Chapter 98 The Narrow Road Meets the Temple

Zhen Mei was stunned and couldn't believe her ears. She threw down the sheets, rushed to the door, and struggled to open the door. The tall Li Ren lowered his eyes and didn't look at her.

Zhen Mei's lips trembling, "Cousin Ren, you, are you back? You..."

"I didn't remember when I went out that the capital was curfew, and I couldn't go anywhere!" Li Ren said bravely that this reason is reasonable and enough to make his turn less embarrassing. The most important thing is that he does not want Zhen Mei to be grateful for this. Zhen Mei does not owe him. It is fate to become a queen or become an abandoned wife now. Neither of them can be the master.

Zhen Mei seemed to be a little disappointed, but the disappointment just flashed by. After all, Li Ren came back. The step he took back was her hope.

"I'm sorry, Li Ren, I..." For a moment, Zhen Mei didn't know what to say.

"Whether the child's surname is Li or Zhuo, there is half of the bone and blood of the Li family. Meier, raise him well. I... Let's raise him together!" Li Ren seemed to be very determined to say.

Once again, he escaped the danger and made Li Ren suddenly wake up. What is left in the world? What else can he expect except that he and Zhen Mei rely on each other to help each other? If even the remaining only relatives are abandoned, then Li Ren is alive and dead. Since the previous fate of the two people can't be chosen, why can't he choose the future?

Zhen Mei once again suspected that she had heard it wrong. Li Ren's attitude changed so fast that she was not ready to accept it. "You, what are you talking about? I, I don't understand, cousin Ren?"

Li Ren was depressed and said for a long time, "I, I mean, he is the real descendant of the Li family. Even if he adds younger brothers and sisters in the future, it will be no different!"

Zhen Mei's nose is sore, "Cousin Ren..."

"Don't, don't cry. When you cry, I don't know how to coax you," Li Ren gently advised, "What's more, you should take care of your body now. Crying too much can hurt the fetal gas, huh?"

Zhen Mei nodded with tears in her eyes, "Cousin Ren, won't you leave anymore?"

"No, don't leave. If I can go back in the future, I will come back every day. After your body shows, I will go to the suburbs to find another quiet and stable place, so that you can give birth to the child steadily, and then we can live our own life together, okay?" Li Ren looked at Zhen Mei and said, "However, maybe it can't be as rich and carefree as before."

"I understand, cousin Ren, I used to be rich, but I was not carefree. Anyway, I still have a lot of beads left here, which is enough for us to live a long time. When the beads are almost sold, we will think of another way. Maybe at that time, things will be different? Don't worry, cousin Ren, in my heart, if it weren't for my aunt's favor, then I would be an ordinary squire girl, and I wouldn't care about your wealth and glory.

Li Ren nodded with relief. In fact, he was not worried about money. There were still a lot of valuable things hidden in Li Jin's underground secret library. Although he burned Li's mansion, the secret library will never be damaged under the lotus pond. As long as the lotus pond is not turned over, Li's underground secret library will be preserved forever. This is also He has been trying not to take care of Li's reasons.

However, that huge amount of wealth originally had a bigger plan for Li Ren. He was not sure if Lang Dingyuan would help him, but with that wealth, he had no choice but to wait for the opportunity to recruit again. There was only one purpose. Lou Xun did not get rid of it for a day. He Li Ren was restless for a day.

So only half of what he said to Zhen Mei is true. As a man, it is naturally necessary for him to let his woman live a stable life, but in addition to stability, he must also avenge the Li family. Unless he witnesses Lou Xun's death with his own eyes, how can he really settle down?

These are naturally not easy to say to Zhen Mei. Perhaps the previous Zhen Mei could still understand his revenge obsession. Once they are really together, the situation will definitely change. If it hadn't been for Zhen Mei's sudden pregnancy and disrupting his original plan, Li Ren would not have been prepared to get together with Zhen Mei so soon. He was careful. Yiyi kept a distance and tried to visit Zhen Mei every once in a while. In order not to let Zhen Mei put too much thought on him, it was a pity that people are not as good as God. Zhen Mei's current situation can no longer help him to escape. By Zhen Mei's side, he needs a man who can take responsibility and make Zhen Mei a day Comfort is also good. Li Ren sighed in his heart, but a rare smile piled up on his face and said, "In the middle of the night, the meal is cold. I'll help you heat it up. No matter how uncomfortable you are, you should try to eat it now. The more you eat, the better."

