"Your sixth master and I have been rushing in the direction of the north in the middle of the night, and the sky is beginning to lighten.

"I noticed that in the mountains directly in front of us, the belly of the fish gradually appeared, and in a few moments the sun peeked out from there.

"I realized we were going in the wrong direction.

"I took your sixth master, made him stop, and said, 'Cunli, we are going the wrong way. ’

"Your sixth master said weakly: 'Wrong is wrong, anyway, we don't know which way to go. As long as the general direction is good. ’

"I said, 'It's just the wrong direction. ’

"Your sixth master sat on the stone on the side of the road, screaming 'ouch ouch' while panting.

He looked very tired from the injuries he had been wounded and had not eaten rice all day, and after several hours of rapid exertion.

"When I saw him sit down, I also felt my legs start to weaken, and I suddenly collapsed on the dirt slope on the side of the road.

After a pause, he asked, 'You say we're going in the wrong direction?'

"I pointed in the direction in which the sun came out and said, 'Can the sun come out of the north?'

"Your sixth master laughed and said, 'I have only heard the sun coming out of the west, but I have never heard of it coming out of the north. ’

"I reluctantly said, 'Let you speak seriously, unless the sun comes out of the west.'" ’

"Your sixth master touched his temples, as if talking to himself, and as if he was asking me, he said: 'No, this road is straight, and we haven't turned a corner, how can we turn to the east!'

"I said, 'The road is straight, yes, but we started in the wrong direction. ’

"Your sixth master turned his head and glared at me, silent.

"I went on to say: 'Last night I deduced that the place where we escaped from the prison was the north-east corner of the city, because the night before we had traveled north from the town to the gate of the city, which we had taken for granted was the south gate of the city. But in fact, we arrived at the West Gate in the early hours of yesterday morning. If you think about it, when we came out of the town, the road we chose at the three-way junction was northeast, and then we went around a semicircular hill in the middle of the road, and soon we came to the city gate, which now I think about it is facing west. Then the place where we escaped last night was not the northeast corner, but the southeast corner of the city. So we drove most of the night and kept running east. ’

"Your sixth master listened to it and sighed casually, and lay down straight on the big stone, making a sound of inhaling from pain while lying down.

"I saw that your sixth master didn't take it seriously, so he was a little angry and said, 'Why are you so big-hearted. We're going in the wrong direction, and we have to think about what to do. You're lying upside down. ’

"Your sixth master looked straight at the sky and said: 'Buddha, you are a good person, everything is good, but there is a little bit of badness, and you like to ask for trouble. We went out to flee this time, and there was no direction, so what does it matter if we can't go wrong. It's better to go where you go. The problem now is that we have to find a way to get something to eat and drink, otherwise we will really die. ’

"I heard that what he said also made some sense, so I didn't have to worry so much. But as soon as he reminded me, I suddenly felt hungry too.

"I looked around, there was no one around, and I thought that there were no villages or towns or populated places on my way at night. I thought to myself, where can I get food here?

I thought about getting up from the ground and pulling Cunli up from the stone. Say to him, 'Don't rest any more, the more you rest, the more you don't want to move.' Let's hold on a little longer and walk ahead to see if there's anybody. ’

"Your sixth master shouted: 'Tap, tap, hurt, hurt!' and slowly stood up from the stone.

"We staggered forward.

"After walking with two bags of cigarettes, we saw a big mountain in front of the left side of the road, and the peak of the mountain reached into the sky. There is a stone-paved staircase that zigzags into the mountains.

"We came to the beginning of the stone staircase, and looked up the mountain, and the clouds and mist were shrouded, faintly like the pavilions and halls with many green tiles and red walls.

"I said to Cunli, 'Now there is no one around here. I think there is a temple on this mountain, and we can only go there to try our luck, if it is not a barren mountain, there are cultivators living on it, and we should be able to find something to eat. ’

"Your sixth master snorted, looked up at the mountain steps that seemed to go straight to the sky, gritted his teeth and said, 'Let's go!'

With that, I began to climb the steps up the mountain, and I followed him and climbed up.

"When I walked halfway up the mountain, your sixth master suddenly trembled in his feet, and the whole person collapsed.

I hurriedly took two steps forward to help him, and I fell to the ground in the dark.

"I was in a daze when I saw your sixth master roll down the stairs from me, all the way into the deep ditch on the side of the mountain steps.

"I tried to call Cunli's name, but I didn't. Then he lost consciousness.

"I don't know how long it took, but I faintly heard someone talking.

"A voice said, 'This bowl has been fed, take it away.' ’

"Another voice said, 'I'm going to see that one, and I don't know if I'll be alive.' ’

"I opened my eyes and saw two people who looked like Taoist children, whispering.

"After a while, a Taoist boy went out with a bowl, and another Taoist boy came to see me.

"As soon as I saw that my eyes were open, the Taoist boy turned his head and ran out, and I heard him run outside and shout, 'Senior brother, this one is awake. ’

"I struggled to sit up and found myself on a bed in a room. The room is simply furnished, yet neat and chic. In the middle of the house lay a table and four or five round stools, and against the wall facing the door was a small rectangular table with an incense burner and a pillar of incense burning. Above the table hangs a painting of a man in the form of a scholar, speaking to a farmer with a net in his hand, his right hand forward, three fingers outstretched. A flock of birds flew through the air. On both sides of the painting hangs a couplet, which reads: 'Good life is better than heaven and earth, compassion for the people and pursuit of Tang Yu.' ’

"As I was looking around the room, a man came in from outside, and I was taken aback.

"This person is none other than Yi Qichong, who saved us last night.

"Yiqi rushed to my bedside, pressed me on the bed, who was trying to get up, and said, 'Don't move, rest for a while, your strength is not yet fully recovered. ’

"I felt strange and asked, 'Brother Chong, why are you?'

"Yi Qichong smiled and said, 'This is my home. In the morning, I was going down the mountain to run errands, and when I saw you fainting on the mountain road halfway through, I rescued you up the mountain. ’

"I remembered your sixth master, and said eagerly: 'Oh, my companion has fallen into a mountain stream, and I am going to find him. ’

I said and got up again.

"He stopped me with his hand, and the expression on his face became heavy, and he said slowly: 'He was also carried up the hill by us, but he fell very hard, and he is still unconscious.' ’

I was thrilled, jumped out of bed, and rushed out the door. This time, Yi Qi Chong couldn't stop me.

"After going out, I saw a lot of rooms around the courtyard in the square, I was blindsided, and I turned around and asked, 'Brother Chong, where is he now?'

Yi Qichong gestured to a room diagonally across the door on his right.

I ran into the room and came to the bed where Cunli was lying.

As soon as I saw Cunli's appearance, I was stunned, and a feeling of grief welled up in my heart, and I couldn't help but burst into tears, and crawled on his bed and wept bitterly. ”