Daoist, I am not fragrant!

"What are you doing here?"

"Come find someone."

"Your enemy?"

"No, it's probably my... old friend."

The beginning of summer in May is the season when the weather is the most unpredictable. The sun was still hanging in the southern sky one moment ago, and then the clouds became dense again. It is unknown when it will rain.

Zhong Tang was awakened by the muffled thunder, and Yubai's fingers touched his slightly hot forehead, and the vermilion sleeves fell loosely, brushing his thin lips that seemed to have been stained red.

After a while, he regained consciousness a little, and remembered that he was sitting in a crude carriage, and the carriage was running on the official road east of Lin'an City.

Maybe it's because of his popularity recently, his pastry shop Wuweizhai has received a big business, and Jiang Yuanwai's second son in Qingping Villa outside the city got married, so he was specially invited to make wedding cakes for the banquet.

It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful. The carriage just left the city when it encountered such weather.

The yellow civet cat in his arms was purring.He warmed Zhong Tang's hands warmly, and Zhong Tang looked out of the narrow car window with his eyes squinted and his chin lazily propped up like this restive cat.

The sky was so gloomy that it was scary, it was just after noon, but it was as dark as evening.

The heavy rain finally poured down, and Zhang Shunzi, the boy driving the car outside, couldn't hold it any longer. Through the curtain of the car, he told Zhong Tang coquettishly, and said coquettishly, "Boss, the rain is too heavy. I can't leave either."

"I remember there is a Baizi Temple in front of you. You are so pitiful. Let's go in and hide from the rain."

"You're the only one who can put on airs," Zhong Tang almost gritted his teeth when he heard the pretentious movement. He picked up the food box at hand and was about to throw it over. The yellow raccoon on his knee followed suit, making him knock Che Ban reprimanded: "Speak up, can I still let you soak in the rain?"

"That must not be the case. You, the shopkeeper, are the kindest." The little boy Zhang Shunzi was not afraid of Zhong Tang in the car getting angry, and responded cheerfully.Everyone in Lin'an City knows that although the shopkeeper of his house has a bad temper, he looks like he has a good heart and will never make things difficult for others.

"Say a few words, be careful not to drive the car into the ditch!" Zhong Tang knocked on the car board to teach him a few more words, then scratched Huang Li'er's chin again, narrowed his eyes and continued to doze by the car window .

It didn't take long for the rain to fall even more heavily. Fortunately, the Baizi Temple that Zhang Shunzi said was close at hand.

The carriage stopped, and Zhong Tang also looked out with his eyelids open. If this place is called a temple, it is really a bit shabby. After all, it is just a small courtyard made of blue bricks. Through the low wall, one or two rooms can be seen in the dark. The eaves, I don't know how the incense is usually.

Just when a bolt of lightning tore through the rain curtain, the entire yard was instantly reflected pale, except for the closed gate in the middle, which was still dark, as if filled with an ominous atmosphere.

"Is this the Baizi Temple you mentioned?" Zhong Tang casually gathered up his vermilion clothes, opened the curtain, and asked Zhang Shunzi.

"Yes, yes," Zhang Shunzi wiped the rain off his face with his hand, and explained hastily, "This temple existed when I was a child, and it has been here for so many years. Don't worry, the shopkeeper, you can't go wrong."

Zhong Tang raised his eyebrows slightly, staring at the dark temple gate for a long time.Zhang Shunzi outside the car saw that he didn't get out of the car, and he was really uncomfortable from the rain, so he was about to urge him.

But before he could make a sound, Zhong Tang hugged the yellow raccoon with one hand, picked up the food box next to him with the other, and stepped down neatly from the carriage. The red clothes and red clothes were dragged in the rain, and they were stained with water in an instant .

He completely lost the hesitation just now, instead he directly pushed open the temple door, then turned to Zhang Shunzi who was still standing there and said, "Come here soon? Or are you going to stand here to guard the gate for me tonight?"

"I really want to," Zhang Shunzi said, but quickly ran over and took the food box from Zhong Tang's hand: "How can you leave my service, shopkeeper? I won't accept it."

