It runs like an antelope, jumping very high, and there are many weeds in the loess desert, which it easily jumps over, and every step on the ground stirs up a few points of yellow sand.

However, the pursuers behind him were also in hot pursuit.

Occasionally, arrows were fired and nailed to the ground.

I don't know if it was because I was sick and rushed to the doctor, or if I noticed the nature of the Taoist, or if I recognized the swallow in the sky, I quickly ran to the Taoist with the pursuers, and then it hid directly behind the Taoist and the jujube red horse, and then stopped running.

The three-flowered cat turned around and stared at it suspiciously.

Youli stood behind the Taoist, only stretched his neck, poked his head out from behind the Taoist, and stared silently ahead.

"Appeal ......"

The pursuers behind him quickly reined in their horses, sat on their horses and looked at the Taoist and the spirits behind them, frowning or vigilant, and looking at the yellow-robed monk at the front.

The leading monk turned over and dismounted.

The rest of the people also hurriedly turned over and dismounted, immediately adjusted their positions, took weapons, and surrounded Song You and the others, but their eyes might be aimed at Song You, but the weapons were not aimed at him, but at the spirit hiding behind him.

"Amitabha Buddha ......"

The leading fat monk saluted him while looking at Song You and his party: "The poor monk's name is Xuanhua, and he is the abbot of the Hanging Wall Temple in Shanan County, Ye County, Longzhou, and he is polite." ”

"Under the surname Song Mingyou, you are a Taoist, and you are polite."

Song You also returned the salute.

This monk looks thirty or forty years old, with big ears hanging down, bitter cold in the northwest, scorching sun, yellow sand and north wind, but his face is as white as jade, although his facial features are not very good-looking, but at a glance it gives people a very comfortable feeling, which belongs to the same as when Sanhua Niangniang and Yanzi turned into human form, and can be seen at a glance extraordinary.

The abbot of the hanging wall temple shows that he is the head of the first courtyard, and the abbot shows that he also has a high prestige among the local Buddhist temples.

Song You paused for a moment, turned around and glanced at the swallow on the horse's head, and also at the spirit, and then asked them, "Why are you chasing a spirit here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew from his expression and tone that this Taoist was not ordinary.

"Daochang Song is a foreigner?"

"Yizhou people, traveled."

"Song Daochang doesn't know that Longzhou, Shazhou and the Western Regions have all suffered from a major drought this year, and it is this spirit who has done it." Master Xuanhua said, "At the invitation of the governor of Longzhou, we have been looking for it for a long time, and finally found its trace recently, please let the Taoist chief let us catch it." ”

As soon as the words fell, the spirit behind him immediately let out a low roar, its voice was ethereal, as if it was in a deep valley, with its own echo.

Several warriors were either startled or more vigilant.

The Taoist who was close to it didn't seem to hear it, but just asked, "How does the master know that the drought is his fault?" ”

"According to historical records, there have been several major droughts in the northwest, and there are traces of it every time." Venerable Xuanhua also humbly said, "There is a book that says that it is the one who brings the drought. ”

"What's it called?"

"It's called a dry deer."

"That's not true."

Song You looked calm, shook his head and said: "This beast's name is free, it is just an elf bred between heaven and earth, although it is true that it often haunts with natural disasters, but in fact, it is weak, and it does not have the ability to dry land for thousands of miles, nor does it bring natural disasters. However, if you think that it is the cause of natural disasters and that you can kill them to eliminate them, and you can pin your hopes against natural disasters on it, you are very wrong. ”

"This ......"

Master Xuanhua wanted to refute, but seeing that he was very sincere and convincing, and that he really had no real evidence, he stuck in his mouth.

Behind him, a young monk whispered:

"Isn't this person being bewitched?"

When Master Xuanhua heard this, he just tilted his head slightly, waved his hand at him, and asked very sincerely, "Where did you hear about these Dao Chiefs?" ”

"The lower patriarch has verified it."

“……”

After a moment's thought, Master Xuanhua asked, "Does the Dao Master want to convince us to let the dry deer go?" ”

"It's not an easy task. To tell the truth, in the next way, seeing the severe drought in the northwest and the suffering of the people, I can't bear it, and I have been thinking about how to deal with it in recent days. ”

Song You's tone was gentle and polite, and he was very sincere.

As he spoke, he looked back at the spirit.

