A light rain in the early morning did not dispel the heat of the late summer, but made the weather even hotter.

Before dawn, Yang Shouwen walked out of the room.

Yang Siqiao was packing his bags, and Pei Min was also ready.

When the three of them had settled the bill, they left the inn and left the village.

"The Tabor, over there."

Pei Min pointed to the southwest and said to Yang Shouwen: "Let's ride a horse, and we can see the Taibo Temple about a stick of incense." ”

"Then you'll lead the way."

Pei Min rode in front, and Yang Shouwen and Yang Siqiao walked behind him.

The three of them soon came to the foot of the Changmen Ridge, and from a distance, Yang Shouwen saw the towering archway of the Taibo Temple, showing a dilapidated atmosphere in the morning light.

The Taibo Temple in Cheung Chau was built in the Yongxing period of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was supervised by the elk leopard of Huiji County.

In the Middle Ages, people believed in ghosts and gods.

As the founder of the Wu Kingdom, Wu Taibo coupled with various folk legends, so people named him the god of the Wu Kingdom. Unfortunately, after the Eastern and Western Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, and Taoism gradually formed a system, which greatly compressed the traditional belief in ghosts and gods. As a result, the four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasty were all in the smoke and rain of the tower...... The traditional ancestral temples have gradually lost the soil for survival and are becoming more and more unknown.

The Taber Temple has not escaped this change of faith.

A dilapidated archway, a lonely temple, just like this, stands at the foot of the Changmen Ridge.

In the distance, there are patches of verdant bamboo forests. The wind blowing from Cheung Chau Court stirred the bamboo forest and rustled.

When Yang Shouwen and the three of them came to the Taibo Temple, the ancestral temple had already opened. Speaking of which, this ancestral temple does look dilapidated, and it doesn't even have half of the smell of incense. The Buddhist temples and Taoist views seen along the way must be. This temple can only be described as dilapidated.

An old man with gray hair was cleaning on the steps of the ancestral temple.

The gray robe on his body has turned white because he has been washed and washed.

He seemed to be a little inconvenient to move, limping and old when sweeping the floor. I don't see the slightest bit of spirit.

"Ah Lang, this is the Taber Temple."

Pei Min reined in the horse, turned over and got off the horse, and looked back at Yang Shouwen.

Yang Shouwen also got off the horse, stood under the archway, and looked around.

The book of arrows says that let him come to the Tabor.

But who should I find and what should I do when I come to the Tabor? He didn't know anything.

Now, he has come to the Tabor. So what's next? Yang Shouwen bit his lip, and after muttering for a long time, he handed the reins to Yang Siqiao, and then held the nine swords in his hand and walked towards the Taibo Temple.

"Xiao Pei, follow me."

Pei Min hurriedly threw the reins to Yang Siqiao and trotted all the way to catch up with Yang Shouwen.

The two of them walked one after the other, and slowly came to the gate of the Taibo Temple along the stone steps of no more than twelve steps. I saw that the old man who was sweeping was dragging a broom, limping inside.

"Old man!"

Yang Shouwen shouted loudly.

But the old man didn't look back. Submerged in the ancestral temple.

"Ah Lang, you forgot, I inquired yesterday, and they said that this temple is deaf and dumb, and he can't hear him when you call him."

Yang Shouwen suddenly showed a sudden look, and his face showed surprise.

He had indeed forgotten about it. Pei Min also talked to him last night.

"Let's go in and have a look."

As he spoke, he walked towards the temple.

When the two walked into the ancestral temple, they saw that the area in the ancestral temple was actually not large.

It is divided into two rooms, the front room is the idol of Tabor, and an incense table with a candlestick and an incense burner. There are three sticks of incense in the incense burner.

Incense, it should be the kind of incense that is relatively cheap, and the fragrance is not particularly good.

The old man was coming out of the inner room, and when he saw Yang Shouwen and the two, his cloudy eyes flashed, and he took an incense candle from the side and stepped forward and handed it to Yang Shouwen and the two. That means asking Yang Shouwen and Pei Min to incense Taber. There is a way to see the temple and burn incense, but Yang Shouwen is not too resistant to this. He took the incense candle, lit it in front of the oil lamp, and then bowed three times to the idol and put the incense in the censer. On the other side, Pei Min took out a copper coin from his arms and put it in Miao Zhu's hand.

