At the exit of the "First Line of Heaven" in the south of Qingyun Mountain, there were twenty or thirty people armed with strange weapons who surrounded a donkey, a horse, an old man and a young man, and their eyes were full of hostility to look at this old man and young man. None of them spoke. I saw that one of the men in the group who looked like an iron tower and carried a big axe kept staring at the old and the young without even blinking his eyes.

Ling Tianyun looked at this group of strange bandits, his eyes showed a look of doubt, this group of guys who were dressed in tatters and armed with strange weapons, were they really bandits. The old monk's eyes widened, his mouth opened in astonishment, and he forgot to pour a sip of wine into his mouth even the wine gourd he raised.

The two sides confronted each other like this, and neither of them spoke. I heard the wind blowing into the canyon, and the bell under the neck of the little black donkey was blown by the cold wind.

"Do you want to rob, old monk, I don't have any silver, this muddy boy has silver, you can rob him."

It was the old monk who broke the peace, and he said to the group of bandits. His face is full of flattering smiles, where is the demeanor of an old monk, he is simply a little old man in the market who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard. When Ling Tianyun heard this, he was stunned, and suddenly felt a sense of ridicule. He thought that these bandits would jump out directly, popping out a domineering mantra, what is this way I am driving, and then come to a very windy posture, shouting: "robbery".

But at this time, this group of so-called bandits is obviously not a group of professional bandits, neither a domineering mantra, nor a cool posture. What kind of bandits are they, dressed and imposing, they are simply a group of rural farmers who have never seen the world.

"Robbery?" The man with a huge axe showed a look of doubt in his eyes, and he looked at the others for a while. He turned his gaze back to the old monk and said, "This master, dare to ask you from the other side of the mountain?" ”

When the old monk heard this, he was stunned for a moment, aren't these bandits? How can there be such bandits, it seems that they don't seem to have the intention of robbing, but how can the bandits ask so gently. He glanced at Ling Tianyun, who was puzzled by this difficulty, and he straightened the oil-stained shabby robe. Immediately, he looked solemn, put his hands together, lowered his eyebrows, and said, "Amitabha, donors, the old man and the little apprentice are passing through there, because they are greedy for the proximity of this road, so they want to go to Nalanzhou City before passing here. I don't know what the donors are doing to besiege my master and apprentice? Aren't you thieves? ”

At this time, the old monk was like a high-ranking monk, if Ling Tianyun hadn't gotten along with this old monk, he would think that this old monk was a real high-ranking monk. But the appearance of this old monk at this time made Ling Tianyun laugh, he barely controlled himself and didn't laugh out loud.

"Aren't you spies sent by bandits on the other side of the mountain?" The big man asked again, and very cautiously, while his nervous expression relaxed slightly. The other twenty or thirty people also put down their weapons, and the hostility in their eyes was also reduced a lot.

"Dare to ask this big brother, what the hell is going on, do you think we are bandits?" , Ling Tianyun asked him with a fist at the big man.

"Alas, it seems that this is a misunderstanding, so let's all disperse." The big man smiled bitterly, and he waved his hand again to let the others disperse. He stepped forward again and walked up to the old monk and Ling Tianyun, smiled and said, "I'm sorry to make you two frightened." As soon as the others heard the words of this big man, they all left one after another. Before leaving, their eyes were full of apologies, and they all nodded to the old monk and Ling Tianyun alone, which could be regarded as greeting and apologizing.

"Big brother, what the hell is going on?" When Ling Tianyun saw that everyone had left, he also jumped off his horse. Standing in front of the big man, he asked him again. The old monk has an unfathomable expression, a solemn expression, and a casual demeanor, and the image of a foreign monk is vividly played.

When the man saw the appearance of the old monk as a monk, he immediately had a heartfelt admiration for him, and he strode forward and bowed to the old monk with his hands together and said, "Little Qin Zhengyang, I have seen the master." ”

"Amitabha, Lord Qin is exempt." The old monk folded his hands and saluted him back, with a serious appearance, Ling Tianyun wanted to laugh again.

The old monk pointed at Ling Tianyun again and said, "This is Lao Gao's lay disciple, Ling Tianyun. ”

The smile that Ling Tianyun just showed condensed again, when did he become the apprentice of this old monk, and how did this old monk know his name. Along the way, he didn't reveal his name to the old monk, and he didn't even mention his life experience to him.

"Brother Ling, hello." The big man Qin Zhengyang greeted Ling Tianyun with a fist again.

"Brother Qin is polite."

The old monk sat on the back of the little black donkey, looking like a monk, but while Qin Zhengyang was not paying attention, he kept squeezing his eyebrows at Ling Tianyun. Ling Tianyun saw this in his eyes, he didn't know what this old monk was thinking. It's nothing more than that the old monk is now so hungry that his chest is pressed against his back, but he wants to maintain the image of a high monk, and he has not opened his mouth to ask the big man for some food.

"By the way, Brother Qin, what the hell is going on." Ling Tianyun led the horse in one hand and asked Qin Zhengyang.

"Alas, it's hard to say, whether the two of you are in a hurry, if you are not in a hurry, can you move to our village, and you can tell you in detail." Qin Zhengyang proposed to the other party.

Just in the arms of this old monk, he hurriedly whispered: "Amitabha, how can you be embarrassed to disturb." ”

"It's okay, it's just that our village is poor and remote, I hope you two don't be surprised." Qin Zhengyang hurriedly said, he looked at Ling Tianyun again and said, "What does Brother Ling think?" ”

"It's okay, we don't have anything important, just go to your village to rest."

