Dragon Eagle sneaked back to Xiangyang from the waterway with Fa Ming. The city defense was not particularly strengthened. Perhaps the guards were transferred to the Jiedushi Mansion.
Faming led him from the backyard into a Buddhist temple in the east of the city. There was a secret passage leading to the basement in the temple. The secret room was two feet square and well ventilated. There were weapons, bows and arrows, replacement clothes, as well as tools and materials for disguise.
.Faming lit two oil lamps.
Long Ying took off the ugly mask and said: "After your brother's wonderful hands, the weight of this ghost has doubled, and it is ten times harder to wear it."
Fa Ming picked up a bottle of white liquid that looked like medicinal wine, handed it to him and said: "Use the makeup liquid to clean your disguise treasure, so that it can be a real mask. If you told me before, I wouldn't believe it. Wait for me.
After I take care of myself, I will serve you again."
Watching him sit down in front of the bronze mirror, Long Ying asked: "Do you set up basements like this in all important cities?"
Faming wiped his face with a wet wipe soaked in medicinal solution and replied casually: "Do you think this is an easy thing? I only picked a few important cities, and Xiangyang happened to be one of them. The reason why my senior sister was able to quickly quell the chaos back then
, I have put in a lot of effort in secret, and if you have to deal with Dajiang United in the future, I can help you in many ways."
Longying watched him gradually return to his original appearance and asked curiously: "I am becoming more and more aware of my brother's affairs. Aren't I afraid that returning to the previous hostile relationship in the future will be detrimental to the monk king?"
Faming took off his fake hair, revealing his bald head with ring scars, and immediately returned to the appearance of a solemn monk. He said lightly: "If I need to fight a large-scale war with the evil emperor, it means that I have reached the end of my rope.
Alas! The Evil Emperor knows that I have never had a close friend. You may not be my close friend, but you are definitely a close friend.",
Fa Ming stood up and said: "Come! Sit down for me and let me demonstrate the perfect disguise technique."
Long Ying sat down according to his words and said: "How weird! Before you said that my little brother is your confidant, I never thought about it in this direction, but now I have a very deep feeling. All my secrets that cannot be told,
You know it all."
While adjusting the paint, Fa Ming said: "If the Immortal Sect is indeed a thing, then what is the meaning of our continuous reincarnation of life and death?"
Long Ying said: "Perhaps the only meaning is life and death, and the experience in between."
While coating his face with medicinal liquid, Fa Ming said: "But in the cycle of life and death, there is no continuity in experience. What benefit will my experience in this life have to me in the next life? According to Buddhism, no one knows the next life.
Can I still be a human being?"
Long Ying pondered: "The Monk King is right, so what we know about the Immortal Sect in this life may come from countless lives of experience and practice. If we miss it, we may have the same opportunity thousands of lives later.
"
Faming looked thoughtful and said nothing.
Long Ying was alone at the food stall in Dutou outside Fancheng. He ate two bowls of noodles in a row and had a great time. Since it was not long before dawn, there were not many people on Dutou, but he still felt the lively local life, the kind of food made at sunrise.
touching feeling.
He didn't use his brain to think about anything, he just let everything in front of him reflect in his heart. Naturally, he felt a deep and intimate richness, as if he could deeply understand something deeper and unspeakable under the surface. Before his eyes.
The human world has become infinitely richer. Everything and everything has a deeper meaning hidden underneath, which is endlessly appreciated.
The great Xiangyang City stands on the opposite bank. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and there have been countless battles. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Jian led his troops to attack Xiangyang, but was killed by a cold arrow. During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu and Cao Ren fought fiercely here, flooding seven armies. Eastern Jin Dynasty
At that time, the general Zhu Xu tried his best to resist Fu Pi. Zhu Xu's mother, Mrs. Han, led her women to build a new city of more than 20 feet in the northwest corner of Xiangcheng. The enemy was defeated and could not break through.
This feeling of connection with history made the scene in front of him seem to be unrestricted and extend infinitely in time. Fa Ming, who was dressed as an ordinary merchant, came to sit next to him, ordered a bowl of braised pork noodles, and said happily:
"The facts are not much different from what I guessed."
