I have a book to play

The decline of incense in these years has not changed the pattern of Jingming Temple as an imperial temple.

It is a long way to go from the door to the guest rooms of the male and female guests.Those four people followed behind Sun Peng, secretly looking at each other, sometimes whispering, and sometimes going forward to try to ask Sun Peng something.

Sun Peng walked ahead with a smile all the time.

He was born very well, just like his biological mother who died young, now he is dressed in brocade clothes, clean and elegant, when he smiles with his brows slightly, it can always warm people's heart like a spring breeze.

However, after walking for a long time, at the next corner, he suddenly turned around, raised his leg unexpectedly and put his foot between the "son"'s legs.

In terms of physique, Sun Peng is no match for this "son".But for both men, the easiest place to hurt is knowing yourself and your enemy.

He couldn't beat a strong man with his fists, but he didn't believe that there would be someone practicing some kind of golden bell-covered iron shirt in the place between his legs.With that kick, even a man as strong as an ox still clutched his lower body and knelt down on the ground in cold sweat.

The old woman was so frightened that she turned around and ran away, Sun Peng would not give her a chance.Although the training of the crane guards is hard, everyone shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding the gates of the East Palace and protecting the prince.Naturally, he also accepted the training according to the rules, and because he was focused on protecting Sun Xian back then, he learned a few skills, and now it is a breeze to deal with an old woman.

The old woman was grabbed by the arm and turned behind her back. Sun Peng looked up and saw the other two who were running away in a panic. He immediately pushed them, and the three of them collided into a pile and fell directly to the ground.

After all, the movement was a little louder, and many monks came towards this side one after another.Sun Peng frowned and was trying to explain, when Xie Chen suddenly appeared, followed by wolfberry with a rope, tied him up a few times, and pushed him into a firewood room in the male guest room.

Outside the door, the little novice who followed Xie Chen all the year round hurried past.

"What happened up front?"

"It's okay, it's okay, all senior uncles and senior brothers, go back, it's just that something broke, it doesn't matter."

The little novice's voice was not far away.Sun Peng stood close to the door, looking at the four people in front of him whose mouths were stuffed with the cloth heads he found somewhere, his heart finally calmed down because of the excitement that had arisen a few times just now.

"Senior brother." Through the door, the little novice said, "Everyone is gone, I will go to the front and guard for senior brother."

After he finished speaking, Sun Peng could clearly hear the sound of footsteps running farther and farther until there was no sound at all.

"Just ask."

Xie Chen spoke suddenly, and Sun Peng felt a little surprised.

However, Xie Chen didn't say anything more. Instead, he walked to the side and sat cross-legged, not minding the cold ground and no futon.

The firewood room is available in the courtyard of both male and female guest rooms.Because when the incense was at its peak, there was an endless stream of rich families staying in the temple, and many families took their cooks and wives out, so naturally they needed to use the woodshed.

Although the firewood room is no longer full of firewood and other sundries, it is not very clean either.

Sun Peng looked at the four people who were tightly tied up in front of him, endured the unpleasant smell from the tip of his nose, and asked, "You just said that your little daughter-in-law got hysterical and disappeared from home? Tell me quickly." , what does she look like, how old is she?"

He asked questions, but he didn't take off all the cloth heads from the four people's mouths. He looked back and forth at the four people, and reached out to take the things from the "son"'s mouth.

"Mr. Xiao Lang is so unreasonable, what is the purpose of arresting the little ones all of a sudden?"

"I'll answer honestly when I ask you, and I don't need to say anything else."

The "son" was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Sun Peng didn't speak, he just raised his eyes and looked at himself with a half-smile. Xun, if Xiao Langjun picked her up, please ask Xiao Langjun to return her..."

"It's Xun's name." Unexpectedly, Sun Peng nodded, "It seems that he is indeed the person you are looking for. But where did you hear that there is such a person in the temple?"

"When I was searching in the mountains, I met a woodcutter who said he was taken to the temple..."

Before anyone could finish speaking, Sun Peng unceremoniously stuffed the cloth head into the man's mouth again, turned his head and smiled at the old woman.

"Tell me, who are you from?"

