hard work

In the autumn of the 13th year of Yongchang.

Although it is autumn, the sun is still shining on Fenglan Mountain, the mountain stream is shimmering, the peach blossom forest is whirling, and even the unknown flowers are particularly fragrant.

Of course, without these "rare guests", Ku Tong's good mood would naturally be even worse.

He looked at the mighty horse on the mountainside, feeling quite surprised.He grew up in the Qingyun Temple on the mountain, and there have been constant visits of pilgrims in the past 16 years, which is really not as big as it is today.

Yesterday, a person brought some small soldiers to surround Qingyun Temple, saying that the family of General Zhen Guo would come to the mountain tomorrow to burn some incense for the young lady who died not long ago, and to investigate all dangerous factors.But Ku Tong saw that the officers and soldiers searched the wing rooms clearly looked like bandits killing, wounding and looting.

Seeing that these people were about to arrive, all the people in Qingyun Temple were waiting in battle. Master Jingkong stood in front of the temple alone, with a sad look under his pale beard.Ku Tong didn't know why his master, who was always happy, was also frowning today. Thinking of this, those people had already arrived.

I saw two tall and mighty guards at the lead, followed by three luxurious carriages.The carriage was about four meters wide, tassels were hung on the eyebrows of the carriage, and the door curtains were all embroidered with gold threads. A beautiful little girl came down first, and she smiled at the mages and monks before pulling her back. A woman came out.

She is dressed in red, but she has a sense of dignity, her pair of phoenix eyes are slightly raised, and there are some wrinkles under her eyes, but she can also see her stunning beauty.Immediately afterwards, another woman dressed in black came out, she was a little younger, and her beauty was not inferior to the previous one.Behind the woman came a man with a handsome face, giving people a sense of innocence.

The maid supported her hand and got out of the car slowly, and she smiled when she saw the highly respected Master Jingkong, but Master Jingkong stepped forward and bowed first, and said: "My name is Jingkong, and I have been waiting here for a long time. I must have been waiting here for a long time. I'm very tired, ladies and young masters, please sit inside."

Xu Ningmei nodded and said nothing, raising her hands with a dignified air.The second lady led her son and followed closely behind.As soon as you enter, you can see the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha. On the left and right sides are murals, and sandalwood is curling up. If you look closely, you can see the flying girl in the murals. The pupils of the girl are all inlaid with gold. Playing the pipa with tears and rain, some flying through the clouds and laughing at Yan Yan, some dancing with the wind with affectionate eyes... No matter how you look at it, you will never get tired of it.

Although Xu Ningmei has been to many temples in Haoping, she has never seen such a magnificent mural, which can be described as an eye-opener.

She then snorted coldly in her heart again, it's a pity that it's nothing but gold and jade, but failure in it.

When everyone got out of the carriage, Ku Tong also saw a white-bearded Taoist priest holding a dust whisk.Except for Master Jingkong, all the monks were a little embarrassed when they saw this Taoist priest. Everyone knew that although the Taoism was of the same sect, it was different. However, they brought a Taoist priest to the Buddhist temple directly.

Ku Tong also showed panic, turned around and walked lightly to the backyard.

After Xu Ningmei entered the largest wing room, she sat on the grand teacher's chair without saying a word, and beckoned the Taoist priest to come in together. The monk on the side turned up and down.Because she didn't say a word, the accompanying servants definitely didn't say a word, and the whole wing room became extremely quiet for a while, and the quiet room that was originally stuffy was sweating profusely.

The monk was also a little scared, and gently poured Xu Ningmei a cup of tea, Xu Ningmei also picked it up and took a sip, before opening his lips: "What's your name?"

Chang Nian answered seriously: "The poor monk's name is Chang Nian."

Xu Ningmei seemed to raise her eyebrows, and asked, "Then... who is Ku Tong?"

Chang Nian hurriedly put down the work in hand, although he didn't know what Mrs. Wen was doing with this troublemaker, but she still replied honestly: "Ku Tong is the youngest here, so it's fine if he is usually ignorant, now all the wives are here But I don’t know where to go to play again, and we will discipline this naughty boy for the wives on another day.”

Xu Ningmei chuckled, "You really have a naughty heart."

In fact, it is a deceit to often read this sentence, because Qingyun Temple is on the mountain, and the pilgrims who come here are naturally not as good as the temples below the mountain, which leads to the situation that Qingyun Temple often has no one offering incense all day long.Chang Nian monks always sneaked down to play, but Ku Tong was dull and simple, and he was studying hard all day long, so they couldn't help but have a gap with him.Therefore, every time before going down the mountain, everyone would leave the work to Ku Tong, and Ku Tong didn't feel tired or complained, which made a few people intensify their harsh words to each other.

