Chapter 121: The True Meaning of Weirdness
"When the little monk was practicing Buddhism in Wuxiang Temple, he also heard from his brothers and sisters that when he was used to seeing the suffering of the world when he walked outside, his heart would be disturbed by red dust."
In the first sentence, Wu Nian said something that Zhou An couldn't understand, but Zhou An still said it in passing.
"How so?"
Wu Nian shook his head: "Wuxiang Temple is a major cultivator, and the immeasurable Wuxiang Sutra pays attention to the fact that there is no self, so that you can get the Buddha in the immeasurable and unphased, but this kind of exercise needs to go through time to succeed, and now, the little monk has seen the first difficulty, which is the difficulty in his heart." ”
Zhou An raised his eyebrows slightly: "Master, none of you here are bad people, or let's make it clear." ”
Xu Fuling next to him heard Zhou An say this, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
To be reasonable, he didn't understand what the monk meant.
But for the sake of face, didn't ask it?
Zhou An was indeed quite direct and asked the doubts in his heart.
Wu Nian became speechless, and the whole person was collapsed by Zhou An's words.
The special temperament he had accumulated collapsed in an instant, and he could only cry and laugh: "It means that I feel very uncomfortable when I see these people suffering." ”
Zhou An slapped his face: "Isn't this enough?" To put it simply, we are not people in Buddhism, how can we understand so much, I am just a big boss. ”
That's true, you said it so profoundly, and you made such a play for everyone, isn't it obvious that you are pretending?
To replace it with Zhou An, using that more obscure way to cultivate talents, this is too superficial.
Of course, Zhou An didn't dwell too much on this matter, but asked if he had any discoveries.
When he was in the carriage just now, he saw that Wu Nian looked like he had something on his mind, and Wu Nian also said that he would not know until he arrived at the scene.
Isn't that already on the spot now? It's time to speak up.
Wu Nian still shook his head: "There is no way to be sure, what you see is still too superficial." ”
Zhou An immediately said again: "Master, what conjecture do you have?" Whether you see it or not, you have to say it, both of us here are waiting for you to say, you can't just stop saying it because you don't understand it. ”
The Riddlers must die!
The most annoying thing for him is not to say anything if he is not sure, is this situation certain, can't you just say it?
You don't say, how do people know?
Wu Nian was said by Zhou An, and said with black lines: "Lord Zhou, in fact, there are some very complicated things involved, I want to understand first, in this Tingyun Mansion, has there been a huge war before?" ”
Speaking of this, Wu Nian turned his gaze to Xu Fuling on the side.
Xu Fuling heard Wu Nian say this, shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of a war, when the Great Chu State overthrew the old dynasty and established a new system, it didn't spread the war to Tingyun Mansion, if there is really any major war, when I take office here, I will explain it clearly." ”
As a government commander, he must know best, and even if he said so, then there must be no war.
Zhou An looked at Wu Nian and said, "Why did you ask about the war?" ”
It's obviously a flood, but it's related to the war, and there is no connection between the two, but Wu Nian said it, and he must have some ideas.
Sure enough, when Zhou An asked this sentence, Wu Nian didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "What if the little monk said that the perennial heavy rain here is caused by resentment?" ”
Resentment?
Zhou An touched his chin and thought about this sentence, but after thinking for a while, he gave up thinking.
I still want to be a fart.,This thing seems to be some kind of bullshit basics.。
He has been in this world for so long, and the basics he has learned are really limited.
After all, there are too many trades, and if you want to understand them all, then you don't have to do anything else in this life.
Of course, there is a discerning person here now, so if you don't understand, you can ask it.
Zhou An thinks so, when you encounter a problem and don't understand, ask it directly and solve it directly.
You don't have to worry about face or anything like that.
Thinking of this, Zhou An asked his doubts.
Wu Nian clasped his hands together and performed a Buddha salute.
He began to explain.
"If you die too much, you will accumulate resentment. And if the resentment persists for a long time, it will form all kinds of mutations. ”
"Now, this flood and the heavy rain in the sky are probably caused by resentment for a long time, and it will evolve into weirdness."
