CHAPTER XVIII

As you wind up the stone steps, you can see the treasure temple at the end at a glance. However, when Su Jin walked up, he knew that the stone steps at the end of the stone steps that could be seen at a glance were almost endless.

Su Jin was so tired that she almost wanted to get up on her hands and feet. He didn't care so much anymore, and as soon as his body became weak, he sat on the ground, raised his eyes and begged: "Shopkeeper, sit down and rest."

Xiao Luo stood helplessly and looked down at her, shaking his head firmly: "Dirty."

Su Jin pursed her lips, gave him a blank look, and didn't persuade him anymore. Fan up with a hand-made fan, although there is no wind, but it is better than nothing.

Turning his head to look at the road he had come, he had climbed for so long and had not even reached half of the stone steps. couldn't help complaining: "Shopkeeper, this Pure Shadow Temple is built in such a place, and there are long stone steps, how many believers can come?"

Xiao Luo glanced at her and didn't answer.

"Also, sincerity is spirituality, this stone step must be used to test believers!" Su Jin asked and answered herself, and nodded heavily after speaking, giving herself some confidence.

"Shopkeeper, do you think this temple can work?"

"Shopkeeper, why did you say that the masters built this temple in this deep mountain?"

"Shopkeeper, you say ......"

"Shopkeeper ......"

Su Jin's quirky questions didn't stop, and he kept asking: "Shopkeeper, what kind of spirit did you say last night?" What's the name? ”

Xiao Luo's face was no longer cold this time, and his expression seemed to be loose.

Su Jin excitedly leaned over and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know this?"

Xiao Luo stared at her faintly and replied, "I'll leave when I've rested enough."

Su Jin is no longer a scoundrel this time. After a moment of silence, he got up, and his unrelenting expression had long since disappeared. He smiled lightly, changed his expression, looked back at Xiao Luo, and asked seriously: "Shopkeeper, those thieves last night weren't they, right?"

She had endured this question all night, and now that she could ask it as she wished, she was much happier.

Xiao Luo was still calm, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he didn't speak immediately.

Time seemed to stand still, the wind gently blowing, blowing the ends of their hair. The mountains in the distance, the temples in the back, the grass and trees on both sides seemed to have lost their color, Su Jin only saw the two bright red lip flaps in front of him touching up and down, and spit out a word: "Hmm."

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, tossing and turning last night, thinking left and right, and finally got the answer.

Xiao Luo stroked the hem of his clothes that were disturbed by the wind, and asked with a smile, "How do you guess?"

Su Jin glanced at him and said, "The shopkeeper doesn't want to be coaxed like a three-year-old child." Kicked, twisted his waist, loosened his muscles, looked at the set goal in front of him, and led the way ahead.

Xiao Luo slowly followed behind him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of waiting.

"I got out of the carriage in a hurry last night, and I thought something strange. First of all, how can there be bandits on this official road? In this blue sky and white day, is it impossible to be an official mansion? Su Jin explained, suddenly turned to look at Xiao Luo and asked jokingly, "Secondly, I'm afraid that the martial arts of Tracing the Shadow are not bad, right?"

Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, stopped and pondered for a moment, and commented pertinently: "It's okay."

"Heh," Su Jin glanced at him and continued: "The shopkeeper is too modest, although I don't know how your shop interacts with the gods, but people who can even deal with the gods can be shackled by bandits?" You must know that the so-called thief can't be called a strong martial artist, right? ”

Xiao Luo nodded and corrected: "It's not your shop, it's our shop."

"And then there's the dozen or so horses. Although over the years, the number of horses has greatly increased, and it is normal for wealthy families to be able to drive carriages, ordinary people can have a donkey or ox to ride, and they are very happy. The so-called thief, but the petty thief, is a thief like a thief, who can steal the wealth of these dozen horses, and the local people and passers-by will never be silent, right? ”

Since the bandit appeared last night, the full sense of strangeness disturbed her sleep, and these contradictions went back and forth in her mind. I didn't dare to ask, but I couldn't hold my mouth all the time. Now, as soon as he opened his mouth, he began to gush like flowing water.

"Finally, there are the unregulated weapons, spears, spears, knives, swords, and the like. If it's a bandit, where do these weapons come from? If you pick them up, they're all very good. If you buy it, no matter where you buy it, you still have to sell your life to be a thief with this money? ”

Xiao Luo smiled and nodded, and said with an implicit encouragement in his eyes: "Yes, continue."

Su Jin, who was praised, was even more firm in his conclusion: "So this group of bandits is coming at us." Based on the shopkeeper staying in the shop all the year round, the only contradiction is the recent Li Shengli Niang, Li Shang himself has a handle in your hands, and the two sides have negotiated, he will not act rashly. Therefore, it is bold to infer that their target is nothing more than me. And the reason is just the unjust case of our Su family, plus the problem when the shopkeeper was about to go out, it is not difficult to know that they were sent by Master Li Shang, right? ”

Looking at Xiao Luo's expression as if he was appreciating a performance that knew the plot early, there was no sense of surprise.

Su Jin couldn't help but be frustrated: "You already knew?"

Xiao Luo also nodded without modesty and admitted it, and said no more. The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and a pair of black eyes looked at Su Jin with sincerity, explaining: "After it was rumored that there were traces of you in Hezhou a few days ago, it attracted many people, and the leader of them was Li Shang."

"Listen to you like that, it's really him." Su Jin was calm on his face, but he had a feeling in his heart that this was really the case.

Thinking that my father was imprisoned for no reason, and a lot of stolen goods were accidentally found at home, and it was rare for others to design and frame him, so he was hastily convicted and exiled, and even more so that others could not contribute to the trouble.

I just don't know what that roster is about?

Although Su Jin pretended to be indifferent on his face, the sadness between his eyebrows was really difficult to hide. Xiao Luo also pretended not to know, nodded and continued to seduc: "When you asked yesterday, you were vague and unwilling to tell me, and I don't want to be reluctant." Therefore, I hurriedly set off in the evening to think of the previous matter of searching for Li Shang in this Pure Shadow Temple, so as to find some clues, I wonder if you are willing to tell the truth now? ”

"I ......" Su Jin hesitated, unable to make a decision immediately, so he had to lower his head and lower his eyelids, avoiding his sincere gaze.

The letter paper in her arms was like a hot potato, burning her chest and back, and sweat broke out on her forehead.

If he was a little guarded before, but now he is really protecting her. avoided the pursuit of the officers and soldiers for her, sheltered her from the wind and rain under the eaves, released her false news to get rid of the officers and soldiers, and even said that she wanted to clear her father's grievances, and this is not just talking.

When he had a little news, he came to ask himself for verification, and knowing that he didn't want to tell him, he took himself out and slowly searched for evidence. Her words and deeds really shook her heart.