In April, the sky is full of green, the city is full of spring, the cold wind is unwilling to retreat to the northern ice field, the warm sun shines on the vibrant field, the Qinchuan Han water is sparkling, and from time to time there is a rough and bold trumpet of the captain.

Every day, Heavenly Daoist believers from all over the world flock to Tiandu City, and the traffic on the official road stretches for dozens of miles, like a rolling torrent heading towards the holy land in their hearts.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Jiao ceremony, which is also the first time that the Heavenly Taoist Sect has held such a grand ceremony to worship the heavens since the founding of the Han Dynasty, which can be called a rare ceremony in a century.

The inns of all sizes in Tiandu City were full, and the innkeeper with a bright mind hurriedly cleared out the warehouse as a temporary guest room, and saw that the guests outside the door were still in an endless stream, so he simply vacated the stable.

Of course, not every one of them is qualified to enter the Tiandu Temple to participate in the Jiao Festival, and only 12 out of 10 of them can actually receive an invitation and watch the ceremony on the spot.

Rao is like this, many devout Heavenly Daoist believers still come from thousands of miles away, just to take a look at the holy place in their hearts.

Among them, there are not only local tyrants who have thousands of dollars in their pockets, but also women and children who are poor and sickly, the old and weak, those who are illiterate, those who are rude and reckless, and many of them who have crossed the Taiyue Mountains from the Chu State.

They walked on the streets and alleys of Tiandu City with dust on their faces, their expressions solemn as if they were carrying out a pilgrimage, and there were also many pious people who came to Tiandu Temple almost step by step, reciting a scripture and lighting a stick of incense.

The imperial court had to dispatch a forbidden army, and the Heavenly Daoist Sect also sent a large number of disciples to maintain order in the city and guide believers.

The entire Tiandu City is like a pot of boiling water, and the green smoke lingers around the crown like a forest, highlighting the thriving national fortune of the Han Dynasty and the prestige of the Heavenly Taoism.

However, under this peaceful and prosperous scene, who knows that countless undercurrents are surging and surging and tense?

Just yesterday, Zhao Qingshan, the warden of Tiandu County, personally led people to raid the Baiyun Temple located on the outskirts of Beijing, and locked up a total of 31 Taoist priests in the temple under the real person of Xuanye Zhenren.

A skirmish broke out between the two sides, and the Jinwu general Meng Haishan led a battalion of men and horses to rush to the formation, which successfully took away the prisoners.

Immediately after that, there were many armed fights in Xiaguan, and the one side that shot was actually the Heavenly Dao Sect whose forces had never been involved here, and the other side was the local gangsters.

There is no doubt that the victors were all disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect, but they were somewhat embarrassed when they withdrew, not only did they not have the imaginary farewell, but secretly threw a lot of bricks and vegetable skins.

The Taoist priests who completed the purge task were really depressed, why did they fight bloodily to eliminate violence and Anliang to fight against the underworld forces in Xiaguan, but they were regarded as enemies by the people living here?

Untouchables, it is really unreasonable.

Fortunately, the operation was generally fruitful, with more than 100 notorious gang leaders captured, and by the way, several wanted Jiangyang thieves were also dug up.

All the criminals were taken into custody in the Tiandu Temple prison and awaited interrogation to find out the guilt.

But there were also accidents, and more than a dozen Heavenly Dao disciples suddenly lost contact after entering Xiaguan, until their bodies were found in several stinky ditches and corners the next morning.

It is impossible for ordinary gangsters to kill so many Heavenly Daoist elites silently, and it is only possible to attack Ghost Wuxian and his men. However, after examining the traces of the corpses, it was found that most of the disciples who were killed were poisoned by Nighthawk and Darkwalkers.

Hai Dongqing was very angry, and sent people to spread the word several times that the ghost was innocent but sank into the sea, and the ghost was innocent and did not show up.

Such an arrogant and uncooperative attitude made Hai Dongqing extremely angry, so more Heavenly Dao Sect disciples were sent to Xiaguan to search everywhere.

