General, he's cheating again

The next morning, there were raindrops falling one after another. Nanchan Temple was built halfway up a small hill in the outskirts of Caizhou City. At that time, the sky was dark and there was mist and mist in the temple. shuttle.

Today, Gu Zhen was wearing a narrow-sleeved gown with rattan, purple and bamboo patterns, and a black crown with his hair tied up in a luxurious outfit.In contrast, Qin Qingrong was dressed in a light blue regular robe and stood beside Gu Zhen in the aura, but she was not at a disadvantage in the aura, making people sigh at a glance for her indifferent and refined nature.

The front gate of Nanchan Temple was wide open, and the rain that had accumulated overnight was merging with the falling raindrops, flowing along the stone walls and black tiles to form a rain curtain.Holding oil-paper umbrellas, the two stepped into the rain, only to see that there was no one in the front yard, and the temple was extremely quiet.

After walking around the courtyard, the two walked down the corridor and looked at a hundred meters away, there was a white mist. I'm afraid this is a strange phenomenon.Walking into the corridor, they put away their umbrellas and saw that most of the corridor had been burned down. They were shocked when they bumped into a young monk in civilian clothes holding a candle.

The little monk put his palms together and looked at the two in front of him for a while, then nodded and spoke in a clear and unhurried voice: "Amitabha, may I ask the two benefactors, are they here to meet Abbot Wujian of our temple?"

The little monk said this as if he had known about the visit of the two of them for a long time. Hearing this, Gu Zhenqin Qingrong couldn't help but look at the surrounding scene again, thinking in his heart that the scene in Nanchan Temple was also strange.

"Exactly." Qin Qingrong calmed down and said warmly with a slight smile: "I don't know where Abbot Wujian is at the moment."

The little monk stretched his right arm forward, looked intently at the two people in front of him, and said: "The abbot has been waiting for you for a long time, and he is now in the main hall. You can lead the two benefactors to go."

About halfway through the temple, the two knew in their hearts that there must have been a fire in the temple recently.No wonder there is a thick fog in the temple in light rainy weather, probably because the accumulated smoke has not cleared.

The candles in the treasure hall were dimly lit, and an old monk with white beard was sitting on the futon in the hall, chanting sutras with his eyes closed. He vaguely felt the sound of footsteps approaching. When he slowly opened his eyes and raised his head, he stared at the Ksitigarbha statue in front of him.

When the dazed candlelight shone on his face, there were mottled rotten burns on his face.Standing up tremblingly, the white-bearded old monk turned around and saw that the visitor had already entered the door. His right hand was always trembling slightly, and his right foot was slightly limping when walking.

You must know that the Abbot Wujian in Qin Qingrong's impression is a kind-hearted, spotless Buddhist monk. He doesn't know what happened to the abbot to become what he is now, so he couldn't help but step forward to help him, showing worry.

"Dare to ask the abbot, what happened in this temple?"

Qin Qingrong helped Abbot Wu Jian to the door, and the two young monks outside stepped forward to support him.Hearing Qin Qingrong's question, Abbot Wujian looked indifferent and said nothing.

Instead, a young monk beside him saluted and said: "This benefactor, what happened in the temple is an innocent disaster, and the Buddha said that it cannot be said.

The Ganoderma lucidum requested by the two benefactors was kept in an ice cellar in the back mountain because it grew in extremely cold places.The benefactor only needs to go with us, and the abbot will lead the way. "

After finishing speaking, the two young monks supported Abbot Wu Jian to lead the way, and walked all the way to the depths of the temple.

Up to this moment, everyone and everything in this monastery have revealed strangeness. Gu Zhen noticed that Qin Qingrong had a lot of trust in this abbot Wu Jian's appearance just now, and he thought that this abbot should be an old friend of Qin Qingrong.

Fearing that Qin Qingrong would relax his guard, Gu Zhen intentionally signaled Qin Qingrong to slow down and distance himself from the people in front of him, and then reminded him in a low voice: "Master Qin must have heard that the book of war emphasizes "the sun and the sun". The environment is weird, and the monks told us our intentions frankly and didn't reject us, but I'm afraid it's not that simple to get the Ganoderma lucidum."

