Looking back, there was a long long street, shrouded in a faint mist, and occasionally a breeze blew the flags on the wooden buildings to sway gently. There are still discarded sundries such as vegetable leaves, broken paper, bamboo sticks on the ground, and they are only waiting for the handymen to clean up in the early morning of the next day, and now there is no one left.

Xue Chongxun turned to look at the black lacquered gate in front of him, and there were three words on the side of the door: "Shangqingguan". Just as he was about to ask someone to knock on the door, a figure appeared in the corner, dressed in gray cloth, and the man said, "Lang Jun, please." ”

Speaking in a high-pitched voice, not male or female, Xue Chongxun suddenly guessed that he might be a eunuch. The three of them glanced at each other and walked over to the man who had spoken.

"Father-in-law Yu has been waiting for a long time." The little eunuch said again, and then took Xue Chongxun and waited along the wall for a while, turned the wall, and there was a small door on the side. At the door stood a young man in a kudzu robe.

At this time, Xue Chongxun turned back to Yu Zhong and said, "You look outside, what is the situation, there is a response." ”

So Xue Chongxun took Sanniang and followed the little eunuch into the door. Ge Yi Xiaosheng stretched out his head and looked left and right outside the wall, and then he "creaked" to close the courtyard door and latched on.

The courtyard was dimly lit, and in the middle there was a two-story hilltop temple, and the four of them did not go there, but walked along the corridor through a cave door. The more he walked, the more barren he became, Xue Chongxun felt a sense of nervousness inexplicably, and Ge Yixiaosheng, who had led the way after walking for a while, also said goodbye and left.

At this time, they came to the front of a wooden building, and saw Yu Liben standing there, clasping his fists and saluting: "Friends are coming, I am fortunate to meet you." The miscellaneous people are talking upstairs. ”

"Please." Xue Chongxun didn't say much, just waited behind closed doors. So together with Sanniang, and Yu Liben, the three of them entered the door and went upstairs, while the little eunuch stayed below.

"It's a guest room, but Taoist temples generally don't stay overnight, so there's no one else in the whole house." Yu Liben said as he walked aside.

Xue Chongxun asked curiously, "Does Father-in-law Yu have an old acquaintance here?" ”

Yu Liben said: "The old man is gone." If you want to talk about the friendship between the miscellaneous family and the master here, it was the time of the Emperor Zetian Great Sage, when the emperor lived in the Eastern Capital, so the miscellaneous family recognized the master of the Shangqingguan and had a very happy relationship...... Alas, it's a pity that people have passed away, and this Taoist temple is empty. ”

Xue Chongxun felt a little in his heart, so he muttered: "The white rabbit, running around." The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as the old. ”

The three of them entered a guest room together, which was poorly furnished, with a bed, a bamboo bed and a table, unpainted, and very rough. Yu Liben invited Xue Chongxun and the two to sit down, Xue Chongxun sat on the top seat, but Sanniang did not sit, just stood silently aside.

Xue Chongxun remembered what the singer in the official prostitute said, and couldn't help but say: "I heard that there is a female Taoist priest in this Taoist temple......

"Hah!" Yu Liben shook his head and said, "It's mostly rumors, Xue Lang doesn't have to take it seriously." ”

Listening to him call his surname, it means that this place is a place where you can speak, otherwise it will be easy to expose Xue Chongxun's identity. So Xue Chongxun's heart also relaxed a little. He wondered, "Why are there such rumors?" ”

Yu Liben said: "The female Taoist priest that others say must refer to the 'Yuqing' Taoist aunt, which is her Taoist name." She is the daughter of my deceased man, who inherited the land after the death of her father. Later, an official in Dongdu heard her name and wanted to accept it, but Yuqing asked him to resign and become a Taoist priest...... Naturally, I didn't talk about it, and because there were people in the officialdom of the Eastern Capital who had friends with my old man, and occasionally came to ask for Dan, the rumors were born from this. ”

"So it's a rumor made up by the official who wants to accept Yuqing?"

Yu Liben groaned: "This miscellaneous family is not very clear, maybe there is really a matter of staying with officials?" In the past few years, the miscellaneous family has been in Chang'an, and they have not had contact with Dongdu for a long time. ”

The two chatted for a while, the female Taoist priest was no longer so angry, Xue Chongxun got up and walked to the back window, opened the window and looked, it was dark outside, there was no railing and platform, and the window hung alone in this pavilion.

Yu Liben glanced at Sanniang who was standing next to him, this guard was carried by Xue Chongxun, there shouldn't be any problem, so he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness ordered to see Xue Lang, and listen to your arrangement." What should a miscellaneous family do? ”

Xue Chongxun closed the window, walked back to the middle of the house, pulled the Hu bed he was sitting on, moved it to Yu Liben's side, and whispered: "I'm going to Youzhou to find Li Shouli, but for the sake of more safety, you go there before I go to Youzhou." You do ...... do this" So Xue Chongxun whispered in Yu Liben's ear for a while, and Yu Liben nodded in response from time to time.

After hearing this, Yu Liben frowned and said, "Will he believe it?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Father-in-law Yu is a serious internal matter, and there is no shortage of letters, and the Eastern Capital and the local government will also send official letters to Youzhou to inform them, and there is no difference in identity, what can make them suspicious?" Besides, if there is no instruction from above, how dare you do this to the Li Tang clan? Don't worry, you just have to do what I say, and you will be indispensable when it gets done. Look at the Gao Lishi around the prince, isn't it because he contributed to the Tanglong event last year? ”

Yu Liben pondered for a long time, his face was cold, and he said: "Since His Royal Highness has explained that he listened to Xue Lang's orders, the miscellaneous family will do this!" ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard Sanniang call in a deep voice: "Lang Jun! Xue Chongxun hurriedly turned his head and looked at her with an inquiring gaze.

