Mikago

Everything is forewarned.

In order to be safe, during the day, Ye Zuolan specially disguised herself and went to Qinglong Temple.

Qinglong Temple is located in Shengdaofang in the east of the city.This is a relatively desolate Lifang. Except for a few dyeing workshops and hairdressers in the north, almost no one lives in the south.

Qinglong Temple is not very big. After passing the mountain gate and walking [-] or [-] steps, you will find the main hall, and there are gardens on the left and right behind the hall.Among them, there is a side hall hidden in the garden on the left, which is specially used for the business of temporary house and super-du.

Holding three incense sticks in her hand, Ye Zuolan walked slowly to the front of the hall, and saw a dozen or so monks performing rituals in the side hall.

It's really strange, it's obviously a prisoner who died in a foreign land, how could someone be so kind as to ask someone to save him?This is definitely not what the Ministry of Criminal Justice did.

Could it be that the news that came was wrong?

It was useless to think about it, Ye Zuolan quietly went around the gap between the side hall and the gable of the temple, licked a bit of the window paper and looked inside.

I saw that the light in the hall was dim, and a white jade sitting Buddha stood in the north. On the altar in front of the Buddha statue, there were two bone altars.

Could it be that father and mother...

Thinking of the last back at the city gate last year, Ye Zuolan's heart couldn't help throbbing.But he immediately warned himself that he must not lose his footing.

From the current position, it's really hard to see the names and taboos on the spirit tablet in front of the bone altar.He was deciding to move forward a few more steps, when he suddenly noticed a figure in plain clothes among the group of bald monks, who looked very familiar.

This seems to be... Tang Ruilang? !

We haven't seen each other for more than a year, so by calculation, Tang Ruilang is already 14 years old.

This age is the transition period from teenager to youth.Judging from the back alone, his stature has obviously elongated, his shoulders have become wider, and he is more masculine.However, that warm and refined feeling remained unchanged.

Ye Zuolan hesitated at first, but the more she watched, the more convinced she became.

He also thought of the parting outside the Yanxing Gate a year ago... It seems that it was Tang Ruilang's strength that the father and mother were able to return home this time.

But so what?The dead cannot be brought back to life, and all that Tang Ruilang did was to atone for his father.

There are bursts of Sanskrit sounds in my ears, saving the close relatives who died unjustly.Ye Zuolan stared at the two bone jars silently for a long time, then left sadly.

After returning to Dayefang, Ye Zuolan immediately picked up a pen and described the structure and layout of Qinglong Temple in detail, planning to discuss countermeasures with Master Li Honghe in the afternoon.

But who knew that Li Honghe just picked up the map and glanced at it, then threw it back on the table.

"It's such a simple thing, you can do it with your eyes closed!"

Ye Zuolan hypothesized: "What if there is an ambush?"

"Ambush? Huh!" Li Honghe rolled his eyes: "Do you know that as a teacher, every time I come out to look for you, a little guy, I have to go through the castle in the palace? That's the imperial palace. Keep it in your eyes!"

Of course Ye Zuolan knew that the palace city was surrounded by Jiacheng. Not only were the city walls high, but there were secret sentries everywhere, and guard barracks were stationed there.Only in this way can we ensure that young people cannot easily approach the palace and ensure the safety of the emperor and the clan.

However, at this moment, Master Hongqu said that she often needs to cross Jiacheng—could it be that she is also a person living in the palace? !

Ye Zuolan looked Li Hongju up and down several times, and then asked cautiously, "Master, are you... the emperor's concubine?"

"What are you talking about, can't I be a princess?!"

After hitting Ye Zuolan's head moderately as punishment, Li Hongqu suddenly wrapped his arms around his neck forcefully.

"Apprentice, we will do it tonight. Don't be nervous, we will bring your parents back soon."

After the sun went down, Ye Zuolan and Li Honghe quietly left Dayefang.Then, before the door of Shengdaofang was closed, he quickly hid in an abandoned house in the south of Lifang.

Because of the need to act late at night, Li Honghe specially prepared two night clothes.When the two of them were getting dressed, the sound of curfew and street drums finally came from a distance.

In the north, there are some rich people living in Lifang, and people still walk around in the workshop after the curfew—but the desolate Shengdaofang is completely different. At this moment, there is only a cemetery-like loneliness left.

