Chapter 131: Joining forces with the ruffian
"Then dare to ask why they are fighting?" Shangguan Yi secretly wiped a handful of sweat, and humbly asked that ruffian, although his tone and posture were very much like cannon fodder, but he should still have something on his body, otherwise he would not casually say a loophole in a backmountain rule, or a hidden rule?
"Poof. When the man heard Shangguan Yi ask, he suddenly laughed for some reason, it was the kind of indifferent, mocking laughter, which was really underwhelming.
"What do you mean by that?" Shangguan Yi asked with a frown, he really didn't know what was funny about it.
"Do you really don't know or don't know? If you don't know anything, you dare to come out and mingle, and you still came to the back mountain of the Great Bright Temple, should you be rewarded for the quality of your newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers or scold you for being an idiot?" The man put away his smile, his face was cold, there was no deliberately pretended ruffian, there was still a bit of tone, a little high-minded, domineering tone!
"It seems that this person is not simple, this mountain throws a stone over, but if he hits someone, he is not a simple character, it looks like he has to be extra careful. Shangguan Yi thought for a moment in his heart, and said frankly: "I really don't know, but who is born to know? Threesome must have my teacher, it is because I am not as good as you, so I asked you for advice, if you are willing to answer, then it is very good, if you don't want to find someone else." β
Shangguan Yi's words were atmospheric, not mixed with the displeasure of being sneered at all, but made the ruffian think a little more highly of him.
"Ask others?" The ruffian didn't let him go like this, but just returned to the appearance he had just met, and said disdainfully: "With all due respect, everyone in the back mountains knows the answer to this question, but others may not answer you, because it's too simple, and it's impossible for anyone with a little Jianghu qualifications not to know." The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, because of this, may be a little more restrained in other places, but this is the back mountain of the Great Light Temple, so there is no need to hide it at all. What's more, something else has happened recently, and the contradictions have intensified even more, and it is not unusual for a fight to start at all. β
"What's happened recently?" Shangguan Yi hurriedly asked, he vaguely felt that his trip to the Forest of Steles would not be too simple, and he might encounter a lot of trouble, but he didn't know what kind of trouble it would be.
"Heh, it seems that the monk who asked you to come here didn't tell you anything, did you offend them?" The man couldn't help frowning, this matter almost spread in the Great Light Temple, even if he didn't know, there would be a monk who reminded him when he went to the back mountain, right?
"Well, I didn't go through the main gate into the back hill, and I turned over. Shangguan Yi scratched his head, how could he carry such a large piano case and walk over the door openly? Isn't this a blatant tongue-in-cheek? Anything may happen if he interrogates him casually afterwards, so in order to be cautious, he directly took advantage of the fact that the guards were not paying attention, and climbed over the wall and entered the back mountain.
"Guts... It's huge. "The ruffian has nothing to say at all, he dares to climb the wall of the Great Light Temple, he is a ruthless man.
"It's okay, can you explain to me what the situation is now?" Shangguan Yi cheekily accepted the ruffian's praise, he himself didn't expect that those monks guarding the door would actually have the role of giving information to the back mountain, but unfortunately because of his goal, even if he knew this before, he would still choose this course of action. However, after these few sentences, Shangguan Yi can be regarded as having figured out a little bit of ruffian's information, he should also be a guest of the Great Guangming Temple, his identity is not simple, I don't know why he has to disguise himself as a ruffian who has not been beaten, and he doesn't have much good impression of the Great Guangming Temple, but he will not sit back and watch the people of the Great Guangming Temple have an accident, a typical knife mouth tofu heart.
"You don't know some basic things about the Stele Forest, do you?" the ruffian glared at him helplessly, still planning to explain it to him.
"I still know this, could it be that the Taoist priest destroyed the stele forest? No, he won't do this, if he does, it will not be just a simple matter of the dispute between Dao and Buddha. Shangguan Yi happily admitted that he still knew something about the Forest of Steles, and then began to speculate about what had happened.
