Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 262 It takes no effort at all

Everyone below the wall was a little surprised. Jinyang Lord Li Yan looked towards the red wall with a sharp gaze and said decisively, "Let's go in and take a look."

Xiao Wu climbed up the tree trunk to gain leverage, then he pounced towards the wall and landed in the yard in an instant.

Xiaocai was a curious person, and he also fell from the tree canopy into the wall. Xiaowu gently lifted him up, and Xiaocai landed steadily. He became playful and immediately made a pose of a martial artist standing on one leg in a southern opera, accompanying himself with "clang clang clang clang clang, pick it up."

Following the same method, Li Fu and Wang Heng outside the wall entered the wall of Yunzhong Temple one after another.

There is a clear mountain base in the courtyard, with a few large stones standing on the foundation occasionally, which must be relics left over from quarrying. On the mountain base, there are wild grasses, green and red vines.

Wang Heng kept his eyes on Li Fu, and saw that he was frowning and then sighing.

It seems that Li Wei has not yet revealed his secret.

After several people examined it, they all determined that it was the abandoned site of Feishan.

Wang Heng remembered that the Jiangning County Chronicles said: "The flying mountains cut through the cliffs, and they are flying and moving."

The beautiful scenery will never come back again. A famous mountain has been destroyed, leaving only a few piles of rocks for people to pay tribute to.

The base of Feishan Mountain is actually enclosed in the front yard of Yunzhong Temple, and the layout is very strange.

Entering from the mountain gate, you have to go around the base of the mountain and walk a long way before you can reach the main hall.

The group traced the source of the mountain around the base and came to the main hall. The door of the main hall was ajar. They pushed it open gently and found that the air in the hall was extremely stagnant, as if there had been no wind for a long time.

The main hall enshrines the Three Pure Ones. The sculpting technique is very dull, and the level is far behind the colored sculptures in the Arhat Hall of Jubao Temple. It seems to be the work of a mediocre country artist.

Xiaocai was very perceptive and immediately noticed the unusual details. He quietly pointed to the incense burner in the Sanqing Hall. Wang Heng understood what he meant and saw that there was almost no ash in the incense burner, which was very strange.

No matter whether it is a temple or a palace, they all pay attention to the presence of many incense sticks. It is obviously a complete Taoist temple, and it is not located in deep mountains or forests, so how could there be no incense sticks and no Taoist priests?

Wang Heng carefully looked around the hall, hoping to find something like the inscription on the stele, but unfortunately, he could not find anything.

Everyone had their own plans and returned along the same route.

The mountain gate was locked from the outside, so they still had to climb over the wall.

Xiao Wu found a bamboo ladder at some point and placed it on the red wall. Xiao Wu leaned against the wall and lent a hand to everyone. His step was very stable and he looked like he was lifting a heavy weight with ease.

Although Xiaocai had been taught by Yueting and others, he was only good at swordsmanship, but his martial arts were mediocre. Seeing Xiaowu's extraordinary skills, he couldn't help but say, "Xiaowu, I didn't know you were such a master."

When Xiao Wu heard this, he became uneasy.

Jinyang Jun Li Yan and Wang Heng stepped out of the wall one after another. Xiaocai looked back at the base of Feishan Mountain in the courtyard and suddenly felt reluctant to leave. He had been searching for a long time but still couldn't find anything. Although he had no martial arts skills, his body was still agile. He climbed up the highest boulder on the base of the mountain in two or three steps, looked around, and took in the surrounding scenery as a souvenir.

Wang Heng called him from outside the wall: "Xiaocai, stop playing, we are in a hurry to go to the Li family for a feast." Xiaocai looked towards the east without blinking, and after a while he said: "Seventh brother, there is a big river over there."

"Xiaocai, Xiaocai, you are really a lucky general." Li Wei raised his head and said with joy: "Let's see which way to go and go over to take a look."

Xiaocai kept nodding and replied, "I've got it all in mind." Then he jumped off the big rock, climbed up the bamboo ladder, and climbed out of the wall.

The Yunzhong Temple is located at the end of a road between hills. If Xiaocai had not climbed up a big rock to look around, it would have been difficult to find that there was another way out.

Xiaocai led the way. In the east, Yunzhongguan was looking at pine and cypress trees. Deep in the dense forest, there were jagged rocks that looked abrupt and strange. It seemed that they were formed by natural boulders that were broken into pieces by external forces.

After taking a few steps forward, the view in front of you suddenly opens up, the sound of waves is heard in your ears, and suddenly a river appears under the cliff, flowing eastward.

The stone steps at the bottom were so broken that they were almost unrecognizable, but since they were all young men and very agile, this difficulty was not a problem for them.

Several people stumbled down from top to bottom. Except for Jinyang Jun Li Yan whose fingers were cut by vines, the others were unharmed.

There are clumps of reeds by the water, dotted with misty islets, trees full of flowers, and gulls and egrets flying around, which is a very wild and pleasant sight.

Wang Heng was reminded of the ending of "Recollections of the Lotus Fragrance Tower", where the scholar Li Xunzhi and his wife Fu Niang said goodbye to each other, which was right by the water under the cliff, and seemed to be the home port of Feishan King's navy.

Everything he saw was consistent with the description in the book. Wang Heng was not sure in his heart. Could it be that "Memories of Lianxiang Tower" was not a novel but a record?

Wang Heng happened to look back and found a stone tablet next to the stone steps he came from, which was the "Yunzhong Temple Fund Raising Merit Tablet".

The general meaning of the stele is that the wandering Taoist Yunke raised funds to build the Yunzhong Temple and offer incense to pray for the souls of the soldiers and civilians who died in the Feishan Battle. The benefactor was Li Wan, a donor from Cuihua Village. The Yunzhong Temple was completed in the 24th year of the previous emperor, which is 26 years ago.

Yunke, Wang Heng's heart was excited. Now, the characters in "Memories of Hexiang Tower" have been connected with the reality, and they are also connected with Governor Li.

Following Wang Heng's gaze, the other three also discovered the stone tablet. Xiaocai murmured, "It turns out that this Yunzhong Temple was built with donations from the father of the mountain people."

Li Fu remained silent, with a mysterious look in his eyes. Xiao Wu's Chinese was probably not good enough to understand the inscription, so he had no expression.

After wandering by the water for a long time, Wang Heng looked up and saw that the sun was approaching noon. He said hurriedly, "It's urgent to hurry up. We still have to go to celebrate the birthday. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."

Fortunately, they left home early, so they quickened their pace on the way back. They were familiar with the route, and arrived at Li's house in nearly half an hour.

In front of the hemp stone of Li's house, there were several gorgeous carriages parked. A tall and thin old man in gorgeous clothes was seen being helped into the main gate of the Li family by two servants.

Just as I was wondering who this old man was, I heard a familiar voice behind me: "My two brothers, nice to meet you."

Wang Heng turned around and saw that it was Master Guangheng's adopted son, Master Chen Er.

Xiaocai smiled and said, "Second Master Chen, we will meet again in this life."

Wang Heng said secretly, it seems that the old man in front is most likely the eldest master of the Chen family. After searching for a long time, he finally got it without any effort.