Chapter 10 second quarter

That night—the evening began to blow and rain, and the rain grew stronger as the sky grew darker. Mrs. Ju Jihao and the woman were in the viewing room, listening to the sound of the wind and rain absent-mindedly. The viewing platform house was not originally a building for people to live in. It was built for the convenience of the masses to watch the Kamo Festival passing by a main road. Tachibana Kiki and the woman's entourage have all returned to the mansion. I have ordered my entourage in advance to come to greet me at dawn the next day.Ji Hao felt a little regretful, he should have let his followers stay if he knew the weather would become like this.

There were two lamps burning in the room. Although wine and appetizers were prepared, the wind seemed to blow in through the gaps in the latticed windows, causing the lights to flicker, making it feel a little scary.Coupled with the rattling of the latticed windows, it really can't attract the atmosphere of drinking. The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind and rain doubled.The storm beat violently on the latticed windows. The latticed windows floated slightly, and a storm blew in, blowing out a single lamp. Later in the night, the storm intensified.As a result, another light went out as well.

The heavy rain was pouring down, beating on the roof, and the strong wind was rumbling and wrapping around the eaves. The entire observation house was swayed by the strong wind, almost floating.It seems that there is a big hand stretched out from the sky or the ground, shaking the viewing room vigorously. Ji Hao and the woman hugged each other, murmured the Buddha's name, and finally seemed to fall asleep unconsciously. After waking up by accident, the two realized that the sound of the fierce wind and rain had disappeared. It was this peculiar stillness that woke them both up. Suddenly, there was a sound from nowhere.It was a low and old man's voice.

After listening intently, the two found that the voice seemed to be reciting Buddhist verses or something. The voice gradually approached. "All things are impermanent. All things are impermanent, all things move and flow..." The voice seemed to be muttering the above sentence.After reading, he recited a passage from the "Nirvana Sutra" like singing: what happened?Suspiciously, Kee opened the latticed window, only to find out that the storm had stopped at some point, the dark clouds above had also parted, and the moon was hanging in the clear night sky. It's a half moon.

Among the dark clouds flying fast above, a blue moon appeared, illuminating a road. In the middle of the road, there is a figure walking in the moonlight.After taking a closer look, he realized that the figure was a ghost as tall as the eaves and with a horse's head. It is this ghost who is reciting the Nirvana Sutra "Everything is impermanent, it is the law of birth and death..." The ghostly voice recited scriptures loudly and leisurely from a road to the east. The scene was very frightening, but there was also a feeling similar to being tightly gripped by the heart. Just like that, Ji Hao and the woman hid behind the latticed window and watched, only to see the horse-headed ghost pass by the front of the viewing platform and disappear in the direction of the palace.