At this time, it was the time of curfew, but the city was already in chaos, the homeless people and the light of the fire had already alarmed the guards of the city gate, and when the slave group came to the south of the city, the empty south gate was standing alone, and there were no soldiers stationed there.

Cai Tang flew off the horse first, pushed the thick city gate, and sure enough, it didn't move, she looked back at the slave helplessly, and asked: "Why don't you lose your stupid horse, how about we take the girl over the wall?" ”

As she spoke, her eyes involuntarily glanced at the clumsy black horse, which, as if he understood her, kicked his legs angrily, hissed, and began to breathe hot air from his nostrils again.

The slave stroked the horse's body and said reluctantly: "Even if we climb over the wall, do we have to go all the way to San'in?" You might as well find a way to open the gates. ”

Cai Tang glanced at him, pointed to the thick city gate, and asked, "This gate is locked, how can we get there?" The gatekeepers don't know where to go, and even if there are people, do you have any money? ”

The slave shook his head honestly.

There must be a place to enter and exit this city gate, otherwise how did those soldiers enter the city just now?

Cai Tang played with the tips of her hair and thought carefully, those people may have come in from other city gates, but fortunately she walked through the south gate, if she entered and exited from other gates, in case she met those soldiers, it would be over, she didn't want to die in this wilderness inexplicably.

At this moment, there was a sound of stumbling and running, and the slave hurriedly pulled Caitang to hide in the shadow of the steps at the foot of the city wall.

But under the moonlight, a monk dressed more comically than a slave was running desperately towards the city gate.

He was wearing straw clogs on his feet, and he couldn't run fast, not to mention that the robe on his body was still very wide, and he couldn't use his hands and feet at all, and a shabby shawl looked very cumbersome on him, this monk was completely different from the monks that Cai Tang saw in the Kyoto Tile Coffin Temple, there was no appearance of a monk at all, and his demeanor and charm were not the same at all, and he was as hasty as a lost dog.

Looking behind him, Cai Tang understood why this monk was so embarrassed.

It turned out that behind him, four men with short stature and poor eyes were following closely, obviously not looking like good people.

The monk thought that there were defenders at the city gate, so he rushed all the way, but the closer he ran, the more cold he became, there was no one at the south gate, could it be that he couldn't hide after all?

There was no road here, and the men were a little hesitant when they saw him running to the city gate, but soon found that there were no officers and soldiers at the city gate, so they relieved themselves and took out their daggers one after another, and slowly surrounded him on the ground.

He turned around, showed a tentative smile, and pretended to be calm and said: "Amitabha, why are several strong men chasing after me, could it be that they have taken a fancy to this robe on the poor monk, if a few like it, it doesn't hurt to give it to you, but this robe is a relic given to me by my uncle and ancestor when he was dying, and the poor monk is very cherished......

He chattered freely, but the men on the other side were impatient, and the leader shouted coldly: "Wu Na Xiaodao, we don't want the rags on your body, quickly hand over the pair of blood chalcedony in your arms." ”

The monk showed a very surprised expression, his eyes widened and asked, "What kind of blood chalcedony, I haven't seen it?" ”

He shook his head and corrected: "Also, this strong man is wrong, the poor monk is a monk, not a Taoist priest, although the Central Plains is a monk and a monk, but the distinction between monks and Taoists is still very important, the little monk can be regarded as a good-tempered monk, if my grumpy senior brothers hear a few of you screaming like this, they will fight...... Eh, Amitabha, the little monk lost his words......"

Hearing this, Cai Tang couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh secretly, this monk is really interesting, he was stunned to turn the topic elsewhere, I was afraid that he was delaying time and waiting for the rescue, but unfortunately, the sergeants here were only afraid that they all went to the Huiji Mansion to fight the fire, and they couldn't come back for a while.

Those people obviously had some insufficient brains, but they didn't expect the intention of this monk, the leader of the man had a slight red face, but he said arrogantly: "It doesn't matter if you are a monk or a Taoist, I think you are a robber, our brother has been eyeing the blood chalcedony for a long time, and he took advantage of the chaos tonight to get it, but there is no shadow, only you are a monk who has appeared there, in addition to you, who else will take it?" ”

The monk shook his head again, and explained slowly: "It's really a misunderstanding, the poor monk was an old friend of the Yuyao Yu family before he became a monk, so he stayed in their house for a night, and he was loved by the master to enter and leave the Yu family freely, and he just happened to pass by, the poor monk only came to Huiji yesterday, how could he know that the blood chalcedony you said was in the Yu family, how could he take it?" ”

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, one of the four people said softly: "Boss, could it be that what he said is the truth, there is chaos in this city, and it is not necessary that the master of the Yu family took it with him himself." ”

While several people hesitated, the monk continued to say: "Amitabha, this strong man is really smart, this Buddhist treasure, if I am the master of that family, I will definitely carry it with me, so as not to be left behind." The poor monk by the way advises all the strong men a few words, heroes love money, take it in the right way, if you go to the door to ask the master for it, the Yu family may not necessarily refuse, even if it refuses, this is also the way of a gentleman, there is nothing to be annoyed about, like a few strong men like this without telling it, it is a loss of grace, it is really a villain's trip. ”

This monk is simply a tongue orchid, talking endlessly, coupled with elegant words, it sounds very pleasant to the ear, several people heard it in the clouds, and finally heard that it was a villain's trip, only then did they understand that the other party was scolding themselves around the bend, and they were angry to show it.

At that moment, one of his accomplices stepped forward and said ill-intentionedly, "Evil monk, untie your monk's robe and let our brother search it, otherwise you won't want to curry favor tonight." ”

The monk's face turned pale when he heard this, and his expression became stiff, but he said stiffly: "Then how can it be done, man...... Well, how unreasonable are you people, I have already said that I didn't take it, that kind of treasure, how can a monk like me casually take the sheep, that's too sorry for the Buddha's teachings...... Hey, hey, don't mess around, I'm going to shout! ”

The vulgar men didn't care what he said, but as soon as the leader gave the order, the four men surrounded him, and seized him by the hands and feet, and the leader picked open the placket of his clothes with a dagger, and reached out and touched him.

Originally, Cai Tang was also curious, wanting to see if the monk had stolen the so-called carnelian, she grew up in Xie's mansion since she was a child, and it can be said that there are no rare treasures that she has never seen, but Xie An admires the way of Zhuang Lao, so she has never seen this carnelian that is known as the treasure of Buddhism.