Zhong Tang talked to him lazily, and walked directly into the main hall of the small temple after entering the door.

"Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu—" Zhang Shunzi called Miao Zhu loudly while walking, but no matter how much he yelled, there was no response: "This Mrs. Liu is really getting lazy."

Zhong Tang didn't care much about Mrs. Liu in Zhang Shunzi's mouth. Instead, he put the yellow raccoon on the ground and played with the jade beads hanging from his waist.

It was a strange thing to say, there was a golden bell at the end of the string, but no matter how he fiddled with it, it never made even a tiny sound.

Zhong Tang obviously didn't care about it for a long time. After all, since he woke up three years ago and got this string of jade beads and golden bells, he had never heard its sound.But it seems that the habit is hard to change, he still likes to hook it into his hand and fiddle with it when he has nothing to do.

As expected before, this Baizi Temple is really pitifully small, the main hall is only more than two feet wide, and there is not even a colorful painting on the four walls.

What made Zhong Tang even more concerned was that in ordinary temples, regardless of whether the offerings were gods or Buddhas, the real statues would mostly be placed in the most conspicuous places.But in the main hall of the Baizi Temple in front of you, there is only a dilapidated gray curtain hanging, and a dusty incense burner is placed in the middle, and there is no statue of the worshiped god at all.

Zhong Tang's gaze stayed on the gray curtain for a moment, and he tapped the jade bead and golden bell with his fingertips. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his thin lips moved slightly: "Interesting..."

It's such an interesting place.

On the other side, Zhang Shunzi called Mrs. Liu for a long time, but there was no response, so he said to Zhong Tang: "It must be that Mrs. Liu is lazy and sleepy, but since we are here, I want to say hello to her anyway."

"Treasurer, you rest first, I will look for her in the back, and I will be back soon."

When Zhong Tang heard the words, it was rare that he didn't argue with him, but just nodded foolishly: "Go."

"It's fucking unlucky, it's raining so much!" Zhang Shunzi had just left for a while, when there was a loud sound of footsteps outside the temple gate, Zhong Tang squinted, but there were a few drenched The official came rushing into the temple, complaining incessantly.

When Zhong Tang looked at them, they naturally also saw Zhong Tang, in the wild temple with such heavy rain and dim light, there stood a beautiful woman in red clothes and black hair.

His clothes were also stained with rainwater, and they were wetly attached to his thin body, showing a different kind of coquettishness without being embarrassed.

Although he is a man, he does not know how he was born. His eyebrows are slender and long, and the corners of his tail are slightly raised, which seems to contain a faint red color, which makes people itch.

The officer in the lead cleared his throat, winked behind him, and sensed that most of his colleagues had the same thoughts, so he couldn't help being bold in his actions. He strode up to Zhong Tang's side and asked tentatively, "This little boy?" Why is the young master alone? He also came here to hide from the rain?"

Zhong Tang's steps paused slightly, although he was disgusted in his heart, he never even frowned.Hearing the sound, he looked sideways at them, and the corners of his lips seemed to be smiling, but the golden bell around his waist had been loosely wrapped around his finger at some point.

Seeing Zhong Tang's appearance, the officer felt that his throat was dry, and he took a few steps forward: "It's raining so hard, young master, are you afraid?"

Zhong Tang was still speechless, the yellow raccoon who had been chasing the hem of his clothes, also sensed something was wrong, and lashed out at the officials.

It's just that no one noticed that the jade beads on his fingers were getting tighter and tighter.

But at this moment, Zhong Tang suddenly felt a movement in his heart, as if the long-lost thread was picked up by someone again, forcing him to let go of the golden bell in his hand——

Seeing that the officer still didn't speak, he only thought that he was afraid, so he laughed more and more wantonly: "Young master, why don't you chat with me to relieve boredom."

The rest of the officials behind him also closed the door of the small temple like wild dogs smelling fishy, ​​and then surrounded them all together: "Yes, young master, I'm talking with my brothers..."

