A knife in love

Chapter 689

When Li Qiufeng and the others heard the red-robed man mention the "Skeleton King Temple", their hearts shuddered.The old man surnamed Liu and his two sons sitting by the window also changed their expressions, and they couldn't help but looked at the man in red.Only Monk Xuanji closed his eyes slightly and sat on the stool, seemingly not paying attention to the situation in the shop.

The old man just smiled when the man in red asked about the "Skeleton King's Temple", and said, "The Skeleton King's Temple is very dark, what do you do there?"

The red robe said humanely: "I was entrusted by a friend to go to the Skeleton King Temple to fulfill his wish."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the rough young man laugh "puchi" and said: "The world is so big, there are no wonders, and there are people who let people fulfill their vows on their behalf. I'm afraid it's okay if the vows are not fulfilled. After paying them, it will cause trouble." To be blamed by gods and Buddhas is to cause the next disaster."

Before this rough boy was extremely rude to the red-robed man, the four green-robed men had long disliked him.At this time, seeing the boy sarcasm again, he was furious.It's just that the two green-robed men were reprimanded by the red-robed man for knocking Xiaoer into the air and reprimanding the old man surnamed Liu, so the four of them dare not speak out to refute.They just put their hands on the hilts of their swords and glared at the rough boy.

The old man didn't care about it, and said in his mouth: "The Skeleton King Temple is next to the Skull Mountain, not far from here. The Skeleton King enshrined in the temple is said to be Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army during the Changping War. After the temple was built, very few people would go there to burn incense and make wishes. My uncle’s friend was a little strange, why would he make a wish in the Skeleton King Temple?"

The red robe said humanely: "My friend passed by here three years ago and met a strongman who cut the path, and all the followers around him died at the hands of the strongman. He was so panicked that he fled into the Skeleton King Temple. At that time, the strongman was hot on his heels. She wants to kill my friend. The friend hides behind the statue of the Skeleton King and makes a wish in his heart. As long as he can get out of the catastrophe, he will reshape the golden body for the Skeleton King. It is strange to say that those strong men After chasing before the gate of the Skeleton King's temple, there was a heavy fog in an instant, and you couldn't see your fingers. All the strong men only thought that the Skeleton King had appeared, and they were so frightened that they scattered. Friends were afraid that these strong men would ambush outside the temple, so they waited in the temple for a long time One day, just out of the temple gate, where is the shadow of a strong man? My friend didn’t dare to stay longer, so he left the Skeleton King Temple in a hurry and rushed back to his hometown in Jinyang. It’s just that the shock was not light. After suffering a serious illness, he had to appease the family members of those followers who died in Changping after recovering from the illness. After such a toss, it has been more than half a year. When he wanted to return to this place to fulfill his vow, he received an order from the court , asked him to go to Liangzhou to do business. He has an official position, so he naturally had to follow the order, so he had to pack his luggage and go to Liangzhou to take up the post. Now three years will be up, if he still doesn't pay back the vow he made back then, he will just I'm afraid that the gods will blame me. I want to write a book and ask me to come here to fulfill the vow on his behalf."

After the old man finished listening, he nodded and said, "So that's the case. Although I have lived here for generations, I have only been to the Temple of the Skeleton King once. Therefore, according to old legends, Toukuan Mountain was built after Bai Qi wiped out the Zhao army. The place where the Beijing Temple was built, hundreds of thousands of human heads were buried in the mountain, which is why it is named Skull Mountain, and it is the most gloomy place in the world. In the Temple of the Skeleton King, Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army, is enshrined. This person is full of grievances , and borrowed the resentment of the hundreds of thousands of human heads on the Skull Mountain, it can be said to be extremely fierce. Even in broad daylight when the sun is shining, the area around the Skeleton King Temple is still windy, and there are few people. After the sun sets, Often surrounded by black mist, if someone accidentally steps into the temple, they will be swallowed by the black mist, and there will be no bones left, which is extremely powerful."

Everyone listened to the old man's horrific story about the Skeleton King's Temple, and everyone was horrified.The man in red nodded and said: "Since the old man knows the location of the Skull King Temple, please tell me how to get there."

After he finished speaking, he winked at a green-robed man sitting across from him.The green-robed man hurriedly stood up, took out a piece of silver from his pocket, walked quickly to the old man, put the silver on the table, and then retreated.That ingot of silver was cast in the shape of an ingot, and it looked like it was worth more than five taels.

When the old man saw the silver, he laughed and said: "Why do you need to be so polite about some trivial matters? Please take this silver back, sir."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the silver, walked to the red-robed man, put the silver on the table, and said: "After leaving the Taibai Residence, everyone, go to the right along the road in front of the door. After mile, there is a fork in the front left. Walk along this fork for a mile, and you will see Toutou Mountain. Don’t follow the main road, turn right when you see three big pine trees, and walk about half a mile You can see the temple gate of the Skull King Temple."

After the old man finished speaking, he walked back to the table and sat down.At this time Xiao Er had made him a cup of tea, he took a sip from the teacup and said with a smile: "Everyone is here, it's time to go."

Li Qiufeng was stunned when he heard the old man say such a word out of nowhere, not knowing what he meant.In the middle of surprise and doubt, the aroma of yellow rice and rice floated from the back hall.I only heard the old man say: "This yellow rice with herring tofu is a rare delicacy in the world. The rice is already half-cooked. Wait a little longer, and we can eat it."

