All the people in the small Taoist temple are not human

There is a continuous mountain range 30 kilometers outside Lanshui City, named Anning Mountain.There are towering ancient trees standing on the mountain, with luxuriant foliage and few people. Even the mountain road still maintains the original mud steps.

A blue and white taxi was parked at the foot of the mountain. Cheng Xinghai, who was sitting in the co-pilot, found that his mobile phone had no signal, so he could only take out cash to pay, and then got out of the car to take out the luggage in the trunk.

Seeing that he even brought the pots and pans, the driver looked surprised: "You don't want to live here, do you?"

"En." Cheng Xinghai had just paid the 100 yuan fare, and he was heartbroken, so he answered absent-mindedly.

The driver looked back at the lush and green forest, swallowed his saliva, and whispered, "Student, I heard that this place is haunted, you should go camping elsewhere."

Cheng Xinghai carried the heavy mountaineering bag on his back, and held two big bags in each of his left and right hands, and sighed: "There is only one kind of ghost in this world, and that is the poor ghost like me. It is good for the poor ghost to have a place to live, and there are more ghosts." What bike?"

He said goodbye to the driver, carried his luggage on the old dirt steps, and walked up the mountain step by step.

This mountain has been neglected for a long time, and the trees grow wildly, soon covering Cheng Xinghai's figure.The mountain wind blew through the forest and brought up waves, as if the whole mountain woke up from a deep sleep to welcome its owner.

In fact, this mountain was indeed owned by Cheng Xinghai.

Cheng Xinghai grew up in an orphanage. Not long ago, when his grandfather, who was seriously ill, came to visit him, he found out that he was abducted by human traffickers when he was still a baby, and was transferred to an orphanage.

His mother and grandmother died early, his biological father is unknown, and his grandfather is his only relative.The old man did good deeds all his life, and donated all his savings. Only the Anning Mountain left by his ancestors was inherited by Cheng Xinghai.

There is an Anning Temple on Anning Mountain, which is the family Taoist temple of my grandfather's family.Before the old man died, he kept chanting the word "Taoist Temple". Cheng Xinghai guessed that he didn't want the peaceful temple to be abandoned, and promised him that he would take good care of it.

Some time ago, he was busy taking care of the old man's affairs, and he hadn't visited Anning Mountain yet.I never expected that this place has never been developed. Not only are there no buses to stop, but there is not even a decent mountain road.

There is an antique building on the top of the mountain, which is the main building of the Taoist temple.There are also some small houses of the same style in the back, which are the living places of Taoist priests.

But the houses are old, and even the roofs of several houses have collapsed. It seems that no one has lived here for decades.

The red paint on the courtyard door has been mottled and peeled off over time, revealing the taupe wood texture inside.

Cheng Xinghai lowered his head to look for the Taoist key that the lawyer gave him in his backpack, and suddenly felt a chill around him.

With a "squeak", the courtyard door was opened from the inside.

A child with a pale face hid at the door, holding the wooden door carefully poking his head out to see him.

The child is about four or five years old, wearing a small red Tang suit and a cute red cap with melon skin on his head.

It's just that the red color on his body is very old, as if he just dug it out of the soil, it looks lifeless, even a little weird.

Cheng Xinghai thought it was the children from the village at the foot of the mountain who came to play, and smiled at him: "Thank you for opening the door for me."

The child's pale face was slightly red, and he hid behind the door.

Cheng Xinghai walked into the hospital with his luggage, but he didn't see the child again, probably he went to play elsewhere.

After putting away his luggage on the corridor, he took a general look at the concept of tranquility.

The Taoist temple has been in decline for a long time, and the dust in the temple has accumulated an inch thick. Several statues have been damaged to varying degrees, and the original appearance cannot be seen.

Cheng Xinghai didn't know how to deal with these statues, so he planned to go back and ask professionals for advice.

There is no water and electricity in the temple. Fortunately, there is a well in the backyard. The water in the well is clear and usable.

Cheng Xinghai first cleaned out the backyard of the Taoist temple for himself to live in.

The Taoist temple has been uninhabited for a long time, but it is estimated that children from the mountain often come to play, and the window panes of the wing rooms are full of children's handprints.

Some of the handprints were even higher than his, and Cheng Xinghai had to stand on tiptoe to wipe them off, and he didn't know how these kids did it.

After cleaning the house, it was already dark, there was no electricity, no internet, only a tile to cover himself, Cheng Xinghai ate a box of biscuits for dinner, and went to bed early.

After a busy day, he was so tired that he soon fell asleep.

Dark clouds overwhelmed the top, and a strong wind blew in the silent mountain forest, sending out a piercing roar through the branches and leaves.Even the chirping of insects disappeared, and it seemed that only the lonely island of Mount Anning was left in the whole world.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, and it fell on the ground with a crackling sound, accompanied by lightning and rumbling thunder, waking Cheng Xinghai awake.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a black figure running away from him quickly, as if he had been frightened by something.

