September is full of flowers

The Kongtong Temple has obviously been tidied up, but some moss on the steps and messy tree branches all hint at the dilapidated and desolate place.

The shadows of the trees fell on the road made of cold stones, as if there were a few human faces hiding in the dark, and a few holes were exposed where there should have been eyeballs.When the wind blows, the faces on the ground become distorted and terrifying.

The others didn't know where they were going in an instant, only Shen Man followed Jun Ya's bald head, hesitating along.The bald man clasped his hands together along the way, bowed his head and walked slowly.Shen Man looked at the bald head from behind, and occasionally asked questions.

"Little master's name?"

"The little monk's name is Yuanyuan."

The corners of Shen Man's mouth twitched, and then he looked at his small steps, raised his eyebrows, and jokingly said, "Little Master Yuanyuan walks very gracefully, like a woman."

Yuan Yuan stopped in his tracks, "Young monk, his steps are always small."

Shen Man chuckled, "I don't know if Master Yuan Yuan likes to eat chicken? I think Chenzhou's black-feathered chicken tastes good. It is simmered slowly and full of fragrance. It is the blood of this black-feathered chicken that has a fishy smell, but it is said It also has the effect of exorcising evil spirits."

Yuan Yuanjun's face darkened, he raised his head slowly, and looked at Shen Man with resentment, "It's black feather chicken blood again, can you threaten in another way?" Then he took out a small porcelain round box from his bosom, and held it with his tail. Hooked something up and dabbed it on the face.

In such a dark night, in such a solemn Buddhist place, Shen Man unexpectedly saw a bald monk smearing rouge on his face in a contrived manner. Even though he knew it was Lian Yi's faking, he still couldn't help but shudder. handstand.

Yuan Yuan glanced at her, and said, "This face is too bleak, I need to put some rouge on it to get some color, otherwise people will die at the first sight, I am not a master of disguise."

When Shen Man heard it was true, he widened his eyes and asked, "Is it really human skin?"

"The authentic human skin was just dug out from the place where he was buried last night through my painstaking efforts."

"The coachman who pretended to be the princess mansion this morning also wore a mask?"

Yuan Yuan raised the corner of his eyes, and said lazily, "Xiao Man, is it because your eyesight is good or because I am tired of my Taoism that you can even see the coachman I pretend to be. It seems that if I want to be an enemy in the future, I need to be an enemy." Gouging out your eyeballs first."

Shen Man trembled all over, and said with a three-point smile, "I didn't just see it, but I recognized it through your actions and demeanor. You have given me a hint before that you will pretend to be someone else to accompany me. First of all I just want to pay attention to the people around me. Secondly, you are very lifelike when you play the coachman, but the problem is that you are a clean woman, so when Ning Tao, who is covered in mud, passes by you, you inadvertently and dexterously Dodge it, you should know that if you are an ordinary coachman, most of them will not mind these things."

"What about the round edge, how do you recognize it?" Lian Yi has a slender figure with beautiful curves. She stood up straight to pretend to be a monk before, but now she is a little slack. Under the hazy moonlight, the beautiful curves faintly penetrate the dilapidated Outlined by the monk's robe, it is extremely beautiful.

Shen Man squinted his eyes and smiled, "Monks are usually not too handsome, it's because you specially pretended to be a handsome monk. And the coachman seemed to disappear later, so I guessed that the handsome monk who appeared suddenly would be you, Didn’t expect it to be true.”

Lian Yi suddenly became quiet for a while, then frowned and said, "Xiao Man, this temple is a bit weird."

"Why is it weird?" Shen Man became alert when he saw her suddenly serious.

"I don't know either." Lian Yi shook her head and said seriously, "It's just that once I come here, I feel uncomfortable all over, as if there are two eyes staring at me all the time."

Shen Man suddenly asked, "When you came, did you meet Master Jing Jing?"

Lian Yi nodded, "Yes, I have seen it. I took the token of the Tianwen Gate and told him that I was a special envoy sent by the imperial court. I need to observe this year's candidates secretly and ask him to cooperate."

"Is that how he responded?"

"Yes," Lian Yi felt that there was something in Shen Man's words, and asked, "What's wrong with that?"

Shen Man shook his head and said, "You don't know something, Master Jing Jing is... a bit lustful, if you go to see him with his original face, he will definitely pester you, at least he will tease you with words. But what you saw He, but his words were short, vaguely meant to send you off, so I think..."

"What I saw was fake?!" Lian Yi whispered, "No way, that monk looks solemn and dignified, he looks like an eminent monk..."