After more than a year of training by Li Hongqu, Ye Zuolan's physical strength and skills have made great progress.His footsteps were light, and he followed closely behind Li Honghe, and the two of them came to the main gate of Qinglong Temple silently like ghosts in the dark night.

The gate of the temple was naturally closed, and not even a lantern could be seen under the eaves.

"here."

Ye Zuolan gestured towards Li Honghe.On the east side of the main entrance, there is a big pagoda tree with a crooked neck, which is just suitable for climbing.

Li Honghe took one step ahead, followed by Ye Zuolan, who climbed up the tree in two or three steps, then stepped up the temple wall, turned around and landed firmly in the temple.

There was no sound in the temple, and there was no light in sight, and the surroundings were really dark.Fortunately, there was a gibbous moon looming overhead in the clouds, barely able to illuminate some scenery.

In the blink of an eye, the master and apprentice had arrived at the backyard, only to see that the inside of the side hall was also pitch black, there should be no one guarding the night, only General Tie was guarding the door.

Li Hongzhi walked to the door and lightly brushed the lock with his hand.There was only a click, and the door lock fell.

She whispered to Ye Zuolan: "Go inside and quickly take out your things. I'll watch out for you outside, hurry up!"

Without further ado, Ye Zuolan immediately stepped into the room.

All of a sudden, even the moonlight above his head disappeared, and there was only pure darkness in the surroundings.

Fortunately, Ye Zuolan clearly remembered that the hall was filled with futons, and there were no other obstacles, so he boldly groped forward, and sure enough, he reached in front of the sacrificial table very quickly.

He took a deep breath and began to grope with his hands against the table.The two clay jars containing the ashes were soon found.At the moment when she felt the coldness and hardness, Ye Zuolan went limp and fell to her knees with a plop.

"Father, mother..."

He whispered softly: "My son is not filial, my son is here to pick you up..."

As he spoke, he took out the burden he had prepared in advance, tied up the two bone jars, carried them on his back in one breath, and then prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Li Honghe, who was guarding outside, suddenly yelled: "Run!"

Ye Zuolan was startled, and when she came back to her senses, the hall was already brightly lit.There were many swaying figures faintly visible on the paper-pasted windows, and the sound of armor colliding and rubbing could be heard.

In the midst of the chaos, a man suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Master Tang is as good at predicting things as a god! The remnant of the Ye family really sneaked here! Why don't you hurry and catch him?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Honghe also sneered: "If you want to catch my apprentice, you have to pass me first!"

Immediately afterwards, there was another commotion outside.

Ye Zuolan was worried about Li Hongju's safety, but she also knew that the current self was more like a burden to her.So he didn't hesitate, tightened the burden on his back, immediately pushed open the window on the side close to the temple wall, and quickly climbed onto the wall.

As long as you can climb over this wall, not far away is a desolate and messy large city square.It will not be so easy for the officers and soldiers to take people.

Ye Zuolan originally planned in this way, until the moment when he stood on top of the wall and was about to turn down.

He was stunned suddenly, because there was a wide stinking ditch outside the wall.

Ye Zuolan has already learned how to swim after what happened at the Quehua Pool more than a year ago.But what really made him hesitate at this moment were the two jars on his back.

Is the bone altar permeable or not? What if the burden is soaked in water and the altar is plugged... What should I do?

In just a short moment, he had already thought of countless evil consequences, quickly dismissed the decision to dive, and started running along the wall.

"on the wall!"

Soon someone discovered his whereabouts, the fire became brighter and brighter, and Ye Zuolan saw a shadow gradually appearing in front of her, and it became shorter and shorter.

"Fire the arrows! Hurry up and let the arrows go!" Someone else was yelling frantically.

The terrible sound of the bowstring being plucked is like thousands of wasps chasing after them.Arrows came through the air, and some even landed at Ye Zuolan's feet!

However, Ye Zuolan no longer felt any fear. He ran desperately without looking back, as if he was chasing and competing with the canal beside him.

Finally, the canal saw its end.

And the end of the temple wall is at Ye Zuolan's feet.

When desperate, Ye Zuolan could only jump forward.

The gibbous moon had already hidden behind the thick clouds, and he couldn't see clearly what was waiting for him in front of him.

But at the moment when he jumped up, he heard the sound of a feathered arrow piercing through the air.

Immediately afterwards, there was a surge of great pain, which exploded from the lower abdomen...