"explain?"
The wooden crutch struck the ground and made a clear sound in the hall. Po Meng looked back at the messenger who was kneeling down.
"What do I need to explain? Three Yama Lords were taken care of by two brats, and the noble Lord Yama was drained of his inner strength..."
Po Meng's cloudy eyes looked outside the hall.
"Even I never knew they were so capable... Go back and tell Jiang Renjie that the death warrant has been issued, and you will definitely give him an explanation soon."
The messenger clasped his fists, turned and left the hall.
"Can Chang Haoling and Chang Xuanling have such strength?"
Po Meng shook her head and turned to look at Judge Huo: "I know what they are capable of. Apart from seducing outsiders, the three Lords of Hell are no match for them even if they are ten black and white impermanences."
"I think it's time to report it to Emperor Hades. The Longquan Sword appears again, and the sect has been unstable recently..."
"The Emperor of Hades is at a critical moment of seclusion. It would be inappropriate to disturb him over this matter..."
Po Meng took a step forward on crutches, and an old voice slowly sounded: "Our Xuanming Sect was created to share your Majesty's worries. The remnant of the former Tang Dynasty is now alive, and your and my focus should be on him."
"But now that the three Lords of Hell are dead, Chang Haoling and Chang Xuanling have defected, Jiang Renjie and Jiang Yuanxin may not be able to control the situation in Yuzhou..."
Judge Shui raised his head and glanced at Judge Fire across from him, then turned to Po Meng and said in a deep voice.
Po Meng pondered for a long time before shaking her head: "The four great corpse ancestors left the sect a few years ago, so our Xuanming Sect now has no talents to use..."
"That's all, I just want to go to Yuzhou..."
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Xiaobai was munching grass under the tree, and the afterglow on the horizon gradually dissipated.
Li Jing just lay on the tree trunk, chewing grass stems, and watched the sunset slowly sinking into the earth little by little.
Bai Wuchang pinched the corner of his clothes slightly at a loss. From time to time, he raised his head and glanced at Li Jing, who was lying on the tree trunk in a daze like the second uncle. He pursed his lips and stood on tiptoe to look at the end of the road.
After a while, a figure in black riding a horse appeared on the roadside, and the sound of horse hooves gradually came closer and closer.
Hei Wuchang walked to the foot of the tree with the horse's belly under his arms, met Bai Wuchang's gaze, gave her a reassuring look, and then turned over and dismounted.
"Sir, I walked forward for nearly ten miles before I saw a small temple. This place is probably nearly a hundred miles away from Fengxiang. Do you think we should rest in that temple tonight?"
Hei Wuchang clasped his hands and lowered his head and waited for a long time, but did not hear any movement from Li Jing. He turned his head and looked at Bai Wuchang with questioning eyes. Bai Wuchang shook his head innocently to show that she did not know what was going on.
At this time, Li Jing suddenly jumped down and landed next to Hei Wuchang.
Hei Wuchang was startled by Li Jing's sudden jump and shuddered, lowering his body even lower.
"Son..."
Li Jing was still wearing the half-face mask, making it difficult to see her face.
After gently patting Hei Wuchang on the shoulder, Li Jing walked to Xiao Bai's side, hung the bamboo hat in her hand next to the saddle, and quickly got on the horse.
"Then let's go."
As soon as the reins were lifted, Xiaobai let out an excited neighing sound and spread his hooves to run forward from the road.
Bai Wuchang took his horse and climbed up with Hei Wuchang. Seeing that Li Jing was a little further away, Hei Wuchang asked quickly.
"What happened just now..."
"No, I just kept lying on the tree in a daze..."
The two of them did not dare to say any more words. They both held up their reins and quickly followed Li Jing's figure.
The sun sets over the western mountains and night falls.
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This temple is small in scale, divided into two halls, front and back, with two beams supporting it firmly on both sides. Perhaps it was once a famous temple worshiped by people from far and near.
