Chapter 487: An Unexpected Surprise

Before the time came, the four of them rushed to Green Willow City.

A few hundred years ago, Greenwillow was actually one of the southern counties of another country. It is comparable in size to Maha City. Even the city gates are not much different. In fact, they found that the gates of Maha City, Qinghe City, and Cloud City were all similar, but the scale was different. Among them, the city gate of Cloud City is the most majestic. The latter not only has an extra floor, but is also divided into five gates: large, medium and small. The city lords entered the city and walked through the middle gate.

With the experience of Maha City, the four of them did not wait for dawn outside the city gate, but jumped directly over the city gate and infiltrated the city.

Well, even the planning in the city is the same.

Xiangxiang shrugged her shoulders and whispered: "The Ten Thousand Buddhas Kingdom is so wide, and all cities seem to be printed in one mold. As she spoke, she put her hand on the trunk of a small tree by the side of the road.

Mu Wan and the three of them looked into the distance to check the situation in the city.

Soon, the four of them made their own discoveries.

Xiangxiang: "Half a month ago, the city lord here also set off to make a pilgrimage to the Dharma King, and he hasn't come back yet. There should be fewer restrictions on women here. During the day, no fewer women walk the streets than men. And when the women traveled, they didn't cover themselves tightly, but only showed a pair of eyes. They symbolically cover their faces with a hat with a light veil. Also, the costumes here are very different from those of Maha. As she spoke, she pointed to the end of the street, "What we are dressed in here is equivalent to fancy dress, which is too eye-catching." There's a ready-to-wear store there, and we're going to get some clothes. ”

The dark night is mainly to inspect the Buddhist practice in the city. Like Maha, the monks live in the castle area. There are no temples in the city. Scattered outside the city in those places with pleasant views. He paid special attention to the cultivation of the monks. Most of them are equivalent to the cultivation of the foundation building period, and the one with the highest mana is only equivalent to the early stage of Jindan.

Chang Long noticed that here, like the previous cities, there were no city gods. In other words, here is also the destruction of the Taoist system.

Mu Wan found a few shops with wooden signs that read "Ji Shop for Sale". After synthesizing everyone's information, she decided to go to the ready-to-wear store to change her clothes first, and then go to the shops for sale.

Avoiding the patrolling sergeants, the four of them entered the ready-to-wear store called "Cloud Shop".

The store is also in the front and back yards. The shopkeeper and the guys lived in the back yard. There are no lights in the shop. Black rumbling. There was only one young guy on night duty. He was on a makeshift cot. Sleep soundly. Next to the bed, leaning on a wooden stick with a thick bowl mouth.

Mu Wan slapped a dozing charm at him.

The walls on three sides are covered with clothes, and men's and women's clothes are separated. Rolls and rolls of fabric were piled up on the counter below. On the left and right sides there is a small door with a blue curtain. On it, a line of large characters is embroidered with white silk thread, "men's locker room" and "white guest locker room".

The four of them chose one according to their own figures. Enter the locker rooms on both sides to change clothes.

The style of dressing here. Men wear long, narrow-sleeved robes. The woman is a top and a skirt. The clothes were also narrow-sleeved, and among them, the blouses of unmarried women were shorter. It's a bit like the short undershirt worn by the women of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a half-arm covered outside; Married women's blouses were much looser and much longer, reaching the knees with the sides split from the waistline. In addition, women do not deserve to wear headscarves, but slightly more ornate dresses, whether unmarried or married, are paired with a shawl.

In general, the costumes here are somewhat similar to those of Donghuazhou. So, the four of them quickly changed their clothes.

Although the clothes they chose were of good fabric and exquisite workmanship, they were not the only ones in the store, so before leaving, they left a note on the counter in the dark night, which said, "Buy four sets of ready-to-wear clothes, two sets for men and two women", and took twenty gold coins as paperweights. This money is more than enough to go to the best clothing store in the city to order four high-end clothes. What's more, they obviously didn't choose special goods.

And Mu Wan waved her hand to accept the sleepy charm.

The four of them inspected the shops for sale overnight, and finally took a fancy to the largest one.

The next morning, the black shopkeeper went out and bought the big shop for 30,000 gold coins. The exquisite shop in Maha City has only been open for less than a year. I really didn't make that much money. Therefore, Lord Demon Shuai repeated his old trick and went to the vault of the city lord of Green Willow City to "catch a few handfuls".

The rules of Linglong Pavilion are ready-made. The new shop is slightly larger than the old one in Maha City. Therefore, from the layout of the store to the variety of goods, it can completely imitate the old shop.

And in order to celebrate the Buddha Bathing Festival, large and small shops have to be closed for at least five days. Some are even on holiday for half a month. Therefore, the black shopkeeper is going to decorate the store first, and then recruit and train the guys after the Buddha Bathing Festival. The opening date of the new store is the second day of the second month of February.

As for the first Buddha Bathing Festival in Xiyanzhou, Mu Wan's plan was to go to Ninglan City, which was hundreds of miles away, and have a good time.

The black shopkeeper spent a day to complete the relevant formalities in the city lord's mansion, and hung a gold-lettered signboard of "Linglong Pavilion" with his own hands, covered it with a bright red silk cloth, and hung it on the lintel of the new shop -- this is the custom of Green Willow City, and when the formalities of the new shop are completed, the signboard must be put on the signboard and tell the neighbors. If the new shop is in the preparatory stage and cannot be opened, the signboard will be covered with red silk, and then the long pole will be used to open it on the auspicious day.

On the third day, the renovation of the new shop began.

