Autumn day, dawn.

White dew is frost.

The dew condenses on the Buddha hall of this ancient temple on the top of the mountain, the floating pagoda, the eaves of the temple or the bluestone slab.

In the early hours of last night, the many visions that appeared in the southwest sky of the temple were as if they had never happened, and there was no trace.

Frost tiles, bell towers, ancient towers...... It's still a day when the sun rises as usual.

As for the re-collapse of a newly built scripture copying hall on the southwest side, and the anxiety of the presiding officer and the morning monks, the pilgrims who stayed in the temple did not know about it, and not many people felt it.

The same is true of Sanhui Yuan, where Ah Qing's family lives.

Wake up early to do laundry, cook cigarettes and cook, together as before.

Liu's mother, Ah Shan's widow Yun Niang, A Qing, the three women of the large, medium and small live together, and they are naturally more diligent than the men, but this morning, there is a familiar and unfamiliar figure in Sanhui Courtyard.

Ah Qing and the others, who were eating, heard the movement from the courtyard outside, and the first light of dawn pierced the sky, and the sky was just bright.

They had breakfast a little early today.

Outside the courtyard, there was a sound of footsteps, and there seemed to be a lot of people.

"Did the thief really stay in this hospital?"

Outside the courtyard wall, a vague and cold woman's voice sounded first, as if asking her partner next to her.

"Hmm."

A gentle female voice replied, paused, and replied slowly:

"There are blood stains on the wall, in the courtyard grass, there are three places, the grass roots have been trampled, although there is no blood, but the grass has no frost, and the surrounding frost turf is obviously in contrast, obviously the man fell into the courtyard, scooped up the tank of water and hurriedly washed. However, the action was hasty, the fall was urgent, and the back was also very urgent......

"This Confucian student should have stayed in this courtyard for a while, recuperated for a while, and wanted to hide, but after cleaning the horse's feet, he found that it was half the effort, so he left and went down the mountain......

"On the mountain road behind, there are traces of his footprints and blood, which are newer than those in this yard, left when he left."

Candle in the snow's stiff and cold voice sounded again:

"This little thief doesn't know what the origin of the Buddha is, urging the Ding Sword, the sword and the sword give birth to lotus, which is in line with a certain Zen principle, and the sword qi seems to be endless......

"But when I look at the aura rotation when he escaped, there are only eight grades of blue qi.

"Although he escaped by luck, he was injured by the sword qi of this seat, the injury is not light, he can't run far, he always has to heal, but he just chased down, and when he reached the pavilion halfway up the mountain, all the clues were gone, as if he disappeared out of thin air, could he be an eight-rank and still be able to fly against the wind."

The gentle female voice muttered:

"In this case, there are only two possibilities.

"If we hadn't used a means we didn't know, we would have erased the traces and gone away.

"Otherwise, it's just a trick, in fact, the person is still in the temple, camouflaging obvious traces of going down the mountain, actually going and returning, hiding and healing, if so......"

Xue Zhongzhu didn't have the patience to listen to the specific analysis, and asked directly:

"So you're leaning towards the latter one? Take us back to turn around, is it to investigate the suspicions? ”

The gentle female voice didn't answer the question, but just chuckled:

"Halfway up the mountainside pavilion, hand it over to the sixth senior sister to continue to investigate, she is careful and cautious, and has a first-class light body technique, suitable for finding people along the way, the senior sister asked the insect mother to follow her in the sky, help the sentinel, if there is a change, the insect girl can also fly back to the notification as soon as possible.

"As for us, there is no need to rush up, there are many people, but it is conspicuous...... Come back and see if there's anything missing.

"This Confucian seems to be very familiar with Donglin Temple, just look at his escape route, and choose all hidden shortcuts, saying that it is the first time to come, I don't believe it. If I were him, I would actually choose a familiar place to lurk, and the most dangerous place is also the safest place.

She laughed again and changed the subject:

"But seriously, looking at it all the way, this Confucian student has responded very calmly, putting me in his situation, facing the pursuit of the senior sister, and not necessarily doing as well as him.

"At the moment of crisis, it is not unreasonable for this Confucian to be able to walk the sword wielder."

The candle in the snow asked coldly: "The second senior sister is praising this little thief?" ”

The gentle female voice smiled softly, "I didn't praise him, I just wanted to catch him more, I broke my hands and feet, threw him into the water prison, and I had time to talk about it in the future." ”

After a pause, he asked with a little curiosity: "By the way, what about Senior Sister's sword?" ”

Candles in the snow don't speak.

The gentle female voice asked again: "Why does the senior sister keep shouting about the thief and the thief... Did you steal something......"

