Volume 1 The Storm Rises Chapter 118 Temple
Satisfaction can also be seen, at this time, thinking of the geographical location of Jingzhou, if the Turks really take Jingzhou away, Datang will completely lose the security of the northwest, and Jingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a little scary to think about it now.
However, Chengxin still decided to find Li Chengqian first, because even if Xiangxin and Xu Dong guessed correctly, no one listened to him when he and his party went to Jingzhou, so it was better to find Li Chengqian and discuss this matter with him.
Said to go, Xiangxin and others led the horse to walk in the mountains and forests, looking at the plains in the distance, but their hearts were very anxious.
While looking at the map, the two of them studied how long it would take for the Turks to reach Jingzhou.
He calculated the time and left Chang'an for almost ten days, and Li Chengqian left after the first day he left Chang'an, although he walked farther than him on the journey, but the Turks must pass through the territory of Gaochang if they go to Jingzhou after Yizhou is strong, and if they want to come to Gaochangguo, they will not easily let the Turks pass by, and if they calculate the height of Ermeng Mountain, the Turks should also be on the road at this time, if they can find Li Chengqian within two days, they may have a chance to stop the Turkic conspiracy!
It took a great deal of effort for the group to leave the mountain, and they rode on their horses and galloped across the plains so fast that even those who had never dared to ride fast horses could not help but whip up their horses' buttocks.
Fortunately, the plains are flat enough, and I have been riding horses these days, so I can still control it.
Soon the sky darkened, and the group actually saw a temple, which looked very large, and everyone looked at each other and finally decided to stay in the temple tonight, and then continue their journey tomorrow.
The direction of the temple is in the west, which is the highest place nearby, and with the sunlight that has not disappeared, everyone only feels that the back of the temple is shining with divine light, but the opaque temple has a dark atmosphere.
When he approached, the captain knocked on the door and wanted to talk to the monks in the temple, but he didn't expect to push the gate of the temple all of a sudden, only to hear a loud bang, and the gate collapsed, causing a large amount of dust.
Xiangxin looked at the innocent Captain Ten with a shocked face and said, "What are you doing, why do you still want to demolish the temple!" ”
Captain Ten hurriedly shook his head and said, "I didn't use much force, it was broken!" ”
Uncle Tuesday also strode over, looked at the broken gate and said, "This wood is bad, it's not his problem, and this temple looks like no one lives in it!" ”
Satisfaction also came over, looked at the broken place and saw that no one came out of the temple, then nodded and said: "No one is better, the province has to talk to them, let's pack up and go in, borrow this temple to rest overnight and hurry tomorrow!" ”
The rest of the people didn't think much about it, and pushed the other half of the gate open together, and then entered the temple together.
The two lazy people of Xiangxin and Xu Dong didn't take anything, but they walked in the front, the two of them looked at the temple carefully, and looked at the dry paint on the temple wall, "The monks in this temple should have left in the last two years, and it can be seen from these dry paints that it should be newly painted in the past two years!" ”
Xu Dong leaned over and buckled the wall, then returned to his side and said: "But it's new paint, I don't know where the monks in the temple went, why did the people who painted the new paint leave!" ”
Chengxin didn't know what was going on in this temple, so he cautiously walked to the front of the hall, and then motioned to Xu Dongdao: "You go and push the door open!" ”
Xu Dong looked at the careful appearance, and he was also worried, but driven by curiosity, Xu Dong pushed open the door of the house, and the first thing he saw was a Buddha statue in the middle, but this Buddha statue was a little dirty, as if someone had splashed dirty water.
Uncle Tuesday didn't know where he came from, looked at the Buddha statue and said with some shock: "How can there be blood stains on this Maitreya Buddha!" ”
Xiangxin was also frightened by Uncle Tuesday's words, and the three of them hurriedly walked in, and found that there were also many black marks on the ground next to the Buddha statue.
Feeling a little surprised, he pointed to these corpses and said, "Who would be cruel to the monks!" Could it be that this temple is the Black Temple? ”
Xu Dong seemed to remember the previous memory, clapped his hands and said: "When I came to Ermeng Mountain with my father before, I heard people talk about this temple, and they all said that this temple is very fragrant, but my father was in a hurry to go back and didn't come to visit!" ”
Uncle Tuesday also looked thoughtful, and said after a while: "These monks were all hacked to death by someone, it seems that they should have met some bad guys, or they were chased and killed by enemies!" ”
Uncle Tuesday looked at the bloodstains, and then lifted the curtain of the table under the Buddha statue, and immediately a new corpse appeared, which seemed to be the presiding officer of the temple.
