"Da da da" The black donkey's hooves kept beating on the hard road, making crisp sounds.
Others, who looked a little panicked, trotted along with the donkey cart.
As they walked, they looked back from time to time, as if they were afraid of someone catching up.
"Senior Brother Li, why are we in a hurry to get out of seclusion?" Gouwa asked, wiping sweat with his hands.
"Since Zhengde Temple has been open in the bustling city for so long and is so popular, why do you think we have to leave?" Li Huowang's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
Hearing Li Huowang's rhetorical question, the black-haired Xiaoman said: "Since Zhengde Temple can be located in the same city as the imperial palace, and they can live in peace and harmony for so long, it already shows the problem. Regardless of whether the people in power in Xijing City are complicit,
Even if it is infiltrated by them, the government here cannot be trusted."
Li Huowang nodded.
Ordinary people like him were deceived and it was okay to say so. If all the powerful people in such a big country were deceived, he would not believe it to death. They must have some shady deals.
"Anyway, we have stayed in this place enough, and all our last words have been given to Zhao Wu. Our next step was to leave."
A map was "drawn" and laid out on a donkey cart by Li Huowang.
A map that cannot be bought anywhere else was finally found in Xijing City, even though it is still very rough.
Li Huowang's fingertips slowly slid on the map, drawing a route for the next trip.
Spanning the three countries of Siqi, Houshu and Qingqiu, the ultimate destination is Bai Lingmiao's hometown, Liang State.
"Well, go to our place. We don't have such scary monks. The monks we have are very kind."
After hearing Bai Lingmiao's words, Li Huowang raised his head and glanced at her, then looked at the map again.
To be honest, he doesn't believe anyone now. He can't judge whether the monk Bai Lingmiao talks about is true and good, or whether it is also a deception.
I, a group of ordinary mortals, are too passive when facing these unpredictable people.
They kept walking like this until it was almost dark, and they stopped to rest until they could no longer walk.
Li Huowang looked at the bonfire in front of him, feeling a little anxious because the speed was too slow.
To be honest, he is not short of money now, so he just pawned the jade pendant if he couldn't. It should be able to make a man and a horse.
But the problem is, they don't know how to ride a horse at all.
"We can't walk like this. We can't take the main road. It's too easy to be chased. We'll go into the woods after dinner."
"Senior Brother Li, you have to go on a journey soon, so I put a lot of lard on your noodles, which will make you very hungry."
A steaming bowl of noodles was brought to Li Huowang, with bits of minced meat floating up and down in it.
Sitting quietly watching Li Huowang eating noodles, Bai Lingmiao put his head on his knees and said: "Since the monk from Zhengde Temple is not a good person, what should you do, Senior Brother Li? Do you have to find a monk? How about a nun?
?"
Swallowing the noodles hard, Li Huowang held the bowl and blew on it gently, then took a sip of noodle soup.
"It's okay, it's just a little trouble. Compared with those monks who are chasing us, these things can't be called trouble at all."
Since the monk lied to himself, everything he said before must be put in question.
Maybe they can't solve Danyangzi at all, or maybe Danyangzi is not what they say.
Danyangzi that may or may not exist can be solved later.
"Isn't there enough noodles? If it's not enough, I'll serve you some more. There's still more in the pot."
Li Huowang shook his head and handed the bowl to Bai Lingmiao. He stood up and walked to the fool. He stood on tiptoes and patted his bald head with his hands. "Let's go, don't eat. Come with me to the woods to fill the water."
"Oh..."
In the small forest, Li Huowang and Dasha stood side by side, fertilizing the small tree in front of them.
Turning his head first and then glancing at the bonfire behind him, Li Huowang whispered something to him.
As night falls, Zhengde Temple also begins to close.
All the monks began to attend evening classes one after another, and the whole temple was filled with the sound of chanting sutras.
Jian Chuan's right hand was spinning the beads in front of him, and his left hand was clenching his fist behind him as he walked leisurely in the temple.
Soon he came to the Five Buddha Hall and saw the abbot inside the hall who was concentrating on threading beads.
"Abbott, I just went to check and found that the donor Xuanyang was gone."
Abbot Xinhui, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, raised the beads in the water and hung them in the air to inspect them.
After a while, he placed the prayer beads in his hand on the ground and picked up a baby from the cradle nearby.
"Hey, how pitiful, if we hadn't discovered it earlier, you would have been drowned by your father." He held the baby girl and coaxed her gently.
"Abbott, the benefactor of Xuanyang is gone."
"I haven't lost my hearing yet. Don't be so loud. Be careful not to disturb the children. Knock."
"Ta-ta-ta-ta~" The sound of banging wooden fish sounded all around, and the entire Five Buddha Hall became solemn.
Xinhui carefully placed the child on the ground and gently wrapped the newly made beads around her body.
Then, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish, Xinhui began to recite in a low voice. What he recited was not Buddhist scriptures, but something else.
"The moon hides the jade rabbit, the sun hides the crow, there are turtles and snakes of their own, and they are intertwined~"
As the sound of chanting the mantra sounded, the beads on the baby's body began to tighten as if they came alive.
"The appearance is entwined, the life is strong, but the golden lotus can be planted in the fire~"
Xinhui made a lotus sign with her hands and pointed hard at the child.
The crying gradually turned into laughter, and the laughter became louder and louder, so loud that even the five giant Buddhas in the hall raised their mouth corners.
"Collect the five elements and use them upside down~, you will become a Buddha and an immortal when you are done~"
The sound of the wooden fish gradually weakened, and the sharp-eyed Jianchuan quickly took a few steps, picked up the vase that had been prepared and brought it to Xinhui.
After a while of Xinhui tinkering, the vase girl exactly like the one in Danyangzi's house was made.
After doing all this, Xinhui, who was sitting cross-legged, picked up a thread again and started threading the beads.
"Now that you're gone, go and chase her back."
"Yes, disciple, I obey."
"Be careful. Although that kid knows nothing about everything, his potential cannot be underestimated."
"Not to mention other things, this thief Danyangzi is really lucky. I don't know where to find such a rare mind."
This chapter has been completed!