Candle in the snow suddenly interrupted, and his tone was tough:

"This little thief can become a sword-wielding person, isn't it just stealing the Ding Sword of our Sword Sect, according to the induction of the Red Lotus Sword Seal, this Ding Sword is left by the old guy in the Guyue Sword Shop...... As a result, the seat fulfilled the contract and went as scheduled, but something changed. ”

The gentle female voice sighed softly:

"That's true, the identity of this fox-faced Confucian is doubtful, why is the Ding Sword in his hand? On the day of Dingjian's birth, all the things in Dragon City may have been involved, but I don't know what role to play, does it have anything to do with that old gentleman or a deal? ”

"Pretending to be a ghost."

The candle in the snow snorted coldly, as if remembering what happened that day.

The sound of conversation outside the courtyard wall faintly entered the courtyard.

In the main house of Sanhui Courtyard, the family is eating porridge and rice.

Except for a certain wooden man's movements, the other women looked at each other.

At this moment, an unfamiliar and cold female voice outside the courtyard wall dropped a sentence: "You and Xiao Qi go to the side to look for it, there are clues to report, leave it to me here." ”

Immediately.

"Knock Knock ——!"

There was a knock on the door, and without waiting for everyone in the house to react, the knocker had already pushed the door in. The so-called knock on the door turned out to be only symbolic.

I saw a tall orchid with blond hair and waist, domineering, and a pair of blue eyes looking around at everyone in the room.

However, when she roughly saw the scene inside the house, the momentum on her body was slightly restrained.

There were four people in the house. an old woman with gray hair lying in bed; a young woman with curled sideburns and an apron; a thin bamboo pole girl with a total horn that has not yet reached the end of the pipe; There was also a wooden man who knelt beside the bed, feeding his sick mother.

The general situation of this family is clear at a glance. The candle in the snow swept over this poor and ordinary family, and suddenly made a light "huh", and couldn't help but look at the thin bamboo pole girl with the word "Yue" tattooed on her forehead. The girl is delicate and delicate, she looks down and does not dare to look at the living, she is cowardly and weak.

"Who is your Excellency, and what are you doing?"

Mother Liu gently pushed away her son's feeding hand, and stood up to meet the imposing snow candle, and she was the first to speak.

The candle in the snow did not speak, looked around, turned and went out, but did not leave.

Everyone saw that the tall orchid was unceremonious, walked around the courtyard, and opened each side room in turn, looking at it coldly.

She seemed to be observing whether the number of people eating in the main house matched the number of guest rooms in the hospital.

At the same time, you should also be watching to see if the corresponding room is occupied.

These can't be faked in a short period of time.

Faintly aware of the intention of the candle in the snow, in the main house, next to Liu's mother's sickbed, a wooden man who was newly replaced with a thick coat filled with reeds and grass wool lowered his eyes slightly.

Ah Qing tilted his head and shook his head imperceptibly at "Brother".

Soon, the Candle in the Snow frowned slightly and returned to the main house.

The number of people exactly corresponds to the room, including this wooden man, and there is also a room, which is full of men's clean and simple daily necessities.

She pursed her lips and returned in vain, not noticing.

Of course, the candle in the snow didn't know that after Liu Ashan's heroic sacrifice, Ah Qing specially prepared a brother's room in order to take care of Liu's mother's emotions, and put all the things in front of him there and wiped them every day.

Even if Liu's mother later learned about her son's sacrifice, this habit did not change, but became a silent matter for the family.

Even if he moved to Sanhui Courtyard now, Ah Qing deliberately vacated a room, in addition to missing Ah Shan, it was also convenient for the "new brother" to settle down when he came to visit.

The candle in the snow suddenly walked towards Ah Qing.

The wooden man who was feeding in front of the bed stood up suddenly, blocked in front of his younger sister Aqing, and stared directly at the candle in the snow without saying a word.

Candle in the snow looked at him coldly.

Ah Qing quietly pulled down the corner of his brother's clothes, shook his head at him, and signaled not to tighten.

The wooden man was silent for a while, turned sideways slightly, and moved out of the way a little, the candle in the snow never gave the man a good face, ignoring the wooden man who seemed to be his brother, she walked straight to Ah Qing, and took out a small bag of broken silver from her sleeve, as well as a jade.

She held the jade in her hand and poured spiritual energy, and the milky white jade suddenly appeared a light purple.

The candle in the snow put the purple jade into a broken silver bag and handed it to Ah Qing together:

"This seat is from Yunmeng Jianze, that place, there are many nursery rhymes and legends in the land of Wuyue, I should have told some, this seat does not explain much, only warns about one thing. You are spiritually natural, the divine court is bright, weak on the outside and strong on the inside, you are a treasure embryo of qi cultivation, you should not stay here for a lifetime, throwing away your time.

"If you are tired of this cage-like day and want to emit light and heat, you can smash this jade, and this seat will sense it, come to pick it up, and accept it as a disciple."

