Qi Ying thought to himself, this bearded salesman is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he dares to smuggle gunpowder for money. The sale of gunpowder is strictly prohibited among the people.

Qi Ying lay on the carriage board and saw that the carriage was relatively old. He asked: "Old man, how many years has this carriage been running?"

The salesman said: "My car has been running for ten years. It is a bit old, but it is safe. I have been running the car for so many years and I have never had an accident."

In the evening, the two of them stayed in an abandoned village on the roadside. The village had been looted by the rebels, and many houses were burned. There was not a single villager in the village.

The salesman said: "This village is located on the side of the road, which is the easiest place to be robbed."

Qi Ying asked: "Do you think this village was looted by Japanese pirates or bandits?"

The salesman said: "It's been looted, it's too close to the road."

Qi Ying asked: "Then where have these villagers gone?"

The salesman said: "Maybe he went to Taizhou City to take refuge."

Qi Ying was shocked. A good village had been looted and was completely covered with desolation.

Six months ago, he thought that the Japanese plague was a distant thing and existed only in legends. Unexpectedly, the tragic scene of the Japanese plague was already before his eyes.

The two hugged grass and slept in the thatched house for a night.

Chatting in the evening, Qi Ying asked about the salesman and said: "Old man, I heard that eighteen years ago, Wang Feng was so unjust that he killed his brothers Han Shuang and Tang Yu for a golden Buddha. Were you selling goods at that time?

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After hearing this, the salesman smoked a cigarette and said, "I wasn't here at that time. But Wang Feng is also a famous hero after all. Will he really abandon his righteousness for the sake of a golden Buddha?"

Qi Ying said angrily: "He will definitely do it, otherwise he wouldn't have given me the perspiration medicine. It's easy to imagine how bad his character is after using such despicable methods."

After hearing this, the salesman puffed on his cigarette and sighed at the moon.

At noon the next day, the carriage arrived at the foot of a large mountain.

The salesman pointed to the mountain and introduced: "This mountain is called Tiantai Mountain, a famous mountain in Zhejiang. There is a temple on the mountain called Guoqing Temple."

Guoqing Temple? Qi Ying thought of his master Hengzhi. Hengzhi said that he had been the abbot of Guoqing Temple.

Hengzhi told Qi Ying that when he was the abbot, he was given the position of abbot because of an accidental injury that left his left leg disabled and difficult to move.

Then he prepared to go back to Wutai Mountain to spend the rest of his life. On the way, he visited Qi Jinggong's family and accepted Qi Ying as his apprentice.

But Hengzhi did not tell Qi Ying much about his experience in Guoqing Temple. For example, the temple treasures of Guoqing Temple and the monks in the temple did not mention it to Qi Ying.

Therefore, to Qi Ying, Guoqing Temple is no different from how people from afar view Guoqing Temple. They are all hearsays about Guoqing Temple.

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As for the name and what the temple looks like inside, they are completely blank.

What Qi Ying knows more than people from far away is that Master Hengzhi once served as the abbot of Guoqing Temple, that's all.

Qi Ying thought of her master and wanted to go up the mountain to see the Guoqing Temple. But the salesman couldn't wait. He wanted to send Qi Ying to Taizhou City so that he could haul groceries back and explain to the bandits.

Bandits have been out of stock for several days, and it would be terrible to make them angry.

When Qi Ying heard about the salesman's difficulties, he didn't want to force him. If he didn't take the salesman's carriage, Qi Ying would have to walk to Taizhou City for two or three days.

Qi Ying stretched her head out of the car and looked at Tiantai Mountain, and was stunned by the majesty of the mountain.

What a majestic mountain, thousands of feet above the ground, with solitary peaks protruding from it. The most eye-catching place is that in the middle of the mountain, there is a deep ravine.

Qi Ying praised: "What a beautiful mountain. It's really majestic."

The salesman said: "The scenery on the mountain is better."

Qi Ying felt unwilling and persuaded again: "Old man, you really can't wait for me for one more day. I'll come down as soon as I go."

The salesman said: "It's not that I don't want to stay, but the copycat brothers have been out of stock for many days. If I don't bring the goods back, they will get angry and kill me."

"Okay." Qi Ying then stopped embarrassing the salesman.

