Chapter 60: Picking Up the Furnace in Public (Collect!)
At two o'clock, the Taoist priests under the mountain went up the mountain one after another, today is not a day off, and there are not many pilgrims in the early morning.
Zhao Rong did not climb the mountain immediately, but waited for a group of handymen, and followed them up the mountain together, focusing on the two familiar people along the way, a thin middle-aged man and a half-haired old man.
These two are both handymen who are responsible for the sanitation of the Lingguan Palace, but one is responsible for one day and takes turns cleaning.
Zhao Rong concentrated his attention and carefully memorized the characteristics of their steps and behaviors.
Halfway through, I saw that they did not go directly to the exterior to clean, but would first roughly clean the steps of the mountain road and the gazebo before continuing to go up the mountain.
Zhao Rong suddenly realized that the time when these handymen came to clean the hall every day was not fixed.
Zhao Rong followed them all the way to the appearance of the mountainside, and the group gradually dispersed, each going to the palace in charge to do things, and Zhao Rong followed the thin and tall handyman into the Lingguan Palace.
After entering the hall, Zhao Rong went to the seat where he used to copy the scriptures, but this time he did not sit down to copy the scriptures, but packed up his things, and said goodbye to the Taoist priest who received the guests.
At this time, the morning class was going on in the Lingguan Palace, there were few pilgrims, it was quite quiet, Zhao Rong was just about to go out, and suddenly heard a cat meow from the back of the main hall, and when he looked back, the sound came from behind the statue.
The blue-clothed old man, who was taking the lead in chanting, frowned and opened his eyes, turned his head and raised his chin lightly at the tall and thin handyman who was wiping the table, the latter understood, nodded and smiled hurriedly, put down the rag, and went to the rear to drive the cat.
Zhao Rong pursed his lips, walked out of the main hall, and went around to the back of the Lingguan Palace, he knew that there was a back door behind the main hall, and at this time, he saw that the thin and tall laborer was driving away the cat.
Behind a row of side halls, including the Lingguan Palace, is a large forest, and a bluestone road winds its way to the secluded place.
At this time, the cat escaped on a jujube tree, the tall and thin handyman held a bamboo pole under the tree and wanted to expel it, the cat dodged left and right, so that it was helpless, Zhao Rong saw this and went to help, climbed the tree lightly, grabbed the back of the cat's neck, and jumped off easily, the tall and thin handyman hurriedly thanked him, stretched out his hand to take it, Zhao Rong smiled and asked if he could take it back for adoption, the thin and tall handyman promised slightly, and then turned around and went back to the hall.
Zhao Rong took the cat out of the mountain to watch, carefully pondering the tone of the tall and thin handyman just now, it was difficult to imitate him when he spoke, but he only needed to remember the tone of his voice when he expelled the cat.
After such a long period of observation, Zhao Rong determined the timing and plan to do it.
The time is at five o'clock in the next day of rest.
Humuri was crowded with people, giving them an excuse to steal, and after a night of vigilance, morning was the time when they were most relaxed.
Make some preparations before you get started.
First of all, I have to send some money to the fat boy and his companion, this is very simple, throw a silver or two on the ground on their way down the mountain in advance, the mountain road is rugged, most of the people who go down the mountain will look at the ground under their feet, even if they don't see it, just try a few more times.
The two of them just couldn't control their age, and if they had money, they would go to buy books and stay up late to read, so that they would fall asleep the next morning, especially when the blue-clothed Taoist priest was not in front of them during the morning class.
As for the other two Dao Tong, they had to find a way to make some movement the night before they started, so that they would be dozing and closing their eyes when they were on duty in the early morning, just like the fat Dao Tong.
According to the observation of the past few days, as long as the movement is not too big, they will not open their eyes, and there are many people on the rest of the day, it is easy for them to be distracted, and it is not easy to be alert to the slightest movement, besides, so many pilgrims watch, if people find that they do not do it seriously in the morning class, it will be very embarrassing.
