In the early morning, Ma Jin looked at the sky that was exposed with a fish-white appearance, and couldn't help but stretched, turned his head and looked at Lin Wan'er, who was still holding her legs and staring blankly, and frowned slightly. She had not moved for a night. What was the reason why such a daughter-in-law had such a big change, which was completely different from last night?

"Miss Wan'er, do you have any worries?"

He walked gently to Lin Wan'er and sat down, and Ma Jin asked with a hint of concern.

"ah?"

Lin Wan'er stood up like a frightened rabbit, with her eyes full of panic, accident, regret, and a hint of hatred.

Ma Jin frowned even deeper, and he naturally knew that Lin Wan'er's emotions were not directed at him, but what exactly made her so emotional was because of the attack at night?

"Mr. Zhou, are you doing something?" Lin Wan'er suddenly changed her appearance when she saw that it was Ma Jin. She changed her face to the previous clever smile Yanran, but her face was a little tired and her smile was a little stiff.

Ma Jin shook his head, stood up and stared at Lin Wan'er and asked word by word:

"It's nothing to do. I wonder if Miss Wan'er has something to do. Doesn't Miss Wan'er want to talk about what happened last night?"

"What's going on tonight?" Lin Wan'er looked confused, and there was no trace of strangeness on her face.

"Things happened last night..."

"Does it have anything to do with the little girl?"

"Is that okay? Why did those officials attack us?"

"The little woman doesn't understand what the young master means. Wan'er is just an ordinary farmer girl, so how could she offend people?"

"Oh, is that so? A farm girl like Miss Wan'er is really rare in the world!"

"Is that true? Thank you for your compliment!"

“…”

Looking at Lin Wan'er with an innocent look on his face, Ma Jin smiled helplessly. He really couldn't do anything about Lin Wan'er like this. Since he couldn't ask anything, he simply stopped asking.

"Miss Wan'er, do you know what paths to Lin'an are nearby?" Ma Jin said seriously.

Seeing Ma Jin's serious expression, Lin Wan'er also became solemn, and frowned:

"Young Master, in addition to the official road from Zhaozhou to Lin'an, there are several small roads that lead to Lin'an, but all officers and soldiers set up chucks to check."

"Oh, is that?" Ma Jin frowned even deeper. He was eager to arrive in Lin'an and Wang Chengen and others for a round. If it took too long, he was afraid that Wang Chengen would not help but notify Li Mu and the others, and then it might cause another turbulent wave.

"But..." Lin Wan'er suddenly changed her voice at this time:

"There is a road without barriers, but it's a bit rugged and difficult to walk. It will take at least two days to go to Lin'an on this road."

"That road?"

"Linshan Plank Road!"

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Linshan.

The red sun sets in the west, dyeing the endless Linshan Mountains a layer of twilight. The howling north wind does not whimper through the hills, but at this moment, a sound of horse hooves sounded, and several cavalrymen were flying along the narrow mountain road. The leader was the knight and the reins were tied. The war horse under his crotch neighed and stopped.

The knight on the horse lifted his hood and showed a handsome young face of Fengshen. Who would be Ma Jin? Just as Ma Jin was looking at the environment on the mountain, several more horses rushed over behind him, and it was Xu Changan and Lin Wan'er.

Ma Jin looked at the sky and turned around and said:

"It's almost dark, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk. There may be unexpected accidents when running around at night. Let's find a place to stay before dark."

Xu Chang'an looked around for a while, and suddenly a small village at the foot of the mountain ahead came into his eyes. He pointed at him in surprise:

"Brother Zhou, look, there is a village there!"

Ma Jin looked carefully in the direction Xu Changan pointed:

"Yes, Brother Zhou, let's go faster and take advantage of the dawn to rush to the village to stay for a night." As he said that, he squeezed his legs and rushed out to the hills.

…………

It was evening at night. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the small mountain village at the foot of the mountain seemed particularly peaceful. The houses in the village were built against the mountains, and every family built high stone walls, obviously to guard against wild animals.

But what is surprising is that it was dinner at this time, but the village was surprisingly quiet, and even the dog barking and the chicken crowing could not be heard. Ma Jin and his party quickly arrived at the entrance of the village. Xu Changan was about to hit the horse, but Ma Jin grabbed him:

"Slowly, this village is a little strange."

Xu Changan looked confused and looked at the village again, but he didn't see any problems. Lin Wan'er, who was beside him, said:

"Young Master Zhou said it well. The village is too quiet. It's time for supper now. Why can't you see any smoke in the cooking stove? There's something strange here."

Xu Changan immediately realized and said with some panting:

"Brother Zhou, are we still going to the village?"

Ma Jin pondered for a moment and then said in a deep voice:

"Walk!"

As he said that, he walked towards the village with his horse's belly. The group slowly walked on the village road, but did not see a single figure, and even a single poultry and livestock that are common in the countryside. Apart from the sound of "stepping" and "stepping" horse hooves, there was no sound.

Xu Changan followed Ma Jin tightly, looking at the empty and gloomy village, and couldn't help but feel cold. Even if he was careless, he knew that something was wrong, so he couldn't help but hit Ma Jin:

"Brother Zhou, the situation is wrong, isn't it? Could it be that there is no one in the village?"

