Nocturnal

Coming out of the Bakun Courtyard, I saw two Taoist priests with long swords walking on the mountain ridge not far away, and seeing them coming out of the Bakun Courtyard, they even whispered a few words.Being far away, Qin Mochi couldn't hear what they were saying clearly. Judging by their clothes and the direction they were heading, they should undoubtedly be disciples of the "Changming Sect".

Qin Mochi turned his head and looked in the direction of Changming Temple thoughtfully.The sun has set, and the last sliver of sunset glow in the sky has turned into a blurred gray-purple.The layers of palaces and winding lights of Changming Temple look even more spectacular in the gradually dimming sky.

"We're almost catching up with the imperial palace." Qin Mochi pursed his lips, "This big hall is surrounded by a small hall..."

Li Yedu followed his line of sight, feeling a little emotional, "Yeah, the hard work of generations."

Qin Mochi suddenly asked: "How big is the Changming Temple?"

"I don't know." Li Yedu shook his head and said, "Although we have lived here for many years, we are not from Guanli after all. Many places are inconvenient to go to."

"It's not convenient to go, but it doesn't mean you don't know anything about the situation here."

Li Yedu was stunned for a moment, "You mean..."

"This is just my guess," Qin Mochi hesitated, "Think about what your senior brother said when you first entered, that senior brother must have just left the house not long ago... I remember you said that the closest road down the mountain from here The road is the one that passes by my house. In such a short time, is it possible that Na Kun was halfway down the mountain, just happened to meet us going up the mountain, and then he turned back?"

Li Yedu fell silent.

Qin Mochi looked at the Changming Temple surrounded by mountains in the distance, and murmured: "If this is the case, then he will definitely not return to Bakunyuan, because he will definitely meet us. He will find another hiding place , and reappear after we leave. What do you think is more suitable than Changming Temple?"

Li Yedu also had this kind of speculation in his heart, but they lived here. There were some agreed conditions between his master Zhu Quan and the head of the Changming sect. Li Yedu couldn't imagine that Na Kun would ignore their master's face, Breaking this kind of agreement without authorization - this kind of thing can be big or small, in the novel it is just a naughty junior, and in the big picture, it may be regarded as a provocation to the Changming faction.

When did Kun's indifferent personality become so unscrupulous?

Li Yedu found it difficult, "I'll go back and have a good talk with senior brother."

Qin Mochi did not believe in his heart that Wu He was kept in the dark by Na Kun, and the person who was really kept in the dark would not be his reaction.But to what extent did he know about it, and what kind of hidden secrets were there, it was up to Li Yedu to make up his mind.It's not easy for Qin Mochi, an outsider, to ask too many questions about the affairs of their master's school.

"By the way, where's your master?"

Li Yedu shook his head, "During the Chinese New Year, the second senior brother said that Master was going to Linhai. But then he didn't go."

Qin Mochi's heart moved slightly, and a guess floated in his heart.But his conjecture was a bit too outrageous, and he threw it aside after a while in his mind.

When Qin Mochi returned to the small courtyard, he saw Ali was wiping the doors and windows with a rag that he found out from nowhere, and there was a burst of smell from the kitchen, as if some kind of meat was being stewed.Tired of playing, Qingning curled up on the branch of the old peach tree to sleep.Rong Xin showed his original shape, dozing lazily in the small courtyard.Qin Mochi took a second look at Rong Xin, and felt that its current appearance had shrunk a lot compared to the night when it besieged Zhao's house. Even so, the huge golden body still filled the small courtyard to the brim.Qin Mochi couldn't help but secretly speculate that the original body of this spirited animal could grow bigger or smaller according to his own will.

Ali brought him water, "Tired?"

Qin Mochi shook his head.

Ali patted his head, "Did A'Du stay on the mountain?"

"His senior brother is at home," Qin Mochi said, "but that senior brother isn't here." He told A Li what he saw on the mountain just now, and then shared his guess, "I think the totality of the main and small halls of Changming Temple If there is no one thousand, there are eight hundred, just find a remote place and set up an enchantment, and no one else will be able to find it."

Ali nodded. She has lived here for more than ten years. Although she didn't have the chance to go in and have a look at the Changming Temple, she still knows the scale of it.

"It would be great if I could get in and look for it," Ali lowered her head in thought.Although Na Kun may not be the person behind the scenes, judging from the current situation, he knows for sure.With the Tianshu bow and Kaiyang axe, these people will definitely think about the Tianji crossbow in Qin Mochi's hand in the next step. It is related to the wealth and life of her precious son, and she has to take it seriously.

Qin Mochi looked at her hesitantly, "Mother, tell me, could that Kun be instigated by the Changming sect to do this?" If so, there would be a reasonable explanation for Nakun's ability to hide in the Changming Temple.

"It's not impossible," Ali frowned, "But I've met that kid a few times, he doesn't seem like such a careless person, besides, I think that person's temperament is very indifferent..."

Qin Mochi hurriedly said, "Brother Li said the same thing."

"If the Changming faction is playing tricks on the back, things will be troublesome." A Li's face darkened a bit, "In today's comprehension world, sects are dying, except for the Sima family in Zhongnanshan, there are very few sects that can be long-term. The scale of Ming Yi faction."

"What if that senior brother has some reason to be caught by someone and take the opportunity to threaten him?" Qin Mochi felt that this conjecture was a little off the table, and changed his words: "Or that senior brother was just ordered by someone?"

"If you are ordered by others... who can order him?" A Li raised her eyebrows slightly, "You just said that Wu He is back too?"

Qin Mochi nodded, hesitated for a moment and said, "He looks much older than he was half a year ago."

"He doesn't have a spiritual root," A Li, who has been a neighbor for many years, knows a lot about Zhu Quan and his apprentices, and sighed, "Cultivation is nothing more than living a few years longer than ordinary people... ...Are you trying to say that Wu He instructed Na Kun to do something?" Ali took a breath, "It's not impossible, but does Zhu Quan know what they're doing?"

Qin Mochi shook his head, "Brother Li said that their master has gone wandering."

A Li pondered for a moment, "These are just our guesses for the time being. The most urgent thing is to find a way to sneak into Changming Watch and see if we can find Nakun."

Qin Mochi said: "Brother Li said, the front yard of Changming Temple is open to tourists, I'll sneak in and have a look tomorrow."

In the yard, Rong Xin lazily turned over, raised his washbasin-sized head and shook it slightly, "What's the use of that? Since the front yard is open to tourists, the secrets of the Changming School will definitely not Hiding there. And in broad daylight, there are eyes everywhere, and it is impossible to find a chance to sneak into the backyard."

Ali was also a little worried.

Rong Xin rolled around in the yard, and said lazily, "Ali, let me go for a walk for you."

Ali was taken aback, "The Changming faction is a well-known and decent sect, and the enchantment they set up cannot be entered by demon cultivators."

Rong Xin sneered, "Just the one who broke the barrier... the person who set up the barrier is only a few hundred years old, who is afraid of it? Besides, demon cultivators can't get in, demons can't get in, and ordinary small animals in the mountains can't get in." Can’t you get in? Look at me.” As he spoke, he rolled a few more times in the yard, and the thick waist of the bucket shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a while, it shrank into a two-foot-long snake.

Ali burst out laughing, "If you look like this, you won't be able to climb the mountain until next year, right?"

Rong Xin coiled into a small disc like a baby, and lightly pushed Ali's calf with his small head, "Look at me." As he spoke, he twisted and twisted out of the yard and disappeared behind the bamboo fence. In the grass.The speed is actually quite fast.

A Li stared outside the door for a while, "Forget it, let it go. Mo Mo washes his hands and helps me serve vegetables."

Qin Mochi followed her to the kitchen, after thinking about it, he took this opportunity to make a statement, "Mother, if you think he is good, I have no objection to your remarrying."

Ali turned around and glared at him, "Bear boy, what are you thinking?"

When Qin Mochi said this, he was still a little awkward in his heart, but when he saw Ali like this, he felt a little funny, "Mother, I'm telling the truth. Although I want to be with you all the time, a son and a husband are different after all. Yes. I also hope that someone will take care of you and be with you all the time." Li Yedu once said that the road to practice is long and difficult, and with a Taoist partner who supports each other, life can always go smoothly.

