The next morning, on the crowded street, Ding Xiaolan brushed the bangs on her forehead behind her ears and looked at Qi Lu and said, "It's almost eleven o'clock, let's go back." ”

"Well, I've been running all morning, and I don't have any clues, so it seems that I'm busy in vain." Qi Lu said helplessly.

"It's strange, since the last time I scared the little couple at the station, the female ghost in red hasn't appeared again, as if the world has evaporated."

"Maybe they sensed that we were following her and deliberately hid."

The two walked back as they talked, Qi Lu suddenly stopped, pointed to a monk in front of him and said, "Look, isn't that a little monk in the clear sky?"

Ding Xiaolan looked intently, it was really the clear space that accompanied them yesterday, he was carrying a yellow cloth bag on his back, and he was walking lightly towards this side.

Qi Lu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Little Master, why did you go down the mountain today?"

"Although the injured donor has been sent to the hospital for treatment, the master is worried about his condition and wants to prepare a Chinese medicine to help him heal his injury as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there are two kinds of herbs in the temple that are hard to find in the mountains, so I had to go down the mountain to buy them. Jingkong pointed to his cloth bag and said to Qi Lu: "Now that the matter is done, I am going to visit the injured benefactor in the hospital, and then return to Guanyin Temple." ”

"Why don't I take a look at him with you?"

"That's very good, the donor is still his savior."

The three of them arrived at the hospital, and when they entered the ward, they saw the mountain man lying on the bed playing a mobile game, so they went up to say hello.

After a pleasantry, he handed over the prepared herbs to the mountain people, and introduced their names to both parties. "This is Liu Damao, a villager from Liujia Village at the foot of the mountain. This is my master's friend Qi Lu, and he is also the one who rescued you from the bottom of the valley yesterday. ”

Liu Damao hurriedly straightened up and thanked Qi Lu, Qi Lu hurriedly shook his hand and said that he should thank him for trivial matters, and at the same time saw that he had no relatives around him to take care of him, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Liu, why is no one taking care of you?"

"It's just a little injury, why let them waste time here. Besides, it's the busy farming season, and I can't finish the words in the fields, so I want to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible. ”

"The donor must not" Jingkong hurriedly said: "You have a broken leg and need to recuperate quietly, how can you not follow the doctor's instructions and be discharged from the hospital without authorization." ”

"Well, I know what's at stake. But the child is young in elementary school, and there is only one wife at home, so I am afraid that I will miss the agricultural time. ”

"Don't worry." Jingkong smiled and said, "The master has arranged for the people in the temple to go to your house to help, and you can recuperate with peace of mind." ”

Liu Damao was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly expressed his gratitude, he clasped his hands together and said: "Master Wutong is as kind to me as a mountain, and this time I fell from the mountain cliff to be able to turn evil into good fortune, thanks to his many years of teaching me." ”

Qi Lu's brows furrowed when he listened, thinking that it was obviously me who saved you, but you put the credit on the old monk.

Liu Damao said: "The master taught me to be kind to others on weekdays, and asked me to recite Buddhist scriptures in the morning and evening. Sure enough, it was sincerity and spirituality, and Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared to save me at a critical moment. ”

Qi Lu was even more angry after hearing this, what he said was simply to erase his own credit. Although he pretended to be indifferent on the surface, he scolded in his heart, if he knew this, he should have let you lie down for a few more hours, and it would not be too late for me to save you.

However, the pot did not open the pot, and the clear space also added oil and vinegar from the side and said: "The donor is dedicated to goodness, and the Bodhisattva will naturally bless you in secret." ”

Qi Lu couldn't help it, and said with a sneer: "How did the Bodhisattva manifest his spirit to save you?"

"If it weren't for the Bodhisattva Chagaran God who saved me, how could I have fallen from such a high place and only suffered a minor injury," Liu Damao looked pious.

Ding Xiaolan "fluttered" and almost laughed, but Qi Lu's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he suddenly realized that Liu Damao's words didn't seem like just words.

Sure enough, Qi Lu heard Liu Damao continue to talk about the events of the day, and the first half was similar to Qi Lu's speculation yesterday.

Liu Damao went up the mountain to chop wood and accidentally got his leg cut by thorns, so he sat on a stone to bandage his wounds, and when he saw that the sun was warm, he lay down on the stone and slept. But the second half of the story made everyone present jaw-dropping, and it was incredible.

Liu Damao said: "I was sleeping soundly, maybe I turned over, I accidentally slipped to the ground, and then fell from the edge of the cliff." Just when I thought I was going to die, suddenly a figure appeared in mid-air, with blue hair and indigo, and the face was exactly the same as the statue of Garan in the temple. ”

He only flashed before my eyes and then disappeared, and just as I was wondering if I was dazzled, I felt someone hold my back, and the speed of the fall slowed down a lot. As you know, I suffered this little injury, and if I had fallen to my death, I would have fallen to my death. The corners of Liu Damao's eyes rose, as if he was recalling that thrilling moment.

After hearing this, Jingkong folded his hands and praised repeatedly: "Amitabha, it is really a bodhisattva manifestation, I will explain this matter to the master after returning to the temple, and I will also promote the merits of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the future." ”

Qi Lu didn't want to believe that this was a cliché story of Guanyin's apparition to rescue the people of the cliff mountain, but he couldn't give a reasonable explanation for Liu Damao's experience. He still asked Liu Damao with doubts: "Since it was the Bodhisattva who saved you, why did you have to be slightly injured?"

