The man in black looked at the man in Chinese clothes very confusedly, and the man in Chinese clothes smiled: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hold it back." ”

"My lord, why did you choose the right path? Didn't the little boy say those people went to the left? ”

"Because I know the little one is the woman's child."

The black man was ignorant, and returned to his original position, and the answer of the man in gorgeous clothes made him a little puzzled.

Just now, the man in gorgeous clothes deviated from the path that the little boy had taken for them, and walked to the right without hesitation.

Just now, the little boy was also loudly admonishing, "I said that those people are going to the left, not the right." ”

The man in the Chinese clothes turned a deaf ear to the little boy's words, walked to the black, and walked to the right.

The final point on the right is a plain, and after this day, this plain will go out of the sphere of influence of the capital and come to the nearest state to the capital, Anqing Prefecture.

Because Anqing Prefecture is the closest to the capital, the development of this state is not as good as imagined, and it is not as prosperous as the capital, and it is not even comparable to those large state capitals in the south.

Anqing Zhouzhou is in a state of neither up nor down, but Anqing Prefecture is a granary in the capital, and this is the plain.

The grain produced in the entire Anqing Prefecture, except for the needs of the people in its own state capital, was all handed over to the capital.

The entire Zhouzhou Mansion in Anqing Prefecture will be oppressed by the capital. There is no prosperity of the capital here, but there is a kind of labor that the people of the capital cannot imagine.

Xiao Qi only climbed up the majestic mountain at this time, the path was not rugged, and there were many people walking, and the snow had been porcelain by these people who had walked by, and after a while, they followed the footprints up the mountain.

After going up the mountain, Xiao Qi and they also understood why these people came up, there is a temple on this mountain, and the temple is dedicated to the Bodhisattva.

There were no monks found in the temple, but the temple was kept clean, and Xiao Qi also found that there was still this unburned incense in the temple, which seemed to be spontaneously organized by these people on the mountain.

"Are we going to rest here for the night today?"

It was still early, and the group had a good physique, and the speed of going up the mountain was faster than ordinary people, but Xiang Cai still considered that there were Xiaoqi and two old-timers here, so he naturally still had to ask.

Mo Yan said: "Wait and ask the old bald donkey in the temple, if he says that there is nothing wrong, we can leave." ”

Xiang Cai put his eyes on Xiao Qi's body again, "Xiao Qi, what do you think?" ”

"It's all up to a few elders to decide, I've never been far away, and there's no way to handle this kind of thing, so I don't have any opinions."

"Since that's the case, then everything should be done according to what Mo Yan's predecessor said."

When a few people were discussing, the nail palace also slowly walked out of the main hall of the temple, and Mo Yan said sarcastically: "Since the old bald donkey is after worshipping the Buddha, then hurry up and get an idea, pit so many of us here, accompany you to incense, and always take us down the mountain, right?" ”

When Xiao Qi and Xiang Cai heard Mo Yan say this, they both began to look at this enlightened monk, "Master of the Nail Palace, was what Grandpa Mo Yan said just now true or false?" ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk really just wants to help the little seven donors."

"Okay, Xiao Qi, don't talk to this old bald donkey, since you know that there is a temple here, the old bald donkey should also know the way down the mountain, right?"

"Amitabha, the poor monk naturally knows the way down the mountain, but the poor monk knows a small road from this mountain directly to Anqing Prefecture."

"If you don't take the official road, but take the small road, will you take a long detour?"

This path is faster than the official road, to Anqing Prefecture, the nail palace is only walked in the summer, this winter has not been there, but I don't know whether it is safe or not.

"When I entered the temple just now, I found that the road was also walked, but it was only a few footprints. ”

Several people began to hesitate, according to the nail palace, although this road is much faster than the official road to Anqing Prefecture, the main thing is that no one seems to care about this road, it is a hidden place for them.

But now it is winter, heavy snow covers the mountain, if the road ahead is heavily snowed, not to mention whether it will delay the trip, if there is no place to rest on the road, the mountain is cold, whether a few people can live to see tomorrow's sun is another matter.

While a few people were struggling with this matter, a person suddenly came from a distance, carrying a bundle of firewood on his back, and slowly walked over from the road pointed by the nail palace just now.

Seeing a few people here, the man was obviously stunned for a moment, and then stopped in place, only a moment later, he continued to walk towards this side.

The man was dark-skinned, came to the front of several people, put the firewood knife in his hand on his waist that he could pull out at any time, and looked at these people in front of him.

