He panted and sat on the ground, touching his round belly with great affection: "These meats have followed the poor monk for most of his life. How can the poor monk give them away just because of a mere dog hole? This is so inhumane!"
The corner of Qule's mouth twitched: "Haha."
Shortly after Qu Le and others left the temple, Wang Dahu arrived here with a group of brothers. They also brought a human head dug out from a mass grave. As agreed, they put the dead head disguised as the "Saint of Southern Xinjiang" in the
On the incense table in the Buddhist hall, he bowed to the Buddha statue again before leaving in a hurry.
After Wang Dahu and others left, several more men in black rushed into the temple. They took away more than a dozen corpses in the warehouse. As for the heads on the incense table, they just took a look at them and ignored them.
Not long after these men in black left, another group of officials rushed into the temple. They saw the human head placed on the incense table at a glance. The chief detective in charge of leading the team had the head wrapped and taken back to the Yamen to be handed over to the policeman for examination.
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The officials returned to the Yamen. Lan Li, who had been waiting for news at the Yamen, immediately stepped forward and asked, "Have you found the person?"
The chief detective said: "I found a woman's head in the Golden Bell Temple, but I'm not sure if it's the person you're looking for."
Lan Li presented a piece of gold and asked eagerly: "Can I please take a look?"
The chief detective, Jin Zi, nodded readily and agreed, and asked someone to bring the head up. He lifted the black cloth and immediately revealed a stinking head. Most of the face was rotten, and the hair was very similar to Qule.
But Lang Li was still sure at a glance and said: "This is not the person we are looking for."
He left the government office and returned to the inn to meet Lan Xun. They were all empty-handed and could not find any trace of Master A Le.
Just when they were anxious, Qu Le, the party involved, was sitting in the woods eating barbecue. Xiaoyu took the thin skin of the rabbit he had caught and put it on the fire to roast it until it was charred and fragrant. Qu Le ate it with relish.
Little Jueyu sat next to him and kept reciting Buddhist sutras silently to save the poor rabbit.
Miao Ben was eating the wild fruits his disciple had just picked, looking very relaxed and at ease. He asked: "I wonder where the two female benefactors want to go?"
Qu Le's mouth was full of oil after eating, and he replied without raising his head: "We will go back to Pingjiang Town first." Because of their sudden disappearance, Lan Li and Lan Xun must have been dying of anxiety.
After Miaoben finished eating the wild fruits, he buried the cores in the soil beside him and poured some water on them. He said: "The thieves just came for you. The poor monk guessed that you must have offended them."
I have found someone who is not easy to mess with, and if you go back to Pingjiang Town now, it will be like throwing yourself into a trap."
Qu Le swallowed the rabbit meat and finally raised her head to look at him: "We still have friends in the town and we must go back to meet them."
Miaoben smiled and stopped talking.
But Xiaoyu immediately understood what he meant and said: "The thieves were able to take us away so quickly last night, which shows that they know us very well. Now that we have escaped from them, they will definitely not
If they can't find us now, they should target Ali, Ah Xun and others in Pingjiang Town, because they know that we will definitely return to town to meet with Ali and Ah Xun, so they only need to
Just wait in secret for us to fall into the trap."
Qu Le threw the gnawed bones into the fire, making a sizzling sound. She said, "Even so, we can't leave Ali Xun and them alone."
Xiaoyu said: "Why don't we divide our troops into two groups and let Ali find someone to divert the attention of the group of thieves, and we can continue to secretly rush to the city of West Asia."
Qu Le licked her greasy fingers: "Then someone needs to go to the town to report the news, and those thieves are not fools. They will definitely become suspicious when they see that we haven't gone back. Then they will change their plans and go directly to the west.
Yacheng is waiting for us, and we are so weak that we will be caught at our doorstep."
What she said was right. Xiaoyu suddenly became silent again, not knowing what to do next.
Little Jueyu, who had been silently chanting sutras, suddenly said: "You are also going to Xiya City? What a coincidence, we are also going to Xiya City!"
Qu Le's eyes fell on him, and then turned from him to Miao Ben. She saw the fat monk holding his round belly and smiling with compassion. She raised her eyebrows and said, "I remember you still owe us a life.
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Miaoben's smile suddenly froze on his face. What's going on with this strong foreboding?!
Qu Le ran up to him, slapped his paw on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "In this way, I will follow you to Xiya City. When I arrive safely in Xiya City and meet the people I want to see, you owe me
How about just writing off the favor?"
Miao Ben stared at her greasy paws rubbing against his clothes, and the fat on his face twitched: "If those thieves find us, the monk and the disciples will be helpless.
People, what will we do then?"
"It doesn't matter, I can protect you," Qu Le shook the black spider wrapped around her finger and smiled brightly.
Miao Ben looked at his little disciple silently, Emma told you to talk too much! Look, now you have a big trouble for nothing and you can't get rid of it, how stupid is it?!
Little Jueyu quickly lowered his head and continued chanting, pretending that he had not said anything just now.
In the end, the fat monk Miaoben reluctantly agreed to Qu Le's proposal, but he put forward a condition: "You can't call the poor monk fat again in the future!"
