Bonfires were lit, and the sound of crackling and peeling firewood was heard everywhere.
"...The rest of the Tubo people are fine. Those warlike lords are not difficult to deal with. The worst thing is the evil monks who practice Happy Buddha..."
"... Among the three major sects of Tantric Buddhism, the Happy Buddha is the first and the most evil. Those evil monks are called monks, but they are actually evil demons. Even the other two major sects are looking at them with suspicion."
"But the Huanxi faction is the strongest. Why? Because there are too many lustful people in the world."
Qian Sibaan sat across from Luo Ning and chatted with Luo Ning across the bonfire, intending to get closer.
"Brother Luo Dao and his female relatives must be extra careful about those evil monks. A few days ago, an evil monk sneaked into this county and kidnapped the county governor's daughter, which made the county governor furious."
"The Dabei Temple that houses evil monks, including the abbot and novice pilgrims, were all locked up and imprisoned."
Luo Ning nodded and said: "I know about this matter. There was a big fuss before. Can the evil monk catch it?"
Qian Si Abacus sneered: "How can I catch him? That evil monk is said to be a sixth-grade master with strong strength. How can he catch him if he escapes?"
"Is it possible that the county guard still dares to send troops to Tibet to demand people? If the Tibetan cavalry is provoked to attack the county, his official position will be over."
"The evil monk harmed many women in this county, and even the county guard's daughter was poisoned, but in the end he was able to escape, which shows the incompetence of the government."
"The government is incompetent, making it difficult for us to do business..."
Luo Li and Su Chuo didn't want to hear this, so they left the bonfire together and returned to their carriages.
The cardamom girl got on the carriage, lit the lantern, took out the pamphlet, and wrote seriously:
"In April, Xue Bingyu sent a killer to assassinate my brother."
"In the fourth month of April, I will earn fifty taels of gold."
"...I can't walk anymore, I guess I can only walk a hundred miles at most. I'm heartbroken."
When Qian Sibaan saw the two women leaving, he let go and said:
"It is said that the evil monk is extremely disgusting. He also likes female corpses. He is a monk from Yanshi Temple."
"According to the government's interrogation of his accomplices, he has another purpose here, which is to find a peerless female corpse to use as the Wonderful Corpse Lotus in Yanshi Temple."
"My companions told me that this evil monk has the magical power to sense corpse energy. He can clearly sense corpse energy within ten miles, and he can immediately visualize the appearance and physique of a corpse..."
"I don't know why, but he came to this county to look for some extremely beautiful corpse. Is it possible that there is a powerful and beautiful female nun in this county who has died? I've never heard of it."
"However, this county is thousands of miles away. How easy is it to find that peerless corpse? Even if he can sense corpse energy, it will not be easy."
When Luo Ning heard this, his heart moved even more.
Faintly, it seemed that I had caught something.
Luo Ning thought about it and said, "Why did Qian Chaofeng suddenly talk about this?"
Qian Sibaanpan's chubby face showed a smile: "Actually, I am reminding Brother Luo Dao that I will take my female relatives with me when I go to the other side. If I encounter that evil monk..."
Luo Ning thought for a while and nodded: "What Qian Chaofeng said makes sense. If it is convenient, I will settle them and prevent them from entering Tubo."
He felt that what Qian Si Abacus said made sense. Since Tubo was happy that the Buddha was powerful, it would be inconvenient to bring a woman with him, and it would easily arouse the covetousness of those disgusting evil monks.
Qian Sibaan's reminder was of course for the safety of the caravan.
Nothing happened all night.
………
Early the next morning, everyone set off together.
There were thirty people in the group, and the momentum was quite considerable.
Passing by that deserted courtyard again, everyone couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Qian Sibaan dismounted, took out a jug of wine, and poured wine to pay homage to the deserted courtyard from a distance.
A group of people walked through the once prosperous Wangyou Township, but they saw the fields were deserted and uninhabited, and they saw only empty courtyards, like haunted houses.
Although many courtyards are covered with thorns and vines, their original style can still be seen.
The stone lion carvings under the ruins, the embroidered embroidered houses that have not yet completely decayed, the blue brick avenues overgrown with weeds, the collapsed bridges at the river crossings, and the decaying ships all silently tell the story of the glory of the past.
Qian Sibaan said with emotion, pointing to a village with rows of courtyards: "When I was a boy, I once came here with my uncle. It was a prosperous place."
"How do you say that? In Wangyou Township, every household has a lot of money. At that time, the richest town in Yizhou was this remote Wangyou Township!"
"I remember that there were poppies everywhere at that time, and the aroma of boiling Fushou ointment could be felt within dozens of miles."
