The temple is really dilapidated. Half of the roof is gone and you can see the sky when you look up. There is only a paint-chipped statue of Buddha in the temple. The altar has long been turned into firewood. The only things left are the main beam and four pillars, otherwise the temple would have collapsed long ago.
Mosquitoes, spiders, and rats had already made their homes here. When they saw so many people pouring in, they immediately scattered and ran past everyone's feet, scaring Wang Meimei and other female heroes so much that they screamed.
The Zhang brothers had already lit torches and driven away the natives of the ruined temple, then found a dry place for Zi to rest and eat some dry food. The old snake simply shook his sleeves, and several small green snakes quickly fell down and chased the mouse, obviously wanting to have a good meal.
Wang Meimei seemed to be a little afraid of snakes. She pulled Xiao Shu's arm and dragged him to a place far away from the snake and sat him down.
Lianyi looked at the dilapidated temple with leaks everywhere, and decisively drove the carriage inside, parking it against the wall on the side without a roof. Then she took two horses and her white dragon to the woods outside to graze.
"Bai Long, take them both to eat grass and don't run around, or they might get caught."
Lianyi pulled Bailong's ear and instructed.
Bai Long moved his ears, snorted, squeezed Ripple with his butt with some disgust, then walked deeper into the forest with his two younger brothers.
"Humph! How dare you despise your bread and butter parents? That's outrageous!"
Lianyi put her hands on her hips and said angrily to the three horses, but in return she only got the white dragon's tail swinging leisurely. She stomped her feet and then turned and went into the temple.
Lianyi quickly built a fire, then helped Wang Zhenzhen get off the carriage. She buried sweet potatoes and potatoes in the fire, and toasted three pancakes with tree branches, asking Wang Yaozu to watch the heat and flip them. She boiled a pot of water, made hot tea and brought it to Wang Zhenzhen.
After the pancakes were baked and gave off a fragrant aroma, Lianyi instructed Wang Yaozu to take out a can of bacon sauce from the carriage, cut the pancake open, stuffed it with the bacon sauce, and handed it to Wang Zhenzhen. She also made a pancake for herself, and Wang Yaozu helped himself. After a while, the three of them had a hot meal.
The aroma of the pancake dough and the spicy bacon sauce made those who were eating dry food swallow their saliva. Wang Meimei looked at it with her eyes wide open and felt that the steamed bun in her mouth was tasteless.
After Lianyi ate half of the pancake, she felt that more and more eyes were looking at them, so she could only wave to Wang Meimei.
Wang Meimei had been waiting there for a long time. When she saw Lianyi waving at her, she immediately took two steps at a time and walked over.
"Meimei, this is the bacon sauce I bought in Huairou County. Give everyone a portion and eat it with pancakes or steamed buns. The meat sauce tastes good."
"Have you divided them all?"
"It's all divided. We'll be in Wujiang County tomorrow morning anyway."
Ripple said generously.
"I thank Lady Ripple on behalf of everyone!"
Wang Meimei bowed and took the jar of bacon sauce to Snake Old Man.
Old Snake was roasting a fire. He glanced at the bacon sauce, twitched his nose, and scooped out some and put it in the steamed buns he brought. Then came the Zhang brothers from Wujimen. After a round, the whole jar of meat sauce was empty.
Lianyi glanced at She Lao, and then whispered to Wang Zhenzhen who was sipping tea:
"Aunt Zhen, this snake master can control snakes, so he should be good at poisoning. That's why Wang Meimei took the meat sauce to him for review first. After confirming that the meat sauce was fine, they ate it."
"Old veterans like Snake are very cautious. They are giving us face by eating our meat sauce."
After nightfall, Lianyi and the others were not assigned to keep watch because they had contributed the bacon sauce. Lianyi and Wang Zhenzhen slept directly in the carriage, while Wang Yaozu slept on the haystack. But at least they had a quilt and were next to the fire, which was not bad.
The first half of the night was calm, but in the second half, sounds of fighting and running were heard outside the ruined temple, and everyone was awakened one after another. Lianyi had good hearing and had heard the sounds coming from two miles away. It seemed that a group of people were chasing three people.
It was common for people in the martial arts world to encounter such things, so everyone was very calm. They first extinguished the fire, then each of them held their weapons, hid in the shadow of the ruined temple, and waited and saw what would happen.
"Hou Yong, you'd better hand over the treasure map! Otherwise, you will die!"
"Bah! If you hand it over to me, you will die!"
The man running in front said in a cold voice.
At this time, he was already panting heavily, and his body was covered with knife wounds. Blood was dripping wherever he ran, and he had no time to stop the bleeding. In order to break the encirclement of the people behind them, four of them had died. Now there were only three of them left, and the other side was still chasing them relentlessly.
The three words "treasure map" immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the dilapidated temple. Without anyone saying anything, they linked this matter with the rumors in the martial arts world. Everyone was a little excited. It was a really unexpected gain.
When the three fleeing people passed by the ruined temple, someone couldn't hold back and jumped out to intercept the group of people who were chasing and fleeing.
With someone taking the lead, the others also rushed out of the ruined temple and directly surrounded the two groups.
"What do you mean? Do you want to intercept?"
The person who had been chasing Hou Yong before immediately said with a cold face.
"What do you mean by interception? I just can't stand the situation where the majority bullies the minority."
Zhang Feng shouted back.
"Humph! You dare to meddle in the affairs of Broken Sword Mountain?"
The leading man immediately pulled out a large flag.
Xiao Shu's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and bowed, saying:
"I am Xiao Shu, Master Yushan. I passed by here with my friends. I saw you guys chasing these three friends, so I came out to ask for clarification. I wonder how they offended you, Broken Sword Mountain?"
"I advise you to mind your own business, it's not your turn"
The leading man was very arrogant, and he wanted to suppress the people as soon as he opened his mouth, but the next moment, he covered his neck and fell to the ground, unable to get up. The people following him were shocked and immediately stepped back, but they were a step too late and fell to the ground one after another.
After struggling for a while, several people's faces began to turn purple, obviously poisoned, and they all fell silent after a while.
The old snake then stood up, waved his sleeves, and several emerald green snakes instantly returned to his sleeves.
"Mr. Xiao, why should we be polite to this guy who doesn't know how to respect others? Instead, we will encourage his arrogance."
The death of a few people is not a big deal in the eyes of Snake Old Man, and he doesn't even take Broken Sword Mountain seriously.
The people who were chasing him were dead, but Hou Yong did not feel relieved. Instead, his nerves became even more tense. He clenched the knife in his hand, stared coldly at the people around him, and slowly said:
"Thank you all for your help, Hou Yong is grateful"
"Since you are thanking us, please lend us the treasure map in your hand so that we can broaden our horizons."
Xiong Zigeng said in a rough voice.
He practiced hard kung fu, with a body full of lumpy muscles and palms as big as palm-leaf fans. It looked like it hurt when he hit someone. He also spoke in a particularly loud voice, which made him look very intimidating.
"impossible!"
Hou Yong refused bluntly. As he finished speaking, he actually sprinkled a bag of white powder and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.
My dears, today I have three more chapters to share. My brother’s beast is having a birthday. Feng Ling used the air conditioner for a while. Now my head is throbbing with pain. I can’t stand it anymore. I have to lie down for a while. See you tomorrow~
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