When it was almost noon the next day, Li Chuan and Zhang Yuanwai arrived at Chongfu Temple. Accompanied by the host, incense was served and vegetarian food was eaten. Zhang Yuanwai talked about Buddhist scriptures with the host, Li Chuan listened to it for a while, felt drowsy, and after asking the location of the monk who was empty, he went to find out.

There was no time to meditate and chant in the meditation room, and after Li Chuan entered, his eyes were still closed.

Li Chuan felt very comfortable, so he moved a stool and sat down by the window, looked for a few pages of Buddhist scriptures, looked at the scenery, and turned a few more pages.

After reading this volume of scriptures, he put down the Buddhist beads, opened his eyes, and said, "Master Li, thanks to you, the incense in the temple has been prosperous in recent days, and the monks are almost out of stock." ”

"Huh?" Li Chuan was at a loss.

"The matter of Xiushan County, I heard that a village of people died there, and the murderer also moved the entire mountain, and the people of Qin Tianjian went to investigate, and they actually disappeared, and the people in the surrounding counties are in danger!" Wukong smiled while exaggeratingly described, "So, there are a lot more people who come to Shangxiang to ask for peace, isn't it the business brought by Brother Li?" ”

Li Chuan understood, and he also smiled and said, "Then you have to give me a cut." ”

"You go to the host and say, it's useless to look for me," he said, walked to Li Chuan's side without time, also found a chair and sat down, and said, "Tell me quickly, what's going on in Xiushan County?" ”

Li Chuan didn't hide it from him, only partially hid the heart abyss, and then told him the matter as it was.

After listening to it, Wukong's expression became solemn, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I see." ”

Li Chuan said: "Fortunately, this matter has been settled, and Xia Lin Mountain has reappeared, and it is estimated that after a while, the rumors will be over." ”

"Yes," Wukong agreed with Li Chuan's statement, and then he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Do you know the Spirit Fish King of Suliu Lake?" ”

"I've heard of it, what's wrong?" Li Chuan asked.

"I heard that he has gathered a group of elite soldiers and strong generals, and he wants to declare war with Gong Wuguang." There is no time to say.

"Declaring war with Qin Tianjian? Isn't that just a declaration of war with the imperial court, and he thinks he has a long life? ”

"That's what he said, Gong Wuguang deliberately set up a trap and killed his brothers, King Shilong and King Blackhorn, and broke the agreement between the court and the Great Demon. They said that as long as the imperial court handed over the palace without light, he would stop fighting, and the imperial court would have to defend him, and the demons of Suliuhu would fight to the end. ”

"Is there such a good relationship between youkai?" Li Chuan asked suspiciously.

"I also think it's a disguise, and now Qin Tianjian has also issued a notice and started recruiting troops, and I heard that the eldest apprentice of the palace supervisor, the second apprentice, has arrived at Suliu Lake. It is estimated that it will not be long before Suliu Lake will start to suppress demons. ”

Gold melts in Suliu Lake?

"Is this news true?" Li Chuan asked.

"What part do you mean?" There is no time to ask.

"The eldest apprentice and the second apprentice are in Suliu Lake."

"It's not for sure." Seeing Li Chuan's embarrassed face, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I originally planned to go to the capital to find Jin Rong, that is, the second apprentice, and now he is in Suliuhu Lake, ......" Li Chuan said his difficulty, "It's not impossible to change the route to Suliuhu, but I'm afraid that if I go, he won't be there, so I will delay the time." ”

"In my opinion, it is safer for Brother Li to go to the capital first, even if he is not in the capital and is in Suliu Lake, there is definite news, just run again, rashly go to Suliu Lake, in case their arrangement is broken, it will not be beautiful." No time to say what he thinks.

After Li Chuan heard this, he thought so.

Wukong then said: "This time Qin Tianjian recruits troops, I also want to go." Brother Li can take me for a ride? ”

Li Chuan was a little surprised when he heard this, in his memory, Wukong was not much bolder than him, he only dared to fight the little demons in the countryside, and did not dare to face the monsters of Xuanshui Mountain.

