The bonfire was lit, and the rich aroma of meat wafted through the small temple.

Roast chicken, sausages, meatloaf, dried meat, fried pickles, etc. Xu Da took out the same dishes.

Ba Miao was stunned. It couldn't help but climb onto Xu Da and look into his arms: Is there a room inside?

Xu Da pushed it away and said with a smile: "Do you smell fish?"

He took out an oil bag and found a drunken fish inside.

Wang Qilin was confused. There were even fish?

When he took out another oil bag and opened it to reveal several large meatballs with lion heads, Xie Toad was also confused: "Is there a mustard seed weapon in your arms?"

Buddhists and Taoists call magic vessels that can store items mustard seeds.

"Vimalakirti Sutra" says: If a Bodhisattva lives in this liberated state, with the height and breadth of Sumeru, there will be no increase or decrease in the internal mustard seeds.

Xu Da patted his body and said: "What a fart, everything is gone now. Brother Ma, I see you haven't had a serious meal for a long time, come on, come on, let's have some wine and meat, let's get started!"

Ma Ming swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, this is a joke. Brothers can only have a good meal when they send the bones of their colleagues back to their homes. Other times, we don't even dare to think about it."

Wang Qilin asked: "You retired from the army, didn't you get severance pay?"

Ma Ming said: "Yes, General Tiger is kind and generous and gave me ten gold bahts."

"Then you spent too much, didn't you? Now you don't even have money for food?" Xu Da handed him a chicken leg.

Ma Ming ate in a hurry and said vaguely: "I didn't have any flowers. I bought cows and distributed them to my brothers' families. Their family lost a strong laborer for no reason. With a strong cow, farming would not be so hard and life would be easier."

Some."

Xie Toad praised: "What a man!"

Xu D first poured the wine in front of the bonfire, raised the wine bag and said: "Here's to the heroic souls at the border!"

The four of them talked, laughed, ate and drank. Wang Qilin felt that this was much more comfortable than in the Huzhong Pavilion in Qingqiu Mansion.

But something always came to block the way, and the temple door suddenly slowly closed.

Ma Ming wiped the wine stains from his mouth and said, "You three, be careful."

Xu Da stood up angrily and shouted: "You blind brat, you can eat it, Master Ma. I will guard the door for you tonight!"

He held the mace and was about to stand up. Xie Toad pressed his shoulders and said, "No need..."

"Yes, you don't need me." Xu Da picked up Ba Meow, who was on Wang Qilin's lap, squinting his eyes and chanting Buddha's name, and put it at the door: "Master Meow, you will guard the door tonight."

Ba Miao was dumbfounded: Is this okay?

Wang Qilin stuffed Ba Miao back into his arms. He hadn't killed a ghost for a long time, and the furnace of creation was extremely hungry and thirsty.

Therefore, it is best if a ghost comes in.

But there were only solitary ghosts in the wilderness, and they were very timid, so Xu Da roared so loudly that the temple door opened again...

After eating and drinking enough, it was already dark, and they had to go on a journey tomorrow. The four of them spread out their clothes and fell asleep together.

Xie Toad gave instructions on how to sleep: "Head south and feet north, no demons or ghosts can be seen."

Wang Qilin lay down and recited the Vajrasattva mantra silently, and soon became confused. In a daze, he heard someone fart in the west, and then the smell filled the air.

He was very angry and cursed: "Old Xu, what are you doing? Are you losing your energy from the west to the east?"

Xu Da's voice came from the east of him: "Master Qi, didn't you release it?"

Wang Qilin suddenly realized: He was sleeping in the far west, and there was no one to the west!

He immediately sat up and saw Ba Miao lying on the ground with his tail raised and trembling.

Seeing this, he suddenly realized that it was Ba Meow who farted.

But he didn’t expect cat farts to be so smelly!

He smiled when he saw Ba Miao shivering, stretched out his hand to caress Ba Miao and said, "Okay, daddy won't criticize you... No!"

Ba Meow's body was stiff. It seemed to be afraid of something. It was so frightened that it couldn't move. The fart just now was caused by fright!

