Lin Manliu and Jiang Yanlin were in the middle of the mountain road, and they didn't travel long before they encountered a light rain from the sky. On the way I happened to be walking, there was a temple that seemed to be in disrepair, and the young man in the short shirt was ready to go to shelter from the rain and make a little repairs.

Once the horses were set, they sat side by side on the stone steps and watched as the rain poured down the tiles until it fell into the temple compound.

Jiang Yanlin suddenly said loudly: "Since I met Brother Liu again, Yanlin has never been frightened anymore..."Lin Manliu didn't look at him, still staring at the rain that slipped on the eaves.

"You're just unfamiliar with these realms, and I'm the opposite, I've been there several times a year." Jiang Yanlin looked sideways at the short-shirted young man, then pillowed his head on his lap and looked up at his big brother Liu.

"Now it's Brother Liu who has taken the inkstone to a while, if he comes back in the future, it should be smooth!" Lin Manliu snorted, and then told Jiang Yanlin to rest first, he was going to find some forage to feed the horses.

"I'm not going far, call me out if something happens!"

"Understood! Brother Liu can go with confidence! After the short-shirted boy closed the door of the temple house, he began to pick up grass and young leaves nearby.

As a result, Jiang Yanlin was left alone in the dilapidated temple. Originally, he was still casually looking at the furnishings in the house, including chairs and stools full of cobwebs, futons, and incense ashes scattered on the ground that no one cleaned... Until he glanced at the fading statue or the gold leaf that had been stolen.

Jiang Yanlin's heart suddenly surged with a sense of panic, he just stared at it for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew his eyes.

The Dharma in the temple is a statue of Willow Guanyin... In one hand, he picked up a broken net bottle, and in the other hand he held up a broken willow branch, and there was no gold leaf on his body, and even some clothing carvings were on the verge of damage.

But this still can't hide its solemn demeanor, and then look at the face, the eyebrows are like a small moon, and the eyes are like double stars.

At the moment when Jiang Yanlin was looking at the Faxiang, it seemed that this Bodhisattva was also looking at him. The appearance of a person emerged from the depths of his heart, almost similar to the face of the Fa in front of him.

In his impression, the man was born there

"The jade face is naturally happy, and the red lips are a little red". But his person, his deeds, and his style of conduct are completely opposite... Jiang Yanlin didn't dare to look at the Dharma Image, and hurriedly covered his eyes with both hands, wanting to erase all the scenes that had entered his eyes before.

But the more he did this, the clearer his previous memories became. Painful memories of months ago began to emerge from his dusty heart, beginning to erode his consciousness with all his might.

"Don't... Please... Don't..."

"I'll study hard... Don't..."

"Don't dare... I don't dare anymore..."Jiang Yanlin's whole body trembled, and he whimpered unconsciously.

At this moment, his head was full of the figure of that person, and he didn't know what to do and began to beat his head with his fists.

One punch, two punches, three punches... But the pain didn't do anything at all, just as he tried to hammer his head directly to the ground.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Yan Lin! Yan Lin, what's wrong with you! Then the man grabbed his arms and helped him back to the stone steps to sit down, and the shouts still lingered in Jiang Yanlin's ears.

saw the appearance of the comer, it was Lin Manliu. He finally relented, and his lips trembled and he said, "Liu... Big brother..."Lin Manliu put his hands on the sides of the young man's temporal chin and helped him rub it gently.

After Jiang Yanlin gasped a few times, his breath finally stabilized. The short-shirted young man handed him some water, and Jiang Yanlin grabbed the water bladder and drank it all.

Lin Manliu asked, "Are you better?" What's wrong with Fang Cai..."After Jiang Yan heard this, his head tilted slightly, as if he wanted to look behind him, but he immediately stopped moving.

The short-shirted boy immediately realized, and he looked at the worn Dharma statue in the temple. Nothing quirky?

Maybe it was the fact that he was alone on a rainy day, which reminded him of the days when he was alone before, and he was a little frightened? Lin Manliu quipped: "What an old person, why is it like a child, but I just took a nap and dreamed of bad things!" Hearing the joking words of the short-shirted boy, Jiang Yanlin was in a much better mood.

He immediately followed Lin Manliu's words and responded: "It's too comfortable, I remember what happened before...

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"Then when the rain is lighter, we'll continue on our way!"

"Good!" Not long after the two spoke, the sky gradually cleared. So under the leadership of Lin Manliu, they prepared to continue to the south.

The two of them rode in the mountain road, and Jiang Yanlin found that there were more people in the forest, but looking at the clothes, he knew that they were nearby villagers.

He asked curiously, "Brother Liu, what are they doing?" Lin Manliu glanced at it to confirm that it was correct, and looked at the young man behind him.

"Even if it rains a lot, we have mushrooms in the forest every time it rains or in the morning."

"What's that?"

"In the southern Xinjiang area, mushrooms will be made into soup and juiced, which is very fresh... If I have time, I can do some for you! Jiang Yanlin became more and more curious, watching those farmers shaving around in the mountains, and after a while, they put something they didn't know what it was into the back basket.

He saw some of the villagers walking on the road with vegetation that he hadn't talked about before. Some of them look like bright red colors, while others look like blue waves in the lake, which are really exotic flowers and plants.

