The little monk returns to the vulgar

Chapter 135
When the sun rose, the deserted village that had been chaotic all night finally calmed down.

Most people have a naive notion that evil spirits can only play at night, and when the sun comes out, they will be wiped out.

So when I saw the sun, my flustered heart calmed down.

This must be amazing, and everyone discovered that the evil spirits had already run away in the middle of the night.

Zhu Wei cried out in pain. He sprained his foot from running last night. His foot, which used to be like a pig's trotter, is now swollen like a rhinoceros' hoof.

There were also quite a few scholars who were bruised and swollen, like Zhu Wei. There are so many people in the village, and only this group of scholars who studied to cultivate awe-inspiring spirit were the most frightened.

After counting the number of people and finding that no one died, everyone was finally relieved.

There is no problem on the team side, but there is something wrong on Jinniuwei's side.

Cao Tian disappeared.

What made Zuo Wanli's face even more ugly was that he watched Cao Tian disappear with his own eyes.

At that time, he was about to chase down the evil spirit, but found that he couldn't hurt him at all. He turned his head and saw Cao Tian running around like crazy, so he was ready to catch up.

Who would have thought that after Cao Tian saw Zuo Wanli, he seemed even more frightened, ran all the way to a dry well, and jumped into it.

What made Zuo Wanli unacceptable was that before jumping into the well, Cao Tian yelled a sentence: "I didn't mean to harm you, it was the national teacher, and the national teacher forced me!"

Because of this sentence, Zuo Wanli hesitated for a moment, but failed to stop Cao Tian.

When Cao Tian fell into the dry well, Zuo Wanli wanted to chase him, but it was too late.Because there are secret roads extending in all directions under this well, Zuo Wanli only chased tens of feet away and saw several fork roads, and he almost got lost in it.

In desperation, Zuo Wanli could only return along the road.

I came back and counted, except for Cao Tian, ​​the other Jinniuwei were still alive, and Yang Ye was lying on the bed well, but it seemed that his breath was not very good, and his breathing was a little unsteady.

Zuo Wanli didn't think there was anything wrong. Even he couldn't bear the trek all the way, not to mention Yang Ye, who was locked in a prison car with a hundred catties of shackles all the time. His ability to survive to this day shows his martial arts Not bad.

"Lord Zuo, is everything okay?" Daoran asked.

"Thank you, master, for your concern. Although we have been busy all night, everything is safe and sound. It's just that one of my subordinates, Cao Tian, ​​is missing." Zuo Wanli told Daoran about Cao Tian's behavior when he was in a panic, hoping that he could clear up the confusion for himself. .

Although the time we spent together was very short, from Zuo Wanli's point of view, Daoran was a wise and compassionate eminent monk. He was just an ordinary person, and it was normal for him to ask the master for help when he encountered any doubts.

Daoran was a little surprised when he heard that.

He asked Mou Zhixuan to use his innate supernatural powers to protect everyone so that they could not kill each other, and by the way, he used this harassment to hand out the real Yang Ye.

In the end, this person could fall into the well by himself?
But listening to Zuo Wanli's description, Dao Ran felt that things were not that simple.

"Master Zuo, you said that before he jumped into the well, he said that he was forced by the national teacher?" Dao Ran asked.

"That's true, but Cao Tian was also a colleague who went with us to capture Yang Ye. He fought bravely at that time and fought a bloody road with me."

This is what Zuo Wanli couldn't understand the most. Cao Tian didn't do anything bad along the way. What did the national teacher force him to do?

"Master Zuo, have you forgotten the Gu worms in your body? The little monk said before that it is not so easy to get Gu." Dao Ran reminded.

Hearing Daoran mention this, Zuo Wanli's face suddenly changed.

"This Gu, was it made by Cao Tian?"

"Master Zuo, you can recall, have you ever eaten pills or anything like this along the way, or have your daily diets been prepared by this benefactor Cao?" Dao Ran asked.

Zuo Wanli fell silent. He remembered that when he broke out from Yunzhou, everyone was exhausted. Cao Tian took out a bottle of elixir for everyone to take.

After eating it, everyone felt a lot more comfortable, and even recovered most of their energy.

But it was also after taking Cao Tian's medicine that strange deaths appeared one after another in Jinniuwei.At that time, they thought they were entangled in something unclean,

Seeing that Zuo Wanli didn't speak, Daoran knew he had guessed right.

But Daoran was also lost in thought.

Originally, Daoran thought that the Gu worm was the result of being plotted against by the master's backhand when they kidnapped Yang Ye in Yunzhou, so that all members were infected by the Gu insect, but it turned out that there was an inner ghost in Jinniuwei.

Since Cao Tian is a member of the national teacher, the national teacher should have known that Grand Master Pang was going to attack Yang Ye, why did he stand by and watch?
Yang Ye has suffered so much on this journey, if Dao Ran hadn't rescued him, he might not have made it to the capital.

