Chapter 337: Secret Escape
As soon as Wang Haoyi's words fell, Gao Jie saw the door of the palace opened, and the Confucian rushed in.
After seeing the situation in the hall clearly, he was stunned for a moment, and then strode to Wang Haoyi's side, and asked respectfully, "Second son, what's the matter?"
Wang Haoyi sneered a few times and said, "It's nothing, it's just another villain who came to bewitch me, so I'll leave it to you to deal with!"
Confucius said, "You don't believe him?"
Wang Haoyi said: "What is the difference between believing and not believing, I have already decided to devote myself to cultivation, how can I be tempted by external objects again!"
Confucius hesitated: "In case the holy relic is really in his hands... ”
Wang Haoyi interrupted him and said, "I have made up my mind, I don't need to say more, take it out and deal with it!" With that, he let go and let Gao Jie collapse to the ground, turned his back and said no more.
Gao Jie didn't expect that this Wang Haoyi would change when he said that he would change, and he would just refuse to go out of the mountain, and he would still be interested in acting in front of him, and then use thunder to restrain himself, which is simply a pervert. At this time, I listened to his words to Confucianism, and I had to "deal with" myself, and I was indignant for a while, and I wanted to scold a few times, but I found that even the dumb hole was pointed, and I could scold it again.
Seeing that Wang Haoyi had made up his mind, Confucian no longer persuaded him, leaned over and stretched out his hand to drag Gao Jie.
Gao Jie fell into a critical situation, but finally calmed down at this moment and began to use his brain to think about ways to get out of the predicament.
At this moment, the mutation regenerated, Gao Jie suddenly felt a strong force breaking through the air above his head, and at the same time heard a muffled sound of "bang", and then saw an incredible scene.
As if he had been hit hard, his body flew out of the air and slammed into a thick pillar in the hall, causing a layer of ash to fall on the roof of the hall. His face was pale, and a few streaks of blood flowed from his mouth, nose, and ears, and he collapsed under the pillars of the temple, and he saw that he was no longer alive.
Before Gao Jie, who was shocked and inexplicable, could understand what was happening, he felt that his body was light, and he had been pulled up from the ground by Wang Haoyi, and at the same time, his body was free.
Without waiting for Gao Jie to speak, the Confucian coughed up a mouthful of blood, struggled to raise his head, and asked in a trembling voice, "Childe, why is this?"
Wang Haoyi slowly walked in front of him, squatted down, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said in a complicated tone: "Shangguan, I don't want to do this either." But why did you betray me?"
Confucius shook his head with difficulty and said, "My subordinates don't understand... ”
Wang Haoyi stared at Confucian Sheng's eyes and said lightly: "You are going to die, so why bother to quibble!"
When Confucius heard this, his face, which was slightly distorted by pain, twitched more and more violently, and a sense of unwillingness and regret appeared in his eyes, and he said weakly: "It turns out that you already knew... I'm sorry, Childe, I'm also forced to... ”
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Haoyi's palm on his shoulder had already pinched his neck, and with a slight "click" sound, the vitality quickly dissipated from Confucius, and his head hung weakly on his chest.
Wang Haoyi squatted in front of Confucianism, looked at him quietly, and didn't get up for a long time.
Gao Jie stood far away, his mood was complicated, and he finally understood what was going on at this moment.
Soon, Wang Haoyi finally got up and came to Gao Jie, with a smile on his face and said, "You're frightened!"
Gao Jie shook his head and said, "He is really Wang Haoxian's person?"
Wang Haoyi smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "In my early years, I traveled the rivers and lakes and met three best friends, who were my most trusted people and closest brothers. Shangguan is the most resourceful one among them, and in the past three years, all the news from the outside world has been collected and sorted out by him, and then analyzed for me. As a result, I gradually lost confidence, hope, and even trust in Brother Xu. Actually, I never doubted him until you told me the truth about Brother Xu just now. ”
Gao Jie said: "Moreover, you have already noticed that he is eavesdropping outside, so you let me whisper... ”
Wang Haoyi nodded and said, "Otherwise, how could he have asked about the holy relics just now?" Shangguan is from Qianzai Temple, and his martial arts are strong, if I hadn't deliberately captured you and made him relax his vigilance, it would have been difficult to hit him hard in one fell swoop. The situation is urgent, I didn't say hello beforehand, I hope you don't blame me!"
