Chapter 8 West Mountain
News of the killing of the Zhangxiong messenger near Fifty Lipu and the near-assassination of Fushengye soon spread to the Moon Temple.
coincided with the death of the young master, and the dragons of the Moon Temple were leaderless. There is an undercurrent surging on the Twin Peaks, and all forces are doing their best to prepare for the audition of the reincarnated spirit child. After receiving Fang Rui's flying pigeon summons, the chief priest of the adjudication department pressed the letterhead under the pending copy and stopped asking questions.
He did have a few important things to decide in the near future, and a whole bunch of chores to take care of.
In the past, when Shao Si Ming was alive, the temple was a forbidden knife area within a radius of fifty miles. Except for the knights of the Sun Temple and the protégés of the Moon Temple, outsiders, regardless of their status, must collect their weapons and not expose them after fifty miles.
It was appalling that an Assassin would dare to assassinate a preacher on an official road near the Temple of the Moon. But with such a bad incident, the Elders of the Moon Temple had no time to deal with it at this moment.
At the foot of Tiantai Mountain, at the entrance to the twin peaks, there is a stone monument called Jiejian Tai.
The Twelve Guardians have completed their escort mission by sending the Floating Leaf here, and they will return to the Sun Temple to report on their duties on the same day.
Looking up, above the twin peaks under the dome, the majestic Moon Temple complex is half into the green mountains and half into the clouds.
Recalling the experience along the way, Fushengye felt a lot of emotion, and he stopped to say goodbye to the affectionate and affectionate Twelve Guardians.
Among them, Fang Rui and Fushengye have the best relationship. According to the custom of the Mangyuan tribe, friends will give gifts to each other when they are separated. Fang Rui presented Fusheng Ye with a special dagger made by the Xirong Clan. The floating leaves were empty-handed, and they couldn't find a decent gift for a while.
He felt for a sandalwood box in his arms. It contained thirteen Qi and Blood Pills, which were his life-saving medicine. He had to take one pill a month on time to ensure that the blood cancer did not recur. When the pills run out next year, the envoy will also bring new Qi and Blood Pills. Fusheng Ye thought to himself that there were twelve months in a year, and he had thirteen Qi and Blood Pills. The extra pill is used as a backup, but it is useless.
Fushengye believes in a minimalist lifestyle, and anything that seems superfluous is too troublesome and I don't want to bring it with me.
Fang Rui also saw the embarrassment of the floating leaf, and when he saw the floating leaf solemnly handing him a black pill in return, his heart was broken. Fang Rui didn't know what kind of pill it was, and Fusheng Ye didn't explain it with a calm face. Fang Rui was embarrassed to ask.
The Ten's goodbye to the floating leaf was simple and clear. He just whispered "My surname is Ji" beside the floating leaves, and then turned around and led the knights away.
Later, Fushengye understood what the three words "my surname is Ji" meant. "Ji" is the national surname of the Central Plains Empire. In the Central Plains, only the royal family can have the surname Ji, and ordinary people must avoid this surname. Even members of the royal family who were demoted to commoners could no longer have the surname Hime, but had to change their surnames to something else. The surname "Ji" in the Central Plains Empire means supreme glory and ultimate dignity.
In the evening, Fushengye wore a black robe and a golden mask to climb the stone steps leading to the Twin Peaks Moon Temple.
The prince of Zhangxiong has lived in the Moon Temple for ten years, and even if he lives in seclusion and is always hidden behind black robes and masks, there will always be people who are very familiar with him over time. The problem that Floating Leaf faced was that he didn't know any of the people in the Moon Temple, which made him how to carry out his work after entering.
At the training camp, he was asked to memorize the architectural layout of the Temple of the Moon. This allowed the floating leaves to enter the west mountain of the Moon God Temple, and they would not go the wrong way without being led. He was also asked by instructors to repeatedly observe the videos of numerous members of the West Mountain. It is said that these videos were taken secretly by some sleepers at the risk of their lives.
He thought he was fully prepared, but he overestimated his courage.
At this moment, every step up the stairs would increase the panic in his heart. He didn't know if his identity was really infallible. If his identity is revealed, he will face even more terrifying consequences than the spread of cancer cells. The worshippers of the temple may have tied him to a tree and burned him alive, or they may have stoned him to death.
Fushengye imagined that once his identity was exposed, he would not be able to die anyway. When he climbed to the top of the mountain, his nervous legs stiffened when he looked at the mountain gate, and no one knew that his sweaty embarrassment was not the hot sweat that he was tired from climbing, but the cold sweat that scared him when he was thinking about it.
The sun god deity believed by the Mangyuan tribe is a male body, and the moon god deity is a female body.
