Chapter 244 Making a Mistake
The carriage stopped, Zhao Yushu got out, and looked up at the city gate which almost occupied his entire vision.
After going through so much trouble along the way, his friends tried their best, but they couldn't even save him or hold him off for a little longer.
But they did not return empty-handed. They fought for an opportunity to go to Beimang Mountain to further improve their cultivation.
With these good friends, my journey through time was not in vain.
"It seems that I have won." The old eunuch put his hands behind his back and looked at the city gate: "Once you walk through this gate, I will not be able to do anything about your affairs."
"Thank you for taking care of me along the way."
Zhao Yushu solemnly performed the salute as a disciple. The old eunuch stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch his lowered head, but finally changed his gesture and helped him up.
"In all things, your own life is the most important." After the old eunuch said this, he let him get back into the carriage and left. His journey ended at the city gate.
The Tianlao in Chang'an is different from other places.
It's the emperor's place, so sometimes some important person might accidentally commit a crime and get locked up. Similarly, one day he might get out again. If you don't serve him well and he ends up in jail, do you still want to keep your life as the person in charge?
But in a feudal society, no matter how good the conditions were, they were not that good. Zhao Yushu pulled the straw on the bed and said, "I was living in a mansion in Tongguan a few days ago."
I thought the old eunuch was joking when he said he would stay in the Tianlao for a few days first, but I didn't expect it to be true. The expected scenes such as the Jinwu Guards lining the streets to welcome me, or the old madman coming over and grabbing me and running away, did not happen. The carriage just quietly arrived at the Tianlao, and two jailers asked me to get off the car and go into prison. This shocking escort ended silently.
Is this a bit too casual? After all, I am at the fifth level.
Zhao Yushu opened the prison door casually. Hmm, the door is not even locked? Is it so perfunctory?
Anyway, even if you calculated it correctly, you wouldn't dare to leave, right?
There are at least three or four floors in the sky prison, and I am on the second underground floor. However, I am the only prisoner on this floor, and there is no one to chat with.
At noon, the jailer came with a food box, which contained four dishes, a soup, and a pot of wine, which was considered a sumptuous meal. However, it was not known whether the jailer had received orders, but no matter what Zhao Yushu said, he just put down his food and left without saying a word, and then came back an hour later to clean up the dishes.
This situation lasted for three full days.
Zhao Yushu felt something was wrong. On the first day, he could still happily lie on the straw bed with his legs crossed and sing little songs. On the second day, he opened the cell door and wandered around the entire floor with his hands behind his back. On the third day, he was so bored that he began to think about life.
Are you trying to suffocate me?
After all, Zhang Tianshi is a top-notch inner realm master. Even if he doesn't have the ability of his senior brother to travel a thousand miles in one step, his speed will definitely not be so slow that he cannot reach Xijing in three days.
What's even more strange is that during these three days, there should be someone who came to talk to me, no matter if they were the emperor's people or people from the academy. What's wrong with these people? There's no reason for them to apply and go through the process to see me, right?
If no one comes after tonight, I will go out by myself and see how you respond.
Zhao Yushu lay back on the straw bed, waiting for night to fall. The torches were lit one by one, and then a heavy sound of footsteps came from outside the corridor.
Here comes someone.
I had just made up my mind to take the initiative when someone came over here.
They are not jailers. Jailers are all mortals. Secretary Zhao Yu has become familiar with their steps and even the sounds of the wind they make when they walk in the past few days.
A dark shadow illuminated by the firelight blocked his way in front of him, and then did not move for a long time, as if waiting for him to wake up.
Zhao Yushu opened his eyes and looked at the person outside the door. At this moment, he did not see this person, but the scene of the unknown man outside Nanyang City crying and crushing the red lotus. He saw the endless hell.
"Amitabha, Mr. Zhao, I finally see you."
The monk was very old, neither tall nor fat. He had no robes, only a simple and clean grey monk's robe. Such a person should be very light, but his footsteps were surprisingly heavy, as if he was carrying countless sins.
