In a ruined temple on the outskirts of Feihua City, a white monk in purple and gold cassocks sat cross-legged in front of a Buddha statue. A tin lotus staff floated ten inches above the ground, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light in the core of the flower.
There is no expression on the pure white face, and the eyelashes of the closed eyes are like butterfly wings among flowers.
When I opened my eyes, the dark clouds outside the temple dispersed, and a bright full moon hung high in the sky. The moonlight poured through the window lattice paper onto the man's body, coating him with a soft fluorescent color.
As he stood up, strong winds began to rise, and the already dilapidated temple looked more like it would be blown away at any time.
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At this time, there was no one in Feihua City. It was so quiet that only the sound of the wind sweeping through the stone bricks was heard. Even the most lively and prosperous streets on weekdays were no exception.
"Princess, today is a full moon night, it's better to rest quickly." The woman who was serving him quickly persuaded her when she saw that her master was still leaning against the window late at night.
But at this time, the woman could not think about sleeping. She craned her neck and looked out the window anxiously and said: "As the princess of the Dragon Kingdom, the lord of Feihua City, I am supported by the people of the world, but I can't be allowed to do so." It is my failure as a princess to ensure that the citizens of the city live in peace. Since last year, several good girls have disappeared every full moon night. How can you let me rest peacefully?"
This princess is the direct younger brother of the current Holy Emperor. Her biological father, King Dingnan, fought in all directions and opened up most of the Dragon Kingdom's current territory. It can be said that he is the most noble man in the world besides the emperor.
"But that's not the princess's fault..." the servant said.
He took the blanket handed by another maid and put it on the woman, and continued to comfort her: "No one could have expected that there would be monsters that would dare to cause harm to the world this month."
This matter is a long story. When there was no peace, the demons were fighting endlessly. The human race was vulnerable to the demon clan with special abilities, and was innocently involved in the battle between the demon clan.
Fortunately, people gradually appeared who were also able to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon for cultivation. These people ran around in every corner of the world where monsters existed, taking it as their own duty to completely eliminate the monster clan, and brought the long-lost peaceful and peaceful days to the human race. Later generations will These people who are able to practice are called practitioners.
Nowadays, there are such practitioners in all countries, and the royal families of many big countries will even train a group of powerful and mysterious practitioners to prevent the demon clan from invading again.
It has been three hundred years since the founding of the Dragon Kingdom. Over the past three hundred years, the territory has slowly expanded, turning from a small country into a powerful country today. Those practitioners who are loyal to the royal family have also contributed a lot. That's why the servants said that there are monsters in the moon now. To bring harm to the world, many people must have the same idea as her now.
"This monster is different from the ones I have encountered before. It is too powerful. The emperor sent so many capable people and strangers but they still couldn't catch him." That's why she was worried. Today is the night of the full moon again, so the monster must be there. They will come out to cause trouble, but I don’t know whose daughter will suffer this disaster again.
It's funny to say that this monster only wanders between Qingfeng City and Feihua City. Such a thing has never been reported in other places. He suddenly mentioned it to people in other cities and was laughed at and believed the deceiving story to be true.
She suppressed the complicated emotions and lay on the bed. The woman who died on the last full moon night appeared in her mind. She was bruised and bruised, and she hanged herself from a beam on the third day after she was rescued.
I didn't want to be okay, but I couldn't sleep anymore after thinking about it. I simply got up and put on my night clothes and prepared to leave the house. Fortunately, the secret guard stopped me, "Aji? It's already the ugly season. You should have rested long ago. What are you doing out now?"
The secret guard's name is Peregrine Falcon, and most of the time the princess just calls him Falcon. He has been raised by Princess Dingnan since he was a child, and he and the princess are like brothers and sisters, so he is not afraid of being punished even if he calls her by small names.
"I can't sleep. I want to go out and see how powerful this monster is. He actually caused most of the women in Feihua City to die at his hands." This princess is not an ordinary person. Her father spent half his life in the military, and he has learned martial arts from his ears and eyes. It's also very impressive, but it's a pity that he can't practice without spiritual roots, otherwise he must be the leading figure in the Dragon Kingdom.
It was so dangerous on a full moon night, so Falcon naturally wouldn't let her go and immediately rejected her request to go out.
Having grown up together, the woman didn't know how to persuade this dumb boy, "Just let me go. At worst, you can come with me. A'yi won't run around and must be obedient."
How about a hero having a hard time being a beauty? The man couldn't stand her coquettishness and coquettishness, so he agreed after a while.
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There was only a group of officers and soldiers on guard at the city gate. A few of them were alert to the presence of monsters. The leading patrol officer was yawning when suddenly a monster wind blew up, causing the surrounding vegetation to become chaotic.
There is a strange fragrance that comes with the wind. After smelling it for a long time, people will be addicted to it and cannot extricate themselves.
The leader immediately covered his mouth and nose, "Hurry up and get the key! The demon monk is here! The demon monk is here!"
Before he could finish speaking, the white monk who had just been in the ruined temple had already appeared behind him, "Are official lackeys also afraid of young monks?"
