Whew-

The sky gradually brightened, but the outside of Huangming Mountain was shrouded in a sandstorm, and the inside was dark, and it was almost impossible to see the five fingers.

With a face towel wrapped around his face and only a pair of eyes exposed, Night Terror Hall stood on top of the sand dune, listening to the movements around him, the sand dunes on the soles of his feet were visibly shrunk by the naked eye under the strong wind, and the whole person seemed to be submerged in the yellow sand.

Under the sand dunes, the skirts of Xuanji Zhenren and Fan Qinghe were blown hunting, although they were all wrapped in veils, but even so, they could still be blown by the pervasive wind to blow the sand on their faces, and from time to time: "Bah" a few times.

And Hua Qingzhi and Luzhu suffered a great disaster, since they were children, where have they seen such a terrifying Tianwei, their faces were pale and they closed their eyes and hugged Xuanji Zhenren's arm, for fear that they would be blown away and buried alive as soon as they let go.

Fan Qinghe covered his face with his sleeves, and even if he was very close, he couldn't see the figure of the Night Terror, so he could only shout:

"How? Did you find it? ”

In fact, the Night Terror Hall couldn't open its eyes, and it was useless to open them, so it could only rely on hearing to search for the surrounding movements, and heard the voice:

"It's not nearby, let's wait for the sandstorm to stop before we leave."

"Birdie won't have an accident, right?"

The bird is covered in thick white hair, strictly speaking, a snow eagle, very resistant to frost but not tolerant of heat. Not to be worried, the Night Terror Hall said:

"If you go out at night, you can keep flying high when you encounter a sandstorm, how can you find the direction, and if you can't catch up, you will go back to Huangmingshan by yourself. However, if Li Si and the others rushed into the sandstorm, the bird would definitely not be found in the sky, so they could only wait for the wind to stop and look for it. ”

"Why don't you come down and hide first, what's the use of standing on it and eating sand."

Standing on the sand dunes, Night Terror could only eat sand, and immediately slipped down the back slope, stood in front of the four people, and opened his arms to hold the four of them together to help resist the strong wind.

Although the Night Terror Hall is tall and big, it is obviously difficult to hold the four girls horizontally, and it can be regarded as cooperating with Shui'er Qinghe and surrounding Hua Qingzhi's master and servant in the middle.

Hua Qingzhi's calves have been buried in the sand, and she is not as tall as Qinghe, being hugged like this, she is almost washed with milk, and her cheeks are attached to Qinghe's softness, she can't look up, so she can only ask in a muffled voice:

"Night Boy, how long will this wind blow?"

"I don't know, but it's half a day at most, so it should be about to stop......"

Fan Qinghe was hugged by the Night Terror Hall, almost face to face, and when he saw that the Night Terror Hall was talking dryly, he looked at the demon girl opposite:

"Come here in a hurry, the horse stayed on the other side of the mountain, didn't bring much water, aren't you the river god Niangniang? Doesn't a little bit of water come out? ”

Xuanji is not a real immortal, such a big sandstorm, the sand dunes are not fixed, how can he find water, take the wine gourd from his waist at the moment, and hand it to Qinghe:

"Then, quench your thirst first, and I'll take you to find it when the wind stops."

"Don't bring any water, bring a pot of wine?"

"Save some drinks, if I run out of wine in the desert, I'll turn around and go back and buy it right away."

Fan Qinghe felt that the demon girl might not turn around, but she could definitely clean up the medicinal wine she brought, so she returned it at the moment, took off the water bladder from behind her waist, opened the stopper and fed it to the night terror, and then came to Hua Qingzhi's mouth.

Hua Qingzhi saw that she had drunk it in the night terror, and she always felt that it was an indirect poo when she went to pick it up, but with such a big wind and sand, if she didn't drink it with her mouth, she was afraid that she would have to drink a mouthful of sand, so she took a few sips at the moment, and then it was the turn of the green beads.