Long Ying said: "Brother, I really have a way. I can find out Li Xian's secrets by just making a few turns."
Fa Ming said: "It seems to be an easy thing, but I don't know how much effort it took me to do it. This woman is indeed from other places, from the country of Dashi, and together with Zong Chuke and more than a dozen masters from various sects in Chang'an,
Arriving in Fangzhou seven days ago, Li Xian's family secretly moved to Xiangyang the next day and moved into the official residence of the Jiedushi. Three days ago, a fire broke out in the Luling Palace in Fangzhou and fierce fighting was heard. As for what happened that night, no one knows
People keep their mouths shut.”
The hot braised pork noodles came, and Fa Ming had no time to talk. He started to eat them.
Long Ying smiled and said, "I can imagine you eating and drinking in the temple."
Fa Ming put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "Perhaps you don't believe it, but I usually abide by the rules and don't drink or eat. Only when I pretend to be someone else will I engage in whoring, gambling, drinking and blowing. I won't refuse anything. Haha.
!I don’t need to hide it from you, the feeling of breaking the precept is very pleasant.”
Long Ying said: "This is called happiness when you are depressed! So being an emperor is the most miserable thing. How can there be any depression? There is only excessive eating and drinking, excessive debauchery, and excessive willfulness. If it is too much, how can there be happiness?"
Fa Ming smiled and said: "So what if it doesn't happen at all? How did you get through the days before arriving at the capital of God?"
Long Ying pointed to his head and said: "Thanks to this partner, for example, when I read a book, I will forget about the outside world and plunge into the world inside the book. I bid farewell to the ordinary life and ride in the infinite world of imagination.
.That is the feeling of forgetting everything. There is no time, and the past and present are endless. Ha! Of course, what I am reading is not the book of Confucius and Mencius, The Way of Ethics."
Fa Ming said: "But during the five years in Huanggu, you only had one book to read."
Long Ying said: "When you are not practicing, you can explore interesting things around you, and you can imagine things that are different from those in front of you. There is no end to the outside, and there is no end to the inside. This may be what life and the relationship are like.
The true meaning of experience. Brother, you are an expert in meditation, so you should have a deeper understanding in this regard than me."
Faming smiled bitterly and said: "You and I are taking completely different directions. What we are talking about is that all thoughts are silent, and one can't think of them, so as to explore the nature, be empty but not empty, and think without thinking. ** This is how you can practice it
?"
Long Ying said calmly: "Regardless of the devil's immortality, it is not something that is cultivated, but is something that belongs to us. Just like the inner elixir mentioned by Taoism and the Buddha nature mentioned by Guimen, it is just how to interact with the devil.
A strange combination of skills. Just like before your brother came, I watched everything in front of me with all my heart. I felt that my inner realm was constantly improving, and I was in harmony with the external God. Our minds are a bit like a picture.
A ladder can't stop climbing up and down with external influences and changes. When it reaches the lowest point, a person is no longer a human being, but something inferior to an animal. If he can stay at the high point forever, he is a demon in the heart of the Tao."
Fa Ming said with emotion: "That's well said. No matter how the world changes, in the final analysis, it is still just the feelings of the heart. If we allow ourselves to be impacted by human affairs, we will become poor people who only know how to follow the crowd, unable to make decisions for ourselves, and will sink forever.
"
Then he said: "It's almost time! I will definitely find an opportunity to talk to you in detail someday."
Long Ying asked smoothly: "What is the name of that foreign woman?"
Faming replied: "Everyone calls her Mrs. Dama. She is in her thirties. If she is indeed as I guess, then her real skill is not in the sword, but in her delicate hands."
Long Ying stood up and said: "One day, we will learn her true skills."
After Long Ying broke up with Fa Ming in Xiangfan, Fa Ming returned north to the capital of the gods. He went south along the Han River, traveling at full speed day and night, crossing mountains and ridges, looking at the dangerous cliffs as if they were flat ground, and returning to the state of mind when he was alone in the hut in the desert valley.