Wang Qilin quickly looked to the left and right, but the small temple was still empty. He didn't know what frightened Ba Miao into being like this.

In the midst of his doubts, a faint sound of drums reached his ears.

The eight cats tried their best to lower their heads and raise their buttocks, with their tails tucked tightly together. They looked very pious and well-behaved, as if they had met their ancestors.

The sound of the drum gradually became clear, low, slow, sullen, decadent, and gloomy...

Wang Qilin said: "Everyone, get up, the pretender is here!"

He sounded light-hearted, but in fact he felt very heavy in his heart.

This ghost may be difficult to deal with. This is the first time he has seen Ba Meow give in!

Xu Da and others stood up one after another. Wang Qilin threw off the scabbard and held the knife in his backhand. He could not pinch the Mingwang's root seal with his left hand, and he was ready to strike with all his strength later!

The temple door slowly opened, and the originally hot and humid night wind suddenly became cooler. The low and gloomy drum sound became louder and louder, and soon a white figure appeared outside the door.

Wang Qilin, who was standing in the middle of the door, was stunned and subconsciously said: "Lion head?"

Xu Da was also stunned and said: "No, we ate them all before, but you ate the last one."

"Silly! Come and look, a lion's head appears here!"

The lion head that appears is not an edible lion head, but a white dancing lion head.

The big lion's head is all white, with blue and black stripes on its body. Its eyes are dark, and tears fall down between the blinks.

It walked slowly towards the temple to the sound of drums, its big mouth twitching slightly, as if it was sobbing silently.

Sounded sobbing also appeared, and Xu Da and Ma Ming began to cry. Ma Ming suppressed his grief and burst into tears, and Xu Da howled at the top of his lungs.

Wang Qilin also felt sad, sad, and depressed in his heart. He realized that there was something wrong with the lion's head, and he quickly recited the Vajrasattva mantra and added the fundamental seal of the Immortal King.

As the spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured into his body, he circulated the spiritual energy into his throat and shouted: "Come!"

The negative emotions disappeared immediately, but the white lion did not disappear. Instead, he raised his head at the door and stared at him.

Xie Toad jumped up and down, looked outside and frowned: "Filial lion?"

Wang Qilin asked in a deep voice: "What is a filial lion?"

Xie Toad said: "A kind of lion dance is also called Ma Chao Lion. Have you heard of "Three Kingdoms"? Ma Teng, the father of Ma Chao in Liang and Western Liang in the Three Kingdoms, was killed by Cao Cao. Out of grief and anger, Ma Chao raised an army of 200,000 to fight against the enemy.

The army wears white horses and white armor and wears filial piety when they go out to conquer Cao's army. This is where Ma Chao Lion comes from and enters the folk world and becomes a lion dance. As the saying goes, 'When the horse dances over the lion, everyone knows filial piety and righteousness'."

After Xiaoshi appeared at the door, he did not attack them, but kept beating slowly on the spot.

But this puts more pressure on everyone.

It was late at night, in the wilderness, and a snow-white lion dance team came out, and it was also a filial lion that only appeared at funerals. This was scarier than seeing a ghost directly!

Linzi's mantra woke up Xu Da and Ma Ming. Ma Ming came over and took a look and gasped, "What is this for? Are you here to see me die?"

Wang Qilin asked: "Do you know what it is?"

Ma Ming said: "This is the filial lion. I have been to the southern barbarians and saw it once there. At that time, a master passed away, and his disciples invited the filial lion to pay homage. It is said that this is a sacrificial ritual from the Western Regions. Only

Only the masters of famous sects are eligible to enjoy it after they die."

After saying that, he walked out, cupped his hands to Xiao Shi and said, "I have not fulfilled my long-cherished wish in my life, and there is still a brother whose bones have not been sent home. If you want to take my life, please wait a moment."

The filial lion can also speak, and it said quietly in its mouth: "You are the humerus of the Han family, and you are so lonely and loyal. How dare I take your life in spite of the disapproval of the world?"

Ma Ming was surprised and asked: "Then what are you doing here?"
Chapter completed!