Has he been blinded by the blinding lightning?

Go back and put the curtains on first.

While thinking wildly, Cheng Xinghai turned on the flashlight sleepily, and got up to check whether the doors and windows were in order.

It took a lot of effort to clean up the house tonight, and he didn't want to get up early tomorrow morning to continue to clean up the fallen leaves and muddy water.

When the last window was checked, a flash of lightning as bright as daylight flashed outside the house.Deafening thunder exploded above his head. With the light of the lightning, Cheng Xinghai saw a figure fall in the forest outside the courtyard. It looked like a child of four or five years old.

Could it be that the child who opened the door for him never came home?

The wind and rain were so severe that it was useless to open an umbrella. Cheng Xinghai was anxious, so he put on his rain cape and ran to check.

When he got closer, he realized that it was not the child who opened the door earlier, but another strange child, who fell to the ground dying.

Cheng Xinghai picked him up from under the poncho, and got into the poncho to check his condition: "How are you? Is there any discomfort?"

The child was drenched from head to toe and cold, and holding him was like holding a piece of ice.Fortunately, his forehead was also cold, and it was lucky that he didn't have a fever.

His face was extremely pale, facing Cheng Xinghai's eyes, there was an imperceptible light in his reddish eyes.

The red poncho made their cheeks flush slightly, Cheng Xinghai didn't notice the strangeness in his eyes, and carried the child back into the house first.

Feeling the warmth of Cheng Xinghai's body, the child slowly came back to his senses, his bloodless lips moved slightly, and he made a hoarse and weak voice: "It's okay."

He exhausted his entire life of cultivation to come to Cheng Xinghai's side, and he would not let anything happen to him.

He was wearing strange and ill-fitting clothes. The clothes were silky and supple, and the material was indistinguishable. The whole clothes were tattered as if they had been burned by lightning, and they could not see their original appearance at all.

"I haven't worn this one, you can change it first, don't catch a cold." Cheng Xinghai found him a new pajamas, looked at his short hands, and felt suspicious, "Will you change clothes by yourself?"

The child's ears turned red, and he nodded shyly.

Cheng Xinghai gave him a new towel to dry off the water stains on his body. When the child changed his clothes, he went to the luggage to check for the medicine to prevent cold and fever.

However, there is only one bag of medicine for diarrhea, and it has expired.

Cheng Xinghai silently threw it into the trash bag, turned around and saw that the child had already changed his clothes, and was looking at him without blinking, his thin lips were tightly pressed together, as if he was suppressing all the emotions in his heart.

Cheng Xinghai asked: "What's your name?"

"Yuan Ji." When the boy spoke earnestly, he was mature and serious, but with the SpongeBob SquarePants pajamas on, he felt a little joyful.

This name is rare, Cheng Xinghai asked again: "Why are you here?"

Yuan Ji lowered his head and didn't speak, as if he was embarrassed to say it.

Cheng Xinghai didn't want to press him, so he said instead: "There is no mobile phone signal on the mountain, I will take you down the mountain tomorrow. Where do you live?"

Yuan Ji bit his lips and remained silent.

Could it be that he had quarreled with his parents and ran away from home, and now he is too embarrassed to admit his mistake to his parents?

Or is it too young to say this information?

Cheng Xinghai knew that a child of this age also liked to save face, seeing that he didn't want to say more, he didn't ask again: "It's fine if you don't say anything, go to sleep."

He took out an air-conditioning quilt from the suitcase, and accidentally knocked the black wooden box on the window sill to the ground, making a muffled sound.

This square wooden box was discovered by Cheng Xinghai when he was cleaning the house during the day. It was in an antique style, with a not too old golden padlock hanging on the old-fashioned lock.

Earlier, Cheng Xinghai didn't have the key, so he put it aside.Now the lock has been broken, exposing the contents.

There is a solemn spiritual tablet inside, which says "the spiritual tablet of my son Hao Shuai".There is a black and white photo under the coffin, it is a smiling child, wearing a Tang suit whose color cannot be seen clearly.

The child's face looked familiar, Cheng Xinghai thought about it carefully, and found that he was very similar to the child who opened the door for him earlier, maybe the two were relatives.

Cheng Xinghai thought that if he saw the child again tomorrow, he would return these things to him.

He put the spirit tablet and the photo back into the box as they were. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but when he was about to close the box, Cheng Xinghai actually saw the child in the photo wink at him slyly.

However, when he took a closer look, the photo was still the same.

Dazzling twice in one night, Cheng Xinghai decided to go to the hospital for an ophthalmology appointment when he sent Yuan Ji to the police station tomorrow.

At this moment, he heard Yuan Ji ask: "Do you care about that little ghost?"

