Chapter 23 The Fire on the Mountaintop
Walking out of the Buddha Light Pagoda, the sky was already dark, Zhang Jiuling took Su Su's hand and walked casually, not knowing what he was thinking.
Su Su raised his head and asked, "Lao Zhang, do you recognize that person?"
Zhang Jiuling didn't answer, and asked rhetorically, "Su Su, what do you think of that person?"
Su Su bit her fingernails and thought about it, "I think that uncle is quite good, he looks so good when he smiles." ”
Zhang Jiuling grinned, "Don't you think I look good when I smile?
Su Su giggled, "Lao Zhang, what do you compare to someone who is thirty or forty years younger than you?"
"Is that good?"
"Giggles, ugly to death, full of pleats and ugly!"
The two of them smiled and walked two or three more steps, and after asking the location of the inn where a monk was resting for pilgrims, Zhang Jiuling suddenly remembered, eh, where is that kid Jiang Lili?
At this moment, I suddenly heard a bell, and when I looked up, I saw that the hall behind me was bright and on fire!
Zhang Jiuling felt a stirring in his heart, it wasn't Jiang Boy who caused trouble!
The bell had only been set for a moment, and a group of bald monks, who had not had time to put on their shoes, rushed to the place where the fire was lit with buckets.
Zhang Jiuling was stunned, and then quickly grabbed Su Su's hand and rushed to the place where the fire was lit, I don't know who he bumped into on the road, and when he was about to apologize, he was suddenly grabbed by the person, "Mr. Zhang, go quickly!"
Zhang Jiuling fixed his eyes and saw that it was the thief-eyed figure in the gang of robbers, whose name was Huang Dashi.
Huang Dashi's face was full of panic, "Hurry up, hurry up, let's get into trouble!"
Zhang Jiuling's stomach was full of fire, but he couldn't scold anything at this juncture, so he could only follow this Huang Dashi and run quickly towards the way down the mountain.
On the way, Zhang Jiuling scolded in a low voice, "I didn't tell you to be careful, how did you break into such a big disaster?"
Huang Dashi's face was full of tears, but his feet were fast, "Mr. Zhang, I really don't blame us for this!"
"I don't blame you, so what are you running for?"
"Don't talk yet, and I'll explain it to you when we get away?"
There were two or three groups of monks hurriedly patrolling with sticks in hand, and some monks were directly guarding the path down the mountain, staring at the visitors with fierce eyes.
Huang Dashi was a little flustered, "First, sir, what should you do when you look at it?"
"Don't panic!" Zhang Jiuling's face sank, shook the yellow stone in place, took Su Su's hand and walked towards the monk, and secretly gave Su Su a look.
Su Su comprehended, and hurriedly said: "Lao Zhang, just now I saw a group of people running over from the left, as if they were holding something in their hands, did you see it?"
Zhang Jiuling pretended to be worried, "Don't talk nonsense, where is there anyone?" “
These words fell on the ears of those monks, and after exchanging glances slightly, they saw a monk come forward, Zhang Jiuling hurriedly pretended to be panicked again, "This senior monk, our grandfather and grandson just saw a group of people, and this fire was not done by our grandfather and grandson!"
The monk pulled out a smile and said, "What did the old donor say? Our Shaobao Temple will never wronged a good person!" Finally, he asked, "What kind of life did the guy you saw just now?"
Zhang Jiuling pondered slightly, "One with a big beard, the other with a thin body, thief eyebrows, I really can't see the rest!"
The monk asked, "Do you know where those people have gone?"
Su Su hurriedly said, "Go to the right!"
Several monks changed their eyes again, and only one person was left to stay where they were, and after thanking the old benefactor, the other monks hurriedly ran to the right.
Zhang Jiuling pulled Su Su and was about to go down the mountain, but the monk who was guarding the spot kindly asked: "What is the old benefactor doing when he comes down the mountain so late? This mountain road is very rugged, too dangerous!"
Zhang Jiuling replied: "But a group of thieves came all of a sudden, and my granddaughter and I were powerless, so we were really scared!"
The monk smiled and said, "Don't worry, old don't worry, that gang of thieves is definitely going to be caught by us, how many years have passed, few people dare to be presumptuous in our Shaobao Temple! ”
Zhang Jiuling still didn't follow, and said resignedly: "This ,。。 I think it's better for us to go down the hill more calmly. ”
The monk only said that the old man was afraid of things, so he didn't force him to stay, and after saying that the old benefactor walked slowly, he got out of the way. Who would have thought that when he was over, Zhang Jiuling held a stone in his hand and smashed it directly on the back of the monk's head.
The monk only snorted and fell to the ground.
Hurriedly shouted at Huang Dashi twice, and hurriedly walked down the mountain.
After walking along the mountain road for almost half an hour, he suddenly heard a shout behind him, Huang Dashi thought that the monk was catching up, and he almost rolled down the cliff with one foot in the air, but fortunately he was dragged by Zhang Jiuling, but he was also shocked into a cold sweat.
"What's the panic? Look who's coming from behind you?"
There was a bearded gang running from behind, Huang Dashi breathed a sigh of relief, and then cried again, "Boss, you're finally here, I thought you... “
"Say some depressing words, get out of here!" the bearded man roared.
Zhang Jiuling teased: "I didn't expect that the kung fu of a few of you running away is still quite pure!"
The bearded man sneered and said: "I have been a robber for so many years, not to mention fighting and killing, but I always have to have a means." ”
After watching the fire on the top of the mountain gradually subside, and making sure that there were no monks coming behind, everyone slowed down, and Zhang Jiuling asked, "What did you cause the incident? Why is there such a big movement?"
