Four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasty.
Although the imperial court suppressed Buddhism and confiscated a large number of Buddha fields and temple properties, being a monk is almost a lifelong occupation, and it is not possible to close the door because the pilgrims withered.
Besides, Jiangnan was originally the place where the wind of good Buddha was the most prosperous, and the small folk temples were not greatly affected by the suppression of Buddha.
For example, this Bodhi Temple is located in the countryside, there are not many Buddha Temple properties, and there is no great protector of the gentry and eunuchs, so naturally it doesn't matter whether to suppress the Buddha or not.
The open space in front of the temple is a bazaar, where people from all over the country regularly come to the market to sell agricultural products and buy household goods.
The monks and the people who entered the world are safe and sound here, and the two are in harmony.
At this moment, in the crowd of people in the market, there are also a few strange figures, they are wearing ordinary clothes, and they are like people rushing to the market, but they don't ask about the price of vegetables or buy small household utensils like others, but they cautiously scan every person who merges into the concentration with cold eyes.
Xia Xun took Ming'er's hand, and just walked into the bazaar not far away, he found these people with abnormal behavior, compared to those professional beggars pretending to be beggar agents, these professional spies pretending to be ordinary people are obviously too amateurish.
Xia Xun was startled and wanted to retreat, but leaving at this time was undoubtedly more obvious.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw the Bodhi Monastery, and before the hound-like spy was staring at him, he turned and walked towards the temple.
Xu Ming'er sensed his nervousness and glanced at him, but did not speak, but tacitly quickened her pace.
A spy was like an alert hound, and he stared at the figure that had hurried into the temple, and there was a slight doubt in his heart.
He paused, whispered to his companion, and the two of them chased after him leisurely.
There are a lot of pilgrims in the temple, and it is not correct to say that it is a pilgrim, because most of these people are rushing to the market and come to the temple to see, so although there are quite a lot of people, the incense is not vigorous.
There are stalls under the porches on both sides of the temple, where a few small novices sell incense sticks and consecrated trinkets, but no one cares about them.
Xia Xun entered the temple for a moment without stopping, and then flashed into the left side hall, the hall is enshrined in the four great King Kongs, there is a banner hanging under the lintel, and there are four big words on the book: "Free Interpretation".
Xia Xun saw that an old woman was about to sit on the seat, hurriedly dodged, and occupied the seat first, Ming'er obediently stood next to him, the old woman with the vegetable basket glared at him dissatisfied, and stood behind him stupidly, which could block him, and looked from the outside, it looked like an old woman with her little granddaughter, waiting for the monk to interpret the scriptures.
Behind the desk, a big monk in his forties, with big ears, a red face, and kind eyes looked him up and down, smiled peacefully, put his hands together, and said gently: "The donor is not a local."
Xia Xun hurriedly clasped his hands together and said: "Yes, Xinnan brought it from Hezhou and Wujiang to Yangzhou to visit relatives and friends." ” The great monk smiled and slowly bowed his head and said: "Well, thousands of miles away, the donor passed by here by chance, this is also a fate."
"Is it a thousand miles away from Wujiang to here?"
Xia Xun wanted to laugh, but he was busy and held back, and responded reverently: "Yes, it's fate, Xinnan has always had a relationship with Buddhism." ” At this time, the two people had already chased into the temple, swept the tourists in the courtyard, and chased them to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.
The great monk's eyes flashed with kindness and wisdom, pointed behind him, and said kindly: "Since fate has arrived, don't you invite a pillar of incense to worship the Buddha?"
Xia Xun looked behind him, only to see a narrow wooden board in front of the wall lying there, with many bundles of the most crude grass incense on it, the great monk said: "A stick of incense is nine dollars, a pillar of incense is ninety-nine dollars, but it is not expensive, just a heart for the Buddha." ” Xia Xun glanced at the main courtyard, and said with a smile: "Master, Xinnan came all the way, and he was shy in his pocket, and he entered the temple today, just to hear the master interpret the scriptures." ” When the great monk heard this, he still had a quiet and indifferent monk-like smile on his face, but his eyelids drooped downward, and the corners of his mouth were slightly twitched.
