Chapter 19: The Strange Broken Temple
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The broken temple after dark was quieter than Xie Yan imagined, perhaps because it was too remote here, until Xie Yan ran for three whole weeks, no one came in the broken temple, which made Xie Yan faintly feel a little abnormal, but he couldn't say what it was now.
After nightfall, the cold on the mountain gradually became heavier, and by midnight, it began to rain outside.
The rain trickled down the eaves.
Thunderclap!
A thunderclap instantly illuminated the entire ruined temple, and the bright light in an instant reflected the cold statue behind it.
Xie Yan was awakened by the thunder, looked around, and found nothing abnormal.
Xi Yuyu!
Outside the temple, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.
"There's a temple here, go in and hide."
Soon, the temple door was knocked open, and a group of sturdy men with steel knives on their backs walked in from outside the door, wearing thick robes and carrying a strong smell of rain. Judging from the costumes, these people should be the dart masters of the dart game, and of course, they may also be martial arts merchants who go south and north.
"Fuck, all of a sudden, it's raining, what the hell!"
One of them took off his coat and cursed loudly.
"Who said no, it's fine in the morning."
"Anyway, we are finally close to the Jingshi range, and after this trip, Lao Tzu must go to Lichun Courtyard to find Xiaohong to get close to him."
"Haha, your kid will be done in two or three clicks, Xiaohong will definitely not be satisfied!"
"You're jealous."
Some people laughed, but the dart master who spoke before was not angry, and responded with a smile.
"Hey, there's someone?"
Soon, someone found Xie Yan sitting quietly in front of the statue, and after discovering him, these people's voices were obviously much quieter, and their expressions were much more vigilant. In this dilapidated ancient temple that has no shop in front of the village and no store, there is still a person, this situation, anyone will feel strange.
"That brother over there, it's raining too much at night, and our brother just happened to meet him here, so he had no choice but to come in and hide for the night, wouldn't he be surprised?" The leading man opened his mouth and shouted at Xie Yan.
This person has a resolute face, sharp eyes, the muscles on his chest are halfway outside, and there is a thick layer of cocoons on his left hand, which looks like a practicing family, but from their clothes, Xie Yan still saw the origin of this group of people, and this group of people should all be dart masters who have traveled from south to north.
"When you're away from home, everyone needs help, so please take care of it."
Xie Yan opened his eyes and replied, which can be regarded as a promise to the other party.
Ordinary promises, in addition to being polite, also indicate that they don't have any plans that they shouldn't have. This is the rule of the rivers and lakes, and it is also what Xie Yan learned when he walked the rivers and lakes with Shi Fengnian. Sure enough, after getting Xie Yan's response, this group of people was obviously relieved, of course, this is only on the surface, and secretly these people will not relax. The dart business itself is a knife licking blood, any negligence may be killed, these people are old dart masters, naturally will not make such a low-level mistake.
"Thank you then!."
The dart head nodded, ignored Xie Yan, and took his brother to find a place far away from Xie Yan to make a fire and cook.
"Little Liu, you go outside to take care of the horses, and remember to feed more forage."
"No problem!"
A young dart master walked out quickly.
"The third child and Huatou, you two go outside the door to guard the idea, and when the food for dinner is ready, I will have someone send it to you."
Pip is a code word that generally refers to the dart they are escorting.
"Okay, big brother."
After the two middle-aged dart masters agreed, they also went out.
The darts and horses were placed in two different wings of the temple by them, and the temple was abandoned anyway, and there were many places.
After a short period of preparation, the group finally rested, some of the dart masters took out the dry food and ate it slowly, another two people cooked some food on the firewood, and some found a place to lie down and sleep. For a while, the ancient temple was quiet again, and there was nothing else except the sound of porridge churning in the stone pot.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Xie Yan always felt that something was wrong, and when he looked at it, he found that most of those dart masters had rested, only the dart head was there to keep vigil, and when he saw Xie Yan's gaze sweeping over, the man nodded in response. All this was extremely normal, but for some reason, Xie Yan felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.
"It's weird!"
Xie Yan's eyelids kept beating, and a depressed aura gathered from all directions.
"Brother, do you want to eat some too?"
The dart head took out the dry food and asked Xie Yan politely.
"No need."
Xie Yan's mind was completely focused on that strange aura, and he just responded to the other party casually.
The mysterious force seemed to sense Xie Yan's gaze, and hibernate again, feeling that the pressure was gone, Xie Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about wine? Would you like to have some? Dart Head took out a wine bottle and shook it twice.
Xie Yan shook his head, when he goes out, Xie Yan will never eat other people's food, this is the common sense of walking the rivers and lakes, these truths were taught to him by Shi Fengnian when Xie Yan was young. Although he is no longer a simple charlatan, these habits have been preserved.
"In that case, then I won't bother my brother." The dart head just asked casually, and seeing that Xie Yan didn't agree, he stopped talking nonsense.
"You two, go and send some food to the third child and Huatou."
The head of the dart turned around and began to instruct his subordinates to bring food to the three people who were still outside.
"I'll send it to the flower head, you go and send it to the third child."
"Done!"
The two dart masters were also very skilled, and after they came down, they scooped two spoonfuls of freshly cooked food, put them in a broken porcelain bowl and went out, and soon, there were only four people left in the room, Xie Yan and the dart head, and the other two dart masters who were dozing off. This kind of dart player is not as good as those famous dart bureaus, and there are generally seven or eight people who go to a dart, and the darts are not particularly valuable. Of course, it is not excluded that there are some people with ulterior motives who use this kind of charlatan to secretly send some previous treasures, but this probability is very low.
Time passed silently.
Xie Yanpan sat on the futon, and there was no way to settle down again.
In the darkness, as if there was an invisible eye watching them, that strange feeling made Xie Yan more and more uneasy, but during this period, he deliberately went out to search several times, but he didn't get results, on the contrary, that feeling became stronger.
"It's obviously impossible to leave now."
Xie Yan got up and walked to the bedside, looked at the pouring rain outside, and broke off the idea of leaving.
In the corner, the two dart masters were still sleeping, and the dart heads of the vigil were dozing off.
This environment made him feel extremely irritable, and when he looked outside, he found that the rain was heavier. The rain curtain covers the sky and the whole world, except for the occasional thunder. From a distance, the dark wilderness is like a wild beast that chooses people to devour, full of unknown dangers.
"Hope is my delusion."
Xie Yan returned to the futon again and forcibly entered a state of concentration.
Gradually, the air seemed to freeze, and the strange aura became more and more intense.
The rain continues.
The downpour washed the ground into a swamp, and the water mixed with the mud flowed everywhere.
Thunderclap!
Another thunderbolt swept through.
"Who!"
The head of the vigil suddenly woke up, drew his saber sharply, and shouted at the corner behind the hall covered by rotten cloth.
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Xie Yan prostrate to the side and stretched out his hands.