Chapter Ninety-Seven: Revisiting the Old Place
Although I lamented the great compassion of the sages, I did not forget to find a way to survive for myself.
But just as I couldn't find out whether this sage was Zou Yan from the seal inscription, I didn't find any text that recorded the way out.
Maybe it's because of the limited amount of knowledge I have learned, and I haven't been able to understand the whole seal text.
After Yang Shu and I gave him a big salute, we didn't stay any longer, and retreated down the jade steps and went straight to the apse.
The apse is a place where the burial goods are placed, it looks like the living place of the ancients, and it is full of pottery and bamboo slips and other things, if you replace them with tomb robbers, you may find something valuable, but we are not interested in these.
Finally, behind a bookshelf, we found a door, and sure enough, it was a tunnel that led into the heart of the mountain.
The tunnel was narrow enough for only one person to pass through, and we walked up the sloping steps in the tunnel, drilling in the tortuous tunnel for about two hours, and finally saw the light of day, and the exit was actually on the cliff next to the downstream river channel of the toad cellar abyss, dozens of meters above the ground, behind two protruding rocks, the position was very hidden.
Fortunately, we had a spare rope, and after descending, we walked along the river for half a day, until it was nearly noon, and we found a village.
The half-dead embarrassment of the two of us obviously frightened the villagers, and they all avoided us who suddenly appeared. Fortunately, I still have the beautiful knife that I turned over from Mr. Kaneko, and it took a lot of effort to finally move a widower and let us settle down at his house to repair it.
After staying overnight, drinking a few bowls of hot porridge, taking a bath, shaving our heads and changing clothes, we finally regained the fireworks in the world, and this escape from death was at least half by luck, and perhaps the blessing of the sage in the dark.
According to my meaning, I wanted to go back to Dongning directly to repair, even if I wanted to settle accounts with Xiangyun, I should digest Fulu first, and let Yang Shu recover from his injuries before making plans. Although he couldn't digest the python beads, the tip of the yellow tail he got before, as well as the two white eyebrows of the drooping zombie, could not only heal his injuries, but also make his Taoism go to the next level.
But who knew that Yang Shu, who had always listened to my orders, insisted on going to Suiyang Town first this time.
The reason is very simple, our broken Isuzu is still thrown outside the Wonder Cloud Temple.
I know that this kid just wants to find out whether Ji Ling's death has anything to do with Xiangyun.
Although Ji Ling is gone, it will remain in his heart forever, becoming an obsession in his heart, and at the same time, he has also created a killing god.
Maybe only when that wisp of green silk floats up can he regain his former tenderness.
I knew that if I insisted on my opinion, he would definitely obey, but that would make him more demonic, and he might even go crazy in the process of digesting Fulu, so I thought about it for a while and agreed to go "pick up the car" first.
The two of us got out of the village and got on the road and got on the bus to Suiyang Town.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, we returned to Suiyang Town again, hid among the pilgrims and entered the Qiyun Temple.
Although we are mixed among the pilgrims, we are by no means good men and women, and if nothing else, we must be bloodstained.
The time is still the same as the last time I came, and the pilgrims seem to be the same as those pilgrims, and I even saw two familiar ones.
It's a pity that there is one person missing from our line.
The little girl who used to smile and guide us will never come back.
It's not a good feeling, and my mood can't help but be gloomy.
And the poplar's face had completely sunk, and there was fire in his eyes.
I had to pat him on the shoulder to calm him down.
Everything was as usual in the Qiyun Temple, and there was no trace of sadness because of Ji Ling's departure, but it was more lively than before.
Although the earth is gone, everyone will still turn, and the world will not change because of it.
But for those who miss her, it's a different story.
We went in and out of several halls in a row, and each of them was full of pilgrims, but there was no trace of Xiangyun.
This situation is also within our expectations, we mixed in during the day just to step on the plate, familiarize ourselves with the situation in the Qiyun Temple, and by the way test whether Xiangyun has strengthened his vigilance. At the moment, Xiangyun obviously thinks that we must have died in the toad cellar, and there is no defense inside and outside.
And unexpectedly, we actually ran into an acquaintance.
This person is the female Dao aunt we met last time we came, Ji Ling's senior sister, I remember that it seems to be called Qin Zixiao.
The last time we came, she even teased Ji Ling and asked who among us was her lover's brother.
I was about to avoid her, but I saw that she was so preoccupied that she had already passed us with her head down, and did not notice us.
A false alarm, we hurriedly out of the Taoist temple, the situation in the temple does not see any abnormality, should be able to do it, as for where the Xiangyun is, this is not a problem at all, the pattern of the Taoist temple in the world is nothing more than so many, most of the abbot's residence is the main house in the backyard.
After finding a snack shop and eating a bowl of noodles outside the temple, we squatted outside the wall behind the Qiyun Temple.
A few hours later, the sky was completely dark, the view had been quiet, the backyard was surprisingly quiet, the main house was a two-story building, the lights had already been lit upstairs, we heard the sound of Xiangyun calling from the room, and we knew that this was the place.
According to the health regimen of the Taoist gate, many Taoists will fall asleep early, but this Xiangyun is obviously not in this case, it is almost ten o'clock in the evening and there is no meaning of turning off the lights, and the sound of the TV is faintly heard in the room.