And Xuanji Zhenren drank by herself, and found that Hua Qingzhi and Luzhu were blown by the wind and sand and couldn't open their eyes and didn't pay attention, so they took a sip and secretly leaned into the mouth of the night terror hall that was close at hand.

Night Terror Hall was naturally flattered by this, and hurriedly lowered his head and pursed his red lips, seeing that Qinghe's eyes were slightly cold, he hurriedly leaned over and fed him.

"Huh~"

Fan Qinghe touched it, made a disgusted look and wiped his mouth......

——

Deep in the sand sea.

The sudden storm lifted the yellow sand buried above the building, and the ancient stone carving beast poked its head out of the sand dunes again.

The four figures stood up in the shadows of the building's silhouette, took turns to take the water bladder to lubricate their throats, and after a long journey, they were already sweating profusely, and they didn't even want to speak.

Li Si, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is a diplomat, although he has also practiced martial arts since childhood like all rich children, but it is only in terms of physical fitness, which is far from enough, even if he comes over, Huang Liansheng did not contribute much, and at this time he was almost paralyzed by heat, and his lips were dry and chapped and he raised his eyes to scan the endless yellow sand;

"What is this place?"

Hua Junchen is just a son of a family, although his skills are good, but he has never walked the rivers and lakes since he was a child, and he was inexplicably taken to this ghost place, and he can't even tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and he is inevitably a little stressed in his heart:

"If you don't return to the original, you have gone hundreds of miles, and a sandstorm has come down, and you can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest. Leader Huang, are you sure you can go out? ”

Huang Liansheng's posture was quite elegant, and he didn't look like a martial artist or a mountain king, but a Confucian scholar, who was sitting and resting in the shade at this time, and responded:

"I have been crawling in the desert since I was a child, running for thousands of miles, and I can walk out with my eyes closed."

When Li Si heard this, he was a little relieved, and he also sat down in front of him:

"The Shenchen monks were all gone last night, why did they suddenly leave their hands and escape?"

Huang Liansheng actually didn't feel anyone approaching, after all, by the time he noticed it, the opponent would definitely be on his face, he explained:

"Monk Shenchen is the overlord of the Shazhou Desert, whether it is a true sage or a false compassion, it will not let me raise troops in the desert to disturb the order of the desert. Since he showed his face yesterday, he wouldn't let me leave safely, and his sudden and generous departure can only mean that he has noticed that someone else is coming at me, and he knows that I can't escape. ”

"Who is here?"

"It's either Lu Taiqing, or the Night Terror Hall, the latter is more likely, and the Night Terror Hall wants to integrate the various departments of the West Sea, which should be near Liangzhou."

"Night Terror ......"

Li Si frowned, pondered a little, and said:

"Leader Huang is not sure how to deal with the Night Terrors? We have so many ......."

"The old grandson of the Gui Dynasty was abolished by the Pingtian Sect Master and the Night Terror Hall, and the Shenchen Monk is still nearby. Master Li thinks I should stay there and fight with Night Terror Hall and the others before leaving? ”

Li Si thought about it, the night terror hall was not necessarily a person, he nodded, and diverted the topic:

"The imperial court has agreed to your ministry's request, and the armor, ordnance, grain and grass that is enough for 20,000 people have been transported from Zhenbei City to the area of Huangmingshan, and war horses can be dispatched from nearby horse farms at any time. When will Leader Huang be able to send troops? ”

Huang Liansheng said with a smile: "The Night Terror Hall is the orphan of King Tianlang, and it is effortless to envelop all the departments of the West Sea, and there is the Southern Dynasty behind it to help the whole country. ”

Li Si didn't like the Shazhou barbarian very much, so he talked to him in this tone of taking advantage of the fire to rob, but there was no difference at the moment, he just smiled:

"I don't lack 20,000 people of ordnance, but I'm afraid that Leader Huang doesn't have the ability to gain a foothold in the West Sea."

Huang Liansheng picked up the water bladder and drank two sips, then turned his head to look at Li Si:

"I said that my 8,000 vanguard army is already on standby in the north of Huangmingshan, do you believe it?"

"Hiss......"

