"What did you find?" Xie asked with a stroking beard.

Wang Qilin looked at Xu Da, Xu Da looked at Bameow, and Bameow looked around, but there was nothing left.

It thought for a moment, flicked its little tail out, and then looked at it.

The little tail opened its little eyes, and the whole body was ignorant.

Seeing this, Wang Qilin was surprised: "Hey, why does the tail of the eight meows have eyes?"

Xie Toad said: "This is a stage of Xuan Mao's cultivation, and its tail has turned into a little monster. ”

Wang Qilin remembered the demon chicken he gave him in the morning, and immediately understood that this was the demon chicken that had taken effect.

The little tail blinked its little eyes, as if it had no consciousness of its own, no other organs, just small eyes.

Wang Qilin picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand to look at it, and the little tail jumped 'tons and tons', giving him a back.

Eight meows flicked their long tails, and the little tail was immediately sucked back and hidden.

Xu Da was also curious, he wanted to pull the little tail down to study, Ba Meow was very precious to this little thing, and hid the tail under the crotch and got back into Wang Qilin's arms.

Wang Qilin stroked the cat's head and said: "Let's return to the theme first, I found something wrong, the host of this temple is very wrong, listless, and the novice behind him is too energetic, without the style of a monk." ”

Xu Da said solemnly: "Yes, it is true. ”

Xie Toad asked, "Is there anything else?"

Xu Dadao: "Old Taoist, if you find anything, just tell me, don't sell it!"

Xie Toad smiled and said: "You two are still too inexperienced, details, you have to pay attention to details!"

"When Shami came out at the gate, he stretched out his hand when Xu Ye gave him copper baht, and then there were calluses on the tiger's mouth and palm of his palm, which showed that he held the sword all the year round, and it was a cocoon sharpened by the sword. ”

Wang Qilin stretched out his right hand and looked, sure enough.

Xu Da secretly looked at his right hand and decisively copied his hands.

Xie Toad continued: "After we entered the Mani Temple, the group of monks knocked on the wooden fish when chanting, but the percussion sound was chaotic. You must know that knocking on the wooden fish is the basic skill of monks, and the chanting of the monks should be uniform, and the monks in this temple can't even do this basic skill, which means that they are not serious monks. ”

And their heads also show this, the monks on a hot day have clean and no hair oil. It is necessary to know that the head oil is the most difficult to wash, you need to clean it with honey locust or pancreas, the monks do not have the conditions to wash it every day, but the unkempt face will be despised, so they played a trick, the head full of putty is illuminated by the sun, candlelight is called Buddha light. ”

"What kind of monk doesn't have Buddha light? New monks, monks who have just shaved their hair will take a good bath after shaving their hair, otherwise the stubble will fall on their heads and neck, and it will be very uncomfortable. At this time, they will also clean the top of their heads, and the monks in the Mani Temple have clean the top of their heads, apparently shaved recently. ”

"Recently, a group of monks have been suddenly ordained? This Duowen Temple is not a big temple, how can it suddenly accept so many disciples?

Wang Qilin nodded, and he held the demon knife on the ground with one hand, just like Veda Bodhisattva holding the demon pestle on the ground.

Xie Toad nodded and said, "Yes, it's exactly this posture." It is necessary to know that Veda Bodhisattva holds the posture of the demon pestle, if he carries the demon pestle on his shoulder, it means that this is a big temple, which can entertain monks who have traveled here for a long time to eat, live and practice. ”

"If he holds the demon pestle in his hand, it means that the temple has limited financial resources and can only entertain the monks who have traveled here for a short period of time to eat, live and practice. ”

"If Veda Bodhisattva puts the demon-descending pestle on the ground, it means that the temple is poor and cannot entertain the monks who have traveled here. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Is there such a saying?"

Xie Toad nodded and said, "Yes, this statement is the authority of Buddhism, and all temples must follow it." ”

Xu Da understood: "But the host just said that their temple used to entertain fellow scholars who traveled here to eat, drink and have fun......

"If he's not talking nonsense, he's reminding us. Xie Toad nodded, "Remind us that there is an abnormal problem in the temple. ”

The three of them discussed warmly for a while, and Bameow's ears suddenly trembled and handed Wang Qilin a look: Dad, someone is approaching.

Xie Toad immediately shut up, the person floated up like a bat, and floated directly to the window, he stuck to the wall like a gecko, and pointed open the window edge paper at the top of the window with his fingers to look out.

"There's a scholar. ”

Not long after Xie Toad's voice fell, a figure appeared at the door and knocked on the door: "May I ask if the young man Lu who came to repay the vows is here?"