"Of course they won't destroy the stele forest, even those Taoist priests are very innocent. The ruffian sneered, seeming to be very disdainful, and then continued: "Recently, it seems that there is a group of elusive guys haunting the stele forest, these people are all ruthless people, all kinds of sneak attack on the people who go to visit the stele forest, but do not sneak attack the monks of the Great Light Temple. It has been lurking for half a month, and it has become more and more rampant recently, the day before yesterday? Yes, that is, the night before yesterday, a team of people from the Qianqing faction was attacked and killed in the stele forest, and the death was a bit miserable, of course, the most important thing is that this group of people is not very old, and the biggest ones are just the geniuses of this generation of the Qianqing faction, twenty or thirty years old, with the strength of the two heavens, and they also took a few seedlings of the next generation to the stele forest. In the past, as long as you were careful, this team would naturally not have an accident if it didn't cause trouble, but that day, it was all killed in the stele forest. How could the Qianqing faction be resigned? This is the foundation of their future, the old Taoist priest's anger could not be stopped at all, yesterday and today, he has almost been a demon in the back mountains, especially in the stele forest, but no one knows who killed people, and can only rely on speculation. Although those people don't kill the monks of the Great Bright Temple, it seems that they are planting a blame, but who can be sure that this is not the intention of the Great Bright Temple?
So the old Taoist priest and the Great Light Temple had a conflict in this way, and injured a few monks who went to the back mountain to do business, although no one died, but the injury was definitely not a big deal. Although the Great Light Temple can understand his feelings, even if this kind of thing rests on them, they can't help but turn into angry King Kong and kill into the back mountain to find the murderer. But understanding is understanding, the old Taoist priest has gone too far, and they can't bear it. If it weren't for the fact that no one died, it is estimated that it would not be the result of sending a monk whose strength is not weaker than that of a Taoist priest to come over to negotiate.
As you can see, you just can't negotiate with him. The old Taoist priest was already stunned, and it was estimated that he was already on the verge of going mad, and in two days at most, he would be completely crazy, and no one would be able to save him unless the Buddha was alive. At that time, it is estimated that he will see who will kill whom, and the Great Light Temple can only choose to kill or subdue and throw him into the Demon Suppression Tower to fend for himself. The ruffian was very responsible, and he carefully explained the truth of the matter to Shangguan Yi, and added his analysis of the state of the old Taoist, which can be said to be quite serious and responsible.
"Is that so? What about you, what are you here for?" Shangguan Yi also had a little headache after hearing this, this is what Huichen said is interesting, the more it is at night, the more interesting it is? It is indeed interesting, originally there were all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in the stele forest at night, and now there is a group of guys who don't know what the situation is, and the methods are still ruthless, can it not be interesting?
"Oh, you want to know what I'm here for? It's not a good thing to be too curious. The ruffian smiled slightly, but not the kind of ruffian smile, with a sense of calm and danger, it seemed... He's one of those guys!
Shangguan Yi's brows jumped, and he said calmly: "No way, curiosity is so heavy, since you have said so much, why don't you say it all, maybe I can help you." β
The ruffian laughed sarcastically again: "Help me, okay, why don't you do it yourself, send yourself to hell to be reincarnated, remember not to have so much curiosity in the next life." I'm one of those killers, and I like to eat the hearts of ten-year-olds like you. β
"What a cold joke. Shangguan Yi complained, without any sense of panic.
"Aren't you afraid?" the ruffian pulled out his sword with some surprise, as if he was about to do it himself.
"Okay, what are you pretending? I'll tell you, you may not be able to take me down in a few rounds, and you may not even be able to beat me, I dare to come to the back mountain alone, but I will not be sent to death. If you lure that Taoist priest over, hehe, I'll see how your joke ends. Shangguan Yi glared at him, slightly disgusted.
"How do you know I'm not one of those people?" the ruffian put away his sword, he was indeed scaring Shangguan Yi, hoping to scare him away.
"You don't care how I know, tell me about your plans. Shangguan Yi didn't answer the riffraff's question, because he guessed, but he did have no fear, there are many double heavens that he can't beat, but the double heavens that can make him unable to even run away are definitely no more than one hand, this ruffian is definitely not one of them, just like Shangguan Yi said, he may not be able to beat Shangguan Yi.
"I'm a pilgrim who lives in the Great Guangming Temple, and there is a friend of mine in the Qianqing faction, and his fellow disciple has an accident here, I want to see if I can take revenge, and save the Taoist priest by the way. So I want to wait for the evening to see if I can find the traces of that group of people, and then avenge the dead. After the ruffian finished speaking, he glanced at Shangguan Yi and motioned for him to introduce his identity as well.