At the same time, Du Han Zhenren, the host of Tiandu Temple, was ordered to visit Zhao Qingshan in the Tiandu County Shoufu to negotiate the matter of Baiyun Temple, but he was closed.

Fighting against the Heavenly Dao Sect again and again, Zhao Qingshan obviously didn't have the courage, it must be Ji Tianquan who was behind him. It was only because he was dissatisfied with the Heavenly Daoist Sect that Ji Chengqing was arrested, so he secretly instructed his subordinates to retaliate.

Ji Tianquan even took the first step to transfer Yan Qingwei to Lieyan Pass to inspect the armaments, cutting off the most important communication link between the imperial court and the Heavenly Taoist Sect.

Not only that, but he also clarified the summons through Ji, strictly ordering the Heavenly Dao Sect to hand over the Baishui Guan Guan Lord Du Ye Zhenren within three days, otherwise he would bear the consequences.

The high-level leaders of the Heavenly Taoist Sect were unaware of the anger of Emperor Longwu, but the Zhai Jiao ceremony was about to be held, and at present, they should take forbearance as the top priority and avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, so they pretended not to know about the various tough measures of the imperial court, and did not want to completely turn their faces even if they were detached.

In the evening, the sky is full of colorful clouds, and there is a place in Shimonoseki City that is filled with laughter and laughter, like a paradise.

At the end of the day's work, the children flocked to the open field in the courtyard to play and play.

Little Potato and a few little girls were dancing cowhide bands, and when they saw Hai Mingyue sitting alone on the swing in a daze, they called: "Sister Yue, come and play with us." ”

Hai Mingyue didn't skip the cowhide band, and she was so upset that she didn't have the leisure to play with the children, so she shook her head.

"Come on, it's fun. The little potato ran over to hold Hai Mingyue's hand with a smile, and her little face was red like an apple.

She looked at Hai Mingyue and twisted her body coquettishly and pursed her lips, Hai Mingyue couldn't help but get up and said, "Sister can't jump, you can't laugh at me for being stupid." ”

The little potato pulled Hai Mingyue and said seriously: "Sister is not afraid, I will teach you to jump, and I guarantee that you can learn it as soon as you learn it, which is very easy." ”

She jumped up and down as she demonstrated, explaining the rules of the game and the essentials of the movements.

Hai Mingyue looked at it carefully, and the little potato had already remembered it after jumping once, after all, jumping cowhide bands was much easier than learning swords.

She is tall and tall, and she shuttles and jumps freely between two cowhide bands, like a butterfly dancing.

The little potatoes and the little girls clapped excitedly and clapped the beats, and at the same time chanted the words in their mouths: "Ma Lanhua Ma Lanhua, I am not afraid of wind and rain." Industrious people are talking, please blossom now......"

The immature children's voice touched the beautiful memories in Hai Mingyue's heart, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but show a smile, as if she was back in a trance when she was a child and played around the mountains with her good sisters.

Picking fresh fruits, swinging wild vines, digging birds' eggs, and then being punished by the master for copying scriptures......

Little Potato was almost cheering, raised his hands and said, "Sister Yue, Sister Yue...... You and I are a family!"

"And me, with me, with my family!" the other little girls also scrambled to surround Hai Mingyue.

Hai Mingyue smiled and straightened her sideburns, which were blown by the wind, and suddenly saw Guan Yingwu, the head of the Heavenly Holy Hall, come over with a solemn expression and greeted, "Hai girl, please come with me." ”

Hai Mingyue was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Guan Yingwu squeezed out a smile and said, "It's not a big deal, it's a little trouble, I need you to avoid it for a while." ”

Hai Mingyue listened attentively for a while, frowned slightly, and hurried away with Guan Yingwu to the back building of the dining hall silently.

The figures of the two had just disappeared behind the door, and there was a commotion outside the mansion, and more than a dozen Heavenly Dao Sect disciples had rushed in.

The first white-faced Taoist shouted and asked, "Who is the owner of this house, come out and speak!"

