September is full of flowers

Tongue Temple?

Shen Man muttered unconsciously in his heart.Recalling the phantom I saw in the front yard just now, and contacting the emaciated monk Qijiescar who only had half a tongue, I always felt that the coolness on my body was getting stronger and stronger, and goose bumps appeared all over my body.

What kind of secret is hidden in this ancient temple in the deep mountain?Why do people who come here have their tongues cut off?

"Pfft—" Seeing Shen Man's appearance, Wu Niannian suddenly smiled.She lowered her head and smiled, looking quite playful and cute. "Maybe your eyes are different from other people's. You can see things that ordinary people can't see." She smiled, and before Shen Man could reply, she turned her head towards the door of the Daxiong Palace and raised her chin, motioning for Shen Man to enter.

"Let's go," she said.

Shen Man looked at the rusty door knocker, and after thinking about it, he followed Wu Niannian's words.But when I heard a "squeak", it seemed that the door that had been sealed for a long time was slowly opening.Dust scattered everywhere, originally it was pitch black inside, but after Shen Man opened the door, there was faint light.

When Shen Man stepped into the largest Buddhist temple, he seemed to have stepped into another world in a trance.

After her eyes got used to the environment here, she saw in front of her a big sitting Buddha whose knees could only be seen.It's just that most of the sitting Buddhas in the temple have golden lacquer bodies. Although the one in front of me has been covered by dust for many years, it can be seen from the gap that it is just a wooden Buddha statue.

"This is strange," Shen Man said, "Looking at the scale of this Buddha statue and this temple, it should be at least a golden body, why is it just a piece of wood? Moreover, this Buddha is very big, I can only see his knees standing here , the above part is all in the dark, I wonder if it is the seated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha?"

Wu Niannian shook his head and said, "I have never seen the whole picture, I only know that this temple is famous for this Buddha. Have you seen the winding steps and walkways around this Buddha statue? It is actually like a pagoda. If pilgrims want to To look up further, you need to climb up the steps, kneeling at every step. Because of this, only devout pilgrims can see the face of this Buddha."

Shen Man said, "It's a pity that time has passed..."

Wu Niannian stepped forward briskly with her hands behind her back, and walked to the Buddha's toes, which were even larger than her whole body.With her back to the Buddha statue and her toes facing Shen Man, she said in her usual melodious voice, "As the old saying goes, once the emperor and the courtiers. Then it is normal for the emperor to follow the Tao. Today, the Dafeng Dynasty relies on Taige as the leader. Yin and Yang Taoism, then what the common people should worship now is the high gate supervisor."

Shen Man suddenly heard her talking about Tang Jiuyue, and concentrated his energy, but his face was still as warm as before, and his eyes did not wander in the slightest.He smiled and said, "You are not signing up for others, but you are going to take the Yin-Yang Dao exam yourself. Do you want to enter the Taige?"

Wu Niannian raised her head proudly and said, "What's your business?"

Shen Man touched his nose, "I adore her too."

Wu Niannian rolled her eyes and said, "I'll tell you a secret."

"what?"

Wu Niannian looked left and right, looking very mysterious, Xiao Ying opened her lips and said, "Dangchao Damenjian is a woman, a member of the Tang Sect in the middle of Sichuan!" Seeing that Shen Man didn't respond, she seemed a little clumsy, her eyes widened in surprise Said, "Why aren't you surprised? Did you already know?"

Shen Mancai was stunned, "A person like the gate supervisor is actually a woman?! How did you find out? Was the news accurate?"

"You don't need to know how I found out. Anyway, I can be sure of it. It is precisely because I know that the gate supervisor of the court is a woman, I have the courage to apply for the Yinyang Dao exam. If all the Taige are men In this world, we women still have no way to take the exam? I'm afraid we can't even get in the door of the exam room..."

As soon as she started talking, she seemed unable to stop, and continued, "In the capital, not only the family of the Yin-Yang family enshrines the gate supervisor, but even Er Diaozi, who runs a fortune-telling stall on the street, will reserve a place for her on the stall. The common people I don’t know Yin and Yang Dao, but I also know that I will set up a shrine at home to pray..."

Shen Man smiled wryly, "Isn't this treating the gate prisoner as a god..."

