This complaint in Shen Huan's heart gradually disappeared when he stepped into the mountain path, the pine forest was quiet, a few birdsong was close to his ears, and the metasequoia in the distance was still sleeping, but new shoots had burst out on the branches...... The breeze is coming, the fragrance is blowing, and the plum blossoms in the mountains have already bloomed......

Taking a deep breath, Shen Huan felt that the air was already full of negative ions, which made people feel very fresh! At this moment, Shen Huan felt that Song Shi was right! In the past few days, he has been forcing himself in the city, completely ignoring the importance of rest and relaxation, just such a short moment of relaxation not only makes him feel a lot better, but also has a much clearer mind!

Walking up the mountain on the trail, looking at Ye Feixue's lingering appearance, Song Shi couldn't help but say to him with some pride: "Brother Ye, you haven't been here yet, have you?" The name of this mountain is Qinwang Mountain, and it is said that the ancestral dragon Qin Huang once climbed the mountain here and looked around! When I was a child, Brother Shen and I would always come here to play! What other relics left by the great monk of the Tang Dynasty in this mountain! Although the ruins have been abandoned for a long time, they are definitely worth a visit! By the way, the name of that great monk is ...... What's it called? ”

Song Shi scratched his head and couldn't remember......

"Zen Master Bird's Cave."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's him! Hey? How do you know? Song Shi looked at Ye Feixue in amazement.

"I was told once when I was a kid."

"Say it once and remember it! Brother Ye, you are so amazing! ”

Ye Feixue didn't say anything, looking at the scenery around him, his eyes were full of nostalgia......

"That's it! Don't play tricks! Snow, let's ignore him! It's actually here, let's have a good time, I remember a few places with very good views! I'll show you there! After Shen Huan finished speaking, he took Ye Feixue's hand and passed through Song Shi's side.

All the way up to the heights and look far away, stop and go, and walk halfway up the mountain is already a little tired, just at this time Song Shi saw a temple in front of him from a distance! It's just the right place to rest and drink water! However, when the three of them came to the door, they found that the temple door was closed, and it was quiet inside, as if there was no one......

stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after waiting for a long time, no one came to open the door, which made Song Shi a little discouraged, "Why is there no one in this temple?" I thought I had water to drink and fasting to eat! I'm hungry......"

Hearing this, Shen Huan was speechless, "You know how to eat!" How long have you been hungry after eating? But it's okay if you can't get in, I always feel a little weird here......"

Shen Huan's words made Song Shi a little puzzled, "Isn't it just a monk's temple!" What's so strange? I guess the monks inside should all be out! So no one! You've been using your brain too much lately! Always suspicious! ”

Shen Huan shook his head and explained: "You just said that the monks in this temple have all gone out, but it seems to me that someone has just entered not long ago. Look at these two footprints, they are very fresh! It's just stepped out, but the footprints that have come out have been going out for a long time! This shows that there must be someone inside! If you smell it again, there will be no incense at all! It is normal to say that the small temple in the deep mountains is closed to the door! But every day to visit the Buddha, incense is an indispensable thing! If you look at the lacquer on this door, such a new lacquer indicates that this temple has just been built! You and I used to come here to play when we were kids, and we've never seen any temples! Now all of a sudden, someone has come and built this temple, and none of us even know it! Don't you think it's weird? ”

"What's so strange! Do people have to say hello to us when they build temples? Didn't you just say someone had just gone in? Maybe it's the monk who came down the mountain to make a fortune has returned! People's temples have just been built, and they are not famous, and of course there are fewer pilgrims! After a while, everyone will know, and the incense will naturally be prosperous! All right! Don't think about that! Let's get inside! I'm dying of thirst! Since no one opened the door for us, let's go in by ourselves! Didn't you say that the family members are all open to convenience? I guess they won't blame us! It's a big deal, just give a few incense money! ”

"You don't understand! This temple requires ...... Ay! What are you doing! ”

Just as Shen Huan was about to explain to Song Shi a series of procedures required to build the temple, Song Shi couldn't bear his verbosity, pushed open the door, and walked in directly! Even Ye Feixue couldn't stop him in time! Seeing him like this, Shen Huan could only sigh helplessly and walked in......