"I'd better go to the heat. How can you let cousin Ren do it?" Zhen Mei said quickly, "You wait a moment, and I'll heat it up right away."

"Well... I'll add some oil to the lamps in the yard. I'm happy today, so I have to celebrate!" Li Ren said with a smile.

After adding oil, Li Ren buttoned the windshield of the oil lamp, picked up the lamp holder and sat down at the stone table again. He saw the two copper plates on the table. Before Zhen Mei could pick them up while laughing, she put them on the side of the table. As a result, after the two quarreled, no one paid attention to the stone table.

Li Ren put down the lamp stand, picked up the two coppers and looked at them. Suddenly, he found that the engraved side of the copper plate seemed to have been deliberately scratched, with thin, word-like scratches. Li Ren was very curious and put the two coppers under the lamp and carefully distinguished them.

Indeed, there are words behind the two coppers. One is the yellow of the seal book, and the other is the old character of the seal book. Li Ren's face changed. When Lang Dingyuan rewarded him with the copper plate, he was eager to get up with Lang Dingyuan, so he did not read the copper plate carefully at all. After Lang Dingyuan was picked up, he put the copper plate in with disappointment. In his arms, until it was pushed to Zhen Mei, was the two words on the copper plate deliberately left by Lang Dingyuan?

When the two words are connected, the biggest possibility is that it refers to the Huang Lao Temple in the eastern suburbs of the capital, where the incense is strong and continues all year round. Is this Lang Dingyuan asking him to meet at Huang Lao Temple? But the Huanglao Temple is so crowded that it is not suitable to meet at all. Besides, there is only the word Huanglao, but there is no agreed time to meet. It is impossible for him to stay near the Huanglao Temple all day and night.

Li Ren looked at the two coppers and thought about it. Could it be an appointment with him for the second watch? But Lang Dingyuan should know that the second watch is still under curfew, and the doors inside and outside are all closed. No one is allowed to go in and out. How can he get out of the city?

Isn't it two o'clock in the afternoon? In broad daylight, it was the time when Huanglao Temple had the most people. Maybe Lang Dingyuan felt that he was so mixed in the crowd that he would not be suspected? Li Ren thought for a moment and decided to go to the vicinity of Huanglao Temple tomorrow to see the situation.

The next day, Li Ren went out early in the morning. Before parting, Zhen Mei picked up Li Ren's clothes and said shyly, "Cousin Ren, I mended your torn sleeves last night, but my female red has never been good. I hope you don't dislike it."

Li Ren looked down. Sure enough, the cuffs were torn, and the crooked stitches were clearly visible. He smiled and said, "This is good. I'm a beggar. If I wear it neatly, it will be suspicious."

After getting dressed, Li Ren deliberately pulled his hair messy again, covered his face, and wiped a handful of wall dust on his face. Then he walked slowly all the way out of the Dongcheng Gate and came to the Huang Old Temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

There were some days when he didn't come. Li Ren was shocked to find that the Huang Lao Temple was far less vigorous and scattered. Occasionally, a few incense guests came, and they were also indifferent and hurried. They almost entered the temple and left after worshipping the incense. In front of the temple, there were several other flowers begging. Li Ren deliberately pretended to be He looked cold and hungry, came close to them, squatted under a dead tree, and pretended to beg.

One of the flowers stared at Li Ren fiercely, as if he was blaming Li Ren for seizing their territory. Li Ren had been accustomed to this situation for a long time. Now it's not easy to beg for food. No one wants to squat and take another share of the soup. Li Ren didn't want to cause trouble, so he had to lower his eyelids and just look at it. See you.

All morning, he didn't even get a piece of copper. Li Ren secretly sighed that the world was not old. He thought that in the past, when he and his parents came to Huang Old Temple to burn incense, he casually threw these coins of money called flowers. Originally, most of the people who came here to burn incense were looking for good causes and good results. No matter young, most of them were I will be happy and kind. Who would have thought that when it was my turn to beg for food today, the guests would have done everything.