As a result, in the main hall, in addition to the pilgrims and the benevolent scholars who bowed their heads to copy the scriptures, the only people who opened their eyes were the white-haired Taoist priests who received guests and the miscellaneous servants whose arrival time was uncertain.
It is observed that during the morning class, he usually goes to the toilet once at about five o'clock in the morning, which is why he chose this time, but for the sake of safety, there must be a second plan, if the Taoist does not go to the toilet, then he will go to the khaki position.
It's very simple, walk to the side of the Taoist priest who picks up the guest, ask out loud, the Taoist priest will talk to him sideways when he hears the words, and turn his back to the table with the Thunder Neon Purple Gold Furnace, he just needs to delay until the other pilgrims line up behind him, and then he can get out, and the benefits of having more pilgrims on the rest of the day are reflected again.
In the end, he stole a set of miscellaneous uniforms, pretended to be thin and tall, and in order to prevent them from being hit by real people on the spot, he had to stain the steps of the mountain and the floor of the pavilion in advance, so that the miscellaneous servants would delay their ascent of the mountain for a while, and he would obtain the divine furnace in this moment.
Then there's the course of action.
First wear regular clothes, hold the cat and walk the path uphill, put the cat from the left side of the wall, into the view, wait for the five quarters of an hour to ring, then walk into the view, enter the Lingguan Hall to see the situation in the hall, if his arrangement works, meet the conditions, then immediately start.
Turned around and went to the thatched house in the southwest corner of the appearance, changed his clothes, and dressed up as a tall and thin handyman, choosing him because he happened to be on duty on the day of Xiu Muri, and the two of them were quite similar in size, and it was easy to imitate the pace.
Then take the back path of the many side halls on the left to the back door of the Lingguan Palace, put food in the door, and attract the cat.
Turn to the main entrance of the main hall and enter the hall directly, at this time you must learn the rhythm of the pace of thin and tall miscellaneous servants, your feet are in the outer figure, and you need to shake slightly from side to side when walking, so as to master the weight and rhythm.
After the cat barked, he carried the Thunder Purple Gold Furnace and some small utensils, and walked out of the back door while driving away the cat.
The reason why he has to carry some other small bits and pieces is to use them as a way to cover his eyes after theft, so that people will not lock on to the target of his theft at once.
And at this time, he did not have to pay attention to the many pilgrims in the temple, although the pilgrims could see his behavior, but because he was wearing a miscellaneous uniform, he would deceive the people, so that everyone subconsciously made excuses for his behavior of taking the stove.
In this way, it is to take the divine furnace openly in front of everyone's eyes.
After that, if everything goes well, he will take the cat into the deep forest behind him, and use the cover of the forest to climb over the wall.
Finally, it's time for the escape route down the mountain.
After the furnace is stolen, there will be three situations, one is that it is not discovered in a short period of time, and the other is that it is discovered, and it immediately attracts attention and makes every effort to track it down.
The last one is that although he found out quickly, he didn't pay attention to it, but he didn't care about it anymore after reporting to the person in charge of Vipassana, and as for how Vipassana would deal with it after the report, this was not something that Zhao Rong was worried about, because he had already slipped away at that time.
In fact, in his opinion, the last possibility is the greatest, but for the sake of safety, he should use the second possibility of the most dangerous as the criterion to design an escape plan.
Zhao Rong explored on the spot and found that behind the left wall of the appearance, there was a rugged mountain road that winded down the mountain, with bluestone steps, covered with moss, and there was a clear and cold mountain spring beside the road, flowing with the twists and turns of the mountain road.
Zhao Rong was cautious, climbed the steps, went to the top of the mountain road to explore, suddenly smelled a fragrance on the road, walked up a little more along the winding stone steps, into the eye, there was a large osmanthus forest on the side of the road on the left, fragrant overflowing, Zhao Rong did not care, continued to go up the mountain, and then saw the blue tile and red wall that blocked the appearance of the void, but at this time, at the end of the mountain road, there was a vermilion lacquer gate.