"I am also a pilgrim who came to the Great Guangming Temple to offer incense, and I came here to sell stolen goods. Shangguan Yi said simply, but the corners of the riffraff's mouth twitched slightly, it was he who looked away, this guy is not a rookie who has just entered the rivers and lakes, no experience, except for knowing less, he is simply an old fritter full of lies, just like him, he doesn't have any friends of the Qianqing faction at all, his friend is a monk of the Great Guangming Temple, he was just asked by that guy to investigate what happened in the stele forest, and he would not exchange fire with that group of people at all, let alone save the Taoist. How could he, a slick guy who doesn't believe in Buddhism or Taoism, be so honest? What's more, did this guy who he didn't know who pious he had shocked the old bald donkey of Huichen from the path to the main hall of the Great Bright Temple? Although he did not witness it himself, he still listened to his friend's narration. You say you're here to sell stolen goods, but what about you to deceive ghosts? Why do you spend so much effort to sell stolen goods?
"You're not sincere. "The ruffian's face is not good, obviously warning Shangguan Yi, I have said so much useful information. It's a bit too much for you to hide it like this, it's not kind.
"I am indeed a pilgrim, and I did go to the Forest of Steles to sell stolen goods. Shangguan Yi repeated, repeating the words again, the angry ruffian teeth itching.
Even if the ruffian believes that Shangguan Yi is a pilgrim and believes in his purpose, don't you talk about your next plans?
"I'm just here to sell the stolen goods, and I'll touch it over and find a place to solve it, and then I'll go back. Shangguan Yi added as if he was aware of it.
"Don't even think about it, let me tell you, since you know so much, you have to help me, at least, I just reminded you, this love still has to be reported. "It's not okay to be a ruffian, you have to pull Guan Yi into the water.
"It's not a gentleman to repay the favor. Shangguan Yi shook his head.
"Lao Tzu is not a gentleman, Lao Tzu is a villain! Let me tell you, since you swear that you have two brushes, you have to give me honest help, otherwise, I will shake out the matter of the stolen goods you came to sell today, and by the way, turn out the stolen goods you want to sell, and let your enemies come to you!" said the ruffian angrily.
"Hahaha, I didn't say I wouldn't help you, don't get excited, don't get excited. I'll come back to you when I hide the stolen goods, and we'll make a good plan, and we'll make those guys suffer a big loss at night." Shangguan Yi smiled, he was not a person who was afraid of things, he was just teasing the ruffian, and by the way, let him consume the favor that Shangguan Yi owed.
Many people don't care about this kind of kindness, but Shangguan Yi cares, but he doesn't say it, and he won't show it, but he will return it to you, although this time for the ruffian, this is a bit of a way... It's not very kind, but Shangguan Yi thinks it's better not to owe the ruffian a favor, let alone let the ruffian know that Shangguan Yi thinks he owes him a favor, maybe he will be asked to do something, he doesn't want to communicate with this guy more, there must be a lot of trouble.
"Hmph, you'd better think about the consequences of not being able to do so. The ruffian snorted coldly, and agreed to Shangguan Yi's request. If you don't agree, you can't help it, Shangguan Yi himself said that it was stolen goods, and he definitely didn't want to be seen by others, and the ruffians themselves didn't dare to look at it, you never knew what kind of murder was hidden behind those seemingly ordinary things, maybe if you took a look, you would be dragged into this troublesome matter in the future, which was not only dangerous and laborious, but also not necessarily beneficial. He was not stupid, so he naturally restrained his curiosity.
Shangguan Yi shrugged his shoulders and took a detour to the Forest of Steles, although he no longer took the path, which was a bit dangerous, but with his vigilance and ability, if he didn't take the initiative to solve the problem, he wouldn't trigger any mechanism, and there would not be much danger.
The stele forest is actually a stone forest, which is formed by huge stone steles as trees. At a glance, there are many stone tablets that exude a sense of vicissitudes of time, in fact, there is still a little shock, although Yu Shangguan Yi does not have the grandeur of the stone monument in the tomb designed by the Lord of the Heavenly City, but it is another kind of magnificence, each stone tablet is different, not a stereotyped kind of stone tablet, but some strange shapes, there are traces left by the predecessors of the masters, those traces and the stone tablet together exude a different momentum, or domineering or forbearance, or good or evil, mixed together... It's really amazing.
Shangguan Yi was stunned for a moment, and began to look for the small organs in the stele forest, these stele forests are not naturally formed, and there will be some small cats in artificially arranged things, which is undoubtedly a thing. Shangguan Yi is still good at this kind of thing, and it's okay to find some organs, although he can't find quite a lot of organs, and even if he finds them, he can't solve them, but this doesn't mean that Shangguan Yi is a complete rookie. You must know that this is a place left by the predecessors to show the future generations, and it is natural to embarrass the descendants as much as they can. So the mechanism that is easy to unravel is actually not the outside of the mechanism, but the things inside the mechanism, they are the most difficult assessment, after all, almost everyone can go in and see, so many years no one has succeeded in taking the things inside, it can be imagined.
