Ning Caichen didn't dare to move, and the monster didn't move either.
They stayed in a stalemate like this until the rooster crowed at dawn, and a breeze seemed to blow by, and the sound of heavy breathing disappeared.
Ning Caichen slowly raised his eyelids and opened a thin slit. When he looked again, the monster had disappeared.
Ning Caichen suddenly sat up, took out the fragrant pills from his pocket, held them in his hands, and then gradually calmed down.
Looking again at the place where the monster was peeping, all he saw was a pool of fishy saliva on the ground, proving that Ning Caichen's fear this night was not an illusion.
Ning Caichen looked at Ma Junji, who was sleeping like a dead pig next to him, and was suddenly angry and envious, "Brother Ma, brother Ma, I was almost eaten by monsters, but you can still sleep?"
Ma Junji slept soundly and didn't even hear his words.
Ning Caichen wanted to sleep, but he was scared by the monster, and now he was not sleepy at all. It was getting brighter and it was time for him to get up and read every day.
Ning Caichen got up to clean up, but the noise was a little loud, so he woke up Ma Junji who was confused in the lake.
Seeing that Ning Caichen was already packing his things, Ma Junji couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Ning woke up really early."
Ning Caichen said: "Brother Ma slept soundly."
Ma Junji said: "I've always been like this. I fall asleep as soon as I fall into bed and get up at dawn."
Ning Caichen was really jealous now, "I really envy Brother Ma. Like me, I wake up at the slightest movement. I really can't understand your happiness."
Ma Junji said: "Brother Ning's heart is in the imperial examination, and he is worried about it from time to time. This is indeed the case."
Ning Caichen said: "Good sleep is rare. Get up quickly and go to the city early."
Ning Caichen didn't want to stay in this guest house for a moment longer. He didn't tell Ma Junji about last night's thrill, as he didn't want to cause him more trouble.
The two packed their bags and walked out of the room, but they were both stunned.
They looked around and suddenly found that the entire guest house looked like a long-abandoned house, with overgrown weeds, damaged doors and windows, and half of the walls collapsed.
The surrounding houses were in dilapidated condition, and the wealthy shopkeeper and beautiful landlady who had solicited them in last night were missing.
They turned around to look at the cabin where they lived, and it turned out to be the only building that was still barely complete.
Ma Junji said in a daze: "How is this possible? It was not like this when we came last night."
Only then did Ning Caichen realize that their eyes had been covered and deceived last night. If it weren't for the fragrant pills to protect themselves, the two of them would have become a piece of meat in the monster's mouth.
After staying in Fox Slope for so long, Ning Caichen and Ma Junji also had a rough understanding of magic and knew that they were possessed by evil spells last night.
Ma Junji was frightened and said, "I'm scared to death. We were blinded last night. Fortunately, nothing happened all night."
Ma Junji had already discovered it, so Ning Caichen didn't have to carry it all by himself. He held up the fragrant pill and said, "A monster came in last night. It was this thing that saved us."
Ning Caichen said: "The monster watched us in front of the bed all night and drooled all over the floor. I really didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing him and getting hurt. Fortunately, it was afraid of this fragrant pill, and when the rooster crows at dawn, it would Gone.”
"Thank you Brother Mingfu!" Ma Junji couldn't express his gratitude to Fox Fairy, and added: "I slept too hard. If Brother Ning hadn't been here, I'm afraid my life would have been hard to save."
Ning Caichen managed to get some comfort, and the two of them hurriedly left the ruin-like guesthouse as if they were running away.
After leaving the guest house, I happened to see a light on the roadside and an ox cart passing by. The driver of the ox cart was an old man. When he saw the two of them coming out of the guest house, he suddenly looked frightened and said hurriedly: "What a good cow." , run quickly, run quickly!”
The old scalper still walked calmly, but Ning Caichen and Ma Junji shouted: "Stay here, old man!"
The old man just pretended not to hear it and ignored it, urging the scalper to run away.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji had no choice but to run after him and said, "Old man, we are students who went to the city to take the exam. We are not bad people. Please give us a ride. We can pay for it."
When the old man heard that they were scholars, his frightened face became better. He looked at them carefully and looked at their shadows. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out they are scholars. Why are you so bold to run in here?" Spend the night in a ghost...dirty place?"
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji smiled bitterly and said: "Last night, we missed the time to enter the city, so we had to stay in a guest house. This place was not like this last night. Who knew that when we woke up one night, it would be... it turned out to be unclean."
The old man asked them to get in the car, and the old scalper walked even slower.
"You scholars have Wenquxing to protect you, no wonder it's okay."
Ning Caichen asked about the guest house, and the old man said: "He is also a poor man. I heard that a strongman broke into the house last year, robbed things and killed people, and he fell into decline. But I heard that the ghost of the deceased is still there, and he kept the door open at night. The guest house is inviting guests, but no one who has gone in has ever come out alive. You two are really blessed and have great fortunes. You must pray to God to get rid of the bad luck."
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji sighed. They were pitiful, but they had more than enough intentions.
After taking the old man's car to Jinhua City, they went to find a place to stay.
"Guest room? No more. Autumn is coming, and candidates from all over the city have already filled up the inns in the city. I have no room here. You can try your luck elsewhere."
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji went to other places to ask, but the answers were all full. After several rounds, there were no available rooms. Only then did they realize the seriousness of the matter.
"No way? We have arrived more than ten days in advance." Ma Junji murmured to himself.
"What should we do?" Ning Caichen was at a loss.
At this time, a woman saw their sad faces and asked, "Are you two gentlemen studying for the exam? But you can't find a place to live?"
Ning Caichen said: "Exactly."
The woman smiled and said, "I happen to have a vacant yard that I can rent to you. I only need this amount."
She gestured with three fingers.
Ma Junji said: "Three taels of silver?"
The woman said: "It's thirty taels! I didn't ask about the price of the recent inn. How did you say it was three taels of silver?"
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji took a deep breath, "Thirty taels? This is too expensive."
The woman suddenly showed a disgusted expression, "Is it too expensive? If it's too expensive, you can go to a temple to stay overnight. There is a temple outside Beicheng to stay overnight. It's free."
She turned around and spat as she walked: "You are poor and want to go to high school without money? Unlucky."
Ma Junji's face turned red with anger and he was about to rush to argue with her, but Ning Caichen grabbed him and said, "Qiu Wei is important, don't let things get complicated."
Ma Junji gritted his teeth and said, "Dogs look down on people."
Ning Caichen was also anxious, but besides that, he was also depressed and worried about an uncertain future.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji searched around the city a few more times, and sure enough, there were no empty rooms to stay in. The few who were willing to rent a room had extremely high prices.
Although Gong Mengbi gave them a high salary, they were already poor and had a family to support, so they did not have such much spare money. What's more, in addition to the rent, the expenses in Jinhua must also be taken into account. This total is simply not affordable.
I went to the temples again to inquire, but they were all full.
The two of them remembered the woman's bad words again, saying that there was a temple outside Beicheng.
With no choice, the two had no choice but to look outside Beicheng.
There is only one beautiful mountain peak in the north of the city. The scenery in the mountain is excellent, which relieves the depression in the two people's hearts.
Looking for it along the mountain road, I saw a temple.
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