After walking all the way again, a ruined temple suddenly appeared in front of Ma Fan's eyes.

Maybe it's because the aura in the mountains is more abundant than in the bustling city, or maybe it's because the mountains are quiet and more suitable for practice, so most of the temples are built in the mountains, but the temple in front is different and built on the edge of the official road.

Although it is on the side of the main road, this temple also has a ravine and flowing water in front of it, and a beautiful mountain to rely on in the back. The white clouds above the head are long, and the grass is green under the feet. Elegant environment, fresh air, nice view.

Ma Fan entered Anxi County in the morning, wandered to the restaurant at noon to meet Liu Bei and others, escaped from Anxi County at noon, and it was already afternoon when he came out, the days were short in winter, and it snowed today, and the sky was getting darker and faster, so Ma Fan walked for a while, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, but the snow was getting bigger and bigger. happened to meet such a broken temple, Ma Fan seemed to say to himself and said to Liu Bei: "It's good to have a temple here, just take a rest." ”

The two took a closer look, this temple has neither a couplet display, nor a pen carved ink, empty and cold lonely, no majestic statues, and no foil of Zhuliang red pillars. The only remaining mottled fresco on the gray wall is that it is impossible to distinguish what it is depicted. The crooked doors and windows, the breathable roof, and the purlins crushed by the snow and rain have become a habitat for birds. Rats and bird droppings were piled up underneath, and there was a chill and indifference everywhere. The cobwebs floating in the corners of the walls, with insect skins and bird feathers, silently indicate that this place has been abandoned for a long time.

The overall architecture of this temple is tall and solid. The lower part of the gable is made of stone, and the workmanship is delicate, and the horizontal and vertical are evenly proportioned. The chisel marks on the stone are clearly visible. Due to its age, the plaster in the crevices of the stone has long since turned to dust, allowing ants to crawl and crawl. Judging from the structure and material of the temple, the standard of the building is excellent, and I guess that the status of the gods originally enshrined here is not low, but I don't know who is enshrined.

Ma Fan casually drew a breeze talisman on the ground, blowing away the thick dust in the house, and then looked at the temple and saw that there was nothing, so he took out a set of oversized robes under Qiu Lizhu from his ring and put them on the ground, and then Ma Fan sat on the robe and rested.

Liu Bei naturally found a corner to rest by himself.

The winter in Hebei is cold, and it is not uncommon for snow to fall in the depths of winter.

By the time the wind subsides, the snow has weakened...

The cold wind cried out and rolled up the dust.

A group of carriages came slowly from the south, the car was a little old, and now the Yellow Turban Army had just been suppressed, and the whole Han Dynasty was full of rogues and bandits who occupied the mountains as kings, and because in the troubled times, what demons and monsters came out, people and horses generally traveled together, and there were few such carriages walking alone outside.

"Ji Jue, where are you?" An old voice came from the carriage.

The young man who was driving the car replied, "Teacher, I just arrived at the boundary of Anxi County, Zhongshan. ”

"Well, Anxi County? The time is not early, and it is snowing heavily, although you are good at Yushu, but the roads in Jizhou are not good, it is not safe to rush at night, and my old man has been in the car for a day, and his whole body is about to fall apart, and he can no longer stand the toss, here is just like Anxi County, there should be an ancient temple in the pre-Qin period not far in front of him, you pay attention, let's go there to rest for a while, and then set off at dawn. The old man's voice came from inside the car.

When the young man heard the words of the person in the car, he said respectfully, "In this way, according to the teacher's words." ”

After walking out of Lixu, the young man suddenly said to the car in surprise: "Teacher, there is indeed an ancient temple. We have arrived at the door, but this ancient temple seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and I ask the teacher to wait in the car for a while, and I will go in and tidy it up first!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and an old man walked down, and the old man walked out and said to the young man with a smile: "Ji Jue, your filial piety is commendable, very good." You must be much more tired than me after driving the carriage for a day, you don't have to be tired from running around like this, and I am not a person who is greedy for pleasure, let's go in together, just find a corner and rest for the night, there is no need to be so troublesome! ”

The young man smiled and said, "The teacher has something, and the disciple obeys it, which is as it should be." It is a great honor for the disciple to be able to bring the disciple with him when he goes out this time, and the disciple should do some small things, and he does not feel fortunate at all. ”...,

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "Haha, that's good, let's go in together!"

After finishing speaking, the old man took the young man in one hand and walked into the ancient temple.

The two walked all the way and found that this ancient temple was probably in disrepair, and the house was a little dilapidated. An old man and a young man walked into the main hall and found that several windows in the room had disappeared, and the cold wind poured into the house through the windows, making it very cold inside.

As soon as he entered the house, the young man did not stop, but immediately searched around, and after a while he found some dry wood, and a fire was raised, and as the wood was lit, the room became much warmer. The young man took a piece of cloth and put it next to the fire and said, "Teacher, it's cold, come here to bake the fire!" I didn't expect this ruined temple to be clean, there is not a trace of dust, but there is no need to clean it. ”

The old man said: "That's because someone came first and cleaned this temple, and we were stained with other people's light." ”

The young man followed the old man's gaze, and saw a young man sitting there, about fourteen or fifteen years old, very thin and tattered, but the robe under his ass was very haode. I didn't see it just now because it was pitch black, but when I saw this teenager at this moment, it was weird to see it.

After all, it is a strange thing to have such a big boy in such a deserted ancient temple with a radius of hundreds of miles, but this young man obviously has a haode robe but is used to cushion the ground, and he is wearing tattered clothes, which is even more strange. On such a cold day, this young man did not make a fire, and he was dressed so thinly, but he didn't look cold at all, and his complexion seemed to be a little ruddy.

The young man's heart was suddenly shocked: "Could it be that you have encountered a mountain spirit monster, or a ghost?"

This thought flashed, and the more the young man thought about it, the more he felt that the young man in front of him was very consistent with the legendary mountain spirit ghost, and hurriedly pulled out the saber at his waist and blocked it in front of the old man.

The old man glared at him and said, "Ji Jue, what are you doing? We arrived later, and it was no longer appropriate to disturb this little brother's rest, you actually held a sword against each other, was it a gentleman's doing? Why don't you put away your sword quickly." ”