Chapter 39: The Younger Eagles (7)
After another day and a night of hard work, Rukawa Feng and his party finally arrived at Gutuo Temple that morning.
Although the Gutuo Temple that greeted their eyes was somewhat decayed, it was generally quite good, clean, quiet and serene.
Gan Lin turned over and dismounted, sorted out the description a little, looked at the ancient temple in front of him and said: "It looks very good here, why are they so terrifying?" ”
"Could it be that the dog mayor lied to us? Where does this look like some deserted ghost town? This is obviously an excellent temple, except for the lack of incense pilgrims, where is the slightest problem? A thousand households said, looking like they were going back to Wang Hua to ask for an understanding.
"Don't make a definition first, since there are many kinds of legends here, it will definitely not be as simple as it seems, let's go over first and ask the host of the temple." Rukawa Kaede stepped down from the carriage, stood in front of them, glanced around again, and groaned.
Approaching the ancient temple, everyone saw that its wide courtyard gate was two wooden doors that looked quite old, in the baptism of wind and rain, it had been white, and there was a plaque with yellow paint hanging on the beam, which was engraved with three big characters of "Gutuo Temple" in a regular manner; In front of the door, there are two stone lions, one male and one female.
"Hey, why does this stone lion look a little new, it doesn't look like it has been placed at the door, and there are no traces of years of oppression on the ground?" Gan Lin carefully found these small problems and spoke out.
At this time, a bald monk walked out of the courtyard, he clasped his hands together, and said calmly: "Amitabha, the donor smiled, a few thieves stole our stone lion a few days ago, and this is what we just purchased." ”
"Great monk, I heard that your temple is haunted?" That Chido was not polite, of course he was signaled by Rukawa Kaede.
"Don't talk nonsense, although the talents in our temple are withering and the incense is scarce, it is also a regular temple, where are there any ghosts and gods?" The monk said with some seriousness.
"Great monk, in Xialiu Chuanfeng, I have come to visit your temple, don't you invite us to come in and sit down?" Rukawa Kaede smiled, he didn't believe this monk at all, even if he pretended to be calm.
"Amitabha, who is my Tao, it turned out to be the famous Rukawa Kaede Shizi, but you many guards with knives, I'm afraid you'll collide with the Buddha when you go in, why don't you put down your swords and live in peace?"
"If the Buddha had eyes, how could he make the world so chaotic that the stone lions in front of his house were stolen?" Rukawa Kaede retorted sternly.
"Amitabha, please don't talk nonsense, the Buddha naturally has the Buddha's truth, this world is originally the world's own suffering, where does it have anything to do with him?" The great monk upholds the faith in his heart.
"Really? The people of the world offered him incense, knelt down and bowed, ate fasting and recited the Buddha...... Wait, is this all self-inflicted? I have heard a saying, 'The saints are unkind, but they use the people as dogs; Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs! 'Look at the Buddha is also this kind of person. ”
"The donor has misinterpreted the meaning of this sentence, your resentment in your heart is too big, and the killing intent is about to corrode your heart, you need to treat it as soon as possible, otherwise there will be endless disasters."
"Maybe, but my killing intent is also used to kill evil, in the face of many powerful opponents, sometimes I have to use iron and blood to subdue them, to kill and stop killing, if this is also wrong, then let me be wrong to the end."
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha, your Liuchuan family has done enough bloody cases, it's time to stop."
"That's why I can't let go, otherwise the next one to bleed will be our Liuchuan family, I want to stop this situation, I want to let the Great Lie Kingdom restore its Qingming!"
"It seems that the donor has already fallen into the devil, since you have chosen to kill, then don't regret it!" The great monk's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes were like knives, and his expression was fierce, like the angry eyes of King Kong in the temple.
"I said a lot of nonsense, if you don't get out of the way, the big monk, you don't know how to count the etiquette, and you forcibly rush in!" Who is Kaede Rukawa? How could he be frightened, although he was seriously injured, but with hundreds of elite brocade guards accompanying him, he was not panicked at all, even if there were any ambush traps in the temple, he had to break through.
"Amitabha, donor, please come in." The great monk got out of the way and let them in.
