The sound of the piano is cong, like crying and complaining, and then gradually getting lighter and sicker, like chaotic jade breaking ice, long ||The gun picks up the arrow forest, so that people are in the pure and peaceful, and they can't help but be a little frightened.

The monk at the table unwrapped the long and narrow package, revealing a pitch-black paulownia wooden qin, which was now held horizontally on his lap, his wrist dangling, his fingers like hooks, and gently plucked the sound of Qingyue on the strings.

Pedestrians can't help but stop and listen, there is a carriage with a sheep's horn glass lamp parked under the willow tree not far away, the cyan thin bamboo curtain will cover the people in the car tightly, the coachman wears a stone-colored shirt, the attendant wears an indigo hakama, wears a fishskin waist knife, stands like a pine tree, obviously from a family. Therefore, the pedestrians stayed away.

After the song was played, the monk just looked up, and when he saw Lu Sheng staring at it, he showed a smile as quiet as a lotus, and said: "The name of the song is Requiem, since the little monk heard about the tragedy, he can only comfort the soul with a little skill." ”

Lu Sheng left his seat, saluted the monk, and said with a smile: "You monk is also interesting, you don't recite the "Mantra of Death" for the deceased, but use the harp to calm the soul, but let Lu Mou feast his ears." In the lower land sheng, dare to ask the master's name? ”

The monk saluted and replied: "The little monk's name is Yaoye, a wandering monk of Zhulin Temple in Xuzhou, his qualifications are blunt, and he has not yet learned the mantra of death, not only worthy of the Buddha, but also made Lord Gongcao laugh." ”

Yaoye's voice was soft and warm, and his tone was not hurried, which was awe-inspiring, but he didn't want to say more words to others, so he took the paulownia in his pocket, put on his hat, and said goodbye to Lu Sheng and the vendor.

Lu Sheng watched his figure turn to the corner of the street in front of him before he withdrew his eyes, and said to the vendor: "Old man, dare to ask where the Medicine King Bodhisattva Temple is?" ”

The peddler hurriedly replied with a salute and told him the address of the ruined temple. Lu Sheng thanked him again, and only then turned around, but saw the guards who had stopped under the willow tree not far away hurrying over, and bowed his hand to him: "Lord Gongcao, please stay, my master asks your lord to move." ”

Seeing Lu Sheng groaning, he added: "My master's surname is Xie." ”

Wang Xie Yuhuan is a big surname, and the noble man wants to meet Lu Sheng, but he refuses to even reveal his name and identity, which is arrogant and tiresome. Lu Sheng was a Shu clan, but he couldn't take the offense lightly, so he had to follow the guard to the carriage.

The guards announced, and two white women's palms stretched out from the cracks in the green bamboo curtain hanging down from the carriage, and hung the bamboo curtain high, revealing a maid wearing an apricot yellow silk shirt. The maid was no more than twelve or thirteen years old, with a beautiful face, kneeling in the carriage, but behind her hung a curtain of duck egg green fine kudzu embroidered with plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, and only the two figures behind her were faintly revealed.

The apricot yellow shirt maid saluted Lu Shengfu and said softly: "Maid Ruodie, I have seen Lu Gongcao, my master only asked for advice because he had something, so he took the liberty to disturb him, and looked at Lord Gongcao Haihan." ”

The maid who called Ruodie smiled brightly, her voice was like a yellow bird, although the figure behind the curtain was full of shadows, but there was a unique elegance, and there was a faint fragrance of smoke, thinking that this noble person was only afraid that it was a young lady, so it was naturally inconvenient to inform him of his name, and it was inconvenient to show his face, but he dared to stop him from a strange man in broad daylight, which was also bold.

Lu Sheng hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Don't dare to be, I don't know what the noble person has to inquire about?" ”

The figure behind the curtain moved slightly, and a gentle female voice sounded behind the curtain in a few moments: "My master asks my lord, what is the length of the piano held by the monk?" ”

Lu Sheng frowned slightly, at first he only slandered this daughter for being very boring, but then he suddenly moved in his heart and remembered it intently.

Since he studied under Mr. Shuiyue, the six arts of the gentleman have been involved, and the people of the time made the piano have a fixed formula, usually the length of the piano is three feet six inches and five minutes, in order to count the number of Zhou Tian. Yaoye's body is long, far better than the people of the Central Plains, in contrast, it makes people ignore the unreasonableness of the paulownia woodworm.

Lu Sheng groaned: "That paulownia wood qin...... It is more than four feet long. ”

When Ruodie heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, but she didn't speak, she only turned her head to look behind the scenes, the fabric behind the scenes shook, and the gentle female voice sounded again, asking: "Dare to ask Master Gongcao, how is the shape of the piano?" Can there be broken lines? Have you ever been an anxious tail? Have you ever seen the pattern on the bottom of the piano? ”

Lu Sheng recalled that the monk's hand holding the chopsticks was as steady as Mount Tai, and he could put a four-foot long piano on his lap, and he composed a song soundly in an ugly place, with a clear heart and skillful fingering, which was by no means comparable to others.