Wu Niannian said solemnly, "In the eyes of the common people, she is a god!"

"Old man..." Shen Man's smile deepened, because she knew Tang Jiuyue was still very young, and she definitely couldn't bear the title of "old man", but she became an important minister at a young age, and was in charge of the world's yin and yang. , even the emperor had to follow her advice, and his skills could reach the world, so people would mistake her for an elderly person.

But in fact-

Tang Jiuyue is narrow-minded and miserly.At the same time, she is a stunning beauty.

If everyone knew that the person they worshiped as a god was actually a young girl, I don't know how they would feel.At the same time, Shen Man also wanted to know whether Tang Jiuyue knew that her prestige among the people had reached such a level.

"Miss Nian Nian, where are the people we are going to meet this trip?" Shen Man saw the statues of eighteen arhats placed next to the Buddha statues as usual, and subconsciously walked to these statues, looking over one by one.The futon in front of the Arhat statue is so damaged that it feels like it will fall apart once you kneel down.Although the Buddha statues are made of wood, the Arhat statues are made of copper, which can be seen from the original magnificence.

Shen Man walked up to a glaring arhat who opened his mouth to threaten, and felt that something was wrong, so he took a closer look.It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but Shen Man was shocked when he saw it.

Shen Man took three steps back, grabbed Wu Niannian's sleeve and said in surprise, "This arhat statue also has no tongue!"

Wu Niannian was taken aback by Shen Man, but she was more courageous than Shen Man. She looked forward and frowned, "Ah, they really don't have tongues! What's going on, I only knew this The legend of tongue cutting in the temple, but I don’t know that even the arhat statue in this temple has no tongue!”

Shen Man turned his head slowly, Wu Niannian was stunned by her expressionless face.Then Shen Man smiled strangely, and then slowly opened his mouth. Wu Niannian's heartbeat became faster and faster, and he felt that his breathing was almost stopped.

Did she also suddenly lose her tongue? !

After Shen Man opened his mouth, it was empty and pitch black.She was supposed to stick out her tongue to speak, but it took a long time for her to speak.

Wu Niannian felt a chill in her heart, she was supposed to bring her to meet people, but now that it's over, she has also become a tongueless person.

"Hahaha!" Shen Man couldn't hold back his smile when he saw her frowning face, which was so pale. "Don't be afraid, my tongue is still there!"

As she spoke, she stuck out her tongue and made faces at the other party.

But the other party came closer suddenly, Shen Man was startled, thinking that she was too close!Before he could react, he felt something soft and sweet engulfed his tongue, and then, a pair of cherry lips stuck to his mouth.

Shen Man's eyes widened, his mind was empty.

Wu Niannian kissed her without any warning, and it wasn't a superficial touch, but directly bit her tongue, and kissed her in this weird temple's Daxiong Hall!

Wu Niannian seemed to have tasted enough before separating from Shen Man.He wiped the corners of his mouth as if he had eaten something delicious, and then slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, smiling ambiguously.

"It's checked, your tongue is still there."

Shen Man's face was flushed, but seeing Wu Niannian's gaze was glancing towards the door behind her, she also looked back.But seeing a pretty figure standing there, dumbfounded.

Who else could have such a foolish look but Qing Ning who was left in the front hall? !

"Qing Ning...don't get me wrong, I just made a joke with Miss Nian Nian..." Shen Man quickly explained, if this scene was told to Tang Jiuyue directly by Qing Ning's big tongue, how should he explain it to her in the future?But Qing Ning's expression at this moment is really weird, although the appearance is still exactly the same as before, but the eyes are very much like a person.The coldness, unfeelingness and aloofness that passed by in a flash.It made Shen Man unconsciously think of that person who was far away in the Taige.

She thought that Qing Ning would teach herself a lesson, but unexpectedly, she only took a few steps forward, and then she became completely vigilant.She said solemnly, "Don't move, don't you know that there is a person standing behind you? I still can't see his appearance, but he is wearing a gray cassock. He should be a monk."

When Shen Man heard the voice, it seemed that his attention was not on the person Qing Ning described, but his eyes lit up, and he stared at Qing Ning in disbelief.

Qing Ning frowned, and said seriously, "He held a reflective object in his hand and lifted it above his head, it was hanging above your heads, I hope it wasn't a blade..."