Su Liangjing asked: "White Horse Temple, that place has been deserted for I don't know how many years, what are you looking for there?"

Ji Cha said: "What do you care what we are looking for? Just ask if you know the way." ”

Su Liangjing said: "There are still dozens of miles of mountain roads back to Yanshan, and ordinary people have to walk for at least two days. But I do know a shortcut, and from there, you can get there about before sunset. ”

"It seems that there is really nothing wrong with saving you, even if the craftsmanship of forging weapons is not good, it is excellent to take a shortcut. ”

Ji Cha smiled with satisfaction, and then followed Su Liangjing around the cliff with Hong Chen, and then through a pine forest, to another cliff.

Su Liangjing pointed to the cliff and said: "Actually, if you turn over here, you can go straight back to Yanshan, and if you go around, you will have to go over more mountains." There is no plank road on this cliff, even the medicine pickers in the mountains are frightened, and ordinary travelers can't walk at all, but I think the two of them have a very deep kung fu, and it is no obstacle to climb on it. ”

Ji Cha Hongchen looked over together, and saw that this cliff was also bare, only slightly lower than the cliff that Su Liangjing jumped off, with strange rocks and craggy, no grass and trees, and it was really difficult to climb.

Su Liangjing said again: "But it's best for us not to climb with boots and walk with thick soles to protect our feet, but when we climb this cliff, it is very easy to step on the foot." ”

Hong Chen went to pick up a lot of dry and long grass, quickly kneaded it into a straw rope, and skillfully braided three pairs of straw shoes. Each of them took off his boots, tied them with straw ropes and hung them around his neck, put them on again, and walked to the bottom of the cliff.

Ji Cha was the first to climb up, followed by Hong Chen, and Su Liangjing last. Ji Cha's hands and feet are light and swift, and his limbs are used at the same time, and each jump is one zhang high, just like an ape climbing on a cliff; Hong Chen always has to wait for his feet to step on solidly, and then find a gap between the rocks and stretch out his hand, his body is very stable, and his movements are much slower; Su Liangjing has long arms and big hands, and his strength is outstanding, and he is familiar with mountain climbing, although his speed is not as fast as Ji Cha, but he soon surpassed Hong Chen.

Before Hong Chen climbed out, Ji Cha had already reached the top of the cliff; less than twenty zhang, Su Liangjing also came first; not long after, a long vine hung down from the top of the cliff, and Ji Cha shouted: "Grab the vine, we will pull you up!" Hong Chen moved to the side of the vine, stretched out his hand and clenched it.

Ji Cha and Su Liangjing dragged the vines together and pulled Hong Chen up the cliff. Su Liangjing pointed to the north: "That mountain is Huiyan Mountain, and the White Horse Temple is at the foot of Huiyan Mountain, and you will arrive there after walking for a while." ”

The three of them sat on the top of the cliff and rested for a while, ate some dried meat, drank a few sips of water each, took off their straw sandals and changed them back to their boots, and began to hurry again. The sun is gradually turning red, a wall is falling to the top, and an ancient temple overgrown with grass finally appears in view. Su Liangjing said: "That is the White Horse Temple. Ji Cha muttered to Hong Chen: "Then Mrs. Dai don't lie to us, how can the treasure knife be in such a place?" Hong Chen said: "Look for it first when you arrive." ”

Contrary to the expectations of the three of them, they just walked to the gate of the White Horse Temple, and before they entered, they heard the sound of people talking inside, which was very small and fine, and they couldn't hear it clearly, but it was obviously not the wind howling and the fox roaring. Ji Cha was anxious: "His grandmother's, I'm afraid that the dead old lady also told others about this place!" strode into the temple and shouted, "What person!"

Hong Chen followed Ji Cha and walked in, but found that Ji Cha's expression changed, and when he looked into the temple again, he saw an unkempt young woman in tattered clothes looking at the two of them with frightened eyes, holding a two or three-year-old child in her arms, and a fire that had long been burned out beside her.

The child seemed to be awakened by Ji Cha's roar, and before he opened his eyes, he began to cry: "Wow-wow!"

The woman didn't care about coaxing the child, knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "Two heroes, spare your life, spare your life!" I took this baby from the northeast to Tianjing, looking for the baby's father, but someone robbed him on the way...... No, it was borrowed by several other heroes, and everything was borrowed. I didn't know the way, I walked all the way to the mountains, and after a long time, I didn't meet a single person, and it was when I finally found a place to make do with the wind and rain, so I stopped to make a fire to warm up and sleep. I didn't mean to go to the territory of the two heroes, the heroes will spare me!"

