Xu Ling'er went to Qixia Temple to meet Elder Yuekong, but the elder went to Jiming Temple to preach the scriptures, and she had to wait for the evening to come back, so she invited incense to visit the Maitreya Temple.

Entering the main hall, I saw King Wei Tuo standing upright, enshrined in the Maitreya Buddha with a bare chest and a smile, Xu Linger lit three incense sticks, worshiped and worshipped, and sincerely knelt on the ground and prayed silently......

Out of the Maitreya Hall up the stairs, came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, only to see the Buddha more than three feet high smiling, compassionate, universal sentient beings of the Dharma appearance appeared peaceful, wide eyes on all sentient beings. The right hand is fearless, and it removes the suffering of the world; The left hand wishes the seal, sprinkled with the joy of the world. At this moment, an inexpressible sense of awe is spontaneous.

Xu Ling'er burned incense and worshipped, prostrate in front of the Buddha and looked up, and suddenly felt so small.

Enter the Vilu Treasure Hall, where the golden body of the Buddha is enshrined, the Brahma King and the Emperor stand on the left and right, and the twenty Vajra are arranged on both sides. Xu Ling'er worshiped the Buddha Virujana, prayed for a while in front of the Guanyin statue behind the Buddha statue, went out of the Pilu Temple, walked along the Dharma Hall, the Buddha Hall and the Tibetan Scripture Building, and arrived at the Relic Pagoda.

The relics stupa has seven levels and eight sides, the base of the tower is made of white stone, there are stone carved railings on all sides, there is Sumeru seat on the pedestal, the eight sides are engraved with the eight-phase enlightenment map, and the eight-phase diagram is the first-class tower body. Xu Linger looked up, only to see that the tower body is octagonal, each corner has a leaning pillar, the tower body is carved with Manjushri, Fuxian Bodhisattva and the four heavenly kings and other reliefs; Look up again, the eaves of the five layers from the bottom to the top layer by layer to collect points, each side is equal to the beach two stone competition, the niche sits a Buddha, the inclined plane under the eaves is carved with the statue of the heavens, the heavens such as the sky, the lotte and the offering, the tower top brake pillar is lotus-shaped, there are more than five battles high.

I turned around the eight-phase enlightenment diagram, and saw that these eight portraits were: the reincarnation of the white elephant, the birth under the tree, the prince bathing in the nine dragons, traveling to the West Gate, the penance of the city, bathing and sitting for relief, enlightenment, demon subjugation and nirvana, praying for my father in my heart while watching......

At this time, Xu Ling'er raised her head suddenly, and suddenly found Wu Lian, dressed as a nun, cleaning up the sundries in front of the relics pagoda.

At the same time, Wu Lian also saw Xu Ling'er, hurriedly threw down the broom in her hand, stepped forward with a three-inch golden lotus, and bowed: "Say hello to Sister Ling'er, when did you arrive in Nanjing?" ”

"Wu Lian, I only arrived yesterday, I heard that you, Yue'er, Zhang Min'er, Han Xiaoyu and others all live in Qixia Temple, and I want to come to see you, but I happened to meet you."

Wu Lian pointed to the cliff behind the Immeasurable Hall in the distance, and replied: "Sister, please see, there is a nunnery near the Thousand Buddha Grottoes behind the Big Buddha Pavilion and in the east of the Relic Pagoda, and we all live there, sister, please come with me." ”

"Are they all there?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"Nowadays, we are all considered monks, eating fasting and chanting Buddha every day, the three sisters usually don't like to go out, but I am a little idle, I come out to help when I have nothing to do, Han Xiaoyu manages a few of us, and usually teaches us to practice kung fu. Sister, you know what? Xiaoyu admires you so much, and she also imagines you to cross the world and make achievements. ”

Xu Ling'er heard about Han Xiaoyu's situation and praised: "Xiaoyu is outstanding in appearance, both civil and military, and good at medical skills. ”

Wu Lian lowered her head in shame, didn't say anything, and led Xu Ling'er towards the depths of the jungle, and not far in front, you could see dome-shaped grottoes.

When she was about to arrive at the nunnery, Xu Ling'er asked, "Wu Lian, how is Zhang Min'er now?" Does she still want to be a queen mother? ”

"Sister, I can see that in fact, the way she is now, she is really forced to do so."

"So, is she willing to become a monk for the rest of her life?"

