Illustrious Virtue Temple situated in Feiye City south, in mountain forest , the back is the vast sea of trees hills. 明德寺位于飞业城南面,地处山林中,背后是一望无际的树海群山。 surroundings only then a mountain road, winds to extend to its front door. 周围只有一条山道,蜿蜒延伸到其大门。 At this time setting sun in the western sky, red light everywhere. 此时夕阳西下,红光遍地。 Before temple gate , the sparse several pilgrims are leaving outward. 寺庙门前稀稀疏疏的几个香客正往外离开。 Is afternoon, few person comes to burn incense in this time. 已经是下午时分,少有人在这个时间前来烧香。 Because the wilderness night comes the danger compared with the daytime. 因为野外的黑夜远比白昼来得危险。 At this time the Illustrious Virtue Temple mountain gate mouth, is standing a stature tall robust half thirty-year old. 此时明德寺山门口,正站着一名身材高壮的半大青年。 Youth deep green hempen garments, the head wore a big bamboo hat, on the waist was matching a rough short sword, light-footed approaching mountain gate. 青年一身深绿麻衣,头上戴了一大斗笠,腰上配着一把粗糙短刀,脚步轻快的走近山门。 The youth facial features are ordinary, the look is bright, looks apparent is not the malnutrition ordinary person family background. 青年面容平凡,眼神却明亮,一看便知不是营养不良的普通人家出身。 But who can think, several months ago, this person is thin and small, bean sprouts physique that the strength cannot withstand small and weakly. 但谁能想到,几个月前,此人还是又瘦又小,力气弱小不堪的豆芽菜身板。 The youth took advantage the crevice leaves Wei He of team. 青年正是趁空隙离开队伍的魏合。 He dashed about wildly, abandoned many strengths, in a short time rushed to Illustrious Virtue Temple. 他一路狂奔,废了不少力气,才在短时间内赶到明德寺。 Along the gray stone steps upward, before Wei He arrives at a spacious temple of yellow tile red ocher wall, step by step quickly. 沿着灰色石阶一步步往上,魏合很快来到一处黄瓦红墙的宽大寺庙前。 On the signboard of temple main entrance, writes with the black bottom rubrication: Illustrious Virtue Temple, three large characters. 寺庙正门的牌匾上,用黑底红字写着:明德寺,三个大字。 The two young buddhist priest is taking the broom in out of the door cleaning fallen leaf, sweeps one pile the fallen leaf. 两个小沙弥正拿着扫帚在门外清扫落叶,将落叶扫成一堆。 Wei He stands in out of the door, looks toward , the temple passes through the gate, is gigantic courtyard, inside has two people to surround the wide black incense burner, is burning a big fragrance slowly. 魏合站在门外,往里望去,寺庙进门,是一个硕大院子,里面有一个两人环抱宽的黑色香炉,正缓缓燃着一大把香头。 The fragrance smoke few, as if soon outburnt. 香头余烟寥寥,似乎快要烧完了。 At this time two pilgrims accompanied the arrival, bridged over the temple gate to enter courtyard. 这时又有两名香客结伴到来,跨过寺庙门走进院子。 Then bows toward the incense burner, gave a salute, enters the side side palace again. 然后朝着香炉鞠躬,行了一礼,再进侧面侧殿。 Wei He has not followed to pass through the gate, but toward left saunters, walks toward mountain forest in around the temple fence. 魏合没有跟着进门,而是朝左转悠起来,绕着寺庙围墙往山林里走。 That two young buddhist priest sweeps the floor, while is saying anything low voice, from the start has not paid attention to him to act. 那两个小沙弥一边扫地,一边小声说着什么,压根没注意他动作。 Wei He gathered round Illustrious Virtue Temple to transfer a great-circle, discovered that this temple restoration was quite new, many places were the appearances that in the near future will finish. 魏合足足围着明德寺转了一大圈,发现这寺庙修缮相当新,很多地方都是近期才完工的样子。 Moreover male religious novice frock does not work badly. Obviously is not short of money. 而且沙弥身上的僧袍也做工不差。显然不差钱。 