24. Watari Temple

The next day, as soon as the sun came out, thousands of people came in front of the altar, all wanting to see the demon and watch him die with bows and arrows.

Lu Shen's three sons were also among them, and their eyes were full of resentment.

The old ape was tied to a black pillar on the first floor of the five-story Qiongtai, dressed in white, with long hair, flowing and free, rich and handsome, and alive and easy to get rid of Ji Chengyu.

At the beginning of the sacrificial activity, after the seven sacrificial trombones sounded, Situ Guan Zhongmou, the presiding priest standing on the right side of the white jade wall, said loudly: "The demon inherits the feather, the disaster disturbs Jicheng, makes the girl suffer, and makes the people panic." Now on the Qiongtai, Pangu is in the eyes of the gods, and he kills with bows and arrows, in order to remove evil spirits, drive away curses, remove disasters, protect Ji City is a clear and sunny day, and bless the people with a peaceful and prosperous world. ”

Ji Xiongfeng, who was standing on the left side of the white jade wall, shouted, "Archers prepare." ”

Three archers stepped out of the line and raised their arrows to aim at the old ape.

"Shoot. With Ji Xiongfeng shouting, three sharp arrows broke through the air and flew towards the old ape, most of the arrows did not enter the chest, and the old ape's head hung down at once, never moving again.

Thousands of people knelt down in unison and shouted: "The city of Huji is a clear and sunny day, bless the people with a peaceful and prosperous world." ”

Ji Chengyu hid in a thick ancient tree in the woods on the east side of the altar, and the ancient tree had many branches and leaves, hiding him well.

When the crowd had dispersed, the soldiers untied the old ape from the black stone pillar, put it in a coffin, put it in a carriage, and went out of the city through the east gate towards a forest.

The soldiers dug a large pit in the woods, buried the coffin in it, and piled up a grave mound.

One of the soldiers said, "Brothers, I don't think Prince Ji is a bad person, and now that he is dead, whether he deserves it or has been wronged, our brother should kowtow to him!"

Another soldier said, "He is a demon, how can we kowtow to a demon?"

The soldier said, "Whoever is willing to prostrate will prostrate, but he who will not prostrate will not be forced." So saying, he knelt down before the grave and bowed three times, and four of the six soldiers knelt down and prostrate, but only two of the soldiers stood still.

When the soldiers were far away, Ji Chengyu slipped down from under the tree, dug out the coffin that had just been buried, opened the coffin lid, and saw the old ape lying in the coffin without moving. Ji Chengyu hurriedly pulled out the arrow on his chest, but the old ape was still motionless. Ji Chengyu was in a hurry, slapped the old ape's face hard, and said, "Old ape, wake up." ”

The old ape's body trembled, opened his eyes, reached out and rubbed his chest, and said, "It hurts." ”

Ji Chengyu cried with joy, wiped a handful of tears, broke into laughter, pushed the old ape, and said: "Old ape, you are too similar, as soon as the three arrows arrive, you immediately bow your head, just like the real one." ”

The old ape glared at him and said, "Do you think I'm pretending? You human arrows can't kill me, but it hurts terribly. ”

Ji Chengyu suddenly realized and said, "I say, how can you have such superb acting skills." He pulled the old ape up and said, "Don't lie down in it, come out quickly." Hurry up and help me fill in the soil so that no one will find out. ”

The old ape crawled out of the coffin and muttered, "It's very comfortable here." ”

Ji Chengyu saw its reluctant look, and said with a smile: "If you don't want to leave, just lie in, and I'll bury you again." ”

The old ape smiled and said, "My old ape should come out! ”

Together, they backfilled in the earth and rebuilt a mound of grave. The old ape wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Well, no one knows now." ”

Suddenly there was a laugh from a big tree behind him, saying, "I know!"

Ji Chengyu and the old ape were startled, and quickly turned around, a bald little monk jumped down from the tree, looking about eleven or twelve years old, wearing a monk's robe, holding a small branch in his right hand, and looking at the two with a smile.

Ji Chengyu saw that it was a little monk, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't worry, it's a child." ”

When the little monk heard him say this, his mouth pursed high, and he was unconvinced: "You are not a few years older than me, don't call me a child." My name is Duxin, you have to call me Duxin Master. ”

The old ape was interested, ran to Du Xin, flashed his strong arms, and said, "If you want to call your master, beat my old ape." ”

Du Xin pointed at the old ape and said, "If you call yourself an old ape, you must be that ape demon." He pointed at Ji Chengyu again and said, "Then you are Prince Ji?" and smiled again, and said, "Let me ask you!

The old ape couldn't help but laugh when he saw Duxin talking arrogantly: "You little brat, you speak so arrogantly, I can make you cry with one punch." ”

As soon as the words fell, Du Xin's right hand suddenly moved, and the branch in his hand was quickly pumped to the old ape's left arm like lightning, and the pain made the old ape touch the old ape, and said loudly: "Why don't you do it without saying a word?"

Watanashi grinned and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to smoke you if I told you." ”

This sentence seemed to be elevating the old ape, but it also sealed the old ape's mouth and made him suffer a dumb loss.

Ji Chengyu has been watching from the side, the moment when the heart of the old ape is indeed as fast as lightning, the two are close at hand, and it is naturally difficult for the old ape to avoid it in a hurry. Since the old ape can't dodge, he can't dodge either.

At such a young age, he had such kung fu, Ji Chengyu couldn't help but look at him with admiration. said: "Little Master Duxin, are you passing by here?"

When Du Xin saw Ji Chengyu calling him a little master, he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Of course it's not passing by, it's on the order of the master, and I'm here to invite you." ”

Ji Chengyu said, "Who is your master, and where do you want to invite us to?"