Li Ren was very depressed in his heart. If he had known that he was not so rich at the beginning, he was happy to give a big-headed ghost. After doing it for a long time, but now he is facing the cold and warmth of the world alone. If he steals other flowers, it is not much better than him. They all huddled in the wind, like a sick plague chicken. His heart can't help but be more balanced. Is there any? With me occupying this territory, you will also get nothing, he thought.

After noon, Li Ren began to feel hungry, but since he became a begler, he has practiced one more skill than before, that is, patience with cold and hunger. The colder he is, the more hungry he is, and the more clear his mind is. The instinct of survival makes him be ambushed in the grass in adversity, waiting for the opportunity to capture. The beasts of prey can listen to all directions.

The hour is coming. Will Lang Dingyuan come? Li Ren looked up at the sky.

Before he lowered his head, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hoofs and footsteps not far away. There were a lot of people, about a hundred.

Li Ren was shocked. How could so many people suddenly come to the Huang Lao Temple, and listening to the orderly sound of horses' hoofs and footsteps, only the armored army he was familiar with would be like this. Lang Dingyuan, Lang Dingyuan, did you lie to me to prepare to round me? But I'm only one person. Why do you have to fight?

The idea in Li Ren's mind flashes quickly. Is it to escape or pretend to be ignorant and wait for things to develop? If you escape, Huang Lao Temple is in a hilly valley. There is no other way but to escape to the hillside behind the temple, but how far can you escape? And as long as you take action, it is equivalent to exposing your deeds. Even if you escape by chance, the next round-up of the whole city will involve more innocent people, including Zhen Mei.

Li Ren thought and didn't move. He suddenly felt that he didn't have much contact with Lang Dingyuan. Occasionally, he only looked at him once or twice. Why did Lang Dingyuan think that he was the Li family who was caught by the court? What's more, yesterday, he was begging opposite Lang's house. If Lang Dingyuan really wanted to catch him, he didn't have to spend a lot of money to lure him here. As long as Lang Dingyuan shouted, his family general, even the people sent by Lou Xun, would immediately rush to take him down.

So what the hell is Lang Dingyuan doing!

Just when Li Ren was in turmoil, twenty or thirty soldiers rushed towards them at the end of the path. "Get out of here, get out of here. The saint is coming. Do you want to die!" While shouting, twenty or thirty new guns came out and approached. They were so scared that the florists got up in a hurry and hid in the temple forest behind them.

In front of the Huanglao Temple is a towering cypress forest. It is limited by the region and covers an area of only four or five mu, which is not very large, but the shade is deep enough for these beers to avoid the depths of the forest. Usually, there are a lot of stone tables and stone stools in the forest for visitors to rest, so Li Ren is also familiar with this forest. .

As the beggars ran in, Li Ren did not run directly to the back forest, but quietly flashed into a big cypress tree and waited quietly. Hearing that the armor outside the forest was also driving the pilgrims in the temple into the forest, a man and two women ran over the tree where Li Ren was hiding in panic, but no one noticed him.

Soon some armor came, surrounded the edge of the forest and the Huanglao Temple, and stood guarding. Then the horse team came. Li Ren peeped quietly. Unfortunately, the forest was covered, and he could not see the outside at all. Li Ren thought for a moment, secretly transported his internal force, lightened the treetops, and climbed over more than a dozen cypress trees one after another. Li Ren could finally see some conditions from the cracks in the crown.

He didn't dare to get too close, because he knew very well that there must be many masters in Lou Xun's personal bodyguard, so he tried to hide his body in the branches and leaves and pricked up his ears to listen.

A gorgeous carriage came slowly, and some attendants flirted with the driving curtain. Li Ren held his breath and looked clearly. It was Lou Xun who got out of the car. The enemy was particularly red when they saw each other. Li Ren only felt that he was angry and couldn't wait to rush out directly. He killed his parents with a knife. However, there are so many bodyguards outside. I'm afraid that they have intercepted him before he approached. Li Ren closed his eyes in pain, and the scab wound in his heart was torn again and bleeding.