Gao Jie turned his head to look at Shangguan, who was already dead, and said gloomily: "I understand!"
While he was talking, the sound of hurried footsteps came, and the old monk and Wang Rui rushed into the hall. The old monk was still carrying a tattered broom, and at a glance he found Shangguan's corpse, and exclaimed, "What's the matter?"
Wang Haoyi sighed and said, "Lao Lu, Shangguan has been bought by my younger brother, and he is no longer our brother!
The old monk surnamed Lu was only slightly stunned, then regained his composure, answered, and turned around and walked out of the hall.
Soon, a thin Taoist priest with a Taoist bun hurriedly returned to the hall with the old monk surnamed Lu.
Gao Jie faintly felt a powerful aura from this Taoist priest that was not weaker than Confucianism, and secretly thought that they were the three good friends in Wang Haoyi's mouth.
Wang Haoyi didn't explain much, and smiled: "Lao Lu, Qingfeng, we're finally leaving here, are you ready?"
The old man named Qingfeng had a gleam in his eyes, no expression on his face, and simply said one word: "Okay!" However, from his words, Gao Jie faintly heard a trace of excitement.
The rotten broom in the hand of the old monk surnamed Lu has gone, and it has already been replaced with a vajra at this moment. He put the thick vajra on the ground, and a few cracks suddenly appeared on the granite paved ground, and he laughed a few times, and he said loudly: "I thought that Gongzi decided to stay in this bird temple for the rest of his life, and I was really aggrieved in my heart, but I didn't expect you to be waiting for the opportunity!"
Wang Haoyi bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Two brothers, I have to hide a lot from you, I am here to make amends!"
The old monk surnamed Lu waved his hand and said, "Childe, as long as you cheer up again, it's fine!"
Wang Haoyi took a deep look at the old monk surnamed Lu and the Taoist priest, and said loudly: "Well said! Today is the day when we will come out again!"
Wang Rui suddenly interjected: "In this case, let's leave quickly, Wang Haoxian's people should find out that we are in!"
Gao Jie also said: "That's right, Senior Wang, without further ado, are we still rushing out of the backyard?"
Wang Haoyi smiled and said, "No need, let's walk out from the main gate!"
Gao Jie and Wang Rui looked at each other blankly, with incomprehension in their eyes.
Wang Haoyi smiled and said, "You guys come with me!" After that, he should go first and go out of the palace gate.
Gao Jie and Wang Rui followed behind Wang Haoyi and re-came to the Weituo Palace.
In their puzzled eyes, they saw Wang Haoyi groping under the tall base of the statue of Wei Tuo, and a low secret door suddenly appeared on the side of the base.
Entering the secret door, it was a dark passage, and the group bent down and walked for about a cup of tea, and then came to the end.
Wang Haoyi listened attentively for a moment, and then touched another mechanism, and the secret passage opened softly.
Walking out of the passage, Gao Jie found that they had arrived in a small side hall again. The doors and windows of this side hall were closed, cobwebs were everywhere, and the air was filthy, as if it had not been breathed for a long time. Looking at the things piled up in the hall, Gao Jie judged that this should be a place to store items that are not commonly used.
At this moment, there was a faint bustling sound of people outside the window, as if they had already arrived on the street.
Wang Haoyi seemed to be very familiar with this place, and motioned for Gao Jie to wait a while, then gently came to the door, opened the door through a gap, looked out, and then flashed out.
A moment later, the door of the palace was opened again, Wang Haoyi beckoned to them, Gao Jie took a deep breath, and rushed out with everyone with some nervousness.