Qi Ying thought for a while and decided not to go to Tiantai Mountain this time. She would go to Tiantai Mountain again when she has the opportunity.

The salesman added: "The golden Buddha you talked about last night is the temple treasure of Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain."

"Ah!" Qi Ying shouted in shock, "The golden Buddha that made the three Wang Feng brothers kill each other turned out to be the temple treasure of Guoqing Temple."

The salesman said: "Yes, it is priceless."

Qi Ying said: "With such an expensive temple treasure, no wonder Wang Feng forgets his righteousness when he sees it. I think this golden Buddha is too valuable."

"Ahem!" The salesman sighed, whipped up his whip, and sped up to leave Tiantai Mountain.

After passing Tiantai Mountain, Qi Ying asked the salesman again: "After passing Tiantai Mountain, how far is it from Taizhou?"

The salesman said: "There are still three days to go."

After the carriage drove out of Tiantai Mountain, there was a plain.

April is the busy farming season, but no one is seen working in the fields. Wild barnyard grass grows taller than people.

Qi Ying felt strange and asked: "Why are the fields in this place so barren and like this?"

"Ahem!" the salesman sighed: "Zhejiang is experiencing a Japanese invasion this year. Farmers have left their homes and all those who could have fled!"

Qi Ying lamented: "The poor land of fish and rice has become desolate!"

The salesman said: "Judging from the degree of desolation, the scale of the Japanese pirates' invasion this time is no smaller than last time!"

Qi Ying looked solemn and asked: "When was the last time Japanese pirates invaded?"

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The salesman said: "The last time the Japanese invaded in a large scale was the Battle of Shangfengling. It was twenty years ago!"

Qi Ying asked: "Old man, how knowledgeable are you? In the Battle of Shangfengling, how did Qi Jinggong get surrounded by Japanese troops?"

The salesman was silent for a while and said: "Don't mention it, I just sell goods."

Qi Ying felt that the same was true. Apart from hearing a lot about the horsemen who were pulling goods, how could they really know the truth about such a big event as the Battle of Shangfengling.

He then changed the topic and saw some frozen bones on the side of the road, and asked: "The Japanese invasion is serious now. How is the situation in Taizhou? Do you know?"

The salesman said: "Taizhou City is still holding on. The Japanese pirates have attacked several times. Taizhou City can hold on until now, which is already very good."

The two were talking when the carriage passed an intersection called Cross Bridge. Suddenly a girl in red rushed out from the other side of the road.

The girl in red was riding a white horse. The horse was going very fast. The girl pulled the reins of the horse quickly, but she still couldn't stop the horse and bumped into a carriage coming across the road.

This carriage was the peddler's carriage. The carriage was knocked over and the peddler rolled ten steps away. Qi Ying was not prepared and fell to the ground.

The girl's horse was also almost knocked down. She fell off the horse and jumped forward, landing right on Qi Ying's chest. Fortunately, Qi Ying fell to the ground first. She avoided a bloody head!

Qi Ying opened her eyes and saw a beautiful woman's face right next to her nose.

When the girl in red opened her eyes, she saw the face of a strange man right next to the tip of her nose.

"Ah!" they both shouted in shock at the same time.

After shouting for a while, they stopped and the two of them remembered to get up. They stood up in a hurry.

The girl's face turned red with embarrassment. She turned her back to Qi Ying and straightened her loose hair.

Qi Ying came back to her senses, looked at the girl with concern, and greeted: "Girl, are you okay?"

The girl looked back at Qi Ying and saw that Qi Ying was still staring at her, still shy about speaking. She complained in a clear voice: "Why are you so careless?"

"I..." Qi Ying was speechless for a moment.

He saw the girl, twenty-eight years old, with a figure as delicate as a willow, white skin, red lips, and a peach-like face, staring at him with shame and anger. He suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness.

When the girl saw him looking at her blankly, she turned away and ignored him.

She went to help the salesman and asked, "Senior, I'm sorry!"

The salesman touched his waist and was helped up by the girl in panic.

The salesman saw that the little girl was very polite. Although he was hit by her, he was not upset.

He looked at the girl up and down and asked with concern: "Girl, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, senior." The girl in red helped the salesman to sit on the roadside.
Chapter completed!