Qin Zhengyang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Ling Tianyun had no objection, and he hurriedly led the way in front of him to walk the old and young people towards their village. Ling Tianyun didn't get on the horse, he led the horse with one hand and followed closely behind Qin Zhengyang. And behind Ling Tianyun was the old monk riding on the back of the little black donkey. The old monk was leisurely and casual, and he still had a smug smile on his face from time to time. And for these things, they were completely ignored by Ling Tianyun, seeing that Ling Tianyun completely ignored his existence, the old monk couldn't help but blow his beard and stare at him angrily.

Ling Tianyun didn't know what this old monk was thinking, he completely ignored this monk. Along the way, he and Qin Zhengyang were idle. Although this Qin Zhengyang admired the old monk behind him, he also had a trace of fear, so he still felt that he could talk to Ling Tianyun, but he had always been polite to the old monk.

"Brother Ling, what's wrong with you." Qin Zhengyang was already walking side by side with Ling Tianyun, he suddenly saw that Ling Tianyun's face changed all of a sudden, and his teeth seemed to be in pain, he couldn't help but ask with concern.

Ling Tianyun squeezed out a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, and he hurriedly replied to Qin Zhengyang: "It's okay, the little brother has been injured before, it may be that this wound has flareed up again." ”

"Brother Ling is really fine." Qin Zhengyang saw such a strange expression on his face, and asked again.

"It's okay, it's old and sick, it'll be fine in a while." Ling Tianyun endured the strong pain and replied, he glanced at the old monk back slightly, but saw the old monk looking at him with a grimace and grinning, "This old man is not serious" Ling Tianyun secretly scolded in his heart.

A donkey, a horse, an old man, a young man, and a strong man walked towards a village, and walked for about half an hour from the exit of the "first-line sky" before a village appeared in front of him.

This village was much larger than the one where Ling Tianyun had stayed in the temple, and it should be called a village. There are about 100 families in this village, all of whom live in a wide and flat area at the foot of the green hills. It can be said to be a small plain area, where hundreds of families have sub-wells in the same order.

The village was divided in two by a small river about three or four feet wide, and although it was winter, the river had not yet dried up completely. You can also see the crystal clear water of the river, which is about two feet deep. There are one or two arched stone bridges above the creek that connect the two villages. Everywhere in the village, there are piles of dead grass under the dead trees, which are collected by the farmers and prepared to be used as firewood in the winter.

Qin Zhengyang led them into the village, passed through the low tiled houses, and stopped at a mud-walled tile house. He pushed open the two unpainted wooden doors and walked in with Ling Tianyun and the old monk. As soon as you enter the gate, there is a courtyard with several jujube trees that have long lost their leaves. A few hens could be seen scurrying around in the courtyard, pecking at the small insects in the dry grass in the courtyard.

The old monk did not get off the black donkey's back, but swaggered on his back on the black donkey, passed through the wooden gate, and followed closely behind the white horse. As soon as he entered the door, a rapid dog barked at him. In a moment, a black dog sprang out of the kennel in the corner of the courtyard. The black dog's black fur was shiny black, and its thick body burst out of the kennel like lightning, roaring towards Ling Tianyun.

"Wang" The black dog opened its mouth with fangs and sharp teeth and pounced on Ling Tianyun, and that pounce was easily dodged by Ling Tianyun. As soon as the white horse he was holding was frightened, it neighed, and the first two hooves immediately stood up and almost kicked Ling Tianyun. And the little black donkey that the old monk stepped on was even more startled, so violent that he almost fell off the old monk on its back.

This sudden change made Qin Zhengyang not react at once, and when he reacted, he immediately reprimanded the black dog loudly: "Xiao Hei, stop, these two people are my friends." ”

The black dog seemed to understand Qin Zhengyang's words, and with a low whimper, he didn't continue to attack Ling Tianyun. It walked to Ling Tianyun's feet and sniffed at his feet for a while, then circled around him again before walking away. The black dog walked to Qin Zhengyang's feet, and the two hind feet stood up in front of him, and their forelimbs almost touched Qin Zhengyang's shoulders.

Qin Zhengyang touched the head of the black dog and said, "Xiao Hei is going to play by himself, and I still have to entertain guests." When the black dog heard this, he put down his stomach on his chest and limbs, and wagged his tail and ran away.

"I'm sorry to frighten you two."

Qin Zhengyang smiled sheepishly, he took the reins from Ling Tianyun's hand and tied the horse under a jujube tree. The old monk sat on the back of the little black donkey and trembled, and saw that his face was pale as if he had lost his soul with fright. Seeing this, Ling Tianyun immediately stepped forward to support the old monk, and then helped the old monk down.

"Boy, watch out for this big man." When Ling Tianyun held the old monk, the old monk whispered something to him that only the two of them could hear clearly.

Ling Tianyun raised his sword eyebrows and nodded to indicate that he understood. Only then did the old monk slowly get off the black donkey with Ling Tianyun's support, and his face was still pale and bloodless. Only after the old monk got off the donkey, Ling Tianyun tied the little black donkey under another jujube tree, and he also took the opportunity to look around the courtyard.

However, Qin Zhengyang didn't hear what the old monk said to Ling Tianyun, he just watched all this quietly. After Ling Tianyun tied the little black donkey to the jujube tree, he beckoned the two of them into the house.