Not far from Yeongsan Temple, Yeonju-an is about half an hour along the trail behind the temple, and a pine forest is dense with high trees. Although it is not as solemn as the Lingshan Temple, this Yanshou Nunnery carved beams and paintings are better than exquisite, the treasure cover inside and outside the nunnery is shining, the banners are long, and the incense is also vigorous. The temple enshrines the thousand-armed Kannon, the third daughter of King Miao Zen of the king of Xinglin Kingdom, that is, the "Three Emperor Aunts", and most of the pilgrims who enter and leave the temple are women who come to pray for their children.

Puning Tianxi led Zhao Dangshi and others into the front yard of the Heavenly King Palace, two young nuns greeted them, and while they were talking, Zhao Dangshi saw a person walking out of the side hall out of the corner of his eye, and wrapped his head tightly with a green cloth, which was the head-wrapping guest he had seen in the suburban market of Xiangyang Mansion that day.

"You ......" Pu Ning Tianxi looked at the head-wrapping guest with a surprised face, and then received the head-wrapping guest's eyes, and then became silent.

Zhao Dangshi stepped forward and said hello, the head-wrapping guest swept his eyes behind him, and cleared his throat: "General Zhao is not trustworthy. ”

"Today is October 15th, not early or late, what does Zhao have no credit?"

The head-wrapper said, "I only let you come, and I didn't call the people behind you." Is it polite to come to the door and call idle people without the consent of the host's family? ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled and said, "So, Your Excellency is also the master of the nunnery?" ”

The head-wrapper was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "It's just a metaphor, why should Mr. Zhao be reasonable." ”

Zhao Dangshi said with his hands in his hand: "Joke, Your Excellency, don't take it to heart." Bringing people here is Zhao not thoughtful, please bear with me. Zhao apologized. Then he said, "Your Excellency has a furrow in your chest, and you are very human. I don't know what to call it. ”

The head-wrapping guest said: "I said it, my surname is Yang." ”

Zhao Dangshi saw that he still didn't want to reveal his name, and he didn't force him, so he said: "Zhao followed your traces to Lingshan, just to talk to you." If there is a secluded monk's room in the nunnery, I hope you can choose one to enter. ”

As soon as Puning Tianxi said "Yes", he was interrupted by the head-wrapper: "Not for the time being. There used to be words, but now there are no words. ”

"This ......" Zhao Dangshi and Puning Tianxi glanced at each other, each embarrassed.

Zhao Dangshi saw that the head-wrapping guest was a little displeased, and felt that it was not the right time to speak, and there was a matter of Shaolin Temple pressing on his heart, so he asked: "How many days will Your Excellency live in the nunnery?" ”

The head-wrapper replied, "The short is three or five days, and the long is one or two months." ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled and said: "Your Excellency is unruly, you really do what you want." He added, "Your Excellency has nothing to say for the time being, and Zhao doesn't dare to force it." Fang Cai Shitai and the abbot of Lingshan Temple entrusted Zhao with a certain matter, to go to Dengfeng Shaolin Temple to take a walk, Zhao will leave tomorrow, and then come to Yanshou Nunnery after finishing the work. If there is a fate, your Excellency is still having something to say, and it is not too late to say goodbye. After speaking, he saluted Puning Tianxi, turned around and left.

"Hey, you ......" The head-wrapper involuntarily took a step forward, but as soon as the cry came out, he was forced to press it down. just stunned Zhao Dangshi and the others to leave.

