Chapter 4 Chapter 4: Ancient Temple and Strange Buddha

It was a long night, strangely quiet.Bai Xiaozhou couldn't fall asleep. The signal disappeared in this temple, and the other party would definitely come after him. Logically speaking, he should have arrived too. Could this deathly silence be the tranquility before the chaos? I don't know how long it has passed, but Bai Xiaozhou fell into a drowsy sleep, and was suddenly woken up by someone. Seeing Qu Siqi and Zhu Yikai standing by the bed fully dressed, she rubbed her eyes: "It's the middle of the night, what's the matter? Hidden Temple?" "There are voices from the small altar." Zhu Yikai lowered his voice, and Bai Xiaozhou was half awakened: "Are the monks talking?"

"Impossible, the monks have to sleep at this time, and get up at four o'clock the next day for morning classes." Qu Siqi said. "It can't be a killer, right?" Bai Xiaozhou said, "How can you chat for a while if you want to kill someone?" "So we're going to take a look." Zhu Yikai threw the clothes to her, "Put them on quickly!" The three of them tiptoed to the outside of the altar, the door was locked, but there were very low voices, but they couldn't hear what they were saying. Zhu Yikai held the door lock, carefully took it off, nodded to the two, then kicked open the door and rushed in.

However, the three of them were stunned, there was nothing inside, only two red candles and the burning incense. The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay. Could it be that the person who spoke just now was a ghost? The door slammed shut behind them, and the three of them were shocked when they heard a voice echoing above their heads: "Who are you?" "Who?" Zhu Yikai asked. "Who are you?" The voice was very clear this time.The three of them turned their heads together and looked at the Buddha. It opened its eyes, and the three of them backed away in fright.

"Who are you?" Bai Xiaozhou asked boldly. "Where are you gods from?" The Buddha statue stared straight at them, "Why did you come to my temple?" God? The three looked at each other: "Did you recognize the wrong person? We are just ordinary people." "I've cultivated my Dharma Eye for hundreds of years, so it's impossible to make a mistake." The Buddha statue suddenly closed his eyes, "Murderous aura is coming, be careful." Qu Siqi yelled, "Get down!" "Papa" sounded twice, and the bullet flew over the heads of the three of them, hitting the Buddha statue's chest.There was the sound of hurried footsteps in the yard, Zhu Yikai stretched out his hand, slightly closed his five fingers, the altar shook violently, and then pointed at the door, the altar quickly slid over and blocked the door.

Then there was a series of puffing sounds, Zhu Yikai lay down in the corner holding Bai Xiaozhou's head, she could feel the terrible sound of the bullet hitting the ground. The wooden door was pierced, and several tall men rushed in, all with guns in their hands.The candles had already been extinguished, and their faces could not be seen clearly, but Bai Xiaozhou could feel the strong murderous aura overflowing from them. Before Zhu Yikai had time to think about it, he pulled Bai Xiaozhou into his arms and stretched out his right hand. He could feel the airflow of the bullet from the chamber, and with a retraction of his fingers, the bullet stopped in mid-air, and then fell to the ground crackling.

Everyone was shocked, several pairs of eyes fell on his body, he was so tired that he collapsed all over, his hands propped up on the ground, sweat dripped down in streams. The killers hesitated only for a moment before raising their guns again.Qu Siqi stretched his hands to his waist, and suddenly froze, staring at them, but the focus fell behind them. They turned their heads quickly, but they were so frightened that they almost couldn't hold their guns. A lion-like monster came slowly, its paws making light cracking sounds on the ground.It looks very weird, with two horns on its head, beards around its lips, and scales on its body, like a combination of a dragon and a lion, with a pair of eyes as big as copper bells, shining brightly in the dark.

Bai Xiaozhou was so shocked that he couldn't speak, his mouth was opened wide, isn't this the monster that was stepped under by the Buddha statue? The killers shot at it, and the bullets flew towards it like raindrops, but it seemed to be driven into cotton, and there was no movement.It slowly took two steps forward, and suddenly opened its mouth wide, roaring at the crowd, and black fire spewed out from its mouth, enveloping the killers in just an instant.When the black flame dissipated, the killers were unharmed, but as if their souls had been sucked away, their eyes were empty and dull, and they stood there in a daze, motionless.

"Suan Ni, it is Suan Ni." Qu Siqi whispered. According to ancient legend, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons were different. Suan Ni is one of the nine sons, shaped like a lion, and likes to smoke and sit, so the image usually appears on the incense burner, and then swallows smoke and mist.Is it the legendary Suan Ni? Suan Ni turned around leisurely and left slowly, as if she just came for a snack.Bai Xiaozhou chased him out, the yard outside was empty, where was there any Suan Ni figure? Compared with Suan Ni, Qu Siqi was more interested in those killers. He touched them carefully, and they fell down straight like logs.He felt their pulses: "Alive, but... maybe just alive."

Bai Xiaozhou was stunned for a while, then asked softly, "Should we call the police?" "Call the police? What are you going to say? Said that a group of perverts came to kill you in the middle of the night, and then you were burned to death by monsters? Be careful to be tied up and sent to a mental hospital!" Qu Siqi turned his head to ask Zhu Yikai, "Kaizi, what do you think, these living dead How to deal with it?" Zhu Yikai leaned against the wall to rest, with tiredness that could not be concealed on his face: "Throw them into the woods and let them fend for themselves."