"Master Yanhui?" Zhao Yushu immediately thought of the identity of the person who came because of his endless cultivation that was like the bloody hell of the Styx.
"It's the poor monk."
Yan Hui opened the cell door, walked in slowly, and sat cross-legged on the straw bed.
Zhao Yushu's eyelids twitched. "Why don't you take off your shoes? I still have to sleep tonight."
"I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Waiting for me? I've been waiting for you here for three days.
"You can't blame me. The carriage was going so fast and they refused to let me come over by myself." The best way to talk to monks is not to follow their pace and talk nonsense. After all, they are professionals in debates and you will fall into their trap if you are not careful.
Yan Hui smiled: "Donor Zhao is really a wonderful person. I have wanted to see you since you were in Nanyang, and have been waiting until today."
Zhao Yushu also smiled: "Master, if you want to see me so much, why don't you go directly to Jiangning? I shouldn't be able to hide my itinerary from you."
"I am old, and my legs are not strong enough to walk that far." Yan Hui pointed at his legs as if he was chatting.
"But you still walked from the Great Compassion Temple to the Eastern Capital, and then to the Western Capital. Although I have some skills, I am definitely not capable enough to attract the attention of a top five master in the world. Master, you can't tell me that you came to me because of the Buddha's revelation, right?"
Yan Hui smiled, but did not reply to his question. Instead, he asked a completely unrelated question: "What did Mr. Zhao see when he saw me?"
Zhao Yushu's muscles tensed up immediately: "It's my fault."
"If you know you are wrong, you must correct it."
Zhao Yushu sneered: "So I chopped off Wang Shaolin's dog head, but unfortunately, there are still a few missing."
"You have such a strong desire to kill, why don't you follow me back to the Great Compassion Temple and calm down in front of the Buddha?"
Zhao Yushu looked at Yan Hui in surprise and said, "It's not impossible."
Yan Hui was also surprised. He didn't believe that Zhao Yushu was so easy to talk to.
"I just don't know, when I arrive at the Great Compassion Temple, should I worship Tathagata or Maitreya?"
Yan Hui's expression froze: "When we get to Dabei Temple, you will tell me who you belong to."
Zhao Yushu spread his hands and said, "What the master said just now is very right. If you know you are wrong, you must correct it. I was wrong, so naturally my teacher should discipline me."
What he meant was, I have the old man protecting me, who do you think you are, and you want to take me away?
Yan Hui was stunned when he heard this: "It seems that the rumors in the martial arts world are true. The people in the academy have different abilities, but there is one thing they have learned 100% from the old madman."
"Handsome and strong?"
"They are all arrogant and domineering, and they are annoying."
Zhao Yushu was amused. He thought that the abbot of Dabei Temple was a highly accomplished monk after all, and should have a very calm temperament. However, he started swearing after just a few words. He didn't know if it was because he was stimulated too much by his teacher in normal times, and he would react instinctively when the teacher's name was mentioned.
"Master Yan Hui, if you can convince my teacher, I can go with you. If you can't come to an agreement, don't waste your time here. I won't accompany you to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures until my earthly ties are over."
After saying that, he lay back and said, "Please lift your legs. This bed is very small. By the way, please close the door when you leave."
However, Yan Hui did not move at all.
Zhao Yushu was unhappy. After all, you are a big boss and you should have the proper manners when doing things. You can't call my teacher a lunatic while doing things even more unreasonable than him.
Yan Hui looked at him deeply without saying a word.
"Master, if you think staying here will work, then I'll go sleep next door. There are plenty of empty rooms."
Yan Hui still didn't say anything, but just put his hand into his arms.
"I tell you, it's useless even if you take out a Golden Desert Eagle, you!" Zhao Yushu's words suddenly stopped, and he stared blankly at the thing in Yan Hui's hand.
It was a black storage bag.