Chapter 2 Qing Tai Po Temple
A tall and majestic hall, but above the temple is a dilapidated temple gate, inside the hall only dusty statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats, these statues are covered with cobwebs and rain-washed traces of muddy water on their faces, all the way down their backs to their feet.
The desk was full of dust, the couplet on the pillar could not be seen clearly, every word was mutilated and unrecognizable, and the plaque on the door that read "Buddha's light shines" could only see a vague word "Buddha".
The whole temple looks tall and magnificent, and you can imagine the splendor and liveliness of the time, with good men and women rushing in.
But this is no longer what it used to be, and there is a scene of ruin and decadence everywhere, far from the glory of the past. The copper rings on the gate have long been stained with patina, and the paint is peeling off.
The plaque above the gate reads "Qingtai Temple", and the gilded characters are also covered with dust and cobwebs, but the words are faintly incomplete.
The gates were empty, empty, and uninhabited. On the south side there was a beautiful pavilion, three floors, with a locked door, and extremely luxuriously furnished, all the decorations in the pavilion were new, as if inhabited, and the steps of the pavilion were covered with moss.
But who will live here, is it a human, a ghost, or a demon, speculation, makes people a little creepy! To the west is a row of side houses, and only one room is left that has long since collapsed, because it is next to the pavilion, and only the window frame remains.
There was a white skeleton lying next to the door, which was even more terrifying, and the east side of the main hall was a neat row of side rooms, and only the one next to the pavilion did not collapse, but the door was closed, and the door was overgrown with weeds.
After the east wing is a verdant bamboo forest, there is a huge pool under the steps, because no one has cleaned it for a long time, the residual flowers and branches fall all over the pond, but the lotus flowers in the pond bloom elegantly, add a little vitality to this deserted Qingtai Temple, this environment is very quiet and far-reaching.
To the south of the temple is a dense forest with crystal clear water flowing from a large lake with a painted wooden bridge leading to a pavilion in the middle of the lake.
The pavilion is called "Lake Center Pavilion", the lake water is rippling, the lotus flowers in the lake are reflected, and there are carp jumping out of the water from time to time.
Shaded by tall trees, the sun shines through the cracks in the trees, but it's not very hot, and there's a cool breeze in the air. To the southwest of the temple is the Southern Demon Realm. To the north is a green hill, and to the east is a mass grave.
At this time, a group of people who were hurrying just now had already come to the bottom of this thousand-year-old tree. The group walked under the tree, and saw that some of the horses could not move.
The first person looked at the scorching sun in the sky, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Come down and rest, there is a temple in front, and when we are rested, we will go over and see if the demon girl lives in the temple." ”
Everyone dismounted one after another and came to the shade under the big tree.
As soon as everyone sat down, panting, they took out their skins from their waists and raised them to drink, but there was not a drop of water, and everyone suddenly felt smoke in their throats, smacked their mouths, chapped lips, licked their lips with their tongues, and made a sound of "hap, haw, haw".
Two people angrily threw their skins on the ground and scolded: "This shitty place on a dog day doesn't even have water, and when can you drink saliva!"
The air was sweltering, pedestrians had difficulty walking and breathing, and the road surface was like a boiling oil pot as if it were on fire.
A tall old tree can resist the dazzling light, and it is still radiant, energetic, and standstill.
Behind the tree is a cemetery full of large and small tombstones, where several crows chirp and jump up and down to find food.
The crows smelled the smell of rancid human flesh, and kept digging through the dry soil on some of the new graves with their claws, and some of the rancid corpses were gouged open, and the crows flew to the corpses and began to peck at them.
The mouth constantly makes a "quack" sound, as if it is not easy to find a delicious taste and sings excitedly, this piercing song makes people feel terrible and sad.
They rejoiced in their victory for a hearty lunch, and the temptation of food, the foul, disgusting smell of rotting corpses, had made them forget the heat of the weather, for they hadn't eaten in a long time.
Soon after, some of the early crows had eaten their fill, and flew slowly to the old tree, "croaking", and they were not afraid of the crowd enjoying the shade under the tree.
The crow's cry frightened a few cute little squirrels into hiding in their nests.
At this moment, there is a little white rabbit sleeping with squinting under the big tree, and it has no idea that a group of people are already sitting next to them!
There is also a fox with a beautiful red tail next to the little white rabbit, who is also sleeping beautifully at the moment.
The fox suddenly heard footsteps and insults, and immediately stood up, and scratched the little rabbit next to him with his paws, and the little rabbit woke up and saw that it was a large group of people, so frightened that he ran away with the little fox quickly.
When everyone saw the little white rabbit and the red-tailed fox, their eyes lit up, and they said, "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them, and if you catch them, their owners must be nearby." Several men chased after the rabbit and the fox.
The two little treasures did not escape from the demon's grasp, and in a short time, they were picked up from the ground in an instant by these two masters with good cultivation.
Suddenly, a beautiful and beautiful woman came out of the gate of the temple, and angrily reprimanded: "Hurry up and let them go, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind to you!"
The leader sneered and said, "Little rabbit demon, you can't protect yourself, you better think about yourself! You are more pitiful than these little things!"
One of them said with a smile: "In a while, you will become the meat of our palms, and then you will be beautiful! You should obediently obey us, otherwise my whip will not have eyes!"
After speaking, a big man carried the little rabbit, pulled out the leather whip from his waist and whipped it at the rabbit boy.
"Squeak!"
The little rabbit's cry of pain kept ringing out.
The beautiful woman's phoenix eyes widened angrily, and she shouted: "Okay, you group of demon lackeys, I will fight with you today." ”
As he spoke, he pulled out a long piano from behind his back and sat cross-legged, placing the piano between his knees, looking like he was ready to play.
"Yo-yo, yo-yo......!"