"Xiaosheng Chu Zhe, dare to ask the girl where is this?"

Yao Guang was shocked by the man's words, and looked carefully again, and found that this person was indeed the same as Ao An and Yao Xuan, but his temperament was very different, compared to the calm, capable or evil and domineering of the previous two time and space, now he actually has a trace of the woodenness and reserve of a weak scholar!

Yaoguang didn't have time to answer, and Miaozhen, who heard the men's non-threatening voice, ran over to solve his puzzles at this time:

"This son, this is a necessary way to go to Niangniangguan. What happened to you, why did you have a leg injury?"

Seeing Miaozhen looking at the man with a concerned face, Yaoguang didn't say much, turned around and walked to the fire, and began to put on the Taoist robe that had been dried.

Chu Zhe was helped up by Miaozhen and leaned against the stone wall, and retracted his gaze at Yaoguang with some disgrace, and said:

"Thank you to the two female champions for saving me. On the way to the test in Beijing, I unexpectedly encountered a robber blocking the road, but fortunately there were accompanying guards to rescue, and I escaped by luck in the next place, and a person rode a horse to dodge. ”

Yaoguang combed his hair for a moment, and said secretly: I didn't expect to change time and space, when the bandit was actually robbed by the bandits! Is this called the reincarnation of cause and effect, and the retribution is unpleasant?

"Ah!" Miao Zhen exclaimed, "there are indeed robbers here from time to time, and they usually keep an eye on outsiders passing by. Each of those people was extremely vicious, and those who resisted the slightest became the souls of their swords. I didn't expect Childe to ......"

Chu Zhe's face was a little pale because of excessive blood loss, and when he heard Miao Zhen say this, he also felt that he had escaped by luck, which was lucky.

"Yes, I originally wanted to rush to the county seat to report to the official, but unexpectedly it happened to be raining again. I had no choice but to abandon my horse and prepare to find a place to hide from the rain. Chu Zhe looked at his injured thigh, and continued:

"This wound was sustained when he broke through the siege of the bandits. ”

"I'm really sorry, I just dragged Childe in, and I didn't notice that Childe was injured. Don't worry, Poor Dao just brought the wound medicine, let Poor Dao help Gongzi deal with it!"

Miao Zhen hurriedly ran to the side and opened his package, which contained the hemostatic medicine and bone-setting ointment made by Lord Ling Xuguan himself, which he originally carried to prevent himself from being injured.

Yaoguang had already tied his hair high at this time, and when he saw Miaozhen busy on the side, he had nothing to do, so he moved the two black cloths on the ground to the fire.

Seeing that the firewood was almost burning, she got up again and went to the corner to pick up a few and threw them into the fire.

"Crackling" There was a crackling sound of wood diesel grease being burned by the fire, and the temperature in the cave suddenly rose a little.

Under Chu Zhe's care from Miaozhen, the wound on his thigh finally stopped bleeding, and it was also properly bandaged with a black strip of cloth.

"Do you want something to eat?" Miao Zhen simply arrived at home, handed the hibiscus cake to Chu Zhe, and asked.

Yaoguang smiled secretly, if she didn't know that her senior sister was a single-minded female crown, she really thought that her senior sister was tempted by this man's beauty, and her heart was moved.

Miao Zhen is indeed dedicated to the Tao, but she does not reject being close to beautiful things.

For example, now, this scholar named Chu Zhe, after implicitly thanking him, picked up a piece of deformed hibiscus cake and ate it silently.

She admired it from the sidelines, and she also felt that it was particularly pleasing to the eye.

Chu Zhe was eating hibiscus cake while casually looking towards Yaoguang.

The crown spoke to him at first, and then remained silent and was busy with other things.

He already knew the Dao numbers of the two female crowns, and the plumper one next to him was Miaozhen, and the other one was Miaoqing.

Miaoqing, Bingqing Yujie, peerless independence, Chu Zhe swallowed the last bite of the pastry that was a little too sweet, and thanked Miaozhen Nuguan again.

The rain outside had stopped and the sky had become a little brighter.