At this time, Su Liangjing also walked in, and the woman looked at Su Liangjing, and immediately said: "Ah? There is also a hero? A hero spares his life! A hero spares his life! I sat low just now, I didn't see you, I was blind, you spare me, spare me." ”

Su Liangjing hurriedly helped the young woman up: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing here? Get up! I'm not a hero, these two are." ”

Ji Cha scolded: "Who are you scolding from your grandmother? Didn't you hear what she just said that the hero who borrowed money is a robber? You say that I am a hero, don't you say that I am a robber? She scolds me, and you also scold me?" Hong Chen secretly thought to himself: What you did is not a robber? Not to mention that you roared so loudly just now, people don't think you are a robber!

"Ah, I'm wrong, I'm wrong!" the woman was helped up by Su Liangjing, and said to Ji Cha and Hong Chen, "I thought you were heroes, but I didn't expect you to be real heroes...... You heroes don't care about villains, spare me!"

Hong Chen opened his mouth and said, "Sister-in-law, you can coax the child quickly, don't worry about us." Then he took out the water bladder and took two pieces of jerky from his baggage: "When you are thirsty and hungry, eat and drink first." The woman was surprised and delighted, took the cold and hard jerky and took a bite, and said as she chewed, "Thank you, thank you, Hero!" But she didn't swallow the jerky, and as soon as she lowered her head, she fed the mushy of meat from her mouth into the mouth of the crying child.

Hong Chen looked a little sad, and some blurry images came to mind, as if he had experienced the same days, but it was too long, and he had already been submerged in the later years. Ji Cha took out two gold leaves and put them on the woman's hand: "Sister-in-law, I was not good just now, I scared you and your baby, and when you get out of the mountain, use this money to buy some new clothes to wear." The woman knelt on the ground again: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Get up!"

Ji Cha sighed and helped the woman up. He turned his head to Hong Chen and said: "North of Tianjing City, go back to the foot of Yan Mountain, in the White Horse Temple, next to the statue of the general." Sorrow should be near the general's statue, look for it. ”

There is a tall statue in the temple, there is a lot of dust, the face can not be seen clearly, the body is particularly burly and straight, but there are many holes and holes in the armor, and a fine iron spear in the hand has been eroded by the years, covered with a thick layer of red rust, only the war horse statue next to it is still extraordinary.

Taking advantage of the fact that the night had not yet arrived, Hong Chen and Ji Cha hurriedly searched all over the vicinity of the general's statue, and even pried open the stone slab below to see, but until the night was shrouded, they didn't find the shadow of the knife. Angry, Ji Cha stomped her feet and scolded: "That dead old lady really lied to us! His grandmother's, I will steal her daughter and give it to Zhong Huozi when I turn around!"

"Don't worry, look again. ”

The temple was dark, Hong Chen pulled out the broken breeze, injected internal force, and the light lit up, although it could not illuminate the entire temple, but it was better than ordinary candlelight. Su Liangjing next to him was taken aback and asked, "What kind of knife is this?" Then his body trembled: "This is the moon knife in the unparalleled sun and moon - the two of you are bamboo cutters and tea pickers!"

Ji Cha smiled: "Even the blacksmiths of Tianjing have heard of my tea picker's name, it seems that I am not far from being famous in Kyushu and spreading it for thousands of years." ”

Su Liangjing never imagined that he had met the Demon Sect Leader and the Demon Sect Protector who were in the limelight on the rivers and lakes, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be curious: "I heard that you have robbed and plundered everywhere, and you have obtained many divine weapons, many of which are from the hands of famous masters. Dare to ask where are those divine soldiers at the moment?"

Ji Cha said: "Naturally, it's all on me." Su Liangjing didn't believe it, but he didn't dare to continue asking. The young woman couldn't understand what the three were saying, so she just moved away with the child who had fallen asleep again.

Hong Chen and Ji Cha continued to search for the light of the breeze, opened every stone slab in the temple, and even dug into the place where the ground was the land, but they still couldn't find a sign of the existence of sorrow. Ji Cha completely thought that Mrs. Dai had played tricks on herself, and went out of the temple gate to the south and scolded: "I curse you to have wrinkles at the corners of your eyes today, scars on your back tomorrow, and hair loss the day after tomorrow, and your husband will marry a little wife next month and drive you out of the house!"

Hong Chen said: "Since the sorrow dissipation knife is not in the White Horse Temple, let's go to bed as soon as possible." Wait until tomorrow to get up and send my sister-in-law and her baby to Tianjing. Ji Cha nodded in agreement: "It's okay, by the way, let this ironsmith help me refine the iron claws." ”

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