Watari said, "You'll know when you go, come with me!" After speaking, he turned around and ran.

Ji Chengyu and the old ape hurriedly chased after him, although Duxin ran fast, but compared with Ji Chengyu and the old ape, it was still much worse. The two followed unhurriedly behind their backs, and the old ape's mouth kept stopping, urging him to hurry up, and to go faster. But it is clear that the heart of the crossing can no longer be faster. The old ape deliberately played a prank, and from time to time ran in front of Watarina, waited for him, and then ran behind him.

The three of them ran to a mountain in the east of Jicheng, this is called the Doji Mountain, ten miles away from Jicheng, there is a temple on the top of the mountain, called the Doji Temple, the Doji Temple has existed for thousands of years, and the time is longer than that of Jicheng.

It is said that the first presiding officer of the temple is called the temple, which is said to be a famous general of a tribe, because he killed too much in his life, he looked for a temple to build a temple for the people who died in vain.

There are many temples in the robbery, the momentum is magnificent, the incense is vigorous, and it is famous far and wide. The officials and people of the Ji Kingdom, the Mao Kingdom, the Rui Kingdom, and the Hu Kingdom, the nobles of the surrounding tribes, and even some royal relatives of the Zhou royal family in the capital city of Ho, come here several times a year to offer incense and pray for blessings.

Duxin ran to the door of the temple and stopped, the people were already out of breath, on the other hand, Ji Chengyu and the old ape, but they were calm and relaxed, only to know that there was a huge gap between themselves and the two of them, and they were not convinced. Standing in front of the gate of the temple, he said, "We have a fight here, and we can only enter if we win." ”

Ji Chengyu knew that Duxin was very playful, so he said, "I'll accompany you to fight." ”

The old ape said, "I'll fight with him." ”

Ji Chengyu was afraid that the old ape's attack was not light or serious, and it hurt Du's heart, so he said: "You just got hit by three arrows, and you are not completely well, just watch from the side!"

The old ape didn't understand Ji Chengyu's intentions, shook his arms, and said, "You human arrows can't hurt me, they've been cured a long time ago." ”

Ji Chengyu couldn't do anything about the old ape, glared at it and said, "Count me begging you, okay?"

When the old ape saw Ji Chengyu like this, he stopped arguing with him and muttered: "His eyes are like knives, is there a person like you who beg for help?"

Ji Chengyu looked at Du Xin and said, "Little master, let's make a move!"

Watanamine said, "You can find a branch too." ”

Ji Chengyu shook his head and said, "No." ”

Watani smiled and said, "You are bare-handed, don't blame me for bullying you." As he spoke, his body moved, and he waved the withered branch to attack Ji Chengyu, as fast as an ape.

Ji Chengyu heard the sharp sound of the dead branches cutting through the air, and couldn't help but be taken aback, he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, his feet were forced, and his body jumped a few steps horizontally, dodging a blow.

The figure was not stable, and Du Xin actually followed, his momentum was like lightning, and the withered branches were less than a foot away from Ji Chengyu's chest.

Ji Chengyu was shocked, and his heart followed him like a shadow, and his movements were unexpected. In the panic, Ji Chengyu had to jump a few more steps towards Hengli, and he was able to dodge the second blow.

Watanashi didn't follow up, but stood in place, carrying the dead branch on his shoulder, and said with a smile, "How about it? Do you want a branch?"

Ji Chengyu had already figured out his bottom number from Duxin's two attacks, although he was forced to retreat a few steps because of the light enemy, but compared to himself, Duxin was still far behind, so he said: "To deal with you a little child, you don't need branches." ”

"You're not much older than me. With a shout from Duxin, his body suddenly burst out, attacking like the wind, the sound of dead branches breaking through the air was extremely sharp, and its momentum was several times stronger than the previous two blows, it seemed that Duxin did not use all his strength.

Ji Chengyu jumped and moved, defusing Duxin's attacks one by one, and finding the right space to attack with one palm and one leg, forcing Duxin to retreat a few steps. Duxin was about to attack again, when a voice suddenly came from behind: "Duxin, I asked you to invite the prince, why did you fight?"

The presiding officer of the temple, Du Doom, appeared at the gate of the temple at some point, although his voice was a little old, but it revealed an irresistible majesty.

Du Xin hurriedly threw away the dead branch in his hand, turned around and bent over, folded his hands, and said in a proper manner: "Back to Master, I will take the prince into the temple." Then he said to Ji Chengyu: "Prince Ji, please." ”

Ji Chengyu and the old ape followed into the temple and went straight to the main hall. Watari said, "Ape demon, you should take that human leather-faced JU away! ”

The old ape said: "I just went, and it was very tight on my body, and it was not comfortable at all." With that, he took off his mask and turned into an ape, clumsily putting it in his little bag.

Master Du Er said to Ji Chengyu again: "The apprentice doesn't understand etiquette and offended Prince Ji, and I am here to confess for him." ”

Ji Chengyu hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "Master Du'er is polite, Master Duxin is so young, it is really amazing that Master Duxin has such a martial arts cultivation." ”

Du Xin pouted and said, "You are not a few years older than me, but I can't beat you, your martial arts cultivation is much higher than mine." ”

Ji Chengyu said: "Master Duxin, we have not divided the winner. ”

Watari said, "I attacked with all my might, but you forced me back empty-handed, and I have already lost." ”

Du Er said: "Crossing the heart, knowing shame and courage, being good is great, and you must be more diligent in the future." ”

After crossing the heart, he put his heart together and said, "The apprentice should remember the master's teachings, and he must practice hard and make progress every day." ”