The young priest who has always been in charge of the Moon Temple must be a goddess, so the status of female friars in the Moon Temple is generally higher than that of male monks.
The friars occupy the higher eastern summit of the Twin Peaks. On the mountain, the ancients built a five-fold courtyard. In turn, there are five parts of the Moon God Temple, the Chanting Hall, the Debate Hall, the Qin Courtyard and the Calligraphy and Painting Academy.
Pilgrims can only enter the first temple of the moon god to worship. The chanting hall in the inner courtyard is where the nuns read in the morning. Pilgrims are fortunate enough to hear the beautiful singing of the nuns, but it is difficult to see the beautiful scenes of their chanting.
After lunch, the nuns gathered in the debate hall to exchange experiences with each other. Most of the scriptures are hand-me-downs, and each passage will have different opinions and interpretations depending on the person. When there is a serious disagreement, the nuns need to argue or question their classmates with difficult questions, which is called debate.
After the debate hall is the Qin Temple. As the name suggests, the temple is a place where nuns learn music and musical instruments. At the climax of the debate, the sound of the piano is melodious and complements each other.
The highest part of Dongshan is the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, which is backed by a steep cliff. Because Shao Si Ming often meditates here, nuns who can enter the academy of calligraphy and painting must have a high level of attainment in calligraphy and painting.
The range of activities of the Friars of the Temple of the Moon is limited to the West Mountain.
There are three departments in Xishan, one is Wenxuan Pavilion, two is the Ruling Division, and three are Lecture Hall.
On the periphery of the three buildings are many rooms of different styles, which are intended for the dwellings of handymen and doormen.
At present, there are eight elders of the council, 56 preachers, and 73 ascetics. There are more than 800 miscellaneous servants and 3,000 disciples from the outer sect. Most of these guests are the kings and grandsons of the various departments of the Mangyuan. In the Temple of the Moon God, they can listen to the teachings of the monks and complete certain spiritual tasks with the monks.
The families behind the doormen bear most of the cost of the Moon Temple. Nishiyama is also crowded with many visitors, and it looks like a chaotic market during the pilgrimage.
The floating leaves have entered the West Mountain of the Moon God Temple since childhood. At present, he is in charge of the collation and excerpt of scriptures in Wenxuan Pavilion.
Man Xuan Court is a three-story building. On the first floor is a prayer building where the monks can borrow books. The second floor is where the old scholars compiled and compiled the scriptures. The third floor is a real scripture building, with a plaque hanging at the door that idlers are not allowed to enter, and there is an iron chain lock on the door. There are many unique books and original old scriptures in the scripture building, which are written by the predecessors and sages, and are regarded as treasures by the believers of the Moon Temple, so the books here are forbidden to circulate.
The place where the floating leaves practice daily is on the second floor of Wenxuan Pavilion.
Fusheng Ye originally thought that after he returned to the Moon God Temple, even if he would not be greeted by the hero's triumph, at least a senior brother should come out to greet him. After all, on the way back, he encountered an Assassin and nearly lost his life.
But he found himself really thinking too much. The people on the West Mountain were busy with their own things, and no one cared if he came back or not. If it weren't for the fact that he was dressed differently, maybe no one would have looked at him more.
That's when Floating Leaves realized how successful the previous lurker had been. The most important quality of a good spy is his ability to make everyone ignore his existence. Fushengye still remembered what the instructor had said, and now he felt that the instructor was too right.
Fushengye followed the map of the West Mountain buildings that he had memorized before, and walked towards his own residence. Along the way, even if someone comes to meet him, he will not take the initiative to greet him.
It's not that the people on the west hill of the Moon Temple are cold by nature. Because he found that other people still talk and laugh at each other when they are together. It's just that everyone avoided him as soon as they saw him, and even the group of people who were originally laughing became silent when they saw him.
When the other brothers passed by, they would greet each other and say a few words to each other, and the worst was a nodding acquaintance. But all the people who walked by him didn't even have a look of exchange.
Fushengye suddenly understood that his identity was completely isolated. What exactly did the ex usually do to incur such a result?
According to his past experience, a person who is so isolated and excluded from the group can easily suffer unnecessary trouble. For example, people who don't fit in at school can easily fall prey to bullying in school. And in the workplace, such a person will become a person who quietly does some dirty and tiring work, and is not pleased. Even if the leader knows that you have given a lot, he just doesn't want to see you.
Floating leaves suddenly integrated into such an environment, and it took less than a moment to deeply feel how uncomfortable it was to be treated as a dirty person. It's a silent injury, giving the floating leaves the illusion that they want to scream.