"She, she ......" Wu Lian's face was flushed, and she stammered and replied: "She looks forward to seeing Zhu Gongzi every day......"

Why is that? I heard that she was married home by your brother Wu Xiang? Xu Ling'er asked deliberately.

mentioned Wu Xiang, Wu Lian's eyes turned red, tears fell, she hesitated for a while, bowed her head and replied: "I heard Sister Yue'er say that my brother has a serious illness in Ningbo, and he is stupid now." Sister, slave beg, can you help me take him over, I, I will take care of him for the rest of his life......"

No matter how Wu Xiang treated his sister, Wu Lian was still worried about her brother, this brother-sister relationship made Xu Ling'er quite moved, because he didn't know the relationship between Chen Yuanhua, Wu Xiang and Huang Bingwen, he didn't dare to agree to Wu Lian rashly, and was silent for a moment before replying: "This matter is still subject to the arrangement of Elder Yuekong." ”

"Sister, my brother is greedy for money and lustful, and he has already had retribution, for the sake of the Buddha, please, save my brother......" Wu Lian cried and begged.

At this time, behind them, a female voice came: "Lian'er, who is this girl?" ”

Xu Ling'er turned around and found that there was a girl dressed in Haiqing's silk clothes and a flat-topped nun hat, slim and elegant, undisguised pure and childish, and her clear eyes revealed a trace of agility and a resolute and open-minded look.

Wu Lian wiped away the tears on her face and replied, "Little Miss Yu, this is Sister Xu Ling'er." ”

Han Xiaoyu folded her hands, closed her eyes slightly, recited Amitabha, smiled and stepped forward to say a blessing, and said, "Slave maid to meet my sister." ”

Xu Ling'er said a few polite words to Han Xiaoyu, and the three of them returned to the nunnery together, and at this time, the sun was about to set. At this moment, Yue'er was cooking in the kitchen, and Zhang Min'er was meditating cross-legged alone, sometimes reciting a Buddhist scripture she had just learned, and her attitude seemed extremely pious......

As soon as Han Xiaoyu entered the courtyard gate, he shouted loudly: "Sister Yue'er, Sister Min'er, there is a distinguished guest here." ”

So, Yue'er walked out of the kitchen, she glanced at Xu Ling'er, and hurriedly lowered her head, but she didn't say anything. Xu Ling'er noticed her expression, it didn't seem to be neat, and she was about to take the initiative to talk to her, when she suddenly found that a girl dressed as a nun walked out of the nunnery......

Seeing the nun in front of her, she was no different from Luo Amin, but she looked younger, pure, and very lovely, which shocked Xu Ling'er to the point that she was stunned, needless to say, she was Zhang Min'er.

Xu Linger thought in her heart: It seems that Huang Bingwen, Chen Yuanhua, Wu Xiang and others have really put a lot of effort into finding Luo Amin! So, she smiled and asked, "May I ask this girl, you are Zhang Min'er, who descended from the Nine Heavens Xuannu and had the life of her mother, right?" ”

Zhang Min'er's face was suddenly full of crimson and ashamed, and she quickly folded her hands, stepped forward to say a blessing, and read: "Amitabha, Min'er's life is like a mustard, sister must not make fun of me again......"

While they were talking, Yue'er went back to the kitchen to cook. Han Xiaoyu invited Xu Ling'er into the nunnery and said, "Sister, let's have a meal with us." With that, he began to set up the dishes.

Seeing this, Wu Lian and Zhang Min'er went into the kitchen together to help, and after a while, the three of them brought the steaming meal to the dining table.

Yue'er sat down at the dining table, looked at Xu Ling'er stupidly, folded her hands, and whispered: "Amitabha Buddha ......"

Han Xiaoyu introduced: "Sister Ling'er, now, Yue'er and I are godsisters, she was seriously ill in Tangfu, it was me and Zhu Gongzi who sent her home, recognized her mother as a godmother, and went to Fengyang Qiyan Temple by the way, and invited Elder Yuekong." ”

"Xiaoyu, it's all up to you to be here in the future." Xu Ling'er couldn't help but secretly marvel that Han Xiaoyu was really shrewd and capable.

Everyone sat together and fasted, and Xu Ling'er was not polite, but at this time, she had a question in her heart: I heard Han Xiaoyu just say that Yue'er's mother should be an old man worthy of respect, so who sold Yue'er into Cuihualou?

