By the light of the fire, I could see the outline of a tall mountain gate.

Behind the mountain gate, there is a pitch black, completely hidden in the night, and the houses in the dense branches of the surrounding trees, the yellow walls, the red eaves doors and windows, also reveal a sense of heaviness in the night.

When I saw such a house, I suddenly chuckled in my heart: "This is—"

Wen Hu and the others had already walked over with torches in their hands, looked around, and said suspiciously: "This is, a temple?"

"Yes, a temple. ”

Ah Lan said, while raising his feet and walking up, Su Su and I hurriedly followed, Wen Hu beckoned the people behind him to lead the horse and chariot, and they all followed, and when they walked through the mountain gate and crossed a small bridge, they clearly saw the whole body of the temple, this temple is very new, like a new one, but there are some places where you can see the old feeling, which makes it difficult to judge the idea of this temple.

However, there is no plaque on the closed temple gate, and there is no place where the name of the temple is clearly written.

The uneasiness in my heart became more and more serious, and I followed closely behind Ah Lan, she went up and patted the door, and a little monk came out from inside, but at the age of seven or eight years old, I rubbed my eyes and opened the door, and when I saw a group of people standing at the door, I was suddenly frightened and sober.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are—"

Ah Lan smiled and said, "Little master, we met a bandit on our way, and we finally escaped, and we couldn't find a place to stay, can we stay in your temple for one night?"

I'm a little surprised, since I met, I have rarely seen Ah Lan speak so seriously and not tease others, probably when she arrived at Buddhism, even she put away her uninhibited personality.

The little monk looked at us, and sure enough, when he saw that we all had wolf faces, and some of us were injured, he turned pale with fright, and said, "I can't call the shots, I'm going to ask my master." ”

After saying that, he ran in.

Ah Lan was also obedient and did not follow in, and after a while, the little monk walked out with his master, a middle-aged monk. The monk was not very old, but he seemed very stable, and after a few words of conversation with our people, he asked us about the situation, and then let us in.

As soon as I walked into the temple, I felt even more uneasy.

This place, I can be sure that I have not been there, but there is a breathless sense of oppression all around, and several times when I crossed the threshold, I could not lift my feet, and even when I went down the steps, my feet were weak, and I almost fell.

The middle-aged monk walked in front with a lamp, his steps were very light, and in a short time he led us through several monasteries and up a long corridor. This promenade is built along a wall on the right, and on the left is open, and there are many flowers and plants planted under the high platform, but in the night, the lush greenery is not clear.

The monk said softly, "There is a wing room in front, please come with the poor monk." ”

None of us spoke, we just followed quietly.

Su Su seemed to be able to feel the apprehension in my heart, she kept clinging to my arm, walking in this long corridor, the footsteps became louder than before, just when we were about to reach the end of the corridor, she suddenly pointed to the side and said, "Miss, look over there!"

I looked up, and in the darkness of the night, there appeared an open gate on the wall on the right-hand side—no, not an open gate, but the gate, along with the walls on both sides, had collapsed and been slightly corrected, and on the other side of the gate was a charred ruin, as if it had been burned down by a fire.

It's-

The middle-aged monk who walked in front heard Su Su's voice, glanced back, and said simply: "Oh, that's the place where the temple has not yet been repaired, so don't go over, please come with the poor monk." ”

With that, he turned and walked down a step.

I took a deep breath and turned my head to see Zhao Shuyuan behind me, she was being supported, and her mind seemed to be unconscious, but when I saw the wall that had collapsed most of the time, the door, and the scorched black ruins, it suddenly seemed like someone had been stabbed, and my eyes widened in horror: "That, that's—"

Alan frowned and glanced back at her.

I immediately realized something, and hurriedly walked over to protect Zhao Shuyuan, covering her eyes with one hand to prevent her from looking over there, and then urged: "Let's go!

The monk who led the way in front of him subconsciously glanced at us, and I nodded apologetically at him, but he didn't say anything, only quickened his pace.

Soon, we arrived at the wing.

There are a lot of houses here, but they are empty, and there don't seem to be many people living there, so many of us can arrange a place to live, Su Su and I helped Zhao Shuyuan into a relatively large wing, as soon as I entered, Zhao Shuyuan almost fainted and fell, we finally helped her to bed, and saw that her face was flushed, constantly muttering something, reaching out and touching, the temperature on her face was hot.