In this way, wouldn't the things that the national division sent to the Yunzhou frontier army before be all in vain?
If the national teacher wanted to kill Yang Ye for some special reason, why would he lay a spell on this group of Jinniu guards? When Yang Ye was sent to the capital, Grand Master Pang would naturally find a way to put unwarranted charges on Yang Ye. There is no need for the national teacher to do it himself.

Daoran felt that there must be a key point in this, which could explain all the abnormalities, and it might have something to do with Nie Zhengyan being driven out of the capital and being hunted down by the national teacher.

It's just that it's impossible to find the answer to this kind of real secret by relying on imagination alone.

Maybe they have to wait until they go to Beijing to understand what kind of terrifying conspiracy this national teacher is planning.

Daoran asked Mou Zhixuan to go down the dry well and walk around. The secret passage below is really complicated and huge. It is much bigger than the village on the ground, and it extends in all directions. If you want to find a person, it will not take a day or two. arrived.

Although Cao Tian was not found, Mou Zhixuan did not find nothing. He found some dead bodies and a yellowed village chronicle from the underground passage.

The scale of the barren village is not small, with thousands of people, it is not surprising that there are a few literate people.Village chronicles are books that record major events in the village. If the village has the same surname, there will be things like genealogy.

Dao Ran was flipping through this old book with dark red blood stains, most of it was soaked in blood, and many pages were glued together, there was no way to separate them.Judging from the surviving records, this village was migrated here later, and it has been settled here for less than 50 years.

They discovered the underground passage by accident. According to the speculation of the people in the village, it should be an ancient underground palace left over from the pre-Qin period.It's just more detailed content, which is not recorded in the village chronicles.

The people in this village discovered the existence of the tunnel, but only used it as a cellar.Because the underground palace is too long, there is a danger of hypoxia if you go farther, so they have not been able to complete the exploration of the entire underground palace for decades, but there has been no problem for decades.

Until five years ago, there was a plague, and the villagers began to die in large numbers. They had to report to the government. Later, the imperial court sent several doctors, and the plague was cured quickly.

Later, the village was destroyed, and all the people in the village died in the cellar.

As for why it was destroyed, the content is completely unclear, and the last thing that can be seen clearly is an incomplete sentence: "Their corpses cannot be burned at all..."

There must be something weird and terrifying hidden under this tunnel.

It is precisely because of the existence of this ancient underground palace that Daoran felt restless when he entered the village.

It's just that I didn't expect that I still couldn't solve the secret of this village.

Because of Cao Tian's disappearance, and because the group of scholars in the motorcade were scared to death, everyone stayed in the village for an extra day and a half.

Of course, it was also because Dao Ran played Bodhi Qingxin Song for everyone for a long time, which not only cured illnesses and wounds, but also had the effect of soothing the mind.

This time, there were no more evil spirits. Everyone thought it was Daoran, a virtuous monk, who suppressed and saved the evil spirits, but that Cao Tian never appeared again.

Zuo Wanli could only think that Cao Tian had died in the tunnel after seeing the weird insider in the village chronicle, so he took Yang Ye and continued on the road.

When leaving, Daoran took a deep look at the village. One day, he will come back again.However, we have to wait until he becomes a fairy.

A journey without waves is always boring. After leaving the deserted village, everyone seemed to be lucky, and there were no accidents along the way.

Not only that, after re-entering the official way, Zhu Wei changed his previous attitude of not wanting to troublesome, and took the initiative to use the name of the prefect of Suzhou to manage around, coupled with Zuo Wanli's identity as a Jinniuweiqian household, let everyone experience the experience of being an official. The benefits of post.

As soon as they arrived at the post station, there would naturally be someone to help lead the horses to feed the grass, and someone would prepare hot water for a bath, and then they would have a good meal after the bath.

The taste may not be very good, but the portion is definitely enough to ensure that you can sleep comfortably after eating, and you will not wake up hungry in the middle of the night.

And when everyone fell asleep, the post station had a small official galloping on horseback, and went to the next station in advance to take care of it.By the time the convoy arrives at the next station the next day, there will be enough rooms and meals.

This arrangement makes the journey much more comfortable.

In addition, with Daoran around, if you encounter minor illnesses and pains along the way, you don’t even need to look at the doctor, just listen to Daoran’s piano sound and you will be cured.

Therefore, the convoy traveled extremely fast, and it took 25 days to reach the end of the original one-month journey.

The scholars rushing to take the exam got off the bus and were going to report to the Imperial College, and Zuo Wanli took the "comatose" Yang Ye to report.

Dao Ran took Shenxiu and Xiao Qing along the streets of the capital.

It was the first time for Daoran to travel far, and naturally it was also the first time to come to the capital.

Xiaoqing looked back and forth curiously, and then said a little disappointed: "Why is this capital city less lively than Hangzhou?"

Daoran smiled and explained: "Because the capital has ten times more officials than Hangzhou."

The population of the capital is actually not less than that of Hangzhou, and it should be a more prosperous place.It's just that at the feet of the emperor, it can be said that if you throw a stone at will, it will hit officials, or the emperor's relatives.