Xia Xun said in surprise: "Master" The great monk's eyes were closed, the corners of his mouth were tilted down a little more, and he didn't speak, just waved his hand outward again.
"Oh" Xia Xun nodded hurriedly, raised his butt and left.
"What's wrong with this monk?"
Ming'er was indignant, Xia Xun pinched her palm, and walked to the gate of the temple without saying a word, Xia Xun bought a vegetable pier and carried it vertically on his shoulder, blocking half of his face, and took Ming'er's hand, as the crowd moved forward step by step, Xia Xun saw the strict guard in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River, and he had already realized that he had underestimated Luo Kedi, he was by no means safe when he left the city, this cat-and-mouse game had just begun.
After a careful analysis, he believed that it was very dangerous to go south at this time, his whereabouts had already been leaked, and if he forcibly went south to contact the person he had arranged, he would inevitably fall into the net.
So he decisively gave up the idea of going south to liaise with the answering officer and went north instead.
As expected, along the way, the security is not very tight.
Evidently, the carriage had attracted the attention of the Jinyi Guards, and their main force had already pounced to the south, where a huge net had been spread, and he was about to search him out, when he walked back, and there was no danger.
Xia Xun walked back, of course, he didn't go back to Nanjing City, he was resigned to fate when he entered the city, he didn't want to leave his surname at the mercy of God.
He believed that after more than a year of training, his subordinates already had a minimum of fighting wisdom, and they would definitely push the boat down the river, build up a bigger momentum, and attract more attention from the government, and the northbound was his most likely destination, but as the news of their traces found on the south road spread, Luo Yanshi would inevitably dispatch a large amount of manpower to search south, so that the number of open and secret agents in the north would be greatly reduced.
Sure enough, the number of checkpoints and guards along the way has been greatly reduced, and Xia Xun copied the trail and escaped safely to the bank of the Yangtze River.
Go further, but it's not easy, there is a small wharf in front, not very big, this place can not moor a large cargo ship with a deep draft line, nor is it a special wharf for ferrying guests, but a small wharf built by fishermen fishing along the river to facilitate the docking of fishing boats, but it is such a small wharf, and there are people guarding it.
Xia Xun quietly observed, those people should be the local inspectors and their helpers, the four people with knives are obviously the inspectors in the yamen, and there are more than a dozen people with water and fire sticks, that is, gangsters outside the regular service.
Xia Xun stared at the location of these people and the weapons they carried, thinking about how to seize the ship.
When he had some eyebrows in his heart, he whispered to Xu Ming'er: "Ming'er, it's too dangerous to take you to grab the boat, you go down the river, go farther, at least a few miles away, just wait for me by the river downstream, I will look for you after I take the boat." ” Xia Xun didn't hear Xu Ming'er's answer after he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Ming'er in some surprise, Ming'er was lying next to him, with a pair of big bright eyes, looking at him for a moment, as if he wanted to see a flower from his face, Xia Xun raised his eyebrows, and said suspiciously: "What's wrong?"
Ming'er shook her head, pursed her lips and didn't speak.
Xia Xun said: "Four inspections, more than a dozen helpers, not easy to deal with."
Moreover, once it is revealed that we are two people, a man and a woman, the goal is even more obvious.
You go downstream and wait for me, wait for me to take the boat, if I don't show up, you can go back to the Zhongshan Mansion first, I know you don't want to go back, but" "I know" Xu Ming'er stiffened her face and said a very serious word, she bit her lower lip to turn white, and after saying a word, she ran towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Xia Xun was a little puzzled by the change in her expression, but he didn't think much about it at this time, he turned to the dock again, and focused on those patrols and helpers, pondering the plan of grabbing the ship like a man.
Another fishing boat docked, the two bamboo baskets on the boat have been filled with most of the fresh fish, a patrol to meet up, bend down to see, see that the basket is shining silver are fresh fish, a few are still jumping on the top, can't help but laugh out loud: "Yo ho, Ren is honest, good luck, actually returned with a full load." ” As he spoke, he cut off a long weed from the beach, removed the leaves, leaving only the stalks, and then bent down honestly and unceremoniously, picked up the big fish that were fat, big, and delicious, and strung them with grass stalks. ” When the man heard this, he picked out a few more big fish, and then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go."