She had a fever.

Su Su was used to taking care of others, as soon as she saw her sick, she immediately went out, and after a while she took back a cold water handkerchief, twisted it moist and put it on her forehead, the monk stood on the other side of the room, and said softly: "Since this benefactor is sick, the poor monk went to look for it, it seems that there are some antipyretic medicines in the pharmacy." ”

"Thank you, master. ”

He waved his hand, turned and walked out.

After a while, the little monk came running over and told us that his master had found the medicine and fried it, and that he would bring it to us in a few moments.

I thanked him, and the boy was so sleepy that he rubbed his eyes and left.

I walked back and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Zhao Shuyuan's panicked expression even if she was in a fever and coma, her brows were deeply wrinkled, she slept very unsteadily, kept muttering something, and her sweaty face was stained with sideburns, showing more and more a hint of wolf bèi and old age.

I took out my handkerchief and gently wiped her sweat.

Su Su was busy for a while, and then walked up to my side and asked softly, "Miss, what kind of place is this?"

“……”

"And that woman, why is she here again?"

I didn't speak, firstly, my own heart was also messy, and secondly, I also had too many things to ask Ah Lan, so I said: "There are some things that I haven't figured out yet, don't ask me yet." ”

"Oh......"

"You take good care of Shuyuan, and if there is anything wrong with her, come and call me immediately. ”

"Miss, where are you going?"

"I, I'll go out and have a look. ”

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and when I was supposed to rest, Su Su persuaded me twice, but when I didn't listen, I couldn't do it, so I could only tell me for more than half a day before sending me to the door.

I pushed the door open and walked out.

It's already the height of summer, but when the heat recedes at night, it's still quite cool, especially in such a mountain, the wind is cool, and as soon as I go out, I am blown by such a gust of wind and I shrink for a while.

This quiet temple is completely integrated into the night, and there is not a single sound.

But I know that this night, for many people, will be a sleepless night.

Thinking like this, I walked out slowly, along the road I had just entered, and in a short time I came to the half-collapsed wall, and there was no fire shining on it, and I couldn't see what the scene was on that side, but how much, I can imagine.

In particular, Nangong Jinhong is so sure that no one will be able to escape from the fire.

"What are you thinking?"

Behind me sounded Ah Lan's enchanting voice, a mocking tone, I turned around, and sure enough, I saw her slender figure slowly walking out of the night and walking in front of me.

"Thinking about me?"

I smiled slightly, "I was thinking about you, why did you bring us to this place." ”

"You say why. ”

Her eyes flickered in the night, and that gaze cleared my mind more and more, I glanced around, and then looked at her: "Here, this is Huangze Temple, right?"

"Hmm. ”

"Isn't there a fire here, though?"

"Well, it was a few years ago. ”

"Then why is there someone here again, and it's still a monk. ”

Ah Lan chuckled: "This place was originally a temple for monks to practice, back then, I heard that the emperor ordered the monks here to go somewhere else, and forcibly rebuilt it into a nunnery, as if it was specially for someone to practice." But in the fire a few years ago, everything was gone. ”

"And now—"

"The place burned down, but the hearts of the people are still there. Those monks who were taken elsewhere, as well as the people in the vicinity, were reluctant, so they privately raised some silver taels and rebuilt this place, which is still called Huangze Temple, but the monks who practiced were before, and they moved back one after another. ”

No wonder, this place looks like it's new, but some places look old again.

Huangze Temple......

Huangze Temple!

The place where Zhao Shuyuan practiced at the beginning, the fire a few years ago, everyone thought that she had been buried in the fire, even if I saw her again later and knew that she was still alive, but this place didn't mean anything more to me.

Until now, I have been here.

I looked up at the other side of the broken wall and said softly, "That place, isn't it—"

Ah Lan didn't speak, but he also turned his head to look over there, looked at it for a while, and chuckled: "The Buddha Gate is pure, and if you get some things, you can't be pure." ”

The two of us just looked at the ruins, and neither of us spoke again.

At night, it is as quiet as a glass bottle that will shatter when touched.

No one knows what will come out of this bottle when it is broken.

I don't know how long it took, but I finally slowly turned to face Ah Lan, breaking the silence: "Ah Lan, why did you appear this time, and why, did you bring us here?"