The man asked very politely, "How many people are here to burn incense?" ”

Although he felt strange when he looked at Mo Yan's Dao robe, he didn't ask the reason in the end, but put his eyes on Xiao Qi, who was surrounded by everyone.

Xiang Cai replied: "This brother, I and a few others are accompanying the young lady to go out of the far door, on the way I happened to meet a monk, the young lady was kind, so let the monk follow us, no, the monk knows that there is a temple on this mountain, and my young lady is a person who believes in Buddhism, so let the monk take us up to have a look." ”

The man nodded, looked for the monk in the crowd, and saw the nail palace, first stunned, then frowned, and then turned into an unbelievable appearance, "Nail... Master of the Nail Palace? ”

"Amitabha, do you know the poor monk?"

"The name of the nail palace master, how can we believers not know it, it's just your appearance..."

Nail Gong smiled and said calmly: "I and other people who cultivate Buddhism, their skin is just some indifferent foreign objects. ”

"The master has a point."

The man recognized the appearance of the Nail Palace, and also lowered his vigilance, and said more politely: "Does the Master of the Nail Palace want to go down the mountain?" ”

"Amitabha, don't hide it from my benefactor, the poor monk originally planned to go straight to Anqing Prefecture from the mountain path, but I don't know if this road is safe."

"It turns out that this is the case, if the master wants to ask about that path, I just saw someone walking by yesterday, and that person is the people of Anqing Prefecture, it's a pity."

"Oh? What a pity? ”

The man sneered and said: "Hey, it's a coincidence, that person wants to go to Hongyuan Temple and meet the master of the nail palace, but unfortunately he left a day early, if he lives in the temple with me for a day, then there is no need to travel long distances to the capital." ”

"Amitabha, sincerity is spirituality, if this benefactor is sincere, why can't you see the poor monk."

After that, the nail palace and the man had another speech, it seems that after this conversation, the big man seems to have some new feelings, and finally when he leaves, the nail palace still has some attachment.

"This benefactor has a lot of wisdom, if he becomes a disciple of my Buddhist family, it won't take a few years, and his achievements will be much more than that of poor monks."

"I didn't expect you, an old bald donkey, to be so optimistic about that person."

"You don't understand this, which benefactor is a hermit on this mountain, he is not only proficient in Buddhism, but even he knows Taoist doctrine."

Nail Palace glanced at Mo Yan when he said this, "If it weren't for the poor monk saying that we were leaving just now, I'm afraid this donor wouldn't have wanted to talk to Mo Yan and you." ”

"And me?"

Mo Yan looked at his clothes and sneered: "Even if I want to disappoint him, I'm not a Taoist priest, let alone any Taoist classics, I don't even know who their ancestors are." ”

Now that they knew that the road ahead was not blocked by snow, they walked towards the path in the direction of Anqing Mansion under the leadership of the Nail Palace.

I just asked clearly, there are also a few families near this path, and it is not a problem to entertain these people, as long as they report the name of the man, these families can take them in.

Walking from this road can be regarded as avoiding the pursuit of the two parties behind him.

If you had just descended the path next to the temple, you might have run into the man in gorgeous clothes and his men, and this would have been a different way of escaping the disaster.

Compared to the road up the mountain just now, there is a lot of snow on the road, and there are only scattered footprints indicating that someone has walked this road.

Everyone unanimously felt that it was better to believe in those footprints than to lead the way with the Nail Palace, after all, just now, the Nail Palace almost brought them into the ravine.

As the man had just said, they returned in the evening to a small hut built by a hunter in the mountains.

Perhaps it was because a few of them had faster feet than usual, and they arrived here before the sun had not set in the evening.

This cabin is quite well equipped, with pots and stoves, and two simple wooden beds.

The only thing they lack now is food that they can use to cook.

"Since this is a small wooden hut built by Orion in the mountains, I see, there must be a trap set by Orion on the mountain, and it is not dark yet, so we might as well go out and find out if there is any prey that has fallen into the trap."

In addition to Xiao Qihe and the nail palace left behind, Mo Yan, even Xiang Cai followed his subordinates out to find the traps set by the so-called hunters.

Of course, some of them also went, just looking for any water sources nearby and some firewood to come back, if there is no fire on such a cold day, it will be difficult to survive at night.

Xiao Qi and the three of them cleaned up in the house.

There were no quilts or anything to keep out the cold, and there were only two lonely pieces of wood in the windows around the room, and there was no window paper to protect against the cold.