Chapter 14 Overnight in the Ancient Temple
Swallows are delicate and murmuring by nature, light and lovely, spring and autumn, nesting in mud, living and flying, chasing happiness. The swallow engraved on the bronze medal www.biquge.info the pen and the pavilion is vigorous, with a fierce face, its head facing the sky, and its sharp mouth open, like a roar and a shout, more like a call for a companion.
Seeing Ah Ying's puzzled face, the old man said lightly: "This is a bronze medal with a secret map, which contains a secret of grandpa a long time ago, and you must not disclose it to a third party." Also, do you remember the person who secretly funded me to set up the Celestial God Gang back then?" Seeing Ah Ying nodded, he said, "The swallow on the bronze medal is that person." Hey...... Although that man is always like a madman, he is a tyrant and does not want to die, and he regards money as his own life, but he does not act hypocritically, and he is a man who does what he says and keeps his promises. Therefore, if you are in danger, you can find him, show the bronze medal, and ask for a soft word, and he will do his best to help you. Ah Ying shook her head and sighed: "Grandpa, do you think I will be rare about it? I don't care what secrets he keeps, what's the use of knowing it! I just want you to ...... it well" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old man and said, "Don't say more, girl." Grandpa is already a dying man, in his lifetime, I wish you to stay away from strife and be safe and happy. Now a fierce battle is coming at any time, life and death are unpredictable, and everything I say, you must keep in mind. Alas...... If I can watch you find a home, my heart will be relieved!"
When Ah Ying heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and tears welled up.
She didn't look at the old man again, silently put the bronze medal in her arms, and in the night, she quietly looked at the direction where Li Xuan beat the horse and left, sighed, and said: "Grandpa, I understand your thoughts, don't say anything about my destination." Over the years, I have only regarded Brother Yao as a brother, and I have no other thoughts. After a pause, he said in a low and quiet manner: "In troubled times, with the martial arts of the Li family's elder brother, there will definitely be many dangers along the way. Grandpa, what do you say?"
The old man looked at Ah Ying and sighed: "Li Gongzi can learn the Nine Nine Eighty-One Moves of the Spirit Dao in the rest of the month, 'Flowing Light Snow Moon Knife Technique', which shows that he is an extremely smart person. I think he has well-proportioned bones, long hands and feet, and is an excellent martial arts billet. You don't have to worry, Jiren has its own nature. If he encounters the guidance of a master, in time, he will definitely dominate the rivers and lakes. After speaking, he clamped his legs and galloped forward. The old man seemed to understand Ah Ying's thoughts, but he didn't seem to understand. Over the years, Ah Ying has gone from a little girl to a big girl, and she has never been tempted by others. Before, inside and outside the hotel, the old man suddenly noticed some subtle sparks from Ah Ying's eyes looking at Li Xuan, but this can not be seen and touched, and the sparks that are all observed by feeling contain how much love and warm memories accumulated over the years, I am afraid that even Ah Ying herself can't guess it. Ask the world, what is love, where is love!
At this time, the earth was completely plunged into darkness, the wind hunted and hunted, rolling endless black clouds wrapped in raindrops, as if venting the dissatisfaction in the heart, more like tears of grief when it was difficult to give up, warm and ruthless, fierce and sad, painful and helpless. The old man and Ah Ying braved the raindrops and ran forward, when they heard the sound of carrier pigeons flapping their wings in the air.
As Ah Ying galloped, she stretched out her hand and pointed at the rainy night, and through the rainy night, the carrier pigeon gently landed on her shoulder.
She reined in her mount, took out the fire, and handed it to the old man along with the pigeon. The old man's face was solemn, he untied the fire-painted bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet, took out the slender note in the bamboo tube, and saw that the note was scribbled on: The subordinates are close to Gaoshuang Town, and they have found all the way that the old thief of Heiyunyi haunts near the Weishui River. Now in the situation, Gao Shuangzhen's plan has changed? The old man tore up the note, threw it in the wind, looked at the dark distance, and said: "Reply to Yao Zikong, asking him to keep the carrier pigeon that we have carefully trained, and if he encounters Hei Yunyi, he can avoid going to the Chen Courtyard in Zaoling." ”
Day and night are most empty and misty when the canine teeth are intertwined. What's more, at this time the dense clouds were already covering the sky, and soon after the raindrops fell sporadically, the wind suddenly quieted down, as if afraid to bring unpredictability to the slowly descending night. The wind slowed down, gently, until it silently and completely hid itself in the darkness with all things.