"Weird?" Zhou An groaned: "What the master means is that those who die here will become weird. ”
Wu Nian shook his head, indicating that it was not more than that.
"Lord Zhou, the so-called weirdness is not what you think, in addition to what people become after death, in fact, in our definition, weirdness has a deeper meaning."
"Everything that is unspeakable, and that has a great hatred for the living, is weird, not only after people die, but even this flower, grass, tree, and tree may turn into weird."
Xu Fuling listened to the conversation between the two on the side, and he also roughly understood a little.
But he frowned at the thought that these things had happened before.
"In the past, there were also many floods, and the imperial court also sent professionals to rush to them, and there was no shortage of qi refiners, but why didn't they see it?"
This is reasonable, the imperial court has sent professional people down, but there is no way to solve it, why can Wunian see it at a glance here?
Wu Nian pointed to the vast drizzle: "Have you noticed that this rain has been falling more severely than before recently?" ”
Xu Fuling nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.
This year's floods were much worse.
After Wu Nian got a response, he continued: "Before this, it hadn't developed to this point, so I couldn't see it, but now it has accumulated to a certain extent, and it will be revealed, if the little monk guessed correctly, I'm afraid this place will soon turn into a weird." ”
Speaking of which, there was a hint of worry in Wu Nian's eyes?
This climate, this situation, and the widespread flooding, if it really turns weird, the location will be a dead place.
At that time, there will be casualties among the people, and after this happens, it will be difficult to contain it.
Zhou An pulled out the cold iron knife from the pink money bag and flicked the blade: "In this case, the three of us will go and solve the weirdness." ”
If there is a problem, solve it, and it is the safest way to deal with weird, something that does not have any thoughts of a living person and has a deep dislike for the living, and kills it directly.
You can't negotiate terms with them because they don't even know what they are.
Therefore, whether it is the Great Chu State or other countries, there is only one way to deal with weirdness, and that is to kill.
Only by eliminating alienation can we protect the people.
Who knows that Wu Nian shook his head and said, "Now I can't even find what weirdness is, where the specific location is, how easy is it to kill weirdness?" ”
That's right, you don't even know what the other party is, how can you find an opponent to deal with?
Thinking of this, Zhou An touched his chin and looked at Xu Fuling next to him: "Lord Xu, don't you really know what happened here?" Even if there is a major murder. ”
Xu Fuling shook his head and said, "I really didn't know that this kind of thing was so serious, how could I lie to the two of you?" ”
He wants to solve the problem here more than anyone else, so he wants to share all the information?
But he really didn't have any information, otherwise he would have said it.
The worry on Wu Nian's face was even stronger: "If this is the case, if you want to solve it, then you have to investigate it step by step." ”
"The little monk is worried that it hasn't been investigated yet, and this weirdness will come out, in case it appears randomly, and when the time comes, there will be people suffering, and we won't be able to catch up."
This is indeed the case, Xu Fuling now believes in Wu Nian's words a little.
But the problem is that there is no way to find a strange location, otherwise he will arrange all the manpower, and he will also get rid of this strangeness, and return a stable environment to the people of these villages.
At this point, the scene became a little awkward, and fell into an eerie silence.
The two of them have no way, and they can't find clues, so the flood in this place will get worse and worse, if the simple flood is fine, but this involves weirdness, Xu Fuling feels that it is too difficult.
"Actually, it's not necessarily, it's not really impossible."
Zhou An has been thinking about it, and at this time he has also figured out some key factors.
Hearing that Zhou An had a way, Xu Fuling's eyes lit up, and he no longer had the domineering attitude he had at the beginning, and said quickly: "If Lord Zhou has a way to save the people on this side, I will definitely repay you as a cow and a horse." ”
Zhou An shook his head: "It's okay to be a cow and a horse, in fact, this matter is very simple, I think what Lord Xu checked, or what he went to find, should not be limited to ordinary information, I guess if it's right, you didn't check it all." ”
Xu Fuling thought for a while, and finally nodded and admitted that although he was familiar with the information of the entire Tingyun Mansion, he only collected a part of the mansion.