Miao Zhu smiled and thanked him again and again.

Yang Shouwen observed this person from the side, but he didn't find anything strange.

Could it be that the arrow book is a joke?

He frowned, stood still in front of the idol, and looked up at the statue of Tabor.

At this time, Miao Zhu limped to Yang Shouwen's side, stretched out his hand and pulled Yang Shouwen's sleeve.

"Huh?"

Yang Shouwen turned his head to look at him, and Miao Zhu quickly gestured to him.

Fortunately, Yang Shouwen's sign language is not bad, and he understands the meaning of the temple blessing.

"The layman is from Luoyang?"

"Exactly."

"But is your surname Yang?"

Yang Shouwen's eyes froze, clenched the Nine Crow Sword in his hand, and nodded lightly.

"Two days ago, a layman passed by here and gave me a letter, saying that if a Yang monk from Luoyang stopped here, let me give him the letter."

As he spoke, Miao Zhu took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Yang Shouwen.

It is a fish talisman with two fish-shaped bamboo slips sandwiched between a letter and a layer of fire paint on the outside.

Yang Shouwen looked at the temple in surprise, and reached out to take the fish talisman from his hand, "Two days ago? What does that man look like? ”

"Tall, very handsome young man."

After the temple blessing was finished, he stretched out his hand.

Is this asking for money?

Yang Shouwen smiled slightly, took out another copper coin, and handed it to Miao Zhu.

He took the fish talisman and walked to the lantern, and then took out the letter inside.

"Does the layman have any other explanation?"

"The layman said, "If you read the letter, you will understand."

Yang Shouwen nodded and opened the letter.

The handwriting on the letter was beautiful, exactly the same as the handwriting on the Book of Arrows. As for the content, it is also very simple, only writing the eight words 'Cheung Chau, Fish Market, Eight Immortals Inn'. Like the arrow book, there is no looking up, no falling look, and no clues. Yang Shouwen took the letter and read it several times before folding it and putting it in his pocket.

I looked at Miaozhu twice. Yang Shouwen bowed and thanked him.

The temple also returned the salute, and then limped back to the inner room.

"Ah Lang, what's the situation?"

"Let's go into town."

Yang Shouwen smiled at Pei Min and walked out of the Taibo Temple.

The two came to the archway and turned over on their horses.

"Lao Yang, that person left us a message. Let's go to the Eight Immortals Inn in the fish market in Changzhou County. ”

"Oh?"

Yang Siqiao frowned, but did not speak.

On the side, Pei Min showed a touch of anger and said softly: "Ah Lang, who is this?" Why don't you even show your face? ”

"Someone who knows me well."

Yang Shouwen's eyes showed confusion.

"He was passing through two days ago, and we arrived in Qu'a the next evening. This shows that the other party has calculated that I will come back, and that I can find this Taibo Temple. It's just that I don't like the feeling of being like a marionette. Eight Immortals Inn...... I'd love to see it. In these Eight Immortals Inn, what is the mystery? ”

"Shall we go to the Eight Immortals Inn then?"

Yang Shouwen thought about it and looked at Yang Siqiao.

After Yang Siqiao pondered for a long time, he shook his head, "Ah Lang, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for us to be led by the nose like this." ”

"But if you don't go, just in case you miss it. And how is it good? ”

Yang Shouwen spoke, urging the horse to move forward.

Oh, yes. If you don't go to the Eight Immortals Inn, wouldn't it be a trouble if you miss the clues?

Along the way, the three of them didn't speak again, thinking about what to do. Yang Shouwen felt very bad, very bad.

It's like a fly without a head. It made him very aggrieved.

So far, he doesn't know who shot the arrow book, and he doesn't know what the other party's purpose is in doing it.

But......

"Let's go to the Eight Immortals Inn."

"Ah Lang, think twice."

Yang Siqiao listened. couldn't help but be shocked and hurriedly dissuaded.

