The shadow guards actually found out where the temple was. Zhao Pu and the others thought it was still early, so they decided to go to the temple to have a look.

Zhe Ying gave a roadside introduction, saying that they had inquired with a few hunters and woodcutter who often went into the mountains, and said that there was not only one temple in the southern mountains, but seven, and the arrangement of the seven temples was similar to that of the Big Dipper.

The same, the location is relatively hidden. I don’t know when these temples were built. There are two statues in each temple, both facing each other, and each statue can move.

Zhan Zhao and the others were walking and listening, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Gongsun also asked, "What does it mean that every statue of the gods moves?"

Zhe Ying also smiled and said, "This is a widely circulated legend, because the Buddha statues in each temple are very similar, and each one has different movements, so it always gives people a sense that the Buddha statues are in the same place.

The illusion of movement. For example, if you walk into the first temple on the first day, the second temple on the second day, and the third temple on the third day... After walking around like this, you will walk into the first temple again.

, you will feel that it is a little different from the first time you saw it. So the local mountain people always joke that those Buddha statues will run out to play at night, and during the day they will find someone entering the temple and quickly go back to sit down, and then

I just forgot about the movements and just did a random pose."

Everyone wanted to laugh a little, these Buddhas were quite naughty.

Gongsun nodded, "Is it like when Xiao Liangzi and the others were studying?"

The three of them, Liang Chenmei, all scratched their heads.

If they heard this kind of folklore without anything happening, everyone would just laugh it off. Maybe the hunters misunderstood the postures of the Buddha statues in various temples. But let’s think about it in connection with the theft of Buddha statues in the city.

, Why does it feel weird...

"Are the Buddha statues in those temples similar to the one in the Wuming Temple?" Zhao Pu continued to ask.

Zhe Ying said Hei Ying had just taken a look and said they looked very similar, with the same style and everything, but he felt it was not as well preserved as the one in the Wuming Temple.

Everyone was chatting and walking, and soon arrived near the official road in the south.

Hong Qitian and several hunters were studying the map on the mountainside. When they saw Zhao Pu and others coming, they waved.

Hong Qitian had already marked the locations of the seven temples on the map, and the shadow guards had also marked them on the road. Everyone easily found the one they were looking for.

This temple is built on a hillside. On the shady side of the mountain, there is a forest in front of it. It is so covered that you really can't see it without going through the woods.

Judging from the style of the temple, it is different from the Wuming Temple. Anyway, it is definitely not a temple from the Tang Dynasty and should have been built earlier.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the temple together and immediately understood why Zhe Ying said this was the one they were looking for, because there were two Buddha statues in the temple, one with a head and one without a head.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both tried their best to recall the appearance of the Buddha statue in the Wuming Temple in their memories. This Buddha head is quite suitable to be placed here, but...

"There is no reason." Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "If the general had looked at the head of this Buddha statue and replaced it with the one in Wuming Temple...then this one should also have a head. If the Buddha statue had stolen the head back that night

Then why not put it back..."

Zhan Zhao muttered, looking at the Buddha's head and the Buddha's statue, which made him feel dizzy.

The fourth son and the others gathered around the intact Buddha statue opposite and looked at it.

"It shouldn't be the culprit, right?" Xiao Liangzi felt that the Buddha statue in front of him was "innocent".

Xiao Sizi also agreed, "There are no square holes or anything black on the forehead of this Buddha statue."

"Where are the Buddha statues in other places?" Zhao Pu asked.

Hong Qitian said that the other Buddha statues are complete, with no traces of head splicing, and there are no Buddha statues with black squares on their heads.

Everyone felt that the trip was in vain.

It was a rare trip to the mountains, so I simply walked around all seven temples. I was so tired from walking that the fourth child couldn't walk anymore, so he lay in Zhao Pu's arms and complained that his feet were sore.

Gongsun feels that Tuanzi has become more and more coquettish recently.

In the evening, Zhan Zhao and the others returned to the military camp after almost a day of "hiking".

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang also just returned from Black Wind Forest, and Huofeng also brought a pure black wolf cub.

Zhan Zhao felt that Lin Yehuo should be very open-minded among the wolves. He saw that the wolf mother even lent him her unweaned baby to play with.

When he met Huofeng, Zhan Zhao asked him if there were any Buddha statues with black squares or holes between their eyebrows.

Lin Yehuo was quite puzzled, "What did you see? Black squares?"

After thinking for a while, Huofeng couldn't laugh or cry, "Did he grow a black horn?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - Jiao?

