Taoist night sword

Chapter 235 Chapter 234: Blue Luo Temple
Lou Jinchen first went to Cangcheng County in the north.

Cangcheng County is considered a large county, and it used to be like a granary in Jiangzhou. It is located in the center of a plain, and Cangcheng County is in the center of this area.

And Jiangzhou Fucheng is the gateway to this plain.

The county magistrate of Cangcheng County before the administration of the temple was Lan Ling. After the establishment of the temple, she gave up the position of county magistrate of Cangcheng, and she herself built a "temple" outside the city. That temple is called Lanluo Temple.

The reason why it is called Lanluo Temple, the blue letter in it is naturally her surname.

And the word "Luo" comes from Ghost Luo.

'Ghosta' is a legend in this area. It is said that there is a ghost here. He will answer people's prayers, and when people need to harm others, they will sacrifice to him.

This ghost is a wild god in this area. Some people worship it and some people fear it.

Of course, there are also people who regard it as a family god for body protection, but those who invite him into their homes often get the good first, and then get the bad afterward.

Some people say that as much as you get from the 'ghost', your descendants will have to pay back as much in your future generations.

There have been incidents of Ghost Raiding in Luancang City, but they have been suppressed by successive county magistrates, but every time as long as there are still people secretly offering sacrifices, He will revive.

Until Lan Ling built the Lan Luo Temple, the statue inside was the statue of 'Ghost Ra'.

When an inexplicable ghost has a fixed shape, it will gradually be imprisoned by it over time.

It was those scriptures that imprisoned him, the sacrificial rites year after year, and the constraints on him.He didn't know that when he was enjoying the incense, he was also being portrayed by people, and slowly changed from false to real, becoming a "god". Similarly, he could no longer haunt freely.

Of course, he enjoyed the incense and became a god here, so he naturally has the power of a god, and he can respond to some people's requests.

This kind of request needs to be registered by the 'Temple Master' before being able to invite the 'Ghost Luo'.

This method of recording names is also unique to Ling Lan. Every time a name is recorded, it is necessary to record the name on the booklet placed on the small statue in the back room in the form of offering sacrifices.

After this is done, the person can call the 'ghost' and borrow the 'divine power' of the ghost when casting the spell.

Lan Ling called this kind of people "Taoist". In her opinion, this kind of people can hardly become a Taoist by themselves, just like the waiters on the road, they are called Taoist. Their existence is for the sake of Lanluo Temple Those who walk with the gods in it can also be said to be her brothers, feet, eyes and ears, sorting out the evils of this place on her behalf.

In Lou Jinchen's impression, she is a student of Qiu Chan Academy, but she doesn't tell people that she studies there.

Of course, there are two types of people who practice in the Tide Cicada Academy, one is Confucianism in it, and the other is just a practitioner in it, and they are not really people in the Tide Cicada Academy.

And Lan Ling is obviously the second type. She has practiced there, but she is not from Qiuchan Academy.

When Lou Jinchen came to Lan Luo Temple, he saw her. More than ten years later, she was still the same as before.

However, the robe on his body was replaced with a sky blue robe, which seemed to show a sense of distance.

She invited Lou Jinchen into the temple, came to a quiet room for receiving guests, took off her shoes outside, knelt on the futon, and had a maid serve tea. When everything was done, Lan Ling raised her glass and offered tea .

"Fu Ling, why are you interested in coming to my small temple suddenly?" Lan Ling then spoke.

She is clearly a person of great courtesy.

Moreover, the seat she was sitting in was opposite to each other, and she was not sitting in the main seat.

Lou Jinchen sized her up, she was thin, she didn't look young, but after sitting down to look at her, Lou Jinchen felt that her complexion was not as good as expected.

"Recently, I suddenly felt bored, so I went out for a walk." Lou Jinchen put down his teacup and said calmly.

"The Fuling is in the Fucheng, and he hardly goes out for more than ten years. With such a good determination, he will be bored. I want to go to the Fucheng recently, and ask the Fuling how to achieve such a qualitative." Lan Ling said.

Lou Jinchen sipped the tea in his mouth carefully, only feeling a cooling sensation, after entering the stomach, it immediately spread out, making the whole person feel cool.

"Is this the tea you usually drink?" Lou Jinchen looked at the cup in his hand and asked.

"Yes, the ones grown at home are not considered good things, they only have the effect of calming people's mind and relieving troubles." Lan Ling Temple Master said.

"Practitioners are all in one mind. If the mind is calm, the body will be at peace. This tea can clear the mind and relieve troubles, so it is a good tea." Lou Jinchen said.

"Temple Master Lan, is there something bothering you?"

