June changes day by day, and it gets hotter day by day. The air is filled with heat. Even if you do nothing, just stand there, you can sweat all over.

Chu Ci and the others were trapped in the narrow carriage, and everyone was as weak as cabbages that had been frost. Those who liked to ask questions were also stopped and stopped talking.

"Stop!" The caravan guard's commander stopped. The caravan was not large in number, with a total of fifty or sixty people, of which there were more than twenty guards.

The shopkeepers of Kou Mansion account for a part of them, and some of them are those who are smaller shop owners. They cannot form a caravan themselves, so they set off together in the Kou family's team.

Generally speaking, as long as you go out for a walk, you will definitely make money. But if you go out on your own, there are too many risks on the way, and maybe if you are not careful, you will die in a foreign land. They would rather pay some money to the big caravan.

, rely on it, it doesn’t matter if you make less money.

"Siucai Chu, my two brothers went to get a few rabbits just now, and you can call your companions and come down and have something together."

"Thank you, Brother Song, then we're welcome." Chu Ci's eyes lit up, and he immediately abandoned the hard cake in his hand and asked the others to get out of the car.

Song Yang originally led Chu Ci and the others on the road due to Kou Jing's order. Judging from his past experience with scholars, these corrupt scholars were all suffering from face and were also hindered by invitations to eat.

I was drooling, and I had to pretend that it was indifferent and I couldn't come down without asking for it three or four times.

After he had an experience, he would ask casually when he met him again, and he would just ask him if he didn't eat it. So when he asked Chu Ci this time, he answered and asked again.

Later I learned that the weather was too hot, and almost all the food they brought was rotten, and only a few hard big pancakes survived.

"Wow, the big brothers are so skillful. The roasted rabbit meat is golden and shiny, and it smells so fragrant."

Chu Ci got out of the car and walked among the green mountains and green waters for a while, then dissipated the depression that was blocking his chest. At this moment, he smelled the fragrance of rabbit meat and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Haha, Xiucai Chu, if you had eaten these things for half a year, you probably wouldn't have said that."

"Yes, I want to eat the rice porridge made by my mother now. There are only a few grains of rice, but I can't say it's comfortable to serve it with pickles."

After hearing what he said, Chu Ci whistled in his stomach and recalled the pickled vegetables in the county school. He hadn't eaten them for a few days and was really a little confused.

They divided a rabbit and two scones for Chu Ci and the others. With their appetite, it was good to be able to eat these.

After dinner, the group continued to set off.

...

"Boom!"

A thunder sounded in the sky, and suddenly a strong wind blew again. I thought it would be a thunderstorm soon. Fortunately, a guard remembered that there was a dilapidated temple not far from the corner ahead, which should be able to temporarily shelter from the wind and rain.

"Crazy..." A string of silver pearls fell from the sky and hung on the eaves. In the puddle below, the water droplets kept jumping, trying desperately to splash up.

The group finally entered the ruined temple before it rained, and neither the people nor the goods had any rain.

"The summer rain comes and goes quickly. I think we should be able to leave soon after that." Someone said this.

But the sky did not follow the wishes of others, and the rain did not stop until evening. Song Yang looked serious, it seemed that they had to rest in the dilapidated temple this time.

This is the junction of Yuanshan County and Ganzhou Prefecture. There are no villages in front and shops in the back. There are many forests and forests. Although they are not in a state of climate, if they want to make some chaos, they are still unprepared for it.

He first brought a few brothers to inspect the ruined temple, searched all the places where people might be hidden, and finally found that there was nothing, so he felt a little calmer.

The temple was already cooking, and a few small copper pots were gushing out. They cut the rabbit meat they had made at noon into small pieces, put it in the pot to cook soup, and each person divided it into a small bowl.

Eat with big pancakes.

Perhaps it was because sleeping in the wilderness in the open, making everyone feel a little uneasy. Even though the night was dark, everyone was not sleepy at all.

"Oh, this scene reminded me of a story." Someone said this, and the rest sat together knowingly, preparing to listen to him tell the story.

Chu Ci and the other four also sat down. Since they couldn't sleep, it was quite interesting to listen to some stories.

"By the way, there was a scholar who suddenly encountered heavy rain on the way to the exam. By chance, he came to a farm. Two white lanterns were hanging outside the village, which made people feel cold..."

Chu Ci thought that such a beginning must be a ghost story below. Who knew that as this person was talking, he turned into a little Huang Wen who was a scholar who met a pretty widow at night. He was neither bizarre nor erotic. He looked at the faces of other people.

With that secret smile, he felt that ten thousand divine beasts ran past him in his heart.

Chu Ci was about to complain quietly, but when he turned around, he saw Jiang and Chen listening with great enthusiasm. Well, he has experienced too many storms. This kind of story really doesn't arouse his interest.

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The storyteller is a middle-aged uncle. He likes to tell stories to everyone and also likes to see everyone's infatuated expressions. At this moment, he felt unhappy when he saw Chu Ci's boring expression on his face.

It is said that everyone else is fascinated by it, why do you look like this story is boring?

"This scholar, don't you like listening to stories?"

"I like it." Chu Ci replied confused, not understanding why this person asked him alone.

"But I'm not saying it well?"

"You're very good at this big brother."

