Chapter 37: Blindness to Gold and Jade

It's over! Xu Yitian and Chen Guishuo sighed in their hearts. They were relieved to know that they were going to be let go, but because of Niu Youdao's words, their hearts sank. No need to guess, it must be Song Yanqing who has no bones and recruited everything, otherwise How could Niu Youdao say such a thing knowingly?

Song Yanqing's revealing of this secret was tantamount to letting Niu Youdao grasp the handle of Shang Qingzong. In the end, the two of them didn't know how to deal with Tang Susu, and they were afraid that Tang Susu would become angry from embarrassment!

Yuan Gang raised the knife and fell, the dagger cut the rope on Chen Guishuo's body, kicked Chen Guishuo on the back, and rolled Chen Guishuo down the steps.

When Chen Guishuo got up and looked back, his pupils shrank suddenly, his face was full of horror, and he saw a cold light flashing across Xu Yitian's neck, and hot blood sprayed out.

A knife cut Xu Yitian's neck, and Yuan Gang kicked Xu Yitian, who was wide-eyed and blood bubbling from his mouth, to the ground.

Seeing Xu Yitian who rolled to his feet and twitched, Chen Guishuo's Adam's apple twitched, and he didn't dare to act rashly. Niu Youdao's strength was there, and he was injured, so he couldn't run away under such circumstances.

Niu Youdao, who was standing in front of the sword with both hands, was expressionless, and he didn't ask Yuan Gang why he wanted to kill Xu Yitian, and didn't even look at Yuan Gang's movements.

Instead, Yuan Gang gave him an explanation, "Go back and take the message, one person is enough!"

Niu Youdao still didn't say a word, and didn't even blink his eyes. He had already guessed in his heart when he heard the guards talking about the process of fighting on the mountainside, because he knew monkeys too well, and Xu Yitian's death in front of him was nothing more than proof Contrary to a certain judgment in his heart, Xu Yitian killed so many guards, the monkey will not let him go away alive!

"Get out!" Yuan Gang yelled at Chen Guishuo who was below.

Chen Guishuo didn't dare to stay, got permission, turned his head immediately, and left quickly down the mountain.

Niu Youdao looked calm, raised the sword in his hand, turned around and entered the temple to visit...

Due to limited conditions, it is inconvenient to take away the corpses of more than 30 bodyguards all the way, and it is also inconvenient to send them back to their hometown one by one under the current situation. The so-called loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green mountains. A group of people chose a place where wind and water gather in the nearby mountains and forests, dug graves on the spot, and buried the guards who died in battle one by one.

The speed of many people working together is also fast. Someone split wood to make tombstones, and after engraving the inscriptions, they drove piles in front of each tombstone one by one.

While everyone was busy here, Shang Shuqing found the person involved at the time of the incident, and asked about the details of the incident again. Knowing that Guan Tie had detained Yuan Gang before his death, she asked about Yuan Gang's situation at that time. move.

After grasping the situation a little, Shang Shuqing fell into deep thought.

All the bodyguards who died in battle were settled, and Shang Chaozong greeted Shang Shuqing to come over, toast, offer incense, and send off together. The incense was brought from the temple.

As soon as the ceremony was over, it was already dusk, and everyone dispersed one after another. Those who should be on guard, those who should go back to the temple to rest, all in all felt very heavy. Before reaching the fief, more than 30 elites had been lost.

Shang Chaozong, Lan Ruoting, and Shang Shuqing had just returned to the gate of the temple, when suddenly a personal guard came to report to Shang Chaozong, "My lord, Yuan Gang went to the cemetery of his brothers."

Shang Chaozong nodded without thinking too much, and was about to enter the gate of the temple when Shang Shuqing said, "Brother, I'll go back to the cemetery."

Shang Chaozong tilted his head and sighed: "After so many brothers died, everyone is in a bad mood. It is good to remember some things in your heart. It is the best policy to think about how to arrange their families. Don't pay too much attention to the surface. Brother, I know it in my heart, and I don’t like that. Besides, we are not familiar with the situation here. It’s not suitable for you to be alone and weak. Don’t think too much. Go back and rest, get enough energy, and you have to go early tomorrow morning .”

Shang Shuqing knew that he had misunderstood her meaning, thinking that she was going to guard the tomb, "Brother, I'll go see Yuan Gang, maybe I can help you persuade him to stay!"

"Huh?" Shang Chaozong turned around slowly, and Lan Ruoting also turned to look at her, both with puzzled faces.

Shang Shuqing nodded to the two of them, then turned around and walked away quickly, with a graceful figure floating down the mountain.

"What do you mean Qing'er? Can you really convince Yuan Gang to stay?" Shang Chaozong turned around and asked Lan Ruoting.

Lan Ruoting shook his head, "It's probably enough. Yuan Gang obviously sees Niu Youdao as his leader. Although Niu Youdao is a disciple of Mr. Dong Guo, he has never been taught by Mr. Dong Guo. His mentality is no different from that of other monks. I'm afraid he doesn't want to cause this trouble. .But the princess is talented and intelligent, so she won't be aimless, since she can say that, there must be some reason, the prince might as well wait and see!"

The sky is half dark, in the green hills, there are new graves.

