Mr. Cat

Louis also felt strange, why did he suddenly faint just now?Is it because of the sun?

He asked the second brother if the birds facing the sun just now were his own hallucinations, and the second child said, "It's true. I even took pictures and saved them on my phone."

Louis frowned, and said, "Then the sun is suddenly very bright?"

The second child stretched out his hand, pressed Louis' forehead with one hand, and pressed his own forehead with the other hand, and whispered: "I don't have a fever."

Louis slapped off his second child's hand angrily, and said, "I'm serious."

"The sun is always like that. You just fainted suddenly. It's only six o'clock. You've been unconscious for a long time," the second child said, yawning, with a touch of blue under his eyes, "Go home and have a good rest."

Seeing that Louis looked normal and nothing happened, the other three were relieved.After having some casual breakfast at the inn, they prepared to head back home, going back to their respective houses to catch up on sleep.

On the way down the mountain, Louis has been restless. His mind is full of groups of kingfishers for a while, and silhouettes in the sun for a while.Zhou Ge and the second child jumped up and down for a while watching the sunrise, and now they sat head to head in the back seat and fell asleep.

The third child hummed softly, glanced at the sleeping two from the rearview mirror, and asked Louis, "Are you still going to that Taoist temple?"

Louis nodded: "Go."

The third child hesitated to speak, held the steering wheel, honked the horn, and made a detour on the winding mountain road.He organized his words and persuaded: "A Yizai, why don't you go back, I'm worried that you will suddenly faint like before. Anyway, this Taoist temple is here, so it won't be a problem if you come next time."

Louis couldn't bear to refute his kindness, and only said tactfully: "I will consider it."

The third child had lived with Louis for four years anyway, and knowing what Louis said meant he would still go.After Louis made up his mind, it was difficult for others to persuade him, so the third child changed the subject and said, "Otherwise, I'll go with you and forget it."

Louis laughed at him: "Don't be kidding, you have to send the boss and the second back."

At this time, the faint voice of the second child came from the back seat of the car: "I'll accompany you."

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Passing through the Dongxu River Bridge, the third child parked on the side of the road. Less than two meters away from the road, there was a row of towering green trees, which exuded a chilly air in the warm morning light.

The second child followed Louis out of the car with a tired face. He put his hands in his coat pockets and wore a hat. When the cold wind blew, he began to shiver.

The third child put his arm on the car window and shouted anxiously: "Second child, can you do it? Don't try to be brave!"

The second child sniffed his nose, and replied slowly: "It's okay..." He turned to look at Louis, "Let's go, fourth child."

Louis wanted to throw the drowsy second child into the car, but the second child didn't give him a chance at all, so he strode towards the back of the tree. Louis had no choice but to wave goodbye to the third child. The third child suddenly said: "Wait!" wait!"

He reached out and fumbled for something, took out a bottle of mineral water and threw it to him: "Add more water, and send a message when you get home."

Louis held the mineral water in both hands, and replied blankly: "Okay."

The third child put his index finger and middle finger together, brushed his eyebrows, and waved in high spirits: "Remember your ID card."

Louis: "Okay."

The third child closed the window, and after a few seconds, the SUV drove away, leaving only the exhaust fumes.Louis watched the car get further and further away, and finally turned into a small spot at the end.The second child shouted at the top of his voice, "Fourth child! Come quickly!"

Louis came back to his senses, and also shouted to answer: "Here we come."

At this time, the sky is completely bright, and the sea of ​​clouds in the sky is choppy, and the sun is coated with a light layer of gold, against the blue sky, which makes people feel refreshed.

He ran a few steps to catch up with the second child, and together they walked around the row of big trees, pushed aside the dense bushes, and suddenly saw a bright light.

Behind this row of deep giant trees, there is actually a huge square, and there is a statue in the center of the square.The second child let out an ooh in surprise, and walked closer together with Louis to have a closer look.

This statue is holding a long sword in one hand and holding an orchid in the other, with long fluttering hair and kind eyes. It is obviously a beautiful and gentle woman.It is about two stories high and should have been white when it was first cast.Today, due to the age, there are slight cracks on the body of the statue, and the dust falls on the shoulders and top of the statue, making the supposedly white statue dusty.

The second child walked around the statue a few times and said, "Who is this carved?"

There is no monument or sign under the statue. Louis doesn't know much about Taoism, so he can only shake his head and say, "I don't know either. It's hard to recognize just by looking at the clothes and posture."

The second child didn't say anything, he stood directly in front of the statue, looking up carefully.

Louis said: "Could it be the Nine Heavens Xuannv." He had played games for a while when he was in college, and he vaguely remembered that Nine Heavens Xuannv was a Taoist deity.

The second child's expression suddenly became serious, he shook his head and denied Louis's guess, and said slowly: "It's not the Nine Heavens Xuannv, there are only a few famous goddesses in Taoism, since this Taoist temple is the ancestral court, it must be A goddess from the beginning of Taoism."

