The big ship sailed smoothly on the river for ten days. You Qianhe had also disembarked and left two days ago, turning back to Shudi.

When Ye Suiyun recalled the separation, You Qianhe said to himself: "I can tell you what happened back then, the old man has completed his mission." Now I want to take advantage of the two old legs can still walk, this is going to return to my hometown in Shuzhong, a 20-year absence, I hope I can still find my relatives and spend my old age in peace. Even if he is reluctant, he can only say goodbye to You Qianhe.

Ye Suiyun was sitting at the bow of the boat at this time, staring at the river, with a lot of thoughts. Suddenly, he said fairly: "Look at the distance, there will be three days to enter the boundary of Yangzhou." ”

Another boatman complained: "It's going to take three more days, and it's hard to make up for some food and drink after walking for a few days without going to the village or the back of the shop." "Originally, there was a village not far from here, but then I don't know what happened, and now it has been abandoned. Otherwise, we can go buy some chickens and ducks or something. ”

The boatman asked, "What village?" Gong Gong thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be called Daoxiang Village, and there were still people living there seven or eight years ago." ”

Ye Suiyun heard the conversation between the two clearly, a thought flashed in his heart, and he stood up and said, "Master of the boat, let's get off the boat here." ”

The captain was taken aback and said, "This lord, the money I collected is going to Yangzhou, and we still have three days to go." ”

Ye Suiyun said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll get off the boat here, please dock." He went to the cabin to greet Tang Xiyao, and asked the captain fairly: "Which direction did you just say Daoxiang Village is in?" ”

The captain sailed the boat closer to the river, pointed to the north, and said, "You can find it in about four or five miles, and there is no one living there, you... Ye Suiyun didn't wait for him to finish, he had already pulled Tang Xiyao and jumped ashore and headed north.

Tang Xiyao didn't ask much, since it was the place where Ye Suiyun was going, he would follow. The two walked through the woods, and after walking for a long time, there was a large area of deserted terraced fields in front of them, and the wheat stalks were growing in a mess, it seemed that no one had taken care of them for a long time, and Ye Suiyun knew that he had found the right place. Sure enough, I walked for a while, and saw a village not far away.

At a glance, only the houses in the village are left with ruins and broken walls, and the houses that are still standing are also scattered and uneven, and the houses are broken and lacking, and it is obvious that they have been uninhabited for a long time.

Tang Xiyao was scared and asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”

Ye Suiyun said: "It's Daoxiang Village." Tang Xiyao said: "This is Mo Yu's hometown?" When You Qianhe told the past in the Tianzi room, Tang Xiyao was not present, so she only knew that it was Mo Yu's hometown in her memory, and asked, "What are we doing here?" You see, this place is desolate and gloomy, and it is strange and scary. Remembering that Mo Yu said that all the old and young in the village had been killed, he couldn't help but lean towards Ye Suiyun.

Ye Suiyun knew that she was scared, smiled, and said, "The Void Immortal Decision is very closely related to my father's whereabouts, and this is the last place where it appeared, so I want to take a look." ”

When Tang Xiyao heard this, he immediately changed to an awe-inspiring and fearless look, and said, "So that's the case, then let's go in and take a look." She thought that since it was related to Nie Xiaotian, Ye Suiyun was naturally very concerned, and she had to support herself no matter what difficulties she had, and a little fear was nothing.

The two of them walked all the way to the west of the village, but they didn't see the remains of the dead villagers missing, which should have been buried by You Qianhe's return. After walking a few steps, I saw a stone monument standing alone in the distance. When I got closer, I saw that the stele was very wide, and it was engraved with the words 'Tomb of the Unknown Hero', which was exactly the same as what You Qianhe said, but there was no name of the person who compiled the stele, and the grass was long around the tombstone, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time.

Tang Xiyao opened his mouth and asked, "Who is this nameless hero?" Ye Suiyun said: "It is said to be called 'Mr. Matake', but I think it's just a fake name." After Ye Suiyun finished speaking, he bowed three times, and then walked around the stone tablet and found nothing.