So, Xu Ling'er asked: "Xiaoyu, during the New Year, did you go to pay New Year's greetings to your godmother?" ”

Han Xiaoyu Bingxue was smart and replied cautiously: "Sister Ling'er, I went back to Jiangbei a few years ago and sent a New Year's gift to my godmother. Do you know? Yue'er was brought back to Nanjing by his brother Tie Niu, and now, Tie Niu is a big teapot in Cuihualou, so we are all very worried that he is likely to find here. ”

During this period of time, Yue'er's state was good and bad, and she was still looking forward to Tang Jing marrying her in the future, and Tang Jing also secretly told Han Xiaoyu to let her take more care of Yue'er.

Yue'er, who was immersed in eating, suddenly heard Han Xiaoyu mention her brother Tie Niu, and her face suddenly turned red, and her tears couldn't help but flow down, and they all fell into the rice bowl......

Everyone was silent for a while, and when they were about to finish eating, Wu Lian and Zhang Min'er spoke almost at the same time: "Zhu Gongzi ......"

"When will Childe come to see us?" As soon as she heard that Wu Lian was also asking, Zhang Min'er stopped.

Xu Ling'er knew that Zhu Hui and both of them had a one-night stand, and replied with a smile: "Now Zhu Hui is not as good as before, he has become the chief flag officer of the Jinyi Guard, and he has important tasks to do, I am afraid that he will not be able to help himself." ”

"I heard that he had to ride a horse to Qixia Temple every night to learn kung fu from Elder Yuekong for more than an hour, but Sister Xiaoyu just didn't tell us, where did he practice martial arts? I never let my son come to see us. Zhang Min'er whispered.

Xu Ling'er asked in surprise, "Is it?" ”

At this time, Zhang Min'er glanced at Han Xiaoyu, pouted and said, "Elder Yuekong asked Sister Xiaoyu to take care of us, and we are not allowed to do this or that all day long, it's really boring." ”

"Xiaoyu, when does Zhu Hui come to Qixia Temple every day to learn martial arts?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"Sister, think about it, he went to the capital a few years ago, and he has only been back for a few days? So, he doesn't come every day, and besides, I don't know when he's coming. Han Xiaoyu replied.

"I know, you come when you come, you go when you go, almost every day, this is what Gongzi told me personally when he sent me to Qixia Temple." Wu Lian preached.

Finding that it was already dark outside, Xu Ling'er said: "It's the time of unitary, this stinky boy, I asked him to take me to worship the Buddha together, and he still found a thousand reasons for refusing to come with me." ”

After everyone finished eating, Yue'er went back to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and under the begging of Zhang Min'er and Wu Lian, she got Xu Ling'er's consent, so they went to find Zhu Hui together.

The sky is cloudless, and the stars are set in the sky like jewels; The crescent moon is like a hook, and the hazy moonlight sprinkles on the crescent pool, as if covered with a layer of transparent light veil, and the bleak mountain wind blows, causing ripples......

After wandering around in front of the mountain gate of Qixia Temple for a long time, the four girls were shivering with cold, and they didn't find a place for Zhu Hui to practice martial arts.

Xiao Shami pointed to a pine forest in the distance and said, "It seems that there is a benefactor who is learning martial arts from the Elder of the Moon Sky, just in the forest ahead. ”

Zhang Min'er thanked Xiao Shami, and beckoned everyone to come to this pine forest, there was indeed a vacant lot in it, only to see plum blossom piles planted on the ground, and potholes everywhere, but there was no figure.

So, Han Xiaoyu said: "Tell you, you still don't believe it, don't I say it, he won't come every day." ”

Finding that Wu Lian and Zhang Min'er were looking forward to it, and seemed to be a little distracted, Xu Ling'er asked: "Xiaoyu, you tell me the truth, if it is normal, should he be here?" ”

"Sister, if it's normal, it should indeed be there, under normal circumstances, he will practice the tricks he learned yesterday first, and when the time comes, Elder Moon Sky will come to teach him a new one."

At this time, Xu Linger suddenly remembered Hai Rui's words: ...... Only by killing decisively can we keep the world peaceful!

I remember Zhu Hui replied: Lord Hai, I understand, I will definitely not disappoint your high hopes!

