Tuesday, March 25, in the mountains of the upper reaches of the Tama River.

Mori, Ran, Yamazaki, Midaiko, Sonoko, and Conan carried a meal cloth on their heads, and walked all the way down the dirt road in the heavy rain to the gate of the mud temple, and then along the stone road to the mud temple in the middle of the mountainside.

Mori, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are the first to enter the gate, and Midako helps Yamazaki collect the cloth under the eaves.

Standing in the gloomy hallway, Yuan Zi smiled and said, "Ah, I am finally saved." ”

Maori asked loudly, "Excuse me, is anyone there?"

A tall man came out of it with a dim lantern in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"

In the dim light, the Maori four barely saw the person's appearance, it was an old bald monk, with a long beard, long, uh, it should be a facial organ called the nose, looking at the nose that protruded from the face was almost ten centimeters long, the Maori four were stunned.

Without receiving an answer, the old monk said sharply, "I ask you what you are doing here." ”

Maori said: "We ......"

"Are you journalists?" called the old monk, pointing to the camera hanging from his neck in the garden, "Go back, this is not the place for you filthy people." ”

Mei Daizi, who was holding a boar's head, came in and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ah, then, what is that?" asked the old monk who couldn't see clearly, with some horror.

"The head of a boar. Mei Daizi stepped forward and smiled, "Look, there are fangs." ”

"Ahh

Yamazaki came in and shouted, "Midaiko." ”

"Yes. Midaiko withdrew her hand as she said, and then whispered to Yamazaki, "His nose is really interesting." ”

Maori asked, "Well, we happened to have a flat tire when we passed through here, can we borrow it for the night?"

"Ahem. The monk asked, "Do you want to live here?"

"Yes. Yamazaki said.

The monk smiled, "I just said it earlier, I thought you were the ones who wanted to interview that." ”

"That?" asked the garden, "what is it?"

The monk covered his mouth and said, "No... Nothing, just some legends here. Then he said, "Visit the temple, stay overnight, and have a meal tonight and tomorrow morning, 20,000 yen for adults, 15,000 yen for minors, and 10,000 yen for children." ”

"W-what?" Māori was taken aback.

The monk smiled: "Actually, our temple is also in the business of accommodation, and we have a very good scenery here, so you can stay for a few more days." Then he smiled and said, "By the way, if you need an invoice, please add another 5,000 yen." Then he said in a deep voice, "Of course, if you don't stay, let me remind you that in this weather, it will take at least an hour and a half to walk to a place where there is a car." ”

"No, no, we live," Maori said, "and forget the invoice." "As he spoke, he took out his wallet, which is much more profitable than my office, and he doesn't have to pay taxes. Then I clicked, 10,000 yen and 10 tickets, accommodation 90,000 yen, car rental, how can I spend this month, I knew that I didn't save 1 million yen for the last bonus.

Looking at Maori counting the money, the monk smiled and said, "It's good that you want to stay, it's raining so hard, it's nothing if you run into a flash flood, in case you run into that guy......"

"That guy?" Lan asked, a little scared, "what is it?"

"Bears, not that cute. The monk said, and then said gloomily, "An ancient monster that loves the rain and the night, and specializes in plundering the souls of humans, the Misty Tengu!"

"Ahh Maori, Ran, and Sonoko were startled together.

"Ancient monster Mist Tengu?" her voice trembled a little, and Midaiko asked, "Really?"

Conan straightened his triangular eyes and stayed with people, this story is too ridiculous. But I really didn't expect that Mei Daizi was also afraid of this.

Yamazaki heard that Midaiko was suppressing her great excitement, rubbed her forehead, and had a headache.

The monk smiled: "Of course it's a legend, but many reporters have come here to annoy me." ”

"Reporter? Mei Daizi smiled excitedly, "Stay, stay, brother, we live." ”

"Huh?" Maori, Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and the monk were stunned together.

"Okay," Yamazaki smiled, "Uncle, I'll be the one to come out today." ”

"How embarrassing is that. Maori put away his wallet and smiled.

Taking out his wallet and taking out ten 10,000 yen for the monk, Yamazaki smiled and said, "I hope you can do it conveniently with this 10,000 yen." As he spoke, he gestured with his chin to the boar's head in Mei Daiko's hand and the shochu in Maori's hand.

"Well. The monk said.

Yamazaki smiled, "Add another 20,000 yen." As he spoke, he handed over another 20,000 yen.

"No problem. The monk put away the money and said with a smile, "Buddhism has always opened the door to convenience. As he spoke, he pressed the wall in the corridor next to him, and the hallway lit up, and then explained with a smile, "We generate the electricity here ourselves, so we need to save a little and turn it on only when there are guests." As he spoke, he blew out the lantern.

Yuan Zi smiled: "In this case, this fee has been said." ”

At this time, with the accompaniment of "the lights are on, there are guests." There was a sound of running and four young monks came out, the leader was a medium-sized man, followed by a big fat man of medium stature, then a tall man, and finally a short little fat man.

