Even though she has been ill for a long time, Mrs. An still startled many people when she started working.

In just half a day, even before the sun moved to noon, the four carriages in front of the post station were ready, and the entangled luggage all the way to Shudi was also completed.

The woman who has almost never been out of this ten miles and eight towns in her life has planned a detailed route and accident prevention measures in such a short period of time, which makes Zhao Wuan also very ashamed.

From noon, this huge team left Qingdi Township and set foot on the half-mile maple forest.

The first carriage was sat by the natural owner Zhao Wu'an, the second was driven by An Guangmao, carrying his wife, the third was Hu Buxi, Dai Lou Duyun and Duan Taoli The three of them made do with each other, and the tail was Annan, who was responsible for managing the cart full of luggage and materials.

It is a big matter to find a woman, but no one can take care of it in the house, and there is no housekeeper in the house, so An Xingguo volunteered to stay. The rest of the people embarked on a journey to Shu together.

However, the journey from Huaixi to Shu is really long.

Even if the boat and car do not stop all the way, when they arrive at the Sword Gate, they are afraid that it will be snowing heavily.

If it is a person like Zhao Wu'an or Hu Buxi, he will directly rush to Shu with all his strength, and he may arrive earlier. It's just that I can't resist the lady who thinks about her heart.

Her previous achievements were limited to carrying straw sandals and chasing An Guangmao all over the courtyard, but from today onwards, she is a big man who can make a master obey his words.

That night, I stayed at an inn next to the official road, which was quite far from Luzhou.

After nightfall, Zhao Wu'an led the thin horse driven by An Guangmao into the stable, and fed on the grass with several other horses from the post station.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the terrain of this inn is not low. When you look up, you can vaguely see the outline of the Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain under the clear moonlight.

When Zhao Wu'an was silent, Duan Taoli had already quietly come to the stable.

"Thinking about Kuda Temple?"

Zhao Wu'an was stunned, saw that it was her, and responded in a low voice: "Hmm." ”

"Have you been back since?"

Zhao Wu'an shook his head.

"Jiuda Temple has long been a blood swamp. Even if Dugu Qingping didn't take anyone up the mountain that night, not many people would be spared. It's just that it's been so long, and from a distance down the mountain, Jiuda Temple is as calm as ever, as if nothing happened. ”

Duan Taoli also showed a different color: "Could it be that there are still corpses everywhere on ......the mountain?"

"Not really. Antichez ought to have sent someone to take care of it, and to deal with what should have been dealt with cleanly. ”

Duan Taoli sighed leisurely: "Alas, although this is not the right time, I really want to...... Incense sticks for the Valans who died for me. ”

Zhao Wu'an stopped what he was doing.

"Are you leaving?" he asked.

Duan Taoli was stunned: "Now, it will take half a day to make a round trip from here, right?"

"It didn't take long, I knew this land. Zhao Wu'an said, pulling out a five-foot giant sword from the Luoshen sword box behind him.

"Including airspace. He added.

Duan Taoli was stunned and couldn't help laughing.

After stepping into the realm of Yipin, this sword flying technique is finally a little more steady. However, although it can carry people, it is still difficult to last long. Every time Luo Shenfu ascended into the sky, the sword qi left by Luo Jianqi was rapidly evaporating.

Witnessing the shallow flowing clouds slashing sideways, Zhao Wu'an held his breath and slowly rose into the air with his sword.

Duan Taoli hugged his waist tightly behind his back, trying his best to pretend that he was not afraid, but his bare legs couldn't help but tremble from the cold wind.

"Don't look down there. Zhao Wu'an commanded lightly.

However, Duan Taoli still couldn't help but look down.

The wind blows through your cheeks, and at your feet is a winding mountain road, which leads leisurely to the top of the mountain, and you can't count the hundreds or thousands of steps.

As Luo Shenfu slowly rose, the roof of the temple, which was originally hanging high above his head, gradually dropped to the point of being level with his eyelashes.

Except for the bright moon above his head, there is nothing higher within a radius of a hundred miles now.

Zhao Wu'an took Luo Shenfu, carefully lowered the height in front of the mountain gate, and then saw the opportunity, pulled Duan Taoli to jump, landed steadily, and raised a few dusts.

Luo Shen Fuwu flew out a few feet more, was pulled back by Zhao Wu'an with a gas machine, and sent into the box.

Duan Taoli stared quietly at Jiuda Temple under the moon for a moment.

Quiescence.

Whether it is the pagoda in the back mountain or the deep meditation rooms on both sides of the main hall, there is not a single flame at all.

The wind passing through the heavy door, and the creaking sound of the wood dyed and rotting, was the only sound in the temple.

Zhao Wu'an waited quietly beside her for a while. Duan Taoli plucked up his courage and stepped into the mountain gate.

The mountain gate is silent, the Daxiong Treasure Hall under the cold moon is silent, and there is still a lingering smell of blood in the air, which suddenly pours into the nasal cavity.

Once, in front of this treasure hall, she lost the most loyal guardian in the world.

vividly, as if it were yesterday.

Duan Taoli suddenly felt a sour nose and almost burst into tears.

Zhao Wuan reached out and patted her on the shoulder.

Duan Taoli was stunned, his already slender shoulders shrank again, and he couldn't help but tremble.

"I'm really ...... I'm so sorry for them......" As soon as the words came out, it was inevitable to cry. She didn't want to be so weak in front of Zhao Wu'an's performance, but she really couldn't continue to pretend to be strong.