"God damn it, these dogs are crumbs, why don't they suffer retribution" Ren honestly cursed secretly, but he didn't dare to show the slightest displeasure on his face, he quickly nodded and agreed, carried the basket ashore, took out a flat pole, just picked the basket to his shoulder, and walked out before ten steps, a young man wearing a gray cloth and short brown came up and passed him.
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"Stop, what are you doing?"
The inspection of Natiyu became suspicious, seeing that this man did not dress like a fisherman, and this was not a ferry, what was he doing here?
Xia Xun didn't let him ask more, the patrol's hand hadn't touched the handle of the knife, Xia Xun had already shot, his five fingers were bent, his fist was like a blunt shovel, and he shoveled the throat of the inspector with a "poof".
The big fish were scattered all over the place, and as soon as a few big fish that were not dead fell to the sand, they desperately flapped their tails, one of the fish jumped, and jumped on his face at once, and the big tail kept fanning his face, and he didn't move, Ren honestly saw this scene, and was so shocked that the flat shoulder slid down from his shoulder: "My God, it's so smart" Several inspectors and helpers immediately roared and pounced when they saw this, among which the slowest reaction was the patrol sitting on the boat, Xia Xun rushed up with an arrow, a big foot with a piece of sand under his feet flew over, the sole of his shoe and his face came to a maximum area of intimate contact, the patrol face was colorful, nosebleeds flowed, he only snorted, and then slipped out to the side of the boat, his body was immersed in the river and fainted, fortunately the water here is shallow, can only not pass the foot, otherwise he will drown.
Xia Xun blatantly made a move, he couldn't help but do it, the road guide on his body did not have the official defense of Jinling Mansion, but people appeared here, and they missed the horse and feet when they checked it, so they could only strike first.
Kicking this inspection, Xia Xun pulled out his saber as soon as he bent down.
The remaining two inspectors brandished steel knives and roared behind them, and more than a dozen gangs of idlers slashed at Xia Xun with water and fire sticks, relying on the strength of the crowd, and rushed towards Xia Xun like a desperate person.
"Kill" Xia Xun with a knife in his hand, suddenly turned into a devouring tiger, he stepped on the soft sand, flew forward, jumped forward, when he pounced, the foot was slightly off, the original frontal body of the body, when he met the head of the stick, it had moved slightly sideways, the whistle stick against his shoulder whistle fell, Xia Xun in the hand of the narrow blade straight into the man's lower abdomen, the wrist flipped, and then picked, the man roared and fell, blood splashed.
Xia Xun retracted the knife singlely, his right shoulder sank downward, and the whole person fell heavily on the beach, a roll over avoided five or six strokes once it was next to the body, enough to beat the person to the bones and tendons of the whistle stick, the knife in his hand was slippery, as if mowing grass swept over, and the three gangs screamed and fell out, abandoned the stick in their hands, and roared wildly with their bloody calves.
But a helper also took this opportunity, using a stick as a gun, changing the chop to a thorn, and squeezing him under the ribs, if it weren't for the fact that the man wanted to avoid his knife, he temporarily jumped back and unloaded some strength, this stick could break one of Xia Xun's ribs, Rao is so, the feeling of pain in his heart still makes Xia Xun almost breathless.
Those who can be helpers for the inspectors are the most fierce outlaws in the splash, and when they saw the blood, they aroused their fierce spirit, and the wind and fire sticks were danced by them to make a big fuss, Xia Xun was intent on making a big deal here, and he did not escape from the knife in his hand, at first, because he was hit by a stick under his ribs, the speed and strength in his hands were not enough, and after a while, his speed and strength returned to normal.
He slashed two whistle sticks with a single sword, and with a sweep of the situation, another gang flew out in a circle, and the man's ribs were cut open by his knife, and his internal organs were squeezed out.
But at this moment, Xia Xun was also seized by an experienced inspector and stabbed him in the back.