Zhou An continued: "In this case, why not start from a place that has not been seen, now, the formation of this place is likely to come from before the founding of the People's Republic of China, when there were wars, maybe there are some wild histories, and there are more likely to be folk legends." ”
Zhou An asked Xu Fuling to investigate in this regard, and maybe there would be gains.
Xu Fuling's eyes lit up.
He felt that Zhou An's approach should be right.
After all, it can't be found in serious history, maybe it can be found in some other wild history?
With this idea, Xu Fuling finally knew what he should do next.
"Check first, find out the useful news, and then find out the final key from this news, and then twist all the power into a fist to completely blow up this most critical place." Zhou An's expression was calm.
Wu Nian reminded: "Please Lord Xu speed up the progress, otherwise the little monk is worried that it won't last long here." ”
Originally, he didn't think about it, just to solve the problem here, but now that he sees the crux of the problem, he has to persuade more.
This thing is meant to be sooner rather than later, and the sooner it is resolved, the better.
After a few discussions, they stopped staying, and then they visited the other villages.
It wasn't until after the tour that it was already afternoon.
The news was the same, and the rest of the people had left, leaving only empty water-soaked houses and fields.
"Let's go, let's go back first." Zhou An said.
I've finished reading everything that should be seen, and now it's time to go back and let Xu Fuling check the information.
Several people didn't stop and rushed in the direction of Tingyun Mansion.
The way back was naturally wet and muddy, but fortunately, with the professional skills of the coachman, it was not particularly uncomfortable.
Along the way, everyone did not speak, everyone remained silent, each thinking about their own things.
It wasn't until they arrived at Tingyun Mansion that everyone got off the carriage.
Zhou An looked at his shoes, which were already covered with a thick layer of silt, which were glued when he walked on the road.
"Okay, Lord Xu, you check slowly, and tell me if you find useful information." Zhou Andao.
He wants to hurry up and go back to liver proficiency.
Wu Nian has been following Xu Fuling's side, listening to his meaning, he wants to help Xu Fuling check.
Zhou An went back, he was very happy when he came, and he was also very happy when he left.
He returned to his house and continued to gain proficiency.
……
This liver, another day passed.
The proficiency of the dragon step has increased, but there is still a small gap to be filled before the fifth level.
Zhou An was not in a hurry, and at the end of the day, there seemed to be no important news from Xu Fuling's side.
If there were, I guess I would have told him a long time ago.
Now it seems that it is very difficult to find out through other means.
This morning was another beautiful day, the sun was shining, and there was no light rain coming down, disturbing the mood of passers-by.
Tingyun Mansion is too polarized, and prosperous places are really prosperous, but those villages that are not prosperous are suffering from natural and man-made disasters.
Zhou An looked at the bright sunshine, went to a noodle stall and sat down, and asked the boss to serve a bowl of noodles.
The boss is extremely enthusiastic, and now this stall has changed its appearance, and there are lights everywhere, looking festive.
In this lively atmosphere, Zhou An also ate extremely comfortably, and soon finished eating a bowl of noodles.
Before leaving, Zhou An paid the money, but was stopped by the shopkeeper.
"That's a lot, Childe."
The shopkeeper withdrew partly: "Tomorrow is the time of our Harvest Festival, and we have made discounts in advance, we are honest people, and we can't let my son suffer." ”
Zhou An took the money back and found that he had really discounted himself.
The people are very happy.
Obviously, in today's time of flooding in the surrounding area, having a festival like this can also make them forget a lot of their troubles for a while.
Zhou An took the money into his arms, and prepared to continue to go back to the liver and swim in the dragon.
He's like that, if there's really nothing going on, he can even stay in the room all the time, except for the necessary meals, he can keep his liver proficiency.
After all, the liver lives a person.
Unexpectedly, before I walked home, I met an acquaintance on the way.
At this time, Wu Nian was walking down the street with a blank face, not knowing where to go.
Take a step forward, take a step back, and appear hesitant, as if you are afraid that if you take one wrong step, you will not be able to find a new way.
When Zhou An saw this scene, he knew that this guy must be a road idiot, and coupled with the special nature of the Wuxiang Temple's exercises, he couldn't ask for directions around, so he was acting very restrained now.
Sometimes, the road idiot is not so serious, but Wu Nian seems to have magnified this attribute countless times.
