At this moment, the sky is not yet bright, the gates of the west courtyard and the backyard are closed, only the door of the main hall is open, the ground is full of people, only the tall Guanyin statue in the hall is slightly open, watching Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge leave one after another.

Taking advantage of the faintly bright sky in the east, Shen Ge carefully observed the footprints outside the temple gate, and followed the latest footprints to prepare to descend the mountain.

But after walking down for a while, the footprints on the ground turned into the woods. Shen Ge showed such an expression, and after following up not far away, he saw Shen Shangzhi in a robe, standing under a big tree.

The light was dim, and Shen Shangzhi covered most of his face with a hat, Shen Ge couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could still sense that he was angry.

Shen Ge grinned and said, "You just came here?" It just so happens that I'm going down the mountain too, so let's go together. ”

Shen Shangzhi frowned deeply in Sichuan between his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice, "Go back!" ”

"No return." Shen Ge stopped smiling and glared back.

Hard doesn't work, soft comes on.

Shen Shang coaxed, "Most of the people who take refuge in the temple are young and strong men, if these people are instigated by Ma Er's blind man to attack the East Courtyard, they can't hold it by relying on Ma Qinglin alone, Mrs. Lin's family is in a more dangerous situation than the old man, you can go back quickly." ”

Shen Ge asked rhetorically, "Where are you going?" This is not the way down the mountain. ”

Shen Shangzhi was silent.

Shen Ge said bluntly, "You want to find a place to hide and recuperate, right?" The Guanyin Temple went up to the top of the mountain, and there was not even a stone cave that could accommodate people. Even if there is a cave, do you think the locals will not know about it? With your current body bones, can you go into the cave and grab a place to lie down and recuperate? Can you top one meal or two of the wild vegetable dumplings in your arms? ”

"It lasts for five days."

Shen Shangzhi smiled, "The old man thought that Mrs. Lin had guessed the old man's plan, so she prepared some more vegetable dumplings, which turned out to be prepared for you boy." ”

"Mrs. Lin doesn't know."

"Does the jade girl know?" This time, it was Shen Shangzhi's turn to ask, "Ruyu girl knows, can her mother not know?" ”

Shen Ge glared, "No matter what you say, I won't go back anyway!" ”

"You stubborn." The words slipped out, and Shen Shangzhi remembered that when his eldest son was alive, he had scolded his son like this several times, and he couldn't help but feel sad, so he persuaded softly, "You have an injury on your arm, what can you do with the old man?" Go back, obedient. ”

"I had injuries on my arms, but not on my waist or legs. I can catch pheasants and hares, can you? No matter where you get old, let me give you a piece. When Bao Li and Chen Siye come over, I will leave, and I will never follow you and delay your affairs. ”

"I can kill pheasants and hares with stones, and I can't eat meat when I live in the temple, and the old man has long been hungry." Shen Shang said ruthlessly with a straight face, "The old man has been through a hundred battles, and it is easier to avoid the pursuit alone, the sky is about to dawn, you go back quickly!" If you dare to follow, the old man will tie him to the tree! ”

"Knock knock, knock knock!"

Just as the two were arguing, the rhythmic drumming suddenly sounded, shaking the mountains and forests.

How can there be a drum beat at this moment?

Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge were puzzled, and the gray-clothed man under the mountain and everyone in the temple were awakened at the same time. In the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, Lin Ruyu sat up and said in surprise, "Mother, the second uncle is here!" ”

Fang's also felt that there was a chance that he could make such a big disturbance, it was indeed like your second uncle, let's get up quickly and send someone to the bottom of the mountain to have a look." ”

"No need to go down." Lin Ruyu got up and quickly put on her clothes, and grabbed the torch that had been prepared by the bed, "Mother, my daughter will go to the top of the hall and shake the torch, and the second uncle will know that we are here." This is a common trick used by the second uncle when he used to play with his daughter. ”

"It's too dangerous......"

