Chapter 55: Taoist Horror
It was already noon. Li Wei and Ye Zitong had no time to have lunch, so they said hello to the inn shopkeeper, bought some dry food and hurried on the way. On the way to Wudang Mountain, Li Wei bought Ye Zitong a few replacement dresses and some women's supplies in Xiangyang Mansion. Today, Ye Zitong dressed up particularly beautifully. She wore a golden silk bun on her head, a soap yarn on her hair, a willow green satin jacket on her upper body, and an apricot and yellow silk horse-faced skirt on her lower body. In addition, she was tall and looked particularly slim and pretty.
The two of them have been together these two days. Yang Ning went to the Taoist temple where the master was located, where he needed to practice for three days before he could go down the mountain. One of the important reasons why Yang Ning returned to the Taoist temple this time was that he received 500 taels of gold in Dingyuan County, and he wanted to use this money to renovate the Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple where Yang Ning practiced is called Nanyan Palace, which is the Taoist temple where Li Weizheng and Ye Zitong are going to today. It is located under Duyang Rock of Wudang Mountain. It was built in the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of a hundred years. The reason why Ye Zitong must come here is due to a joke by Yang Ning when he was in Xiangyang, saying that the statue of Taiyi Zhenren in Nanyan Palace showed the Holy Spirit twenty years ago. As long as you pray devoutly in front of Taiyi Zhenren, your dreams will come true.
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Dreams come true, Ye Zitong also has dreams in her heart, but can they come true?
One of the mountain roads was extremely narrow and steep, with cliffs on both sides. Ye Zitong was a woman after all, and she was frightened to see them. She pulled Li Weizheng's arm tightly, her body close to him. The wind on the mountain road was strong, making it difficult for people to stand firm. Li Weizheng couldn't help but hugged her shoulders tightly, for fear that she would fall down.
There is such a hint of warmth between them. Although Li Wei knew that Ye Zitong liked him and he also loved Ye Zitong's figure, there was still something missing between them, just as if there was a thin layer of paper. If they didn't pierce it, they would never be able to become that kind of relationship. It was simple to pierce this layer of paper, but it was difficult to pierce. The key was time or an unusual opportunity.
After passing the steepest section of the road, the road ahead suddenly became wide open. Ye Zitong then realized that he was almost holding Li Weizheng's arm, while Li Weizheng was hugging her waist from behind, and their hands were holding each other tightly.
‘Ah!’, the two of them almost threw away each other at the same time. Not only did Ye Zitong’s face turn red, but Li Weizheng’s face was also hot and there was a strange feeling in his heart. The journey of talking and laughing became awkward because of this instinctive reaction. Fortunately, Nanyan Palace was right in front.
"The one we just shared with weal and woe, and it actually has nothing to do with it." Li Wei explained with a smile, but the more he explained, the more he seemed to be in his heart, the more he felt a ghost. He saw Ye Zitong's face shyness and a hint of joy in his eyes. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. If this continues, he will be unable to control himself.
After walking for a while, the two of them arrived in front of Nanyan Palace. Surprisingly, it was quite lively. There were endless pilgrims, including men and women. There were five or six small stalls in front of the door. They looked at each other and felt a little incredible. There was not a single person on the mountain road just now. Where did these people emerge?
There was an old Taoist sweeping the floor on the steps. Li Wei was walking forward and bowing and bowing, "Master, there are many pilgrims here. Did they all come in the morning? We didn't see anyone along the way."
The old Taoist priest hurriedly returned to him and said, "The donor may have taken the wrong path. The back mountain is a dangerous road, and there are few people. It is the path of cultivation that we deliberately take to improve our Taoist practice. Generally, people walk on the front mountain road. Our Nanyan Palace Taiyi Hall is effective. There are many pilgrims coming in every day. It is like this every day, and there are at any time. At this time, a large group of village women who came to burn incense came from the pine forest. Most of them are old, with blue cloth on their heads and bamboo baskets on their heads, and pious on their faces. The old Taoist priest pointed to the direction where the women came and smiled: "Did the donor see that? From there, it is a smooth road. But the donor walked on the dangerous road. It is not good to go out. Be careful everywhere."
Li Weizheng cursed with bad luck and pulled Ye Zitong into the temple. Although Nanyan Palace is famous, it is indeed a bit worn. The soil walls are peeling off, revealing the soil and wheat straw inside. Except for the Taiyi Palace, it can be seen that it has been recently renovated, and rotten beams and pillars can be seen everywhere in the other halls. There are only a few Taoist priests in the temple, and most of them are doing their homework. Li Weizheng asked a Taoist priest to tell Yang Ning for him, and then took Ye Zitong around.
Ye Zitong bought a few incense sticks. She wanted to go to Taiyi Palace to kowtow and burn incense, but there were the most pilgrims there, so they could only let four people in to bow and bow at a time. There was a long queue in front of the gate.
Li Wei was not happy to line up. Seeing that there were few tourists in Laojun Hall next to him, he pointed and smiled, "Let's go to Laojun Hall first!"
"Okay!" After the scene on the mountain road just now happened, Ye Zitong became gentle and obedient again. Li Wei was just saying that she would go there, which was quite a bit like a husband and wife.
The two walked into the Laojun Hall, and there was no one inside. Ye Zitong Yingying knelt down and put her hands together to greet Laojun. Li Weizheng was too lazy to bow to his ancestors. He slowly looked at the sculptures on both sides with his hands behind his back. At this time, the two came from the back door, as if they were also appreciating the sculptures and slowly approaching him from both sides. Li Weizheng looked at them in surprise. He had an instinctive feeling. The two seemed to be surrounding him, and he suddenly became alert.