Qu Le smiled innocently: "No problem!"
She gestured a scissor hand towards Xiaoyu, success!
Xiaoyu's face was full of worry. She was very worried about Master Ale's safety.
Qu Le said: "Don't worry, I will disguise myself as a little nun and follow Fatty... uh, follow Master Miaoben. Be careful on the way, and we probably won't be discovered by those thieves. But you have to be careful, you
Go back to the town and find Ali and Ah Xun, tell them to continue heading to West Asia City and lure the thieves away while ensuring your own safety."
Xiaoyu thought for a while and expressed his thoughts: "I can disguise myself as you. Anyway, we are all about the same height and shape. As long as we are careful, they shouldn't recognize them. I will confuse their sight. You
It’s safer.”
Qu Le looked worried: "But if you do this, your risk will increase."
"It's my honor to share the danger with you!" Xiaoyu looked at her seriously with a firm expression, "Because of my negligence last night, you were captured by the thieves. I feel very guilty about this. Please give me some help."
A chance for me to atone for my sins!"
As she said that, she knelt on one knee on the ground, pretending to be pleading.
Qu Le helplessly helped her up: "Just do whatever you want, but remember to pay attention to your own safety. I don't want my safety to be exchanged for other people's lives, so even if I survive, I won't be able to do it."
I will carry this feeling of guilt with me for the rest of my life, I hope you won’t let me bear this feeling of guilt.”
Xiaoyu nodded vigorously: "You must also be careful, we will see you in West Asia City!"
They agreed to use the Lan family's butterfly clan emblem as a secret code for their connection after arriving in Xiya City, and Xiaoyu reluctantly left alone.
Qu Le, Miao Ben, and Jue Yu left in another direction after eating and drinking. They walked on a mountain road and had little money, so they could only rely on alms and picking wild fruits to fill their stomachs. They had eaten for three full days.
Being a vegetarian, Qule felt that the taste of birds was almost gone from her mouth!
She squatted by the river and looked at the crystal clear water. When she saw fish swimming by, her eyes lit up and she wanted to jump into the water immediately to catch them all and sacrifice them to her five internal organs temple!
Miao Ben and Xiao Jue Yu were sitting on a stone next to them, drinking porridge with wild vegetables. The fat monk pointed at the woman squatting by the river and said to the young monk earnestly: "People like this who are addicted to the desire of food and drink have all kinds of diseases on their bodies."
The sin of desire must be very serious. When you see such people in the future, you must take a detour to avoid being contaminated by their filthy atmosphere."
The young monk clasped his hands together seriously: "Disciple, I remember."
Qule, who was rolling up his sleeves to catch fish, turned around and shouted at them: "You are the ones who want to do evil! Your whole family wants to do evil!"
At night, the three of them found a dilapidated temple to stay. This temple was dedicated to the God of Earth. The statue was covered in dust and its right hand was broken. It looked very desolate.
Xiao Jueyu was a kind-hearted child. He fetched river water with an alms bowl, carefully wiped the statue clean, and knelt devoutly in front of the statue, reciting Buddhist sutras for half an hour. Qu Le peeled off the fish he picked from the pond.
Lianpeng stuffed the lotus seeds into his mouth and said: "Master, why does your disciple recite Buddhist scriptures to the earth god? Has the earth god betrayed Taoism and converted to Buddhism?"
The fat monk Miaoben ate the lotus pods she picked with peace of mind, and said casually: "Jueyu can only recite Buddhist sutras, not Taoist sutras."
Qu Le showed a look of understanding, it turned out that the truth was Jiang Zidi!
Little Jueyu, who was reciting Buddhist scriptures seriously, silently looked back at the two of them, "Master, please don't expose me!"
It suddenly started raining heavily outside, and a young man in black clothes suddenly rushed into the temple. His clothes were soaked by the water, and his wet hair stuck to his forehead. He looked very embarrassed. But his
He had a very good temperament. Even in such an embarrassing situation, he could still calmly show a friendly smile to the two monks and a nun in the temple: "It was raining heavily down below, and I happened to see a temple here.
I just wanted to come in and take shelter from the rain, so please forgive me if I’m being presumptuous.”
The fat monk Miaoben smiled with compassion on his face: "We are all passers-by. Please sit down as you please."
"Thank you, Master." The man walked to the fire and sat down. Directly opposite this position sat Qu Le. She quietly observed him through the firelight and found that although his appearance was ordinary, his eyes were unexpectedly deep.
, as if the soul will be sucked in if you look at it twice.
Seemingly noticing Qu Le's gaze, the man smiled at her: "My surname is Li, Changfeng. How do you call me?"
Qu Le calmly withdrew his gaze and said without changing his expression: "The poor nun's Buddhist name is Wukong, and he comes from Huaguo Mountain in Shuiliandong. The two next to him are the poor nun's neighbors. The fat one's Buddhist name is Miao Ben, and the younger one's Buddhist name is Miao Ben.
That dharma name enlightenment, remember, is awakening awareness."
"Wukong?" Li Changfeng frowned slightly and thought attentively, "I seem to have heard this name somewhere..." (To be continued)