The water potential north of the gate of the Chen River has long been ready to go, and the extreme road has reached a dense forest at the gate quietly. Before leaving, he issued a secret order to Bai Zishen of the Kali Temple, limiting him to send people to burn the pontoon bridge along the coast after three days, and meet him on the north bank. It's just that the letter doesn't explain its intentions, it only says that the camera acts.

Then he flew a pigeon and sent a message to Yelu Jinyun, informing him that he had guarded the mouth of the river, and that Rizhao's 5,000 reinforcements could be released into the city according to the plan. Extreme Dao is not lacking in self-knowledge that his cultivation is gradually regressing, and he is afraid that the town will lose the mouth of the Shouchen River, so he cut down trees in the forest and weave a camp wall for the use of suspicious soldiers. When everything was ready, he still just slept on the most lush branches in the forest and took a nap, waiting for the opportunity to monitor Chenhe's every move, and at the same time picking up the sun to replenish the loss of vitality.

Finally, on the third day, there seemed to be a white shadow shaking in the forest, and there was no lack of looking around, and suddenly hearing the sound of the comer playing the flute, and the music was high, and he knew that this person was the white self-appreciation of the Luochuan Garden of the Jiali Temple.

Ji Dao Fei gathered his strength in his hands, and slapped three times towards the branch he was leaning on, and the leaves fell, and Bai Zixiang heard the sound, and saw that a large shady tree was falling leaves, and when he knew that the deacon was waiting for him at the end of the tree, he tied his horse to one place, and then flew up to the branch.

"Meet the deacon!"

Bai Zixiang knelt down, tears of excitement in his eyes, and he stood on the branch with his hands in his hands, and nodded slowly.

"I haven't seen you for more than a month, and I don't want to be harmed. ”

"Seeing Deacon Antai today, we have the backbone of the temple. ”

"I heard that during my absence, Xiao Luo, the acting deacon, is still very competent, and even the sacrificial ceremony can be held in an orderly manner, by the way, how many children have been recruited this year?"

"If you return to the deacon, we have recruited forty-three boys this year, and there are still twelve disciples left after the sacrificial ceremony, and these twelve disciples are talented and intelligent, and they will definitely be people who have attained the Tao in the future, and they will become the hope that our cloud capital relies on. ”

"Less than 30 percent survived... It seems that there will be a catastrophe in Yundu within thirty years..."

Ji Dao Fei looked gloomy, with a depressed look in his eyebrows, Bai Zixiang saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly comforted: "It's a disaster that can't be avoided, if there is really such a day, the whole of Jiali Temple will definitely defend Yundu desperately." Seeing that his expression did not improve after hearing his comfort, he diverted the topic and said, "What is the purpose of the unknown deacon sending me here?"

"Recently, you must have known about the fact that Rizhao sent troops to aid our army, and I have been worried in my heart, in case I do the plan of 'destroying the enemy on the way' on the way, then I am in danger, and I have a clever plan to let you come this time, and I need to help myself. ”

Bai Zixiang shook the white folding fan, closed his eyes and listened, only to hear the sound of gurgling water, and suddenly his mouth suddenly opened.

"The deacon asked me to come, could it be to guard the gate of the upper reaches of the Chen River?"

"Those who know me are really self-rewarding, and among the five, you are indeed the most strategic, and I hit it off with my thoughts. ”

"The deacon is serious, but I passed through here and saw a camp made of wood in the middle of the forest in the distance, but I didn't see the banner and the patrol soldiers, could it be the soldiers sent by the king to help us guard this gate?"

Ji Dao didn't smile and didn't answer, so Bai Zixiang continued to ask, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are in the camp?"

"This camp is just a trick I built, I can't imagine that I can hide it from you, and I think it can also bluff the people in the sunshine. ”

"You mean, the monarch didn't send anyone to help at all?"

"Yes, there are no troops to help. After all, I just guessed that Rizhao would have different intentions, so most of my country's soldiers and horses had rushed to Yutangshan, and the rest stayed in the city to defend it. I expected that with the cultivation of the two of us, I would be able to guard the gate of a district with ease, so I asked for the order to refuse others to come over to help defend it. ”

"It's natural to have a deacon, but it's still unclear why I was chosen to come, the eldest brother and the fifth sister should also be considered candidates. ”

"I asked you to come first, you have always acted vigilantly, and you have always been far-sighted, I am more relieved that you help me guard the gate, as for these two things..."Ji Daofei paused, and a sharp light was projected in his eyes, "I heard that Zuo Tian'an's corpse was injured by you, I want to hear the details!"