Zhao Dangshi spent a night in Lingshan Temple, and the next day, Yonghui sent monks to send a meal. After eating, Zhao Dangshi considered that there might be an accident on the road, so he intended to settle Lian Zhi in Lingshan, but as always, Lian Zhi, who was soft and soft, was extremely resolute in following Zhao Dangshi. Seeing this, Zhao Dangshi smiled helplessly at Zhou Wenhe: "Old Zhou, your opponent is here." ”

Zhou Wenhe hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the lord has subordinates waiting for him, and he will not let the lord and Lian Zhi damage a single hair." ”

Yonghui wrote a letter to the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Han Hui Xi, and entrusted Zhao Dangshi to deliver it, and the monks of Lingshan Temple sent Zhao Dangshi directly to Zhao Dangshi halfway up the mountain under the leadership of Yonghui. The rest of the dozens of horsemen of the Parenting Division who stayed in the cottage at the foot of the mountain were informed and ready to go, Zhao Dangshi joined them and was about to leave, Zhou Wenhe secretly reminded: "Lord, look there." ”

Zhao Dangshi followed his gaze, but saw that under a maple tree, the head-wrapping guest was standing across the horse, and also looked this way.

"Your Excellency is here to practice?" Zhao Dangshi walked over and smiled.

"Definitely." The head-wrapped guest said, "I'm going to Shaolin too." ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "Shaolin is about to be soldiered, and it is not the right time for Your Excellency to go. ”

The head-wrapping guest said: "Shaolin Han Gray Huixi presided over the chief brother Haikuan on the other side of the seat, and I once had an old friendship and recited scriptures together. Shaolin is in trouble, and I can't sit idly by. ”

Zhao Dangshi nodded and said, "Then there is just a partner on the road." He doesn't know what kind of medicine is sold in this head-wrapping gourd, but he just thinks that since this person has something to do with Yonghui and Puning Tianxi, although his behavior is quite weird, he should not be a villain. Dengfeng is rampant with bandits, and Zhao Dangshi has to take care of him in front of Lingshan Temple.

The head-wrapper nodded and agreed: "Xie Zhao is kind, but disrespectful. ”

Starting from Luoshan County, Xinyang Prefecture, where Lingshan is located, it will leave Runing Mansion in two days. After entering Kaifeng Mansion, the road is restless, and the travel speed also decreases. Along the way, Zhao Dangshi and the brothers of the Parenting Division ate, drank and slept together, but the head-wrapping guests didn't know whether they were unfamiliar or what, most of them were alone, deliberately staying away from the queue, even if they ate and went to the toilet, they were solved alone, which was mysterious.

"Ahem, I think that head-wrapping guest is probably a little Langjun with red lips and white teeth, and he is so shy." Zhou Wenhe said.

Man Ning smiled and continued: "That's not it, once I deliberately teased him and invited him to wipe himself in the stream, guess what?" ”

"What's wrong?"

The kid refused. I said a bunch of crepe words, and I can't remember exactly. I didn't give up at that time, and I started to drag him. It's all big men, rubbing each other's backs and what's the matter, who knew that kid was actually in a hurry, and pulled out the short sword on his waist to see me red, hahaha! As he spoke, Man Ning couldn't help but laugh as he remembered the scene of that day.

Zhou Wenhe looked around, and all the soldiers of the pro-support division were eating and laughing.

"Stop chewing your tongue here." Zhao Dangshi fastened his bridle tightly, and when he heard everyone's conversation, he said, "What is the difference between you big men arranging a little brother behind their backs and a broken-mouthed woman and a long-tongued woman?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhou Wenhe and the others immediately shut up.

"Although the head-wrapping guest is strange, in the end it has a relationship with the temple on the spiritual mountain, don't lie. When it comes to Shaolin, it's the same. Zhao Dangshi said, raised his eyes and raised his head. In the distance, the head-wrapper was sitting alone beside his horse, sorting out his package.

Near Xuzhou, Kaifeng Prefecture, there are many camps set up by the Zuojia army, the thieves are slightly weaker, go to Yuzhou from the northwest, and reach Dengfeng one day later. Zhao Dangshi and other fifty horsemen each brought armor, and it was difficult to enter the city, but before that, Zhao Dangshi reported to Song Yihe, a soldier stationed in Xinyang Prefecture, and Liu Zhengheng, a military supervisor in Xinyang, who was stationed in Xinyang Prefecture.

