Yin Changsheng

Chapter 87
Saying goodbye to Second Grandpa, when we had reached the bottom of the hillside where the village is located, we looked back and saw Second Grandpa still leaning on a cane and looking at us from above.

I felt very uncomfortable, Jiang Li said to me: "There are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, illness, death, long-term resentment, parting from love, unable to ask, unable to let go, all living beings are suffering, there will always be people around you and others coming You will encounter more such things in the future, just get used to it.”

I asked in a low voice, "Master, have you gotten used to it?"

Jiang Li smiled: "I'm not used to it, so I've become a monk, and I have no attachments, no love, hate or parting."

Jiang Li can say a lot about these reasons, but many times I can see that although he can solve my knots, he still can't let go of these problems when he deals with them himself.

Perhaps, this is the difference between strong and weak. Strong people can cover up their emotions, but we can only rely on them to untie our knots.

Walk all the way to the entrance of the Taoist temple again.

The gate of the Taoist temple is already covered with weeds, and the fate between Jiang Li and I started here, and we came here again.

I looked at the stone trough that had been covered by weeds at the door, and remembered what my grandfather told me about this stone trough, saying that there was a stone trough with a big basin at the gate. Those who are poor and have run out of food can go there to scoop up a bowl for emergency, as long as they make up a bowl in the future.

Now the stone trough is empty, and grandpa is gone. Our Chen family is different, just like this stone trough, from prosperity to decline, now there is only an ancient atmosphere left.

Seeing me staring at the stone trough in a daze, Jiang Li reached out and tapped my forehead, "Silly boy, what are you thinking, why don't you go in."

I followed Jiang Li into the Taoist temple. Although there were no people here for a long time and it had become a mess of ruins, I had a special feeling for this place.

The scale of this Taoist temple is not large, there are only a few simple rooms. Corresponding to the gate of the Taoist temple is the Sanqing Hall of the Taoist temple. On weekdays, pilgrims offer incense and Taoist priests do morning classes in the Sanqing Hall.

There are three houses next to the Sanqing Hall, one is where the Taoists used to live, the other is the living room for guests, and the remaining one is the Zhaitang.

As for the place to take a bath, there is a stone jar in the yard. Taoist temples are full of elders, so there is nothing taboo about bathing, just wash in the yard.

Because it is a Taoist temple, it is blessed by the Taoist gods. Although it is full of weeds, it does not have the slightest filth. Standing in it is refreshing, which is much better than in our village.

Jiang Li and I stood in the yard for a while, Jiang Li looked at the grass in the yard and the dusty cobwebs in the Taoist house, glanced at his mouth in disgust, and said, "You may have to work hard today."

I asked: "Why?"

Jiang Li pressed my shoulder, then pointed to the yard, then pointed to the house inside and said, "Clean up the weeds, and clean the house again."

I frowned: "What about you?"

Jiang Li laughed, "Don't tell me you still want me, Master, to do these jobs?"

I hurriedly said I didn't dare, and immediately took the magic sword and went over to chop the weeds. Jiang Li was actually not idle, and cleaned up the messy yard I destroyed, and carried the weeds outside the Taoist temple. Set fire to it.

After cleaning the sentiment in the yard, there is Sanqing Hall and other houses. Because of insufficient manpower, we wasted a whole day to clean the inside and outside of the Taoist temple.

In the evening, I was already exhausted, so I ran straight into the living room, lying on the bed and didn't want to move. Jiang Li stood at the door and looked at me, then shook his head: "I'll go down the mountain to get some food. There are many taboos in the Taoist temple. , don’t do things that defile the gods.”

"Understood." I replied weakly.

Jiang Li patted his forehead, put his things on the table in the room, changed into Taoist robes and left.

Because this is a Taoist temple, I didn't worry at all that there would be ghosts coming in, and I fell asleep after lying on my stomach for a long time.

I don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by a rustling sound in the room. I thought it was Jiang Li who had come back, so I opened my eyes and sat up. Before I could say "Master", it was stuck in my throat.

It wasn't Jiang Li in this room, there were indeed a dozen or so men and women standing there, all of them were dressed strangely, and they looked at me even more strangely.

Seeing me wake up, he pointed to me and said something that I couldn't understand at all.

I immediately grabbed the magic sword next to me, and made an expression that if you dare to step forward, I will kill you.

They pointed at me, but there was no movement for a long time, and I had no reason to do it. It was just so strange to be pointed at by them, and finally coughed dryly: "Who are you? This is a Taoist temple, don't mess around here Come."

After I finished asking, one of the older people looked at me up and down and asked: "Little baby, where did you come from? How did you come here? This place is already inhabited, you've had enough sleep Just go quickly."

This Taoist temple was originally owned by an old Taoist priest. After the old Taoist priest died, Jiang Li lived here. Although Jiang Li left during the period, this Taoist temple should still belong to him. Besides, I was also brought here by him. I also cleaned up this Taoist temple. Yes, why can't I live here.

Before I could explain, another person said to me: "You should go now."

Then they started to drive me away with one word at a time.

I saw that Jiang Li hadn't come back yet, they were acting weird again, they panicked, put their fingers together, and recited the God Extinguisher Curse.

After reciting a few words of the God Extinguishing Mantra, the expressions of the people on the opposite side changed drastically, and they hurriedly shouted: "Run, this kid is a practitioner."

After speaking, he rushed out into the courtyard of the Taoist temple.