What did Lou Xun do when he came to Huang Lao Temple? It's strange. Is it true that the emperor will pray for immortality? But this time was guessed by himself from the two copper plates given by Lang Dingyuan. Is it a coincidence or is it indeed arranged for Lang Dingyuan? Why did Lang Dingyuan make such an arrangement, but he didn't show up?

Li Ren shivered and killed people with a knife?

Lou Xun got out of the carriage and looked around with his hands for a while, as if he was waiting for something. After a while, an old Taoist aunt in a bun followed the bodyguard who was passing and hurried to see her. Lou Xun raised his hand and motioned the Taoist nun to forgive the gift, so he asked, "Is she all right?"

"If you go back to the emperor, the girl is fine, but she is a little unaccustomed to the rough rice!" The old Taoist aunt put her hands together and said very devoutly.

Lou Xun squeezed out a smile and said, "Let her go. She can eat whatever she wants!"

"But..." The old Taoist aunt also wanted to explain that this was a quiet place for cultivation. How could she be casual, but she had been interrupted by Lou Xun.

Lou Xun said impatiently, "Ok, take me to see her!"

"Yes, emperor, please follow the poor road!" The old Taoist nun led the way and took Lou Xun to the other room next to the Huang Lao Temple.

Li Ren was secretly surprised. In the past, there were several male Taoist priests in the Huanglao Temple. Why did he suddenly change to a female Taoist priest? The strangest thing is that Lou Xun is already the supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Who else can let Lou Xun visit him in person instead of coming to pick him up?

Unfortunately, he hid in the tree and could not see the situation of other rooms, let alone follow Lou Xun. He had to be patient and wait for Lou Xun to appear again.

After about half an hour, Lou Xun came out, but the person who followed him was still the old Taoist nun. Without saying a word, Lou Xun directly got into the carriage and drove back. After the guards were also withdrawn one after another, the old Taoist nun turned back and returned to the Huang Lao Temple.

Li Ren jumped off the tree and was puzzled. He made up his mind to sneak under the window of another room to find out. However, as soon as Li Ren walked out of the woods, he didn't expect that the old Taoist nun had just stepped out of the threshold of the temple and hit it. Li Ren had to stop quickly and pretend to probe in the direction of the emperor's car.

"Deadly beg!" The old Taoist nun changed her previous kind eyebrows and kind eyes, turned into a vicious face, and scolded Li Ren, "What are you looking at? I should let the emperor pull you dead beggars and cut off your heads, and come here every day to stop my incense, ah!" The old Taoist aunt said.

Seeing this, Li Ren was even more surprised. They all said that the monks were compassionate. How could there be such a bad-wording Taoist nun? Even the begren in front of the temple had to be scolded. Is this still a real Taoist?

The old Taoist nun scolded and twisted her body towards the other room. Li Ren sighed. It seemed that he had no chance to find out what the secret in the other room was.

While thinking about it, footsteps came from behind him, and several people spoke at the same time. One of them said, "Really, now even the Huang Lao Temple hides some unclean things. No wonder the people are not right and the world is in chaos!"

"Shh! Don't talk nonsense, be careful that there are ears on the wall!" Another person said, "How do you know it's not clean? Have you also asked for a favor?

"Hey hey," the rest of the people laughed in a low voice.

"Talk nonsense, do you and I dare to ask for that kind of cheapness? Do you want to eat?" The first one to say said, "The feng shui of this Huang Old Temple has changed a long time ago? Even the emperor, who has never worshipped God, has come here from time to time. Isn't he hiding here? Will he be so interested?

"Ok, okay, don't talk about it. If you hear it to your sister-in-law, why do you have to drive us all away?" A humane voice with an extremely hoarse voice.

"That's right, it's good to drive away. Don't really call the emperor to pull us down, but it's miserable. Let's not provoke that crazy woman!" The first person to speak quickly echoed.

Several beggards walked out of the woods and saw that Li Ren had been squatting in his original position for a long time. The first person who stared at Li Ren finally couldn't help saying angrily, "Where did you come from? Our brothers don't run as fast as you, and you can hide without you, right?