"So, you sealed this place to prevent others from finding the Dry Leaf Temple here?"
"Yes."
Ever since He Mulan hit a path with her natural divine power, the woodcutter knew that it was impossible to hide it. Originally, I thought that although the stone was broken, but the horses could not get in, these people should choose to detour.
But he did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that these people's riding skills were excellent. Those horses stepped on the gravel as if they were dancing lightly across the mountain wall. Among them, the horse of the strong man actually lowered its head and went around various edges and corners, which was not like a normal horse.
In the eyes of ordinary people, such a group of people are like immortals from heaven and earth. The woodcutter seemed to be gathering firewood here, but in fact he was paying attention to the movement of the mountain wall here.
"But I don't understand, since it's just a Buddhist temple, why do you want to seal it up with a lot of fanfare?" Adanzhuo didn't understand the reasoning, "It takes a lot of work to move such a large stone over and build it up? If you block this road, won't the monks in it starve to death?"
He thought of something terrible and his eyes widened.
"Or, you are trying to make money and kill yourself!"
"Oh, my little ancestor! Several masters here rely on us to support them on weekdays, so what's the point of making money and killing their lives!" The woodcutter laughed bitterly. "Although it was very hard to close the road for the first time, we usually just open a small opening on the side to send some food, oil and salt in. Who can move mountains like this strong man!"
"Since that's the case, you don't have to stop us." Tuoba Huang put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name. "The boy also believes in Buddhism and will not disturb several masters."
The woodcutter gave them a dubious look, still confused.
In his eyes, the group of people in front of him was really strange.
This strange man in Xianbei fur is the leader of everyone at first glance, and the beautiful Hu man in a cloak beside him is obviously a woman, probably for the convenience of traveling, so he dressed up as a man to cover up, but at first glance it is disguised unsuccessful, as long as he is not blind, everyone knows his gender.
If it was only them, and with his entourage, he would naturally regard them as the Xianbei adults who went south to visit relatives or friends and went out with the glamorous concubine.
But the problem is that the Xianbei adults are accompanied by two teenagers, and at first glance they are not their children.
These two teenagers are black and white, one looks like a complete Han, while the other looks like the kind of sturdy young man who could violently kill at any time.
Whether it is black or white, there is no shadow of the man and the woman.
The rest of the followers are also weird, with a lean spirit that ordinary servants do not have.
The woodcutter was worried that if these people were officials, the Kuye Temple would not be guaranteed.
So he gritted his teeth and knelt down with a puff.
"Several adults, to be honest, there lives a blind old monk and a stuttering young monk in the Kuye Temple. A few years ago, an adult from the county came down and issued an order, saying that monks from ten miles and eight townships should And all the villagers are not allowed to make offerings to the temple, otherwise they will lose their family property. However, these two monks, the old and the young, would rather die than return to the secular world. We could not bear their suffering, so we blocked the road and left them in the mountains. Continue to practice."
"It's just that although this road is remote, there are still many people who know it, so we often wander around here, and if someone comes over, we will lead them to other places."
He looked at the expressionless A Luhuan and the others, and kowtowed to the ground.
"The masters in the Dry Leaf Temple are all good people. I hope a few of them will go another way. Let's just pretend that nothing happened today."
"We're just passing by. What's more, since the imperial court has issued strict orders, you should obey them. Otherwise, if everyone is like you, wouldn't the imperial court's decrees become a joke!" Di Yefei scolded the woodcutter in a cold voice.
He had been in the army too long, and when he spoke, the woodcutter shivered with fright.
'This, this woman can actually make a man's voice! '
The woodcutter knelt on the ground and trembled for a long time.
'It won't be a monster! '
I heard that some monsters are eaten by monks who have caught the Tao to increase their mana!
This woman must be like that.
That's why she can confuse this man like a mountain god to clear the way for her!
Thinking of how this woman disguised as a man just directed the Xianbei man to push away the rocks, he couldn't help but feel more and more that his guess was reasonable.
"Don't scare him."
Seeing that the woodcutter was very frightened, He Mulan still wanted them to change course. He couldn't bear it, and stopped Di Yefei out loud. "We're going to change course!"
"General Flower!"
"There is obviously a shortcut here!"
"That's right, you even got through!"
The woodcutter trembled even more when she heard someone call her "General".
"Joe... Uncle Joe..." A young voice suddenly sounded. "I, I, Master, my father said yes, there are distinguished guests, they are here. Please, invite them to the temple for a chat."
A young monk in a brown robe walked over from behind them. He was short and thin, wearing a large, ill-fitting robe, as if it would be blown away by a gust of wind. He kept his head down from head to toe as he spoke. , can only let people see the ring scar on the top of his head, but not the head.
He Mulan was shocked. Di Yefei did the same.
The two looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
Both Hua Mulan and Di Yefei came out of the battlefield, and their five senses have been trained to be extremely sensitive, especially to murderous aura.
Although the two of them are not the legendary knights, it would be very difficult to say that someone suddenly and silently touched them.
Where did this little monk come from
There were seven of them, but none of them noticed that the little monk was approaching!
"Little Master Withered Bamboo, why did you come out!" The woodcutter looked over nervously, not even caring about his fear just now.