As soon as these words came out, before Li Si could speak, Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying next to him secretly gasped.

After all, if Huang Liansheng's words were true, and the Shatuo Department really knew the secret military route, then the vanguard that arrived should be in the mountains northwest of the Wuma Department.

The old nest of the Wuma Department was built by relying on the natural danger of Huangming Mountain, where tens of thousands of people lived, and the young cavalry had already assembled and marched to the south, and the rear was stolen and had no time to return to help.

Although there are only 8,000 people, the sneak attack is enough to take the ancient base of the Wuma tribe, and all the old and young in the Wuma tribe are caught, so they must only obey Huang Liansheng's orders, and the winter underworld that is adjacent to the Wuma tribe will be directly finished.

And what is even more terrifying is that the Gou Chen Department has not completely fallen to the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty has not had time to send a large number of materials to the various departments of the West Sea in such a short time.

Li Si was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes showed joy:

"Really?"

Huang Liansheng was calm: "Don't be too happy, my eight thousand warriors, for a thousand miles of surprise attack, only brought grain, grass and weapons, no horse armor, as long as they pass Huangming Mountain, there is no chance to turn back, so they can only stay in the west of Huangming Mountain." When you cross Huangmingshan, it depends on when you bring the grain, grass and ordnance over. ”

Li Si was slightly disappointed, but the trip still exceeded expectations, and he raised a finger:

"Ten days! If it was only transported to the area north of the Witch Horse Department, it would only take ten days. We can give an order now, let 8,000 warriors cross Huang Ming Mountain, if the baggage is a step late, I, Li Si, cut off the head and give it to Leader Huang as a stool. ”

Huang Liansheng propped up on his knees and got up: "Let's go, my Shatuo Department is to fight to the death with the strength of the whole clan, if you can't even catch this strange soldier, then the fortune of the country will basically turn upside." ”

Li Si was already a little exhausted, but at this time, he seemed to be alive again, and he trotted on the sand dunes with his robe:

"The soldiers are fast, Li really didn't expect that Leader Huang could be so decisive with his soldiers......"

Xu Tianying got up and followed behind, sensing in his heart that the situation was wrong, but judging from Huang Liansheng's performance last night, his strength was unfathomable, and he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only take a few steps behind at the moment, and touched the stone carving of the Rui Beast on the sand dune, and at the same time quietly placed a snowflake mark on it.

And Hua Junchen pondered beside him, thought about it and asked:

"Leader Huang is a member of the Green Bandits?"

When Li Si heard this, he frowned and looked at Huang Liansheng.

Huang Liansheng did not shy away from this, and responded:

"The Green Bandits have found me and provided me with a lot of assistance, but I don't obey them, I just borrow their strength."

Li Si bowed slightly, and he didn't doubt this:

"The green bandits have always acted unpredictable, sowing discord and instigating rebellion all day long, and it is not surprising that Leader Huang is so talented and ambitious......

……

——

The other side.

Between the endless sea of sand, a few poplar trees grew behind a relatively large sand dune.

Night Terror dug near the root of the tree with his bare hands, and after digging more than one person deep, he felt the wet soil, and his eyes were surprised, but also secretly relieved:

"There's really water, if we can't dig it up, we'll have to go back."

Xuanji Zhenren stood under the poplar tree, and lightly fanned his hand to relieve the heat:

"Monks don't lie, and the Tao says that there is nature."

Fan Qinghe and Hua Qingzhi both squatted on the edge of the earth pit, watching the night terror hall digging a pit, and saw that the bottom of the pit gradually flowed clear water, slowly converging into a puddle, and the bottom of their eyes also showed joy, even Qinghe, who had never been optimistic about the demon girl, couldn't help but praise a few words;

"Do you still have some ability, you are worthy of being the reincarnation of the river god Niangniang."

The green bead couldn't get in, so he took the clairvoyant mirror, climbed to a poplar tree, looked around, and after looking at it for a long time, he suddenly raised his hand:

"Is it a bird?"

