The miserable rain of late autumn falls amidst the last cries of the cicadas. The ticking sound contains countless sadness.
Chen Mo and Yan Yu finished their incense at Guanghua Temple. They stood under the eaves of the temple and looked at the strings of water columns dripping from the eaves. They felt helpless. When they went out, the weather was obviously quite good.
The rain was coming all the time, so I had no choice but to run to Guanghua Temple to take shelter.
The autumn rain was still quite cold, and it dripped into Yan Yu's outstretched palm, describing his misery.
Yan Yu shook off the resentful rainwater in his palm, wiped it on Chen Mo's clothes, and said, "It's probably hard to stop the rain. What should I do?"
"How about we turn back?"
"No, I have carried a small bamboo box on my back. You can't let me go back empty like this, right?" Yan Yu shook the small bamboo box behind him and regretted not bringing the oil-paper umbrella because of the trouble.
"Little Master of the Ring Spirit." Chen Mo shouted to a young monk in the corridor.
After a while, a young monk came to them: "Amitabha, donor, what can I do?"
The person who came was none other than the young master Chen Mo met when he went up the mountain twice before, the Ring Spirit.
It was also the third time that the Ringwraith saw them going up the mountain. Because of the previous two times, the Ringwraith had a deep impression of them. He went up to the mountain at night to receive them both times. He treated these two strange pilgrims with his senior brother.
We talked about it, and those senior brothers said that they might be good fools, with great magical powers, not afraid of Buddha, and specializing in catching and eating the fine skin and tender meat of the little monks.
At first he was so scared that he didn't dare to pee alone at night. Later he came to his senses. The two donors stayed all night and saw them going into the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha during the day. He was tricked by his senior brothers again.
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"Is there an umbrella in the temple? We are going down the mountain." Chen Mo said.
"Yes, please wait a moment, two benefactors." After saying that, the Ring Spirit went to find umbrellas for the two benefactors.
"Help me find a larger piece of cloth." Yan Yu pointed at the two knives on Chen Mo's waist and said to the ring spirit.
"Okay." Although the Ring Spirit didn't know what the female benefactor wanted to do, she still agreed.
I brought the oil-paper umbrella. It looked oily and still looked brand new. It probably hadn't rained much during this period and it hadn't been used many times.
"Little master, I'll return the umbrella to you when we pass by next time." Yan Yu thanked him holding an oil-paper umbrella.
"If the donor needs it, then keep it."
"Then thank you, little master."
"Amitabha."
The young monk left, and the two of them were not in a hurry to leave. Yan Yu took off Chen Mo's knife, stacked them together, and placed them on the piece of cloth that bounced off the ground.
"What are you doing?"
"Seal your weapon." Yan Yu said seriously.
"childish."
"Let's go to Hongmei Garden and get down to business first. Your knife is too conspicuous and can easily cause trouble. After I finish shopping, you are doing your thing."
"As you wish."
After a while, Yan Yu returned the two tightly wrapped knives to Chen Mo, opened the oil-paper umbrella with a bang, and walked down the mountain.
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A carriage drove into the Red Plum Garden. Several people on the carriage secretly looked at this notorious garden through the gaps in the windows. Although there were not many pedestrians on the street, you could still see the people on both sides of the street.
The evil crowds in the restaurant gave the two women and Xu Guli in the carriage a chilling feeling.
"Don't be alarmed. Although there are many fish and dragons in this garden, it is not a place where you rush to kill people on sight. In fact, this is more like a place for these people. No other place accepts them. Only here, regardless of their origin.
, most people here just want stability in the midst of chaos." Li Lin asked those people not to be worried.
"With the strength of Brother Gan Mu and this girl, there is actually no need to be afraid of this place. Many people here may seem cruel, but in fact they are not very capable. A biting dog does not bark, that's why."
On the way here, Li Lin knew that Sun Sisi also had the strength of the Xiaoer Realm, and only the Xu brothers and sisters did not know martial arts. They came to Dao Tu Temple to see what they were doing.
"Brother Li, it's raining so hard, I guess the good show you mentioned may be gone." Gan Mu said, listening to the sound of rain hitting the carport.
"Maybe, you guys are really unlucky. No one wants to get wet in this cold rain." Li Lin said helplessly.
"That..."
Just as Gan Mu was about to speak, Li Lin said first: "Brother Gan Mu, are you leaving? Although the double swordsman may not be here, but since he is here, why not have a drink with Wang Qiang? Didn't he say
Now, when he gets along well, go and have a good time with him. I think he is quite good now. It is impossible to get along with him. It is okay to kill him."
"Then...okay." Gan Mu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"That's right, why are you so worried all day long? Are you not confident in your own martial arts? Brother Gan Mu, your strength is much better than mine. I have been to the Red Plum Garden several times and nothing has happened to me."
Gan Mu also knew that this was due to his cautious nature.
