When twilight fell, Wujiang Mountain sank in darkness, but the backyard of Xinping Temple was still lit with lanterns.

In addition to presiding over the detachment of the meditation room is located in the front yard next to the Bodhi tree, you can always visit Bodhi, in order to show the identity of the temple master. The rest of the monks' meditation rooms and guest houses are located in the most remote corners of the backyard, almost isolated from the front yard. This is in line with the monks' pursuit of purity, no matter how incense the front yard is boiling on weekdays, it will not disturb the purity of the monks in the room.

There was a creak, and the door to a guest house opened.

Pei Shengqin put on his clothes and pushed the door out.

A few fluorescent dots have always "floated".

"Why hasn't Pei Hou fallen asleep yet, but something?"

The point of light approached, and it turned out to be several eunuchs with lanterns in their hands. These eunuchs are all quite burly, their temples bulging slightly, and they are obviously extraordinary in martial arts.

His Majesty is also stationed in this guest house tonight, and it is necessary for a master to be on duty at night, and no matter who wants to walk around this area, he will naturally inevitably be questioned.

Pei Shengqin explained with a smile: "Inexplicably, I was a little depressed, I couldn't sleep, maybe I ate too much at night." I simply dressed and got up, planning to go to the front yard to watch the Bodhi Mirror and try to see if I could participate in some Zen. ”

Several eunuchs glanced at each other, then gave way and said respectfully: "Pei Hou, please take care of yourself!" ”

His Majesty is stationed in the guest house in the backyard, and the backyard is the forbidden area of Senluo, even if it is Pei Shengqin, who is in the limelight, he can't walk at will; But since Pei Shengqin was going to the empty front yard, it didn't matter, these eunuchs naturally wouldn't stop Pei Shengqin because of this little thing.

Seeing Pei Shengqin leave the guest house, the eunuchs returned to their posts and continued to shoulder the heavy responsibility of vigilance.

Pei Shengqin slowly exhaled a breath, his steps were calm, and he walked towards the front yard.

It's true that I can't sleep, and it's also true that I can't go to see Bodhi.

The reason was not that he ate too much at night, but because Pei Shengqin sensed a strange call in the dark. It was an indescribable, mysterious feeling, as if someone was dragging his soul and wanted him to go to the Bodhi tree. Pei Shengqin had an intuition that the strange chill and fear in his heart along the way might be able to find the answer on tonight's trip!

The guests all lived in the backyard, the monks also lived in the backyard, and the eunuchs who guarded the Qin Emperor at night were also in the backyard.

The front yard is lonely at the moment, and it stands to reason that it should be empty.

Passing through the Daxiong Treasure Hall lit with everlasting lanterns, the long incense in the hands of Emperor Qin himself before the night was almost exhausted. Pei Shengqin met all the gods and Buddhas painted with gold dust along the way, King Kong glared at him angrily, the Buddha smiled at him, and the Bodhisattva looked at him as if he was smiling. Under the refraction of the night, the lights and shadows, and the mist of incense, the expressions of the statues are a little distorted, and they are no longer full of fairy aura as they see in the daytime.

At this time, they are somewhat in line with Pei Shengqin's perception of this Wujiang Mountain Xinping Temple in his heart, the evil spirit is soaring, and the gloomy atmosphere is gloomy!

Pei Shengqin shuddered inexplicably, walked quickly through the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and came to the front yard.

When you look down, you see Bodhi.

A small dim oil lamp hung from the branch of the Bodhi tree, and an old monk sat down at the bottom. The old monk was so thin that he was only skinny, and he seemed to be engrossed in fiddling with something in his hand, as if he was waiting for someone.

There shouldn't be anyone in the front yard, not even a monk.

If there is, then it can only be the detached host who was too ill to come forward to meet him.

Pei Shengqin's eyes lit up, he took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, and walked quickly towards the old monk. The moment he saw the old monk, he could be sure that the infinite fear in his heart came from this person! As for why it can be determined, this matter cannot be explained by reason, and it can only be attributed to intuition.

Pei Shengqin approached, and his footsteps were still sharp in the silence.

The old monk didn't seem to have heard of it, and he didn't even look back, still concentrating on fiddling with the things in his hands.

Pei Shengqin knew that the old monk must have known that he was coming. Not only that, Pei Shengqin even suspected that the strange feeling of this way, or even the call of the dark tonight, might have been achieved by this old monk through some mysterious means. Its purpose is very likely to be to deceive itself under the Bodhi tree right now!

It's just that since the old monk pretended not to see or hear, Pei Shengqin didn't bother to speak first.

Approaching, with the dim oil lamp, Pei Shengqin looked at the old monk and the things in the old monk's hand.

The old monk's house has become hideous, and when you look at it closely, it looks like a skeleton wrapped in a layer of human skin! His skin was brown and spotted, his breathing was heavy, and he was wearing a seven-treasure robe that had not been used for many years, and had even begun to fade.

The old monk held a rusty file in one hand and a palm-sized mahogany board in the other.

Carved on the peach board, it is called the peach symbol.

The old monk is drawing peach charms.

There are still many blank peach boards scattered under the feet of the old monk, as well as carved peach charms. Between his legs was a huge, human-face-sized piece of ancient peach talisman.