"Then why do you look absent-minded?"

"Oh, my brother's expression and words are very good, but I think this story is a bit cliché and is not worthy of your explanation."

"Classic?" This story is the most popular one!

Seeing that everyone else stared at him, as if he was saying that your requirements were too high, Chu Ci realized that he would not be able to show his skills.

"Let's do this, Xiaosheng has a story here, which I occasionally hear from others. After listening, let's evaluate which story is better."

When everyone heard this, there was another story, which was said to be unconventional, so they nodded in agreement.

Chu Ci looked at everyone and smiled, saying, "This story is a bit terrifying. If you are afraid, remember to lean closer later."

The others burst into laughter. Before the scholar could tell the story, they told one of the jokes first. Can they still read them if they are tightly trustworthy?

"I am also a story about a scholar taking the exam. It is said that during the Xinyou period, there was a scholar named Xu Wangcai in Hu County. On the winter of that year, he was about to go to Beijing to take the exam, so he said goodbye to his mother before leaving. His mother repeatedly instructed him, crying and asking him to do so.

Be careful on the road. After Xu Wangcai responded, he picked up his package and went on the road."

After a short paragraph, everyone was a little disappointed. What's the good story about this story?

Chu Ci smiled slightly and continued to say, "Xu Wangcai walked all the way, and until the evening, he didn't see a guest house. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the forest was dense, and there were jackals and wolves, Xu Wangcai accelerated his pace.

Finally, I met a dilapidated temple. The dilapidated temple was no longer guarded. The temple gate was broken, the Buddha statue fell to the ground, and two copper bells looked out the door with big eyes, revealing a gloomy feeling."

"The scholar lit a candle and placed it in front of the platform. When he sat down, he realized that he was extremely hungry. He remembered that his mother had put two big cakes in during the day, so he opened the package and wanted to take the cakes out to eat.

When he opened the package, he was so scared that his face was gone. It turned out that in addition to the cake, there was a pale white shroud, and there were a few squeezing money under it!”

At this point, everyone's expression became focused. The words "late night, shrouds and dilapidated temple" are really imaginative.

"He hurriedly threw the money for the longevity of the shroud and chanted Amitabha Buddha directly. At this time, the temple suddenly blew up, and the candle placed in front of the stage suddenly went out, and the door that had been covered was blown by the wind.

A loud bang! In the midst of lightning, a black figure appeared outside the door, his hands stiffly snatched forward towards the scholar-"

"Bang!"

Everyone shook, screamed and leaned together. It turned out that as soon as Chu Ci finished speaking, the gate in front of their temple suddenly opened. A gust of cold wind blew in, and a staggered figure appeared outside the door, exactly the same as the scene depicted by Chu Ci just now.

"What's wrong with you?"

Song Yang twisted his undried clothes, looked at the people huddled together, and asked curiously.

"Oh!"

Everyone patted their chests, and this boss Song scared them to death.

“Woo woo woo woo…”

Just as everyone was relieved, a small voice came, as if she was crying.

Everyone's expressions became panic because the crying sound was obviously a child, and they were all big men, so where did the children come from?

Chu Ci's face was also stiff. Is it so flexible? He had just heard Song Yang clearly say that he had searched for places where people could be hidden in front of and behind the dilapidated temple, but where did the child's crying come from?

Fortunately, there was someone here who had not heard the story. Song Yang frowned and carefully explored it, and finally found that the sound should have come from under the Buddha's throne.

There was a piece of rag on the Buddha's seat. When Song Yang opened the cloth, he saw that there was a boy hidden underneath. He was about ten years old and was so angry that he was crying.

After taking the person out and asking, the child gave it a lecture.

It turned out that he was actually an intelligence officer raised by bandits nearby. His usual task was to hide in this dilapidated temple and observe merchants coming and going. If he met a few people and looked rich, he would quickly hang a piece of red cloth on the tree branch.

Those people will lie down the road.

Unexpectedly, it suddenly rained today, and a large number of people rushed into the temple. The child was in a panic and hid under the Buddha's throne without saying a word.

He had been listening to Chu Ci's story just now, and he was so scared that he could no longer control himself when the door sounded, and then he started crying.

Everyone was shocked, but they didn't expect that there would be such unexpected gains. Since he was raised by a bandit, he must know the situation of the bandit.

The child told me that there were five bandits in total. They usually lived in the village and would only cover their faces and commit crimes when they saw red cloth hanging on the trees.

No wonder the bandit suppression has never been cleaned up. They are villagers when they are busy and bandits when they are free, and they only attack one or two people in a row. If they hadn't happened to encounter such a child occasionally today, who would have known their true identity?

Song Yang and his group looked at each other and had an idea in their minds. The government rewarded the bandits who had committed suicide. Their brothers were employed by the Kou family. Although there were a lot of silver in the month, who would do it?

Are you afraid of too much money?

They carried the child out, and when it was dawn, they brought a bunch of rice dumplings. The five bandits were tied up and had things blocked in their mouths. They were strong, and if they were an ordinary team of two or three people, they would be really enemies.

But they.

When the five people were caught, they were gambled in a wooden house on the mountain. Song Yang rushed in and caught someone.

When they set off again, they drove faster and were looking forward to returning to Yuanshan County as soon as possible.
To be continued...