Chapter 39: The Little Temple in the Forest
Qiu Zifu took Lu Qiqi and hurried out of the city before the city gate was closed. After leaving the city, I kept heading east, until I reached a small forest full of stars.
In the woods, the branches and foliage are dense, blocking all the light from the outside of the forest, and the five fingers are not visible inside. Qiu Zifu lit the paper lantern he brought with him, and in the hazy light, he could only vaguely see things within three feet, and the forest was even more dark and gloomy.
"What are we doing here, are we fighting ghosts?" Lu Qiqi said curiously.
No wonder she thought so, this forest was quite similar to the forest where she had met the ghost, as if a ghost could jump out of a dark corner at any time.
Qiu Zifu shuddered, couldn't help but tighten his clothes, and complained: "Dao Chief, don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night." ”
"And this statement," Lu Qiqi was not familiar with these slang words, but when she raised her eyes, she happened to catch a glimpse of Qiu Zifu's straight back, "Are you afraid?"
How could he, a big man, be afraid of such a strange thing. The key is not that you are afraid or not, but that the atmosphere here is too gloomy, and people can't help but feel a chill, and their hairs stand on end. So he never came at night before, didn't he feel uncomfortable.
However, Lu Qiqi couldn't be proud of him as a man, so he deliberately walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, with me, you don't have to pay attention to any demons and monsters." "I cover you" written all over the face.
Qiu Zifu was a little bitter in his heart, he was really either scared or uncomfortable.
Turning left and right in the forest, they finally got out of the forest when Lu Qi was a little dizzy. There was an empty space in front of him, and a small temple stood alone in the clearing.
The temple gate is only one person tall, and those who are a little taller probably have to bow their heads and bend down to enter and exit. There was no name, only the strong smell of incense in the air, telling the people who came that this was a temple, a real small temple.
Qiu Zifu straightened his clothes and stepped forward to knock on the door.
After a while, a slightly vicissitudes of life voice sounded inside: "Who, it's so late, what's the matter?"
"Senior, junior Qiu Zifu took the liberty of disturbing late at night. Even if the other party couldn't see it, Qiu Zifu was still respectful and sincere.
"Oh, it's the Qiu family. ”
The "creaking" sound of opening the door made the roots of people's teeth faintly sour.
The door opened, revealing a face full of ravines, and two eyes squeezed by deep folds to the point of two thin lines. Embedded in the swarthy face, it was almost ignored.
"Come in. A mouth, but a mouthful of white and neat teeth appeared, which was in sharp contrast to the face he couldn't bear to look at.
When he turned around and entered the temple, Lu Mi found that his walking posture was a little strange, high and low, and after a closer look, it turned out that he was not the same height.
"It's so late, is there anything urgent?"
Qiu Zifu scratched his head in embarrassment: "Originally, I was embarrassed to disturb my seniors, but the situation was urgent, and I wanted to ask my seniors for a favor." ”
The two asked and answered, and entered the main hall. It is said that it is a large hall, in fact, the length and width are only seven or eight steps, and you can see everything with a rough sweep: there is a shrine on the tribute platform in the middle, and there is a bronze incense burner in front of the shrine, and the green smoke in the furnace is curling, and there are three incense sticks that have been half burned.
In front of the tribute platform was a square table with a few seasonal fruits and two steaming teas. One of them should be this Taoist who was called "senior" by Qiu Zifu, and the other one......
Lu Qiqi looked at the big bald head shining under the candlelight, and thought for a while before exclaiming: "It's you!"
"Amitabha, donor, meet again. An Ming stood up unhurriedly and recited the Buddha's name.
"The monk of Guangxian Temple. Lu Qiqi's teeth clenched "creak", and when she saw him, she thought that she had been beaten, which was a great shame for her.
But it wasn't this big monk who beat her, even if Lu Mi had the heart to avenge that arrow, he couldn't put his crown on Li Dai, and just take this monk and beat him up.
So, she snorted coldly, turned her head away, and simply didn't look at him.
For her cold attitude, An Ming was not annoyed, and smiled "hehe". turned to the lame Taoist with his hands folded and said, "You have a guest, I can't bother, go and rest first." ”
The lame Taoist nodded: "You can do it yourself." ”
An Ming saluted Qiu Zifu and Lu Qiyi: "The two donors, the poor monk is gone." ”
Lu Mi stared vigorously at the cobwebs in the corner of the wall above, and Quan didn't hear anything.
Qiu Zifu was not as rude as her, and hurriedly folded his hands and saluted An Ming: "Master, please." ”
An Ming got up and bypassed the offering table, lifted a curtain and went in. Only then did Lu Mi notice that the yellow cloth behind the Gongtai was not a whole piece, but a curtain door in the northeast corner for people to enter and exit, and the back was probably a place to rest.
No wonder, there is no bed here, and there is a cave behind it.
"Senior......" As soon as An Ming left, Qiu Zifu couldn't wait.
The lame Taoist raised his hand to interrupt him, motioned for them to sit down first, and said, "Where is this little friend practicing?"
"Me?" Lu Qiqi didn't expect him to come up and ask himself directly, stunned for a moment, looked at him, and just saw his chrysanthemum-like face and snow-white teeth, the contrast was fierce. She hurriedly turned her gaze away, "Dongjun Mountain, Sanyuan Temple." ”
"Three-element view?" the lame Taoist lowered his head and fell into deep thought, and after a while, he seemed to remember something, and raised his head and said, "The master of the view is surnamed Li?"
"Yes, you know Li ...... We look at the Lord. She called him by his name, but when she thought that she was covering her identity as a disciple of the Sanyuan Temple at the moment, how could she call the name of the master of the temple with a grin.
No matter how disrespectful she disrespects the strange old man, she can't call him by his name. If she really dares to do this, she doesn't have to wait for the blame old man to take matters into his own hands and punish her as an unscrupulous person, and those dead boys can cut her half to death, especially Shui Qianqian, who will definitely kill her.
"Haha, it's been more than 20 years. Back then, I went to Nanwuling with you, but unfortunately I couldn't find any trace of the immortals. "Lame Taoists have no regrets.
Nanwuling is the legendary fairy mountain, in the far, far south. It is said that in order to get there, you have to walk through many dangerous places, such as flowers that eat people, rivers that can't float with feathers, and stone forests that you can never walk out......
It was a real immortal mountain, completely different from Langxiu Mountain, which was regarded as a mortal courtyard by a certain boring immortal.
What do their cultivators think, isn't it just that they hope that one day they will succeed in cultivation and soar in the daylight? No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, you have to give it a try.
"The predecessors actually went to Nanwuling," Qiu Zifu exclaimed incredulously, he thought that Nanwuling was a legend, but he didn't expect it to be true, "Then why don't you stay there?"
If it were him, he would have chosen to stay there and not come back. It's a fairy mountain, full of immortals, full of strange flowers and plants, what do you want to do when you come back.
"Because ......," the lame man had an indescribable expression on his face.