Tang Xiyao was stunned when he saw him staring at the tombstone, and said, "Brother Ye, do you say that the Void Immortal will be buried below with the unknown hero?" ”

Ye Suiyun's eyes lit up at first, then lowered his head, pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe." ”

Tang Xiyao noticed that his attitude didn't seem to be very positive, and said, "If you dig up the tomb and take a look, maybe you will find the Void Death." ”

Ye Suiyun sighed: "What if you find it, if the void is really buried in the ground, it may be a good thing." Besides, Mr. Matake is a good person, and I don't want to disturb him. We've seen everything we need to see, let's rest here for a night, and we'll go to Yangzhou tomorrow. Tang Xiyao naturally readily agreed.

The two of them found a house with a sound roof, half of the wall of which had collapsed, but the wall inside was still intact, and it was just right to separate the two sides of the house. Seeing this, Tang Xiyao smiled and said, "It's really a good place, it's really a bit afraid to let me sleep in a room by myself." The two of them hastily cleaned the inside, and then divided the dry food they had with them.

After dark, although the two slept in the inner and outer rooms respectively, because the entire wall on one side of the house had collapsed, although Tang Xiyao and Ye Suiyun couldn't see each other, their voices were clear.

The two chatted for a while, and Tang Xiyao fell asleep. Ye Suiyun tossed and turned, and it was difficult to sleep. I kept thinking about what happened to Mr. Matake, the 'unknown hero', and several questions hovered back and forth in my mind, who is Mr. Matake? Does he know my father? Is the Void Death really in his hands? What is the real purpose of his coming to Daoxiang Village? After such a night, Ye Suiyun never fell asleep. He saw that the sky was getting brighter, sat up gently, listened attentively, and knew that Tang Xiyao was still asleep.

Ye Suiyun tiptoed out of the dilapidated house and came to the tombstone again. Walking around carefully, he checked again, but found nothing, in fact, even he didn't know why he came here again, maybe deep down he always felt that he could find something.

Ye Suiyun sat down against the tombstone, and thought: "Since Li Fu has been here, if the Void Immortal is really buried here, he will definitely have taken it away, and I will ask him next time." Perhaps because he hadn't slept all night, he gradually became sleepy at this time.

When he was in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, Ye Suiyun came to his senses, and just thought that Tang Xiyao had come to find him, but suddenly realized that something was wrong. The footsteps of the person who came were light and steady, and the speed was extremely fast, and he must be a person who did extraordinary work.

Ye Suiyun was surprised and wondered: "Who will come here?" As he thought, his body remained motionless, and he was now sitting against the back of the tombstone, which was so wide that it completely blocked him. The footsteps of the visitor stopped in front of the tombstone, and there was no word, and there was silence all around.

Although Ye Suiyun didn't see this person's appearance, he already felt an unusual momentum spread out on the other party's body, which made him nervous, but he was also very curious. Ye Suiyun collected his breath between his chest and abdomen, stabilized his mind, and cautiously turned around to look out from behind the tombstone. Through a gap in the weeds, I saw a middle-aged man in a flowing cloud white robe standing there. This person has a clear face, a long beard, and there seems to be a faint sadness in his eyes, and there is an indescribable deep vicissitudes.

Ye Suiyun secretly wondered, he didn't dare to say anything else, but he was very aware of the martial arts masters, and the skill of the person in front of him was probably beyond the reach of Gong Ao, which was comparable to Xie Yunliu. I saw the man in white holding a wine jug, opened the spout of the jug, and went to the ground in front of the tombstone, and then put the wine jug in front of the stone tablet, but he did not drink it himself.

Just when Ye Suiyun was surprised, someone came from afar, and the footsteps sounded much heavier than the man in white, but it was not slow. The man in white naturally heard it, and he thought about it, but he didn't look back. In a moment, the people who came after him stood behind him.