Wang Qilin wondered where there was a scholar in the temple, but he was a master and bold, so he went up and opened the door.

Behind the door stood a middle-aged scholar, wearing a green scarf, a turquoise robe, a pair of green walking boots, a green jade pendant hanging from his waist, and a green umbrella in his hand.

Wang Qilin exclaimed: Is this a group of wild horses raised at home?

The scholar smiled gently when he saw him, and nodded slightly: "You are the son of the Lu family?"

Wang Qilin didn't answer and asked, "Who are you?"

The scholar said with a smile: "Under the name of Qin Tao, the word is omitted, a sour Confucian who travels all over the world, today he encountered heavy rain in the mountains and forests, and saw that there was a treasure temple here, so he came to stay. The master at Fangcai Temple told me that you are also here, so I wanted to pay a visit. ”

Wang Qilin asked again: "What are you visiting?"

The scholar obviously didn't expect him to ask such a question, which was a very unenthusiastic and inhospitable question, so he laughed and said, "If you don't come for the night and a half, you will knock on the chess pieces and drop the lanterns." ”

Wang Qilin was so stunned by him, what is it?

The scholar seemed to have some secrets, he looked behind him, and waved his hand to signal Wang Qilin to enter the house.

After entering the room, he said mysteriously: "The three brothers are invited, are you locals?"

Wang Qilin didn't know what plane he wanted to build, so he blinked and didn't speak.

Qin Tao said to himself: "It's not a secret, Qin is not a local, but was invited by a classmate to come here and want to go to Jixiang County. According to Qin's inquiry, you can see Jixiang County by going west through the surrounding mountains and forests, but Qin has been here for two days, but he hasn't gone out for a long time, what's going on?"

Wang Qilin asked, "What's the matter?"

Qin Tao smiled slightly, and said in a faint tone, "Have you heard of ghosts hitting the wall?"

"You mean you ran into a ghost hitting the wall, and you were trapped in the forest?"

Qin Tao didn't answer, he said again: "Qin was trapped in the mountains and forests for two days, and today it suddenly rained heavily, and he was suffering from nowhere to shelter from the rain, and then he saw a temple appear here, do you know what the reason is?"

"What is the reason?" Wang Qilin's mind was led away by him unconsciously.

Qin Tao put away his smile fiercely and said word by word: "This is, Ghost Temple!"

Xu Da gasped and said, "You mean, you were fascinated by ghosts hitting the wall, and then a ghost conjured up a temple to attract you to enter, and wanted to murder you?"

Qin Tao said solemnly: "It's not just me, there are three more!

Wang Qilin looked at him with care and asked, "You have a melon seed in your head, is it okay?" I'm not saying you're stupid, don't get me wrong, I mean, are you almost in the brain?"

In the face of doubts and insults, Qin Tao smiled faintly, as if he was a master outside the world.

He said, "I'll just say that there are ghosts in this temple, do you believe it?"

Wang Qilin nodded perfunctorily: "Faith, this ghost is right in front of you." ”

Qin Tao looked at the three of them in surprise, and retreated to the door one by one.

Wang Qilin pointed to Xu Dadao: "Oh, there is a poor ghost here." ”

"Still a pervert. Xie Toad added.

After hearing this, Qin Tao was displeased, and said, "To this day, the three of them should still be joking?"

Wang Qilin said impatiently: "Then you said that there are ghosts in the temple, what ghosts, how will it murder you?"

Qin Tao said solemnly: "You will know at night, when the time comes, there will be a charming girl to knock on my door, if I invite her to enter the door, she will tempt me with ghost methods, suck my yang energy, and swallow my talent!"

"Wait, if there's such a ghost, can you stop opening the door for it and let it come to me first?" Xu said with a big eye.

Qin Tao's eyes widened.

Xu Da said: "I don't mean anything else, I have more yang energy, I can let it suck half of it, and I'll send it back to you when it's finished, okay?"

Xie Toad was convinced, and subconsciously wanted to sing: "Wuliang - there is an Wuliang Temple in the mountain." Ahem, are you two going to be ghost brothers-in-law?"

Qin Tao said to Xie Toad: "What the Taoist chief said is extremely true, this brother Tai is really a pervert!"

Xu Da said unhappily: "You are a stupid ghost, I tease you, I can't hear this?" Also, is there any basis for what you said just now?"

"Of course there is!" Qin Tao smiled proudly.