The bearded man sneered: "We really can't be blamed for this," after a little wording, the bearded man was a little annoyed, and patted the yellow stone on the shoulder, "I'm stupid, you come here!"
After hearing the bearded man's words, he quickly wiped away his tears and explained the reason for the matter one by one.
This gang of robbers naturally knows the truth of outsiders outside the mountains, and although the roar of rushing into the Shaobao Temple was loud, they didn't do anything out of the ordinary. It's nothing more than asking where the monks who unsign are.
In fact, there was a monk in the front hall of the Shaobao Temple, but this gang of robbers raised their heads and looked at the road and did not see it. I don't know what kind of structure this place is, and I somehow walked into the apse of Shaobao Temple.
The apse of Shaobao Temple is a residence for monks to sleep, practice and eat, and generally do not allow outsiders to come.
This gang of robbers knew what the rules were, and ran around the apse, and strangely there were no monks to stop them. As soon as he was careless, he broke into the ring hall of the apse, but there was no monk and bald donkey in the ring hall, only a man in black.
The bearded man frowned and shouted, "Who are you, and why are you here?"
The man in black didn't answer, so he said, "Where is Jiang Lili?
The bearded bandit was originally the master of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu first, the fairy sister Jiang Zuo the second, Zhang Jiuling the third, Jiang Lili the fourth, and Lao Tzu the fifth, where would he pay attention to his request? After scolding for two or three sentences, the man ignored it, then rolled up his sleeves and started working, but who knew that in less than three rounds, all the robbers were beaten down.
The man asked again, "Which one is Jiang Lili?"
Adhering to the principle that it is better to die than to live, the bearded man was about to bow his head and say that Jiang Lili was no longer here when he heard a cough, and at a glance, it turned out to be an old monk who heard the movement of the fight and walked in.
How can someone endure a big fight in the ring hall, and without saying a word, the old monk fought with the man in black.
The two were evenly matched, but they couldn't resist the strong dragon and couldn't suppress the head snake, and within ten rounds, the man in black wanted to slip away, so he kicked over a fire candle and caused a fire to slip away.
Hearing this, Zhang Jiuling couldn't help asking: "Since it's not your fault, then why are you running?" Those monks will ask you a few words at most, and they won't kill you. ”
The bearded man was stunned, scratched his head and said to himself: "Yes, what are we going to run?" When the monk asked, we said that we saw a man in black who didn't look like a good person entering the ring hall, and thought it was a thief and came to stop it!"
Huang Dashi was a little aggrieved, thinking to himself that you were the fastest runner at that time?
Zhang Jiuling smiled bitterly and shook his head, he also knew what was going on. It is nothing more than the same reason that robbers run away when they meet officers and soldiers, and they have not even been able to get over this problem after being idle for so long! It's just that who is that man in black, and what are you looking for Jiang Lili to do? Is it a bad thing or a good thing for Jiang Lili? Does it have anything to do with the black-clothed man in the Mu family's caravan? It's a pity that the iron plate on the black-clothed man in the Mu family's caravan was not clearly seen at that time, otherwise he could have seen the slightest clue.
When Zhang Jiuling was thinking about it, Su Su asked, "Then did you hand over Jiang Gou*?"
The bearded man sneered, "I want to make it, but Jiang Lili is not by my side, how can we make it?"
Zhang Jiuling frowned, "You said Jiang Lili wasn't with you?"
"No, isn't he with you?"
Zhang Jiuling had a headache, the monk on the sixth floor of the Buddha Light Pagoda here gave him a problem, and he met Yao Qinghe, a national scholar of the Great Sui Kingdom, and turned his head and was fooled into saying that he had caused a big disaster and had not solved it, and the identity of a man in black was not clear, and in the blink of an eye, the bastard Jiang boy disappeared again! Zhang Jiuling secretly scolded himself in his heart, why did he have so many problems, how good it was to come alone, he had to bring such a group of scourges, and make his head as big as a cow!
Su Su was a little worried, "Lao Zhang, where did you say Jiang Gou went?"
"Maybe it's still in the Shaobao Temple, but I don't know where it is. ”
The bearded man proposed: "Then let's go to him! Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, it would be good to go up and meet the monk to explain it to them again!"
Zhang Jiuling scolded hatefully, "Grandma, the man in black who committed the crime didn't run as fast as you, will people still believe that you didn't commit a crime?
Huang Dashi asked stupidly: "Then the monk will also use punishment?"
"Do you think that the Buddhist family only has the Arhat Bodhisattvas and the Great Buddha who purify all sentient beings?
Huang Dashi's face was full of fear at this time, and he said, "If you don't go, you won't go!"
"What about the Jiang dog?" asked Su Su.
"Don't worry, what kind of character is Jiang Gou? But the world can't bear his master, and he can't suffer the slightest loss!" replied angrily to the bearded urn.
Zhang Jiuling didn't look at the beard, "You actually have such knowledge?"
The bearded man smiled, "Isn't this Mr. Zhang's good teaching, and now I am also a scholar!"
Zhang Jiuling rarely saw that he didn't use this as an example to urge Su Su, so he only said: "But there is some truth in this, this matter has nothing to do with him, the man in black is afraid that he has already fled, and he will naturally not suffer with his means." Besides, at this time, he should also know about tonight's incident, after all, such a big movement, and it is not difficult to guess that it was you guys and robbers who did the bastard thing, and tomorrow naturally he will not stay alone in Shaobao Temple. Let's go first, speed up the pace, and try to get some sleep at the inn on the mountainside. At the end, he muttered, "It's just that the monk in the inn shouldn't know what is going on on the mountain!"
Facing the faint moonlight, several people walked down the mountain.
"Slow down, be careful of falling, it's not fun!"
"Lao Zhang, didn't you say to speed up your journey?"
"Really, why don't I remember?"
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