Chapter 20: Dilapidated Taoist Temple

Early in the morning, the boundary of Jizhou.

There is a large mountain lodge built on the hillside along the slope of the mountain. The villa is backed by a quiet lake, the mountains are undulating, the lake is as flat as a mirror, and the scenery is very good.

Suddenly, a carriage galloped out of the lodge, escorted by several black horses.

At this moment, in the mountain villa in the distance, many people are fighting fiercely, shouting to kill the heavens, the courtyard is full of dead bodies, lying horizontally and vertically, and the strong smell of blood wafts in the wind, these people have all died in the previous fierce battle.

Some of the dead bodies had their heads stuck in the flower beds, some were soaked in the pond on their backs, and some were crushed under the dead horses.

The groom was an emaciated old man with an old smoking gun hanging from his waist, and he was wielding a horsewhip vigorously.

Before the carriage had run far, more than a dozen light horsemen rushed out of the villa, their faces were fierce, their weapons were in their hands, and their soldiers were cold and cold.

The leader had a bearded face, held a cold iron spear high, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me, as long as you catch the eldest lady of the Wen family, you will be paid well, and you will not have to worry for the rest of your life." ”

After speaking, the beard and beard used his feet hard, clamped the horse's belly, and took the lead in chasing after him.

"Drive, drive, drive. A group of people immediately followed, following closely behind.

Although the groom struggled to hurry, the carriage was heavy and not fast.

More than ten light horsemen in the rear chased all the way.

It didn't take long for the light rider to catch up with the carriage.

The escort led by the carriage immediately turned the horse's head to meet him, and said loudly: Warriors, protect the young lady, follow me to meet the enemy. ”

"Fight, fight, fight!" Several 'guards, armed with long swords, lined up, clapped their horses and followed.

In an instant, two groups of people fought together, and the swords and soldiers were extremely fierce.

Although the escort was small, they were well-trained and coordinated with each other, and they quickly succeeded in pinning down the enemy.

The groom didn't look back, but shouted into the car, "Sit tight, miss." ”

After finishing speaking, he continued to wave the horsewhip vigorously, the horse's back hurt, and he rushed forward hard.

As the twilight darkens, a drizzle began to fall in the sky.

A short time later, the carriage stopped.

The old man spoke: "Miss, it is already dark, and the rain is about to fall heavily, and now that the horse is foaming at the mouth, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue the journey."

We see that there is a dilapidated Taoist temple not far ahead, so it is better to take shelter first, rest for a while, let the horse eat some grass, and wait for the rain to pass, and then we will hurry. ”

"Miss, I have left a mark along the way, if Commander Ke throws off the enemy, he will definitely follow the code to find us, the family side should have sent a master to rescue, we might as well listen to Qian Lao, first go to the Taoist temple to take refuge." A small voice sounded inside the carriage.

"Please ask Qian Lao to lead the way" Another woman's voice came out, like the sound of a swallow and a warbler, like water and a song, very beautiful.

"Okay, Miss". The old man agreed, and continued to move forward.

Around this temple, trees and shrubs are mixed. Most of the trees are acacias, as well as poplars and apricot trees.

The shrubs are mostly caragana, dragon cypress shoots, yellow barberry thorns, as well as wolf tooth thorns, horse ru thorns, sour jujube thorns, etc., lush and green, really a bit of a fairy realm.

It's a pity that this temple is very dilapidated and old, which ruins the feeling of this paradise.

For the nobles who have been in the city for a long time, this place can be regarded as clean.

After a while, they came to the Taoist temple, and the old man parked the carriage and walked in front.

The three of them entered the dilapidated temple and found that the Taoist temple was dilapidated, and there were six or seven ancient monuments inside. However, after a long time, only two or three lines were faintly visible, but they were no longer recognizable, and the rest of the messages had disappeared without words.

The old man searched around for a while, and found that there was a foot in the temple, which was very clean, and a tattered futon was placed on the ground, although it was tattered, but it was very clean, and the gray in other places in the temple formed a sharp contrast, and there was a gossip map not far from the futon that came to life.

The old man's eyes froze, and he thought for a moment.

He turned around, pointed to the futon in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Miss, this place is quite clean, and it is incompatible with this old Taoist temple, I think someone should have been here before." ”

"I don't know if it's friend or foe?" The sound of water and song sounded softly.

"We don't know yet, and it could be a passer-by like us, but for now, we need to be more careful. I was tired all the way, the young lady rested first, and I went to the door of the Taoist temple to guard. After speaking, the old man said no more, walked straight to the door of the Taoist temple and sat down, looking around vigilantly.

