This policeman/officer looked very young, with a straight uniform and only one star on his epaulettes, and he came over to salute a standard salute, and Yan Ning was flattered.

Before Yan Ning could speak, the police/officer had already shown his ID, and it turned out that his name was Xiao Jian: "The bus driver said that you are also an eyewitness, and they have returned to the bureau to make a unified record, why don't you follow." ”

"No one informed me, I'm waiting for a friend to pick me up." She was standing here in Yufei just now, and when the other party left, she turned back to the bus and took her luggage, "Is it important to make a note here?" ”

Xiao Jian nodded, "You can tell me about the whole process first." ”

Just now, those people only knew that the body suddenly made a big turn, the passengers only knew that they were staggering, and even the driver was staggered, and the colleague went to adjust the monitoring, and it would take a little time to get the results.

He had just been transferred to the serious crime team for less than three months, the old criminal policeman was busy exploring the cliff, he couldn't take care of him, he had nothing to do, he saw Yan Ning squatting on the stones from a distance, crying and laughing, thinking of what the bus driver said to him, so the dead horse doctor found Yan Ning.

Seeing her, she didn't expect that Yan Ning not only saw the whole process, but also asked him to focus on searching the villages under the cliff.

Seeing Yan Ning's request so affirmatively, he couldn't help asking, "How do you know that there is a village chief below?" According to the data of the 10th Population Census not long ago, Yunhai City is surrounded by mountains and has never been inhabited. ”

"This—I guess—that's what it's written in the novel." If she said that it was a dream, the other party must have thought that she was joking, but even so, the other party's kind expression was a little more solemn.

Xiao Jian asked, "Which novel?" ”

Yan Ning said a large list of names of novels, all of which were the type of the male protagonist who fell off the cliff and did not die at seven o'clock, and Xiao Jian was stunned, and only said faintly after a while: "I didn't expect girls to like this now." ”

His face was slightly pale: "If you provide false information to the police, it will cause a lot of unnecessary waste of energy." Please take it seriously. ”

Yan Ning's legs softened, and he said, "How dare you, you are serious." "Although Xiao Jian looks like a newcomer, he has the bonus of this uniform, and he is also very bluffing when he is not smiling. Just when she didn't know what to say, Xiao Lin finally drove the car late.

"I'm late."

Xiao Lin soon found that Yan Ning, who was squatting on the side of the road and being tortured by the police, was also a little surprised, and when he asked the reason, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, pulled Yan Ning aside, and apologized to Xiao Jian: "My friend was frightened, and it is normal to say the wrong thing, your suggestion is to take a look at the driving record of the accident car, that is more valuable than my friend's words." ”

Xiao Jianhu asked Yan Ning suspiciously, "Is that so?" ”

Yan Ning had no choice but to respond bitterly. At the same time, she regretted it very much, she shouldn't have opened her mouth like this. If there were no villages down there, it would be fine, but she was talking nonsense, and if there was a temple down there, maybe the officer would come looking for her.

Fortunately, Xiao Jian didn't stop her after leaving her contact information, and Yan Ning left quickly in Xiaolin's car.

According to him, this police officer was a rich child, and he didn't inherit a good family property, so he had to join the army and dedicate himself to the country - but unfortunately his physical fitness was not good, so he retreated to become a citizen/policeman.

Yan Ning only smiled and didn't say anything more, the silhouette of a man in a windbreaker suddenly appeared in front of him, he took a deep breath, and had a deep premonition that the two would meet again.

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After getting out of the car, Yan Ning followed Xiao Lin to the front of the Sanlang Temple.

"This is the most famous temple in Yunhai City, for a hundred years, has been standing on the Sanlang Mountain, if you have anything on your mind, go to the Bodhisattva, there is a request."

Xiao Lin climbed the stairs and began to gasp a little when he reached the heights. He pointed to the tallest building of the Sanlang Temple and sighed: "There are many people today who came because of car accidents. Yunhai City has been peaceful for so many years, and there has never been such an accident, and everyone thinks that it is the Sanlang Temple that is protecting Yunhai City.

Hey, you said it was a coincidence, in the morning, the top floor of the Sanlang Temple was struck by lightning, and the bamboo slips of thousands of years were drenched, and there was a car accident in the afternoon......"

People come and go in Buddhist temples, the incense is very vigorous, and along the way, there are good men and women who come and go from the mountain to knock three steps and one knock.

"If you believe in it, it will work." Xiao Lin worshiped the god who guarded the door, and then continued to walk inside: "There are still things in the temple that keep you safe, they are all opened, if you are interested, you can ask some to go back." ”

Yan Ning closed her eyes, clasped her hands together and whispered a prayer before following the guide into the main hall.

Although the Buddhist temple has been around for many years, the big Buddha in it is kept very well, and the huge golden Buddha statue stands on the lotus platform, not angry and self-righteous.

Yan Ning bowed three times on the futon, and looked around after the incense. Unlike other temples that have three statues, there is only one big Buddha in this temple, but it is not the Buddha master, but the Jizo King Bodhisattva.

"Brother Xiaolin, it seems to be the king of Hades."

This temple is also too strange, she happened to be at home because of the family before she came, she didn't know about it in advance, and she was blind when she arrived at the temple.

