Chapter 10: Wait and See{II}
Ye Cangqiong was slightly stunned, and the true qi that gathered his eyes dissipated, and the fast catcher that emitted golden light was just a two-star black iron catcher.
"Zhang Tieniu, Qiu Qian, the two of you will go with me to Futu Temple to investigate the truth about the disappearance of the population. β
"Ye Zhukuai, I am very familiar with Futu Temple, the Pure Land Zen Master is my uncle, I will show you the way. Zhang Tieniu made a loud voice and touched his bare head.
"Ye catches quickly, it is useful for Qiu Qian's place, Qiu Qian goes to the soup and fights the fire, and he will not hesitate!" Qiu Qianyi said Bo Yuntian, but Qiu Qianyi's shrewd little eyes were dripping and turning, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his head.
Ye Cangqiong recruited these two catchers, and naturally had his own ideas.
Although Zhang Tieniu is a little reckless, he is familiar with Futu Temple, while Qiu Qian is a bit slippery, but he is clever and good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder.
In addition, there was another reason, when he turned on the 'wait-and-see', Ye Cangqiong noticed that the vast majority of the bodies of Qingsong County were faintly glowing with pale cyan light, but Qiu Qian's body had a special golden light.
Futu Temple is located in the western suburbs of Qingsong County, about 30 kilometers away from Qingsong County.
Twenty-five kilometers of it are flat, while the other five kilometers are winding mountain roads.
Futu Temple is located halfway up the scenic Xiaoqing Mountain!
A group of three people marched towards the Futu Temple.
By the time the three of them came to the foot of Xiaoqingshan Mountain, time was already thinning.
"There is a teahouse at the foot of Futu Temple Mountain, for passers-by to rest, let's rest in this teahouse for a while, I am so thirsty that my throat is about to smoke. Zhang Tieniu said angrily.
"In this case, it would be nice to be able to enter the Futu Temple before nightfall. β
The teahouse at the foot of Futu Temple is a tea shed, with three pillars and five horizontal boards, supporting the tea shed, as if a gust of wind can blow this teahouse down.
Inside the teahouse, there are three simple wooden tables, two of which are three-legged, creaking and unstable.
The owner of the teahouse is an old woman with a wrinkled forehead.
"Guest officer, do you look like an official of the county government?" said the old woman after pouring the tea into the teacup, seemingly intentionally.
"Auntie, we are the catchers of Qingsong County, and we are going to Futu Temple to visit the case of the missing population of Futu Temple. β
"I see, but the time you came here today is really not right. The old woman looked up at the outside of the tea shed, and her voice was gloomy: "It's getting dark." β
"Auntie, what do you mean by that?"
"The people who go missing when they enter the Futu Temple happen at night every time, and if you want to enter the Futu Temple today, then it will also be night!"
"Auntie, do you know any news? If the news is true, you will be rewarded handsomely!"
"The old woman is already a person who has half a foot in the pipe, where do you want any reward or not, as long as you can live a good life, you have nothing else to ask for!" The old woman trembled and said: "I give you one last advice, don't enter the Futu Temple at night, don't spend the night in the Futu Temple, otherwise life and death will be fateful." β
"Auntie, we are different from those ordinary people who are powerless, and the Pure Land Zen Master of Futu Temple is my uncle. Zhang Tieniu looked very impatient, and his eyes widened: "You know that we are officials, so you have repeatedly blocked us, can you not collude with that thief, and you want to report to those thieves?"
"The dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people, it's hard to be a good person, it's hard to be a good person. The old woman sighed twice, "Leave it to yourself!"
Mountain!
Nearing oneβs end.
Ye Cangqiong and his entourage came to the Futu Temple halfway up the mountain in Xiaoqingshan.
The Futu Temple in Xiaoqingshan looks a little old, and the walls of the temple are mottled and detached, and the walls fall off in patches, looking in disrepair.
On the old plaque, vigorous and powerful, the black Futu Temple is also a little bleak.
"Squeak. β
Hearing a knock on the temple gate, a delicate-looking little monk opened the closed door. This delicate-looking little monk has heavy dark circles on his eyebrows and eyes, and he looks tired.
"A certain Zhang Tieniu, a catcher from Qingsong County, is here to ask about the case, please inform me, Pure Land Zen Master!"
"Distinguished guests, please go to the reception room of the monastery, wait for a while, and the little monk will go to inform the elders. The little monk bowed and made a gesture of please.
The reception room of Futu Temple is clean and tidy, but because it is getting dark, there are only two flickering candles in the 30-square-meter room, so it looks a little dark.
Ye Cangqiong and his party of three sat on the futon and sat on the ground.
For about a quarter of an hour, there was a creaking sound.
A tall monk wearing a loose yellow robe on clogs slowly jumped into Ye Cangqiong's eyes.
This monk, who is about sixty years old, has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, half-white hair, and a solemn appearance.
"Amitabha, everyone hurry up and come to Futu Temple, what is the so-called matter?"
"Five days ago, the daughter of the rich man Li came to the Futu Temple to make incense and make a vow, and after entering the Futu Temple, she disappeared, may I ask the Pure Land Zen Master, is there an explanation?"
"Amitabha, it turned out that the Lord was caught quickly, for this matter. The Pure Land Zen Master said with a calm expression: "The young female benefactor, after making incense and making a vow, went down the mountain." β
"Since it is going down the mountain, why did you wait for the servants of the Li family's daughter at the bottom of the mountain, but did not wait for the Li family's daughter?"
The Pure Land Zen Master looked at his nose and nose and his heart: "As for the servants of the female benefactor's family, why didn't they see the female benefactor, the old monk was also very puzzled. β
Ye Cangqiong continued to ask: "A month ago, there was a Xiucai who went to Beijing to take the exam, stayed overnight in Futu Temple, and he was also missing, how can this matter be explained?"
"Amitabha, that Xiucai and the old monk talked very happily, and then at night, Xiucai and the scholar lived in the monastery dormitory, and when they woke up the next day, Xiucai was gone, and the scholar did not know where Xiucai went. The Pure Land Zen Master frowned slightly: "Lord Kuai, if you want to ask about this matter, the old monk thinks that it is more appropriate for the scholar to ask Xiucai about the Lord Kuai than the old monk." β
"Oh, one more thing, three months ago, a merchant from other places, also after entering the Futu Temple, no one saw this merchant again. Where is this merchant?"
"Lord Catch, the person you said is too far away, and the old monk can't remember it clearly. If there are other worldly things to ask the old monk, let's talk about it tomorrow, the old monk should now chant the sutra a hundred times in front of the Bodhisattva, this is the old monk's daily homework. Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to rest, then go to the wing room on the west side of the temple to rest. With that, the Pure Land Zen Master chanted Amitabha Buddha in his mouth and bowed back.
"What do you think this Pure Land Zen Master is selling?"
"Master Pure Land is my uncle, and when I came to Futu Temple last year, Master Pure Land was very enthusiastic about me. Today's Pure Land Zen Master feels like he has fallen into some evil law. Zhang Tieniu touched his slippery head, looking very puzzled. "If my uncle really embarked on the evil path, then I, Zhang Tieniu, want to uphold justice for those unjust souls who died in vain, and kill relatives with righteousness. β