"You are so ruthless." Qu Siqi teased him, "You were so powerful just now, you can block bullets, can you block missiles?" "Siqi, you really have a leisurely heart." Bai Xiaozhou glanced at him sideways, "I doubt that even if the sky falls in front of you, you can continue to tell bad jokes." "I'm telling Mount Tai to collapse in front of me without changing my face." He said with his arms akimbo, "Who will throw it?" Both Bai Xiaozhou and Zhu Yikai stared at him, and he rolled his eyes: "I knew it would happen. What a huge project this is, it seems that I don't want to sleep tonight."

"Amitabha." Zhi Kong recited the name of the Dharma, and walked slowly, "Almsgiver, the gods have the virtue of being good at life, how can they throw people into the forest casually?" Uh, where did you come from?Qu Siqi squeezed out a smile: "What Master said is true, so how do you say to deal with these lunatics?" "There is a dry well behind the mountain, you can throw them into it." Zhikong said solemnly. "Uh, Master Zhikong, are you being cruel?" Zhikong raised his eyebrows: "A small amount is not a gentleman, and non-toxic is not a husband. Who told them to tear down our master's altar! Burning their souls is light!" "Master?" Bai Xiaozhou turned his head to look at the Buddha statue, which had been shot several times. It was strange that there were no bullet holes on it. "Come on, take these scumbags away!" Zhikong said loudly, and immediately three or five monks ran out, picked up the killers and hurried away.Qu Siqi still wanted to persuade, but a young monk whispered: "Don't worry, Master Zhikong has always been hard-spoken and soft-hearted, we will be responsible for sending them to the hospital." Qu Siqi breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhikong recited the Buddha's name again: "The abbot wants to see you, come with me." "at this time?" "Why, because of you, our temple was almost demolished, shouldn't we explain it to the abbot?" "Should be, should be." Qu Siqi agreed repeatedly, beckoning to Zhu Yikai and Bai Xiaozhou, "We also have a lot of questions to ask the abbot." The room of the abbot should be spacious and bright, but the abbot of Hanyin Temple, Master Zhilu, lived in a small room of less than ten square meters, with only one bed and a cabinet. Except for the door, there were no windows on three sides, so it was too dark to see even in broad daylight. Can't make out the face of the person next to him. A monk was sitting on the bed, wearing a big cassock, but he was extremely thin.Bai Xiaozhou couldn't see his face clearly even though he was concentrating on it. "Abbot, are you okay?" Qu Siqi said worriedly, "You were not so thin when we met last time." "Fat and thin are just a stinky skin, why do you care?" The abbot's voice was hoarse and deep, and Qu Siqi was really worried. Could it be that the time has come for him to pass away? "Abbot, I'm sorry about the Buddhist altar. Don't worry, we will compensate for the loss." Qu Siqi paused, then pointed at Zhu Yikai, "He will pay." Zhu Yikai gave him a blank look, but said nothing. "It's all right, this is the catastrophe destined by Master." The abbot seemed to be extremely weak, and he was out of breath after speaking a few words. Bai Xiaozhou couldn't help asking: "Master, who is that Buddha..." "He is our master. He was the abbot of this temple two hundred years ago. He practiced for decades and surrendered to Suan Ni. After his death, his body did not melt. Later, people pasted his body with gold leaf and enshrined it in the altar. .” "Since the body is just a stinky skin, why do you need to put gold leaf on it?" Bai Xiaozhou blurted out without thinking, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that..." "You are right." The abbot said in a low voice, "All dharmas are empty, and everything is obsession. This stinky skin is indeed not enough to enshrine, but there are other reasons for us to preserve the body of Master." "Maybe he didn't pass away?" As soon as Zhu Yikai said that, the abbot raised his head, and seemed to be looking at him in surprise. Qu Siqi thought that his words offended the abbot, and quickly winked at him.Zhu Yikai didn't change his face: "I heard that Buddhists can sit in meditation without eating or drinking for several years. When others see it, it seems like they have passed away. However, it is the first time I have seen sitting in meditation for two hundred years." The abbot sighed for a long time: "In the beginning, everyone thought that Master was sitting in meditation, but after more than two hundred years, he couldn't get out of meditation. Up to now, I don't know whether he is sitting in meditation or passed away. In short, everything is There is a destiny, too entangled in life and death, and instead fall into obsession." "It's not good." A young monk ran in in a panic.Zhikong glared at him: "There are no rules!" The little monk hurriedly folded his palms together and saluted: "Abbot, Master's body is gone." "What?" Everyone was shocked.The abbot said to Zhikong: "Take someone to look for it." Zhikong agreed and took people there.Qu Siqi said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Abbot, don't worry, maybe Master Master has come out of meditation." The abbot didn't speak, and the atmosphere suddenly became dignified.Qu Siqi thought he had said something wrong, so he laughed dryly: "I'm speaking out loud, abbot, don't be angry." "Going eight miles east of the temple gate, there is a brick and tile house, which is used by forest guards. It has been abandoned since the Forestry Bureau built a big house on the other side of the mountain. Go there." The abbot said quietly. "What are you doing there?" "There is a person there who can solve your problems." The three of them wanted to ask again, but the abbot hung his head down, as if he had fallen asleep.The three retreated tactfully, but Bai Xiaozhou looked puzzled and frowned deeply: "Si Qi, is that really the abbot?" "Yeah, you can't go wrong with the body shape when you listen to the voice, but you can't see the face clearly. Why, what do you see?" "That's not true, it just feels weird, and I always feel that something is wrong." "I have the same feeling." Zhu Yikai said, "That abbot is very strange. Si Qi, have you met the abbot before?"