Seeing this, Xuanji Zhenren quickly turned around and looked at the sky, only to see that on the cloudless sky, a small dot swooped down quickly, and when it landed on the sand dune, it rolled out several times, and found that the sand was hot, and quickly jumped up:

"Twitter......"

Xuanji Zhenren knew that the bird must be hard, so he hurriedly ran to him, picked up the bird, and covered the sun with his sleeve:

"Qinghe, quickly bring the water bladder."

Fan Qinghe didn't even care about the night terror, took off the water bladder and came to him, and used Xuanji Zhenren to hold it in his hand to feed the birds and drink water, and even Hua Qingzhi walked over slowly, brushing off the hair and comforting:

"Drink it slowly, it's hot, right?"

The birds have a body of hair, which is equivalent to wearing a cotton jacket in the desert, and it must be not light, but fortunately, the time to fly during the day is not long, and the sandstorm will fly back as soon as it disperses, but it is not hot.

After drinking a lot of water, the bird recovered and spread its wings to "chirp ......".

Xuanji Zhenren has been with Bird Bird for so long, but he understands the meaning, and translates:

"It says four people, in the northwest, more than seventy miles."

Night Terror Hall probed from the pit like a gopher: "If there are four people, the Shenchen monk should not be among them." After taking the water, we have to set off quickly, if there is another sandstorm, Li Si and they run too far, the birds will not be able to chase after them, and there is no water in the desert and they dare not fly too far. ”

Seeing this, Shui'er and Qinghe did not delay, took the water bladder they carried, and when the water became clear, they filled it all and hung it on their waists, and then set off together to continue to the north.

For the sake of speed, Night Terror Hall still carried Hua Qingzhi on his back, and Fan Qinghe hugged the green beads.

And the birds and birds are obviously unable to fly on such a hot day, Xuanji Zhenren specially used tree branches to temporarily weave a large basket, covered with gauze to shade the sun, so that the birds squatted inside, only poked out their heads to guide the direction.

The group headed northwest in this way, and soon galloped through the desert for more than 70 miles, and before they got close to the large sand dunes that exposed the remains of the buildings, the night terror hall found a faintly reflective bright spot on the sand dunes.

Seeing this, the night terror hall carried Hua Qingzhi to speed up, and a few ups and downs came to the top of the sand dune, looking at the stone carving of the Rui beast that had been buried for I don't know how many years, it can be seen that there is a snow lake mark on the top of the stone carving, and the shape is the hidden weapon of the Cloud Interception Palace, and there are some traces carved with his fingers next to it.

Hua Qingzhi lay on her back, covered the night terrors with her sleeves, and carefully looked at the traces:

"It seems like an arrow."

Night Terror felt that this arrow was carved in a hurry, and it should have been in a hurry, so he looked at the direction of the sun at the moment, and then turned back and asked:

"It's the north, and the Shatuo Department isn't in the north, right?"

Xuanji Zhenren ran all over the desert back then, and knew the big and small tribes in the desert very well, and responded:

"The Shatuobu is scattered around several oases in the northwest of Shazhou, and it should be due west if you pass from here."

"What's the place to go north?"

"To the north is the desert, unless you cross Huangming Mountain halfway, otherwise it will be blocked by the mountains. The ancestors of the Chi tribe went to explore the road, and there was no return to the desert, so they chose to migrate from the south of Huangming Mountain, and ran to the bottom of Tianya Peak. ”

The Night Terror Hall found that Li Si and the others were in a different direction, so they were naturally a little dazed, and asked:

"Could it be that they are lost?"

Fan Qinghe shook his head and said: "Huang Liansheng is a native of the desert, it is impossible to even tell the direction through the sun, it should be to go north." ”

Night Terror Hall nodded, the noon weather could not let the bird go out to reconnoiter the truth and reality, and after a little weighing, he still chased Hua Qingzhi towards the north with his back on his back......

——

At the same time, look at the river.