He replied casually: "The master's system has no waist, there is no Yue but no scorched tail, and the shoulders are hanging down and broad...... There are no broken lines. As for the rest, Shu Lu is clumsy and difficult to distinguish. ”

After a while, the gentle female voice passed on to the master: "Lord Gongcao's eyes are like torches, and the maid has thanked the master on behalf of him." My master has a word of gift, that monk has a bad aura hidden in the piano, and he is not a good person, so adults should be careful of this person. ”

It was a strange force again, Lu Shengju laughed at it, and still thanked him as if he were treating the peddler.

Ruodie smiled lovely, and blessed Lu Sheng again, and said crisply: "Master Gongcao, there will be a period later." Then he lowered the green bamboo curtain. The coachman and the guards also saluted dignified and drove away.

Lu Sheng delayed these times before going to Baishui Alley, when it was, two young Yulin guards hurriedly ran in the alley, both dressed in dark hakama, one was tall and swarthy, and the other was of medium stature, white and delicate, and Lu Sheng hugged his fist and said: "Lu Gongcao." ”

Lu Sheng held the dark sword hilt inlaid with fish skin in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Good come, Ji Chong, you quickly go back to Beiying to find Master Liu, and ask him to investigate two old cases." One is the beheading case in Wubang Village four months ago, and the other is the beheading case in Tonghuafang half a month ago. ”

"Yes." The white sergeant raised his eyebrows, suddenly his face was full of mystery, and he leaned forward and whispered: "Brother Lu, I have also heard about the decapitation case in Tonghuafang, the bully died in the back alley, and all the neighbors rushed to tell each other, so they only set off firecrackers and burned high incense to celebrate......"

Lu Sheng smiled softly: "Ji Shou, go quickly." ”

Ji Chong was only seventeen years old, lively by nature, and forgot his form for a while, and was called by Lu Sheng, Fang Jue lost his temper, and couldn't help but look slightly pale, and hugged his fists and said: "Subordinates, subordinates take orders." ”

Seeing his nimble figure hurriedly passing through Baishui Alley and getting on the horse, Lu Sheng bowed his head and turned to smile with the dark and tall sergeant: "Bailixiao, you go with me to worship the Medicine King Bodhisattva." ”

The sergeant's name is Baili Xiao, born as burly as an iron tower, but in fact he is only an eighteen-year-old boy, taciturn, so he seems more stable than his actual age, at this time he also clenched his fists, and simply responded: "My subordinates receive orders." ”

So they went to the west of the city.

Because of going to the temple, Bailixiao gently advised, only said, "It's an ordinary guest, and it's not appropriate to be empty-handed", Lu Sheng smiled, so he bought some incense and candles in the incense and candle shop on the way, and got it all the way, and went out of the city to Shilipo.

In the deep winter, the sky in the south of the Yangtze River is hazy, but the sun is three poles, and it is as dark as the beginning of twilight, and when the two of them arrive at the foot of the mountain, it has been raining.

The path up the hill grew muddy, so the two dismounted and led their horses along. However, Li Xu saw a green cloth carriage hanging a sheep's horn glass lamp parked on a grass beside the road, and the grass was yellow. Lu Sheng felt familiar, and saw the horseman and a guard next to him silently bow to him.

The cyan bamboo curtain was lifted, revealing the joyful and disgusting face of the maid Ruodie, and said with a coquettish smile: "Lord Gongcao, what a coincidence, didn't the Lord also go to worship the Manifesting Bodhisattva?" ”

This maid is young, her voice is tactful, she looks at Lu Sheng with a smile, her eyes are clear and flawless, she is innocent, Lu Sheng has a good impression of her, so she hugged her fists and said: "Lu is just going up the mountain, and I don't want to meet a noble person again." ”

Ruodie hurriedly returned the salute, "Don't dare to be, my master has gone up the mountain, it's better to ......" She rolled her eyes, and saw Lu Sheng and the two leading the horses, which was quite inconvenient, and said: "The mountain road is rugged, if the adults don't dislike it, store the horses here, so as not to add more burden." My master's surname is Xie, and he lives in Zhujie Lane in the north of the city, near Luoma Bridge. ”

Bamboo Lane is an inch of land, and all the people who live in it are nobles, although this Xie family is a branch, it also has some weight, no wonder even a deep daughter acts so arrogantly.

Lu Sheng didn't want to have more dealings with the people of the Shi clan, but he didn't want to worry about this little thing, so he responded and ordered Bai Lixiao to lead the two horses to the groom, and then said: "In this way, I will disturb the nobles." ”

The two walked up the mountain, fortunately, he chose Bailixiao to accompany him, if he was replaced by Ji Chong, I was afraid that he would already be noisy.

Baili Xiao was only eighteen after all, and when he saw Lu Sheng calmly going up the mountain, he still asked in a low voice: "Brother Lu, there are nobles who also go to the temple, if they collide with ......"