The spirit was about the size of a sheep, with an unusually slender and slender body, giving people a sense of elegance and agility, and its eyes were very clear, staring at him without blinking.

However, it is not the culprit of the drought that wanders away, not to mention that in the next journey, hunger and thirst are unbearable, thanks to which it led the way, it found a water source, which shows that it has a good heart. If the master really captures it and kills it, it will be a mutilated pure life. If the master later discovers that the drought has not stopped, but it has become more and more serious, perhaps his cultivation will be ruined in the doubts and uneasiness of the days and nights in the future. ”

“……”

These words are really sincere.

When Master Xuanhua heard this, he was silent for a long time.

After the silence, he first saluted Song You, and then asked, "What is the way to deal with the drought?" ”

"I've been curious for the next few days, isn't there a god here who cares about the wind and rain?"

"Originally, there was a rain god ......"

"How?"

"It's just that in recent years, Longzhou Shazhou has been in good weather, and even some places are very rich in water and grass, so that there are many fewer people who worship the rain god." Master Xuanhua couldn't help but pause when he said this, and then said, "And the rain god is a Taoist deity, in recent years, Longzhou is okay, many people in Shazhou have turned to believe in my Buddha, and then temporarily incense and pray to the rain god, where is it so easy for the rain god to pay attention to us." ”

"That's ...... too"

Although the gods are originally from people and should serve people, after all, the gods also have their own thoughts, and if they have thoughts, they have personalities, tempers, and positions, otherwise there would not be so many immoral gods.

In the past, when the water and grass were abundant, they did not offer to others, and even slowly switched to Buddhism, such as if there is a problem today, and they have to invite others to come out to work, how can it be so easy?

Once the drought is over, you throw people away?

There is no such thing.

If it weren't for the fact that he was really a god with great virtue, he would have to watch for a long time if he changed to any ordinary god, and only when the people had enough of suffering, when the people regained their importance, and no matter how bad they were, they would have to take advantage of this disaster to absorb enough incense before they would consider doing things.

Song You thought for a while before saying, "If there is a fragrant case, I am willing to convince him." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy."

"I'm good at persuading people."

“……”

Master Xuanhua felt that this was true.

Most of the people who practice Buddhism have a pair of delicate eyes, and as far as he can see and feel at this time, although this Taoist is not a person who can speak well, he also speaks in a clear manner, and his tone is sincere and polite, and under sincere communication, it is naturally easy for people to accept.

"It's just that I heard that Lord Zhizhou also asked a Taoist to set up an incense case shrine and wanted to ask the rain god to help, but no one could invite him."

"I'm also good at inviting gods."

"Dao Leader is so confident?"

"It's also well-known among the gods of the Heavenly Palace, so I want to try it."

"I see......"

Master Xuanhua looked at him at some time, and then at the wandering place behind him, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

At this moment, another voice came from beside him:

"Yan Immortal's good breed can be passed here?"

It was a young and clean young voice, which obviously did not come from this Taoist.

The crowd followed the sound and saw that the source of the sound was the swallow standing above the horse's head, and they couldn't help but be shocked.

Even the two young monks behind Master Xuanhua were surprised and stared at the swallow vigilantly.

Only Master Xuanhua remained calm and replied respectfully:

"The good breed of Yan Immortal has been spread to Longzhou."

"I am the descendant of An Qing Yan Immortal." The swallow's mouth opened and closed, and a human voice came out of it, but the voice was smaller, and it trembled a little when you listened carefully, "As long as my husband invites incense, the gods who dare not come to the Heavenly Palace are less than the number of hands, and the gods who dare not do not exceed three." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all frightened.

Master Xuanhua was also stunned, and then looked at the swallow carefully and believed his words.

With the endorsement of the gods, and it is An Qingyan Immortal, who has a good reputation and has made tangible contributions to the people recently, Master Xuanhua no longer doubts and kept his mouth shut.

The Taoist slowly turned around, pointed in a direction, and smiled at the little elf behind him:

"This is the grace of water."

"Boom......"

"In the future, learn to be smarter, and when people suspect that you are causing a drought, run away from people, and don't be caught again." Song You's tone was still gentle, "Go ahead." ”

The spirit kicked on all fours and immediately jumped into the distance.

Several warriors were holding bows and arrows, and they had already surrounded it, but they were frightened by this person's words, and they didn't release the arrows at this time, but they all aimed at the white jade monk in the middle, and saw that the monk just put his hands together and lowered his head, so he slowly put down the bow and arrows.

