The thief cat actually took to the air and flew towards me. I wrapped my padded jacket tightly, protected the hairball, and showed the back to the old cat. I felt a bump in the back, and the cat pounced.

I hurriedly ran two steps forward, my heart pounding, and my face turned white.

The woman in the monk's robe scolded: "Xiao Hei, don't run around, or I'll beat you, don't bump into the guests!" ”

The black cat landed on the ground and stared at me, and I could feel the furball trembling in my arms. The woman in the monk's robe, holding a large broom, stopped in front of the cat and apologized to me and said sorry.

The short-haired girl walked over, folded her hands, and said, "I'm sorry, but the cats in this temple are all wild, and they often catch birds to eat." ”

I was still undecided, and I was really in no mood to say anything, so I returned the salute and walked in a muffled voice.

When I came to the second gate, I saw a bird standing on the lintel, and then a voice came from behind me, and the woman in the monk's robe came over and said: "The cat here doesn't look fat, but the ridge of the wall often catches birds to eat, and it is very flexible." They eat a lot, and even if there are few birds in winter, they can eat four or five a month. ”

I said casually: "The holy land of Buddhism, how can it still allow the existence of killing?" ”

The woman in the monk's robe was stunned for a moment, didn't know how to answer, smiled awkwardly, passed by me, and walked inside.

Although I said this question, if I think about it, I can't make sense for a while. I was about to follow in, when the short-haired girl came over and said softly, "The cat catching the bird represents the battle between the Buddha and the demon." ”

I looked at her and didn't think so, thinking to myself what do you know about a hairy girl. With a slightly mocking tone: "Is there still a demon in the Buddhist Gate?" ”

"There is no good without evil, and there is no Buddha without demons." The girl said.

I was speechless for a moment, and I didn't know how to answer. watched her enter the door.

I was stunned for a moment, and then walked in, and inside was a large compound, and the two women were gone, and I don't know which room I had entered. On all sides is the Buddha hall, and a large hall in the middle hangs a magnificent wooden plaque, on which four words are written "Daxiong Treasure Palace".

I didn't rush in, but I saw a room at the corner gate with a light on it, and the number "Buddhist Friends Registration Office" hung on it, and there were several monks in gray monk's robes talking loudly.

I went over and knocked on the door, and the door opened, and I looked into the forbidden area, and I saw that the woman in the monk's robe was also there. There was a man who I don't know if he was a monk or not, wearing a gray monk's robe, but his hair was not shaved, and he had a hair that was close to his scalp, and he was eating pastries, and he asked me while chewing, "Who are you looking for?" ”

I took out the note given by YTO and asked, "Do you have a person named Xie Nanhua?" ”

The people looked at each other, and the man said, "Go and see in the back, there are many people." ”

I withdrew from the house, wondering what it meant that there were people behind me.

I walked along the path next to the courtyard, pedaled the steps up another level, and reached a large courtyard at the back.

This is a small square, open on all sides, not far from the monk's building is being built, some migrant workers are resting under the wall. In the middle of the small square is a huge temple, there are three stone statues more than two meters high at the door, I was shocked when I saw it, among the three stone statues, I only know the middle one, a bald little monk holding a Zen staff, wearing a red big coat, it is the Bodhisattva of the King of Jizo.

Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha.

There are very few temples dedicated to the king of Jizo, after all, it is the Buddha of the underworld of hell, and it will always be a little eerie to talk about. Could it be that this Jiabi Temple is a place to worship the ghosts and gods of the underworld?

I walked to the front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and was about to enter, when I saw two people standing at the door, it was so cold, and they were still idle, looking at the couplets hanging on both sides of the pillars of the hall.

These two people are weird, one in a wheelchair and the other pushing in the back. The person pushing the wheelchair is a bald head, who doesn't look very old, like a high school student, and his eyebrows and eyes are even somewhat similar to the stone statue of the King of Jizo Bodhisattva, but if you look closely, you can see that this person just has a young face, in fact, there are many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and the aura on his body can also show that he is an old Jianghu.

The one in a wheelchair, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, has a handsome face, and his face lines are like a knife and an axe, very angular, and even this person does not look very good, like an iceberg.

The gentleman with gold wire glasses was covered with a thick blanket on the lower half of his body, as if he was very afraid of the cold.

Two people are admiring the couplet.

The bald head muttered: "All water appears in January, and all water is taken in January." Nanhua, a bit of an interesting couplet, this is a place of retreat. ”

The gold-wire glasses in a wheelchair coughed: "Brother, I was born to work hard, I'm afraid that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind will not stop." This sentence corresponds to my state of mind at this time, and everything is taken in January. ”

The bald head laughed: "Nonsense, you really think of yourself as a Buddha." ”

The gold wire glasses were helpless: "I received a call from YTO just now, saying that someone was looking for me in a while, and it was really not clean to go anywhere." ”

I listened to it and was overjoyed, and it didn't take much effort to get there. The one in a wheelchair should be Xie Nanhua.

