Wei Buliang told him that he could reach Fanyang City in Fengdu in three days.
During this period, something happened that made everyone laugh and cry. The man who stepped on the fly whisk floated down. Everyone thought that they were committing murder and were preparing to fight when they met an assassin. But the man raised his hands and surrendered, and frankly said that he was a nun from Lianxi in the East Chamber.
An, entrusted by Master Tai, came here for Xu Qingmu.
There are two major Zen temples in the world, with east and west wings, the Pudu Monk Temple in the west wing, and the Lianxi Nunnery in the east wing. It is interesting to say that these two great Zen temples do not offer salvation to all sentient beings, and do not eat fasting meat to purify their hearts. Instead, they get married and have children.
Don’t delay anything. To borrow the words of the host of the West Chamber: In the whole world, there are many people who fast and eat vegetarian food but commit murders. It is natural that our wine and meat have passed through our intestines and left in the heart of the Buddha. Therefore, the people in the world gave these monks nicknames
Flower monk.
What is even more surprising to people all over the world is that there are many nuns in monk temples, especially monks in nunneries! They are all in harmony with each other, but they are in harmony, which is strange to the world.
The monk pointed at Xu Qingmu and said bluntly: "A few years ago, Song Zihan wrote a love poem for his teacher's wife, "Send red beans from afar to express lovesickness, and only hope that the beautiful woman will lean against the window." Unexpectedly, on the night they agreed to make a private life, Song Zihan did not go as planned.
Then, the master's wife waited for him for three full years and was unhappy. It was not until later that it was rumored that he had a secret tryst with the wife of the master of the Jianqi Pavilion, drew a sword to fight for her, and married someone else in anger. The master's wife threatened that unless Song Zihan died,
, otherwise..." The monk paused and cleared his throat. When everyone thought he was going to curse, he slowly spoke:
"If there's water or not, I'll be dying of thirst."
Cao Dan, who was fascinated by this, rolled his eyes and threw a pot of water. The monk drank it in one breath and continued:
"The master said that unless Song Zihan dies, his children and grandchildren will not be allowed to appear in this life. A few days ago, the master learned that Song Zihan committed suicide, and he still couldn't let go of his obsession. After thinking about it, he learned that you, Xu Qingmu, are
Song Zihan is the only disciple, so he ordered the old Taoist to come and take you back to marry the young master. It can be regarded as..." The monk paused again and counted on his fingers: "The former planted trees and the latter can enjoy the shade?"
Xu Qingmu had a dark look on his face after hearing this, but Li Chengru held his stomach and laughed loudly, saying that this old beggar was really different from ordinary people, and he was actually rumored to have had an affair with the wife of the master of the Jianqi Pavilion. I laughed to death. After that, he turned towards the board of the ship.
He lay down and rolled back and forth, which startled the Taoist who called himself Chunyang Taoist.
Until Cao Dan shouted "get up", Li Chengru, who was rolling around, stood up obediently. Taoist Chunyang was stunned again.
I thought the tigers on the mountain were fierce, but after going down the mountain, the tigers became even more fierce.
Xu Qingmu made it clear that Song Zihan was indeed his master, but it was impossible for him to go to the appointment. Firstly, he was busy with something. Secondly, he didn't know the young master's wife. How could he get married and have children so casually? Besides, the young master's wife didn't know him either.
You must be willing, right?
Taoist Chunyang said with determination: "Yes."
Xu Qingmu's face turned even darker.
A nun? Not to mention the goddess Lin Xue in his heart, even Cao Dan, who is about the same as Lin Xue, is much better than a nun, right? Of course Cao Dan didn't know what Xu Qingmu was thinking, so he joked:
"Xu Qingmu, why don't you agree to such a good thing quickly?" His eyebrows were frivolous, and he didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.
Xu Qingmu ignored it directly, turned around and said to Taoist Chunyang: "I'm sorry that I can't agree, but I do have something going on."
The Taoist did not continue to press him, but told Xu Qingmu that if you don't come when he is fifteen years old, the little master will come to find you.
Xu Qingmu also figured it out in his mind. There were still more than two years left. By then, he would have no idea where he was and who could find him. In order to get rid of the Taoist entanglement, he deceitfully agreed.
Cao Dan pouted.
The old Taoist Chunyang had dinner, but he didn't dare to stop and walked away on a fly whisk. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He was a bit like an immortal.
Li Chengru looked at Cao Tong, who was in a daze, and said, "Do you want to practice swordsmanship? As long as you learn the sword from me, I'm sure you will be a land swordsman! When the time comes, just wipe out the injustices in the world with a sword, won't you be happy?"
The little girl curled her lips, obviously she was just bragging with Li Chengru these days.
The ferry finally arrived at Fanyang City Ferry three days later.
As luck would have it, there was a heavy fog.
The already dilapidated and unrepaired ferry became even more eerie, and the occasional crow of ravens made people even more chilling. A group of people looked left and right on the boat, afraid of seeing something, but also afraid of not being able to see anything. Then there was a creaking sound.
, the ferry crashed into Fanyang Pier, and the hearts of everyone on board jumped out of their throats.
Xu Qingmu said to the boatman: "Leave the bandit's boat, so you don't have to wait here for us to return. Go back first."
Looking at Cao Tong whose teeth were already chattering, Xu Qingmu said softly: "Little girl, follow the old boatman back."
Red-armored Santie ordered the soldiers holding halberds in their right hands and torches in their left hands to get off the boat first, lining up on both sides, and exploring the way in front. Xu Qingmu stepped off first, followed closely by Li Chengru, whose sleeves were fluttering in the wind, looking like a swordsman.