Chang Nian thought over and over again, but didn't understand what this lady meant, so she just smiled a few times and stepped back.

Suddenly, Xu Ningmei made a look at the servant girl Peier, who suddenly came out of the compartment door, and Chang Nian listened to what Napeir said intermittently, "... order, quickly take down the bitter boy and traitor..."

Chang Nian was horrified, and quickly bowed to Mrs. Wen: "Mrs. Wen! No matter what this poor boy has done! It has nothing to do with Qingyun Temple!"

Xu Ningmei thought that the monk wanted to intercede for him, but she didn't expect that it was just to clear the relationship, so she laughed out loud, feeling that the monk was very knowledgeable, and another maid, Xiangtan, also laughed lightly, and then said: "That is Naturally, our wife has a kind heart and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Only then did Chang Nian hurriedly say yes with a smile all over his face, but he cursed that poor boy in his heart for being so annoying, if the whole temple was affected, he would feel better.

Suddenly a guard came in and said that he had found all the monks in the whole temple, so he listened to Madam Wen.

Xu Ningmei waited out of the wing with a group of Taoist maids, and saw a group of monks tied up outside the door, and the Taoist beside him just took a look at these people and shook his head.

People are not here.

Everyone was about to turn around, only to hear an old mage saying: "I don't know what Madam means by tying us here?"

Xu Ningmei sneered and raised her eyebrows: "Master Jingkong actually asked me what I meant? Go ask your good son!"

Kutong was indeed brought up by Master Jingkong since he was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the adopted son.

All of a sudden, a boy came across from the backyard.

This person walks slowly, unhurriedly, even quietly.But Chang Nian who was tied up was the first to see him.

He shouted: "Mrs. Wen! He is that traitor Kutong!"

The guards on the side reacted first, and three or five people went up the mountain to surround him in a circle.Ku Tong didn't seem to be afraid at all, and he didn't stop when he saw the spear stretching towards him.

Everyone looked at this young man who was not afraid of death. They knew it was out of date, but they were still shocked by this appearance.

Unlike other monks, Kutong shaved off his thousands of hairs, but tied his hair up in a bun with a simple wooden hairpin, exposing his fair face.His sword eyebrows were raised angrily, his eyes were calm and unwavering, like the silent black sky at night, sometimes dotted with stars, and there was a mole of tears in the corner of his eyes, which was extremely shallow but integrated with his facial features.Although she looks like a man and a woman, she is not as beautiful as a woman. Instead, she has a heroic and handsome face.He is seven feet long, but has a straight back, neither humble nor overbearing.

Xu Ningmei looked at it for a moment, and then said: "Are you a bitter boy?"

Kutong looked directly at Mrs. Wen, and nodded without saying a word.

Xu Ningmei suddenly yelled in a straight voice: "Everyone listen to the order! Some people tied them up! The rest lit a fire in the backyard!"

Master Jingkong was shocked and asked quickly, "Madam Wen, what are you doing!"

Xu Ningmei turned to look at him, her beautiful face was full of anger: "The abbot asked me why? I want to ask you, Qingyun Temple, what you are doing to detain the soul of my little girl from the Wen family!"

Master Jingkong was shocked when he heard the words, and was choked and speechless.

Indeed, the most unnatural thing I have ever done in my life is to leave Wen Huailan's soul in this world.Although he only promised her to stay for only seven days, in the end it hindered the natural reincarnation between heaven and dao, and it must be an unjust act for a monk.

Seeing Jingkong's reaction, Xu Ningmei knew that this was not a fake. At that moment, the Taoist priest with a dust whisk in his hand answered, "Master Jingkong, as the abbot of a temple, you do not allow Miss Wen to enter reincarnation. What is the intention again!"

Kutong, who had been silent all this time, spoke, his tone was cold, his eyes were fixed on Xu Ningmei, but he seemed to be talking to a Taoist priest: "Huailan once told me that she had an unfulfilled wish, and I begged Master to keep her in this world." For seven days, everything will come to me."

The Taoist priest immediately pointed Fuchen at Kutong: "It's Miss Wen who still has an unfulfilled wish, so I'm here today to seek justice for her!"

Ku Tong's eyes glanced back and forth between the two of them, feeling that Huai Lan was really pitiful to be born in such a family.Huai Lan was originally a concubine of the Wen family, since she was a child, no one in Wen's family really treated her as a young lady, not to mention being humiliated, no one from the aristocratic family would keep her company.But after Huai Lan's death, one or two of the Wen family came to "seek justice" for her?Really ridiculous.