"Give me a little cleverness, put a bright spot on the move, don't be hurt by something in the dark." Rukawa Kaede felt a powerful killing intent when he passed by the Great Monk, and immediately reminded everyone around him loudly.
"Yes."
Everyone responded, knowing that since Lord Feng said this, there must be a problem, so they all cheered up and looked around, Gan Lin and several people with the highest martial arts skills have been guarding Liuchuan Feng's side, not leaving an inch.
Directly below the gate, Gan Lin found a rusty nail and some sawdust, and this plaque also seemed to have just been hung up, very tight, and it didn't look like it had been weathered at all.
"My lord, this ......"
Before Gan Lin finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liuchuan Feng with his eyes, he also found this, but he didn't say it, he wanted to see what kind of medicine these guys sold in the gourd.
In the courtyard, there is not a single fallen leaf, it is very clean, and then walk over, it is a huge square, there is a row of big incense burners on the square, but only a few sparse incense candles are emitting green smoke, and finally after the square, it is the main hall.
The solemn and sacred statue of the Buddha looks more and more sacred in the sun, the appearance of gold and brilliance, there are many big Bodhisattva statues around, each with different expressions, it is very extraordinary.
Two people knelt in front of the colossal statue of the Buddha and prayed for a wish.
"Buddha again, please bless our grandfather and grandson, a safe life, and can get that money smoothly......"
Listening to the chatter of the two of them, Rukawa Kaede was a little impatient, and he didn't stay any longer, and went directly to the host here.
The presiding room, but it is a very simple room, a bald monk meditates cross-legged, still knocking on the wooden fish in his hand, closing his eyes and chanting, Rukawa Feng politely knocked on the door three times, there was no response, he directly pushed the door open, and walked in with a big thorn, Gan Lin and some other guards followed him.
"Hey, it's a little surprising that you're the host here." Rukawa Kaede said with a little surprise.
This person is the big monk who was at the gate just now, and he is also the "No. 1", he saw that someone was secretly cleaning up the temple last night, and he spent a lot of effort to buy new things, so that this originally abandoned ancient temple could be restored to life, he was very curious and felt that something was wrong.
So he secretly disguised himself and disguised himself as the host here, and he just took this opportunity to see if he could kill Rukawa Kaede, but he didn't expect that the other party was very vigilant, and the guards around him were always inseparable, so he had no chance to take advantage of it.
Rukawa Kaede didn't mean to speak, and then asked, "Great monk, are you the only one left here?" ”
"There were still a few people, but then they all left." Number One replied lightly.
"Why?"
"Because the world has abandoned them, because the empire cannot tolerate them, because the Buddha has abandoned them."
"Why?"
"Probably driven by desire and power."
"Then why don't you go?"
"I can't go, and I can't go."
"Why is that?"
"Mission, Responsibility and Hope."
"Sounds awesome, there was a big fight here three months ago?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell me?" Rukawa Kaede asked with a smile, but the brocade guards around him all pressed the hilt of the knife, and the threat was fully revealed.
"It was just a battle between the rebels and the government, but it happened that the place of the battle was here, fortunately, a great good man later renovated this temple, otherwise what you see is not what it is now."
"Really?" Rukawa Kaede asked again, apparently not believing him.
"Yes." No. 1 replied, short and powerful.
"I heard that there is a former royal family here, and he has been a monk here for decades incognito, do you know?"
"I don't know." No. 1 was expressionless, still squinting his eyes slightly and meditating, but he had already stopped knocking on the wooden fish and chanting.
"I also heard that there was a young girl who secretly appeared here, because of her appearance, the monk's identity was revealed, and it also led to the girl's death, is there such a thing?"
"I've never heard of it, don't ask again and again, the purity here has been destroyed by you."
"Since it's been destroyed, let's continue, anyway, you're the only one here, I'll come all the way here, don't ask who you ask?"
The great monk closed his eyes and did not answer, and his attitude was obvious, no matter how you threatened and intimidated, he didn't say anything, and when he was at a loss for Liuchuan Feng, there was good news.
P S: From today, every day will be more than 10,000 words! I hope you will support me a lot, your support and encouragement is the motivation for me to continue!
Finally, old irons, collect a little bit and have good luck.