Ye Suiyun saw it clearly, the person who came later was also middle-aged, but he was burly, wearing a purple gold soft armor and iron armor, which made him look even more imposing, and he didn't seem to be weak and the man in white.

Ye Suiyun thought to himself that these two people were not trivial, and they arrived on the front and back feet, it didn't seem like they had made an appointment, could it be that they were here for themselves and Tang Xiyao? After thinking about it again, it is unlikely that he came here on a temporary basis, even if someone on the other side is following him all the way, it is impossible to find two masters of such skill so quickly.

When Ye Suiyun's thoughts fluctuated, he saw that the man in white did not turn around, and said lightly: "You are here too." ”

Zi Kai said: "I accidentally learned of your whereabouts, of course I want to take a look." ”

The man in white said: "I'm just here to pay tribute to Tang Daxia, why be so nervous." Ye Suiyun muttered in his heart, could it be that the nameless hero's surname is Tang?

The Purple Armor Man asked, "Are you really just here to pay respects?" ”

The man in white said: "Of course, Tang Daxia died because of the empty death, in the final analysis, this book is from my hand." Ye Suiyun's surprise was really not small, and a person appeared in his mind.

The Purple Armor Man snorted coldly and said, "I didn't expect that the Snow Demon was also such a moral person. It's a pity that this is just an empty tomb, and the whereabouts of the empty soul are still unknown. Your Excellency is still running for nothing. ”

Ye Suiyun was stunned, and secretly exclaimed no wonder, it turned out that this man in white was actually the famous 'Snow Devil' Wang Yifeng. I was able to see such a powerful person with my own eyes, and I was a little excited in my heart. He thought: "Being able to go toe-to-toe with Wang Yifeng and not lose momentum, who is this purple armored man?" ”

Wang Yifeng still said slowly: "There is a Buddha in my heart, and I see that others are Buddhas, and if there are ghosts in my heart, I look at others and they are all ghosts." The purple armored man snorted, but Ye Suiyun couldn't hear it clearly, secretly thinking that there must be a deep meaning in this.

Zi Kai said: "What's in it for you to disturb the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Wang Yifeng said: "The Tang Dynasty has been turbulent at the beginning, and the source of chaos has appeared, so why should I disturb it." ”

The Purple Armor Man raised his eyebrows, "Oh, where does the source of chaos come from?" ”

Wang Yifeng finally turned around and looked at the man: "As the leader of the Haoqi Alliance, you live close to the temple, why did you come to ask me?" Although Ye Suiyun had already judged that this purple armor man must be a powerful person, he never expected that it would be Xie Yuan, the leader of the Haoqi Alliance. Who would have thought that the heads of such two hostile forces would have such a peaceful conversation.

Xie Yuan groaned, "You mean 。。。。。 in the imperial court ”

Wang Yifeng said: "Your Excellency should think carefully, once the war between you and me starts, what will it mean for the Tang Dynasty, and what will happen in your court?" ”

Xie Yuan stared at Wang Yifeng awe-inspiringly, and said for a long time: "How do I know that you are not a plan to attack your heart, or... It is to divert the attention of the Haoqi Alliance, hello to sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Wang Yifeng sighed lightly and turned back to look at the tombstone.

Xie Yuan said again: "I have my own opinions on the affairs of the imperial court. But they will never allow the valley of the wicked to run rampant in the world. Your Excellency, do it yourself. After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

Wang Yifeng said: "People who are too superstitious about justice are the best to take advantage of. Xie Yuan, who had already walked away, froze when he heard this, and after a slight pause, he took a step forward and left. Ye Suiyun seemed to understand this brief conversation between the two, but he didn't seem to understand it at all, and wanted to go out and ask Wang Yifeng, but he didn't dare, after all, he had been hiding here and eavesdropping for a long time, and it was not appropriate to think about it when he appeared at this moment.

