MMB Chapter 12 Buddha Ancient Village 12
Chapter 12 Buddha Ancient Village 12
Mi Tai couldn't help but swallowed and said, "Monastery Lord, are you serious? Are we going to live in Wangu Temple?! There seems to be ghosts in there..."
It would be a lie to say that you are not afraid.
A Miao also said: "Besides, we haven't found the key to open the iron lock on the gate of Wangu Temple, how do we get in?"
Li Qianqian nodded.
Wu Xiajiu: "I won't look for it for now, let's climb over the wall and go in."
"If you stay here tonight, it may be more or less auspicious."
"What's more, Huang Ya and the supervisor are both old passengers. They must have certain means of self-protection. If they are fine, we will be the ones who die. Do you want to die?"
The three of them hurriedly shook their heads, not wanting to die, but wanting to live.
Wu Xiajiu: "Don't be too scared and worried."
"Since the Buddha statue of Wangu Temple is somewhat effective in dealing with that thing, to a certain extent it means that Wangu Temple may not be dangerous."
"It's more likely that Wangu Temple is the nemesis of that thing..."
"What the old man told about the past is not necessarily correct. After all, there are problems with the Buddha statues and Buddhist incense in Wanxin Temple."
"Do you think the person who proposed to build Wanxin Temple would be innocent?"
Mi Tai: "Of course not innocent, that Buddhist incense was made by Mr. Huang. He is that Huang Caifang's nephew."
Uncle and nephew are definitely not good things.
Wu Xiajiu: "So, staying in Wangu Temple tonight is the best choice for us."
And he guessed that apart from the inseparable relationship between the "Eminent Monk's Story" and the Wangu Temple, finding a way to eliminate that thing may also be in the Wangu Temple...
A Miao, Mi Tai and Li Qianqian had no further objections and agreed to Wu Xiajiu's decision.
Wu Xiajiu planned to set off in the evening.
During this period of time, the old people in the village hardly came out to walk around, and it would not attract attention if they left to go to Wangu Temple.
And before that, they have to prepare some things to take away, such as cotton cloth, kerosene, rope, etc...
Wu Xiajiu told the three of them in detail.
These things are not difficult to find in the stockade.
……
On the other hand, after Huang Ya and the supervisor came out of the small building, they found a place to discuss what to do next.
People died two nights in a row, but they didn't notice. Huang Ya finally realized that something was wrong.
——They seem to have slept too soundly these two nights, and they didn't have any vigilance, or woke up in the middle of the night...
It is impossible for ghosts to kill without any movement.
Huang Ya said with a gloomy face: "Unless we don't know when we will be recruited..."
The supervisor frowned and said, "What do you think it will be?"
The two thought about how many times they had gone to the world, and soon, Huang Ya locked his suspicion on the Buddhist incense in Wanxin Temple.
There may be a problem with the Buddha incense!
Huang Ya said: "Among our nine passengers, that boy is the only one who didn't burn incense and worship Buddha at Wanxin Temple. Tell me, will he get some clues that we don't know?"
"Maybe..." the supervisor said, "There are still four days left, we have to explore this village."
"Well, that's right."
Huang Ya nodded: "Go, go around, I remember there is a road on the other side of Wanxin Temple...it seems to lead to the top of the mountain."
After all, the two walked up the path.
……
The time in the world outside the car always passes quickly.
After everything was almost ready, the sky began to glow with a dim yellow light, and the village became quiet and desolate.
Wu Xiajiu looked up at the sky and said, "It's time to go."
He planned to avoid Huang Ya and the supervisor and leave the small building, but he didn't expect that the two of them hadn't come back until now... I hope they don't run into each other.
"Monastery Lord, we packed up, let's go." Mi Tai said.
Before it was completely dark, the four of them left the small building with their things.
Wangu Temple is located far away from the edge where the villagers live, and is located in a remote place.
Therefore, they observed carefully along the way, did not meet half a person, and finally arrived at Wangu Temple before it was completely dark.
Wu Xiajiu sorted out the things at hand.
Before leaving the small building, they had already wrapped all the items in cloth, and the rope was wound around the outside several times and tied tightly.
Wu Xiajiu checked carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he said: "Afterwards, Mi Tai and I will go up first, and then use the rope to pull you up. Do you remember how to climb a tree?"
A Miao and Li Qianqian nodded.
A Miao said: "Remember, when the time comes, Qianqian will go up first, and I will be last."
She climbed a tree when she was a child, so she has more experience than Li Qianqian.
Li Qianqian gestured gratefully to A Miao.
It was the same tree near the temple wall.
Wu Xiajiu took the lead to climb up. This old tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, a tall tree, and a thick trunk, which can fully bear the weight of a person, or even more.
Wu Xiajiu stood on the tree trunk and looked into the temple. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything clearly, he just glanced twice.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Xiajiu jumped from the tree trunk to the courtyard wall.
Afterwards, Mitai also climbed the tree.
He had a thick rope in his hand, and the other end of the rope was tied with a package. The two of them pulled it up together and threw it into the temple.
The package fell to the ground with a "bang".
Mi Tai whispered: "Okay, come up one by one."