At this time, the men in the area of King's Mountain were either recruited by the imperial court to repair the canal, or were recruited by the anti-king of the secession side, so many men did not dare to go out during the day, and few people moved, and the panicked people were restless and agitated. Since this is the case during the day, it is even more difficult to find people after dusk. After Li Xuan and Duan Xiaotian left the old man and Ah Ying, they were worried about being surrounded by Bao Lin, so they deliberately avoided the road and walked along the way, picking up the deserted road. After about half an hour, the sky was very dark. Duan Xiaotian took advantage of the fact that there was still a little light, went to the side of the road to break a few pine branches, took the clothes in the package, tore them into long strips, wrapped them tightly, and poured some spirits that he carried with him. In a few moments, two improvised torches were made. After Duan Xiaotian set it on fire, he continued to hurry with Li Xuanqing.
Li Xuan was very unfamiliar with this area, and could only be led by Duan Xiaotian in front of him. The two of them knew that in such a depressing and dark night, in addition to the man-made crisis, when the heavy rain poured, there might be unpredictable natural disasters. Therefore, I did not dare to pause at all times. I don't know how long I walked forward, but the road gradually became steeper, and there were more rocks beside the road. Duan Xiaotian, who was leading the way, suddenly reined in his horse, held a torch, inspected the surrounding situation, looked at the dark and vague front, raised his left hand, tried the wind direction, pointed to the left front with a horsewhip, and said loudly to Li Xuan: "Brother, tonight's rheumatism is extremely heavy, and it is biased to the southeast, and the heavy rain is coming, I'm afraid it won't stop for a while." ”
Li Xuan nodded when he heard this, looked at the left front, and felt a blur.
Duan Xiaotian said: "I have been here in my early years, and I know that there is an earthen temple not far in front of me, which can temporarily shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a big road in front of the temple, and when the rain stops, you will go north along the road, and soon you will find the road to the west of Shanxi." As he spoke, he looked up at the sky again, and seemed to say to himself: "It seems that tonight's heavy rain will not fall, as long as it starts to rain, it will be extraordinary!" After speaking, he greeted Li Xuan, and urged the horse to rush forward.
Li Xuan followed Duan Xiaotian closely and ran forward. In the dark, I only felt that although the road under my feet was wide, the direction was getting steeper and steeper. The night was dark and the wind was urgent, the road ahead was unclear, and the heavy rain was coming, and even though he had a thousand questions in his heart, he had no time to ask them. They groped along the road for more than half an hour, and there were more rocks on the road, and they could no longer drive the horses, so the two got off the horse and led them along. Stumbling all the way, Li Xuan vaguely saw that most of the mountain road was occupied by overgrown weeds, scattered mountain rocks, I don't know what year and month rolled down from the uphill slope, horizontally and vertically separated in the middle of the road, some tall and dense black pines on the side of the road, the branches continued to stretch out to the sky above the mountain road, making the steep mountain road more difficult.
When he saw the mountain road like this, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and secretly said: "How can such a road be connected to the road to Shanxi right now?" The earth temple was built on a vacant lot next to the road, and there seemed to be seven or eight rooms in the dark, and when the two of them rushed to the earth temple, the heavy rain that had been suffocating for a long time finally arrived as scheduled.
The night rain is like a pouring of violent beans, and it is falling from the sky. Soybean-sized raindrops first hit the scorched soil, splashing wisps of yellow dust, and in a blink of an eye, they wet large areas of mountain roads and turned them into puddles. The rain was too impatient, and before the two of them could run to the temple, the puddles converged and flowed wantonly.
Seeing that the rain was quite urgent, Li Duan and the others galloped to the front of the temple, and rushed into the earthen temple without caring about tying up their horses.
This temple is said to be an earthen temple, which is not necessarily true, because the square in front of the earthen temple has a range of at least 30 zhang, which is paved with polished and smooth green bricks. On the west side of the square, there are three or five ancient acacia trees planted at will, the ancient acacia has gone through many years, the crown of the head spreads out, and the trunk is majestic and tall. The two of them didn't care to take a closer look at these scenes, and hurried into the temple, and found that their clothes were half soaked. Duan Xiaotian shook the flames, and the earth temple lit up. The two saw that the temple was deep and wide, and the building was quite exquisite, although it was dilapidated, it was extraordinary. Li Xuan saw that the dust in the temple was quite thick, as if no one had cleaned it for thousands of years, and the mottled walls were even more old and messy. Temples in the world can survive for thousands of years, just because of the prosperity of incense in this life. If the incense is broken, the temple will also decline, and no matter how prosperous this life is, it can only become a past life.
