I asked the staff at the hotel about the address of Chaotianguan.

The answer is that because of its dangerous location, Chaotianguan is rarely visited by people in normal times, and now it has become a cultural relics protection unit.

Gao Lingkai and I immediately took a taxi to Chaotianguan.

Chaotianguan is in the big mountain thirty kilometers west of Lingxian, and there is a Shenlai peak in the mountain.

This peak is steep and steep, and it is very different from other surrounding peaks, so it is called Shenrai Peak by the locals.

I got off the bus at the closest place to Shenlai Peak, and asked the local mountain people about the way, and it took Gao Lingkai and me half an hour to rush to the foot of Shenlai Peak.

Looking up, I found that Shenlai Peak was not too high, but it was indeed very steep.

There is a very steep and narrow bluestone staircase that spirals upwards around the peak.

At the top of the mountain, there is a Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple looks very old, and it can be seen that it is very old.

However, the area of the peak is limited, so the scale of the gym is not large, and it can be said to be small and exquisite.

However, it was difficult to carry the building materials up the steep and narrow bluestone steps and build such a small but very delicate Taoist temple.

Then I secretly admired, I don't know what kind of perseverance and wisdom our ancestors relied on to do this kind of amazing thing for future generations.

The bluestone steps arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple, so I went up and knocked on the door.

No one came to open the door for us.

I pushed it with my hand, and the door bolted from the inside.

Gao Lingkai and I had no choice but to bang on the door and shout: "Is there anyone?" ”

No one has responded to us.

But Gao Lingkai and I were in the process of knocking on the door, and at the same time felt that the two closed doors seemed to be slightly loose, and with a push of my hand, the door opened.

Gao Lingkai and I immediately entered the door, looked around, and saw a small courtyard inside the door, and there were three houses on the opposite side of the courtyard, and the doors of the houses were all closed.

But strangely, we didn't see a single figure.

Someone had opened the door for us just now, but how could this person run into these three houses in such a short period of time and close the door silently?

Gao Lingkai looked at me in surprise.

He had been through many dangers with me, so there was only surprise on his face, not trembling.

"Colliers, that's weird!" He whispered.

I didn't say anything, just turned my head, closed the two doors together, and then looked closely.

I found that there was a latch in both gates, and a large latch leaned against the left side of the gate.

In other words, when we first push the door, the latch must have been in the latch, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to push the door still.

But a latch like this is not something that can be removed from the latch and leaned against the side of the door.

Not to mention that the person who opened the door didn't move at all, so quickly ran back to the three houses across the yard, and quietly closed the door.

It's weird, it's very weird!

Even though the sun is shining at the moment, I still feel a little hairy on my body.

"Anyone? Who opened the door for us? ”

I stood in the courtyard and asked out loud.

No one responded.

So I shout again.

"We've done what the note says, can you please show up?"

Still no one pays attention to us.

"I think let's find it ourselves, anyway, this Taoist temple is not big, just these three rooms!" Gao Lingkai said.

I think it's a bit mysterious.

Since this person can silently help us open the door, and hide silently, I am afraid that we will not be looking for it, but we will be able to find it.

But there was no other way at the moment, so I nodded in agreement.

So we started looking.

First of all, of course, is the room in the middle.

The door opened as soon as it was pushed.

It was a shrine, and the area of the temple was not small, but it enshrined a peaceful and powerful seated statue, which was quite crowded in comparison.

There are three futons in front of the statue, which are naturally for people to worship.

Gao Lingkai and I walked into the temple and went around behind the statue on both sides to check, but we didn't find anything.

So we split up, I went to the left and he to the right, to inspect the rooms on either side of the temple.

The shrine has double doors, but the left and right rooms are single-door.

The door was not latched, and it opened as soon as it was pushed.

But before I could see the situation in the house on the left, Gao Lingkai suddenly let out an exclamation.

I immediately turned around and ran to the room on the right.

Gao Lingkai was stunned at the door of the room on the right, and I walked to him and glanced into the room, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw that the room was far narrower than the temple, and against the wall was a low bed, on which sat a man in a robe.

The Dao man closed his eyes and remained motionless, just like a master of the inner family who was meditating and practicing on movies and television.

Gao Lingkai glanced back at me, and then shouted to the door: "Dao Chief, did you take Fan Yaoqiang away?" ”

The man didn't move at all, still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.

"Dao Chief, we are here according to the instructions on your note, please hand over Fan Yaoqiang to us!" I say.

But the man still didn't move.

Gao Lingkai coughed and walked into the room, first called "Dao Chief", and then stretched out his hand and poked under the Daoist's nostrils.

Because I wanted to pay attention to the movement in the yard, I didn't follow Gao Lingkai into the house, but just stood at the door and asked Gao Lingkai how he was.

"Breathing, living!" Gao Lingkai replied.

"Could it be that he is really practicing?" I said, I couldn't help but laugh at first.

"Then let's not disturb him for the time being, so as not to hurt others and go crazy!" Gao Lingkai also laughed.

I looked around the room and saw a small cabinet with a small TV on the opposite side of the wooden bed against the wall.

At the head of the bed, there is a small wooden table, on which there are several Taoist classics.

Although I'm not sure if there is such a thing as "going mad" in this world, I still told Gao Lingkai not to touch the Taoist for the time being, and turned around and walked to the room on the left to check.

The room was about the same size as the room on the right, and much narrower than the temple.

There is a small folding table inside, and there is a board in the corner of the wall.

Kitchen knives, spices and other items are placed on the board.

Next to the board is a stool with an induction cooker on it and a pan on the stove.

Obviously, this is the place where the meditating Taoist cooks and eats.

There are only these three rooms in the entire Taoist temple, and there is not even a back door and toilet.

I discussed it with Gao Lingkai and decided to wait here for a while to see if that Taoist could wake up as soon as possible.

But after waiting for more than an hour, the man was still sitting cross-legged on the wooden bed with his eyes closed, without even the slightest change in posture.

I had to go in and examine the man carefully to make sure he breathed in and out very evenly.

I'm not sure this person is the one who wrote the word that we came here, but Fan Yaoqiang can't find any shadow at all now, and we can't wait any longer.

Besides, I'm more inclined to think that "going crazy" is a novelist's fabrication, and it doesn't exist in real life.

So I decided to wake up this Taoist.

I gave the Taoist a hard push and called out "Dao Chief".

Fortunately, although the Taoist still has his eyes closed, there is no imaginary "going mad".

So I used a little bit of force, a little louder.

But the man sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and my pushing and shouting had no effect on him.

Gao Lingkai also walked in, called "Dao Chief" in his mouth, and also pushed it with his hand.

His push was a little harder, pushing the Taoist's body backwards, and he fell on his back on the wooden bed at once.

But others turned over, but the whole posture did not change, and they still crossed their legs to "meditate and practice".

This situation is funny three times, but seven parts weird. Gao Lingkai and I are both experienced and bold, and at that moment, we couldn't help but look at each other and be hairy.

(See Chapter 029 "Living Puppet")