After the decoration foreman got the job, he made his words clear: "The black shopkeeper, there are only two days left before the holiday." The Buddha Bathing Festival is a major event that only comes once a year, and it cannot be delayed. You see, the lord of the city hurried back yesterday for the sake of the festival. Therefore, my brothers have to go home to prepare for the festival starting tomorrow. On the side of the festival, you can only work for one day today. On the fifth day after the festival, ask the Buddha to come to your treasure shop to continue working. ”

The black shopkeeper said: "It should be so." Serving the Buddha must be sincere and not slack. From tomorrow onwards, too, I will take a bath, change my clothes, and start fasting. ”

In fact, the sky had just been darkened, and the black shopkeeper who said that he would "serve the Buddha with sincerity" carried Mu Wan and the three of them. Go straight to Ninglan City.

Before it was completely dark, they stood on a small hill outside Ninglan City.

Here, too, the aura is thin and there is none.

Mu Wan overlooks the whole city.

Ninglan City is surrounded by mountains on all sides, like a large round basin. Minamiwakahoin Temple was built in the very center of the city.

Without breaking the formation handprint, she could see at a glance with the naked eye that Nanruo Treasure Courtyard and Ganlin Treasure Courtyard were the same, and they were also built on the node where the heaven and earth aura converged in this area.

Xiangxiang couldn't help but have her eyes shining, rubbed her hands and smiled: "In other words, there are also spiritual eyes in the treasure courtyard!" ”

Chang Long looked down at the brightly lit Nanruo Treasure Courtyard at night, twisted his eyebrows and said, "Ganlin Treasure Courtyard has lost its spiritual eye. All these days have passed. I'm worried that I've already been trusted, and I'm going to be on guard. ”

The night said, "I'll take the talisman and go to investigate first." Girl, stay outside the city with your mother talisman. In that case, if I am ambushed inside, I can withdraw immediately. ”

Mu Wan stared intently at Nanruo Treasure Courtyard. He asked, "Don't you think there's something wrong with Nanruo Treasure Temple?" Ganlin Baoyuan will not light up so many lights at night. ”

The three of them heard this. Qi Qi looked at the South Wakahoin Temple.

None of them have bad eyesight. More than a dozen miles away. You can also clearly see that every window in Nanwakahoin is bright. Not only that, but in the Treasure Temple. Rows of bright yellow lanterns hang everywhere.

Before, they saw that the Ganlin Treasure Courtyard was at night, and only the area of the Daxiong Treasure Hall was brightly lit. Many places, such as the small alleys leading to the dungeon and the small courtyard where the spiritual eye is imprisoned, are pitch black. When monks go to these places, they have to light lanterns.

Dark Night scratched his head: "Maybe it's His Holiness's personal hobby." ”

Mu Wan also thinks that such a possibility cannot be ruled out. In the minds of the local population, His Holiness is the embodiment of the Buddha, a deity, and has supreme authority. Whatever he says, that's what he is. It's just a few more lights at night, and it's not a problem at all.

However, she still felt that there was something wrong - Ninglan City was too quiet. You know, it's only night, not three watches in the middle of the night.

At this time, Chang Long let out a light "huh", and sniffed deeply in the direction of Nanruobao Courtyard in disbelief.

"What's wrong, Chang?" Xiangxiang asked puzzled.

"I smell a hint of death." Chang Long replied, "It's over there in Nanruobaoyuan." ”

Mu Wan's heart moved, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to calculate.

Seeing this, Xiangxiang and the others all shut up. They stared intently at Nanwakaboin, trying to figure out what was wrong with it.

After more than ten breaths, Mu Wan finished the calculation: "It turned out that King Salfa had passed away." ”

"When did you die?" Xiangxiang retracted her gaze in surprise - their luck couldn't have been better!

"Less than an hour." Mu Wan replied.

The eyes of the dark night wandered, and he smiled unkindly: "I'll go to the treasure courtyard now." ”

I didn't want to, but Mu Wan said, "Let's go together." Strive to bring out the Spiritual Eye tonight. "King Sarfa has just passed away, and the temple should be the most chaotic time. Anyway, there is nothing polite to talk about between them and the Buddhas. So, if you don't start now, when will you stay?

Just in case, they buried four mother talismans in the woods outside the city. Then, under the cover of night, sneak into the city and go straight to Nanwakaboin.

Obviously, the whole city is on alert. Sergeants on patrol come and go as if they were shuttling.

They are all just ordinary people, and in the eyes of Mu Wan and others, they are simply decorations. Soon, the four of them rushed to the vicinity of Nanwakahoin.

The monks in the temple were chanting in groups, and they could hear them two streets away.

The four of them jumped a few times and landed on a corner tower in the southeast corner of the treasure courtyard.

Mu Wan took a closer look. I saw that the hall was full of monks. Dressed formally, they sat cross-legged facing the high platform in front of them and chanted in unison.

On the high platform, incense was burned and flowers were piled up. A white-bearded monk wears a crown of five Buddhas in red gold, five silk robes, and eight ornaments of treasures, and lies on his side among the flowers. With his eyes closed, his face, arms, toes, and other naked/exposed skin were covered with gold dust, one hand pillowed under his head, and the other hand was pinched into a flower finger on his chest, which was exactly the same as the reclining Buddha with a golden body in the temple.

It turned out that His Holiness passed away like this. Mu Wan retracted her gaze and asked Chang Long with her lips: Is there any death in the old monk's body?

Chang Long is very sure: it can't be wrong, it is a corpse that has just passed away. There was a thick air of death. The sutras recited by the monks seem to have the effect of dispelling dead air.

So what are you waiting for? Mu Wan lowered her head, sacrificed the handprint of breaking the formation, and checked the direction. With the experience of Gan Lin Treasure Academy, she summed up where the spiritual eye was very likely to appear.

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Thank you for the gift of traveling alone to a book friend, thank you for the month/ticket of the maid of the book friend's house, thank you! (To be continued.) )