More than 50 horsemen were separated to find inns to rest, and Zhao Dangshi and Lian Zhi, Zhou Wenhe, Manning and several others lived in the north of the city to wait for the moon building. The head-wrapped guest was helpless, so Zhao Dangshi also invited him to live with him.

Because he was going to Songshan tomorrow, after dinner, Zhao Dangshi asked Lian Zhi to clean up the bed early and prepare to rest. But before he took off his clothes, he heard a "squeak" sound outside the door.

Pushing the door open, I saw that the two guys in the building were sweating profusely carrying an iron hoop around a half-person-high wooden barrel, and white gas was constantly rising from the gap between the big wooden lid and the edge of the basin, which must be full of buckets of hot water for bathing.

"The blood of those who take frequent baths is coagulated and the qi is dispersed, and the body is moist but the qi is self-damaged."

This is the perception that too frequent bathing is not good for health, so the idea, ordinary people are not keen on bathing. For medium-sized families, it is basically the norm for each person to bathe once a month, and if it is in winter, it is not uncommon to bathe once a month by spending firewood to boil water. There are few official eunuch families with good conditions who can bathe once every three days and bathe once every five days. Men like Zhao Dangshi, who have been fighting abroad for many years, are even less interested in this matter, and often only wait until they can't bear it anymore, and then they will find a nearby stream to wipe it, both in winter and summer. Zhao Yingzhong even said that when he was displaced in southern Shaanxi and Sichuan, Guo Ruke once set a record of not taking a bath for half a year, and he also privately gave the good deeds the nickname "Guo Sloppy".

It was only when Fanhe City was established that the Zhao camp gradually stabilized, and Zhao Dangshi and other generals began to gradually pay attention to personal hygiene. Now that Lian Zhi is serving closely, he can't allow Zhao Dangshi to be willful. However, in any case, it is really rare to go out and live in a hotel with the heart to call for hot water.

Looking at the two guys carrying the big wooden bucket and swaying to a room and stopped, calling twice, Zhao Dangshi remembered that it was the room of the head-wrapper.

Recalling the ridiculous words of Zhou Wenhe, Man Ning and others on the way and the strange behavior of the head-wrapper, Zhao Dangshi's curiosity sharpened, and he walked a few steps to follow.

The two men put down the barrel and waited outside the door, and one of them knocked on the door and said, "Hot water has been delivered, please open the door." ”

There was no movement inside, and the man called again, and a soft female voice came from the room: "Got it, wait a while." ”

Zhao Dangshi's eyes were staring, and he whispered to the consultant: "It's a girl living inside?" ”

The guy was puzzled: "Isn't it a guest who came with the master?" ”

Zhao Dangshi was at a loss for the moment, and after a while, he only listened to the footsteps in the room, and the door slowly opened.

"Bring it in......" The people in the room were shocked when they saw Zhao Dangshi halfway through.

The two stared at the steaming white gas for a moment, and Zhao Dangshi was surprised: "Miss Liu, it's you!" ”

Isn't it Liu Rushi who was standing everywhere by the West Lake?

"Bring the barrel in!" Liu Ru lowered his head and urged his men repeatedly. The two guys were in a hurry to get the reward, and they didn't care about Zhao Dangshi, so they didn't let him take the big barrel and go to the room.

Zhao Dangshi was speechless and watched them go in and come out happily, and was about to go into the room to find Liu Ru is reason for it, but Liu Ru immediately closed the door first, and said through the door: "Tonight, Zhao Lang will rest earlier." The little girl bathed, and it was not easy to receive. ”

"Miss Liu, it's not bad at this moment, I'll ......" Zhao Dangshi was stunned, and before he could say a few more words, Liu Ru didn't respond anymore. I heard the faint sound of water in the room, and I felt that it was not appropriate to stand outside the room like this, so I had to sigh and turn back.

Lian Zhi welcomed him into the room and asked, "Daddy, what's going on?" ”

Zhao Dangshi shook his head and said, "Strange thing." He smiled wryly.