A good man is difficult to defeat with four hands, and it is difficult to get uninjured when he moves, but some people are still alive and well injured, and some people are stabbed and return to the west, the difference is that they must know how to avoid key points and know how to unload their strength.
Xia Xun's combat experience was fully reflected at this time, as soon as the patrol knife was next to his body, he went forward with all his strength, and he was hit the stomach, but the injury of this knife was not serious.
The back was stabbed, hot, the movement in the hand was slow, a patrol in front saw that there was an opportunity, waved the knife to join the battle group, and slashed at him, Xia Xun hurriedly stepped down, his body opened sideways, and the knife in his hand slammed upward, with a roar from the heaven-shaking steps, an arm holding the knife flew into the air, and the blood sprayed his head and face.
Xia Xun was like a mad tiger, dancing a few knives to force everyone away, jumping to the river, raising his hand to chop the cable that tied a small boat, hurriedly jumping on the boat, quickly swinging the oars away from the shore, taking advantage of the flow speed of the river, and at the same time desperately sliding the oars to escape downstream.
The bow is a weapon that only the army and the people are equipped with, and they are not allowed to use it, and they must be locked in the arsenal when they are not in a state of war or when they are ordered to suppress bandits.
But this riverbank is not easy to move everywhere, the boat down the river, coupled with the help of Xia Xun's oars, for a time as fast as a galloping horse, there is no long-distance runner among them, and soon these shouting public people were left behind.
Xia Xun waited on the shore for a long time, estimating that Ming'er had walked a considerable distance before appearing to seize the boat, as soon as he got away from those public people, he immediately tried his best to get closer to the shore and look for Ming'er along the river.
The boat was like a fallen leaf in the wind, hit by the mighty river, and rushed downstream.
On the shore, a small figure suddenly appeared, standing there alone, as soon as he saw the familiar figure, Xia Xun immediately stood up, waved his knife to the bilge, one, two, three knives, sawdust flew Xia Xun was covered in water and went ashore, and the small boat behind him was still floating downstream, but the river water had already poured up from the fountain boat at the bottom of the boat, and the boat was half-sunk, and it would soon completely sink into the center of the river.
Ming'er stood by the river with a small basket, the basket contained his change of clothes, Xia Xun went ashore with water and grinned at her, Ming'er suddenly threw the basket away, threw herself into his arms, tightly wrapped his waist, and buried his head in his arms.
Xia Xunzha spread his hands and said a little overwhelmed: "Ming'er, what's wrong?"
Ming'er's muffled, nasal voice came out of Huailai: "I thought you didn't care about me anymore" Ming'er raised her face from his arms, with tears in her eyes: "I thought you were going to leave me and run for your life alone."
"This little girl, her mind is too sensitive."
Xia Xun was angry and funny, but he didn't think about how fragile Ming'er was at this time.
The third brother died, died in the hands of the eldest brother, how strong the impact of this incident on her soul was, she was originally carefree and never knew the dangers of the world, but suddenly saw that her loved ones were still like this, who else could she trust The ruthless eldest brother is the owner of the Zhongshan Palace, and the grief-stricken Ming'er no longer regards that place as her home.
The dearest relatives are gone, the home is gone, and suddenly she has nothing to rely on, how can she not hesitate and suffer from gains and losses.
Realizing that she was still holding him tightly, Ming'er shyly let go of her hand, wiped her tears, and said with a smile: "Even if you have a conscience, remember me" The wound on Xia Xun's back was soaked in the river, and he was a little numb, but when she hugged her, he felt painful, as soon as she let go, Xia Xun also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, find a place to change clothes first." ” Ming'er suddenly remembered a big event, and asked strangely: "By the way, why did you scuttle the boat, how do we cross the river?"
Xia Xun said: "Who said we want to cross the river?"
Ming'er said in surprise: "But Jiang?"
"Can't get over, the other side of the river is also their territory, knowing that we have taken the boat to cross the river, and we don't cast the sky net and the ground net over there, our road is to Lishui, once someone checks it, it will be revealed immediately."
"Let's do that" "Or go to Lishui" To be continued: