Oddly enough, this Lanruo Temple was clearly a "tofu dregs" project that had been subcontracted and subtracted at different levels. Since its completion, it has experienced more than 200 years of exposure to the sun and rain as an empty temple. However, Even today, if you stand in front of the temple gate and take a first look, you can't see anything dilapidated.
The high ridged cornices, carved beams and painted pillars are all intact.
The stone lion statues of Buddha and Arhat Bodhisattva are lifelike.
Even the apricot-yellow temple walls and neat stone steps are not stained or stained by fallen leaves.
Of course, the seven people who entered the temple in embarrassment in the wind and rain did not stand in the rain to take a closer look at the appearance of the temple. Anyway, the temple door was open, and they were in a hurry with their luggage. Busy people filed in.
After running into the Main Hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Thunder Sky General was not very particular about standing in the rain.
They didn’t care about anything else. They all sat down on the ground to catch their breath before talking.
"Ah!"
Unexpectedly, just when everyone's buttocks were still hot, the scholar suddenly shouted.
Everyone didn’t know what was going on, so they all followed the sound. As a result, the boy squatted beside his box with books, and said with an annoyed look on his face: "My book... …They’re all wet!”
“Tch~” Not surprisingly, the other six people all had the same reaction.
As the saying goes, it's none of your business, and it's not a big deal, so there's no need to be surprised.
The traveling businessman also made a sarcastic remark there: "I don't know what's going on. What's all the fuss about? It's just a few broken books, and they're not worth much money. Look at what I'm carrying." The goods were all wet, so I didn’t say anything.”
Among the seven people, this businessman had so much luggage that he couldn’t carry it with both hands and had to carry it on a pole. He was indeed the only one. He is the most qualified to complain.
"What do you know?" The scholar was already in a bad mood. He was a little angry when he was told this, so he replied, "Youdao means that books have their own beauty, like jade, and books have their own gold." "How can those things of yours be compared with the words of saints like me?"
Despite the young age of this scholar, his pedantic spirit is really shocking.
"Hey!" When it came to what happened today, the businessman was already a bit evil. Now that the scholar said this, he was ignited, "That's right... …Can your words of saints be eaten? Can they be used? Even if they are wet and used as firewood, how can you still look like jade in a golden house?”
< p> What he said is true. This scholar looks very poor. Although he is dressed like a Confucian scholar, the patches on his clothes are so many that they are eye-catching, and the bookcase he carries on his back is also made of bamboo. The workmanship is very simple, otherwise the books inside would not be completely soaked by the rain."You..." The scholar originally wanted to quarrel with him.
But he only said one word, the businessman said fiercely: "You, you, you... what are you? What do you want?"
This businessman is in his thirties, a rough man, although he is of medium build, but his appearance is His body was full of muscles honed through labor; a frail scholar in his early twenties like this looked like he was malnourished because he had no money to eat. I'm afraid even three of them wouldn't be enough to beat him alone.
The scholar was frightened by him and twitched his mouth. He turned his head and pretended to pack his books. He lowered his head and said, "Ah...I...I don't have the same experience as you roughnecks."
"Hey, let's see what you can do." The traveling businessman ignored him and read while unpacking his luggage, "After studying for a few years, my nostrils turned up. What if? Your innocence makes you an official, but you still have to walk sideways on the street?"
There is actually no reason for these two people to argue.
Originally, they were strangers and had no grievances. They just met by chance during the trip. Because everyone was in a bad mood and got into a quarrel out of irritation, it was okay.
When you go out, you can meet all kinds of people. If something happens, just say a few words and it may be fine.
After today, they may never meet each other again in this life, and even if they do, they may not be able to remember having met such a person before.
However, sometimes people just can’t control themselves, as if they “win the argument” by saying one more thing than the other person.
Right now, this businessman has said one more thing than the other party.
He didn’t have much thought, because he was actually a quite simple person. After a while, he lost his temper and forgot about it.
But the scholar... was different from him.
