CH 49

"Dadadada..." The black donkey's hooves kept pounding on the hard road, making crisp sounds.

The other people looked nervous and ran along with the donkey cart.

As they walked, they kept looking back as if they were afraid of being chased.

"Senior Brother Li, why do we need to leave the city so urgently?" Gouwa wiped his sweat and asked.

"Since Zhengde Temple can stay in the bustling city for so long, you tell me why we need to leave?" Li Huowang's face was grim.

Hearing Li Huowang's rhetorical question, Xiaoman with black fur all over his body spoke up, "Since Zhengde Temple can coexist peacefully with the palace in the same city for so long, it already proves the problem. Whether the rulers of the capital are colluding with them or infiltrated by them, the officials here cannot be trusted."

Li Huowang nodded.

It would be understandable for ordinary people like him to be deceived, but he wouldn't believe it if someone told him that all the rulers of such a big country were deceived. They must have some shady deals that couldn't be exposed.

"Anyway, we've been here long enough, and we've already sent our wills to Zhao Wu. Originally, we were going to leave the city anyway."

Li Huowang spread a map on the donkey cart.

It was a map that couldn't be bought anywhere else, but they finally found it in the capital, even though it was still very rough.

Li Huowang's fingertips slid slowly on the map, drawing a route for their next journey.

They would cross four countries, including the Qi, Shu, and Xia, and finally, they would reach Bai Lingmiao's hometown, Liang.

"Well, let's go to our place. There are no terrifying monks there, and the monks there are very kind."

After hearing Bai Lingmiao's words, Li Huowang glanced at her and then looked back at the map.

To be honest, he didn't trust anyone now. He couldn't judge whether the monks Bai Lingmiao mentioned were truly kind or just another deception.

As ordinary people, they were too passive in the face of these mysterious and unpredictable people.

They kept walking until it was almost dark and they couldn't walk any further, so they stopped to rest.

Li Huowang looked at the campfire in front of him, feeling anxious. They were too slow.

To be honest, he didn't lack money now. If necessary, he could sell the jade pendant he had and buy a horse for each person. But the problem was, none of them knew how to ride a horse.

"This won't work. We can't take the main road. We'll be easily chased. Let's go into the woods after dinner."

"Senior Brother Li, your noodles. We need to hurry, so I added a lot of lard to keep you full." Gouwa brought a steaming bowl of noodles to Li Huowang, and bits of meat floated up and down in the soup.

Sitting quietly beside Li Huowang, Bai Lingmiao rested her head on her knees and said, "If the monks from Zhengde Temple are not good people, what will you do, Senior Brother Li? Do you have to find a monk? What about a nun?"

After swallowing a mouthful of noodles, Li Huowang blew on his bowl and took a big sip of the soup. "No problem. It's just a small trouble. Compared with those chasing monks, these things are nothing."

Since the monks had deceived him, he had to put a question mark on everything they had said before. Maybe they couldn't solve Danyang Zi, or maybe Danyang Zi was not what they said he was. The possibility of his existence or non-existence could be put aside for now.

"Is the noodle not enough? Do you want me to add more? There's still some in the pot."Li Huowang shook his head and handed the bowl to Bai Lingmiao. He stood up and walked to the idiot's side, tiptoeing to pat his bald head. "Let's go, don't eat, let's go to the forest together to release water."

"Oh..."

In a small forest, Li Huowang and the idiot stood side by side, fertilizing the small trees in front of them.

After turning his head and glancing at the bonfire behind him, Li Huowang whispered something to him.

As night fell, the Zhengde Temple began to close.

All the monks began to attend the evening class one after another, and the whole temple was filled with the chanting of the scriptures.

Jiandun turned the prayer beads in his right hand and clenched his fist in his left hand, walking slowly in the temple.

Soon, he came to the Wufodian Hall and saw the abbot who was concentrating on stringing prayer beads.

"Abbot, I just went to check and found that Xuan Yang had left."

Abbot Xin Hui, who was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, lifted the Buddha beads in the water and checked them in the air.

After a while, he put the Buddha beads in the water on the ground and picked up a baby from the nearby cradle.

"Ah, poor thing, if we hadn't found you early, you would have been drowned by your father." He gently coaxed the baby girl in his arms.

"Abbot, Xuan Yang has left."

"I'm not deaf yet, no need to speak so loudly, be careful not to disturb the child, knock."

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"Da da da da~" The sound of wooden fish knocking echoed around, and the Wufodian Hall became solemn.

Abbot Xin Hui carefully put the baby on the ground, untied the newly made prayer beads, and gently wrapped them around her body.

Then, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish, Xin Hui began to chant softly, not chanting Buddhist scriptures, but something else.

"The moon hides the jade rabbit, the sun hides the crow... the turtle and snake intertwine..."

As the chanting sounded, the Buddha beads on the baby's body seemed to come alive and began to tighten.

Feeling the pain, the baby instinctively struggled and began to cry, but her voice could not overpower the sound of the wooden fish.

"The turtle and snake intertwine, life is strong, and you can even plant golden lotus in the fire..."

The Buddha beads gradually sank into the flesh and blood. If it were an ordinary child, they would have died on the spot, but she still cried confidently.

Xin Hui made a lotus seal with both hands and pointed fiercely at the bloody and fleshy child.

The crying gradually turned into laughter, and the laughter grew louder and louder, even the five giant Buddhas in the hall smiled.

"Zan Cu Wu Xing Dian Dao Yong... After the work is done, follow the Buddha and become an immortal."

The sound of the wooden fish gradually weakened, and Abbot Xin Hui gently lifted the baby's head with both hands.

Jiandun, who had sharp eyes, quickly walked a few steps and picked up a flowerpot that had been prepared and sent it to Xin Hui.

Like planting vegetables, Xin Hui planted the laughing baby girl in the flowerpot full of red water, and a new flowerpot girl was made.

After all this was done, Xin Hui, who was sitting cross-legged, picked up a string and started stringing prayer beads again.

"Since he's gone, go and bring him back."

"Yes, I will obey."

"Be careful, although that kid knows nothing, his potential should not be underestimated."

"Danyang Zi, this thief, has good luck. I don't know where he found such a rare Heart Essence."