001 Soul Broken Thousand Elephant Temple

In the 2nd year of the Republic of China, Zhang Jingyi, a bandit who was entrenched in more than 100 miles east of Beijing, attacked Jingji Villa, the second largest palace in the Qing Empire, and swept away the treasures stored here by the Qing court for more than 200 years. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the situation was chaotic, there was no one to manage it, and the officials were unable to solve the case, and the nearby villagers gradually began to take advantage of the troubled waters to fish and dismantle the remaining things of the bandits little by little. Not only the carved houses, the tables, chairs, and benches in the house, but also the stones used for the steps were snatched one by one.

"Brother, there are nothing in Jingji Villa, let's see if there are any good things in this temple."

Zhang Laosan is only fourteen years old this year, the family is poor, his parents died early, the eldest went out to wander in his early years, and he no longer knows whether he is alive or dead. Fortunately, there are many fruits and small animals in the mountains, and the brothers are diligent in their legs and feet, and they can still have a full stomach.

"When my mother was alive, she said that there are gods in the temple, and you can't mess around."

"But the dog gave birth to a few of them, saying that he had picked up a few objects from the temple and sold them, and in exchange for a lot of money, he bought not only a piece of land, but also a cow, and now they all have land to plant. The last time I went to him, he didn't want to pay attention to us, for fear that we would rob him, I heard that he still has goods in his hands. ”

"I've heard about it, too, but you can't touch the things in the temple, it's very evil, I heard the old people in the village say before, there are very evil things pressed under the Thousand Statues Temple, and there will be a catastrophe when you release it, and a lot of people will die."

"A catastrophe, a catastrophe, the current disaster is still small, people die every day."

"Don't speak, it seems like there's a voice."

Zhang Laosan was pressed down by the second child, and the two of them quickly lay on the ground.

On the third day of the lunar month, the quiet night sky was pitch black, and countless creatures were hidden under the dense forest, the Zhang brothers put their faces on the ground, this mountain they were familiar with, because they ran almost every corner during the day, but at night, because they couldn't see anything, Zhang Laosan could clearly hear the sound of his own breathing.

A rustling sound came from a distance, Zhang San could hear that it was the sound of footsteps stepping on dry leaves, judging from the frequency and severity of the sound, the other party was not one person, but dozens of people.

"Third child, don't make a noise, so many people are dispatched in the middle of the night, it is likely to be bandits, if we are discovered, we will both die."

Zhang Laosan nodded gently, he didn't dare to make a sound, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, but he couldn't see anything, he could feel that the team was moving fast, and no one spoke except for the sound of gentle footsteps.

The brothers were lying in the bushes beside the path, less than ten meters away, and a group of people quickly passed through the path. Without any lighting equipment, the group walked many times faster than the brothers.

Zhang San looked forward to the footsteps and left early, he held back his urine, lay on the ground, the cold invaded his body, he felt his bladder getting bigger and bigger, and his nose was a little itchy, and he wanted to sneeze.

"Stop, disperse." Suddenly, the leader said a word, and the whole team quickly stopped and quickly dispersed, looking for cover.

"Big brother, what's wrong?" After a few seconds, a conversation began.

Zhang San couldn't hold back, and the other party didn't leave, so he had to bite his lip to prevent himself from urinating, and at the same time not let his sneezes come out.

"There is a voice!" The man known as the Boss replied in a low voice.

"Big brother, how can there be a voice, why didn't I hear it, said the person who was talking."

"Don't make a sound, don't move, this action is very important, everything must be careful, and caution can't be wrong."

"Big brother, what now."

"Wait a minute, the front is the Thousand Elephant Temple, now many people are eyeing here, maybe what kind of people will be met, everyone has run for dozens of miles, now it's time to take a break, and act in thirty minutes."

"Big brother, what are you afraid of, people block killing, Buddha blocks killing Buddha, I don't believe that there are still people who can be faster than us."

"Don't be too careless, I have been able to survive for so many years, relying on the word caution, I always feel that something will happen tonight, in short, everyone be careful."

"Big brother, what kind of treasure is there in this Thousand Elephant Temple, the commander has to let us come here in the middle of the night."

"In our business, we can only come out at night, you still want to come out during the day, I don't know how many people in this county want our heads."

"That's right, our commander is also a well-known figure, the capital has offered a reward of 200,000 for his head, and it is said that your worth has also risen to 50,000, big brother."

"What's the matter, you kid still want to exchange my head for money?"

"Big brother, what are you talking about, my life was given by my eldest brother, you let me die, I will never live."

"Then talk less."

"Yes, big brother."

The leader of this group of people is called Zhang Heng, and he is one of the four heavenly kings under the big bandit Zhang Jingyi. After Zhang Jingyi washed Jingji Villa in blood, he began to have nightmares, and he was haunted by countless evil ghosts every night. Zhang Jingyi couldn't stand it, so he went to the surrounding county town to catch several fortune tellers.