Returns the temple main entrance, Wei He is just about. 重新回到寺庙正门,魏合正要进去。 Actually just sees the entrance, goes out of squad soldiers from inside. 却刚好看到大门口,从里面走出一小队兵卒。 These soldiers wealthy arm are extravagant, the build is big, the body puts on black standard leather armor, on the waist is matching the belt/bring sheath wide back blade, the walking movement fast, well-trained. 这些兵卒一个个腰粗膀阔,体型高大,身上穿着黑色制式皮甲,腰上配着带鞘宽背刀,走起路来动作迅捷,训练有素。 Enough six soldiers, protect to be one of them one after another a middle pair of female. 足足六个兵卒鱼贯而出,将中间一对女子护在其中。 In two females, green skirt red shoes, are tying up the young girl steamed stuffed bun chignon, blindly following suit follows another female. Obviously is the maidservant and so on role. 两名女子中,一个翠裙红鞋,绑着少女包子发髻,亦步亦趋的跟着另一女子。明显是丫鬟之类角色。 Another female, wears the white veil, the black hair shawl, in hair has the silver swirl to be partly visible indistinctly. 另一女子,戴着白色面纱,黑发披肩,发丝中隐约有银色发饰若隐若现。 Even if this female brings the veil, in both eyes disclosed the makings are temperate, still makes Wei He cannot help but looked at several. 此女就算带着面纱,双目中透露出的气质温和有礼,也让魏合不由自主的多看了几眼。 Looks from afar, a that core women's white skirt in soldiers, the fine dust does not dye, understood at a glance that in Taoism some people often wash clothes for it specially. 远远望去,兵卒之中的那核心女子一身白裙,纤尘不染,一看就知道家里专门有人时常为其洗衣。 Otherwise no one can maintain the clothing of this clean degree frequently. 否则没人能时时刻刻保持这种干净程度的衣物。 In the Wei He heart sighed, this ancient people do not have the washer, but can also maintain this degree of purity, is surely special. 魏合心中感叹,这古代人没有洗衣机,还能保持这种程度的洁净,必定出身不凡。 And these soldiers .... 而且那些兵卒.... He re-focuses in the six soldiers of guard female. 他将注意力转到护卫女子的六个兵卒身上。 These soldiers leather armor are carving Hong character. The handwriting is not big, but exceptionally clear profound. 这些兵卒身上的皮甲都刻着一个洪字。字迹不大,但异常清晰深刻。 Quick, the female under escorting of one group of soldiers, descends the mountain along the stone steps, goes far away gradually, vanishes in the jungle. 很快,女子在一行兵卒的护送下,沿着石阶下了山,渐渐远去,消失在密林中。 „.... This Hong Family Stronghold private soldier looks on the different average men, if is really uncommon.” A pilgrim cannot bear acclaims in a low voice. “啧啧啧....这洪家堡的私兵一看就不同常人,果真不凡。”一香客忍不住低声赞叹。 „Every day the good meter/rice good meat to be supplying, heard that the Hong Family Stronghold also interior has to teach the private soldier external work temperance. This grade of condition that is a waste can also pile becomes elite.” Another person caresses must sigh. “每日好米好肉供着,听说洪家堡还内部有传授私兵外功锤炼。这等条件那就是个废物也能堆成精锐。”另一人抚须叹道。 „Isn't that the crack troops that spends money to pile livingly? Nowadays the garrison troops cannot withstand emaciated, his Hong Family Stronghold also gathers to raise the so strong private soldier secretly, this attempts...” “那不就是用钱活生生堆出来的精兵？现如今守军瘦弱不堪,他洪家堡还暗自蓄养如此强壮私兵,这所图...” Can this time also the pilgrim who moves outside, many are not the common people, at this time chatted, many had the story opinion respectively. 能这个时间还在外面活动的香客,多不是普通百姓,此时闲聊起来,多各有见闻见解。 Then saw Hong Family Stronghold is not right. 一眼便看出了洪家堡的不对。 Wei He did not say a word, how Hong Family Stronghold, had nothing to do with him, he came this to only look for the parental missing whereabout. 