This scholar is a petty person. Just because of those few words, the scholar hated the businessman in his heart. He felt that the businessman had humiliated him in front of everyone, even if the latter immediately followed him. Even if he apologized, he would not calm down - he just wished that the traveling businessman was unlucky and died.
Of course, he doesn’t have that chance now. When will he have the chance? We will describe this later in the document.
Let’s not talk about these two people now, let’s look at others...
The oldest among these seven people should be the charlatan.
This doctor is in his mid-forties this year. At that time, a man of this age was considered an "old gentleman", and men at that time usually grew beards to make themselves appear "mature and steady". This man He is no exception. His goatee is trimmed beautifully, and combined with his lean and capable appearance, he does have the demeanor of a famous doctor.
The first thing the doctor did after entering the temple was to open the medicine box.
He is not worried about his medicinal materials soaking in water, because his box is quite good, well sealed, and the medicines inside are all wrapped or put in bottles... What he mainly wants is to Take the medicine and take it.
According to the saying at that time, this person had "asthma", also called "shoulder breath" or "shoulder breath"."Reverse Qi", when encountering wind and cold, his lungs are prone to attack, ranging from difficulty in breathing to the danger of asthma and dyspnea in severe cases.
So he had to take the medicine quickly before the attack occurred, otherwise he would suffer if the wind and cold entered his body and he started to wheeze.
Some people may ask, this doctor himself is sick, is his medical skill good?
In fact, he is okay, but his medical skills are not good enough to transcend the times and treat diseases that are medical problems in modern times.
Next, let’s talk about the remaining one - the unidentified tall and strong man.
This brother looks about thirty-five years old, with sharp eyes and a strong body. He is wearing black clothes, with his clothes and trouser legs neatly packed. His appearance alone makes him look very handsome. It gives people the feeling of being a martial artist.
But...he did not wear a weapon, and he never revealed that he was a gangster along the way.
In fact, he said almost nothing along the way.
Moreover, he didn’t bring much luggage, just a bag on his shoulders and a bag in his hands, and they were not big.
After entering the temple, this man was still sitting in a corner silently, watching with cold eyes the quarrel between the scholar and the traveling businessman, and the scene of the doctor taking medicine.
So, after talking about those four, what about Shuanghe and Lei Buji?
They have already begun to take off their clothes...
"Brother Sun, it's a bit cold." When Huang Donglai said this, his upper body was already shirtless.
"Well, it's almost winter. If you get wet like this, you'll definitely have a cold. If not, you'll get pneumonia." When Sun Yixi responded to this sentence, he had already started to take off his pants.
Lei Buji was dumbfounded again by this operation: "Two brothers, you are talking about being cold and taking off your clothes at the same time. What kind of method are you talking about?"
Hearing this, the two of them looked back at him together, and the strange dog replied in unison: "You need to take off your wet clothes to dry them."
"Uh..." Lei Buji was stunned for a moment, "How can we cook without fire?"
The two guys were just waiting for his words. Before he finished speaking, Sun Yixie continued: "Go and light a fire, won't you? ?"
Lei Buji also said: "Then how can I make a fire?"
Huang Donglai then said: "Go out from behind the main hall and find the woodshed. Can't we get some firewood and flint to make a fire?"
Lei Buji asked again: "Then why should I go?"
Sun Yihehe? Huang Donglai is about to take off his underwear now.
Both of them opened their arms, looking like dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water: "It's inconvenient for us to be naked."
Lei Buji stood there, feeling in his heart He said that there is something in this routine of the two brothers, and they have learned it.
Then he nodded, turned around and ran out again in the rain.
The other fourSeeing this scene, there were different reactions: the businessman and the doctor were all suppressing laughter, the scholar snorted, but the tall and strong man remained expressionless and did not say a word.
Not long after, Lei Buji came back with firewood. He piled the firewood and started a fire. Lei Buji also took off his clothes and moved several people in the hall. A wooden stand for incense candles, and the clothes were placed on it and baked.
As for the other people, they all benefited from their success and came over to warm themselves by the fire.
