Chapter 14: The Story Begins
[It is said that in a small county town in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is such a scholar, named Ning Caichen, twenty and six, the boy lost his father and mother, and was raised by the gentleman who taught in the county. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And this year, he embarked on the road to the capital to catch the exam.
"This sky is full of dark clouds, from time to time with lightning shuttle, seeing this rain is menacing, I want to quickly find a place to shelter, but in this wilderness, how can there be any shelter from the rain." Ning Caichen wiped the sweat on his head, looked at the black and oppressive clouds above his head, his heart was full of worry, and when he was looking around to find a place to shelter from the rain, the heavy rain poured down, like a continuous rain line, and in an instant, Ning Caichen was soaked.
In a hurry, Ning Caichen protected the books in the back basket, picked up a broken oil umbrella with holes in the umbrella surface, and rushed to a forest not far away.
Just when he was about to rush into the mountain forest, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky, fiercely slashing down a towering ancient tree in front of him, Ning Caichen was so frightened that he retreated again and again, looked up in horror at the sky like a silver snake flying, bypassed the ancient tree, and stumbled into the mountain forest!
And at this moment, Ning Caichen's originally ordinary life has undergone earth-shaking changes. 】
Yue Feng picked up the teacup, firstly, after saying so much, his mouth was a little dry, and secondly, he was looking at the audience's reactions, but for now, the effect is not bad.
"Don't enter every forest, don't enter every mountain, doesn't this Ning Caichen even understand the simple truth? Even if there are no demons and monsters, but there are jackals, tigers and leopards, isn't he a scholar looking for death? A strong man said with a frown.
"Alas, at the moment of heavy rain, you always have to avoid it, even if it is you, I'm afraid you have to go in." The scholar at the table in front of the strong man shook his head and replied.
"Having said that, God has already warned him with thunder and lightning splitting trees, and he is still so obsessed and rushing forward, it can only be said that he can't complain about others." A gray-haired old man answered.
"God's warning, if everyone can really understand God's intentions, I'm afraid there won't be so many grievances and hatreds in the world." A knight drank all the tea on the table, his tone indescribably melancholy.
And Yue Feng continued to talk in such a melancholy environment.
[The road in the forest was originally bumpy and rugged, and the rain washed it, it became even more muddy, Ning Caichen stumbled for I don't know how long, but when he opened his eyes to see the sky, it was already sparse and the sky was getting dark, and he had to find a place to shelter from the rain, take off his clothes and bake it clean, otherwise the night would turn cold, I was afraid that he would be infected with typhoid fever, which affected the time to enter Beijing to catch the exam.
The anxious Ning Caichen dragged his muddy body and quickened his pace, and it happened that just when he felt desperate, a temple appeared not far away, squatting there faintly, and only the black outline could be seen.
Ning Caichen, who was happy, didn't have time to think about why there were no lights in this temple at night, but hurriedly ran forward, looking from a distance, like a lost lamb, unaware of the danger of stepping into the mouth of a hungry wolf with a big mouth open.
There is really a way in heaven that you don't take, and hell has no way to break in! 】
Syllable!
The folding fan in Yue Feng's hand slammed the tabletop, startling everyone present.
[After Ning Caichen rushed to the temple, he looked up at the door plaque, Lanruo Temple, the three big characters were strangely visible in the dark night, and when he walked to the door, he asked aloud.
"Excuse me, anyone? Xiaosheng passed by here, it was getting late, and if you want to spend the night, please make it convenient! ”
Ning Caichen shouted several times, but there was no echo in the temple, he stepped forward and carefully pushed the door, but found that the line did not move, as if something was stuck inside.
Just when Ning Caichen was extremely depressed, a cold wind suddenly hit, blowing him cold, and the heavy door, with a 'creak', opened weirdly.
Ning Caichen's heart was furious, and he wanted to leave, but there was really no place to stay around, he stepped over the threshold tremblingly, looked back at the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It turns out that the door was stuck with the stones, no wonder I couldn't push it before, and then the wind could blow, probably because my previous actions loosened the stones." As if he had been explained, Ning Caichen's steps became much faster, and he walked into the room opposite the door in a few steps.
Weeds are growing in the room, the Buddha statue in the center is covered with dust, and the beams are covered with cobwebs.
"It turned out to be an abandoned temple, no wonder no one responded."
Ning Caichen picked up a stack of straw and branches, lit a bonfire, took off his soaked clothes, put them aside to bake, and when everything was done, he cleaned the temple by the light of the fire.
Judging from the decoration of this temple, it should have been the peak of incense when it was built, but now I don't know why it is down, although a long time has passed, but the expression on the Buddha statue can still be seen, this is a statue of Guanyin Buddha who is compassionate to the eyes of the world and weeps.
After removing the surrounding weeds, Ning Caichen swept the dust off the Buddha statue, and when cleaning the offering table, he accidentally found a few sandalwood sticks.
"This should have been left by the monk when he left, and it just so happened that I borrowed this place tonight, and I should also give Guanyin Bodhisattva a pillar of incense." As he spoke, Ning Caichen took out three sticks of incense, lit them with fire, and bowed to the Buddha statue three times respectfully, but just as he was about to insert the incense into the incense burner, an accident happened.
As soon as the sandalwood touched the incense burner, a cold wind suddenly hit, the incense flickered a few times, and there was no light, Ning Caichen took out the fire fold and lit the incense again, a gust of wind blew again, and the incense was extinguished.
"It's really windy today!" Ning Caichen sighed, lit the sandalwood again, and carefully protected it with his other hand, lest the wind blow the incense out again.
This time the wind did not appear, but when Ning Caichen inserted the incense into the incense burner and let go, something strange happened, only to see that the two on the side of the three long incense sticks suddenly broke off without warning, making the remaining incense become two short and one long, Ning Caichen saw this scene and fell to the ground in shock.
As the saying goes, 'people are afraid of three long and two short, and incense is afraid of two short and one long', which is very unlucky.
Just when the panicked Ning Caichen didn't know what to do, a sound of footsteps came to his ears from far and near.
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