Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

Zhao watched them run away, and hurried into the kiln, but saw the little girl Zhen'er sitting on the ground, her hands and feet were tied with ropes.He took out a knife and cut off her bondage, and said in a low voice: "I'll save you, don't make a sound."He picked her up, stepped out of the kiln, and ran along the shore of the lake.After running dozens of steps, I heard a cry from behind, thinking that someone returned to the kiln and found that the girl had been taken away.Zhao Guan knew that these human traffickers were ruthless, if they caught up, even if he and Zhen'er were not killed, they would still suffer, so he hurriedly hugged Zhen'er and ran quickly.After running for three or four miles, his heart moved, he turned eastward, found a path in the wild grass, and soon came to an ancient temple.

That temple is called the Mercy Temple, which has a history of more than a hundred years, and it is dedicated to Guanyin.Due to the remote location and few incense sticks, there is only one half-deaf old monk in charge of ringing the bell and cleaning the temple.Zhao Guan had been wandering around the lake with the boys from the city, and had come to this temple, at this time he had nowhere to hide, so he broke into the temple.There was no one in the temple, and the old monk was probably taking a nap in the back room.Zhao Guan looked back and forth, and then took Zhen'er to the bell tower in the east of the temple.

After entering the bell tower, he pondered for a while, took out a small bag from his arms, took out the poisonous snake blue and white flowers that had just been raised for a few months, put it on the doorknob of the bell tower, and then gently closed the door.This bell tower is usually used as a storage room, which is full of old wooden fish, big chimes, incense burners, etc. There is a wooden ladder on the right to go upstairs.Zhao Guan led Zhen'er up the wooden ladder, and when they reached the attic, he saw boxes of incense sticks piled up on the floor of the attic. Hold on.After a while, the smoke and dust settled down slightly, Zhao Guan took Zhen'er to hide in the corner of the attic, and said in a low voice: I hope they don't find this place.

Just finished speaking, I heard the sound of people outside the temple. With a bang, one person kicked open the temple door, with noisy footsteps, and six or seven people rushed in, yelling in the temple, searching separately. Lu Laoliu's men.Zhao Guan's heart trembled, he quietly climbed down the wooden ladder, wiped off his own footprints, and took out another poisonous snake blue pattern from his bosom and put it on the wooden ladder.He went back to the second floor and saw Zhen'er's face showing fear, so he smiled at her and comforted her in a low voice: Don't be afraid, I will protect you.

Zhen'er nodded, and looked at him with a pair of bright black eyes in the darkness, his eyes full of dependence and gratitude.Zhao Guan's heart warmed up, he thought that this time he rescued people, in exchange for this little girl's admiration, all the hard work was not in vain.He glanced at Zhen'er again, thinking: This little girl is really beautiful.None of the girls recruited by Yanshui Xiaonong this year can match her, so it's no wonder that the old thief Lu Lao Liu has taken a fancy to her. At this moment, a man came to the door of the bell tower and was about to open the door to come in. Suddenly he screamed and cursed: "Damn it, I hate snakes the most in my life!"Then there was silence for a while, only to hear the man muttering curses, and with a snap, it seemed that he picked the snake to the ground.The man opened the door and came in. Seeing no one in the room, he looked towards the wooden ladder and cursed again: Unlucky, I saw two snakes when I went out!What ghost temple is this?

Zhao Guan thought to himself: This bastard had better be afraid of snakes and go out now.Damn it, if my martial arts were better, I would have gone out earlier and beaten them to pieces.If you can use poison, you are not afraid of them.He was strictly trained by his mother, but he didn't dare to use poison easily.At this time, the man downstairs hesitated for a while, looked up, Zhao Guan and Zhen'er were hiding in the corner of the attic, the man couldn't see them.But I heard him talking to himself: There are so many snakes here, if the little boy came here, he would have been bitten to death by the snakes.Then go out.After a while, Lu Lao Liu's voice downstairs asked: Have you looked for the Bell Tower and Drum Tower?The person who came in just now said: I have looked for it, but I haven't.Lu Laoliu asked again: Have you seen it upstairs?The man replied: I have seen it, and there are no ghosts.Lu Laoliu cursed: What a thief!He led his men to rush out.

Zhao Guan listened to those people coming out of the temple, he was relieved, and said to Zhen'er: "Little sister, let's wait here for a while, when the bad guys are gone, I will take you back to the city to find your parents."Okay?Zhen'er was very well-behaved, nodded, smiled, and leaned beside Zhao Guan.Zhao Guan couldn't help feeling compassion, stretched out his arms to hug her gently, thinking: This little girl is really cute. The two hid in the temple for a while, Zhen'er was young and frightened, fell asleep in Zhao Guan's arms not long after.After a while, Zhao Guan heard human voices from a distance.Afraid that Lu Laoliu would come back again, he hurriedly looked out from the window of the bell tower.But not far away, two people escorted one person, walking towards the kiln by the lake.The person in front was Lu Lao Liu, his left eye was swollen into purple and black, his right cheek was also bruised, blood was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and he looked extremely embarrassed.But he said with a bitter face: Sir, what I said is the truth, please spare your life!Miss Ling ran away by herself, and our group searched the lake for a long time, but we couldn't find her.I dare not lie to you two!Zhao Guan looked sideways, and saw that it was Zhen'er's parents who were guarding him.

