At this time, in the east chamber of the main hall, three people were lying or sitting on the ground covered with hay and rice straw.
One of them had a dark face and a curly beard, with curly hair, thick eyebrows, an upturned nose, thick lips, and a grin full of white teeth.
He stretched out his hand to kill a mosquito on the back of his neck and cursed unhappily:
"Senior brother is really good at choosing a place. There are so many mosquitoes here, there's even the sixth one in the morning. It's such an unpleasant place to stay!"
"Hei Laosi, have you finished moaning? You've been busy all night and still have the energy to fight with the mosquitoes. Just stare at them for a while before they come. You won't have time when you get busy later!" said the person lying down. .
"I still don't understand, are we going to steal or rob? This boring gourd is annoying me to death!" The black guy said, and slapped the itchy spot on his thigh again.
"Master Bas, you two had a good time last night, but Grandpa was bitten badly by insects while he was squatting in the grass. We are not afraid of fighting, and it doesn't matter if we use our strength. We are just afraid that these little insects will grind our teeth!"
The two people lying down were shaking with laughter. The young man sleeping inside turned over, holding his stomach and pointing at him:
"They say you were reincarnated as a devil, but I didn't expect you to be tortured like this by these bugs. Okay, let's leave after this afternoon.
I'll find some herbs for you when you go to the mountain. I'll crush them and apply them on you. You'll be fine soon. It's no big deal! "
"My whole body is rotten, how can I do this?" Hei Laosi said with a bitter face: "We are different from you, as I have told you before. My grandfather came from Chanzhou in the south, and it is not easy to leave this bloodline! "
"I know, your grandfather was the third prince of the country over there. I have already remembered it after telling him eight hundred times." Master Ba said teasingly:
"But how did you get to the point where you want to go up the mountain and become a monk? You should talk to the Dragon King and ask him to help you go back to the Dragon Palace to make a living!" After saying this, he and the young man burst out laughing.
"The bad thing is our face. It frightened the old monk and scared the young monk, so they didn't dare to accept me.
Sigh, otherwise I might be wandering on the stone road in some temple right now, why would I come here to accompany you two and suffer from the little bugs? "
The two people held their bellies and laughed even harder.
"Brother Xianfu, it's a good thing you insisted on bringing him here, otherwise I'd be suffocated these past few days. Wouldn't it be a lot less fun?" Master Ba laughed so hard that he coughed and burst into tears.
The young man reached out and picked up a neatly folded Confucian shirt, got up and put it on. smiled and said:
"Zhao is very good at judging people. If there is still a chance to cooperate in the future, Mr. Ba just don't question it anymore." Then he went over and patted Hei Laosi on the back:
"Since I can't sleep, go and feed the horses some grass. We'll have to rely on them to rush out in the afternoon!"
"Then... the horse has been stolen, and without us knowing it, we just rode it away and it's over. What are we doing here? Waiting for the trial of Wu and the Orion?
The two of them didn't contribute much, so could they still bring some money with them? "Hei Laosi asked in confusion as he stood up and patted the grass stems on his pants.
"The victim not only wants us to steal a few horses, but also wants them not to arrive in Wannian City before three quarters noon today." The scholar tied a green cloth belt around his waist, stretched his body and said slowly:
"We didn't expect this group to have so many horses and vehicles. The three stolen horses might not be enough to hold them back, so Mr. Ba and I discussed that we couldn't leave directly and had to come back and guard.
Counting the time, when Jiu Feng comes back with the prey and we fill our bellies, they will probably come over and have a duel.
The time is almost running out, let's rush out if there is an opportunity, so that we can make business. Shenwu and Orion didn't know anything and thought we were just robbing the road to get some money to share.
But five people guarding this ruined temple will take longer than three people, right? As for whether you can survive and get the money, that depends on your fate. "
After saying that, he waved his hand: "Okay, let's feed the horse. Don't delay my practice."
Hei Laosi rolled his eyes and murmured: "The minds of scholars are very clever. If I can figure it out in half a year, it will be great!"
He was muttering as he walked out, planning to relieve himself first and then take a look at the stables.
In those days, toilets were usually located in the southwest corner. Even if they didn't build a house, shed, or even dig a hole, people would still go to that direction habitually.
The southwest is the "land of five ghosts", which belongs to the evil position (that is, the White Tiger Star) in the Eight Diagrams. Using pickled animals to control the White Tiger Star can achieve the purpose of "removing disasters and increasing blessings."
Hei Laosi doesn't really understand these Feng Shui physiognomy, he just goes there habitually. Baihuxing didn't see him, but he suddenly stopped because something made him feel dangerous.
Looking outside the main door, the faint morning fog in the mountains is receding, but everything outside the door is still invisible to the eyes, making it difficult to see what is going on.
However, with many years of martial arts practice, Hei Laosi instinctively felt that there was a huge malice approaching him.
He squinted his eyes, quickly scanned the surroundings, listened to all the movements around him, then took a step back with his right foot, lowered his body weight and stepped back.
He saw that in the side room on his right that served as a stable, several horses almost raised their heads quietly and remained motionless.
Suddenly, something moved in the peripheral vision on his left side. He didn't know that it was the tip of a bamboo spear, but just such a movement instantly broke the balance around him.
"Enemy attack——!" he shouted in a long voice, quickly turned around and ran towards the entrance of the palace.
