Perhaps it is because of these two peculiar reliance that no one in the capital wants to do business close to this place, and even does not want to live too close to here. Except for the extremely poor and some wandering beggars who are willing to make a simple home in the vicinity of this area, only monks who are simple and indifferent to life and death will be willing to stay here for a long time, right?

Perhaps there are deeper reasons why these monks are stationed in the temple in the bamboo forest, but at least everyone thinks that the reason is so simple but unshakable, because they are willing to let go of things that others are unwilling to let go of in many ways, so that they can fully grasp the peace of this small temple in the bamboo forest.

However, the quiet atmosphere of the small temple was stirred by the arrival of a guest today.

A quiet meditation room in the depths of a small temple's compact building, shortly after a plain-clothed monk and a green-shirted guest stepped in, a sound similar to a quarrel erupted inside.

"It's just for you to pull out the lot, do you need someone else to do it for you?"

"You don't believe in divination yourself, why do you impose it on me?"

In addition to a hardwood bed, there is only a low table at the head of the bed, and the owner of the meditation room seems to feel that it is redundant to put a stool in the room. Cen Chi and the monk Xixin, who were sitting on the ground facing each other, suddenly spoke at the same time after being silent for a long time, and there was some anger in their tones.

At this moment, Cen Chi lost his usual good temper at all, and Xixin suddenly lost the quiet state of mind that a monk should have. However, this scene can only be seen by the two of them, just as their original friendship will never be known to others.

After saying a sentence at the same time, the two closed their mouths at the same time and fell silent again.

It seems that since the meeting after entering the temple, the two have been tacitly playing dumb riddles, but this tacit understanding is only reflected in the form, if you open up to talk from the heart. Both of them seemed to be at odds with each other.

I don't know how long it took for this tense quiet atmosphere to be broken by a sigh from Xixin. He said slowly: "I already know about him, what are you doing here in a hurry during the strict investigation in the city?" ”

Cen Chi said without thinking: "I want to see the map of that place in Qingchuan." ”

His reply was quick and direct, so direct that Xixin was a little surprised, and he didn't understand what he wanted.

Xi Xin shook his head and said, "I used to have it, but it burned down a few years ago. ”

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Cen Chi's mouth, and he said, "Senior brother, are you really going to be a monk here for the rest of your life chanting scriptures and ringing the bell?" ”

Xi Xin said indifferently: "I used to be the same door as you and me. I don't think I heard what you just said. If you don't keep your tongue in check, don't blame me for throwing you out. ”

"Even if you enter the Buddha Gate, you used to be my senior brother. I will always respect you as my senior brother from now on. Although we don't have many disciples in the Beili line, our habits and personalities are always very close. So, Senior Brother, you should know that even if you say you want to throw me out, I will continue to keep my mouth shut. Cen Chi said this. added: "What's more, the two masters of the Xiangfu who came with me today are waiting outside the temple gate." ”

"It's not a secret that I practice martial arts." After Xi Xin said this, he let out a breath abruptly, and he gave up and continued to argue with Cen Chi on this trivial issue, but he still didn't change the meaning of the seal, and when he opened his mouth again, he just repeated what he had just said: "I really burned the map." What do you want that thing to do? ”

"Alas! If our master knew that his only disciple really planned to be a monk for the rest of his life, would he be angry to death? Cen Chi sneered and pretended to sigh, and then said, "And if he knew that his descendant disciple had stolen the map of Qingchuan that he had drawn for several years to complete. But in order to set a fire to ashes, will he vomit blood three times before being angry to death? ”

Xi Xin frowned slightly when she heard this. Because it involved his mentorship before entering the Buddha's door, although he opened his mouth, he lowered his voice and reminded Cen Chi: "Uncle is always a teacher, the origin of the same door." You have a little virtue on your lips. ”

"If I were the one he had taken captive and been held up like a prisoner for thirteen years. I will not forgive him as you do today. Cen Chi said, took out a stack of paper from his arms, and slapped it on the ground in front of his knees. Immediately afterwards, he took out two similar stacks of paper from the left and right sleeves and slapped them on the stack of papers that had been slapped on the ground before.

Xi Xin didn't care about the disrespect for the seniors in Cen Chi's words, and only focused on the stack of papers on the ground, and then raised his eyes and glanced at Cen Chi suspiciously.

"What our uncle did, my brother did, but he took longer and was more careful with his drawings, so a rat who sneaked into his house to steal a mess of manuscripts came back." Cen Chi explained as he laid out the stack of papers on the ground one by one, "You have seen that big picture, although the big picture has been burned by you now, but you must still remember the overall direction, help me arrange the order of these residual pictures!" ”

said the words of the request, and invited the request, but there was no sense of 'please' in Cen Chi's tone.