But Zhen'er's father said angrily: "She is only six years old, how can she escape from you bastards?"Lu Laoliu said: Yes, yes.We're goddamn.Ms. Ling may be the one who was rescued.Zhen'er's father said: "Who saved it?"Lu Laoliu said: We didn't see anyone, but someone cut the rope that tied her. Zhen'er's mother said angrily, "You tied her with a rope?"Fei Kick kicked Lu Laoliu.Lu Laoliu suffered from pain and fell to the ground, moaning and groaning, unable to get up. Zhao Guan thought to himself: Zhen'er's parents are very powerful, and they found Lu Laoliu in a blink of an eye.Her kick was really strong, maybe it didn't break Lu Lao Liu's bones?Since her parents have found her here, I'll send her back right away.Then he gently shook Zhen'er awake, and said: "Your parents are here, I'll take you to find them."Zhen'er woke up rubbing her eyes, looked out of the window with her head, and said happily: Mom and Dad are here!

Zhao Guan took her down the wooden ladder and ran along the path in front of the temple.Zhao Guan knew that Zhen'er's parents were in front, so he stopped and said: "Go and find your parents."Zhen'er smiled at him, turned around and ran forward, shouting: "Mom!Daddy! When Zhen'er's mother heard her daughter's voice, she was ecstatic, and she turned around and shouted: "Zhen'er!Seeing her daughter running from the small road, she rushed to meet her and hugged her tightly in her arms.Zhao Guan saw it from a distance, and couldn't help but get moist eyes.He followed his mother and senior sisters many times to help them out of difficulties, and this time he took the initiative to save others, and the experience in his heart deepened.In a crisis, he used a poisonous snake, fearing that the secret of Baihuamen would be leaked. If it was heard by his mother, he would definitely be punished, so he didn't want to meet Zhen'er's parents, so he turned and went back to the temple.At this time, the old monk woke up from his midday nap and saw that the doors were wide open everywhere, the tables and chairs were overturned, and he was busy cleaning up for some reason.Zhao Guan went to the bell tower to retrieve the two green snakes, walked to the front hall, looked up to see the Guanyin statue on the altar table with low brows and a smile, showing compassion, as if praising his deeds.

Zhao Guan looked at Avalokitesvara for a while, and suddenly heard footsteps outside the temple. He guessed that it must be Zhener's parents coming. He looked through the window and saw Zhener's parents holding Zhener's hand one by one, walking towards the temple. Come.Zhao Guan thought to himself: I don't want to see them, it's better to keep hiding.He quickly jumped onto the altar and hid behind Avalokitesvara. Zhen'er's parents walked into the temple. The two of them were very good at martial arts. They saw a figure hiding behind the statue of Guanyin and heard the breathing of the queen of Guanyin.The two looked at each other, and Zhen'er's father took a step forward, knelt down to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, and said: "Where is the hero who rescued the little girl, I am very grateful."He waited for a while, but when no one showed up, he took out an ingot of seven or eight taels of silver from his bosom, put it on the ground, and bowed deeply again.

Zhen'er took his mother's hand, looked around with wide eyes, and said, "Father, that little brother was still in this temple just now."Her mother's face was full of love and compassion, she stretched out her hand to smooth her hair, and said: "My dear boy, if that hero refuses to show up today, we will always remember his kindness in our hearts, and we will definitely meet him again in the future."Zhen'er nodded, still reluctantly looking into the temple. But I heard Zhen'er's mother say: Jinyun, I don't know where Xiao San'er has gone, we have to find him quickly.Zhen'er's father sighed and said: "This little kid is weird, even his parents can't do anything about him, who else in the world can control him?" Zhen'er's mother laughed and said: "You are also good at three, which also makes your father have a headache. It seems that all three in the world are the same."Zhen'er's father laughed and said: "Then we should learn to be smarter. It is enough to have these two daughters, and never have a third one."Zhen'er's mother laughed and said: "Whether I was born or not, how can you let me do it?"The two couples talked and laughed, and took their daughter out of the temple. Zhao Guan looked over and saw Zhen'er's father limping slightly on his left leg while walking, he felt strange: Zhen'er's father is good at martial arts, how could he be cut into a lame leg?Could it be that he was born lame?How did you marry such a beautiful wife?