"Doumu Yuanjun of the Big Dipper, Empress Houtu of Huangtian Houtu, Taiyin Xingjun of the Moon Palace..." The second child murmured out the name of the goddess in Taoism, with a rare deep expression.

Louis is not used to the appearance of the second child. He usually has a playful smile, and seldom is serious, but now he is so serious that he feels a little short of breath.

"Fourth, do you know the name of this Taoist temple?"

"Sit and forget."

Hearing the name of the Taoist temple, the second child frowned even more, "No...no...it shouldn't be the name, and this statue is not a Taoist deity."

A cold wind suddenly picked up, blowing from the Dongxu River, passing through the quiet woods, making the second child get goosebumps from the cold.He rubbed his arms, and his originally cold expression suddenly collapsed and returned to his original appearance. Before Louis could hear what he said, he saw the second child began to hug his shoulders and stamp his feet in circles: "Why is it so cold here?"

Louis was speechless and said, "Let's go into the mountain gate and have a look, don't waste time here."

The second child put Louis' shoulders on his shoulders, shivering and said, "Let's go, it's too cold."

At the end of the square is the mountain gate, which was originally a magnificent red, with a plaque on it, with three big characters written on it, sitting and forgetting, but now the red paint has almost fallen off, and there are gaps on the pillars supporting the mountain gate. shabby.

Behind the mountain gate is a long stone step, with grass swaying in the gaps between the stone bricks, and towering pines and cypresses on both sides of the step.

There is an exquisite copper lamp on each stone pier. Louis bent down to look at it. There are hollow flowing clouds on the copper lamp, and there are bare tree branches in relief. Unfortunately, there is no wick, and the original exquisite carving is also mottled. The patina of the copper lamp has become dim, and even a thief would not want this copper lamp here.

It took Louis and the second child nearly half an hour to reach the end of the long bluestone steps and get a glimpse of the true face of the Taoist temple.

Describing this Taoist temple as sparse is considered an exaltation, and weeds grow wantonly. Once you step into the mountain gate, it should be the palace of Wang Lingguan, but the place where the statue should have been placed in the temple is empty, and the walls are sparse. There are a few sheets of paper hanging on it, with a few words written lightly on them.Louis tried hard to identify for a long time, before he recognized three——Haoge, Jiutian, and Comet.

He felt that the combination of these words was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it, so he could only give up in despair.

The second child wandered outside the palace, stepped on the moss-covered stone slabs, and looked at the mountains stretching behind him, covered with pines and cypresses.There are two copper pagodas in front of the hall. Wind chimes are adorned on the eaves of each floor of the copper pagodas, which move gently with the wind and jingle.

When Louis walked out of the hall, he happened to see the second child with his hands in his pockets, staring at the wind chime of the copper tower. His brows were tightly frowned, and there were emotions in his eyes that he couldn't understand, which surprised him deeply.

"Second," Louis called out.

The second child withdrew his gaze, faced him and said, "Did you finish reading? Is there anything in it?"

Louis shook his head: "Nothing."

Sitting and Watching takes up a lot of land, and it is on the mountain, it took him nearly an hour to go around.After entering several temples, he did not find the statue.

Louis became more and more puzzled: "Why is there not a single sculpture here?"

It is reasonable to say that this Taoist temple has undergone renovations. Even if it has been left unattended for many years, it will not even have statues. Could it be that they were all stolen by thieves?The statues placed in each of these temples must be all gold carvings and jade sculptures, otherwise how could they be stolen so cleanly.

The second child snorted, "Fourth child, wait a minute, this sitting and forgetting view is the Five Dou Rice Teaching, right?"

Louis turned on his phone, checked the information on Zuo Wang Guan, and said firmly, "That's right."

"Who was the one who renovated the Sitting and Forgetful Temple after the founding of the People's Republic of China?"

Louis searched for a while, but found no result: "I don't know, I didn't find it."

"Most of the Taoist priests of the Five Dou Rice Sect use talismans and are good at exorcising evil spirits. I don't think the layout of this house is like the style of the Five Dou Rice Sect."

Louis said: "I used to be a Buddhist temple for a while in the middle of sitting and forgetting."

The second child was silent for a while, then said softly, "I see."

The Taoist temple is quiet and quiet, and when the wind blows, only the rustling wind can be heard.Louis finally understood why this Taoist temple was so inaccessible—the long bluestone steps of the mountain gate alone were enough to dissuade a group of people, and what he saw after climbing the stone steps was such dilapidated houses and palaces, not to mention anything else, not even statues, which showed the shabby.

"There's nothing around here, let's go, go back." The second child looked around and said.

Just as Louis was about to agree, he suddenly shuddered. He suddenly turned around and looked at the main hall behind——

Someone was hiding nearby and had been watching them silently.

The second child hadn't walked a few steps when he saw Louis's move: "What?"

Louis said in a deep voice, "There are people nearby."