魏合一言不发,洪家堡如何,和他无关,他来此只为寻找父母失踪下落。 Enters the Buddhist monastery, entered courtyard, he soon found a passing by white eyebrows monk. 走进寺门,进了院子,他很快找到一个路过的白眉和尚。 „This Great Master.” “这位大师。” Held on that monk to size up his by him up and down. 被他拉住那和尚上下打量了他一遍。 „Donor is courteous.” “施主有礼。” „I want to ask, six months ago, your temple whether had once invited some stone carving artisans, coming to the temple to carve Buddha Idol?” The Wei He sinking sound asked. “我想请问一下,半年前,贵寺是否曾请过一些石雕匠人,来寺庙雕刻佛像？”魏合沉声问。 „Six months ago?” The senior monk thinks, „really has this matter. However .....” “半年前？”老和尚想了想,“确有此事。不过.....” ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... At this time Illustrious Virtue Temple at the foot of the mountain. 此时明德寺山脚下。 The high strong man who wears the straw hat, arrives at the stone steps that climbs mountains before slowly. 一名戴着草帽的高壮男子,缓缓来到上山的石阶前。 He takes out a dark green bamboo tube from the bosom, swung swinging gently, closes up in the ear, listens attentively carefully. 他从怀里取出一个暗绿色竹筒,轻轻摇了摇,在耳朵边靠拢,仔细倾听。 In the bamboo tube spreads faintly has the wing to vibrate the sound, that vibration sound accident, is extremely orderly. 竹筒内隐隐传出有翅膀振动声响,那振动声三长两短,极有规律。 The men turned under the bamboo tube cover, on that cover has ventilation Black Hole. 男子扭了下竹筒盖子,那盖子上有着一个透气的黑洞。 He approaches Black Hole to smell. 他凑近黑洞闻了闻。 „Has the fragrance, here also has to leave out.” “有香气,这里还有个漏掉的。” His these date and time trace Black Sign Insect continuously, all finally and Black Sign Insect has contacted living person, eliminates a potential informant completely in secret. 他这些时日连续追踪黑字虫,将所有最后和黑字虫接触过的活人,全部暗中灭口。 Depended is fragrance-sensing insect in this bamboo tube. 靠的就是这竹筒里的闻香虫。 This fragrance-sensing insect and Black Sign Insect are the inborn mortal enemies, uses Black Sign Insect as the food specially, once discovers Black Sign Insect, and even Black Sign Insect has contacted crowd, nature sending out fragrance. 这闻香虫和黑字虫乃是天生死敌,专门以黑字虫为食,一旦发现黑字虫,乃至黑字虫接触过的人群,就会自然散发香气。 That fragrance like the sandalwood sleek/moist will of the people spleen, is hard to dismiss from mind. But is the target proximity, the fragrance of fragrance-sensing insect sending out is rich. 那香气如檀香般润人心脾,难以忘怀。而越是靠近目标,闻香虫散发的香气就越是浓郁。 But Black Sign Insect is hard to deal with. Once after contacting the person, if leaves behind the dry/does mark, several months the aura is loose. 而黑字虫更是难缠。一旦接触人后,若是留下干痕,数月气息才散。 The men have closed right up against this method, massacred and Black Sign Insect has contacted in which three people. And camouflages dead by the beast of prey attack the corpse. 男子已经靠着这个方法,杀掉了和黑字虫接触过的其中三人。并将尸体伪装成被猛兽袭击而死。 By his martial arts, must achieve this is not difficult. 以他的武功,要做到这点并不难。 The men relax natural taking a step, walks toward the stone steps. The manner is ease, as if comes to worship Buddha the pilgrim who to be no different from other. 男子放松自然的迈步,朝着石阶上走去。神态悠然,仿佛和其余前来拜佛的香客没什么不同。 He has this energy, there is this self-confidence. 他有这个底气,也有这个自信。 Initially that Zhao Deli was a bludger, was affected the bystander will also suffer dead, class that he can contact, nothing but was some common ordinary person. 当初那赵德利是个混混,还是被波及殃及池鱼而死,他能接触的阶层,无非都是些寻常普通人。 