Li Zishun said secretly: "It seems that this kid is not simple. ”

If Li Xin knew that Li Zishun would comment on him like this, I don't know what he would think.

Hu Daifeng said: "That fat man and thin man should just be ordinary gamblers." I was very curious about that monk. ”

Cui Jiu and Li Zishun also nodded yes.

Li Xin said: "The monk rarely speaks and rarely bets, at least in the eleven games I gambled with them, he didn't bet like that." I could feel that he was watching me. ”

Li Zishun said: "Observe you? ”

Li Xin said: "Although he squinted a lot of the time, I could feel it. ”

Li Zishun said: "What are his characteristics?" ”

Li Xin thought for a while: "He looks like he is thirty to forty years old, his appearance is really featureless, his appearance is ordinary, if it weren't for his bald head, others wouldn't have paid attention to him at all." He sat all the time, and across the table, he couldn't tell how tall or short he was. ”

Li Zishun pondered: "A monk, you are not in the temple and you chant the Buddha, why did you come to the casino?" Also, when you enter the VIP room, you said that you should bring at least 10,000 taels of silver, which is not a small number. Judging by the fat man's words, the monk often participated in their gambling games. What kind of monk is this? ”

Hu Daifeng said: "There are no temples in Tianhe Town at present, there are also very small land temples, fire temples, these temples are known to me, and there are no monks at all. Could it be that he is a monk of the Immortal Temple? ”

Li Zishun said: "Immortal Temple? ”

Hu Daifeng said: "Not bad. The temple of the gods is more than forty miles away from here, on a halfway mountainside. The legend that this temple was built was that a god came here. ”

According to legend, many years ago. That year there was a great drought, the land dried up, the grass withered, and many trees on the mountain died. For those who live in Bashan, such a drought is really rare in a century, and the people on the mountain can only go to the river at the foot of the mountain to pick up water, and it will not last long, and the river will soon run out.

One evening, an old man with a white beard came and went to a farmer's house in the middle of the mountains and begged for a bowl of water to drink. It just so happened that the farmer's house ran out of water, and he expressed regret.

The white-bearded old man said, "Why are you so lazy?" He pointed to a place not far away, and said, "This water source is so close, don't you go and fetch water?" ”

The farmers said that there was no water and that it had dried up.

The white-bearded old man said, "I'm not talking about the outside, I'm talking about the inside." Ay! With that, he left.

The next day, the villager told the villagers about it as a joke.

A villager laughed and said, "Is this old man a fairy?" ”

This remark makes everyone more and more reasonable. The white-bearded old man said that the water is inside, is there really water?

So they took their hoes and went to the place and dug up.

It didn't take long for someone to shout, "Come on, there's really water here." ”

Everyone gathered around and found that there was a hole in the slope, and there was a "whooshing" sound of running water from the hole.

Everyone dug the hole wide, and a few brave people climbed in, and they saw flowing water before they climbed two feet. The water is cold and clear, sweet and delicious.

It turned out that there was a natural cave inside, which was full of stone stalactites.

This is an undercurrent in the mountain, which flows through this natural cave, making the sound of running water, and also solves the problem of drinking water here.

There was also a hole next to the flowing water, and someone climbed into it, but never came out again. The cave became a forbidden place.

So, everyone built a temple here to thank the gods for their guidance.

Therefore, this temple is called the "Temple of the Immortals".

Later, someone found another hole next to the flowing water, and someone climbed into it, but never came out again. The cave became a forbidden place.

This cave is also known as the "Cave of the Gods".

Listen to Hu Daifeng tell the story of the fairy temple.

Li Zishun said: "If the monk is from the Immortal Temple, then where did his gambling money come from?" ”

Hu Daifeng said: "I have been to the Immortal Temple once, there are not many monks, and the incense is not abundant, I think they have to come up with 10,000 taels of silver, impossible." ”

Li Xin said: "By the way, I remembered that he has an obvious characteristic. ”

Li Zishun said: "What characteristics? ”

Li Xin said: "The thumb of his right hand is only half amputated. ”

At first, Li Xin didn't remember that it was the monk's right hand holding the Buddha beads. The cards were all held with his left hand, so Li Xin didn't notice.

When the monk was playing the Buddha beads, his thumb movement was a little strange, and when he left, he found that his thumb was missing, and he didn't pay attention to it.

Li Zishun asked just now, and he remembered.

The thumb was missing, and Hu Daifeng and Li Zishun both pondered. The two of them walked around the room, thinking as they walked.

Suddenly, the two looked at each other and said at the same time: "Could it be that he is the 'Flower King' Wang Hequan?" ”

Cui Jiu was silent for a long time, heard Wang Hequan's name, and said, "Kao? Didn't he die early? How could it be him. ”

Li Xindao: "Who is Wang Hequan?" ”

Hu Daifeng told Li Xin the story of the "Kao" Wang Hequan.

Twenty years ago, there was a flower thief in Kaizhou. This person's martial arts are weird, his light skills are super strong, and his disguise skills are very clever. He only targets famous and prominent people.

He only commits crimes in September and October every year, and according to the statistics of Tieyingmen, he does not commit more than five crimes in these two months a year.

Every time the case is completed, a flower will be painted on the wall - a blood-dripping rose, so it is called "Kao" by the rivers and lakes. Every time the young ladies were snatched away, there was no more news, and no one knew whether they were dead or alive. Many wealthy families have hung high bonuses to take down this person's head, but he is elusive, and the yamen has been chasing him for several years, but he has not caught a single hair.

Iron Eagle Gate also dispatched a large number of arresters to track him down, but the result was the same, no clues could be found.

Fifteen years ago in September, he came to Kaizhou to "pick flowers". Hu Yunbo brought the four disciples of "Wen Tao Wu Strategy and Iron Horse Strategy", secretly invited a large number of masters of the rivers and lakes, and arranged a net of heaven and earth, so that Wang Hequan entered their encirclement.

Wang Hequan was seriously injured, and his thumb was also cut off by Hu Daifeng.

At a critical moment, Wang Hequan forcibly broke through, and when he was dying, he jumped into Hanfeng Lake, and no one saw him come up again.

Everyone thought that Wang Hequan was dead, because since then, there has been no such case, and the rose has never been seen again.

Back then, things were very troublesome, so Cui Jiucai said that he was dead.

Li Zishun said: "Although there is no news of Kao's crime since then, I have always suspected that he is not dead. First of all, we did not recover his body. Second, we didn't think he could have died so easily. However, since then, there has been no news of him, and we have closed the case. His thumb is missing, I think it should be the credit of the third child. ”

Hu Daifeng said: "If it's really him, then where has he gone in the past fifteen years?" Why come to Tianhe Town? ”