I saw that the poplar tree couldn't hold it anymore, so I simply didn't plan to wait any longer.
I can also suppress the noise in the room left and right, so I am not afraid of alarming too many people.
But just as I was about to start, footsteps sounded in the courtyard.
I leaned over the wall and caught a glimpse of a female Taoist priest carrying a tea tray and pastries into the building, apparently to bring supper to Xiangyun.
I didn't want to implicate anyone, so I just kept waiting.
But what I didn't expect was that after a while, Xiangyun's voice came from the room: "Zixiao, why are you?" What about Jingyu? ”
"Back to Master, Jingyu is afraid of catching a cold when she comes to the moon, so ask me to bring you snacks."
"Oh? Just put it here, you go down. ”
After a moment of silence, Xiangyun's voice rose again: "Why don't you leave?" Can I help you? ”
Qin Zixiao's voice was so small that I almost couldn't hear it clearly.
"Master, I want to ask, when will the little junior sister come back."
"Didn't the teacher tell you that she was transferred to another view?"
"Yes...... Her stuff is still there. ”
"It's just a few clothes, what is there to worry about, go back and ask the master to bring it to her."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but sneer in my heart, and I brought it over? It should have been burned, right?
Qin Zixiao's voice revealed surprise when she heard this: "Then it's better to let the disciple go, the disciple also thought about saying goodbye to her." ”
Xiangyun obviously didn't expect this Qin Zixiao to be so difficult, and snorted a little impatiently: "Okay, let you send it to her personally when the time comes, so it's always okay, right?" Go down, for the teacher is to rest. ”
But Qin Zixiao did not retreat, but asked timidly: "When will you go out, please ask the master to show me, and the disciple will also ......."
Before she finished speaking, Xiangyun's originally kind voice had changed tone: "Zixiao, I don't think it's Jingyu asking you for help today, it's you who took the initiative to ask Jingyu to rest and volunteered to bring snacks to the teacher, right?" ”
"Did you hear something?"
Qin Zixiao didn't say why.
Xiangyun was a little annoyed: "It's okay, the teacher will tell you today that Ji Ling can't come back!" ”
Qin Zixiao was obviously frightened, and the tea tray in her hand fell to the ground, and there was a chaotic sound.
She ...... What's wrong with her, she ......"
"What is she, she has unfortunately died!"
Speaking of this, Xiangyun may have noticed that she was a little out of shape, and her tone was calmer: "But as a disciple of Qiyun Guan, she has won great glory for the Guanli, although she died in her duties, she is still glorious even if she dies!" ”
Qin Zixiao cried sadly, sobbing and asked, "But why are you hiding it from us?" ”
"It's not a secret from you, but it's not time to announce it. Not surprisingly, there should be news from the general altar within half a month, this time, my Qiyun Temple may be humiliated for ten years, and Dongning will be included in the scope of worship of our temple! ”
Hearing this, the poplar tree beside me couldn't hold it anymore, and bloodshot burst out in his eyes, if he hadn't been pulled by me, he would have rushed in to find Xiangyun desperately. It was already obvious that she had pushed Ji Ling to the point of death, or that Xiangyun had never thought of letting her come back alive at all.
I pinched Poplar's arm hard, signaling him to calm down, I would like to hear what this Xiangyun will say.
I only heard Xiangyun pretend to be sad in a sad tone: "Okay, don't be sad, if you want to say sad, how can you be less than you as a teacher, she is also the most cherished disciple of a teacher!" ”
"But you know, the death of a person is lighter than a feather, and some is heavier than Mount Tai."
"Ling'er died for the glory of the view, and he died heavier than Mount Tai......"
Qin Zixiao couldn't cry anymore: "Then she ...... How did he die? ”
"You don't need to ask more about this, I can only tell you that she has done something that even Archdeacon Lu has not been able to do for ten years, not only won glory for our Qiyun Temple, but even paved the way for the development of my Black Dragon Sect."
Her high-sounding words made me clench my fists.
Shameless old thing, such a glorious thing, why don't you do it yourself?
stepped on the bones of his disciple to invite pets, and afterwards he could still say so righteous and awe-inspiring, opening his mouth to glory and closing his mouth to glory, which is really cold, and to paraphrase Zhuge Wuhou's joke: "How can there be such a brazen person in the world!" ”
Although I was secretly angry, I was afraid of Qin Zixiao inside, and I pressed the fire in my heart.
But Yang Shu could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart, and while I didn't pull him, he turned over and jumped into the courtyard wall, obviously seriously injured, but he climbed over the wall and walked on the ground, and a few dodges had already rushed to the back window of Xiangyun's room, kicked open the window and jumped in.
Seeing this, I could only follow closely and quickly followed.
I saw Xiangyun sitting on the sofa in a white jade nightgown, holding a tea cup, looking at us who broke in through the window in a daze. And Qin Zixiao, who had already cried into tears, knelt on the side of the sofa, and also raised her pretty face with pear blossoms and rain, and looked at the poplar tree in horror.
Obviously, they never dreamed that Yang Shu and I would actually appear in front of them in this way!
I don't know when, Yang Shu already had a tiger tooth dagger in his hand, he didn't look at Xiangyun, but stared at the dagger deeply, and said to himself: "Little Lingling, you choose for yourself, whether to cut her throat, gouge out her heart, or disembowel!" ”