The old monk slowly stood up, looking at the skylight of this hall, the bright light in the morning shone on this slightly old face, the old monk seemed to sigh, and then let out a long sigh of relief, lowered his forehead again, and looked at this gorgeous temple, and even the entire Dangyang town.

The old monk finally stopped his gaze on the scenery outside the lobby door, and said lightly: "This temple is really gorgeous, I wasted a lot of effort to build this temple, this temple of Hanshou Tinghou." ”

After listening to this, Guan Fu bowed to the old monk and thanked: "Although you have been beating me with the idea of cheats, I still have to thank you for everything you have done for my grandfather, no matter what you are for, this temple is from you, and I thank you for your kindness now." ”

The old monk sneered and said, "Not only this temple has poured my heart and soul into it, but this mausoleum is also indispensable to my credit!"

Everyone was a little disdainful, thinking that the old monk was boasting, and they all cast puzzled glances.

The old monk saw that everyone looked confused and suspicious of him, so he said: "I built the mausoleum with many craftsmen back then, and many of the mechanisms of this mausoleum were also designed by me!"

Everyone thought about it, the old monk was able to dig into the center of the mausoleum in the inner mezzanine, which really confirmed the old monk's words, and the old monk's explanation was true.

"But do you know who ordered us to rebuild the mausoleum?" asked the old monk.

"Of course I know, he is my ancestor, named Wei Qing. Guan Fu replied.

The old monk nodded with a smile, and then said: "That's true, but I didn't expect you to have this relationship, presumably you didn't know Wei Qing either, so I'll tell you about what happened back then." “

"At that time, Wei Qinghua invited skilled craftsmen to rebuild the mausoleum, of course, at that time this place was deserted, few people haunted, so there was not too much obstacle to the reconstruction of the mausoleum, I came with my sister to help rebuild the mausoleum, and even built a lot of mechanisms for the mausoleum. “

"But suddenly one day, I passed by Wei Qing's residence, I thought to myself that since he can hire us with a lot of money, there must be a lot of property, so I stole into his room, did not find the treasure, but found those few martial arts cheats, before I could check, the old thief suddenly came back, I hid behind the door and heard him talk to himself, only to know a secret, that is, Wei Qing old thief He wants to kill all the craftsmen, and then bury the cheats with the ice coffin and dozens of craftsmen in the mausoleum, including me and my junior sister, maybe he can't bear it, and he actually told his conspiracy under the entanglement, and he has been muttering how to let the craftsman keep the secret foreverI thought he would pay us a lot of money and make us obey him, but I didn't expect that he would kill us in the end. “

Liao Li sighed: "Only the dead can be trusted, and he is also forced to do so." Liao Li made a hint of defense for Wei Qing.

The old monk suddenly laughed and scolded: "It's really ridiculous, let us work hard for him, and finally kill us, you told me that this was a last resort?"

The old monk looked around coldly, and then said: "I was so frightened that I fled after learning the secret, but was discovered by Wei Qing, but the old thief was strong in martial arts, I was injured by him with a palm, if he wasn't afraid of alarming other craftsmen, he didn't chase him out, I'm afraid I would have died in his hands at that time, and I escaped with my sister in a hurry." “

"After that, how did you come back to this place?" Guan Fu asked in a sympathetic tone, after all, all of this was inexplicably related to his family.

"The old thief was afraid that the secret of the mausoleum would leak out, so he chased and killed us several times, and my sister and I hid in Dangyang and Xiangyang and other places, living a frightened life, and a few years passed like this, and then the old thief spent the honorarium that hired us. The old monk said lightly, with a hint of happiness in his eyes, in his opinion, in the days of escape, although there was a danger to his life, but he was also accompanied by his own sister who was like a flower, in fact, it was more happy than bitter.

Guan Fu listened and asked, "You have spent the honorarium, and then you are going to rob the tomb for this reason?"

As if he had been misunderstood, the old monk said sharply: "Of course, this is not the only reason, do you think that I am only for the treasure? Have you forgotten why I am fascinating you?"

"Cheats? Are you for martial arts cheats?"

"Of course, I have seen the skills of the old thief with my own eyes, and who doesn't want to learn that kind of magic skill? And I have learned that his martial arts are recorded in the secret book, three secret books, full of three! I don't have to be bullied anymore when I learn any of them! And in the tomb, there are countless treasures, and I don't need to be busy with life after I get it!" The old monk's eyes were full of greed, and his voice became thinner and thinner, as if he had fallen into a hallucination.

Suddenly, the old monk's eyes widened angrily, and he said loudly: "At that time, the old thief was already an old bone, and he didn't live long, and I didn't find out for a long time that the old thief inquired about our whereabouts, so my sister and I concluded that he had died in the tomb, so I returned here, this tomb was built by my own hands, and it was easy to enter the inner layer, I quickly dug into the inner layer with my sister, but... But ....."

Liao Li said coldly: "But you never thought that Wei Qing was still alive." ”

The old monk's eyes were filled with tears, bloodshot, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and said: "That's right, this old thief not only did not die, but also found us, in order to save me, the senior sister stabbed the old thief with a sword, but unexpectedly, the old thief made extremely accurate moves in the dark, and broke the long sword of the senior sister with one hand, and the blade also pierced the body of the senior sister. After saying that, the old monk began to weep.

"Do you regret it?" Gao Yuan looked at the embarrassed old monk and said lightly. Gao Yuan is older than the old monk and has a wider range of knowledge, and this greeting seems to be a reminder.

The old monk smiled bitterly and replied after a long time: "If I hadn't come back, maybe my sister and I would have been full of children and grandchildren by now." ”

Guan Fu sighed, very sorry, and said: "Your junior sister is indeed a stunning woman, I have seen it in the ice coffin. ”

The old monk was a little puzzled and asked, "What, have you seen it?" Do you mean that my junior sister was buried in the ice coffin?" The ice coffin was transported by him and other craftsmen back then, so he naturally knew that it was a priceless treasure and a symbol of the deceased's status.

Everyone nodded, and Guan Fu continued: "The ice coffin was arranged for Diao Chan, and your junior sister was buried in the ice coffin together." ”

"I always thought that the body of my sister was still in the inner passage, the old thief was like this, and it was considered that I had not lost my conscience, I was so frightened that I didn't even dare to take back my sister's body, let alone return to the tomb, and then I built this temple here, erected the stone tablet of the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, and has been living here. ”

"What are you for?"

"In order to stay with my junior sister, in order to wait for the old thief to die, in order to take away the secret book that the old thief has been guarding!

Gao Yuan sighed: "Although you have guarded the temple for many years and your merits are immeasurable, you have lived in hatred for the past twenty years..... At the end of the day, you have nothing. ”

The old monk was in a trance, and his heart was as painful as a knife twisted by Gao Yuan's words, the old monk seemed to have been wearing a mask before, and he was admired as a monk in the temple, and over time, he was used to the days of guarding the temple, but in the end he still seemed to be selfish, and he was not a real monk after all.

And everything the old monk did was for his sister who had already died in the tomb.