Ning Caichen was a scholar, so of course he would not have the courage to face Lin Yueru. Just the sight of the shining sword scared him to the point of peeing his pants. Fortunately, Zhao Linger couldn't bear it and helped Lin Yueru, otherwise Lin Yueru might have given him a hard time.
It is not impossible to tie him up and whip him.
Ning Caichen was also sent here to collect debts, but unfortunately the people here had no money to give him. Just as they had said to Fang Zheng before, they had used all their money to help those "experts" to exorcise demons. And they were living from hand to mouth, so how could they care about a poor scholar?
But Ning Caichen was also a fool, he would not go home until he got the money, so when people pressed him, he said directly, "The people who took the money are on the mountain, if you have the guts, go up the mountain and ask them for it!" (Although this was also true, after all, they died on the mountain)
So this young man really went up the mountain.
While Fang Zheng and the others were attacked by those female ghosts at the foot of the mountain, this guy encountered nothing on the mountain - one can only say that the protagonist is lucky.
"Brother Fang, what should we do now?"
During this journey, Lin Yueru and Fang Zheng became familiar with each other and no longer called him the miracle doctor, but called him Brother Fang.
"Sister Ling'er said that this temple has evil spirits. Why don't we just burn it down?"
"Of course we have to burn it..."
Looking at the old locust tree in the temple, Fang Zheng said that it would be a pity not to use such a large firewood. But now this is a pilgrimage to the holy land. When you go to the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain, don’t you want to participate in the plot in person? If Ning Caichen was not here, Fang Zheng would just follow Lin Yueru’s words and burn this place down. But since Ning Caichen is here, Fang Zheng must watch the plot!
Why do people play the plot when they are invincible? Isn't it just to watch the cutscenes?
"But let's rest here for a night first, and then decide whether to burn it or not."
"Why?"
After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Lin Yueru was obviously reluctant, but Zhao Linger obviously realized what Fang Zheng wanted to do, so she pulled Lin Yueru aside and whispered a few words to her. Then they took Ai Ge to a side room in the temple to connect online.
You're just sitting around doing nothing anyway, right?
"call……"
Ning Caichen finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Lin Yueru and the other three girls leave. He looked at Fang Zheng and gave an awkward smile.
"Hey... Brother, do you think there are really ghosts here?"
"What do you think?"
Looking at Ning Caichen in front of him, Fang Zheng also found it funny, so he couldn't help but tease him. This scholar looked like an honest man. When talking to Lin Yueru and the others just now, Ning Caichen didn't even dare to look at them, but stared at the ground. It looked like the reaction of a loser who had never seen a goddess, but then again, I'm afraid all the scholars in ancient times were like this.
But think about the scholar protagonists in those Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio stories who had one-night stands with fox spirits, mountain spirits, monsters and ghosts...why do they seem so open-minded?
So was the ancient times conservative or open?
Fang Zheng really couldn't figure it out.
"I, I just think this temple can protect me from the wind and rain..."
As Ning Caichen spoke, he looked around uneasily. He might not have felt it just now, but after hearing what Lin Yueru said, he also felt that this temple seemed a bit eerie.
"Hahaha, don't worry, that little girl is just trying to scare you."
Fang Zheng would not really scare Ning Caichen away. How could he recall the plot if this NPC left? So he smiled and patted Ning Caichen on the shoulder. After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Ning Caichen was relieved and gave Fang Zheng a somewhat awkward smile.
"Thank you, brother..."
"Come on, come on, it's fate that we met on the road. You guys are free anyway, why don't you have a good chat? I also have something I want to ask you."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng grabbed Ning Caichen and pulled him to sit on the wooden chair next to him. It was his first time in ancient times, and he met a scholar like Ning Caichen. Naturally, he was very curious about the people of this era. Ning Caichen was stunned when Fang Zheng pulled him over and looked at him.
"May I ask what you want to ask me?"
"Nothing, I just want to do some research and look at the samples... I think, as a scholar, you must have heard a lot of strange stories."
Fang Zheng couldn't remember which dynasty Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was written in, but he didn't care, while Ning Caichen nodded.
“Indeed, I have heard a little about it.”
"Then you must have heard of such stories. You see, it's like a scholar goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination, and then encounters a rainstorm on the way, so he takes shelter in a private house. The daughter of the wealthy family sees the scholar's good looks and falls in love with him. The two of them either get pregnant or have an affair. Then the daughter gives gold, silver and jewelry to the scholar, so that he can go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Then the scholar comes back with the top scorer, wins the daughter, and the two get married...Have you heard of such stories?"
“I’ve heard of this…”
"So what do you think of this story?"
"Very good, such joy and happiness, isn't it a good thing?"
"Then don't you think the woman in the story is quite sexy?"
“Hey…Hey?”
Hearing this, Ning Caichen was stunned and didn't react at all.
"Why do you say that, brother?"
“Look…”
Hearing Ning Caichen's question, Fang Zheng immediately expressed his thoughts.
"In this kind of story, most scholars go to Beijing to take the imperial examinations, and encounter a rainstorm, so they go to take shelter. The time is not long, and even if you meet the lady, it is only one or two days at most. In these one or two days, the two sides have not said a few words, and your lady thinks that this scholar is handsome and has the potential to be the top scholar, and then the two of you do that? If you were to tell me, a woman who has only met you for one or two days would have sex with you, what do you think?"
"This, this is of course a rejection!"
As expected, Ning Caichen shook his head vigorously.
"For matters between men and women, the right thing to do is to marry openly. Isn't it against the teachings of the saints to have sex in secret? It's not decent..."
"But isn't that the case with the ladies in those stories? Then again, the scholar in this story couldn't be sure if he was the other party's first man either. Maybe the lady used the same trick on every poor scholar who passed by. The saying goes, 'cast a wide net to catch more fish, and choose the best one to follow', isn't that the truth... Well, if that's the case, then after the marriage, those top scholars still don't know whose children they are raising, after all, there was no paternity test in that era, right?"
“This, this, this…”
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Ning Caichen's face turned red with anxiety. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say.
"The lady is innocent..."
"Oh? You can see it? How did you see it? Can you teach me?"
“…”
Faced with Fang Zheng's curious question, Ning Caichen was dumbfounded. How could a poor scholar like him read such a thing? !
"Hahaha, when you figure it out, write me an 800-word reflection and give it to me."
Seeing Ning Caichen's shattered worldview and his doubt about life, Fang Zheng laughed, then turned and left, lying down to rest. Ning Caichen was left alone, staring blankly, looking as if he hadn't figured out the situation yet.
Soon, night fell.
The whole temple was deserted. Fang Zheng cast a spell on himself and hid aside, looking at Ning Caichen with a smile. The nerd seemed to take Fang Zheng's words seriously. He actually took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and spread them on the old table, intending to write something. But it was obvious that he was also quite entangled and didn't know how to start.
"Brother Fang, what are you doing?"
Also in the magic barrier, Lin Yueru looked curiously at Ning Caichen who was lying in front of the table with a candle in deep thought, and couldn't help asking. In fact, when it was dark, Fang Zheng used the excuse of watching a good show to pull the three of them out and hide here. Anyway, with the magic barrier, they were not afraid of being discovered by the female ghosts and tree spirits.
"Watch the show, watch the show..."
Fang Zheng covered his mouth and waited for the plot flashback to appear with a smile.
Soon, accompanied by a gust of cold wind, Fang Zheng, Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru and Aige saw a female ghost in white clothes appear behind Ning Caichen...
The show is finally about to begin!