It won't be so lonely either.

Qin Mochi didn't know how long he could live with a half-demon body like his. Even with Ali's demon power, he was not a cultivator after all.If he left earlier than A Li, he would feel more at ease if he had someone beside A Li who would take care of her wholeheartedly.

Forget it, don't want to, let's see the chance.

A Li obviously also guessed what was going on in his mind, reached out to touch his head, and sighed softly.

This waited all night, when the sky was bright, Rong Xin climbed into the small courtyard in the mountain panting, and lay softly on the path.Qin Mochi watched the small waist that was as thick as a rolling pin slowly turn into the waist of a bucket. It was so novel, he couldn't help it for a while, and walked over to touch the golden scales.

Rong Xin said weakly: "Where's your mother? Call your mother out."

Qin Mochi fetched a bucket of water for it to quench its thirst. Seeing it put its whole head into the bucket, it was extremely curious, "Are you a water snake? Can you breathe in the water? By the way, is it in the water you drank?" Mixed with a lot of saliva, poisonous, right?"

Rong Xin didn't bother to pay attention to him, and lay on the grass with his belly spread out, basking in the sun.

It wasn't until Ah Li finished washing and came out with her hair in her arms that Rong Xin turned over and coiled himself up energetically, "A Li, I found Nakun."

The mother and son were taken aback, "Is it really hidden in the Temple of Eternal Brightness?"

Rong Xin nodded vigorously with his big head, "It's in the small courtyard behind the Sutra Library." There are barriers everywhere in the place where Taoist priests live, and it's very troublesome to get in and out. It still found a mouse hole and crawled in. of.But it would never tell Ali about such an unrecognizable investigative method.

"There is another person with him," Rong Xin said, "but I have never seen this person, and I don't know him."

Qin Mochi asked, "Is it a Taoist priest?"

Rong Xin hesitated for a moment, "Wearing Taoist robes, hair combed like this...the eyebrows look like this..." It twisted the waist of the bucket and gestured, seeing that the two of them were confused, and simply took the shape of a human, " Do you have a pen and paper at home? I'll draw it for you."

A Li hurriedly looked for paper and pens, these things were prepared by Qin Mochi when he was learning to write.

Qin Mochi was really surprised, Rong Xin can still paint? !

Ali took out the pen and paper, carefully spread it on the wooden table in the yard, and handed the pen to Rong Xin with an admiring expression.

Rong Xin took the pen, with a look of pride on his face, he glanced sideways at Qin Mochi, "I heard that you are a designer in the city, and you are very good at drawing?"

Qin Mochi, "..."

Qin Mochi looked at him in disbelief, is this guy jealous?Competing with the son of his sweetheart or something... Is there really no problem with this IQ?

Sure enough, people in love are unreliable.Well, demons are no exception.

Rong Xin took the pen, posed what he thought was the most elegant posture, and after a moment of deliberation, he drew... a circle on the paper like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Two small circles are drawn inside the big circle, and a horizontal line is drawn below, placed horizontally.

Qin Mochi, "..."

Is this a picture of their breakfast?Fried fried dough sticks with fried eggs?

Rong Xin tilted his head to look at it, drew a small circle on top of the biscuits, and drew a stroke on the circle, explaining: "I wore a bun. There are also hairpins on the bun."

Qin Mochi, "..."

Rong Xin put down his pen and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's him."

Qin Mochi looked at him blankly, then looked at Ali who was calm beside him, suddenly he was a little unsure if Rong Xin was joking, "Isn't he the reincarnation of Picasso?" In other words, with such an abstract painting, you can really find it. person?

Ali ignored his teasing, she looked at the abstract painting for a moment, then patted Rong Xin on the shoulder with bright eyes, "The painting is really good."

Rong Xin showed a humble look, his eyes were shining, and the roots of his ears were slightly red.

Qin Mochi, "..."

Is it really a transvestite?This aesthetic is not in one dimension at all.

Ali motioned Qin Mochi to look at the hairpin painted by Rong Xin, "There is a swirling cloud pattern here."

Rong Xin nodded, picked up the pen and added, "It's rolled up, and there's a dragon's head on it."

Ali smiled and said, "I know this hairpin."