I heard You Ben report back: "Sir, Sen Ying said that she saw a tail swaying in the pumpkin pile. It looked like... a mouse, and it scared her."

Tu Shanjing stood up and said, "I'll go down and take a look."

I got out of the car to give him way and then followed him.

Ruiyang sat in the driving seat and turned around to lift the car curtain. Senying hid at the door behind him, tears welling up in her eyes, and pointed to the other side and said, "It's, it's in that corner..."

I looked in the direction she pointed and saw several large boxes stacked in the car, with some bundles, baskets and pumpkins piled next to the boxes. You had already walked around to the back of the car, with a faint glow in his hand, ready to go.

Tu Shanjing walked to the door of the car and said loudly: "Come out, you can't escape."

There was no movement for a long while, and the light in You's hand became brighter. He whispered, "Don't refuse a toast and drink a forfeit!"

There were two squeaking sounds, and a little mouse came out from behind the pumpkin at the edge. The warbler screamed in fear and huddled at the door, unable to move. Tu Shanjing stepped into the car and took it out with his bare hands.

His long white fingers pinched the mouse's belly, the fur covering his fingertips, and he lifted it up and asked, "What are you doing following us?"

The little mouse squeaked twice and blinked its black eyes.

Tu Shanjing asked again: "Don't pretend to be innocent. I know you are a demon. If you don't tell me, I will crush you to death."

There was a "puff" sound and at the same time I shouted "Bye!", the little mouse fell to the ground, rolled over and turned into a little boy, it was Xiao Hui who I hadn't seen for a long time.

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Master, spare my life! Master, spare my life!"

Tu Shanjing clapped his hands, glanced at me, turned back and asked him: "Tell the truth, and I will forgive you."

The little gray head did not dare to raise his head, but lowered himself to the ground and said in a muffled voice: "Little one... I saw these big pumpkins were delicious, so I thought I would eat them along the way. I have a small appetite, so I can only eat a few bites to make it look good. I will survive for a few days."

Tu Shanjing said coldly: "You are not telling the truth."

Xiao Hui kowtowed several times. I couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so I stepped forward and explained, "Sir, Lan-Su Lan knows this little rat spirit. His name is Xiao Hui. He wrote for me for a few days and he loves to listen to stories. I think I've been through a lot recently and he has no stories to listen to, so he's itching to follow me."

Xiao Hui looked up at me, leaned down and said, "Yes, I only have two friends, Miss and Xiao Wei. I saw that they were going out, and I was afraid of being lonely, so I followed them bravely. Please forgive me, sir."

Sen Ying covered her mouth with a handkerchief, walked over and whispered, "Young Master, I don't know how dirty he is. Don't get close to him and dirty you." After that, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Tu Shan Jing.

Tu Shanjing took it, wiped his hands, and looked at me: "He has been hiding in the car these days. I don't know how much we have said. We can't let him go like this. If you know him, take him with you and let him go after the matter is done."

I quickly said yes, and assured that Xiao Hui was a good citizen and I would take good care of him. Sen Ying opened her mouth and said a little aggrievedly: "Sir, I dare not sit in the carriage at the back by myself. Please show mercy and let Sen Ying go to the carriage at the front with everyone."

Jing asked You to sit in the back of the carriage and asked Senying to sit in his original seat by the door. Xiaohui sat next to me. Knowing that he was not popular, he tried to curl himself up and try not to look at Senying across from him. Senying also turned her head away and looked at Xiaohui with disgust. Xiaowei was very happy, her eyes sparkling, and she opened her mouth as if she wanted to talk to Xiaohui, but I stopped her with a look.

The carriage was moving very fast, and the interior was silent. For a moment, the silence enveloped the interior. I couldn't stand this atmosphere. I thought it would be uncomfortable to walk like this all the way, so I cleared my throat and broke the silence: "Sir, there is nothing to do on the journey, and Xiao Hui is here for stories. Why don't I tell a few stories to relieve your boredom? Then Xiao Hui can write them down and sell them later, which will be an income for our Tushan Mansion. Although the silver is not much, it is worse than a wasted trip."

Tu Shanjing was originally thinking about something, and nodded after hearing this: "Okay. After all, you are my maid, and you never forget to make money wherever you go."

Seeing that he agreed, I racked my brains to pick up the bizarre story and told it: "It is said that there was a scholar who took a carriage like us, going to the capital to take the imperial examination. He lost his way on the way, and in the evening he came to a desolate place with no village in front and no shop behind. He was worried about having no place to stay, but unexpectedly, after turning around and around, he saw a light in the distance, and there seemed to be smoke rising. The scholar told the servant to hurry up and rush to the place with the light..."

Yu Xin, who was outside the curtain, suddenly interrupted: "This is in the middle of nowhere, and suddenly a family comes. It's very strange."

Everyone in the car was concentrating on listening to my story, but he suddenly spoke, and they were all startled. I saw from the corner of my eye that Tu Shanjing also shuddered, and then pretended to be nothing, and I couldn't help laughing in my heart. I took over the conversation and said: "Brother Yu - what you said is very true, you are worthy of being a veteran who has traveled all over the country. But this scholar is devoted to studying poetry and books, how can he have so much experience on the road, and the servant is also young and inexperienced, so he walked all the way to the place where the lights were on, and saw that it was an inn. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up from the ground, blowing sand and stones, blinding the eyes, so the two of them hurried into the house-"

With a "pa" sound, Yu Xin slapped his thigh, shocking everyone in the car. Tu Shanjing cleared his throat and said, "Yu Xin, just listen, don't scare these women in the car anymore."

Yu Xin quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, everyone! I just felt anxious for them! How can we rush in without checking it out?!"

I laughed and said, "Yes, it's a pity that they didn't have Brother Yu to check on them, so they stepped into the trap..."

I picked two stories from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio that weren't super scary, and then it was sunset, the carriage slowed down, and people started to speak around. My mouth was dry from talking, and my butt was sore from sitting, so I started to act like a spoiled child: "No, no, I'm tired, I want to stay in a hotel and eat delicious food!"

Sen Ying covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "You just said that the scholar and the servant ate in that inn... We only found out when the sun came up the next day. Now we have to stay in the inn and eat. I can't eat it!"

I chuckled: "So you are thinner than me!" I turned to look at Tu Shanjing and asked: "Sir, today is the first day, everyone is not used to it, go to bed early, it won't be too late to catch up later when you are used to it!"

Tu Shanjing smiled and said, "We didn't have a tight schedule, we just had to be careful on the road." He lifted the curtain and looked around, then said, "I think we have arrived at Zining Town, which has always been a place with simple folk customs. We can just stay here."

Yu Xin responded from outside and the carriage slowed down. He must be looking around for an inn.

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