Without the watchful eye of Sima Qing, the number one master, Zhan Zhao and Chu Qi's infiltration operation could be said to have gone quite smoothly.
They followed the Chen family's team, and finally arrived at a small temple that looked inconspicuous from the outside when the sky was completely dark.
Although it is inconspicuous, there are patrolling guards everywhere inside and outside the temple. According to Zhan Zhao's perception, there are many masters among them.
Several faces looked familiar, and they seemed to be one of the people who followed Sima Qing out of the city in the afternoon.
It seems that soft sedans are not allowed to enter this small temple, so on the seventh day of the month, I saw Chen Jing and his wife getting off the sedan, and they straightened each other's clothes, and then joined hands to prepare to walk in, showing full affection.
Seeing this situation, Chu Qi knew that the long-distance spying plan would definitely not work, so when she decided to take a risk, she bet that Sima Qing was not behind the door, so she once again relied on the invisibility cloak to join Zhan Zhao on both sides. When the guards opened the door for Chen Jing, they quickly followed in.
Fortunately, Chu Qi won the bet and they entered the temple smoothly.
Except for the terrifying appearance of the idol enshrined, the furnishings in the temple were basically the same as other temples. What was strange was that Chu Qi discovered that the Mirror Heart Bodhisattva statue was different from the ones she had seen before.
Not only is the shrine under it made extremely high and wide, but this special statue of Mirror Heart Bodhisattva originally held a trident in its hand instead of holding a flower.
——This flower has four leaves, and its petals are large and thin, like a soft silk fan.
The other hand that originally held the human-faced drum instead held a fruit. The fruit was oval in shape, bulging like a sac, and the stem was long and straight, like a small hammer.
Chuqi only glanced at it and felt that he had seen these flowers and fruits somewhere before, but he couldn't remember them for a while, so he had to put them down for the time being and ask Bao Zheng or Gongsun Ce when he went back. They read a lot of books and said Maybe you can guess what it is just by listening to the description.
After temporarily putting aside the question about the new shape of the Bodhisattva statue, Chu Qi continued to carefully observe the movements of Chen Jing and the others. However, after they entered the palace gate, they sincerely kowtowed to the Bodhisattva statue in the center. He stood up, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and no action was taken seriously.
After they finished the ceremony, Chen Jing stood up and put the lit incense into the incense burner.
Strange to say, after the incense was ignited, the fragrance quickly spread throughout the temple and went straight into the noses of everyone present. The fragrance was so amazing that after smelling it for a long time, I even felt my temples were swollen. .
Chu Qi shook his head and suppressed the slight discomfort. After seeing Chen Jing finish putting the incense, he took a step back. Then, he only heard a very light sound of the machine, and a small door suddenly appeared in the shrine under the Bodhisattva's seat. The door seems to have many torches embedded in it for lighting.
As soon as the door was opened, hot air surged out. Through the firelight, Chu Qi could see a deep and long staircase winding downwards inside the door.
It looks like a supernatural film set.
If the car overturned all of a sudden, it would definitely be difficult to escape... Thinking of this, Chu Qi couldn't help but pause.
Zhan Zhao didn't know what Chu Qi was thinking, and thought she was a little scared. As soon as his mind changed, he reached out and held her gently.
The ghost girl's fingertips shrank unaccustomedly in the broad palm, and then the young man held her tighter.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Zhan Zhao's hands were big and warm. They were very close to each other, and the sound of his breath that was suppressed to the extreme was breathed in her ears. All of this was like an electric current pulsing through Chu Qi's limbs.
After just being stunned and being led by Zhan Zhao all the way down the long stairs, Chu Qi realized belatedly that she seemed a little shy just now.
After Zhan Zhao led her to jump onto a protruding stone to hide, Chu Qi immediately withdrew her hand. She rubbed her face to suppress some inappropriate emotions, and then began to observe again. Got this place.
Under the stairs is an extremely wide cave. On the stone wall in front is carved a statue of the Mirror Heart Bodhisattva that is the same as the one in the small temple outside.
It's just that the materials of this Bodhisattva statue are really gorgeous - the eyes of the Bodhisattva are inlaid with colorful glass beads, and each of the skull beads worn around his neck is carved from white jade.
The big snake under His seat is also richly and exquisitely carved, its eyes are made of ruby, and every scale on its body is pasted with gold sheets.
Under the statue is a lecture platform made entirely of jade, and dozens of futons are placed under the platform.
These futons were thrown carelessly on the ground, and some even had dirt on them. They looked completely different from the luxurious pulpit. However, those who came to this cave did not care at all. Care about whose futon is closer to the pulpit.
Each of them is dressed luxuriously, and they must be rich or noble outside, but now they are fighting over a shabby futon in a cave that never sees the light of day.
"Li Sanniang, you are so presumptuous! I am a powerful magistrate, how dare you compete with me for your position!"
"The magistrate is so majestic. The Master said that there are no subjects here. We are all brothers and sisters. In this case, can't you show courtesy to the sisters?"
The entire cave was noisy, as if it were a crowded vegetable market.
Among this group of people, Chu Qi found no sign of Sima Qing.
After a while, when the cave was almost full of people, Chu Qi discovered that Sima Qing had emerged from a secret door under the stairs.
When Sima Qing came out, there seemed to be more guards in the cave, and he himself walked to the side of the lecture platform and sat down on the ground.
After a while, a crisp sound of bells came from nowhere. This bell seemed to have some magic power, hitting the heart of the heart. As the sound of "dang dang dang" sounded, the cave gradually became quiet. .
"Blessings of Mirror Heart Bodhisattva, all brothers and sisters are well."
"Blessed by Mirror Heart Bodhisattva, Master Xuanji is well."
After the bell rang nine times, a puff of smoke suddenly rose from the lecture platform. When the smoke dissipated, the mysterious Master Xuanji was already sitting there.