Since the dynasties, the gate valve is strict, the scholars are noble, and the dignitaries are almost on a par with the clan. The first emperor and the present are enlightened, and they strive to use the children of the poor family to enter the office, however, the atmosphere of the scholars and the poor family going on different paths and sitting on different seats is difficult to change after all.

Lu Sheng said leisurely: "There are nobles going up the mountain? I have not heard of it. The carriage was just an outing to avoid the rain, and it just happened to run into us. ”

Baili Xiao was stunned, and he didn't know how to respond.

Lu Sheng's footsteps were steady, his smile was as warm as a spring sun, and he said earnestly: "We are investigating the case, we don't have to accompany any deep boudoirs to mess around, if we encounter it, we just don't know." ”

Bai Lixiao became more and more stunned, and muttered, "Actually, it's a young lady?" ”

Lu Sheng stopped suddenly, his face sank suddenly, and Bai Lixiao followed behind him before he was about to ask, but he smelled a little blood coming from the cold wind.

The two of them stopped talking, only held the weapons at their waists, and suddenly accelerated their pace and rushed towards the top of the mountain. In the misty drizzle, the two figures seemed to be swept across the ground, splashing with a muddy sound.

After dozens of breaths, I saw a ruined temple appear in front of me, the roof collapsed in half, and the temple gate was nowhere to be found, like a dying old beast, with a toothless bald mouth with a black hole, and was about to choose people to devour.

The bloody atmosphere became thicker and thicker, and in the dilapidated temple with the big open door, there seemed to be a faint figure shaking.

The two rushed into the temple like lightning, and Lu Sheng shouted: "Yu Linwei is investigating the case, no one is allowed to act rashly!" ”

There were two bangs, and gold and iron rang out, but in an instant, a man dressed as a guard came out from behind the wall, and the two of them were disarmed with a horizontal gun.

Lu Sheng used a sword, a hundred miles to make a sword, one after the other, and the momentum was full, but it was only for deterrence, not to hurt people, so he only used three points of strength. Rao is like this, but Lu Sheng was still shocked by that shot, and the weapon almost got out of his hand, and the tiger's arm was numb, he immediately became vigilant, put away his sword and made a starting gesture, covered each other with Baili Xiao, stepped on the weeds and mud all over the ground, and then stabbed the man in the chest.

The sword light flashed coldly, like a thunderbolt cutting through the dark clouds on a rainy day, but the guard blindly guarded with a spear, and raised his voice: "Lord Gong Cao!" Don't do it, it's a misunderstanding! ”

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, only then did he recognize the appearance of this guard's clothes, but he had seen it in front of Baishui Lane before, Lu Sheng secretly said badly, and with Baili Xiao, he took the long sword into the sheath, and then asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The guard looked dignified, about twenty years old, wearing an indigo hakama, with a black lacquer waist tag hanging from his waist, and saluted Lu Sheng with a calm expression: "In the next strict cultivation, my master is behind...... There were two corpses. ”

Lu Sheng's face sank when he heard this, and he didn't care about the big defense of men and women, so he walked towards the depths of the broken temple. The front of the ruined temple collapsed, the ground was full of rubble, even the clay Buddha statue experienced the wind and sun, the paint color peeled off, and even the head and hands were not seen under the lotus platform with the same seat, and only the shape of a sitting was faintly visible. When it rains, the light brown mud color gradually turns to a dark brown, almost like a shadow slowly looming over the Buddha statue.

Baili Xiao remembered that there was a woman behind the Buddha statue, and it was not appropriate to stop it, so he was at a loss in the same place, and he was curious why the guard did not stop half a sentence, and he threw away the incense and candles halfway, and simply put his hands together and confessed to the Bodhisattva, and then carefully investigated the clues in various places in the temple.

The ruined temple is very cramped, the back of the Buddha statue is only the size of half a room of ordinary people, the gray stone slabs on the floor are uneven, there are many cracks, and they are overgrown with weeds. There were two corpses lying on the ground, a man and a woman, both of whom were underage, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, in the clothes of ordinary peasant families.

The heads of the young man and woman were crooked, each revealing a horrific wound as deep as half of his neck, blood staining his clothes, and the ground and incense were splattered with blood.

Lu Sheng didn't have time to take a closer look, and saw that in the afterglow of his vision, a black embroidered silver corner of his clothes was fleeting from the first half of the dilapidated door at the back of the temple, and he immediately shouted: "What person! He drew his sword and rushed out the door.

The ruined temple is located on a flat area on the mountainside of Shilipo, and outside the back door of the temple is waist-high weeds, in the middle of which a looming path winds towards the dense locust forest, and the figure moves as fast as lightning, and has disappeared into the forest. Lu Sheng was taken aback, this kind of light body kung fu is also a first-class master in Yulin Wei.

He didn't dare to hold it up, and shouted a hundred miles into the sky, but he didn't stop at his feet, chased after the figure, and rushed into the locust forest.