Seeing them approaching step by step, even the hand of the chief officer had already touched Zhong Tang's shoulder, Huang Li'er's ferocious cry was still in his ears, but Zhong Tang acted as if he hadn't heard it, just raised his eyes and stared blankly. Look, the temple gate reflecting the shadow of the rain.

Those few officials were even more aggressive, they surrounded him tightly in an instant, and the words in their mouths became more and more filthy.

"Don't be afraid, little son, my brothers will help you warm up..."

The heavy rain outside the window was still pouring down, and the rolling thunder echoed in the dark sky.

At this moment, the closed door of the small temple was suddenly pushed open, and through the official in front of him, Zhong Tang met a pair of cold front eyes.

The small temple fell silent in an instant, and several officials stopped their movements subconsciously, and looked towards the direction of the temple gate. The vermilion skirts that were originally held in their hands also fell lightly with their movements.

"Who are you, the grandpas have taken over here, why don't you—" A young official who was rushing forward was interrupted rashly, of course he opened his mouth and cursed in anger.

But before he could say the word "roll", he was pulled by the arm by the people around him and swallowed it.

The people at the gate of the temple seemed to have never heard of it. He stood in the heavy rain, but the dark blue Taoist robe on his body was not even half wet. His long black hair was tied neatly by a white jade Taoist crown on his head. The long dharma sword, upon closer inspection, is unsharp wooden.

"This Taoist priest, I don't know where he practiced, but he also came to take shelter from the rain?" the leading official asked cautiously.

After all, he has seen the world, if it is an ordinary Taoist priest, it will be fine, but this place is very close to Lin'an City, if this Taoist comes from the two imperial palaces in the city, they will not be able to provoke him.

But the people at the gate of the temple didn't answer for a long time, and they didn't move. They just stood still in the shower, and their frosty eyes swept over the people in the temple. He didn't even dare to lift his head.

After looking around for a round, that gaze fell back on Zhong Tang, just like the first time, Zhong Tang was also looking at him.

But after a while, he moved away again, and he seemed to have no emotion from the beginning to the end.

For some unknown reason, the little golden bell swayed gently between Zhong Tang's fingers, swaying with the jade bead, and for the first time, made a small and crisp sound.

Zhong Tang's normally flirtatious half-closed eyes reflected that person's figure.

Huang Li'er didn't understand what was happening in front of her eyes, she just moved her limp body and rolled behind Zhong Tang, watching timidly and curiously.

The person standing at the gate of the temple finally moved. He walked slowly into the house, one step at a time. It was obviously just an ordinary walk, but he forced the officials to scatter and retreat. , can hear the sound of heavy metal dragging.

Under the hem of the dark blue Taoist robe, between the ups and downs of his walking steps, there loomed a wrist-thick iron chain, and the two ends were tightly fastened to his ankles.

Zhong Tang still stood there in a daze, his eyes seemed to be frozen, and they seemed to be too chaotic to distinguish.

It wasn't until the wind and rain from the temple gate almost soaked his red clothes that he said with a trembling voice, "Who are you?"

The Taoist priest in green robe didn't answer, dragged the iron chain and continued walking towards the temple, almost passing Zhong Tang by the shoulder.

Zhong Tang raised his hand subconsciously to stop him, and the Taoist priest in green robe stopped in front of his hand, looking at him indifferently.Zhong Tang just woke up suddenly, and faded away from the look of melancholy just now, but he didn't take back the hand that stopped the Taoist, and chatted kindly.

"This Taoist priest, I wonder if you and I have known each other before?"

The Taoist priest in green robe seemed to be silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Not at all."

"Really?" Zhong Tang didn't back down, his usual carefree face showed a rare bit of determination.

The Taoist priest in Qingpao shook his head again, his tone was more serious: "Nothing."

Zhong Tang still didn't let go of his hands, he was still looking at the Taoist priest in green robe, but the Taoist priest in green robe didn't seem to be there, he just stood in front of Zhong Tang's hand.

Finally, Zhong Tang took a step back, his downcast eyes seemed to have changed back to that lazy and coquettish look, and there was a bit of a smile on the corner of his lips: "So, since it's the first time we met, I don't know what to call him?"

"Golden Crow Temple, Li Bizhi."

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