The cloth head in the mouth of the old woman was removed, Sun Peng smiled slightly, and stroked his sleeves.

The old woman tried her best to dodge her eyes: "What are you talking about, Mr. Xiao, you guys are just... just ordinary farmers near the foot of the mountain..."

"Your hands are slender, your nails are extremely neatly manicured, and there are no calluses on your fingertips and palms. It can be seen that you rarely do hard work, and you may not even touch your fingers."

Sun Peng's gaze swept over the old woman's arms that were already tied up, which the old woman tried to hide: "Little Lang..."

"You shouldn't be very old. Maybe you haven't paid much attention to this wig after wearing it for a long time. The black hair on the temples is not covered at all. But if you pay attention, you can see that the part of the hair that is exposed on the temples is the one." real."

At this time, wolfberry, who had been staying in the house, had already braved up and carefully examined the hands behind the old woman.

Sure enough, as Qilang said, her hands were delicate, and she didn't seem to be from a peasant family as she said.There is indeed black hair that is obviously not hidden at the temples.

"Qilang, really! You look so carefully!"

The wolfberry was too excited, but Sun Peng covered his mouth: "Hey, go and stay with the master."

Wolfberry was very obedient and really ran to Xie Chen's side.Xie Chen originally closed his eyes and meditated, but now he has opened his eyes, quietly looking at Sun Peng's thin but firm figure.

"The four of you must be pretending to be identities. In a family of four, you pretend to be the mother, and he pretends to be the father. Both of you are pretending to be sons?" Sun Peng laughed. , seems to be going well."

Who would be willing to pretend to be a son or a grandson outside?It's fine if Sun Peng doesn't say anything, but if he speaks out, it will make people angry.

The "son" couldn't speak with a cloth in his mouth, so he could only raise his eyes to stare at Sun Peng.The other two people beside them also had anger welling up on their faces at this time, and they were struggling to jump on Sun Peng regardless of the fact that their hands and feet were still bound.

Sun Peng stepped back, kicked his "son" on the chest, and turned to look at the old woman: "Be honest, who are you, where are you from, and what are your plans?"

The old woman turned her face away, she was determined not to speak.

Sun Peng was not in a hurry: "Godberry."

"Shichiro."

"Go get a riding whip."

Although Gou Qi was a little dazed, he went out obediently, and came back with a whip in his hand after a while.

Sun Peng took the whip and flicked it to the side twice.The whip cracked twice, and the blow was crisp and sharp. If it hit someone, it would most likely end up with a torn flesh and blood.

The old woman flinched a little, Sun Peng smiled: "Godberry."

"Hey."

"Close your eyes." As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Peng raised his arms, and flicked the whip a dozen times towards the "son" who was closest to the old woman.

After all, he was not from the martial arts background. It took him a lot of energy to deal with these people just now, but he was not strong enough at the moment, but he only swung it dozens of times, and his eyes were closed tightly. It's already a little hard to lift up.

He took a breath, threw the horsewhip to the ground, knelt down and stared at the old woman, and said, "I don't recognize you. But from your reaction at the door, you should recognize me. Why don't you tell me, who are you?" Whoever it is, I can also think about whether I should let you go."

"I say! I say! I say it all!"

Looking at the panic-stricken old woman, Sun Peng finally let out a long sigh of relief.

The old woman is not really old, she is only in her thirties.Put it in those brothels outside, she is the madam there.The man she was with was a subject of the Eastern Palace who worked under the crown prince. On weekdays, she mainly followed him to manage the little ladies in the Yin Temple.

Because it is inconvenient for young women to go in and out of the temple frequently, she always dresses up as an old woman in front of people during the day, and changes her appearance at night to welcome and send guests to attract guests.

Lady Xun is the most difficult to discipline under her command.When she first came here, she was beaten and scolded, but later she was spotted by a high official in the court, and although she didn't redeem herself, she was taken away, but she was supported by someone, so she couldn't touch Mrs. Xun again. finger.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Lady Xun finally found a chance and escaped regardless of her own safety.

So this is how the four of them disguise themselves and come out to find someone.It's just that I didn't expect that so many girls escaped in the past, and a lot of them were found and beaten. Only Lady Xun has such a good ability. Lang Jun met.

