"Do you think this Meihua Temple is different from the last time you came here?" Seeing a worried look on Yi Ba's face, I asked him.
“It’s so different.” Yi Ba paused and said, “Since we’re already here, let’s go take a look before we talk!”
“Kang! Bang! Bang!”
Is this the sound of a bell? It came from Meihua Temple.
“There are bells ringing, which means there is someone in Meihua Temple.” I said.
"Well!" Yi Ba nodded and said, "Let's go there quickly!"
It didn't look like much from a distance, but when we got closer, Meihua Temple looked a little smoky! The smoke drifted into the nostrils, and the smell was a bit choking.
“The smoke smells a bit like burning incense, but it doesn’t feel like it’s all coming from burning incense.” I said to Yi Ba.
“Try not to breathe it into your nose.” Yi Ba warned me, and then he walked towards the nunnery.
As soon as I walked into Meihua Temple, I saw a huge incense burner. There are many incense sticks in the incense burner, some high and some low, all burning.
"The incense is so strong, why don't you see anyone?" I looked at Yi Ba with some confusion and asked.
“I don’t know either.” Yi Ba replied to me, and then walked towards the incense burner.
There were some symbols on the incense burner, which were crooked. Yi Bay looked at them seriously.
"Do you see anything?" I didn't recognize these symbols, so I asked Yi Ba.
"Meihua Nunnery is a nunnery. The symbols on this incense burner should be from Buddhism! Why are all the things engraved on it from Taoism?" There was some confusion on Yi Ba's face. .
"It's not like Taoism and Buddhism have no contact at all. It's entirely possible that the incense burner in front of you was given to Meihua Temple by a Taoist temple!" I said.
"If this is really the case, the problem will be huge." Yi Ba said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Taoism also has good and evil. Judging from the symbols on the incense burner, this incense burner was made from the evil way in Taoism." Yi Ba paused and said: "If Meihua Temple is really related to the evil way, Because of the relationship, our trip will probably be in vain. "
In a normal nunnery, you can at least see the nuns after entering the door. Yi Ba and I have been here for a long time and haven't seen a single nun. We only saw this incense burner with a lot of incense.
"Who is here?" A man's voice came from inside.
There seems to be something wrong with a man in the nunnery!
“Is Master Jingyi here?” Yi Ba Ke asked politely.
A person came out, but it was not a bhikshuni, but a Taoist priest wearing a black robe.
"Isn't this Meihua Temple? Why is it you, the Taoist priest, who came out?" I glanced at the Taoist priest with some confusion and asked.
"Ten years ago, this place was indeed the Plum Blossom Temple. However, after Master Jingyi passed away, no one managed the Plum Blossom Temple and it no longer exists. Now it is called the Plum Blossom Temple." The Taoist priest said.
Plum Blossom View? It turns out that Meihua Temple has become Meihua Temple. In this way, it is normal to have a Taoist incense burner at the door.
However, Yi Ba said before that judging from the symbols on the incense burner, it came from the evil way. The Taoist priest in black robes in front of him did not look like a good person from his appearance.
"Master Jingyi passed away?" Yi Ba glanced at the guy suspiciously and asked, "How did she pass away?"
"She must have died of illness!" Black Robe The Taoist priest pointed in the direction of the backyard and said, "Her tomb is at the back. Do you need to go and see it?"
"Yes!" Yi Ba nodded, and then we followed the black-robed Taoist priest towards the backyard.
There is indeed a tomb in the backyard, and it is quite elegant. The tombstone in front of the tomb says "Tomb of Master Jingyi", judging from the date on it. There seemed to be no problem with what the black-robed Taoist priest said.
The black-robed Taoist priest ran to get some paper money for incense candles, and said: "Since you two have made a special trip to see Master Jingyi, you must be old friends with her. Since you are here, you should go to the altar for her. Let’s incense!”
After leaving the incense candle paper money, the black-robed Taoist politely left the backyard. What he means is that if we have anything to say to Master Jingyi, just say it and he won't disturb us.