"I'm so sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm the abbot of this temple, Tianyong. The monk smiled, and then introduced in turn, "These four are the monks who practice in the temple, this is the elder brother Kuan Nian who has been practicing for the longest time, this is the Tun Nian of the great appetite, good at cooking and the strong man, this is the Mu Nian who is very skillful, and the carpentry work in the temple is done by one hand, this is the Xiu Nian who just entered the temple last year, although he is short in stature, but he studies quite hard and is very smart. ”

"This is Uncle Maori, his daughter Ran, and this is Sonoko, Mei Daiko, and Conan. Yamazaki introduced, "I'm Yamazaki. ”

After greeting each other, Abbot Tianyong said, "Then, Tun Nian and Mu Nian will go and prepare dinner, and Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian will take these guests to visit the temple. ”

Yamazaki asked, "Can you borrow a kitchen for it?"

Abbot Tianyong smiled: "It doesn't matter if the wine is there, we also drink a little during the festival, but the meat really can't be used." ”

"That's a faux pas. Yamazaki unfolded the cloth and said to Midako, "Wrap it up, it's cold here, so it's okay to leave it overnight." ”

"Oh. Midaiko said as she placed the boar's head in the cloth and asked Yamazaki to wrap it. Then, while Yamazaki was wrapping it, he borrowed a camera from the garden, took a few pictures of the five monks, and then returned the camera to the garden.

"What is this for?" asked the garden in a whisper.

"His nose, don't you think he's like a lying Pinocchio?" asked Midako in a whisper.

"Really," said the gardener, smiling, "I just thought there was something I didn't remember, and this was it." ”

Yamazaki wrapped the boar's head and handed it to Tun Nian, "No need to prepare my meal with Mei Daiko." ”

After Maori handed over the wine to Abbot Tianyong, Abbot Tianyong, Tun Nian and Mu Nian left.

Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian prepared slippers for Maori and the group, and took them for a walk.

In the main hall, Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian first bowed to the enshrined Buddha statue, and Kuan Nian said: "This is the Buddha statue of the town temple of Shanni Temple, which is the ancestral spirit. ”

Lan said, "It looks solemn. ”

Yuan Zi smiled: "That's for sure. ”

Kuan Nian smiled and asked, "How about it, do you want to buy a place here?" and then quickly explained, "Just kidding, just kidding." Then he smiled, "It's rude, as an apology, let me show you the beautiful scenery here." Then he bowed to the Buddha statue with Xiu Nian.

Walking out of the main hall, Conan suddenly noticed a locked but unlocked house, so he asked, "What is that place?" and ran over.

"Little brother, there's ......" Before Kan Nian's words were finished, Conan had already opened the door.

"Sorry, he's curious. Yamazaki said.

"Locked, is this a warehouse?" asked Maori.

"Well, it's just a small room. Conan looked at the empty room and said, "It's just that the ceiling is so high." ”

Kuan Nian led everyone to the small room and introduced, "This is a practice room, and monks who violated the precepts in the past will be locked up here for reflection. ”

"No wonder it was built so strong," Maori said, touching the wall, "and it was painted so that people wouldn't climb on it." ”

"Hey, why is the color of the planks in this corner different from the other boards?" asked Conan, pointing to the corner across the door.

"Boy, what are you doing with all the questions?" said the gardener angrily, "and it has nothing to do with you. ”

"This is because that incident damaged this place, and Senior Brother Mu Nian repaired the traces left after the fact. Xiu Nian said, and then asked, "Is that so, Senior Brother Kuan Nian?"

"What about the incident?" asked Maori.

"That incident happened before I came to this temple, so I don't know the details," Xiunian said, "It seems to be about the Foggy Tengu." ”

"What?" asked Midaiko.

Kuan Nian said: "Don't talk about Xiu Nian, how can you tell the guests about this kind of thing." ”

Midaiko asked, "Hey, Kiritengu......"

"Do you hear the sound of water?" said Kannian, "that's where I want to show you, please come with me." With that, he took the lead and walked out of the reflection room.

"Really. Midaiko grumbled, and followed Yamazaki.

Out of this room, from the stairs to the attic, everyone came to the balcony, and Kuan Nian said: "It's night, and during the day the view is very good, and you can see far away. Next to it is a waterfall, and the water flows right over this balcony, because there are many cherry blossoms upstream, and there are many petals in the water. ”

"Really. Lan looked at the flowing water from the balcony and said, "It's so beautiful." ”

Yuan Zi smiled: "This construction is very distinctive. ”

Kuan Nian smiled: "Donors should be careful, this place is very slippery, although those gaps are blocked, and the handrails are also reinforced, but it is still very dangerous if you accidentally slip." ”

Soon after, Kuan Nian said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the time is almost up, Tun Nian should have finished dinner, and we can go to the dining room." Then he led Maori and his party to the dining room. ……