Even slightly, is still the strong point faction low level member. 就算稍强一点的,也不过就是强壮一点的帮派低级成员。 He was sent to sweep clear this place nearby starting, is eliminates a potential informant the people of these people. 他就是被派来清扫此地附近的下手,是灭口这些人的人。 This humanoid to him, is the strong point ants, easily can harvest. 这类人对于他而言,也就是强壮一点的蝼蚁,轻易就能收割。 In fact, entire Feiye City, can make him dread that nothing but is these older generation Martial Master, or the big family expert in inner city, other, even if these weed same small gang factions, are not worth mentioning. 实际上,整个飞业城,能够让他忌惮的,无非就是那些老一辈武师,或者内城的大家族高手,其余的,就算是那些杂草一样的小帮派,也不值一提。 Wei He is drawing the senior monk to ask that east asked the west, closely examined the six months mason missing incident unceasingly. 魏合正拉着老和尚问东问西,不断追问半年前的石匠失踪一事。 „At that time mason simply without arriving in temple, only would have no trace in the halfway. The donor inquired this, was really the old monk does not know how to reply.” Senior monk awkwardly said. “当时石匠根本没到寺庙里,只在半途中便没了踪影。施主询问这个,实在是老僧也不知如何回答。”老和尚为难道。 „Afterward didn't a could it be that survivor have?” Wei He knits the brows. “后来难道一个幸存者也没有么？”魏合皱眉。 „Without discovering, all masons vanishes in the halfway, the outer city high price mason who for this reason Buddha Idol of this temple invited finally completed.” The senior monk shakes the head. “没发现,所有石匠都在半途就消失,为此本寺的佛像最后还是请的外城高价石匠代为完成。”老和尚摇头。 Wei He inquired repeatedly half sound, what clue does not have, but knows that the masons have not arrived at Illustrious Virtue Temple, was missing on the halfway. 魏合反复询问了半响,什么线索也没,只是知道石匠都是还没到明德寺,就半路失踪了。 But said Feiye City from Illustrious Virtue Temple, middle ten miles of road, but also often had the passer-by to pass through. So many masons, were always impossible saying that did not see does not see, even the little trace could not find. 可是从明德寺道飞业城,中间只有不到十里路,还时常都有路人通行。这么多石匠,总不可能说不见就不见,甚至一点点痕迹也找不到。 The most likely result is, has the trace, the person but who found the trace at that time is not willing to announce. 最有可能的结果就是,有痕迹,但当时找到痕迹的人不愿意公布。 In Wei He heart helpless. Lets off the senior monk. 魏合心中无奈。放过老和尚。 He walked in the temple, has the two main hall to be blocked not to let, other pass through freely. 他在寺庙里走了一遍,有两个大殿被拦住不让进,其余都自由通行。 The weather fades out gradually, the pilgrim are getting fewer and fewer, mostly descended the mountain. 天色渐渐暗下来,香客越来越少,大多都下山去了。 Wei He also asked several monks, do not have the news as before, can only , helpless had/left the temple, under towards the mountain walks. 魏合又问了几个和尚,依旧没消息,只能无奈出了寺庙,朝山下走去。 The setting sun has sunk to the horizon thoroughly. 夕阳已经彻底沉入天边。 On the descending the mountain stair of temple, the both sides chill in the air is threatening, the thorough woods gradually turned into the dark profound behind-the-scenes plotting. 寺庙的下山台阶上,两侧寒意逼人,原本透彻的树林渐渐变成了幽暗深邃的黑幕。 Wei He has not noticed slightly, oneself have person's shadow following slowly silently behind faintly. 魏合丝毫没有注意到,自己身后隐隐有人影悄然无声的慢慢跟上。 He feels slightly somewhat feels cold, then picks up the speed to hurry to toward the mountain under. 他微微感觉有些发冷,便加快速度往山下赶去。 Suddenly, a black bug drills from his lower hem corner slit quietly, then flutters to fly far. 