But the scholar, the businessman and the doctor all just took off their coats. They were not as arrogant as Sun Huanglei and the other three who took off their pants. Only the tall and strong man was still sitting in the corner. , keeping a distance from everyone, even if he was soaked, he continued to endure it, waiting for it to dry naturally.
"Eh? Brother, why don't you come over? There's still room here, so you can come over and have a barbecue too. It's so uncomfortable to wear wet clothes." Huang Donglai saw that the man didn't move, thinking that he was I'm sorry, so I said it politely.
But the other party replied coldly: "No, thank you."
"Hey! You said this person..." The businessman saw this reaction, He couldn't help but talk more, "I'm kindly letting you live..."
But this time, he failed to say the offending words.
"Hey, forget it." Sun Yixie stopped him immediately and interrupted, "Don't worry about them, maybe they have any inconvenience."
Sun Yixie's words were unintentional. He said them mainly to prevent the businessman from getting into trouble with others again. After all, everyone has to stay under the same roof for a while, and anyone who quarrels with anyone will get into trouble. Annoying everyone.
However, the speaker did not mean it, but the listener did...
Sun Yixie was really right. That tall and strong man did have "inconveniences" ".
This man, whose surname is Xie Mingrun, is known as the "Tiger in the Stone" by people in the world. His true identity is an escort under the famous Yiyong Escort Agency; and he is not an ordinary escort, but a martial arts master. The third-ranked master in the escort agency, whose strength is second only to the boss and deputy boss.
If you think that a character who can only be ranked third in the escort agency is not a big deal, you are wrong...
This Yong Escort Bureau appears in the same way as the previous article. The Guangxing Escort Agency is not of the same magnitude; the Guangxing Escort Agency is at best a small company with a small reputation in a certain city and surrounding areas, but the Yiyong Escort Agency is equivalent to a super-first-class enterprise with chain stores across the country.
In terms of reputation and status in the world, the head of the Yiyong Escort Bureau is even better than the heads of some first-class sects.
As for martial arts...not to mention.
This Xie Run is practicing in the golden bell cover iron cloth shirt, and he is a boy's martial arts; Zhu Jiaduan, the boss of Guangxing Escort Bureau, "Through-arm Divine Sword", if he and Xie Run were to face each other, I am afraid that he would not be able to do anything in a row. There is no chance of success.
Right now, Xie Run didn’t go over to warm up the fire for two reasons:Firstly, for a master like him who has pure yang inner strength and boy's skills, it is not a problem to get caught in a little rain. Let alone rain, he can survive for a while even if he falls into an ice hole; secondly, Today...he is escorting a bodyguard, and the baggage in his hand contains the things he is escorting.
The world is dangerous. A beggar with no legs may fly up and kill you in the blink of an eye; an old woman with a child may hide her body when she passes you by. A child armed with explosives will be thrown at you; even a person lying in a coffin may jump up and stab you in the back...
As long as there is enough profit motivation, many people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. They are all willing to throw away their humanity, dignity, and even parts of their bodies.
Also... do you think everyone can be like Yang Zhi on Huangnigang, and still survive after being robbed of his birthday?
On the rivers and lakes, nine out of ten people who rob escorts will not be left alive.
Therefore, for those who escort, there are many things that they have to guard against.
As the third person in the Yiyong Escort Agency, it is impossible for Xie Run to understand these principles, so he keeps a distance from strangers who come into contact with him, even if they seem casual and well-intentioned.
However, at this moment, Sun Yixie's words of "inconvenience" made him think.
When Xie Run heard this, he thought to himself: "What do you mean? Is he implying something in his words? Could it be that he already knew my identity and that I was carrying something, so he deliberately used these words Are you here to test me? If I still sit here, it means that I have admitted that I have some inconveniences..."
Xie Run has been running around outside during this period, and he never follows anyone. He was talking about gossip, so he had not heard about the deeds of Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji; even though he could tell from the trident Sun Yixie carried and the undisguised traces of Lei Buji's internal strength that these three The two young men were all members of the Jianghu, but he did not know their details.
At this time, Xie Run was provoked by Sun Yixie's unintentional words, so he thought too much, so... after thinking for a while, he stood up.