Shi Liya stared at the surroundings of this dilapidated small temple, and said with understanding: "The locust tree in the east and the cypress tree in the west of this small temple, I can understand that they are yin wood, I don't know how the mulberry tree in front and the willow tree in the back and the poplar tree in the wall can also be mixed together and called the wood of five yin?" ”

Zhao Wan'er asked suspiciously, "Sister Shi, have you seen that two kinds of trees belong to the shade?" Why can't you plant locust trees in the east and cypress trees in the west? ”

Shi Liya pointed to the locust tree in the east and said, "Wan'er, the last time we found out that the bank where Jin Jing withdrew money was actually a funeral supplies store that had been abandoned for a long time, Brother Zhang said that the two big locust trees in front of the funeral supplies store gathered in the shade. ”

"The ghost of the locust tree is the heaviest yin among the trees. It itself is the most powerful shade-gathering tree, and the place where it is planted is easy to become a shade-gathering place, and it is often easy to be attached to the tree by those unclean things. ”

Shi Liya turned around and pointed to the cypress tree in the west, and asked Zhao Wan'er mysteriously: "As for the cypress tree, it also often deals with yin qi. Wan'er, think about it, where is the easiest place to see cypress trees? ”

Zhao Wan'er blurted out without thinking: "The place where I see the most cypress trees is, of course, the cemetery!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Zhao Wan'er immediately reacted and understood what Shi Liya meant. She sighed: "Sister Shi is so smart, I thought of it at once." I remember that when the tomb was swept during the Qingming Festival, the cemetery was basically planted with cypress trees. Even if it's not a cemetery, a few cypress trees will be planted around those private cemeteries. ”

After a pause, Zhao Wan'er sighed: "Sister Shi, do you remember Liu Yong's "Yulin Bell"? One of them said, 'Where are you going to wake up tonight?' The willow bank, the wind and the waning moon. What a wonderful artistic conception that is, I didn't expect that this willow turned out to be the wood of the five yin. ”

Shi Liya pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "Wan'er, in this gloomy place, why is Lang overflowing?" In fact, when Liu Yong said willow, he only refers to willow trees, not poplar trees. When it comes to willows in ancient poems, it refers to willows alone, and even the 'willow waist' that describes a woman's slenderness also refers to the soft and slender waist, like a thin weeping willow, which has nothing to do with poplars. ”

Zhao Wan'er chuckled: "Sister Shi, I don't know so much. Whatever, he watched it as if it was Yang Liu. Is the poplar tree in this courtyard the kind of 'little poplar' sung in the song? ”

Qian Yiduo interjected coldly: "Wan'er, the poplars in our Shaanxi area are like this, different from the little poplars. I heard that the small poplar generally grows in the area of Xinjiang, and our Shaanxi is called the big-leaved poplar. Look at it, are the leaves big and beautiful? ”

"Don't plant mulberry in front, don't plant willows in the back, and don't plant ghosts in the courtyard to clap your hands!" , Zhang Yuanshan said leisurely, which suddenly attracted everyone's curiosity.

Under the urging of everyone, Zhang Yuanshan said slowly: "People build houses, and when the house is taboo to plant mulberry trees, just because mulberry and mourning are homophonic, who wants to give themselves a bad luck omen 'funeral head'?" Therefore, no mulberry tree should be planted in front of the house. As for the willow tree, you should have seen it! After a person dies, when his family goes out for his funeral, he often takes the willow branch as a 'mourning stick', or called the 'soul flag'; although the poplar tree is rarely used for funerals, as long as the wind rises, the poplar leaves will snap in the wind, like countless lonely souls and wild ghosts clapping their hands. ”

Zhang Yuanshan paused for a moment and said softly: "Let's go, let's go into the temple and have a look." ”

A few people entered the temple, only to see that although the temple was dilapidated, the courtyard seemed to be cleaned up by someone often, except for the tall poplar trees, but there was not a single weed.

Zhang Yuanshan said with emotion: "Sure enough, it is a place where yin gathers, you see, except for poplars in the courtyard, there is almost no grass!" ”

Walking through the poplar forest in the courtyard, everyone came to the only remaining building in the courtyard. It was a blue brick bungalow, with a large piece of the roof broken on the west side, and there was no Buddha statue in it, except for a cracked stone offering table lying crookedly in the center of the room.

Although there was almost nothing left in the ruined temple, everyone still felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts, as if there were always a pair of eyes staring at them behind them, but they couldn't see anything when they looked back.

Li Bing said: "Let's go out, find a family on the side to inquire about this broken temple, maybe we can find something." ”

A few people went out of the temple gate, looked around, and saw that there was a family about 200 meters away from the temple.

When several people came to the door of the house, they found an old man lying on a bamboo chair resting with his eyes slightly closed. Li Bing coughed, and the old man was taken aback and sat up from the chair at once.

Li Bing smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry to disturb you." A few of us came to play from other places, and when we saw a temple here, we wanted to come in and put incense on the pillar, but we found that there was nothing in the temple. Uncle, a few of us are thirsty, can we come in and beg for water? ”

The old man was stunned and said, "Please come in, the sun outside is so poisonous, it's too hot." You sit at will, and I'll go find cool boiled water to quench your thirst. ”

Li Bing grabbed the old man with a smile and stuffed two packs of high-end cigarettes into his hand. When the old man saw it, he said nervously: "This is unacceptable, I can't ask for this cigarette, a few glasses of cold boiled water and no money." ”

Li Bing said, "Uncle, you can take it." After we have drunk the water, I would like to ask you why this temple is so desolate! ”

The old man's face changed, revealing a hint of panic. Without saying a word, he shoved two packs of cigarettes into his pocket and walked straight to the kitchen.

Li Bing looked at the house. The house is just two bungalows and looks rather basic. Even the ground is not poured with cement, and it is still uneven mud, but in the middle of summer, it gives people a slightly cool feeling.

After a while, the old man came out of the kitchen with a basin full of tea. He put the basin on the table, took out a few more bowls, and scooped one bowl into each of them.

The old man greeted warmly: "Everyone come and drink, I don't have so many cups at home, so I can only drink from bowls." ”

Several people were also thirsty, so they each picked up a bowl and drank it in one go. A bowl went down, refreshing, and several people hurriedly scooped another bowl by themselves.

This tea is very cool, it is estimated that the old man boiled it early in the morning and put it in the kitchen to cool. The old man said a little proudly: "How about my herbal tea?" This is made of wild chrysanthemums that I picked from the mountains, which are cool and go to the fire. ”

Several people were full of praise, and when they wanted to drink it again, they found that a large pot of tea had already made them drink it.

Seeing this, the old man smiled and said, "If you don't leave in a hurry, you will be able to drink this tea again in a while." At the back door, I also use the coal stove to boil hot water, and the water will be boiled in a while, and then I will make a big pot for you to drink. ”

Li Bing smiled and asked, "Old man, it's okay to be idle now anyway, can you tell us about the broken temple?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "I don't know when this small temple was built, anyway, this small temple existed before I was born." ”