The maid saw that this was the only place in her view, and it was quite clean.

So she examined the futon, and when she found nothing wrong, she asked the young lady to sit down and rest.

Outside the Taoist temple.

The wind tightened like a gust, and the downpour fell from the sky, hanging like a silver curtain in the air. There was only the sound of "whoosh" in my ears, and the raindrops were like dense barbed wire, blowing from the sky to the ground endlessly, as if the Tianhe River had broken and fallen a torrential rain.

"Boom. "A thunderclap rang out in the sky.

With the sound of thunder, a figure rushed towards the Taoist temple.

The old man immediately stood up, vigilantly staring at the man who had just rushed into the Taoist temple, the man was in rags, like a beggar.

The man was also a little puzzled in his heart, such a remote place, there were still guests.

The man who rushed into the Taoist temple was none other than Jingwen.

That day.

He was sent out of the Wraith Realm by Grandpa Zhou with a Taiji diagram.

unexpectedly appeared in this dilapidated Taoist temple.

Jingwen looked at it for a moment and found that he also had a Taiji diagram engraved under him, which must be related to this.

After that, Jingwen inspected the Taoist temple and determined that this place had been abandoned for many years, so he found a tattered futon, cleaned it up for a long time, and cleaned the corner again.

At this time, Jingwen had just experienced the illusion, and he had to be taught the "Holy Soul Sutra" by Grandpa Zhou, and the soul power realm was unstable.

So he planned to stabilize his soul power first, cultivate to the second level of the initial realm, and then leave the Taoist temple after he had the ability to protect himself.

After that, he went into retreat.

He practiced day and night, picking some wild fruits when he was hungry, and drinking water from a stream not far away when he was thirsty.

There is no time in the mountains.

On this afternoon, Jingwen's soul power finally reached the second layer of the initial realm.

Jingwen was very happy and prepared to leave the Taoist temple tomorrow.

At this time, he was hungry, so he walked out of the Taoist temple and went not far away to look for wild fruits to wrap his belly.

Not long after he left the Taoist temple, rain began to fall in the sky, and he had not found a few wild fruits, and seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, he had to return first.

Not far from the Taoist Temple, Jingwen found an uninvited guest in the temple.

He also wondered in his heart, such a remote broken view, there would still be guests.

But he didn't think much about it, just thought that these people were also travelers who came here to take shelter from the rain.

Entering the view, Jingwen found that his futon and the place where he settled had been occupied by two women.

One of the women divides the top of her hair into two large strands and combs them into symmetrical buns or loops, hanging from each side of each other.

Jingwen recognized this hairstyle, and this hairstyle was mostly a maid and maid.

Then Jingwen looked at another woman next to him.

The girl's delicate and slender, her face is condensed with goose fat, her lips are like cherry blossoms, her eyebrows are like ink paintings, her spirit is like autumn water, her peach cheeks are smiling, her words are not spitting, and her breath is like a quiet orchid.

A white skirt, in this turbid rain, is even more dazzling, with its own light spirit.

At this time, the woman was also looking at Jingwen, her beautiful eyes were looking forward to it, and she was indescribably gentle and lovely.

"Little beggar, what do you look at, be careful to gouge out your eyeballs. The maid saw Jingwen staring at her young lady and scolded loudly.

Jingwen was also stunned when he heard this woman call herself a beggar, looked at himself for a moment, thinking about the days when he was breaking the view, and smiled helplessly.

Being scolded by her like this, Jingwen also felt that he was a little rude, so he turned his head.

Seeing Jingwen turn her head, the maid snorted lightly and said no more.

It's just that the old man kept staring at Jing Wen, vigilant.

Jingwen also felt the old man's gaze, but he didn't take it to heart.

Soon after entering the Taoist temple, Jingwen mobilized a wisp of soul power and stared at his eyes.

Jingwen found that their soul power fluctuations were weak, and the three people in front of them were unaware of their temptations.

Jingwen knew that the three of them were just ordinary people.

After a while.

The maid took out some dry food and a silver ingot from the package, walked up to Jing Wen, handed it to him, and said impatiently: "This is from my young lady, and the young lady said that taking your place is considered a reward." ”

Jingwen was indeed a little hungry, so he didn't shirk it, took it with a big grin, put the silver on his side, and ate it.

When the maid saw Jingwen's appearance, she snorted softly again, and turned back to the young lady.

The rain outside the Taoist temple is getting heavier and heavier.

Suddenly, not far away, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves.

Da! Da! Da!

The old man hurriedly pricked up his ears, and the maid also looked out nervously.