Xi Xin was noncommittal, he just picked up a piece of paper, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he said with doubts in his tone: "This is too vague, but I can see the shadow of some battle strategy layout, what is Senior Brother Lin going to do?" ”

"As early as more than 20 years ago, our uncle, as a new generation of artists in the Northern Fence lineage, was free to leave the master to find a king who was willing to assist, and finally he chose to stay in the Northern Kingdom. At that time, he built a secret army in Qingchuan, for which he composed a map of extreme detail, but later this map was stolen by you, and the matter was temporarily put on hold. ”

Cen Chi said this, and the hand that was placing the paper paused. He looked up at Xixin and pondered for a moment before continuing, "Maybe the plan to garrison the troops has been suspended, and your stealing of the map has only partially troubled it. At that time, the Zhou Dynasty had not yet died, but it was chaotic enough, and it was easy to ignore the small actions behind the big river in the west. At that time, Wang Chi was still in the north, and it was probably from that time that he planned to send a lot of spies to the north, and the matter of the troops should have made him smell it. When Wang Chi went south to the east, entered Kyoto and changed his name, and mastered all the legion forces of the national dynasty, it would not be so easy for the northern country to garrison troops under the cover of the great river of Qingchuan. ”

Xixin's brows were slightly locked, and he shook the piece of paper between his fingers and asked, "What do you mean by that, since a few years ago, Wang Chi has been monitoring Qingchuan's small movements, but in fact, he has not relaxed his plan to occupy Qingchuan for a moment, and has made some moves in the near future?" ”

"There should be a big move in the near future, but it's just a matter of preparation, and it started a long time ago." Cen Chi nodded and replied, and a hint of gloom suddenly slipped in his eyes: "Senior brother probably came back for this matter." ”

Xi Xin groaned and said: "He helped Wang Chi plan the expedition to the west, which should be regarded as his business, but what are you doing now?" ”

"I'm going to find him, and I owe him a sorry word. If he really dies like this, I'll help him do it...... But I don't believe he died so easily. The more Cen Chi's words came to the back, the more gloomy the look in his eyes became. As he finished speaking, he sighed a little depressedly.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again, and the gloom in his tone was suddenly swept away, and he became very solemn: "Senior brother, now I am only one step away, and only you can help me." ”

Xi Xin stared at Cen Chi with straight eyes, and after a while, he slowly closed his eyes, as if he was meditating on something. Seeing this, Cen Chi felt a trace of joy rise in his heart. The tacit understanding left by the same sect for several years made him not difficult to remember what his senior brother's move represented, he should be thinking about the appearance of the burned map at this moment, which is equivalent to him agreeing to help himself.

After the tea, Xi Xin opened his eyes, and he suddenly stretched out his hands, picked up all the pieces of paper on the ground, and scanned them one by one at a very fast speed.

In the process, from time to time, pieces of paper were thrown aside by him. By the time he had finished looking at the stack of papers, most of the stack had been picked out and thrown away. He laid out the last ten pieces of paper in his hand on the ground, put them together into a large rectangle, and then exhaled deeply.

Cen Chi only glanced at the large picture made of ten pieces of paper on the ground, and did not continue to examine it carefully, but clapped his hands and praised: "I didn't expect that Senior Brother would take great pains to make a picture in secret, and it would not take half a day to show his true face in front of Senior Brother." ”

"The geography of mountains and rivers will not change lightly, I have seen the map of Shibo, and the restoration of the location map is just a gourd to draw a scoop." Xi Xin paused for a moment and then said: "You can't bring these drawings back to the Prime Minister's Mansion anymore, you only have to stay here for a while, is it enough for you to remember these?" ”

"It's not a big problem."

Cen Chi looked at it carefully for a while, then he rubbed the corners of his forehead, retracted his gaze to look at Xixin, and said slowly: "It should not be difficult to deduce that the person who stole the pictures is the prime minister's person, and I obtained these pictures from the prime minister's mansion. The third son of the Shi family asked me to puzzle it, this messy pile, I fought for a long time to come up with these, which is also incomplete, but I have already seen it in my heart. ”

Hearing this, Xi Xin picked up one of the remaining ten pieces of paper again, and after reading it carefully, he smiled slightly and said, "No wonder it's very blurry, it turns out that this is not the original manuscript, but you copied it." If the prime minister wants to know that you will have this hand, will he have a chill on his back? ”

Cen Chi shook his head and said: "No, he has not relaxed his precautions against me, and the manuscript he gave me this time was also copied by someone else, so this is the second copy, and it is estimated that it is far from the original manuscript." ”