Chapter 278: Worship the Holy Maiden

"Well, to miss this time, we have to wait for another eclipse, we don't have enough time at all."

I didn't say anything more, and my heart sank at going in this time. Without delaying his preparation, he turned to the side of the left general. He was still muttering, unable to hear anything clearly, as if he had been haunted by a nightmare.

"Great Ancestor!"

I looked up in confusion and saw the faceless ghost talking with a pensive face. "I understood what this simple man said in his dream just now."

"Oh? What words? ”

"He's muttering something 'faith', and he's still saying 'dreams' over and over again...... Do you think this simple man once liked a girl and wrote love letters to her? ”

I couldn't help but roll my eyes, thinking it was something important! I groaned for a while, and told the faceless ghost what the Daoist of Tianqing said. When he heard that we were going to enter the city tomorrow, his face turned slightly pale, "We are not prepared enough, will it be too risky to go in tomorrow?" ”

"We don't have time to hesitate......"

The faceless ghost was silent and didn't speak again, this royal capital, after all, he went in once, so I inquired with him carefully, what was the situation inside. I heard that it is extremely luxurious, like Yangzhou in ancient times, not only there are fireworks and willow lanes, but also the jade glazed river, there is a boat parked on the riverside, there are many warblers and swallows in it, and the sound of beauty comes out from time to time......

The more I listened to him, the more I felt black lines on my face. Punched him and gave him a violent shudder. "What did your eyes look at when you let you in and find out?"

The faceless ghost touched his head and smiled weakly, "That'...... I also have an inquiry into the situation in the royal capital! Under the God-King, the Patrol is his cronies, managing the guards who guard the gates and the city, but ...... In addition to this patrol team, he also has an elite unit. This elite unit is rumored to be his henchmen, and each of them is very powerful, even more powerful than the patrol team. ”

Finally said something reliable, I listened with a straight face, and motioned for him to continue. "It's just that this elite unit has never appeared, so not many people know about it. Even how many people there are in this unit, no one knows. ”

He also said a lot, such as that it is easy to enter the city, but it is very difficult to get out of the city, and everyone who goes out of the city must be inspected by the nightmare beast. If you are not careful, it is very likely that the same situation will occur with the left general. So...... What he meant was that if we went in this time, it would be better to just turn off the ghost eye and kill this nightmare demon.

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By the next day, it had never been lit up!

It was noon, but it was still dark, like night. The sun on the horizon seemed to have been swallowed by something, and only a waning crescent moon remained. It's not just the sun that's a problem, it's the old people and the buildings here. People seem to have become very weak, they have to take a few breaths to walk, and the old donkey is lying on the ground, unable to move.

These are all caused by solar eclipses, which can be regarded as a happy event!

If even the patrol team and any elite troops were like this, then our victory rate would be much higher today.

Before leaving, I asked the faceless ghost to take out all the things that Shan'er stole from the city lord last time, and show the Tianqing Daoist which one could be used.

Not to mention, there are really several.

The faceless ghost took a big hammer and shook it up, which was very domineering. The Tianqing Daoist took an iron umbrella and looked at nothing strange, but the Tianqing Daoist said that he was of great use. I didn't choose either, my own halberd is very useful......

The rest, according to the words of the Tianqing Dao Chief, are all rubbish, not of much use, but they can be sold for some money.

I thought about it, so I took it all and gave it to the old man. "Mother-in-law, do you think these things are needed? If not, try selling it to a blacksmith in the village for some money. ”

The old man was stunned, "Are you leaving?" ”

"Well, the Taoist said that today is our only chance."

The old man sighed, his expression seemed to be very embarrassed, and he looked at me, and several times he wanted to say something. I couldn't help but ask, "Mother-in-law, you can say whatever you want." ”

"When are you leaving?"

"...... in Half an Hour"

"Half an hour to go...... Then you come to a place with your mother-in-law first. With that, he led me to the backyard. I saw that she was struggling to walk, so I helped her all the way inside. Out of the backyard, she walked several more streets to the last room at the end of the village. The yard here is even more dilapidated, and the doorway is still locked and rusty.

She trembled. With shaking hands, he took the key out of his neck and opened the lock.

As soon as the door opened, I realized that this was a ruined temple!

Although dilapidated, the yard is very clean, as if someone comes to clean it often. My mother-in-law took me straight to the back room, and as I walked around the courtyard, she stopped and knelt down towards the huge banyan tree in the middle.

I looked along the banyan tree in amazement, and realized that it was not the banyan tree that she was kneeling in, but the person under the banyan tree!

Man is dead and turned into dry bones. But he still maintains the state he was in before his death, with his hands folded and his chest upright. Front, in his hand, he also held a string of Buddhist beads. Obviously...... The man who died was a monk. In front of him, there was also a chessboard, and I took a look at it, and although I didn't know Go, I could barely know that it was a dead game. Hold the white side and lose.

And the one who holds the white son seems to be this monk!

I couldn't help but look at it several times in surprise, and I faintly thought in my heart, could it be that the death of this monk is related to the chess game? So die on the spot?

After bowing to him three times, the old man led me to the back room. Everything in the back room was cleaner, spotless, and there was still a wisp of incense. I looked up at it, and when I finally saw the portrait, I was stupid, as if I had been struck by lightning!

Why?

I thought about what kind of Buddha would be enshrined here, and even what kind of god king they regarded as gods......

I even thought that it would be an image of a mythical beast of their time......

Or the image of Ying Long who kills the country!

But I never thought that what would be enshrined here would be ......

A woman!

This woman's face is astonishing, her smile is as gentle as a god, and there are three thousand fandels, none of which are comparable. In particular, the cinnabar depicted at the center of her eyebrows is like a flame, adding a bit of sacrosanctity to her beauty.

This lip. Petal...... This eyebrow ...... This silhouette ......

Everything seems to be carved into my bone marrow, even if it turns to ashes, I can recognize it!

I was frightened and blurted out, "Why is her portrait hanging here?" ”

The old man knelt respectfully, holding incense in his hand that had been lit at some point. After praying three times reverently, he stood up tremblingly and answered me. "She is the holy daughter of our country, bless us with good weather and good weather, and bless our people from the country with good health and happiness, so how can we not worship her?"

I couldn't help but be horrified when I looked at it......

Unexpectedly, Jing Ji is still very popular at this time! It's just that...... Why did the temple built for her become so dilapidated? It's still hidden in such a hidden place, as if it's afraid of being discovered. I thought that the old man had already taken the incense and lit it for me, "Girl, hurry up and put on the incense, the Holy Goddess will protect her body and will bless you with all the best when you enter the royal capital this time." ”

I was pulled to my knees by her with a strange face, and worshiped someone who looked exactly like me, this feeling...... It's weird!

After being dragged and worshipped, the old man locked the door again, and repeatedly groped with his hands to check it several times, before muttering to me, "Girl, you must not tell anyone about this, otherwise they will know about it, and I will die without a place to bury myself." ”

I nodded, couldn't help but wonder, and asked, "Mother-in-law, why are you enshrined here?" ”

"Humph! The old body is blind and the heart is not blind, the saint they worship now, what kind of saint is it, it is nothing more than a tanuki for the prince! But now the way of the world has been ruled by that group of people who have been blinded by lard, and the saint has been replaced, and they don't know it! We, 'Luocun', received so much favor from the saint that we didn't dare to worship it openly, so we could only put a little incense on the saint in secret. ”

From this point of view, Jing Ji should have something to do with the people in this village!

I buried my head in thought, and suddenly found that the old man next to me was not moving. Puzzled, he pulled her, but saw her face full of horror!