Chapter Seventy-Eight: Burning the Taoist Temple

The hunter helped Gu Chenfeng and the three of them to defeat Zhang Dujiu and other Taoist priests and were captured on the spot. www.biquge.info In order to get him out, Du Zhen pretended to save people, but was besieged by the Taoist priests, and at the critical moment, the repentant brother took out the lime powder bag from his arms and waved it to the Taoist priests, taking advantage of the chaos to pull Du Zhen away, and then he got out of trouble.

The two of them climbed out of the east courtyard wall and were about to run, but they were stopped by a person: "Two young heroes, thank you for saving your life, you haven't asked for your name yet." The speaker was Gu Chenfeng, he was dressed in white ash, and the two people on his side were also covered with dust, thinking that these three people also took advantage of the chaos to escape, and just jumped out of the courtyard, just saw that the person who rescued them was here, so he came to thank him.

Without waiting for Du Zhen to reply, Lin Youregret said first: "This is the place to speak, let's leave quickly." Du Zhen and he followed Gu Chenfeng and the three of them all the way to the Fude Temple in the south of the city, that is, the Land Temple.

This small temple seems to have been smashed by someone, it is extremely dilapidated and simple, the clay statue of Fu Zhengshen lies on the ground, the incense case is full of dust, and the corners are full of cobwebs.

The five of them gasped and entered the temple, and the three of Gu Chenfeng did not take a breath, so they knelt down and bowed: "The hunter helps the four-hook disciple Gu Chenfeng, the three-hook disciple Lu Weihao, and the three-hook disciple Xia Xiao to thank the two young heroes for saving their lives. ”

Although Du Zhen was puzzled when he heard what "four hooks and three hooks" were, he hurriedly dragged them up, and was about to answer, Lin Youregret grabbed the words again: "Three big brothers, don't worry about this matter, my name is Lin Youregret, a local person, this Du Zhen brother, a person from Longxi." ”

Gu Chenfeng listened and asked, "The two brothers are also here to steal the talisman paper tonight?" ”

Du Zhen replied: "Exactly, it's not okay to give them money, you still have to ask people to join his sect, and the next two are also forced to be helpless." He wanted to explain his role as a thief clearly, and he didn't want others to look down on him, but at the same time, the thief said that he was a sage, and he suddenly felt that his words were redundant.

Gu Chenfeng heard this, and sighed: "It's a pity that our packages and backpacks have been handed over by them, otherwise we can send some to you." ”

Lin Youregret listened, his eyes were smart, and he asked, "Brother Gu, have you helped the middle brothers to get sick?" ”

Gu Chenfeng shook his head and said: "That's not it, our hunter gang has always lived in the mountains, and only rarely comes to this market to sell some animal skins and meat for money, and our brothers are rarely infected with the plague." ”

Du Zhen listened to the strange feeling in his heart, and asked deeply: "Since no one in the gang is sick, why do you come to steal it at night when you can't go to ask them for talisman paper during the day?" ”

Gu Chenfeng knew that he must have listened to the conversation between himself and Zhang Dujiu, so he replied: "Some time ago, the disciples of this gang all reported that there was a plague in the lower reaches of the Wuyou River, and in our Hanyang County, only the talisman paper of the Xingyue View worked, and it was because yesterday the local Liuhook Hall master ordered a few of me to come and buy talismans with money, so as to give alms to the seriously ill people downstream. ”

Xingyueguan Zhang Dujiu wanted to coerce them into the Ghost Master Sect, Du Zhen already knew about this, and now when he heard him talk about the Six Hooks Hall Master, he couldn't help but secretly feel that this seemed to be a status symbol in the Hunter Gang, and the fewer hooks, the lower the status. At this moment, he was close to the three of him, and if he took a closer look, he saw that the three of them had iron hooks on their belts, the difference was that Gu Chenfeng had four on his body, and those two were all three hooks. Du Zhen guessed that their iron hook should be used to hang their prey.

Lin Youregret arched his hand and said: "Brother Gu, your gang is so concerned about the suffering of the people, I have some rune paper here to give to you." After he finished speaking, he actually pulled the package off his back, and after untying it, there were yellow rune papers inside, he grabbed a handful of them, and said, "We will keep these few sheets for curing people, and I will give you the rest." ”

Gu Chenfeng saw the bag of rune paper, and hurriedly thanked: "Lin Shaoxia and Du Shaoxia are so righteous, I thank you first, but these rune papers are not enough, we have to steal them again in the next two days." ”

Du Zhen was puzzled and asked, "Brother Gu, this kind of thing can help a few people, and it is impossible for us to eliminate this plague by ourselves, right?" You have only stolen it today, they must be on strict precautions, how can they get hold of you again? ”

Gu Chenfeng said with a smile: "Du Shaoxia, that's true, but have you ever thought about why this epidemic can't be cured in Langzhong, but his stinky Taoist talisman paper is a paper burning disease?" ”

Du Zhen and Lin Youregret were shocked when they heard his words, and asked, "Could it be that this epidemic is related to them?" ”

Gu Chenfeng replied: "Exactly." In the past few days, our disciples have ascertained that the Taoist priests of the Xingyue Temple have been throwing things in the water of the Wuyou River every day before dawn, and we speculate that the first cause of this epidemic is themselves, and then they will wait for people to come to the door to ask for it, so as to achieve their goal of expanding the congregation. ”

Lin Youregret was suddenly angry when he heard this, and he said angrily: "Is this epidemic really their ghost? Didn't my father be killed? After saying that, he was going to turn back to the Taoist temple. When Du Zhen saw it, he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Brother Regret, don't be impatient, we can only act if we think of a good strategy." ”

Lin Youregret heard it and felt reasonable, so he secretly cried to himself.