Everything that needs to be explained has been explained, and the four of them still fantasize that Sun Peng can let them go because of the fact that his sister-in-law is the princess of the East Palace.Unexpectedly, Sun Peng didn't intend to let them go at all, and when he stood up, he shouted: "Godberry."

Gou Qi, who had been covering her eyes and peeking between her fingers, quickly put down her hands and ran over: "Qilang, what are you going to do?"

"Find another rope and tie it tighter. When you go down the mountain tomorrow, remember to take these people with you, and don't let people run away."

After ordering the goji berries, Sun Peng turned to look at Xie Chen.

The latter got up and left the firewood room with him without saying a word.

"Master, Buddhism is pure, but I did these things. Do you think the Buddha will blame me?"

Looking at the handsome and elegant man beside him, Sun Peng felt a little annoyed and ashamed.His every move just now did not evade gratitude at all, but after finishing the work, he was inexplicably worried that his actions would be chilling.

"Buddha does not blame innocent people."

Obviously it sounded like comfort, but Sun Peng just felt relieved from the bottom of his heart, and his heart immediately felt a little better.

Then, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

The part where the wrists were in contact became hot sensitively.Because of the close distance, the familiar light sandalwood can be smelled in the nose.Sun Peng was slightly taken aback, then raised his eyes suddenly, and immediately met Xie Chen's abyss-like pupils.

"There is a medicine for bruises at the poor monk's place, and someone will bring it later. Remember to ask medlar to help you apply the medicine and rub it. Otherwise, when you wake up tomorrow, your arms and wrists may not use much strength."

Xie Chen's voice was right next to his ears, and the scorching heat on his wrist made Sun Peng feel his mind was in a state of confusion, and he couldn't help but want to shrink his arms back.

At this time, Xie Chen also let go, with the solemn look on his face still: "After burning incense and worshiping Buddha, I have a rest earlier. Here I have a plate of tranquilizing incense, which can be burned in the incense burner, which can calm the nerves and calm the mind."

The incense given by Xie Chen is really useful.

After nightfall, it was inconvenient for Sun Peng to talk to Aunt Feng for too long, so he gave her half of the Anshen Xiang and went back to the room to wash.

In the room, the scent of Anshenxiang is light, not heavy, but the effect is excellent.

After using the medicated oil sent by the little monk, even though other sounds could be heard from time to time behind the screen, Sun Peng lay on the bed for a while, but still gradually fell asleep.

At the third watch of the month, Jingming Temple was completely silent, except for the occasional sound of night owls in the mountains, it seemed that only the rustling of leaves was left.

Several figures suddenly appeared in the yard, met each other, and went straight to the woodshed.

However, in the woodshed opened by them deftly, apart from a room full of dust, only sporadic blood remained.

"nobody!"

"Oops, I was transferred, search quickly, we can't let those four people stay alive!"

Just as he finished speaking, something suddenly passed by his ears and hit the doorpost with a "boom".

"Who?!"

There is no cry of wild cats passing by, no whine of night owls, but only a deep Buddha's cry like the echo of the valley: "Amitabha."

The monk came silently from the shadows in a corner of the courtyard, with calm eyes, holding a string of Buddhist beads, and wearing a moon-white monk robe, with an unsullied appearance.

"Monk? Don't mind your own business, or you will suffer!"

"Bitter?" The monk slowly pursed his lips, "Who do you want to suffer? Poor monk?"

No one could see how he moved his hand, and when the visitor came to his senses and wanted to escape, it was too late.

The several corpses that fell to the ground seemed to be in deep sleep.Xie Chen took off the beads strung around the neck of one of them, and said softly, "Chen Yi."

"Brother." The little novice came from the side, clasped his hands together.

"Clean up, don't leave traces."

"Yes, brother."

What happened in the yard didn't seem to affect anyone.

The incense burner in the house is full of smoke, and it is quiet.Even though the door was gently pushed open, the boy on the bed still slept soundly.

Xie Chen walked to the side of the bed, leaning over to look at the sleeping boy.That handsome and handsome face, with a completely different expression from the previous life, still looks like a young man who was spoiled and raised.

He leaned down slightly and kissed that lips lightly.