Since the beginning of spring, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou these three states have not had a drop of rain, the fields cracked, the streams and rivers dried up, people hit the market as soon as they passed, they raised thick dust, now into the summer, the day is getting more and more hot and unbearable, the grass and green trees are all yellowed and curled edges, a crop in the field has not survived, all have been sunburned into an empty shell, and the harvest is out.

The lord of the country invited countless Taoist masters to set up altars to ask for rain, since the great drought, put up a number of pujas, hoping that God can enjoy a few rains, but every time it is just gloomy and the sky is cloudy, the wind is blowing, the blowing trees are swaying, but the rain is not the slightest trace.

Later, the three princes invited the very famous monk Liuqu, came to set up an altar to ask for rain, and it really fell a rain, although it was just a rain that just hit the ground, but it was better than nothing.

"Falling sunflower, falling sunflower, no, something happened. Su Zi went out early in the morning, saying that there were a lot of fresh fruits from Nanyun, and he went to pick some back, so that the big guys could go to the summer, but he came back in a hurry after only a quarter of an hour, and shouted as soon as he entered the door.

Luokui hid in the shade of the tree, pacing back and forth with a pu fan, a little used to the cool breeze, but fine sweat still oozed from his forehead: "What's the matter, the fresh fruit of Nanyun was robbed, and you didn't grab it." ”

Su Zi poured a mouthful of water, gasped and said: "No, the matter of the lost population, the matter of the lost population that the prince asked to investigate, there are results, Du Heng found out that these missing people were all left alone in the soul bridge after sunset, since the first person disappeared two years ago, before and after, there are always hundreds of people, and what is even more strange is that these people are all women born in the yin time." According to the news from Eucommia, in the past few decades, people in the surrounding countries have been lost, and they are all women born in the cloudy time. ”

"What, they were all born in the cloud, and they were all women. Luo Kui's face changed, and he suddenly shook his head, and looked at Su Zi calmly.

Su Zi bowed: "Yes, and Du Heng found out that this matter has nothing to do with Liuqu." ”

Luo Kui's heart wrinkled tightly, and the chill spread for a while, and he was half-silent: "No, Liuqu won't do such a hurtful thing." ”

"I don't believe it either, but Du Heng found out that wherever there were six songs, there were women missing. Su Zi knocked on the table and said slowly.

"Su Zi, don't tell the prince about this matter first, tell Du Heng, find Liuqu as soon as possible, and I will ask him in person. Luo Kui patted her hand that had just finished picking the vegetables, scooped up some water to clean her hands, and the water reflected her frowning eyebrows, rippling slightly.

Su Zi nodded, poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "That's what I mean, I've already instructed Du Heng." ”

At dusk, the remnant sun was like blood, but Du Heng hurriedly came in and gave a salute to Luo Kui and the others: "Master, General Su, Liuqu has been arrested." ”

"How is it possible, Liuqu is a high-ranking monk, and it is difficult to have an opponent with high mana, how can he be easily arrested, who arrested him. ”

"It's the prince, the prince is back to Qingzhou today, and he is bumping into Liuqu Regency, at that time his mana is exhausted, and he has no power to fight back, and our people have seen the prince put him in prison in the Tingwei Mansion. Du Heng said in a deep voice.

Su Zi twisted his fingertips and said in a deep voice: "Luokui, people get the stolen goods, we can't help it, I'm afraid that this time Liuqu will be doomed." ”

Luo Kui shook her head: "No, I'm going to ask him why he did this." ”

Luo Kui was wrapped in a thick coat, holding a hand stove, standing in front of a prison door, looking at the tall back sitting in it, and sighed lowly: "The master is okay." ”

Liuqu's body moved slightly, but he didn't turn back, and shouted the Buddha's name in a low voice: "Everything is okay with the old man, and he has the worry of the almsgiver." ”

Luo Kui stared at his back, as if he had lost some weight, counting, the last time she saw Liuqu was five years ago, when she and Suzi were attacked in the Eastern Fujian Kingdom, and the blood curse Gu poison attacked, after Liuqu learned the news, Starry Night hurried over to suppress the toxicity for her, so that she has today's self, such a person, she can't believe that he will hurt the heavens and reason: "The master has something to say to me." ”

Liuqu smiled: "I don't know the friendship between the old man and Ling Zun, can I ask the donor to let the old man out of prison." ”

