We took advantage of the darkness and quickly sneaked in.
"Wait a minute, have you already made up your mind to come in and take a look?" Shao Zilong suddenly asked.
I said yes.
Shao Zilong said oh and said nothing more.
This place looks inconspicuous from the outside, with just a small door, but after entering, you find that it is a large courtyard with many houses inside.
In addition to the two gatekeepers outside, there were many Taoist priests on duty everywhere, but we avoided them one by one in advance.
"Isn't this a place of seclusion and cultivation? Why is it made like a treasure house with so many people guarding it?" Shao Zilong muttered.
While we were talking, we passed by several guards and came to a two-story building.
This building looks ordinary. There is a willow tree planted in front of the door, which looks very old.
The door was closed and locked.
"What's wrong with this house?" Shao Zilong came over and asked.
"From the Feng Shui layout of the yard, the location of this house is very special." I looked up at the eaves.
"You guys are very particular about learning Feng Shui, but this is the thing that bothers me the most." Shao Zilong looked around.
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps not far away, and we quickly found a place to hide.
Not long after, I saw two Taoist priests coming along the corridor and stopping in front of the small building.
One of them was holding a large basket in his hand, and the other took out the key and unlocked the door.
We looked at each other, and after the two people entered, we followed them in quietly.
There were no lights on in the room, but there was a faint light from the fire going up the stairs to the second floor.
Suddenly I heard a "dong dong dong" sound, and someone turned around and walked down the stairs.
We looked around and saw a large cabinet nearby. We quickly opened it and hid in it, then quietly closed the cabinet door.
A Taoist priest came down from the second floor with a lit candle in his hand. He probably heard some noise and came over suspiciously.
Just when he reached out to open the cabinet door, his hand had already touched the door handle, but he stopped again. His face was quite troubled, as if he was reluctant to open the cabinet door.
Just then, a gust of wind blew in from outside, causing the cabinet to sway.
The Taoist priest immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out it's the wind."
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he went over to close the door and went up to the second floor again.
Shao Zilong and I were inside, and through the gap in the cabinet door, we could see the Taoist priest's expression clearly, and we were both a little confused.
What is this person afraid of?
When we came out of the cabinet, we turned around and looked inside.
Although the room was pitch dark, Shao Zilong had obviously practiced night eyes, so the darkness was no obstacle to either of us.
Although the cabinet was empty, there was a very strange picture painted on the wall.
The paint of this drawing is dark red, which is somewhat similar to the color of the cabinet. When the two of us hurriedly hid in it, we didn't notice it at first.
This picture depicts an extremely horrific scene.
A group of ferocious-looking evil spirits huddled together, including nine evil ghosts, holding a stick in their hand, with a head strung on the other end of the stick.
There are pigs, cows, sheep...
There are even three heads at the end, namely an old man, a young woman and a child.
It looked so evil that it made people's hair stand on end.
No wonder the Taoist priest hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to open the door.
We both looked at each other and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.
At this time, there was a noise upstairs, which seemed to be the sound of clattering dishes, and then the deep sound of two people chanting sutras was heard.
In the middle of the night, these two people ran into this weird little building to chant sutras?
This is really a bit confusing.
Shao Zilong gestured with his eyes and asked if he wanted to go upstairs and have a look.
I shook my head.
This house is too small. If you go up there, you will definitely alert the other party, which will make it difficult to clean up.
The two of us were waiting below. Unexpectedly, the two of them started chanting sutras and didn't stop.
I asked Shao Zilong in a low voice if he knew what sutra was recited above.
"I've heard a lot of Taoist scriptures, but I've never heard of this one." Shao Zilong frowned.
As a result, I listened to it for more than an hour.
Even Shao Zilong, who said he wasn't sleepy at first, yawned several times.
Fortunately, at this time, the sound of chanting sutras upstairs suddenly stopped.
We both hurried back to the cupboard and closed the door. We heard footsteps coming from upstairs. Then the fire flickered and two people came down, each holding a candle.
When passing the cabinet, the older Taoist priest stopped and asked, "Did you come down and touch the cabinet just now?"
The young Taoist priest hurriedly said, "I just heard some noise and thought... I was going to open the cabinet door and take a look."
"Have you opened it?" the older Taoist priest asked sharply.
"No, no!" the young Taoist priest explained hurriedly, "I just touched the cabinet door with my hand and didn't have time to open it. Later I found out that it was blown by the wind."
The elder Taoist's face turned pale, "Didn't I tell you not to touch this cabinet, but you turned a deaf ear to it, right?"
"Senior brother, the paintings in that cabinet are really too...too..." the young Taoist priest stammered.
"What's too much?" the senior brother scolded.
"Last time, I followed my senior brother and accidentally saw the paintings in the cabinet. I... I kept having nightmares..." the junior brother said tremblingly.
The senior brother's face sank, "Then you still dare to open the cabinet door?"
"I...I don't know why. I'm very scared, but when I pass by the cabinet, I can't help but want to open the door..." Junior Brother said aggrievedly.
The senior brother sighed and said in a gentle tone, "I can't blame you entirely, I feel the same way."
"Ah, senior brother is like this too?" Junior brother was shocked, "Then...then what's going on? The paintings in this cabinet are really weird, and why did Master let us... let's do it in the middle of the night? Come here..."
"We will do whatever Master tells us to do. Why are there so many problems?" The senior brother glared at him.
"We must listen to Master's words, but this... is really weird..." The junior brother said bravely, "Every time I come here, I am always very scared."
The senior brother said in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten what Master said? Why did we build Cao Xianguan here? Isn't it because Qinglong Mountain is so evil!"
"In order to avoid disasters and harm to the people around us, we built Caoxian Temple to suppress Qinglong Mountain, so it is not surprising that there are some strange things in the temple."
"Yes." Junior Brother nodded, "What Senior Brother taught me is that I was wrong."
"Okay, let's go quickly." The senior brother nodded.
Then the two of them came to the door, blew out the candles in their hands, and locked the door again.
Listening to the footsteps disappearing, we opened the cupboard door and came out.
"It's so mysterious, let's go up and have a look." Shao Zilong couldn't wait and went up the stairs at the lead.
I followed.
When we got upstairs, we saw another very strange scene.