After a pause, she said coldly to Mu Ne Han and Yun Niang:

"The next time you pass by this seat, you will come again, as a brother and sister-in-law, if you stop her for selfish desires, let this seat find out, you will not see the sun the next day. If she is generously let go, this seat will leave another piece of jade, and if you encounter difficulties in the future, the Sword Sect can help once. That's all. ”

With that, the Candle in the Snow turned around and strode away.

The crowd was silent.

Yun Niang glanced at the wooden man and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The Candle in the Snow suddenly stopped, turned back and asked:

"You are a wife, and you are husband and wife with this man, why do you sleep in separate rooms?"

Yun Niang was stunned and stammered a little.

Ouyang Rong secretly said that it was not good, but Liu's mother, who was sick next to her, instantly replied:

"Although my family is poor, it is also a house of etiquette, my son and Yun Niang, just got engaged and signed a contract, welcome home, and can't break the rules, you need to marry the media before you can go to the same house."

After listening to this, the candle in the snow looked at them, bowed slightly, and turned around to go out.

Walking out of the door, the face of the candle in the snow immediately turned cold, and the sword on his body was confiscated by the thief, which was a great shame.

The main thing is that the Ding Sword Road is too wild, the sword bearer obviously only has eight grades, and as a high-grade purple qi practitioner, she can't faintly compete with the aura reserves! When he was exhausted, he was easily surrendered to the sword by that little thing.

Yunmeng Jianze has no shortage of famous swords in the world, throughout the ages, so many sword conferences, I don't know how many swordsmen in the world have left their beloved swords.

But the confiscated personal saber has followed the candle in the snow for a long time, and even through secret techniques, it has a heart-to-heart relationship with her and has mutual perception, so not long ago, she could sense that the saber was touched by the dirty hand of the Confucian student, which made the snow candle with a habit of cleanliness a little sick to her stomach until now.

At the moment, I don't know what means this thief used, every time the Candle in the Snow tries to sense the sword, the spiritual sense is lost in the sea.

It's a terrible day.

Don't let this thief catch her.

In addition, this Donglin Temple is also a place of her distress, and every time she comes, nothing good happens.

This was the case last time I dealt with the little junior sister's secular affairs.

The candle in the snow left the yard expressionlessly......

After a while, outside the courtyard wall, there was movement.

The domineering tall orchid seemed to be converging with some "second junior sister" and "little seven", and the girls communicated, there should be no clues, and they left in a greeting manner.

In the main house, Ah Qing looked at Ziyu, his little face hesitated, he looked at the wooden man, and seeing that he did not object, the beautiful girl got up and chased out the door, and shouted at the backs of the Yue girls such as the candles in the snow:

"Take it, we don't take the money, I'll ...... I don't want to leave, I want to accompany my mother and brother and sister-in-law. ”

The candle in the snow turned a deaf ear and ignored it, she turned her head and instructed the group of junior sisters behind her who were curious to turn back:

"Let's go, let's go ahead and look for it. Hey, Xiao Qi, why are you stupid? Let's go, touch the scene again? ”

"Yike...... Well. ”

In the crowd of Vietnamese women, a certain girl who was quiet from beginning to end replied in a daze.

The opening is only monosyllabic.

In the main house, the wooden man who was silently waiting for the difficult Yue girls to leave, his face was stunned.

The voice...... It's an embroidered girl!

Ouyang Rong, who was wearing a mask disguise, got up suddenly, took two steps but stopped, and couldn't go out.

It was so close, but he couldn't call anyone.

Oh, Ouyang Rong couldn't hold back any longer, walked to lift a night pot under Liu's mother's bed, strode out of the door, and pretended to pour the night pot.

Quickly came to the courtyard, and when he passed by the open courtyard gate, he turned his head to look, and what caught his eye was the departing back of the candles in the snow and a group of women in the same Wu skirt.

Among the women's vests, there was an inconspicuous but incomparably familiar back of a mute girl, who was closely following the side of the candle in the snow, without looking back......

Qianqian's back is very moving, very good-looking.

But what is strange is that, when viewed from behind, the girl looks like she is wearing something on her head, and a azure ribbon goes around her head, and finally ties a bow at the back of her head.

The three thousand soft green silk of the shawl are set off by this azure ribbon, which is more and more black and smooth.

I don't know if it's a special women's forehead.

It's good-looking, and the other Wufu Yue girls around don't have it, so she's the only one.

Ouyang Rong stood in place, watching the back of the "Bow Yue Girl" drift away, his mouth open, but no sound came out.

A Qing's cautious voice came from behind him: "What's wrong with Brother?" ”

The wooden man who was carrying the night pot suddenly calmed down, and gently raised his hand to support the heavy mask.

"It's fine. Just remembering an old man. ”

(End of chapter)