"Da Da Da" the black donkey's hooves kept knocking on the hard road, making a crisp sound.
The others, who looked a little panicked, trotted along with the donkey cart.
As they walked, they looked back from time to time, as if they were afraid of being caught up.
"Brother Li, why are we in a hurry to leave?" asked Gou Wa, who was wiping his sweat with his hands.
"Since Zhengde Temple has been open in the downtown area for so long and is still so crowded, why do you think we should leave?" Li Huowang's face was gloomy and terrifying.
Hearing Li Huowang's question, Xiaoman, who was covered in black hair, said: "Since Zhengde Temple can be located in the same city as the imperial palace and can live in peace for so long, it already explains the problem. Whether the rulers of Xijing City are in cahoots with them or infiltrated by them, the government here cannot be trusted."
Li Huowang nodded.
It's understandable that an ordinary person like him was cheated, but he would never believe that all the people in power in such a big country were cheated. They must have some shameful transactions.
"Anyway, we have stayed here long enough, and all the last words have been given to Zhao Wu. We were going to leave the country in the next step."
"Swipe" a map was spread on the donkey cart by Li Huowang.
The map that can't be bought anywhere else was finally found in Xijing City, even though it was still very rough.
Li Huowang's fingertips slid slowly on the map, drawing a route for the next trip.
Spanning the three countries of Siqi, Houshu, and Xia, the ultimate destination is Bai Lingmiao's hometown, Liang.
"Well, go to our place. We don't have such scary monks there. Our monks are very kind."
After hearing Bai Lingmiao's words, Li Huowang looked up at her and looked at the map again.
To be honest, he didn't believe anyone now. He couldn't tell whether the monk Bai Lingmiao mentioned was really kind or just a trick.
A group of ordinary mortals like him were too passive in the face of these mysterious people.
They kept walking until it was almost dark, and they stopped to rest when they couldn't walk anymore.
Li Huowang looked at the bonfire in front of him, feeling a little anxious. The speed was too slow.
To be honest, he didn't lack silver now. If it didn't work, he could just pawn the jade pendant, which should be enough to get everyone a horse.
But the problem was that they didn't know how to ride horses at all.
"We can't walk like this. We can't take the main road. It's too easy to be chased. We'll go into the woods after dinner."
"Brother Li, your noodles. We have to hurry on the road. I put a lot of lard in it to keep us from getting hungry."
A bowl of steaming hot noodles was brought to Li Huowang, with bits of meat floating up and down in it.
Sitting aside and watching Li Huowang eating noodles in big mouthfuls, Bai Lingmiao rested his head on his knees and said: "Since the monks in Zhengde Temple are not good people, what should you do about your problem, Senior Brother Li? Do you have to find monks? How about nuns?"
After swallowing the noodles in his mouth, Li Huowang blew the bowl gently, and then drank a big mouthful of noodle soup.
"It's okay, just a small trouble. Compared with those monks who are chasing, these things are not troubles at all."
Since the monk lied to him, all his previous words should be questioned.
Perhaps they can't solve Danyangzi at all, or Danyangzi is not what they said.
Danyangzi, who may exist or may not exist, can be put aside for later.
"Is there not enough noodles? If not, I will give you some more. There is still some in the pot."
Li Huowang shook his head, handed the bowl to Bai Lingmiao, stood up and walked to the fool, tiptoed and patted his big bald head with his hand. "Come on, stop eating, and follow me to the forest to drain water."
"Oh..."
In the small forest, Li Huowang and Dasha stood side by side, fertilizing the small trees in front of them.
Turning his head and glancing at the bonfire behind him, Li Huowang whispered something to him.
As night fell, Zhengde Temple began to close.
All monks began to attend evening classes one after another, and the whole temple was filled with the ups and downs of chanting.
Jian Dun turned the Buddhist beads in front with his right hand, and walked slowly in the temple with his left hand clenched in his fist.
Soon he came to the Five Buddha Hall and saw the abbot who was concentrating on stringing the Buddhist beads in the hall.
"Abbot, I just went to check and found that the donor Xuanyang had left."
Abbot Xinhui, who was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, lifted the Buddhist beads in the water and hung them in the air to check.
After a while, he put the Buddhist beads in the water on the ground and picked up a baby from the cradle beside him.
"Oh, pitiful, if we hadn't found you early, you would have been drowned by your father." He held the baby girl and coaxed her gently.
"Abbot, the donor Xuanyang has left."
"I'm not hard of hearing yet, don't be so loud, be careful not to disturb the child, knock."
"Tap, tap, tap~" The sound of wooden fish knocking rang out all around, and the entire Five Buddha Hall became solemn.
Xinhui carefully put the child on the ground, untied her, and gently wrapped the newly made Buddhist beads around her.
Then, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish, Xinhui began to chant in a low voice, not chanting Buddhist scriptures, but something else.
"The moon hides the jade rabbit~The sun hides the crow~There are turtles and snakes~entwined~"
As the chanting sounded, the Buddhist beads on the baby's body began to tighten as if they were alive.
Feeling the pain, the baby instinctively struggled and began to cry, but the sound could not suppress the sound of the wooden fish. "The appearance is intertwined, the life is strong, and it can plant golden lotus in the fire~"
The Buddhist beads gradually sank into the flesh and blood. If it were an ordinary child, she would have died on the spot, but now she was still crying with full confidence.
Xinhui pinched her hands into the lotus seal and pointed hard at the bloody child.
The crying gradually turned into laughter, and the laughter became louder and louder, so loud that even the five giant Buddhas in the hall raised their mouths.
"Gather the five elements and use them upside down~, and you will become a Buddha or immortal after the work is completed~."
The sound of the wooden fish gradually weakened, and the abbot with a distressed face held the child's head with both hands and gently pulled it out.
The sharp-eyed Jiandun hurriedly took a few steps and held up the vase that had been prepared on the side and brought it to Xinhui.
Xinhui planted the laughing baby girl in the vase full of red water like planting vegetables, and a new vase girl was made.
After doing all this, Xinhui, who was sitting cross-legged, picked up a thread again and began to string the Buddhist beads.
"Since he's gone, go get him back."
"Yes, disciple obeys."
"Be careful, that guy knows nothing, but his potential should not be underestimated."
"Dan Yangzi, this thief, has good luck. I don't know where he found such a rare heart element."