"Childe has a way to contact his family? The rain has stopped. ”

Yaoguang ignored the two of them, went straight out of the cave, picked up some wet branches, and put them next to the pile of dry firewood.

Chu Zhe looked outside, and sure enough, there were already signs of the sun gradually rising, so he said, "Yes, is the female crown leaving?"

As he spoke, he unconsciously looked at Yaoguang who was packing up his things.

Miao Zhen nodded, and also walked over to carry her own package, and helped Yaoguang straddle the back basket over her shoulders.

"Then leave it at that. ”

The two of them made a bow to Chu Zhe, and each walked out of the cave with the floating dust.

Chu Zhe was a little anxious, and quickly stood up and limped to follow the two steps forward, "Please wait!"

"What else does Childe need?" Miaozhen turned around and asked, and Yaoguang followed suit.

"Under ...... In the next, Chu Zhe finally glanced at Yaoguang again, but unfortunately, the other party quickly lowered his eyes, he covered his reluctance, and snorted: "I will definitely come to the door to thank you." ”

Miao Zhen smiled dumbly, and said goodbye again: "Childe doesn't need to mind!

With that, a puff of dust, and Yaoguang slowly disappeared at the entrance of the cave.

............

Soon, Miao Zhen and Yao Guang returned to Niangniangguan, which was built on the mountainside, along the rugged mountain road.

The history of the construction of this Niangniang Temple is no longer examinable, and the old view gate has fallen into disrepair for a long time, showing the mottled appearance of the vicissitudes of life.

Myojin walked over to the closed door and knocked on the ring in the lion's mouth.

"Knock knock...... Miao Jing, open the door!"

"Ah, Senior Sister and Second Senior Sister are back!" There was a crisp female voice and the rapid sound of cloth boots stomping on the floor from the door.

Listen, there are indescribable surprises scattered in the embrace of this silent green mountain.

"Squeak"

The heavy door opened from the inside, and a little girl in a black robe appeared in front of the two of them.

The little girl is only fourteen years old, with a goose egg face, a pair of big watery eyes, and a particularly pleasant smile.

"Senior sister, second senior sister, you are finally back! I will call the master!" Miao Jing excitedly welcomed the two in, closed the door, and then jumped and ran inside, like a monkey jumping up and down in the forest.

"Master, master, senior sister and second senior sister are back!"

"This girl, she runs like a wild boy!" Miaozhen shook her head, but a doting smile appeared on her face.

"Let's go, let's go find the master too!" Yaoguang carried the basket on his back, quickened his pace, bypassed the incense burner in the center of the courtyard, and walked towards the main hall.

The area of Niangniang view is not large, and the main hall facing the mountain gate is a large temple, which enshrines the goddess of creation, Nuwa Niangniang.

There are two side halls on the left and right sides of the main hall, and on the left side is the Jing'an Hall for meditation and practice, which is also a place for believers to ask for divination. On the right side is the hall of perseverance that stores various Taoist classics.

However, due to the war a few years ago, the original mountains of classics here were burned and torn by barbaric bandits. Now the temple of attachment is empty, and there is nothing.

Bypassing the main hall, there is a small courtyard with a well, four wings are lined up in front of the main hall, there is a room and dining hall on the left side, and further back, there is a small vegetable garden and a thatched hut and thatched toilet stacked with miscellaneous items.

After leaving for more than ten days, Yaoguang first put the basket in the courtyard, and then walked with Miaozhen to the outside of the wing room on the right.

Miao Jing's crisp voice came from inside, and she chirped to report to the people inside about the return of the senior sisters.

"Master, we're back. Myojin shouted into the room.

"Come in. ”

An old voice rang out.

Yaoguang and Miao Zhen walked in in response.

The furnishings of the room are simple, with a four-corner wooden bed against the wall, next to a double-door wardrobe that has lost its paint, and a small square table and two green bamboo rattan chairs by the window.

On the square table was a plain-style teapot and a small teacup, and a small copper incense burner, which was curling white smoke.

Yaoguang took a deep breath, he hadn't smelled it for a long time, this agarwood was really refreshing.