Wang Yifeng lingered for a while, and then left. When he was gone, Ye Suiyun walked out from behind the tombstone, thinking back to the scene just now, two important figures in today's martial arts appeared in this deserted village, talking beside him, and no one believed it.

At this time, I heard Tang Xiyao shouting in the distance: "Brother Ye, why did you run here." Ye Suiyun greeted him and said, "Yao'er, you're awake." ”

saw tears hanging on Tang Xiyao's eyelashes, and said angrily and angrily: "You ran around again, and you didn't tell anyone, I couldn't see you when I woke up just now, I was really scared to death, I thought... I thought it was . . . ”

Ye Suiyun smiled: "Do you think I left you and said goodbye?" Seeing Tang Xiyao nodding, he gently supported Tang Xiyao's shoulder, and said, "You girl, don't worry, as long as you don't drive me away, I will never leave you alone." ”

Tang Xiyao burst into tears and laughed, and said, "Then we will be together in the future." Ye Suiyun nodded, thought for a while, and said, "And my grandmother, the three of us live together." Tang Xiyao tilted his head and thought about it, and said, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll ask my father to build us a big house." ”

Ye Suiyun's head shook like a rattle, and said, "I still like to live in the thatched hut in Xiaozheng Village." Tang Xiyao said: "Then how can I do it, I can't get used to living in a thatched house." ”

Ye Suiyun deliberately teased her: "Don't be modest, you can sleep soundly in this dilapidated house in Daoxiang Village, what else is not used to." Tang Xiyao frowned and said: "That's different, the children of the rivers and lakes eat and sleep in the open, and occasionally do it, if you live like this for the rest of your life, you can't do it." Ye Suiyun laughed and ran out.

Tang Xiyao reacted and said, "Okay, you deliberately said this to tease me." "I chased after him. The two of them ran out of Daoxiang Village and went in the direction of Yangzhou.

I walked for several days in a row, and when I inquired halfway, this boundary is called Hujianling, and it is not far from Yangzhou. Walking into the night, it suddenly rained heavily, Ye Suiyun saw that there seemed to be a lonely temple in the distance, and the two immediately accelerated their pace. When I entered the temple, I looked up and saw the plaque that had fallen off the mud gold, and realized that it was an abandoned land temple. It looks old and dilapidated, but fortunately it can still escape the rain.

Ye Suiyun pushed open the temple door, and couldn't help but be stunned, seeing that there were already people in the temple, it was two monks, an old man and a young monk, who were sitting around the fire. The young monk was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his face was honest. The old monk's two white eyebrows were long and drooping, and he looked about sixty years old, his face was full of wrinkles, his face was yellow and thin, and his skinny body was very thin. They had a bag beside them, and it seemed that they had come in to take shelter from the rain just like the two of them.

Ye Suiyun smiled and said, "Two masters, I'm sorry. The young monk hurriedly got up and folded his hands and said, "Don't be polite. After saying that, he sat back down, but the old monk was indifferent, as if he was asleep.

Ye Suiyun has deep internal skills, and he doesn't care if he gets wet from the rain, but Tang Xiyao is already shivering from the cold. The little monk saw it and said, "Two donors, if you don't dislike it, please go to the fire to rest." The two thanked each other and sat around.

Tang Xiyao said: "Little master, you are so nice, thank you." The little monk said: "Monks should be kind to others, and donors don't have to be polite." ”

Ye Suiyun couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask if your master and apprentice are the senior monks of Shaolin Temple?" "Although Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist sect, it is also respected in the martial arts, and Ye Suiyun has long longed for it, so he asked.