Zhou An thought for a while, stepped forward and said, "Master, you know your flaws clearly, and you still come out alone, isn't this looking for trouble for yourself?" ”
Wu Nian was hesitating, he was very confused, because now he couldn't find his way back, but he couldn't ask the people around him.
So you can only stand where you are.
After all, like him, maybe one step is wrong, and the mistake is on top of the other.
Now he suddenly heard Zhou An's voice, and immediately reacted, his eyes looked in Zhou An's direction, revealing a feeling of the rest of his life.
Zhou An never expected that he would be able to make such an expression for the rest of his life after being lost in this year.
Wu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, his whole person relaxed, and said, "Lord Zhou, thank you for coming!" Otherwise, the little monk will not be able to go back. ”
Zhou An said strangely: "Didn't you check the information with Lord Xu in the mansion, how did you come to this street?" ”
Wu Nian said helplessly: "We have checked the information for a long time, whether it is the official history or the wild history, and even the various side doors of the government have been read, but we have not found any useful news, but there is one thing that is very strange, so I made a special trip to take a look." ”
When Zhou An heard this, he instantly became interested: "What does it have to do with something?" Could it be related to this festival? ”
He just said a joke, but he didn't expect Wunian to really nod: "It is indeed related to this Harvest Festival, Lord Zhou doesn't know, it is said that the Harvest Festival was originally to pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year, and the harvest will increase greatly." ”
"And every year, there is an abbot named Huayun Temple to preside over the Harvest Festival, but this year it seems to be different, this abbot is gone, and the entire Huayun Temple is empty."
"These things are weird, after all, they just disappeared, and the flood has worsened, so I came here to investigate, but in the process of checking, I accidentally got separated from Lord Xu, and now I don't know what to do."
When Zhou An heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't think of the powerful road idiot attribute, it was really easy to make this kind of operation.
He was about to say a few words, but suddenly stopped, his brow furrowed.
When he heard the three words Huayun Temple, he always felt very familiar.
When you think about it, you know what went wrong.
Isn't Huayun Temple the temple that the longitudinal member who ran into when I was at the post station before?
At that time, the indulgent guy still wanted to lead himself to Huayun Temple, saying that he wanted to talk to himself.
And that guy later admitted that Huayun Temple is actually a den of longitudinal.
But due to exposure, it should have been withdrawn by that time.
Now it seems that it was indeed withdrawn.
But what does this have to do with the floods?
Zhou Anxin was puzzled.
"So you're going to Huayun Temple this time?" Zhou An asked.
Wu Nian nodded, indicating that he was indeed going to Huayun Temple: "Lord Zhou, can you go with me?" I really can't find my way here, and Master Xu isn't here. ”
He was really helpless and confused, and now he almost crouched in place and drew a circle with a branch.
Zhou An touched his chin, thought for a moment, and nodded.
When he was at the post station, the indulgent man told him that he would not provoke him again, and let himself leave their affairs alone.
But it's not that simple.
He killed their people and made another good show, which made their plan fall through.
Whoever it is, it won't be so easy to let go.
For example, Zhou An went up and slapped others now, and others said that they would not pursue this matter in the future, and then they would not provoke him, and he would not provoke himself, no one would believe this matter.
Zhou An knew that the other party must have something dragged, so he didn't come to trouble him for the time being.
The reason why he agreed to go and see it was because he wanted to know what kind of conspiracy there was.
From the moment the grudge was formed, in fact, there was no need to turn this matter into a hostility, and there was no such possibility.
He understands indulgence.
An organization that regards the word indulgence and the principle of doing what you want is extremely unscrupulous.
If he has the opportunity, he will weaken the opponent's living force, and if he can crush the opponent to death, it would be even better.
Wu Nian heard Zhou An agree, and then showed a happy expression.
Zhou An didn't go home either, so he walked out of the city with no thoughts.
It was also very easy to find Huayun Temple, he casually found the surrounding people, and asked for the specific location.
After leaving Tingyun Mansion, it didn't take long to meet Xu Fu Ling.
At this time, Xu Fuling was waiting outside, and after seeing Zhou An also follow, a hairy expression appeared on his face.