Wangheya is the junction of Liangsha and Liangsha, in ancient times, it was a valley between the mountains, there was a rolling river from Shazhou, Wangdong joined the Red River, and then entered the sea; But since the great changes in the mountains and rivers, the former rivers have long since ceased to exist, leaving only a dry yellow Gobi scorched by the scorching sun.

Although the environment is very bad, but the Hongshan is as high as 10,000 zhang, ordinary caravans can not turn over, can only go to the river to pass out, for this even in wartime, there are still a lot of caravans and camels, and even a small town of good scale has been built in the middle of the river valley.

At noon, the sun was too hot, and the caravans stayed in the town to replenish water supplies and wait for the sun to set before setting off.

Outside a small inn in the town, the monk of Jingkong held a copper bowl and asked for water from the diners, and then went to the eaves outside and said respectfully:

"Abbot, it's so hot, let's drink saliva."

Shenchen Zen Master held a brass Zen staff in his hand, stood quietly in the shade, looked at a horse team coming from afar, and faced the filial piety of his disciples, his voice was kind:

"You drink first."

The monk smiled humbly, and then reluctantly picked up the copper bowl and drank the first sip of water after escaping from the Dolan Valley.

As for why he is here, there is also Shenchen Zen Master next to him, but it is easy to explain - because of the way.

The monk of Jingkong was stunned when he found out that the night terror hall was killed, and he was stunned, and his first reaction was to make a detour from Liangzhou and Shazhou, and quickly run back to Shatuo.

But he obviously forgot that Abbot Shenchen was busy with things, and he had to go back to the Thousand Buddha Temple!

The monk of the clear space with more than a dozen followers rushed out of the Duolan Valley to the south, and before he ran out of more than ten miles, there was a big monk with a Zen staff, who was walking towards Liangzhou unhurriedly.

At that moment, the clear space seemed to be enlightened.

I understood what it means to be 'fate, wonderful', and why no matter how powerful the demons are, they can't escape the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain.

The dozen or so people who followed behind found that the Shenchen monk was in front, and they only hated the horses under their crotch for missing two legs, and turned around and ran in the direction of the West Sea.

And the monk obviously didn't need to run, so he honestly went up to meet him, and then helped carry the Zen staff home together.

Yesterday, Jingkong was ready to leave himself and let Li Si and the others go, because he knew that the leader would definitely rescue him when he turned back.

And now that the leader is being hunted down by the Night Yama King, the abbot feels that he is dead, and that is probably dead.

The leader is dead, and he will definitely not be able to leave the Thousand Buddha Temple for the rest of his life, and the despair in the heart of the monk Jingkong at this moment is probably only understood by the two kings of Yanzhou in the world.

"Tons and tons of ......"

After the monk drank half a bowl of water, he handed over the copper bowl again, and after a long struggle, he still spoke:

"Abbot, the disciple has been practicing Buddha in the temple for more than ten years, and he has sincerely repented......"

Zen Master Shenchen took the bronze bowl and motioned to a shadow cast by the eaves in front of him, and his voice was calm:

"After you return to the world, if you can live in seclusion in the countryside, marry a wife and have children, and live this life quietly, you can leave now."

“……”

The monk looked at the shadow line that was close at hand, his lips moved slightly, but he hesitated.

After all, after he secretly learned martial arts, he was able to run to Huang Liansheng's command, and also served as a foreign envoy to the Northern Liang.

Let him retire and go to the countryside to marry a wife and have children to be a simple and unpretentious common man, what is the difference between this and living in the Thousand Buddha Temple to death?

Shenchen Zen Master pestle the Zen staff and waited for a while, and then spoke:

"You took the sesame oil money back then, I asked you, if you let you go, will you steal it again, your reaction at that time is just like this moment.

"If you can hesitate instead of duplicitous, it means that you still have the mind of a Buddha, but you haven't let go for the time being. As long as you put it down, you're actually better suited to wear this robe than I am. ”

The monk was a little speechless: "I will not believe my words in the future, if the abbot does not arrest me, then I will leave immediately." ”

Monk Shenchen said: "Thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan." Even if I want to arrest you, I have to wait for you to be untrustworthy, and now that the road is ahead, why don't you go? ”

"Abbot, you know me and know that I will not be true to my word...... Forget it, this is already gourd words, you are a saint, no matter how you say it, you are justified. ”

Monk Shenchen shook his head:

"Lao Wei is also a layman, and he knows that 'the six roots are pure and the four are empty' is a Buddha, but like you, he can't let go of his selfish desires.

