Perhaps it was the strange dream last night, but the convoy traveled for dozens of miles without encountering a living creature.
It was not until the afternoon that the convoy caught up with a group of snow wolves from a distance.
It is said to be a snow wolf, but it is actually a type of gray wolf. Its fur is gray in other seasons. The current snow-white fur is only worn in winter to facilitate hunting.
This kind of wolf is rare in number, so their white fur is expensive. A wolf skin in excellent condition can be sold for twenty taels of silver.
This is certainly a small amount of money for the monks, but it is a huge amount of income for the guards of the Lin family.
Immediately, someone asked Lin Zhiyuan to allow them to kill this team of snow wolves in order to make some extra money.
At this time, it was already far away from last night's camp. Lin Zhiyuan agreed to them after thinking for a while.
The work of caravans is dangerous and hard, and allowing them to hunt when it is safe is a way to win people's hearts without having to pay out of pocket.
Lin Zhiyuan finally allowed ten people to set up traps on the official road to kill the wolves, but they could not stay away from the official road or enter the forest to pursue them, and the convoy continued to move forward.
After the convoy had gone far away, Du Kang looked back from a distance on his horse and saw six snow wolves passing by the place where they had just stopped and trying to find something to eat. One snow wolf was captured by another.
The animal trap clamped his head.
Before the wail could be heard, ten people covered with white cloth and buried in the snow jumped up from the snow, and went into battle with swords, bows and crossbows. In the end, only one snow wolf limped away and fled into the forest, and the other five all
He was hacked to death on the spot.
"They are covered in scent-masking incense, so even beasts like wolves cannot smell their scent." Lin Zhiyuan said from the side.
Du Kang did not comment, but suddenly felt that this might be the normal state of their caravans. If they encountered monsters many times every time they transported goods, and the mortality rate was high, no one would dare to run the caravans.
This time we encountered monsters three times. Although no one was killed due to a strange combination of circumstances, the excitement would make some people in the caravan never do this business again.
In this way, Lin Zhiyuan's decision is understandable. The terrain here is open and there are no foreseeable dangers. It's good for the guards to relax.
The convoy waited for a moment before several guards carrying wolf carcasses caught up. Cheers rang out in the convoy. Although these wolves were hunted by these people, the profits were equally divided among the guards.
of.
Along the way, the morale of the convoy increased, and they drove slowly and quickly. Finally, before dusk, the convoy arrived outside a temple.
This temple is located in an open river valley, not far away from a large farmland covered by winter snow. The temple occupies a small area, but the walls are tall and thick, which can resist the harassment of monsters.
"This Luohan Temple was built by a monk in the Third Realm of Middle School more than fifty years ago. Unfortunately, it suffered a demonic disaster and has now declined. Otherwise, it would have developed into a market town in these years." After Lin Zhiyuan introduced it to Du Kang,
He walked up and knocked on the temple door.
"My family has an old relationship with the abbot of the temple, and we used to come here to stay overnight. I finally don't have to sleep in the wilderness tonight."
In the past few days, I also passed through several market towns to buy horse feed and some cooked food, but in order to get on the road as quickly as possible, I didn't stay overnight. Only this Luohan Temple arrived at dusk.
The crisp knocking sound of the door knocker sounded.
"who is it?"
After a while, a small window on the temple door opened, and a crisp voice sounded from behind the door.
"This young master, I am Lin Zhiyuan from Yangchun County. I passed by your temple on my business trip and wanted my caravan to rest for a night in your temple. I used to come here to stay overnight and was familiar with Abbot Rende, so I asked the young master to do it for me.
pass."
"Wait a minute, I'll go pass the message." The small window closed with a bang.
This communication took a long time. After the sun completely set and the motorcade lit up the torches, the temple gate was opened.
An old monk wearing bright yellow robes led a group of strong monks out of the temple to greet him.
"Lao Na is Renyi. The benevolent abbot the benefactor is looking for is my senior brother. He passed away not long ago. The position of abbot of Luohan Temple is now temporarily taken by Lao Na."
"Here, Abbot Rende passed away at the age of eighty. His merits were also complete. I hope that your temple will express my condolences."
When Lin Zhiyuan heard this, he immediately looked sad and shook his head in lament.
"Senior brother has been running Luohan Temple all his life and has many friends. It is a blessing for our temple to have a friend like the donor. If the donor wants to stay overnight, please come in quickly."
Renyi stepped forward and took Lin Zhiyuan's hand to welcome him into the temple, but Lin Zhiyuan stood still, frowning, and looking to Du Kang, as if he couldn't make up his mind.
"Abbot Renyi, you may be mistaken. Our caravan has a large number of people. We rough guys will inevitably bump into each other after entering the temple. It would be bad if it causes damage to your temple. So when we talk about staying overnight, we just hope to borrow the gate of your temple.
I would like to use the open space outside to set up camp, and I hope the abbot can help."
Du Kang stepped forward and took the abbot's arm, pulled Lin Zhiyuan's hand away, and said to Renyi with a smile.
"However, you are already outside the temple, and you are my senior brother's old friend. Letting you live outside the temple is really not the way to treat guests."
"It's normal for people in the world to live under a blanket of darkness. As caravans, we cannot do without goods. Only by sleeping with goods can we be at ease."
After Du Kang's words came out, the guards behind him had already sensed that something was wrong, and they all touched their weapons. The monks behind Renyi also tightened their grip on the monk sticks in their hands. The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and it was about to explode.
"Hahaha, what the donor said makes sense. Then I will ask the temple to boil some hot water and bring some bread to show my friendship as the landlord of Luohan Temple."
Afterwards, Renyi saluted the two of them and led the monks back to the temple.
Amidst the clanging sound, the temple door closed tightly again.
Du Kang and Lin Zhiyuan looked at each other, walked away from the temple door and spoke at the same time.
"I have never seen this kind of Renyi. In the evil disaster that happened in Luohan Temple, only Rende was left alive. The group of monks behind him all had strange faces."
"In addition to Renyi, there is also a monk in the team just now. I can sense that there are many people in the backyard. They are all mortals with strong blood. If mortals can maintain this state, they must be well-trained and well-fed."
"It's getting dark now. It's unwise to walk in the wild at night. Darkness is the home of monsters. As you said, we have to stay here for one night. At least, here we know who the enemy is.
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Lin Zhiyuan asked Du Kang's opinion again.
Du Kang nodded and sighed. He thought he could have a peaceful sleep tonight, but he didn't expect to run to the wolf's den.
The experiences of the past few days made him waver a little bit about his plan to leave Yangchun County for the first time. He had been to the wild before, but he didn't expect that it would be so difficult to walk in the wild after leaving the familiar land managed by the humans near Yangchun County.