By the afternoon, the sun had already begun to set in the west.

The blue lake and the clear sky are like two mirrors in contrast, the sunlight reflects on the mirror, making it impossible to open your eyes, and the thin ice formed by the cold weather at night has also melted under the sunlight.

After absorbing the day's sunshine, the lake water is no longer so cold, and when the breeze comes, the surface of the lake is also covered with layers of waves.

Luo Bei held the lake water in both hands, and he felt that the water was delicious, refreshing and sweet.

Since the master's return, the atmosphere in the temple seems to have calmed down quickly, and the worries caused by the war have somehow been resolved.

It's rare to have such good weather, and Kill and Luobei are in a good mood, so they go down the mountain together to the lake and walk leisurely, and when they are tired, they sit quietly on the lakeside by the pontoon bridge, enjoying the warmth of the sun.

Killing picked up a stone from the water's edge, it was crystal clear, it looked extremely beautiful, he played with it, and suddenly pointed to the water and shouted Luobei.

When Luobei took a closer look, it turned out that there was a group of red carp floating up from the water, and it seemed that they were also enjoying the clear sunshine.

"The weather is good today, and the carp actually swim up to enjoy the sun!" Luo Bei exclaimed.

How do you know that killing but pulling Luo Bei looks quite flustered, Luo Bei knows that killing is a child, although he is not very old, but there are very few things that can make people look like this.

"You...... You see...... Is that blood?" exclaimed the killer with a trembling voice.

Listening to the sound of killing is not like a joke, Luo Bei took a serious look, and saw that a trace of red really seemed to appear in the middle of the group of fish, although it was not heavy, but it could be seen clearly if it was a little more careful.

After Luo Bei confirmed the blood stains in the water, he raised his eyes and saw that there was nothing abnormal around the big lake, and there were not even superfluous figures, so he was a little relieved.

So where did the blood come from? Could it be the blood spilled by a fish in the water that was killed by something?

Thinking of this, he calmed down a little, picked up a stone from under his feet, and threw it at the fish.

The fish thought that danger was coming, and they could no longer enjoy the clear sunshine, so they fled in panic in an instant, and quickly swam deeper into the water, and some even sank directly to the bottom of the water.

The school of fish quickly swam away in the blink of an eye, and the truth of the red blood stains in the water was naturally revealed.

It was blood, and it didn't come from a dead fish in the water, because there were no dead fish in the water at a glance.

In addition, a black garment appeared in the place where the fish had gathered, and the garment was completely immersed in the water, only a little black edge was exposed on the water, and the red blood stains came out of the clothes.

"No, it seems that blood is still coming out from under his clothes," Luo Bei exclaimed.

Kill was a little panicked and hid behind Luo Bei, although he was so naughty that he was not afraid of heaven and earth on weekdays, he was not even afraid of the master, but when he saw the blood gushing like a spring at first glance, he would still be afraid.

The surroundings are still calm, and the calm is frightening.

Once again, daring fish swam towards it, as if they were also interested in the blood in the water.

Luo Bei was not as scared as the killer, because he had seen many scenes of death and soul destruction before.

Fetching a long stick, he planned to see with his own eyes who was bleeding from the water.

The fish were still chased away, after all, food is not the only thing compared to the danger seen.

Luo Bei finally moved the black clothes in the water to a different position, so he showed a face.

It was a standard man's face, with no beard on his face, a high nose, thick lips, and eyes that were dead and not closed, indicating that the man must have died not long ago.

The corpse was constantly washed by the waves in the lake, and the blood around it was swept away by the water, like diluted dye.

The sun was shining on his face, but Luo Bei felt as if a dark cloud was constantly forming.

Why did the sudden corpse appear in this lake where few people came, and who killed it, or abandoned it in the lake, or ...... Fall straight into the lake.

While his mind was pondering, there was a slight trembling in the grass under the pontoon, as if something was hidden inside.

Luo Bei frowned and walked under the pontoon, but Kill grabbed him and said, "Or...... Let's go back to the temple and tell Master and Brother about them first, shall we?"

Luo Bei shook his head, there are too many suspicious points of the sudden dead body, if there is really someone hiding under the bridge, it may be related to this, if the two of them return to the temple at this moment to find Master Wugan and they come, although it will be safer to do so, but time is fleeting, and when they come back, maybe the people inside have already fled.

Kill had no choice but to follow behind Luo Bei, approaching that place step by step.

The closer he got there, the more certain Luo Bei was that there was really someone hiding inside, although the grass was extremely deep and he couldn't see the situation inside, but that burst of shaking could not be faked, it must be an uncontrollable subconscious behavior due to tension and panic.

Luo Bei made a shushing gesture with his finger on his lips, so he lowered his footsteps and voice very lightly with the killing life.

At the moment when he was close to the grass, Luo Bei grabbed the deep thatch and pulled it hard.

Then I saw a face full of filth, and a pair of eyes that were so nervous that their pupils dilated.