"Although I have karma in my heart and it is difficult for me to attain positive results, you have a chance, so if your heart is not empty for a day, I will not let you return to the vulgar until you let go."

The monk pondered: "Abbot, do you count this as what you don't want and force others to do to you?" ”

"Count."

“……”

The monk opened his mouth, spread his hands again, and said:

"You can't let go of the two saints on the mountain, but I, a layman, can let go? If you want me to be a laborer who doesn't need money, just say it, the monks don't lie, why do you have to beat around the bush like this?! ”

"If you can't let go, you just don't need money; If you let it go, you become a Buddha. ”

"You ......"

The monk was in a hurry, and directly snatched the copper bowl over, without giving the abbot a face.

After all, the landlord would never beat his donkey to death, what was he afraid of?

Monk Shenchen didn't mind this, but just told the story:

"When Lao Qu was born, it was the time when Dayan Guozuo was in turmoil, and my parents died in the war when I was six years old, and I didn't have time to worry about it, I just thought about how to live.

"During my wanderings, I found that the people who could eat and drink spicy food in the troubled times were martial artists, so I also began to practice martial arts, and it took three years before and after, and finally became a famous master in ten miles and eight towns......"

The monk was too lazy to listen to these teachings, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head:

"What? Three years? Are you nine years old and ten miles away? ”

Shenchen Zen Master raised his hand to signal himself:

"Martial saints, they are all talented, don't be surprised."

The monk took a breath and waved his hand:

"Okay, you keep talking."

"At that time, he was rampant in ten miles and eight towns, and at the age of eleven or twelve, his hands were dyed, and he never starved for half a day, but unfortunately, the progress of martial arts was getting slower and slower. I think it's a problem of my own blind practice, if I want to become a hegemon, I still have to find a master, so I looked for a master in all directions, and finally met an old monk.

"At that time, I saw that the old monk was powerful, so I wanted to apprentice, and the old monk asked me what I wanted to do to learn martial arts, and I said that I wanted to be the first in the world and enjoy the wealth of the world."

The monk frowned and said, "Then the old monk will take you back as a coolie?" If you don't put it down, you can't go? ”

Zen Master Shenchen hurriedly shook his head: "People are really high monks, how can they be unreasonable with me." ”

"You know that?!"

The clear space monk's eyes were stunned, but he was used to it at the moment, and asked:

"What did the real monk tell the abbot?"

"The old monk said that the first in the world is not powerful, and the Buddha who truthfully knows and sees the appearance of the Three Realms is called supreme; The wealth of the world is not a leisure, and the immortals who jump out of the Three Realms and do not enter the cycle of reincarnation are truly free.

"I asked how I could become an immortal and a Buddha, and the old monk took me to the Thousand Buddhas Temple, pointed to a stone and said, "You will practice here in the future, and when you put down this stone in your heart, you will become a Buddha; If you see through this stone, you will become an immortal. ”

After listening to the last words, the monk became curious:

"So the abbot still can't let go of that stone and wants to become an immortal?"

Monk Shenchen watched the convoy escorted by Heiya's people, and after passing outside the inn, he turned around and walked outside the town:

"Yes. Therefore, the old man is also a layman. ”

"No, you let go of the Buddha and see through the immortal; In my case, it becomes 'let go is a Buddha and can't let go is coolie', do you think this is fair? ”

"The person you meet is a monk, but the person you meet is not."

“……”

The monk was speechless.

——

Recently, there are fewer and fewer people who want to go to the book of life and death, and I finally waited for one:

Recommend a copy of "After the game is cleared, the second week is opened", everyone can take a look if you are interested~

(End of chapter)