But at this time, the temple was overgrown with weeds, and destroyed buildings were lying here and there. The clay statue of Bodhisattva with half of its body collapsed in the center was covered with old and new cobwebs.
Hei Wuchang lit a fire and kept introducing Li Jing, who was sitting beside him eating dry food.
"In the early years, I saw many villages and towns in this area, and there were quite a lot of villagers..."
"Now that I'm looking at the desolation, I'm afraid I'll have to run away even if I don't die."
Li Jing put the cake in her hand aside, looked at Bai Wuchang who was feeding the horse outside, and expressed curiosity.
"We are within the territory of Qi State, right? Is this also the case under Qi State?"
Watching the fire light rising, Hei Wuchang laughed dryly, "Young master, you are joking. In this world today, there is nothing like the scene in the prosperous Tang Dynasty... Ten rooms and nine empty spaces are the norm, that is, here in Fengxiang. If it were the Central Plains, I'm afraid it would be You can't even see the bark of the trees on the roadside..."
Li Jing was silent. Although he had known that wars were everywhere in the late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he never thought that such a scene would happen even in the Qi Kingdom, which was said to be free from disturbances.
I can't imagine how miserable the people in other places must be...
Bai Wuchang walked in cautiously, only to see Li Jing sitting there in a daze.
A strange guy who is not allowed to call me master and likes to be in a daze...
Hei Wuchang obviously didn't expect that just a casual sentence would make Li Jing silent again, so he waved his hand to call Bai Wuchang aside.
Don't dare to disturb Li Jing.
Just as the two were about to sneak out, Li Jing suddenly stood up.
"Someone is coming."
Hei Wuchang was stunned, looked at each other with Bai Wuchang, walked outside the temple and looked into the distance.
Suddenly, there was no one there.
Li Jing picked up the cake and walked towards the back hall, "Pull the horses to the backyard, put out the fire, and ambush the other side."
Although Hei Wuchang found it baffling, neither of them dared to disobey Li Jing. They turned off the fire and walked honestly outside the temple to lead the three horses to the backyard.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of a horse-drawn carriage was heard in the distance. Just hearing the posture, it seemed that they were also heading towards this small temple.
Both Black and White were shocked. They glanced at the dark temple and did not dare to think more.
In the back hall, Li Jing was squatting on the beam, chewing dry biscuits and looking at the temple door from the damaged roof railing.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, there was first the sound of a carriage stopping outside, followed by the sound of several footsteps getting off the vehicle.
A charming and delicate voice sounded immediately.
"The slave family remembers that there is a temple here. How about it, sister Ji Ruxue?"
If it were a previous life, Li Jing would definitely say this.
Just listening to this sound, I can finish three bowls of rice in a row!
But Li Jing just swallowed the last bite of the pancake and waited quietly for a few people to come in.
There was just a cold reply from outside, and the temple door was pushed open with one hand.
The first figure was slender and slender, wearing a light blue tube top, carrying a sword case behind him. After entering, he glanced at the front hall, and then his eyes stopped on the fire that was still warm on the ground.
There were three beautiful figures behind them who were about to come in, but the woman in blue raised her hand to block the temple door.
"Someone was here just now."
One of the tall figures held a pipa, hummed in surprise, and stepped into the temple.
The woman in blue crouched in front of the fire and stretched out her hand to explore.
"The fire is still warm, so we may not be far away."
"Or maybe, it's in the temple."
The three women behind have all entered the temple, and the woman holding the pipa covered her mouth and chuckled.
"I wonder which master is hiding here. Is it convenient for the young lady to pass by and stay overnight?"
After he finished speaking, the temple fell into silence, and the chirping of cicadas from outside broke in one after another.
The woman in blue frowned and walked towards the back hall.
A figure fell on the ground, its footsteps were low, and its slender figure stood tall and straight in the rich night.
"I don't care about people."
"Sword box, stay"