Seeing that he was sure of what he said, Wang Qilin's thoughts were shaken, could it be that there was really something wrong in this temple that they didn't see?

Qin Tao continued: "Qin was literate at the age of three, recited at the age of five, and composed poems at the age of seven, and over the years he has read no less than a thousand books on strange and strange things, and he has seen no less than 500 cases of ghosts and temples in the mountains seducing scholars!

Wang Qilin, who was listening carefully to his analysis, didn't expect to hear such a sentence in the end, he turned his head to look around: "Where's the knife?

At this moment, he really wanted to split Qin Tao, the other party was really right to introduce himself, this is a sour Confucian!

"Forget it, Seventh Master, don't be angry, it's illegal to kill people. Xu Da stopped Wang Qilin and pushed him to the bed and sat down, he walked back and said to Qin Tao: "Scholar, you are beating children on a rainy day, and you are idle, right?"

Qin Tao was stunned: "What does this adult mean?"

Xu Da's voice suddenly became stern, and said, "You have nothing to do on a rainy day, come to find us happy, right?"

Qin Tao shouted: "Wronged, how can you slander people's innocence for no reason? It's really hard to persuade the damned ghost with good words! I have said this, and you still don't believe me?"

Xu Da said impatiently: "What is it called? As if we have done something to you, let me tell you, scholar, the three of us are locals, this temple is called Duowen Temple, it has been built for more than two hundred years, and the monk who received you just now didn't tell you, is my young master here to repay his wishes?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Tao was dumbfounded: "What? is this true?"

He blinked, looking dazed: "But, if this is not a ghost temple, then how can there be so many white bones washed out by the heavy rain outside the temple?"

Wang Qilin stood up suddenly: "Where are the white bones?"

Qin Tao pointed to the north and said: "Just behind the temple, I turned from the back of the temple, and the heavy rain poured down, rushing through a hillside behind the temple, revealing some white bones. ”

Wang Qilin immediately picked up the demon knife and said, "Take us to have a look." ”

Qin Tao turned around to leave, but Xu Da stopped him and said, "Wait first." ”

"What's wrong?"

Xu Da said: "Seventh Master, now that it's raining heavily, let's go out rashly will inevitably attract the suspicion of the monks in the temple, wouldn't it be a surprise to the grass?"

He asked Qin Tao again: "Have you told the monks about the dry bones?"

Qin Tao said: "I thought they were ghosts, so naturally I didn't say it." ”

Xu Dadao: "Seventh Master, we have to control the monks in the temple first, and then go to find dry bones, anyway, dry bones can't run without long legs." If we startle the snakes and the monks take advantage of the heavy rain to escape, it will not be easy to find them then, right?"

Wang Qilin and Xie Toad glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

The misunderstanding was resolved, and the four of them were in the same room.

After all, it was a little embarrassing for the four big men to stay together, Wang Qilin looked at Xu Da and motioned for him to find a topic to break the silence, Xu Da went and asked: "Scholar, you said that you have read thousands of books, so you read them all, right?"

"Mostly. Qin Tao said embarrassedly.

Xu put his arm on his shoulder and asked, "Then do you have a few books with you?" Do you have any books like "Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Friendship and Great Happiness", "Youxian Cave", and "The History of the Jade Concubine"? ”

Wang Qilin fell on the wooden bed.

Xu Ye's waist has really been tempered thousands of times, I don't know what can be refined by sending it into the creation furnace?

Xie Toad walked up to him and laughed quietly: "Seventh Master, this scholar is a little interesting." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "What's the point?"

Xie Toad said: "He is full of talent, and this qi rises into the sky like a pagoda, and in what I have seen and heard in recent days, he is second only to one person." ”

Wang Qilin suddenly became curious: "I once heard someone say that some scholars are talented, and this talent can be turned into spiritual light to be seen, is this true?"

Xie Toad said: "It's true, but it's not talent that turns into aura, but talent, and the two are not the same thing." Let me ask you, in ancient times, Cangjie made words, ghosts cried and wept, do you know this? Do you know why they howl?"

Wang Qilin shook his head.

