Poor Monk

One night passed, and Shen Du disappeared without a trace.

Everyone on the demon road was a little dumbfounded.

When Zhengdao heard about the disappearance of the most important "Master Shen" on this trip, they couldn't help but looked at each other, and started talking about it.

Lu Fan glanced from the side of the demon road, and looked at the pale-faced Lou Zhang who just got out of the carriage.

This is his nephew, but now he can only watch.

Although he is the owner of Xiefeng Mountain Villa, he can't go up and talk to this child in the current situation, so he looks peaceful on the surface, but he may not forget the deep hatred and insidiousness in his heart.

Seeing some commotion on the demon road, he asked to the side: "When did Shen Du disappear? It was midnight last night, did you hear any movement?"

Gu Zhao and Chi Yin were beside him.

On the surface, as one of the best young people in the Righteous Way, Gu Zhao is also a person with a fake appearance and long sleeves who is good at dancing. Naturally, he has talked a lot with Chi Yin these days, and in the eyes of everyone, he has a very good relationship.

When Lu Fan asked, both of them looked at each other.

Chi Yin said: "I have been on the road for several days, and I didn't sleep well. I was extremely sleepy last night, but I didn't hear anything."

Gu Zhao also shook his head.

Lu Fan frowned: "That guy said he was going up the mountain today, and he didn't see anyone right now, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, and what kind of conspiracy was secretly plotting."

Conspiracy?

That would never happen.

Gu Zhao pulled out the stopper of the water bag, raised his head and took a sip of water. That day, the light fell on his eyes from a high place, and it became brilliant and clear.

There are streams in the valley, and the fog is heavy.

The morning sun had just climbed above the horizon, but hadn't risen high enough to shine over the rolling hills, so the valley was still somewhat dark.

At about Chen's time, the sound of skimming suddenly came from afar.

"The Taoist is back!"

On the other side of Yaomo Road, Yao Qing and the others first reacted with vigilance, but when they got up and followed the sound, they immediately recognized the figure jumping in the mountains and forests, and they yelled out with a bit of surprise.

It is indeed Shen Du.

It's just that the expression is not the same as before.

Maybe it was the morning mist in the mountains that wet his robe, or maybe it was the cold wind in the forest that cooled his brows. There was not much fatigue in his eyes, but there was a vague and indifferent coldness.

Shen Du didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Suddenly there was no one at night, and when he came back at dawn, he had this expression again, which inevitably made people wonder what happened.

But no one dared to ask.

"Is everything tidied up?"

Shen Du fell close, glanced at Yao Qing and the others, and asked directly.

Pei Wuji looked at him without saying a word.

Cui Hong also had doubts.

But Yao Qing didn't think too much about it, suppressed his doubts, and just replied: "Everything has been sorted out, this morning Doctor Ni also checked Mr. Lou's pulse again, nothing serious , you can go."

"it is good."

Shen Du actually spent the night in that bamboo house, it looked like no one lived in it for a long time, but he didn't know why he wanted to stay.

It's like waiting for someone like this.

But the next day when I opened my eyes and woke up, it was still empty.

Pushing open the door, a few dead bamboo leaves were blown to the front of the steps by the wind, it was so deserted that there was no human touch.

So he couldn't help thinking, why doesn't the monk live here anymore?Did he move back for something, or was he punished by the Buddhist monastery?Or simply being reprimanded for facing the wall and thinking about mistakes?Or, in fact, he is no longer here, nor is he in the monastery...

No matter how well I thought before I came here, it was no match for the loss and apprehension at this moment.

Only then did Shen Du remember: before coming here, he had not asked anyone to find out the monk's status and situation in the monastery, what kind of punishment he had received, let alone whether he was still in the monastery at the moment.

It's completely hot in the head, and I can do whatever I want.

The careful calculations of the past were all thrown out to the dogs at this time.

But there is no turning back when you open the bow.

Now that he has come to this point because of this unprecedented impulse, no matter whether the monk is still there or not, he will always go to Tianji Temple; if the monk is there, then whether he wants to or not, he will always snatch him away.

Even if it's only a year, or even a day.

The light in his eyes turned, and after Shen Du looked at the situation on the Yaomo Dao side, he looked directly at the Zheng Dao side.

Seeing him come back, Lu Fan, Gu Zhao and others also stood up.

That appearance was clearly guarded, and everyone obviously felt that he had disappeared in the middle of the night and now came back, hiding something tricky.

Shen Du sneered from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't care, he just raised his voice to them from a distance: "Master Lu, Gu Shaoshan and Master Chi, it's time to go."

As for what I did last night, I didn't explain a word.

The people on Zhengdao were really angry when they heard this almost bossy sentence, but in the end they were the ones who lost the bet and had to follow his instructions, and they were extremely aggrieved for a while.

The faces of Lu Fan and others were also not good-looking.

