Chapter 12: The Rakshasa Ghost Knife
In just one night, Xiaobai's body was entangled with snow-like silk threads, gradually forming a huge silk cocoon. The pen is warm to the touch of www.biquge.info, just like a soft pillow.
Jing'er would lie on the edge of the pond every noon, where the sixteenth place of constant sitting, the warm sunlight here was enough to temporarily dispel the thousand-year-old cold in her body, and she would occasionally release Su Xiu'e, quite like a jailer giving wind to a prisoner, and Su Xiu'e seemed to have given up resistance, simply watering some flowers and plants, and shielding the cold with her own fire-shaped pathway, giving the morning glory vine some warmth.
A nine-striped dragon carp drifted along the long river, she plunged into the sea, the most poignant love in the world, isn't it: the old people don't know each other, and ask where the guests come from?
Looking back suddenly, even if I remembered everything thousands of years ago, it finally turned into a maple stream and merged into the ocean.
The ocean takes away all the joys and sorrows, just like every river.
Hanshan Temple officially ushered in the first snow.
The senior brothers had another topic, "Which season do you say the monk likes the most in the four seasons of the year, and which season does he hate the most?"
"Hahaha, of course I like summer the most, and I hate winter the most. ”
"Why?"
"Because the bald ladle is cool in summer, and the top of the head is hairless in winter, and it is so cold that it will be knotted. ”
The first snowflakes fell on Sixteen's bald head, and he couldn't help but shiver. Qingfo Temple has become more lively, and the brothers may be really afraid of knotting, so they gather around to eat the cauldron. Although the chowder in the pot is not a delicacy, it is also full of color and flavor, with oily green vegetables, flat tips, as well as fatty and juicy mushrooms, truffles, and a mouthful of fatty mushroom soup, which satisfies the appetite of the whole temple people.
Fresh fragrance and heat waft out from outside the temple.
The goose feathers and snow fell sprinklingly, and the sky and the earth were vast.
But there was a small shadow walking in the vast world, he wore a hat on his head, a robe, and a black cloth head as tall as a man on his back, leaving a row of thin footprints in the snow. In an instant, the footprints were buried by heavy snow. The dirt road outside the temple was also covered with thick snow, and he just walked like this, each step was not fast, but it was firm.
With a "bang", the temple door opened. Thick layers of snow fell from the doorway and slammed down on the hat.
When the monk sweeping the snow in front of the door saw the visitor, he asked, "What is the important matter for the benefactor to come here in the snow?"
"This is Chain Mountain?"
"Exactly. ”
"This is the Qing Buddha Temple?"
"Not bad. ”
The monk was a little surprised, listening to the voice, this is still a female benefactor, but unfortunately she is dressed thickly, and the layers of arrowroot cloth are wrapped under her lips. And her whole face was buried in the thick shadow of the hat, and only her lips and teeth could be seen. Her lips were bright and her teeth were bright, and she couldn't see the slightest trace of being frozen by the wind and snow. She walked straight inside, and no matter how much the snow-sweeping monk shouted, she rang the bell.
"Someone's coming!" the monks put down the pots and bowls in their hands, put the thick hats on their heads, and rushed out eagerly, all wanting to see the guests walking in the heavy snow. There are only Ah Lu and Ah Jiu in the inner hall, and they are not easily influenced by the outside world, Sixteen walked past them, "Aren't you going to take a look?"
Ah Jiu said: "No, I won't go." Alu shook his head. Ah Jiu said: "Why don't you look at his appearance and tell us." ”
Sixteen said: "Well, he is wearing a hat, and the specific appearance is not very clear, but he is carrying a big black cloth behind him, this person must be seven feet, and this black cloth is also seven feet." ”
Ah Lu crushed the cup, the splinters scratched his fingers, and the blood slid down the bandage drop by drop, but in such weather, the wound also quickly coagulated. Ah Jiu's eyes suddenly seemed to open the world. Sixteen said: "Could it be that Senior Brother Ah Lu recognizes this person?"
"It's more than recognition. Ah Lu stared at the fragments of the cup and said.
Ah Jiu said: "Senior brother's eyes are really not bad, you can see it from such a distance." ”
"Oh, because she's already here. ”
The woman took off her hat, and her long hair was slightly disheveled, full of wildness, which was in harmony with her dignified and beautiful face! All the monks stared at her eyes straight, "Wow......" In the next second, she threw the hat violently, like a poisonous dragon that pierced her heart and pounced on Ah Lu's throat! A cold light flashed in Ah Jiu's sleeve, and two powerful forces collided, and the hat suddenly shattered into powder. She approached Ah Lu in an instant, pulled out the short dagger on her waist and pulled it out to Ah Lu's heart, Ah Jiu stepped on it, the stool flew out, and the huge impact made the woman retreat several feet.
"Hmph, it turns out that there are still masters. ”
Ah Jiu said: "Thank you for the compliment, I can't be called a master, but others like to call me an executioner, if you dare to make trouble in the Qingfo Temple, it will be difficult to see the sun tomorrow." ”
Ah Lu said: "This is her and my business, you don't care." ”
"What about you and me?" the woman sneered, "You left the Rakshasas without saying goodbye back then, and more than 300 brothers died and fled, what do you have to say to them!"
Alu was silent.
Although he has been silent, there is little emotion in his eyes. Sixteen whispered, "Who are the Rakshasas?"