The timid fortune teller was scared to death as soon as he arrived at the bandits' den, and the bolder ones, after listening to Zhang Jingyi's situation, they muttered "calamity, calamity, calamity", and then vomited blood and died.

After turning it over a few times, Zhang Jingyi was also afraid, although he had killed countless people, he had never encountered such a situation, in order to avoid rumors in the bandits' den, the scope of knowledge of this matter was strictly controlled within a few leaders.

Zhang Heng grew up in a village near Jingji Villa since he was a child, and in his early years he heard that Emperor Qianlong was often haunted when he stayed here, and later invited senior monks to do things.

The monk presided over the construction of the Thousand Statues Temple, carved a thousand Buddha statues near the Jingji Villa, and invited a section of the finger bone relics of the Bodhidharma Patriarch from the Shaolin Temple, and built the relics pagoda in the southeast of the palace.

After Zhang Heng told Zhang Jingyi about this, Zhang Jingyi ordered Zhang Heng to go to Qianxiang Temple to retrieve the Bodhidharma finger bone relic. Although Zhang Heng knew that this matter was very evil, after all, he had been very familiar with this place since he was a child, and the rumors that the old man said were just rumors after all, he had never encountered them, and the ones he encountered the most were jackals and leopards, but these animals were not his opponents.

Zhang San lay on the ground for more than ten minutes, his bladder was suffocating, and he had already peed out of his pants, and the urine was cold to the cold land, and soon froze into ice ballast.

Zhang San was frozen, and after holding it for more than ten minutes, a breath gushed out from his nose, and he quickly covered his mouth and tried to suppress the sound of sneezing.

"Who?"

Zhang Heng heard someone sneezing nearby, and immediately became alert, the people he brought were all carefully selected, and they were all masters of lying on their stomachs, and they would not make any sound even if they were sleeping.

Zhang San knew that he was in trouble and was about to get up, but he was pressed to the ground by the second brother.

Zhang Lao Er got up and ran away quickly in the opposite direction of the bandits, leaving Zhang San alone in place.

"Big brother, there are people."

The bandits heard a sneeze and then saw a figure running down the path in the direction of the mountain.

"Don't let him run away, if you alarm the officers and soldiers, our brothers will be in danger."

Zhang Heng's first reaction was to extinguish his mouth, in his judgment, according to the pace and speed of the other party's actions, he should be an ordinary villager under the mountain, and he had not undergone any training.

At this time, a wail came from behind Zhang Heng.

"Ah~oh~, big brother~help~"

The wail was followed by the cacophony of body convulsions crushing leaves.

Zhang Heng hurriedly ran over, wanting to see what was going on, and he didn't care about the figure who ran down the mountain just now.

In order to divert the attention of the bandits, Zhang Lao Er ran all the way down the mountain, but did not catch up.

Thinking he had misheard, he slowed down, still without a sound.

He hid behind a rock, pricking up his ears to listen to the movement behind him.

Suddenly, one howl after another came from the mountain, so frightened that Zhang Lao Er couldn't care that the third brother was still lying on the mountain, and rolled down the mountain.

The next day, when people found Zhang Laoer, he had already frozen unconscious, and when he woke up, he didn't remember anything, muttering "Ghost is coming, ghost is coming." ”

The corpses of more than 20 bandits were found under the stupa of the Thousand Elephant Temple, and the death of each of them was quite hideous and terrifying.

The bodies of Zhang Laosan and Zhang Heng were put together, and the old people in the village knew Zhang Heng, and he was the boss of the Zhang family. The Zhang brothers finally met again, but this time they could only meet in the Netherworld. The second child of the Zhang family was already scared stupid, and when he saw the body of the third child, he vomited a mouthful of blood and water, and he also died in Huangquan.

The people in the village were frightened by this and reported it to the government. The government confirmed that the deceased Zhang Heng was the head of Zhang Jingyi's Four Heavenly Kings, and sent a good report to the capital, saying that more than 20 bandits had been suppressed and a bounty had been received.

Zhang Jingyi didn't wait for Zhang Heng to come back, and suddenly died of a vicious illness one night, his face was extremely frightened, and he scratched his face, and his face was covered with blood.

The mysterious death of twenty lives was officially reported as a bandit incident, and after decades, this incident was gradually forgotten, but the folk rumors are still there.

"This mountain used to be called Wuzhong Mountain, when Cao Cao marched and fought here, it rained heavily for two months, and the army was blocked and could not advance, so he was stationed here. Although Cao Cao was helpless, he had no other way, so he took Xu Chu out to relax. Unexpectedly, this came out, and almost made Cao Cao's life endless. ”

"Mr. Sun, then, you go on." In a small pergola on the side of the road, tea drinkers are listening to an old gentleman tell a story with great interest.

"I want to know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown, if I'm done talking, any of you will still come to patronize my business. The small teahouse relies on repeat customers, coming back tomorrow, coming back tomorrow. ”