"Oh, there is a brothel there, called Wangyou Tower, a gold-selling cave that specializes in receiving foreign merchants. The girls in it can compare with those in Jinguan City."
"What a pity. It has only been twenty years and it has become like this. Alas, Fellow Daoist Luo, even monks like us cannot help but feel unpredictable about the world."
When Luo Ning heard this, he felt that this money calculation was getting more and more interesting.
When I first came into contact with this person, I felt that he was an out-and-out businessman. But the more I met him, the more I felt like he was becoming less and less like a businessman.
After walking for twenty or thirty miles, they saw no trace of smoke or human beings, or heard the barking of dogs and the crow of roosters.
It's like being forgotten by the world.
Even though the sun was shining brightly in broad daylight, everyone felt terrified.
Qian Sibaan continued: "After the death of Wangyou Township, the government was perfunctory, and many corpses that were too lazy to bury were placed in Yinyue Villa."
Yinyue Villa!
Luo Ning murmured in his heart when he heard this. This was the second person he heard talking about Yinyue Villa.
"In another thirty miles, we will reach Yin Yue Villa." Qian Sibaan pointed at a large horn-like mountain in the distance, "It's right at the foot of Qingniu Mountain."
What? Is Yin Yue Villa ahead?
Luo Ning waved his horsewhip casually and asked, "Are we still going to pass by Yinyue Villa?"
"Yinyue Villa is a must-visit place," Qian Sibaan said.
"It is the crossroads of official roads and the ferry on the upper reaches of the Chi River. There are many people traveling to and from the three counties and entering and leaving Tubo. It can be said to be a strategic point on land and water."
"If someone dies and the body cannot be transported home for a while, it will be left there."
Luo Ning shook his head secretly.
Unexpectedly, Yinyue Villa is the only place to go to Fengzhi Mountain.
After everyone walked for more than ten miles, suddenly a gust of wind blew, and they immediately smelled the strong smell of blood.
"There's a dead person in front." Luo Ning looked stern.
When I got closer, I saw a courtyard filled with corpses.
There are as many as twenty or thirty.
There are many horses tied up outside the courtyard, and they are kicking and snorting anxiously.
Seven of the horses had women tied to them.
The women were tied to horses and their mouths were sealed.
"What's going on?" Luo Ning flew off the horse, untied a woman's rope, and took off the cloth from her mouth.
"Help…"
"The robber is dead... fighting..."
Luo Ning's consciousness swept away and he saw a large group of dead bodies that had indeed killed each other.
Qian Sibaanpan looked very strange when he saw so many corpses.
"Brother Luo Dao, the cause of death of these thieves is very similar to Mo Gu and others."
Luo Ning nodded and asked the woman: "What did the robbers shout before they died?"
When the woman saw that Luo Ning was a good-looking young man, she calmed down and replied: "It seems...it seems that he said something strange and I can't understand it."
Luo Ning said: "Is it 'Gukahahahaha...?"
The woman nodded suddenly, "That's right! My benefactor, that's what they called me!"
Luo Ning felt a little scared. He untied all the women who had been snatched by the thieves and immediately gained an inch of his will power.
Among the seven women who were robbed, there was actually a foreign girl.
The foreign girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, about the same age as Luo Li.
This girl's skin is fair and rosy, her eyes are as black as gems, and her facial features are handsome and delicate. Although she is less elegant and more wild, she is very upright and eye-catching.
She wore a splendid robe with left lapels, her hair was braided and decorated with pearls. She also wore a necklace on her chest.
She looks exactly like a foreign noblewoman.
At this time, she did not cry, but looked at Luo Ning, who had rescued her, with a strange look in her eyes, and her fingers were still making knots.
"Which Qiang chieftain's daughter is this?" Qian Sibaan said. He knew some Tubo language, but not Qiang language.
But he could tell that this girl was probably a Qiang person.
There are some Qiang tribes on the border of Yizhou, and their leaders are chieftains. In fact, most of them are Dangxiang survivors and Xianbei survivors, but they are collectively called Qiang.
The strange thing is that this Qiang girl is obviously the youngest, but the calmest.
After she was untied, she put her hands on her heart and saluted Luo Ning, and in a voice like a baby bird returning to its nest, she said two words that were similar to Xia's language, but definitely not Xia's language.
Everyone couldn't understand, but Luo Ning, who had the magical power of Ling Dao translation, understood it.
What she said was actually: "My divination is correct, I will turn the crisis into safety."
"O noble nobleman, you have brought me peace."
"The white shaman of Bayan Mountain, Murong Lingbei, the daughter of Tugu tribe, has met the respected sir."