Zhao Rong took a light step, came to the door, squatted, stretched out his index finger to touch the junction of the door shaft, twisted his two fingers lightly, there was rust, and the door should not be opened often.
Zhao Rong felt quite at ease, and then went down the mountain road, and found several deep routes near the foot of the mountain, which was convenient for him to escape with the furnace.
And when he walks on the mountain road, when he descends the mountain, he should be able to have half an hour, and he will probably be able to successfully control the Thunder Neon Purple Gold Furnace, shrinking it to a punch, and it will be easier for him to escape at that time.
Zhao Rong exhaled lightly, so that everything was ready, and only the east wind was owed.
What is the east wind? That is the rest day four days later.
Suddenly, Zhao Rong frowned, remembering the attic sentry of the stargazing tower that had almost exposed him, and was startled, returned to investigate, rehearsed, and found that part of the escape route was indeed exposed to the vision of the attic sentry.
Zhao Rong was secretly afraid, this plan was really like walking a tightrope, and if he was not careful, he might fall short and never recover, after all, this is an old nest of vanity, so he should be cautious and cautious.
Zhao Rong thought about it for a while and re-planned the route, preferring to take a long detour a little and avoid the dark whistle in order to be safe.
In the next few days, while feeding the cat and cultivating its feelings, imitating the footsteps and tones of the thin and tall laborers, Zhao Rong repeatedly deliberated on the plan, often rushed to the appearance of the field deduction, and occasionally remembered new details, so he carefully perfected.
A few days before Xiu Mu, he remembered something, so he went to the foot of Taibai Mountain, found some restaurants and wine shops with a lot of people, pretended to be ordinary pilgrims, and loudly advertised that the incense of the Lingguan Hall was very effective, he only prayed for a few days, and his relatives were cured, and now he came to repay his vows.
This operation caused many pilgrims to spread heated discussions. In this way, on the day of the rest, there should be more people in the Lingguan Palace.
After a thousand miles, he collapsed in the anthill, and his current strength was insufficient, so he could only expand his chances of winning little by little and accumulate advantages.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the east wind is coming.
On the first night of the rest of the day, Zhao Rong rented a carriage in the city, drove alone, and parked somewhere in the mountains and forests under Taibai Mountain.
After that, he sneaked into the house of the tall and thin handyman, stole a set of handyman's clothes, turned around and prepared to leave, but before going out, he looked back at the tall and thin handyman who was lying on the kang and sleeping.
In fact, there is a better choice in his plan, which is to dispose of this tall and thin handyman directly, so that after he takes the Thunder Neon Purple Gold Furnace, he should not be discovered in a short time, which can also buy him more time to escape.
Zhao Rong shook his head, left quietly, climbed the mountain cautiously, spread fallen leaves and dirt on the mountain road and pavilion, and turned down the mountain.
In the end, Zhao Rong went to the fat road children's house called Nanxiao, and when he saw that the lights in his house were on, he turned around and went to the house of the other two Taoist children on duty, and saw that they were sleepy, so he quietly put prepared mice and other small animals into the house, making them sleep, and then making them uneasy in the middle of the night.
At the end of the day, the bell rings on the mountain, the Taoist priest is quiet, and the market is lively.
Zhao Rong hugged the cat, climbed the mountain on the path, threw the cat into the wall, and waited for the view.
Five o'clock.
Passing through the main hall, take a light glance, go to the thatched house, change clothes and hats.
Move north, to the back gate of the temple, throw food on the ground, and go to the main gate.
Bowed his head into the temple, swayed his steps, walked to the desk, and stretched out his hand to wipe the table.
Backdoor cat meows.
Pick up the magic furnace, go along with the odds, open your mouth to drive the cat, and walk out the back door.
Hold the cat to the north, burrow into the forest, climb the tree over the wall, and stride away......