Every time the carving knife in the old monk's hand moved, he had to take a look at the old peach talisman before continuing to drop the knife. Obviously, the old peach charm is a reference for the peach charm engraved by the old monk.

"I don't know how many years have passed this ancient talisman, and its content should not be inferior to the Hetuluo book, if you can understand this way, you can understand the way of heaven."

The old monk spoke, his voice was very ethereal, obviously explaining to Pei Shengqin, he really found Pei Shengqin!

Really approached the old monk, the chill in Pei Shengqin's heart was not as strong as before, he ignored the old monk's headless crazy words, and just asked: "Are you detached from the host?" ”

The old monk smiled, and his laughter was piercing, like two rusty pieces of iron rubbing against each other: "I am not detached, who is detached?" ”

Pei Shengqin frowned, and he didn't know what this neurotic old bald donkey wanted to do: "Today, the holy driver came, you didn't welcome it, and your junior brother explained that you were sick in bed and couldn't get up." And now you can still appear next to the Bodhi tree, do you know what the sin of deception is? ”

The old monk didn't reply anymore and continued to draw the peach talisman.

Pei Shengqin asked tentatively again: "I'm always in a trance all the way, but what do you do?" What do you want to do? ”

The old monk remained silent.

Pei Shengqin was helpless, and his eyes inadvertently saw the lines on the old peach talisman.

It seemed to be some kind of writing, but it was completely different from the words that are circulating in the world today, Pei Shengqin only looked at it for a moment, and then confirmed that he couldn't understand this thing.

The old monk seemed to know Pei Shengqin's thoughts, and he didn't speak before, but at this time he suddenly spoke: "Since it is an ancient talisman, it is naturally an ancient script, which is a golden script commonly used thousands of years ago, and it is far from the small seal used by people in the world today." What's more, the golden inscriptions engraved by this ancient talisman are mostly fake words, and the old man has been enlightened all his life, but he has not fully understood it, and only half of it has been thoroughly understood. How can you read it with only a cursory glance? ”

Pei Shengqin had no good impression of this ghostly old monk, and at this time, he could see that the old monk didn't seem to intend to answer his question at all, but just wanted to unilaterally instill some strange things in him. So Pei Shengqin immediately mocked: "What's the use of this? ”

The old monk smiled: "The old man has just said that if you can understand this talisman, you can understand the way of heaven!" ”

Pei Shengqin sneered, and suddenly felt that this old monk was completely pretending to be a ghost, and he still understood the way of heaven? You have realized Nima!

Although he has indeed seen some strange people in this life, not to mention far away, Pei Shengqin has a Magu around him who predicted the Northern and Southern Dynasties; Although this journey is indeed very weird, it shows that this old monk probably has some unknown skills.

However, talking about the way of heaven in vain, this is obviously, and even Xu Tong, who is known as the world's number one prophet, does not dare to say this. If you really have that ability, aren't you a god, then why don't you go to heaven!

"Old monk, although I don't know how you used to trick me out, what can you say now. If I pretend to be a ghost again, I will not only turn around and leave, but I will also accuse you of the crime of deceiving the king in front of His Majesty! Pei Shengqin raised his voice slightly, and at the same time made a gesture to leave.

"Alas, what is Pei Hou anxious about, since the old man summoned you over, he will not leave you empty. I pity your talent, you look at the charms, and want to enlighten you, but you can't hold your breath like this! The old monk sighed slightly, slowly put down the carving knife, put down the unfinished piece of peach talisman in his hand, and then took out the ancient talisman sandwiched between his legs and put it on the ground as well.

Pei Shengqin was almost sure that this old monk had bad intentions nine times out of ten, so he sneered and burst into a foul mouth: "Don't pretend to be a ghost in front of Lao Tzu, you can turn Nima into Nima!" ”

The old monk patted his hands lightly, and then patted the Qibao robe on his body with both hands, and at the same time gently blew a few breaths on his clothes, as if to clean up the sawdust that had fallen when he had drawn the peach talisman earlier.

Then he staggered to his feet, and if the dull human skin on his body had been a little lighter in color, it would have looked like a skeleton.

Pei Shengqin's pores tightened all over his body, his pupils shrank, and the chill that he had been better before appeared again!

Pei Shengqin didn't say a word, turned around and left, he planned to ignore the thirty-seven twenty-one, and go directly to the backyard to call the eunuch master on duty at night to come and get people. The reason is ready-made, the old monk can clearly move, but he does not come to take over, this is the crime of defrauding the king.

No matter what kind of demon you are, no matter how evil you are, if you are caught and cut down, it will be a hundred.

The old monk raised his head and looked at Pei Shengqin's departing back gloomily, and he didn't chase after him, but just said a word lightly.

"Pei Hou stays, the old man knows that you don't belong to this world."

Pei Shengqin was stunned for a moment, his pace suddenly stopped, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Then, he stiffened and turned back.

"You ......"

Pei Shengqin only had time to say one word because he saw the eyes of the old monk.

Looking at each other, Pei Shengqin found that in the deep sunken eye sockets of the old monk were a pair of eyes with only the whites of the eyes and no pupils, like a ghost!

Those miserable white eyes seemed to have strange magic, and at the moment of looking at each other, Pei Shengqin suddenly felt that his mind was blank.

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