“What do you think of the black-robed Taoist priest?” I asked Yi Ba.
"Judging from what he has done so far, I don't think he is a bad person." Yi Ba paused and said, "Let's put some incense on Master Jingyi first!"
After lighting the incense and burning the paper money, Yi Ba and I walked out of the backyard.
"It's getting late now. You two can stay here for the night! I've already packed the guest rooms for you." said the black-robed Taoist priest.
"What is the name of the Taoist priest?" I asked.
“The Taoist name has been restored.” said the black-robed Taoist priest.
"Being respectful is not as good as obeying orders, so I'll trouble Taoist Master Fu Ming." I said.
"No trouble! No trouble! The Plum Blossom Temple is located in the mountains, and no one comes here on weekdays. Having you two come to visit has undoubtedly made my Plum Blossom Temple a lot more popular!" Taoist Master Fu Ming said.
Taoist Master Fu Ming is a very nice person. The guest room he arranged for Yi Ba and me is not only large, but also clean and neat.
After driving for a long time, I am tired. As soon as I lay on the bed, I fell asleep.
While I was sleeping in a daze, I suddenly felt someone shaking me.
"Brother in the first year of junior high school! Brother in the first year of junior high school!" It was Yi Ba who called me.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I always feel something is wrong. I seemed to hear a sound outside just now." Yi Ba put his mouth to my ear and murmured quietly.
"What's wrong?" I asked Yi Ba strangely.
"We have no friendship with Taoist Fuming. Why is he so nice to us when we meet for the first time?" Yi Ba expressed his doubts.
"They just arranged a guest room for us and stayed us overnight. For you Taoists, shouldn't this be normal?" I said.
“If we were in another Taoist temple and the person receiving us were other Taoist priests, I would not be suspicious.” Yi Ba frowned and said, “But Taoist Master Fu Ming, I have never been suspicious since the first time. When I saw him getting up, I felt that something was wrong with him. I couldn’t tell what was wrong.”
“Do you feel that he has some ulterior motive for staying with us?” I asked Yi Ba.
"Yeah!" Yi Ba nodded.
"I had such doubts before, but now it's late at night and nothing happened." I patted Yi Ba on the shoulder and said, "Maybe we have made a mistake and misunderstood others. Fu Ming Taoist Master.”
"It is essential to be on guard against others!" Yi Ba took over the words and said: "There is no situation now because we have not completely relaxed our vigilance. Once we relax our vigilance and give him an opportunity, then No one can guarantee whether something will happen. "
Yi Ba has such a clumsy mouth, it's better if he doesn't speak. As soon as I finished saying this, I vaguely saw a trace of green smoke coming in through the crack in the door.
"There really is something going on!" I pointed to the wisps of green smoke that were entering the door and said to Yi Ba, which I couldn't see unless I looked carefully.
Yi Ba took out a talisman from his green cloth pocket, walked to the door, and slapped the talisman on the crack of the door.
It turned black. As soon as it was attached, the talisman turned black, and then a small flame immediately burst out.
"What's going on?" I asked Yi Ba.
"This talisman will burn when it encounters ghosts. What comes in from the outside is ghost energy." Yi Ba said.
Although ghost energy will not kill people directly, it can confuse people. These ghost spirits that came in from outside the door were definitely not coming in by themselves, they were definitely man-made.
In the Plum Blossom Temple, apart from me and Yi Ba, there was only Taoist Master Fu Ming. It seems that Yi Ba's previous worries were indeed correct. Taoist Master Fu Ming was secretly trying to trick us.
“You don’t know what’s going on, and you’re using dirty tricks. This Taoist Master Fu Ming is really not a good person.” I paused and said, “I don’t know if Master Jingyi allowed him to be harmed. "Master Jingyi is about the same age as my uncle, and she was in good health. How could she have passed away ten years ago if she hadn't had an accident?"