"At the beginning, I said that I would bring 3,000 elite soldiers back to Valan, recapture the royal city, and negotiate peace in peace. But I haven't done any of it now, and I've walked 2,000 miles in vain, and even the guards who have been loyal to me all along......"

Under the clear moonlight, the fourteenth princess from Valan sobbed shallowly, but she no longer saw the honest guard, raised her clumsy hand, and wiped away two lines of tears for her.

Zhao Wu'an turned his head and said lightly: "But you are not bad now." ”

"How can it be good! The money is gone, the twenty guards are dead, but the restoration of the country is still at the beginning, and it has not changed at all!" Duan Taoli said loudly, "If it goes on like this...... I'm afraid that one day even I will be exposed to the wilderness!"

"Then you're not going to go on?" Zhao Wu'an asked.

Duan Taoli was stunned.

"The guards are dead, and there is nowhere to raise money for recruitment, and now you are alone in this world. Zhao Wu'an remained silent, "Rao is like this, you won't continue to walk?"

Princess Valan was silent for a long time, and the whole figure turned into a stone sculpture.

Zhao Wu waited quietly.

After a long time, a slight but stubborn voice sounded faintly: "No." I'm going to keep going. ”

"Either you reinstate or you ...... I die. Duan Taoli said in a low voice, "Even if I am humiliated by death, even if I am displaced in this world and no longer be human, as long as I am alive-"

Seeing that Duan Taoli's eyes rose again with a resolute look, Zhao Wu'an was silent, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile of relief.

In any case, even if you are confused, it is absolutely impossible for this girl from Valan to give up something.

Duan Taoli suddenly came back to his senses and said, "...... Thank you. ”

"Not necessarily. Zhao Wu'an shook his head and walked straight forward, "If you have the heart to worship them, you might as well go to the temple to renew an incense." ”

He pushed open the door of the Mahavira Hall.

The hinges behind the door creaked, and the door slammed back.

Zhao Wu'an held the sword box with his backhand, and stood in front of the door with his eyebrows down.

Duan Taoli walked a few steps and wanted to follow, but suddenly saw the scene in the hall and was stunned for a while.

The main hall is pitch black, and the face of the Buddha cannot be seen clearly, but on the incense table behind the merit box, a candle is lit, and the faint fire is spitting.

The monk in his robe has his back to the temple door and sits cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue, his head hanging still.

Zhao Wu'an was not surprised. As early as when he arrived at the mountain gate, he vaguely noticed something.

Although the exterior of the temple was cleaned, and the solemn silence did not seem to be fake, the only flaw was that everything was so clean that there was not even a trace of it.

Spiders are very tenacious creatures. If there are no foreign objects passing by somewhere, and there are only flying insects, then no matter how steep the terrain is or how strong the mountain wind is, they will definitely form a net in the right place.

The mountain gate and the pillars outside the hall are good places to build webs, but there is not a single spider on the road.

Then someone must have been here not long ago. That's why he had to open the temple door to inspect it anyway.

The atmosphere in the hall was strange and calm, but there was no strong killing surging force, and Zhao Wu'an boldly entered the box.

"Who are you, and why did you come to sit in meditation in this ruined temple?"

The monk did not look back, and replied leisurely: "When you meet the Buddha, you worship, when you pass the temple, you will participate, and when you see the monk, you will proclaim." That's it. ”

This is exactly the excuse for Zhao Wu'an to eat for many years, how could he not know that if there is no incense on the mountain of Jiuda Temple, he can see it clearly from the bottom of the mountain.

"You should know that this is a ruined temple at the bottom of the mountain, and you should not go up to the mountain to worship. He said.

"A ruined temple is also a temple. The monk said unalarmedly, "Frozen water is also water." The dead are also human. ”

An ominous premonition floated from Zhao Wuan's head.

"Who the hell are you?"

......The monk paused, lowered his head, supported the ground, and slowly straightened up.

Then he turned around, faced Zhao Wu'an and Duan Taoli, and bowed deeply.

"Amitabha, the poor monk has been wandering around for a long time, and he hardly sees people in the world. If you have offended, please forgive me. ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned.

Turning his face, Zhao Wu'an found that this monk was extremely young, with flat eyebrows and starry eyes, at most about twenty years old, and a pair of bare feet under his robe, but it was already covered with layers of blood scabs.

"I traveled all the way from Shuzhong, and I don't remember how long it took me to reluctantly go to this Buddhist temple to rest for a while. The monk explained, "Are the two of you here to dispose of this abandoned temple? Amitabha Buddha, although the Buddhist temple has been abandoned, there is still a Buddha thought left, if it can not be demolished, it is better not to dismantle it." ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned and said, "No, we didn't come here to demolish the temple......"

"That's fine. The poor monk rested here for the night, and then left tomorrow morning. ”

The young monk smiled and bowed deeply to the two of them again.

"By the way, the poor monk's name is the Buddha Temple. Maybe it's a little weird, but it's good to listen to it for a long time. Do you want to stay here?"

Zhao Wu'an shook his head in a daze: "...... No, we'll be down the hill soon. ”

"Be careful on that road. The Buddhist monk did not hold back, and nodded.

Zhao Wu'an turned around and left the palace gate as if he had fled.

Before leaving, I faintly heard the Buddhist monk behind him say something.

"Seven hundred and fifty-six. ”