Chapter Twenty-Three: A Big, Big Old Locust Tree

Tang Sanzang hugged Ao Xiaobai, who was wrapped in a ball, his face was slightly gloomy, he didn't expect such a thing to happen in this town, the resident's reaction was understandable, he pondered for a while, and then asked: "By the way, you said that you are a monster who eats people, but someone has seen his appearance?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "No one has seen it, when I was a child, I heard stories from the old people in the town, saying that when it rains, there will be children in the town who will not be seen, I always thought it was a legend." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but some time ago it rained for more than ten days, and there were no more than a dozen children in the town at once, but the people who lost their children were crazy. ”

"It seems that there is a child-eating youkai who has been living near this town all along, and when it rains, it comes out to eat children. Sun Wukong's voice was slightly deep, and he glanced at Ao Xiaobai, "It must be that a child like this is more delicious." ”

"Senior sister, don't scare me. Ao Xiaobai buried his head deeper.

"By the way, since you are monks, you can go to the Guanyin Temple in front of you to spend the night, don't think about it in the town. It's getting dark, and I'm going back first. The middle-aged man pointed in the direction, turned around and walked away quickly.

"Let's go, go to the temple and spend the night. Tang Sanzang hugged Ao Xiaobai and walked forward with one hand leading the horse.

Ao Xiaobai was very light, but it was not easy to hold when wrapped in a ball, and after walking for a while, she jumped to the ground by herself, holding Tang Sanzang's hand tightly.

"I can't feel the demon, this monster is either stronger than me, or it's not in town. Sun Wukong closed his eyes for a while, opened them and looked at Tang Sanzang and said.

"Well, not in town. Tang Sanzang nodded, he didn't feel the breath of the monster, the monster stronger than him hadn't seen what it looked like.

Along the way, the cold wind blew on the empty streets, which was extremely deserted, and the sound of crying could be faintly heard, which should be the cry of those who have lost their children.

The youkai who eats children is really not a good youkai, and it ruined a family overnight

"Master, is it okay for me to sleep with you at night. Ao Xiaobai shook Tang Sanzang's hand, with a pitiful expression on his face.

"If you're afraid, just sleep with your senior sister, it's not good to sleep with your master. Tang Sanzang shook his head and said.

"Don't. Wukong shook her head and refused, "She slept next to me last time and bit my hand." ”

"Senior sister, okay......" Ao Xiaobai let go of Tang Sanzang's hand, hugged Sun Wukong's long legs and began to be coquettish.

After walking west of the town for a while, in a mountain col, a temple with a wide area and overlapping temples and meditation rooms appeared in sight.

"It's pretty big. Tang Sanzang was a little surprised, he thought that the temple on the edge of such a town should be a dilapidated small temple, but he didn't expect that the scale of this temple could catch up with Jinshan Temple.

The three of them led the horse and walked over, walked to the temple gate, looked up, and saw that the horizontal plaque read: "Guanyin Zen Temple" four big characters. The trees on both sides of the stone path have lost their leaves, and if it is summer, it must be a scene of forest forestry.

"It's Sister Kannon's dojo. Xiao Bai pointed to the plaque and said, glanced at Sun Wukong slightly, and silently took his finger back.

"Guanyin Zen Temple?" Tang Sanzang said lightly, no, how can this temple sound so familiar? It seems to have appeared in Journey to the West, but for a while he couldn't remember where it was.

Sun Wukong pushed his sunglasses on his head, just covering the ears of the two beasts.

"I'm going to knock on the door. Tang Sanzang handed the reins to Wukong, and just wanted to step forward and knock on the door, but the door creaked open, and a tall and thin monk in his twenties came out in front of him.

When the monk opened the door and saw Tang Sanzang and the others, he was also stunned, and when he saw Tang Sanzang wearing a robe, he hurriedly folded his hands and said: "Little monk Guangzhi, I don't know where the master came from? "The voice is warm, but it is quite kind.