"There was a rainstorm before, but was it drenched?" Sitting on the rattan chair, Ling Xuguan Lord, about sixty years old, snow-white hair tied up high, dressed in a black Taoist robe looked serious and unsmiling, when he looked at the two apprentices standing in front of him, he suddenly laughed, that smile, like a spring breeze, refreshing.

"It was drenched, but it was all right, and I hid in a cave by the river. Miao Zhen replied honestly.

Ling Xuan nodded and said, "That's good, don't hurt the wind, when the time comes, I will waste my medicinal materials, and I will have to take it to the county seat to exchange for silver." ”

When Yaoguang and Miaozhen heard this, they couldn't help but raise their eyebrows and resisted the urge to roll their eyes.

Ling Xuguan Lord is usually like this, with a pair of bright peach blossom eyes, which sets off the face that has been crawling with wrinkles to be particularly vivid and playful.

The apprentices are accustomed to the master's pick-picking from time to time, but they don't care too much.

"Miaojing, go and get busy with you, I'll talk to your senior sisters. Ling Xuan waved his hand to Miao Jing next to him.

Miao Jing obediently exited the house, leaving the space for the senior sisters who were out to do errands to report the results.

"Tell me, what did you raise to come back?"

Ling Xuan picked up the teacup and drank the tea, and asked casually.

"Uncle Ling Wu gave fifty taels of silver, a bag of rice, two pieces of cloth, a piece of graphite and three bundles of straw paper. But ......"

"But what?" Ling Xuan frowned at Miao Zhen.

"Didn't there be a rainstorm before, rice, cloth and straw paper......"

"Hey! scared Poor Dao a lot!" Ling Xuan patted his chest, smoothed his breath, glared at Miaozhen, stood up and stretched out his finger and pointed Miaozhen's forehead:

"Xiao Zhenzhen, don't keep saying half a sentence in the future, okay! I was so scared that I thought the money to repair the main hall was gone!"

"Uhhh

Yaoguang stood aside and held back a smile and didn't dare to speak, she didn't want to be greeted by the master's fingers, and she didn't want to listen to any Xiao Qingqing!

"Hey, I said, Xiao Qingqing ......"

Ling Xuan was in a very good mood when he heard the result he wanted, and after greeting the eldest apprentice, he did not forget that the rain and dew were even wet, and began to greet the second apprentice.

"Ah, master, we brought back your favorite hibiscus cake for your old man, you wait, I'll go get it for you!"

Yaoguang's magic sound entered his brain, and he trembled all over, and quickly withdrew two steps and walked towards the door.

"Oh, there's hibiscus cake, hurry up, go get it to Lao Dao!

Hey, it's still our Nuwa Niangniang's blessing, so that Lao Dao has such a lovely apprentice!"

Miao Zhen watched Yao Guangfei run out, and was speechless at the master who looked forward to it.

The master is an old lady who loves sweetness, and hibiscus cake is also her favorite, but she hasn't eaten it for almost half a year.

There are a total of five people in the entire Niangniang Temple, and without the sesame oil money of the believers, they can only rely on the little herbs made by Ling Xuguan to go to the county seat to exchange money for money.

Life is tight, barely able to make ends meet, and wanting to eat a snack is undoubtedly equivalent to the New Year.

Ling Xuan waited for the pastries and asked them where they got the money to buy them.

Miaozhen first gave the fifty taels of silver tickets to the master, and then talked about the experience on the road in detail.

It turned out that the reason why Yaoguang and Miaozhen had the money to buy hibiscus cake this time was because they accidentally killed a money snake on the way to leave Uncle Shi's Taoist temple, and then took the snake gall bladder to the county seat and sold it to the pharmacy, so they had spare money to buy hibiscus cake and brown sugar.

By the time Yaoguang brought in the hibiscus cake and put it on the table, Ling Xuguan could say that his two eyes had been completely glued to the oiled paper bag.