Although it is a small temple, it is also complete, and there is no shortage of the front hall, the main hall, the back hall, and the monk's room! However, as soon as he stepped into the small temple, Shen Huan felt more strange!

On both sides of the front hall are the statues of the four heavenly kings, in the middle is enshrined a pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha, behind is the Veda Bodhisattva, there is no tribute and incense on the shrine in front of the yellow futon, and even the incense burner does not burn the remaining incense ashes. The entire front hall makes people feel eerie, and the faces of the Four Heavenly Kings are particularly hideous in the dim light! Even the smiling face of the pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha, which should have been a group of amiable ones, made people feel a little evil......

Passing through the front hall and entering the main hall, a huge golden statue of Sakyamuni stands in the center, and there is no trace of tribute and incense on the front hall, and the incense burner is also empty! At this time, Song Shi no longer had the excitement he had when he first came in, he looked into the eyes of the Buddha statue, for some reason, he always felt as if the Buddha statue was looking at him, which made people a little creepy......

Song Shi pulled Shen Huan and said softly: "Let's go, why do I think this place is gloomy......"

"I told you not to come in, you want to come in! Now I know that I regret it! ”

Not only Song Shi, but Shen Huan also has the same feeling, this small temple does not give people the feeling of an ordinary temple, giving people a solemn and peaceful, but everywhere reveals a kind of evil nature! In fact, Shen Huan knew that this was just a psychological effect, and the Buddha statue itself was actually the same as other temples, but it was just set off by the strange situation here!

Shen Huan ignored him and walked directly to the apse, the apse was dedicated to Amitabha, and the situation was exactly the same as before! There is nothing lacking here, what is lacking is a monk! At this moment, Shen Huan noticed that there was a small door open on the side of the apse, and from the inside, this small door led directly to the monk's room where the monks were resting.

Holding back the depression in his heart, Song Shi shouted loudly inside, "Is there anyone?" ”

The echo echoed in the empty apse, no one answered, and just as Shen Huan was about to step into the small door and go to the monk's room, Ye Feixue's sword suddenly unsheathed at this moment! The yellow silk beside the Buddha statue instantly divided into two sections, and the blade of the Flying Snow Sword was already on that person's throat!

Shen Huan saw it and hurriedly shouted: "Feixue, stop it!"

Looking at the man's bare head, it was a monk, at this moment he was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and after Ye Feixue put away the sword and returned it to the sheath, the monk suddenly collapsed, and he couldn't stand up for a long time......

Seeing that the monk was frightened, Shen Huan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, patted the dust on his body, and apologized: "Master, I was really sorry just now, I didn't scare you, right?"

"Nope! No! "Although the monk said so, the two still trembling legs betrayed him, where is there anyone who is not afraid of being held to the throat by a blade?

"Master, where are the people from your temple? Why are you the only one? Shen Huan asked again.

"We're just me and the master, today the master went down the mountain, just me, how did you get in?"

Shen Huan apologized: "We are tourists who go up the mountain to play, and we are very tired all the way, so we want to come to your temple to drink saliva and eat a meal, we call the door at the door and no one answers, and we see that the temple door is open, so we walked in on our own initiative, it is really presumptuous!"

Shen Huan spread a little panic here, he didn't dare to say that they broke in by themselves, if he lost something in this temple, he would have to blame himself, and besides, this temple was full of weirdness, it was better to keep an eye on it! However, it was precisely because of this strangeness that Shen Huan's curiosity was aroused......

"Oh, that's it." The monk breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and seemed to believe Shen Huan's words.

Shen Huan took out a few taels of silver and said to him: "Can you trouble the master to make us a few vegetarian meals, don't dare to eat for nothing, Sichuan Zi will offer it."

"Don't dare, don't dare, a few later, I'll go cook!" The monk took the money and ran into the small door.