"Good. Luo Kui stared, he wore shackles on his hands and shackles on his feet, and many charms were pasted on his head, sealing the mana, if not, how could this small prison trap a generation of Buddhist monks, she nodded: "Okay, don't worry, master, I will do my best to restore the master's innocence and save the master from prison." ”

"No, the old man is not innocent in the first place, and he does not bother to bother with the benefactor. He suddenly turned around, too high the shackles on his hand, and looked straight at Luo Kui with a pair of cold eyes: "If the donor is still grateful for the old man's life-saving grace, please ask the donor to let the old man go." ”

Luo Kui took a step back, frowned, and said, "The master doesn't want to be innocent, just get out of prison." ”

"Don't you dare. ”

Luo Kui smiled: "Don't dare, the master knows that if you leave like this, this body will no longer be innocent."

Liuqu shook his head: "Those who died in vain, the old man will give them an explanation." ”

When the words fell, Luo Kui had already turned around: "It's not innocent, you will know when you distinguish it, master and wait for a few days with peace of mind." ”

When the prince of Yunchu Kingdom becomes an adult, he will move out of the palace and live in another mansion in Qingzhou City, and the same is true for the prince, but the prince's mansion regulation is different from that of ordinary palaces, and it has its own majestic momentum.

"Second brother, I have never begged you for anything, only this once, just this once. When Luo Kui thought of Liuqu's depressed appearance, his heart became more and more unbearable.

The prince said lightly: "Liuqu killed innocents indiscriminately, it's me."

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See with your own eyes, little sister, why do you believe in his innocence like this, and why do you believe that he will have an explanation, just because he saved your life a few years ago. ”

"I believe him, he must have something unspeakable. ”

The prince smiled: "I only believe what my eyes see, little sister, you don't have to ask about this matter anymore, I will take care of it." ”

"Second brother, even if you kill Liuqu, those who died in vain will not come back to life, why can't you give him a chance to defend his innocence. Luo Kui shouted hoarsely.

"Little sister, when Indigo was like that, the third brother was so aggressive, you never flinched, why, in your opinion, Liuqu's life is life, and the life of innocent people is not life. The prince suddenly said in a cold voice: "Little sister, this palace doesn't want you to be separated from this palace because of such a person who has lost his conscience." ”

Luo Kui knelt down in a daze: "Yes, I will obey the will of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The bright sunlight shone on the plantain in the corner, and the mottled shadows were cast on the uneven walls, and the courtyard was silent, and even the hoarse cicadas on the trees gradually subsided, and the four sides were roasted extremely hot, and the steamers wet their sideburns and sweated their clothes.

Liuqu is the most famous monk in the world today, but behind this fame, there is a shady old thing, which few people know. About fifty years ago, Liuqu was only thirty years old at that time, and his reputation was naturally constrained by others, but because of a girl who broke through those constraints and insisted on returning to the world, what happened to him after returning to the world, why he converted to Buddhism again is unknown, in short, the girl seemed to be dead, and they did not die well in the end, and the inside story of this incident has also changed with time, and it is difficult to know again.

After the girl's death, Liuqu sealed her soul in the depths of Jianmen Pass, Guan Neihou and Liuqu are old friends, and have accompanied Liuqu to find a variety of ways to regenerate the girl, but unfortunately they have not succeeded. Liuqu has obtained a piece of dead jade, which can capture the ghosts of the town of life, if tens of thousands of ghosts are gathered, and then there is a suitable body, it is enough to make people reborn.

Luo Kui thought for a moment, knocked lightly on the table with her fingertips, frowned, and suddenly she slapped the table case heavily: "Rebirth, rebirth, it turns out that Liuqu fought this idea, and he really tried his best for that girl." ”

"The people who have gone missing in Qingzhou recently are all women born in the Yin period, so he is not wronged. Su Zi drank a cup of tea: "You still trust him so much." ”

"I can trust him. Luo Kui raised his eyes to look at Su Zi, his eyes were burning: "To this day, I still believe that his conscience is still alive, Su Zi, don't forget, those people's bodies are gone, I think, it was Liuqu who stayed." “

"Yes, there are some exercises in the Fuxue faction, which can save the body from being damaged, and then make up for the lost vitality with the help of the spirit and soul, which is revital, Liuqu and his father-in-law have practiced in Poria Mountain for several years, and it is not strange for him to know this exercise. Su Zi drank a cup of tea, his eyes flashed: "So what, the prince doesn't listen to persuasion, and Liuqu refuses to tell the truth, even if we guess something, we can't save anyone." ”

