Wan'en Temple is a century-old temple that has gone through two dynasties.

Now the Liang Dynasty Wan'en Temple, the temple is dedicated to the orthodox gods and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and it is very lively on the first day of April every year. But a hundred years ago, Wan'en Temple was originally just a wild temple.

It is said that hundreds of years ago, there was a farmer's family, the family was killed by robbers, and all ten people in the family died, only the youngest son of the farmer's family was taken away by the family to escape.

The family walked halfway to the road, only a five or six-year-old child, on the way to exile passed by a broken temple, hungry and tired, already dying, as soon as he looked up, saw that this broken temple enshrined in the statue of unknown gods, so he fell down and worshipped, hoping that the gods and Buddhas in the temple could open their eyes to see the suffering of the world, so that the wicked people have karma.

The boy died shortly after the prayer, and within a few days the bandit was caught by an official mission. Some people say that the gods and Buddhas in this ruined temple are extremely effective, and some wealthy businessmen paid to help the statue re-gilded, and built a larger temple near here.

This was the predecessor of Wan'en Temple.

Wan'en Temple is full of incense, and this legend is just a false rumor to add some mythological color. However, there is indeed an abandoned side hall in the temple, and there is a dilapidated idol in the temple, which is not enshrined.

According to the monks in the temple, this idol does not belong to the orthodox gods and Buddhas, but was left by the abbot of Wan'en Temple during the previous dynasty. Later, the previous dynasty collapsed, Wan'en Temple was renovated, I am afraid that I do not respect the gods and Buddhas, this statue is not easy to destroy, but there is no one to worship. Gradually, that temple was abandoned. Monks often use this hall to stack fish and turtles to be released at puja meetings.

The night rain was heavier than the evening, and there was no trace of monks and pilgrims in the temple. Only the ubiquitous lamps flickered in the hall, dragging elongated figures.

In front of the door of the abandoned side hall, there were two people standing.

Ke Chengxing wiped the water droplets on his face and handed the poncho to Wanfu beside him.

Wanfu took it and sent the burden to Ke Chengxing.

Ke Chengxing weighed the burden and whispered to Wanfu: "You just wait for me outside." ”

Wanfu nodded, Ke Chengxing carried the burden, pushed the door of the palace open a crack, and quietly entered the hall.

This Dharma Hall is already very old, not as solemn and gorgeous as the Dharma halls I saw in the temple before. Because no one has cleaned it for a long time, it exudes a rotten musty smell.

Ke Chengxing took two steps, almost tripped over something under his feet, and took a look at it by the dim light, and saw clearly that the bamboo baskets in the large and small water tanks in this hall were all turtles and turtle loaches to be released.

The muddy smell mixed with the musty smell of rot is almost disgusting. The Dharma lamps in this hall also burned very little, there were not ten in total, and they could barely illuminate, but they reflected the Dharma Hall even more strangely.

A gust of cold wind blew, Ke Chengxing couldn't help but shiver, hurriedly quickened his pace, held back the fishy smell on the tip of his nose, and walked quickly to the statue at the front of the main hall.

This is an abandoned statue of the god, which has long been unworshipped, and the colored sculptures on its body are scattered and mottled. I can vaguely see that it is a blue-faced and red-haired man, and he is not angry and arrogant.

Ke Chengxing only glanced at it and lowered his head, not daring to raise his eyes again.

He searched for a long time before he found a fallen niche at the foot of the statue, and when he straightened it, he dragged a broken futon and knelt upright.

At the end, Ke Chengxing took out a handful of incense from his baggage and lit it with a fire breaker.

"Bodhisattva, lord, immortal—"

He grabbed the incense in his hand, kowtowed and pleaded: "Please save the little one, and send down God to arrest the female ghost, so that she will not cause trouble to the world." ”

The green mist rose up, and the gods and Buddhas were silent.

Ke Chengxing came to burn incense.

Wanfu didn't know where to inquire, in Wan'en Temple, the Bodhisattvas of each hall have the duties of the Bodhisattvas of each hall. One hall is in charge of marriage, one is in charge of studies, one is in charge of health, and one is in charge of wealth.

is either the heir of the pipe, or the official luck, but only this abandoned side temple statue is in charge of catching ghosts.

It's just that this idol is not worshipped, and it is a relic of the previous dynasty, and the pilgrims will not take the initiative to worship it so as not to cause trouble. Wan Fu proposed that it would be better to wait for midnight to touch a few pillars of incense in this side hall, so that the gods and Buddhas would know the sincerity of his heart, and he would receive his heart's wishes.

And the ghost of the Lu clan followed him all the way and introduced her into this hall, maybe she could still be trapped by the gods and Buddhas, and she would never be able to go out.

Wanfu said to him: "Master, it is said that Yin Si is snobbish, and there is still a reason in the world to take people short. You can prepare more incense, so that you can bribe and bribe the fairy master, or the servant who runs an errand. ”

Although Ke Chengxing felt that this method was unspeakably strange, but now he was also frightened by the ghost of the Lu family, and the so-called rush to the doctor, so he only hesitated a little and agreed to Wanfu's proposal.

It was only tonight that he brought incense and candles and secretly came to this temple to worship.

Ke Chengxing didn't let Wanfu follow up because the content of his offerings to the gods and Buddhas could not be heard by outsiders.

He lit the incense, inserted it in the Buddhist shrine, bowed a few times, took out some paper horses, and burned them carefully in an iron basin.

The firelight reflected his face, and his eyes were filled with fear.

seemed pitiful, and the words were vicious, and he only whispered: "Immortal master, Bodhisattva master, I burned incense today, and I also ask you to save the little one, that Lu's resentment is extremely heavy, and he is afraid that he will kill the life for disaster, and begging the Bodhisattva master to drive her away, or to transform into a superbirth, is also a merit." ”

He was angry with nonsense, and his courage became more and more bold, and he said: "Although this matter is small and wrong, but if you want to talk about its cause and effect, it is also to blame that Taishifu for bullying people, I and the Lu family were originally a loving couple, why did we get to this point!" ”

Ke Chengxing's eyes were a little dark.

In Fengle Building that day, after he woke up, he learned that the Lu family might have been humiliated, and he was extremely angry, and he even had the heart to kill the other party. Hearing that the other party had not left yet, Ke Chengxing came to the door aggressively and saw the prince of the Taishi Mansion.

The young man didn't look at him, and was in a trance letting the maid straighten his belt. Seeing Ke Chengxing come to ask for an explanation, the housekeeper-like subordinate next to him stuffed him with a stack of silver tickets.

Ke Chengxing naturally refused to give up, but the subordinates of the Taishi Mansion looked at him and smiled: "It's just a misunderstanding right now, Master Ke wants to make things bigger, the Taishi Mansion just loses some face, and Uncle Ke wants to do business in Shengjing in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

The housekeeper sighed and reminded him with concern: "Even if Master Ke doesn't think about himself, he must think about the old lady, the old lady is old, and if this kind of thing spreads, the old man may not be able to bear it." ”

Ke Chengxing was speechless.

Old Madam Ke only cares about the reputation of the Ke family, but now if she offends the Taishi Mansion, the entire Shengjing Commercial Bank will squeeze out their Ke family, how can it be good in the future?

Besides, they didn't dare to offend the Taishi Mansion......

Ke Chengxing had no choice but to grit his teeth.

He got such a disaster for no reason, and before he could think about what to do next, the Lu family, who woke up, made a fuss first.