Chapter 20: The Talking King
Mina and I are only two blocks away from the hospital and the antique street, and there is a temple to the east of the antique street.
The temple is not big, the main entrance in the middle is not open, only the small doors on both sides are open, and the door is posted with instructions, explaining how to enter the door, how to walk and kneel.
After entering through the door on the left, hidden behind the main entrance, there were two Buddha statues, which I had never understood very well, Minara, and I knelt on the futon with her, chanting and praying.
After worshipping the big Buddha at the door, he stepped out of the threshold and entered the temple.
Facing the entrance, is a pond, the pond is withered, has not yet pulled out new shoots, on the carved bridge on the pond, two rows of small lions of different shapes, the first and the last four little lions, the neck is still hung with red silk tied into the hydrangea.
On the road between the bridge and the entrance, there are two large vats, all of which are incense ash, and there are carved lamps carved in stone on both sides of the jars, and kerosene lamps are placed in them, and the faint flames are still swaying in the air.
Looking back at the door of the house that came in, there are two wings on both sides, and there are also gods in them, the left side is like a Guanyin, and the one on the right I know is Guan Yu who is holding a big knife.
"Let's go, why are you stunned?"
Mina was already on the bridge, and I was still in place.
"Did you smell anything?"
I sniffed again, and there was a sweet smell in the air.
"It's sandalwood burned in the temple, come here!"
Mina also stopped, sniffed, and beckoned me to hurry up and go with her.
I didn't say anything more, but walked with her over the bridge, and entered the temple behind me, and bowed down all the gods that were here, and told each of my heart's wishes.
After all, I don't know who this god and Buddha is, and what his full-time job is, so I will talk about it all again, maybe I can find the right god by mistake!
Thinking of the demons and monsters I have encountered these days, every time I look up at the face of the Buddha statue, I can't help but wonder, is there really a god in this world?
After worshipping the Buddha, back to the bridge, the lotus pond, buried a jar, there are colorful small goldfish in it, around the bottom of the pot coins circle, a person who came here to worship the Buddha, many people are holding coins, eager to try on the bridge.
Mina went to inquire about it, and when she heard someone say that if you put this coin in, you will have good luck this year, so she immediately couldn't walk anymore and pulled me to throw the coin here.
I didn't have a lot of coins on me, and after losing three or five, they were gone, and I just lay on the stone lion and watched Mina play on the side.
I don't know where she took out a small coin purse, which was full of small coins of one and five cents, and it was packed with a bag, and she threw it here with great pleasure.
"Do you want it, I still have a lot!"
Mina grabbed a handful of coins and handed them over.
"You play, I'll bask in the sun for a while!"
I waved my hand and shifted to the other side, leaning on the railing, looking down at the goldfish and turtles hidden under the dead branches and leaves.
"If only there were gods!"
Perhaps, all my current troubles, they can solve them for me once and for all.
"If only there were gods!"
It was a milky voice, the voice of a little doll.
"Whose child?"
I searched everywhere.
"Whose child?"
That little doll, he's learning me to speak.
"Your parents didn't teach you, isn't it good to learn to speak?"
As I spoke, I went to look for children, but on this bridge, they were all adults, and there were no children at all.
Could it be that I'm in trouble again?
I stood a little stiff, afraid to say anything more.
Today's weather is still very good, the sun is shining, the sky is cloudless, it stands to reason that this is a blue sky and a white day, and ghosts dare not come out to hang around.
"Can you hear me?"
That voice was right next to me.
"I'm here, you bow your head!"
I looked down at the stone carved lion that I had pressed under my arm.
It can't be that the railing becomes a spirit and the stone lion becomes a monster, right?
I hurriedly took a few steps back.
The stone lion didn't react, so where did this sound come from?
Could it be the bridge itself?
I looked down at the bridge under my feet.
"I'm in the water!"
The voice shouted again, full of helplessness, "I'm not a bad thing, you go forward!" ”
I obediently walked forward, and then, back to the place where I was, looked down at the water.
There is a rock under the bridge, the rock has been soaked in the water for a long time, there is a layer of green moss, where the moss is dried, there is a black turtle, if you don't look carefully, you can't see at all, there is a creature here.
Is Wang Bacheng refined?
"Oh, little Anning, long time no see!"
It's really a king, with black bean-like eyes, and after matching my eyes, it immediately stretched out its claws hidden in its shell and leaned against the railing.
"You-I-we know each other?"
I was a little surprised, how did this turtle know my name?
"500 years ago, you were the one who saved me!"
The turtle stood still below me, stuck its head out, looked at me, and blinked, "I'm Douhuaer!" ”
Bean curd? Why isn't it called tofu brain?
It's 500 years ago, these 500 years ago, could it be that there really was another me, which once existed?
"You're going to find the ghost woman?"
The turtle's nostrils opened, as if he was sneezing, "The ghost aura on Cortana's body is too strong!" ”
"Do you know Cortana?"
I frowned, there was a mention of the ghost woman, this ghost woman, do you really know something?
"We were together 500 years ago!"
The turtle kicked its feet and shouted, "Are you here to take me back?" ”
"Huh? Get back? Where to go? ”
I don't know what the situation is now, Mina is still throwing coins on the other side, otherwise, hearing me so god-like, I'm afraid that she will drag me to the door to tell my fortune and find my husband to help me come up with ideas to ward off evil spirits!
"Go home! We are family! ”
As he spoke, the turtle twisted his ass and swam to the shore, "I'll wait for you on the shore!" ”
Ha?
Family?
Why am I a family with a turtle?
Also, what kind of fuss does it make when it swims to the shore and says it wants to go home?
"Come here!"
The turtle had reached the rocks on the shore, and I watched it stand up like a man, with one paw around his waist and the other like a man, and beckoned to me.
"Forget it, let's stop playing, let's go!"
Mina's coin, almost tossed, clapped her hands, and took my arm, ready to go out.
"What do you see there?"
I pointed to the turtle waving to me and asked Mina.
"Nothing!"
Mina squinted her eyes, looked at it for a long time, and nodded suddenly in realization, "There is a black king bastard, basking in the sun on the stones!" ”
Soak up the sun?
Isn't it waving to me?