"It's all because my heart is not sincere enough, and I read too few Buddhist scriptures, so it's hard to punish if I drop a little." Liu Damao then said to Jingkong: "When I get well, I will definitely go to Guanyin Temple to worship the Bodhisattva." ”

"I really don't usually burn incense, and I am cramming for a while." Qi Lu muttered secretly, and was about to find an excuse to go out to smoke a cigarette, when he heard the mobile phone in his bag ringing, and he hurriedly took out his mobile phone and went out to answer the phone.

Unexpectedly, this call was from Wutong, who said that Lin Bo and Jiang Wenhao had come to Guanyin Temple to visit him, hoping that Qi Lu could also go over to accompany the guests.

Qi Lu was stunned when he heard this, and realized that several people from Linjiawan who were related to the female ghost in red had arrived, so he hurriedly agreed to Master Wutong's request, and then hurriedly entered the ward to inform Ding Xiaolan.

After Jingkong knew about this, he said to Qi Lu: "It just so happens that I want to go back too, how about Qi Shizhu let us go back to the temple together?"

Of course, Qi Lu couldn't ask for it, so the three of them left the hospital after saying goodbye to Liu Damao.

The three of them walked on the mountain road, all the way to the cold wind, Qi Lu saw the little monk of the clear space chanting while walking, so he joked with him: "The little master is so pious, he doesn't forget to recite the scriptures when he walks, do you often see Guanyin appearing?"

"Alas, there have been many obstacles in the temple recently, if the Bodhisattva can appear in front of the little monk once, then these ghosts and ghosts can be allowed to harass the monks."

"You said there was an accident in the temple recently"

"Ah" Jingkong realized that he had missed his mouth, he was stunned for a moment, and then raised his palm and said: "The donor and the master have been friends for many years, so the little monk will not hide from you." ”

"I'd like to hear about it." Qi Lu's interest came, he didn't want to be bored and walked all the way to Guanyin Temple.

"This temple has always been peaceful, but strange things have happened this year." "In the dead of night, monks who return late or go to the toilet often see ghosts haunting the eaves. ”

"And such strange things" Qi Lu asked in surprise: "Then have you seen this ghost?"

Jingkong glanced back at Qi Lu and quickly turned his gaze away, and it could be seen that he was gradually falling into some kind of uneasy memory.

"I've seen it once." He said.

It seems that this is not groundless, Qi Lu said to him again: "You go on, be more detailed." ”

"One night last month, I had diarrhea, got up to go to the toilet halfway through sleep, and was about to go back to my room to rest when I saw it. It was a good day, and by the bright moonlight I saw a dark shadow on the roof of the wing where the monk was resting. ”

"Can you be sure he's not a thief?"

"Not a thief." Qingkong's voice began to tremble slightly, "This black shadow looks like a non-human, squatting on the top of the roof, and there is smoke on it. At first it was pitch black, but as the smoke grew thicker, it slowly stretched out so that the little monk had a chance to see it in its entirety, and saw that it looked like a monster born of a cross between a cow and a horse, and that it seemed to be wearing a luminous ornament on its forehead that I could not recognize. ”

Could it be that it is the bastard of the bull head and horse face in the underworld, and the road is a little doubtful about its authenticity, but the demeanor of the clear air does not look like he is lying.

Ding Xiaolan shook her head slightly, obviously unable to accept the fact of the clear space statement: "It doesn't matter if it's a ghost or a demon, I don't believe that these evil creatures dare to come to Guanyin Temple to spread wild." ”

The clear sky blushed and said, "The little monk is definitely not lying. ”

"Little Master, I didn't say you were lying." Ding Xiaolan then expressed her opinion: "Master Wutong is an expert in catching demons, if there are really evil things entering the temple to harass the monks, the master will not stand idly by." ”

Qi Lu laughed, it seems that Ding Xiaolan has learned a lot of things during the time she has been with him. What she said just now was also a question that Qi Lu was puzzled about.

"Hey, many senior brothers have explained this matter to the master, but the master said that God has the virtue of a good life, since that thing has not harmed us, and when it is a lonely soul passing by and resting, let it go."

Ding Xiaolan admired and said: "Master Wutong is really a bodhisattva's heart, yesterday he tried his best to save people, and today I heard the little master talk about it, which made me admire the master's good character." ”

Qi Lu is not as simple as Ding Xiaolan, he has already cursed in his heart, no wonder he even handed over the haunting of his brother's house to me, it turned out that he was trying to gain a good reputation for himself.

Jingkong said, "It's also strange to say, since the master said that, since the next day, that ghost has never appeared in the temple again. Presumably, the ghost was influenced by the master and took the opportunity to escape to reincarnate. ”

Qi Lu was secretly frightened when he heard this, and secretly said that it would not be that this old bald donkey was as merciful as a Buddha on the surface, but secretly destroyed the ghost and monster, and asked quietly: "When did Wutong say this to you?"

"This little monk remembers it very clearly, it should be the day before the Bodhisattva's Christmas."

"Oh." Qi Lu was suddenly shocked, the word Guanyin Christmas touched his nerves at once, because according to his and Lao Wu's investigation, the first time the female ghost in red appeared in the city happened to be the day of Guanyin Christmas.

How could it be so coincidental that the demon disappeared in the Guanyin Temple yesterday, and the next day a female ghost in red appeared in the downtown area, is there any connection between the two

Qi Lu fell silent all of a sudden, and a strange picture suddenly appeared in his mind, that is, the demon ghost face of the monk harassing the monk appeared on the headless neck of the female ghost in red, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a strange arc, and he was looking at himself with a mocking gaze.