That night, Zhou Rong and five partners met at the Wenyun Lou Tavern to discuss the next work matters.

Zhou Rong's foot, which had been bitten by a poisonous snake before, had been hurting from time to time recently for some reason, such as at this moment, it was itchy and painful, but he still couldn't resist the discomfort and arranged his work carefully.

"Ding An's house is surrounded by mountains, but there are not many trees on the mountains, which is not convenient for ambushes, so the best way for us to monitor from here. Zhou Rong drew as he spoke, and then erected the painting for everyone to see.

The painting depicts a dilapidated temple on the hillside diagonally opposite the Ding family's house.

Zhou Rong explained: "We hid in the ruined temple, and then dug a few holes in the walls of the ruined temple in order to monitor the situation of the Ding family. In terms of division of labor, there are six of us, divided into three shifts every day, two people in each shift, how about it?"

There was no opinion.

So Zhou Rong assigned: "I am in a group with Liao Yuanji, Zhang Yuanfeng and Wei Bang, Wu Yichang and Ding Wu." ”

There was no objection from the crowd.

After the division of labor was completed, Zhou Rong said: "At that time, we will live in the broken temple." As for eating, try to do it in the broken temple, and of course, you can occasionally go to the restaurant outside for a meal. ”

Ding Wu said: "The broken temple is already very broken, it will definitely leak rain on rainy days, and it will definitely be windy on windy days, and the living environment is too bad." ”

Wei Bang also agreed: "That place is indeed not suitable for long-term residence. ”

Zhou Rong said: "We are on a mission, and we are not here to enjoy, we can't have the idea of greedy enjoyment, and besides, our money is limited." ”

Liao Yuanji spoke: "If the money is not enough, I can apply for another point with King Guangxian." ”

Zhou Rong smiled at him and said, "Thank you, it's understandable for the three of you to use King Guangxian's money, but the three of us shouldn't." ”

"You can also apply to your monarch again. Wei Bang said.

Wu Yichang smiled and said, "We all understand what you mean, but we are spending a lot more money here than we budgeted, so we hope to save as much as possible." Of course, we can apply to our monarch, but as Brother Zhou said, we are here to carry out a mission, and it is already good to have a place to stay, so we will not be too particular. ”

Zhou Rong nodded, and said to Liao Yuanji, Wei Bang and Ding Wu: "If you really don't want to live in the broken temple, of course you can find another place to live, as long as you come to work on time every day." ”

"That's fair. Liao Yuanji said. Then he looked at Wei Bang and Ding Wudao: "Since everyone is here to carry out the mission, don't make such a big difference, and we will also live in the broken temple with them." ”

Wei Bang was a little hesitant, and Ding Wu had already nodded decisively.

Liao Yuanji patted Wei Bang's shoulder and said, "Brother......."

Wei helped: "Boss, don't talk about it, I won't go to live outside alone." ”

Zhou Rong smiled: "Very good, then I will ask you to bear with me in the future." ”

Early the next morning, the six of them changed their appearances, changed their clothes, and then took a carriage to the entrance of the village where Ding's house was located, and then went to the broken temple in batches.

Zhou Rong and Wu Yichang walked ahead.

Wu Yichang said: "It stands to reason that if the temple is broken, the local people will have to raise money to repair it, so why should this temple be allowed to fall into ruins? Don't you think it's strange?"

Zhou Rong leaned close to his ear and said, "I asked someone a few days ago, and I heard that this ruined temple was haunted ten years ago, so people here don't dare to come again." Not long after, they built a new temple in another place, and now everyone here goes to that new temple if they want to burn incense and pray for Buddha. ”

"Haunted?" Wu Yichang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he trembled unconsciously at the same time.

"Shh," Zhou Rong gestured, "Don't tell them about this, so they won't dare to live in it one by one." If they find out one day in the future, they will count it then. ”

Wu Yichang nodded, and said a little hesitantly: "But, aren't you afraid?"

"Me?" Zhou Rong glanced at Wu Yichang and said, "Let's put it this way, of course I'm afraid, but it is precisely because it gives people a mysterious and terrifying feeling that outsiders will not go there, so it is not easy for people to find out when we live inside." ”

"But, what if you feel scared after moving in?" Wu Yichang asked uneasily.

His pace slowed down, too.

Zhou Rong Zhengse said: "If it is really haunted, why hasn't anything happened in the past ten years? In my opinion, the previous haunted events may have been man-made, so we just went to verify it this time." ”

Wu Yichang shuddered and said, "Lord Zhou is really bold. ”

Zhou Rong stood still and said, "Otherwise, since you are afraid, you will wait outside the door first, I will go first to see it, and then call you in when I am finished, how about it?"

Wu Yichang nodded hurriedly.

The two of them walked along the winding mountain road in the direction of the ruined temple.

As he walked, Zhou Rong suddenly stopped and said to Wu Yichang: "This is strange." ”

Wu Yichang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look," Zhou Rong pointed to the path that winds forward, "this path is not overgrown with weeds, so it can be seen that there are people who often walk around." But hasn't that ruined temple been abandoned for a long time? How could anyone move this way?"

After Zhou Rong said this, Wu Yichang also felt strange, but soon Wu Yichang explained, "Maybe there is a fork in the road not far ahead." ”

"Maybe. Zhou Rong said.

So the two of them continued on their way.

Sure enough, less than thirty feet away, there was a fork in the road ahead.

The two stood still in front of the fork in the road and looked around.

The path leading to the ruined temple was the most barren, and it was almost impossible to tell the path.

Zhou Rong drew his sword and split the weeds on the road.

After walking about forty feet away, the ruined temple appeared in front of the two of them.

The two of them looked at each other in unison.

I saw that the tiles on the top of the ruined temple were almost blown away by the wind, and there were still a few pieces left lying pitifully on the broken wooden beams. The main entrance of the temple was closed, and eighty percent of the red paint on the door had fallen off, and the rest hung like the bark of an old tree that was about to fall. Large cobwebs hung from the doorbeams, and several large, black spiders were concentrating on catching their prey. The temple is surrounded by wild trees and overgrown weeds, enveloping the temple in it, giving the temple a distressing dilapidated scene.

"Looking at the cobwebs, it can be seen that there has been no one living in it for a long time. Wu Yichang said, then turned his head and asked Zhou Rong, "By the way, how do you know that there is a Buddha statue in it? Have you been here before?"

Zhou Rong replied: "I guess that the average Buddha statue is either made of gold, silver, copper, iron, or clay, jade, or ceramics, and these materials are not easily burned by fire, nor are they easily weathered, so it should not be able to turn it into dust for ten years." ”