Long Daoshi's apprentice can cook, the cooking is very fragrant and delicious, he can not only cook but also make tea, the tea is also very fragrant and delicious, use to visit this site □ Qiao drank two sips of tea, feeling that although the aroma is not so strong, but the taste is very fresh, he nodded and asked the master of Longguan: "Where did you come from as an apprentice?" Could it be that you are also from your dragon family? ”

Long Daoist said: "The apprentice was rescued by Poor Dao on the road ten years ago, he is very good at cooking, and he has a lot of strength and can do any job, but unfortunately he is a mute, so I don't know what his name is, I only know that his surname is Shi, and I usually call him Shi Dumb." ”

Long Daoist said that his apprentice was mute, but at first he saw that what he asked for was directly said instead of gesturing with his hands, which made Liu Qiao and Hou Liangzhu very suspicious□ Qiao didn't want to know what was famous in this, but Hou Liangzhu was a person who had something to say, he said: "Ten dumb and nine deaf in the way of eating, you said that your apprentice is dumb but I see that your apprentice is not deaf, what do you ask him to do is to speak and command instead of gesticulating, what is the reason for this?" ”

Daoist Long looked calm, without the slightest embarrassment of being exposed to lies, he explained: "He used to be able to speak, but he didn't believe in evil for a few days after coming to the temple ten years ago, and he couldn't speak anymore after he ran and rolled back. ”

Hou Liangzhu rolled his eyes and asked, "Has your apprentice been to the mountain behind?" ”

Daoist Long nodded and said, "I should have been there, I remember that when he came down, he was stained with some purple powder, this purple powder is only found on the mountain, and the places below are all loess and black soil." ”

Liu Qiao listened to the conversation between Daoist Long and Hou Liangzhu while glancing at Daoist Long's apprentice Shi Dumb out of the corner of his eyes, after the dumb man served tea, he picked up a whisk and swept the dust on the statue of Master Zhang in the main hall, Liu Qiao saw that although the dumb stone was expressionless, he seemed to be listening to this side very attentively, and said in his heart: "On the way, we heard someone say that there are fairies on this mountain who specialize in harming men, and the younger they are, the more dangerous they are, I think it has nothing to do with us." One is that we are not too young to be looked down upon by fairies, and the other is that we have other very important things that we can't afford to take risks. After speaking, he gave Hou Liangzhu a look.

After Liu Qiao finished speaking, he looked in the direction of the main hall, and sure enough, the stone dumb man reacted, as soon as he heard that Liu Qiao was not interested in the mountain behind him, he immediately showed an anxious look□ Qiao could feel that this person was definitely not really dumb, thinking that he was good at pretending to be dumb for ten years, he must have a big plotter, there may be a trap set by them on the back mountain, he should be anxious if he doesn't go to the back mountain, it is not strange that he is dumb and anxious, and the dragon Taoist also showed a trace of anxious look, although it was a flash but also Liu Qiao saw it really, he couldn't help but wonder what is the identity of this dragon Taoist? Isn't it trying to figure out something about yourself?

Liu Qiao drank a few sips of tea and drank the tea bowl to the bottom, then stood up and said: "It's not too early, we want those people under us to obey the rules, in case one of them carelessly harasses the people, it's not good, we have time to talk again." ”

Seeing that Liu Qiao had something to do, Daoist Long didn't say much, just called Shi Dumb over and asked him to pack up his things, and he went back to the room in a flash□ Qiao said that he wanted to see if his subordinates would harass the people It was just a pretext, who knew that it really made him right, as soon as he arrived at the original firewood and grass houses, he smelled a burst of meat fragrance coming from the head stove room, and the meat tasted different from the braised dried beef they brought, Liu Qiao went in and asked what was so fragrant.

Inside is Liu Qiao's guard and the soldier who began to carry the bucket to catch fish, seeing Liu Qiao asked the guard: "The subordinates know that the adult's task is a bit troublesome, so I want to find something to help the adult, it just so happens that this kid said that he knows that eating black dog meat can ward off evil spirits, and said that he can go to the local people's homes to buy one back, and now we are cooking black dog meat, and adults eat a hundred evils." ”

Liu Qiao asked the soldier who came up with the idea: "You really bought this black dog?" If you really bought it, I will reward you, but if it is stolen, you will go and get ten army sticks. ”

The soldier said: "My lord Mingjian, the little one really brought money to buy it, who knows that this dog seems to have a spirit and knows that we want to eat it, and quietly rushed out from the side and bit me secretly, the dog owner said to give the dog to me and let me dispose of it without losing money, everyone is exempt, adults, please see that the little one was really bitten by the dog and absolutely did not lie." After he finished speaking, he pulled up his trousers and asked Liu Qiao to look at his legs, only to see that there were indeed tooth marks on his calves that had been bitten by dogs, and some gold medicine was coated on them.

Liu Qiao looked at the soldier, then shook his head and said: "For the sake of a dog, it is a trivial matter to use bitter meat, even if you don't reward you, you won't be punished, when the dog meat is cooked, you can eat two more bowls of dog meat to nourish it, and after cooking, clean up the pots and bowls, and the monks don't eat meat, it doesn't smell good." ”

Liu Qiao and Hou Liangzhu took the two to the hillside, only to see a group of soldiers in the distance grazing horses and grass, the Heavenly Master Temple was at his feet, he could clearly see the houses and trees in the temple, and even the location of the well could be clearly seen□ Qiao saw that there were two stones next to him and sat down with Hou Liangzhu, Liu Qiao asked: "What does Brother Hou think?" ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "The younger brother thinks that Daoist Long will eliminate you to go up the back mountain, and there may be something on the back mountain." ”