Lan Ling sat there silently, and said, "Could it be that the government order didn't have any influence because of the 'God'?"

Lou Jinchen immediately understood the possible problems of the other party.

He pondered for a while, and said: "Sensing Yin and Yang is also to purify the body and mind with the sun and the moon. All kinds of distracting thoughts are just nutrients. After purification, they enter the sea of ​​​​qi and become dharma thoughts."

"Temple master Lan, you are the master of one temple in one county, and I am the magistrate of Jiangzhou. If you have anything to do, feel free to tell me?" Lou Jinchen said.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that as the master of the temple, you will inevitably be affected by the 'gods' in the temple." Lan Ling said

"I see Master Lan's face is gloomy and his eyes are gloomy, but is he affected by this 'Ghost Luo'?" Lou Jinchen asked.

"Originally, everything was fine. Although Ghost Luo was influential, I also recited the "Yuhua Tao Te Ching" from time to time to cleanse my mind, supplemented by medicine, and everything was at peace. It's just that I suddenly became upset recently. It's because of me that I have become stronger." Said Master Lan Ling.

"What is your reason?" Lou Jinchen asked.

Temple Master Lan Ling obviously understood that Lou Jinchen wanted to rule out her own reasons, but she herself felt that she also had reasons.

"In the past two years, a monk from outside came to Cangcheng to settle down." She paused at this point, and then said with a smile: "I am not afraid of the jokes of the government order. I have never married in my life, but when I was young, I also admired a person, although I never saw that person again, and I even forgot his appearance after so many years."

"But that feeling has never gone away. Instead, it has become a pure and beautiful part of my heart. When I am bored, I will sink into that memory and feel better."

"As for the person who came two years ago, he was so similar to the person I admired back then. As soon as he appeared, I felt that this person seemed to be him back then, but the name and place of birth were just around the corner. totally not."

"But his temperament is really similar to him back then. Since he appeared, he has never expressed anything special to me, but every time he appears, there is always a feeling of adding fuel to the fire."

Lan Ling spoke out what he felt in his heart, and Shang Guian listened beside him, very surprised that this temple master who was already in the fourth realm back then fell into such a predicament.

He suddenly understood that everyone's strength is just an appearance, no matter how powerful a person looks, they actually have a weak side, as long as they find their weak side, then it is not difficult to defeat the opponent.

If that person is an enemy, it must be terrifying, because the other party didn't use any special spells at all, and they have already messed up the heart of the former Cangcheng County Lord and now the Lanluo Temple Lord.

"Oh, there is such a thing. It seems that this person must be a very good person. Where is he now?" Lou Jinchen asked.

"He is in the back mountain, cutting bamboo for his house, and taking streams and springs as his friends, to cultivate and refresh himself," Lan Ling said slowly.

"Did he say why he came here?" Lou Jinchen asked.

"He said that he likes the mountains and people here very much," Lan Ling said.

"Very good." Lou Jinchen suddenly thought of some people in his previous life who only cheated old rich women.

"Temple Master Lan is so frank, so Lou also told the truth. These days, Lou felt that someone was spying on Jiangzhou, like a pack of wolves, and the surroundings were dark, so he came out of the mansion to look around."

Lou Jinchen poured himself a cup of tea, picked it up, smelled it, and said, "Our Jiangzhou was originally the frontier of the Qian Kingdom. Now, the imperial court is not visible, and everything depends on ourselves. The south and west, now It's like a barren land."

"There are big thieves and big demons among them. Jiangzhou has a large population and many 'sacred temples', so they must be spied on." Lou Jinchen said: "Those who have the ability to spy on Jiangzhou must not be simple, and they must make meticulous preparations." .”

"So, I think, these years, some 'people' have actually sneaked in, let's go, let's go and see the 'Ghost Luo' and the refined scholar hidden in the back mountain."

Leaving as soon as he said that, Lou Jinchen got up and came to the front of Lanluo Temple. He looked at the statue of 'Ghost Luo' and immediately felt that there was an unusual aura in it.

So he said: "The temple master is in front of him every day, but he is used to the aura on the statue, just like being in a flower for a long time without knowing its fragrance. However, in my eyes, I can tell at a glance that this 'Ghost Luo' is being used by others." A special method is offering sacrifices to 'Ghosts'."

Lou Jinchen's words made Lan Ling's face flash with shame. As the master of Lan Luo Temple, one of her responsibilities is to feel the breath of the god statue so that it does not deviate from the evil, and she has to take on the responsibility of rectifying the evil spirit. Responsibility for evil is like a person who grows a fruit tree. To keep it from being infested by insects, he needs to prune the branches.

And she didn't do well.