"The death of the third brother is really regrettable, the eldest brother has ordered me to wait for a thorough investigation day and night. If it weren't for the recent tightening of the war, the king asked me to stop the investigation, otherwise this matter would have been a little bit of an eyebrow coming. ”

"Is it the monarch who ordered you to stop the investigation?

"Returning to the deacon, I don't dare to speculate, but my intuition tells me that this matter has something to do with the king. ”

"It's not like your style of self-admiration based on intuition alone, besides, I have met Yelu Jinyun three days ago, and I specially asked him about it, and he said in a convincing way that he didn't kill people, I came from the same family with him, and he is now the monarch of Yundu, I definitely have reason to believe that Zuo Tian'an's death has nothing to do with him. ”

"Why does the deacon deliberately favor Yelu Jinyun, isn't it still thinking about the love of his former classmates, don't you hear people's doubts. He has killed someone today, and he knows that his cultivation is not as good as you, how dare he admit it in front of you, his power is great, and his wisdom is profound, which can be seen, let me and the other two guard here without sending troops to help, it is clear that he has a deliberate prevarication and wants to get rid of us with the hand of sunshine, and the deacon must not only believe his words!"

Bai Zixiang's expression became more and more excited, and he stopped it in time: "I don't want to implicate others in Zuo Tian'an's matter, delusional thinking will only create incidents, I just want to know Zuo Tian'an's injury now, it stands to reason that with his cultivation, even if he is besieged by many people, it is not difficult to get out, how can he be killed?"

"I have examined the wounds of the third brother, there are many incisions on the body, the left shoulder has been hit hard by a hammer, from these wounds analysis is about eight different weapon injuries, and none of them are fatal wounds, and the real fatal wound is a through knife wound in the chest, the wound is neat and the blood is coagulated, it should be a weapon such as an ice blade, and the wound is shallow from the back deep into the chest, this knife should be from the back. ”

"Hands on the back?" Ji Dao Fei thought deeply for a while, from the analysis of the situation revealed by Bai Zixiang, this knife should have been pierced by Zuo Tian'an without defense, Zuo Tian'an has always been careful, how could he let his back empty when he was so urgent, thinking about it carefully, his death seemed a little strange.

He then asked, "Where are the bodies buried now?"

According to Xiao Luo's meaning, the corpse has been cremated, and the accompanying clothes have also been placed in the incense pavilion as a mound for worship. ”

"That's fine, but unfortunately I don't have time to examine the body myself. ”

"I have arranged the examination of the body and the collection of evidence at the scene, and if the deacon returns to the temple, he will naturally have time to see it in person. It is not known if the deacon has anything important to attend to, and if not, he should return to preside over the overall situation as soon as possible. ”

"I still have important things to do recently, and the Jiali Temple is in charge of Xiao Luo and you, so I can rest assured, you can discuss things on your own, but you must not have disputes with the monarch, so as not to cause trouble. ”

"We will obey the will of the deacon, but I do not know what the deacon will do when he goes out in this month. ”

"There's nothing else to do, so there's no need to worry about it. ”

Bai Zixiang didn't ask much when he saw that the extreme way was not lacking, so he didn't ask more, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart: "I don't know when the gate will be opened and the water will be released?"

"Don't worry, you can go to the lower reaches of the Chen River to patrol first, find a secret place to station, if you find that there are sunshine soldiers and horses on the other side, you can send a code, I will not be too late to open the gate after I receive it." ”

"So I will now go to the shore to make my rounds, and there is a depression five miles from here, and I will hide there, and form horns with the deacon, and at the slightest disturbance we will inform each other, and we will be foolproof. But recently, I heard that there is a giant beast called 'moon lice' in the capital of Rizhao Country, do you know if the deacon has heard of it?"

"I've heard of it, but I wonder what's so wonderful about this beast?"