The children who were playing wildly in the yard were silent when they saw the fierce and vicious appearance of the Taoist, and subconsciously retreated in unison.

Ma Zhu'er crossed his waist and stood on the stone steps in front of the canteen and said, "The old lady is the person in charge here, which bastard came here to howl and mourn?"

The white-faced Taoist said with an angry face: "You mother-in-law is so rude!

"Yo, it's strange, when did the official master put on a robe to handle the case?"

"You see, Dao Ye is not a person in the official mansion, but a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect!"

Ma Zhu'er stared at each other, turned his head and shouted into the dining hall: "Uncle Shen, take a hundred copper coins to these Taoist masters." Poor children see it, for a mouthful of food early in the morning, it is not easy to be a Taoist priest in this world. ”

"Are you here to fight the autumn wind?" The white face of the Three Dharma Daoists suddenly turned red, "Let me ask you, have you ever seen a purple-haired demon boy come with a girl in the past two days?"

Ma Zhu'er pouted and said, "What, who eloped in the view?"

The three Dharma Dao people were ridiculed by the hemp pole one after another, and they wanted to attack when they didn't get angry.

A young Taoist priest on the side leaned close to his ear and whispered a few words to him, and the three Dharma Daoists rolled their eyes and looked at the hemp pole left and right: "You are Ji Chengqing's subordinate, how can you be the master here?"

"This Heavenly Holy Hall was ordered by His Highness Cheng Ching and the Holy Sect Grand Master Tang Fairy to do it for the children, and I was ordered to take care of it here, what's in the way of Dao Ye?"

"This is Ji Cheng's clear opening?" The two eyes of the Three Dharma Daoists suddenly lit up, and they looked around, and their eyes swept over the children's faces like blades.

Suddenly, he shook his body and grabbed the shortest one from the crowd, and said in a rough voice: "Little girl, tell me honestly, have you ever seen a purple-haired demon boy and a fairy-like sister?"

"Little potato!"

In the sandwich wall secret room in the back building of the dining hall, there is just a circle of small holes facing the courtyard below, which is enough to see everything that happens in the courtyard clearly.

Seeing that the Three Dharma Daoists grabbed the little potato and asked, Hai Mingyue's heart tightened, and her five fingers subconsciously clenched into fists.

She used to be proud of the Heavenly Taoism, but now she was deeply ashamed of what her fellow disciples had done.

Even though it had only been a few days, she had fully understood what the house meant as a shelter for the children, and unconsciously, she was willing to consider herself a part of it, and even faintly willing to do her part to protect its peace.

The little potato shrunk his neck and looked at the Sanfa Daoist tremblingly, and muttered, "I, I...... I've seen it. ”

The Sanfa Daoist was overjoyed, and secretly said proudly: "Sure enough, it's an ignorant child, and it doesn't take any effort to get it!"

Thinking that he was about to make his first contribution to show off in front of his peers, his fingers grabbed the little potato harder and harder, and said, "Tell me quickly, where are they now?"

Little Potato grinned and said with tears in his eyes: "They came last week and left again." ”

"Last week?" The three Dharma Daoists were stunned, and the time was obviously not right: "You dare to lie to the Dao Master!"

"I don't lie...... "Little Potato cried with a "wow" voice: "Big brother and fairy sister, they often come here to play with us and give us things, woo woo woo ......"

The Sanfa Daoist immediately understood that the "fairy sister" in the mouth of the little potato should not be Hai Mingyue but Tang Xueluo.

He was greatly disappointed, pushed the little potato away and said, "Stinky girl, teach the poor to be happy." ”

"Bang!" The little potato was only a four or five-year-old girl, who could withstand the push of the Sanfa Daoist, staggered and fell several meters away, fell to the ground unsteadily, and the back of her head slammed on the bluestone slab, and immediately blood gushed out.

The children screamed in shock, and Hai Mingyue wanted to rush out when she changed color.

I thought that hiding would avoid those annoying things and people, but there is no paradise in the world, who can be alone?(83 Chinese .com.)