Chapter 10: The Crowd
I didn't even know who these people were, and the door to the inner room closed inexplicably. I tried to open it, but I heard the sound of people getting closer and closer, and it was obvious that the people had entered the hall.
I had no choice but to put my ear to the door and listen carefully to the conversation between them.
"Old monk, why are you swallowing so slowly, huh? You're here? Okay, is someone willing to come to your broken temple? Hahaha! ”
It was the same person who had just come in from the door and started to make noise.
And after this man finished speaking, the other person answered: "Old monk, we will get to the point." Are there some strange people here who brought something strange? What, why don't you speak? ”
Then I heard a loud "boom" and judged who had kicked the censer down. But until this time, the monk still did not say a word.
It may be because of the monk's slow attitude to speak that he annoyed the gang. After that, I only heard the sound of smashing things, but I couldn't hear them talking. Eventually, my door was kicked a few times.
But the quality of this door is absolutely good, not only can I not open it inside, but I also didn't kick it down with a few kicks from the outside.
And after kicking the door, these people seem to have had enough. Seeing that the old monk still didn't speak, he had to scold a few times and leave the hall.
When I heard the footsteps of those people in the distance, my heart immediately fluttered, and I wanted to go out and see what had been destroyed by them outside.
But before I could open it, it was pushed open from the outside. The old monk then walked in......
"Donor, what is in your backpack? Can you attract these people? Although the old monk's face was calm, his face was not very good when he said this, and the green tendons on his forehead also flipped up slightly.
"This ......," I said, "Kyanite glass box, I have kyanite glass box in my backpack." ”
When the old monk heard this, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, standing in place, unable to speak for a long time......
After being stunned for a while, the old monk asked me tremblingly: "Dare to ask the donor if your kyanite glass box is a set?" ”
I nodded, "Yes, eight, one is not less in my backpack." ”
When the old monk heard this, he bowed slightly. Then he walked in slowly, heading straight for the head of the bed.
"A few months ago, before those people came, before the Yin people disappeared, I found an old Taoist who was covered in blood and was dying in a hole in the mountain over there. I saw that he still had a breath of air, so I took him back to the temple. The monk said slowly, "The seriously injured old Taoist stayed with me for four weeks, and I learned many things from him. Finally, when he left, he left this ......"
The old monk said, turned around, and put something in my hand: "He said that this key should be handed over to the person who came here with a kyanite glass box." ”
I looked at the key in the palm of my hand, and I was full of thoughts: "Is the old way you said from Jiuhua Mountain?" Is it called Nebula Dao Chief? ”
"Yes, it's him." The old monk nodded.
"Abbot, did the Taoist chief tell me where he went?" I pressed on.
The old monk paused slightly: "I didn't say this, but the strange thing is that since he left here, the Yin people have also left, and that group of construction personnel immediately came in to close the mountain." Providence, providence is so......" The old monk sighed at the end.
And at this moment, Boss Ye, who was knocked unconscious by the monk, struggled to get up from the ground: "Ah Hao, what about those people who came to find fault?" Where are the people who disturbed my warmth? ”
"It's long gone, it's the abbot who is blocking those people." I patted Boss Ye, "You can sit here for a while, maybe we will leave again." ”
"Huh? Set out? Where to go? Boss Ye touched his head, "You have a new goal?" ”
I was about to answer, but I heard the old monk say, "Donor, if you don't have a direction, can the poor monk give me a suggestion?" ”
I nodded: "Abbot, please speak."
"I heard the Taoist master say that this key is to open something, what it is, he said that the person carrying the treasure box knows it in his own heart. The donor might as well think about it, is there a door or something in this vicinity that is locked? ”
The monk said a lot, but it seemed to me that he was speaking a long list of Zen sayings. As for whether it will be useful or not, I really don't know now.
And Boss Ye on the side was obviously also stunned by the long list of monks: "I said, old monk, you have been talking for a long time, and I haven't understood a word." Didn't the Nebula Daoist say anything more to you? ”
In the face of Boss Ye's inquiry, the old monk also chose to turn around, keep silent and not respond......
Seeing this, I knew it was time to get out of here. He pulled Boss Ye and said to the monk's back: "Thank you, abbot, we are leaving, I will remember the Zen words you said." Regarding this kyanite glass box, I will also keep it properly so that he will not disturb his mind. ”
The monk still did not answer, but hummed the Buddha horn a few times. Seeing this, I pulled Boss Ye out of the hall silently......
The hall has been vandalized and in shambles. Except for the Buddha, the incense burner and the table with a missing leg in the corner were inevitably shattered.
I felt a little sorry for it, and I wanted to help clean up, but I heard a white light and thunder roaring outside. As far as the eye can see, the outside of the house is full of the smell of mountain rain and wind full of buildings - if you don't leave, it is estimated that you will not be able to go again.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly took Boss Ye out of the temple......
"What do you say this old monk came from, everyone else has lived in the lower village, and he is still staying here." After going out, Boss Ye looked at the temple frequently and muttered, "Hey, don't you know, I was very depressed after I just went in, and I always wanted to scold people and smash things." I don't know why I can't control myself, but after the old monk knocked me out, I didn't have that kind of thought. It's weird......"
"Maybe it's the environment and your mood that will be unstable." I rolled my eyes, and I really felt that the previous Boss Ye had not changed quite right.
"So, do you know where to go?" Boss Ye asked me about it.
"Yes, I want to go back to my grandfather's cave first. And then...... It seems that there is also a place on the mountain where the Yin people have stayed, and we have to go there to see it. "I was planning, and suddenly I heard the sound of rushing and communicating in front of me.
Almost the moment I looked up, I was pulled into the grass next to me by Boss Ye. At this time, we didn't care whether the grass was wet or not, so we just lay on the ground and waited quietly.
After a while, several people in neat gear appeared in front of us. Through the grass, I wanted to take note of their faces, but I found that they were all wearing protective goggles and masks. I had no choice but to give up......
As they passed in front of us, the group seemed to sense something. One of them stretched out his arm and blocked the others' path. Then another man half-tilted his head, as if observing something, and then he pointed to the grass where we were!
Boss Ye and I were stunned, and while we didn't dare to move, our whole bodies were tense, and I could even feel bursts of heat coming from Boss Ye's side.
Thankfully, in the end, the group just looked at us. One of them tried to come over, but was stopped by the others. After that, they exchanged views for a short while, and then continued on their way.
Boss Ye and I saw the group of people disappear at the end of the road, and then we got up from the grass tremblingly. After making sure that there was no one around, we got back on the road.
"It was so dangerous, damn it, did you hear them talking about something?" Boss Ye asked me while patting the leaves stuck to his body.
I shook my head after recalling the scene of their conversation just now: "I don't know...... They seem to speak the dialect of that place? I'm not sure, maybe it's not our country's Chinese yet. "It's true that the way they just spoke, although it sounded like a southern accent in it, I couldn't really tell where the accent was.
"I sound like a Northwest accent......" Boss Ye muttered, turning his head to me and smiling bitterly, "I didn't hear it either." ”
"It's okay, maybe it's because of the high level of nervousness, it's not a big deal, let's get out of here quickly." I comforted Boss Ye as I looked back at the place where the group of people had disappeared. A few thoughts then came to my mind: Are they members of the expedition? Or someone else? What is the purpose of their visit......