Liu Qiao asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "If Daoist Long really has a secret in the back mountain, he will never tell it casually, so many of us can fight between the two masters and apprentices?" Unless there is only danger and nothing in the back hills, he wants to take us away lest we find his true secret here. But we have already entered the Taoist temple, and we have checked everywhere and found nothing, and the secretary office of other counties, the local villagers, and the Taoist priests themselves all say that there is a problem with the back mountain, so I think there is indeed a problem with the back mountain. Although these two ideas are somewhat contradictory, they do have their own merits. ”

Liu Qiao said: "Let's assume first, assuming that the little Taoist priest who escaped from Beijing back then is really the master of the Long Taoist priest, it also coincides from the time point of view. Let's assume that this person came here quietly on the orders of the palace, and this assumption does not need to be questioned, because this is what the emperor meant, and we believe that it is, then we can be sure that this person has a secret mission to find something here. ”

Hou Liangzhu nodded and asked, "If that's the case, what is he looking for in this remote place?" ”

Liu Qiao thought for a while and said: "Sixty years ago, when Emperor Sejong Jiajing was in power, it can be said with certainty that he was definitely not looking for any gold and silver treasures, Emperor Sejong was obsessed with trust, and he should be looking for something related to cultivation. Before I came this time, the emperor also said that he wanted to find an eye of the earth, saying that he could absorb aura in the eye of the earth, the problem is that Emperor Sejong had died before this person began to build the Heavenly Master Temple, it can be determined that he later completed the task and sent the items with aura into the palace, and the person died and had to complete the task, what kind of task is this? ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "Yes, and what is more strange is that if this earth eye that can gather spiritual energy is near here, and Long Daoist and others are also looking for this place, why don't they go to the earth eye to absorb spiritual energy after they find it?" Maybe he can become an immortal and attain the Tao. After saying that, I couldn't help but smile.

Liu Qiao thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered the topaz he brought, and said: "Maybe you are right, the earth eye that can gather spiritual energy is indeed on the back mountain, and whether it is a dragon Taoist or a stone mute, they all know that place, but they don't have the ability to enter it." If you think about the rumors that more than 20 boys were killed by fairies, and the stone mute turned from a good person to a dumb person, you know that there is indeed great danger in the back mountain. They guessed that we could go in and get some light by the way, which is why they didn't shy away from knowing the secrets of the back mountain, and why they were very anxious when I started to say that I didn't go to the back mountain. ”

At this moment, the guard guarding the intersection in the distance came running to the dumb man with a strange face and asked to see him, Liu Qiao knew that this was because the guard saw the dumb man speak, and smiled slightly and said, "Please come over." ”

After a while, Shi Dumb came over, and when he saw that no one was on his knees on one leg on the left and right, he saluted and said, "Jinyi Wei Baihu Shi Quan has seen Lord Liu!" I've seen General Hou! ”

Liu Qiao said quietly: "Shi Baihu, please get up, sit down and talk." ”

After Shi Quan sat down, Liu Qiao said: "Shi Baihu has endured humiliation for ten years, which is respectable and admirable, I don't know which subordinate he was on an errand before?" What are the specific tasks? ”

Shi Quan sighed and said: "In the past, the villain was a person from Dongchang, and adults should know that the father-in-law of Dongchang is generally in Beijing, and we Jinyiwei will do these things outside." ”

Liu Qiao asked, "Have you found it?" Is there anything suspicious about this Dragon Daoist, that is, your master? ”

Shi Quan thought for a while and said, "Maybe he hid it deep and I didn't find it, maybe he didn't have any suspicion at all, he was just an ordinary person." ”

Liu Qiao said: "Let's talk about the experience of so many years. ”

Shi Quan said: "The old Taoist priest in this temple left for unknown reasons, and the remaining dragon Taoist priest, who is now my master, looks very responsible, who knows that one day he wants to encourage some villagers to go up the back mountain, which has attracted the attention of Dongchang, because Dongchang has been paying attention to this place to find the old Taoist." The people of Dongchang decided to send someone to go undercover in the Taoist temple, because I was from Sichuan, so I was selected, I didn't want to stay here longer and wanted to complete the task as soon as possible. ”

Liu Qiao smiled and asked, "Is there really a fairy who wants to break your childlike body?" Isn't it pretty? Did she get it? ”

Shi Quan shook his head and said: "My lord is joking, where is there a fairy, I heard that my master is looking for someone to go up the back mountain, and I thought that there must be a secret on the back mountain, so I went up the mountain by myself while he was out." It was also the beginning of July, and I felt that something was wrong all the way up the mountain, there were almost no small trees on the mountain except for stones and large trees, and even the grass was rare to grow, and there were purple stones all around, and the surface was powdered when I touched it with my hands. I went up the hill and entered a stone cave, which was not deep and was still a hole in front of each other, but I had to make a few turns. ”

Liu Qiao said: "Since you are sure to wear it, you must go through, so where is it to go through?" Paradise? ”

Shi Quan said: "By going to a flat land, the flat land used to be a steep ridge that was not too high, and when you look down, you can see the farmers under the mountain, and there is no accident to find at all." ”

Hou Liangzhu asked at this time: "According to what you say, there is nothing strange about the mountain behind the cave except for this pair, so how can it be dangerous?" ”

Shi Quan said: "The back mountain is not big or high, except for the cave, there is really no peculiarity, but the danger is precisely in the cave that turned a few corners inside, the cave itself is not big, many places need to climb over, I walked a few times and found that when I walked to the fourth corner, the space was larger when I was about to get out of the hole, if I turned over at this time and did not move forward, I would turn over to a fork in the hole." Climbing down from the fork hole became more and more wide, and then I felt a round and cold drum-like thing made of stone or iron, and there were words on it, but I couldn't feel what was written. ”