Across the Sky From the Stop of Time

"Brother Hao, good morning!" Hao Shuai had just put away the Hundred Flowers Picture when Zhu Xiaolian came in from the back room while rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"Brother Zhu, it's getting late, the sun is already high." Hao Shuai pointed to the sun outside and said.

"Ah?" Zhu Xiaolian ran to the entrance of the hall in disbelief, looking at the red sun hanging high in the middle, he lost his voice and said, "How could it be? I always get up early!"

"Brother Zhu, it's normal to snooze once or twice once in a while." Hao Shuai said with some amusement.

Why did Zhu Xiaolian sleep until now?

That's because when Hao Shuai came out from the painting wall, it was just early in the morning. Later, in order to refine the Hundred Flowers Picture with peace of mind, he cast a sleepy spell on Zhu Xiaolian's master and servant, making them sleep until now.

"Could it be that I just fell asleep?!" Zhu Xiaolian didn't doubt it, and walked back to the hall on his own, "Hey, why is this mural gone?"

At this time, he happened to see the blank walls on both sides of the hall, and exclaimed suddenly.

"Mural? What mural? I'm afraid Brother Zhu is sleepy?" Hao Shuai looked puzzled.

"Mural~~" Zhu Xiaolian pointed at the wall emotionally, gestured up and down: "There is a mural of fairies on it!!"

"Brother Zhu, listen to my words, let's marry a wife this time when I go home!" Hao Shuai patted Zhu Xiaolian on the shoulder, and said, "Look at you so suffocated~~ your eyes are hallucinating."

"I'm still a fairy~~"

"If you think it's troublesome, you can go to the place of fireworks and find a young lady to relieve your loneliness."

"What are you talking about! Brother Hao!!" Zhu Xiaolian was a little anxious, just in time to see his book boy Hou Xia also entered the hall, and hurriedly shouted: "Hou Xia~ Hou Xia~~, come here quickly."

"Ah? Oh!" Hou Xia was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked up to Zhu Xiaolian, and replied, "Young Master, what do you want me to do?"

"Housia, do you remember that we stood here and looked at a beautiful wall before?" Zhu Xiaolian asked Hou Xia while pulling him.

"Huh, huh? Where's the mural?" The drowsy Houxia also came to his senses at this time, and stepped forward to grope the wall in doubt, wondering, "Where did the mural go?"

"Brother Hao, let's see!! Hou Xia also said that there are murals." Hou Xia's reaction strengthened Zhu Xiaolian's confidence, and he continued: "I will go to Master Fudo and ask him what's going on."

After speaking, Zhu Xiaolian planned to go to the back room.

"What master?" Hao Shuai stopped Zhu Xiaolian, "doubtful" said: "Isn't this Lanruo Temple only the three of us and the servant girl Fourteen Niang, how can there be any immovable master?!"

There is indeed no immovable master~~

Just before Zhu Xiaolian and the others woke up, Fudo had already wandered around the world with his aunt, staying and flying together!

"Ah~~" Zhu Xiaolian felt that his brain was about to explode, and he said emotionally: "How could there be no master? It is the master who welcomed us in yesterday!"

"Brother Zhu, do you think we will encounter any supernatural things?" Hao Shuai suddenly looked at Zhu Xiaolian and asked seriously.

"No way?!" Zhu Xiaolian's body was tightened by Hao Shuai's words, and he hurriedly looked around.

Although Zibu talked about strange powers and gods, as a scholar, he shouldn't believe in these things, but Zhu Xiaolian also knew that the world is not fair now, ghosts and monsters are rampant in the world, and it is normal to encounter supernatural things.

"No matter what, Brother Zhu, there is something strange here. If we rest well, we'd better hurry." Hao Shuai didn't bother to continue pestering here, and resolutely planned to leave.

"Brother Hao Shuai is right, let's go!" Zhu Xiaolian also felt that this place was a bit weird, and after hearing Hao Shuai's suggestion, he immediately asked Hou Xia to pack his things.

Afterwards, Hao Shuai called Fourteen Niang who was preparing lunch, and a group of four hurriedly left Lanruo Temple.

...

Because of the addition of two ordinary people, master and servant Zhu Xiaolian, the speed of Hao Shuai and Xin Shishiniang naturally slowed down.

In fact, take it slow! Anyway, Hao Shuai is not in a hurry.

On this day, the four of them came to a small town before dark.

After entering the city, the four of them, who had been outdoors for two days, came to the only inn in the town.

After settling down, Zhu Xiaolian couldn't wait to order a table of good food, and ordered a jar of good wine to entertain Hao Shuai. First, he felt that Hao Shuai had taken care of him these days, and second, it was a good reward for himself.

During the banquet, the two talked about knowledge while eating and drinking, and Zhu Xiaolian toasted to Hao Shuai frequently.

He is not stupid, through the past few days of getting along, he knows that Hao Shuai is a person with great ability and knowledge, and a good relationship with Hao Shuai will not be bad.

At Hao Shuai's position of strength, making friends no longer cares about strength and status. To paraphrase Xiao Wang's famous saying: I don't care if he has money or not when I make friends, because I don't have money anyway!

He mainly looks at the edge of the eye.

Zhu Xiaolian has a very funny face, plus he is quite funny and his conversation is elegant. Hao Shuai has nothing to do, so I really don't mind chatting and drinking with him.

While the two were pushing cups and changing glasses, suddenly there was a commotion from outside, the two looked in a blink of an eye, but there were four traveling merchants outside the inn who wanted to stay in the inn, but for some reason they quarreled with the shopkeeper.

The sharp-eared Hao Shuai listened for a while, and he got a rough idea. In fact, four people wanted to stay in the store, but the shopkeeper said there was no room.

This inn was the only inn in the town, and the four of them had to sleep on the street without any room, which made the four merchants unwilling to leave no matter what, so they quarreled.

In the end, the storekeeper hesitated and said: "These four guests, if you insist on staying, I do have a room here, but I don't know if you want it or not."

"When you're away from home, you just need to have a place to live. There are so many conditions." The leader of the four should be the one who spoke, and he replied with a happy face.

"My daughter-in-law just died, and the coffin is still in the utility room in the backyard. If you don't mind, I can make do with it for one night, and I won't charge your rent." The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said it anyway.

"Yes!" The four merchants looked at each other, discussed for a while, and then agreed to the shopkeeper.

Hao Shuai didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the four of them and the shopkeeper, and greeted Zhu Xiaolian to continue drinking.

...

In the dead of night, in this small town, you can vaguely hear the barking of the local dog. If you say that you are alone in the wilderness, it is really scary.

The entire inn was quiet, and if you listened carefully, you could even hear snoring not far away.

Time couldn't stop moving backwards, unknowingly, the hour had already passed, and in the middle of the night, there was a strange sound of "crack bang, bang bang" in the backyard of the inn, which was particularly obvious in the silent night , especially for a master of practice like Hao Shuai who has excellent ears.

"Huh?" With a deep groan, Hao Shuai, who was sleeping soundly with his arms around Peony Peony, closed his eyes slightly. In the darkness, an invisible spiritual thought swept across the backyard of the inn.