As mentioned earlier, to the east of this village is the small hill, and in between the two there are only some village crops.

Corn seeds had just been sown this season, and there was a path between the fields, so it didn't take long for the three of them to reach the foot of the hill after leaving the village.

It's not that the three of them have not gone up the mountain, the mountain behind their big manor is about the same height as this horse slope, but although it is about the same in height, when the three of them start to go up the mountain, the difference between the two hills is completely reflected.

The back hill of the manor has been trimmed or tended, and there are not only suitable trails on it, but also handrails on both sides of the trail, and even if there are no these, the slope of the back hill and the place for people to climb are relatively easy.

But this horse slope is different, this is a serious wild mountain, not to mention that there is no mountain road up the mountain here, just a place for people to climb the mountain is enough for three people to see.

Moreover, there are many poisonous insects and thorns on this wild mountain, although it is not fatal, but if you climb all the way, it will still take some effort and effort.

Of course, this is also fortunate that it is still very early, the temperature is not so hot, and after the previous guidance given by the village chief and the more or less efforts of the three of them, it only took them more than two hours to reach the top of this horse slope.

By this time, it was more than ten o'clock, and the temperature on the mountain had begun to rise one after another.

Xu Li and Yuebai are better, the two of them are thinner, and they sweat less, but the fat man is miserable, I saw that when he just came to the top of the mountain, he sat on a boulder, and then he took out the kettle and drank it in a big gulp.

"It's almost there, I haven't found a water source yet, and you cut off the water after you drink it."

Xu Li kindly reminded that she knew very well that when she was exploring in the wild, if she didn't find a water source, she must plan to store water in the drinking water pot.

"It's fine!"

But the fat man didn't seem to care, he took another sip before continuing: "There is no shortage of water in this mountain, and there are wild fruits, by the way, didn't you say that there is a stream in this mountain, and what about the stream, I can go there to replenish it after I have drunk it!" ”

"The mountain stream goes around from Gezi Village to the other end of the slope, and we have to go down the mountain from the east before we can meet it!"

Xu Li thought for a while and said, "However, the cold in the stream is too heavy, and at least you have to have diarrhea after drinking it." ”

"Pull it!" The fat man looked at the kettle and said, "If it really doesn't work, let's set up a fire and cook it, it should ease up a bit!" ”

"That's not going to work either!" Xu Li shook her head and said: "We have to stay in the mountains for at least three days, any minor illness and disaster is a big deal, I think you should save it, and we have to save this first-aid medicine." ”

"Look at your cautious little example!"

The fat man rolled his eyes, and inadvertently swept it to find Yuebai, who hadn't spoken much since he went up the mountain, "Hey, are you tired and dumb?" Why are you so wilted today? ”

"Oh! I'm not tired. ”

Yuebai came back to her senses, pointed to a few big trees on the top of the mountain and said, "Look over there, why do I think there seems to be a small house behind those trees!" ”

"House?" The other two turned their heads and said in their hearts, is there any secluded worldly master or something on this mountain?

The trees on the top of this hill are very tall, and the density is quite good, and when the two of them looked at the moon-white fingers, they found that in the gap between the trunks of the trees, there seemed to be a shadow of a silhouette like a small courtyard outside the world.

It's just that the shadow is not very complete, as if the hut over there has collapsed significantly.

"It's a broken house!" The fat man squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and said, "Daoguan, it seems to be a broken Taoist temple." ”

"Taoism?"

Xu Li frowned slightly, and muttered to herself: "How can there be a Taoist temple on this mountain?" There is neither a mountain road nor a landscape mountain around this slope, how can someone build a Taoist temple here? ”

"Don't think about it, just go and see!"

The fat man put on his backpack again, picked up his waist knife and cut off a few obstructive vines in front of him, and continued: "There will be at least a piece of flat land over there, let's just go over and take a look, if there is really flat land, we will rest there at noon today." ”

The three of them sorted out their mood and walked over there, although Yuebai seemed to be walking easily, but his eyes were looking forward from time to time, as if the shadow of the silhouette in front of him made him feel something.

The outline was not too far away from the three of them, and the top of the hill was not much bigger, but when the three of them stepped on the gravel and weeds and came closer, a broken Taoist temple that had already collapsed most of them was exposed in front of the three of them.

The main hall facing south has collapsed, and most of the side hall on the east side has collapsed, and the wall around this temple does not know when it fell into broken bricks and stones, and even in the ruins that have fallen, weeds have grown or spread green vines.

Xu Li stepped on the ruins, stumbling and stumbling to the middle of the spread out south wall, and after looking around, she reached out and pulled away a few waste bricks to expose a plaque pressed underneath.

It's a pity that this plaque has long been decayed, and the name of the Taoist temple on it is not very clear, but the first word on the far left of this plaque can still be identified, and the stroke traces of this word are also very simple, as if only three horizontal and one vertical form a king character.

"King?" When Xu Li saw this word, she said strangely: "Is there a Taoist temple in Taoism where the first word is the king at the beginning?" ”

"Will this Taoist temple be Wang Changguan?"

Yuebai thought for a while and said: "Taoist rumors say that Zhang Tianshi has two major disciples, one of whom is called Wang Chang, do you say that this is the descendants in order to commemorate Wang Chang, specially built this Taoist temple." ”

"Unlikely!"

Xu Li frowned and said: "I have never heard of any Taoist temple named after its predecessors, besides, there is no mountain road on this slope, even if someone builds a Taoist temple here to commemorate their predecessors, then who will spend so much effort to burn incense here." ”

"Could it be that the road up the mountain was destroyed earlier?"

"It's impossible!" Xu Li shook her head again and said: "When we went up the mountain, we all saw it, how can there be traces of the mountain road on the hillside, except for the footprints that the people in the village often step on the mountain, there is absolutely no mountain road here." ”

"Hehe, according to what you say, then don't you want to know the origin of this Taoist temple?"

Yuebai smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that the ruins in the deep mountains and old forests in the wilderness of the wilderness, the ghost knew why it appeared here.

Besides, this temple has collapsed into this bear-like shape, and it is estimated that the things related to this place in it were taken away by the people here long before they collapsed.

"Okay, what are you doing studying the brand you don't understand, you might as well take a look at this!"

At this time, the fat man who walked to the middle of the ruins of the Taoist temple shouted, only to see him pointing to a big tripod with three ears and a round belly in front of him and signaling the two to hurry over.

(To be continued.) ）