It's not that he doesn't call Zhou An, but because he wants to find out what is useful, and then go to Zhou An.
As soon as Zhou An saw this expression, he understood what was going on, looked at Wu Nian and said, "You didn't tell Lord Xu that you didn't recognize the road." ”
Faceless scratched his head in embarrassment, saying that he really didn't say anything about it.
Xu Fuling asked strangely, "What are the two of you talking about?" Anyway, why did Master Wunian suddenly disappear? ”
Zhou An and Wunian didn't want to talk more about this, after all, it was another big paragraph to explain.
The two briefly explained the situation, which roughly meant that they were going to go all the way.
Xu Fuling was naturally happy, and he hurriedly set off again, leading the way in front.
On the way, Zhou An asked, why didn't he find the town trick division.
After all, it is more professional to leave this matter to the Zhen Wei Division.
Who knew that Xu Fuling sighed and told the reason.
It is true that His Majesty loves the people like a son, and it is also true that he is suspicious by nature.
The three departments of the Town Secret Division, the Supervision Department, and the Government Office cannot intersect unless they encounter serious and important cases.
If you are not sure that it is weird, go to the town trick division, and if it is really not weird at that time, it will be known and spread to His Majesty's ears, then it will be a violation of the law.
After Zhou An understood the reason, he didn't say much.
Everyone rushed in the direction of Huayun Temple again.
This time, there were four or five catchers with him, obviously wanting to investigate.
It didn't take long to get from Tingyun Mansion to Huayun Temple.
Although the place where Huayun Temple is located is relatively remote, the people present are all people in the middle of the line, and the speed of walking is also very fast, and it didn't take long to reach the destination.
In a deep mountain and old forest, this temple called Huayun Temple looks extremely old, and even the walls are full of traces of time.
In addition to the plaque that hangs, the name can be recognized, giving the impression of an abandoned temple.
"In previous years, this temple organized the Harvest Festival, and it is said that many people come here to pray for blessings."
"And the abbot of this temple is not a person in the line, just an ordinary person."
Xu Fuling explained.
"Actually, we have investigated before, after all, we thought it was abnormal for a temple like this to allow so many people to come and pray for blessings, but the results of the investigation were normal."
"If it weren't for this now, I really didn't know there was a problem here."
The leader quickly stepped forward and pushed the door open, and with a squeak, the scene inside Huayun Temple was revealed.
It's also covered in dust, and it looks like no one has cleaned it for days.
It's the same old facility, and even the floor has a lot of cracks.
In the middle of the courtyard, there is a large tripod with scattered incense ashes on it.
Zhou An followed and walked in, glanced around, and found nothing unusual.
Wu Nian also looked around, he was a monk and was very sensitive to the temple, so he looked more carefully than them.
"It's just a decent temple, there's nothing special about it." Wu Nian said.
In addition to the courtyard in the middle, there are some accommodation rooms around it, and there is a dilapidated main hall.
"Search!" Xu Fu ordered the order.
The trappers began to search the rooms, and after a few moments, they came up and told them that there was no problem.
The only thing that wasn't searched was the main hall in front.
Xu Fuling pondered for a moment and walked in with Zhou An.
The facilities in the main hall are also very old, and even the Buddha statues on it are made of clay.
Wu Nian is a monk, and when he saw this Buddha statue, he immediately folded his hands and performed a Buddha ceremony, muttering words in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was reciting.
"Keep searching!" Xu Fuling said.
He nodded quickly and immediately searched the hall.
One after another, the catchers left, and soon, the catchers who came back said that they had not found any problems.
But there was another catcher who didn't come back to them.
After waiting for nearly half a pillar of incense, this catch is coming back soon, but it is covered with traces of dirt, and it looks like a gray face.
"My lord, I found it! Found out! A lot of corpses were found! ”
Caught up in a hurry, tripped over halfway, rolled on the ground twice, and was in a hurry.
Xu Fuling's eyes widened, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Take me to see it!" ”
If there is a discovery, it is the best, and if there is a discovery, it proves that there is a clue.
Don't dare to slack off if you catch fast, and hurry up to lead the way in front.
Xu Fuling, under the leadership of Capture Kuai, walked out first.