If you want to save those innocent people and get rid of Liuqu, you have to turn over his peach blossom old story, then you can't hide from the ruined reputation, Luo Kui took a long breath, and finally couldn't calm down: "Liuqu doesn't listen to us, she will always listen to her." No matter what, you still have to go to the Sword Gate, if you can't be a monk, it's good to be able to save your life. ”

"Okay, this matter should be sooner rather than later, listening to the prince's tone today, I will be convicted of six songs in the next few days. Su Zi knew that she couldn't bear it, stroked her bun, and sighed.

"Yes, we need to bring back the girl's soul before Liuqu is convicted, so that we can be sure that this can be done. ”

"There are still a few days left, I will go to Jianmen Pass for a trip, and you will take care of Liuqu in Qingzhou. Su Zi counted the days with his fingers and said slowly.

Luo Kui looked at the slowly moving shadows of the trees, and sighed: "Jianmen Pass is far away in the depths of Lugu Lake in Xuzhou, and it will take more than ten days to go one way from Qingzhou. ”

Kong Qing walked over slowly, stood with his hands in his hands, and said lightly: "I will go to Jianmen Pass, and I will definitely be able to come back within five days." ”

The two looked back suddenly, Su Zi knocked lightly on the table, there was a joy that could not be concealed at his eyebrows, and he gave him a deep salute: "Yes, your foot strength is much faster, and it is naturally best if you are willing to help." ”

"However," Kong Qing smiled narrowly: "I have a condition, it's really boring to run alone, I want Luokui to go with me to relieve my boredom." ”

"I," Luo Kui frowned and was stunned, and before she could say anything, Su Zi smiled and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

In the evening, Su Zi seemed to be obsessed, and kept stuffing silver tickets, dry food, broken silver taels, clothes and other things into Luokui's baggage, until one burden was stuffed into three burdens, Luokui frowned, and took it out the same: "Suzi, you have loaded so many things for me, I can't carry it." ”

Su Zi stuffed it in the same way: "I didn't plan to let you carry it, let the empty green back." ”

Kong Qing smiled very lightly, but there was a faint joy in his eyes: "You don't need to bring anything, we will be able to come back in five days." ”

His eyes scorched and fell on Luo Kui, and he smiled slightly, in fact, with his cultivation, it was extremely easy to go to the Sword Gate Pass to retrieve the soul and come back within an hour, but he was selfish, and it was rare to have an opportunity to walk with Luo Kui in private, and he didn't want to let it go in vain.

Su Zi stroked Luo Kui's hair and said with a smile: "Luo Kui is lazy and greedy, if you don't bring enough silver and food, I'm afraid she will eat you alive.

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Then no one will bring her back. ”

Kong Qing clasped the table and chuckled: "Suzi, you are so relieved that you won't fall Kui, just go with us." ”

Su Zi glanced at it disdainfully: "I'm too lazy to move, with you, naturally my life is worry-free, but you are too good-looking, I'm afraid it will be too unsafe, if Luo Kui can't hold it for a while, he will make a fuss about forced marriage, and lose my people." ”

Luo Kui poured a cup of tea on him, raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "You stay in Qingzhou, I'm afraid that the girls here will suffer." ”

As soon as you enter the boundary of Xuzhou, it is a completely different scene from Qingzhou, Qingzhou still has a little greenery in addition to the distant mountains and rivers, and the rest is all the streets, with many buildings and platforms, and the voices are boiling. Xuzhou is different, the eyes are full of vitality, all kinds of summer flowers are picked in the emerald color, fragrant.

Qingzhou and Xuzhou are thousands of miles away, originally according to Luokui's foot strength, it is rare to be able to rush to Xuzhou within half a month, she has always known that Kongqing is a cultivator, but she did not expect that only a few hours, it has arrived at Lugu Lake, along the way the scenery changes, hurried by, only the sound of the wind in her ears. She thought that Kong Qing should not be just an ordinary immortal cultivator.

Luo Kui and Kong Qing flashed out of the void and landed in a town close to Lugu Lake, she hurriedly broke free from Kong Qing's arms, lowered her eyes and blushed, staring at the corner of her skirt without saying a word.