However, after Yaoguang opened the oiled paper bag, she still picked up the smallest piece of it with two fingers as before, and then said to the two apprentices:

"Go, go, you take it and eat it separately, Poor Dao is afraid of eating too much meat. ”

"Master, we were hungry before, and we have already eaten two pieces, you keep a few, and give the rest to Miaojing and Miaoxian. ”

Yaoguang naturally knew that this would be the result, so she took out three more pieces, tore off the corner of the oiled paper bag and put it on it, and then turned around and prepared to withdraw with Miaozhen.

Ling Xuan was conquered by the deliciousness of the hibiscus cake, squinting her eyes and looking intoxicated, what Yaoguang left, she opened her eyes and looked, smashed her mouth, and picked up two pieces on the table and put them in Yaoguang's hands:

"Go, go, I've got enough. ”

Yaoguang and Miaozhen had no choice but to wrap the oiled paper again, and at the same time, while the old lady was enjoying it with her eyes closed, they quietly put a packet of brown sugar on the table, and then walked out with their eyes closed.

Of course, when Ling Xuan opened her eyes and saw it, she would not let her apprentices take it out and share it with everyone.

Hibiscus cake is expensive, a pack of ten yuan, the weight is only one catty, it costs fifty yuan, and the brown sugar is very cheap, ten yuan two catties.

Yaoguang and Miaozhen bought two catties, one catty was given to the master, and the other catty was put in the room to make brown sugar steamed buns.

The two of them came out of the house, and first went to the yard to take out the things in the back basket, which should be dried, and put the storeroom where they should be put in the storehouse.

After cleaning up, he called Miao Jing to share the remaining hibiscus cake with Miao Xian, who was fertilizing in the backyard.

Miao Xian is half a year older than Miao Jing, and she originally had a biological sister, who was the second apprentice in Niangniang Temple, called Miao Shi, and she was a little more beautiful than Yaoguang, but unfortunately, it was the bandits who rebelled a few years ago and ruined her and Miao Zhen's innocence in the Taoist temple.

Miaozhen's nerves were thicker, and he endured it and survived like this, but Miaoshi couldn't bear it, and hit his head on the pillar of the side hall, and never opened his eyes again.

And it was precisely because of Miaoshi's fierce resistance that the bandits finally took back their dirty hands, and instead of harming the remaining girls in the view, they instead shouted at them to wash and cook, like slaves.

Miao Xian and her sister look alike, melon seed face, almond eyes, almost fifteen years old, and also have the beauty temperament of weak willow Fufeng, helpless, because I saw my sister's death with my own eyes, I have not come out of grief, and for a few years, I have always been wooden and wooden, and I don't like to talk very much.

And only hibiscus cake can restore some vitality to this little girl's eyes.

The four of them sat in the dining hall, eating delicious hibiscus cakes, while listening to Miao Zhen's vivid recounting of what had happened on the road these days.

"What, Senior Sister, you said that the boy still came to us to thank you?" Miao Jing exclaimed in surprise and asked busily.

Obviously, hearing Miao Zhen's description, Miao Jing had already painted a good appearance of a handsome boy in her mind.

Miao Zhen nodded and said, "The appearance is really handsome! I hope that when I come, Xie Li will be as handsome as he looks!"

Hearing this, Yaoguang was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react, and he couldn't help but smile and praised everyone:

"Senior sister is really a senior sister, she can think of a solid inner from the superficial surface, but it makes me, a senior sister, ashamed of myself!"

"Hahahaha......" Miao Zhen smiled heartily, nodded and said: "If you say so, I want to persuade the master not to be busy with the silver to repair the main hall." ”

"Why?" Miao Jing had a question mark on her face.

Yaoguang understood as soon as he heard it, and solved his sister's confusion: "Pretend to be poor and sell miserably." ”

"Humph!"

Miao Xian, who had never spoken, finally spoke, but the connotation of the word "hum" was not too complicated.

Miao Zhen's suggestion was finally decisively rejected by Lord Ling Xuguan.

The original words of the Lord of Ling Xuan Guan were: "If you pin your hopes on other people's empty vernacular, it is better to repair the main hall as early as possible, and wait for the 15th day of the next month to fast, and attract more believers to come to watch the ceremony and pray for blessings." ”

So, in addition to the morning and evening altar homework, the people in the temple were busy around repairing the main hall.