Liu Xuzhu took off his cloak and handed it to Jiang Xixi, "It's cold, you put it on first." ” Jiang Xixi refused first without thinking about it, "I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and I am not so delicate. ” Liu Xujiao was a little anxious, and forcibly pressed the cloak on her shoulder, "At a young age, your temper is so strong, if you are frostbitten, Brother Cheng is not allowed to ask me." ” Jiang Xi smiled gratefully, no longer refusing his kindness, after what happened just now, she really needed such a warmth to wrap herself tightly.
She fastened the strap of her cloak and walked briskly towards the top of the mountain with Liu Xujiao.
After the three of them sat down in the room, the nine virtuous women ordered the apprentice who served the tea to retreat, she looked at Liu Xujiao and Jiang Xixi curiously, "The two officials, suddenly visited my Taoist temple, I don't know what to do?"
” Jiang Xixi put down the cup in his hand, "Do you know Qin Ding?"
” "He belongs to the same Taoist family as me, but I have never seen him, but I have heard others talk about it, my lord, what's wrong with him?"
"His nephew said that Qin Ding came to Sansu Temple to look for you half a month ago, but he never returned, so we want to come here to find you to find out what happened."
The Nine Sages shook her head slightly, "He has never been to the Sansu Temple, this Taoist Temple has never been lived by me alone, if the adults don't believe it, you can ask my apprentices to ask clearly," she paused slightly, "Half a month ago, the heavy snow closed the mountain, the mountain road is very difficult, then Qin Ding will not be in danger on the mountain, although this mountain is not high, but it is very steep, and there are many traps, on weekdays, the disciples go down the mountain, I will add more warnings, just like that, it will inevitably be injured, if you add heavy snow, it will really be more dangerous" "In addition to the steepness of the mountain, is there anything else dangerous on this mountain?"
Jiang Xixi pretended to ask casually.
"You mean the beast?
That's not true, the most powerful thing is just a roe deer, and it can't eat people. ” Jiang Xixi and Liu Xujiao glanced at each other, "Daoist, we want to look around in the temple, I don't know if it will disturb the purity of the Taoist family?"
” The Nine Sages smiled and said, "Although the two officials look at it, they are quiet and inaction-oriented, what does it have to do with the environment?"
” After inspecting the last side room, the sun was already in the west, Liu Xuzhu and Jiang Xixi looked at the people meditating in the sunset, and their hearts were also infected by this solemn silence and became peaceful.
"Lord Liu, have you found anything suspicious?"
"There is no alchemy furnace, and there is no poisonous snake with teeth extracted, there is no resemblance between this and Changle Palace, and you look at the nine wise women, she is not yet fifteen now, and she can only be regarded as a child a few years ago, so I judge that the affairs of Changle Palace have nothing to do with her."
Jiang Xixi nodded, "I also don't think this person is suspicious, I just asked her a few apprentices, they all don't know anything about Qin Ding, and they also said that he has never visited Sansu Temple, it seems that they don't seem to be lying."
Therefore, Qin Ding should have encountered a spirit on the way up the mountain, but where was his corpse?
Could it be devoured?
” The two walked towards the courtyard while chatting, and an apprentice followed behind to see them out, Jiang Xixi turned around and saluted goodbye, but was stunned when he saw the man's face.
She had never seen this man before, but his eyes made her heart panic, not eyes, not looks, but something hidden behind the eyes, something else.
Jiang Xixi was dragged out of the courtyard by Liu Xujiao, "Do you know that little Taoist priest just now?"
Why do you stare at people like that?
” "What's his name?"
"The Nine Sages call him Yuanqing."
Jiang Xixi shook his head, "I've never met him, but I have a sense of déjà vu, which is strange."
She looked behind her, and the mottled wall of Sansu Temple gradually faded in the twilight, turning into a black oppressive shadow, and several crows flew down from the forest to the wall, making a strange babbling cry.
"Yuanqing, where is the rice, Yuanqing, what's wrong with you?"
Chengzhang shouted several times behind him, but Yuanqing didn't seem to hear it, he stood in front of the stove, holding his right hand holding a knife in mid-air.
Chengzhang walked over, but was startled by something on the board, it was half a finger, just chopped off by Yuan Qing, lying in a pool of blood, a bright pool of red.
"You're hurt, don't say anything."
Chengzhang hurriedly ran out of the stove room, and together with a few senior brothers, he was busy for a long time to help Yuanqing stop the bleeding and bandage the wound, after the incident, he helped Yuanqing back to the room, along the way, Yuanqing was silent, or so to speak, from the moment his finger was chopped off, he didn't say a word, and he didn't even cry out in pain.
Chengzhang brought Yuan Qing to the edge of the bed and sat down, "Do you have something on your mind?"
I've felt like you're absent-minded since the beginning. ” Yuan Qing shook his head silently, still not saying a word.
Seeing this, Cheng Zhang had to stand up and walk outside the house, just took two steps, but heard Yuan Qing whispering behind him, "Something is wrong, something is wrong" Chengzhang folded back, "What's wrong?"
Yuanqing, what's wrong with you?
” Yuan Qing raised his head suddenly, the light in his eyes was a little scary, he pulled Chengzhang's cuffs, "I have long felt it, since that day, everything is wrong, I have no interest in anything, I am too lazy to eat, I am too lazy to move, by the way, I still dream all night, I rarely dreamed before, there was a man in the dream, I pushed him into the snow pit, stripped off his clothes, and then ......
Then ......"
Chengzhang sat down next to him, "The dream is all fake, don't worry about it, but you said that day?
What day was it?
” "It's Keeping" The door was gently pushed open, and the expressionless faces of the nine wise women appeared between the cracks in the door, "They said you hurt your hand, I'll take a look," her petite body squeezed into the crack in the door, and slowly came to the side of the bed, "Yuanqing, are you okay?"
“ Although he was not next to each other, Cheng Zhang clearly felt Yuan Qing's body tremble, he quickly climbed onto the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt, "Master, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." ” "It's okay," the Nine Sages glanced at Cheng Zhang, "Let's go, don't disturb Yuanqing's rest." ” Cheng Zhang responded, followed the nine wise women and walked towards the door, and when he was about to go out, he looked back at Yuan Qing again, and found that he covered his body tightly with a quilt, and his body shook violently.
That night, the Nine Sages walked out of the back door of Sansu Temple alone, and walked for about a quarter of an hour, she stopped, and with a wave of dust, a small house emerged from the darkness, shining a faint green light under the moonlight, like a deserted tomb.
She pushed the door and walked in, and saw that the three pairs of legs had been waiting inside for a long time, and the nine wise women threw the two wooden boxes she had brought with her, and the boxes opened as soon as they landed, and the silver tickets inside were spilled on the ground.