Xiao Lin was not surprised, but slowly explained to her the origin of the temple.

"The Sanlang Temple is not dedicated to the Buddha, but to the King of the Earth Bodhisattva. Legend has it that during the Zhengde period, when the folk epidemic was raging, the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth came to the world under the pseudonym of Jinsanlang and healed countless victims - that incarnation became a Buddha in the flesh here. On the day of Buddhahood, the golden light was prosperous, and the officials here thanked the Bodhisattva for his kindness, and the people spontaneously organized to build the Sanlang Temple. ”

She thought for a moment and continued to look at the small Buddha statue on the side, sitting or lying, and in the display cabinet in front of the Buddha statue, there were some gold and jade stones.

She was not interested in jade, just a casual glance, Xiao Lin was quite interested in those, and after Yan Ning greeted him, he visited on his own.

When it was said that she was repairing the Buddhist temple, she didn't have much idea, but she just made a rough sample first and redecorated the old place first. The main hall, the apse, the corridor, the wings, and the back garden, that's probably it.

Before she knew it, she had walked to the vicinity of the wing, where there was no Buddha incense and noise in the front hall, only the fragrance of flowers and birdsong. The begonias in the courtyard are in full bloom, and when the wind blows, the petals of a tree will fall down and spread all over the ground, and they will turn into spring mud in the coming year.

After staying here for a long time, my body and mind are much more relaxed. Not far away, there was a long Sanskrit sound in the meditation room, and she walked over with an indescribable mood, and saw an old monk wearing a gray and blue robe, knocking on the wooden fish again and again.

There was a small incense burner about fifty centimeters long in the middle of him, with a faint smoke winding up, and a man in a camel-colored trench coat beside him, with his back to her, his face could not be seen clearly, but the shape of his body made her feel a little familiar.

The man did not disturb the monk's chanting, and stood there straight, as if listening to the scriptures.

Yan Ning had only heard it before, but had not actually experienced the chanting of the monks, but now that she had participated in it personally, her chaotic mind since the car accident had really calmed down.

She was shocked, her heart was peaceful and peaceful like never before, and her mind was so clear that she could hear six birds squeaking in the distance, and farther away, there were cats' cushions stepping over the fallen leaves, leaving a rustling sound, and she communicated harmoniously with nature, almost feeling that she was about to fly away, but the next second, a familiar cold sound made her fall into an ice cellar.

This calm was interrupted, she could no longer find that feeling of comfort all over her body, and even her head began to ache faintly, and the familiar pain made her look at the man who spoke, it was the man in the trench coat.

She heard him call the old monk, "The old man is immortal." ”

The sound of the wooden fish stopped for a moment, and then sounded again, and the Sanskrit sound was not broken.

The man continued, "Since I have come to you to ask for a peach branch, it is convenient for you to settle down." ”

"Incense is indeed a good incense, but since I can stand in front of you, this incense is useless, every time I will only burn incense and worship the Buddha and chant the scriptures, the Buddha has long been gone, you will still only be the same old."

The man in the trench coat fiddled with the metal lid on the incense burner, and the fine smoke became bigger, "Monk Zhiyuan, do you think I have no other way?" ”

Monk Zhiyuan stopped chanting the scriptures, "I haven't seen it for many years, and the donor's cultivation has also improved a lot." Now that he has become a human being, the benefactor should be less angry and not waste the hard work of others. ”

"You threaten me?" The man in the trench coat had a fierce look in his eyes, and suddenly there was a long thorn in his hand, about a meter, and the tip was sharp and shining.

"How dare you, how dare you. The donor misunderstood. Monk Zhiyuan said: "This morning, the thunder was rolling, and when the poor monk arrived, the peach branch hidden on the top of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion had turned into ashes. It's not that the poor monk doesn't want to give, it's just that there is really nothing, and the donor will go elsewhere to find it. ”

"If you are in another place, you old monk will always shirk!" The man in the trench coat was furious, and for a moment a cluster of golden red flames emanated from his palm, and landed firmly on the shoulders of Monk Zhiyuan.

The flames spread rapidly, setting his robe on fire, and Monk Zhiyuan became a burning man in an instant.

Zhiyuan, who had no waves in the ancient well, was very calm until he found that he couldn't extinguish the flames by chanting a spell, so he panicked, and he shouted: "Heavenly fire!" W-when are you? ”

Zhiyuan waved his hand to build a protective shield for himself, and the flames were blocked in the outer shell, but the pale golden protective shield was very weak, and it would soon be scorched by the flames to break through.

Seeing that the flames were not extinguished, Zhiyuan was furious, so he made several Buddha seals and threw them at the man in the windbreaker, the man in the windbreaker stood motionless, standing in place, seeing that the Buddha seal was about to be thrown on his body, but he had no intention of dodging at all.

The Buddha seal is in the shape of a palm, and just looking at the majesty, you can imagine how painful it must be to hit your body.

Yan Ning held back the screaming sound, and saw that the Buddha seal was an inch away from him, as if he had touched a protective cover, it was smashed down, and some of it rebounded to Monk Zhiyuan, smashing the burning fire man into the mouth and spitting blood, and fell to the ground for a while.

This person was ruthless, and Yan Ning couldn't help but touch his neck.