Under such circumstances, how can ordinary people get excited?
In addition, in the past few years, the Great Zhou has gradually shown signs of collapse, the bureaucrats of the court are even more embarrassing, and the lives of the common people are even more difficult. The pedestrians on the road naturally feel a little downcast.

Although it is not very serious, it is quite obvious compared with Hangzhou.

"Master, since we've arrived in the capital, shouldn't we find a temple to register?" Shenxiu asked.

"Try it, but I'm afraid it's not as simple as this." Daoran said.

Monks don’t bring money with them when they go out, and if they want to have enough to eat, they either ask for alms or ask a temple to place an order.

The former is unstable, and it is very likely that you will be hungry for nine meals in three days.The latter depends on the background. If you want to place an order in a temple in the capital, ordinary monks can't do it.

Jinshan Temple is a very famous temple, and Fahai is known to everyone in the world.

It stands to reason that it should be very easy for Dao Ran to place an order.

But in fact, Dao Ran's worries are not superfluous.

Shenxiu went to several temples in a row, such as Guoen Temple, Guoci Temple, Baoguo Temple... As soon as she heard that it was the monk Daoran of Jinshan Temple, she immediately said that it was inconvenient for the monk to place an order recently.

As for the reasons, there are also various reasons. Some say that there are too many applicants and the quota is full, some say that the temple closed its doors recently to thank visitors, and more directly say that there is not enough incense and no spare rice to support idlers.

In a certain teahouse, after listening to Shenxiu's report, Daoran put down his teacup and said, "It seems that the national teacher has already made a move."

When Taoist Shi Chan died, the national teacher attached to him and threatened Dao Ran, obviously knowing Dao Ran's existence.

After such a long time, it would be strange to say that the national teacher did nothing.

Looking at it now, it is not bad that the monastery just refused to put Daoran on the order and did not directly send troops to arrest Daoran.

Could it be that we are going to find Grand Master Pang now?

Daoran has Nie Zhengyan's handwritten letter on him, and Grand Master Pang is Nie Zhengyan's mentor. With this relationship, it is not difficult for Daoran to survive in the capital.

But what Daoran wanted to do was to attract the attention of the Great Zhou Emperor. Only when he got the chance of face saint could he try to pull the national teacher down from the altar.

Once Daoran directly seeks refuge with Grand Master Pang, everything that follows will be subject to Grand Master Pang's arrangements.

Judging from the incident of Yang Ye's kidnapping, Taishi Pang is not a good official who is dedicated to serving the people, but his stand is different from that of the National Teacher, which is why he confronted the National Teacher.

At that time, how Grand Master Pang will control Daoran, the chess piece that was sent to his door, will really depend on his mood.

Maybe Grand Master Pang's methods and results were not what Dao Ran wanted.

If you start, of course it is best to rely on your own ability to meet the emperor.

Before Daoran could think of any way to solve the problem, the teahouse suddenly fell silent, and several people in golden and red Taoist robes appeared at the gate.

"Which one is Master Daoran of Jinshan Temple?" asked the leading young Taoist priest.

There is no need to answer Dao Ran, the Taoist priest has already seen him.

The young Taoist showed a surprised expression, then walked up to Dao Ran and said: "With such a face, it seems that the rumors are indeed true. Master Dao Ran is a rare handsome man in the world."

"Amitabha, I don't know what the priest asked the monk for?" Daoran asked.

"At the order of my family master Qiqing Zhenren, Master Daoran is invited to come to Qiandeng River to draw a boat together, and invite Master Daoran to show his face."

The young Taoist priest just talked about it, but he didn't even have an invitation card.

Daoran had no choice but to ask: "The little monk first arrived in the capital, and he didn't know Qiqing Daoist, why did you invite me?"

"I don't know about this Xiaodao, Xiaodao is just following orders. Master will wait for you on the boat tonight. You'd better arrive half an hour earlier, Master doesn't like others to be late." The young Taoist left such a sentence , and left with the others.

Such an attitude is obviously a feast without a good feast.

But it's normal, because this Qiqing real person is the eldest disciple of the national teacher.Before going to Beijing, Daoran had already investigated the important figures of the National Teacher Department.

The eldest disciple Qiqing, the second disciple Xuanji, the third disciple Shi Chan, and the fourth disciple Li Feng, except for these four personal disciples, the others are all named disciples.

Among them, both Li Feng and Shi Chan died indirectly at Daoran's hands, and Xuanjizi also defected to Daoran's side. The remaining real person Qiqing was obviously ready to share the worries of the national teacher and take action to solve the scourge of Daoran.

Shenxiu also understood the power of it, and said to Daoran: "Master, the other party must have ambushed, this is definitely a Hongmen banquet."

"The Hongmen Banquet is for sure, but where is the Qiandeng River Dragon Head Painting Boat? It doesn't sound like a place of practice like Chongyang Temple." Dao Ran asked strangely.

At this time, someone next to him interrupted and said, "That's the most famous place in the capital to search for flowers and ask willows."

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