Li Qianqian and A Miao climbed up slowly in sequence.
Wu Xiajiu said: "The rope is already tied to the tree trunk, you guys hold on for a while, Mi Tai goes down first, I'm the last, remember to be careful."
A Miao and Li Qianqian responded.
After Mitai jumped off the courtyard wall first by pulling the rope, they followed suit, and Mitai was below to respond.
After all three of them stood safely inside the temple, Wu Xiajiu untied the rope and threw them down.
Afterwards, he squatted down and sat on the courtyard wall, leaned sideways with his hands, and his body was instantly perpendicular to the ground and parallel to the courtyard wall.
Then, Wu Xiajiu jumped down easily, and was supported by Mi Tai when he landed.
Mi Tai praised: "Okay, Guanzhu, the skill is good."
In fact, he didn't need to click on the last kick, and the audience could land perfectly without any wobble.
Wu Xiajiu accepted without humility: "I used to often climb walls and jump walls, and I got it out of practice."
Mitai: "..."
What kind of job is the Guanzhu, and it needs to practice such a strange skill? !
Wu Xiajiu said: "Don't be dazed, the candles are lit, and we enter the hall."
"Oh, oh good." Mitai said hurriedly.
Wangu Temple is much taller and majestic than Wanxin Temple.
Although strictly speaking, the construction of Wangu Temple is not in accordance with the layout of traditional temples, there is no shortage of morning bells and evening drums.
If you enter directly from the gate of the temple, you will see the bell tower on the left and the drum tower on the right, echoing each other.
Going further back is the main hall of the temple.
At this moment, there was no light in the sky, night gradually fell, and the temple was completely dark.
Although it's not to the point where you can't see your fingers, your eyesight is very limited, at least you can't see clearly beyond five steps.
The temple was extremely quiet, because of the shadows cast by the courtyard walls and pillars, it was even more eerie.
For a moment, only the footsteps of four people echoed in Wangu Temple.
Wu Xiajiu walked in front holding a kerosene lamp, and the three of Mitai Amiao walked behind either holding something or holding a candle.
They left the courtyard wall and walked under the corridor of the temple.
Wu Xiajiu suddenly stopped, frowned, raised the kerosene lamp in front of his eyes, and then moved closer to a painted red pillar for a closer look.
"Monastery, what's the matter?" Mi Tai couldn't help asking in doubt.
Wu Xiajiu didn't answer for a while, but held up the kerosene lamp to look at the other pillars. After looking around, he said: "These pillars are all engraved with Sanskrit..."
Because these Sanskrit characters were all written with golden red lacquer, which was very close to the color of the pillars, so Wu Xiajiu didn't notice it at the beginning.
He didn't catch a glimpse of it until the faint firelight flickered by chance.
"Sanskrit?!"
A Miao, Mi Tai and Li Qianqian heard the words, stepped forward curiously, and gathered around Wu Xiajiu.
Li Qianqian approached with a candle, the light became a little more obvious, and the Sanskrit characters carved on the pillar undoubtedly became clearer.
"Guanzhu, can you understand the meaning of these Sanskrit words? What are they written in?" Mi Tai asked, and couldn't help but want to touch it, but Wu Xiajiu stopped it in time.
"Don't touch it." Wu Xiajiu pressed Mi Tai's arm, and said, "I don't know much Sanskrit, and I can only understand a little. This is a sentence in the Shurangama Sutra."
"These pillars should all be written on the Shurangama Sutra."
Mi Tai was stunned: "What is the Shurangama Sutra?"
A Miao: "Of course it's a Buddhist scripture."
Mitai: "I know it's a Buddhist scripture. What I mean is why the Buddhist scriptures are engraved on the pillar? Could it be that the Shurangama Sutra can exorcise evil spirits?"
Mitai said the last sentence casually, but Wu Xiajiu nodded and said: "The Shurangama Sutra does have the effect of exorcising evil spirits. It can ward off all enemies, destroy all curses of witches, and avoid all disasters..."
With a serious expression on his face, he picked up the kerosene lamp and lit it to the side. The flame also swept across several other pillars in an instant, leaving only blurred shadows.
After all, the kerosene lamp has limited visibility, and he had to walk back and forth twice just now to see clearly.
"Exorcise, exorcising evil spirits and avoiding misfortunes... Are they being exorcised inside or outside the temple?" Mi Tai couldn't help asking.
Wu Xiajiu: "Of course it's outside the temple. If my guess is correct, if you enter from Wangu Temple, there should be Sanskrit writing on the pillars on both sides of the gate."
"Maybe it's more than that... let's go, go to the main hall to have a look."
The four continued to move forward.
Soon, they came to the main entrance of the main hall.
Sure enough, Wu Xiajiu thought it was right, there were gold and red Sanskrit characters engraved on the closed wooden door frame of the main hall, which was exactly the same as the ones on the pillars.
Not only the door frames, but also the window frames, and the walls of the main hall are all engraved.
After a while, Wu Xiajiu withdrew his gaze.
He asked A Miao to help hold the kerosene lamp, then, with his hands on both sides of the heavy wooden door, he pushed it open——
With a "creak", the dusty hall appeared in front of Wu Xiajiu.