After taking only two steps, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
At this time, the sharp whistle sounded in his ears. The second, third, and fourth whistles, he couldn't tell where the whistles came from, and he only felt his body hurt from the fall.
Propping up with his arms, he saw many people pouring in outside the main entrance behind him.
Hei Laosi was frightened. He couldn't stand up, as if his feet were bound. He reached out and touched it and found that it was a rope with a thick bamboo stick attached to the end.
Hei Laosi became more and more anxious and afraid, and couldn't let go. He reached out and touched his waist, and then he remembered that he didn't bring any weapons.
"What, what is this, what the hell is this?" he shouted angrily.
Master Ba rushed out at this time. He was about to help Hei Laosi with a sword in his hand, when suddenly a figure rushed towards him from the east with the sound of wind.
Master Ba instinctively used his sword to block, and with a "boring" sound, the sword was hit to the ground with great force, and then there was a burning pain in his left arm, making him scream.
The scholar rushed out, holding an eyebrow-leveling stick in his hand. Seeing Master Ba's loss, he hurriedly stepped forward.
Just now, Li Dan knocked off Master Ba's sword with his stick, and then swept him on the shoulder with inertia, but it achieved the purpose of stopping him from saving Hei Laosi.
Seeing that one group had taken control of the stables, Hei Laosi was also controlled by another group led by Gu Da. He wanted to capture the man in Taoist robes.
Unexpectedly, a scholar rushed out from inside, using the same eyebrow-level stick as his own. The two of them exchanged two moves, and the other party actually caught it and covered the Taoist robe.
Hear the scholar shout: "Master Ba, come in quickly, don't worry about Hei Laosi, it's too late!"
Li Dan immediately ordered: "Sword and Shield Hands block the door and stop them!" Unfortunately, the training of the team members was not mature enough.
The sword and shield players were stunned for a moment. The Kung Fu scholar had already stepped forward to block the way. Master Ba got into the room in a panic. After the scholar Taishan pressed down on him, he pushed back the two sword and shield players with a sound from east to west, pushed into the hall and quickly closed the door.
"Sanlang, are you okay?" Gu Da looked excited: "Hey, this black guy still wants to run away, but he can't escape our leg lock. Although it is a temporary one, it works!"
"I'm fine. I caught one and injured another. They only have one who can fight. Come on, form a formation!"
Li Dan sneered and waved his hand, and more than a dozen people immediately stood in front of the hall in three golden flower formations.
"Listen, people inside, there are only one and a half of you left. There are more than forty of us standing in and outside the courtyard.
I advise you to be wise and surrender quickly, otherwise, I will set my sons on fire! "
"Ha!" The scholar laughed inside: "The boy said loudly, this is the Fire Temple, do you want to light a fire in this place?"
"No." Li Dan shook his head: "You guys are standing downwind. I just want to light some branches and leaves that have been wet by the rain and dew, and then put in a few hot peppers to see if I can smoke you out."
"You're so cruel!" Master Ba in the hall was shocked. At this time, they were both hiding behind the niche of the God of Fire. "If that's the case, you and I wouldn't be able to stand even a moment's fear!"
The scholar surnamed Zhao also looked pale: "Where did this person provoke such a brat? It seems that you and I underestimated the enemy!"
Anyway, since we can't defeat him, the Thirty-six Stratagems are the best, and we should protect ourselves first. "
When Li Dan saw that there was no movement inside, he sent a group of people to chop wet wood and pick up the straw stored in the stable.
Suddenly I heard a siren blaring in the north, followed by shouts all over the ground, and soon someone shouted: "Hold it, hold it!"
Then I heard Zhang Bo's voice shouting from the northwest corner: "We've captured this one too, it's a Taoist priest with a broken arm!"
Li Dan immediately waved his hand, and the swordsmen and shieldmen opened the door and rushed in. Then one of them ran out and said: "Team leader, there is no one left. There is a hole on the top of the north wall. Where did they climb out?"
"Okay," Li Dan looked at Gu Da and said, "We have captured four, except for the one who went out. No matter where he fled, he could not escape our dragnet.
Bring the four great gods in, and let’s see who they are and who gave them the courage! "After saying that, he went in, jumped on the altar table and sat down, leaning the bronze-headed eyebrow stick to one side.
After a while, Mao Zaidi and Yang Yi ran in one after another.
"Oh, it's not fun, it's not fun. Who would have thought it would end like this? I thought I was going to have a good fight!" Yang Yi held the handle of the knife with one hand and spread it out with the other, with regret on his face.
"Where are the others?" Li Dan asked.
"Zhang Bo said that there was another calf that he didn't know if he had caught, so Gu Da asked him to take a group of people to pick him up. Gu Da himself was arranging the surrounding fortification and security, and also sent people down the mountain to report the news.
All four of them were brought alive and were kneeling outside the hall. "Yang Yi replied.
"Not bad, everyone knows how to do things this time!" Li Dan praised Gu Da and asked Yang Yi:
"Tell me, what happened to those two people after they got out just now?"
Yang Yi pointed to the shrine: "There is a hole behind here, and they went out from there. I was afraid that they would not blow the whistle immediately when they retracted, and I would not call the police until they both landed."
The scholar abandoned the old path and ran into the forest. When he ran in, he found a fence and went to look for an exit. When he came out, he tripped over a rope net. People on both sides took another net and put it over his head.
With swords and guns at hand, how could he dare to move again? "
