The temple is surrounded by towering ancient trees. The temple seems to have gone through wind and rain and has an ancient feel. There is a faint fragrance wafting in the temple.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji walked closer and saw the name of the ancient temple inscribed on it, "Lanyin Temple, no wonder there is the fragrance of orchids."
The two scholars entered the temple, only to find that the temple was empty and overgrown with grass, as if no one had lived there for a long time. However, the temple's furnishings were not dirty, and the Buddha enshrined in the temple, which they did not recognize, was clean and free of dust.
There seemed to be some residual warmth in the incense burner, as if a lazy monk had only cleaned the Buddhist temple and neglected to take care of the courtyard, and he had not returned from his trip at this moment.
Orchids are placed all over the temple, and their fragrance is pleasant, fragrant and refreshing.
Ma Junji smiled and said: "This monk is really weird. If you say he is hardworking, the ground is covered with weeds and basil. If you say he is lazy, the temple is neat and elegant, with orchids everywhere. Lanyin Temple is worthy of its reputation. name."
Ning Caichen said: "I don't know if the master in this temple would like us to stay overnight."
Ma Junji said: "You see there is no one in the temple, so the monk's room must be vacant for us to live in."
When they arrived at the monk's room, they found that the room was empty. It was just that it was old and dilapidated, as if it had been uninhabited for a long time.
Ma Junji and Ning Caichen didn't mind it. They lived next to each other. They tidied up the dilapidated monk's house and waited for the monks from the temple to return.
Until dusk, I didn't see the monk, but I saw another scholar.
The scholar seemed to be a guest like them, so Ning Caichen stepped forward to say hello and asked him where the monks in the temple were.
The scholar had a handsome face and bright eyes that seemed to be shining. He seemed surprised when he saw them. He looked at them and replied, "I have lived here for some days and I have never seen any monks. You can just stay here, don’t ask me."
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji had no choice but to settle down, thinking that if the monk came back, they would offer some sesame oil money in the hope that he would not blame them.
At night, this silent temple seemed deserted and lonely. Ning Caichen and Ma Junji lit a fire to heat the dry food they brought.
The roasted cake warmed the scholar's nose and stomach.
The scholar in the monk's dormitory in the south smelled the fragrance, opened the door and came out to take a look. He was greeted by Ma Junji and said: "Brother, if you don't mind, let's eat together."
The scholar didn't eat their food for free. He gave them the wine in the wine bag and said, "It's getting cold late at night. Drink some wine to warm your body."
The three of them drank a bottle of wine and ate a meal of bread together, and they immediately became familiar with each other. They exchanged names with each other and found out that the scholar's name was Yan Chixia.
Yan Chixia sighed: "This cake is so delicious, it reminds me of my old mother."
Ning Caichen said: "Yeah, my mother baked pancakes for me, and by the way, there are also pickles." Ning Caichen went to the room and took out the pickles to share. His mouth was soaked with the aroma of fat and meat, which made him feel happy. .
After eating pancakes and drinking wine, Yan Chixia glanced at them, hesitated to speak, and finally hesitated: "Lanyin Temple has some evil spirits at night, you should be more careful."
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji suddenly froze.
Ning Caichen had not forgotten the monster that was swollen like pig urine on the bedside last night, and now he felt the shadow coming again.
Ma Junji laughed dryly and said, "Brother Yan, you're not saying there's something dirty in the temple, are you?"
Yan Chixia didn't want to scare them, so she spoke vaguely: "I have learned some strange skills, and I can vaguely feel some strange energy, but it may not be true..."
When Ma Junji heard what he said, he said: "Then it's true!"
Ning Caichen immediately put his hand into his pocket, squeezed the fragrant pill inside, and said solemnly to Yan Chixia: "Brother Yan, let's sleep together tonight."
Yan Chixia was stunned immediately, "What?"
But the enthusiasm of Ning Caichen and Ma Junji was overwhelming, and they couldn't help themselves. They packed up their clothes and got into Yan Chixia's room, saying hello: "Brother Yan, what are you doing standing there like that? Come in quickly." ah."
Yan Chixia had a lot of curse words in her heart that she couldn't say out loud. When she entered the door, these two guys even laid out the bedding.
The three people were crowded together on a broken bed, which was really weird and indescribable.
Ning Caichen saw that he was a little embarrassed and quickly comforted him: "Brother Yan, it's a bit crowded, but it's safe with more people."
Ma Junji whispered to Ning Caichen: "Let me sleep outside today."
But Ning Caichen no longer believed him and said, "Go inside."
Ma Junji felt guilty, so he had to sleep against the wall, with Yan Chixia sandwiched between them.
Yan Chixia was "in a dilemma" and began to regret why she said so much.
But he thought it would be difficult to fall asleep, but Ma Junji fell down as soon as he touched the bed. Listening to his breathing, Yan Chixia herself soon began to snore.
Only Ning Caichen looked gloomy, knowing that there would be no good sleep.
Ma Junji really couldn't believe that Yan Chixia could actually snore. The snoring was so high-pitched that Ning Caichen covered his ears and looked at the roof with dull eyes.
But he didn't sleep well last night and was very tired during the day, so in a daze, Ning Caichen also fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard several voices talking outside the window.
One of the young female voices complained: "These three grown men are crowded together, how can I do anything?"
The other two slightly older voices said: "Don't worry, just ask them to come to the depths of Lanyin."
As he spoke, the fragrance of the orchid suddenly became stronger, and a faint white mist came in through the cracks in the door and window.
Ning Caichen immediately thought to himself that something was wrong, and quickly took out the fragrant pills from his pocket and threw them into the brazier that had been prepared by the bed.
When the fire stick is blown, sparks will fall into the tinder in the brazier. The fragrant pills ignited immediately when exposed to fire, and in a moment, green smoke curled up and filled the room.
The white mist pouring in from the cracks in the door and window intertwined with the curling smoke of the fragrant pills, giving Ning Caichen a suffocating and chaotic feeling like drowning.
"Bless the Empress of Mount Tai! Bless Brother Mingfu!" Ning Caichen prayed, hoping to escape.
The green smoke produced by the fragrant pills was pure and clear, and was full of righteousness, but the white mist that poured in was not evil. The two were entangled, and Ning Caichen fell beside the bed and fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Ning Caichen suddenly heard someone calling his name.
"Ning Caichen, Ning Caichen."
Ning Caichen opened his eyes suddenly and breathed heavily, as if he was escaping from drowning.
He looked up and saw the red cloak and the fox fairy standing in the green smoke.
"Brother Mingfu, why are you here?" Ning Caichen was overjoyed.
Gong Mengbi said: "I haven't come yet, I just put some thoughts in the fragrant pills, so I used the fragrant pills to manifest."
Gong Mengbi raised his eyes and looked around and said, "Brother Ning, you have provoked someone, and you were dragged into this fantasy world."
Ning Caichen followed his gaze and saw that the monk's residence had disappeared. The surrounding area was completely white and he could not see anything clearly. Only he and Gong Mengbi stood in the white mist without any direction.
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