, carefree, and don’t ask for anything else.
In two days, we arrived at Ezhou, another big city next to the river. This is the only way from the north of the river to Xiangyang on the Han River. We first went to the dock area and saw that the fat father-in-law's boat had not arrived yet, and Wu Sansi's fleet was not seen either.
We stayed at an inn in the city and slept in the dark. When we woke up in the morning, we went to a restaurant near the dock to worship the five internal organs temple. Then we wandered around the dock area and watched the cargo being unloaded on the ships moored there. I didn't feel lonely at all.
That night at Gantangyuan, I was so pestered by the little witch that I came up with a plan to travel south. The destination was Yangzhou, and the three Renya girls were also included. I asked my fat father-in-law to take care of me and ensure that there was no problem in terms of safety.
question.
There are still nearly two months left before the date with Hua Jian Ning'er on the first day of July. If he is in Shendu, he will definitely be busy. Only when he leaves Shendu can he fully devote himself to his life with all the beauties and travel.
Playing in mountains and rivers makes them happy.
At this moment, he became alert and looked at a group of people not far away who were about to board a ketch. The person happened to turn his head and look in his direction, and they met each other.
The man obviously didn't recognize him, and after his eyes lingered on him for a while, he moved elsewhere.
Long Ying was shocked.
Tianzhu master Wu Su.
That day, he went to the plateau with Cui Laohou. Before entering the mountainous area, he was intercepted by the Tubo people. Usu once tried to test him. The feeling of having his throat pinched by the Tubo people will be unforgettable for the rest of his life. After the Turks were forced to leave the plateau, they never
After hearing the news about Wu Su, how could you expect to meet him in Dajiang?
At the same time, I realized that he must be one of the masters of the sneak attack on the Luling Palace. Looking at his current pale face and lack of energy, it is obvious that although he was able to escape to save his life, he suffered serious internal and external injuries, so he needs to be treated for his injuries and he will recover.
Afterwards, Fang went to Ezhou and left on a boat arranged by Dajiang Lian.
Among the seven or eight people traveling with him, at least two were from Tianzhu. Although they were dressed as ordinary Han merchants, how could they hide it from his sharp eyes? Most of the others were Han, but two of them seemed to come from the Western Regions.
Among the foreigners, one of them even showed the tattoo on his arm. Could it be that he was a member of the Ming Dynasty Zunjiao who slipped through the net?
Long Ying gave up the idea of taking action because he might not be able to please the other party because they were so numerous. The most important thing was that he didn't want to add insult to injury to them.
Wu Sugai was plagued by bad luck and was hired without a large sum of money by the emperor. He was supposed to do something great, but he met Long Ying and was forced to leave the plateau. Kui Xin, the military commander, recommended him to Mochu. Maybe Kui Xin, the military commander, was attracted by the sky stone.
The mission failed, and Wusu and his accomplices were not only not reused by Mochu, they were also used and betrayed by Mochu, and sent to Middle-earth to carry out a mission destined to fail.
No matter Mochu or the little Khan of Dajianglian, they are all people who do whatever it takes to achieve success and have no feelings.
Wu Su followed the team and boarded the ship. After paying special attention, Long Ying felt that someone was closely monitoring the situation in the dock area, and one of them was looking at him.
Long Ying's heart moved, and he pretended to leave until he was far away from the enemy's sight. Then he spread his legs and rushed upriver.
The sails were sailing along the current, and the ship was moving very fast.
Dragon Eagle had already grasped its course, and launched two consecutive ejections into the water, already attached to the hull of the ship.
Long Ying showed off his magical powers, and after a while he had a rough grasp of the situation on the ship.
The group of people who boarded the ship obviously had internal injuries that had not yet healed, so they each returned to their assigned cabins to recover. There were more than ten people operating the boat, and they all talked in Turkic, talking about whoring or gambling, nothing interesting.
He swam from the submerged hull to the position below the cabin, then climbed up like a monkey and rolled into an unoccupied cabin. While exercising, he evaporated the moisture from his body and listened to all directions.
The person he is looking for is Usu.