Shangguan Yi didn't care about finding a mechanism for the stele that he had thought of before, and opened it and went straight in, this is a well-known problem in the stele forest, and no one will challenge this, because compared to other problems, this may be life-threatening, and there are many people who die here, so it is also called a proposition together with several other problems, which is considered a Jedi in the stele forest. However, these places have one thing in common: as long as you don't answer the questions, there is no danger. But since ordinary people have come in, they must have come to solve the problem, who would want to spend the night here? Shangguan Yi is different, he is not here to solve the problem, he wants to hide the Red Shadow Gold Post here.
The most dangerous place is the safest place, of course, everyone will come in here, but who doesn't know what kind of place this is? It's like you will always pass by a small dark house when you go to work, maybe at first you will be curious about what is inside and go to see, but when you know that although there are good things inside, but you will never get them, and you may die when you touch the things inside, and over time, this chicken rib place can no longer attract your attention. In the same way, it's the same here, and Shangguan Yi hides it behind the stone platform with puzzles, unless you take a special detour to see it, otherwise the black light is still a blind spot of perspective, who can know that there is a top famous bow hidden here-Red Shadow Golden Post?
After Shangguan Yi hid it, he left here with the empty box on his back, the time in between was not too long, and he went to a few other stone tablets to shop, in the eyes of others, he was a little guy who had just entered the rivers and lakes and heard that there was a treasure here, so he rushed over to try his luck, there are too many such people, they have long been commonplace, especially when a team died the day before yesterday... No one pays attention to Shangguan Yi, a guy who hides fish in troubled waters.
"Count you as acquaintances. The ruffian was quite satisfied with Shangguan Yi, who came back as promised, and said such a sentence.
Shangguan Yi shrugged his shoulders and asked, "How are they fighting?"
The ruffian shook his head and said, "It's been a long time since I stopped fighting, even if the Taoist priest wants to fight with the monk, the monk can't fight with the Taoist, not to mention that the Taoist priest still has points and hasn't completely lost his mind." It's going to get dark soon, and it's time for him to go and guard the stele forest, and as for our plan, it's time to think about it. β
Because Shangguan Yi was able to walk the stele forest unharmed without taking the path, the ruffian also felt that this guy might indeed have some ability, so he looked down on him and was willing to discuss the plan of action with him.
"Let's go. Shangguan Yi has no opinion, anyway, he is not very familiar with this place, and he is not at all like an old fritter like a ruffian, not to mention how can a person like him work hard for the reasons he said?
It's night, the night when the moon and stars are scarce.
A teenager and a younger boy walked side by side in the stele forest, and those who had seen the little boy before still had a little impression of the thing he was carrying... So he didn't find anything good and asked his brother to help?
Those people were a little speechless, this is not a question of whether a few people are good or not, if you are not lucky enough to go against the sky, even if you call your father or mother or something, it is useless. After all, they are still children, naΓ―ve, they dare to wander in the stele forest so late, they are really scary, I just don't know if they will encounter such a tragedy.
Those people all cheered up, wanting to see if Shangguan Yi and the ruffians would be killed, and casually see what the people who did it before looked like and what kind of identity and power they were.
"Are you really sure we can find the baby?" the ruffian was a little suspicious, and said in a small voice, a little impatient, obviously because he was unhappy to be pulled over by his younger brother to work for nothing, but in fact, it was because he was unhappy to call Shangguan Yi a brother.
Shangguan Yi patted his chest and said very confidently: "Of course, with the two of us on the horse, how can we not even find something? β
Ruffian: "......"
I believe you are a ghost, if you can find something good, you must have hidden it yourself, not to mention that it is full of money, what do you think is this place? What do you think is a treasure?
Spit and complain, the ruffian still had the strength to reply to Shangguan Yi, "Okay, I'll wait and see." β
The two chatted with each other, walking forward, seemingly very defenseless.
In fact, this is also the plan of Shangguan Yi and the ruffian, which is a bit bold, but it should be effective. Lead the snake out of the hole, yes, even if you use the two of them as an introduction, you don't need to hide your strength realm, you can show others generously, a Shangguan Yi who was consolidated in the early stage of the double heaven, and a ruffian who was at the peak of the middle of the double heaven, such two people can't be said to be invincible or safe, but self-protection is still possible. If you can't beat it, just grease the soles of your feet.