Before her mother finished speaking, Lin Ruyu said eagerly, "Mother, you have to have your daughter go, others don't know how to wave a torch." ”

Lin Ruyu lay on the top of the main hall of the Guanyin Temple and looked down, in the faint light, above the river, more than a dozen lanterns reflected the outlines of two big ships, and the exhilarating drum beat her eardrums, suppressing the commotion caused by the drums in the Guanyin Temple.

Lin Ruyu's tears flowed with the rain, she got up and sat on the main spine of the main hall, used her arms to wrap her arms around the raised cockroach at the end of the ridge to stabilize her body, skillfully lit the torch with a fire fold, and waved the torch at the same rhythm.

Knock knock, knock knock!

The rhythm that echoed the drums was quickly extinguished by the drizzle. Lin Ruyu immediately took out a small gourd filled with lamp oil, poured the oil on the torch head and lit it, and continued to shake.

Knock knock, knock knock!

The torch was extinguished again, Lin Ruyu poured oil and lit it again, and before she could start shaking, she heard the drums on the big boat on the river change:

Knock, knock!

The second uncle saw the torch!

Lin Ruyu laughed out loud with tears, waved the torch a few times in the same rhythm, and when the torch was extinguished again, Lin Ruyu carefully climbed to the roof, and went down the ladder to the ground, Ma Sanshu and Zhao Lu immediately protected her, perfunctory to the people who rushed out of the main hall to ask, and returned to the east courtyard.

In the backyard hall, Ma Er Blind looked at the torches that were lit three times on the roof of the main hall in front of him, and his eyes kept moving.

Ma Wang was also excited, "Second brother, this is someone who has come to pick up the people from the East Courtyard, what do you think of us?" ”

"Send someone down to take a look, and if there are not many people, grab it!"

"Yes!" He Sanpang jumped out.

On Ma Wang's slender face, a pair of small eyes flashed with a fierce light, "If there are many of them, let's pull the people from the main hall and the west courtyard together!" ”

There were many people around the gate of the east courtyard shouting and asking questions, and some people followed He Sanpang and ran out to check the situation down the mountain. In the east courtyard, the people in the house were packing up their things, and Uncle Ma and others held their swords, bows and arrows, and firewood knives tightly, guarding the hospital door and the wall.

The two gray-clothed men sleeping under the stones split into two paths, one running up and the other running down, and they divided into separate ways to inquire about the situation.

In the woods, Shen Ge said in surprise, "This must be the Lin family sending a boat to pick up Mrs. Lin's family!" Uncle ......"

"If there is such a big commotion, the people in the temple and the village will be alarmed." Shen Shangzhi immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, "You quickly go to the bottom of the mountain to deliver the letter, and let the Lin family divide it into two halves, half to guard the boat, and half to come up to pick up people." If anyone dares to rob the ship, kill a hundred people! ”

"Okay." Shen Ge immediately responded, "What about you?" ”

"The old man went to ambush outside the temple gate, just in case, go quickly."

"Good!"

Shen Ge ran down the mountain, while Shen Shangzhi held on to the tree and walked up the mountain.

At this moment, the sky is gradually brightening. Because the mountain road was winding and slippery, Shen Ge simply didn't even come out of the forest, holding on to the trees on the slope, and quickly slid down.

Coincidentally, he collided with the gray-clothed man who rushed up the mountain to check the situation, and when he saw the thick bamboo hairpin on this person's head, Shen Ge's pupils shrank, and he cheered loudly, "Uncle, you were sent by Xuanzhou to pick up people, right?" That's great! ”

The man in gray saw that it was a half-old child who rushed down, holding the dart that was just about to be thrown, and a big smile appeared on his face, "I am indeed here to pick up my master, my master is sixty years old, his beard is gray, he is eight feet tall, and his voice is like a bell, I don't know if his old man can be on the mountain?" ”