Zhou An and Wu Nian glanced at each other and followed behind them.
Bypassing this hall, there is a secret door in the back.
Quickly and effortlessly pushed open the secret door, and through the secret door, he saw that there was a tunnel made of walls.
The tunnel is dark, and there is no light or shadow to be seen.
I can't see my fingers.
Catch quickly took out the fire fold from his waist and blew it, and immediately an open flame appeared.
"My lord, it's in this tunnel, and after walking through the tunnel, it's a big space, and there are a lot of corpses in it."
Xu Fuling nodded, didn't say anything, and was the first to lead the way in front.
When Zhou An saw this scene, he also looked at this Xu Fu Ling Gao for two points.
If it is replaced by some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they will inevitably let those who catch fast take the lead at this moment.
Although this Xu Fu Ling is pedantic, it is actually only cultivated from childhood to adulthood.
The character is very nasty, but human nature is not bad.
Zhou An didn't have ink, and followed behind with Wu Nian.
The tunnel was very dark and long, and it took about half a column of incense to walk before it reached its end.
Through the exit at the very end, they come to a huge enclosed space.
Zhou An looked at it, there were about hundreds of square meters.
They are arranged in a square, and in this space of hundreds of square meters, there are corpses.
The corpses were dressed in monk's robes, had bald heads, and had ring scars on the top of their heads.
Each corpse had a look of horror on its face, as if it had encountered something terrible and had been scared to death.
Zhou An came to a corpse and examined it carefully for a moment, but found no obvious external injuries.
Several catchers also went to examine the other corpses, and after examining them, they also found no obvious external injuries, and even internal injuries could not be seen.
"I am compassionate."
At this time, Wu Nian suddenly sat cross-legged on the ground, folded his hands, and recited a scripture.
Zhou An didn't understand, but he felt that since they were together, they should also respect other people's beliefs, so he didn't bother, but continued to check.
As it turned out, he was right this time.
The so-called indulgent member, saying that he didn't do things in Tingyun Mansion was purely farting.
In these days, we must not trust the enemy.
Look, isn't this just going to come out?
I don't know if it's aimed at him, but just in case, these things have to be extinguished.
After looking at them for a while, Zhou An saw that among these corpses, there was a monk who was dressed differently, and he was wearing the clothes worn by the abbot.
He came to this corpse and found that this corpse was about fifty or sixty years old, so he turned his head to look at Xu Fuling: "This should be the abbot of Huayun Temple, right?" ”
Xu Fuling investigated Huayun Temple, and naturally recognized the abbot, and after seeing the appearance of the corpse, he nodded and said that this was indeed the case.
Zhou Anzai looked at it carefully, looked at the other catcher, and asked, "Have you examined this corpse?" ”
Catch Kuai also knew that Zhou An came with Xu Fuling, and saw Xu Fuling's attitude, so he hurriedly replied: "I have checked, there is no big problem, and there are no obvious external injuries." ”
"It's kind of weird." Zhou An touched his chin.
How did he die without obvious injuries?
Could it be that he was scared to death?
"It's really possible, after all, that person is good at hallucination."
Zhou An thought for a moment.
Uneasy, he examined the body again, and then he noticed that something was wrong.
In the cracks of the nails of this corpse, there was some dirt.
The soil has condensed.
When the other party killed these people, he obviously did some simple treatment, but the dirt in the fingernails was still not cleaned up.
"Let's see if there's any digging here." Zhou An said.
The catchers agreed and searched the area.
However, after searching for a long time, there was still no trace of excavation.
Zhou An thought for a moment, and then turned over the corpse in front of him.
Soon, a large amount of writing was found beneath the corpse.
The text is messy, as if it was written in the midst of great suffering.
"Sure enough, before this man died, he wrote it down with his fingers."
Zhou Anzai looked at it carefully, and soon finished reading the above content, his face was very indifferent.
"I knew that this dog was lying to me, but fortunately, I had the foresight and rushed over."
A young man came to the ward, and the old man opened his mouth and said, you young people like to be called by the bed, this young man has been calling for a long time yesterday.
Me: "......"
Recently, I have been changing the following article, and some places have been overwritten, for fear of being sealed.
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