The carriage drove to a courtyard-like building. Except for Li Lin, everyone else was a little shocked. There was actually a place here that was out of the mud and unstained, full of scholarly atmosphere.
On the forehead of the door, "Zhuluyuan" makes people feel that this is a peaceful place.
"Is there a place for teaching here?" The carriage stopped at the entrance of Zhuluyuan. Several people got out of the carriage, holding umbrellas and looking at the big characters. Xu Ranshu looked at it curiously.
"The girl laughed. This is not an academy, but almost all of them are scholars. They were persecuted in other places and could not stand up, so they took refuge elsewhere. The dean of Zhuluyuan is also a scholar. I heard that he had been in the Saint before.
I have learned a lot from the mountains and have a great culture."
"Then why did he come here to open this academy?" Sun Sisi couldn't understand. He had heard about Shengshangshan and the people who came out of there were all very noble. How could he come back to such a dirty place?
"I heard that it is to use the benevolence and etiquette learned to educate these deeply sinful people." When Li Lin said this, his eyes were filled with admiration.
"Here, even the monks from Liuxu Mountain can't influence them, so why would he be useful here?" Xu Guli didn't believe it.
"I don't know about those monks, but I heard that this dean has indeed made many individuals change their evil ways and leave the Garden of Red Dust to embark on the right path."
"You've heard a lot about this." Sun Sisi glanced at Li Lin.
"It's true I heard it. Like I said, I've been here several times." Li Lin said with a gentle smile.
"Who is outside?" At this time, the closed courtyard door opened, and a man appeared from the door and looked at the visiting people.
"Wang Qiang, it's me." Li Lin shouted to the man.
"It's you, Li Lin, why are you here again and you have nothing to eat?" Wang Qiang said jokingly.
"Go to...yours." Li Lin cursed with a smile, pointed at Gan Mu and said, "Who do you think this is?"
Wang Qiang followed Li Lin's gesture and after thinking for a while, he finally recognized the person: "Gan Mu?"
"It's me." Gan Mu smiled and nodded.
"It's really you. What kind of wind brought you here?" Wang De said as he looked at the three people next to him. His eyes stayed on the two women for the longest time.
"What a rustling autumn wind." Gan Mu made a pun.
"Look at my slender head, come on, come in quickly, come in quickly, don't let these two beautiful women get wet."
Several people entered the courtyard under Wang Qiang's warm reception. The moment the courtyard door was closed, those who were watching the situation secretly looked away.
While walking and chatting, we exchanged names. As for our origins, we just briefly mentioned them. After all, we are not very familiar friends, so there is no need to be so clear.
The four of them, Gan Mu, also saw some other people playing chess and practicing calligraphy on the way, and it really felt like an academy.
"It's unfortunate that you are here. Our dean is out on business, otherwise I would have to introduce you." Wang De led a few people into the hall, took their seats, and then started chatting.
"We just happened to meet Li Lin at Daoxuan Temple. I heard that there is a lot of fun here, and Brother Wang Qiang is here, so we stopped by to take a look." Gan Mu said.
"The excitement you are talking about is the double swordsman, right? Then I guess your expectations will be disappointed. In such a crazy weather, no one has to go out to cause trouble."
"It doesn't matter if you can't see me, isn't there you, brother Wang Qiang?" Gan Mu said with a smile.
"I like to hear this. He is much more loyal than this boy Li Lin." Wang Qiang said happily. "Just what I said to you, I will have a few drinks with you no matter what I say today."
"That's necessary." Li Lin quickly agreed.
"Go, go, if it weren't for Brother Gan Mu's sake, you will go back to where you came from." Wang Qiang said with disgust.
Xu Guli watched them talking happily. He couldn't get a word in at all, but he liked the atmosphere and the magnanimity of people in the world.
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Outside the Red Plum Garden, two more guests came, one big and one small, each holding an umbrella.
"We're here, hoo~" Yan Yu looked at the garden in front of him and took a long breath. This muddy road was really difficult to walk on. He begged Chen Mo to carry him several times, but this guy pretended not to hear, which caused him great harm.
My little embroidered shoes were all dirty and I had to rub them slowly when I got home.
"There are so few people." Chen Mo looked at the street inside. There were only a few people in two or two.
"In this damn weather, how can you go out to get wet in the rain when you're full and have nothing to do?" Yan Yu said angrily.
"Aren't you talking about ourselves?"
"Bah, we haven't had enough to eat, so naturally we can't hold on. Besides, we still have things to do."
Chen Mo flicked her forehead with his finger.
"What are you doing? Did I say something wrong?" Yan Yu looked at Chen Mo unhappily as he slapped his forehead for no reason.
"When did you become so gangster?"
"Yes, Yu'er realized that he was wrong." Yan Yu suddenly said softly and tenderly, with a pitiful look.
Chen Mo, who didn't feel cold at all, suddenly shivered.