Cao Dan hid behind Xu Qingmu, side by side with the fat man, carefully looking around. But Na Wei Buliang walked at the end.
Fanyang City covers an area of ten miles square. At its peak, it had a population of nearly 80,000, and itinerant merchants and traders were nearly 40,000. It was considered a large town within four miles of the old dynasty and six miles of territory. It has been abandoned for nearly fifteen years now.
The prosperity has turned into dust, and the streets that are barely recognizable are covered with grass. Every hundred meters, you can see the charms set by Nalan Zhijin's people back then, and the vicissitudes of life are even more strange in the darkness.
Following Wei Buliang's guidance, the group quickly passed through the outer city and arrived at the gate where Nalan Zhijin besieged the city. Hundreds of withered bones were still hung on the dilapidated city gate, and the wind moved them, and the bones and bones were still there.
They collided and rubbed, making a rustling sound.
The group of people were already frightened, but at this moment, a sound of "Ah——" came from behind them, and Cao Dan, who was extremely nervous, jumped up. Everyone was also shocked, and when they looked back, it turned out to be Chunyang who was stepping on a fly whisk.
The Taoist was followed by the little girl Cao Dan who sneaked out from the ferry. The little girl crushed the human bones on the ground with her foot. Unable to bear the fright, her face turned pale and she was trembling. Cao Dan immediately ran over and held her hand.
The little girl, two young girls hugged each other and quickly moved to Xu Qingmu's side.
Taoist Chunyang was not afraid. He stared at the tower in front of him for a long time. Then he picked up a talisman from his arms and rubbed it in his hands. The yellow Taoist talisman burst into flames in the air, which was particularly magical.
"This place is very strange. It is full of hostility and grievances. It is a place of great danger. What are you doing here?" After all, you are disciples of Buddhism. Although the Lianxi Nunnery in the East Wing never sets up an altar to help people save their lives, but
After all, someone who knows the Three or Six Classics and the Talismans of Rebirth is much better than these laymen.
Xu Qingmu also asked Taoist Chunyang in private, why does a Buddhist disciple not call himself a Taoist? Taoist Chunyang straightened the whisk in his hand and said: "Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, it is nothing more than what the world holds for itself.
It's just a hat on my head. As long as I have faith in my heart, even if I take off this outfit, I am also a person who can slay demons." After that, he said again: "It turns out that I hold a sword."
At this moment, Taoist Chunyang looked forward carefully at the Taoist talismans set up by Nalan Zhijin, and was even more shocked. These talismans were actually made from the essence and blood of living people, and were used to summon souls and ghosts. Moreover, they could not be written just now.
That is to say, someone deliberately changed the talisman again. Behind this ghost town, conspiracies are everywhere.
Xu Qingmu had also suspected that there was such a ghost city in the world. Not to mention King Xu Yan, even the Buddhist sects in the east and west would not allow the existence of Fanyang City in Fengdu, right?
Chunyang Taoist's explanation for this is that the host of both sides of the East and West once met with King Xu Yan in person, and wanted to go to Fengdu to recite "The Mysterious Sutra of Extinguishing the Five Refined Living Corpses with the Xuan Ling Bao in Taishang Cave", but King Xu Yan bluntly said that a frontier fortress
It was just a deserted city, so there was no need to mobilize troops. In addition, the world had just been peaceful in those years, so as time went by, no one cared about it anymore.
At that moment, Taoist Chunyang, who had returned immediately because he forgot to hand Xu Qingmu a token of love, told a group of people what he had discovered at this moment. The group of people who were already frightened became even more chilled and fearful.
If someone deliberately changed this talisman to support this group of undead ghosts who will never die, that would be an extraordinary feat.
But at the moment, Xu Qingmu didn't want to think about so much. Finding the secret cave was more important. So everyone gritted their teeth, ordered the red armor, and worked together to push open the city gate that had been covered in dust for fifteen years.
As the gate opened, countless whimpering sounds spread, and gusts of dark wind blew in the face. The city was already dilapidated, and bones could be seen everywhere on the roadside. The 365 soul-suppressing flags on the main city head were floating in the wind, so they were not afraid of people. Pure Yang
The Taoist took out a stack of talismans from his arms and distributed them to everyone, warning that he must carry this miasma-breaking talisman with him. Ghosts will not cause real harm to people unless they take form, but there are countless dead bodies in Fancheng, and the miasma produced can easily affect people's health.
The mind can cause people to fall into illusions and have a mental breakdown.
As we go deeper, the tragedy of the siege becomes even more apparent. There is even a dilapidated iron pot with the bones of half a child immersed in it, which is both oozing and chilling:
What kind of extreme despair would lead to such an inhumane tragedy?
Even if you are lucky enough to survive, how can you recover your lost humanity?
Xu Qingmu did not want to and did not dare to imagine the mood of the person who was eating the flesh and blood of his own child at that time. The weakness of human nature had been infinitely magnified at that time. Or maybe the evil that was originally suppressed by law and morality finally acted wantonly after all restraints collapsed?
The group of people carefully walked through the main street, and finally arrived at the place where the secret cave opened in the palace city. In the main city of Nuo, only this part of the city lord's palace was exceptionally clean. Except for some fallen dust, there were no corpses, and there were not even any bodies.
The weird atmosphere was much lighter. In the center of the palace, there was a round bead flashing with red light, floating up and down. Wei Buliang was overjoyed, took out the map that he had been reluctant to let everyone see, and shouted: "I found it.
Found it! The rumors are indeed true, the White Mirror Cave, which has not been seen for a hundred years, is indeed here!"