In his opinion, the other party is mysterious and secretive, and he may not have good intentions. Rushing into the Eight Immortals Inn like this, God knows if it will be a trap. If it's a trap, I'm afraid it's really dangerous with the three of them.

Yang Shouwen said in a deep voice: "We have reached this point, and we can't afford to retreat anymore."

Danger or not, we all have to go through it. Otherwise, if you want to find the treasure of Huangtai, I'm afraid it will be even more troublesome.

Besides, if we don't go to the Eight Immortals Inn, we will never know who the other party is, what is the intention, whether it is friend or foe? ”

Pei Min also said: "Lao Yang, I also think that you should go to the Eight Immortals Inn." ”

"In that case, let's go to the Eight Immortals Inn."

Yang Siqiao took a deep breath and stopped stopping.

It is true that going to the Eight Immortals Inn is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity. At the very least, they can figure out the other party's intentions, otherwise it is definitely not a long-term solution to guess and not even sleep soundly.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him.

A little red horse galloped from behind and passed by Yang Shouwen and the others. The knight on the red horse turned his head to look at Yang Shouwen the moment he passed by. He was wearing a white robe and a hood, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly. It's just that the moment Yang Shouwen saw his back, he suddenly reined in the horse.

"Ah Lang, what's wrong?"

Yang Shouwen thought for a while, and suddenly turned the horse's head, "Go back to Taibo Temple." ”

As he spoke, he whipped his horse and left.

After Pei Min and Yang Siqiao glanced at each other, they hurriedly urged the horses to follow. Three people rode three horses, plus a mule, and returned to the Taber Temple along the same road. Yang Shouwen jumped off his horse in front of the Taibo Temple, walked up the steps quickly, and came to the front of the Taibo Temple.

The Tabo Temple, the door is open, and it is still deserted.

The incense burners had burned out, and the air was filled with the slightly pungent scent.

After Yang Shouwen rushed into the Taibo Temple, he glanced left and right twice, and then bypassed the statue and went straight to the back hall of the ancestral temple.

"Alang, wait for me."

Yang Siqiao followed Yang Shouwen into the ancestral temple.

However, when he walked into the ancestral temple, he subconsciously twitched his nose twice, and then his face changed greatly and he ran to the back hall.

The back hall of the Taibo Temple is a meditation room, which should be the place where the temple Zhu lives on weekdays.

On the bed in the meditation room, a corpse lay down, and the sunlight shone through the window into the room, and the corpse's face was as pale as paper.

Yang Shouwen was squatting next to the corpse to check, and when he saw Yang Siqiao coming in, he also stood up.

"Ah Lang, who is this?"

"Temple Wishes."

"Huh?"

Yang Shouwen bit his lip and suddenly smiled bitterly.

"I'm damned, that person was right in front of me just now, and I didn't even notice it."

The corpse on the bed was exactly the same as the temple blessing they had seen in the ancestral temple before. But after a simple inspection, Yang Shouwen found that this temple had been dead for at least three days. During this season, the corpse was parked for three days and already stinked a little. However, due to the inferior fragrance in the ancestral temple, Yang Shouwen didn't notice it just now.

Miaozhu has been dead for three days, doesn't that mean that the person who spoke to him just now is the one who delivered the message?

Yang Shouwen wiped his face, and then walked out of the meditation room.

"Lao Yang, don't look at it, it wasn't him who killed, it should have died a natural death."

Yang Siqiao was also a little dazed at this time, and followed Yang Shouwen out of the meditation room, and the two stood still in front of the statue.

"Ah Lang, what should I do next?"

Yang Siqiao was also a little out of proportion, looked at Yang Shouwen and asked.

Yang Shouwen closed his eyes, and thoughts flew in his mind.

What does this mean? Pretending to be a temple blessing, he gave him the letter...... Miao Zhu could see that it was a normal death, not like he killed. So in other words, the other party just wants to joke with him? Yes, just kidding!

Yang Shouwen was really a little angry, he couldn't figure out what the other party meant.

Hearing Yang Simiao's inquiry, he replied almost without thinking: "Go to the Eight Immortals Inn, I will meet this person." (To be continued.) )