The moon and stars are few and far between, and magpies are flying south.
Su Xiaolou and others boarded the big ship to Luzhou Prefecture overnight. At this time, the large group of people escorting the fat old man and the old Taoist priest were almost on the ship. There were many members of the Demon Cult, so the nights may not be long and the dreams were many. There were many people with mixed voices. Lei Zhen The envoy decided to escort the prisoner back to the Nanjing Penal Department Prison.
Su Xiaolou was sitting on the bow of the boat, blowing in the wind, thinking hard about how to catch the demon cult monster from the Great Thanksgiving Temple. The blind man fell asleep and woke up in a daze. Su Xiaolou said quietly: "This is the wind outlet." He was frightened. The blind man held back half of his words and headed towards the stern of the boat.
After a while, Zhou Baihu also came out. The cabin was not very spacious. They had brought more than fifty people with them this time, so there was not enough room for them. They were all men, and they were snoring so loudly that they thought there was a symphony hidden in the cabin. As for the band, there were a lot of people grinding their teeth and farting. Zhou Baihu was not used to it, so he accompanied Su Xiaolou on the bow of the boat to blow the river breeze.
"Alas!" The two sighed in unison.
"I'm worried about how to catch the demon sect demons from the Great Thanksgiving Temple. Zhou Baihu, what are you worried about?"
"I'm worried that you haven't figured out how to catch the demon sect demon yet."
"I thank you for caring about me so much. It's so difficult for me. This devil from the Demon Cult is so good at hiding. I can only catch him secretly this time. If you give me ten courages, I won't dare to lead anyone in. That's a big thank you." Temple.”
The Great Thanksgiving Temple is the head of the White Temple. It was built by Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, to commemorate Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma. Even the inscription was written by Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji, praising the three ancestors of Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu and Ming Renzong. It is the largest and highest-level temple in Chinese history.
Even if Lei Zhenfu came, he would not dare to go in and arrest people easily. If he did not do well, he would be punished by officials. If the bandits were not wiped out, the people would be gone.
"Zhou Baihu, why don't you speak?"
Zhou Baihu said depressedly: "I don't know how to answer your words."
"Because we have collaborated so many times together, I want you to have an all-purpose response. When people say how they are doing recently, you just say people! When others say how they are doing, you just change your life!" Just say these two sentences when you don’t know how to respond to others.”
Zhou Baihu's eyes lit up. This solved a major problem in his life. He often felt depressed because he didn't know how to answer other people's words.
"Zhou Baihu, when do you think people are most vulnerable?"
"While sleeping."
Su Xiaolou raised his eyebrows and said: "No, it's time for people to escape. Many famous people in history died in toilets. At that time, we would pretend to be delivery boys and add beans to his meals. Then they blocked the latrine and lurked around the latrine. When he was so suffocated that he became twisted, he threw a sack into a vegetable cart and took him away."
Zhou Baihu couldn't believe his ears. Is this a plan that anyone could come up with? He asked: "Isn't this plan a bit too despicable?"
"Then do you have a plan?"
"No."
"Then proceed as planned."
"Human!"
After traveling all night, Su Xiaolou and his party got off the boat at the ferry in the early morning. It felt so good to have their feet on the ground. After getting off the boat, the group rode around Madu and went straight to Dingyuan County.
At noon, a group of people rested by a small river and found a place to eat. When they came back, they happened to see two young thieves pulling the reins of their horses in a sneaky way. When they saw them coming back, they ran away. The stolen horses were all stolen from the notorious Jin Yiwei, is that ridiculous?
They were caught before they could run a few steps. The two little thieves were too frightened to speak. They knelt on the ground and their bodies were shaking uncontrollably. Su Xiaolou went over and asked, "How old are they?"
"fourteen."
"fifteen."
“You have entered this industry at such a young age, so you have to be famous early!”
Zhou Baihu looked at him with a soft heart: "We still have two children, why don't we let them go?"
"Fart!" Su Xiaolou said viciously: "Don't children have to take responsibility for their own mistakes? In their teens, they dare to steal horses, in their twenties, they dare to kill people and set fires, and in their thirties, they dare to surrender to the enemy and betray the country. Aren’t you going to destroy the world in your forties?”
"..."
"I'm going to chop off their legs and throw them into the street so they can beg."
"Isn't this a bit..."
When the two thieves heard this, they were so frightened that they quickly begged for mercy: "Sir, spare your life, we don't dare to do it anymore. You have a lot of them, please let us go!"
Su Xiaolou felt that it was not enough, and continued to teach: "It is not good to do anything at a young age. If you have to steal, you can't rely on your own hard-working hands to support yourself. If you can't do it, you can go to a brothel to be a turtle slave to support yourself." It won’t be a problem.”
The two thieves promised again and again that they would never steal anything again. When Su Xiaolou got angry, he gave them a small punishment and a big warning. They asked them to take their horses to the river to drink water and then let them go. The two thieves were very grateful. 's gone.
Su Xiaolou and his party arrived at Luzhou Mansion in the afternoon. The Jinyiwei Huihui who came to suppress the bandits was here. Luzhou was led by Yan Baihu. Everyone worked in the same yamen before and they all knew each other, so there was no There were so many polite words and explanations, and everyone was busy doing their own thing. They also said that they would fully cooperate if necessary.
When he first came to Luzhou Prefecture, Su Xiaolou decided to inquire about the situation of the Great Thanksgiving Temple and make a secret visit. After all, only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be victorious in every battle. But now his eyes were completely dark and he didn't know anything.
Su Xiaolou gave full play to his nature as a streetwalker, leaning on railings to listen to music, drinking tea in teahouses, being romantic in brothels, watching people quarreling on the street, and snatching candied haws from children in alleys.
He inquired about the fact that there was a Qiyu master in the Great Thanksgiving Temple who came from the Western Regions many years ago and was able to tame animals using Buddhism. He heard that villagers who went up the mountain to cut firewood once encountered a tiger, and the Qiyu master gently stroked the tiger's head with his hand. He moved his lips slightly, and the tiger turned around and left, which was amazing.
This Qiyu master preached scriptures, solved doubts, and rescued those who were in trouble. He took on the important task of preaching. He often carried a large number of scriptures to and from the Western Regions and the Central Plains to promote Buddhism. He was an accomplished monk and was widely praised.
There is never a perfect person in this world. If you look closely, you will see that no one is completely unrecognizable. This senior master is very suspicious. This course of action can definitely do something.
This Qiyu master happened to be at the Great Thanksgiving Temple recently. After a night's rest, Su Xiaolou decided to visit this eminent monk tomorrow to see if he could repel insects and control animals as rumored.
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The next morning, Su Xiaolou and Zhou Baihu disguised themselves as vegetable farmers and pushed a cart full of seasonal vegetables into the Great Thanksgiving Temple, while more than 50 Jin Yiwei, including the scholar and the blind man, disguised themselves as pilgrims and entered the Great Thanksgiving Temple.
"Brother Su, we are vegetable farmers, why do you want me to take a snake?"
"Let the snake bite Qiyu. I want to see if he can control this snake."
"Is this snake poisonous?"
"It's definitely not poisonous. If a snake bites the eminent monk of the Great Thanksgiving Temple to death, can we still survive? Even if he is a demon from the Demon Cult, he will be handed over to the court for punishment."
