In an open plain surrounded by mountains and rivers, there is a circular village, the fence of the village is made of stones, high and large, along the edge of the fence all the way to build a lot of small houses, in the middle of the village stands two houses, the Buddha stands on the head of the cloud and looks down. Of the two houses, one was built on flat land and the other in a pond. Both houses are of the same style, typical of the Five Elements building, and the kind in the southern style.

The houses in the south are all centered on the patio as the center of the five elements, the front door of the patio faces south, the back door faces north, and the left and right sides of the patio are side doors. In front of the patio is the Ming Hall, and behind it is the Spirit (God) Hall. There is a wooden wall on the border between the Ming Hall and the patio, and there is a transept on each side of the wooden wall. There are two wings on each side of the Ming Hall and the Shrine Hall, both of which are divided by the side doors on both sides of the five elements, and the overall building of this structure looks more like Bagua.

The biggest feature of this kind of house is the front door and the back door, of course, this is also the common feature of all houses, the door of the Chinese house is very particular, it is set according to the sky, the earth, and the people. The front door is the main gate, which is very tall, with two knockers on it, and a high threshold, making it look like an imperial majesty. The gate is called the dragon gate, and the corners on both sides of the door extend to both sides, and the upper half of the door is wider than the lower half. But in real life, everyone's door is boxy.

The back door is much smaller than the gate, and it is called the phoenix gate. Some homes have a phoenix tail above the back door, but this often looks more like the sun's rays. Because this design is so cumbersome, 90 percent of people will choose to abandon this setting! These two doors symbolize heaven and earth. The gate that symbolizes the human being is called the Yuanmen, and it is said that this kind of gate has nothing to do with our culture! The Yuanmen is generally the gate of the courtyard.

The two houses that the Buddha saw were divided into two floors, and the second floor of the house was surrounded by wooden balconies. The Buddha is very knowledgeable, he can see the style of the house at a glance, the patio symbolizes yin and yang, plus the four doors are like the five elements, and the left and right four sets of wings are like the gossip. Coupled with the courtyard gate, it is a complete yin and yang five elements gossip style. Compared with the courtyard houses in the north, its cultural atmosphere is not one or two points, although the courtyard houses in the north are also built according to the five elements, but compared with the houses in the south, the cultural symbolism gap is not one or two points. For the courtyard houses in the north, my personal opinion is that your house is so wide!

The most amazing thing about the Buddha is the house built on the water, this kind of house built on the water, the biggest requirement is that the water level will never exceed the warning line in the most waterlogged season. When the weather is dry, its water level will never fall below the warning line.

The village was full of men, women, and children, and many of them were sitting at the door chatting. The Buddha and Yi Cun lowered the clouds, and Yi Cun asked an old man, "Old man, we want to spend the night here, do we have a spare room to spend the night?"

The old man pointed to the house in the middle of the pond with his hand and said, "Ask our leader!"

Hearing this, the Burning Lamp Buddha and Yi Cun took a deep look at the old man and found that his skin was brown and his eyes were green. The Buddha could see at a glance that the people living in it were not real humans, but tree spirits! I just don't know how they could understand the architectural patterns of the southerners.

The Buddha came to the house and asked the two guards standing at the door to see the leader of the stockade and see if they could spend the night there. One of the guards told the two of them to wait for a moment. In the distance, someone asked the old tree spirit who had just spoken to the Buddha of the Burning Lamp: "What's the matter? They look like they're humans, too!"

The old tree spirit said: "They are also human beings, and they are the same as the one who has three eyes on their foreheads last time, and they are all here to stay overnight." ”

After a few moments, the guard came out and said to the Burning Buddha, "Chief, please, come with me." ”

The guards came to the shrine with the two Buddhas with the lamp, and there was a incense table in front of the shrine, and a woman in her forties sat on the chair. This woman's round face, thick lips, and dark skin make her feel like a firewood girl. There are big earrings hanging on both ears, a blue dress, and bare feet. Although she didn't wear shoes, her feet were clean and not a little dusty.

She had a very thin chain wrapped around her left and right wrists, and a sharp awl was attached to the tip of the chain. Strangely, her hair was covered in a coarse cloth bag, and it is unknown why she did so. Looking at her dark eyes, the girl's whole appearance felt less like a tree spirit but a human.

There were a few people sitting on her left and right, and it seemed clear that they were her subordinates. The female leader looked at the Buddha and said, "Guests from afar, why do you want to stay here?"

The Burning Lamp Buddha said: "Little Lao'er Lonely Zhuyan, the personal guard next to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi of the Heavenly Court, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, have you heard of it?"

The female leader nodded and said, "I have heard a little, so the land is deserted and remote within thousands of miles, and there is not enough access to external information. I don't know why Lao Suo came to this remote place today?"