Seeing that the monk entered the meditation room, Song Shi whispered to Shen Huan: "I said, you really dare to eat the food cooked by this monk who jumped out of nowhere?"

"Who said I was going to eat?"

"And you give him money?"

Shen Huan glanced at him speechlessly, "You're just stupid!" ”

ignored him anymore, and walked in with Ye Feixue from the small door, looking at the backs of the two of them, Song Shi blinked, and quickly reacted! Hurriedly followed.

Smoke was rising from the kitchen on the side of the monk's room, and it seemed that the monk had really gone to cook, so Shen Huan and the others quietly avoided him and entered one of the largest monk's rooms. Like the monk's room in an ordinary temple, the furnishings in this meditation room are very simple, a bed, a futon, a desk, and a Buddha character hanging on the wall, nothing special, the monk's room is very clean, and it looks like there should be people living here often.

Looking carefully at the entire room, Shen Huan found that on the desk in the meditation room, there was a piece of paper spread flat, and dense words were written on the paper, but when he looked closely, it was just some scriptures of the Sutra of the Past Life! Although this thing didn't look special at first glance, an ink blot in the lower right corner of this piece of paper caught Shen Huan's attention, and he always felt that the texture of this ink blot was a little special, as if he had seen it somewhere......

Just as Shen Huan was about to pick up this piece of paper and take a closer look, at this moment, a person's shout came from the hall outside!

"Void harmony! Void and! Where are you! ”

As soon as the words fell, the monk who was cooking in the kitchen next to him hurriedly ran out, "Here, here, here!" ”

Hearing that the monk ran out, Shen Huan hurriedly put the piece of paper with the Sutra of the Past Life in his arms, and hurriedly pulled the fresh Song Shi to the side, and asked Ye Feixue to take them from the roof to quietly turn back to the front, pretending that nothing had happened to look at the freshness there.

"Why is the door open? Didn't you say you should stay and don't open the door! ”

"I didn't open the door! They came in on their own! A few young people who came to play in the mountains wanted to come to eat with us. No, this is the silver they gave. Seeing the old monk questioning himself, the young monk didn't dare to say that he "forgot to close the door", and took out the silver given by Shen Huan from his arms to show the old monk.

Seeing the silver, the old monk's face suddenly softened a lot, and he stepped forward and asked softly, "There won't be any problems with these people, right?"

"No, it won't! I was careful while cooking inside! They've been staying there, and it looks like they're just tourists coming up to play! ”

"That's good! Don't talk about it, or we're going to be out of luck! You hurry up and cook and let them go when they are done eating! The two of us quietly divided the two taels of silver, and bought some wine and meat in the evening and came back to fight the tooth sacrifice! ”

"Hey! I know! After listening to the old monk's words, the young monk was very happy! hurriedly went back to the kitchen and got busy......

Seeing that Shen Huan and a few people were still there, the old monk greeted them with a smile and chatted with them, "The three of you have worked hard along the way, let's start dinner immediately, just wait a while!" However, our temple is small, and the food is not good, so don't dislike it! ”

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! It's good that the master doesn't blame us for breaking in rashly, and then talk about the monks' coarse tea and light rice, where is there anything to dislike and not dislike, we just want a meal of food and clothing now! But master, why is your temple deserted? And I haven't seen it on the mountain before, is it new? ”

Shen Huan's question made the old monk suddenly, but he quickly reacted, "Yes! Our temple has not been built for a long time, but because there is still some work to be done, there is no pilgrims, so it looks a little deserted! Wait a few days and it will be lively! Ay! I said a few of them with a kind accent! It turned out to be a local, no wonder he knew so much about the situation on the mountain! It's just that I don't know the names of the three high surnames? ”

Shen Huan casually made up three names to deal with the past, and in the next few conversations, Shen Huan could clearly feel that the old monk was still wary of himself and others in his heart, and many questions were vague, obviously deliberately hiding something......

The meal was quickly ready, and after a few quick bites, Shen Huan and the others said goodbye and left, looking at their departing backs, the old monk's eyes were a little confused, but in the end he closed the door again, as if nothing had happened......