"So what if you can?" Qin Qingrong has made up his mind, with a dignified look in his eyes and a wry smile, "It's just that now I can only follow my plan. I know that there are tigers on the mountain, but I prefer to go to the mountain. I can wait, but I'm afraid that cousin Yan Qi won't be able to wait that long. .”

Several people walked outside a Zen courtyard, and the two monks stationed in front of the Zen courtyard joined hands to salute, then opened the courtyard door and led everyone into a meditation room.

Then the two great monks closed the Zen door, lit the candles in the room, and then moved a candlestick on the ground in the Zen room, and a stone door was removed by itself.

Looking inside the stone gate, one can vaguely see the candles in the tunnel gradually burning all the way.

A little monk came forward and asked: "The Ganoderma lucidum you are asking for is under this tunnel. Abbot Wu Jian has trouble with his legs and feet today, so he will not go in with the two benefactors."

Looking at the bottomless tunnel, Gu Zhen couldn't help hesitating whether he should go down, but seeing that Qin Qingrong had already bowed to the monks to thank him, then turned and walked into the tunnel, Gu Zhen had no choice but to follow.

With their bodies submerged in the tunnel, Gu Zhen heard that the stone door above his head had been closed by itself, and the two couldn't help but stop.

In the tunnel, five monks, including the abbot, spread out and sat around the stone gate to form a circle, closing their eyes and reciting the "Mantra of Rebirth".

The sound of chanting mantras outside came to his ears, Gu Zhen laughed back angrily, put his hands on his back and slowly rubbed his shoulders, Qin Qingrong went down and teased: "It's really not a Tathagata who becomes a madman. It's all done by them.

Are they doing this to say that you and I will surely die?General Ben wants to see how they let me die here. "

"Perhaps, they are also forced to act." Qin Qingrong's eyes dimmed, he still did not believe that Abbot Wu Jian would harm them.

There was no words all the way, and the colder the two of them went deeper into the cellar, the colder it became.After walking silently for a long time, he finally came to a wide doorway. Looking inside, there was a brown Ganoderma lucidum hidden among the bright red vines hanging on the stone wall of the cave.

Thinking that he was hallucinating due to fear of the cold, Qin Qingrong seemed to see a huge shadow shaking on the ground in the cave. As soon as he stepped into the cave, a blunt rusty knife swung at him in a daze, and he subconsciously dodged sideways. A layer of sweat broke out in the palm of my hand.

The person holding a blunt knife in front of him has disheveled hair and filth all over his body. This person is very tall and strong, and he seems to be a foreigner.

Facing such a formidable enemy, Gu Zhen quickly pulled out a slender soft sword from his narrow sleeve, then his eyes fell on Qin Qingrong, and when he saw that he was fine, he praised: "Master Qin is quite powerful, this general didn't expect you to be able to barely protect yourself .”

Looking at the long sword, Qin Qingrong calmed down and looked at Gu Zhen and couldn't help but say, "Qin didn't realize that Mr. Gu hid a sword."

The big man with disheveled hair in front of him swung his knife wildly as if in a state of insanity, his eyes were round and his teeth were bared, his teeth roared, he turned his target to Gu Zhen and slashed, but Gu Zhen dodged and circled behind him, and the soft sword was drawn around his neck in an instant A glaring bloodstain.

A strong tingling sensation surged into his nerves. Fanbang covered his neck with trembling hands and looked at the blood dripping from his palms, only to hear the person behind him speak in a mouthful of Central Plains official dialect: "This is to overcome rigidity with softness."

Clenching a fist in one hand, Fan Bangren's eyes were full of sinisterness. He pretended to turn around and punched Gu Zhen, knowing that Gu Zhen would step back and dodge it. A successful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he swung his knife and quickly slashed at Qin Qingrong.

Neither of them reacted for a while, but when they were about to hide, Qin Qingrong's leg seemed to be filled with lead and he couldn't pull it out.

Seeing the blunt knife swung down from the top of his head, Qin Qingrong couldn't help but close his eyes tightly and didn't want to, but he was pushed to the ground together.

When he opened his eyes in a trance, he saw that the Fanbang man in front of him was lying on his back bleeding from all seven orifices, and the blunt knife was stuck in his left arm.