Kong Qing chuckled: "This place is not far from Lugu Lake, let's rest here for the night, make up some food, and there will be no town after entering Lugu Lake." ”

This town is not big, there are only two inns, and there is only one empty room left in a remote inn, Luo Kui was anxious, and whispered to Kong Qing: "There is only one empty room, what can I do." ”

Kong Qing smiled narrowly: "It's easy to do, either live in the same room or sleep on the street." ”

At that time, the twilight was four, the originally calm sky suddenly rolled up the wind, the dark and heavy clouds gathered layer by layer, the sky was cloudy and almost dripping water, the shopkeeper pulled the abacus beads and urged: "I can't stop, I see that it's going to rain, if I don't stop, go farther, don't block the door." ”

While the words were still speaking, a gust of wind whistled in front of the door with the rain, and a heavy amount of water vapor rose in all directions, and the rain became heavier, crackling on the gray tiles, and the eaves of the verandah hung down like a stream, and the water on the market flowed sideways in an instant, winding into a river, and a single figure could not be seen.

Luo Kui looked outside, he really sighed at the rain, and there was nothing he could do.

The smile at the empty eyebrows was even stronger, and he threw a silver ingot to the shopkeeper, and he couldn't help but pull Luo Kui upstairs without saying anything, and dropped a sentence: "Prepare some food and warm a pot of wine." ”

Push open the door, but the window is bright and clean, extremely spacious, the window can see the green mountains and green water hidden in the endless rain, a tree winds to the wall, hanging a cluster of orange flowers, swaying by the rain by the window.

Luo Kui sighed: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

"Good what. Kuqing smiled narrowly.

Luo Kui stroked the Lingxiao flower hanging in from the edge of the window, looked back and smiled: "Fortunately, the ground is big enough, you can sleep." ”

Kong Qing was stunned for a moment, a sip of tea choked in his throat, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed but the corners of his lips smiled: "Why didn't you sleep on the ground." ”

Luo Kui sat down by the window, propped her cheeks and sighed: "Respect the teacher." She looked back and smiled: "Although you have not seriously worshipped the teacher, I have taught you for a few days." ”

"Even if you respect the teacher, I also taught you the art of divination, which is considered to be offset by two by two, and I am helping you this time, why are you embarrassed to let me sleep on the ground" Kong Qing looked at her, and there seemed to be a small flame swaying slightly in her smiling eyes.

Luo Kuifu took a long breath and sighed: "Okay, then I have to suffer a loss, I will sleep on the ground." ”

Kong Qing smiled and was about to say something, but Xiao Er pushed the door in and put two cold dishes, four hot dishes and a pot of warm wine.

Luo Kui poured a glass of wine and handed it to him, and said very solemnly: "This time, thank you very much." ”

Kong Qing smiled slightly: "It's just a trivial matter." He took a mouthful of food and swallowed it reluctantly, his face was as dark as the sky: "This dish is really hard to eat." ”

Luo Kui took a bite of rice and frowned: "It's much worse than my craftsmanship." ”

"Eat the food you cooked, eat and make a mouth. ”

"That's what Su Zi often says. For cooking vegetables, she was very proud, snapping her fingers and chuckling: "Su Zi often said that I am not beautiful, I have a bad temper, and my family background is not good, but I only have the advantage of cooking well, so I don't have to worry about not being able to get married." ”

"I think you're good at everything. Kong Qing smiled and went to catch her hand, but she avoided it quietly, Kong Qing was slightly gloomy, and his expression was as usual in an instant, and his lips contained a warm smile, like a jumping dim candle flame, igniting a room of warmth. He picked a chopstick dish, his hand hanging in the air, and he hesitated a little that he couldn't put down: "I hope you are so happy all the time, I hope that you really let go of those things." ”

Luo Kui put down his chopsticks and looked at the pair of black eyes that were empty and blue, and the light in his eyes was instantaneous, and the jumping dim lights reflected his cheeks as warm as jade, which made people feel warm. took a breath and indulged in the past, the voice seemed to come from far away, with a little loneliness: "What can I do if I don't let go of it, now I only think that person is dead, and I only hope that the crown prince will succeed to the throne smoothly, and Su Zi and I can go back to the Southern Qi Kingdom to live a stable life, and never be this princess of Laoshizi again." She took a sip of wine, tilted her head and looked at Kong Qing with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about you." ”

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