"I see." Qi Xiaoting suddenly realized: "But in the hands of the immortals, it is a great magic weapon." Brother Ren Qiang...... Oh, I heard that you are a clerk of the heavenly realm, we are both traversers, and, I heard that you also worked at the county cultural center before the crossing, I prefer to call you by the title of your previous life, what do you say? ”

Ren Qiang: "It's better, we have traveled from the 21st century and are used to calling each other brothers." This title seems intimate, so that we can remember our past lives, know that it is not easy to cross, and it is more conducive to us to struggle and struggle. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Then I'll call you that." Brother Ren Qiang, I hope you invite Sanxiao here. Especially Yunxiao, her mixed yuan golden bucket is the best magic weapon to hold Mars.

"When you introduced it just now, a big hood appeared in my mind, and it immediately detained the sparks that the snake princess and princess had turned into. This magic weapon is the most advantageous. ”

Ren Qiang: "That's good, Bixiao is now in the Bixia Palace of Cui Mu Temple, find her, and those two people will also be found." ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Let's go and please, how about it?" ”

Ren Qiang: "Yes. He stood up.

Qi and Qiang also stood up and said, "You go to the south, and we go to the north, and we will wait for you to go to the willow forest." In case the snake demons escape, it is better to help the people there. ”

The four of them went out of Qi and Qiang's space together, Ren Qiang summoned a cloud, Qi Xiaoting went up with him, and flew south on the cloud.

Since Zaolin and Liulin were next to each other, Qi and Qiang walked towards Liulin on foot.

On the way, Qi Xiaoting and Ren Qiang both briefly talked about their past lives and the process of crossing.

It turned out that the two of them were really colleagues in their previous lives, and they both worked at the Jianjin County Cultural Center.

Ren Qiang was in 2005, and in a gale, he was hit by a billboard falling down the street and died.

Qi Xiaoting only joined the work in 2016. I heard about it, but because I didn't know it, I didn't care.

"Coincidentally," Ren Qiang sighed: "I died in the gale and crossed, and you also crossed in the flesh in the gale, and both of us have formed an indissoluble bond with the wind!" ”

"We were in an era of peace, and as long as it wasn't because of illness and deliberate death, it could only be the 'favor' of nature!" Qi Xiaoting said with a smile: "We are all traversers, and we have time to talk to each other about our experiences after crossing." ”

Ren Qiang traveled to ancient times, tens of thousands of years earlier than himself, and his experience must have been very tortuous and rich, and Qi Xiaoting was very interested in it.

Ren Qiang: "Okay, when the snake princess and the princess are eliminated, when I have time, I will tell you as it is." ”

With that, Cui Mu Temple arrived.

"Let's take a look at the scale of the temple first, you first have a perceptual understanding, and then talk to Sanxiao, you have a good idea." Ren Qiang suggested.

Qi Xiaoting: "Okay, you can also introduce me." What I saw in my previous life was a Bixia Palace, which was still very simple. ”

Ren Qiang: "When I was haunting the Japanese devils, it was not lightly destroyed, and later it was broken and all of them were picked up." The Bixia Palace you see was built by the villagers later. Let's not talk about this, I'll take you to see the current Cui Mu Temple. ”

The two of them did not go down to the clouds, and watched from a low altitude next to the top of the temple. Fortunately, it was night, and there were no pilgrims in the temple. The presiding officer and monk in the temple know that there are often immortals driving the clouds to come and go, so it is not strange to see them.

Tonight, the moon and stars are scarce, and Qi Xiaoting opened her dark eyes, and everything is real.

Ren Qiang flew low, and at the same time introduced the beginning age and building scale of the temple to Qi Xiaoting, and Qi Xiaoting was dizzying. Under Ren Qiang's introduction, Qi Xiaoting knew the general situation of Cui Mu Temple:

Cui Mu Temple is located in Xintun Township Government about five miles away. It is located in the south of Cuimu North Street, covering an area of about 1,000 acres.

The Cui Mu Temple was built in the Sui Dynasty, expanded in the Tang Dynasty, and has been repaired in subsequent generations.

