Chapter 9: Survivors
"Huh".
All eyes were on the guard.
Liu Yi also got up sharply and immediately greeted him.
"Say, what did you find?"
The guard swallowed his saliva, took out a few pages from his arms, and said in a low voice: "Young master, I bought off the old man Zhang of the county office, and he is responsible for sorting out the county records. These are several county chronicles hand-copied by Old Man Zhang, which have records of similar strange events. ”
Liu Yi hurriedly picked up the hand-copied county chronicles to check.
According to the county annals, the first strange incident was 168 years ago.
Named the Floating Corpse Event.
One hundred and sixty-eight years ago, the moat outside the county town suddenly had some floating corpses for unknown reasons, and the reason could not be found.
Every day, the number of floating corpses increases.
They are all ordinary people in the county, and they will fall into the moat and become floating corpses for some reason.
The whole of Luo County is very panicked.
It's just that how the floating corpse incident was solved later is not recorded in the county annals.
The second bizarre incident was 90 years ago, called the Hanging Incident.
At that time, Luo County, for some reason, hanged themselves at home every day, and even dozens of people would be hanged a day, and the whole Luo County was panicked, and many people moved their families and did not dare to stay in Luo County.
The county records also do not record how the hanging incident was resolved.
The third weirdness is much closer, just thirteen years ago, there was an Anjia village in Luo County, which was full of people surnamed An.
But for some reason, overnight, the entire Anjia Village disappeared.
Completely gone.
Many people reported that they saw a layer of blood-red light over Anjia Village at that time, which was very weird.
Then Anjia Village disappeared.
It's not that people have disappeared, it's that the whole village has disappeared, as if there had never been an Anjia Village, and all traces of Anjia Village have been erased.
This bizarre incident is also known as the Anjiacun incident.
"Sure enough, there were strange incidents in Luo County before!"
Liu Yi's eyes flashed.
He guessed right, the strange events that are happening now are not isolated incidents.
There have been strange incidents in the past.
"The floating corpse incident and the hanging incident are too long, almost a hundred years ago, and even if there are insiders, they are almost all dead and cannot help us. However, the Anjiacun incident only happened thirteen years ago, and there may be insiders. ”
Liu Yi guessed.
"Young Master, you guessed right. After learning about the Anjiacun incident, I investigated and searched in many ways, but I really found a clue. At the beginning of Anjia Village, there was one person who survived. ”
"What, anyone else survived?"
"Yes, his name is An Yuansheng, and he is a small businessman in Anjia Village. At the beginning of the Anjia Village incident, Anjia Village disappeared without a trace overnight, and only this An Yuansheng remained. ”
"Where is An Yuansheng?"
"He has already become a monk, and he is in the Big Buddha Temple in Luo County, and his Dharma name is Pure Zen Master. ”
Liu Yi was in good spirits.
Survivor of a strange event, a pure Zen master!
This amounts to a very important clue.
"Okay, you've done a good job, reward!"
Liu Yi was not stingy at all, and rewarded a thousand taels of silver!
The news provided by this guard was too timely, and it was only one thousand taels of silver, and the dog official provided to Zhao Youde was more than that.
"Uncle Gray, let's go to the Big Buddha Temple. ”
"Young Master, do you want to prepare something? This Pure Zen Master, what if he refuses to help us?"
"Won't help?"
Liu Yi's face sank: "I take the silver, you take the big knife again, help us with the silver, if you don't help us, the big knife will serve, if he is not afraid of death, everyone in Anjia Village will disappear, how can he survive in secret?"
has reached the point of life and death, and Liu Yi is desperate.
This time I went to the Big Buddha Temple, and I said that I would "invite" a pure Zen master.
"Young master, I understand. ”
Uncle Gray nodded.
Indeed, at this time, there is no need to have any scruples.
So, everyone got ready, followed Liu Yi and left Liufu, heading towards the Big Buddha Temple.
......
Big Buddha Temple, famous for a big Buddha.
This big Buddha has a history of at least 600 years and is the most famous scenery in the whole of Luo County.
Even, it has become the symbol of Luo County.
When it comes to Luo County, people in other places will think of the Big Buddha Temple.
It took Liu Yi and the others half an hour to rush to the Big Buddha Temple.
The incense of the Big Buddha Temple is prosperous, and people come and go, which is very lively.
Liu Yi and the others had no intention of worshiping the Buddha, but went straight to the backyard of the temple, saw a novice, and immediately asked, "May I ask where is the pure Zen master of your temple?"
"Are you looking for a pure Zen master? But the pure Zen master has never been hospitable, so please come back, donors. ”
Shami shook his head, blocking the crowd from entering.
"We have a very important matter when we are looking for a pure Zen master, it is a matter of human life, please be accommodating. ”
Hearing Liu Yi say that human life was at stake, Shami hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you to see the Pure Zen Master." ”
So, Liu Yi and the others followed Xiao Shami to a meditation room in the backyard of the temple.
Xiao Shami respectfully shouted into the meditation room: "Pure Zen Master, if there are pilgrims, you must look for you, it is said that there is something very important, even related to human life." ”
"It's a matter of human life? I'm just an ordinary monk, where can I save people's lives? ”
An old voice came from the meditation room, and he refused without even seeing him.
Liu Yi glanced at Uncle Gray.
Uncle Gray comprehended, came directly to the meditation room, and kicked on the door.
"Bang".
The meditation room was kicked straight open.
Xiao Shami's face was flustered and said, "How can you force your way in?"
"Hehe, little monk, we are from Liufu in Luoxian County, and we have important matters to discuss with the Qingjing Zen Master, so you better leave." ”
After speaking, he guarded the door of the meditation room and did not let anyone enter.
Liu Yi and Uncle Gray entered the meditation room and saw an old monk about fifty years old sitting on the futon on the ground.
This old monk is a pure Zen master.
He slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Liu Yi and the others, and then shook his head and said, "Donor, please go back, I have nothing to help you." ”
"Pure Zen Master, or rather, An Yuansheng. You're the only survivor in Anjia Village, and you've survived so far, shouldn't you do something?"
Liu Yi said with a sneer.
"Huh".
Suddenly, the Pure Zen Master opened his eyes violently and stared at Liu Yi with a dead gaze.
After a long time, the Pure Zen Master sighed and said, "Since you know my common name, it must be related to a strange incident. Say, what exactly do you want to ask?"
Liu Yi's eyes lit up.
It seems that this old monk really knows something.
So, Liu Yi immediately lifted his sleeves, revealing a small half of his blackened arm, and said in a deep voice: "Pure Zen Master, look at my arm, is there any salvation?"
"Corpse spots?"
The Pure Zen Master glanced at it, then nodded and said, "Of course there is help, the corpse spots have not spread to the heart area, and now you only need to cut off the arm and you don't have to worry about the corpse spots." ”
The old monk really said a way to save his life.