But how can Yaomo Dao deal with them?

Now that Shen Du has come back, as long as Shen Du says, they will do what they say, they will hardly have a second word, those who should get into the carriage get into the carriage, and those who should lead the horse lead the horse. After a while, they have gathered together again like yesterday. Go out of the valley and go up the mountain road.

Righteous way here had to keep up.

Shen Du is at the end of the group of Yaomo Dao, Gu Zhao and others are just in front of the group of Zhengdao, so they are right next to each other.

Gu Zhao was riding a white horse, and walked beside Shen Du leisurely.

He looked at a lot of Shen Du's expressions, and then glanced at the carriage in front of Lou Zhang, and said: "I will go to the Buddhist monastery in a while, with my righteous way, Taoist Shen hopes to fulfill his wish and get the three volumes of Buddhist collections smoothly. At that time Mr. Lou should be of no use to the Taoist Master. Master Lu has been concerned about his nephew for a long time, and he is also worried about his safety. I wonder if Master Shen can let Mr. Lou go after the fact because of Zhengdao's cooperation?"

"A trash with no power to restrain a chicken, this Daoist will never embarrass him again. Gu Shaoshan is the number one immortal in Pengshan, and he showed his prestige in the ring that day. Just because of your own words, this Daoist I dare not say no."

It's not polite at all, but it's enough for Gu Zhao to save face.

"When the matter goes down the mountain, let Mr. Lou reunite with the relatives of Mr. Lu."

"So thank you, Daoist."

When Gu Zhao said this, he also quietly turned his gaze to look at Lu Fan, but saw that the owner of the village who was supposed to care about his nephew was not very good-looking, so he smiled from the bottom of his heart, but did not show it on his face.

"Master Lu, in this way, you should feel relieved. Although you can't keep the three volumes of Buddhist collections for Mr. Lou, you can keep the green hills. You won't be afraid of no firewood, and you will be alive. What do you think?"

Hearing these words, Lu Fan felt an ear-piercing feeling for some reason.But when he turned to look at Gu Zhao, he felt that this junior from Pengshan was smiling politely, and there was no irony in it?

I had to think that I was an illusion.

Others asked, but he didn't answer because he felt bad, so he said, "It's good that Taoist Shen agrees to let him go, and Lu is very grateful."

hypocritical!

Shen Du didn't see that Lu Fan had any feelings for his nephew, and he didn't take it seriously in his heart, and he didn't answer any more words, just hurried on his way.

The valley where they rested last night is only six miles away from Bukong Mountain.Even though the mountain road is rugged and inconvenient, but after all, there are horses and horses, and it took only an hour to reach the river beach outside Bukong Mountain.

Two high mountain walls stand up, leaving only a narrow and deep road.

When people look inside the mountain wall, they only feel the darkness, but when they look up, there is only a ray of skylight left.

In the entire Jianghu, who can not know this place?

Revisiting the old place, others may not have much emotion, but when Shen Du saw it, he easily recalled the embarrassment of being chased and killed by Gu Zhao and Pei Wuji all the way, and fled to this moment.

All his vitality lies behind this canyon.

Not reconciled, not wanting to die, so he desperately tried to wake himself up, staggered and walked under the canyon covered with rocks, and when he fell, he was only in the river that was not frozen in winter...

In the Tianji Temple, the fight is over.

Shen Du raised his head and looked at the canyon, he only smiled without saying a word, he rode his horse through the canyon first, the darkness before his eyes disappeared soon, and the sky ahead was bright again.

The tall stele of Zhige stands silently in front of the mountain.

In the early spring, the more plentiful river water trickled down from the mountain, soaked in the water with short orchid buds, reflecting the tall mountain gate and the green and majestic mountain shadow.

A long, wide step, like reaching the sky, is paved from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, all of which are made of flat stones.

At the foot of the mountain, on the side of the mountain, and at the top of the mountain, there are two mountain gates.

If you look carefully, you can see that "Shanshui" is engraved on the first mountain gate, "Shanshui" is also engraved on the second mountain gate, and "Shanshui" is also engraved on the third mountain gate.

The magnificent Tianji Temple is at the end of the third mountain gate.

The morning mist was pierced by the golden light of the rising sun, and the veil lingered in the mountains, as if it was a paradise or a fairyland on earth.

On a series of steps, there are a few young novice monks in gray clothes sweeping the floor.

The wind blew last night, and there were many leaves and dead branches on the road.

Several young novice monks were sweeping seriously.

But at this moment, the sound of horseshoes and footsteps coming from behind the stele of Zhige caught their attention, and when they turned their heads to look down the mountain, they saw a large group of people with knives headed by Shen Du. The man with the sword.

The little novice at the bottom was so frightened that he immediately threw away the broom in his hand and ran up the mountain as if flying, shouting as he ran, "Abbot, abbot, the devil is here!"