Although until now, he and Wu Su were still in a hostile situation, because there was no personal enmity, there was no room for dialogue. If it had been anyone else, even if it were a master like Fa Ming, in such a situation, it would be difficult not to alarm anyone.
Next, it was difficult to figure out Wusu's location, but it was not difficult for Longying.
The spiritual nose came in handy immediately.
After checking that there was no one in the corridor, he pushed open the door and stepped out. He moved to the opposite cabin first, raised his hand to knock on the door, and said in Turkic dialect: "Would you like tea?"
The Tianzhu master in the room said angrily in blunt Turkic dialect: "No! Don't bother me before dinner."
Long Ying suddenly flashed back to the empty cabin because someone was going to the lower level through the corridor.
Longying came to the cabin corridor again, and within a few steps he found the cabin of another Tianzhu master. Of course, he relied on his sense of smell. Different nationalities, different living habits, and different diets will produce different body odors. For
For Long Ying, it is easy to distinguish people of various races based on their smell.
He thought that there was at least half a chance of success, because only Wu Su and another Tianzhu master were left. Knock twice on the cabin door.
Wu Su's displeased voice sounded: "What's the matter?"
Long Ying pushed the door open, and Wu Su's sharp eyes shot out like two arrows, with a look of surprise on his face, apparently remembering that he was someone he had met at the dock.
Long Ying spoke into his ears in Tubo language: "I don't mean any harm. I must be silent and don't let anyone know I've been here."
Step into the room and close the door gently.
Wu Su sat cross-legged on the bed, her hair curled up like a black snake on her head, her eyes returned to calmness and stared at him fiercely.
To avoid him being suspicious, Long Ying sent a message: "Let's sit down on the chairs by the window so that everyone can talk."
Wusu Shuyin sent it back to his ears and said: "Why should I talk to you, a person of unknown origin?"
Long Ying said: "It's very simple. If you have any suspicion of being betrayed when you leave the Luling Palace in Fangzhou, you should listen to me."
Wu Su said with emotion: "Who are you?"
Long Ying said: "My little brother Long Ying, I bumped heads with brother Usu in Khotan, and your brother pinched his throat."
Wu Su shuddered, jumped up from the bed, and landed on the ground. He first sat down on the chair by the window and gestured to Long Ying to sit on the empty chair a few doors away.
Long Ying sat down and said in silence: "Why did Brother Wusu withdraw his guard when he knew it was me?"
Wu Su smiled bitterly and said: "This is your land. If you want to harm me, it's just a matter of hands and no words. What's more, you are my most respected enemy. Who doesn't know that Long Ying is a hero and is definitely not a despicable villain?"
Then he sighed: "What's more important is that I will tell you the central issue. Bai Diwen was unable to escape during the battle at Luling Palace, and he was accompanied by two brothers. Of the six who arrived on the plateau, only half of them were left.
I don’t want to die in an unknown situation anymore.”
Long Ying then revealed the secret of Mrs. Dama to Zong Chuke, which caused Li Xian's family to flee to Xiangyang. The facts about the dragnet set up by Chinese masters in the Luling Palace were told in an orderly manner one by one.
Wu Su's eyes flashed with strange light, and he said: "Who is this woman? Her swordsmanship is excellent, and her internal strength is domineering and weird. This is the only one I have seen in my life. Bai Diwen was killed by her sword. I will never avenge this."
As a human being.”
Long Ying said: "I still can't figure out her origins. Her martial arts should be derived from the "Wisdom Sutra on the Roots of Controlling All Dharmas", and she is most likely someone who taught her in the Ming Dynasty."
Wu Su shook his head and said: "I am definitely not a member of the Ming Dynasty Zunjiao. This time, the Ming Dynasty Zunjiao came in full force, thinking that they had the support of the Dajiang Alliance, but they could turn China upside down. How could they know that they were betrayed by avenging their previous shame? Three
Out of twelve people, only two could escape."
Then he said: "What can I do?"
Long Ying said sincerely: "If you just want to make a career, then stay and be my helper. But if you want revenge, you should go back to the Turks."