"It hurts..."

Qin Qingrong felt the blunt knife being pulled out from the flesh and blood, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Knowing it hurts means you're still alive." Gu Zhen tore off a piece of cloth from his body and wrapped it tightly around Qin Qingrong's wound a few times, then helped him up from the ground and lay down against the wall.Seeing Qin Qingrong's phoenix eyes with a little reproach, he stood up and folded his arms and said, "Let Mr. Qin remember, don't always be reckless and take advantage of others. In the end, Ganoderma lucidum hasn't been taken yet." If you get it, you've already lost half your life."

"Anyway, my cousin is also because of the serious illness of the Qin family. If he can be cured, it won't be a big deal." Qin Qingrong smiled bitterly, looked at the bleeding corpse in front of him, and said, "This man is Why did he suddenly bleed to death from the seven orifices?"

"I stabbed him with a poisonous needle when he swung the knife." Seeing Qin Qingrong trembling with cold, Gu Zhen leaned over to pick up the blunt knife on the ground and randomly pulled a bunch of vines from the stone wall to cut them off, while saying Qin Qingrong's words, " I asked Hua Yan for some poisonous needles this morning, but I didn't expect to use them."

After a while, he dragged a clump of vines he had cut down on the ground to Qin Qingrong, and took an oil lamp to light a fire. When the fire was lit, Qin Qingrong felt a little bit of warmth, and finally felt a little better.

It is cold in this cave, and the air is not very circulated because it is closed all the year round.They can't last long in the hole, either freezing to death or starving to death.Fearing that Qin Qingrong would fall asleep and lose consciousness, Gu Zhen poked Qin Qingrong's wound with a vine branch in his hand when he saw Qin Qingrong's sleepy eyes.

"Hiss!" Qin Qingrong bared her teeth in pain, and lost all sleepiness for a moment.

"Why do you sleep?" Gu Zhen stood beside Qin Qingrong, leaning against the stone wall and quietly playing with the Ganoderma lucidum in one hand. I fell asleep and roasted this mushroom."

"Then Qin suggested that instead of thinking about roasting mushrooms, General Gu should think about how to get out." Qin Qingrong glared at Gu Zhen angrily, and stood up with some difficulty on the ground with one hand. His lips were already pale and he stood up and looked at him slowly. The scene around the cave.

After looking around, he didn't find any clues. When his eyes fell on Gu Zhen again, he couldn't help but smile with guilt and helplessness: "I'm really sorry that I have caused you to be trapped here."

"This general is just following orders." Gu Zhen waved his hands in a perfunctory manner, "Master Qin is an important minister of the court, and the emperor's right-hand man. If you die, the emperor will probably order this general to die."

It was only natural for Gu Zhen to say this, but Qin Qingrong felt a little lost.Gu Zhen's thoughts are deep in the city, and sometimes Qin Qingrong feels that Gu Zhen and he have become confidants who understand each other, but in fact they are still just strangers connected because of their mutual interests.

Qin Qingrong withdrew his thoughts and smiled in relief, holding his injured arm with the other hand and walked out of the cave thinking: "I think there should be no place to get out of this cave.

If the door can be opened from the outside, it must also be opened from the inside. Let's go back to the entrance to see if there is any mechanism. "

Seeing Qin Qingrong's soles fluttering and his face looking weak, Gu Zhen subconsciously followed to help him, but when he just touched Qin Qingrong's sleeve, Qin Qingrong looked at him and smiled at him and refused: "Don't bother, I'll just go by myself."

Seeing Qin Qingrong's awkward appearance, Gu Zhen showed displeasure on his face and thought to himself what's wrong with Qin Qingrong's wood, and hugged him horizontally by the waist. When he saw Qin Qingrong's frightened look from the corner of his eye, he couldn't help feeling better.

"Gu Zhen! You? What are you doing?" Qin Qingrong bumped his head into Gu Zhen's arms with a look of bewilderment and surprise.

Gu Zhen couldn't help raising his eyebrows and pretending to be angry when he heard the words: "Why? Don't you give me a hug? Master Qin doesn't even want to touch me, it seems that he really hates me. But Gu always likes to bully others, Master Qin Used to it."