At this moment, the gate of Laojun Palace closed with a creak!, and the hall immediately became dark. Li Wei was stunned. He suddenly saw two long swords stabbing towards him, one left and one right, extremely sharp. It was precisely because he had a sense of vigilance in his heart. In the moment of life and death, he thrust the wall hard, rolled back, avoiding the fatal sword on the left, but the sword on the right could not completely avoid it. The long sword passed through his lower abdomen from the side, and cut a hole in his lower abdomen, almost cutting off his life.
He shouted, rolled three times on the ground, rolling out five or six feet in an instant, knocking a row of fences apart. The two assassins shouted lightly and raised their swords to pounce on them. Li Wei was taking out a piece of paper from his arms and shouting, "Come here again, I will destroy the letter."
Even though he was anxious, in this moment of flash of lightning, he guessed that the other party was still coming for the letter. Sure enough, the two assassins hesitated, and Li Wei was shouting again, "Go back three steps! Otherwise, I and Xin will die together."
The two assassins looked at each other but did not move. At this moment, a man in black turned out from behind Laojun's statue and said coldly: "Listen to him, take three steps back."
The two of them took three steps back, and the tip of the sword was still pointing at Li Weizheng.
The man in black slowly walked forward, looking at Li Wei with a smile and said, "General Li, we are meeting again."
Li Weizheng suddenly recognized him, "It's you?" He was extremely shocked.
"That's right, it's me, you can't imagine it!" The man in black took another step, and the sunlight shot from the skylight was shining on his face. It was Cheng Yannian's deputy general Han Danding. He smiled slightly and said, "You are very powerful. The last move of chess actually made everyone trick, but you also made a fatal mistake."
Li Wei was enduring the pain of the abdominal wound. He looked at the enemy whom he had never expected in shock and asked in a deep voice: "What mistake did I make?"
"You shouldn't split your letter into two and let a mediocre person get his other half, otherwise I really wouldn't have imagined that the person who laughed to the end would be you."
Han calmly shook his head regretfully, "Mediocrity is mediocrity. From Yu Ping's hands, I not only easily took back my other half, but also knew that your companion was from Wudang. I guessed that you might have come to Wudang Mountain. To be honest, I just went to your inn and didn't find a letter from your luggage. Otherwise, I really couldn't bear to disturb you."
Li Wei was silent. These days, the sky was turbulent. He understood that after winning the letter was not as simple as leaving. How to deal with it is even more complicated than winning the letter. His strength was not enough, so he thought of giving half of the letter to Yu Ping. In fact, what Yu Ping took away was an unimportant part, and the core content was still in his hands. In this way, not only could he calm the dissatisfaction of Yu Ping as the head coach for winning the letter, but more importantly, he could transfer the risks to Yu Ping.
He also knew that others would not give up and would chase them all the way, so he did the opposite and hid in Wudang Mountain. This was his plan to escape from the shell. It should be said that his strategy was seamless, but the only thing he didn't expect was that Yu Ping was so weak and retreated so quickly. He didn't expect that there was Han Danding, the strange soldier. At this moment, he suddenly understood who Han Danding was. He had been worried but never showed up.
Li Wei was looking at Han calm and proud gaze and said coldly: "The letter is in my hands. Do you think you can get it?"
"You'll know when you look." Han Danding waved his hand, and a big man pulled Ye Zitong over and pressed his sword against her neck. Ye Zitong stared at Han Danding in anger and shouted: "It's a pity that my father even sighed that you followed Cheng Yannian. It turns out that you are so despicable."
Han calmly shook his head and smiled faintly, "Miss Ye, you are wrong. I am not despicable. If you don't believe me, you can ask your lover, who am I? He knows it very well."
He turned his head and glanced at Li Weizheng again, waiting for his answer. Of course, Li Weizheng knew who he was, but some things could not be said. He sighed and said, "What I should have thought of is that the people of King Jin have not shown up yet."
"King of Jin?"
Han calm was stunned. He stared at Li Weizheng for a long time, and his eyes gradually showed a look of praise. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Li Weizheng, you are indeed amazing. You are still so calm in your mind. I have to admire you."
His face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "Even if I am the King of Jin, what should you do now?"
Li Wei was looking at Ye Zitong, and the sword on his neck slowly stabbed in. A wisp of blood flowed down her white neck. Ye Zitong shook his head desperately, telling him not to agree.
"Okay! I promise to give you the letter."
Li Weizheng said without hesitation: "You let her go first."
Han calmly stared at Li Weizheng's eyes. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Let her go!"
"Chief, but..." The man who controlled Ye Zitong was shocked. How could he make the reason to release the hostage first? Is the leader confused?
"Didn't you hear my order? Let her go!" Han calmly shouted.
The man had no choice but to let Ye Zitong go. Ye Zitong looked at Li Weizheng deeply, turned around and ran out of the hall. Shortly after she ran out of the hall, she heard her shout loudly: "Someone wants to destroy the image of Laojun, come quickly!"
There was still silence in the hall. Li Weizheng and Han calmly stared at each other, both moving and saying a word, as if they were waiting for something?
The man just now couldn't hold back his anger and shouted loudly: "We have let people go, and we won't bring the letter in your hand yet!"
Li Weizheng ignored him and still didn't say anything. Han Danding seemed to have a tacit understanding with him and said nothing. Suddenly, the gate of the hall knocked open with a "bang!" and strode into several Taoist priests holding swords. The leader was Yang Ning. He saw Li Weizheng at a glance, shouted, and rushed forward to protect him.
At this time, Han Danding finally stretched out his hand and said, "Take it!"
Li Wei was calmly pulling a chain from his neck. A small black iron tube hung on the other end of the chain and threw it to him casually. Han calmly caught it, without looking at it, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
The four of them rushed out of the back door and soon disappeared from afar. Li Wei could no longer support him and fell softly to the ground.
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Chapter completed!