Thinking of this, Xu Ling'er hurriedly turned around and ran out of this pine forest, Han Xiaoyu followed closely behind, and shouted: "Sister Ling'er, wait a little longer, maybe the Elder of the Moon Sky will come over." ”

Xu Ling'er waved her hand and replied, "Xiaoyu, you guys hurry back, I suddenly remembered that there is an important matter, and now I have to hurry into the city to do it." ”

After that, Xu Ling'er didn't care about them anymore, trotted all the way, came to the horse house outside the mountain gate of Qixia Temple, took out his horse, and hurried to Nanjing City along the mountain trail in the dim moonlight.

Not long after Xu Ling'er left, Elder Moon Sky came to this pine forest and found that Han Xiaoyu, Wu Lian, and Zhang Min'er were still wandering here.

"What are you doing here? Xiaoyu, why didn't Zhu Hui come to practice martial arts? ”

Han Xiaoyu met with the master and told Xu Ling'er about coming to Qixia Temple.

"How long has she been gone?" Elder Moonsky asked.

"About half an hour." Xiaoyu replied.

Elder Yuekong pondered for a moment and ordered, "Xiaoyu, send them back immediately, and you follow me into the city." ”

Xu Ling'er returned to Tangfu, handed the horse to Wanxi, and said, "Please do me a favor, hurry up and feed some forage, I may have to go out in a while." With that, he hurriedly came to the second courtyard.

Found Qingyang in the west ear room, Xu Ling'er asked, "Is Zhu Hui in the mansion?" ”

"Sister, Zhu Hui and Song He went to Qixia Temple to practice together, didn't you meet them?" Qing Yang replied suspiciously.

At this time, Xu Ling'er was even more convinced of her judgment, and said in a low voice: "Qingyang, please don't make a noise, accompany me to the three alleys outside Xi'anmen." ”

Qing Yang reacted immediately, and asked in horror: "Could it be that these two stupid boys went to assassinate Huang Bingwen?" ”

"That's right, I'm worried that they are no match for Huang Bingwen."

Qing Yang suddenly became very nervous, picked up the saber and was about to go out, and said, "Sister, you stay here to help me take care of the house, and I will go back when I go." ”

"Let's go together."

"It's okay, since you talked to Luo Amin, the Luo sisters are very cooperative now, there should be nothing at home, let's go together."

The two led the horse out of the Tang Mansion, Qing Yang led the way in front of the head, and came to the three alleys outside the Xi'an Gate of the old imperial city.

In the dim moonlight, the two of them stopped to watch, only to see Zhu Hui and Song He masked in black scarves, wearing tight black clothes, and killing a group of scoundrels......

Zhu Hui danced the scimitar in his hand, slashed several people to the ground, and then chased after a large group, which overwhelmed him......

Song He sometimes jumped in the air, sometimes hovered on the ground, waved his palms, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, knocked the group around him to the ground, and then killed a group of scoundrels and surrounded him......

Huang Bingwen and a strong man stood not far away, watching the two warring sides coldly, and when they noticed that the two assassins were gradually becoming a little overwhelmed, they waved the long knives in their hands, ready to rush forward and kill Zhu Hui and Song He.

At this time, Zhu Hui and Song He joined forces to defend back to back, and the two seemed to have only the ability to parry and not fight back......

At this extremely urgent moment, Qing Yang couldn't hold it back, and was about to kill the general to help, but was hurriedly stopped by Xu Ling'er.

At this moment, Xu Ling'er had already seen Zhu Hui's intentions, and whispered: "Qingyang, it seems that they can't kill Huang Bingwen, and now they are preparing to escape......

"Sister, the sword and gun are eyeless and changing rapidly, how can they escape?"

"Qingyang, look at ...... again"

Before the words fell, at the moment when Huang Bingwen and the big black man were brandishing long knives and approaching the two of them, a fireball suddenly flashed into the air, and Qing Yang suddenly saw that the alley was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, Qing Yang's eyes widened in surprise, where was there still a trace of Zhu Hui and Song He......

"Let's go." After that, Xu Linger and Qing Yang rode their horses together and quickly left the scene.

At this time, I heard Huang Bingwen shouting loudly: "It is the Japanese who assassinated the official, go and inform Shangyuan County and Yingtianfu Yamen, and the whole city will arrest the Japanese Kou tonight......"

At the other end of the three alleys, Elder Moon Sky spoke, "Xiao Yu, let's go. ”

At this time, Han Xiaoyu's legs were weak, and he had already raised his heart to his throat, and asked in a low voice, "Master, will they be fine?" ”

"They've run away, let's go back too."

"Master, the big black man who followed the official is Yue'er's elder brother Tie Niu......"