Xiangxin felt a little disgusting, and felt a trace of cool air around her, Xiangxin hurriedly turned around and left, and the two uncles went out with them.
The three of them looked at a few people outside and hurriedly told them what they saw in the main hall, and the others were also a little surprised, but they didn't care, in this current situation, where are they still in the mood to think about these useless things, instead of thinking about helping the monk avenge, it is better to think about where to sleep tonight!
"Where are we sleeping tonight?" He asked, he didn't want to sleep where there were dead people.
The others looked at each other, and Xu Dongcai pointed to the backyard and said, "This temple doesn't look small, brothers will raise the fire first, let's go to the backyard to have a look, there should be guest rooms and something like that to live in!" ”
The rest of the people didn't seem to have any opinions, nodded and went their own way, and the three of them walked towards the backyard again, and at this time, they were like frightened birds, silently following behind without saying a word.
Uncle Tuesday's expression was a little solemn, but it shouldn't be because of these corpses, Uncle Tuesday took the lead in pushing open the door of the guest room in the backyard, and in shock, more than a dozen corpses were found, and a few half-burned corpses were found.
Xu Dong couldn't look at these things, and left the guest room with satisfaction, but he took out two clean-looking futons, and it was estimated that the two of them were preparing to sleep in the compound.
Uncle Tuesday didn't care about this, and carefully inspected each corpse, especially the half-burned corpses, after all, they looked a little special.
It was not until midnight that Uncle Tue returned to the army, and by this time they had decided to camp out in the compound for the night, the fire had been burned, and the horses had been fed.
Uncle Tuesday looked at the white porridge cooked by several people and couldn't help but say, "Do you know who those corpses in the backyard are?" ”
Everyone's eyes shifted to Uncle Tuesday's face, and Uncle Tuesday didn't like to guess the stew, and then said: "In addition to the monks in this temple in the backyard, there are six or seven people who should be from an opera troupe, and their names seem to be Wangjiangnan!" ”
Satisfied Xin was stunned when he heard this name, he had seen the name of this troupe on his deed of sale before, and combined with the time when these people were killed, he had a bold guess.
Uncle Tuesday looked at everyone's surprised expressions and said, "Are you curious about how I know their identity!" ”
Seeing that everyone was nodding, Uncle Tuesday brought them a small piece of cloth in his hand, and after watching them take it, he said, "This is the corner of one of the people's clothes, and this is the only thing left to burn!" ”
Satisfied with the heart, only looking at the three words embroidered on the corner of the clothes, Uncle Tuesday then explained: "Jiangnan opera troupe has a rule that the name of the troupe is embroidered on the costumes, and this name has been found on several corpses, I guess it is likely that the people in this troupe are chased and killed, and they just fled to the temple, and these killers ruthlessly killed the monks in the temple!" ”
Chengxin's body trembled a little, and he remembered that he was chased and killed after being in the troupe, and then ran to the temple, but these killers killed the monks in order to catch him.
But it didn't take long for the heart to react, if the memory recovered before was good, then it was a fake identity, then it means that he had not been to this temple before, and there was no need to worry about this matter at this time.
Uncle Tuesday continued: "The methods of these killers don't seem to be particularly good, it seems that the monks in the temple originally had the strength to fight, but maybe they were outnumbered, or maybe they encountered other accidents, in short, each of these monks was stabbed several times before they died!" ”
The rest of the people listened with relish, but they said, "What about the people in the troupe?" Was it also a few stabs in the body? ”
Uncle Tuesday shook his head when he heard the heartfelt question, "Most of the corpses of these troupe members have been burned, although I can't see how many knives I have been killed, but I don't look like they have the ability to resist, they should have been solved by someone with a knife!" ”
Satisfied, he nodded, after all, it was normal for the people in the troupe to have no ability to resist.
The scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone closed their mouths except for the sound of the horses' breathing and crackling and burning not far away.
It may be that they are a little tired after a day's journey, or they may be a little afraid of encountering such an unlucky thing, in short, these people are unable to face the situation in front of them at this time, and they gradually fall into a deep sleep.
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by a breath of urine, and he wanted to wake up Xu Dong on the side, but after thinking about it, he turned around and picked up a burning wood in the fire, walked cautiously to the backyard, walked to the room where the corpse of the troupe was located, and had the courage to check it carefully.
Uncle Tuesday opened his eyes when Xiangxin left, he has always been skeptical about Xiangxin's identity, although Xiangxin and Wan'er look exactly the same, but Wan'er never said that she has a younger brother, and Wan'er's master never mentioned it.
Their habit is that the master of each family is responsible for the apprentices of each family, and the rest of the people will not take the initiative to ask about the identity of the apprentices, so as to prevent anyone from betraying and retaliating.