A possibility suddenly flashed in Ku Tong's mind, and he blurted out, "Is Huailan still in your residence?"

The eyes of the crowd were flustered, and the traitor had hit the mark.

Wen Huailan was buried five days ago, two servants of the Wen family died the next day, and Wen Huailin's former nanny died the next day.Now, everyone in Wen's house became panicked, fearing that this kind of thing would happen to him.Mrs. Wen naturally also felt that it was mysterious, so she quickly called the Taoist priest to come to find out what happened, and learned that Wen Huailan's soul was indeed still alive, that is, on Qingyun Temple.

Ku Tong sighed secretly, only thinking that it would be good for Huai Lan to be reincarnated as soon as possible, it was better than being with these wolves in sheep's clothing.

He said to himself: "Mrs. Wen, please go back, Huai Lan will definitely not be still in the house."

Wen Huailin frowned thoughtfully, "How do you know that Huai Lan is gone?"

Ku Tong suddenly glanced at the sky outside, "I just sent her away."

The rest of the people looked at each other, not only what this person said was true or false, but Xu Ningmei was afraid that the dead girl would come back, so today is to let her know a "wish"...

But Ku Tong was still looking at the vast sky, he suddenly remembered those days when Huai Lan went up the mountain to look for him, one of them was a concubine daughter, the other was an abandoned son, no one paid attention to or cared about them.Because of the same age, Huai Lan regards him as his only friend. Although they are a man and a woman, they will not have a gap because of this, let alone do anything beyond the distance.

He vaguely guessed that these people just suspected that they were the murderers who killed Huailan, but they didn't know how to explain it.

Because, if this powerful person really wants to condemn you, no matter how many words he speaks, it will be futile.

Seeing his appearance, Xu Ningmei just sneered, "Do you know how Huai Lan died?"

Kutong's eyes widened slightly, as if he had finally come to his senses, staring at Xu Ningmei's eyes.

Xu Ningmei didn't look at him anymore, and said after a long time: "Huai Lan, she was defiled to death..."

A crack finally appeared on Ku Tong's calm face, his eyes were three points of doubt, but seven points of shock.

He didn't know... didn't know that Huai Lan died in such a way!

Because Huai Lan had lied to her that she had accidentally fallen into the valley of the cliff and hit a hard rock, and that's why she died. Unexpectedly... Ku Tong sighed deeply, as if complaining for her.

Xu Ningmei paid close attention to his expression all the time, only felt that this person's acting skills were so amazing.Then he looked at Taoist Gao and said, "Master Gao, tell me."

The high Taoist priest cleared his throat, with an inscrutable look: "Half a month ago, Miss Si came to this temple that day, not to mention that you, a traitor, must have killed her, but Miss Si was thrown into a dream after being humiliated that day." In the back street of Xianglou, Wu Zuo discovered that Miss Fourth's penis was put into a peach blossom..."

The Taoist priest seemed a little embarrassed to continue, coughed and coughed a few more times before continuing: "As we all know, there is not a single peach blossom tree in Gaoping County...but this Fenglan Mountain is different."

There are peach trees everywhere in Fenglan Mountain.

It seems that the result is self-evident, but only Master Jingkong and Kutong know that this is not what he did.

"And today, in addition to saving Miss Fourth, I also want you to be buried with her!"

This old Taoist priest has his own way. Before he came here, he told Madam Wen that if the young lady’s wronged soul is to be saved better, the murderer must be burned alive into green smoke to block other evil spirits from the young lady’s way. It has been caught, and only after understanding what is in mind can we go on the road smoothly.

Ku Tong felt his eyes go dark, and was suddenly tied up by several people, even he forgot how to resist.

When he came to his senses, he was already tied to a wooden frame, and there were layers of firewood underneath.Ku Tong panicked, and tried his best to break free from the rope, but only made blood flow from his wrist.

He wanted to open his mouth to explain loudly, but was choked by layers of heat waves and black smoke.He could only turn his wrist instinctively, trying to find a chance of survival.

But what brought him was only a steady stream of blood flowing.

Suddenly, everyone tasted an unusual smell in the black smoke all over the sky - the fragrance of camellia.

Just when everyone didn't know where the smell came from, the second lady Fang, who hadn't said a word the whole time, sniffed the smell and hurriedly shouted: "Stop quickly——"

"He is Kun Ze!"