Xie Toad said: "Because the 'word' is the painstaking work of the saints, there are thousands of wonderful uses, all kinds of magic, Taoist talismans, Buddhist scriptures, the great power contained in the words all come from the word. Confucianism said that 'the pen falls into a storm, and the poem becomes a weeping ghost and god', which is also the great power of words. ”

"But it's not that if you can read a few words or read a few books, you will have talent in yourself. It's not that you have talent after taking the fame test, and it's not that the higher the fame, the higher the talent. Talent needs to be well versed in words and needs to be confident, so that it will gradually condense. ”

"Therefore, since ancient times, the talents of the saints have been through the ages, and the talent is as brilliant as splendor, and the light can illuminate the clouds and the heavenly river, and compete with the stars and the moon. Some scholars are talented and radiant, like carrying a pagoda. There is also a little bit of talent, just like a small fluorescent lamp, which can only be seen. ”

"This kind of talent is like our internal force, the cultivation of demons and monsters, it is formed, it can be cultivated, it can be consumed, and it can be extracted. ”

"So why do you like to pester scholars when you are a demon and a monster? Do you really think it's because you fancy the stinky skin of the scholars? If it's just for the sake of looking good, then the demons and spirits can transform into handsome men and beautiful women at will, and they can turn into handsome men and beautiful women by themselves, and if they are not good, they can go to the ducks, so why pester the scholars? In fact, what they are trying to do is the talent of the scholars!"

Wang Qilin nodded to show that he understood, and he asked again: "Then you say that this scholar's talent is like carrying a pagoda?

Xie Toad nodded and said: "Yes, so even if he knows that he has encountered a ghost temple, he dares to come in, with his talent, ordinary ghosts can only dodge when they see it, how dare they come to be presumptuous?"

That's the past.

Wang Qilin felt strange just now, ordinary people saw that there were dry bones behind the temple or thought that they had run into a ghost temple, shouldn't they be frightened and flee in a hurry? But this Qin Tao took the initiative to send it to the door, which was very undeserved.

The heavy rain was still falling, and he had nothing to do so he had to continue to ask Xie Toad: "You just said that his talent is second only to one person, who is he second only to?"

When he mentioned this question, he was worried.

Although he didn't read much of the sages, he had read many books and read many words on the earth in his dreams.

So, will Caiqi betray his secret?

What if his talent soars into the sky like a rocket?

But he thought too much, and Xie Toad said, "Li Changge!"

Wang Qilin suddenly, he glanced at Xu Da and said, "What about Xu Ye's talent?"

"The light is not big, but the color is pure, not variegated, pure yellow!"

Xu Da was flipping through a book over there, relish and concentrated.

The rain was not only heavy, but also long, from morning to noon.

The novice who had received them in the morning came with a bamboo basket, knocked on the door and said with a smile: "Amitabha, the donors must be hungry, please eat quickly." We have nothing to entertain you in this small temple in the countryside, so we can only invite you to a vegetarian meal. ”

Xu Da couldn't wait to take the bamboo basket away and open it, there were two layers inside, the upper layer was a large pot of boiled vegetables, and the bottom was a large plate of corn tortillas.

Seeing this, he was disappointed: "Just let the uncle eat this?"

Sha Mi frowned and said: "The donor must know that this world is hard, and some food is good, not to mention coarse grains and vegetables are the most nourishing......

"Coarse grains and vegetables are the most nourishing, so why do you eat meat?" Xu Da suddenly raised his head and asked him.

Shami was stunned: "What did you say?"

Xu Da grabbed him in the chest with one hand, raised his foot and kicked the door with a cruel smile: "Little things are still pretending to be stupid? When the uncle has a bad nose? Tell you, the uncle has a dog nose, and the smell of meat in your mouth has long been let me smell it!

As he spoke, he took out a knife from his bosom, and when the little novice was about to shout, he immediately covered his mouth with his other hand.

"Where's the meat?!" Xu asked sharply.

Shami's eyes widened and he whined, and Xu Da laughed: "Yo, did you encounter a hard bone today?" Then I'll cut off two fingers for you first, and then see if you say it!"

Qin Tao was dumbfounded, his painting style changed too quickly, and he didn't react.

After he reacted, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Brother Tai has something to say, why show his knife?

Shami tried to nod his head: "Uh-huh!"

Qin Tao looked at Wang Qilin again: "The son of the Lu family, you take care of your horseman, why does he want to kill people for a mouthful of meat?"

Wang Qilin walked up with a smile and said, "It's not right to kill people for a mouthful of meat, in this way, master, we don't ask about meat, and then let's have a good exchange, okay?" My brother let go of his hand, but don't shout, or I'll have to cut off your tongue." ”

Nod hard.

Xu Da let go of his hand, and Shami asked in a panic, "What do you want to ask?"

Wang Qilin asked, "First, how many people are there in the temple? Second, who is the oldest person besides the host?"

Shami subconsciously asked, "Why are you asking this?"

Wang Qilin pulled out the knife and put it on his neck, and smiled gently: "What are you doing?