I hurried over and cleared my throat. The two men looked at me together.

I said, "This big brother, let me ask you, are you Xie Nanhua?" ”

The wheelchair-bound gold-wire glasses looked at me and looked up and down: "I'm Xie Nanhua, who are you?" ”

I respectfully took out the delicate jade gourd from my arms and handed it over: "It was Elder Yuantong who recommended me to come to you, this is a token, he said that you will know it at first sight." ”

Who knew that I handed it over, but Xie Nanhua didn't take it, and the bald head next to me came to take it, and I shrank my hand: "I'm sorry, I can only give this thing to Xie Nanhua." ”

Xie Nanhua smiled bitterly: "I am a high paraplegic all over my body, I can't move my hands and feet, only my mouth can move, can I take it with my mouth?" Leave it to my brother, it's the same. ”

I was taken aback, I didn't expect that the master who Yuantong asked me to come to was actually a paralyzed person, and it was very serious. Seeing what he meant, he couldn't move from the neck down, only his head could move.

I don't mean to laugh at others, but what kind of person can such a person be, and what can he do even if he is high? I was immediately disappointed, but I still handed the jade gourd to the bald head.

The bald head smiled and said, "I am Xie Nanhua's elder brother, and my name is Xie Ling." ”

Looking at him, I suddenly thought of one thing, "You all have the surname Jie?" ”

"Brothers, don't you both have the surname Jie?" Xie Ling said.

"Then let me inquire, do you know a solution?" I say.

The two glanced at each other, and Xie Ling said: "We do know a person named Xie Luo, but I don't know if this Xie Luo is the other Xie Luo you said, it is our distant relative, and it is also in the Northeast, but we haven't seen each other for many years." Tell me what's going on with you, right? ”

I said, "What I'm about to say may be a little more complicated, maybe ...... It's a bit unbelievable. ”

Xie Nanhua was empathetic, and when he saw that I was shivering from the cold, he said, "Come into the hall and say, it's cold outside." ”

Xie Ling pushed Xie Nanhua, and we walked into the hall together. This hall is lit on all sides, with many permanent lanterns burning, and the walls are full of palm-sized Arhat statues. Leaning against a wall on the west side, there is a reclining Buddha about three meters long, with a kind expression, and empty futons are placed in front of the Buddha statue.

There could be thirty or forty of these futons, and they were basically empty, except for one of them, on which kneeling was a girl, wearing a leather skirt, black warm stockings, and short hair, who was the one who had just sprinkled cat food.

There was no one else except a few of us, and the hall was empty.

Xie Nanhua said: "Say, why did you come to me?" ”

I looked at the girls who knelt down and worshiped the Buddha, and I didn't think it was convenient. Xie Nanhua said: "It's okay, you said yours, that's your own person." ”

I thought about it for a while, and briefly explained the fact that we went to Qiqihar to dig up the corpse, met the corpse demon, and then the demon pill and the corpse demon spirit body were attached to the ninth brother.

Xie Ling and Xie Nanhua listened attentively throughout the whole process, and there was no fuss on their faces, as if they were listening to an ordinary thing like breakfast.

Until this moment, I put away my contempt, because the aura of the two people was too much, and they didn't move the mountain, and the aura emanating from their bodies merged with the atmosphere of the entire hall for a moment.

Xie Ling said: "Nanhua, how long have we not seen a corpse demon?" ”

Xie Nanhua had a slight smile on his face: "It's been a long time, and the last time was in Inner Mongolia." ”

"People are looking for you, nothing to do with me, I'll go back and rest first." Xie Ling said, he looked at me: "Little brother, go on." He threw the jade gourd out of thin air, and I hurriedly took it in my hand, don't throw such a valuable thing on the ground.

Xie Ling said: "I'll go to Jilin early tomorrow morning, so I won't accompany you, Xiao Meow ......."

The short-haired girl who was meditating on the Buddha agreed, stood up from the futon, and said to her, "Your Nanhua brother has handed it over to you, and I am going to Jilin." ”

The girl named Little Meow said, "You can go with confidence." ”

Xie Ling smiled and turned around to leave, there was a staircase leading to the second floor on the side of the main hall, he went upstairs with a sigh, and said that he would go, but he was also free and easy.

Xie Nanhua looked at me in a daze and asked, "Your surname is Feng?" ”

I quickly came back to my senses and nodded.

Xie Nanhua said: "It's okay for me to go with you, but I have to test you a question." ”