them jokingly dismissed Shi Xu for a while, and then Shi Xu and the innkeeper walked out with their shoulders crossed. Shi Xu pointed to Xiaoxuan upstairs and said, "You two go up to rest first, and I will come up later. !"

"Choose randomly from the dozens of rooms above, all of which are empty and of the same size," Boss Wang said cheerfully with his stomach shy. "If you choose a haunted one, then I can't help it."

"Hey, don't bluff the kids, I'm here, your ghosts don't dare to come, okay?"

"Okay, okay, you are the best, you are the best! You are more powerful than the Zhong Kui posted on my door!" Boss Wang smiled helplessly and slapped him.

Amidst the jokes and reminiscences, Xiaoxuan and Bi Kong went upstairs carrying Shi Xu's heavy burden of bricks.

The second floor probably has not been lived in for a long time, and the smell of life is quite heavy. Although it is daytime, the heavily closed doors still cut off most of the sunlight, making the light dim.

Even if you don't believe in ghosts and gods, Ru Xiaoxuan will still slander: "This house is built like this, isn't it specially for people from the underworld?"

Dafeng Town is already cold and windy today, living in such a place, Xiaoxuan felt a gust of wind blowing behind him, he took a deep breath, looked at Bi Kong beside him, and suddenly froze.

Bi Kong frowned slightly, and wrapped up his wide sleeves very cautiously, lest he touch the door that seemed to be covered with dust.

"You haven't cured your cleanliness addiction for so many years?" Xiaoxuan said with a smile, "then you should be careful, I heard that little ghosts like clean little boys like you the most."

"I think," Bi Kong lowered his voice, "this place..."

He didn't go on, took a deep look at Xiaoxuan, and then opened the door for him. Fortunately, the light in the room is different from that in the corridor. The room with the windows open is still relatively bright. There is a table, a bed and a chair.

Xiaoxuan understood what he wanted to say just now, and said in a low voice as he passed by him: "There is indeed a problem with this place, but it is a human problem."

Ordinarily, how can the businessman in the inn not care about money, the second child is not afraid of the boss, and the people in the backward town are not xenophobic?The entire inn almost hangs the word "weird" on the curtain at the door.Compared with this, even if it is really haunted, Xiaoxuan is not unusual.

I don't know what is going on in Shi Xu's heart. He dared to live here alone for four days. Either he is a bold artist or he has inherited the artist's strange brain circuit.

Bi Kong nodded: "Be careful, I'm next door, call me if you need anything."

Xiaoxuan cautiously glanced behind them, making sure that there was no one else, and then said: "I have nothing to worry about. Let me tell you, the history will come up later, you go and ask him about your parents, I will Seeing that he is trying so hard to get close, I'm afraid he's not just idle and bored, maybe he can get something out of it."

Bi Kong: "Okay."

"Well, you go back, be careful yourself," Xiaoxuan added as he closed the door, "Be careful of people, not ghosts."

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When three people walk together, there must be dog food.