Sanniang pointed to the floor with her finger, and Xue Chongxun was busy listening, but he didn't hear anything. At this time, Sanniang walked softly to the door and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law Yu, your entourage may have been cleaned up just now." ”

Xue Chongxun and Yu Liben immediately looked at each other with a look of surprise on their faces. At this time, Xue Chongxun really didn't think of what kind of situation would happen, which side of the person was it? Without thinking much about it, he immediately pressed the saber at his waist with his left hand, and placed his thumb on the gem-encrusted mechanism.

Sanniang stood by the door, Xue Chongxun and Yu Liben were still standing in place, listening carefully to the movement.

After a long time, I suddenly heard a soft "crack", and a small hole was broken in the door of the papier-mâché hollow room, and a bamboo pipe gently stretched in. At this moment, Sanniang suddenly stretched out her hand and gently patted the bamboo pipe, and there was a cry of "ahhhhhh

"Bang!" The entire door panel was suddenly overturned, and in a flash of cold light, a figure in a wide kudzu robe rushed in with a three-foot long sword. Sanniang pulled out the short sword from her arms, and didn't say anything, she attacked it directly, saying that it was too late, but she only heard the sound of a tooth-sore metal bite, and the weapon in Sanniang's hand was cut off at once, and half fell to the floor.

"Stop!" Yu Liben suddenly snorted, "Yuqing, is the friendship between the miscellaneous family and your family a day or two, what do you mean by doing this?" ”

At this time, another Taoist priest had already rushed in, striking Sanniang from the left flank, and before he could get old, he was kicked by Sanniang and slid out on the floor.

Xue Chongxun listened to Yu Liben's words, so he looked at the woman who had just rushed in, but unfortunately her face was covered with a thick veil and she was wearing a Dao crown on her head, and she couldn't see anything except a pair of eyes as dark as a deep pool. The robe on her body was big, but empty, and her figure should be relatively thin.

"Z!" With a heavy metal sound, Xue Chongxun pressed the mechanism, the horizontal knife on his waist popped out in half, he held the handle with his right hand and pulled it out, grabbed the long handle with both hands, and said, "Sanniang come here, I'll ask for a few tricks." ”

Sanniang took two steps back, threw away the short sword in her hand, and came out with another short knife from her clothes, and then returned to Xue Chongxun's side and protected him.

Yu Liben hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" Explain it first and then do it? ”

Xue Chongxun smiled: "You have to let her understand what the odds are before she is willing to talk, right?" With that, he slowly walked over with a long knife.

Seeing that Xue Chongxun was coming, the Yuqing Daoist didn't say much, scolded lightly, her body was elegant, and she stabbed over with a sword. The sword is good at stabbing, a seemingly slow move, but the sword blade somehow comes very quickly. Xue Chongxun stared at her shoulders and carefully coped with the moves.

A moment later, three more Taoist priests came in from outside the door, which made Xue Chongxun a little distracted, and was cut by Yuqing's sword. Sure enough, it was a sword, and the silk was cut off at the slightest touch of the sword, and a piece of purple silk floated into the air. Sanniang on the side looked nervous, but she didn't dare to call to affect Xue Chongxun, so she had to stare at the fight intently.

Xue Chongxun's body turned, and with a "silk" sound, a larger opening was made in his clothes, and the white obscene clothes inside were exposed. He took advantage of this opportunity to slash horizontally, opening and closing widely, and the range of knife threats was very wide. There was a collision, only to see sparks flying, Yuqing Daogu jumped to the side, the sword in her hand trembled uncontrollably, and let out bursts of dragon groans. Xue Chongxun couldn't help but praise: "Good sword listening." ”

Yuqing stared at Xue Chongxun coldly: "Are you a person in the officialdom?" Those people from outside were recruited? ”

"It was a misunderstanding! It must have been a misunderstanding! Yu Liben hurriedly said, "This Lang Jun is a friend of the miscellaneous family, if you can't trust the miscellaneous family, you won't allow the miscellaneous family to bring people here late at night, right?" ”

Xue Chongxun hugged his fists and said: "If you don't change your surname, you won't change your name, you will be surnamed Xue and be crowned as the Duke of Weiguo." This Taoist aunt has a big temper and her methods are not very glamorous, and she wants to pour drugs into the house without asking. ”

Yuqing's eyes were a little embarrassed, it was true that the indiscriminate means were not a commendable act, and he said at the moment: "The situation is urgent, I suspect that you have a plan, and I just want to catch you and let them cast a mouse." ”

Xue Chongxun said quickly: "Father-in-law Yu also said that it was a misunderstanding, he and your late father have been friends for at least ten years, and it is impossible for him to murder you...... You ask him again, believe me Xue or not. ”

Yu Liben said: "Xue Lang has nothing to do, what are you doing in person to take care of the affairs of a Taoist temple?" Who are the people out there? ”

At this moment, a Taoist priest walked to the door and whispered: "Those people say that we can run away and the monk can't run the temple, as long as we hand over the people, let Shangqingguan go, otherwise it will not be over." ”G