Jiajing Spiritual Records

On the other side, Xu Kong and Geng Yang were heading to the Xile Buddhist Temple in the capital.Kong Kong walked ahead, Geng Yang followed behind him with his head down, the two of them were silent all the way.

The newly built Xile Buddhist Temple in the capital is located in the south of the capital, a little distance from the Su Mansion.At this time, night had fallen, and after the crowd dispersed, this blood-red temple was shrouded in a hazy night, revealing a permeating treachery.The bluish-white smoke that gradually gathered around made the scene in front of me even more spooky. It was like another time and space in the mirror. The lanterns were still flickering green in the windless night.Kong Kong stopped in his tracks, slowly raised his dark eyes, and silently looked at the mysterious temple in front of him.

"Geng Yang." Kong Kong looked ahead and said slowly.

"Taoist?" Geng Yang raised his eyes in surprise after being called.

Kong Kong turned his head, stared at him with deep eyes, and asked: "What is your relationship with this Buddha of Joy?" Geng Yang's body trembled suddenly, and his eyes widened slowly in an inconceivable way.

Kong Kong lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "You can fool that idiot Ning Huan, but you can't fool me." His tone paused slightly, and there seemed to be a little exploration between his brows, "But I don't understand what you are now. I thought you were a dead soul, but I don’t understand why you have a breath of life on your body.” Kong Kong frowned and shook his head as he said, with a sharp light in his probing eyes, Geng Yang took a step back with guilt. "Who are you?"

"I..." Geng Yang faltered and couldn't make a sound, he lowered his head.Under the dim moonlight, he couldn't make out the expression on his face.I saw him lightly clenched his fists with the hands hanging on both sides, took a deep breath, and then raised his head suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, he said: "I am..."

But before the words came out, there was a "squeak" sound not far away, and the gate of the Xile Buddhist Temple opened slowly and automatically.Under the flickering candlelight, behind the wide-open temple door, the half-human, half-ghost Buddha of Joy in the middle showed a strange smile at the two of them.

The coquettish moonlight elongated the shadows cast by the two on the bluestone bricks, and countless figures were faintly revealed in the veil-like mist behind them, approaching the two in the middle step by step with stiff steps.Kong Kong looked around, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, the smile didn't reach his eyes, he looked at the wide open temple door in front of him and said to Geng Yang: "Go, follow me." After finishing speaking, he strode towards Geng Yang Walk in the Temple of Joyful Buddha.

Geng Yang was taken aback, and hurriedly followed Kong Kong's footsteps.The only two dark shadows on the bluestone ground were gradually submerged by a rising fog. "Bang" the temple door closed heavily.Under the moonlit night, in front of the empty temple.In the distance, the watchman rang the gong for the third watch...

When Ning Huan and Su Xian returned to the mansion, it was half daylight.Uncle Wang told the two that Xu Kong and Geng Yang had gone to the Xile Buddhist Temple and had not returned. "Nothing will happen to Daoist Priest Void, right?" Ning Huan asked worriedly.

Su Xian shook his head: "No problem, his soul fire is on, which means he is still safe."

Ning Huan nodded, and then he was relieved.Ning Huan rested his chin and played with the jade teacup in his hand, and suddenly thought of what happened just now, so he asked curiously: "How do you know that Mr. Wang who is locked in the prison is a fake?"

Su Xian frowned and replied, "He told me himself."

"I?" Ning Huan stopped his hands and asked in surprise, "But didn't that thing just say that he was imprisoned in Huangquan? How did he tell you?"

Su Xian touched the jade teacup in Ning Huan's hand, and the warm cup noodles still carried the warmth of Ning Huan's palm.Su Xian poured himself a cup of tea, looked up at Ning Huan, and saw that pair of round, dark eyes were staring at him without blinking. "The Jinyi bathroom will have some special codes to convey messages, and leave them in some unnoticed corners. Before entering the palace today, I went to his house and found the codes he left behind." Su Xian didn't raise his head either. explained.

Ning Huan nodded suddenly: "That's it."

Holding the teacup to his lips, those eyes filled with light water color were still staring at him shiningly. "Pa——" Su Xian put down the teacup in his hand heavily, and snorted angrily: "Ning Huan, give up, I won't tell you what the code looks like!"

He lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, and Ning Huan grinned guiltily: "I don't, it's just a filthy person's innocence."

"Ah."

At this time, there was a sound outside the house, it turned out that Xu Kong and Geng Yang had returned.The two stood outside the house, Ning Huan got up when he saw Xu Kong, and hurriedly called out: "Master Xu Kong." Xu Kong nodded.

Su Xian asked, "What did you find?"

"I didn't find anything, it's just a very ordinary temple." Kong Kong spoke slowly, half of his face was hidden under a shadow.

"Is there a strange half-human, half-ghost Buddha statue inside? Is there a group of little ghosts crawling on the ground?" Ning Huan asked as he tried his best to recall the scene he saw in the Buddhist Temple of Joy.

"Half-human, half-ghost?" Kong Kong's voice lowered, and he let out a sad wry smile. Under Ning Huan's probing eyes, he shook his head and replied, "It is indeed a half-human, half-ghost thing, but the rest is not yet there. Find out what's weird."