"It seems that someone has disturbed the heart of the temple master first, and then wants to sacrifice this 'Ghost Ra' as an evil ghost. You can feel carefully that the breath outside the 'Ghost Ra' is cold, which is His original intention, but inside But there is a surge of evil heat, the external cold and internal heat are intertwined, the 'ghost Luo' will definitely become an evil thing, and it will be the first to turn back against Lan Temple Master."

As the head of the temple, she herself has the closest connection with the ghosts. It can be said that she can use the abilities of the 'ghosts', and it can even be said that she can control the gods.

The temple master will bring many benefits, but it will also bring many defects.

Lan Ling took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for the government order's reminder. Let's go find that person."

After finishing speaking, she walked first, the original anger quickly disappeared after she stepped on the back mountain, and the whole person became calm.

Lan Ling came to the back of the mountain, where there was a clear stream, and there was a bamboo forest, and beside the clear stream in the bamboo forest, there were several elegant bamboo houses.

There is a monk in a white robe, sitting cross-legged by the stream to practice, the whole person is like a scene in the mountains, blending with this landscape.

This small piece of scenery in the mountains is really quiet, and the people are also worthy of this scene.

When Lan Ling arrived, he stood quietly on a stone beside him, not looking at him, but looking at the sky, as if he came here to find peace after getting upset.

"Temple Master, are you upset again?" Li Chen said with a smile, his smile was like this clear spring, giving people a natural taste.

"I was upset at first, but seeing an expert today woke me up." Lan Ling said lightly.

"Oh? Master, what master?" Li Chen was inexplicably wary.

"Jiangzhou government order." After Lan Ling finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at the other party's face, with a hint of obsession flashing in her eyes.

"What?" Li Chen looked in horror at where she came from, but he didn't see anyone.

Just as he was looking elsewhere, a red shadow leaped out from Lan Ling's body and submerged into him in an instant.

He struggled in pain, even his eyes seemed to protrude, he couldn't utter a word, he just opened his mouth, and finally calmed down from the pain, standing there motionless, as if he had been possessed by him.

At this time, Lou Jinchen appeared beside her.

Lan Ling opened his mouth and said: "He comes from an organization called 'Grey-Eyed Bandit' in the west, and his name is 'Huo Xin'. His purpose is to find out the details of the temple masters in the entire Jiangzhou."

"Is there anything more specific?" Lou Jinchen asked.

"He doesn't know how many people there are, nor does he know the appearance of other people. Those people only contact each other when they are hunting. Each of them takes his own task and then goes to work."

"It seems to be a strict organization, but it doesn't matter. In the end, the subordinates still have to see the truth." Lou Jinchen said.

But Lan Ling suddenly said: "In this organization of gray-eyed bandits, the leader has a five-level cultivation base."

"Five realms? It's just right, Lou wants to meet these people for a while."

After Lou Jinchen finished speaking, he said again: "Master Lan Temple just needs to guard this Lan Luo Temple, goodbye."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

She watched Lou Jinchen go far away from the mountain and disappear into the mountain mist.

But as if relieved, she let out a long breath, looked at the person in front of her, and said, "It's not that I must kill you, but he came suddenly, with sharp eyes and probing words, I can only kill you." about you."

"In the temple, I had the idea of ​​wanting to do it, but his eyes scared me."

Lan Ling reached out and touched the face of that 'Li Chen', his eyes were full of obsession.

But she didn't notice that in another part of the bamboo forest, there were two people hiding in the shadows, watching her every move.

"Senior brother, Temple Master Lan has a problem." Shang Guian said.

"Don't be afraid of problems, as long as you find a problem, it's not a problem." Lou Jinchen said, turned around and took Shang Gui'an away.

Lan Ling only returned to the temple when it was dark. When she returned to the temple, she found that there was a letter on her desk with a pen and ink beside it. It was obvious that someone had written a letter here with her pen and ink. Said in the letter.

"Temple master Lan learned from himself, as the saying goes, everyone has the right to enjoy love. Today, Lou forced the master to kill the person he admired, but he saved the master from the fire and water. Didn't the master hear that the person who wants to become a Taoist , kill the person you like first? If the temple master holds grudges against Lou, he can come to find Lou at any time, and Lou will not let the temple master down, and send the temple master to reunite with his sweetheart."

"Also, if the temple master does something that harms Jiangzhou because of his grudge against Lou, then wherever the sun and moon shine on Lou's sword, he will surely be able to take the head of Temple Master Lan. If you don't believe me, you can try it!"

Signed, Lou Jinchen.

After reading the letter, Lan Ling felt chills all over his body, and his whole body was stiff. Looking at the moonlight outside, the silence seemed like a sword light that was about to leap into the room at any time.

(End of this chapter)