In the south of Jizhou, heavy rain poured down, and the green grass had already been turned into mud by the rain. The green leaves stood vertically in the rain, washed away by the rain and lifeless.
The sky was so dark that it made people breathless, as if darkness would cover them at any time.
The scholar looked in a hurry, wearing a raincoat and a hat, holding a book wrapped in cloth in his arms, running wildly in the pouring rain.
When he saw the abandoned temple not far away, his eyes lit up, he hugged the book in his arms tightly, quickened his pace, and ran over quickly.
Huhu——
The scholar was panting from exhaustion and closed the doors and windows tightly. Although the temple was dilapidated, it was not leaking. It was a blessing among misfortunes.
He opened the package and checked whether the books had gotten wet. Perhaps because of the good protection, the books were still dry.
The scholar lit the oil lamp and read it softly with the help of the dim oil lamp.
A beautiful figure suddenly appeared behind the scholar. With a charming smile on her lips, the beautiful figure patted the scholar's back.
When the scholar saw Qian Ying's appearance, he seemed to be fascinated and laughed involuntarily.
After the heavy rain, the exhausted scholar left the abandoned temple.
…
Three figures dressed as scholars were walking in the muddy ground, one foot deep and one foot shallow, looking quite embarrassed.
"Why is this road so difficult?" One of the scholar figures complained.
Another figure rolled his eyes: "Let's make do with it. Don't be dissatisfied. Isn't this condition much better than when we were in the dense forest?"
"Right."
The third figure explained: "I heard that there was a heavy rain yesterday that had not happened in ten years. It drenched Guhuai Town thoroughly, and the river water overflowed the river bank. I heard that it will rain again tonight."
"Tsk, I feel like this is not a good sign."
Lu Yang pointed at the temple and said with a smile: "That's just right. There is a temple in front. Although it is a bit broken, the Buddha statue should still be there. You can go and pay homage while you spend the night."
"Reorganize the plan. According to the existing intelligence, the other party is very vigilant and will not show up easily. Moreover, the other party is a ghost and has excellent escaping skills, so it is not easy to be caught."
"The female ghost's strength should be in the foundation building stage, but the specific level is unknown."
"If a female ghost appears, you must wait until you are sure that the other party will not escape before you catch her!"
"Our current identity is that we are scholars who entered the Imperial City to gain fame. We stay here for one night and take this opportunity to lure the female ghost to show up!"
"So far, we have not received any news about female ghosts killing people. Don't kill the female ghost when you catch her."
"I had no experience in going out before. Ever since I saw my master imprisoned, I have learned the importance of using a false name in the outside world. This way, it will not disgrace the Taoist people. I will check their names again. My name is Lu Yiyang.
.”
"My name is Long Jingzhou."
"My name is Li Hao."
The three of them thought about it together and felt that there was nothing wrong with the plan, so they controlled their aura to the extreme, disguised themselves as mortals, and walked into the temple.
"This temple is so clean." Meng Jingzhou was surprised. He thought the place would be full of dust and spiders would spin webs in every corner.
The situation inside the temple was beyond his expectation. The temple was as clean as if someone had cleaned it.
The only regret is that the Buddha statue in the middle is missing its upper body, making it impossible to worship.
Li Haoran found dry firewood from behind the Buddha statue, which should have been left by the person who stayed here last time.
He piled the firewood together, found some hay, took out the flint and steel from the bag, and used the hay as a guide to light the firewood pile.
Li Haoran warmed his hands over the fire and showed an extremely comfortable expression: "Huh - I'm alive."
Lu Yang took out a few steamed buns from his bag, skewered them with wooden skewers, and grilled them on the fire.
When the outer skin of the steamed buns turned slightly yellow, Lu Yang broke open one of the buns, and the aroma mixed with the hot air hit his face.
Meng Jingzhou walked around the dilapidated temple and returned to the main hall: "In addition to the main hall, there are two rooms. When I go to bed later, I can have one room per person."
"good."
The three of them gathered around the fire, eating steamed buns and pickles, while lamenting that the road ahead was not easy.
Lu Yang's heart was full of worry, and even the steamed bun in his hand no longer tasted good: "I don't know if going to the Imperial City this time will be smooth sailing. I heard that the monks in the Imperial City are everywhere, and it's difficult for us mortals to get ahead there.
It’s more difficult.”
Meng Jingzhou waved his hand: "The number of monks in the Imperial City is not as exaggerated as you think. It is good to have one monk among twenty people. It is so difficult to become a monk. The spiritual root alone will eliminate 99% of the people."
There is one monk among twenty people. This ratio is already extremely shocking. No large city in the Central Continent can achieve this ratio.
"Although we don't have spiritual roots, we have knowledge. We have all kinds of articles at our fingertips, and we also have different views on current affairs. We will leave Shoutian County tomorrow and go to Beijing to take the exam to gain fame, gain recognition from the Holy One, and seek an official position. It is not
impossible things."
Not all high-quality officials in the Great Xia Dynasty were monks, but some were mortals.
Meng Jingzhou pointed at Li Haoran with a steamed bun and said: "For example, Brother Li, he recited "The Thousand Character Essay" at the age of five, wrote poems at the age of seven, lyrics at the age of eight, and articles at the age of ten. He is talented and his articles are wonderful, as if he was born in heaven. Mr.
I am full of praise and praise you as the best student I have ever taught."
Li Haoran smiled reservedly: "Brother Long is ridiculous. It's just that Mr. wants to inspire me, so he commented like this. On the contrary, Brother Long, instead of inheriting the family business, wants to make a career in the Imperial City. This
My self-confidence and the confidence that comes from it are something that Brother Lu and I cannot compare to."
The three people praised each other in various ways, and then they opened the books of the sages and read them with great interest. They felt that the sages' writings were really good and worthy of being a famous article that could be passed down through the ages. If they could write an article like this, they would die without regrets.
Already.
Meng Jingzhou yawned and ruthlessly attacked Lu Yang's dream: "Okay, stop dreaming, go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."
The three of them walked into their respective rooms as they had agreed while eating steamed buns.
Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went to sleep in the rooms on both sides respectively, while Li Haoran stayed in the main hall and slept in front of the half-sized Buddha statue.
In the darkness, three beautiful figures stared at Lu Yang and the others, their eyes emitting a faint green light.
"Three more people have come, and their yang energy is strong. I really want to know what they feel like..." Qianying Qingyi chuckled.
"Yes, yes, I haven't seen a scholar with such strong yang energy for a long time. Although it is said that scholars can develop a great righteousness by reading the books of sages for a long time, but I have never seen people like these three people." Hongyi
Qianying licked her lips, full of temptation.
Baiyi Qianying was relatively young and said quickly: "Two sisters, please be careful not to absorb all their yang energy and look at the problem from a sustainable perspective."
"When they feel comfortable once, they will come a second time. By going back and forth, we absorb more yang energy than if we absorbed light all at once."
"I know, I know, Xiao Qi is not very old, but he is the most verbose. We both know the propriety and will not do anything that would attract the right path to investigate. We are the unlucky ones. We still understand this truth.
"
"We will split up and go to the two rooms next to each other. Xiao Qi, you stay here and take care of this guy named Li."