"Is that so..." Ning Huan pursed his lips slightly, lost in thought, could it be his illusion that day?

"I plan to go back to Huangquan." Suxian suggested.

Hearing the words, Kong Kong smiled and replied: "How are you going to go back? Last time you caught me by chance and happened to meet the gate of hell, so what about this time?"

Su Xian frowned slightly, and raised his eyes to look at the void in surprise: "How did senior brother know that the gate of hell is open?"

Kong Kong's expression was slightly startled, and he glanced at one place erratically: "Naturally, the master told me." He changed his tone, and said again, "But now that the ghost domain has gradually overlapped with the capital, as long as you find a place that connects the two worlds, The 'door' will naturally enter the ghost realm."

"The ghost domain overlaps with the capital city?" Su Xian frowned, revealing a look of uneasiness between his brows.He was in a bad mood, and looked in the direction of the imperial city with heavy eyes.The dark clouds all over the sky are spreading over the imperial city, and the clouds are tumbling, and there is a tendency of black clouds to overwhelm the environment.

"'Door'?" Ning Huan murmured in a low voice.

What do you see?That mysterious voice echoed in Ning Huan's ears again.what did i seeThe horribly swollen corpse in a white shirt.

What else did you see?Ning Huan frowned, what else did I see?Ning Huan clenched his fists and stood up suddenly from the table. He finally thought of what the voice lingering in his ears was reminding him of, the part that he had ignored, the ghost city that overlapped the palace in the round mirror.He took a deep breath and said to the crowd, "I know where that 'door' is."

"You know?" Su Xian raised his eyes, and his eyes fell on Ning Huan in confusion.

Ning Huan nodded solemnly, staring into Su Xian's eyes, and expressed all the guesses in his heart.

"You mean the round mirror in the palace?" Su Xian frowned and asked, Ning Huan nodded.

"If there really is a 'gate' leading to the ghost city in the capital city, then that place Ning Huan said is somewhat possible." Xu Kong replied.

Su Xian pondered for a while and then replied: "But the imperial palace is not a place where you can enter if you just say it. Besides, the emperor is already wary of Jinyiwei, and most of the Jinyiwei in the imperial city have been replaced by people from Dongchang. It's me. It is also impossible to enter the palace now. However," Su Xian's voice paused for a while, and then he said again, "but that place is remote, even though it is a forbidden area of ​​the palace, but it has never been guarded. If it is at night, maybe there is a way."

It was already bright outside.Kong Kong raised his eyes to look in the direction of the imperial city, the disappointment in his eyes flashed past, the breeze brushed the hair on his forehead, and it fell down gently, he hummed a song that Ning Huan had never heard before , the tune is melodious, like the desolation of only one person left in the vastness of the world with the vast desert on his back, and like the beating of iron horses, golden spears and drums, only the yearning and concern for that person in the distance.

"What's the name of this song?" Ning Huan couldn't help asking.

Kong Kong turned his face sideways, and his blank eyes gradually became focused: "What is it called? I don't know either."

"Then where did you learn it?"

Kong Kong smiled, his smile was sad and lonely, his eyes slowly fell on Ning Huan's face, as if looking through his black eyes to the further void: "I heard this from myself. He hasn't told me what the song is called yet."

Ning Huan was slightly taken aback, and sighed with some regret: "Well, you should ask him what the song is called."

"Yeah..." Kong Kong smiled sadly, with infinite sadness on his face, he whispered like he was muttering to himself, "If he still wants to see me..."

Ning Huan turned his head to look at Su Xian, but saw that his brows were gradually frowning.

Everyone hadn't slept all night, and there were still a few hours before night fell.Kong Kong got up first to say goodbye and go back to the room to rest, Geng Yang has been standing behind Kong Kong without a word ever since he appeared.At this time, he also left Suxian's house with him.

Su Xian looked at the back of Kong Kong going away, and frowned slightly: "Do you feel that my senior brother is a little different from the past?" Su Xian asked.

Ning Huan yawned, and asked, "What's the difference?" He rested his chin on both hands, shook his head blankly, and his eyes fell on the bed not far away from Suxian.

The jade tea cup was flipped gently in Su Xian's hands, and after a while, he put down the cup in his hand, and began to mutter something.A group of purple flames suddenly danced and swayed non-stop at his fingertips.Su Xian stared at him, his frowning brows gradually calmed down, but then they were replaced by a look of confusion.

"What is this?" Ning Huan rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked curiously.

"This is the soul fire that represents my senior brother." The flame at Su Xian's fingertips suddenly went out, he lowered his eyes and shook his head, "Maybe I was thinking too much."

"You must be thinking too much." Ning Huan muttered, and fell directly on Su Xian's bed.

Su Xian raised his eyes, looked at the person who had been lying on his bed at some time, and snorted softly: "You are self-conscious, come down for me and go to the guest room to sleep." Su Xian said angrily.

"Didn't you say there is no guest room?" Ning Huan muttered in a low voice, turning over.

The corner of Su Xian's mouth twitched: "I asked Uncle Wang to clean up a room for you and go to sleep, do you hear me?"

Ning Huan arched his body, and simply buried his whole body in the square soft quilt, shaking his head like a rattle, rolled the quilt to the inner side of the bed, and yelled loudly at no one knew who: "It's already gone!" Asleep!"