Yuan Gang wandered around for a while, picked a bunch of wild flowers, tied them into a beautiful and bright bouquet, and took the bouquet to the new grave. Guan Tie's tombstone is right in the middle of the front, so it's easy to find. Yuan Gang came to the front, bent down, placed the bouquet in front of the tombstone, got up and stood up straight, looking at the name on the tombstone quietly, his eyes seemed a little dazed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

There was a slight movement of wading through the weeds, Yuan Gang suddenly turned his head, his hand subconsciously touched the handle of the dagger, only to see that it was Shang Shuqing wearing a gauze hat, suddenly tensed like a cheetah, and then slowly relaxed Come down, and move your fingers away from the dagger.

Shang Shuqing stopped beside him, stared at the bouquet in front of the tombstone, and said: "This is the first time I have seen the ceremony of laying flowers in front of the tombstone."

Yuan Gang said indifferently: "There is no ceremony."

Looking at the sky, Shang Shuqing didn't intend to go around with him, "Before Guan Tie died, he hoped that Brother Yuan would stay, but Brother Yuan never gave an answer. Can you give him an answer now?"

Yuan Gang said calmly: "We are not on the same road, I can't stay."

Shang Shuqing: "Why can't you stay?"

Yuan Gang: "Because Daoist will not stay."

These words made Shang Shuqing a little helpless, and said: "He is a monk. No monk dares to agree with the situation of my brother and sister, otherwise he will be suppressed by other monks. What's more, he has provoked the Song family and has a fixed goal. It is easy to be ruthless by the Song family. We can understand that he doesn't want to stay, but you are different from a mage. If you stay, no one will deliberately target you, and the Song family will not notice you. Brother Yuan, I Brother admires you very much. He can’t be wrong when he sees people like you. I believe in his vision, we brothers and sisters can’t show anything now, and we only have a sincere heart. Our brothers and sisters sincerely invite you You stay, I think this is what Guan Tie wants to see."

Yuan Gang: "I know what you brothers and sisters think. You think that Master Dao's cultivation is not high. It's because you don't know gold and jade. For your situation, Master Dao is more important than his cultivation. , you retained the wrong person!"

Shang Shuqing said with great interest: "I would like to hear the details!"

Who knew that Yuan Gang had no expression on his face, "Master Dao stays, I stay, Master Dao goes, I go!"

Dare to say a word, Shang Shuqing smiled wryly: "Then how can the mage stay?" She really didn't have any confidence in keeping Niu Youdao.

Yuan Gang said indifferently: "Master Dao used to say a word...Whether it's wind or rain, it doesn't matter if the rivers and lakes are moving like horses!"

Shang Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning of these words. There were not many things that could make Niu Youdao care about, but he could hear a glimmer of hope from the other party's words, otherwise the other party would not need to mention Niu Youdao's past, It seemed that my judgment was correct, so I said excitedly: "I don't know what can make the Taoist rein in the horse?"

Yuan Gang was silent for a while, and finally stared at Guan Tie's tombstone and said, "Master Dao is more interested in things in practice!" It's because he has done what he shouldn't do and said what he shouldn't have said today, which has already got Daoist into trouble.

Shang Shuqing turned around and watched, her bright eyes flickered under the gauze, revealing an excited expression. When she met Niu Youdao before, she found that he had no reliable words. in that direction...

In Nanshan Temple, when it was time for dinner, there was no sign of Shang Shuqing, and the food was already set on the table. Shang Chaozong, who was sitting cross-legged, asked Lan Ruoting, "Why hasn't Qing'er come back yet?"

Lan Ruoting shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand and said: "My lord, use it first, the food will be warmed up for the princess, don't worry about the princess, someone is watching, and I will report in time if there is anything to do."

As soon as the words were finished here, a guard came in from outside the door and handed over his hands to report: "My lord, the princess sent a message to let the lord and Mr. Lan eat first, so you don't have to wait for her."

Shang Chaozong frowned: "Is there anything the Princess wants?"

The personal guard replied: "I don't know, I only know that she went to the mage's side."

Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting looked at each other...

An oil lamp in the house was dimly lit. Niu Youdao was sitting cross-legged on a futon. In front of him was a small table with a plate on it. There was a large piece of steaming meat on the plate. A wild boar that was hunted not long ago.

"Alas!" Niu Youdao poked a few times with his chopsticks, and couldn't help sighing, the meat was boiled in plain water again, and it was such a big lump, how could anyone make a mouthful of it!

Of course, he must also admit that Shang Chaozong and his party did not abuse him in terms of food, and gave him the best every time. In the beginning, when there was an opportunity to eat meat on the road, the guards below brought him the biggest piece of fat meat first. The white and white fat meat made people's eyes dazzled and made them want to vomit. But he can also understand that for those people, for some people in troubled times who can't eat enough to eat, for a group of warriors who consume a lot of energy, this is definitely a good thing, the biggest fat is given to you, yes You can't be better.

But he had no luck, and later told him that he would not eat fat meat, but only lean meat, and the big piece in front of him was one of the results.

Lean meat is lean meat. You should at least cut it into small pieces and make it finer. It’s such a big lump, and you can just boil it in plain water and sprinkle some salt before serving it? He really can't compliment the cooking skills of this era. To him, even some shallots mixed with tofu are better than this.

This was already the first time he had told himself in his heart that when he stabilized, the eating problem must be improved.

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