"Suliu Lake...... There may be many powerful demon cultivators...... So," Li Chuan and Wukong said what he heard in Tianju Mountain, "The few demon cultivators I saw, although they said they couldn't go, there were a few of them, obviously they were moved...... That's still a demon cultivator who is protected by the Four Divine Palaces. ”

Then Li Chuan expressed the doubts in his heart, "What benefits did the Spirit Fish King give them, so that these demon cultivators in the Xuanmen would come to wade into this troubled water?" ”

Those big demons are too, they are not good at cultivating immortals, what are they doing in the world?

He replied, "I don't know." But...... I just thought, the last time Xuanshui Mountain suppressed the demons, it was hard to get out of the bad breath, if this time because of the unfavorable war, the court gave up the palace eunuch and was relenting again, those monsters don't know what kind of arrogance will become. ”

"I didn't want to go," he said...... A few days ago, a friend of mine invited me to go to the capital with me, but I refused. He said something to me before he left, and it has been going over and over again in my heart these days. So today you're here, and you're going to the capital, and I think it's the Buddha telling me that I should go to the capital. ”

"What's that?" Li Chuan asked.

"Only mortals who are not afraid of death are worthy of salvation."

Li Chuan didn't agree, "We were defending Yunqiao Township at that time, and there were also winter demon hunts, and the lives saved were not a thousand, but hundreds of them." How can it be said that if you don't go to the capital, you are afraid of death, and you are useless? ”

"I also want to go to the capital to have a look, I think my recent cultivation has also reached a bottleneck, and I may be able to break through by going out for a walk," he said, and asked Li Chuan with a smile again, "Brother Li, when the time comes, you have to help me arrange a free errand, and you can get money and be safe, such as letting a few masters protect me from chanting." ”

Li Chuan knew that he couldn't be persuaded anymore, so he said, "I'll leave after lunch the day after tomorrow, and we'll gather under the big tree in front of the village when we arrive?" ”

"Okay, I still have some things to arrange."

"What's the matter?" Li Chuan asked casually.

"I can't say it clearly, if Brother Li is interested, why don't you go with me now?"

"Okay." Li Chuan immediately agreed.

Zhang Yuanwai wanted to stay in the temple for one night, and after Li Chuan said something to him, he left Chongfu Temple with no time.

Wukong carried a bamboo basket on his back, took him to the path, walked to many households in twists and turns, and collected a lot of medicinal materials, all of which were common, such as Codonopsis codonopsis Angelica cocos and the like.

Some of these families are orphans and widows, and some only have two brothers and sisters, all of whom are miserable families.

Looking at the conversation with these people, it is clear that this behavior has been going on for a long time. After receiving a house, he would say that he was going out in the near future, and the return date was uncertain, so let them go to the market to sell it later, and don't wait for him.

The price of the no-empty acquisition is not high.

Li Chuan calculated, it should be about the same as the ordinary market price, and if he sees that the condition is not good, he will also lower the price. However, if these people sell them piecemeal, they should not be able to sell them at the market price.

By the time the last one was harvested, it was already dark. There is no time to take Li Chuan back.

Li Chuan asked him, "How long have you been doing this?" ”

Wukong replied: "Probably five or six years, from the time I came to Chongfukuji Temple...... I taught them to identify herbs, and then I sold them to me, and I sold them to herb shops that I knew. ”

After sleeping in Chongfu Temple for one night, and going home for another day, Li Chuan set off. When I waited for the monk Wukong under the big tree at the entrance of the village, I found that Wukong had brought someone with me. He was a burly man in his thirties, with a large hammer on his back and several hammers of various sizes hanging from his waist.

Wukong introduced: "You can call him Cen Blacksmith, he ...... It's a half-refiner, my wooden stick and Brother Tong's bow and arrow are the ones he hits, and you can find him if you lack kitchen knives or anything like that in the future. When he heard that I had decided to go to the capital, he came to look for me and wanted to go with me. ”

(End of chapter)