Tonight, his target was not this group of innocent police officers, so he did not intend to go on a killing spree. He clasped his hands and asked calmly and politely if he could enter the city, "If you guys send me into the city like this today, then only one person will die in the city. If not..."
"We know! You want to harm a good girl again! Let me tell you, it's impossible!" The leading inspector was also a courageous man. The hand holding the knife was trembling and refused to let go.
The demon monk suddenly admired his extraordinary courage, but blind bravery is often the unwise choice. "That's all, I really admire you, little monk."
After saying this, the strange fragrance disappeared in an instant, along with the demon monk who had just unleashed his coercion in an attempt to force the guards to give way to him.
I have been practicing in seclusion for ten years, but I didn't expect that when I came out of seclusion a few months ago, I heard that someone was doing evil in his name, and they were doing the same shameful things.
He never thought that these people were really capable. Even he had only found out the exact information recently, so he went to Feihua City to find it.
The man was walking barefoot on the empty street. In the foggy night, there was only the tin tin sound of the copper rings on his lotus staff. "There is no such man's breath in this city. Where did it go..." He stopped and murmured. He said: "Could it be that he was allowed to run away again?"
When he looked up again, he saw the monk, the princess, and her secret guard coming face to face.
Because the upper half of the demon monk's face was covered by the mask, Ajie could only see half of his face. However, it was not difficult to tell from the man's standing ears outside the bamboo hat and his overall attire that the man in front of him was the man who had been recently made. The fox demon monk who made people in the two cities panic.
Different from the princess' fear from the bottom of her heart, the man's eyes contained another emotion of disbelief. He frowned slightly, turned around and disappeared into the air without thinking. The woman in front of him was comparable to those The flower picker was much more important, but in order not to scare her, she had to leave first.
"The rumors turned out to be true..." It was the first time she saw a real monster. A'yi was so frightened that the monster monk left for a while and she still didn't recover. "But why did he let me go?"
Yes, why?
Even Falcon has this question. Hearing that this monster kills people like hemp and loves beautiful women like flowers, how could his own princess walk away like this without looking back when she is in front of him with such a heavenly appearance? It's true that it's a bit confusing, but it's also a blessing among misfortunes.
The two of them sped up their pace back home. After they left, the man appeared at the same place again, staring blankly at the direction where A-Yuan left, "It's been twenty years."
After twenty years, he finally found it.
From that night onwards, Ah Wei always saw the demonic monk in her sleep.
Although he has a strange aura, his furry red fox ears are so soft and flexible that people can't help but want to touch them. Purple gold is a color only allowed to be worn by the royal family in the Dragon Kingdom, but on his body, it is so noble and compelling. Not only is his long body not thin, but the strong lines under his cassock are also faintly visible.
In his dreams, he always looked at her infatuatedly, and the familiar feeling almost made Ah Wei lose his way many times, but why...she had clearly never seen him before.
Dozens of days and nights filled with questions like this, he was getting closer and closer to me in the dream, almost approaching, "Humph, monsters and evil spells." When he returned to the capital, he must ask a practitioner with strong magic power to exorcise it for him. Bad luck, Aji thought.
"Princess, look, this is from the capital. The prince is about to return to the capital in triumph. The princess has asked us to go back as soon as possible. If we set off now, we might be able to catch up with the prince's celebration wine." The person who spoke was Chunhua, the maid who has served the princess since childhood, is also the princess' confidant.
Taking the letter in her hand, A'yi understood in her heart the mother-in-law's plan. Wasn't it just to let herself go back to meet the princes' children and choose one to get married? A year ago, she ran to her just to avoid this matter. I came here to be free and happy, but I didn't expect to go back so soon.
But... my father is about to return to the capital. I heard that this is a great victory in Zhangbei. As a daughter, how can I not go back to congratulate her, so this time I have to go back to face my mother and concubine.
"Okay, let's prepare today to set off at midnight tomorrow. It's not too hot at that time, so it's a good time to hurry up." The summer in Long Kingdom is hot, and she is most afraid of the heat, so A'yi actually goes out to escape the summer heat every year, but this time This time I just happened to run away when my mother forced me to get married.
That night, when Ah Wei was washing up and getting ready to go to sleep, the window of her bedroom was gently blown open by the wind. The moment she got up to close the window, she felt someone standing behind her and staring at her.
"Princess, don't be afraid, just turn around." Just listening to the voice, it was really full of joy, but the night was already dark, and now a man appeared in the boudoir, it was hard to believe that he would be a good person.
Ah Wei just thought he was a blind flower thief, clenched his fists and suddenly attacked the person behind him, "You dare to break into the princess's boudoir without permission, I really don't want to live!"
But as soon as she took action, she felt that her fist was wrapped by a warm hand, "Young disciple! Someone is coming!" No matter how she shouted, the people outside seemed to be dead, and no one showed up, including those Well-trained secret guards.
"Princess, please don't shout that your voice is hoarse. Just leave." The man came and went in such a hurry that it was surprising.
Seeing that he had really left, Ah Wei hurriedly woke up the unconscious maid outside the door, but no one remembered what happened. Ah Wei did not dare to sleep again that night, and kept her eyes open to watch for the man to appear again until dawn.