Ma Jin "putted" and strangled the war horse under his crotch, shook his head and said:

"Impossible. Look at the walls of these houses on the street, like newly built ones, without a trace of green moss, it is obviously taken care of frequently. If you look at the gate of the courtyard, there is no trace of mottledness. This must be inhabited here."

"But why there is no sound at all?" Xu Changan asked in confusion.

Ma Jin shook his head, and then Xu Xiaoba pointed to the front and shouted:

"Look, there is light in the yard in front!"

Everyone hurriedly looked up and saw a courtyard at the bend not far ahead, with a hazy light scattering on the road through the courtyard gate.

"Let's go, let's go..." Ma Jin said.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Ma Jin turned over and got off the horse and walked to the door, reached out and knocked on the door knocker. After a while, seeing that no one responded, Ma Jin knocked again and shouted loudly: "Is anyone at home?"

After a while, no one answered. When he was about to knock on the door again, he suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door from inside, and then the sound of footsteps came out. After a moment, the door creaked and a small crack opened, and a mottled and white-haired old man showed his head.

Ma Jin hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:

"Old man, we are passers-by. Because we missed Guantou, we accidentally went to the mountains. We wanted to spend a night in your place. Can we make it convenient?"

The old man looked at the five people with some suspicion and said:

"You are not our locals, aren't you?"

Ma Jin bowed and said:

"Xiao Ke is from Jizhou, Northeast Road, Hedong!"

The old man suddenly realized and grinned:

"No wonder, you don't know the rules here. Today is April 26th, the birthday of the Nine Heavens Demon Heavenly Lord, and it is also the day when he patrolls the sufferings of people in the sky. We cannot go out on this day, two, two, two, two, three, you cannot visit relatives and friends. I am sorry that I can't receive a few of you."

"But, if you don't have a place to stay, you can go to the Tianjun Temple in the village, where you can rest."

Ma Jin hurriedly thanked:

"Thank you for your advice!"

After the old man closed the door, Ma Jin and his friends turned around and left. Ma Jin couldn't help but shake his head and said:

"This Qin Si Tianjun is so domineering. The common people can't even leave his birthday, which is a bit beyond my expectations."

"Brother Zhou is such a bad word. Qin Tianjun has never asked the people not to go out today. It's just that the people are grateful to the Lord for their kindness and do so spontaneously." Xu Chang'an explained.

"Oh, is it true that Luzhou is the same?" Ma Jin asked with interest.

"Not bad!" Xu Changan nodded and said, "Not only Luzhou, the people of the entire Jingzhong Road will do this on this day. The people call this day "Mushen Festival" to thank Qin Si, the emperor of the Nine Heavens, for subduing demons and eliminating demons, protecting the local area, so that the people can live and work in peace. In fact, not only Jingzhong Road, but also the roads around Jingzhong Road will also pass Mushen Festival."

"Hmph, it's just a hypocrite who fools the people!" Lin Wan'er suddenly snorted, immediately choking Xu Changan.

Xu Changan was a little unhappy when he saw Lin Wan'er. Seeing her slandering the Heavenly Lord Qin Si like this, he didn't have to angrily say:

"How can you slander Lord Tianjun like this? What kind of heart do you press? Isn't it all the credit of the Heavenly Lord that you can stand here well? Otherwise, you would have become a food on the plate on the monster's table, and you are really ungrateful!"

"You..." Lin Wan'er was furious, and her favor for Xu Changan turned into nothingness for a moment.

"Okay, don't fight anymore!" Ma Jin frowned slightly and shouted in a low voice. His tone was full of majesty, which made Xu Changan and his two men stiffen and closed their mouths together.

Soon a few people came to a temple with golden roofs, green tiles and flying eaves. This temple was located right in the center of the village, surrounded by sparse courtyards of the people. It can be said to be a real small temple. However, a large hall stood alone on a few acres of land. When everyone came to the temple gate, they saw a plaque hanging high on the door, with the words "Dangmo Tianjun Temple".

When he entered the temple, Ma Jin was stunned. He saw a statue of god enshrined in the center of the hall. What was strange was that this statue was just a back, not a frontal face. He was wearing a big red robe embroidered gold robe. His back looked very tall and upright, which made him sigh:

"Oh, this statue is really strange. Since it is worshipped by someone, why is there only one back?"

"Brother Zhou, you don't know anything about this. Although the Heavenly King Qin Si is admired by everyone, no one has ever seen his true appearance. This back was also caused by a great demon on the northwest road of Beijing in the past, which made the earth barren for thousands of miles and countless hunger. Qin Tianjun was sent by the emperor to kill the great demon on the north road. That battle turned the world upside down.

It’s a pity that they were fighting in the sky, and everyone could only see a back view. Qin Tianjun’s back was accidentally painted by a painter, and this back image was created. Because of his kindness, the people of the Song Dynasty invited their portraits home to worship or build temples to sacrifice to protect their safety." Xu Chang'an explained.

"So there is such a reason here. It seems that Qin Si is really loved by the people. Even such remote mountain villages have people to build temples for him!" Ma Jin sighed.

As he said that, he looked around the temple and said aloud: "I am a low-class person, because I missed the Sutou, I came to Gui Temple to stay for one night. Is there anyone in the temple?"

There was silence in the temple. There was no movement except Ma Jin's voice. Ma Jin shouted again, but no one answered.

"It's really strange. There is still a temple in the world that no one cares about?" Xu Changan muttered.
To be continued...