"When I went up the mountain, a kid who looked like the one in the photo opened the door for me. He was about your age. If you lived near here, you might still know him." Cheng Xinghai put the things back where they were. On the ground, wrapped in a new air conditioner and lying down, "Go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow."

Yuan Ji sat beside him, looked at Cheng Xinghai who was lying down, his pale face flushed, and asked awkwardly, "Can you sleep even when other ghosts stare at you?"

Cheng Xinghai sensed something was wrong from his words, and asked in disbelief: "You don't think there is a ghost here, do you?"

Yuan Ji: "..."

Cheng Xinghai laughed: "Children should believe in science and reject superstition. The 21st century is the century of science, how can there be ghosts?" He caught a glimpse of Yuan Ji looking at him inexplicably, as if he was talking about shocking nonsense.

Remembering that the charging lamp on the table hadn't been turned off, Cheng Xinghai decided to use practical actions to help the child reshape the world view: "Is there a ghost? Can you turn off the light for me? Thank you."

The room was quiet for three seconds, and three seconds later, with a "click", the desk lamp was turned off.

Cheng Xinghai: "???"

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Pre-received articles "From Dog Licking to Everyone's Lover" and "I Became Top-Rated After Improper Standing" Please bookmark~

***Advance article "From Dog Licking to Everyone's Lover"

Copywriter:

Gu Jingchuan became the cannon fodder licking the dog of the same name in the book. The original owner lacked love since childhood, so a little charity can be engraved in his heart and repaid for life.

Before Gu Jingchuan came, the original owner had no complaints or regrets towards the film king, risked himself for the king of singers, obeyed the manager's orders, and had no regrets for the death of the big boss. In the end, he only became a stepping stone, a thorn in the side, a cash cow and a treasurer for these people. Ridiculous plaything.

On the day when he learned that he was suspected by everyone, the original owner cut his own throat with a pen on the table in front of the four of them.

Gu Jing came across at this moment, clutching his throat that was rescued by the medical tycoon, gestured his middle fingers to the four hot chickens who accused him of making a fuss over a molehill and dirtying the carpet, and mouthed a sentence: "Stupid! "

Four protagonists: "???" Something seems wrong.

Later, Gu Jing jumped from the 38th line to the top class, and he was proficient in acting, singing, and composing. The four protagonists who once regarded him as worthless turned their heads: "I think we..."

Gu Jing: "Ugly refuse."

Four protagonists: "You are ruthless, you are cruel, and you are unreasonable!"

The medical tycoon embraced Gu Jing in his arms: "I love you, do you have any opinions?"

The four protagonists: "..." Shit, I can't afford to mess with this one!

Super able to flirt with small and cute shou X black-bellied and old-fashioned so poor that only money is left to attack

***Pre-received article "I Became Top-Rated After Improper Substitution"

Copywriter:

【Attack angle】

Ye Luoqiu has a perfect lover, who is well-behaved and sensible, always on call, but occasionally remembers his birthday and preferences wrongly.

Everyone said that Ye Luoqiu had a cold personality, but he was the only one who was considerate of Xia Zhihan. He must have loved him badly.

Only Ye Luoqiu knew that Xia Zhihan was just a stand-in, used to relieve loneliness and chat for comfort.

It wasn't until one day that Xia Zhihan proposed to break up that Ye Luoqiu realized that she wasn't that important to him.

On the night of the breakup, Ye Luoqiu tossed and turned, stayed up all night, ran to find Xia Zhihan by accident, but saw a man who looked exactly like herself walking out of Xia Zhihan's house.

Recalling the past, Ye Luoqiu realized that he was...a substitute?

*You have to pay back sooner or later when you come out to hang out, and the double is the same.

*Mom asked me why I fell in love on my knees (crying)

*Baby don't trust him, I'm the one who loves you the most!

【Received perspective】

Xia Zhihan entered the entertainment circle at the age of 16, and after six years of hard work, he is still an eighteenth-tier star.On the night of his 22nd birthday alone, Xia Zhihan took over a variety show, a TV series, and an awards event after seeing the last career fans leave crying because he was too Buddhist.

When the variety show was broadcast, netizens were shocked by the beautification, and quickly sent Xia Zhihan's "National Boyfriend" to debut in C position, making him a top star.

The TV series was finalized, and everyone licked the screen, and found that Xia Zhihan not only had good looks, but also good acting skills, and they all shouted for him to do a good job in his career, and don't fall in love.

However, at the awards ceremony, Ye Luoqiu, who was the special guest, presented the Shidi trophy to Xia Zhihan with his own hands, knelt down on one knee in front of the national audience, and took out a diamond ring to propose in public.

Everyone was stunned: "Mr. Ye, wake up, this is the cash cow of the rival company, not your company!"

Ye Luoqiu: "After we get married, it belongs to my family."