The little monk smiled and shook his head, Ye Suiyun was embarrassed, and said, "It's no wonder that I offended, I thought all the monks were from Shaolin Temple." ”

The little monk smiled slightly, didn't mind, and said: "The donor doesn't know, there are many Buddhist sects, and Shaolin Temple is only one of the Zen sects. The little monk and apprentice are the disciples of the Vinaya. In addition, there are many sects such as Tiantai Buddhism, Sannon Buddhism, Faxiang Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, Chengshi Buddhism, Jilun Buddhism, and Vitan Buddhism. If you add the schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the schools of Theravada Buddhism in Yunnan, then there are even more. ”

Ye Suiyun stuck out his tongue and sighed: "My God, how many masters of Buddhism are there?" Tang Xiyao couldn't help but say, "You, where did you think of it." Not all monks practice martial arts. ”

The little monk also smiled: "What the female benefactor said is that my disciples of the Vinaya Sect only practice Buddhism, not martial arts. In fact, the monks first learned martial arts for the purpose of studying Buddhism. ”

Ye Suiyun scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Offer ugliness, offer ugliness." ”

Tang Xiyao looked sideways, looked at the withered old monk who had never moved, and asked in a low voice, "Little monk, why didn't your master say a word, did we disturb him?" ”

The little monk said: "Don't worry too much about the donor, the master has been practicing the body precepts and has been silent for more than ten years. Ye Suiyun and Tang Xiyao listened secretly, although they didn't understand what was inside, they were also shocked.

Ye Suiyun asked, "Where are you going with your master and apprentice?" Unexpectedly, the little monk hesitated, blinked his eyes, and did not answer. Ye Tang and the others glanced at each other, seeing that he seemed to have something unspeakable, and couldn't help but be curious.

The little monk said: "If the cultivator doesn't speak, he will say that it is okay to be with the two. My master and apprentice want to cross the ocean and go to Japan. ”

Ye Suiyun naturally knew Japan, Xie Yunliu went away in order to avoid the pursuit of martial arts, and he went to Japan, also called Dongying, he said strangely: "The Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away from Japan, why do you want to go to such a far place?" ”

The little monk said: "Japanese Buddhism has been passed down from Middle-earth, and it has been quite strong, but the precepts are not perfect, and the monks are quite confused. Master was invited by two famous monks in Japan to travel east to teach the Dharma. Promoting the Dharma is the foundation of our practice, and it is also Master's wish. ”

Ye Tang and the others nodded in awe when they heard this. Tang Xiyao said: "As you say, this is a great act of kindness, but why don't you seem to dare to say it?" ”

The little monk sighed and said, "What the female donor said is true. However, Datang has a clear law that no one is allowed to leave the country unless the government authorizes the letter. My master and apprentice are two monks, where can I get the customs clearance order from the imperial court? ”

The two of them suddenly realized, Tang Xiyao said: "No wonder, it turns out that you are going to smuggle out of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

The little monk nodded and said, "First, there is no customs clearance paperwork, second, there is no money to bribe local officials, and there is a sea breeze, so my master and I have failed to go to sea four times before." This time, I want to take Yangzhou, hoping to travel successfully. ”

Ye Suiyun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, little master, we will never say it, I wish you success." The little monk thanked him.

Tang Xiyao said: "I've been talking about this for a long time, and I still don't know how to call you and the respected teacher?" ”

The little monk clasped his hands together and said, "Little monk Xiangyan, Master's Dharma name is true." Tang Xiyao also said the names of the two.

At this time, they heard the sound of people in the heavy rain outside the temple, and the three of them looked at each other, and two more people came in from outside the temple gate, a man and a woman, holding a long sword in their hands. The girl's age was similar to Tang Xiyao's, with a pair of big eyes and a round face. When he looked at the man again, Ye Suiyun immediately recognized that it was Lu Maoyun. His heart moved, he grabbed a handful of burning ashes, wiped it on his face, and suddenly became a big black face. Although Tang Xiyao and Xiangyan were puzzled, they knew that there must be a reason for his move, so they didn't ask much.

Ye Suiyun thought that he was now a notorious wanted felion, even if Lu Maoyun remembered his old friendship and didn't denounce him, it was hard to guarantee that it wouldn't spread to the rivers and lakes. Once someone knows that they are near Yangzhou, it will be inconvenient at that time.