"Master... Master asked me to come."
"In that case." Tuoba Huang frowned.
"Aunt Hua, I want to visit the temple over there."
***
Tuoba Huang went to see the Kuye Temple because according to A Luhuan, the temple was still a certain distance from the entrance, but the little monk said that "a distinguished guest is here to greet him", obviously his master has some It's not a matter of lip service.
Today, Kou Tianshi, Kou Qianzhi, who is favored by his father, is an out-and-out "master". He rarely approves orders and makes even fewer predictions, but as long as he speaks and makes predictions, he never fails to do so. something went wrong.
And he has a cautious personality. Generally, if he really wants to give a warning, it must be about to happen.
Tuoba Huang had always suspected that this Kou Daochang only kept his face polite to him, because he had already seen his fate that his "life is not long", so he was unwilling to spend a lot of effort on himself.
Even later, Cui Situ's attitude towards him changed drastically. From the beginning of helping him, he had frequent frictions with him, and even punished the officials in the East Palace several times. There is no reason why this Kou Tianshi and his friend Cui Hao said something.
Tuoba Huang believed in Buddhism, so he believed in things like fate and cause and effect. After learning that Kou Qianzhi once gave him the order of "without the image of becoming a king, he will die early", he also asked many Buddhist monks to show him, but all he got was "Your Highness did not what's wrong" answer.
He sincerely hoped that Kou Qianzhi's prediction was wrong, so he ran away. He ran to an old subordinate who was most concerned by his father, hoping to win a little bit of life.
Now, in this deep mountain and forest place, a blind old monk and a stuttering young monk have different magical powers, how can he not be excited? ! .
In fact, what He Mulan wanted to do most was to take a detour or take a shortcut to cross here quickly. She misses the subordinate who is still in prison, and naturally she doesn't want to waste any time.
But Tuoba Huang's attitude was firm, and she had no choice.
Only at this time did He Mulan know how annoying it was to have so many tails on her back. If she was alone, she would have rushed to Xiang County long ago.
Tuoba Huang followed the little monk named Kuye regardless, and at the same time went with the woodcutter named Qiao. A few egrets stayed where they were and looked at He Mulan and then at Tuoba Huang, but in the end they did not dare to let the prince go wrong and followed the prince.
"Aunt Hua, what should we do?"
A-Danzhuo looked at He Mulan and then at Tuoba Huang, who was leading the horse and followed behind the little monk, and muttered in his heart, he felt that this new friend's brain must be broken.
No matter how you look at it, Aunt Hua is safer here.
Is it really okay to just follow an unknown person
"Otherwise, let's go first." Di Yefei spoke hesitantly. "Let's go first. With them there, there must be a lot of protectors in the dark. Let's go and deal with Xiangcheng first, and come back to pick him up."
"..." He Mulan looked at the resolute Tuoba Huang, who was like a moth who had seen the last ray of light and wished to jump on it immediately.
"… Walk."
He Mulan gritted her teeth.
"A Luhuan said that walking through the temple will lead to the border between Chen County and Liang County. Since we don't need anyone to lead the way, let's go quickly."
"Is it so good?"
Adanzhuo felt uneasy in his heart.
"He Guang has hands, feet, and entourage. Chen Jie is still in prison, and he still has his wife, children, and children at home. It can't be delayed for a moment. Don't ink here, let's go!"
He Mulan took the lead and ran away.
A-Danzhuo and Di Yefei had everything left to He Mulan. Seeing that she had already made a choice, they naturally followed on horseback.
The three of them quickly surpassed the prince and Bailuguan who were walking slowly with the little monk. The little monk saw He Mulan and the others running away, and hurriedly shouted:
"That, that, the road over there, the road..."
Before he could finish saying the word "road", He Mulan and others had already ridden to a place where no shadow could be seen.
"Master Withered Bamboo, what happened to the road over there?"
Tuoba Huang felt a little sad when he saw that He Mulan left him first. But he chose to waste time here himself, while Hua Mulan was in a hurry to save people, and you can tell who is light and who is heavy.
He had been the prince for so many years in Beijing, and he was used to taking any orders and asking for anything. Suddenly, he met someone who didn't take him seriously. The kind of loss can be imagined.
It's just that Mulan is a hero he respects after all, and he always doesn't want her to hate him.
"The road over there has long been cut off by us."
Withered Bamboo is a stammer, so the woodcutter who has been following up answers for him.
"Since you want to hide the Buddhist temple, where is the reason for only blocking one end?!"
***
He Mulan and Di Yefei quickly crossed a flat mountain road and began to enter a somewhat rugged place. They slowed down, and after a while, the trees that blocked the view on both sides of the road disappeared in an instant, replaced by a rushing river.
"See... hell!"
He Mulan looked at the broken wooden bridge with an ugly face.
"That monk originally wanted to say this!"
Can't he just say something neater!
The author has something to say: I have been traveling for business during this period, so the update is based on the time when I return to the hotel. I am a streaking party, and I send as much as I can. Today I went from Guangzhou to Suzhou on a business trip. I woke up at 4:30 in the morning, and didn’t arrive here until 8:00 at night.
I know I'm too thin, I'll be a little free tomorrow, I'll try my best to make up for it!