I immediately got up and chased them out, stood at the door and stared at them, my fingers still did not let go, as long as I recite the Taishang Laojun's urgent as a law, the curse of destroying gods can be cast, and they will be gone by then. It is said that there are also one or two that will be destroyed by this God Extinguishing Curse.

But Jiang Li doesn't like to kill people casually, and I didn't dare to do it casually, so I said, "No matter who you are, this Taoist temple used to be where my master lived, and my master has gone down the mountain, so you leave quickly, or don't blame me for being rude gone."

Hearing what I said, those people in front stared at me, and this time they looked at me more curiously. They rolled their eyes for a long time, and asked curiously, "Little baby, who is your master?"

"Jiang Li, Jiang Daozu." I announced Jiang Li's name.

After they listened to my words, they were stunned for a while, and then they laughed out loud. Some of them even walked towards me directly, no matter what I was doing, they walked in front of me and stretched out their hands towards me. Touching it on the head, he said with a smile on his face, "So it's Daoist Jiang's apprentice. Where's your master?"

"You know my master?" I asked them.

They nodded kindly: "We are wandering souls around here. We used to come to the Taoist temple to listen to Jiang Daochang's sermons. After he left, we helped guard the Taoist temple. We thought Jiang Daochang would not come back, but we did not expect to bring him back. A little doll."

They did something excessive to me from the beginning to the end. If there was any malice, they should have done it long ago. I didn't doubt their words, so I relaxed my vigilance.

They were still about to talk to me again, Jiang Li walked in from outside the Taoist temple, saw the situation inside and coughed dryly: "What are you doing?"

These wandering souls immediately turned their heads to look at Jiang Li in awe, and then bowed their hands in salute: "Greetings, Daoist Jiang." Then they said, "When did you come back, Daoist Jiang? We didn't even find out."

Jiang Li looked at me and said, "Go back first."

They didn't ask any more questions, and withdrew from the Taoist temple.

After they left, I asked Jiang Li who they were. What Jiang Li told me was exactly the same as what they told me. There was no difference. It was just some wandering ghosts Jiang Li met when he was here. Not the generation that harms others.

After we entered the room and finished eating and chatting about what we should talk about, Jiang Li said to me: "Have a good rest, I will go to Xixuan Mountain with me later."

The purpose of our coming here is Xixuan Mountain, Enen nodded.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, Jiang Li found a relatively small Taoist robe in the Taoist temple and put it on for me, and then rushed to the next mountain with him.

There were some trees on this mountain, but after the excavators came, many trees were cut down, leaving a flat ground, and there were many tents on the flat ground, but there were no people living in the tents.

Jiang Li and I walked beside these tents and asked, "Why don't they stay here at night?"

"With the Xixuan banshee around, they dare not live here."

I talked to Jiang Li, walked past the tent and walked to the front, the excavation site was in front, piles of new mud piled up next to it, a lot of holes had been dug in the middle, but there was no grand tomb as I imagined.

Jiang Li and I stood by the pit, felt that there was a gap between what I thought and felt a little disappointed, and asked, "Is this the tomb of Guiguzi?"

Jiang Li shook his head: "Of course not, I just heard from the old Taoist priest that the tomb of Guiguzi may be in Xixuan Mountain, but no one knows for sure. Apart from Guiguzi's tomb, it is also a place in the Southern Song Dynasty." The battlefield, it seems, we were too worried, they didn’t dig out Guiguzi’s tomb, only the Southern Song Dynasty battlefield.”

There are only two things I am curious about now, one is the Xixuan Banshee, and the other is Guiguzi. Since Guiguzi’s tomb has not been dug out in the mountain, the Xixuan Banshee has become my focus, so I asked Jiang Li: "Where is the Xixuan banshee? I haven't seen her."

Jiang Li stood up straight and looked around.

There is a bit of moonlight at night, and I can see things within about 20 meters around. Except for the trees, there is nothing else at all, but Jiang Li gave me a trick: "Pick up four stones and put them on the ground one by one Throw, the Xixuan banshee will come out when she hears the sound."

I was so curious that I bent down and picked up four stones, and then asked Jiang Li: "Is the Xixuan Banshee strong? What if she comes out and you are not her opponent?"

Jiang Li chuckled: "Your master will always be the best."

With his words, I felt relieved, and immediately threw the four stones in my hand into the distance one after another.

dong dong dong dong!

The four stones fell to the ground, and the sound spread throughout the forest. I held my breath and looked around, but I still didn't see the Xixuan Banshee.

Just as he was about to tell Jiang Li that the Xixuan Banshee didn't show up, the words got stuck in his throat.

A beautiful white figure appeared in the east of the forest, looking at us firmly.

Under the bright moonlight, her long white dress was fluttering, and her long hair was fluttering. I was stunned at the time, and I pulled Jiang Li and said, "She is so beautiful."

Jiang Li smiled: "Her husband died on this battlefield. She has been waiting on the battlefield for more than 1000 years. Whenever she hears a sound similar to a horse's hoof, she will come out to check whether her husband has returned on a horse. Later, a Taoist from Youfang discovered her and called her the Xixuan Banshee, isn't she beautiful?"

I nodded graciously, she is truly the most beautiful person I have ever seen so far.

Jiang Li nodded with great interest: "I think so too, but you should think about how to explain the horse's hooves to her."

(End of this chapter)