Gu Chenfeng said at this moment: "Lin Shaoxia, it turns out that your father was also harmed by this plague. If we had stolen the talisman paper earlier, the local people would not have suffered this calamity. ”

Du Zhen heard what he said, but shook his head and said: "Brother Gu, even if you steal it as soon as possible, he releases poison every day, and the people will suffer sooner or later, what are your plans now?" ”

Gu Chenfeng sighed and said, "First send these talismans to the seriously ill to save their lives, and then I have to steal them another day." ”

Du Zhen shook his head and said: "Brother Gu, you are stealing more rune paper, he goes to poison every day, we are useless, the most fundamental solution is to find out the source of his poison and destroy it." He continued: "You just said that they will go to the river to release poison before sunrise, why don't we go and investigate it again, maybe we can find the source of the poison by touching the vines." ”

Gu Chenfeng was shocked and asked, "You mean we will turn back again?" ”

Du Zhen said: "Yes, he expected that we would not go again tonight, but we were about to go again at this moment, so that they could not harm people in the future." After he finished speaking, he said to Lin Youregret: "Brother regret, you should rest here first." ”

Lin Youregret shook his head and said, "No, I'm going too." ”

Du Zhen comforted him and said, "You are emotionally unstable now, I'm afraid that something will happen to you." ”

Lin Youregret was willing to listen to him, and shook his head again and again: "My father is dead, what am I afraid of?" Brother Du, you don't have to persuade me, even if you don't give me a go at the moment, I will go and run away myself. ”

He was very persistent, and Du Zhen had no choice but to compromise. The five of them rested in the temple for a while, and then returned to the Xingyue Temple before dawn.

In the view of the stars and the moon, it has been entered by thieves once, and the Taoist priests are vigilant and arrange for people to take turns to be on duty at night and guard in front of the warehouse.

Du Zhen and the five climbed the backyard courtyard wall to the west side of the room, and saw at a glance that a taxi in front of the warehouse was standing and dozing. At this moment, it was the end of the day, and suddenly two Taoist priests walked out of the side room, stretched their waists and went straight to the main room to knock on the door. ”

The two Taoist priests replied: "Qu Chang, today is the two of us doing things. ”

Du Zhen listened to the voice and was even familiar, and when he looked closely, these two Taoist priests were the two Daoist A and Daoist B in the daytime.

At this moment, Zhang Dujiu yawned and replied to them: "Come in, you must be careful in doing things for a while" Taoist priests A and B nodded and followed him into the room.

The two of them came out of the house, but they were carrying a flat pole and a wooden barrel on the shelf. Seeing that the two of them were walking heavily, they felt that the barrel should be not light, and the two staggered out of the backyard door and headed northeast.

Du Zhen said to Gu Chenfeng: "Brother Gu, you go and follow the two of them, remember to catch the ones alive, and get the stolen goods." ”

Gu Chenfeng understood, but asked again: "Du Shaoxia, why are you two still here?" ”

Du Zhen replied: "It seems that the source of the poison is in Zhang Laodao's room, and I must not leave them here." ”

Gu Chenfeng said worriedly: "You two have to be careful." ”

Du Zhen said with a smile: "It's okay, this hour is the time when people are most prone to sleepiness, and Zhang Laodao must be sleeping back at this moment." ”

Gu Chenfeng had no choice but to say, "Okay, then let's go." After saying that, the three of them slipped off the courtyard wall and chased after Taoist priests A and B.

Seeing the three of them leaving, Du Zhen turned his head to Lin Youregret and said, "Brother Youregret, you are here to take care of the wind, I will sneak into Zhang Laodao's room to see clearly." ”

Lin Youregret rolled his eyes and said to him, "You be more careful." ”

After Du Zhen finished speaking, he jumped into the courtyard from the room, first took out a feather fan and knocked the dozing Taoist priest standing at the door of the warehouse unconscious, and then touched his body and walked towards the main room. He poked the feather fan into the crack of the door, carefully unlatched the latch, and tiptoed inside.

By the moonlight, Du Zhen saw that the head of the bed was falling inward and sleeping alone, it was snoring and rumbling at the moment, and he thought that it was Zhang Dujiu who slept again. Then he looked around the room, and saw that there was another door on the north wall, so he walked on tiptoe, gently pushed the door in, and found that there was a dark room inside, and there were dozens of wooden barrels in it. Du Zhen thought about it, worrying about how to destroy these poisons.

At this moment, there was a lot of people outside, shouting "It's on fire!" Outside, Zhang Dujiu also panicked and ran out.

When Du Zhen saw this, he also jumped out, but he saw that the four or five torches in the hands of the repentant brothers were still going to the doors and windows of the Taoist priests' houses, and the doors and windows were burning very fast, and they caught fire when they saw it. There were a few jars of wine on the ground, which turned out to be the liquor that Lin Youcheng found from the warehouse, first splashed it on the doors and windows, and then lit a few torches, and threw them out at the same time to set fire.

Although the Taoist priest in the room was startled, he was trapped in the room by the fire and could not escape.

Zhang Dujiu saw it, shouted wow, and rushed to Lin Youregret, Lin Youregret took out something from his arms, Zhang Dujiu thought he was going to sprinkle the lime powder again, and was busy covering his face, Du Zhen ran from behind him, and the feather fan slapped him on the back of the head, and with a snap, Zhang Dujiu fell to the ground.

Lin Youregret saw him come out and laughed: "Brother Du, I avenged my father." ”

Du Zhen looked at him, shook his head, but was helpless, took a torch in his hand, threw it towards the main room, and said, "Hurry up." With that, the two of them fled from the audience.