Ah Jiu said: "It was the most famous mercenary organization in Biansai, but it collapsed due to some changes, and some core figures were hunted down by old enemies, and now they are almost completely wiped out. But I heard that the biggest culprit in the attack on the Rakshasas was another group of assassins, the "Skynet", but almost in the same month, Skynet was also slaughtered, and some survivors said that there was only one person on the other side, and more than 500 veterans who were skilled in assassination were slaughtered by one person. The man was then lost. ”
Ah Lu said: "I will never be soft because you are a woman." ”
The woman was furious, but she suddenly sighed, calmed down, and said, "I don't have any feelings for you, and I don't want your weapon to be stained with your blood." She almost lifted the black cloth just now, but she still couldn't bear to lift it, but the legendary Rakshasa ghost knife has never been seen as a weapon, some say it is a seven-foot saw blade, some say it is a heavy knife equipped with ingenious mechanisms, some say it is twelve soft iron knives as thin as Zen....... But as soon as the ghost knife comes out, there will be blood splashed. She has been able to survive until now because of her strong strength. After the Rakshasas were attacked, the former members could only go around begging for a living, killers, guards, and even errands for others, they all covered their faces with thick bandages, just to survive.
The woman glanced around and said, "Where are your abbots?"
Sixteen said: "I don't know what the female benefactor is looking for the abbot?"
The woman said: "I have something to entrust him, and it is from Gusu." ”
Ah Jiu frowned suddenly, Hanshan Temple was outside Gusu City, and he said, "I'll take her there, you continue to eat." The monks cleaned up the tables and stools, ate and drank together, and muttered from time to time, "I have never seen Ah Jiu so diligent." "That's it, what the hell is going on?" "If you want to know, just take a peek." "Steal your big-headed ghost and eat!" Sixteen looked at Ah Lu, who had fallen into an inexplicable silence, his bandaged hand rubbing the blade of his sword.
Sixteen said: "Senior brother is okay?"
"Ah, nothing, just some trivia from the past. Just like Ah Lu said, a small injury is definitely not a small injury, and the "trivial" in his mouth is also the glorious past of the Rakshasa people in fresh clothes and angry horses. But he doesn't remember much anymore, and the things of the past are gradually blurring, like the lotus lamp in front of him.
The lotus lamp is in the abbot's room or flickering.
Ah Jiu knocked on the door, "Master, there are guests asking to see." ”
The abbot said, "I'm sleeping, tell him not to disturb me." ”
Ah Jiu said: "It's a beautiful female guest. ”
The abbot said: "The old man has been suffering from insomnia recently, please come in." ”
The ghost knife was brought in, she glanced at Ah Jiu, and said, "This message can only be said to the abbot alone." ”
The abbot waved his hand, and Ah Jiu said: "That disciple will retire first, if there is a crisis, the master will shout." ”
"I know, let's go, let's go. ”
The door was gently shut, and the wind and snow outside seemed to intensify the room. The abbot said, "You can say it." ”
The ghost knife said: "I am entrusted with the letter of Hanshan Temple, and you can set off now." ”
The abbot stroked his beard and pretended to be stupid: "What are you doing on your journey?"
The ghost knife replied: "Escort the two magic weapons: the fragments of the Heavenly and Dragon True Scriptures to the Hanshan Temple and keep them on your behalf." ”
The abbot could finally trust her, so he asked, "In previous years, the falcon was used to send news, why did you come and carry the message this year?"
She said: "This is the second important thing, someone seems to be eyeing Hanshan Temple, the eagle falcon was intercepted and killed on the way, Hanshan Temple hired some killers similar to me, we scattered and set out from various places to confuse the enemy's ears and eyes and send the news." ”
"That's a lot of hard work. ”
"I didn't have to work hard, but thanks to them helping me get away from it, I was able to get here safely. ”
"Then they ......."
"There are thirteen people in all, and I'm afraid I'm the only one who came alive. ”
The abbot said: "Okay, good, you are very right, it seems that the abbot of Hanshan Temple has indeed told you all the secrets." ”
She said: "Now 100,000 is urgent, please take out two true scriptures and escort them to Lingyin Temple, Hanshan Temple is no longer a safe place." ”
The abbot shook his head, "No." ”
His somewhat sleepy eyes suddenly burst into a light of wisdom, and he said, "It's a pity that you still missed a detail." ”
She instantly furrowed her brow.
The abbot said: "Hanshan Temple is poorer than us, how can we afford to hire a high-level killer like you? If I am not mistaken, you are the remnants of the Rakshasa people, and you will need at least 50,000 taels of silver to go out once, which is enough for the monks of Hanshan Temple to eat and drink for 50 years." ”
"Then are you still going to give it to me?" she sneered, and a bamboo dart suddenly flew out of the door! Even if she dodged fast, she was still rubbed out of deep blood, this place is not good, she slammed open the door and climbed over the wall, Ah Jiu knew that the poor Kou Mo was chasing, so he entered the room and said: "Is the abbot okay?"
The abbot said: "Something, the old man is about to freeze to death, why don't you help the teacher block the door?" By the way, call me all the sixteen Alu, be quiet, don't let others find out." ”
"Yes. ”
The abbot summoned the three of them into the chamber overnight, but there was silence for a long time, and only he knew how difficult this decision was.