Placid Chang'an

Su Cen woke up with a start, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He had just had a dream, he was standing on the edge of the cliff without knowing it, only the whistling wind was in his ears, someone pulled his hand from the mist and led him to find the way.After walking for an unknown amount of time, that hand suddenly sank, as if it had been stepped on empty space!

Unable to do anything in the panic, the hand finally let go of him, so as not to pull him into the abyss, and whispered in his ear before falling: "Go back."

There was nothing left, the cliff was gone, the dense fog was gone, he squatted down, and saw a black jade wrench in his hand.

Then woke up with a fright.

Dreaming in the temple is not a good thing, plus what the host said to him in the evening, it always feels like he wants to prove something.Seeing the cold wind blowing in from the door, Su Cen felt lingering fear, looked around again, and suddenly woke up.

Li Shi is gone!

They originally planned to go to the well in the middle of the night when the people in the temple were fast asleep, but they didn't expect him to use up too much energy during the day, and he started to doze off just after nightfall. Li Shi asked him to sleep for a while, It's time to wake him up.

He fell asleep so unconsciously that he didn't even know when Li Shi disappeared.

The despair that swept over his head in the dream almost made him breathless.He put on his shoes and stayed on the bed, and knocked on the door next door.

Qu Ling'er also just woke up, she opened the door to him sleepily, but Su Cen shook her body and asked, "Where's Qi Lin?"

"It's not..." Qu Ling'er narrowed her eyes and pointed back, her eyes slowly widened, "Where's Brother Qi?!"

Su Cen was relieved a little, with Qi Lin following him, there shouldn't be any serious problems.

Su Cen told Qu Ling'er to get dressed, and they went into the bamboo forest.

The moonlight is dim, with only a few stars.Fortunately, no one was guarding the bamboo forest at night, otherwise Su Cen was afraid that Qu Ling'er would suffer under the monk's hand alone.

There is fog in the bamboo forest, and the fog gets thicker as you go in. When you get to the well platform, you can see the thick fog rising from the well.

The legendary thatched cottage smoke turned out to be real.

It might be a grand sight to see during the day, but it's a pity that it's night now, no matter how you look at it, it looks like there are monsters haunting it, and the more you look at it, the weirder it gets.

Li Shi and Qi Lin are not here.

The two walked to the well, and Su Cen looked into the well, but as expected, he couldn't see anything, so he threw another small stone, and after confirming that there was no water in the well, he said to Qu Ling'er, "Let's go down and have a look."

"Get down, get down, go down?" Qu Ling'er was already trembling with fright, and asked cautiously: "We won't wait for the prince and the others?"

"When they come back and see that no one is in the room, they will naturally come here." Su Cen tried the well rope, and it was still strong. He thought of teasing him, and handed the well rope to Qu Ling'er, "Go down, and I will pull it for you." on."

"Ah, me?" Qu Ling'er's face turned pale, "I'm alone?!"

"Otherwise someone will pull you up."

"No, no, I can't do it," Qu Ling'er took a few steps back, "Brother Su, I can't do it."

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for a while." Su Cen picked up the rope and wrapped it around the man's waist a few times, "Hurry up and go back."

"I...I can't, I can't go down..." Qu Ling'er hastily pulled the rope on her body, as if Su Cen could push him into the well with a slow step, "I, my butt hurts!"

Su Cen was stunned for a moment and then rolled his eyes, not embarrassed to say that I was in pain too.

Just as they were arguing, there was a sudden flash of fire not far away, and they shouted: "Who is it?!"

Su Cen and Qu Ling'er fell silent for a moment.

The fire light came closer, there was only this well, and there was nowhere to hide.Su Cen simply didn't hide, and looked at the person seriously, with a calm demeanor.

The one who came was bald, taller than the one during the day, and had a more irritable temper. He looked shocked at the person in front of him—how could two people get in with him while he was only taking a pee? !

And look at the leader who was calmer than him, and even had the face to smile at him when he was caught: "Master, good evening."

The bald monk was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and shouted, "What are you doing here?!"

"Let's come and look for someone," Su Cen said, "A woman, surnamed Huang, and her maiden name Wan'er, have you met Master?"

"What woman, this is a monk's temple, not a nunnery," the monk waved impatiently, "This is the most important place in the temple, please go back, two benefactors."

This person doesn't look like a fake, Su Cen asked again: "Isn't this a scene in the temple before? When did it become an important place?"

"Why do you care so much?" the great monk said, "Come here quickly, the side of the well is wet and slippery, don't fall down."

Su Cen smiled, "Okay."

Just two steps away, Su Cen suddenly gave Qu Ling'er a firm hand, and in the next instant, she fell headfirst into the well.

Li Shi and Qi Lin followed the man in black all the way to the Buddhist scripture pavilion.

There was still a weak light in the attic on the second floor of the Sutra Library, and the flames were flickering, so it was hard to see what happened.

Li Shi said: "You stand guard outside the door, I'll go in and have a look."

Qi Lin frowned: "Master, I'll go!"

Li Shi raised his hand and interrupted Qi Lin, "Give me the dagger."

Qi Lin clenched his lips, and could only take out a dagger from his waist and hand it to Li Shi.