Hiding inside was a woman, although her face was stained with a lot of dirt, and she couldn't tell her specific age, but the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were like silk, which already showed her age, at least she was middle-aged.

The middle-aged woman was trembling in the grass, and the moment she saw Luo Beihe Killing, her eyes were full of fear, but her body did not have the slightest intention of dodging.

It was a kind of resoluteness, a resoluteness through the eyes to the bottom of the heart.

Because Luo Bei had already seen the person behind her, although the woman wanted to use her body to block the person behind her as much as possible, she was still exposed in front of Luo Bei's eyes.

"Don't be afraid...... We live in the Lotus Temple on the mountain, and he is the youngest disciple of the abbot master!" Luo Bei said, pointing to the killing.

In his opinion, it seemed that the woman could not be the murderer who killed the man in the lake, because the moment he saw the woman, Luo Bei carefully observed, although the woman's hands were stained with a lot of mud, but the skin was slender and faintly visible, obviously not the hand used to hold swords and other weapons.

Such a middle-aged woman still has to protect the person behind her, which is enough to show that the person she wants to protect has a noble status or is related to each other, but one thing is certain, the person behind him is not a person who can kill.

Even a person who is easy to kill, so he needs her protection.

The woman saw that there was a teenager in front of her, and there was a seven or eight-year-old monk beside him, so she calmed down a little, and the horror in her eyes was a little dark.

But at this moment, a cold sword was already across Luo Bei and Kill's neck.

"Yun Niang and the little master, don't be afraid, with the four of us here, we will definitely ensure your safety"

The voice behind him was cold, cold like a piece of pig iron.

"Big brother, let's kill the two of them, and then quickly take the little master and escape!" said the other man beside him, a little worried.

The air was quiet, and now it only took a nod, and under the long sword, Kill and Luo Bei would be in different places.

The woman hiding in the grass slowly stood up, her hand tightly holding the hand of a thin young man behind her, and she had no intention of relaxing for a moment.

Both the woman and the boy were dressed in inconspicuous linen clothes, which did not seem to be different from those worn by ordinary people.

However, the generosity and elegance of the gestures and the seemingly innate nobility could not be concealed by the coarse cloth clothes.

"Ah Da Ah Er, they are not wicked people, don't kill good people indiscriminately......" The woman's words were very soft, and even trembled slightly, as if she had not completely come out of the initial fear.

"But Yun Niang, even if they are not evildoers, the news of our whereabouts cannot be leaked at all, otherwise wouldn't those brothers be ...... Died in vain......" Ah Da said in a hoarse voice, with great sorrow.

"If we really kill innocents indiscriminately for our own lives, what is the difference between them and those who kill, and how much cold-blooded and killing your little master will bear in the future by stealing life in exchange for such cruelty, don't you all understand?" Yun Niang's voice was soft and strong, so that the people who wanted to kill Luo Bei and the killer were finally silent.

Even if he didn't dare to refute it anymore, Ah Da Ah Er still hesitated for a long time before finally saying: "Okay, we listen to what Yun Niang said, but now...... We have nowhere to go, the little master he ......"

Yun Niang sighed, pulled the hand of the young man behind her tighter, and said slowly: "Life and death have life and wealth, and with your desperate protection along the way, it is already a great gift from God to let our mother and son escape from the sea of suffering, and I have nothing more to ask for......

"It's not a pity for subordinates and others to die, I just hope for ...... Little master, he can be safe and sound......" The four black-clothed guards said with a burst of grief.

The sword was safely evacuated from Luo Bei and Killing's necks, and they saw the four black-clothed guards standing beside them, capable and fearless.

At this time, Luo Bei could probably guess that the four black-clothed guards were to protect the middle-aged woman and the young mother and daughter, and looking at the blood stains left between their hands, you could know what kind of difficult bloody battles they had experienced.

"We're leaving...... I still want to thank you two ......" Yun Niang straightened her long hair that was a little unkempt, and said to Luo Bei and Kill with a little gratitude.

At the end of the world, what kind of hardships and dangers their master and servant have to face, even she can't tell herself, but she still doesn't want to kill innocents indiscriminately for the sake of the secrecy of her whereabouts, this is a kind of innate kindness, kindness to life.

After that, the master and servant and his party abandoned Luobei and Killing, and wanted to step on the pontoon bridge again to leave the Lotus Temple.

Luo Bei looked at the young man behind the middle-aged woman, from the first time he saw him, Luo Bei had never heard him speak, and the "little master" in the mouth of the four black-clothed guards was naturally a thin young man.

The young man's body was thin and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him down, but just looking at Luo Bei for a short time, Luo Bei felt that the young man's eyes were unusually resolute and calm, which was completely out of his age.

In the distance, there were bursts of bells in the temple, like a few clear voices echoing in the ears.

At this time, an old gray-robed figure suddenly appeared at some point.

The four black-clothed guards immediately tensed their swords, their expressions were nervous and vigilant, and they drew their swords against each other in an instant.

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