忽然,一只黑色的小虫悄然从他衣角缝隙里钻出,然后振翅飞远。 Rear male, the brow wrinkles slightly. 后方的男子微微一顿,眉头皱起。 „Fragrance was pale ....” He took up the bamboo tube to sway gently , the discovery was the fragrance is truly pale. “香气淡了....”他拿起竹筒轻轻摇晃了下,发现确实是香气淡了。 „It seems like not front that person.” His heart flashes through a judgment. The vision puts aside from the front Wei He back. “看来不是前面那人。”他心头闪过一个判断。目光从前面魏合后背移开。 The men turn around to look in the direction that Black Sign Insect flies away. 男子转身朝着黑字虫飞走的方向看去。 „Un?” “嗯？” „It is not right, around this place I and front that person, is not he, who is? Does is it possible that use diversionary tactics?” “不对,此地前后就我和前面那人,不是他,那么又是谁？难不成是声东击西？” The male heart raised, the line of sight fell on Wei He again conducts the back. 男子心头提起,视线再度落在魏合背上。 He had suspected. Therefore steps out, close to Wei He. 他心里已经有所怀疑。于是加快脚步,靠近魏合。 „This you hold your steps.” “这位兄台留步。” He pretends the pilgrim to speak loudly. 他装作香客大声出言。 Pū! 噗！ One handful of lime front surfaces scatter suddenly. 忽地一捧白灰迎面撒来。 Male heart one tight, unexpected, shuts tightly both eyes, almost confused the eye. 男子心头一紧,猝不及防下,紧闭双目,差点就被迷眼。 However he person as the practicing martial arts, responded is extremely quick, did not wait for the lime to enter the eye, then the rapid both arms swept continually, make the gust of wind to blow the lime. 不过他身为练武之人,反应极快,不等白灰进眼,便迅速双臂连扫,打出疾风吹开白灰。 His heart has known, the opposite party likely detected his status, suppresses from the heart immediately, since the right leg leaps, changes into the whip to pull out ruthlessly to Wei He. 他心头已经知道,对方很可能察觉他的身份,当下狠从心头起,右腿腾起,狠狠化为鞭子抽向魏合。 Actually unexpectedly right leg, when first bumps into a blade, the male expression changes, changes rapidly, under the right leg presses, tries to step on the Wei He instep. 却不料右腿当先碰到一把刀刃,男子表情一变,迅速变招,右腿下压,试图踩踏魏合脚背。 Simultaneously another leg also soars, revolving side tread to the Wei He chest. 同时另一条腿也腾空而起,旋转侧蹬向魏合胸膛。 This is the seizing life series leg that he is expert. 这便是他所专精的夺命连环腿。 This leg law can in having the moves series changes, unpredictable, the mixture of truth and deceit takes turn unceasingly, making people be hard to resist. 此腿法能在出招之间连环变招,变幻莫测,虚虚实实不断交替,让人难以抵挡。 Men series foot, fast treads and kicks more than ten. 男子连环出脚,迅捷又蹬又踢十多下。 When opens eyes looks, at present some where people, that person has not just had long known how long to run. 等到睁眼一看,眼前哪里还有人,刚刚那人早就不知道跑了多久了。 „Hateful! Unexpectedly is so sinister ....” “可恨！居然这么阴险....” He is also a little time of closing one's eyes, the opposite party runs winks not to see with own eyes. This person feared that isn't is the rabbit essence changes? 他也就是闭眼的这么一点时间,对方就跑得眨眼不见。这人怕不是是兔子精变的？ Men bitterly rapid downward, sharply pursues following the stair full power. 男子恨恨的迅速往下,顺着台阶全力急追。 When are not many then vanishes in the descending the mountain stone-paved road end. 不多时便消失在下山的石道尽头。 In the meantime, right side in a stone-paved road bunch of bush drills a person rapidly. Wei He that just hid impressively. 就在此时,石道右侧的一簇灌木中迅速钻出一个人。赫然是刚刚躲起来的魏合。 He looks at the direction that a man left, sets out to relax. 他看了眼男子离开的方向,起身松了口气。 „Some actually cleverness in trivial matters.” A sound resounds in Wei He suddenly behind. “倒是有些小聪明。”一个声音突然在魏合身后响起。