Tang Sanzang also folded his hands and saluted: "The poor monk Tang Sanzang, from the Tang Dynasty in the eastern soil, went to the west to learn scriptures, it was late to get here, and he wanted to spend the night in the treasure temple." ”

Hearing this, Guangzhi glanced at Sun Wukong and Ao Xiaobai, and his face showed a little difficulty, "If the master wants to stay overnight, it is naturally no problem, but it is a pure place for Buddhism, but the two girls are a little inconvenient, you see ......"

Tang Sanzang smiled and waved his hand and said, "These two are the apprentices of poor monks, and they are also people in Buddhism, you don't have to mind." ”

Hearing this, Guangzhi hesitated, and wanted to speak, but Sun Wukong on the side raised his eyebrows and said: "Monk, don't take us in yet, be careful that I smash your broken temple." ”

Guang Zhi was surprised, glanced at Sun Wukong, turned around and walked towards the temple, and said as he walked: "Those three, please come in first, everything will wait for me to report to the abbot master, and then he will decide." ”

Tang Sanzang nodded and followed Guangzhi into the door. Ao Xiaobai pulled the corner of his clothes and followed him step by step. Sun Wukong turned around and said something to Bai Ma, so he didn't need to lead him, and Bai Ma followed him into the door.

Entering the temple gate, there was a large courtyard, and the locust tree on the left side of the courtyard suddenly attracted Tang Sanzang's attention.

Because the locust tree was so big that twenty people could not wrap around the trunk, it was more than twenty feet high, the leaves had fallen, and the black branches stretched out to the sky like claws, like a devil's claw from the depths of the earth, which was shocking.

The lower branches are tied with some prayer cloth strips and incense sachets, red and white, fluttering with the cold wind, which looks particularly strange in this slightly dim environment.

At this time, there was an old woman with a square scarf wrapped around her head under the tree, burning yellow paper, while crying in a low voice, accompanied by the whining of the wind, very poignant.

Ao Xiaobai hugged Tang Sanzang's thigh all of a sudden. Tang Sanzang stopped, glanced at the old woman, looked at the old locust tree, and narrowed his eyes.

This Guanyin Monastery gives him a strange feeling, the general temple is dedicated to the gods and Buddhas, even if it is not shrouded in Buddha light, there will be no cold feeling.

And this Guanyin Zen Temple seems to be shrouded in a layer of fog, it seems to be resentful, but I don't know where it is, the breath is a little mixed, I'm afraid that the legendary man-eating monster can't escape from here.

Sun Wukong stared at the tree trunk for a long time, shook his head, and looked left and right a few more times.

"This is the Buddha tree of our Guanyin Temple, I don't know how many years it is, for thousands of years, the Guanyin Temple has declined several times, rebuilt several times, only this old locust tree has been standing, there is a book in the temple, and there are several times that the Buddha tree has been recorded. ”

Guang Zhi saw that the three of them stopped and looked at the big locust tree, and also stopped to introduce, his eyes fell on the old woman under the tree, his face showed a little pitiful, and he sighed and said: "That's Wang Po, thirty years ago, her five-year-old daughter disappeared, and a few days ago, her four-year-old granddaughter Yan'er also disappeared. ”

"Granny is so pitiful. Ao Xiaobai said softly, but the hand holding Tang Sanzang's thigh was a little harder, "Master, it seems that there are really monsters that eat children." ”

Sun Wukong walked towards the old locust tree. Tang Sanzang leaned over and picked up Ao Xiaobai, looked at Guangzhi and asked, "You said monsters, have you ever seen them, and what records do you have in your temple?"

"If the little monk had seen it, I'm afraid he would have been eaten by that monster. Guangzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, but suddenly remembered something, and smiled: "But the abbot said that he seemed to have seen that monster once when he was young, and if the master is curious, you can ask him later." ”

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