According to legend, the moon lice was originally a pet raised by the water pavilion of Queen Zhen of Rizhao Kingdom, because after the death of Queen Zhen's ex-husband Chu Shiguo, she suffered from a tuberculosis disease, and she had to take soup ginseng pills every day to continue her life, this pill must be rubbed with the moonlight in the sky as a medicine to be eaten together, Queen Zhen picked fresh moonlight every day and put it in her pills, and the leftover medicine residue was poured into the pool of the water pavilion. Who knows that the toad in this pool has given birth to spirituality over time because of taking the medicine residue, and has actually transformed into a spirit, and the god can perceive the five elements of wind and thunder, and the qi can swallow the sky and shake the earth, can stand between the mountains and rivers, and can fly freely in the sky, and secretly understand human nature, especially loyal to the people who raise it. After Queen Zhen remarried Qin Tiancang, she brought this moon lice beast into the palace, Qin Tiancang was overjoyed when he saw the moon lice, so he ordered people to concoct it in the same way, and set up a canyon to be used as a breeding place, now the specific number is unknown, and the power of the moon lice beast has never been seen, but I hope that Rizhao is not specifically to curb Yundu to raise these monsters. ”

"Not good!" Ji Dao Fei suddenly stood up, startling Bai Zixiang in front of him.

"Deacon, what's wrong with you?"

"If the Moon Lice Beast is really as magical as you say, how can a mere Chen River stop these flying monsters!"

"What the deacon said is true, but what should be done now?"

"Let me think about it. Ji Dao Fei frowned, pacing back and forth on the branches, but under the depression, even the steps seemed heavy and abnormal.

"In this case, I will stay here alone, and you will return to the monarch immediately, and be sure to ask the monarch to withdraw some of the troops in Yudangshan to strengthen the defense in Guocheng. ”

"Only the deacon is left here, in case the moon lice beast really comes to attack, I'm afraid there will be a mistake!"

"This is the only way to do it for now, by the way, I have a confidant I want to entrust to you, I don't know if you can be worthy of it. ”

"Deacon, please speak, I will bow down to the best of my ability, and I will never give up. ”

Ji Dao Fei took out a jade book from his arms, both ends were inlaid with gold rings, and when the volume was taken out, there was a trace of cold leakage, I don't know whether it was the cold of jade or the coldness of gold.

"This is..."Bai Ziying's eyes had already reflected a green glow.

"This is the highest wonderful method of the Jiali Temple, I will hand it over to you today, you must bring it back to the Jiali Temple to cooperate with Xiao Luo and their good life care, this Heart Sutra represents the future rise and fall of the entire cloud capital, remember not to peek, let alone hand over to others. If I lose it, you will burn this Heart Sutra, and you will not be allowed to hold a ceremonial ceremony at the temple. I believe that you are a human being, but the matter is very important, if you are willing to accept this task, you will swear to heaven, if there is any difficulty, but it is okay, I will find another way. ”

"This time the deacon is willing to entrust such an important matter, how can I not fight to the death, it's just that this day is the Heart Sutra..."Speaking of this, Bai Zixiang felt that he was a little out of shape, his hands had already taken the lead in holding the Heart Sutra, and his eyes were like greedy beasts peeping at the prey that was about to arrive. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at his gaze squarely and said, "It's just that if this Heart Sutra falls into the hands of other countries, is it possible to practice it?"

"The Heavenly Ribbon Heart Sutra is the supreme magic method of Yundu's cultivation, and people who are not my clan can't practice it, not to mention that everything pays attention to a step-by-step process, if you don't reach the 'Heavenly Ribbon' realm step by step, you will impose and drive the moves in it, just afraid that the true yuan will leak inward, and your life will not be guaranteed. ”

"I see, when I heard the deacon say this, I let go of the doubts in my heart, it seems that even if the foreigners get the Heart Sutra, it will not help, I will leave immediately, and the deacon should be careful. ”

The first time Bai Zixiang touched this national treasure of Jiali Temple, his heart was like ten thousand horses running, but the moment his fingers touched it, he felt the chill coming from the top of the jade, and suddenly his spiritual platform was frozen awake.

Bai Zixiang respectfully took the Heavenly Silk Heart Sutra and put it in his arms, and on the one hand, he said goodbye to the extreme, hoping that he would take care of himself.

After waving his hand goodbye, he began to move in the direction of the Chenhe gate, and now he understood that he was the only one guarding here, and all the movements on the shore must be well understood, otherwise he would still be as sleepy as before, and if he let the moon lice beast of the Rizhao country enter the city, the clouds should be in danger of capsizing.

The pole road immediately decided, luck only a palm split the river gate open, the Chen River water potential like a rainbow, instantly poured to the downstream direction such as a note, the downstream direction of the original weak water flow moved southward, the hills on both sides of the bank were all washed, the water level rose, the green on both sides of the bank disappeared in an instant without a trace, only a little bald tree tops are still faintly visible.