The carriage galloped all the way, and after more than an hour, the three carriages of the General's Mansion finally arrived at Honganji Temple.

When he was at the foot of the mountain, Du Xiaomeng looked out and looked up to see a temple complex entrenched in the middle of the mountainside, majestic. When I arrived at Honganji Temple, I followed everyone through the temple gate that was open to all parties under the gaze of the two mighty and angry King Kong statues on the left and right, and immediately the mixed smell of various incense and candles came to my face with hot air.

Between the temple gate and the Daxiong Hall with a black and gold lacquer plaque, there is a spacious open space paved with blue bricks. In the center of this clearing, there is a pagoda several meters high, and next to the pagoda there is a half-human high, at least one meter in diameter, a large incense burner with a belly. The incense burner is filled with burned incense feet, and the pagoda is full of traces of smoke and dripping wax from red candles.

Suddenly, the Hongyuan Temple was crowded with people, and many good believers were busy making treasures and offering incense between the pagoda and the incense burner, and many of them were chanting words with their eyes closed and their palms closed.

In the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the solemn golden Buddha statue several meters high sits on the lotus throne, looking down compassionately on the hues of all beings in the world in the swirling smoke, and accepts the humble worship and pious worship of the believers.

Zhan Qi brought his family to Hongyuan Temple to pray for blessings, but he didn't use the privilege in his hand to clear the temple early, and he was very low-key and mixed with the masses to have fun with the crowd.

There are many people in the temple, one of the brothers of the Zhan family is responsible for protecting a weak woman, Zhan Qi is of course responsible for protecting Qiusha, Zhan Ren is in a group with his little sister, and the remaining third brother Zhan Yi and Du Xiaomeng form a team. After the work was divided, everyone squeezed together with a group of good believers, and went to worship the gods and Buddhas in the temple and offer incense in order.

Only after worshipping the Buddha statue in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and following the flow of people to the next hall to worship, Du Xiaomeng was squeezed by other good believers to distance herself from the rest of the Zhan family, and after she finished incense in the Guanyin Temple, not to mention other people, even Zhan Yi, who was responsible for protecting her with her team, was also squeezed away. However, although she was left alone, she was not worried. Because before coming in, Zhan Qi, who had come to Hongyuan Temple many times to worship God, told everyone that if they were separated, they would go to the open space outside the Daxiong Hall to wait for other people after worshipping God and offering incense; If you get lost, ask a master in the temple for directions, and someone will take you to your destination.

I had a consensus with the people of the Zhan family, and I was not afraid that I would be left behind, so Du Xiaomeng went to worship God with confidence. She has always had the attitude of "I would rather believe in what is there than what I don't have" to the gods and Buddhas, so in the solemn chanting sound, she knelt down very reverently in front of each Buddha statue and solemnly prayed her wishes to the gods who were enshrined by the ethereal incense. When all the gods and Buddhas came out of the last hall, Du Xiaomeng's eyes had already been smoked by the smoke that could not be dissolved, and they were covered with incense ash. The clothes I wore today were one of the sets given by Yu Tianzheng, and the good new clothes were burned out of a hole, although they were not very conspicuous, but it was really a little heart-wrenching to look at, and I knew that I was wearing the usual old clothes!

Du Xiaomeng glanced at the small hole a few times painfully, and then looked up and looked around to find the rest of the Zhan family in the crowd, and looked at it for a while, but half of the familiar people around him didn't look at it. She had no choice but to follow the road she had just walked slowly in the direction of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, although the Hongyuan Temple was very large, but the road was still very recognizable.

After walking for a while, he walked to the agreed meeting place, but Du Xiaomeng couldn't see the rest of the Zhan family. Thinking about it, they should need more time than her to pray for Old Man Zhan's blessings, since that's the case, let's stand here and wait for them.

The main hall is facing the temple gate, and there is no building in front of the temple that blocks the view, and standing in the open space in front of the hall can see the endless scenery under the mountain. Standing there quietly, breathing the air mixed with the smell of incense and candles, blowing the mountain breeze with aura, and listening to the chanting sound around her, Du Xiaomeng felt that her heart had a peace and tranquility that she had not seen for a long time at this moment, and she simply closed her eyes and relaxed to enjoy this rare peace.

I don't know how long I stood there, Qiu Sha's sweet and greasy voice sounded in my ears: "Miss Du, you came out so soon?" ”

What was supposed to be a good mood was immediately ruined. Du Xiaomeng opened her eyes very reluctantly, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Qiu Sha and Zhan Qi's natural pair of Biren standing in front of her, as usual, the man was handsome and handsome, and the woman was charming and moving.

Du Xiaomeng ignored Qiu Sha as air directly, she glanced around and then looked up and asked Zhan Qi, "What about the others?" ”

Zhan Qi said, "They haven't come out yet, let's wait for them here." ”

"Okay." After Du Xiaomeng answered, she didn't bother to pay attention to the two people standing in front of her, and turned her head to look at the scenery. These two people made her look at the pain in her eyes, and by the way, she also made her feel depressed, out of sight is clean, and her heart would be better when they didn't exist.

Du Xiaomeng's cold attitude made Zhan Qi look uncomfortable. Between him and her, it seems that they always have to get along like this, why can she and Yu Tianzheng have a good talk in detail, but not him? Thinking of this, Zhan Qi felt a blockage in his heart again.

With their own thoughts, the three of them stood in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and waited for a long time, and finally saw Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi. The strange thing is that the two did not turn out of the road behind the temple, but ran from the temple gate, and both of them still had anxious looks on their faces.

Zhan Ren, who was supposed to be with Zhan Qi, was the first to run over and said to Zhan Qi in a hurry: "Big brother is not good! ”

His actions made those present immediately nervous. Zhan Qi asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" ”

Zhan Ren wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said unfavorably: "Little sister, little sister, she is gone!" ”

"What?" Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng shouted in unison.

Zhan Qi grabbed the second brother's collar and asked loudly, "Why is the little sister gone?!" ”

Zhan Ren's face turned blue and said: "My little sister just heard that the spring water of the fairy spring on the mountain can cure all diseases, so she must go to fetch the spring water and bring it back to her father to drink, so she and I went to the fairy spring to get spring water." As a result, I got separated from my little sister on the way, and then I went to Xianren Spring and didn't see my little sister, and I waited there for most of the day and didn't see her. So, I came back, but after seeing the third brother, the third brother said that he didn't see the little sister come back. ”

Zhan Yi, who ran after Zhan Ren, then said anxiously: "We searched in the temple and outside the temple gate just now, but we didn't find the little sister. ”