Out of the temple gate, noisy voices and bright light crashed into Gao Jie's ears and eyes.
Now they seemed to have come to a large courtyard, which was filled with smoke and aroma, and the whole courtyard was bustling with people, and from time to time people walked in front of them. There is a majestic and majestic hall in the middle of the courtyard, which looks more spectacular than the Vedic Palace, and there are three words on the plaque of the temple door, "Bodhi Palace".
Gao Jie was stunned for a moment, remembering Xu Hongru's description before, and only then did he understand that they had come to the main hall of the front yard of Bodhi Temple.
Bodhi Temple is the second largest temple in the stone Buddha mouth of the Wenxiang Sect, covering an area of about 2,000 acres, and its most famous is the Buddha statue of a thousand hands and a thousand eyes that is more than two meters high in the "Bodhi Palace". Like the Shrine Temple, the Bodhi Temple is full of incense throughout the year, and there is an endless stream of worshippers who come to worship.
Soon, under the guidance of Wang Haoyi, they mixed in the crowd, quietly left the Bodhi Temple, and after entering and exiting the front door of several shops on the street, they climbed over the wall and sneaked into an inconspicuous courtyard.
As soon as Gao Jie landed, he saw an old man with a dry cigarette in the courtyard looking at them stupidly, as if he was stunned by these uninvited guests.
When Gao Jie was still worried about whether the old man would shout, he saw the old man throw away the dry tobacco, take a few steps forward, plop down in front of Wang Haoyi, and said excitedly: "Second son, you are finally here!"
Wang Haoyi smiled and nodded, helped the old man up, and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhou, the matter is urgent, we must leave the stone Buddha mouth immediately!"
The old man named Lao Zhou nodded again and again, and immediately ran to the backyard, and after a while, he took out two horses and drove a carriage.
Under Lao Zhou's arrangement, Gao Jie and Wang Rui changed their clothes and rode the two horses, while Wang Haoyi and the other three sat in the carriage with the curtain closed. Lao Zhou opened the door, looked around for a moment, and then drove the carriage out of the courtyard, along the dirt road, and slowly left. Gao Jie and Wang Rui immediately left and headed for Luanzhou.
When they left, the door of the main house of the courtyard opened, and a fifty-year-old woman hurried out, led a small donkey out of the backyard, and then blended into the crowd on the street.
At noon, outside Luanzhou City, among the people entering the city, a horse-drawn carriage appeared, driven by an old man with a dry cigarette.
On the carriage, the curtain quietly lifted a corner, revealing a pair of glittering eyes. Wang Haoyi looked at this very familiar town, but he hadn't seen it for many years, his face was solemn, his expression was complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
And Gao Jie and Wang Rui had already entered the city at this moment, and they were leading their horses and walking slowly. Smoothly left the Shifokou, the capital of the Wenxiang Sect, and returned to Luanzhou, their mood finally relaxed.
At this time, Liu Chun and two masters dressed as woodcutters were still on the hill behind the Bodhi Temple, staring at the high courtyard wall of the temple, waiting for Gao Jie and Wang Rui to appear.
Liu Chun did not rush into the temple with people as Gao Jie thought. Because his task was to guard the backyard of the temple, and when he found a suspicious person, he secretly arrested him and brought him back for interrogation. In the past three years, although Wang Haoyi has lost power, after all, he is still the biological son of the first sect leader Wang Sen, and his prestige in the sect still exists, and he has been living in seclusion in the temple without any movement, even Wang Haoxian is not good at it. Therefore, Liu Chun did not get Wang Haoxian's order, and he did not dare to rush into the temple rashly. However, he was confident that the two men who had entered would not have escaped him, for the entire backyard had been surrounded by his men.
It's just that he never expected that there was a secret passage in the Vedic Palace, and this secret passage could lead directly from the backyard to the front yard.
What's even more unexpected is that Shangguan has died before he has time to spread the news.