Cui Mu Temple is a general term for many temple building groups. Among them: Dacheng Palace, King Kong Palace, Cangwang Temple, Eye Grandma Temple, Fire Temple, Sending Zi Niangniang Temple, Bixia Palace, Maiwang Grandma Temple, Tuota Tianwang Temple, Eighteen Arhat Palace, Kuixing Pavilion, Hades Palace, River Temple, Sanguan Temple, Guandi Temple, Jade Emperor Temple, Wogu Grandma Temple, Nine Girls Temple.

There are also incense pools, bell towers, and theater buildings inside.

Among them, the larger palaces are stacked on top of each mountain, and the glazed tiles paved by each are different in size and style, and the colors are also different. As the inscription says: "Bixia Yuanjun, it is inevitable to be alone, the north is the arch, the painting is carved on the beams of thousands of clouds, and the purple pavilion of the Jianglou is far away from the stars." ”

The whole temple group is divided into three groups: middle, east and west.

Central Group:

Enter the mountain gate is Dacheng Palace, only a courtyard, folk called "Sage Temple", face wide five (about 30 meters) into the depth of two, hang "Dacheng Palace" plaque. There are wood carvings "the position of the holy master Confucius" and Yan Hui, Zeng Shen, Zisi Mengke and other "four sages" tablets. In front of the hall, there are two monuments erected on the back of the turtle.

The King Kong Hall is located in the north of the Dacheng Hall, with a width of three (about 12 meters) and a depth of two (about eight meters). Eight pillars are supported before and after, and there are four King Kongs.

Cangwang Temple and Grandma Eye Temple, located on the east side of the King Kong Temple.

The Temple of the God of Fire and the Temple of Sending the Child are located behind the King Kong Temple.

The incense pond is located on the west side of the King Kong Hall.

Bixia Palace is located behind the King Kong Palace, also known as Mount Tai Palace, commonly known as "Cui Mother and Grandma Temple". It is the center of the whole temple group, more than 10 meters high, about 15 meters in length and width, three in width, three in depth, and a plaque "Bixia Palace".

The bronze statue is about hundreds of catties, and there is a clay boy on each side. There are many clay statues of gods on both sides of the palace. In front of the palace, there are five monuments standing on the back of the turtle.

Maiwang Grandma Temple is located on the west side of Bixia Palace.

The Tota Tianwang Temple is located in the north of Bixia Palace. There is a bronze statue of Tota Li Tianwang inside, weighing about forty or fifty catties. There is a monument on the east and west sides. Because the palace in front is tall and covers the sunlight and moonlight, it is commonly known as the Shadowless Temple and the Shadowless Monument.

The bell tower is located behind the temple of the king of Tota, square, about 24 meters long around the perimeter, the top of the hill is paved with glazed tiles, and is supported by nine large red columns.

In the southeast corner, there is a large iron bell hung on a wooden frame, which weighs about two tons.

On the north side, there is a wooden statue of Maitreya Buddha with a smile always open, and there are scriptures hidden in the Buddha's belly.

"It is said that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the previous life, someone pried open the back of the Buddha statue and found that there were four books such as "Analects" and "Mencius" inside." Ren Qiang explained.

The Eighteen Arhat Hall is located at the north end, with a width of three (about 15 meters) and a depth of one (about four meters). There are clay sculptures of eighteen Arhats inside.

Eastern Group:

Kui Xing Pavilion is located in the southeast, resembling a courtyard, hanging plaque "Kui Xing Pavilion", commonly known as "Wangxiang Terrace".

Looking at the township platform, it is a courtyard, the Yama Hall is located in the north, and there are matching halls on the left and right. There are clay statues of Yama, judges, imps, etc. There are also wooden statues of people who were tortured for crimes committed while they were alive. Such as cutting ears, gouging out eyes, cutting tongues, knives, grinding, digging hearts, and putting oil pots.

The River Temple is located on the east side of the Yama Temple. There is a wood carving of the river god inside.

Sanguan Temple is located in the north of the Yama Temple, with a width of three (about 12 meters) and a depth of two (about 10 meters). There are wooden statues of the city god and the land lord. There are two pottery statues on the top of the ridge, one Qi Tian and one Ah Lai.