Li Xuan looked silently and saw an unknown statue enshrined in the middle of the temple. The statue is about a foot high, dressed in a black robe, with a pair of oblique and slender eyes staring at his right hand, and on his plump and handsome face, it is impossible to distinguish whether it is a man or a woman. I saw that her right hand was stretched out, and her left hand was pinched, although the gold paint was peeling off, she was still sitting solemnly on the lotus seat, as if to tell the world that wealth and suffering would not be the opponent of time, and if there was an afterlife, it would be the perfection of this life.
Li Xuan and Duan Xiaotian saw that the rain outside the temple was getting heavier and heavier, and the house was also cold, if they didn't light the fire, the night would be very difficult. The two of them searched around by the light of the fire, and found that there was not a single piece of wood in the temple that could be used for heating. The sacred cannot be desecrated, so the offering table in front of the statue cannot be dismantled to be used as firewood, and the two look at each other for a moment, and can only let the fire in their hands burn and extinguish. As the fire burned out, the temple once again merged with the darkness.
The two sat against the wall, listening to each other's undulating breathing, their minds rising and falling with the raindrops, as if they were in a mysterious magical world. Although I was sleepy and tired, I had no choice but to wait quietly for the rain to break and then make a decision.
Lao Jianghu, who often runs around the rivers and lakes, must have four things on his body: a blade that he carries with him, a silver tael that is close to him, water in his backpack, and dry food in his package. Lao Jianghu knows that the blade can defend oneself, money can buy a way to live, but water and dry food can save oneself.
Duan Xiaotian is an old Jianghu and thinks about everything, so he has a lot of the four things that Lao Jianghu should prepare. After learning about Suosuo, Duan Xiaotian took out some dry food from his backpack, gave some to Li Xuan, and chewed it himself. The two of them filled their stomachs indiscriminately, and after a moment of silence, Duan Xiaotian seemed to be preoccupied, suddenly took a breath, and asked Li Xuandao: "What happened today is the most dangerous thing I have ever experienced. Brother, do you know who the old man we met today is?"
Li Xuan shook his head in the darkness and sighed, "Little brother, what insight do I have. In the past few years, I have been at home, staying at home, not in the rivers and lakes, and naturally I don't know anything about the rivers and lakes. Even if I hear some occasionally, they are all stories that add branches and leaves and are difficult to distinguish between true and false!"
When Duan Xiaotian heard this, he smiled bitterly and said with emotion: "It's a pity that your body is pure." Now, I'm afraid that as the old gentleman said, you have been implicated in the big dye vat of the rivers and lakes. With a long sigh, Duan Xiaotian said again: "If I remember correctly, the old man who ordered you, taught you kung fu, and rescued you today should be Shen Wufear, the former gang leader of the Heavenly God Gang!"
Li Xuanxuan heard this sentence and couldn't help but be shocked.
In the darkness, although he couldn't see Duan Xiaotian's face clearly, he still instinctively turned his head to look at where he was, as if he didn't believe his ears, and asked, "Brother, I heard you right? That old man is Shen Wufear!
He knew that Duan Xiaotian was a person who often walked on the rivers and lakes, with a wide range of ears and eyes, and rich experience, if he was not completely sure, he would definitely not come to this conclusion casually.
Duan Xiaotian heard Li Xuan's surprised question, and sighed, "It's really him, no doubt." It's just that this person has changed too much. I didn't expect that Shen Wuxing, who was as rich as jade in the early years, would become so old now!" He paused, and then said slowly: "Brother Li probably didn't know that this so-called Heavenly God Gang had been shattered and split into two groups of people as early as eight years ago. And the reason why they were separated was very simple, that is, because the brothers in the gang killed each other, which gradually declined. Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Is it the cause of Xiao Wall?" Duan Xiaotian nodded and said, "Do you know why Xiao Wall was caused by it?" Li Xuan shook his head and said, "I don't know." Duan Xiaotian sighed and said, "It was caused by the fact that Hei Yunyi, the left envoy of the Heavenly God Gang, had ill intentions and secretly instigated Shen Wuxing to kill the altar master of the Vermilion Bird Altar, Ling Daozi. ”