Then I saw the spirit running towards the distance, its posture was elegant and light, and every time it jumped very high, in the vast heaven and earth, it really looked like a carefree elf.

The spirit soon became a small dot, and even the dust and smoke stirred up by the four hooves could not be seen clearly.

"Please ......"

Master Xuanhua said to Song You.

"Okay."

Song You followed them with a cane, and as he walked, he looked at the swallow with a smile:

"You've gotten bolder."

"I—I just thought it helped us lead the way to the water, but we haven't reciprocated yet......"

"That's good."

Song You nodded, looked at Master Xuanhua next to him, narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips, and asked, "The mage also thought that the drought might have nothing to do with it, right?" ”

"The monks are compassionate, and they should not kill too much, because it is related to the cultivation of poor monks, so they should naturally think more about it." Master Xuanhua clasped his hands together, and his tone was equally sincere, "It's just that Zhizhou has found a poor monk, and it is related to the tens of millions of lives affected by the disaster in Longzhou and Shazhou, so the cultivation of the poor monk is nothing." ”

"I see."

Song You didn't make an evaluation, and only led the horse forward.

Many warriors were quietly looking at him.

……

Passing through the loess desert, Song You came to the foot of a loess mountain, and also came to the hanging wall temple.

Just looking up, his eyes widened.

This loess mountain is a common local soil mountain, born tall and majestic, don't look at it is neither slender nor towering, it feels easy to climb, but in fact, its four sides are still close to vertical, but the top of the vertical cliff is not a narrow peak, but a larger slope top.

The Hanging Wall Temple is not built on the top of a mountain, but on this cliff face that is completely perpendicular to the ground.

Looking up at this time, you can see many mahogany pillars and green tile roofed buildings on the cliff wall, the windows are like grilles, and the railings are painted blue, but each building only has one tile roof, one carved window, several mahogany pillars and a railing, all of which are only one, indicating that they are not complete buildings built on the cliff, and the main body of the room is a cave carved out of the cliff.

The buildings and caves on these cliffs form the Hanging Wall Temple.

However, they are not concentrated, but scattered across the entire cliff face, with different heights and distances.

The low ones are also more than ten zhang from the ground, and the high ones are almost on the top of the cliff. Those who are close to each other are also a few feet away from each other, and those who are far away are almost two opposite corners of the entire cliff wall. They are connected by a wooden stack corridor hanging on the cliff wall and a grotto cave in the cliff wall.

When Song You looked at it, he only felt that it was like a building in a mythological story, with an earthy yellow mountain and a complete sky, a reckless and heavy sense of history came to his face.

"Please!"

Master Xuanhua stretched out his hand to him.

“……”

Song You lowered his head slightly, and then stepped on the wooden stack corridor upward.

It is a staircase, standing on the cliff, beaten by the wind and rain, I don't know how many years, it is older than the wooden ladder of the small building in Changjing, it has almost faded to white, but it is very stable to walk on it.

As you walk, the wooden staircase is gone, replaced by a grotto in the mountain.

Master Xuanhua walked in the front to lead the way, leading him from the wooden stairs into the grotto passage in the mountain, some of them looked natural, some of them had traces of artificial excavation, most of them were very narrow, both the passage and the stairs were inside the mountain, only a few caves outside let in sunlight, shining on the earthy yellow cave.

Sometimes there is light coming down from the overhead, and the air is clean, but when the dust is raised in the cave passage, the light immediately reflects, takes shape, and scatters a dazzling light.

From time to time, they walked out of the cavern passage and re-stepped into the wooden stack corridor outside, and now you could see that they had gone higher and higher.

The smell of incense sticks began to waft through the air.

Occasionally, I can faintly hear some chanting.

Song You looked at it as he walked and was very amazed: "How many years has this temple been built?" ”

"More than two hundred years."

"Why was it built on this cliff?"

"It's not uncommon here. I heard that Changjing also has the cultural habit of digging caves, but this cultural habit is still the most prosperous in the northwest. Venerable Xuanhua said as he walked forward, "People in the northwest like to dig caves in the mountains to make offerings to the gods, and we just use the caves for offering to the Buddha and Bodhisattva as a temple practice. ”

"It's amazing."

Song You couldn't help but say in amazement.

This walk here is also considered a long insight.

……

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