Gongsun rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, feeling that it was really possible...

"That horn between the eyebrows is not a serious Buddha statue." Lin Yehuo joked, "That's an evil god."

Everyone stared at Lin Yehuo - the evil god?

Huo Feng and Xiao Sizi fed the little wolf with goat's milk, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Didn't you just return to Black Wind City? Did you encounter something again in just half a day?"

Zhan Zhao felt a little worried.

The four of them talked about the matter of losing the Buddha's head.

Lin Yehuo frowned, "The evil god stole the Buddha's head?"

Everyone nodded.

The fourth child raised his hand to indicate that he had a question.

Lin Yehuo reached out and poked him in the belly.

Xiao Sizi rubbed his belly and asked him, "Xiao Linzi, what exactly is the evil god?"

"Well..." Lin Yehuo found a chair and sat down and said, "Just like there are good people and bad people in this world, there are also good and bad gods. The various legends in the Western Region are quite complicated, and I don't know much about them.

To research, you have to ask the great monk. As for what the evil gods specifically refer to, to put it simply, Buddha encourages people to do good, while evil gods persuade people to do evil.

"Then what's the difference between evil spirits and ghosts?" Xiao Sizi continued to ask.

Lin Yehuo continued to poke him, "Gods and ghosts are on different levels."

"Then why can bad people be called gods?"

"There is no rule that gods must be good people."

"That doesn't mean that only by being a good person can you become an immortal..."

Gongsun stretched out his hand, hugged his son and covered his mouth to stop him from asking questions.

Huofeng waved his hand and said that he had no research on this kind of thing and would ask the monk another day.

"Then what should we do?" Gongsun asked Zhao Pu, "Will the matter of throwing the Buddha's head still be investigated?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also calculated the time. Should they go directly to Devil City to wait for the Temple Mount Dharma Assembly, or should they go after investigating the case?

Zhao Pu found it quite annoying. The Ninth Prince didn't want to investigate the case, so he just wanted to be idle with Gongsun. Besides, losing a stone statue is not a lawsuit over human life, so it's okay. The Buddha's head in Wuming Temple doesn't belong to him either. Kaifeng Mansion can't make it a big deal.

No matter what, just rest tonight and go to Devil City tomorrow.

It soon became dark, and everyone did not rest in the military tent, but returned to the commander's mansion.

The handsome manor in Black Wind City was very lively, and the nine ladies from Taishi Guang's family and a group of students from Taixue were so noisy that two banquet tables could be set up.

Zhao Zhen hugged his daughter and chased the fourth son and asked them what they were doing on the street today? Did they hear anything strange?

Nangong kept winking at the fourth son - if you have any strange stories, don't tell him!

But Liangchen Meijing and the others had a close relationship with Zhao Zhen, so they talked to him about the Buddha's head.

After Zhao Zhen heard this, unexpectedly, he did not startle or start making noises, nor did he make a fuss about going to the Wuming Temple to visit. Instead, he touched his chin and muttered to himself, "The evil god and the Buddha's head..."

The fourth son asked him, "Does the emperor know anything?"

"Well..." Zhao Zhen looked at the Grand Master and Bao Zheng who were drinking tea at the table.

Both adults looked thoughtful.

Master Bao nodded, "I remembered something from the past."

The Grand Master also touched his beard and nodded, "Same, I."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both asked what was going on.

"Such an incident has happened in Kaifeng before." Zhao Zhen said in surprise.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "When did it happen?"

"It was a long time ago. I had just ascended the throne, around fifteen years ago, and Uncle Ninth had just led troops to the northwest." Zhao Zhen said, "My former queen..."

Everyone nodded, and they should be talking about Empress Liu, the civet cat who replaced the prince.

"Originally, the largest temple in Kaifeng was not Nan'an Temple. There was also Yun'an Temple, which is located behind the Baiji Garden now." Zhao Zhen said.

"Behind Baekje Garden..." Everyone thought for a while, "Is it the street near Taixue?"

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Empress Liu often went to Yun'an Temple to pay homage, and I went with her when I was a child. I remember that the Buddha statue in Yun'an Temple where the Queen Mother paid homage had a corner here."

As Zhao Zhen spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the position between his eyebrows.

Everyone frowned - isn't it...

"Every time I went to worship when I was a child, I felt that the Buddha statue was weird and uncomfortable." Zhao Zhen said, "Later, by chance, Bao Qing and I went to Nan'an Temple together.

, it’s better to go incognito.”
To be continued...