Chapter 41 Leaving Seclusion
When An Yi and An Er came to the carefully prepared upper room, they happened to see five pale monks lying on the bed. They walked in and stretched out their hands to touch, and found that their breath was gone. , the pulse stopped and the body was cold!
"What's going on?"
An Yi and An Er were completely dumbfounded. They were originally thinking of waiting for Master Xuanmi to come back and asking him for advice on matters related to King Kang's disciples, but he didn't expect it. In just one night, the five monks who were carrying the sedan chair for Master Xuanmi died!
What should I say now that the master is back?
If he blamed him, how could Anming Temple withstand King Kang's thunderous anger?
The two were so frightened that their expressions were no different from those of the dead bodies on the bed.
While they were wandering around above, thinking about countermeasures, a cook suddenly ran in from outside the door.
He looked ugly, as if he wanted to tell the two of them something, but An Yi and An Er were in no mood to care about him right now. He was about to wave his hand and tell him to get out of here, but he heard the cook speak eagerly. Said:
“Two big shopkeepers, what’s wrong! All the rice in our tanks has turned into dirt!”
"Ah?"
What the hell is going on?
The two of them didn't care so much and entered the kitchen in a hurry.
When they got here, they discovered that many monks were already squatting on the ground retching. What they spit out in their mouths were balls of yellow-brown stuff, some of which were condensed into a ball, and some of which were scattered. land.
Opening the lid of the rice bucket that was tightly closed next to it, I found that the white rice inside was filled with layers of loess.
"This?"
An Yi stared at the loess for a long time, as if he suddenly remembered something, he slapped his bare forehead:
"Ouch, bad food! "
Immediately afterwards, he picked up his junior brother An Er, who was still in a daze, and ran directly towards their secret treasury.
When they arrived at the small treasury, they opened the cellar door with both hands, and the two monks walked in anxiously.
But they immediately discovered that there was nothing in the entire cellar.
They still remember that they piled up piles of silver and shiny gold in the temple, as well as treasures offered by wealthy merchants from all over the world.
The calligraphy and painting are gone, the luminous pearl is gone, and the antique bottle is gone.
The savings of both of them for more than ten years are gone!
"I, you, Xuanmi!" An Yi was so anxious that he couldn't say anything. He blushed, felt his heart twitching, and his head was buzzing with layers of chills, and then his eyes fell into In the darkness, he stood upright, fell backwards, fell flat on the ground with a plop, and passed out.
An Er also hurriedly helped his fat senior brother, and he also realized what was happening around him.
"Xuanmi! I will kill you!"
An Er's eyes instantly turned blood red.
What opportunity did they bring here?
It was obviously a disaster!
...
Zuo Chen and Caiyi stayed one night at the inn in the town. They cut some money early the next morning and drove the donkey cart to the border.
On the way, Zuo Chen gave Cai Yi some teachings in simple terms. Cai Yi listened in confusion, but he was extremely serious. He took a small notebook to write down notes, and asked questions when he encountered someone who didn’t know how to do it. Zuo Chen was completely different from her previous blustering demeanor.
The monk asked her why there was such a big difference between before and after. Caiyi said:
"I'm not a fool. All the Taoist priests are willing to teach are great magical powers! Things that you can't learn with any amount of money. , I’m stupid, if I don’t listen carefully, I won’t have the chance to learn this magical power.”
The monk thought she was right.
It didn't take long for the donkey cart to reach the pass. From a distance, you can see the continuous city wall and the open gate.
"Huh?" Zuo Chen stared at the city gate with some confusion: "I thought the gate would be sealed." "I thought so at the beginning too."
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The monk poked his head out of the relic and sighed:
"At that time, when I and my fellow villagers saw the gate of the border gate open, we thought that the people in Qingzhou were nice and opened the door specifically to help the refugees from Xuzhou. But later I found out that the soldiers guarding the border were trying to lure the refugees from Xuzhou, and then used arrows to Shoot him to death."
"How did you get in, monk?" Caiyi asked.
Since the soldiers guarding the gate would use arrows to shoot at refugees, and the monk was also a refugee at the time, why did he not die?
“I didn’t know either, so I just ran away with my head down, and not a single arrow hit me. When I came to my senses, I had already entered the pass, and at that time several soldiers came down from the city wall. , I thought they were going to stab me with swords, but I didn’t expect that some of them patted me on the shoulders and said that I was very lucky and could enter the pass despite the rain of arrows. They didn’t stop me and let me enter by myself. I want to go to the city to make a living, and they showed me the road to Anming Temple.”
The monk said that although the soldiers guarding the gate killed the villagers he brought with him, he couldn’t hear it in his tone at the moment. Without hatred, there is only numb calm.
"No wonder Liu Biaotou said at that time that it was easy to pass the customs but difficult to return. You have to go back to the customs under the rain of arrows, which is really difficult."
The chat was over, and the two of them had already arrived at the border pass.
Looking around, there were many soldiers guarding the border. They were not trained. Instead, they set up tables inside the border with wine and meat on them. Soldiers often passed by and picked them up with their hands. He threw a piece of meat into his mouth, then grabbed the wine bottle and took a sip, feeling quite comfortable.
Looking deeper, you can see several kitchens. In the kitchens, there are a lot of cooks, pointing their cheeks at the stove and blowing, and they are making a fire to cook.
As soon as they arrived here, they attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the border. There were only a few people here, and the soldiers usually had nothing to do. The combination of Taoist priests and Huanghua maidens was even rarer, so they couldn't help but look at this place more.
Seeing that the carriage was still going outside the pass, a young soldier couldn't sit still, so he got up and walked to the donkey carriage.
"Taoist Master, you don't want to go to that place in front of you!" The young soldier stopped the donkey: "The place ahead is Xuzhou, which is now a dead place. The people inside can't afford food, so they are no longer human. If If they go to Xuzhou, they will probably be stewed into rice and meat!"
"Thank you, Bingjia. I have some preparations, so I should be able to pass through Xuzhou smoothly."
Zuo Chen is polite. road.
As soon as he said these words, the soldiers nearby laughed.
When the young soldier heard what Zuo Chen said, he stopped stopping him and watched him drive away in his donkey cart.
After the donkey cart was completely out of sight and could no longer be seen, the soldiers laughed and cursed:
“You still want to pass through Xuzhou? Your head will be chopped off halfway!”
"The Taoist priest also brought a little girl with him, but he had a lot of fun."
No one thought that the two of them could survive. They were so skinny and tender, what abilities they had. Survive?
The soldiers guarding the border ate and drank again, forgetting about the Taoist priest and the girl. After three rounds of wine and looking tipsy, they suddenly saw a fast horse coming from the direction of Xuzhou.
The soldiers guarding the gate were startled. They were about to draw their bows and rays to shoot down the man on the horse, but unexpectedly the other man took out the token directly from his arms:
"Kang Wang's disciples , Who dares to make a mistake? ”
After the opponent took out the token, the soldiers guarding the gate could not shoot.
They are soldiers under King Shou. Soldiers are just soldiers after all. Now King Shou and King Kang are fighting fiercely in private, but they are still friendly on the surface. If they really kill King Kang’s retainers, then I don’t know what will happen to others. , they may be dead.
In such a blink of an eye, the man on the fast horse has arrived at the border.
He stepped off the saddle directly, and the soldiers guarding the gate immediately leaned forward.
"What are you doing here, sir?"
The man stared coldly at the soldier in front of him:
"Someone killed King Kang's retainer, let's come to investigate the case! ”
(End of this chapter)