Chapter 32: The Temple
I thought that this holy temple was built somewhere in Fucheng, just like the temple and nunnery I saw before.
However, these three-sided temples stand impressively in the center of the city, and you can see them when you enter the city gate, and the temple occupies the entire city, and the magnificent left and right sides can not see the wall.
It's like a mirage, suddenly standing in front of you, looking so unreal that it reminds me of the imperial palace in Shengjing.
Moreover, as soon as we entered the city, the three-sided temple instantly lit up with a blinding red.
Under the eaves of the temple, there were at least thousands of lanterns, which swayed like ghost fires in the dark night.
"Woo woo, woo woo!"
Behind us, there was another cry.
Beilin glanced sideways slightly, and glanced behind him.
I also turned around and noticed that there were several more teams of men behind me.
And on their horses there were girls who wept and wailed.
It seems that it was the oracle who had gone to another place to bring the girl over.
We saved Du Xiaowei, but we were powerless to save these girls at this moment.
I could only look at them, desperately and humbly begging the messengers to let them go, but these pleas were useless.
The leading oracle jumped out of the carriage, and the others dismounted.
I looked at the leading oracle and grabbed the figure from the back of the horse with one hand.
Immediately after that, a team, a group of "people" dismounted, and walked towards the main entrance of the temple.
This holy temple can not be seen clearly from a distance, but when you look closely, you can clearly see that the wall is embedded with white marble, and the jade is glazed tiles, which is simply more luxurious than the palace built?
The leading oracle stood at the door of the temple, threw the statue of the earth man to the ground, and then crossed his hands, put it on his chest, and spoke, not knowing what he was saying.
All the black-robed divine envoys behind him followed suit, and I and Beilin naturally followed suit, and after chattering with them for a long time, the main door of the holy temple finally opened from the inside.
I squinted and looked inside, but what I saw was a front yard full of green trees, and it was no different from ordinary people's courtyards, except that it was much larger.
One by one, these gods walked inward in a very orderly manner, and I and Beilin also hung our heads slightly and entered slowly.
Suddenly, at this moment, someone behind him shouted: "Wait! ”
This sudden rebuke made my heart rise instantly, and I immediately thought in my heart, isn't it exposed? But there's no reason? I've been imitating them all along, so I shouldn't have shown any clues.
"Dada, dada!"
Immediately after, footsteps came in this direction.
"Woo woo, don't, don't touch me!"
I quietly looked sideways, and it turned out to be a goddess behind me, because she was too frightened, she would rather die than enter the temple, and she was secretly pulling out the dagger hidden in her sleeve to kill herself.
But as soon as the dagger was taken out, it was discovered, and the dagger was taken away, but fortunately, the oracles did not do anything to her.
She was still carried and sent to the temple.
We walked through the front yard full of trees with these oracles, and when we walked under the tree, I recognized that this tree was a mulberry tree, which was called a "ghost tree" like the locust tree, because the "mulberry" and "mourning" were homonyms, so there would not be such a depressed tree planted in the main house.
And just passing through this mulberry tree, it took us half an hour.
Originally, the girls were still crying, but now, one by one, their voices were also hoarse, and they all struggled and lost their strength, so there was no sound around except footsteps.
Half an hour later, we were standing in front of a huge bronze door.
As before, the oracles still crossed their hands over their chests and muttered.
In the middle of the night, the bronze door opened, and then we saw a large boxy pool, in the pool, a piece of black, such a black water, I think it should not be able to raise fish.
However, it doesn't matter if you can raise fish or not, Beilin came here today just to find out what the three-faced demon king's body is.
We went around the pool from the corridors on either side of the pool.
As I walked, I vaguely heard the sound of "bang, bang, bang" below, as if something was swimming desperately under the black water.
This reminds me of the dark river in Yaozhou Nunnery, and I don't know what powerful demon is hidden underneath.
Bypassing the boxy pool from the cloister, we actually walked in front of another door.
I couldn't help but frown, this is a bit like the triple gate we encountered when we entered Beijing?
Again, as before, the oracles bowed again, and then chanted.
After the door opened, this time, we saw a golden tripod, which was more than a foot high, and it looked extremely heavy.
There is smoke on the tripod, and when you look up, you can see three sticks, like a small tree, "thick, big" incense, inserted in the tripod.
The messengers bowed down to the big ding, and then took the girls into the main hall behind the big ding.
This main hall is so empty that you can't see the end of the end, and the candles on the table can't shine to the farthest point.
I could only see in front of me, a Buddha statue taller than the big ding, standing proudly in the hall.
This Buddha statue is exactly the same as the statue of the demon king worshiped by the people, but it is a little bigger.
And, this is supposed to be a golden statue, right? The golden one is shining brightly, illuminated by the candle flame, which is very dazzling.
The oracle pushed the girls in front of the three-faced demon king, then crossed his hands and placed them on his chest, and then began to retreat towards the outside of the house.
Naturally, Beilin and I followed their example and slowly withdrew from the main hall.
"Wow!" After the gods withdrew, the door of the main hall was slowly closed, and there was a loud sound of "ho".
Watching these oracles retreat towards the corridors on the left and right, my heart suddenly became a little anxious, if I withdrew with them, wouldn't it be in vain?
Thinking so, Stygian quietly grabbed my arm, and then pulled me to hide behind the pillar on the side of the corridor.
I touched the cold pillar and quietly looked sideways at the oracles.
They almost all left without looking back, in unison, not noticing that two of them were missing.
After seeing them all gone, he reached out and grabbed my waist, and then flew up to the eaves with agility.
The eaves are huge, and because they are glazed tiles, they make a crisp sound when stepped on.
After discovering it, his feet did not stick to the tiles and quickly fell on the ridge.
He hugged me and sat down slowly, and I looked at the glazed tiles on my left and right, and I felt as if I was sitting on a giant kite with a bright moon overhead.
If it weren't for the fact that this was the temple of the Three-Faced Demon King, it would be really beautiful here.