Shen Man said, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, when we meet Master Jing Jing tomorrow, we'll know as soon as we ask."

Lian Yi nodded, but suddenly her ears twitched, and her body quickly flew behind a nearby tree. She did not know when she took an extra soft sword in her hand, straightened it with a "swipe", and pointed at the tree to hide behind. A mass of black shadows.

The black shadow gave a "meow", its hairs were bristling, and its tail was raised.Then the black shadow flashed and flew onto Lian Yi.Lian Yi didn't expect it to be such a small thing, and couldn't dodge in time, she felt something warm and soft stuck to her face, and when she moved left and right, she scratched the fake skin on her face.

Seeing that the black cat had left, Shen Man came over and patted Lian Yi on the shoulder.Lian Yi turned around slowly, Shen Man looked at it, his face turned pale with fright, and he took three steps back.

I saw Lian Yi's outermost layer of skin was half peeled off, hanging on it and swinging back and forth, it looked like a skinned human head, with a terrifying appearance; the lower half of his face was still precariously attached to .A few cat scratches were left on Lian Yi's fair face, but luckily they were not deep.

Facing Lian Yi's resentful eyes, Shen Man comforted, "It's okay, you have a thick skin and tenacious vitality, and you will soon regain your beauty."

Lian Yi gritted her teeth, "Don't let me catch it!"

Shen Man trembled all over.

Lian Yi painted something on her hand, turned her head and fiddled with it for a while, then turned her head and asked Shen Man sincerely, "What do you think of me?"

Shen Man looked at her face in embarrassment, the originally handsome bald head instantly turned into a scarred face.Reluctantly holding his forehead, he looked at the dim moonlight and said, "The technique is excellent, you won't be able to see it tonight."

Lian Yi heard the implication, and snorted coldly, "I can fix it tonight."

Shen Man and her continued to walk forward, and suddenly asked, "You said that the gate supervisor sent you here for something else, what is it?"

"The gate supervisor suspects that someone is playing tricks in this temple, so let me take this opportunity to investigate."

"Is there anyone you suspect?"

"Stupid!" Lian Yi said, "Didn't you say that there is only one monk in this temple? Besides him, who else can you suspect? Do you want to suspect the black cat just now?" Lian Yi paused, thinking carefully, "Speaking of that black cat, why don't I put some food on the ground tomorrow and quench the poison..."

Shen Man was speechless, "This is a temple, no killing is allowed, and we should accumulate virtue and do good deeds."

Lian Yi half smiled and seven parts mocked, "It is said that the unlucky person in this life is because of sins committed in the previous life, maybe you killed many cats in the previous life."

Shen Man sighed, "After returning to Taige, I will definitely fill a gourd with black-feathered chicken blood and take it with me to ward off evil spirits!"

Lian Yi rolled her eyes and looked up to the sky, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

The two of them walked to a slightly brighter place, and saw a courtyard house, with four wing rooms on each side, a total of three sides, a total of twelve rooms.

Lian Yi said, "The best seats have been taken by others, and the rest will naturally be yours." After finishing speaking, he walked to the side room reserved for Shen Man, clasped his hands together, and turned into a male voice very reverently, "The benefactor , this wing room faces north and has no light all year round. The walls are covered with mushrooms and moss, and mice make nests. What is even more surprising is that a part of the roof was struck by lightning and a small hole was broken , for the benefactor to watch the sky at night."

Shen Man's demeanor is surprisingly kind, since she was locked in the firewood room in the prime minister's mansion, the dilapidated house here will not frighten her.

Lian Yi graciously opened the door for her, and there was a dark shadow on the ground inside, and when it saw a little light, it scattered away carelessly.It must be the group of rats that Lian Yi mentioned.

Shen Man smelled a strange smell, frowned and asked, "This room has a strange smell, not moldy, but..."

Lian Yi nodded in satisfaction, "The benefactor's nose is not broken yet, can you see the thatched hut next to it? That's the only hut in this yard... It's more convenient for the benefactor to go to the hut at night than others. I'm just worried Don't fall down, I heard that many people have drowned here."

Shen Man wanted to cry, but said, "Your argument seems to be a matchmaker."

Lian Yi's eyes flashed, and he smiled half-smile, "Then the benefactor can rest well, and we will see you tomorrow."

Seeing that she really left, Shen Man looked back at the house, it was raining lightly outside, and it was also raining lightly inside, so he turned out again.I saw a wing room in the yard, the window was slightly open, and the silhouette of a woman was reflected on it.Shen Man hesitated for a while, then walked towards the wing room.