To the north of the Sanguan Temple is the Temple Service Guard Bureau, and then there is the monk's residence in the meditation room.

Western Groups:

The theater is located at the southwest and south end, about 12 meters from east to west, 14 meters from north to south, with two floors. There is a urinal door in the north of the theater, and there is a well outside the door. There are two monuments standing on the back of the turtle in the north of the theater building, and there is a small roof of tile and wood structure on the top. There is a stone lion in the north of the stele.

The Guandi Temple is located behind the theater. The face is three (about 15 meters) and two (about 10 meters) deep. The steps are particularly high, and you can see the singing in the west building when you stand on it. There is a bronze statue of Emperor Guan weighing about one and a half tons in the temple. On both sides are the wooden statues of Guan Ping and Zhou Cang.

The Jade Emperor Temple is located about 10 meters north of the Guandi Temple. The face is three (about 12 meters), two (about 10 meters) deep, and there is a bronze statue of the Jade Emperor weighing about 1,000 catties. To the north of the temple there is a three-meter-wide west gate.

The temple is located behind the Jade Emperor Temple, and there is a wooden statue of a reclining goddess.

The Nine Women's Hall is located in the northwest of the Jade Emperor Temple. The face is nine (about 36 meters) wide, and the depth is one (about four meters), and there are nine clay statues of goddesses side by side.

Outside the group, there are mass graves, Shiwangfu, Xida Pavilion, cemeteries, and evil dog temples:

The mass grave is located outside the west gate, south to Yanjia Village, north to Kongjia Village, is more than 100 acres of low-lying land. Every year, during the temple fair, various cultural and entertainment activities gather at this venue.

Shiwangfu is located in the northwest of the mass grave. At the beginning, there was no examination of whether there was a building, and many stone carvings were scattered in modern times, such as stone workshops, stone chickens, stone ducks, stone horses, and stone camels...... Therefore, it is called the Stone King's Mansion.

The West Pavilion is located in the north of the mass grave, and the east and west are basically the same as the Cui Mu Temple. The base site is a six, seven-meter-high earthen platform, on the platform is a large courtyard, a loft on the north side, there is a clay statue of the Queen Mother.

The cemetery is located in the west of the big pavilion, south of Kongjia Village. The large earthen hill with an area of dozens of acres is the burial place of monks, Taoists and beggars after the death of the years.

Vicious Dog Zhuang Temple is located in the north five miles of Cui Mu Temple, and the structure is an ordinary house.

"Why do you want to build the Vicious Dog Temple?" Qi Xiaoting asked puzzled.

Ren Qiang: "Legend has it that after a person dies, the soul will report to the Cui Mu Temple, and then go to the Yin Market." Before entering the Cui Mu Temple, you must first pass through this vicious dog village.

"The dogs in the Vicious Dog Village are particularly vicious, and as long as they catch the ghosts, they will bite them. Some ghosts can't get past the evil dog village and can't go to the Yin City, so they will become wandering ghosts.

Therefore, we have a custom in Jianjin Prefecture: before the deceased is buried, he should hold a small wooden stick and a dough cake (or steamed bun), commonly known as "beating the dog stick" and "feeding the dog cake". When sending the mountain (also known as sending the door flag), the boy who is tied with paper is put on the neck of the steamed bun and uses it to send the evil dog. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "I've also heard of this folklore, but I don't know why. Listen to you, that's what happened! ”

Ren Qiang: "Every folk custom is exquisite, and it is very interesting to explore. ”

"I really didn't expect the Cui Mu Temple to be so magnificent and magnificent, if it can be preserved to our previous life in the 21st century, it must be a valuable non-cultural heritage, and maybe it will be designated as a provincial protected cultural relic." Qi Xiaoting sighed sincerely.

Ren Qiang: "This is history. We are time-travelers, and we are fortunate enough to see it, and most of us have learned about it from the data. ”

Ren Qiang fell into the clouds outside the gate of Bixia Palace, and the two walked into the temple.