When Li Qiufeng smelled the aroma of the rice, his mind became confused for a while, and he thought to himself: "The aroma of this yellow rice is so strong, it's a bit weird."

In confusion, Li Qiufeng only felt that his eyelids became extremely heavy.During this day and night, he and Situ Qiao, Sun Guangming, and Su Yan ran around, went through many hardships and dangers, and fought a battle with Monk Xuanji. It can be said that he was extremely exhausted.At this time, tiredness surged up, and I just wanted to find a place to sleep.Therefore, listening to the old man's words, his eyes were a little hazy, and there seemed to be a thick wall between him and the old man, and even his voice became blurred.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Qiufeng was startled, and suddenly woke up from his daze.But Situ Qiao, Sun Guangming and Su Yan were sitting around the table, all of them also looked at a loss.There was no change in the surrounding area, but the waiter had already served the food and wine.

Li Qiufeng blushed, only then did he realize that he had just dozed off.It's just that looking at the appearance of Situ Qiao and others, I think I didn't lose my composure.The aroma of the food and wine wafted over, and the stomach immediately cried out "cuckoo".

Situ Qiao and the others were already hungry, seeing the food and wine being served, how could they bear it?After a few words of humility to each other, they picked up chopsticks to drink and eat.At this time, the Liu's father and son's table had already set up food and drink, the three of them whispered a few words to Monk Xuanji, and then began to eat and drink.

The man in the red robe didn't call for wine or food. Seeing that Li Qiufeng and the old man surnamed Liu were already chewing, he stood up, cupped his fists at the old table, and said, "Today, let's learn more from the old man. There are still important things to do, so let’s go ahead.”

After he finished speaking, he nodded to the old man surnamed Liu, and then walked towards the door.The four men in blue robes followed closely behind him, each holding their sword hilts, and when they looked around, they were very arrogant.That Xiao Er had suffered from the green-robed man, and he wished that these plague gods would go away as soon as possible.So seeing the five people leaving, he was overjoyed, and sent the five people to the door, saying a few polite words.Only the sound of horseshoes was heard in the yard, and after a while, the sound of horseshoes had left the yard.

Seeing the five people leave, the little girl spat hard and cursed: "You bastards who don't know how to live or die, come to Gaoping to play wild, and sooner or later the resentful spirits here will take you away!"

At this time, shopkeeper Hu came out from the inner hall, and saw that five people were missing, but he didn't care, he just said to Xiaoer: "Why are you standing at the door in a daze, why don't you clear the table soon?!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Qiufeng and the others intentionally or unintentionally.As soon as Li Qiufeng met his gaze, shopkeeper Hu turned his head away.Li Qiufeng only felt that shopkeeper Hu's eyes implied deep meaning, but he couldn't figure out what his intention was.

At this time, Situ Qiao and the others had already eaten all their meals.Sun Guangming patted his stomach and said, "Since we have sacrificed to the Wu Zang Temple, should we go on our way?"

Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao had no objection. After the four of them tidied up, Sun Guangming called the waiter and said, "Do you know how to get to Gukou Village?"

As he spoke, he took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and handed them over. Seeing that shopkeeper Hu was writing with a pen on the counter, the waiter didn't pay attention to himself, so he quickly took the copper coins and held them tightly in his hands. , Said to Sun Guangming: "After leaving Taibaiju, everyone, go to the right along the road in front of the door. After half a mile, there is a fork in the front left. Walk a mile along this fork, and you can see Head to Toutou Mountain. Everyone, don’t go up the mountain on the main road. When you see three big pine trees, turn right and walk about half a mile, and you will see Taniguchi Village.”

After Xiaoer finished speaking, Sun Guangming was shocked, as were Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao.The road that Xiao Er said was the same as the route that the old man told the red-robed man just now to go to the Skeleton King's Temple, and even the tone of his speech was somewhat similar to that of the old man.Only the last sentence is slightly different.What the old man said was "walking about half a mile away, you can see the gate of the Skeleton King Temple", but what the young man said was "walking about half a mile away, you can see Taniguchi Village".

The four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering if the little girl was deliberately entertaining everyone.

Li Qiufeng turned his head and looked at the table next to him, but he was shocked when he looked at it.

I saw that the table was clean, where was the shadow of the old man?

Situ Qiao and Sun Guangming saw Li Qiufeng's face change drastically, so they also followed his gaze.When the two of them saw the old man disappearing suddenly, they were also shocked.

Situ Qiao has a perverse temper, and when he heard the little girl speak, he was already displeased.Seeing the old man disappear out of thin air at this moment, he thought it was the old man and Xiaoer playing tricks, and immediately became annoyed.With a flash of his figure, he has already rushed to Xiao Er's side, his right hand is as fast as lightning, he has already grabbed Xiao Er's left wrist and pinched his veins.That Xiaoer doesn't know martial arts, so how can he be Situ Qiao's opponent?He only felt severe pain in his left wrist, half of his body was sore and unbearable, and he fell limp to the ground, crying out for pain.

Situ Qiao sneered and said, "Boy, what the hell are you and that old guy doing? Why don't you tell me quickly?!"

(End of this chapter)