The Buddha said, "Because Zhongsun Jian, the guardian of the Nantianmen, violated the rules of heaven to compile the Book of Life and Death, he is now looking for a thousand-year-old tail everywhere to make a divine pen." It's not a coincidence, for example, today's Yuan Shi Tianzun of the court was trapped on Penglai Island, and I was ordered by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi to walk around, but when I met a cultivator, I must persuade him to be careful of Zhongsun Jian, and persuade them to hide it after they encounter it, so as not to let Zhongsun Jian find out. Auntie, do you understand?"

The female leader said, "Oh! He wants to write "Life and Death"! Why haven't I heard of it? Why? You mean that Zhong Sun Jian is very dangerous?"

The Buddha said: "He looks ambitious on the surface now, but as for whether he is dangerous or not, I don't know yet." ”

After listening to the words of the Burning Lamp Buddha, the female leader frowned, and said to her subordinates: "Take this old gentleman to the empty room on the second floor next door to live for a night! ”

The Burning Lamp Buddha asked in surprise, "Zhongsun Jian is also staying here?"

The female leader nodded and said, "Well, a few days before you, he only said that he came here to find the gods, but he didn't tell me what to do with the gods." ”

The Buddha pretended to be nervous and said, "If you let him know that I am digging his corner here, I don't know what the consequences will be!"

The female leader said, "Zhongsun Jian said that he may not come back tonight! But it is difficult to guarantee that he will not come back. If you're afraid, if he comes back tonight, you two will hide in your room and don't come out. Anyway, you said you were just spending the night and leaving early tomorrow morning, and then you would come out. ”

As soon as the female leader said this, the Buddha didn't say anything, and followed the female leader's subordinates to the next house.

Zhongsun Jian searched around in the deep mountains of Changbai Mountain, hoping to find a god, but unfortunately, it was raining heavily in the sky at night, so he had to ride the clouds back to the place where he stayed. Although he didn't find it, he found a super large honeycomb in a large tree. He decided to share the honey in the honeycomb with Gouyi, who was the female leader.

In order not to wake up the others, Zhongsun Jian first drew a circle on the door, and he wanted to make sure that when he slapped the knocker, only the people in this house could hear the knock, and then he started to knock on the knocker.

As soon as Gou Yi heard the knock on the door, he knew that it was Zhongsun Jian who had returned, jumped out of bed, lit an oil lamp and came to the shrine, at this time Zhongsun Jian had already been introduced by his subordinates. Zhongsun Jian looked at Gou Yi and smiled: "Gou Yi girl, come, taste this honey." ”

Gou Yi said: "What a big honeycomb!"

Zhongsun Jian opened the honeycomb, unloaded a large piece of honey for Gouyi, and ate it himself. Gou Yi glanced at Zhongsun Jian, raised his right hand without saying a word, and the small chain on his wrist suddenly came out of his hand, wrapping Zhong Sun Jian round and round, and wrapped it firmly.

Zhong Sun Jian glanced at the chain as thick as his fingers and wrapped around his body, and he was not much surprised, because Gou Yi and Zhong Sun Jian met for the first time, they hit it off at first sight, they talked very happily, and they talked all night, Zhong Sun Jian said well, she clapped her hands and laughed. If Zhongsun Jian said it badly, she immediately "let the dog bite the man" (that is, tie Zhong Sun Jian up with a chain. ）

Zhongsun Jian looked at Gou Yi and said, "I didn't do anything?"

Gou Yi said while eating honey: "I have always regarded you as a buddy, and I have never hidden it from you!

Zhongsun Jian was stunned and said, "What's wrong with me?"

Gou Yi said: "Still pretending! Say, what are you looking for Shenlu for?"

Zhongsun Jian said: "Oh, this matter, sister, can I not talk about it?"

Gou Yi said: "Why can't you say it, for fear that others will know that you want to write "Life and Death"?

At this time, Zhong Sun Jian didn't have the slightest sense of crisis in his heart, he said curiously: "Gou Yi, how do you know that I want to write "Life and Death"?"

Gou Yi held the chain in one hand and the honey in the other and said, "Go, don't make noise about others here, go to your room to talk." ”

Gou Yi held the chain with one hand heartlessly, and pulled Zhongsun Jian towards his accommodation with a big grin. At this time, the rain in the sky stopped, and a bright moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the earth as if it were day.

The structure of the houses on the land in this village is the same as that of the houses in the pond, the only difference is that there is a water tank at the corner of the staircase on the second floor, which is filled with a lot of water, which is intended for the people who live on the second floor to wash.

The water tank is placed in the most conspicuous place at the staircase like that, which is normal, and no one would have thought that there is a murderous intention hidden in this water tank at this time. The Buddha squatted quietly in the water tank, and he turned all the water in the tank into nothing.