"But what are the rotten woods, those under the trees?" Jiang Yan raised his hand and pointed over as he spoke. Lin Manliu looked at the appearance of the person behind him, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"That's right, those are mushrooms... But if we eat these, we can both lie down in the coffin in advance! After listening to the words of the young man in the short shirt, Jiang Yanlin was like being struck by lightning.

He opened his mouth and asked, "Then why do these people still go into the mountains to pick, can't they be used in the soup?" Lin Manliu responded: "You see that they don't pick these bright colors, just pick the ordinary ones!" Jiang Yanlin suddenly realized, and then said: "Brother Liu, I understand, the more peculiar these are in appearance, the more untouchable they are!" The short-shirted boy smiled and nodded, and whispered to him that in Fengcheng, he often heard children humming

"Scary nursery rhymes". Red umbrella umbrella, white pole pole, and lie down together after eating. Lie on the board, sleep in the coffin, and then bury the mountain together.

Buried in the mountains, crying and shouting, the whole village came to eat. Dinner, there is an umbrella, and everyone lies down on the board together.

Lie down together, no one buries the mountains, the whole village is dried together, and the red umbrella will grow again in the coming year. Listening to Lin Manliu in a cheerful tone, reciting these words that are buried and coffins, Jiang Yan felt a chill down his spine, until finally he had to cry out and ask his brother Liu not to sing.

"That's it! Don't tease you, let's get there sooner! Lin Manliu said. Jiang Yan responded, and immediately kept up with the pace of the short-shirted boy.

But just as they were about to take their horses and hurry, they happened to pass by two village women. The two village women seemed to have just entered the mountain, and the baskets around their waists were still empty.

However, the two did not complain about each other because they were late, but whispered some gossip there, and when Lin Manliu and the two passed by, they didn't seem to notice.

"I've heard that someone died in the next village early this morning..."

"Is that Lotus Bay, I just heard the old man in my family say that he was kicked to death by those officers and soldiers!"

"It's early in the morning, what's going on..."

"It's like those officials came to find someone, but the man didn't say anything, so he was dragged out alive, and finally kicked to death..."

Jiang Yanlin naturally heard it, but his first reaction was to leave as soon as possible. He turned his head to look at the short-shirted young man beside him, and called out softly, "Brother Liu... Why don't we go?

Lin Manliu just said, "Yan Lin wait a moment...", and then the short-shirted young man walked back to the two village women, and then clasped his fists and saluted the two.

"Two aunts, listening to what you said earlier, can you tell the boy the details?" They were blocked by an unknown young man, both of whom were elderly women, so as not to be frightened.

Looking at the strange blade that Lin Manliu was carrying behind him, one of them fell directly to the ground and began to protect him with a back basket.

"Don't come here! Don't come here! Lin Manliu hurriedly clenched his fists again and apologized, and continued to speak: "The kid just wants to ask about the matter in the mouths of the two aunts before, and he has no intention of offending..."

Then he opened his mouth and said: "It's my old man who went out and said that a young man died in Lotus Bay this morning, and his impression is that the village gives people a long time to work at the post station..." These key words were spinning rapidly in the young man's mind, and a person's name was actually ringing in his heart.

But Lin Manliu didn't dare to think in that direction, he never thought that something really happened... The officers and soldiers who interrogated should have been looking for him and Jiang Yanlin.

And who else can be a young and strong man who was killed, it will only be Brother Dong. The short-shirted young man's figure staggered a little, and he was almost about to fall backwards before he could stand firmly, Jiang Yanlin hurriedly stepped forward to help him when he saw this.

The two women looked at his strange appearance, and hurriedly picked up the basket and ran away, for fear that Lin Manliu would do something bad in the future.

Lin Manliu looked at the person beside him and was silent for a long time. In the end, he spoke: "Yanlin, I need to go back..."Jiang Yanlin said puzzledly: "Didn't they all say that there were officers and soldiers there, what should we do when we go back!" The boy in the shirt said again, "It's me!" Need to go back... Until then, I'll put you in a safe place first..."Jiang Yan clasped Lin Manliu's arms and shook his head to ask him to retract his previous words.

"Brother Liu... Don't leave me... Don't leave the inkstone..."Lin Manliu let out a long sigh, as if he had calmed down.

When he looked at Jiang Yan, the expression of the young man in the short shirt was very serious, and he said word by word.

"I have to go back to Lotus Bay, you wait for me to come back! I said it, I will definitely bring you back to Jiangnan safe and sound! Jiang Yanlin withdrew the strength of his hand at this time, and after snorting a few times, he nodded to the short-shirted young man in front of him.

"Also, there are some things that I will ask you clearly when I come back, don't lie to me!"

"Got it... Brother Liu..."Lin Manliu took Jiang Yanlin to the mountain road for almost a stick of incense, and finally found a secluded cave.

The short-shirted boy handed over all the dry food and drinking water he had prepared to Jiang Yanlin, and then turned over and got on the horse.

When he looked at Jiang Yan in the cave, his eyes became a little complicated.

"It's Lotus Bay, I'll come back as soon as possible, don't do it! Don't go far without permission! Seeing Jiang Yanlin nodding in agreement, Lin Manliu immediately pulled the reins in his hand, turned the horse's head and went in the direction of Lotus Bay.