Li Shi clenched his dagger and pushed the door open, the old door creaked lightly, and Li Shi's figure nimbly flashed into the darkness.

The first floor is full of bookshelves, and various scriptures are neatly stacked on the shelves.Just now the fire was on the second floor, Li Shi didn't stay on the first floor, he found the wooden ladder going upstairs lightly, held his breath and went up slowly.

As soon as he reached the end of the stairs, he saw a cold light flashing against the fire. The one sitting and meditating was presided over by Hui Kong, and behind him, the sword light of the man in black approached his neck!

In the blink of an eye, Li Shi threw the dagger out of his hand, and collided with the sword of the man in black with a "clang", the flames splashed everywhere, rubbing the man in black's face against the window coffin behind him.

The pupils of the man in black shrank, and he quickly looked over. He met a pair of bottomless eyes, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

The dagger was still buzzing, and the man in black's grip on the sword was numb. Who would have thought that Prince Ning, who was pampered and pampered in the capital, would have such skill.

Li Shi no longer had a weapon in his hand, but he walked up the stairs with a calm expression. The man in black obviously knew Li Shi and knew where his self-confidence came from. The lone wolf beside him.

The man in black thought for only a moment, and he clenched his sword and rushed out of the window.

Li Shi quickly came to the window and saw that Qi Lin was already wrestling with the man in black.Both of them were wielding swords, and the sound of sharp weapons colliding in the dark was accompanied by the fire light from the collision, like lightning and thunder.

Seeing that he was going to alarm the monks in the temple, the man in black threw down a smoke bomb and got away.

"Go and chase." Li Shi said.

Qi Lin took the order and chased after the man in black in the direction where he disappeared.

Li Shi turned his head and looked at Hui Kong who was sitting firmly in front of the case as the host. Such a big movement was not disturbed.

He patted Huikong on the shoulder, and saw that the figure sitting cross-legged tilted with his movements and fell to the ground.

People have been dead for a while.

Qu Ling'er grabbed the pulley just before Su Cen landed, thinking that it's a good thing he reacted quickly, otherwise, brother Su would have fallen to his death.Thinking again, when did brother Su wrap the well rope around him?

The great monk panicked when he saw it, and rushed up to snatch the windlass from Qu Linger's hand.Qu Ling'er didn't give up, she stayed in front of the well, fearing that the great monk would come up and cut off the rope for him.

"Quick, pull him up!"

"Now you know you're afraid?" Qu Ling'er raised her chin, "Why didn't you know you were afraid when you kidnapped the little girl?"

"Grandma's!" The great monk wiped his bald head, "It's not a girl locked there, it's a big devil!"

Su Cen's waist hurt from being pulled, and it took him a while before he stood up.I thought it was a good thing the well wasn't deep, otherwise Qu Ling'er's blunt strength would have broken him in the middle when she pulled her back.

The bottom of the well is not small, it is a natural stone cave, the surrounding area is dark and misty, Su Cen took out a fire pocket from his pocket and lit it for a while.

As soon as the fire was lit up, Qu Ling'er could be heard calling his name from above.

"I'm fine!" Su Cen replied while untying the well rope on his waist.

"The monk said that there is a big devil at the bottom of the well, so be careful!"

"What monster?" Su Cen frowned, and kept moving his hands, "Why didn't you say that a monster is locked up?"

While talking, he had finished untying the rope, so Su Cen poked inside with the torch.

Qu Ling'er and the great monk looked at each other in blank dismay.

After a while, the great monk drooped his face: "Little brother, that big devil is really powerful. He kills anyone he sees. Several elders in our monastery were injured by him. In the end, he presided over the old man to subdue people. The well you dug yourself, you call people out quickly, and you will be finished if you run into that big devil."

Qu Ling'er was dubious, she guarded the mouth of the well so that no one could get close, and asked tentatively, "Then what's the name of that big devil you mentioned?"

"What name?" The monk touched his forehead again, "It seems to be called... Song Fan!"

Su Cen groped to explore deeper. Although there was no water at the bottom of the well, it was muddy and difficult to walk through. The fire in the fire was weak, and there was thick fog churning here, which could barely illuminate the distance of one foot around.

Su Cen noticed several deep cracks on the ground, from which the mist came out.It's like locking up a wild animal in the ground, breathing heavily between breaths, knowing that there can't be such a big beast, Su Cen still takes every step carefully, as if afraid of waking up something.

The further you go in, the cracks disappear, and the mist gets smaller and smaller until finally it disappears.

Su Cen put the fire pocket on the stone wall beside him to shake the dew off his body, and unexpectedly a gust of wind came from somewhere, which extinguished the dim light of the fire.

Su Cen stopped moving for a moment.

It was too dark, he got used to the brightness of the fire, and when it got dark, his eyes seemed to be covered with a black cloth, and his vision was completely lost, so he could only distinguish the surrounding things by his ears.

It seemed that something was rustling towards him, but he couldn't see it, so he could only reach out and touch it.First he touched the stone wall, and then he wanted to find his fire book along the stone wall.

Suddenly, the flames brightened.

A short distance away from him, there is a pale face.