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Inside the Lanruo Temple.

After Ning Caichen lit the fire, he made a simple bed beside the fire with door panels and other sundries.

After Mrs. Ye finished cleaning the Buddha statue, she felt that there were no more obscure spiritual thoughts coming from her, so she shook off the dust on her body with her immortal energy and walked over.

Ning Caichen didn't notice his sudden release of his strong immortal energy, but it made Yan Chixia more certain that this is a Buddhist cultivator whose cultivation base is deeper than her own.

Mrs. Ye sat down and found that Ning Caichen had also helped her to make a simple bed. She smiled and nodded as a thank you.

The three of them were roasting by the fire, and it should have been very warm. Ning Caichen always felt that there was a gust of cold wind around Lanruo Temple, so he couldn't help rubbing his arms and said:

"Mr. Li, do you feel that this place is a bit colder than other places in Guobei County?"

Yan Chixia laughed and said: "You are a weak scholar, of course you will feel cold when you enter the wolf's den."

"Wolf's Den?"

Ning Caichen was taken aback for a moment, and then recalled that when he and Yetai came, it was getting late, but he heard a few howling wolves vaguely.

But it's cold, what does it have to do with the wolf's den?

Ning Caichen pursed his lips, looked at Yan Chixia and said, "Weird man, we have a fire, and we live in small groups, and the pack of wolves would not dare to break into the temple to be a monster. By the way, strange man, what's your name?" Huh? Why did you choose to stay here in the middle of the night, with such high martial arts, is it possible that you are also ashamed of money like me and Mr. Li?"

Yan Chixia didn't shy away from saying: "A certain Yan Chixia has lived here in Lanruo Temple for more than half a month, but it's not because she is shy, but because she wants to save people."

"Rescue?"

Ning Caichen didn't understand why, so he asked innocently, "Who are you saving?"

"You idiot!"

Yan Chixia said unhappily: "It's really courageous. A mere weak scholar dares to come to Lanruo Temple to stay at night."

Ning Caichen felt more and more that this person had a weird personality. You thought I wanted to come to this wilderness in the middle of the night, but I told you everything, because I was out of pocket.

Then he rolled his eyes, ignored him, and looked at Ye Taidao: "Mr. Li, I really didn't realize that you are still a person who respects Buddha."

Mrs. Ye was warming on the fire, and said with a slight smile: "I used to be a lay disciple of Lingyin Temple, and it has become a habit to worship Buddha when I meet Buddha."

"Lingyin Temple... no wonder."

Yan Chixia muttered, remembering the tree demon's behavior of slapping Lingyin Temple in the face some time ago.

It is also clear about Mrs. Ye's roots, the purpose of coming here, and the reason for paying homage to the Buddha.

Ning Caichen also nodded, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that Mr. Li still has this status. This makes Xiaosheng feel more at ease. I am a Tongsheng of the Song Dynasty, with national aura, and Mr. Li and this weird person are big The hero is here, even if there are any ghosts and ghosts, they dare not come to us if they think about it."

This is purely a compliment, because Ning Caichen still doesn't believe in the existence of any monsters.

If it is true, Yan Chixia is such a big living person, even though his martial arts seem to be quite strong, but he has met a monster with great powers in the storyteller's mouth, and he has lived here for more than half a month. Neither.

Yan Chixia rolled her eyes at him, and said: "First, a certain family is called Yan Chixia, not some weirdo, Guisuner. Second, a certain family and this Mr. Li are naturally not afraid of any monsters and ghosts, but you Well, it’s okay to be a human being, a mere child is born, and no one will bury him when he dies!”

Ning Caichen was leisurely, as if he had gotten used to this strange man's way of speaking, and said to Mrs. Ye: "Mr. Li, since we are all in the world, I don't know what your plans are for tomorrow? Today you, Xiaosheng, have a good meal." , if I go back to the humble house with Xiaosheng tomorrow, I can repay you, but the family is poor and only has some simple food, I hope you don’t feel disgusted."

Although Ning Caichen looked dumbfounded, he was actually not stupid.

Mr. Li was a lay disciple of Lingyin Temple in the past, and he walked outside all year round, but he lived a more chic life than anyone else.

It must be armed with force, and perhaps quite impressive!

Moreover, as a casual ranger, he just happened to have exhausted all his money, and as a weak scholar, it was indeed a bit unsafe to act alone at the border.

Didn't the last Jibaozhai guy who knew a little bit of rough kung fu get hacked to death on the way?

In the name of repaying him, he happened to be able to go with him, and his personal safety could be guaranteed.

Although Mrs. Ye would definitely not go with Ning Caichen, she suddenly asked as if she remembered something:

"Let's talk about the fellowship, I just see that Brother Ning is a scholar with a lot of poetry and books, but he doesn't hesitate to work and study to come to this border to collect debts indiscriminately. Is there any difficulty in the family?"

Ning Caichen smiled embarrassedly, and said: "To be honest, I have to do part-time work and part-time study. Ning's family has three or two acres of fertile land, but his wife is seriously ill in bed. Old mother in her [-]s, I have to go out to work and study as a last resort, otherwise... well, I won’t even be able to pay my wife’s medicine soup fee and the school’s tuition fee.”

Gee.

Yan Chixia took a look at Ning Caichen, feeling more and more that this kid is quite pleasing to the eye, he does not abandon his poor wife, wants to support a family, wants to study, and wants to go out to work and study, he is still a responsible scholar.

Mrs. Ye also nodded lightly, but didn't say any more.

Ning Caichen has a family, this is the real plot in Pu Songling's original work.

In fact, in many film and television dramas, only the love story between him and the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian was filmed.

In the original book, Ning Caichen started a relationship with Nie Xiaoqian when his wife was seriously ill, and finally brought Nie Xiaoqian home. When he saw his mother-in-law, his sick wife was still in pain in the next room cough.

Under such circumstances, Ning Caichen took Nie Xiaoqian as his wife, and took several concubines when he was old.

It can be said that he has reached the pinnacle of his life.

From a modern point of view, this is an out-and-out scumbag.

But, from the perspective of ancient times, Ning Caichen was already considered a kind and righteous young man.

Taking a concubine was nothing in ancient times. Since his wife was seriously ill, he had to go out despite the wind and rain to earn medicine and soup for his wife. Wife does not want her to know this fact when she is ill.

After all, if he wasn't a kind-hearted person, Yan Chixia and Nie Xiaoqian wouldn't be so optimistic about him and help him.

It's just that in Mrs. Ye's view, the biggest criticism of him is the phrase "everything in life".

You say that if you take a concubine, you will take a concubine, and if you continue your concubine, you will continue to concubine, but you always like to flaunt yourself, saying that you will never fall in love with other people in this life.

When I said this, the promise was a literati attack, and it came from the heart.

But after flaunting himself, after his wife is old and lustful, and the couple's passionate love period is over, they start to take concubines again.

This is a bit of that.

However, this may also be a common problem of ancient literati. After all, even Su Dongpo, one of the eight great masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, has a dark history of giving his pregnant concubine to his friends to play with.

Mrs. Ye asked this question purely out of curiosity, not to belittle anyone, and after knowing the answer, she didn't feel any shock in her heart.

It didn't prevent him from saving Ning Caichen's life when he was killed.

297、Dragon and Snake Meet, Life and Death, Two Blossoms

The three chatted around the fire again.

Yan Chixia had a good impression of Ning Caichen, a rotten scholar.